Chapter Summaries

Qin Sheng refined the ten great stars, survived the remaining layers of his Dao-Slaying Tribulation, and tempered his coffin in the Chaos Lightning Sea. He reached the Third Minor Step of Severing the Dao after sixty-eight tribulations, while the Chaos Pure Land lay nearly destroyed.

• Qin Sheng swallowed the ten great stars and refined their fundamental Dao traces into his Chaos Black Hole.
• Qin Sheng entered the Lightning Heavenly Palace, defeated its Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, and endured the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountain’s attack.
• Qin Sheng passed through the remaining tribulations and reached the Chaos Lightning Sea, where he tempered his King Divine Weapon coffin.
• Qin Sheng engraved ancient and imperial characters into his coffin, raising it to the level of the king among King Divine Weapons.
• Qin Sheng absorbed the tribulation’s remaining power, reached the Third Minor Step of Severing the Dao, and declared that he had seized three thousand Daos after sixty-eight tribulations.

After surviving the Heavenly Tribulation, Qin Sheng emerged as a King at the Third Minor Step of Severing the Dao and discovered a mysterious seed amid the Chaos Pure Land’s ruins. He returned to the Kunpeng Pocket World and planned to cultivate there, including mastering a bloodline secret art to balance the powers in his body.

• Yi Qingwu, Li Wan, and Xiao Nannan entered the destroyed Chaos Pure Land and found Qin Sheng alive after he had successfully Severed the Dao.
• Qin Sheng discovered a gray seed with faint vitality beneath the roots of the dead Divine Tree and believed his tribulation had helped bring it into being.
• The dead Divine Tree crumbled to ash as Qin Sheng and the others left the Chaos Pure Land with the seed.
• Kunling realized Qin Sheng had advanced directly to the Third Minor Step of Severing the Dao, astonishing Yi Qingwu and Li Wan.
• Kunling and Yi Qingwu warned that even Qin Sheng could not casually overcome the Saint Domain Barrier, and Qin Sheng agreed that Saints were extraordinarily powerful.
• Qin Sheng declined to consolidate his realm and chose to cultivate in the Kunpeng Pocket World, including learning Yin-Yang True Form to balance the powers within his body.

After refining the Pure Lotus Demon Fire, Qin Sheng reached the late Seven-Star Dou Sheng realm, named its newly born spirit Lotus, and freed Xiao Chen. He emerged to find powerful clans waiting outside and immediately seized Yao Wangu when the Yao Clan elder demanded that he surrender the flame.

• Qin Sheng finished refining the Pure Lotus Demon Fire, reached late Seven-Star Dou Sheng, and named its newborn spirit Lotus.
• Qin Sheng freed Xiao Chen, revealed the Xiao Clan's troubles with the Soul Clan, and warned him that he was too weak to act rashly.
• Qin Sheng left the Demon Flame Space and found experts from the Imperial Clans waiting to claim the Pure Lotus Demon Fire.
• Yao Wangu challenged Qin Sheng's right to possess the flame and demanded that he hand it over.
• Qin Sheng seized Yao Wangu with a hand of Dou Qi before the elder could finish speaking.

Qin Sheng revealed that he was a Seven-Star Dou Sheng, seized Yao Wangu to use as a vessel for Yao Chen’s revival, and challenged the Imperial Clans to oppose him if they wanted the Pure Lotus Demon Fire. His strength led the Pill Tower and major factions to mistake him for a Ninth-Rank Golden Pill, while the Soul Clan decided to send the Void Devouring Flame after him.

• Qin Sheng overwhelmed Yao Wangu, revealed his Seven-Star Dou Sheng cultivation, and declared that Yao Wangu’s body would be used to revive Yao Chen.
• Qin Sheng warned the Yao Clan to send its leader to see him, then left with Yao Wangu and invited the other Imperial Clans to pursue the Pure Lotus Demon Fire.
• Hun Mie Sheng realized Qin Sheng might have discovered the Hall of Souls’ schemes and proposed luring him with the Void Devouring Flame.
• Qin Sheng met Lin Old Freak and the Pill Tower Ancestor, who warned that the Soul Clan would not tolerate his exposed strength.
• Yao Dan decided to visit the Pill Tower, while Soul Heavenly Emperor ordered the Void Devouring Flame to approach Qin Sheng and recover his soul if he refused to cooperate.
• The Ancient Clan, Lei Clan, and other Imperial Clans became interested in Qin Sheng after rumors identified him as a Ninth-Rank Golden Pill.

Qin Sheng brought Yao Dan to the Misty Cloud Sect after demanding the Yao Clan's help and a Heavenly Flame, where he faced the Hall of Souls and Void Devouring Flame. He defeated the Nine-Star Dou Sheng and turned back to Yao Dan to continue their discussion of compensation.

• Qin Sheng asked the Pill Tower Ancestor and Yao Dan whether an Emperor Pill could restore the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's remnant soul, and learned that the Yao Clan held secret Emperor Pill formulas.
• Qin Sheng demanded a Heavenly Flame from Yao Dan, but Yun Yun urgently contacted him about the Hall of Souls arriving at Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Qin Sheng brought Yao Dan, the Pill Tower Ancestor, and Lin Old Freak to the Misty Cloud Sect, then sent Yun Yun away and accepted a Child Flame of Void Devouring Flame from the Hall of Souls elder.
• Void Devouring Flame revealed himself and tried to control Qin Sheng through the Child Flame, but Qin Sheng resisted and overwhelmed him with his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Yao Dan and the others emerged from the Void in shock, and Qin Sheng told Yao Dan to continue discussing compensation.

Qin Sheng captured and refined Void Devouring Flame, then killed Soul Heavenly Emperor and revealed he knew how to enter Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s Cave-Dwelling. He entered the Soul Realm and sealed the Soul Clan, leaving Hun Xuzi to gather the Hall of Souls under his command.

• Qin Sheng erased Void Devouring Flame’s consciousness and began refining it as Soul Heavenly Emperor arrived to rescue it.
• Qin Sheng absorbed Void Devouring Flame, broke through to Nine-Star Dou Sheng, and killed Soul Heavenly Emperor with his Flame Divine Finger.
• Qin Sheng told Gu Yuan and the other clan chiefs that he knew the Ancient Emperor’s Cave-Dwelling held two opportunities to become a Dou Di, then left to deal with the Soul Clan.
• Qin Sheng entered the Soul Realm, suppressed its Dou Shengs, sealed the realm, and erased the Soul Clan’s ancestral defenses.
• Qin Sheng ordered Hun Xuzi to gather the Hall of Souls and placed a wisp of black flame inside him; Hun Xuzi agreed to serve.

After the Soul Clan fell, Qin Sheng explained how Dou Dis could ascend and invited the Imperial Clans to help him reach that realm in exchange for bringing Origin Qi back for them. The clans left to consider his offer, while Qin Sheng visited Ancient Dragon Island and reunited with Zi Yan.

• Yao Dan told Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders that his clan would give Qin Sheng Heavenly Flames to make amends for Yao Wangu's offense.
• Qin Sheng asked the clans to help keep the Hall of Souls in check, then explained that Dou Dis could ascend through a Plane Passage and that he could bring back Origin Qi for others.
• Qin Sheng proposed that the clans pool their resources to help him ascend, and Gu Yuan said the choice would determine the eight clans' fate.
• Qin Sheng went to Ancient Dragon Island, where Qingshan Dou Sheng told him Zi Yan had emerged from seclusion and wanted to see him.
• Zi Yan celebrated Medusa's coming transformation into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Devouring Python, then wailed when Qin Sheng revealed he was a Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Qin Sheng promised to take Zi Yan to try something delicious.

Qin Sheng returned to Misty Cloud Sect, reassured Yun Yun, and then took Zi Yan to Canaan Academy to find her father in the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling. They discovered Zhu Kun, who challenged Qin Sheng after learning he had brought no Ancient Jade.

• Qin Sheng returned to Misty Cloud Sect, where the disciples celebrated his victory, and he told Yun Yun he planned to seek Dou Di attainment.
• Qin Sheng left with Zi Yan, reassured her that her father had not abandoned her, and brought her to Canaan Academy.
• Qin Sheng told Su Qian he believed Zi Yan’s father was in the Magma World beneath the academy, then entered the underground world with Zi Yan.
• Qin Sheng and Zi Yan passed the Flame Lizardmen and reached the entrance to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling.
• Zhu Kun awoke, recognized Qin Sheng as an Early Nine-Star Dou Sheng, and demanded to know whether he carried the Ancient Jade.
• Qin Sheng brought Zi Yan forward and told Zhu Kun she was his daughter, prompting Zhu Kun to ask whether he wanted her to die too.

Qin Sheng freed Zhu Kun from Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s prison and opened the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling, leaving the group inside to explore its treasures. He revealed the origin of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor and found a store of cultivation methods, while Zi Yan and Zhu Kun wondered how he knew the cave’s secrets.

• Zi Yan angrily rejected Zhu Kun as her father until Qin Sheng explained the loneliness and dangers she had faced growing up, and Zhu Kun apologized for being trapped away from her.
• Qin Sheng shattered the methods binding Zhu Kun and freed him, then opened the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling despite Zhu Kun’s warnings.
• Qin Sheng led Zi Yan and Zhu Kun through the cave’s inner world, where they found weakened Heavenly Flames and Lotus recognized the place as familiar.
• Qin Sheng explained that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had been a Heavenly Flame who devoured the others and became a Dou Di, then revealed the statue, cultivation methods, and Dou Techniques inside the hall.
• Zi Yan said Qin Sheng had told her about the Ancient Emperor Inheritance, while Zhu Kun questioned how Qin Sheng knew so many secrets and Qin Sheng again called it deduction.

Qin Sheng subdued the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill and entered Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s inheritance space after Lotus opened the statue. There, he encountered Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s remnant, whose examination could not determine Qin Sheng’s condition.

• Zi Yan confronted Zhu Kun over concealing the inheritance, and Zhu Kun admitted he had hoped to become a Dou Di himself.
• The Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill attacked Qin Sheng and his companions, but Qin Sheng overwhelmed it and restored it to pill form.
• Qin Sheng took the Embryonic Pill, and Zhu Kun revealed that the inheritance was inside the Ancient Emperor Statue.
• Lotus opened the statue with her power, and Qin Sheng entered the inheritance space while Zi Yan and Zhu Kun remained outside.
• Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s remnant appeared before Qin Sheng and said that even the methods he had left behind could not examine him.

Qin Sheng met Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s legacy imprint, obtained the inheritance, and separated its Origin Qi from the Emperor’s Origin. After learning why Tuoshe had left the Dou Qi Continent, Qin Sheng departed with Zi Yan and Zhu Kun and began lifting the entire cave abode world.

• Qin Sheng discussed the Flame Mantra and the planes beyond the Dou Qi Continent with Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, who confirmed that the technique had transformed him.
• Qin Sheng accepted the inheritance, separated its Origin Qi from the Emperor’s Origin with his soul power, and kept the Origin Qi while leaving the Emperor’s Origin behind.
• Tuoshe Ancient Emperor explained that he had left for the Plane Passage ten thousand years earlier and lost contact with his original body after entering it.
• Qin Sheng promised to search for Tuoshe Ancient Emperor after ascending and said he would relocate the cave abode to his sect.
• Qin Sheng told Zhu Kun and Zi Yan that he had obtained the inheritance, then lifted the entire cave abode world as they left.

Qin Sheng returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling, secured the Ancient and Yao Clans' support, and summoned Xiao Yan to explain that the Soul Clan threat and the Xiao Family's troubles had been resolved. The chapter ended with Yao Chen accepting a body for resurrection, Star Fall Pavilion joining the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan reflecting on how different his life had become.

• Qin Sheng placed Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling above the Misty Cloud Sect and named its inner world the Tuoshe Ancient Realm, then revealed he was close to becoming a Dou Di.
• Yao Dan offered Heavenly Flames and pill formulas, while Gu Yuan offered the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and pledged the Ancient Clan's support; Yao Ling and Gu Xun'er joined the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Qin Sheng extracted the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame from Gu Xun'er and asked the Yao and Ancient Clans to gather ingredients for a Nine-Rank Golden Pill.
• At Qin Sheng's request, Guardian Wu summoned Xiao Yan from a Hall of Souls mission, and Qin Sheng told Xiao Yan and Yao Chen that the Soul Clan had been dealt with and the Xiao Family no longer needed to hide.
• Yao Chen accepted Yao Wangu's body for resurrection and offered his Bone Chilling Flame, while Xiao Yan offered the Xiao Family's Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade and agreed to have Star Fall Pavilion merge into the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan reflected on how Qin Sheng's actions had changed the path of his life and removed the burdens he once carried.

Xiao Yan chose to pursue cultivation for himself and joined Qin Sheng’s New Hall of Souls within the Firmament Alliance. After gathering the Eight Great Imperial Clans’ resources, Qin Sheng refined a Nine-Rank Golden Pill, reached Dou Sheng Peak, absorbed Origin Qi, and became a Dou Di, awakening the bloodlines of his relatives.

• Xiao Yan told Qin Sheng he wanted to travel the continent for his own sake, then agreed to serve the Misty Cloud Sect and considered becoming Hall Master of the New Hall of Souls.
• Yao Chen chose a Child Flame of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire for Xiao Yan, who left with him to meet Gu Xun'er and prepare for Yao Chen’s resurrection.
• The Eight Great Imperial Clans surrendered Heavenly Flames and medicinal treasures to Qin Sheng, who used their resources to refine a Nine-Rank Golden Pill.
• Qin Sheng consumed the Golden Pill and Heavenly Flames, reached Dou Sheng Peak, entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling, and absorbed Origin Qi.
• After half a month, Qin Sheng broke through to Dou Di, and his blood relatives awakened the Dou Di Bloodline as experts gathered at Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan woke from seclusion, saw the Emperor Attainment phenomenon, and learned from Yun Yun that Qin Sheng had advanced to Dou Di.

Qin Sheng attained the Dou Di Realm, inherited Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s remaining methods, and opened the Plane Passage to the Great Thousand World, promising the continent a chance to ascend. As Queen Medusa returned with her Nine-Colored Heaven-Devouring Python body, Qin Sheng declared that a new millennium of peace and ascent had begun.

• Qin Sheng reached Dou Di, assessed his new body and soul, and decided to remain an orthodox human rather than transform into a Heavenly Flame.
• Tuoshe Ancient Emperor departed after passing on his inheritance, and Qin Sheng took the Inheritance Fire Lotus and refined the inheritance space for Yun Yun’s benefit.
• Qin Sheng announced his title as Qin Emperor and promised the Firmament Alliance and the wider continent that they could ascend once he opened the Plane Passage.
• Qin Sheng opened the passage, discovered how Origin Qi formed, and gave strands of it to Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun so they could eventually break through.
• Queen Medusa emerged as a Nine-Colored Heaven-Devouring Python and joined Qin Sheng, Yun Yun, and the others as he proclaimed a new millennium of peace and ascension.

After cultivating the True Yin-Yang Form, Qin Sheng left the Kunpeng Pocket World and returned to Sun Ancient City, where he learned that Qinghong Fairy had reached the Half-Saint realm and agreed to travel with him to the Big Dipper Ancient Star. He also learned that the Silver Moon Divine Jade King had arrived and received a personal letter from Guanghan Palace.

• Qin Sheng completed his cultivation of the True Yin-Yang Form and left the Kunpeng Pocket World with Xiao Nannan, Yi Qingwu, and Li Wan.
• Qin Sheng explained that Severing the Dao had changed the Heavenly Secret concerning Qinling, then led the group back to Sun Ancient City.
• Qin Sheng reunited with Jiang Ming, who told him the Sun God Sect had recovered some of its stolen inheritance and learned from Li Wan that Qin Sheng had successfully Severed the Dao.
• Qin Sheng met Qinghong Fairy, congratulated her on reaching the Half-Saint realm, and welcomed her plan to accompany him to the Big Dipper Ancient Star.
• Qinghong Fairy told Qin Sheng that the Silver Moon Divine Jade King had arrived, and Xiao Nannan went to find him.
• Jiang Ming delivered Guanghan Palace’s letter to Qin Sheng, and Yi Qingwu suggested the palace meant to surrender to him.

Qin Sheng read a threatening letter supposedly sent by Guanghan Palace’s Taishang Sect Master, Ye Yingyue, and realized the message had been dispatched before his strength became widely known. After rewarding the honest courier, he confronted Yi Qingwu with the threat of destroying Guanghan Palace, and she tried to persuade him by invoking her status and marriage arrangement.

• Qin Sheng questioned the courier and learned that he had carried Guanghan Palace’s letter for only eighty jin of Source, with the commission passed through several intermediaries.
• Yi Qingwu opened the jade slip and found a demand that Qin Sheng hand over the Laozi Inheritance and serve Guanghan Palace, along with a threat to replace him as Master of Eight Scenic Palace.
• Qin Sheng and Yi Qingwu inferred that Ye Yingyue had sent the letter after Qin Sheng captured Yi Qingwu at Moonmist Mountain, before his later displays of strength prompted Guanghan Palace to reconsider.
• Qin Sheng praised the courier’s integrity and had Yi Qingwu reward him with eight thousand jin of Source, which he accepted before leaving and defending Qin Sheng’s reputation.
• Qin Sheng warned Yi Qingwu that he could destroy Guanghan Palace, while she begged him to spare it and reminded him that its fall would end her identities and her marriage arrangement with Yin Tiande.

Yi Qingwu pleaded with Qin Sheng to spare Guanghan Palace, while Li Wan reported the Taiyin God Sect’s demands and its pursuit of Duan De. After learning the sect had publicly threatened him over Duan De’s grave-robbing, Qin Sheng consulted the Taiyin Saint Flag and turned his attention toward the Taiyin God Sect.

• Yi Qingwu offered Guanghan Palace’s support and explained that she wanted its Taishang sect leader held responsible for forcing her toward Yin Tiande.
• Qinghong Fairy agreed that Guanghan Palace could be useful, and Yi Qingwu left to fetch Nannan Buddha.
• Li Wan told Qin Sheng that the Taiyin God Sect had asked the Sun God Sect to persuade him to return the Taiyin Saint Flag in exchange for protection.
• Li Wan reported that Duan De had raided the Taiyin God Sect’s ancestral graves, prompting the sect to hunt him and publicly threaten anyone who insulted its ancestors.
• Qin Sheng recognized that the Taiyin God Sect’s threat targeted him, contacted the spirit in the Taiyin Saint Flag, and looked toward the sect.

Qin Sheng brought Yi Qingwu back to Guanghan Palace and demanded that the sect apologize and join him in destroying the Taiyin God Sect. Yi Qingwu warned the Taishang Sect Master about Qin Sheng’s overwhelming backing, then resolved to lead Guanghan Palace to greatness by setting it against the Taiyin God Sect and removing Ye Yingyue.

• Xiao Nannan welcomed the Silver Moon Divine Jade King into Qin Sheng’s group and defended Yi Qingwu, while Qin Sheng questioned Yi Qingwu about Guanghan Palace’s connection to Hengyu the Great.
• Qin Sheng demanded an apology from Guanghan Palace and ordered its forces to join his attack on the Taiyin God Sect, offering the sect control of the conquered territory.
• Qin Sheng traveled with Yi Qingwu and Qinghong Fairy to Guanghan Palace, where the Taishang Sect Master Ye Yingyue believed Yi Qingwu had returned alone.
• Yi Qingwu told Ye Yingyue that Qin Sheng knew about her threat over the Laozi Inheritance and described his growing power and influential allies, including Qinghong Fairy and Kunpeng Ancestor.
• Ye Yingyue eagerly asked what Qin Sheng wanted, while Yi Qingwu decided to make Guanghan Palace fight the Taiyin God Sect and eventually remove Ye Yingyue.

Yi Qingwu brought Qin Sheng’s conditions to Guanghan Palace, where Jueqing Fairy took charge and agreed to them all, including joining the attack on the Taiyin God Sect. Meanwhile, Qin Sheng traveled toward Eight Scenic Palace with Xiao Nannan and Silver Shanshan, hoping Jin Shanshan would advance to Severing the Dao before they returned to Beidou.

• Yi Qingwu told the Taishang Sect Master that Qin Sheng demanded an apology, her future succession as sect master, protection for the Sun God Sect, and Guanghan Palace’s help razing the Taiyin Imperial Court.
• Ye Yingyue took Yi Qingwu to Jueqing Fairy, who rebuked and slapped the Taishang Sect Master before accepting all of Qin Sheng’s conditions and agreeing to meet him at Eight Scenic Palace.
• Jueqing Fairy resumed control of Guanghan Palace’s affairs, named Yi Qingwu her eventual successor, and ordered Ye Yingyue to present Qin Sheng with the secret treasure left by Hengyu the Great.
• On the journey to Eight Scenic Palace, Xiao Nannan named the Silver Moon Divine Jade King Silver Shanshan, and Silver Shanshan and Jin Shanshan argued over her affection.
• Qin Sheng urged Jin Shanshan to reach Severing the Dao before they returned to Beidou, while Xiao Nannan wondered whether Ye Fan was doing well.

Qinghong Fairy learned that Laozi had left a message recognizing her as his disciple and began preparing to attain Sainthood at Eight Scenic Palace. Qin Sheng agreed to Guanghan Palace’s alliance against the Taiyin God Sect, accepted its apology and Hengyu Secret Treasure, Jinghuan Bow, and demonstrated the bow’s power.

• Qin Sheng brought Qinghong Fairy, Xiao Nannan, and their unusual creatures into Eight Scenic Palace, where Laozi’s purple qi entered Qinghong Fairy and revealed his message of recognition.
• Qinghong Fairy learned that the Taiqing Sacred Realm held a star map and a path to Beidou, and Qin Sheng encouraged her to pursue Sainthood at Eight Scenic Palace.
• Qin Sheng checked on Caiyun Fairy, who remained deep in the Dao Realm and appeared close to completing Severing the Dao.
• Yi Qingwu brought Jueqing Fairy and the Taishang Sect Master of Guanghan Palace to meet Qin Sheng, and Jueqing agreed to his demands, including joining the attack on the Taiyin God Sect.
• Jueqing gave Qin Sheng Jinghuan Bow as compensation, and Qin Sheng tested it by firing an arrow that tore through space and detonated in the Great Wilderness eighty thousand li away.