Chapter Summaries

Qin Zheng fought the Xie family Heavenly Immortal, Xie Tianyun, and discovered that a Mind Demon had corrupted him. Qin Zheng killed Xie Tianyun with the Sky-Opening Seal and left with his companions, while Gu Qingyue was stunned by his strength.

• Qin Zheng trapped the Xie family members beneath the Gengjin Sword Array and struck down an Earth Immortal who challenged him.
• The Xie family Heavenly Immortal confronted Qin Zheng and demanded the sword array as a birthday gift, then battled him as the guests and Qin Zheng’s companions fled.
• Qi Yuan told Gu Qingyue that Qin Zheng had killed the Minor Demon God Mo Feng, explaining how Qin Zheng had saved her and avenged her comrades.
• Qin Zheng told Xie Tianyun that Wan Shou Layman had summoned him to Heavenly Pool, then used the Merit Scroll to discover that demon nature had taken root in Xie Tianyun.
• Xie Tianyun tried to flee when Qin Zheng formed the Sky-Opening Seal, but Qin Zheng killed him and returned carrying his head.

After Qin Zheng killed Xie Tianyun, Qi Yuan realized that the Xie family Heavenly Immortal had been corrupted by a Mind Demon, prompting them to hurry toward the Human King Palace with the warning. At One Heart Studio, Qingfeng Layman revealed that humanity’s leaders suspected other Immortals had also been corrupted and asked Qin Zheng to investigate a list of names.

• Gu Qingyue marveled that Qin Zheng had defeated a Heavenly Immortal as a Human Immortal, while Qi Yuan asked whether Xie Tianyun had deserved to die.
• Qin Zheng showed Qi Yuan the demon aura concealed in Xie Tianyun’s head, and Qi Yuan urged them to report the Mind Demon threat to the Human King Palace.
• Qin Zheng and Qi Yuan escorted Gu Qingyue to One Heart Studio, where Qingfeng Layman asked Qin Zheng to stay and discuss the Mind Demon.
• Qingfeng Layman examined Xie Tianyun’s remains and explained that he had suspected the Heavenly Immortal was corrupted.
• Qingfeng Layman gave Qin Zheng a list of Immortals and asked him to determine whether Mind Demons had entered their bodies.

Qin Zheng learned that humanity’s experts had identified suspected Mind Demon victims and was brought by Qi Yuan to the Human King Palace to cleanse their demonic nature. There, Qin Zheng struck down Zhao Wuyi after the man attacked Qi Yuan, and the Merit Scroll confirmed Zhao Wuyi was possessed by demonic nature.

• Gu Qingyue worried that the Demon Race would target Qin Zheng, but Qingfeng Layman explained that his plan had been to get Qin Zheng safely back to human territory.
• Qin Zheng told Qi Yuan that Qingfeng Layman wanted him to verify which suspected humans had been invaded by Mind Demons, and Qin Zheng guessed the experts planned to use them as bait to draw out the Mind Demons.
• Qin Zheng and Qi Yuan traveled to the Xuanyuan Domain, where Qi Yuan described the Human King Palace’s dynasties and their use of Incense and Fire Prayer Power.
• Qin Zheng noticed that the Human King Palace resembled the Jade Void Palace as he and Qi Yuan entered and headed toward the Heavenly Pool.
• Zhao Wuyi accused Qi Yuan of causing the deaths of Human King Palace experts and punched at him, so Qin Zheng blocked the attack and struck Zhao Wuyi down.
• The Merit Scroll identified Zhao Wuyi as someone with demonic nature in his body and stated that killing him would yield one thousand one hundred merits.

Qin Zheng killed Zhao Wuyi after discovering that the Earth Immortal had fallen to a Mind Demon, then received the Heart Seal inheritance in the Human King Palace’s main hall. Immortal Lord Qinyang revealed that humanity’s greatest Celestial Immortals had gone to the border and urged Qin Zheng to deal with Mind Demons without restraint.

• Zhao Wuyi attacked Qi Yuan, but Qin Zheng struck him down despite the Human King Palace experts trying to intervene.
• Qin Zheng asked Zhao Wuyi whether he dared go to the Heavenly Pool, then killed him and exposed the pure demon aura in his head.
• Immortal Lord Qinyang arrived, sent Qi Yuan to the Heavenly Pool, and brought Qin Zheng to the Human King Palace’s main hall.
• Qin Zheng saw a divine figure resembling one from his inheritance and received the Heart Seal’s refinement prompt from the Merit Scroll.
• Immortal Lord Qinyang showed Qin Zheng the Human King Palace and the Heavenly Pool, explaining their role in humanity’s defense against the Demon Race.
• Immortal Lord Qinyang told Qin Zheng that the seven top human Celestial Immortals had gone to the border and instructed him to act boldly against the Mind Demons.

Qin Zheng used the Boundary Breaking Jade Plate to travel across human territory and kill people corrupted by the Mind Demon, including the Shenyang ruler Li Chunyang. At the Qingyu Sect, he confronted its Mind-Demon-invaded patriarch, whose strength exceeded the Heaven Immortals Qin Zheng had previously slain.

• Immortal Lord Qinyang gave Qin Zheng the Boundary Breaking Jade Plate and left for the borderlands.
• Qin Zheng entered the Shenyang Dynasty’s palace, killed the chief eunuch, and beheaded the corrupted ruler Li Chunyang.
• Qin Zheng used the jade plate to travel between locations and eliminate more Mind-Demon-invaded people, earning merit as he went.
• At the Qingyu Sect, Qin Zheng found its patriarch and several Earth Immortals during a gathering and recognized the patriarch as corrupted.
• The Qingyu Sect Earth Immortals charged Qin Zheng, but his Heart Seal stopped them; the patriarch caught Qin Zheng’s attack and revealed himself as a Great Power’s Remnant Soul.

Qin Zheng resisted the Mind Demon’s attempt to corrupt and control his soul, instead using the Heart Seal to erase his demonic nature and greatly increase his power. As the Mind Demon tried to turn human pawns against him, four of humanity’s top Heavenly Immortals arrived to trap it.

• Qin Zheng struck the Mind Demon with the Immortal Slaying Sword Intent and a Great Dao Tree Leaf, but the Mind Demon survived by using one of its many human shells.
• The Mind Demon tried to lure Qin Zheng into accepting it, but Qin Zheng used the Heart Seal to erase the demonic nature it had drawn from his soul.
• Qin Zheng’s soul was cleansed, his Great Dao Tree gained nine leaves, his Inner World expanded, and his strength increased, while the Mind Demon suffered a backlash.
• A demonic-nature-infected Earth Immortal attacked Qin Zheng, and Qin Zheng crushed him, provoking the Mind Demon to confront him directly.
• Dongyang, Mingyue, Funian, and Qingwei activated a formation and confronted the Mind Demon as four of humanity’s top Heavenly Immortals.

The four peak Celestial Immortals fought the Mind Demon while Wu Qingping, still restrained by the Demon Gods, sent a wooden sword that destroyed the Mind Demon's incarnations across the Lingxu Realm. The Mind Demon then parasitized Qin Zheng, who activated the Heart Seal and a Great Dao Tree Leaf to resist.

• Immortal Lord Dongyang, Fu Nian Layman, and the other two peak Celestial Immortals attacked the Mind Demon, destroying his incarnations one by one but failing to kill him completely.
• Wu Qingping drew a wooden sword and struck at the dark-faced Demon God, then sent the sword through the void toward the Mind Demon.
• The wooden sword pierced the Mind Demon, causing his incarnations across the human and demon territories to perish as Qin Zheng saw their karmic threads snap.
• The Mind Demon vanished, then reappeared through his remaining karmic connection and announced that he would parasitize Qin Zheng.
• Qin Zheng activated the Heart Seal, and a Great Dao Tree Leaf fell within his Inner World, illuminating his mind.

After Qin Zheng killed the Mind Demon, the Immortal Vanquishing Sword’s wooden sword recognized him, and the human Heavenly Immortals let him keep it as he prepared to seek merit at the borderlands. The Demon Emperor Hall ordered the Wan Cheng Demon Kingdom to continue its plans while sending the top ten of the Heavenly Pride Ranking to the approaching Immortal Ruins, and Qin Zheng turned to the Merit Scroll to investigate the Spiritual Secret Realm.

• The Merit Scroll revealed that the Mind Demon Core could be refined for fifty million catties of merit to grant access to the Spiritual Secret Realm.
• The four human Heavenly Immortals learned that the Immortal Vanquishing Sword had struck down the Mind Demon, and its wooden sword flew to Qin Zheng and acknowledged him.
• Qin Zheng said he planned to slay demons at the borderlands, and the Heavenly Immortals suggested he first improve his cultivation before the Immortal Ruins opened.
• The Hundred Great Demon Lords learned that the Immortal Vanquishing Sword could still act, but the Demon Emperor Hall ordered their plans to continue and directed the top ten of the Heavenly Pride Ranking to prepare for the Immortal Ruins.
• Qin Zheng returned to the Human King Palace, considered what he had learned about the Immortal Ruins, and sent his consciousness toward the Merit Scroll.

Qin Zheng refined the Mind Demon Core and entered a Spiritual Secret Realm, where he inhabited Fusheng’s body during an ancient crisis at Qingyuan River. He saved Huzi from the sinful dragon and tiger demon, fulfilled the realm’s apparent obsession, and returned as his Great Dao Tree began to grow rapidly.

• Qin Zheng spent 50,000,000 jin of merit to refine the Mind Demon Core and entered a secret realm with a physical body named Fusheng.
• Qin Zheng learned that Huzi and Xizi planned to join the Divine Splendor Sect, while the sect disciple Zheng Qingyun sought to abandon the villagers to the sinful dragon.
• A late Dharma Body sinful dragon and a tiger demon ambushed the crowd at Qingyuan River, and Huzi prepared to sacrifice himself so Fusheng and Xizi could escape.
• Zheng Qingyun secured permission to leave, but Qin Zheng stopped Huzi from charging the demons and killed both of them with single punches.
• The secret realm shattered, Qin Zheng returned to reality, and the Great Dao Tree in his Inner World began growing rapidly.

Qin Zheng strengthened his Inner World in the Spiritual Secret Realm, then joined Gu Xuanji and Zhao Qingqian aboard a ship bound for the Immortal Ruins. As the ship arrived over the distant sea, a giant demonic hand attacked it.

• Qin Zheng discovered that the Spiritual Secret Realm had doubled his Inner World’s size and added nine leaves to the Great Dao Tree, then considered entering the realm again.
• Immortal Lord Qinyang told Qin Zheng that the Immortal Ruins were about to open, and Qin Zheng learned that thirty days had passed during his brief time in the secret realm.
• Aboard the void-crossing treasure ship, Gu Xuanji thanked Qin Zheng for rescuing Gu Qingyue and invited him to travel with his group; after several prodigies objected to Qin Zheng’s Human Immortal cultivation and left, Zhao Qingqian stayed.
• Qin Zheng learned from Gu Xuanji and Zhao Qingqian about the Demon Race’s factions, and the three formed a team as the ship approached the Immortal Ruins.
• The ship emerged above a vast ocean, where a giant hand wreathed in demonic aura burst from the sea and struck toward it.

Humanity and the Demon Race faced off before the Immortal Ruins opened, but the Dragon Palace and Phoenix Nest intervened to keep the peace. After a Demon Race ambush and the desecration of Xun Qianyu’s corpse, Qin Zheng challenged the ninth-ranked Demon Race prodigy and blew him apart with one punch.

• Immortal Lord Qinyang and eight human Heavenly Immortals confronted the Demon Race’s forces, but a fire phoenix and white dragon stopped the standoff from becoming a battle.
• Half a day later, the Immortal Ruins appeared in the mist, and the Dragon Palace, Phoenix Nest, and Demon Race entered before the humans.
• A Bear Demon hiding near the mist ambushed and killed a human Earth Immortal, while the Golden Crow warned Immortal Lord Qinyang not to interfere.
• The Bear Demon taunted Gu Xuanji with the mangled corpse of Xun Qianyu, his close friend, and challenged him to fight.
• Qin Zheng stepped in and punched the ninth-ranked Demon Race prodigy, exploding the Bear Demon’s body into blood mist.

Qin Zheng entered the Immortal Ruins with Gu Xuanji and Zhao Qingqian after the Demon Subduing Holy Monk and Immortal Lord Xiaoyao drove back the Demon Race. They arrived in the Nine Yang Wasteland, where Gu Xuanji identified the Nine Yang Immortal Sect as a source of an opportunity beyond the Heavenly Immortal realm, while demons entered the same desert seeking it.

• Qin Zheng killed the Bear Demon with one punch, and the Demon Race Heavenly Immortals prepared to attack him.
• Immortal Lord Xiaoyao and the Demon Subduing Holy Monk arrived, and the Demon Subduing Holy Monk struck the Golden Crow Demon Lord before forcing the demons to retreat.
• Immortal Lord Xiaoyao and the Demon Subduing Holy Monk urged Qin Zheng to seek opportunities in the Immortal Ruins, and Gu Xuanji thanked him for saving him from the Bear Demon.
• Qin Zheng entered the Immortal Ruins with Gu Xuanji and Zhao Qingqian, and they emerged into a desert where their senses and power were suppressed.
• Gu Xuanji identified the area as the Nine Yang Wasteland and said the Nine Yang Immortal Sect held an opportunity beyond the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• A group of demons arrived in the same desert, recognized the Nine Yang Immortal Sect, and planned to find its opportunity before hunting the humans.

Qin Zheng and his companions reached the Nine Yang Immortal Sect and entered when its protective formation briefly failed, only to be attacked by three Demon Race prodigies. After Qin Zheng killed them, he discovered a contaminated Solar Star Lord Statue that could grant the Solar Immortal Scripture if refined.

• Gu Xuanji explained that the Nine Yang Immortal Sect was one of the Immortal Ruins’ three strongest sects, and Qin Zheng connected the Divine Splendor Sect to the Spiritual Secret Realm and its ancient calamity.
• Qin Zheng, Gu Xuanji, and Zhao Qingqian reached the sect above a sea of magma, where Lu Yin, Xuan Jia, and Chi Mei confronted them.
• When the sect’s formation failed, the six cultivators flew inside, escaping the magma’s renewed eruption of flaming spears.
• Xuan Jia attacked the group, but Qin Zheng caught his hammer and killed him with one punch, then swiftly killed Lu Yin and Chi Mei as well.
• Qin Zheng examined the statue in the plaza and learned through the Merit Scroll that refining it for ten million jin of merit could grant the Solar Immortal Scripture, though contamination made refinement risky.

Qin Zheng discovered that corruption had affected the Sun Star Lord statue and wondered whether it had caused humanity’s decline, then entered the Nine Yang Supreme Tower to seek clues and face its trials. He effortlessly defeated the first trial’s guardian, who revealed that Wu Qingping had once done the same and reacted with astonishment when Qin Zheng said Wu had reached a realm above Heavenly Immortal.

• Qin Zheng found that the Sun Star Lord statue had been corrupted and speculated that corruption might be connected to the Immortal Ruins’ destruction and humanity’s decline.
• Gu Xuanji explained the dangers and trials of the Nine Yang Immortal Sect, and Qin Zheng learned that the Nine Yang Supreme Tower recorded the rankings of those who had entered it.
• Qin Zheng saw Wu Qingping ranked first and Xu Fusheng second, then entered the tower ahead of Gu Xuanji and Zhao Qingqian.
• A white-robed guardian challenged Qin Zheng to survive a hundred moves against him at the Human Immortal realm, but Qin Zheng seized him in an instant and defeated him with one punch.
• The guardian declared that Qin Zheng had passed the first trial and said Wu Qingping had once defeated him just as easily; he was shocked to hear Wu had reached the Taiyi Realm.

Qin Zheng absorbed Nine Heavens Immortal Qi from Bai Yu, greatly strengthened his Great Dao Tree, and entered the Nine Yang Supreme Tower’s second trial. Meanwhile, two demons slaughtered cultivators to advance their demonic merit, until a pillar of light revealed that someone had left a name on the tower.

• Bai Yu explained that heaven and earth had been in a receding tide since the Middle Ages, making Taiyi attainment impossible in Qin Zheng’s era, then rewarded Qin Zheng with Nine Heavens Immortal Qi.
• Qin Zheng’s Great Dao Tree grew from twenty-seven leaves to one hundred and eight, and he entered the next trial, where an armored spear-wielder immediately attacked him.
• Qin Yue, Li Cangqiu, and two companions found Sacred Spirit Fruits at Myriad Spirit Lake, but a demonic swordsman killed all four before they could escape.
• The demonic swordsman and a tall demon used the victims’ Dao resonance to strengthen the Myriad Demon Heavenly Merit and planned to prey on others throughout the Immortal Ruins.
• A pillar of light appeared above the Nine Yang Supreme Tower, and a dragon girl recognized it as a sign that someone had left a name there.

Qin Zheng continued through the Nine Yang Supreme Tower and fought six top Heavenly Immortals on the seventh floor, while Gu Xuanji was defeated on the fifth floor. The chapter left Qin Zheng battling the tower’s guardians as Gu Xuanji’s appearance outside revealed that someone had advanced to Earth Immortal.

• News that someone had left a name on the Supreme Tower sent the entrants racing toward the Nine Yang Immortal Sect.
• Qin Zheng defeated the sixth-floor opponent, accepted the trial’s reward, and chose to continue despite the warning about the upper floors.
• After absorbing a vast amount of immortal qi, Qin Zheng faced six guardians attacking at the pinnacle of Heavenly Immortal and used his Great Dao Tree Leaves and Nine Primordial Seals to fight them evenly.
• Gu Xuanji struggled through the fifth trial, seized an opening to attack, and was struck down by his opponent.
• Gu Xuanji appeared outside the tower as an Earth Immortal phenomenon spread above him.

Qin Zheng broke through to the Earth Immortal realm in the Nine Yang Supreme Tower, claimed a Taiyi-level saber, and began its trials against the tower’s legendary prodigies. As his ranking climbed to second place, demons gathered outside to kill him, while Wu Qingping sensed his rise and approved.

• Qin Zheng completed his breakthrough to Earth Immortal, and the Great Dao Tree in his Inner World sprouted a new fruit.
• Qin Zheng chose the Nine Heavens Sun-Burning Saber over immortal arts and precious medicine, then learned he had to defeat the imprints of the tower’s ten strongest prodigies, including Wu Qingping.
• Qin Zheng killed the tenth-ranked silver-robed prodigy with one blow and charged toward the next opponent, eager to face Wu Qingping.
• Gu Xuanji saw demons swarm the Nine Yang Immortal Sect and worried they would kill Qin Zheng when he emerged from the tower.
• Qin Zheng’s ranking rose from eleventh to second, prompting the demons and neutral factions to view him as a threat, while Wu Qingping sensed the change and praised him.

Qin Zheng defeated Xu Fusheng and began a demanding sword-and-saber trial against the Immortal Vanquishing Sword, whose guidance helped him improve his control of power. Outside the Supreme Tower, the demons and dragon and phoenix clans threatened the humans, but Zhao Qingqian revealed the wooden sword he had received from the Immortal Vanquishing Sword and challenged them.

• Qin Zheng defeated Xu Fusheng, learned he had been the source of the Mind Demon, and asked him about Huzi and Xizi before he vanished.
• The Immortal Vanquishing Sword appeared, challenged Qin Zheng, and explained that Qin Zheng wasted strength through crude control of his power.
• Qin Zheng fought the Immortal Vanquishing Sword and gradually improved as he focused on intent and brought more of his strength to bear.
• Outside the tower, the Demon Race and dragon and phoenix clans discussed taking Qin Zheng's inheritance, while Gu Xuanji warned them against attacking the humans.
• Zhao Qingqian stepped forward with the wooden sword given to him by the Immortal Vanquishing Sword and challenged the assembled enemies to test it.

Qin Zheng emerged from the Nine Yang Supreme Tower after his name took first place, then effortlessly killed the Demon Race’s three top prodigies and the Dragon and Phoenix clans’ leaders. He left the surrounding enemies facing annihilation in the Immortal Ruins.

• Zhao Qingqian’s wooden sword bluff was challenged, and Gu Xuanji fought the Demon Race’s Third Prodigy while the other demons prepared to attack the humans.
• Qin Zheng’s name rose to first place on the Nine Yang Supreme Tower, replacing the Immortal Vanquishing Sword’s name, and the Demon, Dragon, and Phoenix clans agreed to kill all the humans.
• Qin Zheng stopped Zhao Qingqian from drawing Senior Wu’s sword, seized the Second Prodigy, and hurled him through the demons until he died.
• Qin Zheng killed the Third Prodigy, then crushed the First Prodigy’s head as Gu Xuanji called him Brother Qin.
• The Dragon and Phoenix leaders threatened Qin Zheng with an alliance with the Demon Emperor Hall, but Qin Zheng attacked and killed them both.

Qin Zheng slaughtered the demons and Dragon and Phoenix clansmen in the Nine Yang Immortal Sect, then learned that his victory over Wu Qingping had taken him to the limits of his strength. After Mo Feng of Immortal Mountain warned that the human race could face retaliation, Qin Zheng demanded to know whether he would keep the battle secret.

• Qin Zheng cut down the demons and more than twenty Dragon and Phoenix clansmen as humans watched from outside the sect.
• Gu Xuanji and Zhao Qingqian praised Qin Zheng’s strength while he recalled defeating Wu Qingping only by half a move and with several enhancements.
• Qin Zheng killed the remaining demons, collected their cores, and saw the Merit Scroll offer refinements for Golden Roc, True Dragon, and True Phoenix demon cores.
• After the formation stopped, the humans entered and hailed Qin Zheng as Immortal Lord Qin Zheng; he told them to seek their own opportunities.
• Mo Feng of Immortal Mountain warned Qin Zheng that the Demon Race, Dragon Palace, and Phoenix Nest could retaliate against the human race.
• Qin Zheng confronted Mo Feng and asked whether he could guarantee secrecy, threatening to leave him in the Immortal Ruins if he could not.