Chapter Summaries

Qin Sheng awoke and joined Ye Fan at Clumsy Peak, where he met Li Ruoyu and agreed not to pass on Nine Secrets: Jie. At a Star Peak banquet, Qin Sheng impressed Hua Yunfei and encountered Yao Xi, who hinted that the Shaking Light Holy Lord might be considering him for a higher position.

• Ye Fan told Qin Sheng about obtaining Nine Secrets: Jie, Old Lunatic's demonic cocoon on Clumsy Peak, and the major figures who had gathered there.
• Qin Sheng thanked Li Ruoyu for the technique, and Li Ruoyu asked him and Ye Fan not to teach Nine Secrets: Jie to anyone else.
• Ji Ziyue told Qin Sheng and Ye Fan that Star Peak had invited Ye Fan to a banquet to settle the feud between their disciples, and Qin Sheng decided they would attend.
• Hua Yunfei welcomed Qin Sheng, and Qin Sheng exchanged cultivation insights with him before Ye Fan and Li Xiaoman saw one another at the gathering.
• Yao Xi told Qin Sheng that the Shaking Light Holy Lord wanted to meet him and praised his prospects, leading Qin Sheng to suspect he might be considered to lead Shaking Light.

Qin Sheng returned to Shaking Light Holy Land after a banquet where he impressed the gathered geniuses and left Ye Fan to refine his cauldron in the Fire Domain. Back at the Holy Land, Qin Sheng learned that many wanted him to replace the current Saint Son and pitched the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master on taking the position.

• At the Supreme Mystery Sect banquet, Qin Sheng’s presence prevented conflict, and he exchanged a meaningful farewell with Hua Yunfei before leaving with Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan secretly gave Ji Ziyue some Mother Qi Source Root before Qin Sheng sent him to the Fire Domain to finish refining his cauldron.
• Qin Sheng returned to Shaking Light Holy Land and told the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master that he had reached the Dragon Transformation Fifth Change and had not been exposed while cultivating the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art.
• The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master explained that calls to make Qin Sheng the Saint Son had grown stronger and warned that the Shaking Light Holy Lord might be using the succession to spark conflict within their lineage.
• Qin Sheng proposed that the current Saint Son voluntarily step down so he could take the position, arguing that the lineage should keep its influence and that he was stronger.

Qin Sheng declared his intention to become the Shaking Light Saint Son, prompting a factional struggle that culminated in his decisive victory over the current Saint Son. After the match, Shaking Light accepted Qin Sheng as his senior, while Qin Sheng left him far behind in ambition and strength.

• Li Daoqing praised Qin Sheng’s talent, supported his bid for Saint Son, and learned from Weiwei that Qin Sheng was impossible to read.
• News of Qin Sheng’s claim divided the Holy Land, as supporters of the current Saint Son opposed him and Qin Sheng’s allies backed his right to the position.
• Shaking Light agreed to settle the succession according to the Holy Land’s rules and challenged Qin Sheng at the Combat Platform three days later.
• Qin Sheng endured Shaking Light’s strongest attack without injury, then defeated him with one finger and forced him off the platform.
• Shaking Light acknowledged Qin Sheng as Senior Brother, while Qin Sheng told him that he would have to struggle to even see his back.

Qin Sheng became Shaking Light Holy Land’s Saint Son after defeating Shaking Light with a single finger, then learned of his new privileges and entered the Ancient Immortal Cave to cultivate. News of Ye Fan’s conflict with the Ji Family reached him, while the Peacock King’s attacks intensified tensions across the Eastern Wilderness.

• Li Daoqing declared Qin Sheng the new Saint Son, and the disciples and Supreme Elders celebrated his victory.
• Shaking Light accepted that Qin Sheng had surpassed him and vowed to cultivate harder, while the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master urged him to persevere.
• Li Daoqing explained the Saint Son’s privileges and duties, and Qin Sheng declined the offer of a protector.
• After Qin Sheng’s succession ceremony, news spread that the Peacock King had attacked the Ji Family and targeted Ji Haoyue; Qin Sheng then learned that Ye Fan had become entangled with the Ji Family and decided to let him endure his trials.
• A Supreme Elder brought Qin Sheng to the Ancient Immortal Cave, where he began to explore the Holy Land’s cultivation treasure.

Qin Sheng entered the Ancient Immortal Cave and used Enlightenment Ancient Tea Leaves to comprehend the Dao. The cave’s Ancient Immortal Fortune awakened the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy and began transforming him inside a Dao Cocoon.

• Qin Sheng descended through the Ancient Immortal Cave and reflected on Shaking Light Holy Land’s hidden ties to the Ruthless lineage.
• Qin Sheng found a seat in the Chaos-filled cave and took out three Enlightenment Ancient Tea Leaves given to him as Shaking Light’s Saint Son.
• Qin Sheng used the crescent-shaped leaf and entered a deep state of enlightenment as the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art circulated on its own.
• The Chaos mist condensed into droplets of Ancient Immortal Fortune that entered Qin Sheng’s body and nourished his Sea of Consciousness and Primordial Spirit.
• The Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy trembled and drew laws, Chaos mist, and Immortal Essence into Qin Sheng, forming a Dao Cocoon around him.

After three months of cultivation in the Ancient Immortal Cave, Qin Sheng completed his Wushang Secret Patterns and gained a new transformation from the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art. He left the cave, crossed two successive tribulations, and reached the Seventh Transformation of Dragon Transformation as Shaking Light Holy Land watched in awe.

• Qin Sheng emerged from the collapsed Immortal Cocoon with complete Wushang Secret Patterns that weakened attacks by ninety percent and could endure forever.
• Qin Sheng discovered he could begin transforming into a Great Dao Black Hole, then left the Ancient Immortal Cave to cross his tribulation.
• Qin Sheng summoned the Heavenly Tribulation at Shaking Light Holy Land and used Nine Secrets: Jie to enter the Eight Forbidden Domain and battle the Thunder Sea.
• The Holy Land's experts recognized the Mother Qi Source Root in Qin Sheng's banner and marveled at the coffin and his power.
• Qin Sheng survived two consecutive tribulations, advancing to the Sixth and then Seventh Transformation of Dragon Transformation and earning the Holy Land's awe.

After becoming the Saint Son, Qin Sheng received the Immortal Heavenly Technique and concluded that its cultivation path trapped practitioners in Ruthless’s Dao, so he chose only to study it as a reference. Yao Xi brought news of the Bronze Immortal Palace and the Primordial Ancient Mine, and Qin Sheng refused to join either venture.

• Qin Sheng asked the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master for the Immortal Heavenly Technique and forbidden secret arts, and the Peak Master gave him the lineage’s available inheritances.
• Qin Sheng studied the Immortal Heavenly Technique, decided it would imprison its cultivators in Ruthless’s Dao, and assigned the forbidden arts to his five Dao Palace Divine Spirits to study.
• Yao Xi told Qin Sheng that Ye Fan had been driven into the Fire Domain and might have met with misfortune, but Qin Sheng dismissed the danger and said he trusted Ye Fan.
• Yao Xi reported that Great Ability Nangong Zheng had emerged from death seclusion and planned to enter the Bronze Immortal Palace with other peerless experts to gamble for immortality, and Qin Sheng said he would stay out of it.
• Yao Xi invited Qin Sheng to the Primordial Ancient Mine after reports of a peerless strange stone, and Qin Sheng refused, saying he wanted to live longer.

Qin Sheng traveled through Southern Territory, tempering the Human Emperor Banner and improving his Source Technique, before emerging from two years of cultivation in the Battle Through the Heavens World as a Nine-Star Dou Huang. He reassured Yun Yun about his solid foundation, then gave Little Fairy Doctor a secret method to control her Woeful Poison Body.

• Qin Sheng decided to head toward Northern Territory, then helped the Human Emperor Banner undergo two successive tribulations, greatly raising its level.
• Qin Sheng explored Southern Territory with Source Technique, finding treasures and secrets while advancing his cultivation and Source Technique.
• After two years of seclusion, Qin Sheng emerged as a Nine-Star Dou Huang with a Mystic-Tier Intermediate Flame Mantra, and Yun Yun checked his Dou Qi and found it unusually solid.
• Qin Sheng learned that Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin had advanced rapidly under Yun Yun's guidance, and he reassured Qing Lin that the sect was her second home.
• Little Fairy Doctor confided her fear that her Woeful Poison Body would erupt and destroy the Misty Cloud Sect, so Qin Sheng taught her the Poison God Secret Technique as a way to control it.

Qin Sheng learned that Xiao Yan had joined Canaan Academy and discussed Medusa’s strength and the Snake-People Tribe’s future with Yun Yun. After Medusa led him to the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Qin Sheng devoured it, advanced to Dou Zong, and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Yun Yun stunned by his breakthrough.

• Yun Yun told Qin Sheng that Xiao Yan had joined Canaan Academy, Hai Bodong had returned to the Mittel Family, and Medusa had revealed her Dou Zong strength.
• Qin Sheng reassured Yun Yun that he could control Medusa and urged her to cultivate toward Dou Zong.
• Medusa guided Qin Sheng through the Tagore Desert to traces of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, while Qin Sheng advised her to either wait until she reached Dou Zun or negotiate with a human empire for the Snake-People Tribe’s relocation.
• Qin Sheng tracked down and subdued the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, then swallowed it in the Snake-People Royal City and fused it with the Green Lotus Core Flame over five days.
• Qin Sheng reached Two-Star Dou Zong, invited Medusa to join him at the Misty Cloud Sect, and returned to find Yun Yun speechless at his advancement.

Qin Sheng refined a Dou Zong Pill, used it to advance to Three-Star Dou Zong, and founded the Firmament Alliance with the Jia Ma Empire’s major powers. After assigning the alliance a mission to search for Heavenly Flames, he prepared to leave for the Black-Corner Region.

• Qin Sheng refined a Tier 7 Dou Zong Pill, shattered its Pill Lightning, and swallowed it to break through to Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Qin Sheng gathered Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and other regional powers to propose an alliance centered on his alchemy and strength.
• Nalan Jie, Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, and others agreed to join, and Qin Sheng named the alliance Firmament.
• Qin Sheng gave Firmament its first long-term mission: find Heavenly Flames in exchange for cultivation methods, combat techniques, and Tier 7 Pills.
• Qin Sheng left Yun Yun to handle the alliance’s daily affairs and announced that he would travel to the Black-Corner Region to pursue Han Feng, Canaan Academy, and two Heavenly Flames.

Qin Sheng warned Yun Shan that the Hall of Souls had tampered with his soul and arranged for the Misty Cloud Sect to stall Guardian Wu while collecting resources. He then killed Han Feng, met Xiao Yan and Yao Chen at Canaan Academy, and urged Xiao Yan to infiltrate the Hall of Souls to uncover why it was hunting the Xiao Family.

• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion, and Qin Sheng told him the Hall of Souls had altered his soul and could control him.
• Qin Sheng advised Yun Shan to isolate the soul tampering, pretend to search for the Xiao Family, and extract resources from Guardian Wu.
• Qin Sheng went to Maple City, killed Han Feng, took his treasures and Sea Heart Flame, and claimed the city for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Qin Sheng met Xiao Yan and Yao Chen at Canaan Academy, showed them Han Feng's corpse, and said he had gathered three Heavenly Flames for Yao Chen's resurrection.
• Qin Sheng warned Xiao Yan that the Hall of Souls was searching for the Xiao Family and advised him to scatter his relatives before reporting their trail after the Three-Year Agreement.
• Qin Sheng told Xiao Yan to join the Hall of Souls as a spy and rise through its ranks to learn why it was hunting the Xiao Family.

Qin Sheng negotiated with Canaan Academy to take the Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for a newborn flame and Supreme Pills, then found Venerable Skyfire in the Magma World and promised to revive him if he joined the Misty Cloud Sect. After returning, Qin Sheng proposed a broader alliance with Canaan Academy, which its leaders considered favorably.

• Qin Sheng persuaded Su Qian to consider trading Canaan Academy's Fallen Heart Flame, offering a newborn Heavenly Flame and a Supreme Pill in exchange.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie helped Qin Sheng enter the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where he subdued the Fallen Heart Flame and brought it into the Magma World.
• Qin Sheng found Venerable Skyfire and the Fallen Heart Flame seedling, then promised to restore Venerable Skyfire's body if he joined the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Qin Sheng killed an attacking Lizardman and returned to Canaan Academy with the Fallen Heart Flame seedling for Qian Mu and Bai Lie.
• Qin Sheng offered to refine a second Supreme Pill in exchange for Earth Demon Old Ghost's corpse, medicinal ingredients, and cooperation between the Misty Cloud Sect's alliance and Canaan Academy.
• Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie discussed Qin Sheng's proposal and concluded that cooperation was the prudent choice.

Qin Sheng collected medicinal ingredients at Canaan Academy, refined a Sect-Breaking Pill, and recruited allies while learning that the Black-Corner Region feared him after Han Feng’s death. He returned to the Magma World to cultivate and refine Heavenly Flames as the Firmament Alliance began expanding.

• Qin Sheng met Zi Yan in the medicinal treasury, fed her pills, and brought her to Su Qian before gathering the ingredients he needed.
• Qin Sheng refined a Sect-Breaking Pill for Canaan Academy, and Su Qian told him that the Black-Corner Region’s factions had stayed quiet and some had sent gifts after Han Feng’s death.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie brought Qin Sheng Earth Demon Old Ghost’s corpse and scrolls containing the Flame Manipulation Formula and the Heavenly Demon Puppet method.
• Qin Sheng asked Su Qian to announce that the Firmament Alliance was recruiting, then refined pills to send to the Jia Ma Empire and urged Yun Yun to take over his conquered territory.
• Qin Sheng entered the Magma World to cultivate until the ingredients for the Bone-Rebirth Blood-Melting Pill were gathered, while the Firmament Alliance expanded with Canaan Academy’s support.

Qin Sheng rescued the battered Ye Fan from Ji Family pursuers and took him toward the Northern Territory, where Ye Fan hoped to find a way to advance his cultivation. Qin Sheng promised a lead connected to two historical Yaochi “Saintesses,” while Ye Fan began to suspect that Qin Sheng had orchestrated his misfortunes.

• Qin Sheng encountered Ye Fan near the Shaking Light Holy Land, healed him, and prepared to take him somewhere safe.
• Ji Haiyue and three Ji Family elders confronted Ye Fan over his knowledge of the Great Void Technique, but Qin Sheng intimidated them and left with Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan explained that Ji Ziyue had taught him the Great Void Technique after he saved her and escorted her back to the Ji Family.
• Qin Sheng brought Ye Fan through a Domain Gate to the Northern Territory, where Ye Fan was disappointed by its barren landscape and gave up hope of obtaining the Western Emperor Scripture directly from Yaochi.
• Qin Sheng offered to take Ye Fan to a place with a clue about the Western Emperor Scripture, connected to two historical Yaochi “Saintesses,” and Ye Fan joked that Qin Sheng might be behind all his troubles.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan reached Stone Village, learned that Purple Mountain held the Zhang Family’s lost Source Book and other treasures, and prepared to enter it despite warnings of its dangers. After following an ancient mine into the mountain, they uncovered carvings depicting Emperor Wushi’s defeat of Primordial Creatures and arrived at Purple Mountain, where Qin Sheng resolved to fight their way in.

• Ye Fan killed the bandits terrorizing Stone Village, then followed Qin Sheng’s order to wipe out their hideout and found a damaged piece of Emperor Wushi Jade.
• Fifth Master Zhang revealed that his ancestors had been Source Heavenly Masters and that one had entered Purple Mountain with the lost Source Book a thousand years earlier.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan decided to enter Purple Mountain, and Fifth Master Zhang gave them guidance, armor, and stone blades made from Divine Source Stone Skin.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan descended through a Dragon Vein, fought Demon Bats, and studied carvings of Primordial Creatures and Emperor Wushi.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan reached Purple Mountain, and Qin Sheng declared that they would fight their way inside.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan entered Purple Mountain, resisted its malicious power, and found the trapped God King Jiang Taixu. After Qin Sheng used the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy to breach the jade wall, they reached Jiang Taixu’s dried-out body and prepared to try to save him.

• Qin Sheng had Ye Fan cut a passage into Purple Mountain with the Dao Scripture golden page, and they discovered the palaces and inscriptions left by earlier visitors, including Jiang Taixu and Gu Tianshu.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan resisted the demonic force deeper in the mountain and found seven skeletons before following a faint voice to a jade wall.
• Qin Sheng identified the voice as Jiang Taixu, who offered to pass on Nine Secrets: Dou but said the two cultivators lacked the strength to rescue him.
• Qin Sheng revealed that he carried the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy, and Jiang Taixu guided him to a spot where he could break through the jade wall.
• The Wushi Bell rang once as Qin Sheng opened the barrier, dispelling the malicious thoughts, and Qin Sheng and Ye Fan saw Jiang Taixu’s lifeless-looking, dried-out body.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan rescued Jiang Taixu from Purple Mountain, recovered the Source Book, and escaped with the Ancient Emperor Jade. Back at Stone Village, Qin Sheng caught the Black Emperor trying to steal roasted lambs and revealed that he knew the dog’s identity.

• Ye Fan carried Jiang Taixu out of his prison, and Qin Sheng healed him with Divine Spring Water and Demon Emperor’s Blood Essence.
• Qin Sheng, Ye Fan, and Jiang Taixu found the Source Book and the Beginningless Scripture, then used the Ancient Emperor Jade to escape Purple Mountain.
• Jiang Taixu agreed to pass the Nine Secret Techniques to Ye Fan and asked to return to the Jiang Family after recovering.
• Fifth Master Zhang let the group keep the Source Book for the Zhang Family’s safety, and Stone Village celebrated their return.
• Qin Sheng caught the Black Emperor sneaking toward roasted lambs, drove him back with the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy, and identified him as Wushi’s dog.

Qin Sheng exposed the Black Emperor as Emperor Wushi’s dog, then watched him clash with Ye Fan and persuaded him to help find Ancient Yaochi in hopes of saving the Jiang Family’s God King. The Black Emperor agreed to consider helping, while Ye Fan was left to face the dog’s biting alone.

• Qin Sheng tricked the Black Emperor into admitting he was Emperor Wushi’s dog and intimidated him with the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy.
• The Black Emperor attacked Ye Fan, and the two fought until Qin Sheng made them stop; Ye Fan learned the dog had been sealed in Purple Mountain since Emperor Wushi’s era.
• Qin Sheng revealed that the Black Emperor had emerged from Purple Mountain and asked him about Ancient Yaochi, while the Black Emperor reacted to hearing that the Jar Body had appeared near the Cloud-Cutting Mountain Range.
• Qin Sheng explained that Ancient Yaochi might help the Jiang Family’s God King and argued that saving him would give the Black Emperor a powerful backer; the Black Emperor agreed to think it over.
• Qin Sheng left after warning the Black Emperor to keep his Emperor Weapon secret, and Ye Fan was left behind as the Black Emperor threatened to bite him again.

Ye Fan, Qin Sheng, and the Black Emperor reached Ancient Yaochi, where Qin Sheng used its Immortal Pool to help Jiang Taixu recover. As they explored the pool, Qin Sheng uncovered signs of Yaochi’s ancient catastrophe and stopped before reaching the deeper, more dangerous levels.

• Qin Sheng told Jiang Taixu that Caiyun Fairy had waited for him for four thousand years, giving the God King a reason to keep fighting to survive.
• Ye Fan convinced the Black Emperor to lead them to the Yaochi Former Site, and the group entered Ancient Yaochi through a hidden well.
• The Black Emperor discovered corpses beneath the immortal lake, and Qin Sheng took Jiang Taixu into the pool to seek healing while Ye Fan searched for the Western Emperor’s Inscription.
• Qin Sheng descended with Jiang Taixu to the shallow water of the sixth level, where Jiang Taixu drew in its healing power and Qin Sheng collected some of the water.
• Qin Sheng sensed Saint corpses below them and concluded that Yaochi’s upheaval involved the Western Emperor, a Completed Sacred Physique corpse, the Netherworld, and Emperor Wushi.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan found the Western Emperor Scripture’s Dao Palace Chapter in Ancient Yaochi, then uncovered strange treasures and red hair in stone implements left by the Zhang Family’s ancestor. Qin Sheng departed with Jiang Taixu for the Jiang Family while Ye Fan stayed behind to cultivate and pursue his own path.

• Qin Sheng, Jiang Taixu, Ye Fan, and Black Emperor left Ancient Yaochi after Ye Fan obtained the Western Emperor Scripture’s Dao Palace Chapter with the Scripture Guide and Bodhi Seed.
• Jiang Taixu gave Qin Sheng and Ye Fan the Four Extremes Chapter of the Hengyu Scripture and Nine Secrets: Dou, and Ye Fan decided to stay in Stone Village to cultivate and practice Source Technique.
• Qin Sheng cut open the Zhang Family’s inherited stone implements, revealing Divine Source, red hair associated with the Source Heavenly Masters’ Ominous Late Years, and several petrified treasures.
• Qin Sheng divided the recovered items, gave Ye Fan guidance, and departed with Jiang Taixu for the Jiang Family while Black Emperor stayed behind with Ye Fan.
• As they approached the Jiang Family’s Immortal Soil, Qin Sheng joked that he could reveal Jiang Taixu’s identity if the family looked down on him, then remembered that he was not Ye Fan.