Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Qin Shujian fights Wan Yuanzhou, a Divine Martial Peak expert of the Heavenly Corpse Sect. Their weapons are powerful, but Qin gains the upper hand with his Three-Mark Dao Artifact and a sonic technique that briefly disrupts Wan’s Spirit God.
• Qin’s sustained saber assault knocks Wan into a crater, but Wan quickly retaliates with his halberd and a powerful punch.
• When they clash bare-handed, Qin reveals that his body-refinement cultivation can match Wan’s. Wan activates the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s Undefeated Heaven and Earth Art, and the two begin a fierce hand-to-hand battle.
• As the fight continues, Qin’s Ancient Wilderness Immortal Body awakens and grows stronger. He eventually breaks Wan’s momentum, drives him back, and batters him until his body begins to crack and bleed.
• Qin pursues the wounded Wan into the dust, determined to finish him. The outcome is not yet shown.

Character developments

• Qin Shujian demonstrates that his strength is not dependent on his Dao Artifact: his body and martial skill can contend with a peak Divine Martial expert. The fight draws out the growing power of his Ancient Wilderness Immortal Body.
• Wan Yuanzhou begins confident in his strength and body-refinement art, but becomes increasingly shocked as Qin matches—and then surpasses—his physical power. His momentum falters and his defenses begin to fail.

Significant themes

• Hidden potential and growth: Qin becomes stronger as the battle unlocks more of his body’s latent power.
• Martial mastery beyond technique: Qin’s deep cultivation allows him to apply his understanding across disciplines, even without formal fist training.
• Persistence and momentum: The prolonged exchange shifts in Qin’s favor as he withstands Wan’s attacks and seizes the moment when Wan weakens.
• Power and reputation: The Heavenly Corpse Sect’s famed body-refinement methods are put to the test against Qin’s unexpected ability.

Character interactions

• Qin and Wan trade threats and challenge each other’s confidence, then settle the dispute through a direct contest of physical strength.
• Heavenly Corpse Sect cultivators react with alarm when Wan is knocked down, recognizing the danger to their side if their strongest fighters cannot hold Qin off.
• Other cultivators watching the battle are astonished by Qin’s body-refinement prowess.

Key plot points

• Qin Shujian traps Heavenly Being Lian Guming inside a Grandmaster-level formation, separating him from the rest of the battle. Lian identifies the formation’s eighteen stars as its core and attacks them, which transform into giants and engage him.
• Qin overwhelms Wan Yuanzhou, the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s famed Divine Martial Peak elder. Despite Wan’s formidable, near-artifact-like body, Qin’s relentless physical assault leaves him no chance to recover; Wan is ultimately beaten to death.
• Wan’s death shocks both sides. The Origin Sect regains its confidence and resumes fighting with renewed morale.
• Xiang Haoqian uses a formation of twenty-seven Low-Grade Spirit Weapon swords to hold off a much higher-level opponent. He cannot expect to win, but keeping the enemy occupied is enough.
• Zheng Fang, protected by a Sixth-Grade Golden Lotus, stalemates Hong Ning Tian. Hong cannot break through the lotus or escape Zheng’s counterattacks, while Zheng trusts the endurance of his Eternal Evergreen Technique.
• The chapter ends as the void trembles and a powerful fluctuation spreads, hinting at a major development.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian demonstrates that his physical strength is far greater than his allies expected, defeating Wan without relying on tricks or external aid. His taunt—“Divine Martial Peak? Nothing more than that!”—underscores his confidence.
• Lian Guming remains confident despite being trapped, believing the formation can delay but not defeat a Heavenly Being. He tests it by attacking its apparent core.
• Xiang Haoqian turns his array expertise into a practical defensive role. Wan’s death bolsters his confidence, and he resolves to restrain rather than defeat his stronger opponent.
• Zheng Fang reveals unexpected resilience and calm under pressure. Hong Ning Tian grows increasingly enraged as his attacks fail and Zheng refuses to let him disengage.
• Wan’s death changes the emotional balance of the battle: the Heavenly Corpse Sect is shaken, while the Origin Sect is inspired.

Significant themes

• Power beyond expectations: Qin’s victory overturns assumptions about the gap between his cultivation and Wan’s.
• Strategy over direct victory: Qin’s formation isolates Lian, while Xiang and Zheng focus on containing stronger foes rather than defeating them.
• Confidence and morale: A single decisive victory shifts the momentum and resolve of the wider battlefield.
• Different forms of strength: The chapter contrasts overwhelming physical force, array mastery, defensive artifacts, and endurance.

Plot points and events

• Qin Shujian enters the weakening grand formation after suppressing and confiscating a Two-Mark Dao Artifact war halberd. Inside, Lian Guming has already destroyed several giants and shattered five of the formation’s eighteen stars.
• Lian recognizes Qin as the likely killer of Wan Yuanzhou, a Divine Martial Peak elder. Qin confirms it and provocatively declares that Lian is next.
• Aware that Qin’s array mastery makes a direct attack risky, Lian focuses on breaking the formation. Qin reinforces the remaining Array Disks with spirit stones and uses his inscriptions and spiritual sense to stabilize the damaged array.
• The restored formation attacks Lian with thunder, blades, and shifting space. He withstands its assaults and threatens Qin, but Qin ignores the taunts and continues controlling the array.
• Qin uses his Dharma Eye to strike at Lian’s fortune. Each slash reduces it—from pale blue to rich yellow, then pale yellow, and finally red—while bringing increasingly intense karmic fire down on Qin.
• Qin discovers that his “Invulnerable to All Laws” trait protects his spirit god from the karmic fire. As Lian’s fortune falls, his true essence falters and his instincts warn him of danger; a giant’s attack knocks him back. Qin launches another strike at the chapter’s end.

Character developments

• Qin Shujian remains confident and openly provocative, but also demonstrates tactical discipline: he strengthens the damaged formation rather than engaging Lian recklessly. He verifies a third defensive trait, Invulnerable to All Laws, and reveals a powerful ability to cut an opponent’s fortune.
• Lian Guming begins furious over Wan Yuanzhou’s death but quickly regains strategic composure. His confidence in his own strength persists, yet Qin’s attacks on his fortune unsettle him as their effects interfere with his power and judgment.

Significant themes

• Power and strategy: Raw strength makes Lian formidable, but Qin’s array mastery and unconventional abilities let him challenge a Heavenly Being.
• Fortune, causality, and karmic consequences: Interfering with another person’s fortune draws karmic fire, showing that fate is governed by forces beyond ordinary combat.
• Hidden protections and discovery: Qin’s resistance to karmic fire reveals an ability that changes the risks of using his Dharma Eye.

Character interactions

• Qin and Lian trade insults and threats: Qin boasts of killing Wan Yuanzhou and challenges Lian, while Lian dismisses Qin’s previous victory and demands the Origin Sect submit.
• Their conflict is fought indirectly as well as physically: Lian tries to destroy the formation, while Qin manipulates it and repeatedly targets Lian’s fortune.

Plot points and events

• Qin Shujian’s three saber strikes reduce Lian Guming’s fortune to gray, disrupting his cultivation and leaving him injured. The backlash triggers terrifying karmic fire and the threat of heavenly retribution.
• The formation’s twelve remaining Array Disks and spirit stones shatter, ending the duel’s isolation and exposing Qin and Lian to both armies. Observers recognize Lian’s injury but expect him to have the advantage now that Qin’s formation is gone.
• The Heavenly Corpse Sect’s morale rises, while the Origin Sect braces for a direct confrontation with a Heavenly Being. The Heavenly Corpse Sect renews its assault, determined to wipe out its rival.
• Shi Jianfeng attacks a Manifestation Realm opponent, but a Divine Martial Realm elder intervenes. Facing both foes, Shi flees into the sky, drawing them after him.
• Zhang Ergou uses the Heaven and Earth Bow to fire a Cloud-Piercing Arrow at the pursuing Divine Martial expert. While the arrow forces that enemy to defend himself, Shi turns back and kills the Manifestation Realm pursuer with a surprise sword strike.
• The Divine Martial expert manages to halt the arrow but must abandon his attempt to suppress it when Shi’s sword attack forces him to retreat.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian demonstrates the immense power—and severe cost—of manipulating a heavenly being’s fortune: his attack injures Lian but brings karmic consequences that even his “invulnerable to all laws” trait may not withstand.
• Lian Guming is visibly wounded and his cultivation disrupted, yet remains the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s central source of confidence.
• Shi Jianfeng shows courage and tactical adaptability, first drawing two enemies away, then exploiting their coordination to kill the weaker pursuer.
• Zhang Ergou proves quick-thinking and effective under pressure, coordinating his bow attack with Shi’s counterstrike. His bow praises his flair, and he answers with characteristic pride.
• The two sects’ fighters act in sharp contrast: the Heavenly Corpse Sect targets Shi with a two-on-one attack, unconcerned with honor, while the Origin Sect’s Zhang and Shi coordinate to protect one another.

Significant themes

• Power and its price: Qin’s formidable attack carries a dangerous karmic backlash.
• Teamwork against superior strength: Zhang and Shi use timing and coordination to overcome a numerical and cultivation disadvantage.
• Desperation in war: The sects prioritize survival and victory over fairness or reputation.
• Shifting morale: Lian’s appearance initially reassures the Heavenly Corpse Sect and alarms the Origin Sect, but Shi and Zhang’s counterattack shows that the battle remains unsettled.

Key plot points and events

• While fighting Qin Shujian, Lian Guming mysteriously injures himself as he circulates his cultivation technique. Qin refuses to explain, leaving Lian and the surrounding observers wary.
• Lian reveals the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s secret art: corpse refinement. He summons its former sect master, Jiang Feng, who died eight hundred years earlier but has been transformed into a Heavenly Corpse with power comparable to a Heavenly Being.
• The revelation shocks the gathered sects. Many conclude that Qin and the Origin Sect are doomed, while rival observers fear the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s growing strength.
• Lian orders Jiang Feng to attack as he assaults Qin himself. Their combined strikes break Qin’s formation and shatter the defensive barrier of his Three-Mark Dao Artifact, sending him flying.
• Qin retaliates with his Dharma Eye, striking at Lian’s fortune. Lian’s luck turns black; his attack collapses, his true essence runs wild, and he coughs up blood.
• The same disruption weakens Lian’s control over Jiang Feng. The Heavenly Corpse’s original consciousness appears to struggle against its bindings, and Lian’s refining imprint eventually breaks. The chapter ends with Jiang Feng’s scarlet eyes fixed on Lian.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian remains outwardly composed despite being badly outnumbered and injured. He relies on his unusual fortune-affecting ability rather than confronting both Heavenly Beings directly, and finally stops resisting the karmic fire to use it.
• Lian Guming shifts from confidence to alarm. He believes the Heavenly Corpse guarantees victory, but Qin’s unexplained power undermines both his body and his control over Jiang Feng.
• Jiang Feng returns as a weapon created by Lian, but signs of his former will emerge. His struggle against Lian’s control becomes a new threat to the sect master.
• The gathered sect experts move from shock at the Heavenly Corpse’s appearance to fear of the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s power; some quietly hope the two factions will weaken each other.

Significant themes

• The danger of the unknown: Qin’s indirect, mysterious methods unsettle Lian more than a straightforward contest of strength.
• Power and control: Lian’s supposed ultimate weapon proves not fully controllable, as Jiang Feng’s buried consciousness resists him.
• Fortune and consequence: Qin’s attack on Lian’s luck turns confidence into escalating mishaps and physical harm.
• Hidden strength and ambition: The Heavenly Corpse Sect’s secret art reshapes the balance of power among the sects.

Plot points and events

• Qin Shujian’s attack on Lian Guming strips away all of the Heavenly Corpse Sect leader’s fortune, leaving him with black fortune and triggering a devastating backlash: karmic fire.
• The karmic fire also disrupts Lian Guming’s control over Jiang Feng, the former Sect Master whom he had refined into a heavenly corpse. Jiang Feng turns on his creator and attacks him.
• Qin Shujian redirects some of the karmic fire through the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s battle halberd, a sect-guarding Dao Artifact connected to its fortune. The fire burns away the artifact’s Dao Seals, but also weakens the Sect’s fortune and reduces the flames threatening Qin.
• While Jiang Feng keeps Lian Guming occupied, Qin Shujian enters the wider battle. He kills the Heavenly Corpse Sect elder Hong Ning Tian and helps overwhelm the Sect’s forces.
• Lian Guming summons the Sect’s three-mark saber to fight Jiang Feng, but it inexplicably flies into the corpse’s hands. Jiang Feng uses it to behead Lian Guming.
• With Lian Guming dead and the Sect’s strongest fighters defeated, the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s forces flee. Qin Shujian declares that none will be spared, and his formation traps many lower-ranking cultivators.

Character developments

• Qin Shujian shows both the danger and ingenuity of his power: altering fortune brings him close to heavenly retribution, but he finds a way to divert the karmic fire through an enemy artifact. Once the immediate danger passes, he turns decisively to destroying the Sect.
• Lian Guming loses control of his carefully cultivated trump card and is undone by the misfortune Qin has imposed on him. His confidence gives way to desperation and disbelief before Jiang Feng kills him.
• Jiang Feng acts on instinct rather than reason. Once freed from Lian Guming’s control, he becomes a relentless threat and ultimately kills the man who refined him.
• Hong Ning Tian fights stubbornly but is no match for Qin Shujian, who kills him after breaking through his resistance.
• Zheng Fang continues holding off a much stronger opponent with his Golden Lotus defense, but his depleted true essence leaves him close to defeat.

Significant themes

• Fortune, karma, and consequence: Tampering with someone’s fortune can decide a battle, but it carries a dangerous karmic cost.
• Power as both punishment and trial: Qin reflects that karmic fire may destroy the weak yet serve as a test for the sufficiently strong.
• Reversal of control: Lian Guming’s weapon and creation—Jiang Feng—turn against him, transforming his greatest advantages into the causes of his death.
• The inevitability of defeat: Once the Sect’s leaders fall and its forces lose confidence, retreat cannot change the outcome.

Character interactions

• Qin’s fortune manipulation indirectly turns Jiang Feng against Lian Guming, leaving Qin free to attack the Sect’s other fighters.
• Lian Guming’s attempts to command Jiang Feng fail, and his final effort to arm himself instead equips his enemy.
• Qin defeats Hong Ning Tian while Zheng Fang’s prolonged defense helps occupy another Sect expert.
• The deaths of Lian Guming and Hong Ning Tian shatter the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s morale, prompting its remaining fighters to flee.

Key plot points and events

• With Lian Guming dead and the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s artifact seized, its forces lose hope and are routed by the Origin Sect. The reanimated Jiang Feng kills a cultivator who mistakes him for the living sect master.
• Qin Shujian warns hidden observers not to interfere. They leave rather than risk provoking him; he declines Zhang Ergou’s suggestion to attack them, explaining that the Origin Sect has already paid heavily for this war.
• Qin orders his forces to pursue the sect’s remaining fighters and raid its branch headquarters. He lends Zhang Ergou the saber Thousand Mountain Blood for the dangerous main headquarters.
• Qin searches Lian Guming’s body and Storage Ring, finding seventeen spirit stones, abundant resources, and the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s Sect Master Token—which he considers useless to him.
• In the ring, Qin discovers the Nether Communion Secret Art, a corpse-refining technique. Spending over eleven million life source, he raises it to level five, unlocking the ability to refine and control heavenly corpses.
• Qin performs the ritual on Jiang Feng and successfully commands him to move. He names him Jiang Feng, retaining the name he had in life, and asks him for the saber.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian demonstrates strategic restraint toward the watching sects while pressing his advantage against the defeated enemy. His discovery and mastery of the secret art turn a dangerous, dormant corpse into a powerful asset.
• Zhang Ergou is eager to eliminate the observers, but Qin checks his confidence and assigns him the more practical task of clearing the main headquarters with added support.
• Jiang Feng remains nearly mindless and silent, but becomes an obedient weapon under Qin’s control.
• The Heavenly Corpse Sect’s veterans finally accept that Jiang Feng is only a corpse, not their former master; their resistance collapses.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: Qin’s victory makes even rival sects retreat without a fight.
• The cost of war and practical leadership: Qin acknowledges Origin Sect casualties and avoids opening another conflict, while still ordering the defeated sect’s resources seized.
• Ambition and opportunity: Qin converts an enemy’s secret technique into a major strategic advantage.
• Life, death, and personhood: Jiang Feng is formidable yet lacks the identity and agency of the man he was, raising the question of whether he is a person or merely a weapon.

Plot points and events

• Qin Shujian transfers the karmic fire consuming his spirit god into the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s Three-Mark Dao Artifact. The fire destroys the saber and further drains the sect’s fortune; its fortune-beast is then torn apart by the Origin Sect’s. The Heavenly Corpse Sect is effectively erased, and its surviving disciples feel the loss.
• Qin brings the subdued Heavenly Corpse, Jiang Feng, to the sect’s main compound and orders his followers to search for the sect’s reserves.
• In the Library Pavilion, Qin discovers spatial formations that greatly expand its interior. He studies the technique and takes the Pavilion’s extensive collection of books, filling several Storage Rings.
• The Origin Sect’s search party finds the treasury but cannot break its grandmaster-level defensive formation. Qin sends Jiang Feng to smash it, containing the resulting shock waves with formations of his own.
• Inside, the group discovers vast stores of high-grade materials, weapons, armor, Spirit Weapons, and Xiantian Spirit Objects. They load as much as possible, prioritize valuable items, and decide to destroy whatever they cannot carry.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin shows restraint and strategic foresight: he refuses to keep the saber because adding it could push the Origin Sect into a dangerous sixth-level advancement, and he extinguishes his karmic fire using the defeated sect’s fortune instead of his own.
• Jiang Feng is established as Qin’s powerful but potentially vulnerable ally. He instinctively fears karmic fire, yet proves his strength by breaking the treasury’s formation.
• Zhang Ergou and the other Origin Sect members move from fear of Jiang Feng to excitement once Qin confirms he has subdued him. They work together to secure the defeated sect’s resources, though their efforts reveal the limits of their strength and Storage Rings.
• Qin acts as both leader and tactician, directing the search, studying the Pavilion’s formation, and protecting his followers from the force of Jiang Feng’s blows.

Significant themes

• The cost of power and fortune: Acquiring or destroying a sect’s fortune brings consequences, so Qin carefully avoids damaging his own sect’s standing.
• The spoils of conquest: The Heavenly Corpse Sect’s destruction gives the Origin Sect enormous resources and knowledge, but only what it can seize and transport.
• Strength and hierarchy: Jiang Feng’s overwhelming power highlights the gap between Heavenly Being-level strength and even formidable cultivators with Dao Artifacts.
• Growth through learning: Qin turns the Pavilion’s spatial formation into a potential improvement for the Origin Sect, showing that conquest can yield techniques as well as treasure.

Key plot points and events

• Qin Shujian finishes stripping the Heavenly Corpse Sect of its resources. He burns the treasury, then breaks apart the sect’s main mountain after locating a hidden vein of spirit stones.
• The vein contains 36 spirit stones and a large amount of valuable companion jade. Qin takes it all, destroys what he cannot use, and orders the Origin Sect to withdraw.
• The Heavenly Corpse Sect is left in ruins, its long-standing legacy effectively severed. Visiting cultivators recognize that its destruction will destabilize Southwind Prefecture, while also opening its former territories and businesses to competition.
• News of the sect’s fall spreads across the Thirteen Prefectures. The destruction of a powerful great sect—and the report that Qin has brought back the Heavenly Corpse Jiang Feng—cements the Origin Sect’s reputation as a genuine top-tier power.
• The Heavenly Array Sect’s Mu Liang and Fang Xinglan decide not to oppose the Origin Pavilion directly. Instead, Fang proposes that they establish a similar institution to attract independent cultivators and benefit from the new market.
• At the Marquis of Northcloud’s court, officials debate the Origin Pavilion’s influence. The Marquis chooses stability over intervention, expecting other sects to imitate it. He sees the Pavilion as potentially helping strengthen cultivators against the future threat of the Demon Abyss.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian acts decisively and methodically, using his Dharma Eye to uncover the hidden spirit-stone vein and leaving the Heavenly Corpse Sect with no useful resources.
• Mu Liang is shaken by the evidence of the Origin Sect’s power, especially Lian Guming’s mysterious death. He orders his sect to avoid provoking the Origin Pavilion and consults Fang Xinglan.
• Fang Xinglan shares Mu Liang’s caution but turns it into a strategy: rather than resist the Origin Pavilion, the Heavenly Array Sect should create its own version and compete for independent cultivators.
• The Marquis of Northcloud listens to competing views from Li Guang’an and Su Mingyang but declines to suppress the Origin Sect. His priority is regional stability, and he views the Pavilion as compatible with strengthening the world against future calamity.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: The Heavenly Corpse Sect’s destruction changes how rival sects judge the Origin Sect; fear of Qin’s strength discourages direct opposition.
• The cost and opportunity of upheaval: The fall of a great sect removes a source of regional order but releases resources and territory for others to claim.
• Adaptation over resistance: Fang Xinglan recognizes that the Origin Pavilion’s rise cannot be reversed and recommends imitation rather than confrontation.
• Widening access to cultivation: The Pavilion threatens traditional sect control by serving independent cultivators, but it may also expand the world’s ability to face the Demon Abyss.

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Key plot points and events

• After the Origin Sect destroys the Heavenly Corpse Sect, Qin Shujian brings the Heavenly Corpse Jiang Feng back and disguises him in a black robe. Jiang Feng silently guards the sect entrance, prompting players to mistake him for a hidden quest NPC.
• At a leadership meeting, Xu Yuanming inventories the spoils: an immense collection of cultivation manuals and martial arts—including a divine-comprehension manual and several such martial arts—as well as weapons, spirit stones, companion jade, and other resources.
• Qin rewards everyone who fought with 50,000 contribution points, gives each branch lineage a spirit stone, and allows senior elders to exchange points for additional spirit stones. Monthly resources for disciples and elders are doubled.
• The sect decides to keep its Origin Pavilions operating, while concentrating development on Northcloud Prefecture. Qin demands apologies and compensation from the remaining fifty-one sects that opposed the Origin Sect, threatening to visit them if they refuse within a month.
• Qin expands the Library Pavilion with a spatial array, making it over ten times larger so it can house the new collection. Disciples and players are astonished by the expanded space and wealth of books.
• He buries twenty-five spirit stones beneath Liangshan Summit, bringing the main sect’s foundation to twenty-seven buried stones and increasing the sect’s spiritual energy.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian shifts from cautious expansion to confident consolidation. The unexpectedly decisive victory and huge haul persuade him that the Origin Sect can keep expanding its influence rather than retreating from other regions. He also focuses on building lasting foundations through the Library Pavilion and buried spirit stones.
• Xu Yuanming demonstrates his trusted role as the sect’s logistics manager by carefully reporting the spoils.
• Branch elders Fu Gang and Zeng Hong push for Library Pavilions in the branch lineages, arguing that easier access to texts will help their disciples. Qin leaves the proposal for later consideration and rewards each branch with a spirit stone.
• The elders welcome the rewards and doubled resources; Zheng Fang asks about the sect’s next steps, while the leadership broadly supports pressuring the other hostile sects.
• Jiang Feng remains completely silent and motionless, frustrating players—including Liu Bi—who approach him hoping to trigger a quest.

Significant themes

• Inheritance and institutional strength: The divine-comprehension manual represents a path toward the Heavenly Human Realm, while the vast collection will strengthen the sect for generations.
• Wealth as power: The spoils enable better resources, broader access to learning, and stronger foundations—not merely immediate rewards.
• Consolidation after victory: Qin turns battlefield success into long-term growth while using the threat of further action to deter rivals.
• Different perspectives on the sect: Disciples and players see the expanded Library Pavilion as a practical opportunity, while its leaders recognize it as evidence of a major leap in the Origin Sect’s standing.

Plot points and events

• Qin Shujian claims Lian Guming’s Storage Ring and sorts through his next priorities: studying the captured Divine Comprehension Martial Arts and producing enough Identity Tokens for the Origin Pavilions. Supplying potentially millions of tokens will be a major burden, though the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s seized materials help.
• Qin reflects on the Dharma Eye. Stealing a Heavenly Being’s fortune brings dangerous karmic fire, so he can use it safely only if he has enough fortune to offset the consequences. He suspects the mysterious “Pursuer” behind the ability was an exceptionally powerful being.
• After studying the Netherworld-Passing Secret Art, Qin concludes that raising powerful corpses is impractical: intact bodies are rare, and creating Heavenly Corpses takes years. The Origin Sect needs Divine Martial and Heavenly Human-level strength more than weaker corpses.
• Qin studies three inheritance crystals. Spirit-Slaying attacks the spirit god directly and gives him the true meaning of the blade, while Heaven and Earth Manifestation and Nine Tribulations Immaculate Imperishable Body are also added to his Divine Comprehension Martial Arts. The latter requires him to endure a lightning tribulation to begin mastering it, so he summons one.
• Meanwhile, Earth Branch Master Qiu Ping convenes his elders. He explains that the Sect may eventually distribute resources according to branch strength and proposes pooling 600,000 contribution points to buy three spirit stones. He pledges 200,000 himself; the elders agree to provide the rest. Qiu Ping takes the points to the Main Sect’s exchange hall.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian becomes more wary of using the Dharma Eye, but gains a powerful new weapon against Heavenly Beings and a deeper foundation in blade techniques. He also begins exploring the captured arts, including the demanding body-tempering technique.
• Qiu Ping acts as a pragmatic, persuasive leader. By contributing a third of the required points himself, he persuades his elders to invest in the Earth Branch’s future.
• The Earth Branch elders initially hesitate over the enormous cost, but agree after considering the potential benefits and Qiu Ping’s personal commitment.
• The Origin Sect’s members treat Qin’s sudden thunderstorm as routine, while Qiu Ping focuses instead on organizing his branch.

Significant themes

• Power has costs: the Dharma Eye can overcome formidable foes, but karmic consequences make fortune essential.
• Preparation and institutional growth: Qin faces the practical work of expanding the Origin Pavilions, while Qiu Ping seeks resources to strengthen his branch.
• Uneven paths to mastery: Divine Comprehension Martial Arts offer extraordinary abilities, but some demand exceptional trials before even basic mastery.
• Competition within unity: the branches remain part of one sect, yet anticipate future contests over strength and resources.

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Key plot points and events

• The Miscellaneous Goods Hall offers ten spirit stones for exchange. Qiu Ping spends 600,000 contribution points to obtain three for the Earth Branch. Other branch elders quickly claim the rest.
• Fu Gang arrives with 800,000 contribution points but finds the spirit stones sold out. Having liquidated his branch’s supplies for the exchange, he has to use the points to buy cultivation resources instead.
• At Liangshan Summit, Qin Shujian completes 27 powerful spirit-weapon array disks after a three-day lightning tribulation. He then prepares to produce the vast number of Identity Tokens needed for the Origin Pavilion, working in seclusion for over half a month.
• Other sects establish businesses modeled on the Origin Pavilion, drawing away some unaffiliated cultivators. Zheng Fang sees this as beneficial: it normalizes the model while the Origin Sect retains its early advantage.
• Zheng Fang plans to punish the 51 sects still refusing to apologize and compensate the Origin Sect for their earlier attack. He agrees to wait until the promised one-month deadline expires.
• At the Four Symbols Sect, Sect Master Qi Yu consults his elders about the ultimatum. Most advise waiting alongside the other sects, hoping collective inaction will protect them.
• Elder Ying Wenyao, a former member of a sect destroyed by the Origin Sect, warns that Qin Shujian is ruthless and the Origin Sect is stronger after defeating the Heavenly Corpse Sect. His warning persuades Qi Yu to reconsider the danger of refusing.

Character developments and interactions

• Qiu Ping acts decisively, using the Earth Branch’s resources to acquire spirit stones as a lasting investment.
• Fu Gang is frustrated by arriving too late, illustrating the competition among branches for scarce resources.
• Qin Shujian expands his military strength by crafting stronger array disks, then turns to the large-scale work required to support the Origin Pavilion.
• Zheng Fang demonstrates strategic restraint toward competitors but firm resolve toward the sects that remain defiant. Xu Yuanming urges him to honor the full deadline, and Zheng agrees.
• Ying Wenyao finally speaks up despite his low standing, drawing on his past experience to caution the Four Symbols Sect. His blunt assessment shifts Qi Yu’s thinking.
• Qi Yu moves from indecision toward prioritizing the sect’s survival over its pride.

Significant themes

• Pragmatism over pride: Qi Yu must weigh the Four Symbols Sect’s dignity against the risk of destruction.
• Power and deterrence: The Origin Sect’s demonstrated strength shapes other sects’ choices, even when it has not yet acted against them.
• Lasting foundations: Spirit stones are prized over consumable resources because they can permanently improve cultivation conditions.
• Imitation and influence: Other sects copying the Origin Pavilion both confirms its success and helps make its business model less politically threatening.
• Experience versus wishful thinking: Ying Wenyao’s outsider perspective exposes the danger of assuming that collective resistance will protect the sects.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Grand Elder Zheng Fang finishes a paid lecture at the Origin Sect’s Martial Training Hall, advising disciples that practical experience can be more valuable than lessons.
• Ying Wenyao, an elder of the Four Symbols Sect and former member of the destroyed Ten Directions Sect, visits to apologize for his sect’s role in attacking the Origin Pavilion. He blames the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s coercion and offers compensation worth more than fifty million taels.
• Zheng Fang accepts the payment and warns Ying that the Origin Sect might have answered such an offense with a bloodbath. Ying leaves relieved, though he is struck by the sect’s immense spiritual-energy resources and growing power.
• Over the following weeks, other sects also send representatives and substantial compensation. But when the one-month deadline passes, thirty-three of the fifty-one sects have failed to pay or respond adequately; the Origin Sect blacklists them.
• At a council of elders, many favor destroying the noncompliant sects. Shen Yuhua instead proposes using the Origin Pavilion to recruit powerful independent cultivators by offering valuable rewards, then attacking a few targets as a warning to the rest. Xu Yuanming suggests advertising Pure Yang Pills and deity-reaching manuals to attract especially strong recruits.
• Elsewhere, players discussing the Origin Pavilion’s new rewards unknowingly awaken the interest of a shabby old fortune-teller. He is actually a tremendously powerful cultivator. His aura briefly shakes the city before he vanishes, leaving the players astonished that they had mistaken a hidden master for an ordinary fraud.

Character developments and interactions

• Zheng Fang displays a calm, practical approach: he accepts the Four Symbols Sect’s compensation while making clear that the Origin Sect’s restraint should not be mistaken for weakness. His knowledge of Ying’s former affiliation briefly unnerves the visitor.
• Ying Wenyao carefully presents his sect’s apology and shifts responsibility to the destroyed Heavenly Corpse Sect. Though outwardly composed, he fears the Origin Sect may punish him for surviving the Ten Directions Sect’s destruction.
• Shen Yuhua steps out of her usual reserve to offer a strategic alternative to direct warfare, earning Zheng Fang’s approval and surprising her brother, Shen Yuqing.
• Zeng Hong and Niu Feng voice the hard-line view that the Origin Sect must use force to uphold its standing; several elders agree, while others remain quiet.
• Xu Yuanming builds on Shen Yuhua’s proposal by identifying rare pills and high-level manuals as recruitment incentives.
• The old Daoist changes from a seemingly irrelevant street fortune-teller into a figure of immense power, revealed by his reaction to the promised manuals.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: The Origin Sect’s willingness to show restraint matters only if other sects believe it can still act decisively.
• Pragmatism over sentiment: Apologies matter less than compensation and strategic advantage.
• Authority through rewards: The Origin Pavilion can turn the sect’s treasures into tools for recruiting allies and projecting influence.
• Hidden strength and mistaken appearances: Both Zheng Fang’s mild manner and the old Daoist’s shabby appearance conceal formidable power.

Summary

The Origin Pavilion’s announcement that it would offer divine comprehension cultivation manuals and martial arts sends shockwaves through the cultivation world. These manuals could help cultivators cross the immense barrier from the Divine Martial Realm to the Heavenly Human Realm, bringing greater power and a sharply increased lifespan. Independent cultivators and sects alike are eager to obtain them, though qualifying as a Jade Token Envoy requires completing extremely difficult missions.
The Heavenly Array Sect’s sect master, Mu Liang, is determined to secure a manual, believing the Pavilion may be offering the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s inheritance. His martial uncle, Fang Xinglan, recognizes that the move will greatly strengthen the Pavilion’s influence: unlike most top-tier sects, the Origin Sect can offer an outside inheritance without exposing its own legacy. The two decide that the Heavenly Array Sect may need to pursue the manuals under concealed identities.
The Supreme Sect’s sect master, Su Zheng, reacts with fury. He sees the Pavilion’s offer as an attack on the foundations of top-tier sects and vows not to let Qin Shujian and the Origin Sect get away with it. However, he recognizes that opposing them would be dangerous: the Origin Sect has formidable strength, including a Heavenly Corpse and an Array Dao Grandmaster. The Supreme Sect also cannot compete by offering its own manual, since that inheritance is too vital to reveal.
The chapter then shows the Pavilion enforcing its authority against the Azure Rainbow Sect, one of thirty-three sects that had ignored its message. A ragged old Daoist invades the sect, killing disciples effortlessly and destroying a powerful elder with a single attack. Sect master Wei Haizhi realizes the attacker is acting on the Origin Pavilion’s behalf and offers to pay double, but the Daoist dismisses the offer and asks whether the sect owns a divine comprehension manual. When Wei tries to defend himself with the sect’s two-mark dao artifact, the Azure Rainbow Mirror, it proves insufficient. He calls on his elders to channel their strength into him as the attack continues.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Xinglan is impressed by the Origin Sect’s strategic boldness and understands the political consequences of its offer.
• Mu Liang moves from interest to firm resolve, driven by the Heavenly Array Sect’s longstanding need for a reliable path to the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Su Zheng displays his volatile temper and hostility toward Qin Shujian, but also recognizes the risks of direct confrontation.
• Wei Haizhi shifts from alarm to desperate negotiation, then to resistance when the invader refuses to bargain.
• The sect leaders’ reactions reveal a shared dilemma: they covet the manuals but are wary of the Origin Pavilion’s power and the cost of defying it.

Significant themes

• Power and longevity: The prospect of extending one’s lifespan makes advancement to the Heavenly Human Realm an urgent goal.
• Knowledge as political leverage: The Origin Sect’s access to an external manual lets it challenge established sects without sacrificing its own inheritance.
• Institutional change and resistance: The Pavilion’s new policy benefits independent cultivators and lesser sects while threatening the dominance of top-tier sects.
• The cost of defiance: The Azure Rainbow Sect’s destruction illustrates how the Pavilion can turn its influence into direct force.
  The chapter ends on a cliffhanger: the Azure Rainbow Sect’s elders are pouring their strength into Wei Haizhi and the Azure Rainbow Mirror, but the old Daoist’s assault is still underway.

Plot points and events

• The Qingwei Dao Lord attacks the Azure Rainbow Sect. Its guardian Dao Artifact and the combined strength of its elders cannot withstand his Divine Martial Peak power. He destroys the artifact’s defense, kills Sect Master Wei Haizhi and the elders, then wipes out every living being in the sect.
• Wei Haizhi learns the real reason for the attack just before dying: the Origin Pavilion’s mission to destroy the Azure Rainbow Sect offers the most contribution points. The sect’s destruction is part of a wider purge: thirteen sects fall in three days, frightening the survivors into seeking peace.
• After completing seven hundred thousand Identity Tokens, Qin Shujian returns from seclusion. Xu Yuanming reports the bounty campaign and admits he offered a divine-comprehension cultivation manual as bait. Qin approves, viewing the manual as leverage and believing the Origin Sect’s true foundation is his own power and developing legacy.
• Qin rejects the idea that fear alone will secure obedience. When the Ten Absolutes Sect sends Hou Ming with an apology and forty million taels’ worth of resources, Qin throws the offering back, injures Hou Ming, and demands two hundred million taels—or the sect’s destruction. He sets the same price for other spirit-domain great sects, and one billion taels for great-domain sects.
• Back at the Ten Absolutes Sect, elders angrily denounce Qin but fall silent when Sect Master Ba Yan challenges them to actually declare war. Ba Yan proposes that the sect pay half the demanded sum and its elders provide the other half from their own holdings.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian grows more openly coercive and uncompromising, using the Origin Sect’s military dominance to demand crippling reparations. He approves Xu Yuanming’s tactics and treats violence as a practical means of enforcing his orders.
• Xu Yuanming shows initiative by creating the bounty scheme and offering the manual without prior authorization. Qin’s approval strengthens their trust and confirms Xu’s role as a capable administrator.
• Hou Ming arrives composed and pragmatic, but Qin’s sudden attack leaves him frightened and humbled. He returns with Qin’s ultimatum rather than attempting resistance.
• Ba Yan remains calm amid his elders’ outrage. He exposes their bravado as empty, cares for the injured Hou Ming, and shifts the burden of payment onto both the sect and its leaders.
• The chapter contrasts the Qingwei Dao Lord’s deadly pursuit of contribution points with Qin’s political use of fear and compensation demands; both show how power and incentives drive the unfolding conflict.

Significant themes

• Power determines justice: Sect leaders and elders submit not because Qin’s demands are fair, but because they cannot challenge the Origin Sect.
• Fear and lasting consequences: Qin believes pain, not temporary fear, is what will keep opponents obedient.
• Shared responsibility: Ba Yan insists that elders personally bear the costs of the sect’s past choices rather than leaving the entire burden to the institution.
• Pragmatism over principle: The Qingwei Dao Lord’s motive is reward, while the Origin Sect uses a coveted cultivation manual as bait to achieve its aims.

• Key events: The author announces that the update expected in the early morning will instead be posted in the afternoon. Moving has left them without time to write, so they need the daytime to prepare enough chapters.
• Character development: No story characters appear; the author briefly explains their circumstances and plans.
• Themes: Scheduling changes, managing expectations, and communication with readers.
• Interactions: The author reassures readers that the update is delayed, not skipped, and acknowledges that readers may need time to adjust to the new posting time.

Plot points and events

• Under pressure from the Origin Sect, Ten Absolutes Sect Master Ba Yan forces his elders to contribute to the sect’s compensation. He threatens them with the sect’s two-mark Dao artifact, accusing them of having helped bring about the crisis through their past opposition and self-serving conduct.
• The elders submit, and Ba Yan delivers 200 million taels of silver to Qin Shujian. Qin accepts it, agrees to set aside their past conflict, but warns that future offenses will cost far more.
• Other sects also pay compensation, substantially increasing the Origin Sect’s reserves. Qin then resumes cultivating, focusing on the Origin Return Ancestral Canon and three divine-comprehension martial arts.
• Qin discovers that the Nine Tribulations Immaculate Imperishable Body complements rather than conflicts with his Ancient Wilderness Immortal Body. Its first level gives his astral qi a destructive, lightning-like quality, though further progress proves difficult.
• Imperial envoy Wu Lang returns with the court’s terms for Qin’s help against the demon calamity: one spirit stone for every five evil fiends slain. Qin accepts immediately. Wu Lang gives him a jade record of sealed evil-fiend locations and an Imperial Court identity token granting access to their sites.
• The records show that Great Zhao has over 1,500 evil fiends sealed outside Northcloud Prefecture, in addition to Northcloud’s several hundred. Qin realizes their total threat is greater than the raw numbers suggest, since each is comparable to a Heavenly Being. He wonders who suppressed evil fiends before Great Zhao existed—humans or demons.

Character developments and interactions

• Ba Yan shifts from a sect leader under pressure from the Origin Sect to an uncompromising authority within his own sect. He uses the crisis to curb the elders’ influence and restore control, then adopts a respectful, pragmatic approach when negotiating with Qin.
• Qin Shujian remains confident that strength determines whether agreements are honored. He is willing to reconcile when opponents pay, but makes clear that mercy has limits. He is also eager to exploit the evil-fiend contract for both cultivation resources and the Origin Sect’s development.
• Wu Lang admires Qin’s growing influence and approaches him as a valuable ally. He expects to negotiate over the payment rate, but is surprised when Qin accepts without hesitation.
• The elders’ past self-interest and resistance collide with Ba Yan’s determination to protect the sect; their fear of his artifact compels them to submit.

Significant themes

• Power and authority: Qin’s influence rests on demonstrated strength, while Ba Yan uses the same principle to reassert control over his sect.
• Pragmatism and coercion: The sects pay to avoid destruction, and Ba Yan compels cooperation for the sake of survival.
• Compounding gains: Compensation and spirit-stone rewards turn conflict into resources that can strengthen the Origin Sect over time.
• Uncertainty about the past: Qin’s questions about who contained evil fiends before Great Zhao hint at a larger, unresolved history involving humans and demons.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• After gathering information, Qin Shujian prepares to travel to other prefectures to hunt the Evil Fiends. He views each one as a source of fortune and feels pressed to act before the Imperial Court’s experts or other players claim them.
• Across the Demon Calamity’s spreading front, players hold back vast hordes of Skeletons. The monsters are tough to kill, but players have a strategic advantage: when players die, they leave no corpses for the Calamity to turn into new Skeletons.
• Cao Hong and Liu Qinghong decide that killing the Evil Fiend at the heart of the Calamity is more worthwhile than simply fighting its minions. They coordinate with several powerful player groups, since no team can defeat the Fiend alone.
• As Cao Hong’s elite party pushes through the Skeletons, weaker players try to follow and share the rewards. Liu Qinghong and the others attack them to protect the plan, and the Calamity soon separates the groups.
• Five teams eventually meet at a ruined village and agree that the team delivering the killing blow will keep 30% of the reward, while the other teams divide the remaining 70%. They also agree to eliminate anyone who sabotages the joint effort.
• The groups fight their way to the Fiend’s ruined fortress. Its dense demonic qi and oppressive atmosphere unsettle even the experienced players, who feel more threatened than they did amid the Skeleton hordes.

Character developments

• Qin Shujian reveals his acquisitive, opportunistic attitude toward the crisis: to him, the Evil Fiends are valuable targets, and he regards them as his to claim.
• Cao Hong emerges as a decisive strategist. He prioritizes the high-value Fiend over routine monster hunting and organizes cooperation among rival teams.
• Liu Qinghong proves pragmatic and ruthless, using precise hidden weapons to stop weaker players from interfering with the expedition.
• The unnamed young team leader shows caution and perspective: although powerful in-game, he recognizes that his real-world cultivation is far behind and that the game’s events may be echoing changes in reality.
• Zhong Gaojie demonstrates how dangerous Skeletons are and how valuable the once-overlooked Insight Technique has become.

Significant themes

• Greed and competition amid cooperation: The players need one another to defeat the Fiend, yet they bargain over rewards and suppress anyone who threatens their share.
• The game’s growing stakes: Death carries a serious cost in lost levels, while events in the game increasingly seem connected to changes in the real world.
• Power and preparation: Specialized skills, strong weapons, and teamwork matter more than raw numbers when facing the Demon Calamity.
• A crisis as opportunity: Both Qin Shujian and the players see the disaster as a chance to gain fortune, rewards, or power.

Character interactions

• Cao Hong consults Liu Qinghong and coordinates with other player leaders; Liu Qinghong acts as his messenger and tactical partner.
• The five teams negotiate reward-sharing and agree to police one another against betrayal, balancing cooperation with mistrust.
• Cao Hong’s group clashes with unaffiliated players who attempt to follow them, exposing the divide between elite teams and weaker individuals.
• The young leader’s discussion with his teammate reveals both the group’s willingness to cooperate and its concern about the widening connection between the game and reality.