Chapter Summaries

Qin Sheng brewed cultivation pills for his parents, then left with Su Wuming for Sword-Washing Pavilion after they returned. He arranged to join the sect as Su Wuming’s junior fellow disciple and asked to study its other inheritances before comprehending Severing the Dao, Seeing the Self.

• Qin Sheng made Acupoint-Refining Pills and improved Heavenly Intelligence Pills for his parents, and Su Wuming agreed to let them credit Sword-Washing Pavilion for their rapid breakthroughs.
• Qin Sheng and Su Wuming discussed cultivation until Qin Sheng’s parents returned after killing Black Mountain Tiger, and Li Tai took the bandit’s head away in grief.
• Qin Sheng left with Su Wuming for Sword-Washing Pavilion, where they agreed he would join as a nominal junior fellow disciple of Su Wuming and contribute the Battle Saint Art in exchange for permission to study the Seven Swords of Severing Heaven.
• Qin Sheng and Su Wuming swore an oath that Su Wuming would help him obtain the fifth form of Heaven-Severing, Dao Transmitted Throughout the Cosmos, without claiming it himself.
• Qin Sheng asked to study Sword-Washing Pavilion’s other inheritances, including the Taishang Sword Scripture, before he comprehended Severing the Dao, Seeing the Self.

Su Wuming formally made Qin Sheng his junior brother and secured permission for him to study the Sword-Washing Pavilion’s Seven Swords of Severing Heaven. Qin Sheng began comprehending the inheritance, where he glimpsed his True Self and gained insight into severing the Dao and seeing the self.

• Su Wuming told Qin Sheng about the Sword-Washing Pavilion’s history and its divine skills, then accepted him as his disciple before his master’s memorial tablet.
• Qin Sheng entered the Sword-Hiding Academy with Su Wuming’s sword token and surprised Jiang Zhiwei by revealing that he was now her martial uncle.
• Jiang Zhiwei entered the new Human Ranking after opening Four Apertures, and Qin Sheng decided to leave the mountain after mastering the Seven Swords of Severing Heaven and reaching the Acupoint Opening level.
• Su Wuming introduced Qin Sheng to the pavilion’s senior experts and sought approval for him to study the Seven Swords of Severing Heaven; Zhou Taichong supported the decision after Qin Sheng imparted Nine Secrets: Dou to him.
• Su Wuming brought Qin Sheng to the hidden inheritance, where Qin Sheng immersed himself in the True Intent of Severing Heaven and perceived his Original Self.

Qin Sheng and his companions reached Feathered Ascension Immortal Cliff to seize the Divine Spirit Scripture during the exchange between Human King Hall and Longevity Abbey. Just as Feng Yuan and Daoist Zhengde presented their halves of the scripture, a giant palm descended and disrupted the exchange.

• Qin Sheng brought Xiao Nannan, Yi Qingwu, and Li Wan to Feathered Ascension Immortal Cliff, where they planned to take the Divine Spirit Scripture.
• Qin Sheng told Li Wan he would leave Sun Ancient City after obtaining the scripture, and she agreed to travel with him.
• Human King Hall arrived with eighteen Heaven-Slaying Warships, while Longevity Abbey brought its Longevity Daoist Temple.
• Feng Yuan and Daoist Zhengde met on the cliff and each produced half of the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold scripture.
• Xiao Nannan warned that someone was approaching, and a giant palm descended toward the cliff as Feng Yuan shouted to terminate the exchange.

The Great Accomplished Kings fought over the Divine Spirit Scripture at Feathered Ascension Immortal Cliff, while the Human King and Golden Crow King renewed their old feud. Qin Sheng seized a scripture page and revealed himself, drawing the Kings’ attention to the Fusang Divine Tree; as they moved to attack him, he brought out a plain black pottery lid.

• A Great Accomplished King killed Feng Yuan and took half a page of the Divine Spirit Scripture, while Three Deficiencies Daoist’s soul took the other half after Daoist Zhengde was destroyed.
• The Human King emerged from the warships and fought the Sky Demon King, while the Light King, King Mingzhen, and Daoist Qinggu also joined the battle over the scripture.
• The Golden Crow King arrived and challenged the Human King, who tore apart the Sky Demon King; the Sky Demon King fled after throwing his scripture page to the Golden Crow King.
• Qin Sheng left Xiao Nannan to guard an ice-encased piece of human skin and used Nine Secrets: Xing to pass through the killing formation and seize the scripture page.
• The Human King, Golden Crow King, King Mingzhen, Light King, and Daoist Qinggu turned on Qin Sheng over the Fusang Divine Tree and the scripture, but Qin Sheng answered the Human King’s charge by bringing out a plain black pottery lid.

Qin Sheng revealed the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy, an Emperor Weapon forged by the Ruthless Emperor, and faced five Great Accomplished Kings who sought to kill him. He unleashed the canopy’s power and erased the kings and their Saint Weapons, leaving Ziwei’s battlefield devastated.

• Human King and the other kings dismissed Qin Sheng’s broken canopy until its Ghost Face Mark revealed it as the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy, an Emperor Weapon.
• King Mingzhen identified the canopy and Qin Sheng said he came from Big Dipper Ancient Star; Yi Qingwu and Sky Demon King watched from afar as Xiao Nannan recognized the frozen material as Phoenix skin.
• Human King, Golden Crow King, King Mingzhen, and the other kings united and attacked Qin Sheng with their killing formations and Saint Weapons.
• Qin Sheng entered the Divine Taboo Domain, created three additional bodies, and poured their power into the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy to awaken its might.
• The canopy devoured the kings’ attacks and Saint Weapons, then erased the five Great Accomplished Kings without resistance.

Qin Sheng used the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy to kill the Human King and the other attackers, then claimed their weapons and the Divine Spirit Scripture. He left for the Big Dipper Ancient Star with the Taiyin Saint Flag, while survivors in the Eastern Sea learned that an Emperor Weapon had devastated the battlefield.

• The Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy obliterated the Human King, Light King, Golden Crow Old King, Sky Demon King, and their forces, while Xiao Nannan, Yi Qingwu, and Li Wan survived at Feathered Ascension Immortal Cliff.
• Qin Sheng seized the warships and Saint Weapons, and the Taiyin Saint Flag recognized the Immortal Saint skull and turned against the other weapons after learning that the Taiyin Human Emperor's descendants had been betrayed and killed.
• Qin Sheng suppressed the other Saint Weapons, took the Divine Spirit Scripture and Nine Secrets: Zhe, and collected the bodies of Golden Crow Old King and Sky Demon King.
• Qin Sheng praised Xiao Nannan for guarding the Immortal Emperor Skin, reassured Yi Qingwu and Li Wan about his Emperor Weapon, and departed with them on the Sun God Chariot.
• After Qin Sheng left, Sky Demon King, Spirit Flood Dragon King, and Heavenly Feather Old Daoist arrived at the ruined battlefield, and Sky Demon King let the others believe he had survived the Emperor Weapon's attack.

After Qin Sheng used the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy to defeat the Ziwei forces, news of the Emperor Weapon’s power spread across the star, and the Golden Crow Tribe sealed itself away. Rumors naming Qin Sheng a Ruthless Successor were countered by the Sun God Sect, while Qin Sheng and his companions relaxed by the Eastern Sea and discussed the aftermath.

• Qin Sheng wondered why Duan De had not come for the Divine Spirit Scripture, and Xiao Nannan guessed that her Fat Uncle was pursuing another treasure.
• Word of Qin Sheng’s victory and the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy spread through Ziwei, terrifying the major forces and raising his reputation.
• The Golden Crow Tribe mourned its dead and sealed the mountain, while the Taishang Sect Master celebrated having avoided the battle.
• Yin Tiande and Three Deficiencies Daoist lamented their losses and blamed one another; Yin Tiande entered seclusion to sever the Dao.
• Rumors branded Qin Sheng a Ruthless Successor, but the Sun God Sect cited his ties to Shaking Light Holy Land and the Jiang Family, causing the accusation to lose support.
• Qin Sheng thanked the Sun God Sect, ate Golden Crow Old King’s meat with his companions, and considered challenging Sky Demon King to face the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy.

Qin Sheng reunited the two halves of the Divine Spirit Scripture and learned the Nine Secrets: Zhe, then traveled through Ziwei while considering a route back to Beidou. He found the Jiang Family’s damaged Starry Sky Ritual Altar and, after Duan De caught up with him, fled in the Sun God Chariot.

• Qin Sheng joined the two Immortal Metal pages, comprehended the Nine Secrets: Zhe, and realized he had mastered six of the Nine Secret Techniques.
• Xiao Nannan found a pearl at the beach, and Qin Sheng’s group set out to travel around Ziwei in the Sun God Chariot.
• Duan De returned from the Northern Sea, learned Qin Sheng had obtained the Divine Spirit Scripture and found the Fusang Divine Tree, and hurried to claim half the benefits.
• Qin Sheng located the hidden Jiang Family ancestral land and discovered that a strange creature had chewed a corner off its Starry Sky Ritual Altar.
• Duan De waited for Qin Sheng at an ancient city gate, but Qin Sheng ordered Jin Shanshan to turn the Sun God Chariot around and leave.

Qin Sheng reunited with Duan De, who tried to obtain the Fusang Divine Tree and the Nine Secrets: Zhe, while Qin Sheng warned him away from the tree and redirected him toward the Sun Saint Emperor’s Divine Incarnation Thought. Later, Qian Wansheng of Godlink Commerce arrived to negotiate for the return of its Godlink Scepter, and Qin Sheng demanded a satisfactory offer.

• Qin Sheng stopped the Sun God Chariot at Xiao Nannan’s request and let Duan De catch up, then teased him for expecting a free share of Qin’s gains.
• Duan De learned that Qin Sheng had only taken a branch from the Fusang Divine Tree and that the Sun Emperor Pagoda was missing, then pressed Qin for the Divine Spirit Scripture.
• Qin Sheng warned Duan De not to interfere with the Fusang Divine Tree and suggested he seek the Sun Emperor Pagoda from the Sun Saint Emperor’s Divine Incarnation Thought.
• Duan De claimed he had been searching the Northern Sea for the Fusang Divine Tree, but Qin Sheng doubted him because Duan De had not reacted to news of Qin’s discoveries.
• Qian Wansheng, a former leader of Godlink Commerce, visited Qin Sheng to apologize for the Light King’s use of the Godlink Scepter and ask to redeem the sect-protecting Saint Weapon.
• Qin Sheng agreed that Godlink Commerce could redeem the Godlink Scepter if it offered something valuable enough.

Qin Sheng negotiated with Qian Wansheng to exchange the Godlink Scepter for treasures from Godlink Commerce, including the Peng Talisman, which Duan De revealed could lead to a Kunpeng Nest in Ziwei’s Northern Sea. After the exchange, Qin Sheng studied the Ice Soul Scripture and considered how its body-tempering secret art might help him strengthen himself.

• Qian Wansheng offered Qin Sheng a Great Saint Scripture, a Saint’s Weapon, Primordial Beginning Wood, Chaos Source Fluid, and a choice of items from Godlink Commerce’s treasury in exchange for the Godlink Scepter.
• Duan De recognized the Peng Talisman in the treasury and told Qin Sheng that it paired with his Fish Talisman to reveal a Kunpeng Nest containing possible treasures left by a Kunpeng who nearly attained the Dao.
• Qin Sheng agreed to trade the Godlink Scepter for the offered treasures, Star Water, and the Peng Talisman, while Duan De explained how he had found the Fish Talisman in the Northern Sea.
• Qian Wansheng returned a day later with the agreed items, and Qin Sheng handed back the Godlink Scepter before discussing the limits of travel between Ziwei and Beidou.
• Qin Sheng examined the Ice Soul Scripture and its incomplete secret art for refining the body, then considered developing his own body-tempering path.

Qin Sheng considered combining the One World Method with the Shrouding Method while he and Duan De searched the Northern Sea for Kunpeng’s Nest. They reached the nest’s small world but found a Quasi-Emperor formation blocking their way, and Duan De claimed to have an idea.

• Qin Sheng studied the Ice Soul Scripture and considered using the One World Method’s Inner Landscape cultivation to supplement the Shrouding Method.
• Qin Sheng stored the Primordial Beginning Wood in the Purple Gourd, whose formation refined it, and refused Duan De’s request for Chaos Source Fluid.
• Qin Sheng, Duan De, Xiao Nannan, and their companions traveled to a dead sea in the Northern Sea and followed Duan De into a deep abyss.
• Qin Sheng and Duan De activated the Peng and Fish Talismans, which merged into a Kunpeng and opened a passage into a small world containing Kunpeng’s Nest.
• Qin Sheng and Duan De found a Quasi-Emperor formation around the giant nest, realized they could not pass through it, and heard Duan De announce that he had an idea.
• In the Central Plains, Ye Fan woke while the Black Emperor carried him away from pursuers, and the two argued as Ye Fan fled using Nine Secrets: Xing.

Qin Sheng and his companions entered Kunpeng Divine Mountain, where its guardian Kunling tested each visitor’s combat ability. Qin Sheng repeatedly defeated Kunling with ease, leaving her convinced that he could maintain Divine Taboo combat power and was far beyond the inheritance’s expected candidates.

• Qin Sheng and his companions waited for the Kunpeng phantom to open a gateway through the Quasi-Emperor Formation, then chose to enter Kunpeng Divine Mountain.
• Qin Sheng stepped onto the mountain and was separated from Xiao Nannan, Duan De, Yi Qingwu, and Li Wan in a vast inner world.
• Kunling told Qin Sheng that her master, the Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor, had rivaled the Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing and offered a chance to inherit her legacy to anyone who passed the tests.
• Kunling challenged Qin Sheng with combat power matching his realm, but Qin Sheng defeated her first attack by evaporating her Ink Sea with Innate Fire Essence.
• Kunling raised her combat power to the Eightfold Taboo, but Qin Sheng countered her technique and defeated her again, prompting her to realize he could repeatedly enter the Divine Taboo Domain.
• Kunling abandoned the test, stunned by Qin Sheng’s strength and concluding that he seemed like a reincarnated Great Emperor.

Qin Sheng cleared Kunpeng Divine Mountain’s Heart and Law Trials and reached the inheritance hall with Xiao Nannan, while Duan De was barred from entering. Kunling had chosen Qin Sheng as the heir to her master’s legacy, and the chapter left Duan De pleading outside the sealed hall.

• Kunling rewarded Qin Sheng with a Medicine King and the Kunpeng Flower, explaining that the flower could cultivate her master’s bloodline secret art rather than replace Qin Sheng’s scripture.
• Kunling assessed Li Wan, Yi Qingwu, Xiao Nannan, and Duan De in their trial regions, granting Li Wan an opportunity, judging Yi Qingwu’s future prospects, escorting Xiao Nannan up the mountain, and dismissing Duan De as an inheritor candidate.
• Qin Sheng saw through the stone path’s illusions and passed the Heart Trial without being swayed by treasures, horrors, or visions of attaining the Dao.
• Qin Sheng learned the Kun and Peng secret arts, fused their Yin and Yang forces into Kunpeng Yin-Yang Force, and received the statues as the key to the inheritance.
• Qin Sheng reached the mountaintop and entered the stone hall with Xiao Nannan, while Kunling’s barrier kept Duan De outside despite his successful trial.

Qin Sheng entered Kunpeng’s inheritance site with Xiao Nannan and learned from the Kunpeng Ancestor’s recorded image that he had taken his mother’s relics but left other treasures behind. Kunling explained that the Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor had attempted to cultivate both Taiyin and the sun, and that the inheritance had originally been meant to help save her unborn son; the chapter ended with Qin Sheng learning that the Kunpeng Ancestor had left Ziwei to pursue a way to attain the Dao.

• Qin Sheng refused Duan De’s demand to share the inheritance, and Kunling confirmed that only the chosen successor could enter.
• Qin Sheng and Xiao Nannan crossed the stone hall’s void and encountered an image of Bei Heng, the Kunpeng Ancestor.
• The Kunpeng Ancestor revealed that he had taken most of his mother’s relics but left other treasures, and warned the successor against studying her dangerous later paths.
• Xiao Nannan told Duan De that the Kunpeng Ancestor had taken the treasures, prompting Duan De to complain that the Ancestor had stolen them.
• Kunling explained that the Kunpeng Ancestor had left Ziwei seeking a way to prove Kunpeng was not weaker than True Dragon and attain the Dao.
• Kunling revealed that the Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor had attempted to cultivate both Taiyin and the sun, and that the inheritance had originally been meant to help save her unborn son.

Qin Sheng learned how the Kunpeng Ancestor survived and received the Ancestor’s treasures and inheritance from Kunling. He considered cultivating the dangerous Kunpeng Yin-Yang Dao Body, planned to use the Kunpeng teachings to help Dongfang Taiyi, and left with a Kunpeng Flower as a precaution.

• Kunling explained that the Kunpeng Ancestor had fallen into the Chaos Pure Land, recovered there, and later sealed himself to await the age when the Immortal Road might open.
• Kunling gave Qin Sheng a space-escape Forbidden Artifact, Great Saint battle armor that he named the Northern Dark Battle Armor, and bone fragments containing the Roc Sky-Piercing Technique and parts of the Demon Emperor Scripture.
• Qin Sheng received the Kunpeng Ancient Scripture and learned about the dangerous Kunpeng Yin-Yang Dao Body, but decided to cultivate the True Yin-Yang Form secret art and consider the Dao Body carefully.
• Qin Sheng showed Kunling the Human Demon, Dongfang Taiyi, and asked whether the Kunpeng inheritance might help restore his sanity; Kunling advised him to keep Dongfang Taiyi sealed unless necessary.
• Kunling let Qin Sheng take another Kunpeng Flower and recommended that he give Dongfang Taiyi the Kunpeng techniques if he ever awakened him; she then questioned why Qin Sheng had refined a coffin as a Dao Attainment weapon.

Qin Sheng explored the Kunpeng Nest and the ruined Chaos Pure Land with his companions, harvesting rare medicines and life-preserving treasures. The group found nothing else before leaving, while Duan De tried to bargain for a share of the loot.

• Qin Sheng collected medicines on the divine mountain, then led Xiao Nannan, Duan De, Yi Qingwu, and Li Wan to the Kunpeng Nest.
• Qin Sheng harvested the Chaotic Yin-Yang Fruit, Demon Saint Flower, and other rare medicines before taking the group through the spatial rift into the Chaos Pure Land.
• Qin Sheng and his companions found the Chaos Pure Land nearly lifeless, and Duan De guessed that the Kunpeng Ancestor’s actions and a supreme treasure had contributed to its ruin.
• Qin Sheng followed the Kunpeng Token east and found a dying Divine Tree bearing three life-restoring leaves and a life-preserving fruit.
• Qin Sheng picked the leaves and fruit, refused to give Duan De the fruit, and offered to trade leaves for Emperor Scriptures.
• Qin Sheng and the others searched the ruined Pure Land, found no further treasures, and left.

After leaving the Kunpeng Nest, Qin Sheng and his companions continued exploring Ziwei Ancient Star while he considered how to return to Beidou and assessed the Taiyin God Sect. A year passed on their journey, with the group visiting many of Ziwei’s renowned and dangerous places.

• Kunling told Qin Sheng he could use the Kunpeng Token to return to the Nest for refuge and suggested searching Shencang Ancient Star for news of Kunpeng Ancestor.
• Qin Sheng and Duan De parted above the Northern Sea, with Duan De secretly planning another robbery on Ziwei and Qin Sheng suspecting he had a way home.
• Qin Sheng learned from Li Wan and Yi Qingwu that the Taiyin God Sect lacked a Quasi-Emperor Formation, though it still had Saints and a Great Saint Formation.
• Qin Sheng and his companions resumed their travels, visiting a Northern Sea aurora left by a Saint’s Dao Transformation and the Sin-Severing Abyss.
• Over the following year, Qin Sheng and his companions crossed Ziwei Ancient Star, visiting sites including the Myriad Spirits Blood Cavern, Heaven-Piercing Divine Mountain, and the Great Wilderness of Buzhou.

Qin Sheng returned to the Chaos Pure Land to attempt Severing the Dao, having chosen to challenge the Firmament and claim command over the myriad Dao rather than sever part of himself. After sending Yi Qingwu, Li Wan, and Xiao Nannan away, he triggered a devastating tribulation that struck immediately.

• Qin Sheng told Yi Qingwu and Li Wan that he had gained insight and would attempt to Sever the Dao in the Chaos Pure Land.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Pure Land with Yi Qingwu, Li Wan, and Xiao Nannan, and Kunling warned him that its depleted essence and concealed Great Dao would make the trial harder.
• Qin Sheng resolved to sever the Firmament's control over the Great Dao and make the myriad Dao acknowledge him as their master.
• After three days of contemplation, Qin Sheng told Yi Qingwu, Li Wan, and Xiao Nannan to leave the Pure Land before the tribulation began.
• Qin Sheng unleashed his cultivation and declared his intent to restrain the myriad Dao, triggering a Thunder Sea that immediately struck him as Heaven's Execution.

Qin Sheng faced an unprecedented Dao-rules Heavenly Tribulation as he tried to seize the myriad Daos and forge his own path. After defeating and absorbing the Sun Saint Emperor’s Dao marks, he found himself confronting ten Great Emperor Tribulation Shadows, including the three Heavenly Emperors.

• Yi Qingwu and the others watched from the Kunpeng Pocket World as Kunling sealed the spatial rift to shield them from Qin Sheng’s Heavenly Tribulation.
• Qin Sheng swallowed the thunder sea and endured weapon-shaped lightning, using the attacks to refine his body, coffin, and banner.
• The Sun Saint Emperor appeared and attacked Qin Sheng with Emperor techniques, but Qin Sheng shattered him and refined his Sun Dao marks.
• The Heavenly Tribulation adjusted the Sun Saint Emperor’s strength to match Qin Sheng, then sent Hengyu the Great, the Taiyin Human Emperor, the Void Emperor, the Western Emperor, and other Great Emperor Shadows against him.
• Emperor Qing, Wushi, and the Ruthless Emperor appeared alongside the other Great Emperor Shadows, bringing the total to ten and leaving Qin Sheng facing what seemed an impossible tribulation.

Qin Sheng fought ten Great Emperor Dao Bodies during his Dao-Slaying Tribulation, using their attacks to forge his own Dao and devour their laws. After surviving Ruthless’s final assault, he struck heaven with the Sword of Human Will, ending the tribulation and sealing the source of the Great Emperors.

• Qin Sheng and the Human Emperor Banner battled the ten Great Emperor Dao Bodies while his secret techniques weakened their attacks and helped him endure the siege.
• Qin Sheng refined Dao marks from his enemies and achieved his own Dao Aspect, then devoured Taiyin and Sun inside the Swallowing Heaven Devil Jar.
• Qin Sheng used the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art to absorb the Devil Jar’s power, shattered it, and retained some of Taiyin and Sun’s Dao laws.
• Qin Sheng swallowed Ruthless’s final attack as the other Great Emperor Dao Bodies returned to the ten great stars when their time ended.
• Qin Sheng transformed his Primordial Spirit into a Dao sword and used the Sword of Human Will to close the Gate of the Great Dao, ending the Great Emperor Dao Body Tribulation.