Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan and the Beidou Three Scourges reached the Emperor Tomb beneath Shaking Light Holy Land, where they obtained Mother Qi of All Things before the Bronze Immortal Palace’s defenses drove everyone away. Qin Sheng deflected the Ancient Clan’s suspicions, and the Great Saints descended again to attack the palace while he stayed behind.

• Qin Sheng told the gathered experts that the Emperor Tomb belonged to Shaking Light Holy Land, while Ye Fan realized the Bronze Immortal Palace had drawn him because his cauldron resonated with its remaining Mother Qi.
• Qin Sheng used Source Technique to explain away the divine materials erupting from the abyss, while Duan De discovered that Qin Sheng’s Treasure-Gathering Basins prevented him from taking them.
• The Black Emperor identified the abyss as a Chaos Small World, and Ye Fan’s group found the Bronze Immortal Palace guarding its entrance and gathered Mother Qi of All Things with the Xuanhuang Cauldron.
• Qin Sheng attacked Ye Fan’s group with Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, but the Bronze Immortal Palace unleashed blood-red Dao light that scattered the Saints and let the Beidou Three Scourges escape with the Mother Qi.
• The Ancient Clan’s Great Saints accused Qin Sheng of helping Ye Fan, but he blamed Duan De and proposed that the Ancient Clan attack the Bronze Immortal Palace without Human Race involvement.
• The Ancient Clan’s Great Saints brought their Emperor Weapons into the abyss to assault the Bronze Immortal Palace, while Qin Sheng stayed behind and accepted that they might find something.

The Ancient Clans’ assault on Ruthless Emperor Tomb triggered a major upheaval in the Desolate Forbidden Land, where the Desolate Lord broke free from four Immortal Gold Chains. The Desolate Lord appeared above the Forbidden Land as Qin Sheng and the others watched, and the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron suddenly released its Emperor Might.

• The Ancient Clans sent three Ancestor Kings into the Bronze Immortal Palace, but they vanished, and the palace later swallowed two more as the attack continued.
• The Ancient Clans awakened their Ancient Emperor Weapons and struck the Bronze Immortal Palace with Extreme Dao power, forcing Qin Sheng and the Ji Family Ancient Saint to use their weapons to stabilize the surrounding land.
• The attack coincided with a disturbance in the Desolate Forbidden Land, frightening visiting Ancient Saints and prompting Gai Jiuyou and others to recognize that the Desolate Lord was about to emerge.
• Qin Sheng, Ye Fan, Xiao Nannan, and others discussed the Desolate Lord as four Immortal Gold Chains strained to hold the figure in the black mist.
• The Desolate Lord broke the four chains and rose into the sky, revealing a transcendent figure whose Sovereign Dao Might swept across the Southern Territory.
• The Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron shook and released Extreme Dao Emperor Might as the Desolate Lord appeared.

Qin Sheng and his companions survived a tense encounter with the Desolate Lord, whose presence calmed the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron and the Swallowing Heaven Immortal Canopy. When the Desolate Lord attacked Ancient Clan forces at the sinkhole, she overwhelmed their Ancient Emperor Weapons and slaughtered the Ancestor Kings, leaving Qin Sheng and the others to witness her terrifying power.

• The Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron challenged the Desolate Lord, while Qin Sheng secretly struggled to control the Swallowing Heaven Immortal Canopy until her gaze calmed it.
• The Desolate Lord ignored Qin Sheng's group and left for the Shaking Light Old Site, where her Power of Desolation drained the life from nearby creatures.
• The Desolate Lord's arrival at the sinkhole startled the Ancient Clan forces, and the Ancestor Kings attacked her before realizing their strikes could not reach her.
• The Black Emperor suggested stealing the Immortal Elixir while the Desolate Lord was away, but Qin Sheng rejected the plan because the Desolate Slaves remained.
• The Desolate Lord blocked the sinkhole's exit, knocked back the Ten Thousand Dragons Bell with her bare hand, and forced the Ancient Clan forces to flee through Qin Sheng's tunnels.
• The Great Saints escaped using Ancient Emperor Weapons, while the Desolate Lord killed the stranded Ancestor Kings and left Qin Sheng's group shaken by her power.

The Desolate Lord seized the Bronze Immortal Palace and the treasures of the Ruthless Emperor Tomb, devastating the Ancient Clan while Qin Sheng’s human faction escaped losses. After the tomb was destroyed and the survivors dispersed, Qin Sheng distributed recovered divine materials, while Ye Fan reconsidered his plan to lure Huo Tan into the Desolate Forbidden Land.

• The Desolate Lord emerged at the Ruthless Emperor Tomb, and her black mist killed or drove off Ancient Clan experts as she approached the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• The Desolate Lord entered the Chaos Small World, collected its treasures, and carried the Bronze Immortal Palace back to the Desolate Forbidden Land before destroying the tomb.
• Hun Tuo and other survivors lamented their losses, while Qin Sheng explained that his caution about the Bronze Immortal Palace had kept the human race from suffering casualties.
• Qin Sheng detained Duan De and the Black Emperor to reclaim his Treasure-Gathering Basins, then distributed the divine materials among Shaking Light Holy Land and Xiao Nannan.
• Ye Fan hesitated over his plan to lure Huo Tan into the Desolate Forbidden Land, but Qin Sheng told him to proceed with a Three Pure Ones Body and face the risk.

After the Ruthless Emperor Tomb’s destruction, Qin Sheng and the Shaking Light disciples celebrated their gains while Ye Fan and his companions discussed the Desolate Lord’s identity and prepared to deal with Huo Tan. The Ancient Clan mourned its dead and resolved to avoid further conflict for now, while Qin Sheng prepared to travel incognito with Yao Xi and three companions to inspect the spread of his faith.

• Qin Sheng, Ye Fan, Duan De, and the Black Emperor discussed the Desolate Lord’s era, possible origins, and the Sacred Physique Curse before Ye Fan and his companions left to prepare against Huo Tan.
• People across Beidou speculated that the Desolate Lord was Emperor Wushi, a Saint Spirit, the Ruthless Emperor, or another ancient figure, while the Black Emperor rejected the theory that he was Wushi.
• The Ancient Clan mourned the Ancestor Kings killed by the Desolate Lord and agreed to avoid provoking the Human Race, though some still wanted to eliminate Ye Fan.
• Qin Sheng told Yao Xi he planned to inspect the spread of his faith and named Xiao Nannan, the Golden Heavenly Maiden, and the Dragon Maiden as their companions.

Ye Fan lured Huo Tan into the Desolate Forbidden Land, where the land suppressed their cultivation and Ye Fan’s incarnation killed the Ancestor King. The Ancient Clan’s likely response loomed as Ye Fan returned to the forbidden zone to retrieve Huo Tan’s belongings.

• After Huo Tan’s Disciple threatened Ye Fan, the Beidou Three Scourges killed him, prompting Huo Tan to hunt them down.
• An Ancient Clan diviner failed to locate Ye Fan, the Black Emperor, or Duan De, but found the Dragon Horse’s whereabouts and led Huo Tan to them.
• Ye Fan and his companions fled through Domain Gates until Ye Fan’s incarnation drew Huo Tan into the Desolate Forbidden Land.
• The forbidden land drained Huo Tan’s cultivation and vitality, and Ye Fan’s incarnation fought him with a Black Dragon Spear while Qin Sheng and the others watched from outside.
• Ye Fan’s incarnation faded, and his true body’s voice announced Huo Tan’s death; Huo Tan’s remains nourished the forbidden land.
• Qin Sheng departed with Xiao Nannan, while Ye Fan returned toward the Desolate Forbidden Land to retrieve what Huo Tan had left behind.

Qin Sheng encountered two deceased versions of himself in the Infinite Land and learned about their lives in the Kamen Rider 555 and Desolate Era worlds. After promising to fulfill the first Qin Sheng’s wishes, he discovered the other had been born in the Three Realms, leaving him eager to inherit that world’s opportunities.

• While traveling through Yan Nation, Qin Sheng entered the Infinite Land after sensing that another version of himself had died.
• Qin Sheng met an adult Qin Sheng from the Kamen Rider 555 World and a ten-year-old Qin Sheng from the Desolate Era World.
• Masked Rider Qin Sheng explained that he had died in a car accident and asked Qin Sheng to keep him alive and protect his family from Orphnochs.
• Qin Sheng promised to fulfill Masked Rider Qin Sheng’s wishes and discussed the possibility that he might evolve into an Orphnoch after returning to his world.
• Desolate Era Qin Sheng revealed that he had been born in the Three Realms, and Qin Sheng welcomed the chance to take over his life there.

Qin Sheng heard Desolate Era Qin Sheng’s final wishes and merged with his memories before descending into the Kamen Rider 555 World as a Phoenix Orphnoch with the power to resurrect. He protected Saya Kimura, defeated powerful Orphnochs, and returned to see his parents, while his other selves’ unresolved wishes remained for him to fulfill.

• Desolate Era Qin Sheng explained that he had died mysteriously during a breakthrough and asked Qin Sheng to investigate his death, settle the Qin Family’s affairs, and reach the Emperor realm to transcend lifespan.
• Masked Rider Qin Sheng and Desolate Era Qin Sheng turned into two stars, raising Qin Sheng’s combat power multiplier to forty-four as he wondered why the Infinite Land had chosen him as its host.
• Qin Sheng revived in a morgue as a Phoenix Orphnoch, discovered that he could resurrect after death, and set out to protect Masked Rider Qin Sheng’s parents.
• Saya Kimura nearly struck Qin Sheng with her van, then drove him to a battle where Kamen Riders Faiz and Kaixa were losing to a Spider Orphnoch.
• Qin Sheng killed the Spider Orphnoch with a single palm, then killed Kitazaki and the two other Lucky Clover members when they confronted him.
• Qin Sheng left Saya Kimura with the Delta Belt, returned to the country, and visited his parents to fulfill Masked Rider Qin Sheng’s final wish.

Qin Sheng revived in the Desolate Era World and learned that the Qin Clan was afflicted by a bloodline curse tied to its lost history. After vowing to end the curse, he fell asleep and was confronted by Black and White Impermanence, who said his allotted lifespan had ended.

• Qin Sheng discovered that his body had died from bloodline backlash during an attempted breakthrough, then emerged from seclusion and told Qin Huanyu and Wu Mingyue what had happened.
• Qin Huanyu revealed that the Qin Clan’s bloodline curse usually killed its members when they tried to advance beyond the early Purple Palace stage.
• Qin Huanyu told Qin Sheng that the Qin Clan had fled the Weiyang Great World after its strongest Heavenly Immortal ancestor perished, and that the curse later killed the clan’s advanced cultivators.
• Qin Sheng read the clan’s records of failed attempts to resist the curse and vowed to end it once and for all.
• After returning to his room and falling asleep, Qin Sheng’s soul was drawn from his body by two figures who identified themselves as Black and White Impermanence and said his allotted lifespan was over.

Qin Sheng was mistakenly collected by Black and White Impermanence after the Book of Life and Death recorded his death, and he went with them to the Netherworld. Cui Fujun agreed to compensate him and revealed that Qin Sheng’s parents were reincarnated immortals and that Qin Sheng had been fated to die at birth.

• Black and White Impermanence found Qin Sheng alive despite the Book of Life and Death recording his death, preserved his body, and escorted his soul to the Netherworld.
• Black and White Impermanence brought Qin Sheng to Cui Fujun in Fengdu City, where Cui Fujun confirmed the book had recorded Qin Sheng’s deaths and returns to life.
• Qin Sheng revealed he had remained conscious during the journey, and Cui Fujun sent Black and White Impermanence away before offering compensation for the mistaken collection.
• Qin Sheng asked why Cui Fujun had specifically sent the officers for him, and Cui Fujun explained that Qin Sheng had survived a birth fate that should have killed him.
• Cui Fujun revealed that Qin Sheng’s parents, Qin Huanyu and Wu Mingyue, were reincarnated immortals whose past-life sins had shaped Qin Sheng’s fate.

Qin Sheng learned that his adoptive parents had been the Loose Immortals Coldlight Sword Immortal and Myriad Flower Fairy, and discussed the origins of the Qin Clan’s bloodline curse with Cui Fujun. After accepting gifts and cultivation resources, Qin Sheng toured the Netherworld and returned to life with the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map.

• Cui Fujun explained that Coldlight Sword Immortal and Myriad Flower Fairy had accumulated sin through indiscriminate revenge killings and interference in the Great Xia Dynasty, though their good deeds had earned them human rebirth.
• Cui Fujun told Qin Sheng that his current body’s bloodline came from Heavenly Immortal Xuan Kong, who and whose three immortal descendants had died, after which most Qin Clan members had also perished in what was likely a curse.
• Cui Fujun gave Qin Sheng the Profound Light Life-Transforming Sword, two sets of immortal-tier treasures for Coldlight Sword Immortal and Myriad Flower Fairy, and Essence Liquid, and arranged to obtain the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map.
• Qin Sheng accepted Cui Fujun’s gifts and wandered through Fengdu City and the Six Paths of Reincarnation with him, seeing Meng Po and the many ghosts awaiting rebirth.
• Cui Fujun’s avatar returned with the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map, and Black and White Impermanence sent Qin Sheng back to the human world, where he awakened in bed.

Qin Sheng studied the Qin Family’s body-refinement legacies, then improved his cultivation of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map and broke through to the Innate Stage. The breakthrough exposed him to the Bloodline Curse again, and he ended the chapter questioning its purpose after it vanished and left a black ring on his hand.

• Qin Sheng asked Qin Huanyu to let him study the Qin Family’s forty-one God and Demon Body Refinement techniques, and he examined them in the family’s secret library.
• Qin Sheng spent half a month comparing the techniques with cultivation knowledge from other worlds and refining his approach to the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map.
• Qin Sheng drew power from the Taiyin Star and Sun Star, improved the technique’s cultivation method, and began advancing through its levels.
• Qin Sheng used Sun True Fire and True Lunar Water to cross the Yin-Yang Convergence threshold and forge an Innate God-Demon Body.
• The Bloodline Curse erupted during Qin Sheng’s breakthrough, but he endured its black threads as the solar fire and lunar water repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt his body.
• After the curse vanished, black threads formed a ring on the back of Qin Sheng’s hand, leaving him wondering why the curse had appeared.

After surviving the Bloodline Curse and reaching the Innate Stage, Qin Sheng tested his strength against Qin Huanyu and revealed his extraordinary swordsmanship. The Qin Clan learned he had become its strongest cultivator, while news of his breakthrough spread and alarmed rival factions.

• Qin Sheng told Qin Huanyu and Wu Mingyue that he had survived the Bloodline Curse and believed it eliminated those unable to withstand its erosion.
• Qin Sheng learned that his parents had prepared to transfer the curse through their blood bond, and he asked them not to sacrifice themselves for him.
• Qin Huanyu sparred with Qin Sheng, whose swordsmanship matched his father's and whose Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit forced Qin Huanyu to unleash the True Intent of the Dao of Strong Winds.
• Qin Sheng broke Qin Huanyu's Wind-Slaying Sword with the True Intent of the Sword Dao, which he said he had recently comprehended.
• Qin Huanyu and Wu Mingyue concluded that Qin Sheng was the Qin Clan's strongest cultivator and kept his sword insight secret while news of his Innate breakthrough spread to surrounding lands.

After Qin Sheng’s breakthrough alarmed the North Desolate Great Marsh’s powers, he advanced his qi refinement and studied the Heaven and Earth Dao while the Six Great Powers plotted against him. When they used a supposed Primordial Spirit cave abode to summon the Qin Clan, Qin Sheng agreed to go, intending to use the gathering as a step toward unifying the region.

• Jiao Jiuhe and the Poison Flood Dragon Tribe’s elders decided Qin Sheng had to be killed, and the other powers agreed to seek a way to eliminate him without violating Daling Dynasty law.
• Qin Sheng told Wu Mingyue he was unconcerned about the threat, chose the Azure Profound Scripture for qi refinement, and reached the Innate Stage within days using essence liquid.
• Qin Sheng focused on comprehending the Heaven and Earth Dao, using his void physique to sense spatial fluctuations and make rapid progress.
• A supposed Primordial Spirit cave abode appeared near the Qin Clan’s azurelight gold vein, prompting conflict between the Yanghe Clan and the Water Origin Sect before the Six Great Powers invited the Qin Clan to a meeting.
• Qin Huanyu warned that refusing the invitation could cost the Qin Clan its claim to the nearby resources, and Qin Sheng agreed to attend after revealing that his body refinement had reached innate perfection.
• The Qin Clan’s experts left Huiyang City for the cave abode, while Qin Sheng planned to unify the North Desolate Great Marsh and claim the other powers’ territories.

The Six Great Powers tried to use a newly discovered cave abode to trap the Qin Clan, but Qin Sheng turned their ambush against them and killed their leaders. He entered the abode and met its guardian, Black One, who offered him Immortal Purple Cloud’s legacy on the condition that he join the Seamless Gate.

• The Six Great Powers lured the Qin Clan to White Floc Lake and demanded Granny Qing attack the cave abode’s formation.
• Qin Sheng recognized the formation’s killing point, revealed his Innate Perfection strength, and hurled Jiao Jiuhe and the other leaders into the formation, killing them.
• Qin Sheng learned from the nine tokens that the cave abode belonged to Immortal Purple Cloud and entered it with a token.
• Black One let Qin Sheng bypass the trials after witnessing his strength and True Intent of the Sword Dao.
• Black One offered Qin Sheng Immortal Purple Cloud’s methods, treasures, and a hidden treasure if he joined the Seamless Gate, which Qin Sheng regarded as a villainous organization.

Qin Sheng refused Black One’s offer to join the Seamless Gate and killed the guardian puppet when it attacked him. He collected Immortal Purple Cloud’s legacy and treasures, leaving with several useful items and a renewed interest in finding a powerful defensive Divine Ability.

• Black One offered Qin Sheng Immortal Purple Cloud’s legacy and a mysterious treasure in exchange for joining the Seamless Gate and swearing a Heavenly Dao Blood Oath, but Qin Sheng refused.
• Black One threatened Qin Sheng and attacked him, so Qin Sheng erased the puppet spirit with his Mental Power and searched its memories.
• Qin Sheng learned that Immortal Purple Cloud’s hidden treasure could only be found by cultivating the Seamless Gate legacy to the Void Return Realm, then entered the Black Palace to collect the items left behind.
• Qin Sheng examined the formation legacy, pagoda, beast hide, pills, manuals, and Divine Abilities in Immortal Purple Cloud’s cache.
• Qin Sheng kept the treasures, decided True Demon Body was not worth cultivating, and resolved to seek a stronger defensive Divine Ability.

Qin Sheng distributed Immortal Purple Cloud’s treasures and sent the Qin Clan to destroy the Six Great Powers while he investigated why the residence had appeared early. He discovered a mysterious Dao board on a mountain, gained profound insights from it, and emerged to find Pu and Sanshui Qi missing.

• Qin Sheng gave Granny Qing a breakthrough pill, equipped Qin Huanyu with Formation-Breaking Stones, and sent the Qin Clan to attack the Six Great Powers.
• Granny Qing assaulted the Poison Flood Dragon Tribe’s Flood Dragon Residence as fighting erupted across the North Desolate Great Marsh.
• Qin Sheng rescued Sanshui Qi from a lake and agreed to help him and his grandfather reach a tribe.
• Pu showed Qin Sheng a stone game board that transformed into a starry web, helping Qin Sheng deepen his understanding of several Daos.
• Qin Sheng returned from the board’s Enlightenment Realm and discovered that Pu and Sanshui Qi had disappeared.

Qin Sheng learned that Bodhi Patriarch and Ji Dian had tested him, then received Golden Dragon Fish and the Lightning Origin Pearl as gifts. After Bodhi Patriarch secretly visited the Nuwa Immortal Realm, Qin Sheng broke through to the seventh level of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map, startling Huiyang City.

• Qin Sheng realized that Bodhi Patriarch had arranged Immortal Purple Cloud's cave to test whether he belonged to the Seamless Gate, and Ji Dian explained how his incarnation had first spotted Qin Sheng in Fengdu Ghost City.
• Ji Dian gave Qin Sheng three Golden Dragon Fish for him and his parents, then directed him to the Lightning Origin Pearl left in the hut.
• Bodhi Patriarch and Ji Dian discussed Qin Sheng's many Dao insights, and Bodhi Patriarch ordered Ji Dian not to reveal Qin Sheng before traveling to the Nuwa Immortal Realm.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Qin Clan as its members marched against the Six Great Powers, then focused on refining the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map.
• Qin Sheng broke through to the seventh level, drawing True Lunar Water and Sun True Fire into a towering golden-and-silver cocoon above Huiyang City.

Qin Sheng advanced to the Purple Palace Realm on both his body-refinement and Qi-refinement paths, survived the Bloodline Curse, and received a mysterious summons through his Black Ring. When his parents proposed sending him to Mingyang Commandery to gain protection from the Four Saints Sect, he instead declared that he would strike first and deal with the sect.

• Qin Sheng used the Bloodline Curse to temper his Divine Physique as Taiyin Sun Power transformed him into a Purple Palace God and Demon.
• The Black Ring reappeared on Qin Sheng's hand and guided him toward an unknown place connected to the Qin Clan's Bloodline Curse.
• Qin Sheng advanced his Qi Refinement Path to the Purple Palace Realm and then focused on further cultivation.
• Qin Huanyu and Wu Mingyue returned, congratulated Qin Sheng, and discussed the Four Saints Sect's threat after the Six Great Powers were defeated.
• Qin Huanyu and Wu Mingyue proposed sending Qin Sheng to Mingyang Commandery to join a powerful sect, but Qin Sheng said he would deal with the Four Saints Sect first.

Qin Sheng prepared to leave the North Desolate Great Marsh and confront the Four Saints Sect, while strengthening the Qin Clan and arranging for Granny Qing to protect it. On his journey toward Mingyang City, he encountered two bands of raiders and was unexpectedly rescued by a disguised young woman guarded by an Earth Immortal.

• Qin Sheng reassured Qin Huanyu and Wu Mingyue that he could challenge the Four Saints Sect, then stayed to guide them in comprehending the Dao.
• Granny Qing advanced to the Myriad Forms Realm, and Qin Sheng gave her Earth-Tier formation treasures and advised the Qin Clan on governing the marsh and expanding its ranks.
• Qin Sheng left Huiyang City for Mingyang City, using divination to adjust his route before discovering the Bloodfang Eighteen Bandits fighting the Black Demon Bandits.
• The bandits tried to draw Qin Sheng into their battle, but a disguised young woman shattered their attack and charged at them with her sword.
• The young woman and her Earth Immortal guardian killed both bands, and the girl checked that Qin Sheng was unharmed.