Chapter Summaries

Qin Xiao prepared the North Mountain to move toward the Northern Nether Capital as the Central Lands’ war spread and rival powers revealed their plans. The Southern Demon Alliance expanded its control, the White Dragon Emperor prepared to draw Great Qin into a northern conflict, and Heavenly Fate True Lord continued undermining Great Qin from within.

• Qin Xiao received readiness reports and ordered the North Mountain to hide off the Northern Continent, then open a spatial passage to the Northern Nether Capital once war began.
• The Southern Demon Alliance seized the Southern Marsh and enslaved its human kingdoms, while True Lord Huangyang allied with it, took the name Demon Emperor Huangyang, and reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• The Qin Clan saw Huang Yang’s transformation as a warning that a secret method might control half-demons.
• The White Dragon Emperor ordered the White Dragon Race to unleash a cold wave and prepare to fight the Qin Clan, while the Fortune Heaven Sect aimed to keep Great Qin from intervening in the Central Lands.
• Heavenly Fate True Lord, living in Zhao Gao’s place, formed cliques, expanded his hidden influence, and continued disrupting Great Qin’s institutions.

Great Qin withdrew its forces abroad and imposed martial law as the Qin Clan tightened its control over the Northern Continent. Lord Shuangping threatened Heavenly Fate True Lord, whom the Qin Clan intended to use to claim the Heavenly Fate Dao Law and pursue its ambitions against Shenji Meng Yu.

• Great Qin recalled its Golden Core cultivators from abroad, imposed martial law, and stripped Zhao Gao of his posts before placing him under house arrest.
• Zhao Gao accused Lord Shuangping of breaking the agreement between the Venerable and Emperor Nether, while Heavenly Fate True Lord watched.
• Lord Shuangping froze the Zhao Residence, killed its inhabitants, and held the Frost Extreme Great Spear to Heavenly Fate True Lord's throat as he warned him not to challenge the Qin Clan.
• Heavenly Fate True Lord realized he had become the Qin Clan's hostage and would be sacrificed if the Qin Clan and Fortune Heaven Sect went to war.
• The Qin Clan planned to use Heavenly Fate True Lord to help Qin Xuanzi seize the Heavenly Fate Dao Law and claim the Fortune Dao, while Qin Lu aimed to secure both the Nine Heavens and the Frost Cloud Realm.

The Myriad Spirits Holy Land entered the decisive battle in the Central Lands, where four factions gathered their Nascent Soul forces for a confrontation. As the final contest began, the northern battlefield also erupted with the arrival of the ice-and-snow forces.

• Jinxuan Kui led seven Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Myriad Spirits Holy Land into the Central Lands, followed by its warships, beasts, and Core Formation Cultivators.
• True Lord Tianfeng arrived with the Four Kingdoms Alliance, and his clash with Jinxuan Kui was stopped when the Turtle Emperor sealed the damaged space.
• Ye Wuxu led the Three Truths Ancient Kingdom Alliance into the battle, and its guardian spirit beast Xuanqi revealed that the alliance had six Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Twenty-seven Nascent Soul Cultivators from the four factions gathered, setting the stage for a final, all-out battle.
• On the northern battlefield, the ice-and-snow forces swept into the Northern Continent, beginning the battle at the Ten Thousand Li Great Wall.

Great Qin prepared Imperial Pass and its forces for the Demon Race’s invasion from the Northern Nether Sea. The chapter detailed Great Qin’s military strength and left its armies ready to defend the northern frontier.

• The Demon Race landed on the northern snowy plain and gathered the Ice and Snow Demon Race’s remnants before marching south toward the Ten Thousand Li Great Wall.
• Qin Hui, Qin Wu, the Qin Clan’s core members, and Great Qin’s generals assembled at Imperial Pass to direct the war.
• Great Qin stationed its First Legion, a 200,000-strong puppet army, and cultivators from the Immortal Clan at the Great Wall.
• The Second Legion prepared to reinforce the northern frontier, while the Third Legion remained in the south to guard against the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Great Qin’s leaders assessed its reserves, allied forces, overseas territories, insect armies, and Qin Lu’s spirit armies as additional resources for the war.

Great Qin and the Demon Race prepared for war as their Nascent Soul fighters faced off in a tense stalemate. Qin Lu’s hidden presence deterred the White Dragon Emperor, while the White Dragon Emperor realized the conflict might doom his clan.

• The Qin generals trusted the Ten Thousand Li Great Wall and their defenses to hold off the Demon Race’s vast army.
• Lin Xuan and Yueji confronted the Demon Race’s Nascent Soul fighters, while Qin Lu’s distant presence kept the White Dragon Emperor from acting.
• Qin Lu, True Lord Tianfeng, Extreme Dharma True Lord, and others waited for the Fortune Heaven Sect to intervene so they could turn against it.
• The conflict between Great Qin and the Demon Race erupted, leaving the Nascent Soul combatants at a stalemate as their lower forces fought.
• The White Dragon Emperor regretted trusting the Fortune Heaven Sect and feared that his White Dragon Clan would be destroyed.

The White Dragon Emperor decided to abandon the Fortune Heaven Sect and seek peace with Qin Lu to protect his clan. Qin Lu accepted the talks and learned that the Nine Dragons Sea had also urged the White Dragon Clan to side with the Fortune Heaven Sect, suggesting a much larger conspiracy.

• The White Dragon Emperor concluded that the Fortune Heaven Sect could not guarantee his survival and resolved to negotiate with the Qin Clan.
• The White Dragon Emperor sealed off the area and called out to Qin Lu, proposing that they lay down their arms.
• Qin Lu appeared as a fragment of his soul and revealed his Nascent Soul Late Stage presence to show he could negotiate as an equal.
• The White Dragon Emperor admitted that he wanted only to protect his clan and asked Qin Lu to make peace.
• Qin Lu learned that the Nine Dragons Sea had urged the White Dragon Emperor to side with the Fortune Heaven Sect and realized the sect might be assembling a huge force.

Qin Lu persuaded the White Dragon Emperor to secretly ally with Great Qin rather than submit to the Fortune Heaven Sect. They agreed to intensify the northern war and sacrifice other clans to make their alliance appear genuine while they waited for the Fortune Heaven Sect to act.

• Qin Lu warned the White Dragon Emperor that the spreading war left neither Great Qin nor the White Dragon Clan a way to withdraw safely.
• The White Dragon Emperor chose Great Qin over the Fortune Heaven Sect to protect his clan from destruction.
• Qin Lu proposed that the Qin and demon armies intensify their fighting and send the Qi Mystic Bird Race and Giant Whale Clan into battle as sacrifices.
• The White Dragon Emperor and Qin Lu swore a short-term Dao Oath and secretly joined forces.
• Great Qin sent legions into bloody head-on battles to convince the Fortune Heaven Sect that the northern war was real.

The Qin Clan fought the Demon Race across the northern battlefield, where Qin Qiling and Qin Daoran distinguished themselves while enemy agents recorded the clan’s rising talents. Qin Lu discovered the agents’ plan and ordered the White Dragon Emperor to escalate the battle, hoping the Fortune Heaven Sect would take the bait when the Central Lands entered the conflict.

• Qin Qiling led his squad in killing a Second-Tier Upper Grade Mystic Crystal Giant Python and continued searching the battlefield for prey and battle merits.
• Qin Daoran killed a Core Formation Demon King, consumed its Demon Core, and drove three more Demon Kings to flee with his Pure Yang Heavenly Fire.
• Fortune Heaven Sect agents gathered intelligence on Qin Daoran, Qin Yingjie, Qin Mingyue, Qin Qiling, and other Qin Clan talents, marking Qin Qiling as an especially high threat.
• A figure resembling Qin Lu secretly planted Soul Seeds in the agents’ shadows and learned that they intended to target the Qin Clan’s chosen talents.
• Qin Lu told his subordinate to inform the White Dragon Emperor to let the Nascent Souls clash and escalate the war, aiming to draw the Fortune Heaven Sect into the conflict.

Lin Xuan and the Whale Emperor fought a brutal battle in the Nine Heavens, while their spilled blood and flesh empowered combatants below. Yueji also clashed with the Penguin Emperor as the larger battles continued.

• Lin Xuan revealed his enormous true form and fought the Whale Emperor, whose three Dao Laws let him contend with Lin Xuan’s superior bloodline.
• Their attacks scattered divine blood and flesh across the battlefield, empowering Demon Beasts and Great Qin cultivators; Qin Qiling obtained a large piece of the Whale Emperor’s flesh.
• The Whale Emperor regenerated his half-destroyed head by consuming stored Dao Laws and broke through Lin Xuan’s Time-Sealing field when it weakened.
• Lin Xuan and the Whale Emperor resumed their savage struggle and fought to a standstill as the Great Dao Long River bolstered them both.
• Yueji fought the Penguin Emperor beneath the Nether Moon, pitting her decaying moonlight against his wind and snow.

Yueji and Lin Xuan nearly killed the Penguin Emperor and Whale Emperor with the Crescent Moon Blade and Lin Xuan’s space ability, forcing both to flee. The White Dragon Emperor intervened, but Qin Lu challenged him and took the battle to Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Yueji used the Nether Moon Dao and Crescent Moon Blade to cut the Penguin Emperor apart and then attacked the Whale Emperor.
• Yueji struck both emperors while Lin Xuan froze them and used Severing Space: Devouring to tear a hole through the Whale Emperor and critically wound the Penguin Emperor.
• The Penguin Emperor escaped as a Nascent Soul, and the wounded Whale Emperor fled through the void.
• The White Dragon Emperor attacked Yueji and Lin Xuan, but Qin Lu’s ghostly apparition shattered his claw and Qin Lu challenged him to fight in Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Qin Lu and the White Dragon Emperor went to Heaven Beyond Heaven, where they sat drinking tea while their phantoms clashed.

Qin Lu reassured the White Dragon Emperor that hidden powers could help resist the Fortune Heaven Sect, while securing the Whale Emperor and Penguin Emperor as offerings. As the Northern Continent’s battle stalled, the Fortune Heaven Sect Master grew frustrated and wondered why Shenji had not acted.

• Qin Lu told the White Dragon Emperor that the Fortune Heaven Sect would take the bait and reminded him that the Whale Emperor and Penguin Emperor were promised as offerings.
• Qin Lu pointed to possible hidden forces, including Extreme Dharma True Lord, Ye Wuxu, Venerable Daoqing’s legacy, and an unknown cultivator of the Great Dao of Ice and Snow.
• The White Dragon Emperor reflected on surviving the previous era and said his clan would retreat into seclusion after the crisis passed.
• The Fortune Heaven Sect Master learned that Qin Clan prodigies were gathering fortune from their own developing world, which the sect could not steal but could try to hinder by killing them.
• The Fortune Heaven Sect Master saw that the Northern Continent battle had reached a stalemate after a week, with the White Dragon Emperor tied up by Qin Lu and the other demon emperors defeated or gravely injured.
• The Fortune Heaven Sect Master cursed the White Dragon Emperor, questioned the Central Lands’ halfhearted fighting, and demanded to know what Shenji was waiting for.

Bai Yun appeared at the far north and began the Eight-Nine Heavenly Lightning Tribulation to reach Spirit Transformation, upending the factions’ plans. Qin Lu responded by killing the Penguin Emperor, the Whale Emperor, and the Heavenly Fate True Lord and devouring their Nascent Souls, leaving him driven to seek more souls.

• Meng Yu abandoned his original plan and decided to stir up conflict in the Central Lands and give others the chance to advance to Spirit Transformation.
• Bai Yun appeared over the Northern Nether Sea beneath vast tribulation clouds and began the Eight-Nine Heavenly Lightning Tribulation.
• Qin Lu sensed Bai Yun’s tribulation, forcibly stripped the Penguin Emperor’s and Whale Emperor’s Nascent Souls from their bodies, and devoured them.
• Qin Lu absorbed the treasures from the Mieyang Immortal Palace and returned to the Northern Nether Capital through a portal.
• Qin Lu killed the Heavenly Fate True Lord and devoured his Nascent Soul, then demanded more souls as a ghostly apparition fused with him.

Qin Lu and the other powerful Nascent Soul cultivators began rushing to undergo Spirit Transformation Tribulations, while Qin Lu and Meng Yu used mass sacrifices to force their breakthroughs. The chapter ended with six people facing tribulations at once, each competing to become the first Spirit Transformation Venerable and gain control over the others’ fate.

• The Qin Clan’s Nascent Soul cultivators and the North Mountain harvested souls and sent them to Qin Lu, whose cultivation was forced up to Nascent Soul Late Stage Perfection.
• Qin Lu summoned the Eight-Nine Heavenly Lightning Tribulation, and Extreme Dharma True Lord, Ye Wuxu, True Lord Tianfeng, Old Freak Feng, and Jinxuan Kui began their own tribulations.
• The Southern Demon Alliance withdrew after realizing it could neither break through nor safely interfere with the others.
• Meng Yu activated a contingency hidden in the Fortune Heaven Sect’s cultivation inheritance, draining the sect’s leaders and reclaiming their cultivation and Dao Laws.
• Meng Yu reached Nascent Soul Late Stage Perfection and began his tribulation, bringing the number of people undergoing Spirit Transformation Tribulations to six.

In the year 241 of the Great Qin calendar, six cultivators began tribulations to break through to Spirit Transformation, triggering a world-shaking clash among the Great Daos. As rival factions moved to stop the ascensions, an ancient demon host attacked Great Qin’s southern defenses, where Qin Zheng and other cultivators rallied to resist it.

• Meng Yu ordered the True Extremity Dragon Emperor to lead the demons of the Nine Dragons Sea against True Lord Tianfeng, Jinxuan Kui, and the Extreme Dharma True Lord as they underwent tribulations.
• Jin Yao received his master’s order to join the White Dragon Emperor in destroying Great Qin and interrupting Qin Lu’s ascension, then awakened ancient Demon Emperors in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Jin Yao led hundreds of millions of demons north, launching a national-destruction assault on Great Qin’s southern defensive line.
• Nascent Soul cultivators gathering souls for Qin Lu withdrew from the north and teleported south to reinforce the defense.
• Qin Zheng, Yueji, Lord Shuangping, Lin Xuan, and Fusheng faced the invading demon host, while Qin Zheng activated the Profound Yin Puppet with thirty mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• The defenders faced at least five Nascent Soul Demon Emperors, and the North Mountain could not reach the southern front for dozens of hours or several days.

The human alliances and demon factions began a war across the Central Lands and northern battlefield over Spirit Transformation and survival. On the northern battlefield, Jin Yao grievously wounded the White Dragon Emperor with his Metal Dao, leaving her with severe Dao injuries.

• The Southern Demon Alliance joined the Nine Dragons Sea’s attack on the Central Lands, while the Four Kingdoms Alliance, Three Truths Ancient Kingdom Alliance, and Myriad Spirits Holy Land united against them.
• Sixteen Demon Emperors faced twenty Nascent Soul True Lords in the Central Lands as more than fifty Nascent Soul existences fought across both battlefields.
• The White Dragon Emperor caught Jin Yao off guard and smashed his head, then fought him with the Tyrant Dragon Saber as he attacked with the Metal Dao.
• The White Dragon Emperor trapped Jin Yao in an eternal iceberg and shattered it with an Ice Explosion Divine Ability, but his Golden-Horned Beast body rapidly healed.
• Jin Yao summoned golden Dao Law stars that pierced the White Dragon Emperor’s body, destroying nearly seventy percent of it and inflicting Dao injuries.

The White Dragon Emperor unleashed his dormant strength against Jin Yao while Bai Yun passed his tribulation and began transforming toward Spirit Transformation. As the northern battle continued, Qin Zheng stepped forward to face the Four-Winged Demon Emperor in a fierce duel.

• The White Dragon Emperor summoned the ultimate frost, pierced Jin Yao with a dragon claw, and drove him into the earth, but Jin Yao weathered the assault with only a slight injury.
• Bai Yun passed the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation first among the six cultivators, and his body began transforming into one made of Dao Laws as he started merging with the Great Dao.
• Jin Yao waited for the White Dragon Emperor's outburst to fade, intending to complete the task his master had entrusted to him.
• The Delusion Beast Emperor, Four Wings, Wind Breath, and Mountain Piercer fought the Qin Clan's Nascent Souls in their half-human, half-beast forms, while Four Wings drove Fusheng, Yueji, and Lord Shuangping back.
• Qin Zheng confronted Four Wings with the power of four Daos, and the two Demon Emperor and human cultivator faced off with the fighting spirit of a dragon and tiger.

Qin Zheng unleashed Four Seas Pacify Heaven, fused his purple imperial fortune with Jintong, and drove the Four-Winged Demon Emperor toward destruction. As the Qin Clan fought the other three Demon Emperors, the Delusion Beast Emperor held back and waited to see how the battle would end.

• Qin Zheng used Four Seas Pacify Heaven and merged his purple qi and imperial fortune with Jintong, who broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Qin Zheng and Jintong overwhelmed the Four-Winged Demon Emperor, whose body and existence began to be erased by the Great Dao.
• The Delusion Beast Emperor recognized Qin Zheng's extraordinary fortune, while the Wind-Rest Demon Emperor asked whether they should rescue Four Wings.
• The Delusion Beast Emperor mocked the Wind-Rest Demon Emperor and suggested sacrificing him to help achieve a breakthrough.
• The Qin Clan's Nascent Soul cultivators attacked the remaining Demon Emperors: Lin Xuan faced the Mountain-Piercing Demon Emperor, Fusheng fought the Wind-Rest Demon Emperor, and Yueji, Lord Shuangping, and the Profound Yin Puppet struggled against the Delusion Beast Emperor.
• The Delusion Beast Emperor fought without using his full strength and waited for the outcome, showing little concern for Four Wings's fate.

Qin Zheng and his allies fought the Delusion Beast Emperor after the Four-Winged Demon Emperor died, while Qin Lu completed the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation and began integrating with the Dao to reach Spirit Transformation. The chapter left Qin Lu poised to become a Spirit Transformation venerable as the Soul Dao erupted after the Demon Emperor's death.

• Qin Zheng wore down the Four-Winged Demon Emperor, who refused to yield and died with his body and Nascent Soul destroyed.
• The Soul Dao captured and devoured the Four-Winged Demon Emperor's soul, preventing his reincarnation.
• Qin Zheng, Yueji, Lord Shuangping, and the Profound Nether Puppet joined forces against the stronger Delusion Beast Emperor.
• Qin Lu endured the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation, which bound his Innate Spirit Physique to his soul and remade his body.
• Qin Lu began merging with the Dao to transform his Divine Sense into a Primordial Spirit, progressing faster than the other tribulation candidates.

Qin Lu broke through to Spirit Transformation and claimed the venerable seat, while Bai Yun, Ye Wuxu, and Meng Yu reached the same realm at nearly the same time. After displaying his overwhelming new power, Qin Lu subdued the Demon Emperors and captured Jin Yao, while Bai Yun disappeared into hiding.

• Qin Lu formed his Primordial Spirit Dharma Manifestation and unleashed the power of the Soul Dao across the Northern Continent.
• Bai Yun, Ye Wuxu, and Meng Yu also broke through to Spirit Transformation around the same time as Qin Lu.
• Qin Lu used Dao-Transforming Immortal-Extinguishing Palm to destroy Jin Yao's body and capture his Nascent Soul.
• Qin Lu subdued the other Demon Emperors with a glance after dealing with the beast tide.
• Bai Yun vanished into hiding, believing the Great Dao of Ice and Snow still placed him first in line to inherit.

Meng Yu attacked the Central Lands’ would-be Spirit Transformation cultivators, while Qin Lu waited for a chance to intervene. After Meng Yu killed True Lord Tianfeng and drove Jinxuan Kui to flee, Qin Lu, Ye Wuxu, and Meng Yu faced off as the world’s three great Spirit Transformation cultivators.

• Qin Lu judged that Meng Yu’s experience made him formidable, but his Fortune Dao lacked decisive killing methods against opponents of equal strength.
• Meng Yu sought to stop Jinxuan Kui and Old Freak Feng from completing their breakthroughs before Ye Wuxu mastered his new Spirit Transformation power.
• Meng Yu blasted apart True Lord Tianfeng’s body during Dao Integration, and Qin Lu seized his dying Nascent Soul for the Eighth Heaven.
• Jinxuan Kui survived Meng Yu’s attack but suffered Dao backlash and fled through a High Antiquity teleportation array in a grievously injured state.
• Qin Lu, Ye Wuxu, and Meng Yu manifested their Great Daos and began their first clash.