Chapter Summaries

Qin Sheng reached Holy City after suppressing bandits along the way and met Duan De to trade for treasures. The two left the city separately, but Qin Sheng distrusted Duan De’s offer to lead him to a secluded meeting place.

• Qin Sheng used his Divine Thought to immobilize a bandit leader, learned of the gang’s crimes, and burned the bandits alive.
• Qin Sheng advised the rescued villagers to move into the territory of reputable sects and continued toward Holy City, intervening against bandits he encountered.
• Qin Sheng entered Holy City, settled at the Shaking Light Holy Land residence, and went out to explore while wondering whether Duan De had found anything.
• Duan De secretly approached Qin Sheng and said he had brought the item, but both men refused to reveal their treasures in Holy City.
• Qin Sheng and Duan De left Holy City separately, then met outside it, where Qin Sheng rejected Duan De’s suggestion to trade at a secluded place.

Qin Sheng and Duan De traded Chaotic Ruin Dust for the Origin Emperor’s Source Technique and Dao-Life Mother Stone, then immediately turned on each other. Duan De tried to seize Qin Sheng’s treasures, but Qin Sheng countered with the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy and forced him to back down.

• Qin Sheng and Duan De negotiated in an uninhabited valley, with Qin Sheng insisting on inspecting the Origin Emperor’s Source Technique before trading.
• Duan De let Qin Sheng memorize the Source Technique from a black bone fragment and showed him the Dao-Life Mother Stone wrapped in a rag.
• Qin Sheng exchanged Chaotic Ruin Dust and the bone fragment for Duan De’s Dao-Life Mother Stone, and the stone proved genuine.
• Qin Sheng and Duan De attacked each other after the exchange, each accusing the other of plotting to cheat.
• Duan De unleashed the rag’s terrifying power and demanded Qin Sheng return the treasures, but Qin Sheng revealed the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy.
• Duan De recognized the canopy and tried to placate Qin Sheng by claiming his name was Qin De.

Qin Sheng extorted several treasures from Duan De before the two clashed and Duan De escaped. After returning to Holy City, Qin Sheng visited a stone workshop to practice Source Technique and rejected Zhou Siyang and Nangong Fang’s unfair offer.

• Qin Sheng forced Duan De to hand over a Great Ability jade bottle and a black bone fragment, then tore a corner from Duan De’s tattered cloth with the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy.
• Duan De’s cloth erupted with divine might and the two weapons clashed, but Duan De fled while Qin Sheng let him go.
• Qin Sheng guessed that the cloth might be a Great Emperor Burial Shroud and kept it with the other treasures he had obtained.
• Qin Sheng returned to Holy City after hiding for more than ten days and heard exaggerated rumors about the clash and its damage.
• Qin Sheng entered the Four Symbols Stone Workshop, where Zhou Siyang introduced him to Nangong Fang and proposed an unequal split of any Source they found.
• Qin Sheng rejected the offer and entered the workshop alone to practice Source Technique.

Qin Sheng practiced Source Technique at the Four Symbols Stone Workshop, then accepted a wager against Zhou Siyang and Bai Heming after they mocked his ability. The group moved to the costly fourth courtyard, where Qin Sheng and Nangong Fang began choosing stones for the contest.

• Qin Sheng bought five Source Stones to test his judgments, cut out fifteen jin of Source from one, and later spent his gains on stones that yielded nothing.
• Zhou Siyang, Bai Heming, and their companions returned from the Ji Family Stone Workshop and laughed at Qin Sheng's stone-cutting results.
• Bai Heming challenged Qin Sheng to compete in stone cutting, and Qin Sheng proposed Innate Purple Qi and Azure Sun Treasure Pills as the stakes.
• Zhou Siyang and Bai Heming accepted the wager, while onlookers gathered and overwhelmingly backed Nangong Fang.
• Qin Sheng and Nangong Fang each began selecting three expensive Source Stones in the fourth courtyard of the Four Symbols Stone Workshop.

Qin Sheng defeated Nangong Fang in a Source Stone contest, uncovering a Seven-Colored Soul-Awakening Insect and Divine Source. He claimed Zhou Siyang and Bai Heming’s wager before escaping the crowd, leaving his Green Rain Stone uncut.

• Qin Sheng chose a Worm-Eroded Stone, an ordinary-looking stone, and an expensive Green Rain Stone, while Nangong Fang selected three conventional stones.
• Nangong Fang’s first stone yielded only a small amount of Source, and his second stone was empty.
• Qin Sheng’s Worm-Eroded Stone revealed Ancient Insect Source containing a Seven-Colored Soul-Awakening Insect worth at least five thousand jin of Source.
• Qin Sheng’s second stone yielded a rare piece of Divine Source, while Zhou Siyang and Bai Heming’s final stone produced only Variant Source.
• Qin Sheng demanded and received the Innate Purple Qi and Azure Sun Treasure Pill from Zhou Siyang and Bai Heming after winning the wager.
• Qin Sheng refused to cut the Green Rain Stone before the crowd and escaped with it after the onlookers surrounded him.

After leaving Holy City, Qin Sheng traveled to the Fire Domain to refine his coffin with the Dao-Life Mother Stone and Chaotic Ruin Dust. Three days into the process, he sensed a disturbance in the Infinite Land and wondered if another version of him had died.

• Qin Sheng returned to the Southern Territory after news of his stone-cutting treasures and the Source Arts Families' challenge spread through Holy City.
• Qin Sheng opened the Green Rain Stone and found a damaged Stone Fairy sealed inside a piece of green Variant Source.
• Qin Sheng entered the Fire Domain and chose its sixth layer, Purple Qi Comes from the East, to refine his artifact.
• Qin Sheng melted the Dao-Life Mother Stone with purple fire and fused it with the Chaotic Ruin Dust, then used the resulting substance to temper his coffin.
• Qin Sheng sensed a disturbance in the Infinite Land three days later and wondered if another him had died.

In Infinite Land, Qin Sheng met the dead version of himself from the Dou Qi Continent and promised to fulfill his wishes: subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame, strengthen the Misty Cloud Sect, and become a respected Alchemist. Back in the magma beneath the Tagor Desert, Qin Sheng learned that his counterpart had a Flame Spirit Body and easily subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame, while a mysterious figure arrived seeking a Heavenly Flame.

• Qin Sheng met Battle Through the Heavens Qin Sheng, who recounted dying when the Green Lotus Core Flame burned him after he tried to subdue it as a Dou Huang and Tier 6 Alchemist.
• Battle Through the Heavens Qin Sheng asked Qin Sheng to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame, build the Misty Cloud Sect up to five Dou Zongs and one Dou Zun, and become an Alchemist worthy of the Pill Tower's respect.
• Battle Through the Heavens Qin Sheng revealed that he had a Flame Spirit Body and hinted that he had a surprise for Qin Sheng before dissipating and becoming the tenth star.
• Qin Sheng returned to the underground Magma World beneath the Tagor Desert, absorbed his counterpart's memories, and learned of the Flame Spirit Body.
• Qin Sheng suppressed and swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame, bringing it under his control.
• A red-lit figure landed in the Tagore Desert, opened a passage underground, and declared that they had to evolve by obtaining a Heavenly Flame.

Qin Sheng subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame, collected its lotus platform and seeds, and negotiated with Queen Medusa over her planned evolution. Medusa agreed to search the Tagor Desert for the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, while Qin Sheng left to give her time to prepare.

• Qin Sheng absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame into his Naling and realized that Heavenly Flames contained laws that could help the Flame Mantra evolve.
• Qin Sheng collected the eight-petaled green lotus and its lotus seeds, leaving the remaining stalk to regrow.
• Qin Sheng released Queen Medusa from his restraint and identified her plan to use a Heavenly Flame to evolve.
• Qin Sheng agreed to let Queen Medusa borrow the Green Lotus Core Flame if the Snake-People Tribe searched the Tagor Desert for the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Queen Medusa accepted the condition, and Qin Sheng left as she vented her anger into the magma.

Qin Sheng returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and advised Nalan Yanran to resolve her marriage contract with Xiao Yan privately rather than publicly humiliating the Xiao Family. He then watched Xiao Yan’s cultivation test with Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su, recognizing that a hidden old man was draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi.

• Qin Sheng returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran discussed Nalan Yanran’s wish to annul her marriage contract.
• Qin Sheng told Nalan Yanran to discuss the contract with her family and the Xiao Family instead of asking the Misty Cloud Sect to intervene.
• Nalan Yanran explained that she did not want to marry someone she had never met, and Qin Sheng agreed the marriage could end through a private discussion between the families.
• Qin Sheng, Nalan Yanran, and Nalan Su watched Xiao Yan’s cultivation test, where the Magic Stone Stele showed that his Dou Qi Strength was at the third stage.
• Qin Sheng recognized that an old man hidden inside Xiao Yan was secretly draining his Dou Qi.

Nalan Yanran and her family visited the Xiao Family to discuss her arranged marriage to Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan's reluctance and feelings for someone else led Nalan Yanran to dissolve the engagement. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran revealing that Qin Sheng had come to examine Xiao Yan and try to cure his condition, leaving Xiao Yan overwhelmed with guilt.

• Nalan Su explained that Nalan Yanran was the Misty Cloud Sect's future leader and that she could not be expected to live with the Xiao Family after marriage.
• Xiao Yan objected to the arranged marriage and admitted his hesitation when Qin Sheng asked whether he already liked someone.
• Xiao Zhan pulled Xiao Yan aside, then returned and said Xiao Yan had words to tell Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran chose to dissolve the engagement and promised the Nalan Family would keep the matter private.
• Nalan Yanran introduced Qin Sheng as a Dou Huang and Tier 6 Alchemist who had come to examine and possibly cure Xiao Yan.

Qin Sheng discovered that Yao Chen’s ring was draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and revealed his own Heavenly Flame before confronting Yao Chen about his past and the Flame Mantra. After Yao Chen explained the technique’s risks, Qin Sheng still insisted on trading for it.

• Qin Sheng diagnosed Xiao Yan, took his ring, and called out Yao Chen, who emerged as a soul.
• Qin Sheng showed Yao Chen the Green Lotus Core Flame and recognized him as Venerable Yao, then sent Xiao Yan away.
• Qin Sheng questioned Yao Chen about Han Feng’s betrayal and learned that Han Feng had stolen half of the Flame Mantra.
• Qin Sheng offered to restore Yao Chen’s soul or bring Han Feng to him in exchange for the Flame Mantra.
• Yao Chen warned that the Flame Mantra began at Low Yellow-Tier, required Heavenly Flames to evolve, and forced established cultivators to start over, but Qin Sheng still demanded a trade.

Qin Sheng persuaded Yao Chen to give him the Flame Mantra in exchange for help recovering his soul, dealing with Han Feng, and a promise of resurrection. Xiao Yan regained his cultivation, made a three-year promise to Nalan Yanran, and Qin Sheng later cured Nalan Jie's Scorch Poison before noticing a Cackling Monster near the Misty Cloud Sect's rear mountain.

• Qin Sheng convinced Yao Chen to hand over the Flame Mantra and agreed to Yao Chen's three conditions, while bargaining for additional techniques and alchemist inheritance.
• Xiao Yan met Yao Chen, returned to Xiao Zhan with renewed confidence, and promised to become his father's pride.
• Xiao Yan asked Nalan Yanran to give him three years before he visited the Misty Cloud Sect to settle their marriage agreement, and Nalan Yanran accepted his decision.
• After Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran left, Xiao Yan realized Qin Sheng had not told him how to treat his kidney deficiency, and Yao Chen dismissed his concern.
• Qin Sheng cured Nalan Jie of Scorch Poison with a Heavenly Flame and obtained the Seven-Colored Illusion Spirit Saliva.
• Back at the Misty Cloud Sect, Qin Sheng noticed a Cackling Monster hiding near the rear mountain.

Qin Sheng arranged for Yun Yun and Elder Ye to recruit Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin, recover a cave’s treasures, and negotiate for a map fragment before traveling to the Tagor Desert to meet Medusa. Medusa said she needed up to a month to prepare for her Heavenly Flame evolution, and Qin Sheng agreed to wait while offering to refine pills for the Snake-People Tribe.

• Qin Sheng told Yun Yun to recruit Little Fairy Doctor in Qingshan Town and search for a senior’s cave, while an elder was to bring Qing Lin back from Stone Desert City.
• Yun Yun flew to Qingshan Town, while Qin Sheng and Elder Ye traveled to Stone Desert City; Qin Sheng instructed Elder Ye to find Qing Lin and negotiate with Hai Bodong for his map fragment.
• Qin Sheng entered the desert, where Yue Mei escorted him to the Snake-People royal city to see Medusa.
• Medusa told Qin Sheng that her preparations for evolving with a Heavenly Flame would take up to a month, and he agreed to wait.
• Medusa asked Qin Sheng to refine several pills, and he accepted under the alchemist’s usual terms.
• Medusa explained that she was willing to risk death to evolve and break through to Dou Zong, while Qin Sheng urged her to relax.

Qin Sheng helped Medusa evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Devouring Python and arranged for her to search for the Wind Fury Dragon Flame. Back at the Misty Cloud Sect, he tested whether Infinite Land could let him reclaim Dou Qi after changing cultivation techniques, and his cultivation began rising rapidly.

• Qin Sheng gave Medusa an Emperor's Pill and began her evolution with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa survived the flames and evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Devouring Python, while Qin Sheng helped her stabilize the two souls in her body.
• Qin Sheng left the Tagor Desert and learned that Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong had arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Qin Sheng dispersed his cultivation, returned to the peak of Dou Qi Strength, and began cultivating the Flame Mantra.
• Qin Sheng used Infinite Land to absorb the Dou Qi he had previously borrowed, causing his new cultivation to surge upward.

Qin Sheng devoured the Flame Spirit Body's Origin and cultivated the Flame Mantra in the Fire Domain, where the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art absorbed the method and gained new profundities. After awakening from enlightenment, he resolved to keep developing his increasingly unique Demonic Art.

• Qin Sheng devoured the Flame Spirit Body's Origin, strengthening his physique, cultivation, and Swallowing Heaven Demonic Embryo.
• Qin Sheng studied the Flame Mantra and decided to test it as a secret technique in the Fire Domain.
• As Qin Sheng cultivated the Flame Mantra, the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art circulated on its own and absorbed the method.
• The transformed Demonic Art gave Qin Sheng greater control over the surrounding flames and opened new Gates of Potential within him.
• Qin Sheng awoke from enlightenment and decided that his unique Heaven Devouring Demonic Art could let him surpass Ruthless.

Qin Sheng reached the Four Extremes Second Layer and returned to the Fire Domain to absorb its flames, strengthening himself and nurturing a life-bound fire. After nearly two years of secluded cultivation, he remained in the Fire Domain, having named his purple flame Heaven-Burning Fire.

• Qin Sheng fled thirty thousand miles from the Fire Domain, underwent his Heavenly Tribulation, and advanced to the Four Extremes Second Layer while tempering his coffin weapon.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Fire Domain and absorbed Origin True Flame, enduring its damage as he refined it with the Demonic Art.
• After half a month, Qin Sheng assimilated the crimson flame, opened more Gates of Potential, and formed a Heavenly Flame under his control.
• Qin Sheng continued absorbing fire sources in the Fire Domain, and after two months named his purple life-bound flame Heaven-Burning Fire.
• Qin Sheng entered the third level of the Fire Domain and cultivated in seclusion for nearly two years.

Qin Sheng finished refining a black stone coffin and left the Fire Domain, where a Carefree Sect Supreme Elder tried to force him to reveal how he entered its seventh level. Qin Sheng drew the man into his Dragon Transformation Tribulation, survived his Fourth Change, and watched the tribulation kill the Supreme Elder.

• Qin Sheng completed the black stone coffin after imprinting it with Imperial Talismans and absorbed the essences of five more Qin Shengs, increasing his combat strength fifteenfold.
• Qin Sheng met a Half-Step Great Ability from the Carefree Sect on the Fire Domain's sixth level and fled when the old man demanded to know how he entered the seventh level.
• After Qin Sheng led the Supreme Elder outside the Fire Domain, he triggered his Dragon Transformation Tribulation and trapped the man within its range.
• Qin Sheng fought the Great Dragon Tribulation, refined his body and artifact with its power, and completed his Dragon Transformation Fourth Change.
• The Carefree Sect's Supreme Elder died beneath the tribulation, leaving Qin Sheng alive at his new peak.

Qin Sheng left the Fire Domain for the Wei Nation and reunited with Ye Fan and Duan De in a peach grove, where Duan De had sold Ye Fan to Qin Yao's demon group for Demon Emperor's Blood Essence. Qin Sheng revealed his Dragon Transformation cultivation and refused to hand Ye Fan over, leaving the demons needing to offer more.

• Qin Sheng fled the Fire Domain after undergoing his Heavenly Tribulation and headed for the Wei Nation.
• Ye Fan recognized Duan De in Wei Capital and secretly followed him to the Profound Origin Sect, where Duan De sold him to Qin Yao's demons.
• Duan De demanded a drop of Demon Emperor's Blood Essence from Qin Yao in exchange for Ye Fan, while Ye Fan protested that they were sworn brothers.
• Qin Sheng arrived in the peach grove, rescued Ye Fan from the deal, and stopped Duan De from slipping away.
• Qin Sheng's Dragon Transformation aura shocked Duan De and Ye Fan, and Qin Yao explained that the demons intended to give Ye Fan a great fortune.
• Qin Sheng refused to hand Ye Fan over and told Qin Yao that she would have to pay more.

Qin Sheng traded Ye Fan to Yan Ruyu’s demons for a drop of Emperor Qing’s Blood Essence, then accompanied him to their mountain stronghold. Yan Ruyu learned that Ye Fan was Pang Bo’s friend and postponed deciding whether to use him as a vessel for the Sacred Heart.

• Qin Sheng accepted Emperor Qing’s Blood Essence from Qin Yao in exchange for Ye Fan, while Duan De’s original deal to find a Forbidden Artifact remained in place.
• Duan De left empty-handed after Qin Sheng refused to give him the Blood Essence, and Qin Yao escorted Qin Sheng and Ye Fan to meet Yan Ruyu.
• Yan Ruyu recognized Qin Sheng and Ye Fan, said Pang Bo was well but in seclusion, and allowed Qin Sheng to leave while keeping Ye Fan there.
• Qin Yao asked whether Ye Fan should still be chosen as the Sacred Heart’s vessel, and Yan Ruyu decided to consider the matter because of Qin Sheng’s strength and Ye Fan’s bond with Pang Bo.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan settled in a valley of thatched cottages, where Qin Sheng warned Ye Fan to be wary of the demons and defended trading him for the Blood Essence.

Qin Sheng reunited with Ye Fan, who recounted surviving the Desolate Forbidden Land and shared two Divine Fruits with him. When Yan Ruyu asked Ye Fan to host Emperor Qing’s heart, Qin Sheng offered himself as another vessel and proposed that he and Ye Fan take turns.

• Ye Fan told Qin Sheng he had fled to Wei Nation after the Desolate Forbidden Land expedition, where he survived the deaths of the holy lands and aristocratic families and obtained another Divine Fruit.
• Qin Sheng reassured Ye Fan that he could protect himself from the Jiang Family and other forces, and Ye Fan gave him two fruits that benefited the Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Fan described meeting the six-thousand-year-old Old Lunatic and learning a crippled movement technique, then discussed the Demon Race’s plan to use him to nurture Emperor Qing’s heart.
• Qin Sheng gave Ye Fan the Source Technique he had obtained from Duan De, and Ye Fan began studying the black bone fragment.
• Yan Ruyu invited Qin Sheng to meet her and explained that the Demon Race wanted Ye Fan to host her ancestor’s heart, which she claimed would be sealed and beneficial.
• Qin Sheng told Yan Ruyu he revered Emperor Qing and offered to let Wen use either him or Ye Fan as a vessel, suggesting they take turns.