Chapter Summaries

Lin Shan defeated Xu Yue and several Azure Cloud Sect disciples with his Heaven-Collapsing Suona at the musical gathering. Lu Changzhi found no one who met the system’s requirements, while Zhou Chang used his people-reading technique to spy on him.

• Xu Yue challenged Lin Shan to a musical match and tried to overwhelm him with his zither.
• Lin Shan’s suona shattered Xu Yue’s zither realm and broke apart the spiritual-power spear he sent at Lin Shan.
• Lin Shan knocked Xu Yue and his zither backward, then defeated four Azure Cloud Sect disciples in succession.
• Lu Changzhi searched the stands with the system but found no one who met its requirements.
• Zhou Chang used his people-reading technique to observe the people at the gathering, and the system warned Lu Changzhi that he was being watched.

Lu Changzhi chose the Unremarkable Art after learning that Zhou Chang had used an art of observing people to spy on him. Meanwhile, the Dongfang Clan prepared an ambush for Qin Jiuxiao, and the Five Symbols Sect patriarchs secretly planned how to respond as Qin and Zhou prepared to leave the Flower Spirit Sect with Luo Zhen.

• Lu Changzhi rejected the Star Flash Art and Peeping Faceplate, choosing the Unremarkable Art so the sect members could guard against people who observed others through special arts.
• Dongfang Jun ordered the Dongfang Clan's flying boats to hide along the route between the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and the Flower Spirit Sect, preparing to attack Qin Jiuxiao.
• Gu Qingyang reported the Dongfang Clan's movements to the Five Symbols Sect patriarchs, who debated possible outcomes and secretly split into four groups to prepare.
• Zhou Chang stopped observing the Flower Spirit Sect members and told Qin Jiuxiao that only Luo Zhen seemed distinctive.
• Qin Jiuxiao said he had finished his business and asked Zhou Chang whether they could take the lotus platform with them.

Zhou Chang recognized that the Divine Sound Lotus Pool could strengthen the soul and passed its uses to Qin Jiuxiao. At the lotus platform, Lin Shan faced Qiu Feng in a musical duel, and his Heaven-Collapsing Tune began tearing apart Qiu Feng’s zither realm.

• Zhou Chang sensed the Divine Sound Lotus Pool’s soul-strengthening effect and transmitted the information to Qin Jiuxiao.
• Lin Shan held his lotus platform against challengers while onlookers praised his unusual suona playing.
• Qiu Feng challenged Lin Shan, using his zither to summon a vast army of spiritual power and pressure him with a battlefield-like realm.
• Lin Shan played the Heaven-Collapsing Tune, whose rising notes began to break through Qiu Feng’s zither realm.
• The Heaven-Collapsing Tune revealed its power as space shook and Qiu Feng’s manifested realm started to collapse.

Lin Shan defeated Qiu Feng with his suona, while the factions watched and assessed his strength. As Qin Jiuxiao prepared to enter the contest, Liu Qingyan urged the Flower Spirit Sect master to lend him the Flower Spirit Qin, but the chapter ended before the master answered.

• Lin Shan’s suona shattered Qiu Feng’s musical realm and snapped his qin strings, forcing Qiu Feng to concede defeat.
• The Five Symbols Sect elders praised Lin Shan, while Qin Jiuxiao dismissed his musical victory as an unorthodox path and saw no reason to recruit him.
• Five Symbols Sect disciples guarded Lin Shan’s lotus platform as Chen Miao told their disciples to stay out of the ongoing fights.
• Qin Jiuxiao mastered Zhou Chang’s instruction and decided he was confident enough to challenge for the Flower Spirit Sect’s Divine Sound Lotus Pool.
• Liu Qingyan asked the Flower Spirit Sect master to lend Qin Jiuxiao the ancestral Flower Spirit Qin, but the master said the sect would not give it to an outsider and had other gifts prepared.

Qin Jiuxiao borrowed the Flower Spirit Qin and drew everyone into his qin realm while playing at the Divine Sound Lotus Pool. His performance stirred the pool’s true body, which flew to him and appeared to acknowledge him as its master, leaving the Flower Spirit Sect’s leaders uncertain how to respond.

• The Flower Spirit Sect’s sect master agreed to lend Qin Jiuxiao the Flower Spirit Qin after discussing it with her elders.
• Qin Jiuxiao asked to try the Divine Sound Lotus Pool, and the Flower Spirit Sect’s disciples and the Five Symbols Sect’s disciples left their lotus platforms.
• Qin Jiuxiao played the qin and drew the gathering into his qin realm, where they saw him as a transcendent figure.
• A drop of blood fell from Qin Jiuxiao’s fingertip, and the ground shook as the Divine Sound Lotus Pool’s true body rose and drained the remaining soul power from the lotus platforms.
• The lotus-shaped pool shrank to palm size and flew before Qin Jiuxiao, who said it seemed to be acknowledging him as its master and asked the Flower Spirit Sect’s elders what they thought.

The Flower Spirit Sect surrendered the Divine Sound Lotus Pool to Qin Jiuxiao after it acknowledged him as its master. Instead of announcing a marriage alliance, Liu Qingyan publicly left the sect, and Qin Jiuxiao stood beside her as Zhou Chang stopped the sect master from forcibly taking her back.

• The Flower Spirit Sect's sect master accepted that the Divine Sound Lotus Pool belonged to Qin Jiuxiao and gave it to him.
• Qin Jiuxiao called Liu Qingyan over, and the Flower Spirit Sect's elders expected an announcement linking their sect to the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.
• Liu Qingyan declared before the gathering that she was leaving the Flower Spirit Sect and would have no further ties to it.
• The Flower Spirit Sect's sect master confronted Liu Qingyan, but Liu Qingyan stepped behind Qin Jiuxiao and reaffirmed her decision.
• The sect master tried to seize Liu Qingyan with a hand of spiritual power, but Zhou Chang dispelled it and stopped her from advancing.
• Qin Jiuxiao put an arm around Liu Qingyan's waist while the sect master's demand for an explanation went unanswered.

Qin Jiuxiao left with Liu Qingyan and the Flower Spirit Qin, while Luo Zhen joined the Cloud Heaven Holy Land. As the gathering broke up, Gu Chen asked Lu Changzhi to let him visit Luoyun City, where his system had assigned him a sign-in task.

• Qin Jiuxiao declared Liu Qingyan his woman, departed with her, and took the Flower Spirit Qin to study, while Zhou Chang pressured the Flower Spirit Sect master to let it go.
• Luo Zhen left the Mystic One Sect to join the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and Lu Changzhi used Talent Enhancement on him three times.
• Lu Changzhi reflected that Luo Zhen’s path resembled Xie Yang’s, though Qin Jiuxiao had Benefactor’s Assistance.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s flying boat departed, and the other sects ended the gathering and returned home without the Divine Sound Lotus Pool.
• Gu Chen told Lu Changzhi he planned to visit Luoyun City, and Lu Changzhi confirmed that Gu Chen’s Sign-In System had assigned him a task there.

Lu Changzhi diverted to Luoyun City with Gu Chen while Qin Jiuxiao refined the Divine Sound Lotus Pool aboard the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s vessel. As the vessel carried Luo Zhen and Liu Qingyan onward, Dongfang Jun’s forces ambushed it, and three Transcendent Realm experts appeared against the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s elder Zhu He.

• Lu Changzhi agreed to take Gu Chen to Luoyun City and discovered that Jade Water Peak’s guardian ancestor was secretly following them.
• Qin Jiuxiao used the Divine Sound Lotus Pool to refine soul power and strengthen his soul.
• Luo Zhen looked forward to his future as a prospective Holy Son, while Liu Qingyan said she could not defy her ruler’s command.
• Zhou Chang detected an ambush and ordered the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s vessel to turn around, but Dongfang Jun’s vessels surrounded it and deployed a Flight Restriction Array.
• Zhu He appeared to defend the vessel, but Dongfang Jun dismissed him as three Transcendent Realm presences emerged.

Dongfang Clan experts attacked the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s flying vessel to kill Qin Jiuxiao, and their formation-breaking plate destroyed its defenses. With the attackers closing in, Qin Jiuxiao activated the holy land’s protective items and readied a golden talisman as Zhu He ordered the others to buy him time.

• Three Transcendent Realm figures and other attackers descended on the flying vessel, while Zhu He and the Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders fought back.
• Qin Jiuxiao woke and recognized the attackers as the ones who had ambushed him in the Heavenly Azure Ruins; the Dongfang Clan experts focused on killing him.
• Zhou Chang and the elders left the vessel’s formation to protect Qin Jiuxiao and urged the remaining crew to escape, but a flight-restricting formation prevented the vessel from fleeing.
• Dongfang Clan experts used a formation-breaking plate to shatter the vessel’s defensive formation, leaving it exposed.
• Zhou Chang ordered everyone to use every means to escape as the attackers rushed toward Qin Jiuxiao.
• Qin Jiuxiao summoned a quasi-Saint Son token and other defenses, then held a golden talisman as Zhu He ordered the others to buy him time.

Qin Jiuxiao escaped a deadly spear strike by using a spatial escape talisman, while Gu Chen’s visit to Luoyun City earned Lu Changzhi an Unsealing Key connected to an ancient Saint Battlefield. Lu Changzhi headed back toward the sect, keeping the key’s warning in mind, until something struck the flying boat.

• Qin Jiuxiao tore a spatial escape talisman, but a Transcendent Realm expert’s spear struck through Zhou Chang’s attempt to stop it and shattered Qin Jiuxiao’s armor before the talisman whisked him away.
• Gu Chen brought Mu Fan and Lu Changzhi to Luoyun City to visit an old friend, but found that the person was gone.
• Gu Chen completed a sign-in mission and received an old treasure map, while Lu Changzhi gained the Unsealing Key · Kun, which was tied to the return of the sealed Saint Battlefield when all eight keys appeared.
• Lu Changzhi decided to research the Saint Battlefield after returning and continued steering the flying boat toward the sect while controlling his External Avatar.
• The flying boat suddenly shuddered after hitting something, and Lu Changzhi sent his thoughts outward to investigate.

Lu Changzhi found Qin Jiuxiao gravely injured and unconscious after he was flung into the flying boat’s path. He chose to make Qin Jiuxiao his benefactor, hid him underground with a healing pill, and left with Qin Jiuxiao’s valuables and a new trait in prospect.

• Qin Jiuxiao escaped an attack by the Dongfang Clan but was knocked unconscious when he collided with Lu Changzhi’s flying boat.
• Lu Changzhi captured Qin Jiuxiao with the Devil-Binding Rope, and the system offered him rewards for releasing, killing, or helping him.
• An elder warned Lu Changzhi that Qin Jiuxiao’s pursuers might follow his spatial escape, then erased the traces around the flying boat.
• Lu Changzhi chose to help Qin Jiuxiao and took his storage rings, finding the Divine Sound Lotus Pool, the Flower Spirit Qin, and other items.
• Lu Changzhi gave Qin Jiuxiao a healing pill and buried him beneath a concealed cloak before leaving with the elder.

After Qin Jiuxiao escaped using a spatial talisman, the Dongfang Clan and Cloud Heaven Holy Land searched for him but found no trace. Dongfang Jun called off the search and led the clan toward the Mystic One Sect to avenge Dongfang Hong and their fallen clansmen.

• The Dongfang Clan and Cloud Heaven Holy Land scattered to search for the gravely injured Qin Jiuxiao, while Zhu He sent for reinforcements.
• The Flower Spirit Sect mourned the loss of the Divine Sound Lotus Pool and Flower Spirit Qin, and its sect master vowed to recover the instrument from Qin Jiuxiao.
• The Azure Cloud Sect elders mocked the Flower Spirit Sect and decided to avoid trying to win Qin Jiuxiao over.
• Dongfang Jun and the Cloud Heaven Holy Land searched the area but found no trace of Qin Jiuxiao.
• Dongfang Jun recalled the Dongfang Clan members and ordered them to attack the Mystic One Sect to avenge Dongfang Hong and their fallen clansmen.

Cloud Heaven Holy Land learned that Qin Jiuxiao had been ambushed by three Transcendent Realm experts and sent elders rushing to the Eastern Region. Meanwhile, the Dongfang Clan headed for the Mystic One Sect, leaving its elders uneasy as Wu Fan sensed that trouble was coming.

• The Holy Lord of Cloud Heaven Holy Land received word that Qin Jiuxiao was in danger and sent many elders to rescue him, then checked that Qin Jiuxiao's soul tablet remained intact.
• The elders searching for Qin Jiuxiao discovered that the attackers had withdrawn and continued looking for traces, while Zhou Chang worried that Qin Jiuxiao might be dead.
• Gu Qingyang reported that the Dongfang Clan was heading toward the Mystic One Sect, and a voice ordered the sect's elders to prepare.
• The Mystic One Sect elders discussed Cloud Heaven Holy Land's ambitions and mourned the loss of Xie Yang and Luo Zhen's betrayal, then noticed powerful flying ships speeding toward their destination.
• An elder realized the flying ships seemed to be heading for the Mystic One Sect, while Wu Fan paced inside the sect and felt that something serious was about to happen.

A powerful party from the Dongfang Clan arrived at the Mystic One Sect and accused it of attacking them in the ruins. Wu Fan tried to deny responsibility, but Dongfang Jun dismissed his evidence and began threatening the sect.

• Elder He warned Wu Fan that roughly a hundred unidentified experts had entered the Mystic One Sect's territory, and their flying vessels soon appeared overhead.
• Dongfang Jun called for Li Qingfeng and threatened to destroy the Mystic One Sect unless he came out.
• Mystic One Sect elders emerged and activated the sect's formations to repel Dongfang Jun's pressure.
• Wu Fan explained that Li Qingfeng had died a thousand years earlier and presented a broken soul jade and memorial tablet as evidence.
• Dongfang Jun destroyed the evidence, accused the Mystic One Sect of lying, and caused boulders on a distant mountain peak to explode.

Wu Fan concluded that the masked attackers were from the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and Dongfang Jun threatened to destroy the Mystic One Sect unless it handed over Li Qingfeng. The attackers and sect elders clashed, while Wu Fan activated the sect’s defenses and called on other factions for aid.

• Dongfang Jun sent a stele carved with “The common grave of the Mystic One Sect” over the sect and challenged Wu Fan.
• Wu Fan accused the attackers of being from the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and asked whether they intended to break their agreement.
• Dongfang Jun refused to honor the agreement and demanded Li Qingfeng within three breaths, threatening to destroy the sect.
• Dongfang Jun ordered the Dongfang Clan experts to attack, and the Mystic One Sect elders fought back as the three Transcendent Realm cultivators surrounded the sect.
• Wu Fan ordered the sect-protecting formation and sword formation activated, called for aid from other factions, and reassured the disciples that the sect’s sleeping patriarchs could intervene.

Xuan Yong was killed while defending the Mystic One Sect from the Dongfang Clan, while the Cloud Heaven Holy Lord learned that Luo Zhen had returned and begun cultivating. Cloud Heaven Holy Land reinforcements reached the Flower Spirit Sect territory and asked where the attackers had gone.

• Wu Fan watched as the Mystic One Sect sword formation strengthened the elders fighting the Dongfang Clan experts.
• Xuan Yong was wounded while fighting two stronger opponents, then died when a spear pierced his heart before he could send Luo Zhen a warning.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Lord learned that Luo Zhen had returned with Liu Qingyan and ordered his people to observe him while he cultivated.
• Several hundred Cloud Heaven Holy Land reinforcements arrived in the Eastern Region at the Flower Spirit Sect territory.
• Zhou Chang and the other elders met the reinforcements, whose leader asked where the attackers had gone.

Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s reinforcements searched for Jiuxiao while the Dongfang Clan attacked Mystic One Sect. After a Transcendent Realm elder shattered the sect’s giant sword and damaged its protective array, Mo Zhen went to ask the ancestor for help as Wu Fan rallied the defenders.

• Zhu He brought two captured attackers to the Cloud Heaven Holy Land reinforcements, who split up to search for Jiuxiao.
• At Mystic One Sect, the Dongfang Clan struck the protective array with a Saint Rank array-breaking plate as Wu Fan ordered the killing array activated.
• Mystic One Sect’s elders formed a giant sword from their combined power and sent it toward the Dongfang Clan experts.
• A Dongfang Clan elder revealed his Transcendent Realm strength and smashed the giant sword with his staff, injuring Elder Sun and further damaging the protective array.
• Wu Fan agreed to let vice sect master Mo Zhen seek the ancestor’s help while he stayed behind to steady the sect’s defenders.

The Dongfang Clan’s Transcendent Realm expert battered the Mystic One Sect’s protective formation, sending its disciples and elders into chaos. Wu Fan went to summon the patriarchs, only to find their chambers and coffins empty, with no trace that they had ever been there.

• The Dongfang Clan’s expert summoned a giant phantom and struck the formation, leaving it on the verge of collapse.
• Mystic One Sect disciples fled, while one elder abandoned the sect and Dongfang Jun waited for its patriarchs to emerge.
• Wu Fan rushed to the patriarchs’ chambers when they failed to appear.
• Wu Fan found the chambers open and empty, the patriarchs and their coffins gone without a trace.
• Wu Fan noticed a line of words as the noise of the attack outside jolted him from his shock.

Wu Fan discovered that the Mystic One Sect's ancestors had fled with the sect treasury, leaving the sect to face the Dongfang Clan alone. After the treasury proved empty, Dongfang Jun ordered the sect destroyed, but a report arrived that Cloud Heaven Holy Land experts were approaching.

• Wu Fan found the ancestors' quarters empty and learned from their message that they had taken the treasury and departed.
• The Dongfang Clan shattered the Mystic One Sect's protective grand array, and Wu Fan revealed that the ancestors had run away.
• A Dongfang Clan expert confirmed the ancestors were gone, and a Mystic One Sect elder found their quarters empty.
• Wu Fan showed Dongfang Jun the treasury token, but the opened treasury contained nothing except empty shelves.
• Dongfang Jun ordered the Dongfang Clan to kill the Mystic One Sect's people, then learned that at least six Cloud Heaven Holy Land experts at the Transcendent Realm were on their way.

Dongfang Jun’s forces fled the Mystic One Sect after learning the Cloud Heaven Holy Land was approaching, leaving the sect devastated. When the Cloud Heaven Holy Land arrived seeking Qin Jiuxiao and the sect’s stolen treasures, Wu Fan raged that everything was gone, until an elder announced Jiuxiao had been found.

• Dongfang Jun ordered his forces to withdraw, then attacked the Mystic One Sect elders and left them with heavy casualties.
• Wu Fan and the surviving elders watched the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s fleet arrive and accused its members of staging the earlier crisis.
• A Cloud Heaven Holy Land elder asked Wu Fan where the attackers had gone, and Wu Fan mocked them, saying they had taken everything and vanished.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders asked about the sacred artifact and sage’s inheritance, and Wu Fan shouted that they were gone as well.
• Someone announced that Qin Jiuxiao had been found, prompting the Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders to ask where.