Arc 4Sacred Body and Source Swindle

Qin Tian acquired a Sacred Body origin, learned Nine Secrets: Xing, and swindled the holy lands and great families to fund his cultivation. After Black Emperor's tampering sent him to the Western Desert, he strengthened his Sacred Body and sought a Dao debate at Great Dream Temple.

  • Qin Tian defeated the Azure-Clad Little Flood Dragon King and absorbed the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body’s origin, suppressing its curse before reaching Four Extremes Second Heaven.
  • Jiang Taixu renewed his life in the Ageless Hall and survived his Saint Tribulation to become a Saint.
  • Qin Tian and Jiang Taixu traversed Saint Cliff with Black Emperor, encountered the sealed Undying Daoist, and learned Nine Secrets: Xing from the ancient coffin.
  • Qin Tian entered Divine City as Cao Yusheng, won Source Arts wagers, and obtained a Primal Antiquity Qilin Divine Medicine seed.
  • Qin Tian killed the Source Arts masters who attacked him and persuaded the holy lands and great families to invest in his fictitious ocean Source mine.
  • Qin Tian fled with the investors’ Source, but Black Emperor’s altered Profound Jade Platform sent him to the Western Desert.
  • Qin Tian spent ten million jin of Source to strengthen his Sacred Body Origin and reached the third level of Four Extremes through heavenly tribulation.
  • Qin Tian visited Great Dream Temple and requested a Dao debate with its younger generation to obtain its Dream Realization Method.
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Ch. 77Above Sacrificial Dao: Qin Tian, Milk Baby, Ye Hei, and Chu Loli's growing mystique

Qin Tian and Black Emperor explored the Primordial Ancient Mine, where Qin Tian discovered Emperor Hengyu’s weapon-forging grounds and claimed phoenix blood red gold. After they escaped, Qin Tian prepared a Profound Jade Platform to travel to the Azure Flood Dragon King’s territory.

  • Qin Tian practiced the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art and wondered whether Huang or other Heavenly Emperors were paying attention to him.
  • Qin Tian called out to Huang, Shi Hao, and Ye Hei, but nothing in the Primordial Ancient Mine responded.
  • Qin Tian and Black Emperor killed a monster with the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid and reached Emperor Hengyu’s weapon-forging grounds.
  • Qin Tian found phoenix blood red gold and repeatedly beat Black Emperor when the dog tried to steal it.
  • Qin Tian and Black Emperor left the Primordial Ancient Mine, and Qin Tian carefully inscribed a Profound Jade Platform aimed at the Azure Flood Dragon King’s territory.

Ch. 78The wager: both sides brimming with confidence

Qin Tian arrived in Yunze Prefecture with the Black Emperor and joined Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun to negotiate for the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. The Azure Flood Dragon King wagered the body on a duel between Qin Tian and the Azure-Clad Little Flood Dragon King, and both sides expected their chosen fighter to win.

  • Qin Tian and the Black Emperor reached Yunze Prefecture, where Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun were waiting for them.
  • Fairy Caiyun thanked Qin Tian for helping Jiang Taixu escape Purple Mountain, and Jiang Taixu said negotiations for the Saint's body were nearly settled.
  • Jiang Taixu led Qin Tian, the Black Emperor, and Fairy Caiyun into the Azure Flood Dragon King's small world to meet him.
  • The Azure Flood Dragon King proposed that the Azure-Clad Little Flood Dragon King fight Qin Tian, with the Saint's body at stake, and Jiang Taixu agreed immediately.
  • Jiang Taixu trusted Qin Tian to win, while the Azure Flood Dragon King believed his stronger, more experienced young flood dragon would prevail.

Ch. 79Crushing a Prodigy with One Hand, the Eight Forbidden Domain

Qin Tian accepted the Azure-Clad Little Flood Dragon King's challenge despite being two cultivation levels lower and crushed him with a single move. The demons were left stunned as Qin Tian declared that losing to him was the dragon king's greatest honor.

  • The Azure-Clad Little Flood Dragon King challenged Qin Tian to fight outside and unleashed a water-dragon divine ability that swept away the mountain summit.
  • Qin Tian dispersed the water dragon with his five-colored qi, then summoned a Heavenly Venerable manifestation from a thirty-six-petaled immortal lotus.
  • The Heavenly Venerable pinned the Azure-Clad Little Flood Dragon King in his true flood dragon form with one hand, defeating him despite the cultivation gap.
  • The demons expressed disbelief at the defeat, while Black Emperor compared Qin Tian's bearing to Great Emperor Wushi's.
  • Qin Tian told the humiliated Azure-Clad Little Flood Dragon King that losing to him was the greatest honor of his life.

Ch. 80The Ageless Hall, the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body Remains

Qin Tian and his companions entered the Ageless Hall after the Azure Flood Dragon King honored his wager, and Qin Tian found the desolate ancient sacred body he needed for his cultivation plan. The Black Emperor tried to bite the corpse for its sacred blood, shattered his teeth, and vowed to drink from an innate sacred body someday.

  • The Azure-Clad Little Flood Dragon King conceded to Qin Tian, and the Azure Flood Dragon King agreed to lead the group to the Ageless Hall.
  • The Azure Flood Dragon King showed the group the hall’s treasures and explained that its Dao patterns could slow the passage of lifespan.
  • Qin Tian found the desolate ancient sacred body on the hall’s ninth level and planned to use its origin alongside the innate Dao body to form an acquired sacred body Dao embryo.
  • Jiang Taixu gave the Azure Flood Dragon King his insights on breaking through to Severing the Dao in exchange for the sacred body, and the Azure Flood Dragon King left.
  • The Black Emperor lunged at the sacred body to drink its blood, broke his teeth on its indestructible flesh, and swore to drink from an innate sacred body in revenge.

Ch. 81Devouring the Sacred Body Origin, the Road Ahead

Qin Tian used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art to absorb the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body’s origin and began transforming his physique. As the absorption continued, he laid out a path toward an acquired sacred body dao embryo and imagined how it could lead him to a second lifetime.

  • Jiang Taixu watched as Qin Tian prepared to absorb the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body’s origin, believing Qin Tian would not follow Ruthless Great Emperor’s path.
  • Qin Tian formed the Great Dao Treasure Bottle Seal, and Black Emperor noticed that his bottle looked unlike the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.
  • The Desolate Ancient Sacred Body began reviving under the chain’s assault, so Qin Tian used the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid to suppress it.
  • Qin Tian sent the chain into the corpse’s Wheel of Life and drew its origin into his Great Dao Treasure Bottle, transforming his body as his bones broke and regrew.
  • Qin Tian planned to inscribe a Dao Array on his Great Dao Treasure Bottle, combine it with the sacred body origin, and eventually transform an acquired sacred body dao embryo into an innate one to pursue another lifetime.

Ch. 82Qin Tian, the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body

Qin Tian used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid to absorb the Sacred Body Origin, transforming into a Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. After suppressing the origin’s demonic nature and its awakening Underworld Curse, he concluded that combining demonic Sacred Body and Dao Embryo origins would be too dangerous, though transforming a demon embryo into a Dao Embryo remained a possible backup plan.

  • Qin Tian filtered the Sacred Body Origin through the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid and absorbed it into his own origin.
  • Qin Tian transformed into a Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, developing a golden Bitter Sea as the Black Emperor watched and asked to learn the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art.
  • Qin Tian felt the art urging him to devour more origins, while Jiang Taixu warned him not to let demonic nature control him.
  • The Sacred Body Origin awakened its Underworld Curse, causing red hair to appear on Qin Tian, but his Five-Colored Divine Light suppressed it and the Enlightenment Tea Tree’s laws turned his demonic nature into Dao nature.
  • Qin Tian rejected combining Sacred Body and Dao Embryo origins because their demonic natures could create dangerous Great Dao shackles, and considered transforming a demon embryo into a Dao Embryo as a backup plan.

Ch. 83Facing the Tribulation, a Malnourished Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, and Preparing to Stir Up Trouble

Qin Tian advanced to Four Extremes Second Heaven by absorbing the lightning tribulation, but discovered that his body lacked enough source to fully wield the Sacred Body Origin. He decided to acquire more source through a scheme and began looking for a powerful escape technique before stirring up trouble.

  • Qin Tian triggered a vast heavenly tribulation, and the Black Emperor and Azure-Clad Little Flood Dragon King watched from within and beyond its reach.
  • Qin Tian used the Yin-Yang Kunpeng Seal to devour the tribulation’s lightning, then tempered his body and Primordial Spirit through successive layers and reached Four Extremes Second Heaven.
  • Qin Tian waited for an Innate Dao Diagram to appear, but none descended because his Sacred Body Origin was isolated by the Great Dao Treasure Bottle.
  • Qin Tian realized his combat strength had reached the Eight Forbidden Domain, but his body could not fully unleash the Sacred Body Origin because he lacked roughly ten million jin of source.
  • Qin Tian planned to gather source by launching a Ponzi scheme, then decided he needed an unsurpassed divine escape technique in case people pursued him.

Ch. 84A second life, the secret to living another lifetime, Xiantian One Qi

Jiang Taixu entered seclusion in the Ageless Hall to use his accumulated Essence of Longevity to live a second life, while Qin Tian observed his transformation. Qin Tian discovered how Essence of Longevity awakened Xiantian One Qi to repair the Five Great Secret Realms, but he could not determine how to produce or accumulate enough Essence of Longevity himself.

  • Jiang Taixu borrowed the Ageless Hall from the Azure Flood Dragon King and entered seclusion to attempt a second life, reassuring Fairy Caiyun that he would return.
  • Jiang Yi arrived, learned that Jiang Taixu was attempting a breakthrough, and thanked Qin Tian and Black Emperor for rescuing his ancestor.
  • Qin Tian watched Jiang Taixu’s transformation with his Divine Eyes and saw Essence of Longevity awaken his Wheel of Life and restore Xiantian One Qi.
  • Qin Tian realized that Jiang Taixu’s Xiantian One Qi was repairing the Five Great Secret Realms as the basis of his second life.
  • Qin Tian recorded the transformation but remained unable to understand how Essence of Longevity was produced or accumulated.

Ch. 85The Sainthood Tribulation, a Saint of antiquity

Jiang Taixu emerged from seclusion rejuvenated and broke through to the Saint realm after enduring a fierce heavenly tribulation. He reunited with Fairy Caiyun, and then prepared to take Jiang Yi back to the Jiang Family.

  • Qin Tian observed Jiang Taixu's recovery inside the Ageless Hall, while Black Emperor tried unsuccessfully to see what Qin Tian saw through his Divine Eyes.
  • Jiang Taixu emerged youthful and full of vitality, then tore open space and entered the cosmos to attest to his Dao before heaven and earth.
  • Jiang Taixu endured a devastating Saint Tribulation, using the God King Rebirth Technique and the Hengyu Emperor Furnace to withstand its attacks and absorb its lightning essence.
  • Jiang Taixu returned as a Saint, and Fairy Caiyun embraced him while the Azure Flood Dragon King, Jiang Yi, and the others marveled at his breakthrough.
  • Black Emperor demanded Jiang Taixu's hair and blood, then Jiang Yi paid his respects, and Jiang Taixu offered to take him back to the Jiang Family.

Ch. 86The Nine Secrets: My Friend Qin Tian Has the Makings of a Great Emperor

Qin Tian persuaded Jiang Taixu to join him in searching for one of the Nine Secrets at Saint Cliff, while the Black Emperor offered to arrange their journey. The chapter ended with the Black Emperor completing a teleportation platform that Jiang Taixu checked before they set out.

  • Qin Tian invited Jiang Taixu to investigate the Nine Secrets at Saint Cliff, and Jiang Taixu agreed after learning the site was not a Life Forbidden Zone.
  • The Black Emperor offered to bring them safely through Saint Cliff in exchange for Qin Tian's Phoenix Blood Red Gold, but Qin Tian refused.
  • Jiang Taixu praised Qin Tian as having the makings of a Great Emperor, and Qin Tian warned that the phrase carried a curse.
  • The Black Emperor proposed inscribing a Profound Jade Platform to travel to Saint Cliff, and Qin Tian asked Jiang Taixu to watch over him.
  • The Black Emperor inscribed the platform, Jiang Taixu inspected it and found no problems, and the group prepared to depart.

Ch. 87Saint Cliff, the unlucky Black Emperor

Qin Tian, Jiang Taixu, Fairy Caiyun, and Black Emperor arrived at Saint Cliff, where they encountered a Corpse-Eating Bird and a dangerous Emperor Formation left by Great Emperor Wushi. Black Emperor repeatedly triggered the formation’s lightning, but Qin Tian provoked him into charging ahead again.

  • Black Emperor used Void Shift to take the group from Yunze Prefecture to Saint Cliff at the border of Central Province and the Northern Region.
  • Jiang Taixu and Qin Tian reflected on the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body’s death at Saint Cliff and the power of Great Emperors.
  • Jiang Taixu struck a Corpse-Eating Bird with his Saint Dao power, and Fairy Caiyun identified it as a creature that fed on powerful corpses and collected bones.
  • Black Emperor claimed he could guide the group through the array marks, but the Wushi Emperor Formation repeatedly struck him with divine lightning.
  • Qin Tian refused to follow Black Emperor’s directions and provoked him into charging ahead, where the formation struck him again.

Ch. 88Great Emperor Wushi's Origins, the Western Emperor's Son

Qin Tian’s group explored the site where Great Emperor Wushi had sealed a powerful Faith Body, while Qin Tian’s knowledge and the Black Emperor’s stories revealed a secret about Wushi’s origins. The chapter ended with Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun learning that Great Emperor Wushi was the Western Emperor’s Son.

  • Qin Tian explained that Great Emperor Wushi had sealed a powerful Primal Antiquity deity’s Faith Body at the black cliff, and the group advanced into the eerie area.
  • The Black Emperor gave the group an incomplete Wushi Emperor Formation scroll, and Qin Tian healed him with Divine Spring Water.
  • The Black Emperor tried to threaten Qin Tian over learning the Western Emperor Scripture, but Qin Tian claimed Jade Lake’s Holy Son had approved it.
  • Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun questioned the existence of a Jade Lake Holy Son, and the Black Emperor acknowledged that one had existed.
  • Qin Tian revealed that Great Emperor Wushi was the Western Emperor’s Son, astonishing Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun.

Ch. 89Reincarnation Lake, Yama Heavenly Son, the List of the Gods

Qin Tian and his companions crossed Saint Cliff, where Jiang Taixu used the Lihuo Divine Furnace to quell the Taiyang True Fire and drive off a Three-Legged Golden Crow. After Reincarnation Lake showed Qin Tian a vision of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the group found the List of the Gods sealed to the central mountain.

  • Qin Tian and Jiang Taixu studied the Wushi Emperor Formation for nine days, then used what they learned to find a safe path forward.
  • Jiang Taixu absorbed the Taiyang True Fire into the Lihuo Divine Furnace, and his Divine King Pure Land crushed the attacking fire crows as the Three-Legged Golden Crow fled.
  • Black Emperor rushed into the Golden Crow Cave to loot it, escaped burning with the treasures, and used Qin Tian's Divine Spring Water to regrow his fur.
  • Jiang Taixu warned Qin Tian away from Reincarnation Lake, but its ghostly light drew Qin Tian into a vision of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Fruit of All Causes.
  • The group reached the blood-red central mountain and discovered the List of the Gods sealed against its side; Black Emperor identified it as an Emperor Weapon.

Ch. 90The Undying Daoist

Jiang Taixu, Qin Tian, and the Black Emperor reached the List of the Gods and encountered the Undying Daoist, who offered the Nine Secrets in exchange for his release. Qin Tian tried and failed to trace the Daoist’s past, then demanded that he teach them one secret before they considered freeing him.

  • Jiang Taixu and Qin Tian used the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid to protect the group as they passed the motionless figures and reached the List of the Gods.
  • The Black Emperor spotted blood, a stolen spirit herb, and carvings of a Buddha and an ox-riding old man, then angrily claimed the site for Wushi’s lineage.
  • The Undying Daoist appeared and asked the group to free him in return for peerless sacred arts from the Nine Secrets.
  • Jiang Taixu raised the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid and questioned the ancient stranger, who identified himself as the Undying Daoist.
  • Qin Tian attempted to trace the Undying Daoist’s past with his Temporal Eye but could not pierce the Supreme’s obscured history.
  • Qin Tian asked the Undying Daoist to teach them one of the Nine Secrets before they rescued him and swore in the Netherworld Emperor’s name.

Ch. 91Improved comprehension, return to Divine City

Qin Tian and his companions opened the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body’s coffin on Saint Cliff and obtained Nine Secrets: Xing, which Qin Tian comprehended with surprising ease. After the Black Emperor claimed the Lord of the Assassin Heavenly Court’s Golden Scepter, Qin Tian and the Black Emperor left for Divine City to earn source and restore Qin Tian’s Sacred Body.

  • The List of the Gods and Great Emperor Wushi’s formation suppressed the Undying Daoist, allowing Qin Tian and the others to approach the ancient coffin.
  • Jiang Taixu opened the coffin with the formation’s help, revealing the Nine Secrets: Xing Dao Diagrams.
  • Qin Tian comprehended Nine Secrets: Xing, while the Black Emperor also studied it and boasted that he would become the Lord of the Heavenly Court.
  • The Black Emperor took the Golden Scepter from the former Lord of the Assassin Heavenly Court, and Jiang Taixu closed the coffin after everyone finished comprehending.
  • Jiang Taixu gave Qin Tian a jade pendant containing a Saint’s strike before departing with Fairy Caiyun.
  • Qin Tian and the Black Emperor traveled to Divine City to earn source and restore Qin Tian’s Sacred Body.

Ch. 92Another Alias, an Immortal in Reincarnation

Qin Tian adopted the alias Cao Yusheng and brought Black Emperor to Divine City, planning to build a reputation as a Source Heavenly Master's successor before running a scam. After Black Emperor provoked Grandmaster Nangong, Qin Tian accepted his challenge to gamble at Yaoguang Holy Land's costly Heavenly Universe Stone Workshop, where onlookers gathered to watch.

  • Qin Tian rejected the aliases Duan De and Shi Hao, chose Cao Yusheng, and told Black Emperor to use that name for him.
  • Black Emperor struggled to remember Cao Yusheng and refused to take an alias, while Qin Tian wondered whether Black Emperor possessed an Immortal Dao-level Reincarnation Seal.
  • Qin Tian explained that he would use Black Emperor to draw attention and establish his reputation as a Source Heavenly Master's successor in Divine City.
  • Black Emperor provoked people at a stone workshop, prompting Grandmaster Nangong to confront Qin Tian and challenge him to gamble at Yaoguang Holy Land's Heavenly Universe Stone Workshop.
  • Qin Tian accepted the challenge, and Black Emperor and Qin Tian entered the Heavenly Universe Stone Workshop as old stone-gamblers gathered to watch.

Ch. 93Kirin Immortal Medicine Seed

Qin Tian won the stone-cutting contest against Nangong Grandmaster by revealing a Primal Antiquity Qilin Divine Medicine seed, an Immortal Medicine seed coveted by the holy lands and ancient families. The Nangong Family disputed the result and claimed the seed, leaving the wager unresolved.

  • Nangong Grandmaster chose the Blood Sacrifice Altar, while Qin Tian selected the Demon Embryo for the stone wager.
  • Nangong Grandmaster cut open the Blood Sacrifice Altar and revealed a Slaughter Spear and the body of a beautiful Primordial Royal Clan woman pierced through the heart.
  • Qin Tian opened the Demon Embryo and uncovered a purple divine source containing a Primal Antiquity Qilin Divine Medicine seed.
  • The Ji Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, and Jiang Family offered to buy the seed, but Qin Tian refused and said he would give it to a future Great Emperor.
  • The Nangong Family rejected Qin Tian's victory, argued that the unusable seed could not outweigh the Saint's corpse, and claimed the seed belonged to them.

Ch. 94Inviting the Holy Sons and Holy Maidens to a Banquet, the Marvelous Uses of the Void Eye

Qin Tian built his reputation as a Source Heavenly Master's successor, challenged the Source Arts masters to a massive stone wager, and invited Holy Sons and Holy Maidens to a banquet. At the banquet, he used his Void Eye to see through the Jade Pool Holy Maiden's concealment and perceive her body and secret realms.

  • Qin Tian kept the Kirin Immortal Medicine seed, stored the Fighting King Consort in his Bitter Sea, and introduced himself to Yao Xi and the others as Cao Yusheng, a Source Heavenly Master's successor.
  • Qin Tian defeated several Source Arts grandmasters, won precious life-extending medicines and a million jin of source, then accepted a two-million-jin stone wager against leading Source Arts Masters.
  • Qin Tian invited prominent Holy Sons and Holy Maidens to a banquet, while the Black Emperor accused him of pursuing the Jade Pool Holy Maiden and tried to seize the Kirin Immortal Medicine.
  • At the Illusory Food Pavilion, Qin Tian welcomed the Jade Pool Holy Maiden and traded remarks with her about the Source Heavenly Master Lineage and Jade Pool.
  • Qin Tian activated his Void Eye and saw through the Jade Pool Holy Maiden's concealment, viewing her beauty, inner body, and secret realms.

Ch. 95Digging Pits for Each Other: The Golden-Winged Little Peng King Was Slapped Away

Qin Tian persuaded the holy lands and great clans to invest in a supposed oceanic Source mine, then slapped away the Golden-Winged Little Peng King when he demanded the Primal Antiquity Qilin Divine Medicine. The chapter left Qin Tian’s strength and his growing influence in Divine City on display, while the Black Emperor’s altered coordinates remained undiscovered.

  • At a banquet, Qin Tian claimed his family had found a trillion-jin Source mine in the ocean and invited the holy lands and great clans to fund a merchant association that would share its proceeds.
  • The guests were captivated by Qin Tian’s story and left to report the proposed investment to their factions.
  • The Black Emperor, drunk and mistaking Qin Tian’s Profound Jade Platform coordinates for an error, changed its destination westward.
  • After three days of promoting his merchant association at banquets, Qin Tian went out to attend the Source Arts contest and encountered the Golden-Winged Little Peng King.
  • The Golden-Winged Little Peng King demanded the Primal Antiquity Qilin Divine Medicine, but Qin Tian slapped him flying and left him unconscious.

Ch. 96The Twelve Heavenly Stems Gods and Demons Formation

Qin Tian selected three stones for the wager at the Ji Family Stone Workshop and uncovered an Immortal Medicine, while the Nangong Family elders schemed to kill him and seize his treasures. After they attacked him through a hidden Source Arts Killing Formation, Qin Tian secretly took control of their formation with his Houtu Earthly Fiend Formation and prepared to turn it against them.

  • Qin Tian chose one stone at the Dao Yi Stone Workshop, then selected two more at the Ji Family Stone Workshop while searching unsuccessfully for Divine Child.
  • Qin Tian cut open his first stone and revealed an Immortal Medicine, prompting the Jade Lake Holy Maiden to offer Divine Spring Water to revive it.
  • The four Nangong Family elders plotted to kill Qin Tian and claim his Immortal Medicines, and a hidden formation sent a killing strike at him from a nearby stone.
  • Qin Tian paid the Ji Family elder ten thousand jin of Source for the damaged stone and warned the Nangong Family elders that he would retaliate.
  • Qin Tian finished laying his Houtu Earthly Fiend Formation, absorbed the enemy formation into his control, and ordered it to attack.

Ch. 97The Qin Scam

Qin Tian defeated the Source Arts Families’ grandmasters in a stone-gambling wager, then used the fame and a supposedly enormous underwater Source Mine to lure investors into a merchant association. He left the independent cultivators with early profits while drawing the great families and holy lands into his scheme, with their vast investments now in his hands.

  • Qin Tian turned the Source Arts formation’s attacks against its masters, killing four grandmasters and a descendant who challenged the wager.
  • Qin Tian opened the opponents’ stones and his own, claimed the treasures, and was hailed as the Source Arts Master closest to becoming a Source Heavenly Master.
  • Qin Tian promoted a supposedly discovered supermassive Source Mine beneath the sea and established a merchant association to fund its development.
  • Investors rushed to join, and the first dividend payment returned at least a third of each investor’s initial contribution, prompting many to reinvest.
  • The great families and holy lands each invested millions of jin of Source, while Qin Tian and Black Emperor discussed the scheme and its risks.

Ch. 98Dog Meat Hotpot in the Works

Qin Tian collected nearly a hundred million pounds of Source from the merchant association’s investors and fled the Divine City before the scheme was exposed. The Black Emperor stayed behind to pursue one last score, then realized Qin Tian had gone all the way to the Western Desert.

  • Qin Tian gathered the third month’s Source haul, collected more than half of the mountain, and prepared to abandon his alias before the next distribution.
  • Qin Tian warned the Black Emperor to leave soon and escape the investors’ wrath, then used the Profound Jade Platform to travel west.
  • The Black Emperor stayed behind, intending to make one last profit before leaving.
  • Jiang Taixu arrived and recognized that Cao Yusheng’s merchant association had swindled the sacred lands and ancient families, including the Jiang Family.
  • Jiang Taixu asked where Qin Tian had gone, and the Black Emperor discovered from the Profound Jade Platform that he had headed to the Western Desert.

Ch. 99Western Desert, Amitabha Great Emperor's Plan

Qin Tian discovered that the Black Emperor’s teleportation had stranded him in the Western Desert, far from the Eastern Wasteland. After locating a powerful temple linked to Amitabha Buddha’s plan, he decided to stay and explore the region.

  • Qin Tian used the Heavenly Secret Art to determine that he had landed in the Western Desert.
  • Qin Tian blamed the Black Emperor for tampering with his Profound Jade Platforms and vowed to make dog meat hotpot from him once the turmoil passed.
  • Qin Tian searched the empty desert with the Void Eye and found a temple protected by immense Power of Faith and a bell that blocked his probing.
  • Qin Tian recognized the temple as a node in Amitabha Buddha’s formation and recalled the Great Emperor’s plan to lead the Western Desert’s faithful into the Immortal Domain.
  • Qin Tian decided to remain in the Western Desert.

Ch. 100Divisions of the Eight Prohibitions, Rebuilding the Sacred Body (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

Qin Tian absorbed ten million jin of Source in the Western Desert, strengthening his Sacred Body and advancing to the third level of Four Extremes. After enduring a massive heavenly tribulation, he emerged with a perfected physique and wondered whether Nine Secrets: Qian could improve his weaker primordial spirit.

  • Qin Tian used ten million jin of Source to expand his Bitter Sea, strengthen his Sacred Body Origin, and raise his combat strength within the Eight Forbidden Domain.
  • Qin Tian broke through to the third level of Four Extremes and released his aura to verify his Dao Fruit, summoning a vast heavenly tribulation.
  • Qin Tian endured the lightning and other heavenly punishments as they fused the Source Qi with his body and tempered his physique.
  • Qin Tian recovered with Five Qis Returning to the Origin and found that his perfected physique had become his second-strongest aspect, behind his divine power.
  • Qin Tian considered seeking Nine Secrets: Qian to strengthen his primordial spirit and wondered when Wang Teng would appear in the Eastern Wasteland as Wolf God.

Ch. 101Great Dream Temple, Realizing the Dao in Dreams, a Living Buddha in Every Home (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

Qin Tian reached Great Dream Temple at the far western edge of the Western Desert and decided to seek its Dream Realization Method by debating its younger generation. He explained that a faulty Profound Jade Platform had transported him there, and the young monk believed his account despite finding it extraordinarily unlikely.

  • Qin Tian learned from pilgrims that he had been transported to the westernmost edge of the Western Desert, where Great Dream Temple stood.
  • After learning that Great Dream Temple's renowned Dream Realization Method might aid his cultivation, Qin Tian planned to obtain it by challenging the temple's disciples to debate the Dao.
  • Qin Tian admired the temple's vast, faith-powered holy land and entered its gilded main hall without bowing to the Buddha.
  • A young monk asked why Qin Tian had traveled so far, and Qin Tian said he wished to debate the Dao with Great Dream Temple's younger generation.
  • Qin Tian explained that a mishandled Profound Jade Platform had transported him from the Northern Region; the young monk said he sensed Qin Tian's sincerity but had never heard of anyone being transported across two great regions.
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