Chapter Summaries

After Qin Sheng defeated Zi Fengchuan and secured treasures from King Jin's Tomb, he negotiated with Divine Silkworm Ridge and returned to Shaking Light Holy Land as the Ancient Clans debated how to respond to his growing power. Spirit Valley began plotting after its losses, while Xiao Nannan told Qin Sheng she had found something resembling a different-shaped cauldron underground.

• The Holy Lords praised Qin Sheng for defeating Zi Fengchuan, and Qin Sheng urged the Human Race not to fear the Primordial Royal Clans.
• Qin Sheng received a Rebirth Cicada from Daoist Lingcan, agreed that Divine Silkworm Ridge could keep the Longevity Wood, and gave Duan De and the Black Emperor Quasi-Emperor Statues to search for the rest.
• Daoist Lingcan warned Qin Sheng that Ancestor Kings and Great Saints might target him, and Qin Sheng accepted the danger rather than backing down.
• News of the battle spread: the Ji Family marveled at Qin Sheng's strength, Huo Qizi decided to visit the Primordial Ancient Mine, and Divine Silkworm Ridge honored its promises to Shaking Light Holy Land.
• The Ancient Emperor Clans chose to wait for Qin Sheng to stall before challenging him, while Spirit Valley began acting after losing Zi Fengchuan and a Saint Weapon.
• Xiao Nannan told Qin Sheng she had found a dark underground hole containing something like his cauldron in another shape, and Qin Sheng suspected it was Mother Qi of All Things.

Qin Sheng took Xiao Nannan and Doudou into the Bronze Immortal Palace beneath Shaking Light, where they explored the Gate of Myriad Wonders and traces of the Ruthless Emperor. After Xiao Nannan touched a Ghost Face Mark, the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy absorbed Ruthless’s corpse fragments and blood, leaving Qin Sheng to wonder whether the Emperor might revive through him.

• Xiao Nannan told Qin Sheng that she and Doudou had found an underground cave, and he led them there to investigate.
• Qin Sheng saw the Bronze Immortal Palace across a dark chasm and brought Xiao Nannan and Doudou inside through a hole in its roof.
• At the Gate of Myriad Wonders, Doudou nearly touched the blood-written character for “immortal,” but Xiao Nannan pulled her back.
• Qin Sheng entered the world behind the gate and found Ruthless’s corpse fragments, an Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree stump, Divine Spirit Jade, and other traces of her cultivation.
• Xiao Nannan touched a Ghost Face Mark, saw a vision of Ruthless, and triggered a response from the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy.
• The Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy absorbed Ruthless’s blood and corpse fragments, making Qin Sheng fear that the Ruthless Emperor might revive through him.

Qin Sheng left the Bronze Immortal Palace with Xiao Nannan and Doudou after the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy absorbed Ruthless’s corpse fragments and the Immortal Emperor Skin. As controversy over King Jin’s Tomb spread, Qin Sheng answered the Ancient Clans’ demands with a scheme involving the Assassin Divine Dynasty, then sent Shaking Light disciples to Divine Silkworm Ridge while preparing to study Nannan’s Dao.

• Qin Sheng watched the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy absorb Ruthless’s corpse fragments and the Immortal Emperor Skin, then collected the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree stump and memorized the patterns on Ruthless’s stone stele.
• Qin Sheng explored the Bronze Immortal Palace with Xiao Nannan and Doudou, but found no boundary or additional relics before the palace sank away and vanished.
• Criticism of Shaking Light, the Ji Family, and the Jiang Family grew as people urged surrender to the Primordial Creatures, and the Western Queen Mother advised the Yaochi Saintess to investigate the agitation without letting disciples be misled.
• Qin Sheng ordered Li Daoqing to identify the rumor-mongers and proposed hiring the Assassin Divine Dynasty to answer Primordial Creatures demanding an explanation, followed by a public condemnation of the assassins.
• Daoist Lingcan delivered the Radiant Heavenly Dao secret art and arranged for Shaking Light disciples to visit Divine Silkworm Ridge, while Qin Sheng suspected Spirit Valley of stirring up trouble.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Eastern Immortal Sleeping Palace with Xiao Nannan and Doudou, intending to study Nannan’s Dao as he waited for more powerful figures to emerge.

Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei continued traveling through Great Jin, punished criminals, and discussed when the next Reincarnation Mission might arrive. In Pingxi City, they were recognized as the Sword-Washing Swordsman Couple after Jiang rescued a kidnapped woman, and Qin Sheng ended the chapter by challenging Jiang to a swordsmanship test.

• Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei killed the tyrant Chen Shan and burned his corpse after learning of his crimes in Yuanfeng City.
• Qin Sheng reasoned that another Reincarnation Mission would likely arrive within a year and explained that missions could take several forms.
• Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei reached Pingxi City and saw their Human Ranking entries, with Qin ranked third and Jiang ranked tenth.
• Jiang Zhiwei severed the Red Powder Young Master's legs as he fled with a young woman, revealing the pair as the real Sword-Washing Swordsman Couple.
• Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei settled at the Pingxi Sword Shop, where Qin challenged Jiang to test her swordsmanship.

During his third Reincarnation mission, Qin Sheng met newcomer Ruan Yushu and was tasked with guiding her. They learned that a mysterious Saint was traveling west to Long Valley, but after escorting a cowherd boy home, they found his bloodied Green Ox pursuing them, suggesting something had happened in the village.

• Jiang Zhiwei sparred with Qin Sheng, and the third Reincarnation began with individual missions for each team member.
• Qin Sheng found Ruan Yushu in a forest, received a mission to guide her, and explained the Reincarnation Space while promising to help her survive.
• Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu met a cowherd boy who told them of the Saint traveling west to Long Valley, triggering their main quest to identify and escort the Saint.
• Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu escorted the boy, Tong'er, to Apricot Blossom Village and met his grandfather, who had told him stories about the Saint.
• After Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu left the village, Tong'er's wounded Green Ox caught up with them, and Qin Sheng realized something had happened in Apricot Blossom Village.

Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu returned to Apricot Blossom Village and found it destroyed, with the villagers dead and the children missing. They continued to Anping City, where a Bai Xiaosheng informant told them about the Saint, the Immortal Palace, and the powerful figures of the Central Plains, leaving Qin Sheng intrigued by the claim that the Eight Kings and Nine Sects had communed with the Firmament.

• Big Green Ox carried Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu back to Apricot Blossom Village, where they found the village burned and ransacked, its villagers dead, and the cowherd boy missing.
• Qin Sheng found the words “Black Mountain” written in blood beside the old man's body, and he and Ruan Yushu buried the villagers before leaving for Anping City.
• Qin Sheng told Ruan Yushu to prepare for future fights by learning to draw blood, then eased her distress with jokes as they traveled to the city.
• At Tongfu Inn, Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu met Nie Xin, a Bai Xiaosheng informant, and invented an overseas background to conceal their identities.
• Nie Xin explained the Saint's connection to the Immortal Palace and described the Eight Kings and Nine Sects as near-ascension experts with Immortal Artifacts.
• Qin Sheng wondered whether the Eight Kings and Nine Sects had truly communicated with the Firmament and looked up at the unusually dark sky.

Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu traded martial arts manuals to Bai Xiaosheng for secret information about the Saint, the Immortal Palace, and the Black Mountain Church, then traveled toward Long Valley. Along the way, auspicious signs appeared, Qin Sheng killed the Nine Joys Old Demon in one strike, and the Medicine-Zhi Heroic Couple mistook him for the Saint.

• Qin Sheng learned that the Black Mountain Church worshiped a mysterious demon said to have lived for five hundred years, then exchanged a martial arts manual for Bai Xiaosheng's detailed information about the Saint, the Immortal Palace, and the church.
• Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu learned that auspicious signs had appeared at several locations, but Qin Sheng decided they would head straight to Long Valley rather than search for the Saint.
• Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu bought a zither in Anping City and rode Big Green Ox toward Long Valley, with Qin Sheng warning Ruan Yushu to keep the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space secret.
• A tortoise with trigrams on its shell and a carp containing marked silk appeared by the riverside, and Qin Sheng recognized them as auspicious signs connected to the Saint's emergence.
• The Nine Joys Old Demon pursued the Medicine-Zhi Heroic Couple and turned toward Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu, but Qin Sheng killed him with a single sword strike.
• The Medicine-Zhi Heroic Couple thanked Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu by kneeling and greeting Qin Sheng as the Saint.

Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu traveled toward Long Valley as the martial world mistook Qin Sheng for the Saint, and the growing faith of his followers strengthened that identity. At Long Valley, Qin Sheng decoded the omens and summoned the Immortal Palace, where he and his companions arrived before a palace called Nanhua Palace.

• Qin Sheng let the Medicine-Zhi Heroic Couple follow him to Long Valley after they mistook him for the Saint, and Ruan Yushu questioned why they believed the title suited him.
• Ruan Yushu used her qin to help Dragon Mountain Sword Manor defeat the Intent Transformation Sect, and Qin Sheng offered her advice on her music.
• Qin Sheng's group gathered followers on the road, and their reverence gave force to his status as the Saint.
• At Long Valley, the Heavenly Secrets Elder failed to find Qin Sheng in the Heavenly Secret, and the Eight Kings and Nine Sects bowed to him as the Saint.
• Qin Sheng combined the clues from the stele and the silk book, recited a passage of scripture, and caused the Immortal Palace to appear.
• Qin Sheng and his companions entered the Immortal Palace and found themselves before Nanhua Palace.

Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu explored Nanhua Palace, gained insights and rewards from its garden and Chess Realm, and discovered the Black Mountain Demon God imprisoned in an ancient well. Qin Sheng destroyed him with a golden willow leaf and obtained a powerful Sword Bone, leaving the pair with a new treasure as they continued through the palace.

• Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu entered Nanhua Palace, observed Kunpeng’s transformation in a lake, and gained different insights from it.
• Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu entered the Chess Realm through a chessboard; Qin Sheng formed a Reincarnation Inner Landscape while Ruan Yushu opened her Ear Aperture and learned two forms of the Langhuan Twelve Divine Sounds.
• Qin Sheng won their match and received a Sun-attributed golden willow leaf, then he and Ruan Yushu left the garden and reached a plaza with an ancient well.
• Qin Sheng recognized the well’s supposed Guardian as the Black Mountain Demon God, who revealed that he was the first-generation leader of the Black Mountain Church and had been trapped there for fifty years.
• Qin Sheng threw the golden willow leaf into the well, killing the Black Mountain Demon God and purifying the remains at its bottom.
• A Sword Bone emerged from the well, and Qin Sheng took it after judging it more valuable than a hundred golden willow leaves.

Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu explored three mysterious gates in Nanhua Palace, where Qin Sheng wrote the De Scripture and received a complete Dao Scripture. After they returned to Long Valley, Qin Sheng gave the De Scripture to Guan Wenxi and completed the Main Quest, leaving the world amid purple qi.

• Ruan Yushu and Qin Sheng entered separate gates; Qin Sheng climbed the Saint's Gate mountain, recorded the Saints' teachings as the De Scripture, and received the Dao Scripture.
• Qin Sheng wondered why the Demon Emperor and Dao De Heavenly Venerable were investing in him, then returned to the plaza and reunited with Ruan Yushu.
• Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu left Nanhua Palace and rode Green Ox out of Long Valley as the palace vanished and its other explorers returned.
• Qin Sheng gave the De Scripture to Guan Wenxi after the crowd asked him to leave behind his teachings.
• Qin Sheng and Ruan Yushu received the Main Quest completion notice and vanished in purple qi; three days later, Guan Wenxi opened the Human-Divine Passage after studying the De Scripture.

Qin Sheng, Ruan Yushu, Meng Qi, and their companions reunited in Reincarnation Plaza, where they settled their missions, exchanged rewards, and discussed the worlds they had visited. After Meng Qi recounted how he foiled a plot to steal Shaolin’s Yijin Jing, Qin Sheng warned him that a great calamity was approaching.

• Qin Sheng introduced Ruan Yushu to Reincarnation Space, appraised his Kunpeng Spine Bone, and welcomed Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei back from their solo missions.
• Zhang Yuanshan, Qi Zhengyan, Qi Xia, and newcomer Fu Zhenzhen returned, and Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation announced that Ke Bijun had died.
• Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation awarded Qin Sheng an Excellent evaluation, Jiang Zhiwei and Ruan Yushu Good evaluations, and Meng Qi an Average evaluation; Qin Sheng drew a Spirit-Penetrating Pill.
• Meng Qi shared the Illusory Form Method with the group, and the companions exchanged Virtue Points for martial arts, pills, and other supplies.
• Meng Qi told the group that he had caught Zhenchang stealing the Yijin Jing and defeated him with Ananda's Precept-Breaking Saber Art.
• Qin Sheng warned Meng Qi that a great calamity was upon him and that his death was imminent.

Meng Qi feared Shaolin would punish him for knowing Ananda's Precept-Breaking Saber Art, but Xuan Bei confessed to teaching it and protected him. Back in their own world, Qin Sheng prepared to travel west with Jiang Zhiwei, then decided to visit He Jiu in Spring City.

• Qin Sheng and the others warned Meng Qi that Shaolin might accuse him of stealing Ananda's Precept-Breaking Saber Art and the Yijin Jing, while Qin Sheng proposed that Xuan Bei claim responsibility for teaching him.
• After returning to Shaolin, Meng Qi was questioned by Wu Jing and brought before the temple's eminent monks, where Xuan Bei confessed to teaching him the saber art.
• Ruan Yushu returned safely to her room, while Qin Sheng told Jiang Zhiwei that Xuan Bei would protect Meng Qi because he was the Tang Family's last surviving bloodline.
• Qin Sheng told Jiang Zhiwei they would travel west to answer Bixia Yuanjun's invitation to join Immortal Trail.
• After learning that He Jiu had appeared in Spring City with Sima Ling, Qin Sheng agreed to go there with Jiang Zhiwei and give He Jiu a stroke of good fortune.

He Jiu met Qin Sheng outside Spring City and challenged him, only for Qin Sheng to overwhelm him with a single sword strike and guide him toward a breakthrough. Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei continued on their journey, while He Jiu left determined to repay Qin Sheng’s favor.

• He Jiu discussed his ambition to achieve One-Step Ascension with Sima Ling and named Qin Sheng among the young martial artists he could not fathom.
• Three days later, He Jiu encountered Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei outside Spring City and accepted Qin Sheng’s challenge.
• He Jiu struck first with Formless and Form Sword Qi, but Qin Sheng absorbed the attack without injury.
• Qin Sheng countered with Formless Firmament Sword Qi, defeated He Jiu’s sword technique, and sent his Sword Qi through He Jiu’s Brow Ancestral Aperture to guide him.
• He Jiu thanked Qin Sheng for his guidance and departed, while Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei rode away from Spring City.
• Qin Sheng encouraged Jiang Zhiwei to keep cultivating and said he expected to reach the Heaven Ranking’s first place by the time she could contend for the Earth Ranking.

Meng Qi traveled west with Xuan Bei and Zhenhui, repeatedly failing to escape Shaolin, while Qin Sheng’s rise to the top of the Human Ranking astonished the martial world. Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei reached Quicksand Market and reunited with Qu Jiuniang, whose identity as Bixia Yuanjun he exposed.

• Xuan Bei took Meng Qi and Zhenhui west as an envoy to confront Vajra Temple, and Meng Qi failed twice to escape his master.
• At a Six Fan School branch, Meng Qi learned that Qin Sheng had taken first place on the Human Ranking after defeating He Jiu in one move.
• Ruan Yushu and martial artists across Great Jin and Northern Zhou celebrated Qin Sheng’s achievement as he and Jiang Zhiwei entered the Western Region.
• Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei reached Quicksand Market and found Qu Jiuniang at Hanhai Number One after she threw out a troublesome customer.
• Qin Sheng revealed Qu Jiuniang’s past as Bixia Yuanjun and invited Jiang Zhiwei to join their private conversation, prompting Qu Jiuniang to clear the inn.

Qin Sheng joined Immortal Trail after meeting Qu Jiuniang, and Lingbao Heavenly Venerable welcomed him into the organization. He chose the title Dao De Heavenly Venerable and received permission to take an official member’s inheritance early, leaving him to complete the required missions and assessment later.

• Qu Jiuniang questioned Qin Sheng about how he recognized her and learned her history, and he explained that he had identified her through his Sun Physique and gathered information about her inn.
• Qin Sheng accepted Qu Jiuniang’s invitation to join Immortal Trail, while Jiang Zhiwei declined to join the organization.
• Qu Jiuniang brought Qin Sheng through a gate into Biyou Heaven, explained Immortal Trail’s rules, and had him sign a Six Paths contract promising secrecy.
• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable appeared and guided Qin Sheng to choose an Immortal Trail title and inheritance.
• Qin Sheng chose Dao De Heavenly Venerable despite Qu Jiuniang’s advice, and Lingbao Heavenly Venerable granted him official-member benefits in advance while requiring him to complete the remaining missions and assessment.

Qin Sheng joined Immortal Trail as Dao De Heavenly Venerable, chose Taiji Immortal Garment, and received an assessment task to hunt criminals in the Western Region. After meeting Dipper Mother Sovereign and exploring Immortal Trail Market, he left Biyou Heaven with plans to stay at Qu Jiuniang’s inn with Zhiwei and begin the hunt.

• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable offered Qin Sheng three Dharma Body supreme arts, and Qin Sheng chose Taiji Immortal Garment after memorizing it and three Exterior Landscape martial arts.
• Qin Sheng received his Immortal Trail Token and Dao De Heavenly Venerable mask, then met Dipper Mother Sovereign, who agreed to protect him if needed.
• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable brought Qin Sheng to Immortal Trail Market, where Chong He introduced him to the members and assigned him an assessment to kill bandits and evildoers in the Western Region.
• Chong He and Ye Yuqi departed for a Reincarnation World after discussing Qin Sheng’s Sun Physique and Chong He’s concerns about his lifespan.
• Qin Sheng accepted Fairy Bixiao’s request for a Western Region treasure and told Qu Jiuniang that he and Zhiwei would stay at her inn while he carried out the assessment.

Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei traveled into Death Hanhai, where Qin Sheng began hunting bandits and rescued Chen Jiye after his family was slaughtered. Their campaign spread across the Western Region, and Qin Sheng’s identity was exposed as Meng Qi continued riding toward them.

• Qin Sheng returned safely from Immortal Trail, told Jiang Zhiwei he had received a Dharma Body ultimate art, and invited Qu Jiuniang to contact the organization if she reconsidered joining.
• Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei left Quicksand Market for Death Hanhai, where Qin Sheng killed bandits who repeatedly tried to rob them.
• Qin Sheng killed the Heavenly Blood Cave leader, avenging Chen Jiye’s family, then persuaded Chen Jiye to live and guide him against other bandits.
• Qin Sheng invited Chen Jiye to join the Scarlet Edge Martial Academy and gave him a Spirit-Penetrating Pill that advanced him to the Half-Step Exterior Landscape.
• Qin Sheng, Jiang Zhiwei, and Chen Jiye hunted bandits across the Western Region, and Qin Sheng found the specialty requested by Fairy Bixiao.
• Qin Sheng and Jiang Zhiwei’s identities became known throughout the Western Region as Meng Qi rode toward them.

Yan Ruyu visited Qin Sheng after emerging from seclusion, shared the Emperor Qing Lineage’s new inheritance, and discussed the growing threat from the Ancient Clans. Meanwhile, Ye Fan’s coffin landed on an ancient star, where he discovered a Five-Colored Altar and realized he might have encountered the Sun Emperor’s Divine Incarnation Thought.

• Yan Ruyu returned the Human Emperor Banner, revealed her remolded bloodline and Emperor Qing inheritance, and gave Qin Sheng the Chaotic Life-and-Death Lotus secret art, which he was able to cultivate.
• Qin Sheng gave Yan Ruyu Nine Secrets: Zhe, and Yan Ruyu agreed that Tushan Doudou should learn the Emperor Qing Scripture after hearing about her Undying Fox bloodline, Myriad Laws Demon Physique, and Demon God Flower.
• Yan Ruyu discussed Demon Saint Xing Chi, the Emperor Qing Weapon, and the rising tensions with the Ancient Clans, while Qin Sheng urged her to stay cautious.
• Ye Fan awoke as Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin landed on an ancient star with poisonous air and powerful five-colored tree kings.
• Ye Fan found a one-armed old man building a Five-Colored Altar and recognized the old man’s aura as a Divine Incarnation Thought, concluding that it might belong to the Sun Emperor.

Ye Fan left Five-Elements True Wood Star with Sun Emperor’s Divine Thought and an Emperor Corpse, but the altar sent them into danger instead of to Ziwei. Meanwhile, Qin Sheng and Yan Ruyu discussed Pang Bo and the Eastern Wilderness demons before Red Dragon Taoist and Silver Shanshan departed to explore a hidden place.

• Ye Fan activated the Five-Colored Altar and accompanied the one-armed Divine Thought, who retrieved a sealed stone coffin from the planet’s core before they traveled through a small domain gate.
• The altar’s route collapsed near a black hole, but the stone coffin released Emperor’s Might that carried Ye Fan and the Divine Thought to safety.
• Ye Fan found himself stranded near Lunar Saint Power, where the jade pendant revealed portions of the Lunar Ancient Scripture; he decided to cultivate rather than risk moving onward.
• Qin Sheng told Yan Ruyu that Pang Bo controlled his body while the Nineteenth-Generation Descendant of Emperor Qing’s Primordial Spirit remained sealed within it.
• Yan Ruyu explained that Eastern Wilderness demons had sought her protection, and Qin Sheng encouraged her to strengthen the Emperor Qing Lineage by sheltering worthy groups.
• Red Dragon Taoist asked Silver Shanshan to explore a place covered in Innate Dao Patterns, and the two departed immediately.

Qin Sheng learned that Spirit Valley wanted its Saint Weapon back and heard that Duan De and the Black Emperor had vanished in Fallen God Ridge. When Hua Yunfei brought Zhang Wenchang and Li Xiaoman to report an ambush targeting people from Earth, Qin Sheng suspected a wider plot against Ye Fan and wondered whether the Divine Incarnation Thought of the Completed Sacred Physique had reached Beidou; the chapter ended with him chiding Hua Yunfei for not devouring anyone’s Origin.

• Li Daoqing reported Spirit Valley’s demand for its Saint Weapon, and Qin Sheng approved his refusal to return it for nothing.
• Li Daoqing told Qin Sheng that Duan De and the Black Emperor had disappeared in Fallen God Ridge, while Yan Ruyu and the Peacock King departed the next day.
• Hua Yunfei brought Zhang Wenchang and Li Xiaoman to report that someone had lured them into a killing-array ambush using a letter in Li Kang’s handwriting.
• Qin Sheng learned that Li Kang, Liu Yunzhi, and Kaide were missing and suspected that the attacks on Zhang Wenchang and Liu Yiyi were connected to a plot targeting Ye Fan.
• Qin Sheng warned Zhang Wenchang and Li Xiaoman to be careful, and they went to reunite with Liu Yiyi.
• Hua Yunfei thanked Qin Sheng for freeing him from the Ruthless lineage, then Qin Sheng criticized him for cultivating the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art without devouring anyone’s Origin.