Chapter Summaries

Qin Hui and Qin Wu faced the final bolts of their lightning tribulations as human cultivators fought a desperate battle against the Demon Kings trying to stop them. Lin Xuan and two dragons emerged to confront the demon horde, unleashing a bloodline ability as the battle reached a turning point.

• More than ten Demon Kings gathered to stop Qin Hui and Qin Wu, while seven human cultivators resolved to protect them.
• Dragon King Shuangman confronted True Person Xuanming, who charged into the demon horde with his Thunder-Extinguishing Divine Spear and killed a white ape Demon King.
• The human and demon forces clashed with devastating Dao techniques as Qin Hui and Qin Wu endured the final nine bolts of their Four-Nine Lightning Tribulations.
• True Person Xuanming and Dragon King Shuangman ordered their forces to kill Qin Hui and Qin Wu and stop their breakthroughs.
• Lin Xuan appeared with an azure dragon and an Ink Flood Dragon, opened his third eye, and unleashed True Time-Sealing and Space-Freezing.

Lin Xuan sealed the Demon Kings and cultivators, allowing Qing Centipede and Mo Li to kill eleven Demon Kings while True Person Xuanming killed another. Qin Wu and Qin Hui successfully formed Golden Cores, and the group prepared to leave as True Person Xuanming demanded to know who had helped them and why they had set the trap.

• Lin Xuan exhausted his power sealing the Demon Kings and cultivators, then ordered Qing Centipede and Mo Li to attack.
• Qing Centipede and Mo Li slaughtered the eleven Demon Kings and brought Demon King hearts to Lin Xuan.
• Dragon King Shuangman tried to escape, but True Person Xuanming fought him; Shuangman escaped in a tiny jiao form after the battle left Xuanming badly injured.
• Qin Wu and Qin Hui passed their tribulations with the aid of the Infant Embryo Fruit and formed unusually large Golden Cores.
• Qin Hui and Qin Wu collected ten Demon King corpses and prepared to leave with Lin Xuan and the three dragons.
• True Person Xuanming asked who they were, why they had helped, and why they had set the trap without informing the seven True Persons.

Qin Hui and his companions dismissed the Northern Continent cultivators’ attempt to recruit them, criticizing the great clans for their failures and warning them to search for remaining infiltrators. After Great Qin’s group departed by miniature teleportation array, True Person Xuanming assessed their strength and concluded that investigating the human ranks could lead to an alliance against the demons.

• Qin Hui condemned the Northern Continent’s clans for allowing demon infiltration, the loss of Northern Nether Pass, and the collapse of human defenses.
• Qin Hui refused True Person Xuanming’s attempt to enlist Great Qin, urged the cultivators to look for moles, and warned that they might sell out Great Qin’s names.
• Qin Hui, Qin Wu, Azure Emperor, Qilin Emperor, and Dragon King Hanli gave their names before leaving through a miniature teleportation array, which crumbled afterward.
• True Person Xuanming and the six other cultivators recognized Great Qin as an exceptionally powerful force with at least six Core Formation combatants and possibly more.
• True Person Xuanming suspected Ancestor Qin was a Nascent Soul True Lord and realized Qin Hui’s warning was meant to prompt an investigation that might enable cooperation against the demons.

Madam Qingxu, Yan Huaiqing, and the Ghost Kings arrived to rescue Liu Sansheng from nine Frost Spirit Demon Kings. Qin Lu appeared as emperor of the ghosts, and after the demons refused to bow, he ordered them killed.

• Three Frost Spirit Demon Kings killed a human Golden Core cultivator and pursued Liu Sansheng, whose Three Lives Method let him escape death twice.
• As the nine Demon Kings cornered Liu Sansheng, Yan Huaiqing emerged through a spatial gate and killed one demon with Nether Thunder.
• The remaining eight Demon Kings tried to flee, but a Spatial Dao Law trapped them in place.
• The Seven Emotions Ghost King, Ghost Fire Ghost King, Nether Thunder Ghost King, and Soul Frost Ghost King emerged, followed by Qin Lu in a dragon carriage.
• Qin Lu demanded the demons bow to him, then ordered the Ghost Kings to kill them when they did not.

Qin Lu watched his four Ghost Kings slaughter the Demon Kings, then left Liu Sansheng behind with a Soul Seed taking root in his Divine Sense. He planned to provoke a continent-wide war and use its deaths to create the conditions for his Nascent Soul breakthrough.

• The four Ghost Kings fought the eight Demon Kings, combining their powers to kill them despite the demons’ blizzard and ice attacks.
• The Ghost Fire Ghost King was killed, but he emerged unharmed from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner: Heaven Burial, which sustained the Ghost Kings and amplified their strength.
• The Ghost Kings killed all eight Demon Kings, and Yan Huaiqing opened a spatial gate through which Qin Lu and the Ghost Kings departed.
• Liu Sansheng watched in shock as a Soul Seed secretly merged into his Divine Sense, turning him into Qin Lu’s puppet.
• Qin Lu planned to exploit the Ice and Snow Demon Race’s losses and draw it into further attacks, aiming to kill enough people to prepare a Soul Dao environment for his Nascent Soul breakthrough.

Great Qin’s victories shifted the Northern Continent’s war against the demons and made it a focus of human hopes, but six powerful clan ancestors plotted to weaken it and betray the resistance. Meanwhile, Liu Sansheng secretly prepared vast blood sacrifice arrays across human and demon territories for Qin Lu’s Nascent Soul formation.

• Great Qin’s forces routed the demons, slew more than twenty Demon Kings, and inspired humans across the Northern Continent to join the resistance.
• Six Golden Core clan ancestors gathered and feared Great Qin would threaten their power after the demons were defeated.
• Gongsun Qianshan proposed withdrawing troops, sacrificing rival clans and sects, leaking battle intelligence to the demons, and profiting from shortages.
• Baili Hong, Ouyang Jie, and the other ancestors agreed that they looked down on ordinary cultivators and intended to destroy Great Qin eventually.
• Liu Sansheng inscribed blood sacrifice arrays at the Baili Clan’s ancestral grounds, while puppets planted across the six clans’ territories and battlefields prepared more arrays for Qin Lu’s Nascent Soul formation.

The Penguin Emperor and other Demon Emperors learned that Great Qin had devastated the demon forces, while True Lord Poyuan kept them from intervening. Qian Guming and the three Demon Emperors unleashed their full powers in the Nine Heavens, and their battle coincided with an even bloodier war across the Northern Continent.

• The Penguin Emperor raged over Great Qin killing more than twenty Demon Kings and heard a Qi Mystic Bird Demon King propose using human Golden Core cultivators as bait.
• The Penguin Emperor, Bear King, and Frost Ancestor withdrew from the immediate discussion as True Lord Poyuan kept the three Demon Emperors tied down.
• Qian Guming attacked the three demons with his Great Dao of the Spear, and they countered with the Great Dao of Ice and Snow.
• Bear King, Frost Ancestor, and the Penguin Emperor revealed their true forms and summoned the Great Daos of Wild Thunder, Ice and Snow, and Storms.
• Qian Guming invoked the Great Dao of Poyuan alongside the Great Dao of the Spear and fought all three Demon Emperors.
• As the mighty figures battled in the Nine Heavens, humans and demons resumed their fighting, and slaughter spread across the Northern Continent.

The Northern Continent descended into a brutal war between humans and Demon Beasts, as armies and cultivators fought to defend humanity. Great Qin forces massacred the Frost Spirit Demons, and Qin Lu destroyed the Frost Spirit Demon King with one palm, leaving behind King-Extinguishing Lake.

• Human soldiers and cultivators made desperate last stands against endless Demon Beasts across the Northern Continent, but cities fell and countless people died.
• Great Qin’s concealed legions launched an attack from Basikadun and exterminated the Frost Spirit Demons there, sparing none.
• Qin Lu waited for the Frost Spirit Demon King and killed him with a single strike of the Dao-Transforming Immortal-Extinguishing Hand.
• Qin Lu assessed the technique’s strength and concluded that it could serve as a trump-card attack, though he could use it only once in a real fight.

Qin Lu led Great Qin’s full force into a devastating campaign, destroying the former territory of the Great Zhou State and killing the Frost Demon King and the Frost Demons’ second elder. As Great Qin’s poison-filled Dao soldier formation advanced, the Ice and Snow Demon Kings hesitated and considered retreating, unable to face Qin Lu or the army.

• Qin Lu assembled Great Qin’s fourteen Core Formation powerhouses and ordered the army to kill without restraint as Great Qin entered the war.
• Great Qin’s cultivators and warriors formed a thousand-strong Great Wall of Dao soldiers that swept across the land, spreading poison and annihilating everything in its path.
• Within three days, Great Qin had trampled the former territory of the Great Zhou State; Lin Xuan killed the Frost Demons’ second elder, and Qin Lu devoured his soul.
• The Ice and Snow Demon Race attacked, while the Qi Mystic Bird Race’s plan to lure Great Qin’s cultivators into an ambush failed and left its forces isolated.
• The Demon Kings facing the advancing Dao soldiers feared the poison and Qin Lu’s overwhelming power, and some proposed retreating until they could gather more forces.

Great Qin's cultivators fought the Demon Kings as more demons arrived, with Lin Xuan, Qin Hui, Qin Wu, Bai He, and Guo Shun holding their ground and killing several enemies. The battle continued with more than ten Demon Kings engaged, while the four Ghost Kings guarding Qin Lu still had not joined the fight.

• Qing Centipede and Mo Li attacked the Demon Kings, fighting a giant bear and a bird demon across the battlefield and into the heavens.
• Lin Xuan faced four Demon Kings alone, sealed one with his third eye, and killed him with a claw.
• As more Demon Kings arrived, Qin Hui and Qin Wu joined forces, using Bi's power, the Dragon Staff, and Black Dragon Army battle formations to repel their enemies.
• Bai He and Guo Shun worked together to kill the Frost Demon Agukesi, prompting the other demons to demand reinforcements.
• Several Demon Kings fell in the ongoing battle, while the four Ghost Kings guarding Qin Lu remained out of the fight.

The Frost Spirit Demon Ancestor burned his life to hold off Qian Guming while the Penguin Emperor went to kill Qin Lu and the Bear King attacked Ten Thousand Soldiers Immortal City. Across the Northern Continent, blood-sacrifice formations slaughtered countless humans and demons to empower Qin Lu as he faced the Nascent Soul tribulation, and the Penguin Emperor reached him in rage.

• The Frost Spirit Demon Ancestor refined his lifebound weapon and burned his lifespan to fight Qian Guming, while the Penguin Emperor and Bear King split up to attack Qin Lu and the human cultivators.
• The Bear King reached Ten Thousand Soldiers Immortal City, where thunder and blizzards destroyed the city and killed countless people across the southern Northern Continent.
• Puppets across the Northern Continent activated blood-sacrifice formations, killing humans and demons and sending their Spiritual Power and soul Qi to Qin Lu.
• Qin Lu absorbed the sacrifices to prepare for the Nascent Soul tribulation, while the Penguin Emperor realized his own Qi Mystic Bird Race had also been sacrificed.
• The Penguin Emperor reached Qin Lu and attacked him, vowing to kill the threat to the Demon Race.

Gu Xuanzhen arrived in time to save Qin Lu, then defeated the Penguin Emperor and forced him to retreat. He let the Penguin Emperor escape to preserve the Qi Mystic Bird Race, while preparing to face the approaching Bear King.

• A giant wind claw descended toward Qin Lu, but Gu Xuanzhen arrived and cut it apart, severing one of the Penguin Emperor’s arms.
• The Penguin Emperor fled, but Gu Xuanzhen pursued him with sword strikes that shattered the ice and severed one of his wings.
• The Penguin Emperor regenerated his wound at the cost of Dao laws, then fell silent when Gu Xuanzhen challenged him to continue fighting.
• The Penguin Emperor concluded that the Ice and Snow Demon Race’s plans had failed and chose to retreat rather than risk his race in a losing battle.
• Gu Xuanzhen let the Penguin Emperor escape toward the Northern Nether Sea and turned his attention to the approaching Bear King.

Qin Lu began his Nascent Soul formation and faced the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, using his Ghost Kings, Law Treasures, and vast reserves of soul Qi and Blood Qi to withstand each round. After breaking the final lightning bolts, he completed his physical transformation and gained an imperishable body sustained by Dao Principles.

• Qin Lu absorbed soul Qi and Blood Qi until his body neared saturation, and his three Law Treasures rose to Fourth-Tier High-Grade while the four Ghost Kings were refined.
• Qin Lu ascended into the gathered tribulation clouds as a Ghost Emperor image, a thousand-zhang soul tree, and a seven-colored halo appeared around him.
• Qin Lu endured the first four rounds of the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, destroying three-colored lightning with Divine Sense and resisting four-colored bolts with his body.
• Huang Liang and Patriarch Lu Ming absorbed the spilled soul Qi and Blood Qi, advancing to Dao Foundation Ninth Layer Perfection.
• Qin Lu used the Ghost King Seal to suppress the fifth round's five-colored lightning and refine a wisp of it, then wielded the Nether Sha Sword to break the final six-colored bolts.
• Qin Lu completed his Dao transformation, gaining a physical body that could be repaired by Dao Principles unless the Great Dao completely wore it away.

Qin Lu passed the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation and began forging his Nascent Soul, forming three Innate Dao Marks before entering the Heart Demon Tribulation. He relived his past choices without regret, reaffirming that he would sacrifice anything, even tens of billions of lives, to pursue power and fulfillment.

• Qin Lu transformed his body through the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation and formed three Dao Marks tied to Nether Soul, Soul Wood, and Soul Poison.
• Qin Lu summoned part of the Soul Dao’s great river and began forging his Nascent Soul, triggering the Heart Demon Tribulation.
• Qin Lu relived killing Qi Bailing and his three mortal wives, but his Dao heart remained calm and unchanged.
• Qin Lu recalled accepting the Heart of a Wood Demon from Meng Ao and concluded that he would make the same choices again.
• Qin Lu faced the memory of sacrificing the Northern Continent’s people and insisted that he would use any means necessary to claim the life and power he wanted.

Qin Lu accepted the malice within himself and formed his Nascent Soul, then began shattering his Golden Core during the dangerous Human Tribulation. As his allies guarded him, Gu Xuanzhen battled the Bear King, who vowed to stop the humans from producing another Nascent Soul even at the cost of his life.

• Qin Lu accepted all of himself, and his Nascent Soul appeared before him.
• Qin Lu spat out his Golden Core and began fusing it into his Nascent Soul, leaving himself vulnerable during the Human Tribulation.
• Qin Hui, Qin Wu, Qing Centipede, and the other allies formed layers of defenses around Qin Lu.
• Gu Xuanzhen met the Bear King and pierced him with a colossal sword, pinning him to the earth.
• The Bear King healed and charged onward, declaring that he would stop the humans from producing another Nascent Soul even if he died.

More than fifty Demon Kings and countless humans converged as Great Qin’s founding ancestor formed his Nascent Soul, and the human defenders faced overwhelming odds. Lin Xuan killed Dragon King Shuangman and won the allegiance of many dragon beasts, but nearly ten Golden Core cultivators then rushed to attack the ancestor.

• Demon Kings gathered from across the continent to stop Great Qin’s founding ancestor, while human cultivators rushed to defend him.
• The demons overwhelmed the defenders, killing Fire Dao True Person and freezing Earth Dao True Person and many other cultivators.
• Lin Xuan arrived, challenged Dragon King Shuangman, and killed him with his True Time-Sealing and Space-Freezing divine ability.
• The dragon beasts bowed to Lin Xuan, and he ordered them to protect his master’s Dao and follow Great Qin, turning many against the Frost Jiao Race.
• Nearly ten black-robed Golden Core cultivators charged toward the heavens to kill the ancestor.

Qin Lu merged with his Nascent Soul and reached the Nascent Soul realm, unleashing the Great Dao of Nether Soul against his enemies. He then traveled to the eastern coast to join Gu Xuanzhen against Bear King, whose battle with Qin Lu remained unresolved.

• Qin Wu and Qin Hui were badly wounded when Golden Core Late Stage cultivators broke through the defenders, and Qing Centipede shielded Qin Lu’s blood-colored sphere until Lin Xuan and the others arrived.
• Haiyue used her life force to stabilize Qin Wu and Qin Hui while Lin Xuan stopped the remaining attackers from reaching Qin Lu.
• Qin Lu opened his eyes, merged with his Nascent Soul, and reached the Nascent Soul realm as the Great Dao of Nether Soul manifested across heaven and earth.
• Qin Lu annihilated hostile cultivators with the Nether Soul Dao, then crossed the void to the eastern coast of the Northern Continent.
• Qin Lu and Gu Xuanzhen attacked Bear King with Ghost King Seal: Earth Burial, Emperor Nether’s Ten Thousand Territories, and Nether Sha Sword: God Devouring, while Bear King resisted with his thunder domain.

Qin Lu and Gu Xuanzhen killed Bear King after sealing him off from the Great Daos, then divided his Nascent Soul and remains. As they headed to purge the Northern Continent, a six-eyed whale emperor decided to move its people north and seek an alliance with the Penguin Emperor.

• Qin Lu used Territory Sealing to cut Bear King off from the Great Daos, weakening him while the ability drained Qin Lu.
• Gu Xuanzhen used a Dao-forged sword to sever Bear King's arms and head, and Qin Lu's Dao-Transforming Immortal-Extinguishing Hand reduced his body to dust.
• Bear King's Nascent Soul fled, but Gu Xuanzhen tracked it with Life Pursuit and struck it until it was nearly destroyed.
• Qin Lu proposed that he take Bear King's soul while Gu Xuanzhen kept the remains, then split the Nascent Soul's Dao Principles from its divine soul and consumed the latter.
• Qin Lu and Gu Xuanzhen set off to reorganize and purge the Northern Continent, while the six-eyed giant whale ordered its kin to migrate north and seek an alliance with the Penguin Emperor.

The Whale Emperor chose to lead the Sea Race in a great migration to the Northern Nether Sea, while the Frost Ancestor died after dispersing his Nascent Soul. Qin Lu, Gu Xuanzhen, and Qian Guming agreed to Great Qin’s control of the Northern Continent and a shared division of its resources.

• The Whale Emperor mourned the Frost Ancestor and decided to move the Sea Race to the Northern Nether Sea to preserve his people.
• The Frost Ancestor died among the mountains after using Liberation by Violence to disperse his Nascent Soul and return his accumulated power to the Great Dao of Ice and Snow.
• Qian Guming met Qin Lu and Gu Xuanzhen, praised Qin Lu’s Innate Spirit Physique, and discussed Great Qin’s new standing as an ancient kingdom.
• Qin Lu, Gu Xuanzhen, and Qian Guming agreed that the Northern Continent would belong to Great Qin, which would share its resource profits with the Longlife Ancient Kingdom.

After the Ice and Snow Demon Race collapsed, the Qin Clan absorbed the surviving frost wyrms and expanded its control over the Northern Continent under Qin Lu, now publicly revered as True Lord Diyou. The chapter leaves Great Qin consolidating its rule while the continent’s climate and Dao principles begin to change.

• The Ice and Snow Demon Race broke apart after two Demon Emperors died, while surviving demons fled, were hunted, or were enslaved.
• The Qin Clan absorbed the surviving frost wyrms into its Dragon-Nurturing Sea, and the weakening ice-related Great Daos began melting the northern plateau and easing its blizzards.
• Gu Xuanzhen possessed a refined body, while Qian Guming recuperated and awaited the reconstruction of the continental teleportation array.
• Great Qin established eight subsidiary immortal cities and founded the Northern Nether Capital as its new center on the continent.
• Qin Lu was proclaimed True Lord Diyou, and Great Qin destroyed the former five great Aristocratic Clans and seized their territory and secret realms.