Arc 3Five Qis and Ancient Shadows

Qin Tian obtained the Ruthless scriptures and entered Purple Mountain, where he rescued Jiang Taixu and created the Five Qis Returning to the Origin Secret Realm. After surviving his heavenly tribulation, he traveled with the Black Emperor into the Primordial Ancient Mine by mistake and discovered shadows performing the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art.

  • Qin Tian fought the future Yaoguang and used the Eye of Time to obtain the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art from his past.
  • Qin Tian absorbed the Yuhua King Body’s origin, opened hidden gates of potential, and recognized the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art’s addictive influence.
  • Qin Tian entered Purple Mountain, learned the Battle Saint Method from Jiang Taixu, and freed him with the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid.
  • The Wushi Bell confirmed Qin Tian’s encounter with young Wushi, strengthened his Temporal Eye with a river of time, and gave him a medicine king.
  • Qin Tian gained insights from his future self and endured a Five Elements Great Array to replace his Dao Palaces with the Five Qis Returning to the Origin Secret Realm.
  • Qin Tian survived a heavenly tribulation that manifested Emperor Weapons and young Great Emperors, completing his breakthrough into the Four Extremes.
  • Qin Tian asked Jiang Taixu to help seize the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body’s remains, but the Black Emperor’s Profound Jade Platform sent Qin Tian and the Black Emperor into the Primordial Ancient Mine.
  • Qin Tian protected the Black Emperor through the mine and reached an ancient temple, where he recognized shadows of the past displaying the opening stance of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art.
Chapters 51–76 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Duan De Gets Duped Again

Qin Tian used the bounty on Duan De to draw Yaoguang disciples out of their holy land, hoping to find an inheritor of the Ruthless Lineage. After spotting the presumed Yaoguang Holy Son, he blocked the group’s path and challenged him.

  • Qin Tian reasoned that Duan De might still have powerful weapons hidden away, so he felt no guilt about deceiving him.
  • Yaoguang Holy Land offered the position of Holy Son to anyone who captured Duan De, drawing its young cultivators into the Eastern Wasteland and inspiring rumors that Duan De had robbed its ancestral graves.
  • Qin Tian searched the Yaoguang disciples but found no inheritor of the Ruthless Lineage, then visited the Heavenly Demon Palace and drank Ten Thousand Beasts Milk.
  • Qin Tian spotted a radiant youth he believed was the Yaoguang Holy Son and decided to trace his past to obtain the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art.
  • Qin Tian blocked the Yaoguang disciples’ path, taunted the youth about the bounty on Duan De, and challenged him to prove his worth.

Ch. 52"Yaoguang Holy Son," Fengshan Seal

Qin Tian killed a Yaoguang disciple with the Fengshan Seal, manifesting Mount Tai and crushing him beneath it. The future Yaoguang attacked with the Primordial Sacred Light Technique, and Qin Tian countered with the Human King Seal as their battle escalated.

  • Qin Tian used the Mountain-Embracing Seal to overwhelm a Yaoguang disciple, but the future Yaoguang stepped in and shattered the divine mountain.
  • Qin Tian sealed off the area and manifested Mount Tai, whose overwhelming power drained the surrounding essence and energy.
  • Qin Tian drove Mount Tai down and crushed the Yaoguang disciple despite the future Yaoguang's attempt to save him.
  • The future Yaoguang unleashed the Primordial Sacred Light Technique, and Qin Tian answered with the Human King Seal.
  • The two techniques collided, and the future Yaoguang declared that he would use his full strength to kill Qin Tian.

Ch. 53Yin-Yang Kunpeng Seal, the Ruthless Inheritance Secured

Qin Tian battled the “Yaoguang Holy Son,” countering his Ruthless secret arts with the Yin-Yang Kunpeng Seal. By anchoring himself to Yaoguang through their clash, Qin Tian used the Eye of Time to witness the moment Yaoguang received the inheritance and read the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and Indestructible Heavenly Art.

  • The “Yaoguang Holy Son” used Three Thousand Small Worlds to trap Qin Tian, but Qin Tian took control of the worlds with Innate Grand Void Astral Energy.
  • “Yaoguang” merged the small worlds into a great realm, and Qin Tian answered with the Yin-Yang Kunpeng Seal, destroying the worlds and breaking through his attacks.
  • “Yaoguang” formed a Chaos Immortal Flower and followed with further attacks, but Qin Tian’s Kunpeng overcame them.
  • “Yaoguang” unleashed One Thought Blooms, Sovereign over All, and Qin Tian collided with the immortal flowers using the Kunpeng King Fist, planting an anchor on him.
  • Qin Tian opened the Eye of Time into Yaoguang’s past and witnessed the old man imprint the Great Dao Treasure Bottle Seal on the young child.
  • Through Yaoguang’s perspective, Qin Tian saw and heard the scriptures of the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art.

Ch. 54The Unlucky Duan De

Qin Tian stole the complete Ruthless scriptures and escaped, while Duan De was cornered by Ruthless inheritors who wrongly believed he had the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar's lid. Duan De fled using Void Shift, and the pursuers continued hunting him on their ancestor's orders.

  • Qin Tian obtained the complete Ruthless scriptures, left "Yaoguang" behind, and escaped before the Holy Land could catch him.
  • The Yaoguang Holy Land's search for Duan De failed to locate him through divination, but hunters eventually cornered him as he emerged from a tomb.
  • A Dragon Transformation Cultivator accused Duan De of possessing the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar's lid and attacked him, but the swords bounced off his body.
  • Duan De denied having the lid and realized the thief who had stolen it was framing him, but he escaped before revealing the truth.
  • The Dragon Transformation Cultivator sent pursuers after Duan De and reported to his ancestor, who ordered them to capture him and recover the progenitor's divine weapon.

Ch. 55The Secrets of the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art

Qin Tian studied the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and discovered that it balanced and accommodated many origins rather than fusing them, forcing him to abandon his plans to create a Chaos Body by combining sacred physiques. The chapter explained how the art could form an acquired Chaos Demon Body shackled by demonic nature, then shifted to the Sacred City of the Northern Region.

  • Qin Tian fled far from the Yaoguang group, returned to his temporary residence, and studied the Heaven-Swallowing Immortal Scripture under the protection of a formation.
  • Qin Tian realized the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art accommodated different origins and branded their Dao laws onto the practitioner’s own origin instead of fusing the origins.
  • Qin Tian concluded that combining Taiyin and Taiyang or a Sacred Body and Dao Embryo would not produce the supreme physiques he had hoped for.
  • The chapter explained that the art’s accumulated origins and demonic nature could form an acquired Chaos Demon Body that shackled its practitioner and hindered their path to the Dao.
  • The Ruthless Great Emperor escaped the demon embryo’s restraints by creating the Indestructible Heavenly Art, reversing the acquired into the innate, and nurturing an innate divine embryo.
  • The narrative moved to the Sacred City of the Northern Region, an ancient city once said to have floated in the heavens before an upheaval brought it down.

Ch. 56Diary, the Road Ahead (Double Chapter)

After arriving in Divine City, Qin Tian spent weeks relaxing at its pleasure establishments before burning his diary and returning to cultivation. Unable to find a safe way to fuse two origins, he resolved to pioneer his own Dao Palace path and decided to seek a king of medicines in Purple Mountain.

  • Qin Tian reached Divine City, explored its grand streets, and booked a private room at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
  • Qin Tian repeatedly visited Miaoyu Nunnery and Water Moon Pavilion, recorded his indulgences in a diary, and later burned it.
  • Qin Tian concluded that creating an art to fuse two origins was beyond his current abilities and chose to keep advancing with his mortal body.
  • Qin Tian resolved to study the secret realms and pioneer his own Dao, beginning with an original path through the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
  • Qin Tian considered seeking medicine in the Desolate Forbidden Zone but chose Purple Mountain instead, reasoning that his connection to Great Emperor Wushi might help him obtain a king of medicines.

Ch. 57Using the Body as an Array, forging the Great Dao Treasure Bottle

Qin Tian forged a Great Dao Treasure Bottle from his Origin, then realized its unusual shape inspired him to revisit his old plan of Using the Body as an Array. He settled on testing the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and went searching for a grave to obtain a special physique’s Origin.

  • Qin Tian decided to combine insights from multiple Emperor Scriptures and condense the Great Dao Treasure Bottle directly from his Origin.
  • Qin Tian formed the bottle using the nine emperor characters, but it emerged shaped like a milk jar rather than the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.
  • Qin Tian reconsidered Using the Body as an Array and theorized that he could merge Origin Dao laws with a grand formation, using the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art to obtain another physique’s Origin.
  • Qin Tian decided to test the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art instead of relying on theory alone.
  • Qin Tian searched for Yin Veins and the tomb of a King Body slain by Gai Jiuyou, hoping the Yaoguang Holy Land had not already visited it.

Ch. 58The mysteries of the Yuhua King Body

Qin Tian excavated the tomb of a Yuhua King Body and used the Great Dao Treasure Bottle to absorb its origin, uncovering how its feathered transformation opened hidden gates of potential throughout the body. He realized these mysteries could advance his Open Gate Method and might explain how the physique could become a flawless mortal body, but the Emerging Great Emperor had chosen a different path.

  • Qin Tian located the Yuhua King Body's burial place with his Temporal Eye, broke through its weakened King-level formation, and entered the tomb.
  • Qin Tian found the lifelike corpse and hoped to learn the secrets of its feathered transformation to improve his Open Gate Method.
  • Qin Tian formed the Great Dao Treasure Bottle Seal and drew the corpse's origin power into the bottle.
  • As the Yuhua King Body's mysteries took effect, hidden gates of potential opened throughout Qin Tian's body, including in his Six Viscera and Nine Great Acupoints.
  • Qin Tian concluded that cultivating every part of the body could transform the Yuhua King Body into a flawless mortal body, and noted that the Emerging Great Emperor had instead become a Saint Spirit.

Ch. 60The Yuhua King Body and the classifications of the "Prohibitions"

Qin Tian emerged from his transformation into a Yuhua King Body and tested the increased power and potential it gave him. He judged that he might have reached the eight forbidden domain after explaining how constitutions, Emperor Scriptures, and personal talent shaped combat strength.

  • Qin Tian completed his transformation in the Yuhua cocoon and emerged surrounded by Yuhua Immortal Light.
  • Qin Tian tested his enhanced blood and qi, concluding that his foundations and combat strength had improved greatly.
  • Qin Tian activated the Great Dao Treasure Bottle and drew out more of the Yuhua King Body's power.
  • Qin Tian wondered whether his strength had reached the eight forbidden domain.
  • Qin Tian considered how cultivation, Emperor Scriptures, special constitutions, and individual talent determined the levels of the prohibitions.

Ch. 61The Seven Prohibitions Domain, Entering Purple Mountain

Qin Tian assessed his strength as having reached the Seven Prohibitions Domain, while recognizing the danger of becoming addicted to absorbing Origin. After preparing an energy store for his Emperor Weapons, he entered Purple Mountain, intending to keep a low profile around its powerful sealed inhabitants.

  • Qin Tian concluded that his combat strength had reached the Seven Prohibitions Domain and surpassed Ji Haoyue, though he was not yet strong enough for Eight Prohibitions.
  • Qin Tian felt the urge to absorb more Origin and realized that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art had awakened an addictive instinct, so he decided to head for Purple Mountain.
  • Qin Tian bought materials at the Heavenly Demon Palace, refined an energy-storage artifact, and spent a month filling it by sacrificing a Dragon Vein.
  • Qin Tian made a Stone Garment and entered Purple Mountain carrying the Lihuo Divine Furnace and Devouring Heaven Demon Lid, while avoiding reckless confrontations with its powerful sealed forces.

Ch. 62The Battle Saint Method, rescuing the Divine King

Qin Tian ventured into Purple Mountain, learned the complete Battle Saint Method from the imprisoned Divine King Jiang Taixu, and freed him with the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid and Lihuo Divine Furnace. Jiang Taixu regained some strength and accepted the returned furnace, while the two prepared to explore Purple Mountain together.

  • Qin Tian crossed the Yin-Yang Eyes and imprinted their Dao resonance onto his Divine Mark Purple Gold Diagram.
  • Qin Tian entered Purple Mountain and found Jiang Taixu trapped within a purple stone wall beside a primordial creature.
  • Jiang Taixu taught Qin Tian the complete Battle Saint Method, and Qin Tian resolved to rescue him.
  • Qin Tian used the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid to destroy a Half-Saint and pierce the stone wall, then sent Jiang Taixu Source and Divine Source to restore his strength.
  • Jiang Taixu used the Lihuo Divine Furnace to break free, recovered some of his Divine Power, and thanked Qin Tian.
  • Qin Tian offered the Lihuo Divine Furnace back to Jiang Taixu and invited him to explore Purple Mountain together.

Ch. 63The Wushi Bell, the acquired sacred body dao embryo

Qin Tian and Jiang Taixu explored Purple Mountain, where Qin Tian studied the Source Heaven Book and tried to open the Wushi Scripture. After the Wushi Bell appeared, it approved Qin Tian’s plan to create an acquired sacred body Dao embryo, leaving him with a possible path to a powerful new physique.

  • Qin Tian found the former Holy Maiden of Jade Lake sealed in divine source and crushed a creature that attacked him.
  • Qin Tian read the Source Heaven Book, gained insight that strengthened his formation dao, and buried Zhang Jiye’s remains with Jiang Taixu.
  • Jiang Taixu defeated a group of Primal Antiquity creatures that ambushed them as they traveled deeper into Purple Mountain.
  • Qin Tian used the Wushi Technique on the Wushi Scripture, but could not open it, and the Black Emperor appeared after recognizing the technique.
  • The Wushi Bell awakened and confirmed Qin Tian’s account of meeting young Wushi across time.
  • Qin Tian explained his plan to combine a sacred body’s origin, an innate Dao embryo, and an array formation to create an acquired sacred body Dao embryo, and the Wushi Bell said it could be done.

Ch. 64The Light of Time, Wushi's Gift, and the Temporal Eye's Evolution

Qin Tian received Great Emperor Wushi’s approval for his plan to form an acquired sacred body dao embryo, and Wushi’s gift of the light of time evolved his Temporal Eye. The chapter left Qin Tian with a medicine king for his dangerous breakthrough and Jiang Taixu with one to prolong Fairy Caiyun’s life.

  • The Wushi Bell explained that Qin Tian’s acquired sacred body dao embryo plan was possible but extremely difficult, and Qin Tian vowed to pursue it.
  • The Wushi Bell gave Qin Tian a river of time, which merged into his Temporal Eye and let it sever shadows of the future as well as the past.
  • Qin Tian asked for a medicine king to help him survive his planned transformation, and the Wushi Bell transported Qin Tian, Jiang Taixu, and the Black Emperor to the Wushi Dojo.
  • The Black Emperor tried to seize the medicine kings but was pinned down by the Dao Platform’s primal chaos, while the Wushi Bell gave one medicine king to Qin Tian.
  • Jiang Taixu initially refused a medicine king, but Qin Tian reminded him that Fairy Caiyun had waited four thousand years for him, so Jiang Taixu accepted it for her.

Ch. 65Borrowing future power to shape this life's fruit, Dao Illuminating the Years

Qin Tian burned the Yuhua King Body’s origin to gain a Dao-Slaying King’s insight, then used his Temporal Eye to stop time and summon his future self’s cultivation insights. He stood at the pinnacle of Severing the Dao while future beings began competing to influence his path.

  • Qin Tian burned the Yuhua King Body’s origin to temporarily raise his cultivation perspective to the level of a Dao-Slaying King.
  • Qin Tian used the sublimated Temporal Eye to stop time and stabilize his borrowed King realm.
  • Qin Tian projected himself into the future and summoned a version of himself who had reached Severing the Dao, gaining that future self’s insights.
  • Several powerful beings from future timelines discussed influencing Qin Tian before he completed Dao Illuminating the Years.
  • Black Emperor and Jiang Taixu reacted to Qin Tian’s transformed aura, and Black Emperor backed away after Qin Tian looked at him.

Ch. 66The second ritual: Divine fire tempers the self

Qin Tian joined Jiang Taixu to create a Five Elements Great Array and used divine fire to temper his body and Dao Palaces in hopes of reaching the Dao Palace Extreme Realm. As the ritual intensified, the fire began tempering his divine sense too, and Qin Tian continued pursuing the deeper transformation he sought.

  • Qin Tian asked Jiang Taixu to help him build a Five Elements Great Array at the center of Purple Mountain.
  • Qin Tian supplied the array with Divine Mark Purple Gold, an Enlightenment Tea Tree book, Purple Mountain's Divine Spring and Dragon Vein, and Hengyu Emperor Fire from Jiang Taixu's Lihuo Divine Furnace.
  • Qin Tian entered the divine furnace and endured five-element Dao Fire that burned his body and cracked his Dao Palaces.
  • Qin Tian swallowed the medicine king from the Wushi Bell, restoring his organs and Dao Palaces and transforming his body.
  • Jiang Taixu and the Black Emperor urged Qin Tian to stop, but Qin Tian insisted that the ritual was meant to reveal the fundamental power hidden in his secret realms.
  • The array drew in Great Dao laws, intensifying the fire until it tested Qin Tian's divine sense, which burned away impurities and began to grasp the essence within destruction.

Ch. 67Splitting Heaven and Earth, Reforging the Dao Palace, the Five Qis Returning to the Origin Secret Realm

Qin Tian endured a near-fatal divine-flame tribulation and uncovered the Dao Seed at the heart of the Dao Palace Secret Realm. He transformed his five Dao Palaces into five streams of Innate Origin Source Qi and opened the Five Qis Returning to the Origin Secret Realm.

  • Qin Tian endured the intensifying Five-Colored Divine Flame as his body and secret realms neared collapse, while the Black Emperor and Jiang Taixu debated whether to save him.
  • The Wushi Bell warned them to wait as Qin Tian's Dao Palace deities separated into past, present, and future aspects, then his five Dao Palaces collapsed around the five-element treasures.
  • A Dao Seed appeared within Qin Tian's Dao Palace, and Jiang Taixu, the Black Emperor, and the Wushi Bell witnessed him reproduce a corner of the body-as-seed method.
  • Qin Tian gained authority over the Dao Seed and transformed his five Dao Palaces into streams of Innate Origin Source Qi that nourished his five viscera and formed five grotto-heaven worlds.
  • Qin Tian's Five Palace Deities became three wisps of immortal qi, and he opened the Five Qis Returning to the Origin Secret Realm.

Ch. 68Shaking Heaven and Earth, Making Ghosts and Gods Weep: The Sixth Secret Realm and the Secret of Immortality

Qin Tian reshaped the Dao Palace secret realm into five qis returning to the origin, creating a new path that shook heaven and earth. The Wushi Bell then questioned whether a sixth secret realm could lead to immortality, while Qin Tian knew it could lead far beyond—to becoming an Immortal King.

  • Qin Tian formed five streams of pure qi that circulated through his five viscera, establishing the five qis returning to the origin secret realm.
  • Heaven and earth manifested signs of blessing and terror as Qin Tian’s attainment shook the world and made gods and devils weep.
  • Black Emperor asked what Qin Tian had done, and Qin Tian explained how he had replaced the five Dao Palaces with five qis.
  • The Wushi Bell praised Qin Tian’s idea and wondered whether the five great secret realms were incomplete and a sixth could allow someone to become an immortal.
  • The Wushi Bell struggled to deduce the sixth secret realm, while Qin Tian knew it could make someone who opened it independently an Immortal King Giant.

Ch. 69Breaking Through into the Four Extremes, the Power of Five Qis Returning to the Origin

Qin Tian used the Divine Spring and five million jin of Source to break through into the Four Extremes Secret Realm, enduring a fierce lightning tribulation that strengthened his body and refined his Five Qis Returning to the Origin. After surviving nine bolts of Chaos Divine Thunder, he faced the next stage of the ordeal.

  • Qin Tian gathered his Source beside the Divine Spring in Purple Mountain and began his breakthrough while Black Emperor watched greedily.
  • Qin Tian used the Source to temper his body, strengthen his Five Qis, and establish the foundation for the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
  • Qin Tian’s breakthrough triggered a vast lightning tribulation, and he used his four Divine Mark Purple Gold Array Diagrams to help withstand it.
  • Qin Tian endured nine bolts of Chaos Divine Thunder, using the wood qi of enduring spring to heal his wounds and absorbing the thunder’s Dao imprints and chaos qi.
  • Qin Tian refined the chaos qi into the embryonic great world within his foundation, then stood ready as the next wave of tribulation began.

Ch. 70A brand-new Manifestation, the Heavenly Venerable suppresses the mortal world

Qin Tian manifested a Heavenly Venerable unique to himself and used it to overcome the Four Celestial Spirits and the projections of nine Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons in his lightning tribulation. The ordeal strengthened his divine sense and deepened his Five Qis Returning to the Origin, while the tribulation continued to test him.

  • Qin Tian formed a Five Elements domain that cut off the Four Celestial Spirits from the primordial qi they were absorbing.
  • Qin Tian summoned the Heavenly Venerable suppresses the mortal world Manifestation, which captured and killed the four spirits and forged their laws into a Jade Ruyi.
  • The Wushi Bell recognized the Manifestation as one belonging solely to Qin Tian and said it carried a trace of the future.
  • Projections of Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons appeared in the tribulation, and the Heavenly Venerable shattered them as Qin Tian endured the lightning's assault.
  • Qin Tian's Divine Mark Purple Gold formation diagrams absorbed Dao traces, while his divine sense gathered the laws and essence released by the nine Emperor Weapon projections.
  • Qin Tian's divine sense emerged from the tribulation with an aura approaching that of a deity, and his Five Qis Returning to the Origin grew more profound.

Ch. 71Three Flowers Gather at the Crown, Five Qis Returning to the Origin, phantoms of young Great Emperors

Qin Tian endured a devastating heavenly-punishment lightning spear and used the lightning tribulation to temper his body and extract its laws. The tribulation then summoned phantoms of three young Great Emperors, including Great Emperor Wushi, leaving Qin Tian facing a seemingly overwhelming fight.

  • A blood-colored lightning spear pierced Qin Tian, and he let it pin him while his five-colored qi tried to extract its power of laws.
  • A silver figure emerged from Qin Tian’s Niwan Palace, shielded him with Dao Lotuses, and swallowed the surrounding lightning as Qin Tian broke the spear and absorbed it.
  • The lightning tribulation formed the Ancient Heavenly Court and produced humanoid phantoms of young Great Emperors, which Jiang Taixu identified as captured traces of their Dao Fruits.
  • Black Emperor and the others sheltered inside the Deceiving Heaven Array Marks while Qin Tian replenished his power and recovered from his wounds.
  • Qin Tian recognized the phantoms of Great Emperor Wushi, a Fighting Saint Emperor, and two young Heavenly Emperors, then prepared to face them.

Ch. 72Wushi, Undying, Fighting: A bloody battle against young Great Emperors

Qin Tian faced the combined Four Extremes tribulation, battling the youthful forms of the Fighting Saint Emperor, Great Emperor Wushi, and the Undying Heavenly Emperor. He discovered that he could reverse time to restore himself, but the fight continued as the young Undying Heavenly Emperor attacked again.

  • Qin Tian realized that his tribulation combined the trials for changing his Secret Realm method, stealing the universe’s origin, and advancing through the Four Extremes.
  • The Fighting Saint Emperor battered Qin Tian with his staff while the Undying Heavenly Emperor wounded him with sudden saber strikes, and Great Emperor Wushi attacked with the Chaos Bell.
  • Qin Tian used the Kunpeng Method to turn the fight with his speed, but Wushi’s bell slowed time and the Fighting Saint Emperor smashed his body apart.
  • Qin Tian reversed time to restore himself, using the Temporal Eye’s strengthened origin.
  • Qin Tian used Future Sight to choose a favorable timeline, caught the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s saber light between two fingers, and reached to suppress him.

Ch. 73Kunpeng and Phoenix, a Duel of the Ten Fiends

Qin Tian fought three young Great Emperors in an escalating lightning tribulation, adapting his techniques to withstand their attacks and striking back with his Kunpeng art. He trapped the young Wushi in a Void Realm and began forming a Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram, while still facing the other two opponents.

  • Qin Tian and the young Undying clashed with the Kunpeng King Fist and Undying Immortal Phoenix Seal, while Qin Tian absorbed the Undying’s five-colored flames and endured attacks from the young Wushi and the young Heavenly Sovereign.
  • Qin Tian used Divine Spirit symbols to form armor that broke down incoming attacks, then realized the tribulation was testing the beginnings of his new Dao Palace path.
  • Qin Tian restrained the tribulation and the young Great Emperors with golden symbols before unleashing the second move of the Kunpeng Method Loose Hands, which split into a kun and a peng that devoured lightning essence.
  • The young Wushi’s bell waves destroyed Qin Tian’s Kunpeng domain, and the young Saint Emperor’s Immortal Meteoric Iron damaged the Jade Ruyi as Qin Tian worried about fighting without a proper weapon.
  • Qin Tian used the Eyes of Time to banish the young Wushi into a Void Realm, then activated his manifestation and began evolving the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram.

Ch. 74The Tribulation Ends, Leaving Purple Mountain, Targeting the Sacred Body Origin

Qin Tian survived the heavenly tribulation, defeated the imprints of young Wushi and Young Fighting, and left Purple Mountain with Jiang Taixu and the Black Emperor. He set out to claim the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body’s remains, but a misdirected Void Shift left him in a dangerous, blood-red wasteland.

  • Qin Tian defeated Young Undying, healed himself with the Wushi Technique, and then overcame Young Fighting and young Wushi with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
  • The heavenly tribulation ended, and Qin Tian glimpsed the true Heavenly Court before a mysterious blade light injured his eyes.
  • The Wushi Bell sent Qin Tian, Jiang Taixu, and the Black Emperor out of Purple Mountain, where Jiang Taixu restored his strength with the God King Rebirth Technique.
  • Qin Tian asked Jiang Taixu to help him seize the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body’s remains and gave him coordinates to the Azure Flood Dragon King’s territory.
  • Jiang Taixu departed to find Fairy Caiyun, while Qin Tian and the Black Emperor used Void Shift to travel toward the sacred body.
  • Qin Tian emerged in a perilous crimson wasteland and demanded to know where the Black Emperor had taken him.

Ch. 75The Black Emperor's Rotten Screwup, the Primordial Ancient Mine

Qin Tian and the Black Emperor were accidentally transported into the Primordial Ancient Mine and struggled to survive its dangerous terrain. After Qin Tian used the Source Heaven Book to guide them and saved the Black Emperor from an invisible attacker, they found an ancient temple that gave them hope of escaping.

  • The Black Emperor realized his Profound Jade Platform had sent Qin Tian and him into the Primordial Ancient Mine, and Qin Tian angrily confronted him before accepting they had to find a way out.
  • Qin Tian and the Black Emperor crossed the mine as its sky shifted between darkness and starlight, then Qin Tian used the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid to protect them from black whirlwinds.
  • Qin Tian recognized the Fire Dragon Tomb and led them cautiously onward, but the Black Emperor rushed into a pine grove to retrieve a jade pendant beside a skeleton.
  • An unseen attacker struck the Black Emperor twice, and Qin Tian froze time and space to destroy the specter before continuing along the route in the Source Heaven Book.
  • Qin Tian and the Black Emperor found an ancient temple built from source stone, which Qin Tian recognized as a sign that they might escape.

Ch. 76Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art!!!

Qin Tian and Black Emperor reached an ancient temple in the Primordial Ancient Mine, where Black Emperor found a jade turtle among the ruins. Deeper inside, Qin Tian saw six figures from the past and recognized the opening stance of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art.

  • Qin Tian and Black Emperor followed the fourth Source Heavenly Master's directions to an ancient temple in the Primordial Ancient Mine.
  • Black Emperor searched the ruined hall and found divine materials that had decayed, then uncovered a jade turtle that still shone with brilliance.
  • Black Emperor claimed the jade turtle, and Qin Tian arranged to have first pick of their next treasure.
  • Qin Tian spotted six figures that Black Emperor could not see and explained that they were shadows of the past.
  • Qin Tian recognized a Sin Blood Mark among the figures and identified their posture as the opening stance of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art.
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