Chapter Summaries

Qin Zheng opened five acupoints by upgrading his True Dragon Undying Body, then met Wang Qingquan, who offered to teach him the method of advancing to Martial Saint. Wang Qingquan revealed that the true path required spirit roots, and explained that martial artists were not told this so they could retain hope.

• Qin Zheng spent his merit to upgrade his True Dragon Undying Body repeatedly, opening five acupoints and greatly increasing his physical strength.
• Qin Zheng returned to the Commander's Compound, where a captain directed him to meet the distinguished guest waiting in the council hall.
• Wang Qingquan praised Qin Zheng and took him outside the city, saying he would teach him how to advance to Martial Saint.
• Wang Qingquan declared that Qing Province must not fall and warned that the Great Jin court might abandon eleven more provinces if Qing Province were lost.
• Wang Qingquan explained that Martial Saints needed spirit roots to cultivate true scriptures and use spiritual energy to unite essence, qi, and spirit.
• Wang Qingquan said martial artists were kept unaware of this requirement so they would not lose hope upon beginning their martial path.

Wang Qingquan revealed that Qin Zheng had spirit roots and gave him a true scripture to help him reach Martial Saint, but Qin Zheng instead refined the Primordial Limitless Seal with the Merit Scroll and Jade Ruyi. After surviving a mysterious force that tried to erase his memories, Qin Zheng returned with Wang Qingquan as Qingzhou’s enemies prepared to attack.

• Wang Qingquan told Qin Zheng that the Eighty-one Revolutions to Sainthood Scripture required spirit roots and gave him the Spirit Subduing Qi Refining Method, a true scripture that could reach the seventh stage of Martial Saint.
• The Merit Scroll identified the Spirit Subduing Qi Refining Method as incomplete, but the Jade Ruyi erased it and revealed that Qin Zheng could refine the Primordial Limitless Seal for one thousand catties of merit.
• Qin Zheng refined the Primordial Limitless Seal and saw a Daoist in a celestial palace, but a mysterious force began erasing his memories until the Jade Ruyi and Merit Scroll combined to stop it.
• Qin Zheng told Wang Qingquan that he had gained insight, and Wang urged him to return and cultivate so he could become a Martial Saint as soon as possible.
• Qin Zheng and Wang Qingquan flew away while, in the Moxu Mountain range, a black dragon agreed to wait one more day before attacking Qingzhou.

Qin Zheng discovered that the Primordial Limitless Seal could help him fuse essence, qi, and spirit, but found no spiritual energy in Qingzhou until Wang Qingquan sent him a pill. After Qin Zheng began breaking through to Martial Sainthood, Wang Qingquan and Wei Wuji sensed the change, just as news arrived of movement in the Moxu Mountain Range.

• Qin Zheng studied the Primordial Limitless Seal and theorized that Martial Saint cultivation involved constructing apertures throughout the body.
• Qin Zheng tried to begin his breakthrough but found no spiritual energy in the surrounding world.
• A servant sent by Wang Qingquan delivered Qin Zheng a storage pouch containing a pill rich in spiritual energy.
• Qin Zheng swallowed the pill, seized its spiritual energy with the Primordial Limitless Seal, and began fusing his essence, qi, and spirit.
• Wei Wuji and Wang Qingquan sensed thunder and a shifting aura, and Wang Qingquan said Qin Zheng was about to become the Great Jin Dynasty's nineteenth Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint.
• A deputy general reported to Wei Wuji that there had been movement in the Moxu Mountain Range.

Wang Qingquan confronted three Demon Race Great Saints threatening Qing Province, while Qin Zheng’s breakthrough continued in seclusion. The chapter left Wang fighting the demons as a Primordial Spirit began to take shape within Qin Zheng.

• Wang Qingquan learned that demon clouds were advancing toward Qing Province and left to confront them with the Fangtian Huaji.
• Wei Qingshuang and Pei Qing saw a Great Saint demon dragon and a Bear Demon approaching, and Wei Qingshuang tried to flee with Pei Qing.
• Wang Qingquan blocked the dragon’s roar and discovered that three Demon Race Great Saints had gathered to invade Qing Province.
• Wang Qingquan charged at the three Great Saints with the Fangtian Huaji as Qin Zheng’s essence, qi, and spirit merged during his breakthrough.
• A baby bearing Qin Zheng’s features appeared between his brows as his Primordial Spirit began to form.

Qin Zheng completed his Martial Saint breakthrough, becoming the Great Jin Dynasty’s nineteenth Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint. When a Great Saint of the Demon Race attacked Linyuan City to interrupt his advancement, Qin Zheng killed it with one punch.

• Qin Zheng fused his essence, qi, and spirit into a Primordial Spirit and chose the Primordial Limitless Seal as his Martial Saint cultivation method.
• Qin Zheng’s Primordial Spirit entered his Divine Palace, ending the upheaval in the heavens and producing the phenomenon of starlight illuminating all.
• Wei Wuji and the others celebrated Qin Zheng’s advancement as the Great Jin Dynasty’s nineteenth Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint.
• A thousand-zhang demon dragon flew to Linyuan City and attacked Qin Zheng’s courtyard with annihilating black light.
• Qin Zheng intercepted the attack and blasted the demon dragon’s head apart with a single punch.

Qin Zheng broke through to Martial Sainthood, killed three Great Saints of the Demon Race, and overwhelmed a Gao Clan Martial Saint who tried to stop him. He spared the Gao Clan Martial Saint after Wang Qingquan warned that the Great Jin Dynasty could not afford to lose another Martial Saint, then left with Wang for the capital.

• Qin Zheng killed the demon dragon Great Saint with a single punch and flew toward the battle at Qingzhou's border.
• Wang Qingquan's Fangtian Huaji and Qin Zheng's thunderclouds attacked Moxu Great Saint and the fleeing demon dragon, and Qin Zheng returned the Fangtian Huaji to Wang.
• Qin Zheng confronted the two demon Great Saints, but a white-robed Gao Clan Martial Saint interrupted him with a sword strike; Qin Zheng's halberds then killed both demons.
• Qin Zheng knocked the Gao Clan Martial Saint into a crater, shattered his flying sword, and beat him until Wang Qingquan asked him to stop.
• Qin Zheng took the Gao Clan Martial Saint's storage pouch and the demon cores, then set off for the capital with Wang Qingquan.

Qin Zheng celebrated his breakthrough into a Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint and strengthened his Primordial Spirit with merit, while Taiwu Academy’s bell announced a new Martial Saint to Great Jin. Before the court could reveal who had advanced, three demon caves invaded, two prefectures fell, and the Li Family Ancestor was killed.

• Qin Zheng received Wei Wuji’s congratulations, advised the others on martial cultivation, and examined his Primordial Spirit after moving to a new quiet room.
• Qin Zheng spent 18,000 jin of merit upgrading the Primordial Limitless Seal, raising his Primordial Spirit to six apertures.
• Zhao Li heard Taiwu Academy’s divine bell ring nine times and wondered whether Qin Zheng had become Great Jin’s new Martial Saint.
• People across Great Jin celebrated the bell’s announcement while waiting for the court to identify the newly advanced Martial Saint.
• The Baiyun Demon Den, Huangyan Demon Cave, and Thousand Crane Demon Cave joined forces to invade Great Jin, capturing Lingzhou and Yanzhou and killing the Li Family Ancestor.

Qin Zheng learned that Great Jin’s human allies were divided and arrived at a devastated prefecture after demons invaded Lingzhou and Yanzhou, killing the Li Family Ancestor. He killed one demon Great Saint, scattered the demon horde, and honored the fallen Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint as two other Great Saints fled.

• Wang Qingquan explained that Great Jin had eighteen Martial Saints and that several powerful human factions regarded mortals without spiritual roots as livestock.
• A Gao Clan Martial Saint delivered a court order reporting that Lingzhou and Yanzhou had fallen and the Li Family Ancestor had died in battle.
• Qin Zheng left Wang Qingquan and followed the Gao Clan Martial Saint to the battlefield.
• A bald demon and the Man in Feathered Robes discussed their conquest as a Daoist-robed elder revealed that the remains of Great Saint Pinghai and Daotian Great Saint had been located.
• Qin Zheng killed the bald demon Great Saint, unleashed a spiritual shockwave that destroyed countless demons, and drove the other two Great Saints to flee.
• Qin Zheng restored the fallen guardian’s body, placed his head back on his neck, and departed after paying his respects.

Qin Zheng hunted down and killed the White Crane Great Saint and a yellow weasel Great Saint, then confronted the Gao Clan Martial Saint. He left the Gao Clan Martial Saint dead and declared that he would guard the two prefectures of Qingyun himself.

• The White Crane Great Saint tried to flee after spotting a human city, but Qin Zheng caught and beheaded it before rushing after the last demon.
• Qin Zheng cornered the Daoist-robed old man near Yanzhou's border, saw through the yellow weasel's illusions with his Heavenly Eye, and killed it for its demon core.
• The Merit Scroll revealed that the weasel demon core could be refined to grant the Heaven-Changing Illusion Grand Method, but Qin Zheng put the core away.
• The Gao Clan Martial Saint challenged Qin Zheng, who struck his divine palace with the Heavenly Eye and battered him until he begged to be spared for Qingyun's sake.
• Qin Zheng said he would guard the two prefectures of Qingyun and killed the Gao Clan Martial Saint with the Ghost-Head Saber.

After defeating the demons in Lingzhou and Yanzhou, Qin Zheng thanked Wang Qingfeng and set out to repay the invasion by attacking the Baiyun Demon Den. He killed the Elephant Lord, enhanced the Primordial Limitless Seal with his merit, and turned toward the two demon dens that remained.

• Wang Qingfeng met Qin Zheng in Yanzhou, and Qin Zheng confirmed that Wang Qingquan was safe and thanked him for helping in Qingzhou.
• Qin Zheng told Wang Qingfeng that he had slain the demons in Lingzhou and Yanzhou, then flew toward the demon lands to return the courtesy.
• At the Baiyun Demon Den, the Elephant Lord learned that Li Wuyi had died and planned to go claim the remains with his younger brother.
• Qin Zheng killed the demons in the den with spiritual attacks, then cleaved the Elephant Lord in two with the Ghost-Head Saber.
• Qin Zheng obtained the Elephant Lord's demon core and spent merit enhancing the Primordial Limitless Seal, then set his sights on the two remaining demon dens.

Gao Chengyin learned that Kong Xing had died and was ordered to accompany Wang Fulong to Yanzhou, where he was to ensure a Wang Family Martial Saint died as well. Meanwhile, Qin Zheng destroyed the Thousand Crane Demon Cave, advanced the Primordial Limitless Seal to thirty acupoints, and was stopped by an unknown voice as he sought more demons.

• The Gao Clan ancestor told Gao Chengyin that Kong Xing had died, and Gao Chengyin suspected the emperor or another Martial Saint was responsible.
• The Gao Clan ancestor ordered Gao Chengyin to go to Yanzhou with Wang Fulong and make sure a Wang Family Martial Saint died in revenge for Kong Xing.
• Qin Zheng killed the demons of the Thousand Crane Demon Cave and stored the Immortal Crane Demon Pill without refining it.
• Qin Zheng spent 15,000 jin of merit to advance the Primordial Limitless Seal from twenty-five to thirty acupoints.
• Qin Zheng decided to keep hunting demons beyond the Great Jin Dynasty, but an aged voice said, “Enough,” prompting him to ready his powers.

Qin Zheng defeated and killed Fuxin of Bodhi Courtyard after rejecting his attempt to manipulate and subdue him. As Great Jin reclaimed Lingzhou and Yanzhou, Wang Fulong revealed that the Gao clan would target him and Wang Qingfeng, and a figure arrived to attack them.

• Fuxin warned Qin Zheng not to destroy more demon dens, then revealed his intent to force Qin Zheng into Bodhi Courtyard.
• Qin Zheng used the Jade Ruyi to strike Fuxin down, recovered with the True Dragon Undying Body, and killed him.
• Qin Zheng set off with Fuxin's corpse as the demon calamity ended and Great Jin regained Lingzhou and Yanzhou.
• Wang Qingfeng found the Li Family Ancestor's body, and Wang Fulong joined him, praising Qin Zheng and saying he had killed Gao Kong Xing.
• Wang Fulong said the Gao clan would target both him and Wang Qingfeng, then an arriving figure threatened them.

Qin Zheng arrived in Yanzhou carrying Monk Fuxin’s corpse, forcing Gao Chengyin to flee and stunning Wang Fulong and Wang Qingfeng with his feat. After receiving medicine for his injured Primordial Spirit, Qin Zheng examined Fuxin’s sarira and began enhancing his martial art; meanwhile, a chained creature in a distant abyss roared Wang Daoyi’s name as its restraints broke.

• Qin Zheng arrived during Gao Chengyin’s attack on Wang Fulong and Wang Qingfeng, carrying the corpse of Monk Fuxin, a mid-stage Martial Saint he had killed.
• Gao Chengyin recognized Qin Zheng’s strength, accused him of killing a Gao Clan Martial Saint, and fled rather than fight him.
• Qin Zheng admitted that he had killed Fuxin after refusing to join the Bodhi Courtyard, and Wang Fulong gave him a White Jade Soul-Returning Pill for his damaged Primordial Spirit.
• Qin Zheng told Wang Qingfeng that Yanzhou’s demon calamity and three demon dens had been dealt with, then accepted an offer to stay in Yanzhou while he recovered.
• Qin Zheng checked the Merit Scroll, found that Fuxin’s contaminated sarira could yield a Profound Realm Bodhi Heart or spiritual energy, and used his merit to enhance the Primordial Limitless Seal.
• A chained creature in a distant abyss roared Wang Daoyi’s name as lightning struck and its chains began breaking.

Qin Zheng traveled to the capital with Wang Fulong to receive his imperial rewards and learn that Martial Saints had to preserve the balance between the Great Jin Dynasty and the Demon Race. At Taiwu Academy, he discovered that the Enlightenment Divine Stele could not improve his Primordial Limitless Seal, but it could help him cultivate the True Dragon Undying Body.

• Wang Fulong told Qin Zheng that Great Jin's Martial Saints and the Demon Race's Great Saints avoided provoking one another, and that Qin Zheng would receive a chance to view the Enlightenment Divine Stele and ten Spirit Qi Great Pills.
• Qin Zheng arrived at Taiwu Academy, where its officials welcomed him as a Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint and the academy head presented him with his rewards.
• Qin Zheng entered the Divine Stele hall and found that its power could only seep weakly into his Primordial Spirit, limiting its effect on the Primordial Limitless Seal.
• Qin Zheng swallowed Spirit Qi Great Pills and redirected the Divine Stele's power toward the True Dragon Undying Body, causing acupoints in his physical body to light up.

After observing the Enlightenment Divine Stele, Qin Zheng emerged as a celebrated young Martial Saint with a dramatically strengthened body. The imperial court canceled his conferment ceremony and assigned him to guard demon-plagued Xuan and Jing Provinces, a posting Qin Zheng eagerly welcomed as a chance to kill demons.

• Citizens across the capital spread legends about Qin Zheng after he became the Great Jin Dynasty's nineteenth Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint before turning twenty.
• Qin Zheng learned that seventeen days had passed while he observed the Enlightenment Divine Stele, and the array guardians offered to lift the observation limit if he continued making great progress.
• Qin Zheng told Wang Fulong that the divine stele had helped strengthen his body, and he revealed that he had opened forty-eight acupoints for the True Dragon Undying Body.
• Wang Fulong told Qin Zheng that the imperial court had canceled his conferment ceremony and ordered him to guard demon-stricken Xuan and Jing Provinces.
• Qin Zheng excitedly asked Wang Fulong whether the demons in those provinces could be killed.

Qin Zheng arrived at the Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint Manor and defeated the Moon-Devouring Great Saint in one exchange, rescuing Xuanzhou from an immediate threat. After learning the demon den had three other Great Saints, Qin Zheng killed him and prepared to face the greater danger.

• Deng Yunzhong rushed to the Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint Manor, where the Moon-Devouring Great Saint revealed he had eaten Deng Yunzhong’s subordinates and demanded a city’s population for his weakened wife.
• Mu Jinyan learned that Lord Gao had left Xuanzhou and restrained himself from provoking the Great Saint, who threatened to take cities and their people.
• Qin Zheng appeared in the council hall, ordered Mu Jinyan out, and struck the Moon-Devouring Great Saint so hard that the demon was nearly dead in one exchange.
• Qin Zheng carried the injured demon to an uninhabited wilderness, where it threatened Xuanzhou and revealed that three other Great Saints remained in its demon den.
• Qin Zheng decapitated the Moon-Devouring Great Saint and murmured that there were three more.

Qin Zheng killed the Moon-Devouring Great Saint and wiped out the Moon-Devouring Demon Den. He returned to Ning'an City, where Mu Jinyan and Deng Yunzhong learned that Xuanzhou and Jingzhou had been freed from the ancient demon threat.

• The canine demons worried about dwindling food and anticipated the return of the Moon-Devouring Great Saint, but Qin Zheng’s flying knives killed their newborn pups and revealed their elder brother’s corpse.
• Qin Zheng killed the gray canine Great Saint with one punch, then seized and battered the yellow and white Great Saints before decapitating them and collecting their demon cores.
• Qin Zheng returned to the Moon-Devouring Demon Den to clear out the remaining demons.
• Mu Jinyan and Deng Yunzhong waited anxiously at the Nation-Suppressing Martial Saint Manor, fearing Qin Zheng had fallen against the four Great Saints.
• Qin Zheng returned and calmly told Mu Jinyan and Deng Yunzhong that he had killed the Moon-Devouring Great Saint and cleaned out its demon den, leaving Deng Yunzhong celebrating in tears.

Qin Zheng used merit to advance the Primordial Limitless Seal and learned that the White Bone Immortal Lord was plotting against the Great Jin Dynasty’s newly arrived Martial Saint. In Xuanzhou, Qin Zheng learned that the hundred-year tribute of humans to White Bone City was due soon.

• Qin Zheng spent merit to raise the Primordial Limitless Seal to minor completion, healing his Primordial Spirit injuries and gaining insight into the true Limitless Seal technique.
• Qin Zheng continued improving the Primordial Limitless Seal, while the cost per aperture rose to 5,000 jin of merit.
• The White Bone Immortal Lord summoned eighteen Great Saints and proposed luring the newly freed Underworld Moon Great Saint into Xuanzhou to test Qin Zheng.
• The White Bone Immortal Lord chose a palace-robed Great Saint to lure Underworld Moon Great Saint with the promise of female beauty.
• Mu Jinyan told Qin Zheng that White Bone City commanded nineteen demon dens and that its human tribute was nearly due.

Qin Zheng rejected White Bone City’s demand for a million people and began purging demons while preparing to confront the threat. After receiving Wei Yunfeng’s plea for help in Chuzhou, Qin Zheng arrived in time to kill the two fox Great Saints besieging him.

• Qin Zheng refused to requisition a million people and ordered Mu Jinyan to gather records of demon invasions so he could act against the demons.
• Qin Zheng slaughtered the great demons across Xuanzhou and Jingzhou, then reviewed a century of invasion records and received warnings from Chuzhou and White Bone City.
• Qin Zheng told Mu Jinyan to monitor the border demons and flew to Chuzhou after reading Wei Yunfeng’s plea for aid and White Bone City’s threat.
• Two fox demons taunted Wei Yunfeng at Chuzhou’s border, then turned back toward him after Qin Zheng’s attacks struck them.
• Qin Zheng killed both fox demons with a single strike, collected their demon cores, and asked Wei Yunfeng whether there were any more.

Qin Zheng waited at Chuzhou after Wei Yunfeng warned that seven demon dens might attack, while the capital sent no reinforcements. When all nine dens arrived with eighteen Great Saints, Qin Zheng revealed his overwhelming strength and left the demons terrified.

• Qin Zheng decided to wait three days for the demon dens rather than leave Chuzhou unguarded, then upgraded his Primordial Limitless Seal with accumulated merit.
• Wei Yunfeng went to seek help from the capital, but returned a day later without reinforcements and urged Qin Zheng to leave.
• Qin Zheng told Wei Yunfeng not to worry about him and flew into the sky, where he killed a hidden Great Saint of the Demon Race.
• The Great Saints of all nine demon dens arrived, bringing eighteen in total, and Qin Zheng dropped two demon dragons and killed two more Great Saints.
• Qin Zheng seized the Six-Tailed White Fox as it charged Wei Yunfeng and smashed it into the ground, prompting the remaining Great Saints to flee.