Chapter Summaries

Qin Sheng secured the Evernight Goddess’s support for his plans to become a Hermit and acquire another Sefirah, then tried to take Isha from Enmat Harbor after Ham’s death. A senior Church official arrived and recognized Qin Sheng as Evernight’s Favored.

• The Evernight Goddess questioned Qin Sheng about his knowledge and power, and they agreed to support each other’s advancement and plans involving Klein, the Hidden Sage, and the Sefirah.
• Qin Sheng asked the Evernight Goddess for help obtaining concealment, arranging Bernadette’s advancement, and meeting Mr. Door; she agreed to several requests before expelling him from her Divine Kingdom.
• At Ham’s grave, Isha learned that supernatural events had killed her brother and decided to join the Church of Evernight to seek revenge on the pirate responsible.
• Qin Sheng offered to take Isha with him, but the Nighthawks said Church rules barred her from leaving Enmat Harbor and directed him to petition a senior deacon.
• Goddess’s Sword, Cresta Cesimah, arrived in Enmat Harbor and bowed to Qin Sheng as Evernight’s Favored, shocking the Nighthawks.

Qin Sheng received the Fear Mask from the Evernight Goddess and set out with Isha and Danitz, revealing that he had killed Vice Admiral Dusk. After overwhelming the Iron Blood, Qin Sheng helped Isha become a Warrior and prepared to seek Danitz’s captain, Vice Admiral Iceberg, leaving Danitz fearing for the Golden Dream.

• The Evernight Goddess gave Qin Sheng the Fear Mask and an oracle pointing him toward an item in the Sea of Fury; Qin Sheng departed with Isha after bidding farewell to Goddess’s Sword and Daly.
• Qin Sheng met Danitz and revealed that he was a Favored of the Evernight Goddess, then took him and Isha aboard the Twilight.
• Qin Sheng sailed to the Iron Blood, defeated its crew with Sleeping Beauty and the Fear Mask, and turned most of them into marionettes.
• Qin Sheng gave Isha Ham’s Warrior Beyonder Characteristic, and she consumed it before killing Iron Fist Hans in battle.
• Qin Sheng discovered that three captured men included a Lucky One, then healed Isha and prepared to find Vice Admiral Iceberg.
• Danitz refused to lead Qin Sheng to the Golden Dream, fearing that Qin Sheng would destroy the ship and harm Captain Edwina.

Qin Sheng joined Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina’s crew and made a deal with her to sail to the Misty Sea in search of Potion ingredients. While exploring the Spirit Realm in the Sea of Fury, he found and claimed a powerful Transcendent ship, leaving its name undecided.

• Qin Sheng boarded the Golden Dream and told Edwina he wanted her help reaching the Misty Sea, while sharing his knowledge about the ship’s Purification Cannon.
• Edwina agreed to take Qin Sheng to the Misty Sea, and she showed him the Golden Dream’s collection of historical treasures.
• After three days, Qin Sheng reached the seabed in the Sea of Fury and entered the Spirit Realm to search for the Goddess’s second gift.
• Qin Sheng found a black Transcendent ship made from Sailor and Apprentice pathway characteristics, brought it into the real world, and subdued it with a spell.
• Edwina admired the ship and wondered whether it had Elf characteristics, while Qin Sheng considered what to name it.

Qin Sheng became the Evernight Goddess’s Favored, tested his flying ship Azathoth, and revealed his new status at the Tarot Club. The gathering ended with Klein struggling to accept Qin Sheng’s advantages while considering how the Gray Fog might help the club transfer items.

• Qin Sheng named his Demigod vessel Azathoth, tested its flight, and asked Edwina to keep his identity as its owner and the Goddess’s Favored secret.
• Qin Sheng sent Bernadette a letter about his advancement and the Goddess’s promise to help with her Sage ritual.
• At the Tarot Club, Qin Sheng confirmed that he had advanced to Sequence 4 and told Klein that the Evernight Goddess had made him a Favored and bestowed a Demigod vessel upon him.
• Klein reassured himself that Qin Sheng remained free to attend the Tarot Club, while Alger suspected that the Fool and the Evernight Goddess were cooperating.
• Klein read Roselle’s diary entries about the Industrial Revolution and Yalith’s advancement into Iron-blooded Knight, then heard that Vice Admiral Hurricane was in Backlund pursuing a path to high sequence.
• Qin Sheng said he had killed Victor of the Iron Blood and expected to become the fifth Pirate King; after ending the meeting, Klein considered using the Gray Fog to transfer items between club members.

Qin Sheng sailed with Edwina to a Primordial Island in the Misty Sea, where he sought the heart scales of an Adult Brass Dragon for a Seer Potion. He found the Dragon waiting to submit to him, while news of his killings spread and prompted a new faction to act.

• Qin Sheng crossed the Sea of Fury aboard the Azathoth with Edwina and the Golden Dream crew, then reached the Primordial Island she had identified.
• Qin Sheng and Edwina explored the island, where he destroyed an Undead Tree and easily defeated other monsters they encountered.
• Qin Sheng told Edwina he had come for the heart scales of an Adult Brass Dragon, and she chose not to pursue the Seer Potion ingredient for herself.
• An Adult Brass Dragon met Qin Sheng beneath an ancient tree and offered to submit to him, surprising Qin Sheng and Vice Admiral Iceberg.
• News of Iron-Blooded Victor's death spread, and a mysterious group began acting to restore the glory of Warriors.

Qin Sheng tamed the Brass Dragon Ziton, gathered Seer Potion ingredients, and explored a Primordial Island before returning to the Sunya Sea. There, he confronted Archbishop Grigoriev Ivan and crushed the Warrior Demigod’s attack, leaving the archbishop suppressed and appealing to the Goddess.

• Qin Sheng placed a magical tightening headband on the Brass Dragon, named him Ziton, and learned that a red stone had strengthened him.
• Qin Sheng and Edwina collected the eyes and teeth of Three-Eyed Nagas, explored an abandoned Divine Hall, and found an honorific name linked to the Vampire Pathway.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Azathoth with Ziton, offered Edwina extra Seer Potion ingredients, and parted from the Golden Dream in the Sunya Sea.
• Qin Sheng encountered Archbishop Grigoriev Ivan, who attacked him with a Netherworld Gate, an undead army, and a powerful slash.
• Qin Sheng endured the assault with his Indestructible Vajra Body, then used Five-Finger Mountain to suppress Grigoriev and declared his task complete to the Goddess.

Qin Sheng’s crew killed Archbishop Ivan and the God of War Church’s forces, making him the notorious Nightmare King, while Klein, Alger, and Audrey learned of the news and recognized his ties to their circle. Back at sea, Qin Sheng prepared to return to Backlund and pursue a Prophet’s advancement, volunteering to obtain Evelyn’s Beyonder Characteristic as Bernadette watched over Tingen.

• Qin Sheng turned Archbishop Ivan and the other captured church members into marionettes, then ordered his crew to use enemies before killing them for their Beyonder Characteristics.
• Newspapers reported the Nightmare King’s destruction of Ivan’s party and described the Azathoth; Klein identified the pirate as Mr. Emperor and saw the enormous bounty on him.
• Klein’s fellow Nighthawks discussed the Nightmare King, Alger received a church warning to avoid him, and Audrey defended him to her parents while privately anticipating the next Tarot Club gathering.
• Qin Sheng examined Ivan’s Undying Bracelet, explained his plan to use its undead to travel off the Azathoth, and offered Isha the Sequence 4 Characteristic if she reached Sequence 5.
• Bernadette told Qin Sheng she had found Evelyn, a Prophet of the Moses Ascetic Order who had been transformed by the Hidden Sage; Qin Sheng decided to retrieve her Characteristic while Bernadette stayed in Tingen.
• Qin Sheng reviewed the Prophet advancement ritual tied to the True Creator’s descent in Tingen and used the Eye of Mystery Pryer on Bernadette so he could witness the event when she stopped it.

At the Tarot Club, Qin Sheng announced that he would hunt a Sequence 3 Prophet of the Moses Ascetic Order, while events in Backlund and Tingen spiraled into crises. Bernadette arrived in Tingen and fought the True Creator’s Son, and the chapter ended with Qin Sheng finding his target on the Southern Continent.

• Qin Sheng refused Alger’s request to deal with Vice Admiral Hurricane, asked Mr. Fool for leave from the next Tarot Club gathering, and revealed his plan to hunt a Sequence 3 Prophet.
• Vice Admiral Hurricane failed to assassinate Duke Negan in Backlund and was killed by Azik.
• Megose arrived at the Blackthorn Security Company, and Klein recognized the danger of the Evil God’s Offspring within her and alerted Dunn.
• Megose gave birth to the True Creator’s Son, while Ince Zangwill used 0-08 to rewrite events and Bernadette arrived to fight the offspring and save Tingen.
• Qin Sheng watched Bernadette’s battle through his Eye of Mystery Pryer and finally found the Prophet he had been searching for on the Southern Continent.

Qin Sheng defeated Evelyn, helped Bernadette advance to Angel, and revived Klein after his death in Tingen. He let Klein go and told him to leave the city, while Klein asked whether Qin Sheng knew The Fool.

• Qin Sheng resisted Evelyn's Lawyer Pathway powers, fought her in Mythical Creature form, and killed her with the Spear of Longinus.
• Qin Sheng sacrificed Evelyn's spoils to the Goddess to prevent the Hidden Sage from tracking him through the Beyonder Characteristics.
• Bernadette drank the Sage Potion and successfully advanced to Angel with the Goddess's protection and the prayers of her anchors.
• Qin Sheng revived Klein at Raphael Cemetery and explained that Ince Zangwill had killed him during the attack by the Evil God's Offspring.
• Qin Sheng let Klein return to Benson and Melissa, then ordered him to leave Tingen and keep his resurrection secret.
• Klein asked Qin Sheng whether he knew The Fool.

Klein accepted that he had to leave Tingen, reunited with Benson and Melissa, and decided to seek revenge by going to Backlund. Qin Sheng returned to Backlund and advanced to Sequence 3 Prophet master before becoming a Seer, but his next advancement remained out of reach.

• Klein told Qin Sheng he was Mr. Fool's Favored, and Qin Sheng revealed that he knew Klein had returned from the dead.
• Qin Sheng convinced Klein to leave Tingen for Backlund, and Klein agreed after Qin Sheng reminded him that he wanted revenge.
• Qin Sheng vouched for Klein to Benson and Melissa, warned them to keep Klein's resurrection secret, and left the siblings to reunite.
• Qin Sheng returned to Backlund, where he drank the Prophet master Potion and advanced to Sequence 3, then drank the Seer Potion.
• Bernadette told Qin Sheng that advancing further would require hunting the Moses Ascetic Order's leader or obtaining a Sage Characteristic from the Church of Steam, so Qin Sheng decided to wait.

Qin Sheng and Xiao Nannan watched the healed Little Fox emerge from the Kunpeng Nest, where she revealed the rare Myriad Laws Demon Physique and named herself Tushan Doudou. Jin Shanshan then began his Dao-Slaying Tribulation in the Northern Sea, drawing a crowd of wary Sea Clan observers.

• Kunling used the Kunpeng Nest and its treasures to repair Little Fox’s innate deficiencies, and the fox was born amid a manifestation of the Myriad Laws Demon Physique.
• Kunling explained Little Fox’s rare physique, and she spoke, called Qin Sheng her master, and gave her name as Tushan Doudou.
• Qin Sheng accepted Doudou’s wish to follow him without binding her as a disciple, while Xiao Nannan joyfully carried and played with her.
• Jin Shanshan sensed that his breakthrough had arrived, and Qin Sheng sent him outside the Kunpeng Nest to undergo his Dao-Slaying Tribulation.
• Jin Shanshan fought through the tribulation as Sea Clan members gathered to watch and recognized him as Qin Sheng’s carriage-pulling Ancient Beast.

Jin Shanshan survived the Dao-Slaying Tribulation and became a King, while Qin Sheng left the Northern Sea and returned the Sun God Sect’s Saint Weapon. The group arrived at Sun Ancient City, where Qin Sheng heard rumors that he had destroyed the Taiyin God Sect to avenge Duan De.

• Jin Shanshan endured the final lightning strike, emerged from the Northern Sea as a King, and returned to Qin Sheng’s side.
• Qin Sheng killed several Living Fossil-level demons from the Nether Flood Dragon Tribe and Flame Shrimp Clan, then warned the Sea Clan to keep its distance from Eight Scenic Palace.
• Qin Sheng and his companions left Kunpeng Pocket World, discussed upgrading the Sun God Chariot, and headed for the Sun God Sect with Tushan Doudou.
• Qin Sheng taught Tushan Doudou about the Dao and said he would guide her toward a Demon Emperor Scripture rather than the Human Race’s Lunar Ancient Scripture.
• Qin Sheng arrived at Sun Ancient City, returned the Sun God Sect’s Saint Weapon, and gave Jiang Ming part of the Taiyin God Sect’s Divine Treasury.
• Li Wan told Qin Sheng that people believed he had destroyed the Taiyin God Sect to avenge Duan De, and Qin Sheng sarcastically agreed that Ziwei’s cultivators judged people well.

Qin Sheng left the Sun God Sect after helping secure its future, then returned to Beidou when Caiyun Fairy successfully became a King. He recounted how he had crushed Ziwei’s major threats, leaving Caiyun Fairy to conclude that Ziwei had corrupted his nature.

• Qin Sheng told Jiang Ming and Li Wan to keep his departure secret, then left the Sun God Sect with Yi Qingwu and the others.
• Caiyun Fairy emerged from seclusion after successfully Severing the Dao, and Qin Sheng set out for Beidou with Xiao Nannan and his companions.
• Caiyun Fairy discovered that Qin Sheng and Jin Shanshan had both become Kings and marveled at how far Qin Sheng had surpassed Beidou’s younger generation.
• Qin Sheng revealed that he had wiped out the Taiyin God Sect and defeated numerous powerful enemies across Ziwei, astonishing Caiyun Fairy.
• Caiyun Fairy blamed Ziwei for corrupting Qin Sheng, while he explained that the locals had repeatedly attacked him and defended his willingness to use the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy.

Qin Sheng and his companions traveled from Ziwei toward Beidou, leaving Yi Qingwu behind to pursue her own path. After arriving at Beidou’s Outer Saint Battlefield, Qin Sheng found a Divine Flower sealed in Divine Source and prepared to keep it until he could safely witness its blooming.

• Caiyun Fairy chose to return to Beidou, and Qin Sheng led the group through the Star Road at the Eight Scenic Palace and onward to the Heavenly Palace beyond Ziwei.
• Qin Sheng and the others reached the Starry Sky Domain Gate, where Yi Qingwu decided to remain on Ziwei and pursue her own Dao while Xiao Nannan bid her farewell.
• Caiyun Fairy activated the Domain Gate with Five-Colored Crystals, and Qin Sheng, Caiyun Fairy, Xiao Nannan, and their companions traveled to Beidou.
• The group arrived at Beidou’s Outer Saint Battlefield, where Qin Sheng proposed searching the ruins for relics left by ancient Sages.
• Qin Sheng opened a rotten wooden chest and found a Divine Flower bud sealed in a piece of Divine Source; he identified its danger and resolved to view it only after becoming an Emperor.
• Qin Sheng looked down at Beidou and announced that he had returned.

While Ye Fan and the Black Emperor were hunted across Central Plains, Qin Sheng returned to Beidou with Silver Shanshan, Xiao Nannan, and their companions. He found Ye Fan in danger and arrived in the Sun God Chariot, leaving the pursuers terrified and Ye Fan relieved.

• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor escaped the Living Fossils hunting them after causing chaos by excavating tombs in Qinling.
• Qin Sheng and his companions returned from Ziwei and learned from a young cultivator that they were in western Central Plains and Ye Fan was in Qinling.
• Qin Sheng headed toward Qinling with his companions, eager to reunite with Ye Fan and the Black Emperor.
• The Living Fossils cornered Ye Fan and the Black Emperor, dismissing their threats of help from Jiang Taixu and Eastern Immortal.
• Qin Sheng arrived in the Sun God Chariot, melted the attackers' descending palm, and frightened the Living Fossils into retreating.

Qin Sheng returned to Beidou and rescued Ye Fan from pursuing Living Fossils, then reunited with him and recounted his exploits on Ziwei. He revealed his Dao-Slaying cultivation and defended the strength of the Mortal Body, while wondering whether Duan De had returned to Beidou.

• Qin Sheng arrived in the Sun God Chariot, and Jin Shanshan burned the fleeing Living Fossils to ashes with Solar Divine Fire.
• Qin Sheng reunited with Ye Fan, Black Emperor, Xiao Nannan, Caiyun Fairy, Silver Shanshan, and Tushan Doudou, then led them to a secluded valley.
• Qin Sheng served Ye Fan and Black Emperor roasted flesh from a Great Accomplished Golden Crow King and described fighting powerful opponents on Ziwei, including the Taiyin God Sect.
• Qin Sheng revealed that he had reached Dao Severing, astonishing Ye Fan and Black Emperor, and said Mortal Bodies were the foundation of the world.
• Qin Sheng asked Black Emperor whether there was news of Duan De, and considered whether Duan De had returned to Beidou or was hiding there to scam someone.

Ye Fan recounted his dangerous years in Beidou and revealed that the Immortal Transformation Pool and Eternal Dragon Lair might soon appear in Qinling. Qin Sheng joined Ye Fan’s group to seek those sites and find Gai Jiuyou, while the Black Emperor already schemed to rob him.

• Ye Fan explained that his search for another Nine Secret led him back to Qin Gate, where he discovered the Dao Transformation Grounds of a hidden Cai Clan Saint.
• Ye Fan described the Northern Plains’ formidable new genius and admitted that Moon Spirit Princess held a grudge against him after he stole her silk stockings; he then revealed the possible emergence of the Immortal Transformation Pool and Eternal Dragon Lair.
• The Black Emperor urged Qin Sheng to stay hidden and ambush rivals when the sites appeared, and Qin Sheng agreed because he also had someone to find.
• Qin Sheng shared the Lunar Ancient Scripture and Nine Secrets: Zhe with Ye Fan, while refusing to give the Black Emperor the techniques without receiving the Wushi Secret Technique in exchange.
• Qin Sheng’s group found the Sick Old Man searching beside a false Immortal Transformation Pool, and Qin Sheng recognized him as Gai Jiuyou.
• The Black Emperor proposed robbing Gai Jiuyou, unaware or unconcerned that the old man was a near-Dao-attainment powerhouse.

Qin Sheng and Gai Jiuyou discussed the Immortal Transformation Pool, the Emperor Qing, and the Cai Clan’s Source Heavenly Master ancestor, whose Late-life Ominousness threatened to return. Qin Sheng sent Ye Fan and Black Emperor to search for the pool while he stayed behind to ask Gai Jiuyou for help, claiming he wanted to care for the old man in his old age.

• Gai Jiuyou met Qin Sheng’s group and explained that he sought the Immortal Providence hidden within the Immortal Transformation Pool.
• Qin Sheng revealed that the Emperor Qing had been the Azure Lotus Immortal Elixir, which took human form after growing in the Immortal Transformation Pool.
• Qin Sheng explained that the Emperor Qing had destroyed the Cai Clan to protect the world from its Third-Generation Source Heavenly Master ancestor’s Late-life Ominousness, but the ancestor could still reappear from the Eternal Dragon Lair.
• Gai Jiuyou warned that the Immortal Transformation Pool and Eternal Dragon Lair might soon emerge and draw powerful contenders.
• Qin Sheng told Ye Fan and Black Emperor to search for the Immortal Transformation Pool while he stayed behind to speak with Gai Jiuyou.
• Qin Sheng told the surprised Gai Jiuyou that he wanted to care for him in his old age.

Qin Sheng discussed the Primordial Clans, the coming Immortal Road, and the path to immortality with Gai Jiuyou, while arguing that he would become an immortal and protect Beidou on his own terms. After meeting the sealed Central Emperor, Gai Jiuyou admitted he would make the same choices again, and Qin Sheng offered him the Nine Secrets: Zhe.

• Qin Sheng told Gai Jiuyou that he had the best chance of attaining the Dao and argued for coexistence with the Primordial Clans while vowing to kill those who threatened humanity.
• Gai Jiuyou asked whether Qin Sheng would become a second Ruthless Emperor, and Qin Sheng said he would become an immortal so no one could oppose him.
• Qin Sheng said Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing had foretold a great upheaval and the opening of the Immortal Road, then the group saw the Central Emperor by a lake.
• Gai Jiuyou said he would still have pursued his original path if he could live again, and Qin Sheng judged that he would probably have failed against another Great Emperor as well.
• Qin Sheng revealed that he had come to give Gai Jiuyou the Nine Secrets: Zhe, and Gai Jiuyou reconsidered accepting another option.

Ye Fan and the Black Emperor searched Qin City for clues to the Immortal Transformation Pool, reunited with Duan De, and recruited him after charging him a fortune. Meanwhile, Qin Sheng recounted his battles on Ziwei to Gai Jiuyou and asked him to deal with a collection of troublesome weapons.

• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor left Qinling to buy materials for Source Techniques and began searching Qin City for the Immortal Transformation Pool.
• The Black Emperor sniffed out Duan De, and Ye Fan and the Black Emperor confronted him and pressed him about his missing years and the stolen Mother Qi of All Things Cauldron.
• Ye Fan persuaded Duan De that a Yin-Yang Sect disciple had stolen the cauldron, then charged him one million jin of Source to join their search for the Immortal Transformation Pool.
• Ye Fan, the Black Emperor, and Duan De set out together, celebrating their reunion as the Beidou Three Scourges.
• Qin Sheng told Gai Jiuyou how he had obtained Nine Secrets: Zhe and Nine Secrets: Xing on Ziwei, then gave him Great Saint and Saint Weapons to handle.