Chapter Summaries

Qin Sheng tested the Jinghuan Bow’s power and pressed Guanghan Palace to commit Saint-level reserves to an attack on the Taiyin God Sect. Guanghan Palace had three days to decide, while Qin Sheng said he would rely on himself and Xiao Nannan if it refused.

• Qin Sheng fired nine arrows with the Jinghuan Bow, hitting targets across distances of up to a hundred thousand miles without exhausting himself.
• Jueqing Fairy and Yi Qingwu discussed Qin Sheng’s immense strength and the possibility that he had reached the Divine Taboo Domain.
• Qin Sheng asked what forces Guanghan Palace would contribute against the Taiyin God Sect, then demanded Saint-level reserves or equivalent power.
• Jueqing Fairy asked for time to consider, and Qin Sheng gave Guanghan Palace three days to respond.
• Jueqing Fairy described the Taiyin God Sect’s hidden strength and possible Human Emperor Descendant reserves, while Qin Sheng dismissed its Kings as no obstacle.
• After Jueqing Fairy and the Taishang Sect Master returned to Guanghan Palace, Yi Qingwu predicted they would agree, and Qin Sheng said he relied on himself and Xiao Nannan.

Qin Sheng revived Fruit Qin Sheng, avenged his death, and fulfilled his wish to become a hero. After returning to Eight Scenic Palace, he caught Duan De trying to break in and trapped him in an impossible punishment.

• Qin Sheng met Fruit Qin Sheng in Infinite Land and learned that bandits had killed him before he could become a hero.
• Fruit Qin Sheng became the twenty-fifth star, raising Qin Sheng's boost to twenty-fivefold, and Qin Sheng revived in Fruit Attack.
• Qin Sheng killed the bandits Banana and Olive, avenging Fruit Qin Sheng, then absorbed his essence.
• Xiao Nannan led Qin Sheng to Duan De, whom Qin Sheng caught trying to enter Eight Scenic Palace with a Forbidden Artifact.
• Qin Sheng bound Duan De with chains of laws and threatened to hang him as cured meat.
• Qin Sheng conjured an impossible task involving rice, flour, a chicken, a dog, and a fiery iron lock, leaving Duan De suspended until it was done.

Qin Sheng freed Duan De after taking his Bone Arrow, then agreed to help him destroy the Taiyin God Sect, whose Nether Land Duan De knew how to exploit. Guanghan Palace committed its forces to the campaign, and Qin Sheng led the expedition into the Taiyin Domain.

• Xiao Nannan reported Duan De’s pleas to Qin Sheng, who released him after Duan De offered the Bone Arrow and admitted how he had obtained it.
• Duan De explained that the Taiyin God Sect’s ancestral tombs contained a dangerous Nether Land, and Qin Sheng proposed destroying the sect with Duan De’s help.
• Duan De agreed to infiltrate the Nether Land during the attack, while warning Qin Sheng that they would need to break the sect’s protective formation.
• Jueqing Fairy persuaded Guanghan Palace to support the campaign, summoned its Saint-level foundation, and ordered participating experts sealed away to prevent leaks.
• Qin Sheng and his party arrived at Guanghan Palace, where Jueqing Fairy confirmed the alliance and Yi Qingwu volunteered to join the battle.
• Jueqing Fairy opened a Domain Gate, and Qin Sheng’s expedition entered the Taiyin Domain.

Qin Sheng and Guanghan Palace launched a coordinated assault on the Taiyin God Sect, using a deception to catch its leaders off guard and the Taiyin Saint Flag to disable its protective formation. The attack began with Jueqing Fairy sealing Duanmu Old Ghost as Guanghan’s forces and Qin Sheng’s troops surged into the Imperial Court.

• Yi Qingwu and Jueqing Fairy explained that the Duanmu Family had led the betrayal that destroyed the original Human Emperor bloodline within the Taiyin God Sect.
• Qin Sheng proposed that Jueqing Fairy and Yu Sect Master enter openly while his forces secretly approached the Taiyin Imperial Court and attacked from four directions.
• Jueqing Fairy and Yu Sect Master gained entry by claiming they wanted to discuss joining forces against Qin Sheng, and Jueqing Fairy met Duanmu Old Ghost.
• Qin Sheng’s forces took positions around the Imperial Court, and he used the Taiyin Saint Flag to strike a weakened point in the sect’s formation.
• Jueqing Fairy ambushed Duanmu Old Ghost and sealed his Primordial Spirit as the Taiyin God Sect’s protective formation collapsed.
• Guanghan cultivators and Qin Sheng’s forces attacked the Taiyin Imperial Court from within and all four directions.

Qin Sheng’s forces invaded and overwhelmed the Taiyin God Sect, whose hidden foundations unleashed multiple Saints and a Demon Saint. As the battle escalated, Qin Sheng rose to face the Demon Saint himself.

• Silver Shanshan, Qinghong Fairy, Qin Sheng, and their allies broke through the Taiyin Imperial Court’s defenses and slaughtered its cultivators.
• Qin Sheng killed Duanmu Tian with a single arrow, while the Guanghan forces continued advancing through the sect.
• The Taiyin Three Fiends emerged from Divine Source and fought Qinghong Fairy and the Human Emperor Banner with the Thirty-Three Heavens Taiyin Divine Formation.
• The Taiyin God Sect awakened Xuanyou Saint and Chenming Saint, while Duan De unleashed a Headless Vengeful Corpse that battled Chenming Saint.
• Duanmu Xuan released a bloodthirsty Demon Saint, and Qin Sheng stepped forward to face her.

Qin Sheng used Source Technique and the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy to kill the Fox Demon Saint, then joined Saint Hongdie to slay Xuanyou Saint. With the Taiyin God Sect collapsing and Saint Chenming fleeing, its defeat became inevitable.

• Qin Sheng combined the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy with the Taiyin Imperial Court’s Origin Veins and Source Runes to unleash overwhelming power against the Fox Demon Saint.
• The Fox Demon Saint was split apart and died, while the Taiyin Saint Flag drew her remains into its small world.
• Qin Sheng pursued Xuanyou Saint, and Saint Hongdie broke free of Divine Source to help trap him.
• Qin Sheng and Saint Hongdie destroyed Xuanyou Saint’s defenses and killed him with a combined attack.
• Saint Chenming fled, but the Headless Vengeful Corpse and Saint Hongdie pursued him as the Taiyin God Sect’s forces fell into disarray.

Qin Sheng and Guanghan Palace destroyed the Taiyin God Sect after breaking its defenses and killing Saint Chenming. The Taiyin Imperial Court fell, and Qin Sheng left the victors ready to share the spoils and their victory.

• Jueqing Fairy, Jin Shanshan, Yi Qingwu, and the Guanghan forces overwhelmed Taiyin's defenders, while Qinghong Fairy and the Human Emperor Banner broke the Thirty-Three Heavens Taiyin Divine Formation and killed Earth Fiend, Human Fiend, and Heavenly Fiend Daoist.
• Qin Sheng asked Duan De how to ease the Headless Vengeful Corpse's suffering, then used Duan De's Dao Patterns, the Taiyin Saint Flag, Duanmu blood, and the Corpse Shroud to suppress it.
• Qin Sheng joined Red Butterfly Saint and the Headless Vengeful Corpse in fighting Saint Chenming, then killed Chenming with the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy and helped calm the corpse.
• Red Butterfly Saint destroyed the Taiyin God Sect's remaining defenses as Guanghan Palace's forces overran the Imperial Court and ended the battle.
• Qin Sheng told the Guanghan cultivators that everyone had contributed and would share the spoils, earning their admiration.

After the Guanghan cultivators defeated the Taiyin God Sect, Qin Sheng and his companions searched its hidden stores and discovered the Lunar Ancient Scripture and other inheritances. They also uncovered the Duanmu Family’s mass slaughter of Human Emperor Descendants and the blood pool made from their remains; as dawn rose over Ziwei, the Taiyin Saint Flag carried the blood away for the descendants to inherit.

• The Guanghan cultivators opened the Taiyin God Sect’s treasure vaults, and Qin Sheng led a group to search for its greatest hidden treasures.
• Silver Shanshan gave Qin Sheng the skull of the Lunar Divine Son, Duanmu Ming, and Qin Sheng released Xiao Nannan to help inspect the treasures.
• Xiao Nannan spotted a hidden small world, where Qin Sheng and Duan De found the Lunar Ancient Scripture, four Great Saint Scriptures, and an incomplete chapter of the Daoyan Scripture.
• Qin Sheng and the others discovered that the Duanmu Family had made a blood pool from the Taiyin True Blood and marrow of slaughtered Human Emperor Descendants, and the Taiyin Saint Flag took it away for their descendants.
• Duan De searched the Duanmu Family’s ancestral graves for the Human Emperor Seal Fragment but found nothing, and dawn broke over Ziwei as the group finished emptying the Taiyin God Sect’s hidden stores.

After Qin Sheng and Guanghan Palace destroyed the Taiyin God Sect, Ziwei’s factions learned of his rise to King and feared his power. Back at Guanghan Palace, the dying Fox Demon Saint entrusted Qin Sheng and his companions with her unborn child.

• Qin Sheng declared that Guanghan Palace and the Master of Eight Scenic Palace had destroyed the Duanmu Family and claimed the Taiyin Imperial Court for the Taiyin Human Emperor bloodline.
• News spread across Ziwei that Qin Sheng had Severed the Dao, slaughtered Saints, and destroyed the Taiyin God Sect, leaving young prodigies such as Three Deficiencies Daoist and Lu Ya uncertain how they could ever catch up.
• Qin Sheng arranged shares of the Taiyin God Sect’s spoils for Guanghan Palace, the battle’s participants, and the Sun God Sect, while keeping the Lunar Ancient Scripture, Thirty-Three Heavens Formation Flags, and an ancient tower.
• The Fox Demon Saint’s intelligence proved beyond recovery, so the Taiyin Saint Flag granted her release; before dying, she asked Qin Sheng to help her child.
• The Fox Demon Saint’s remaining will reunited her body and formed a new life in her abdomen, prompting Duan De to recognize her as an Undying Fox.

After destroying the Taiyin God Sect, Qin Sheng accepted the Fox Saint’s final request and entrusted her unborn Undying Fox to Kunling for care. He returned to Kunpeng Nest with his companions, where Kunling began treating the young fox while Qin Sheng prepared to study the Lunar Ancient Scripture.

• The Fox Saint died after using her life to nurture an Innately deficient Undying Fox, and Qin Sheng agreed to protect the unborn child.
• Red Butterfly Saint said she could guard Guanghan Palace for another three hundred years, while Jueqing Fairy apologized for her role in breaking the seal.
• Duan De left Qin Sheng’s group, claiming he wanted to make his own way in Ziwei before returning to Beidou.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Taiqing Sacred Realm, left the Human Emperor Banner to protect Caiyun Fairy, and sent Qinghong Fairy into Eight Scenic Palace to transform her Heavenly Saint Physique.
• Qin Sheng brought Little Undying Fox to Kunpeng Nest, where Kunling said its condition could be cured and began examining it.
• Qin Sheng decided to stay at Kunpeng Nest and study the Lunar Ancient Scripture while waiting for Caiyun Fairy to emerge from seclusion after Severing the Dao.

Qin Sheng reached Sequence 5 Great Perfection in Backlund and agreed to help Sophia become an Apprentice so she could travel and protect herself. He went to Mr. A’s gathering, where he encountered Audrey, Fors, and Xio, and Audrey suspected she recognized him.

• Qin Sheng finished a secret pill and assessed that he had nearly digested his Sequence 9-to-5 Potions, leaving him ready to seek a Sequence 4 advancement.
• Sophia chose the Apprentice Pathway because she dreamed of traveling and wanted the ability to escape danger with Qin Sheng, and he agreed to help her become a Beyonder.
• Qin Sheng decided to attend Mr. A’s gathering to find materials for Sophia’s Potion.
• Outside the gathering, Qin Sheng met Audrey, Fors, Xio, and a viscount, and Xio accidentally dropped a triangular spike.
• Qin Sheng entered the gathering wearing a yellow mask, while Audrey watched him and thought she had seen him before.

Qin Sheng attended an Aurora Order gathering, bought the materials for Sophia’s Apprentice Potion, and guided her through becoming a Beyonder. Meanwhile, Klein’s divination of a Sealed Artifact injured him above the Gray Fog, and Bernadette arrived just as Qin Sheng was about to join the Tarot Club, leaving her alone beside his motionless body.

• Qin Sheng attended Mr. A’s gathering, bought Treasure-Eating Insects, a Corpse Flower, and an Illusory Gemstone, and declined to sell Roselle’s notes to Audrey.
• Qin Sheng returned home and guided Sophia through brewing and drinking the Apprentice Potion, after which she learned to open a door through space.
• Klein divined the origin of the Mutated Sun Holy Emblem above the Gray Fog, discovered it contained Divine Blood, and damaged the manifested palace and furnishings when he investigated the blood.
• Bernadette arrived at Qin Sheng’s home with Mysticologist Potion materials just before his scheduled Tarot Club meeting, and Qin Sheng ascended to Sefirah Castle after covering her eyes with feathers.

At the Tarot Club, Sun joined the members and promised to find Audrey the Mind Reader formula, while Qin Sheng revealed that Sun’s City of Silver lay in the Forsaken Land. The meeting ended with Klein arranging a formula exchange as Qin Sheng studied Sefirah Castle and Klein learned more about adjacent pathways from Roselle’s Diary.

• Klein introduced Sun to the Tarot Club, and Qin Sheng and Audrey offered two pages each of Roselle’s Diary in exchange for their requests.
• Audrey asked for the Mind Reader formula, and Sun said he could obtain it through City of Silver’s Dragon Pathway formulas.
• Qin Sheng explained that City of Silver was in the Forsaken Land, and encouraged Sun that the city might one day reach the outside world with Mr. Fool’s help.
• Klein arranged for Sun to receive the Bard formula in exchange for finding Audrey the Mind Reader formula, with Audrey to compensate Sun for any difference in value.
• Klein read Roselle’s Diary and learned more about adjacent pathways, while Qin Sheng continued studying Sefirah Castle’s aura and considered the Knowledge Emperor pathway.

Qin Sheng used Roselle’s diary to warn Klein about Ince Zangwill and cautioned Audrey about the Aurora Order. At the Tarot Club, Alger asked Qin Sheng to help hunt Vice Admiral Hurricane Qilangos, but Qin Sheng said he might be too busy preparing to advance to Sequence 4, leaving Klein stunned by his strength.

• Klein read Roselle’s diary entries about Beyonder Characteristics and Saint relics, then worried that the defected Ince Zangwill might target Saint Selena’s Ashes in Tingen.
• Qin Sheng revealed that he had deliberately used the diary to make Klein more vigilant about Ince Zangwill’s threat.
• Audrey reported that the kingdom would not soon retaliate against Feysac, and Alger completed his transaction with her.
• Qin Sheng warned the Tarot Club that the Aurora Order and its members were dangerous, especially Mr. A, whom he had met at a concealed gathering.
• Alger asked Audrey to locate Vice Admiral Hurricane Qilangos and Qin Sheng to intervene, but Qin Sheng said his preparations to advance to Sequence 4 might prevent him from acting.
• Klein realized that Qin Sheng was preparing to become a Sequence 4 and thought that he had raised a god.

Qin Sheng warned the Tarot Club about the Hidden Sage’s corruption before preparing to advance to Sequence 4, and Klein used the warning to uncover Old Neil’s corruption. The Nighthawks intervened before Old Neil’s condition became irreversible, while Qin Sheng woke in Bernadette’s villa to take his medicine.

• Qin Sheng told the Tarot Club he had gathered his Sequence 4 Potion ingredients and warned that the Hidden Sage might notice his advancement.
• Qin Sheng described signs of the Hidden Sage’s corruption, including eyeless-looking eyes and suddenly acquired knowledge, and advised reporting affected people to the Church.
• Klein recognized that he had seen such eyes around Old Neil and hurried to tell Dunn Smith about his suspicions.
• Dunn, Klein, and the Nighthawks went to Old Neil’s home, where piano music confirmed their fears, and Dunn pulled Old Neil into a dream before his corruption became irreversible.
• Qin Sheng woke in Bernadette’s villa, where Bernadette brought him medicine.

Qin Sheng revealed the Tarot Club’s plans to Bernadette, then prepared and drank the Mysticologist Potion using Pallez’s blood and the knowledge of a Worm of Time. He successfully became a Demigod, leaving behind his human nature and awakening Divinity.

• Qin Sheng told Bernadette that the organization planned to influence Loen’s reforms, weaken the Hidden Sage, and eventually reach the Forsaken Land.
• Qin Sheng explained the Forsaken Land and encouraged Bernadette to have Element Dawn participate in Loen’s coming civil service examinations.
• Bernadette gave Qin Sheng the Mysticologist formula and its materials, while Qin Sheng explained his plan to use a Thief Pathway Archangel’s blood for his advancement ritual.
• Qin Sheng brewed the Mysticologist Potion, completed his analysis of Pallez’s blood, and drank the Potion.
• Qin Sheng endured the transformation, developed a new Beyonder ability, and crossed into the High-Sequence as a Demigod with Divinity.

Qin Sheng discussed his new Mysticologist abilities with Bernadette, then brewed and drank the Astrologer and Mysticism Magician Potions despite their risks. After Bernadette shared a lead on the Seer main ingredient, Qin Sheng prepared to voyage for it and introduced Bernadette to Sophia before leaving.

• Bernadette explained the dangers of a Mysticologist’s Eye of Mystery Pryer and offered to teach Qin Sheng Fairy-Tale Magic, while Qin Sheng described his knowledge theft and mysticism chaos abilities.
• Bernadette warned Qin Sheng that High-Sequence Beyonders needed anchors, but Qin Sheng said his other-world selves preserved his humanity.
• Qin Sheng drank the Astrologer Potion and gained divination, anti-divination, and danger-premonition abilities, then consumed the Mysticism Magician Potion and gained stronger analytical, learning, and creative abilities.
• Bernadette cautioned Qin Sheng that mixing Potions could cause lasting harm at higher Sequences, and she shared a lead on the main ingredient for the Sequence 4 Seer Potion.
• Qin Sheng invited Bernadette to dinner, where she met Sophia and gave her a gemstone necklace; Qin Sheng then said he and Bernadette would leave while he sought the Seer Potion’s sea-based main ingredients.

Qin Sheng returned to Enmat Harbor and investigated the kidnapping of his friend Ham, discovering that Ham had been killed over a treasure map. He traced the trouble to pirates from the Iron Blood and turned his attention toward them.

• Qin Sheng returned to Enmat Harbor, found police investigating damage to his house, and learned that Ham had been kidnapped.
• At the Evernight Cathedral, Isha told Qin Sheng that a mysterious attacker had taken Ham after Ham gained supernatural strength and spoke of becoming a pirate.
• Qin Sheng reassured Isha, registered with the Nighthawks, and teased Daly Simone about Dunn Smith’s feelings for her.
• Qin Sheng used Isha’s hair to track Ham and found his corpse in a house in South Street.
• Qin Sheng performed a séance and learned Ham had swallowed a Warrior Beyonder Characteristic and found a treasure map, which drew the Iron Blood pirates after him.
• Qin Sheng identified the Iron Blood pirates as the culprits and resolved to confront them for encroaching on his territory and wrecking his house.

Qin Sheng found that Iron Fist Hans had killed Ham, then teamed up with Danitz and accepted an invitation to join the Golden Dream. After reporting Ham’s death to the Nighthawks, Qin Sheng encountered the Evernight Goddess and told Klein that she wanted him as Her Favored, leaving Klein stunned.

• Qin Sheng met Danitz, learned he was hunting Hans for insulting Vice Admiral Iceberg, and accepted Danitz’s invitation to join the Golden Dream for a voyage to the Misty Sea.
• Qin Sheng prayed in the cathedral, broke through the darkness surrounding him with his power, and heard the Evernight Goddess say, “Let’s talk.”
• Qin Sheng told Isha that Ham was dead, and Daly and the Nighthawks accompanied them to recover his body.
• The Nighthawks learned that Hans had escaped Enmat Harbor and said they would report the murder so the authorities could issue a warrant.
• Qin Sheng prayed to Klein and claimed that the Evernight Goddess had favored him, leaving Klein confused and astonished above the Gray Fog.

Klein panicked after Qin Sheng reported that the Evernight Goddess had made him her Favored, imagining that the gods had discovered the Tarot Club. Qin Sheng met Amanises in a projection of Dark Heaven and revealed that he had deliberately sought her attention, then offered his support in exchange for the Source of Sefirah.

• Klein speculated that the Evernight Goddess and the Lord of Storms were targeting the Tarot Club, but resolved to trust Qin Sheng and keep him in the group.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Evernight Cathedral and prayed to the Evernight Goddess after the Ham case’s aftermath was being handled.
• Amanises appeared to Qin Sheng in a projection of Dark Heaven and recognized that he was an unusual remnant connected to an Old One.
• Qin Sheng told Amanises that he had been waiting for her to contact him and explained that he had deliberately drawn her attention after meeting Klein.
• Qin Sheng declared his support for Amanises accommodating the River of Eternal Darkness and advancing to Eternal Darkness, then asked for the Source of Sefirah as payment.