Recaps

Qin Lu led six people and two beasts to destroy the Golden Saber Sect, while Patriarch Huang Mao divined his impending death and prepared to face him. The chapter ended with Qin Lu and Huang Mao ascending into the sky to fight, as Huang Mao chose battle over surrender.

• Patriarch Huang Mao’s tortoise-shell divination shattered before giving an answer, and he accepted it as a sign of certain death.
• Qin Lu’s group arrived at the Golden Saber Sect and shattered its protective formation after a brief assault.
• Huang Mao recognized Qin Lu as a great Qi Condensation cultivator and learned that Qin Lu had come to avenge Qin Zhao.
• Qin Lu offered to spare the sect’s legacy if Huang Mao took his own life and the other Qi Condensation cultivator submitted.
• Huang Mao refused to surrender without testing Dao resonance, and Qin Lu agreed to fight him.
• Qin Lu and Huang Mao clashed above the sect with swords, saber lightning, and living wooden vines.

After Qin Lu seized control of the Golden Saber Sect and helped establish the Four Directions Alliance, the Eastern Mystic Sea Commandery began to stabilize. Qin Zhao then reported that the Extreme Abyss Strait was controlled by the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect and Devil Venerable Heaven, revealing a possible connection to the remnants of the Cangnong Qi Clan.

• Qin Lu kept Patriarch Huang Mao's corpse to refine into a metal-element Five Poison Corpse Puppet.
• At Qin Lu's urging, Jin Yuanzi slaughtered the Golden Saber Sect's resisting elders and disciples to preserve the sect under his control.
• Qin Lu's forces plundered the sect's treasures, enslaved or otherwise subjugated its people, and forced the remaining powers to submit.
• The surviving powers divided the Eastern Mystic Sea Commandery and established the Four Directions Alliance with the Dragon-Gazing Immortal Sect at its core.
• Qin Zhao showed Qin Lu and his brothers a map of the Extreme Abyss Strait and identified the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect and Devil Venerable Heaven as its ruling powers.
• Qin Zhao reported that the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect was likely a disguise created by remnants of the Cangnong Qi Clan.

Qin Lu and the others assessed the strength of the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect and discussed ways to seize its territory and resources. Qin Zhao proposed exploiting divisions within the sect and drawing Devil Venerable Heaven into an attack, but the chapter ended before the plans were carried out.

• Qin Zhao estimated that the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect had twelve openly known Qi Condensation cultivators, seven second-tier sea Demon Beasts, and possibly hidden elders and subordinate forces.
• Qin Lu judged that the sect’s surviving strength was modest compared with other powers and reflected that the force that destroyed the Cangnong Qi Clan may have been a powerful nation or an ancient legacy.
• Qin Zhao explained that the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect included native members as well as remnants of the Qi Clan, which had seized control of it.
• Qin Zhao proposed sowing disorder within the sect before attacking from outside.
• Qin Zhao suggested recruiting Devil Venerable Heaven to attack the sect, with Devil Venerable Heaven taking the territory while they claimed most of its inheritances and resources.

Qin Zhao persuaded Qin Lu that working with Devil Cultivators was no worse than the Qin Clan’s own methods, and the clan agreed to contact Devil Venerable Heaven to plot against East Extreme Heaven. A month later, Qin Lu met Ancestor Blood Cry on a deserted island, where Blood Cry assessed the gathered cultivators and greeted him.

• Qin Zhao argued that Devil Cultivators were no more ruthless than the Qin Clan and said he wanted to surpass Qin Lu.
• Qin Lu approved Qin Zhao’s plan to contact Devil Venerable Heaven and conspire against East Extreme Heaven for a chance at the Qi Clan’s Dao repository.
• A month later, Qin Lu and more than twenty others gathered in two groups on an unnamed deserted island.
• Ancestor Blood Cry arrived with Devil Cultivators from Devil Venerable Heaven and remarked on the powerful, unsettling presence of the cultivators before him.
• Qin Lu bowed to Ancestor Blood Cry and formally greeted him.

Qin Lu negotiated an alliance with Ancestor Blood Cry to destroy the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect, securing the inheritance for himself and ceding most of the territory and spoils to Devil Venerable Heaven. After their Dao oaths bound the agreement, a disguised intruder infiltrated the sect’s formation and triggered its defenses.

• Qin Lu offered Ancestor Blood Cry the East Extreme Heaven territory and most of the spoils in exchange for the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect’s inheritance and several intact corpses.
• When the Devil Cultivators hesitated to trust him, Qin Lu displayed his forces and King Wood Dao Rhyme, overwhelming them with his pressure.
• Ancestor Blood Cry agreed to the alliance, and Qin Lu gave the alias Lu before they settled their plan and swore oaths upon their Daos.
• More than half a month later, a black-and-purple-robed intruder entered the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect’s formation disguised as a fly.
• The intruder set up a grand formation and exposed himself, causing the sect’s defenses to activate and reveal four enormous beast-shaped lights.

A coordinated force launched a surprise assault on the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect, overwhelming its defenses and killing several elders. As the sect’s surviving fighters faced defeat, a white-robed Daoist mounted on a white flood dragon arrived at Qi Condensation Completion and demanded the attackers withdraw.

• The purple-robed cultivator activated a giant turtle-shaped formation that broke the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect’s formation, allowing nearly fifty attackers to storm East Extreme Heaven.
• The sect master ordered the elders and disciples to defend the sect, but the attackers killed an elder while the battle spread across the sky.
• Qiao Mei struck Elder Qing from behind, and Qin Zhuang finished him; Qin Zhuang then fought with the power channeled from the Forest Peak Giant Deer.
• Qin Zhuang, Qin Hui, Qin Wu, and Qin Zhao fought together as the attackers killed Elder Hu and tore apart Elder Xuan and the six sea immortal beasts.
• A white-robed Daoist riding a white flood dragon arrived from the summit of East Extreme Heaven and warned the attackers to withdraw or face further losses.

Yun Daozi and Ancestor Blood Cry clashed with their Daos as Blood Cry’s blood souls and poison forces overwhelmed Yun Daozi’s cloud soldiers. Qin Lu entered the battle with the Tai'e Sword and unleashed a powerful slash across the sea of clouds.

• Ancestor Blood Cry summoned blood beasts and blood souls to attack Yun Daozi and threatened to destroy the Flood Dragon Sea Immortal Sect.
• Yun Daozi unleashed his ultimate technique, shaping clouds into spears, soldiers, and waves of mist to fight the blood souls.
• Poisonous rosy mists mingled with Yun Daozi’s clouds, forming poison generals and soldiers that destroyed his cloud soldiers.
• Qin Lu appeared with the Tai'e Sword and used Extreme Dao: Sword Cry of a Hundred Severances to slash across the sea of clouds.

Yun Daozi fought Ancestor Blood Cry and the poison-wielding young cultivator, unleashing his cloud and frost Dao Rhymes despite the toxins killing him. As Yun Daozi launched his final Ten-Direction Cold Cloud Domain, his opponent answered with the King Wood Dao’s true-self manifestation, leaving their clash unresolved.

• The young cultivator’s sword strike shattered Yun Daozi’s cloud technique and defensive Law Artifact, while a hundred poisons entered his meridians.
• Yun Daozi suspected the young cultivator had seized the Qi Clan’s inheritance, then resolved to fight to protect the clan’s younger generation.
• Yun Daozi and Ancestor Blood Cry exchanged attacks as cloud soldiers, poison forces, and blood beasts clashed across the sky.
• Ancestor Blood Cry used his Dao of Blood and Soul to attack Yun Daozi, but Yun Daozi’s cloud shield absorbed and dispersed the blow.
• Yun Daozi summoned ten Second-Tier Law Artifacts and unleashed the Ten-Direction Cold Cloud Domain, freezing the battlefield with frost and snow.
• The young cultivator manifested a colossal no-self Dharma form and invoked Extreme Dao: Dao's release of the true self · King Wood reaching the heavens.

Yun Daozi died after freeing the white flood dragon, who escaped overseas with members of the Qi Clan. Qin Lu and Ancestor Blood Cry divided the spoils and parted on friendly terms, leaving open the possibility of meeting again.

• Yun Daozi urged the white flood dragon to flee and gave him a final farewell as his restraints broke.
• The white flood dragon escaped into the Eastern Sea with some members of the Qi Clan’s bloodline, while Yun Daozi died from the poison in his body.
• Qin Lu and Ancestor Blood Cry divided the inheritance, treasures, and Spirit Stones according to their agreement.
• Ancestor Blood Cry said he would visit Qin Lu’s clan for a meal if he had not forged his Dao Foundation in twenty years, and Qin Lu welcomed him.

After returning to Eastern Mystic Sea Commandery, Qin Lu prepared to advance toward Dao Foundation by refining his King Wood Dao. A Dao-enlightenment phenomenon appeared around him, marking him as a genuine prospective Dao Foundation expert.

• Qin Lu brought his companions back to Eastern Mystic Sea Commandery to recover and reinforce the Qin Clan’s authority.
• Qin Lu distributed most of the expedition’s spoils to Qin Hui, Qin Wu, and the other weaker clan members.
• Qin Lu focused on wood-attribute treasures and used traces of other wood Daos to develop his King Wood Dao.
• Qin Lu declared his intention to forge his Dao Foundation after reaching the Ninth Layer of Qi Condensation and letting his cultivation settle.
• Qin Lu’s Dao enlightenment caused plants to flourish and a tiny white flower to gain sentience.
• Qin Hui and the other second-generation Qin Clan members sensed the phenomenon and recognized Qin Lu as a prospective Dao Foundation expert.

Qin Lu’s family concealed his breakthrough, then returned to Yingchuan after securing the Qi Clan’s inheritances and leaving a powerful puppet behind in the Eastern Mystic Sea Commandery. Back at Muxuan Mountain, Qin Xiao welcomed them home as Qin Lu assessed the new resources and methods that could strengthen the Qin Clan.

• Qin Hui concealed the breakthrough phenomenon with an array while Qin Wu, Qin Zhao, Qin Zhuang, and their spirit beasts guarded the area.
• After more than a month, Qin Lu left the Eastern Mystic Sea Commandery with the Qin Clan and planted Xu Mu, a Late Qi Condensation corpse puppet, as a deterrent and hidden fallback.
• Qin Lu and the others returned to Muxuan Mountain after nearly half a year away, relieving Qin Xiao, who had kept the clan’s situation stable.
• Qin Xiao celebrated after learning that the Qin Clan had obtained the Qi Clan’s inheritance, including the Third-Tier Azure Wood Profound Penetration Scripture and its three Dao Rhyme methods.
• Qin Lu considered using the Azure Wood Profound Penetration Scripture as a reference for his own inheritance, while the Third-Tier spirit plant and alchemy inheritances addressed gaps in the Qin Clan’s knowledge.

The Qin Clan expanded across three prefectures, strengthened its government and military, and became the dominant northern power. After Mr. Mengyu disappeared, Wang Xu became Cloud Dream Mountain’s new master, while Mr. Mengyu traveled south and east in search of Li Yuan.

• The Qin Clan expanded its territory to 180,000 square kilometers, controlled nine county seats, and helped Wang Jian and Meng Wu establish loyal Immortal Clans.
• Shang Yang joined the Qin Clan and led reforms, while the Han Academy and Combat Commanders Palace became the highest bodies for civil and military administration.
• Qin Xiao appointed six grand scholars and six Yuan Generals as the Twelve Pillars of Beichuan, and Bai Qi became the Qin Clan’s supreme battle general.
• Mr. Mengyu vanished, and Wang Xu achieved Qi Condensation and became the new master of Cloud Dream Mountain, taking the title Ghost Valley Master.
• Mr. Mengyu’s letter said he had gone south and then east to find his old acquaintance Li Yuan.

The chapter described Yingchuan City’s Warm Fragrance Pavilion and its four ranks of female cultivators, from enslaved wind-rank cauldrons to influential moon-rank courtesans. It ended by portraying the Jade Maiden Sect as a puppet of the Qin Clan, whose new Qi Condensation fairies were likely destined to become exclusive cauldrons for the clan’s younger generation.

• Yingchuan City grew around the Jade Maiden Sect’s new home in the Wuzhi Mountains and became known for its pleasure establishments.
• The Warm Fragrance Pavilion divided its female cultivators into wind, flower, snow, and moon ranks, with differing status, choices, and clientele.
• The Qin Clan’s Shadow Guards used connections among the snow-rank women to gather intelligence and serve Qi Condensation members.
• With Qin Clan support, the Jade Maiden Sect produced the Fairy of Wind and Dust and the Fairy of Snow and Moon, joining sect master Qiao Mei as its third Qi Condensation cultivator.
• The chapter described Qiao Mei as the Qin Clan patriarch’s exclusive plaything and suggested the two new fairies would become exclusive cauldrons for the clan’s second-generation descendants.

Two young swordsmen, Jing and Gai, discussed the Beichuan Qin Family and its rule, while Jing revealed his desire to avenge his family and village. They spotted Qin Mingwan, the Qin Clan’s young princess and the target they had been waiting for.

• Jing asked Gai whether the Beichuan Qin Family was good and lamented the hardships of the world.
• Gai said the Qin Clan had brought peace and fairness to Northern Qin, though it had also destroyed innocent minor clans and caused tragedies.
• Jing revealed that his parents, little sister, and more than three hundred villagers had been killed, and vowed to avenge them.
• Gai chose not to dissuade Jing and let him follow his chosen path.
• Jing and Gai spotted Qin Mingwan, whom they had waited for at the Warm Fragrance Pavilion for months.

Jing Ke used the Parasitic Slave Heart Method to enter Qin Mingwan’s body, then secretly guided her rise within the Qin Clan. Years later, the clan suspected something was wrong but found no evidence, leaving Jing Ke’s possession undiscovered.

• Jing Ke entered Qin Mingwan’s body while Gai Nie carried away Jing Ke’s limp physical body.
• Qin Mingwan left with her servant, unaware of the possession, as Gai Nie watched and mourned his friend’s departure.
• Months later, Jing Ke posed as a soul awakened by a mysterious ring and gained Qin Mingwan’s trust during her mission to Yunmeng Marsh.
• Jing Ke manipulated Qin Mingwan into finding repeated opportunities, and she grew convinced she was chosen as her cultivation advanced.
• Over three years, Qin Mingwan rose from the True Martial Second Realm to the fourth, gained guards, and built her own faction.
• Qin Hui and other Qin Clan cultivators investigated Qin Mingwan but found nothing abnormal and attributed her success to Dao fortune.

Qin Xiao and Qin Hui discussed Qin Mingwan’s mysterious rise, the prophecy surrounding her, and the possibility that she might threaten the Qin Clan. The chapter then outlined how the clan expanded its military, crafting, puppet, and spirit-beast resources over three years.

• Qin Xiao asked Qin Hui whether luck existed and raised concerns about Qin Mingwan’s sudden change in temperament and cultivation.
• Qin Hui explained that Mingwan’s fate had been divined as ordinary, but her rise might bring either fortune or disaster to Northern Qin.
• Qin Hui warned that the clan should eliminate Mingwan if her threat could not be contained and told Qin Xiao to act decisively if necessary.
• Qin Mingzheng became a Rank-1 Artifact Refiner after three years of training and gained access to the Gongsun Clan’s crafting knowledge.
• The Qin Clan acquired crafting and puppet inheritances, and Qin Mingzheng refined his first puppet.
• The Qin Clan raised spirit beasts to supply its forces and recruited long-term residents of Ba City to strengthen its ranks.

Qin Lu reached Qi Condensation Ninth Layer Perfection and prepared to break through to the Dao Foundation realm while the Qin Clan gathered resources and guarded Muxuan Mountain. Meanwhile, Jing Ke fully took over Qin Mingwan’s body and planned to attack the clan and seize its foundation.

• The Qin Clan’s Qin Coin system standardized trade and helped it gather resources and Spirit Stones across its territory.
• Qin Lu emerged from years of secluded cultivation at Qi Condensation Ninth Layer Perfection, having fully comprehended King Wood Dao Rhyme, and decided to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Qin Xiao mobilized the clan to gather spiritual items and more than ten thousand Spirit Stones, which were stored in a cavern and channeled into Qin Lu’s secret chamber.
• Jing Ke completely took over Qin Mingwan’s body, devoured her soul, and assessed the Qin Clan’s hidden strength.
• Jing Ke vowed to attack the Qin Clan, seize its foundation, and destroy its legacy.

Jing Ke coerced Ghost Elder into helping him destroy the Qin Clan and other powers, then triggered a message claiming the Qin Clan had seized a foundation and hidden the Flower Willow inheritance. Nearly a hundred Qi Condensation cultivators rushed toward the Qin Clan, leaving it under threat from rival factions.

• Qin Mingwan sought out a secluded place while Qin Zhuang watched her warily.
• Jing Ke’s split soul revealed that his main soul had entered the Qin Clan and demanded Ghost Elder’s help with revenge.
• Ghost Elder refused, but Jing Ke began destroying their Three Ingenuities Soul until Ghost Elder agreed to help and formed a life-and-death pact.
• Jing Ke ordered Ghost Elder to help destroy the Qin Clan, Huang Clan, and Zhang Clan, and vowed to bury Longchuan Prefecture with his parents.
• Jing Ke activated soul seals that broadcast a claim about the Qin Clan’s foundation and Flower Willow inheritance, drawing nearly a hundred Qi Condensation cultivators toward the region.

The Qin Clan mobilized its hidden strength after Qin Xiao ordered Qin Zhuang to kill Qin Mingwan, and Qin Wu destroyed her Chi Beast form. As hostile cultivators gathered around Ba City, the clan revealed its allies, spirit beasts, formations, and troops, preparing for a major battle.

• Qin Xiao ordered Qin Zhuang to kill Qin Mingwan, and Qin Wu used Instant of Splendor to destroy the Chi Beast that emerged from her body.
• Qin Wu and Jinxuan confronted the surrounding enemy cultivators as Qin Wu summoned the metal Sha Qi of Metal Sha Peak.
• Qing Centipede emerged at Second-Tier Upper Grade and led countless poisonous insects from Azure Insect Abyss, while Qin Zhuang and Qin Hui revealed their powerful spirit-beast and wood-demon allies.
• Qin Hui summoned Wang Jian, Meng Wu, Qiao Mei, the Fairy of Wind and Dust, the Fairy of Snow and Moon, Su Wanchang, Gan Ling, and Wang Xu to support the Qin Clan against Pure Yang Ancestor Luo Li and the other attackers.
• The Qin Clan activated its protective formations and poisonous cloud, while more than a thousand Qin Elite Soldiers formed ten Dao soldiers and prepared to fight.

Qin Xiao used the Qin Palace’s power to repel the cultivators besieging Qin lands, and Qin Wu led the counterattack. The chapter ended as Qin Wu unleashed a giant sword formed from ten thousand weapons against a Fifth Layer Qi Condensation cultivator.

• Qin Xiao gathered the rivers’ Qi and the people’s worship through the Qin Palace, then rallied the Qin Clan to defend their lands.
• The Qin Palace’s phantom conjured golden weapons and armored cavalry, scattering the cultivators who had gathered to seize an opportunity.
• Qin Wu pursued the fleeing cultivators with the Golden-Winged Black Bird and killed one who called for help.
• Qin Wu gathered the soldiers’ weapons into a giant sword and prepared to strike down a Fifth Layer Qi Condensation cultivator.

Qin Wu, Qin Zhuang, and their allies fought off the attacking cultivators as the conflict spread throughout Qin territory and rebellion broke out. The battlefield reached a stalemate as Huang Liang appeared with his newly comprehended Raging Sand Dao Rhyme.

• Qin Wu killed a high-level cultivator with the Profound Spirit Golden Sword and challenged the battlefield, while Qin Zhuang arrived to fight beside him.
• Qin Zhuang used Marsh: Great Return to Origin Annihilation to kill a cultivator, and he and Qin Wu swept aside their opponents as the Qing Centipede intervened against a silver-spear wielder.
• The Jade Maiden Sect immortals, Su and Gan, Wang Xu, generals Wang and Meng, Qin Hui, Qin Xiao, and the Dao soldiers fought across the battlefield against the invading forces.
• Wu Guang and Chen Sheng raised a rebellion against the Qin Clan, gathered soldiers, and attacked Qin military checkpoints as unrest spread through Qin territory.
• More cultivators gathered as the fighting reached a stalemate, and Huang Liang appeared amid raging sand with his Raging Sand Dao Rhyme.

Huang Liang arrived to defend the Qin Clan and fought Luo Li, rejecting his offer to join forces against Qin Lu. Their battle left the surrounding land transformed into red-earth dunes.

• Huang Liang blocked Luo Li and the other cultivators, declaring that he would defend his friend Qin Lu as Qin Xiao's phantom was forced back.
• Luo Li warned Huang Liang that Qin Lu's rise would threaten the Huang Clan, then urged him to abandon the Qin Clan and share in its foundation.
• Huang Liang reflected that he had come both out of loyalty and to preserve the Huang Clan, and offered Luo Li the chance to help the Qin Clan instead.
• Luo Li refused and declared that Huang Liang would die alongside his master, and the two began fighting with their Dao Charms.
• Huang Liang's sand dragon and Luo Li's pure yang Dao Charm clashed, scorching and reshaping the battlefield into red-earth dunes.

As the Qin Clan fought its enemies in Ba City, Qin Lu broke through to the Dao Foundation Realm on Muxuan Mountain. At his moment of weakness, Jing Ke absorbed the Three Ingenuities Soul and Ghost Elder, then invaded Qin Lu’s body to enslave him and seize it.

• Qin Xiao’s phantom held back dozens of Qi Condensation cultivators while the battle devastated Ba City.
• Qin Lu endured the souls of the dead and reached beyond the long river of the Great Dao, forging his Dao Foundation and transforming his soul into Divine Sense.
• Qin Lu’s emergence as a Dao Foundation cultivator stopped the battlefield, and the Qin Clan celebrated his breakthrough.
• Jing Ke’s main soul, the Three Ingenuities Soul, and Ghost Elder arrived at Qin Lu’s place of seclusion as his Divine Sense was at its weakest.
• Jing Ke absorbed the Three Ingenuities Soul and Ghost Elder, then entered Qin Lu’s body to use the Parasitic Slave Heart Method and seize control of him.

Jing Ke’s plan to seize Qin Lu’s body failed when Qin Lu’s overwhelming Divine Sense crushed him. Before dying, Jing Ke revealed that he had targeted Qin Lu to avenge his kin, who had died in a poisonous cloud during the siege of the Blue Wave Sect.

• Jing Ke’s scheme relied on splitting his soul, manipulating the Qin Clan, and using Ghost Elder’s soul to strengthen himself before taking Qin Lu’s body.
• Jing Ke’s Divine Sense invaded Qin Lu’s sea of Divine Sense, but Qin Lu’s imperial majesty overwhelmed him.
• Qin Lu asked Jing Ke why he had targeted him, and Jing Ke said Qin Lu had killed his kin by poisoning their village during the siege of the Blue Wave Sect.
• Qin Lu accused Jing Ke of using revenge to disguise his fear of death and desire to seize Qin Lu’s Dao Foundation body.
• Qin Lu crushed Jing Ke’s soul with his Divine Sense, killing him.

After defeating Jing Ke and Gui Su, Qin Lu claimed their remnants and Dao Principle for his own purposes. He emerged at Muxuan Mountain to attack the gathered enemies, while the Pure Yang Ancestor, Luo Li, fled only to be intercepted by a tree demon.

• Jing Ke's shattered Divine Sense fragments expanded Qin Lu's sea of Divine Sense by nearly a third.
• Qin Lu stripped Gui Su of his Nether Soul Dao Principle and trapped his remnant soul inside an illusory cloud gold crystal for a Heart-Refining Pagoda.
• Qin Lu refined the Nether Soul Dao Principle into the Tai'e Sword, strengthening the Third-Tier Law Treasure.
• Qin Lu emerged at Muxuan Mountain, immobilized the gathered enemies, and sent his poisonous-cloud battle generals to attack them.
• The Pure Yang Ancestor, Luo Li, escaped nearly a hundred li, but Qin Lu awakened a nearby tree into a Qi Condensation Peak tree demon that pursued him.