Chapter Summaries

Qin Sheng arranged for the Ruthless lineage to secretly hunt the Ten Great Fierce Clans while seeking an assassin descendant, then secluded himself to reshape his One World cultivation foundation. As he approached the convergence of his inner and outer worlds, he perceived the entire universe as one with himself.

• Qin Sheng told Hua Yunfei that the Ruthless lineage would remain hidden but could cultivate the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art by targeting evil Primordial Creatures.
• Qin Sheng sent Lin Youtian and the Ruthless lineage to hunt only the Ten Great Fierce Clans, warning them to conceal their identities and avoid reckless killing.
• Qin Sheng ordered Li Daoqing to discreetly find Old Knife Handle and announced that unusual phenomena might occur during his cultivation.
• Qin Sheng entered seclusion, used Dao De Heavenly Venerable's Dao Scripture to reshape his foundation, and constructed a Reincarnation Inner Landscape.
• Little Yinyin visited Qin Sheng's bedchamber, fell asleep beside him, and Qin Sheng's perception expanded until he saw the entire universe as one with himself.

Qin Sheng opened the Brow Ancestral Aperture and advanced in the One World Method, manifesting his Dharma Form, Myriad Worlds of the Great Dao, across the Shaking Light Holy Land. After mastering the Taiji Immortal Garment, he heard Weiwei report that the Saint Son and Saintess had been ambushed.

• Qin Sheng broke through to the Exterior Landscape, opening his Brow Ancestral Aperture and linking his Inner World with the Outer World.
• Qin Sheng's Inner Scenery manifested as Myriad Worlds of the Great Dao, plunging the Shaking Light Holy Land into darkness before creating a vision of worlds and realms.
• Li Daoqing reassured the Shaking Light disciples that the phenomenon came from Qin Sheng's cultivation, and they praised him for mastering light and darkness.
• Qin Sheng tested his new ability to command heaven and earth, then considered how his Severing Dao cultivation strengthened his Exterior Landscape.
• Xiao Nannan woke beside Qin Sheng, told him she had dreamed of darkness, and ran off after chatting with him.
• Qin Sheng mastered the Taiji Immortal Garment after half a month of cultivation, then Weiwei rushed in to report that the Saint Son and Saintess had been ambushed.

After Shaking Light and Yao Xi survived an ambush by mysterious enemies, Qin Sheng suspected Primordial Creatures and sent Li Daoqing to seek information from Divine Silkworm Ridge and Fire Qilin Cave. Qin Sheng then traveled with Yao Xi and Weiwei to Source City, where he confronted Old Knife Handle about his connection to the Assassin Heavenly Court.

• Weiwei told Qin Sheng that Shaking Light and Yao Xi had stayed behind to fight their ambushers, and Qin Sheng rushed to their location with Li Daoqing.
• Qin Sheng healed Shaking Light and Yao Xi with Divine Spring Water, then heard that their attackers had turned into light after death and possessed no Origin.
• Qin Sheng identified Primordial Creatures as the likely attackers and ordered Li Daoqing to ask Divine Silkworm Ridge and Fire Qilin Cave for information.
• Li Daoqing told Qin Sheng that Old Knife Handle had been found in Source City, and Qin Sheng went there with Yao Xi and Weiwei.
• Qin Sheng told Old Knife Handle that he knew he was a descendant of the Assassin Heavenly Court and that his grandfather was Qiluo.

Qin Sheng met with Old Knife Handle and learned that the Assassin Heavenly Court still had descendants, then traveled to the Primordial Ancient Mine with Yao Xi and Weiwei. There, he encountered Huo Qizi and arranged a wager: if Qin Sheng won their fight, Huo Qizi would accompany him into the mine.

• Old Knife Handle admitted he was a descendant of the Assassin Heavenly Court, and Qin Sheng asked him to have Qiluo meet him in Source City.
• Qin Sheng told Yao Xi and Weiwei that the Heavenly Court's remaining descendants had lost their former power, then brought them to inspect the Primordial Ancient Mine.
• Qin Sheng destroyed a skeleton causing a blood wind and explored the mine's dangerous outskirts with the two women.
• Qin Sheng, Yao Xi, and Weiwei encountered Huo Qizi, who revealed that he was Fire Qilin Cave's Ancient Emperor's Son.
• Yao Xi and Weiwei provoked Huo Qizi by praising Qin Sheng, and Huo Qizi vowed to defeat him and reclaim the Qilin Seed.
• Qin Sheng offered to suppress his cultivation to the Great Ability realm and wagered the Qilin Seed against Huo Qizi accompanying him into the Primordial Ancient Mine; Huo Qizi accepted.

Qin Sheng defeated Huo Qizi in a spar while suppressing his cultivation, then reassured the Ancient Emperor’s Son and prepared to enter the Primordial Ancient Mine with an incarnation. The chapter ended with Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi heading toward the forbidden zone as Qin Sheng’s true body stayed behind with Yao Xi and Weiwei.

• Huo Qizi led Qin Sheng away from the Primordial Ancient Mine to fight in a distant Stone Forest, and Qin Sheng suppressed his cultivation to Peak Great Ability.
• Huo Qizi unleashed his Qilin techniques against Qin Sheng, but Qin Sheng remained unharmed and overcame his attacks with the Myriad Heavens Domain and Taiji Divine Palm.
• Qin Sheng stopped short of seriously injuring Huo Qizi, then praised his strength and encouraged him until Huo Qizi recovered from his defeat.
• Qin Sheng told Yao Xi and Weiwei that he would send an incarnation into the Primordial Ancient Mine, then created a second body to accompany Huo Qizi.
• Qin Sheng’s true body stayed behind with Yao Xi and Weiwei while his incarnation and Huo Qizi set off for the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi ventured into the Primordial Ancient Mine, survived its dangerous terrain, and were swept into the legendary Peach Blossom Spring by a blood wind. They discovered that the seemingly beautiful Pure Land was a corrupted Four Spirits formation, then found a blood-stained Fortune Cauldron at its core that might once have conceived a supreme being.

• Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi entered the Primordial Ancient Mine through ruined temple grounds and destroyed a corpse that had disguised its blood as a spring.
• Qin Sheng used Source Technique to turn the Sleeping Immortal’s gaze away and retrieved a Sleeping Immortal Pearl from its body.
• Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi confronted the Heavenly God Altar, where Huo Qizi’s divine blood dispersed an Earth Ghost and Qin Sheng identified its Faith Grudge Pearl.
• A blood-red gale swept Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi into Peach Blossom Spring, where they recognized the isolated Pure Land and its deadly Four Spirits Deadland terrain.
• Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi reached a crimson mountain shaped like a cauldron, which Qin Sheng identified as a blood-stained Fortune Cauldron that had once served as a womb for a supreme existence.

Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi entered Peach Blossom Spring, where an illusory paradise trapped visitors in repeating cycles and clouded their memories. Qin Sheng uncovered the real Four Spirits Opening the Heavens and Earth and broke the illusion, but the pair emerged only a few dozen li from the Primordial Ancient Mine.

• An old man in imperial robes welcomed Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi to Peach Blossom Spring and offered them treasures to persuade them to stay.
• Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi met a woodcutter and the hidden master, then entered a vortex that returned them to the place where they had first arrived.
• Qin Sheng realized that the cycle was erasing memories and distorting Huo Qizi, while repeated attacks made the false village fade.
• Qin Sheng found a Super Stone King in a second mountain cave and captured it, causing the illusory Peach Blossom Spring to disappear and revealing Four Spirits Opening the Heavens and Earth.
• Qin Sheng explained that the terrain formation had trapped them in a false realm, and he and Huo Qizi escaped after he removed the stone.
• The pair discovered they were near the Primordial Ancient Mine, and Qin Sheng moved Huo Qizi in front of himself.

Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi escaped the Primordial Ancient Mine after encountering a starlit guardian, then returned to Source City, where Qin Sheng recruited Qiluo and the Village of Heaven to work with Shaking Light Holy Land. Qiluo agreed to target the Primordial Ten Fierce Clans in exchange for access to Heavenly Court’s core inheritance.

• Qin Sheng and Huo Qizi fled when a powerful starlit guardian appeared in the Primordial Ancient Mine, then made their way out safely.
• Huo Qizi thanked Qin Sheng for his help and returned to Fire Qilin Cave, while Qin Sheng reunited with Yao Xi and Weiwei in Source City.
• Qin Sheng exposed Qiluo, a Half-Saint of Heavenly Court’s Slaughter Dao, and proposed that the Village of Heaven cooperate with Shaking Light Holy Land.
• Qin Sheng offered Qiluo access to Heavenly Court’s core inheritance in exchange for the Village of Heaven’s assistance against the Primordial Ten Fierce Clans.
• Qiluo accepted the deal and agreed that the Village of Heaven would cooperate with Shaking Light Holy Land.

Qin Sheng allied with Qiluo’s Assassin Heavenly Court, recovered its lost treasures, and opened a Stone King containing a cursed Immortal Tears Green Gold Coffin. After learning the Primordial Spirit Clan was behind the attack on Yao Xi and Weiwei, Qin Sheng ordered an assault to exterminate the clan.

• Qiluo showed Qin Sheng Village of Heaven and explained that Hell and Human World had betrayed Assassin Heavenly Court to seize Nine Secrets: Xing.
• Qiluo identified the Heavenly Court Scepter and Book of Time, accepted Qin Sheng’s help, and shared Heavenly Court’s inheritance with him.
• Qin Sheng and Qiluo agreed to cooperate, including recovering the corpses of Primordial Creatures for Shaking Light Holy Land.
• Qin Sheng opened a Stone King and found a cursed Immortal Tears Green Gold Coffin bearing the resentment of the Lord of Peach Blossom Spring.
• Qin Sheng returned to Shaking Light Holy Land, where Li Daoqing reported that the Primordial Spirit Clan’s Vitality Deity matched the attacker’s abilities.
• Qin Sheng ordered Shaking Light Holy Land’s army to attack the Primordial Spirit Clan and exterminate it.

Qin Sheng ordered Shaking Light Holy Land to exterminate the Primordial Spirit Clan after its attack on Shaking Light’s Saint Son and Saint Daughter. He found the hidden Vitality Heaven, led tens of thousands of disciples in a surprise assault, and began a battle that would shake the Eastern Wilderness.

• Li Daoqing explained the Primordial Spirit Clan’s Vitality Deities, weaknesses, and hidden ancestral land, but Qin Sheng insisted on war.
• Qin Sheng sealed Shaking Light Mountain Gate, mobilized the Holy Land’s forces, and sent letters to potential allies.
• After three days of preparation, Qin Sheng rallied the Shaking Light disciples and led the army through a Domain Gate toward Vitality Heaven.
• Qin Sheng used warm jade to reveal the Primordial Spirit Clan’s hidden ancestral land, and Shaking Light’s army stormed inside.
• The Shaking Light forces attacked the gathered Primordial Spirit Clan, while Lin Youtian and other experts struck down their warriors.
• Qin Sheng shot the Jinghuan Bow and killed a Primordial Spirit Half-Saint, beginning a war destined to be recorded in history.

Shaking Light Holy Land invaded Vitality Heaven with the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron and slaughtered the Primordial Spirit Clan. Qin Sheng defeated the Primordial Spirit Ancestor King despite his lower cultivation, leaving Shaking Light poised to finish destroying the clan.

• Shaking Light Holy Land’s forces overwhelmed the Primordial Spirit Clan, while Qin Sheng and the other leaders killed its defenders.
• The Primordial Spirit Clan unleashed its Saint Weapons, but the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron suppressed them and threatened Vitality Heaven.
• Qin Sheng killed the clan’s last Half-Saint with the Jinghuan Arrows, then faced the Primordial Spirit Ancestor King when two figures emerged from beneath Vitality Heaven.
• Qin Sheng entered the Divine Taboo Domain and gained the upper hand in battle, severely wounding the Primordial Spirit Ancestor King as Shaking Light’s troops continued their assault.
• The Primordial Spirit Clan’s final Ancestor King Weapon self-destructed, but the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron swallowed its power, and Vitality Heaven collapsed.
• Qin Sheng stopped the Ancestor King’s attempt to destroy them both and emerged holding his severed head.

Qin Sheng and Shaking Light Holy Land destroyed the Primordial Spirit Clan, avenging the attack on Shaking Light’s Saint Son and Saint Maiden. When Ancient Emperor Clans arrived to challenge him, Qin Sheng stood firm with the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron and Yan Ruyu’s Emperor Qing Weapon, leaving the battlefield on the brink of an Emperor Weapon clash.

• Qin Sheng watched Shaking Light’s disciples exterminate the last members of the Primordial Spirit Clan, then promised the victorious cultivators rewards and praised their shared efforts.
• Li Daoqing ordered the battlefield searched for treasures, while the Ruthless lineage gathered Primordial Creature corpses and Qiluo led Village of Heaven away.
• Lin Youtian told Qin Sheng that another Ancient Clan had hired the Primordial Spirit Clan to attack Shaking Light’s Saint Son and Saint Maiden, but its identity remained unknown.
• Half-Saints from several Ancient Emperor Clans arrived under the protection of distant Emperor Weapons, and Qin Sheng declared that Shaking Light had wiped out the Primordial Spirit Clan in revenge.
• When the Half-Saint of Primordial Lake criticized the massacre, Qin Sheng challenged the Ancient Clans, and the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron confronted two hidden Emperor Weapons.
• Yan Ruyu appeared with the Emperor Qing Weapon and joined Qin Sheng in resisting the opposing Emperor Weapons as he warned the Ancient Clans that he would sink the Central Plains if they attacked.

Qin Sheng and Yan Ruyu confronted the Ancient Emperor Weapons threatening the Shaking Light Holy Land, and their Extreme Dao Weapons gained the upper hand. After the Ancient Emperor Clans withdrew, Qin Sheng warned them against further attacks and explained the conflict to the Human Race leaders, leaving the Eastern Wilderness with a brief chance for peace.

• Qin Sheng and Yan Ruyu attacked the two hidden Ancient Emperor Weapons, and the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron and Emperor Qing Weapon suppressed them.
• Qin Sheng challenged the Ancient Emperor Clans to fight, but their Half-Saints stayed silent until Daoist Lingcan and Huo Yao mediated.
• The Ancient Emperor Clans withdrew their weapons, and Qin Sheng recalled his own while declaring the Shaking Light Holy Land’s support for peaceful coexistence and warning against future attacks.
• Divine Silkworm Taoist and the other Ancient Clan representatives departed, while Qin Sheng explained the battle to the Jiang Family, Ji Family, and Jade Lake Holy Land leaders.
• Qin Sheng said he had refused to yield because standing firm would deter the Ancient Clans and secure a brief peace for the Eastern Wilderness.

After destroying the Primordial Spirit Clan, Qin Sheng returned to the Shaking Light Holy Land and warned that the Ancient Clans would remain a threat despite their temporary retreat. The Ancient Emperor Clans’ Half-Saints reconstructed the battle and discovered that Qin Sheng had killed the Primordial Spirit Ancestor King without relying on an Emperor Weapon.

• Caiyun Fairy, the Western Queen Mother, and the Ji Family Saint Lord left after discussing the aftermath of the Primordial Spirit Clan’s destruction.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Shaking Light Holy Land, where the disciples celebrated his victory and heard his warning that anyone who offended Shaking Light would be slain.
• Gai Jiuyou warned Qin Sheng that the Ancient Clans would seek to eliminate him, and Qin Sheng said their fear would last only until stronger Ancestor Kings emerged.
• Daoist Lingcan used Divine Silkworm Ridge’s Returning Light Divine Ability to reconstruct the battle for the Ancient Emperor Clans’ Half-Saints.
• The Half-Saints saw that Qin Sheng had fought and killed the Primordial Spirit Ancestor King without relying on the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron, leaving Long Yu and the others stunned.

After confirming that Qin Sheng slew Ancestor King Qing Yuan while still in the Severing Dao Realm, the Ancient Emperor Clans and the wider world reacted with shock, fear, admiration, and disbelief. As Shaking Light Holy Land’s destruction of the Primordial Spirit Clan sparked debate across the Eastern Wilderness, Qin Sheng watched his fame spread.

• The Ancient Emperor Clans discussed Qin Sheng’s feat, considered whether he had used external power, and debated how to respond before returning to their territories.
• Huo Yao told Huo Qizi and Huo Lin’er that Qin Sheng had slain a Saint in the Severing Dao Realm, leaving them astonished and making Huo Qizi reconsider his confidence in fighting Qin Sheng.
• Huang Xudao declared Qin Sheng his Dao enemy, Golden Heavenly Maiden vowed to defeat him and make him her war slave, and Divine Silkworm Princess supported Shaking Light Holy Land.
• News of the Primordial Spirit Clan’s destruction divided the Eastern Wilderness, as some praised Shaking Light Holy Land’s defiance while others feared retaliation from the Ancient Clans.
• Reports that Qin Sheng had personally slain a Saint spread across Beidou, shocking the Ji Family, Jiang Family, Purple Mansion Holy Land, and other factions.
• Qin Sheng stood atop Shaking Light’s highest peak and expected his reputation to rise, while lamenting that Beidou had no Internet.

Qin Sheng reassured Xiao Nannan about Ye Fan and Silver Shanshan while the outside world debated his strength and compared him to the Ruthless Emperor. Meanwhile, Primordial Creatures gathered in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, discussed summoning ancient Ancestor Kings, and devised a provocation aimed at Qin Sheng over the Ruthless Emperor’s coffin.

• Gai Jiuyou asked Qin Sheng to look after Xia Jiuyou after his death, and Qin Sheng agreed before Gai Jiuyou and his disciple left the Shaking Light Holy Land.
• Qin Sheng comforted Xiao Nannan about Ye Fan and Silver Shanshan, then suspected Black Emperor and Duan De had found an opportunity in Fallen God Ridge.
• People debated Qin Sheng’s feat of slaying a Saint and compared his Mortal Body and strength to the Ruthless Emperor, while others questioned whether he had relied on external objects.
• Primordial Clan representatives gathered in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest and considered using pieces of an Ancient Emperor Divine Altar to summon Ancestor Kings from a Purple Copper Warship.
• The representatives viewed the Ruthless Emperor’s coffin, and some proposed inviting Qin Sheng to move it as a way to provoke the Shaking Light Holy Land.

The Primordial Clans tried to summon their Ancestor Kings from the Starry Sky, accidentally disrupting Ye Fan's cultivation, while Qin Sheng consolidated Shaking Light Holy Land's gains and arranged a change in its leadership. The Ancient Clans remained cautious, and Qin Sheng ended the chapter expecting a quiet spell before Xiao Nannan came to see him.

• Long Yu and the Primordial Clans rejected a plan involving Ruthless's Emperor Coffins, then activated the Ancient Emperor Divine Altar to summon the Ancestor Kings aboard the Purple Copper Warship.
• Ye Fan was jolted by the summoning during his Taiyin and Sun cultivation, recognized that it targeted the Primordial King corpse on him, and disrupted the passage with Taiyin Saint Mist.
• The Primordial Creatures mistook the failed summoning for a sign that the Ancestor Kings might be heading to conquer the Ziwei Ancient Star.
• Qin Sheng refined the Primordial Spirit Ancestor King's Innate Azure Nether Vitality, and Yao Xi reported the clan's spoils and Shaking Light Holy Land's growing reputation.
• Qin Sheng told Yao Xi to step down as Saintess and become Vice Holy Lord, chose Weiwei as the next Saintess instead of Liu Yiyi, and sent Yao Xi away frustrated.
• Qin Sheng reflected that he could relax for a while, then Xiao Nannan ran over to him.

Qin Sheng helped Sophia advance to Sequence 8 Prestidigitator and guided her on acting, while Isha continued training as a Fighter. The chapter left Qin Sheng searching for a way to obtain a Sequence 2 Sage Potion or Characteristic, considering hunting the Hidden Sage if he could not find one.

• At dinner, Sophia told Qin Sheng and Isha that she had digested her Sequence 9 Apprentice Potion, and Qin Sheng praised her progress.
• In the laboratory, Sophia prepared and drank the Prestidigitator Potion Qin Sheng had provided, advancing successfully to Sequence 8.
• Qin Sheng explained Sophia’s new abilities and advised her to act through performances for an audience; he suggested she perform at a circus.
• Sophia invited Qin Sheng and Isha to the Roselle memorial exhibition, and Qin Sheng agreed to attend with them on Friday after visiting with Bernadette on Tuesday.
• After Sophia went to bed, Qin Sheng reflected that he still needed a Sequence 2 Sage Potion or Characteristic and considered killing the Hidden Sage if he could not obtain one.

Qin Sheng discussed Backlund’s pollution and political changes before asking the Evernight Goddess to help him find the Sage Characteristic and secure support for his rise as the Hermit. The Goddess agreed to contact Adam, while Qin Sheng urged her to back him over King George III’s doomed bid to become the Black Emperor.

• Sophia and Isha discussed Backlund’s new pollution investigation committee, and Qin Sheng explained that factories and the Beyonder world made pollution difficult to address.
• Earl Hall advised Hibbert that commerce and personal influence would matter more than noble titles, while Audrey’s golden retriever relayed their conversation to her.
• At St. Samuel Church, Qin Sheng asked the Evernight Goddess whether Adam might know how to obtain the Sage Potion or Characteristic, and she agreed to contact him.
• Qin Sheng argued that the Seven Gods should support him in becoming the Hermit instead of relying on King George III to become the Black Emperor, and the Evernight Goddess affirmed their agreement.
• Qin Sheng asked the Evernight Goddess to seek support from Adam and the Steam God, then joked that she could tell the world she had cultivated a god.

Qin Sheng considered how to obtain the Knowledge Emperor characteristics, deciding to seek the Steam God's cooperation before resorting to force. At the Tarot Club, he welcomed the new member Fors and asked Mr. Fool to exchange two pages of Roselle's Diary for gold pounds, prompting Audrey to offer him a loan.

• Qin Sheng left St. Samuel Church and reflected on gathering the characteristics needed for the Hermit Pathway, deciding to have the Evernight Goddess approach the Steam God first.
• On Monday, Qin Sheng attended the Tarot Club and recognized Fors as its newest member while Klein introduced her to the others.
• Qin Sheng submitted two pages of Roselle's Diary and asked to exchange them for gold pounds without using his saved contributions.
• Audrey offered to lend Qin Sheng five thousand pounds, leaving Klein exasperated by the members' wealth.