Chapter Summaries

Qin Chuan exploited his seniority to turn Pei Xuan and Xie An’s confrontation into a public dispute, forcing Yun Yao to make them apologize and compensate him. The matter ended before the martial competition, while Pei Xuan and Xie An left vowing to settle things on the competition platform.

• Qin Chuan pretended Pei Xuan had injured him, and Jin Pang accused Pei Xuan and Xie An of trying to murder their martial uncle and betraying the sect.
• Yun Yao used his cultivation pressure against Qin Chuan and Jin Pang, but Zhang Yuandao and Jin Feng intervened and challenged his handling of the dispute.
• Qin Chuan and Jin Pang pressed their accusations, and the elders’ faction joined in until Yun Yao slapped Pei Xuan and Xie An, forced them to kneel, and made them apologize.
• Qin Chuan claimed he needed compensation for his injury, so Yun Yao gave him three supreme-grade Heavenly Origin Rejuvenation Pills and a drop of thousand-year earth spirit milk.
• Qin Chuan accepted the compensation, forgave Pei Xuan and Xie An, and accidentally stepped on their feet as he helped them up.
• Pei Xuan took Xie An away, Jin Feng ordered Jin Pang to prepare for the alchemy competition, and Qin Chuan rewarded Jin Pang with a pill before heading to the martial competition.

Qin Chuan warned Jin Pang about the upcoming Land of the Fallen Phoenix and won his first martial competition match with a single sword strike. He arranged to face Gu Xiran next and went onto the platform as the next round was called.

• Qin Chuan told Jin Pang the Land of the Fallen Phoenix would open within five years and urged him to prepare while avoiding a clash with Xie An.
• Qin Chuan defeated his first opponent, a Golden Core cultivator, with one sword strike and won the match.
• Qin Chuan asked Jin Pang to arrange Gu Xiran as his next opponent, and Jin Pang secured the matchup through his grandfather and the great elder.
• Pei Xuan vowed to defeat Qin Chuan, while Gu Xiran warned him not to underestimate Qin Chuan's powerful sword move.
• Jin Pang told Qin Chuan he would face Gu Xiran, and Qin Chuan leaped onto the platform after the next match was announced.

Qin Chuan repeatedly slapped Gu Xiran during their inner sect martial competition, while Yun Yao and the elders were prevented from intervening. After winning, Qin Chuan decided he would kill Pei Xuan for mouthing a threat and calling him a bastard.

• Jin Feng and Grand Elder Zhang Daoyuan arranged for Qin Chuan to face Gu Xiran, despite Yun Yao's protest.
• Qin Chuan repeatedly slapped Gu Xiran, and Yun Yao was stopped from entering the arena by the Pure Void Sect's rules.
• Qin Chuan discovered that he could hurt Gu Xiran but could not destroy her cultivation foundation or kill her, then knocked her off the arena.
• He Zong declared Qin Chuan the winner, and Pei Xuan threatened to kill him after Qin Chuan had left the arena.
• Pei Xuan mouthed that he would kill Qin Chuan and called him a bastard, so Qin Chuan resolved to kill Pei Xuan when they met in the competition.

Qin Chuan advanced to the top four of the inner sect martial competition while Pei Xuan’s brutal fights with Gu Xiwan and Chu Zhan provoked clashes between Yun Yao and Xuanyang. Second Elder He Zong repeatedly restored order and decided to withdraw from handling the remaining competitions.

• Qin Chuan gave Jin Pang his spirit stones to bet on him winning first place, then went with him to watch Pei Xuan fight Gu Xiwan.
• Pei Xuan severely injured Gu Xiwan, prompting Chu Zhan, Fang Xiang, and Lu Xiu to confront Pei Xuan and his fellow disciples.
• Xuanyang and Yun Yao nearly fought over the incident, but He Zong and the other elders intervened and separated them.
• Qin Chuan defeated Jiang Jin with one sword move and advanced to the top four of the competition.
• Pei Xuan cut off Chu Zhan’s left arm and stabbed him repeatedly, so He Zong stopped the fight, declared Pei Xuan the winner, and returned Chu Zhan to Xuanyang.
• After helping settle the dispute between Yun Yao and Xuanyang, He Zong decided he would announce his seclusion and leave the remaining competitions to others.

After Pei Xuan defeated Chu Zhan, the disciples debated whether he or Qin Chuan would win the final martial match, while Jin Pang rallied wealthy second-generation cultivators to bet on Qin Chuan. Shen Qingyuan also secretly bet a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones on Chuan'er, and the chapter ended with bets shifting toward Qin Chuan just before the match.

• Pei Xuan taunted Qin Chuan after defeating Chu Zhan, and Qin Chuan calmly accepted the challenge.
• Jin Pang encouraged second-generation cultivators to bet on Qin Chuan and revealed that Qin Chuan was the Glazed Glass Immortal Venerable's disciple.
• Gu Hao and other wealthy cultivators placed bets on Qin Chuan, hoping to gain an opportunity to meet him.
• Shen Qingyuan disguised herself and bet a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones on Qin Chuan to win.
• The crowd followed the growing wave of bets on Qin Chuan, and his odds rose to twenty to one as the final match approached.

Jin Pang engineered a betting scheme that could leave Pei Xuan and his allies bankrupt, while Qin Chuan faced Pei Xuan in the martial competition. The duel and Jin Pang’s accusations against Gu Xiran sparked a brawl that spread across the venue.

• Jin Pang told Qin Chuan he had persuaded disciples to bet heavily on Qin Chuan at ten-to-one odds, using Qin Chuan’s identity as the Glazed Glass Immortal Venerable’s disciple to attract them.
• Qin Chuan and Pei Xuan were called to the arena, where Pei Xuan warned Qin Chuan before they began exchanging probing attacks.
• Gu Xiran objected to Qin Chuan’s attack, and Jin Pang accused her of disrespecting Qin Chuan and betraying the sect while Gu Xiwan helped fuel the accusations.
• Pei Xuan became distracted by the commotion, allowing Qin Chuan to stab at him, but then revealed his Late Golden Core Stage cultivation and forced Qin Chuan back in a sword clash.
• Gu Xiwan staged a fall and blamed Gu Xiran, prompting Fang Xiang and Lu Xiu to attack Jiang Lin as Xie An defended Gu Xiran.
• Jin Pang kicked Xie An, while Xuanyang and Yun Yao resumed fighting on the raised platform, plunging the venue into chaos.

Fighting broke out across the Pure Void Sect arena, and Jin Pang used the chaos to get Xie An grievously injured and publicly humiliated. The elders finally stopped the brawl, leaving Xie An the only serious casualty as Yun Yao and the others withdrew.

• Pei Xuan and Qin Chuan fought onstage while Fang Xiang, Lu Xiu, Jiang Lin, Yun Yao, and Xuanyang became embroiled in battles that damaged an arena stage and endangered nearby disciples.
• He Zong and the grand elder separated the fighters, but Jin Pang shoved Foundation Establishment disciples toward Xie An and secretly kicked him, leaving him unable to function as a man.
• Jin Pang exposed Xie An's injury to the crowd, and Wang Sang's dog swallowed the mangled flesh before Wang Sang taunted Xie An, who fainted in fury and shame.
• Yun Yao tried to attack Jin Pang and Wang Sang, but the grand elder and Jin Feng stopped him while He Zong urged everyone to stand down.
• He Zong sent Xie An and the other disciples away with their respective elders, and the fighting ended with Xie An as the only serious victim.

Qin Chuan endured Pei Xuan’s escalating Golden Light Sword attacks while concealing his true condition, and the elders argued over Yun Yao’s interference. After Pei Xuan believed he had won, Qin Chuan emerged from the rubble and announced that he still had a formation to use.

• Jiang Lin warned Pei Xuan that Qin Chuan was setting up a formation, and Yun Yao punished Jiang Lin after the Grand Elder objected to the warning.
• Pei Xuan attacked Qin Chuan with the Golden Light Sword, and their clash split the arena as Qin Chuan was left kneeling.
• Gu Xiwan needled Gu Xiran while Yun Yao and Xuanyang traded insults, then Pei Xuan launched three Golden Light Sword strikes that buried Qin Chuan beneath rubble.
• Yun Yao warned Pei Xuan about danger, prompting the Grand Elder and Jin Pang to condemn his interference, while Pei Xuan defended himself against an unseen attack.
• Qin Chuan emerged bloodied but still standing, revealed that he had been hiding behind his inner armor, and declared, “Formation, rise!”

Qin Chuan used the Five Elements Reversal Grand Array to defeat Pei Xuan, then prevented him from surrendering and stabbed him thirty-three times while the elders argued over whether to intervene. Watching Qin Chuan’s strength and ruthlessness, Gu Hao decided to back him.

• Qin Chuan reflected Pei Xuan’s Golden Light Sword attacks with the Five Elements Reversal Grand Array and rushed in to disarm him, taking his storage ring.
• Qin Chuan stabbed Pei Xuan as he tried to surrender, while Jin Feng, the grand elder, and Xuanyang stopped Yun Yao from intervening.
• Qin Chuan suppressed Pei Xuan’s spiritual energy and stabbed him thirty-three times, leaving him bloodied but alive.
• Gu Hao judged Qin Chuan a powerful and calculating talent, then resolved to support him.

Qin Chuan defeated Pei Xuan in the inner sect martial competition, crippling him after the Heavenly Dao prevented him from striking a more serious blow. Yun Yao tried to stop the result, but Qin Chuan was declared the winner, leaving the sect master’s lineage facing more humiliation.

• Gu Hao decided to offer Qin Chuan the Wealth and Peace Merchant Guild token after Pei Xuan had rejected it.
• Qin Chuan prepared to destroy Pei Xuan’s dantian, but heavenly lightning warned him against harming the supporting male character, and Shen Qingyuan confronted the Heavenly Dao.
• Qin Chuan struck Pei Xuan below the abdomen, while Yun Yao tried to rush onto the arena and was blocked by Xuanyang, the great elder, and Jin Feng.
• Qin Chuan stopped attacking Pei Xuan, kicked him off the arena, and was declared the winner of the competition.
• Xuanyang and the elders mocked Yun Yao over Pei Xuan and Xie An, while Wang Sang’s black dog scored again and drew attention to Jiang Lin.

Qin Chuan won the inner sect martial competition and collected his reward despite Yun Yao's anger over Pei Xuan's defeat. After returning to Supreme Mystery Peak, Qin Chuan agreed to meet privately with Gu Hao after the formation competition.

• Gu Xiran rushed to Pei Xuan, while Gu Xiwan mocked him and he fainted again in anger.
• Qin Chuan demanded his first-place reward, and the grand elder and other elders pressured Yun Yao to hand it over.
• Yun Yao gave Qin Chuan a Spirit Ascension Fruit, a magic treasure, and a token before Qin Chuan left the competition.
• Qin Chuan warned Jin Pang to have his grandfather present when refining the alchemy furnace he might win.
• Gu Hao approached Qin Chuan on Supreme Mystery Peak and arranged to meet him privately after the formation competition.

Qin Chuan recovered from his injuries while Shen Qingyuan secretly watched over him and nearly decided to keep him on Supreme Mystery Peak forever. At the Pure Void Sect’s pill competition, Jin Pang took first place, while Yun Yao left plotting revenge and coveting Shen Qingyuan’s physique.

• Qin Chuan reviewed Gu Hao’s role in the plot, worried about Jin Pang and the pill furnace, then began healing for the array competition.
• Shen Qingyuan watched Qin Chuan sleeping and nearly resolved to keep him on Supreme Mystery Peak, but reminded herself that she was only his master.
• Pure Void Sect disciples spread stories about Pei Xuan and Xie An losing their manhood, while both men hid and Gu Xiran was driven back into seclusion.
• At the pill competition, the Grand Elder and Jin Feng mocked Yun Yao over his injured disciples, and Jin Pang won first place.
• Yun Yao left the competition angry at Jin Pang, Zhang Daoyuan, Jin Feng, and Qin Chuan, and planned to refine Shen Qingyuan for her Glazed Immaculate Physique.
• The Grand Elder awarded Jin Pang the pill furnace, bringing the pill competition to a close.

Qin Chuan learned that Jin Pang’s grandfather had destroyed a possessing remnant soul, granting him a powerful wisp of the Will of the Heavenly Dao, and then headed to the array competition. On the way, Jin Pang told him that a group of disciples had stripped and humiliated Yun Qian, Xie An, and Jiang Lin after Yun Qian refused to pay out their bets.

• Qin Chuan fused the three wisps of the Will of the Heavenly Dao and resumed cultivating.
• Seven days later, Qin Chuan set out for the array competition, accompanied by Shen Qingyuan, and asked Jin Pang about the remnant soul.
• Jin Pang explained that Jin Feng had killed the remnant soul when it tried to possess him, and that nothing else unusual had happened.
• Jin Pang gave Qin Chuan his winnings and recounted how the bettors had stormed Yun Qian’s cave to claim their payouts.
• The group took Yun Qian’s spirit stones and treasures, then stripped Yun Qian, Xie An, and Jiang Lin and strung them up while trapping Gu Xiran.
• Qin Chuan reached the array competition venue and went to register, telling Jin Pang they would talk afterward about the Land of the Fallen Phoenix.

Qin Chuan completed the qualifying test for the formation competition as resentment fractured the protagonist group and the Chu mother and daughter drew everyone’s attention. As the competition began, Chu Ling'er and Jiang Lin took the stage, and the crowd noticed an unexpected figure in the arena.

• Xie An grew resentful of Yun Yao, Yun Qian, and their master-disciple group after losing his chance to reclaim spirit stones, deepening the rift among the protagonists.
• Qin Chuan finished his qualifying test, and Gu Hao warned him that Jiang Lin was a peak fourth-rank formation master who might be able to set up a fifth-rank formation.
• Chu Lanqiu and Chu Ling'er arrived, prompting Wang Sang to openly admire both mother and daughter and Qin Chuan to make an awkward remark about Chu Lanqiu.
• Shen Qingyuan watched Chu Lanqiu with undisguised killing intent before Yun Yao and Zhang Daoyuan’s arrival drew her attention away.
• The formation competition began, Chu Ling'er and Jiang Lin took the stage, and a surprised cry made the crowd look toward an unexpected person in the arena.

Qin Chuan entered the formation competition after winning the martial competition, drawing attention from the sect and provoking Jiang Lin and Chu Ling'er. He advanced through the first round while Jiang Lin planned to target him in the third round, and Qin Chuan deliberately angered Jiang Lin to make him easier to outmaneuver.

• Qin Chuan appeared in the formation competition, prompting the crowd to speculate about his chances and his coming rivalry with Jiang Lin.
• Chu Ling'er vowed to defeat Qin Chuan, while Yun Yao again tried to arrange a match between Jiang Lin and Chu Ling'er, and Chu Lanqiu rejected him.
• The contestants began the first round by breaking a fourth-rank formation, and Qin Chuan waited before following Jiang Lin and Chu Ling'er out.
• Chu Ling'er taunted Qin Chuan for being slow, and he ignored her while thinking about her grim fate in the story.
• Jiang Lin threatened Qin Chuan, who slapped him for disrespecting his elder; Jiang Lin left after warning that he would act in the third round.
• Yun Yao secretly told Jiang Lin to act without restraint, while Qin Chuan smiled because he had provoked Jiang Lin on purpose.

Jiang Lin defeated Chu Ling'er in the formation competition after she exhausted herself trying to break his formation, setting up a final showdown with Qin Chuan. Qin Chuan watched the match and prepared to face Jiang Lin for first place.

• Jin Pang and Wang Sang stirred up gossip about Jiang Lin's appearance and the incident in which he had been stripped, prompting Yun Yao and the grand elder to silence the crowd.
• Chu Ling'er, Jiang Lin, and Qin Chuan passed the second round by setting up two fourth-grade formations, and Chu Lanqiu ordered them to draw lots for the final round.
• Qin Chuan drew the bye, while Chu Ling'er was matched against Jiang Lin; Jin Pang left to borrow a dog, and Gu Hao invited Qin Chuan to his cave abode after the competition.
• Chu Ling'er chose to attack while Jiang Lin defended, and he countered her Wind and Fire Two Instruments Formation with the Five Elements Mutual Generation Formation.
• Chu Ling'er tried seven or eight formations without success, and Chu Lanqiu stopped her and declared Jiang Lin the winner after revealing that he could set up a fifth-grade formation.

Jiang Lin and Qin Chuan began their formation contest, drawing attention to Jiang Lin’s fifth-grade attack formation and Qin Chuan’s unusual defensive formation. Qin Chuan mocked Jiang Lin as “Martial Nephew Bai” over the earlier bare-bottomed incident, setting the crowd laughing as their contest remained unresolved.

• Yun Yao praised Jiang Lin’s formation talent and urged him to exchange insights with Chu Ling'er, but Chu Ling'er rejected the idea and Chu Lanqiu resumed the competition.
• Jiang Lin and Qin Chuan argued over who would attack and defend before each laid out a formation.
• Jiang Lin completed the fifth-grade Five Thunders Crown Formation, while Qin Chuan laid out a formation that onlookers mistook for the fourth-grade Five Elements Mutual Generation Formation.
• Chu Lanqiu noticed that Qin Chuan’s formation differed subtly from the formation others thought he had used.
• Jiang Lin urged Qin Chuan to concede, but Qin Chuan called him “Martial Nephew Bai,” prompting laughter from the disciples and elders over Jiang Lin’s exposed backside.

Qin Chuan used a Mind-Bewitching Formation to turn Jiang Lin’s attacks against himself during the formation competition, while the Heavenly Dao intervened to save Jiang Lin. Chu Lanqiu recognized Qin Chuan’s talent and his true fifth-grade formation, and began considering bringing him to Formation Peak as her son-in-law.

• Qin Chuan provoked Jiang Lin and used a Mind-Bewitching Formation to make him attack himself, while Chu Lanqiu recognized Qin Chuan’s formation talent.
• Yun Yao tried to intervene as Jiang Lin suffered injuries, but the Grand Elder warned that doing so would concede the competition for him.
• Jiang Lin regained control after the Heavenly Dao intervened and redirected his lightning attack toward Qin Chuan.
• Shen Qingyuan flew above the stage with the Tianxuan Sword, ready to stop the Heavenly Dao from interfering again.
• Chu Lanqiu identified Qin Chuan’s formation as the fifth-grade Five Elements Life-Extinguishing Formation and considered bringing him to Formation Peak as her son-in-law.
• Chu Ling'er watched Qin Chuan with growing admiration and resolved to surpass him.

Qin Chuan defeated Jiang Lin with a genuine fifth-grade Five Elements Life-Extinguishing Formation, and Jin Pang’s vicious dog left Jiang Lin gravely injured in a humiliating incident. Yun Yao took Jiang Lin away after the Grand Elder mocked him, leaving Elder Chu to preside over the remaining contest.

• Chu Ling'er asked Chu Lanqiu whether Qin Chuan or Jiang Lin would win, while the Grand Elder quietly praised Qin Chuan and urged Wang Sang to befriend him.
• Jiang Lin unleashed his pseudo-fifth-grade lightning formation, but Qin Chuan shattered it with the Five Elements Life-Extinguishing Formation and sent Jiang Lin flying.
• Jin Pang rushed in with the vicious dog, which bit Jiang Lin with Jin Pang’s secret help and left him known as the Pure Void Sect’s third damned eunuch.
• Elder Meng declared Qin Chuan the winner, and the Grand Elder mocked Yun Yao, who smashed a table before taking Jiang Lin away.
• Yun Yao left the contest and ordered Elder Chu by voice transmission to preside over the remaining matters.

After Qin Chuan won the formation competition, Chu Lanqiu tried to recruit him to Formation Peak and match him with Chu Ling'er, but he firmly refused. Shen Qingyuan was relieved by his answer, then returned to Supreme Mystery Peak troubled by her jealousy and fear of losing him, where she began considering what to do.

• Chu Lanqiu summoned Qin Chuan to the platform and offered him a place at Formation Peak, promising that she and her father would teach him formations and suggesting he exchange insights with Chu Ling'er.
• Qin Chuan repeatedly refused, declaring his loyalty to his master and calling Chu Ling'er his martial niece.
• Chu Ling'er interrupted Chu Lanqiu, who withdrew her offer and left with her daughter; Qin Chuan then departed with Gu Hao.
• Shen Qingyuan, satisfied with Qin Chuan's refusal, returned to Supreme Mystery Peak and struggled with the thought that he might fall for another cultivator.
• After two hours of worrying that Qin Chuan might be intimate with someone else, Shen Qingyuan came up with an idea.