Arc 11Zhuolu’s Dark Awakening

Qin Tian completed his Body Dao, gathered powerful treasures, and traveled from the Big Dipper to Earth, where he confronted the legacy of Chi You at Zhuolu. After intercepting dark matter meant to infect Emperor's Daughter Kui, Qin Tian faced a dark version of himself.

  • Qin Tian formed the Supreme Bone, then used the Body Dao to create a second body microcosm and break through his limits.
  • Qin Tian rescued Ye Fan and his companions from Yaoguang Great Powers, subdued Crocodile Ancestor and the Deity Resentment, and explored the Yuhua Dynasty’s ancestral temple.
  • Qin Tian refined the Dragon Pearl into the Wuji Great Elixir, gathered star coordinates, and traveled through Mars to Earth, where he killed Crocodile Ancestor and passed Hangu Pass.
  • Qin Tian reached Zhuolu, freed an Iron-Eating Beast for Xiao Nannan, and fought Hàn Bá as the sacrificial formation threatened to break Chi You’s seal.
  • Emperor's Daughter Kui emerged from Hàn Bá’s transformation, but Chi You’s power damaged his seal and began breaking through.
  • Chi You offered Emperor's Daughter Kui a strand of supposed longevity substance, but Qin Tian intercepted it and recognized it as dark matter.
  • Dark matter formed a second primordial spirit inside Qin Tian, and Dark Qin Tian emerged intent on killing him and taking his identity.
Chapters 252–276 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 252The might of the Supreme Bone, the Heavenly Will Blade shatters a Saint Weapon

Qin Tian endured the Supreme Bone’s immense demand for energy until it finally formed, then tested its Heavenly Will Blade Divine Art against a Golden Crow. He unleashed the bone’s power, leaving the Golden Crow trembling as the chapter ended.

  • Qin Tian used the Immortal Pagoda and Desolate Pagoda to gather energy from the void and the Immortal Abode Small World, nearly exhausting himself as the Supreme Bone formed.
  • The Supreme Bone took shape as a small, radiant bone bearing forty-nine halos and symbols that revealed a Heavenly Blade.
  • Qin Tian inspected his new Supreme Bone and decided to test its power against a Golden Crow in the Fusang Forest.
  • The Golden Crow approached Qin Tian with a Saint Dao feather weapon, sensing danger and releasing Taiyang True Fire.
  • Qin Tian poured his Divine Power into the Supreme Bone and invoked the Heavenly Will Blade, making the Golden Crow tremble and disrupting its Divine Power.

Ch. 253Three bones, an emperor of the mortal Dao, an undying immortal, a transcendent emperor

Qin Tian used the Heavenly Will Blade to strip the origin from a Saint Feather, feeding most of it to his Supreme Bone and recovering some cultivation. After realizing that his physique’s failure to transcend came from relying on external advantages instead of building his own foundation, he identified Using the Body as an Array as the key to advancing his way of essence.

  • Qin Tian used Heavenly Blade-Deprivation to destroy the deity within the Saint Feather and extract its origin.
  • Qin Tian fed the Saint Weapon origin to his Supreme Bone, returned to the Fifth Heaven of Severing the Dao, and considered hunting more Saint Weapons to nourish it.
  • Qin Tian wondered why his physique remained below the transcendent level despite gaining the Supreme Bone, and reasoned that the bone was still at the first of three stages.
  • Qin Tian used an Enlightenment Tea Leaf and Bodhi Seed bracelet to realize that he had pursued external powers while neglecting to build his way of essence from within.
  • Qin Tian examined his Human Body Dao Field and concluded that Using the Body as an Array was the key to bringing his physique into the ultimate state of humanity.

Ch. 254The third summit of the path of the physique

Qin Tian completed his Using the Body as an Array path and broke beyond the limits of his realm, transforming his physique and establishing a new summit of the Body Dao. He left the Primal Antiquity Small World having announced the third summit to all who cultivated the Body Dao.

  • Qin Tian realized that his Innate Heavenly Dao Array, sacred body, and Supreme Bone could be organized through his Using the Body as an Array Great Dao.
  • Qin Tian formed and swallowed a Dao Seed, then inscribed a Grand Array of the Three Powers within his body, creating a second human body microcosm.
  • Qin Tian's origin, bones, marrow, and blood transformed as he crossed the final step beyond his realm's limits.
  • Qin Tian unleashed purple-gold blood and vital energy that formed a domain capable of suppressing heaven and earth's laws and weakening his enemies.
  • Qin Tian declared that those who cultivated the Body Dao would behold a third summit.

Ch. 255Black Emperor and Ye Fan, Duan De the Lord of the Underworld? Ye Fan's ominous premonition

After leaving the Primal Antiquity Small World, Qin Tian found Ye Fan and his companions facing Yaoguang pursuers and killed the three Great Powers who threatened them. Ye Fan’s improvised story about Duan De being the Netherworld Emperor turned out to be true, leaving him with an ominous premonition as Qin Tian confirmed it.

  • Qin Tian restored his cultivation to the Severing the Dao Seventh Heaven, mastered the sages’ Dao arts, and left the Primal Antiquity Small World through a spatial gateway.
  • Qin Tian encountered Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Black Emperor, Hua Yunfei, and Li Xiaoman, and learned how Hua Yunfei had escaped the Taixuan Sect and befriended Ye Fan.
  • A Yaoguang Great Power tracked down Hua Yunfei and attacked the group, so Ye Fan bluffed that they belonged to the Small Underworld, led by Duan De, the reincarnated Netherworld Emperor.
  • Black Emperor used a fragment of a Great Emperor Killing Formation, but three Yaoguang Great Powers arrived and broke through the formation.
  • Black Emperor called for Qin Tian, who appeared and killed all three Yaoguang Great Powers with three gestures.
  • Qin Tian told Ye Fan that every part of his story about Duan De was true, and Ye Fan felt an ominous premonition.

Ch. 256Duan De's Origins, Everyone's Shock

Qin Tian revealed that Duan De was the reincarnated Netherworld Emperor and Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Venerable, and that Black Emperor had been raised by Great Emperor Wushi. The chapter ended with Qin Tian exposing a Crocodile Ancestor spirit hidden inside Li Xiaoman and fighting it with Buddhist light and dragon qi.

  • Qin Tian explained that Duan De was the Netherworld Emperor reincarnated, a Red Dust Immortal cultivator who had also been the Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Venerable.
  • Qin Tian told Ye Fan and the others that Black Emperor was Great Emperor Wushi’s dog, prompting Black Emperor to boast about collecting human pets.
  • Qin Tian revealed that Duan De needed nine Reincarnation Seals to become an immortal and urged Ye Fan to keep provoking him so he would stop lazing around.
  • Qin Tian used his double pupils to spot a little golden crocodile in Li Xiaoman’s Sea of Consciousness, then bound her with dragon qi and demanded that the fiend reveal itself.
  • A giant golden crocodile emerged from Li Xiaoman, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo recognized its roar as the Crocodile Ancestor’s.
  • Qin Tian confronted the Crocodile Ancestor’s spirit with Buddhist light and dragon qi as Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others kept their distance.

Ch. 257Slaying Demons and Subduing Devils, the Time and Space Seal Returns

Qin Tian defeated Crocodile Ancestor’s spirit fragment and restrained the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body’s Deity Resentment before it could seize Ye Fan’s body. He sealed the Deity Resentment in the Immortal Pagoda, leaving Crocodile Ancestor’s true body as a future target.

  • Qin Tian shattered Crocodile Ancestor’s Buddhist temple and grievously wounded his spirit fragment.
  • The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body’s Deity Resentment emerged from Li Xiaoman and tried to possess Ye Fan, but Qin Tian froze him with the Time and Space Seal.
  • Qin Tian crushed Crocodile Ancestor’s spirit fragment when it attempted to flee, and Crocodile Ancestor threatened revenge through his true body.
  • The Deity Resentment broke free and charged at Ye Fan, but Qin Tian pinned him with the Eye Sword and imprisoned him with Source Heavenly Master Runes.
  • Qin Tian stopped the Deity Resentment from awakening his past life’s Dao Fruit and sealed him inside the Immortal Pagoda.

Ch. 258The supreme Red-Haired Monster, hope of completing the Supreme Bone

Qin Tian led Ye Fan and the others across the void to the Immortal Transformation Pool and Eternal Dragon Cave, where Black Emperor was trapped by a sinister Dragon Pearl. Qin Tian freed him and faced the Red-Haired Source Heavenly Master, revealing divine power that astonished Black Emperor.

  • Qin Tian used the Desolate Pagoda to bridge the void and bring the group to the Immortal Transformation Pool and Eternal Dragon Cave.
  • Qin Tian destroyed a dead King who attacked the group, then warned Black Emperor that the nearby treasures carried dangers.
  • Black Emperor rushed into the Eternal Dragon Cave and was caught by a scarlet pearl that drained his blood essence.
  • Qin Tian shattered the pearl, freeing Black Emperor and releasing a Red-Haired Source Heavenly Master who attacked him.
  • Qin Tian blocked the creature's claws and suppressed the red-hair curse within himself as Black Emperor marveled at his divine power.

Ch. 259Qin Tian: "Azure Emperor, get up, go to work, and pay the rent!"

Qin Tian defeated the long-dead Red-Haired Monster in the Immortal Transformation Pool and claimed the Immortal Elixir. When the Dragon Vein Saint Spirit emerged from the Eternal Dragon Cave, Qin Tian summoned the Azure Emperor, who transformed from a green lotus and walked ashore.

  • Qin Tian used the Human Emperor Banner and the Immortal Transformation Pool to form a Netherworld Formation, whose moonlight destroyed the Red-Haired Monster and revealed his Immortal Elixir.
  • Qin Tian refused to share the Immortal Elixir with the Black Emperor, saying he needed to consume it whole, and promised Ye Fan and the others dream-grade dragon marrow.
  • A group of jade essences emerged from the Ancient Cave and threatened Qin Tian's group, but Qin Tian imprisoned them with his moonlight.
  • The Dragon Vein Saint Spirit arrived and set his sights on Qin Tian's Little Pagoda, while the Black Emperor urged Qin Tian to use an Immortal Artifact.
  • Qin Tian called for the Azure Emperor, and the green lotus rooted on a bronze fragment assumed human form and walked out of the lake.

Ch. 260The Emperor Weapon Human Emperor Banner

Qin Tian explained that the Azure Emperor was still alive and discussed the evolution of his Small Immortal Domain. As the Azure Emperor prepared to fight the Immortal Emperor of Central Province, Qin Tian asked him to spare the Saint Spirit and reforge the Human Emperor Banner into a weapon that could later become Qin Tian’s Emperor Weapon.

  • Qin Tian told Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others that the Azure Emperor’s appearance was a thought of the living Azure Emperor, not merely an ancient remnant.
  • The Azure Emperor acknowledged that his Small Immortal Domain was evolving and regretted not killing more Supremes before pursuing his path alone.
  • The Azure Emperor confronted the Immortal Emperor of Central Province and entrusted the Chaos Green Lotus to the Dragon Vein Saint Spirit, who challenged him with its power.
  • Qin Tian pleaded with the Azure Emperor to spare the Saint Spirit and handed over the Human Emperor Banner and Undying Skin.
  • Qin Tian asked the Azure Emperor to use the Human Emperor Banner as the foundation for a weapon without Extreme Dao rules and the Undying Skin to create a new Netherworld for the banner’s souls.

Ch. 261A Single Lotus Through the Eternal Blue Heavens, I Will Return

Qin Tian watched the Azure Emperor kill the Immortal Emperor of Central Province and forge the Human Emperor Banner, then received the Azure Emperor’s insights into the forbidden level. After gathering Dreamlike Divine Marrow, Qin Tian entered the sealed Central Plains Ancestral Temple to pursue his plans for the Cloud Dream Realm.

  • Qin Tian asked the Azure Emperor to forge an Emperor Weapon, and the Azure Emperor killed the Immortal Emperor of Central Province and used his remains to refine the Human Emperor Banner.
  • The Azure Emperor gave Qin Tian the Human Emperor Banner and shared his forbidden-level insights before disappearing, leaving behind a piece of Green Copper.
  • Qin Tian collected Dreamlike Divine Marrow, kept nine pieces to nurture in his dragon bone, distributed the rest among his companions, and sent four pieces to the Jade Pool Holy Land through Li Xiaoman.
  • Qin Tian traveled to Central Province, located the sealed ancestral temple of the Yuhua Dynasty with his Time and Space Double Pupils, and entered it using the Immortal Pagoda.
  • Qin Tian faced the temple’s extreme yin energy and baleful spirits, while his Primordial Spirit summoned sacred Buddhist light.

Ch. 262The Other Shore Golden Bridge Crossed the Thirty-Six Heavens

Qin Tian subdued the ghosts and monsters in the Feathering Divine Temple and explored its thirty-six heavens, collecting treasures and capturing God-Slaying Insects. He reached the temple’s innermost altar, found immortal tear green gold, and broke open its ancient seal.

  • Qin Tian summoned Mount Sumeru’s power of faith, delivered the Nether Soil’s yin spirits into a Buddhist kingdom, then absorbed them into the Human Emperor Banner.
  • Qin Tian explored the temple’s small worlds, collected their treasures, and subdued the beasts and God-Slaying Insects he encountered.
  • Qin Tian opened the thirty-first heaven’s gates and used the Other Shore Golden Bridge to suppress the corpse soldiers and cross three heavens.
  • Qin Tian found a piece of immortal tear green gold at the altar and captured four God-Slaying Insects that emerged from divine source.
  • Qin Tian struck the sealed sacrificial platform and broke open its long-sealed seal.

Ch. 263Title: Heavenly Emperor Collector

Qin Tian opened six layers of the Divine Spirit Nine-Layer Coffin, then entered a ghost-filled small world to prepare a place for refining the dragon pearl and completing his Supreme Bone. After purging the world’s corpses with the Human Emperor Banner, he confronted two ancient-saint Yin Spirits guarding Emerging Great Emperor’s sleeping grounds.

  • Qin Tian recognized the coffin as the Divine Spirit Nine-Layer Coffin and opened six layers with his Sacred Blood, but stopped when his blood could not open the final layer.
  • Qin Tian entered a ghost domain filled with hundreds of thousands of ancient corpses and decided it was an ideal place to refine the dragon pearl.
  • Qin Tian used the Human Emperor Banner to rewrite the small world’s laws, sending its corpses into reincarnation and leaving pure yin energy behind.
  • Qin Tian crossed into the deepest region and challenged the boy and girl Yin Spirits guarding Emerging Great Emperor’s sleeping grounds.
  • The Yin Spirits attacked Qin Tian, who released his Battle Qi and Five Great Secret Realms to face them.

Ch. 264Transforming a Spark of Pure Yang in a Land of Utmost Yin, the Primordial Chaos Dragon Pearl

Qin Tian defeated the two Feathering attendants and used their remains, a pure yang Dragon Pearl, and the realm’s yin energy to refine a Wuji Great Elixir. After swallowing it, he experienced the evolution of creation, and his Supreme Bone began to grow.

  • Qin Tian countered the two attendants’ Feathering Scripture with the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art and killed them, capturing both primordial spirits in the Human Emperor Banner.
  • Qin Tian scattered the attendants’ ashes through the realm, transforming it into a land of extreme yin suitable for refining the Dragon Pearl.
  • Qin Tian used the Dragon Pearl and the realm’s yin energy to create a Clear-Turbid Taiji Diagram and refine a pure yin pearl.
  • Qin Tian merged the yin and yang pearls into a Chaos Dragon Pearl, forming the Wuji Great Elixir, and swallowed it.
  • Qin Tian experienced the evolution of heaven and earth as his Supreme Bone grew and released a powerful aura.

Ch. 265The Five-Colored Altar, Finally Leaving the Big Dipper

Qin Tian explored the Yuhua Ancestral Temple, discovered that the Emerging Great Emperor had taken the Feathering Ancient Star’s coordinates, and obtained coordinates for four other ancient stars. He activated the Five-Colored Altar and left the Big Dipper, setting his destination as Earth.

  • Qin Tian entered the First Ancestral Dragon Vein, split the Stone Embryo with the Seven-Star Sword, and found only lingering Emperor Might inside.
  • Qin Tian searched the Yuhua Dynasty’s star coordinates and concluded that the Emerging Great Emperor had taken the Feathering Ancient Star’s coordinates to protect his Nirvana grounds.
  • Qin Tian recorded the coordinates for the Primordial, Ziwei, Gou Chen, and Flying Immortal stars, including the Primordial Ancient Star’s coordinates for travel.
  • Qin Tian repaired the Five-Colored Altar in the Desolate Forbidden Zone, placed the Primordial Ancient Star sphere on it, and activated the gateway.
  • Qin Tian crossed the gateway, looked back at the Big Dipper, and continued toward Earth.

Ch. 266The Boundless Cosmos, Yinghuo Ancient Star

Qin Tian was diverted to Mars after the Starry Sky Ancient Road became unstable, where he uncovered the planet’s fallen immortal civilization and summoned Crocodile Ancestor. Their battle began with Qin Tian injuring the demon Saint with a single punch.

  • Qin Tian stabilized a passage to Mars with the Little Pagoda and arrived safely on the planet’s Five-Colored Altar.
  • Qin Tian found the rock inscribed with Yinghuo, added his name, and traced the ancient calamity that had destroyed Mars’s immortal Dao civilization.
  • Qin Tian called Crocodile Ancestor out of the Eighteen Levels of Hell, intending to kill him and make crocodile-leather shoes.
  • Crocodile Ancestor attacked Qin Tian with Saintly might, but Qin Tian met his claw with a punch and blasted blood from his body.
  • Crocodile Ancestor staggered back in disbelief as Qin Tian stood unharmed, his physical prowess exceeding the demon Saint’s expectations.

Ch. 267Defying a Saint King, the Gate of the Forbidden

Qin Tian fought Crocodile Ancestor on Mars to test the strength of his body after mastering Using the Body as an Array. As Crocodile Ancestor raised his power toward Saint King level, Qin Tian entered the divine forbidden domain and approached the gate of the forbidden, leaving his battle prowess far beyond what he had expected.

  • Crocodile Ancestor donned Black-Gold Armor and attacked Qin Tian, but Qin Tian's punch broke his bones despite his armor.
  • Qin Tian's second human body microcosm weakened Crocodile Ancestor's attacks as they clashed across Mars.
  • Qin Tian urged Crocodile Ancestor to unleash his full strength, and Crocodile Ancestor's aura rose above the Saint level.
  • Qin Tian sublimated his potential within the divine forbidden domain and reached the gate of the forbidden.
  • Crocodile Ancestor attacked again, but his strike made no impact against Qin Tian's Five-Colored Divine Light defenses.

Ch. 268Encountering Hangu Pass, Flame Emperor Shennong

Qin Tian defeated Crocodile Ancestor on Mars and traveled to Earth, where he discovered the true Hangu Pass and learned that Flame Emperor Shennong guarded the Primordial Ancient Star. The Flame Emperor sensed Qin Tian’s arrival but allowed him to enter, leaving Qin Tian to explore this world that resembled but was not his homeland.

  • Qin Tian used his Seven-Star Sword and Xuanhuang Pagoda to overwhelm Crocodile Ancestor, then killed him with a punch when he tried to flee into the Demonic Cavern.
  • Qin Tian preserved Crocodile Ancestor’s body as food and teleported from Mars to Earth’s orbit.
  • Qin Tian used his insight into time and space to see Earth’s hidden formations and vast true territory beneath its apparent surface.
  • Qin Tian recognized the celestial Hangu Pass and learned that Flame Emperor Shennong, resembling Jiang Yifei, guarded it.
  • Flame Emperor Shennong sensed Qin Tian entering Earth, judged him a visitor without ill intent, and let him pass.

Ch. 269The Two Supreme Immortal Emperor Weapons on Earth: Mount Tai and the Big Benz

Qin Tian explored Mount Tai, reflected on Earth’s depleted spiritual energy and the protection of Hangu Pass, then found and drove away Ye Fan’s Big Benz. He left with plans to refine the car into a magical artifact and seek the fortune associated with it.

  • Qin Tian considered negotiating to establish the Cloud Dream Realm and revive Earth’s spiritual energy, then decided to visit Mount Tai and its two supposed supreme Immortal Emperor weapons.
  • Qin Tian climbed Mount Tai, studied its connection to Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, and used his eyes to view Ye Fan and his companions arriving there years earlier.
  • Qin Tian recalled how an old Daoist had confronted a winged being from the Light Clan to preserve part of the Five-Colored Altar, and reflected on why Hangu Pass’s ancestors left Earth’s inhabitants to find their own path.
  • Qin Tian reached the summit, briefly grasped a trace of Yin-Yang’s mysteries, and vanished before several young women could question him.
  • Qin Tian found Ye Fan’s dust-covered Big Benz, paid the garage fees, and drove it away, considering refining it into a magical artifact to gain fortune.

Ch. 270The true Nine Provinces of the Primordial Ancient Star, Fuxi Grotto-Heaven

Qin Tian used nine kinds of Nine Heavens Divine Jade to transform Ye Fan’s Big Benz into a King-grade divine weapon, then drove into the hidden Nine Provinces of the Primordial Ancient Star to find Fuxi Grotto-Heaven. After entering the realm through a barrier, he arrived at an ancient stele marking a place called Zhuolu.

  • Qin Tian fused the origins of nine kinds of Nine Heavens Divine Jade and refined the Big Benz into a King-grade divine weapon.
  • Qin Tian followed the Dragon Stele’s map and discovered that the visible Earth was only a small part of the Primordial Ancient Star’s Nine Provinces.
  • Qin Tian reconstructed the million-year-old terrain with his Source Arts and located the map’s destination despite the changed landscape.
  • Qin Tian recognized a spatial barrier resembling the Void Emperor’s Array Marks and used the Void Lock Seal to pass through it.
  • Qin Tian found a towering divine stele bearing two ancient characters and read the place name aloud: Zhuolu.

Ch. 271Despairing Prodigies of the Primordial World, Zhuolu, the Ancient Battlefield of the Nine Provinces

Qin Tian reached Zhuolu while searching for Fuxi Grotto-Heaven and discovered that Chi You’s descendants were trying to free their ancestor’s suppressed emperor body by empowering Hàn Bá. He rescued an Iron-Eating Beast from their sacrifice, but their leader invoked Hàn Bá’s divine power and transformed into a powerful vessel, leaving Qin Tian facing her attack.

  • Qin Tian recognized Zhuolu as the likely entrance to Fuxi Grotto-Heaven and reasoned that Chi You had used an Emperor Formation against the Flame and Yellow Emperors.
  • Qin Tian found Jiuli worshippers sacrificing rare beasts and learned that Hàn Bá had broken Chi You’s formation after Emperor’s Daughter Kui absorbed its imperial baleful qi.
  • A black-robed man revealed that the Jiuli wanted to free the portion of Chi You’s emperor body suppressed by Hàn Bá.
  • Qin Tian fed the captive Iron-Eating Beast spiritual bamboo, freed it, and declared that he would take it away as a present for Xiao Nannan.
  • The group’s old woman invoked Hàn Bá through a prayer formation, transforming into a beautiful vessel empowered by Hàn Bá’s will.
  • Qin Tian analyzed the Wu Art as the woman unleashed crimson divine flames, and he prepared to fight back.

Ch. 272Empress Nüba, the might of a Quasi-Emperor

Qin Tian fought Hàn Bá after discovering that the sealed woman’s origin and spirit were being overwhelmed by baleful qi. As Hàn Bá unleashed Quasi-Emperor power, Qin Tian summoned stellar force from beyond the Primordial Ancient Star, sending a meteor shower toward Earth.

  • Qin Tian entered the Divine Forbidden Domain, reached the Saint King level, and used his Double Pupils to uncover the divine source and Emperor Dao seals inside Hàn Bá’s statue.
  • Qin Tian deduced that the Yellow Emperor had sealed Emperor’s Daughter Kui to cleanse her baleful qi, but Chi You’s descendants had used blood sacrifices to turn her into Hàn Bá.
  • Hàn Bá’s supreme will possessed the delicately beautiful woman, transforming her into a savage form that attacked Qin Tian with blood-colored words and laws that sought to kill him.
  • Qin Tian fought Hàn Bá’s attacks, was injured by their collision, and formed a killing formation, but found that the ancient Emperor Formation restricted his ability to draw on local power.
  • Qin Tian summoned stellar power from the universe beyond, and people on Earth watched a huge meteor shower moving toward them.

Ch. 273Shedding the Savage Body, Living Another Life

Qin Tian helped Empress Nüba break free of her Hàn Bá demonic body and transform into a new life, but her emergence weakened the formation suppressing Chi You. Empress Nüba revealed that Chi You’s primordial spirit had recently grown stronger and stirred the baleful intent within her.

  • Qin Tian fought Hàn Bá on Zhuolu Plain, wielding a Dragon Vein to overwhelm her as the sacrificial formation began to activate.
  • The delicate-featured woman sacrificed herself, and the accumulated baleful qi broke Hàn Bá free of the Emperor Formation.
  • Qin Tian struck Hàn Bá with the Desolate Pagoda, destroying her demonic body and giving Empress Nüba the chance to transform into a divine embryo.
  • Empress Nüba emerged as a young girl, and Qin Tian recognized that her transformation had succeeded only halfway.
  • Chi You stirred beneath Zhuolu Plain after the seal developed a flaw, and Empress Nüba said his primordial spirit had recently grown severalfold stronger.

Ch. 274The Yellow Emperor and Chi You, the Cause of the Battle of Zhuolu, an Ominous Aura

Emperor's Daughter Kui explained that the Battle of Zhuolu began when Great You sought to overcome the restrictions on his Emperor Body by fighting the Flame and Yellow Emperors, while a quarrel over a bear had only made him and the Yellow Emperor dislike each other. As Chi You's seal began to fail, Qin Tian and Emperor's Daughter Kui faced his emerging power and an ominous aura from beyond the breach.

  • Emperor's Daughter Kui told Qin Tian that Chi You's Primordial Spirit had grown powerful enough to reach through his seal and summon descendants for a blood sacrifice.
  • Emperor's Daughter Kui explained that Chi You once took the Yellow Emperor's iron-eating beast, but the Battle of Zhuolu began when Great You challenged the Flame and Yellow Emperors to seek a breakthrough to the Quasi-Emperor realm.
  • Cracks appeared in the void where Chi You had been sealed, and black-and-red divine light emerged as his power broke through the damaged seal.
  • Qin Tian suggested notifying Hangu Pass, but Emperor's Daughter Kui said they could not leave the isolated realm and declared she could suppress Chi You with the great formation.
  • An eerie aura spread from the breach, provoking instinctive anger and resistance in Qin Tian and Emperor's Daughter Kui as if it were an ancestral enemy.

Ch. 275Chi You's beguilement, longevity substance? Dark matter!!!

Chi You claimed to have discovered the secret of immortality and used a mysterious substance to tempt Emperor's Daughter Kui into lowering her guard. Qin Tian intercepted it and saw it turn into ominous black matter inside his body, leaving him facing an unknown danger.

  • Emperor's Daughter Kui activated the Yan-Huang Formation, but Chi You broke the World-Extinguishing Millstone by unleashing Quasi-Emperor power.
  • Emperor's Daughter Kui realized Chi You had used the Emperor Body's blood essence to elevate his Primordial Spirit, while Chi You demanded to be released.
  • Chi You claimed he had found the secret to becoming immortal and persuaded Emperor's Daughter Kui to let him show her proof.
  • Chi You produced a strand of five-colored substance and claimed it was longevity substance that could help him and Xuanyuan become immortals.
  • Qin Tian intercepted the substance before it entered Emperor's Daughter Kui, and it turned black and began corrupting his body.

Ch. 276Dark beings reappeared, Dark Qin Tian

Qin Tian deliberately let dark matter infect him to keep Emperor's Daughter Kui from turning dark and to preserve a chance to defeat Dark Chi You. As Dark Chi You and Emperor's Daughter Kui fought at Zhuolu, Qin Tian faced a newly formed Dark Qin Tian in a battle between their primordial spirits.

  • Qin Tian realized Chi You’s supposed longevity substance was dark matter and chose to receive it himself rather than let Emperor's Daughter Kui be infected.
  • Dark Chi You emerged from the crack in the seal, and Emperor's Daughter Kui burned her origin to fight him at Zhuolu.
  • The dark matter formed a second primordial spirit inside Qin Tian, creating Dark Qin Tian.
  • Dark Qin Tian declared that he would kill Qin Tian and take his identity, and the two prepared to battle.
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