Recaps

Qin Chen prepared pills and relied on Xiaobai’s hidden strength as he weighed the coming conflict with the Xiang Family. Xiang Yang emerged from seclusion and ordered the imperial forces to let the Qin Family act while investigating its power.

• Qin Chen refined Supreme-Grade Spirit Gathering Pills and gave one to Xiaobai, whose Void Traversal ability and mysterious finds strengthened his confidence.
• Qin Chen decided that he was not yet ready for an all-out war with the Xiang Family, despite believing Xiaobai could help him fight Xiang Yang.
• Xiang Guang called on the ancestral mausoleum’s occupant and reported that the Qin Family had killed Wu De and Wu Xing.
• Xiang Yang emerged from seclusion and questioned how Qin De could have defeated the Wu brothers, then dismissed the idea that anyone on Qianlong Continent surpassed him.
• Xiang Yang ordered Xiang Guang to withdraw the covert guards watching the Qin Family, let it make its moves, and investigate the secrets behind its strength.

Qin Chen secretly left the Eastern Pacifying Prince's Residence to seek cultivation opportunities in the overseas world, leaving Qin De a communication talisman in case the family faced danger. In Linhai City, he learned that sea demons were disrupting voyages and found a nautical chart, but the shopkeeper demanded an exorbitant price.

• Qin Chen decided to leave the Qianlong Continent because its scarce spiritual energy and resources could not support his cultivation.
• Qin Chen gave Qin De a spatial communication talisman that would let him return if the Qin Family faced a crisis.
• Qin Chen slipped out of the Eastern Pacifying Prince's Residence with Xiaobai without telling anyone else.
• In Linhai City, Qin Chen heard merchants say that sea demons had caused ships to sink and made voyages dangerous.
• Qin Chen went to the All Rivers Embrace the Sea shop and asked the shopkeeper about a detailed nautical chart.
• The shopkeeper demanded a thousand low-grade spirit stones for the chart and refused to bargain.

Qin Chen acquired a sea chart and sailed from Linhai City aboard the Windrider, hoping to find an offshore island with abundant spiritual energy. A strange storm struck the ship, and a Black-Scaled Sea Python emerged from a whirlpool.

• Qin Chen disarmed Scarface with a flick of his finger, drove him and his men from Shopkeeper Li’s store, and took the sea chart after paying a few pieces of silver.
• Qin Chen studied the chart at an inn, then boarded the Windrider with Xiaobai and left Linhai City.
• Captain Old Wang warned Qin Chen about the dangers of the sea, while Qin Chen spent the following days cultivating aboard ship.
• A sudden storm swept over the Windrider, and Qin Chen sensed a faint demonic aura as Xiaobai growled toward the sea.
• A huge monster rose from a whirlpool, and Old Wang identified it as a Black-Scaled Sea Python.

Qin Chen killed an adult Black-Scaled Sea Python with one controlled punch and let Xiaobai swallow its intact corpse. The Windrider continued its voyage, and Qin Chen defeated every sea demon that attacked over the following days.

• Old Wang and the Windrider's crew panicked when an adult Black-Scaled Sea Python rose from the sea, while Qin Chen calmly considered its valuable materials.
• Qin Chen killed the sea python with a single punch that left its scales and other materials intact.
• Xiaobai transformed into a giant Void Beast and swallowed the sea python's corpse into its internal space.
• Old Wang and the crew thanked Qin Chen, and he returned to his cabin as the storm cleared.
• Over the next dozen or so days, Qin Chen defeated attacks by Deep-Sea Ironclad Crabs, Jade-Eyed Thunder Rays, and Bloodthirsty Seagulls, preserving their corpses for Xiaobai.

Qin Chen reached Penglai Immortal Island and tried to sell demon materials and supreme-grade Spirit-Gathering Pills at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to fund his cultivation. Just as Elder Sun valued them at thirty thousand spirit stones, Young Master Liu tried to seize them for five hundred and threatened Qin Chen.

• Qin Chen arrived at Penglai Immortal Island after thanking Captain Wang and paying for his passage.
• Qin Chen went to the South City Market and entered the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to sell materials and pills.
• Elder Sun examined Qin Chen's pristine Golden Core-stage demon materials and supreme-grade pills, estimating their value at at least thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Young Master Liu barged in, offered five hundred spirit stones, and slapped Elder Sun when he objected.
• Young Master Liu's four guards surrounded Qin Chen, who challenged the offer to buy his goods for a fraction of their value.

Qin Chen killed Young Master Liu’s four guards with one punch and forced him to reveal that Old Wang had sold him out. After completing his transaction with Old Sun, Qin Chen left the pavilion carrying Young Master Liu.

• Young Master Liu threatened Qin Chen and ordered his four Golden Core guards to attack him.
• Qin Chen destroyed the guards with a single punch, then grabbed Young Master Liu and demanded to know who had exposed him.
• Young Master Liu confessed that Old Wang had offered the Liu Family a share of the profits in exchange for telling them about Qin Chen’s goods.
• Qin Chen accepted thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones from Old Sun and gave him one thousand as compensation for the damage.
• Qin Chen left the private room carrying Young Master Liu.

Qin Chen dragged Young Master Liu through South City Market and killed Old Wang for betraying him. At the Liu Family estate, Liu Zhentian ordered the grand elder to retrieve his son while he went to question the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion about Qin Chen's background.

• The purple-robed master of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion told Old Bai that the Liu Family had provoked someone dangerous and would pay for the pavilion's damage.
• Qin Chen dragged the captive Young Master Liu through South City Market as bystanders watched and some hurried to alert the Liu Family.
• Qin Chen found Old Wang boasting in a tavern, accused him of selling him out, and killed him with a flick of true qi.
• Qin Chen turned back to the trembling Young Master Liu and said it was his turn.
• Liu Zhentian ordered the grand elder to retrieve Young Master Liu while avoiding a fight if possible.
• Liu Zhentian decided to visit the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to investigate Qin Chen's backing and prepare to protect his family.

Liu Zhentian paid Pavilion Master Zi a hundred thousand spirit stones but learned nothing about the young man who had offended his son. Meanwhile, Qin Chen headed for the harbor with Young Master Liu, but Liu family fighters intercepted him and were quickly overwhelmed.

• Liu Zhentian bribed the steward to meet Pavilion Master Zi and offered to compensate the pavilion for the damage caused by his son.
• Pavilion Master Zi demanded a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, then admitted he knew nothing about Qin Chen and warned Liu Zhentian not to cause trouble.
• Liu Zhentian left the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion humiliated and called on the Liu family's Grand Elder to kill Qin Chen.
• Qin Chen carried Young Master Liu toward the South City Market harbor and threatened to kill him.
• More than a dozen Liu family cultivators blocked Qin Chen, formed a sword formation, and attacked him.
• Qin Chen shattered their sword net with his fists and killed or wounded most of the Liu family fighters.

Qin Chen killed Young Master Liu and fought the Liu family’s early Nascent Soul grand elder, then fled across the sea with Xiaobai as the grand elder pursued. Xiaobai vanished with Qin Chen just before the grand elder’s giant flame sword struck, leaving their escape’s destination unknown.

• The Liu family’s grand elder confronted Qin Chen near the harbor, but Qin Chen crushed Young Master Liu to death in front of him.
• The grand elder attacked with a flame dragon, which Qin Chen shattered with a punch using the Heavenly Cycle Star Body.
• Qin Chen fled toward the sea, and the grand elder pursued him with flaming sword strikes that carved trenches through the water.
• Qin Chen summoned Xiaobai and entered its enormous mouth as it opened a spatial passage.
• Xiaobai vanished with Qin Chen just before the grand elder’s Heaven-Burning Flame Sword could hit them.

Qin Chen escaped the Liu Family grand elder with Xiaobai’s Void Traversal and reached an unknown stretch of sea. After identifying his location as the edge of the Chaotic Star Sea, he settled on a deserted island to examine his spoils and plan his next move.

• The Liu Family grand elder searched in vain for Qin Chen and Xiaobai, then feared they had used the legendary Void Traversal.
• Xiaobai brought Qin Chen tens of thousands of li away and fell asleep after the exhausting escape.
• Qin Chen flew to a deserted island, established concealment and defensive formations in a cave, and examined the Storage Ring he had taken from a late Golden Core cultivator.
• Qin Chen found an Eastern Sea Chart and used it to identify the island as lying at the edge of the Chaotic Star Sea.
• Qin Chen chose the Chaotic Star Sea as a place to seek resources and evade the Liu Family, then noticed an inconspicuous black jade bottle among the pills.

Qin Chen discovered a Blood Fiend Nascent Soul Condensation Pill among the spoils and sent it, along with other resources, to Qin De to trigger the system's return. After receiving a Nine-Turn Creation Pill, top-grade spirit stones, and star flare stones, he began cultivating in seclusion.

• Qin Chen recognized the Blood Fiend Nascent Soul Condensation Pill as a sinister resource that could help him cultivate the Heavenly Cycle Star Body.
• Qin Chen recorded the pill's details and sent it and his other spoils to Qin De through Xiaobai.
• Qin De received the items at Prince Qin's residence and was astonished when Xiaobai appeared through spatial teleportation.
• The system rewarded Qin Chen with a Nine-Turn Creation Pill, 10,000 top-grade spirit stones, and ten star flare stones.
• Qin Chen reinforced his cave's defensive formation and began absorbing energy from a star flare stone.

Qin Chen consumed ten Star Flare Stones, ten thousand supreme-grade spirit stones, and a Nine-Turn Creation Pill to ignite five micro star-dusts and break through to the late Golden Core stage. After testing his immense physical strength, he decided to leave the deserted island and seek more resources.

• Qin Chen used the Star Flare Stones to ignite his third and fourth micro star-dusts.
• Qin Chen devoured thousands of supreme-grade spirit stones and ignited his fifth micro star-dust.
• Qin Chen swallowed the Nine-Turn Creation Pill and advanced to the peak of the late Golden Core stage.
• Qin Chen shattered the cave’s formations and blasted a massive hole through the stone wall with a punch using only his physical strength.
• Qin Chen assessed his power and empty storage pouch, then resolved to go out and plunder more resources.

Qin Chen headed into the Blood Reef Sea to gather resources and effortlessly killed a powerful sea demon before the Three Blood Fiend Elders ambushed him. He tore apart their blood fiend net with his bare hands as their attacks closed in.

• Qin Chen consulted the Eastern Sea Chart and chose the Blood Reef Sea as a source of rare herbs, demonic beast materials, and other resources.
• Qin Chen reached the Blood Reef Sea and killed a peak late Golden Core One-Horned Blackwater Python with one punch, taking its inner core and extracting its blood essence.
• Qin Chen continued deeper into the sea, drawing the attention of the Three Blood Fiend Elders, who surrounded him and demanded his storage pouch.
• The Three Blood Fiend Elders sprang a corrosive blood-colored net trap and attacked Qin Chen with their magical treasures.
• Qin Chen grabbed the Blood Fiend Net with both hands and tore it in half through sheer physical strength.

Qin Chen tore through the Three Blood Fiend Elders’ attacks and killed all three, including the half-step Nascent Soul elder. He withdrew to a concealed cave abode on a reef island and began inspecting the elders’ spoils.

• Qin Chen ripped apart the Blood Fiend Net with his bare hands, then killed the first late Golden Core elder by shattering his White Bone Shield and punching through his chest.
• Qin Chen caught the second late Golden Core elder as he fled with the Blood Escape Technique and crushed him, claiming his Golden Core.
• The one-eyed elder sacrificed his Golden Core to summon a blood sea and Asura phantom, but Qin Chen shattered the Asura’s arm and killed him with a dark-gold beam.
• Qin Chen collected the elders’ Storage Rings and treasure fragments, then made a concealed cave abode on an uninhabited reef island.
• Qin Chen erased the spiritual senses from the Storage Rings and poured out their contents to examine his spoils.

Qin Chen discovered that the Three Blood Fiend Elders had left him a jade slip revealing the location of Blood Sea Mad Saber’s cave abode, a Nascent Soul Paragon’s ruin. After preparing specialized artifacts and pills for the dangers ahead, Qin Chen recovered and stood ready to explore it.

• Qin Chen found spirit stones, rare herbs, a bronze fragment, and a jade slip among the Three Blood Fiend Elders’ treasures.
• Qin Chen learned that Blood Sea Mad Saber had died in a deep rift in the Blood Reef Sea and that the bronze fragment was a token for opening his cave abode.
• Qin Chen decided to seek the ruin’s treasures and used the Nine Dragon Cauldron to forge Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Barrier-Breaking Banners and Blackwater Dragon Scale Armor.
• Qin Chen refined nine perfect-grade Blood Dragon Creation Pills and two batches of Clear Spirit Pills for the expedition.
• Qin Chen rested for half a day, recovered completely, and prepared to enter the ruin.

Qin Chen entered Blood Sea Mad Saber's cave abode and found a thirty-thousand-year-old Nine-Leaf Star Herb. Blackwater Palace and Heavenly Sword Sect forces then broke into the grotto and demanded the herb, leaving Qin Chen facing their attacks after he took it.

• Qin Chen used the Bronze Fragment and thirty-six Heavenly Dipper Restriction-Breaking Banners to pass through the Nine Nether Blood Fiend Grand Formation.
• Qin Chen found the Nine-Leaf Star Herb in the grotto's spirit herb garden and prepared to harvest it.
• Yin Wuque and a late Golden Core swordsman led Blackwater Palace and Heavenly Sword Sect forces into the cave abode using World-Breaking Shuttles.
• Qin Chen ignored their demands, took the Nine-Leaf Star Herb, and told them they had disturbed him.
• Yin Wuque ordered Elder Li to break Qin Chen's limbs so he could search his soul.

Qin Chen slaughtered Yin Wuque’s powerful companions and killed the Blackwater Palace young master in the cave abode. As Qin Chen prepared to enter its core, the Blackwater Palace learned of Yin Wuque’s death and a mid Nascent Soul cultivator erupted with fury.

• Qin Chen shattered Elder Li’s Profound Water attack and killed him with a single punch.
• Qin Chen endured the Heavenly Sword Sect’s sword formation, broke two flying swords, and killed the Blackwater Palace elder, the one-armed elder, and the white-robed swordsman.
• Qin Chen killed Yin Wuque, collected the fallen treasures, and turned toward the cave abode’s bronze doors.
• A guardian in the Blackwater Palace’s Ancestral Hall discovered Yin Wuque’s shattered Soul Slip and raised the alarm.
• A mid Nascent Soul cultivator in the Blackwater Palace erupted with terrifying pressure.

Qin Chen opened Blood Sea Mad Saber's sealed cave abode and survived the ancient cultivator’s attempt to possess him. The system annihilated the intruding nascent soul, and Qin Chen absorbed its power, raising his spiritual sense to the middle Nascent Soul stage.

• Yin Tianzheng ordered Blackwater Palace’s forces to search the Blood Reef Sea for his son’s killer, while the Heavenly Sword Sect’s sect master sent his people to avenge a slain true disciple.
• Qin Chen opened the cave abode’s bronze doors and entered the hall where Blood Sea Mad Saber’s skeleton, saber, storage bracelets, and jade slip remained.
• The Blood-Transforming Divine Saber released Blood Sea Mad Saber’s nascent soul, which rushed into Qin Chen’s sea of consciousness to seize his body.
• The system activated its defense mechanism and annihilated Blood Sea Mad Saber’s nascent soul.
• Qin Chen absorbed the soul energy and raised his spiritual sense to a level comparable to the middle Nascent Soul stage.

Qin Chen sent Blood Sea Mad Saber's hoard to his father, Qin De, and received powerful cultivation rewards in return. He broke through to early Nascent Soul and ignited ten miniature stars in his Heavenly Cycle Star Body, then charged toward the forces gathering above the sea.

• Qin Chen gave Xiaobai a ring containing Blood Sea Mad Saber's wealth and ordered it to deliver the ring to Qin De.
• The system rewarded Qin Chen with top-grade star spirit stones, Star Transformations Armor, Nine-Revolution Star Pills, and the Ancestral Dragon God-Transformation Art.
• Qin Chen used the pills to shatter his Golden Core and form an Ancestral Dragon Nascent Soul, reaching early Nascent Soul stage.
• Qin Chen consumed the remaining pills and ignited ten miniature stars, greatly strengthening his Heavenly Cycle Star Body.
• Qin Chen sensed forces from Blackwater Palace and the Heavenly Sword Sect gathering above, smashed open the bronze doors, and charged toward the surface.

Qin Chen confronted the forces of Blackwater Palace and the Heavenly Sword Sect, then overwhelmed their cultivators with his physical strength. As the survivors fled, he declared that he would not let them escape.

• Qin Chen emerged from the sea and faced Yin Tianzheng, Jian Wuji, and their assembled forces, who demanded revenge and the cave abode's treasures.
• Qin Chen destroyed the Blackwater Blood Guards' spears with one punch and killed more than a dozen of them.
• Qin Chen caught the Heavenly Sword Sect's thousand-foot sword barehanded and tore it apart, leaving the sword cultivators injured by the backlash.
• Qin Chen charged into the Blackwater Palace forces and killed cultivators, destroyed a spirit ship, and slaughtered more than half of the assembled forces.
• The surviving cultivators fled, and Qin Chen warned them that he would not let them leave.

Qin Chen annihilated the Blackwater Palace and Heavenly Sword Sect forces, then flew to the Qianlong Continent to confront the Xiang Family. In Yanjing City, he arrived at the Eastern Pacifying Prince's Residence while Qin De and his sons were discussing their preparations to overthrow the Xiang Family.

• Qin Chen used his Ancestral Dragon Nascent Soul to cripple the fleeing cultivators and killed them as they tried to escape.
• Yin Tianzheng and Jian Wuji attacked Qin Chen, but he destroyed Yin Tianzheng's Blackwater Mystic Pearl, killed Jian Wuji with one punch, and crushed Yin Tianzheng's Nascent Soul.
• Qin Chen collected the invaders' storage treasures and decided to return home to eliminate hidden threats, including Xiang Yang.
• At the Eastern Pacifying Prince's Residence, Qin Feng reported that the Flying Eagle Plan had trained a thousand Xiantian experts and that Qin Zheng was nearing the Golden Core stage.
• Qin De said he planned to call Qin Chen home after refining more resources, but Qin Chen appeared from the void and told them there was no need to wait.

Qin Chen returned to the Qin Family and revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul stage, prompting Qin De to launch the Flying Eagle Plan against Chu State. After the Qin army besieged the capital, Qin Chen appeared to stop Xiang Yang’s attack, and Xiang Yang faced him in shock.

• Qin Chen returned to the Qin Family and told Qin De, Qin Feng, and Qin Zheng that he had reached the Nascent Soul stage, proving it with his aura.
• Qin De ordered the Fierce Tiger Army to launch the Flying Eagle Plan that night and attack Chu State’s imperial capital.
• The Fierce Tiger Army swept through Chu State, capturing more than half its territory in less than half a month before surrounding the capital.
• Xiang Yang emerged from the Imperial Palace and formed a blood-red hand of true essence to attack Qin De’s command tent.
• Qin Chen appeared beneath the attack and shattered it with a finger, then told Xiang Yang that he would die there.

Qin Chen killed Xiang Yang with one punch and crushed his nascent soul, breaking Chu State’s defenders’ morale. Qin De then led the Fierce Tiger Army through the breached Imperial City gates and toward the palace, while Xiang Guang sat helpless on the city wall.

• Xiang Yang attacked Qin Chen with his blood-red flying sword, but Qin Chen shattered it and killed Xiang Yang with a punch.
• Qin Chen seized Xiang Yang’s fleeing nascent soul and crushed it, leaving the Chu State defenders in terror.
• Xiang Guang slumped on the city wall as Chu State’s defenders dropped their weapons and their morale collapsed.
• Qin De ordered the Fierce Tiger Army to avenge Jingxiang and destroy the Xiang Clan.
• Qin Family Generals blasted open the Imperial City gates, and the Qin Family Army swept through the city toward the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
• Xiang Guang remained on the city wall, staring blankly at the invading army and muttering that all was over.

Qin De executed Xiang Guang after the Qin Family conquered Chu State, and Qin Feng and Qin Zheng began consolidating their rule. Qin Chen gave Qin De cultivation resources before entering seclusion, while Qin Yu returned, learned he had missed his brother, and went back to Cloudmist Manor determined to train harder.

• Two imperial guard commanders captured Xiang Guang and surrendered him to Qin De, who executed him to avenge Jingxiang.
• Qin De ordered Qin Feng and Qin Zheng to seize the palace, take control of the cities, and purge the Xiang Family's remnants as the Qin Family took over Chu State.
• Qin Chen gave Qin De a large supply of cultivation treasures, triggering a tenfold return from his system, then entered seclusion to cultivate the Heavenly Cycle Star Body.
• Qin Yu arrived from Cloudmist Manor hoping to see Qin Chen, but Qin De told him that his third brother had entered seclusion three days earlier.
• Qin Yu resolved to return to Cloudmist Manor and master the Tongtian Diagram before Qin Chen emerged from seclusion.

Qin Yu endured six months of brutal cultivation beneath the waterfall while Qin Chen completed the formation of his eleventh micro star-dust in the Imperial Palace. The chapter left Qin Yu still pushing toward greater strength and Qin Chen newly advanced, as the Qin Family continued its transformation into a cultivation family.

• Qin Yu practiced the Tongtian Diagrams beneath the waterfall, and a silver current restored and strengthened his injured body.
• Little Black watched Qin Yu train as half a year passed and the situation in Chu State stabilized.
• Qin De renamed Chu State Great Qin and established its capital in the former imperial city, while Qin Feng and Qin Zheng entered the Golden Core Realm.
• Qin Chen cultivated in the forbidden palace hall, using spirit stones and star sand to condense star force in his Purple Mansion.
• Qin Chen ignited his eleventh micro star-dust, opened his eyes, and tested his newly strengthened body.