Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han's Destiny Prediction caused the Ancient Witch Tribe's Destiny Divine Wheel to explode, leaving the crowd stunned. The expert declared that Xiao Han would suppress an era and privately told him that the Dou Qi Continent could not contain his potential.

• Xiao Han stepped beneath the Destiny Divine Wheel as Mo Yin, Medusa, and the gathered experts watched eagerly.
• The divine wheel spun faster and blazed with golden light until it cracked and exploded around Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han emerged unharmed and blamed the divine wheel's poor quality, angering the Ancient Witch Tribe expert, who had suffered backlash.
• Medusa concluded that Xiao Han's fate surpassed ordinary limits, while Mo Yin smiled at the prediction of his greatness.
• The Ancient Witch Tribe expert declared, “The divine wheel shatters, and a monster emerges. You will Suppress an Era!” and secretly told Xiao Han that the Dou Qi Continent was too small for him.
• The expert reflected that another Heavenly Pride was rising in the Central Plains and that the Great Thousand World might soon tremble because of them both.

After Xiao Han received a prediction that he would Suppress an Era, he left the City of Destiny for the Demon Sect when Leng Hanshuang brought news of the Karmic Fire Divine Ice. He learned that the ice was tied to the Southern Wasteland Ancient Ruins, which were showing signs of appearing again.

• An Ancient Witch Tribe expert invited Xiao Han to visit, but Hei Cang challenged him to prove his destiny; Xiao Han refused and walked away with Medusa.
• Hei Cang provoked Xiao Han and began releasing his Six-star Dou Zun aura, but Leng Hanshuang arrived through a Spatial Tunnel and stopped the confrontation.
• Leng Hanshuang told Xiao Han that there was news of the Karmic Fire Divine Ice, so he said goodbye to Medusa and returned to the Demon Sect with Leng Hanshuang and Mo Yin.
• At the Demon Sect, Leng Hanshuang explained that the Karmic Fire Divine Ice was in the Southern Wasteland Ancient Ruins, which were beginning to show signs of reappearing after more than seventy years.

Xiao Han learned that the Southern Wasteland Ancient Ruins would soon appear and traveled to the Western Region with the Demon Sect to seek the Karmic Fire Divine Ice. As the ruins began emerging, prominent young fighters from across the Southern Wasteland gathered, and Xiao Han arrived among them.

• Leng Hanshuang told Xiao Han the ruins would appear within one to three months and warned that their restriction suppressed powerful cultivators.
• A month and a half later, the Southern Wasteland Ancient Ruins began appearing above the Western Region, drawing the major forces.
• Wu Jie and other young leaders gathered at the ruins and discussed Xiao Han's absence before the Demon Sect's Spatial Tunnel brought him there.
• Xiao Han greeted Xiao Yi Xian, Jian Ling'er, and Wu Jie, while Jun Xun and Luo Youyou recognized his growing strength.
• Medusa arrived with the Southern Region's magical beast clans and stood beside Xiao Han, while Hei Cang kept his distance.
• Qin Mengyi arrived with the Eastern Region delegation, completing the gathering of young elites at the ruins.

As the ancient ruins awaited their full emergence, Wu Jie tried to approach Qin Mengyi, was rejected, and then drew Xia Huang’s mockery. Wu Jie dragged Xiao Han into the confrontation by claiming they were brothers, and Xia Huang insulted Xiao Han’s standing as the Sword Saint’s successor.

• Qin Mengyi waited for the ancient ruins to emerge and bluntly told Wu Jie she was not interested in monks or fatties.
• Xia Huang arrived with the Barbaric Ancient Clan and mocked Wu Jie for approaching Qin Mengyi.
• Wu Jie challenged Xia Huang to repeat his insult, then complained to Xiao Han instead of fighting him.
• Wu Jie introduced Xiao Han as his brother and the Sword Saint’s successor, claiming he would suppress an era.
• Xia Huang said Xiao Han disgraced the Sword Saint’s name by associating with Wu Jie.

Xiao Han entered the Southern Wasteland Ancient Ruins after the Silver Gate appeared, while a red-haired young man from the Eastern Wasteland arrived too late to join the first wave and entered in pursuit of the Karmic Fire Divine Ice. Separated from his companions inside the ruins, Xiao Han quickly defeated Hei Cang and continued onward.

• Xia Huang challenged Xiao Han's status as the Sword Saint's successor, but Xiao Han declined to fight as the ancient ruins appeared.
• Xiao Han led Medusa, Mo Yin, and the Demon Sect members through the Silver Gate, while the arriving forces flooded into the ruins.
• After everyone else had entered, a red-haired young man from the Eastern Wasteland emerged through a Spatial Tunnel and entered the Silver Gate seeking the Karmic Fire Divine Ice.
• Xiao Han found himself alone in the ruins and set off to explore after failing to sense the Karmic Fire Divine Ice's exact location.
• Hei Cang attacked Xiao Han, who shattered his defense, heavily injured him, and left him behind.

After acquiring a system-purchased treasure map, Xiao Han swept through the ruins, collecting rare treasures and building his reputation. At a hidden Nirvana Pool, he found Luo Youyou in danger from Xia Chong and intervened just as Xia Chong was about to assault her.

• Xiao Han used the system to exchange points for a map marking the ruins’ opportunities and treasures, though it did not reveal the Karmic Fire Divine Ice.
• Xiao Han collected the treasures in the Northwest Region, including a Ninth-grade Pill disguised as a rabbit, then headed to the Central Region and plundered its treasure sites.
• Xiao Han’s relentless looting spread his reputation through the ruins, and people who tried to rob him were robbed in turn.
• Xiao Han followed the map to a cave residence containing a Nirvana Pool, hoping to temper his body and advance his Golden Buddha Myriad Manifestation Body.
• Xiao Han heard Luo Youyou calling for help and found Xia Chong threatening her at the pool; he announced that he liked her too.

Xiao Han rescued Luo Youyou from Xia Chong and defeated him in a contest of physical strength, forcing him to retreat. Afterward, Luo Youyou offered to serve as Xiao Han’s maid while they remained in the ancient ruins.

• Xiao Han interrupted Xia Chong’s assault on Luo Youyou and challenged him to leave her alone.
• Xia Chong attacked Xiao Han, but Xiao Han matched his physical strength and swallowed the pill he gave Luo Youyou.
• Xiao Han activated the Second Realm of his Golden Buddha Myriad Manifestation Body and blasted Xia Chong into a hill.
• Xia Chong retreated, while Xiao Han reflected that he needed to temper his body further.
• Luo Youyou thanked Xiao Han and offered to become his maid during their time in the ancient ruins.

Xiao Han allowed Luo Youyou to stay with him while he cultivated in the Nirvana Pool, though he kept wary of her Charm Technique. As he cultivated, Luo Youyou watched over him and reflected on her admiration for him and her mother’s warning not to make an enemy of him.

• Luo Youyou pretended to leave, and Xiao Han called her back after she acted injured and fell into his arms.
• Xiao Han realized Luo Youyou had used her Charm Technique and warned her not to use it again.
• Xiao Han entered the Nirvana Pool to cultivate while Luo Youyou sat nearby and kept watch.
• Luo Youyou watched Xiao Han and remembered his deeds in Broken Sword City and her mother’s warning against making him an enemy.

Xiao Han left the Nirvana Pool with Luo Youyou to seek the Thousandfold Waterfall, collecting treasures along the way. He secretly swapped Wu Jie’s Heavenly Profound Spirit Fruit and revealed that his brother was making a name for himself in the Central Plains.

• Xiao Han and Luo Youyou left the Nirvana Pool and traveled toward the Thousandfold Waterfall, sweeping through treasure sites along the way.
• Xiao Han let Luo Youyou choose treasures from a hidden Underground Palace, and she emerged pleased with her gains.
• Xiao Han and Luo Youyou encountered Wu Jie fleeing a crowd of pursuers, including Xia Huang and Cang Yuan, after he took a Heavenly Profound Spirit Fruit.
• Xiao Han returned the fruit to Wu Jie and pretended to stay out of the dispute, then secretly used the system to swap it for a duplicate.
• Xiao Han told Luo Youyou that his brother was writing his legend in the Central Plains, and she remarked that Xiao Han was making his own myth across the Divine Land.

Xiao Han stole the real Heavenly Profound Spirit Fruit and went with Luo Youyou to cultivate beneath Thousandfold Waterfall. After the furious Xia Huang and the others tracked him down, they arrived at the canyon while Xiao Han was still cultivating and Luo Youyou stood guard.

• Xiao Han left Wu Jie to draw the pursuers away and traveled with Luo Youyou to Thousandfold Waterfall.
• Xiao Han entered the waterfall’s crushing waters and endured the impact while cultivating with his Second Realm Buddha Body.
• Wu Jie handed over the Heavenly Profound Spirit Fruit, and Xia Huang and the others discovered it was fake.
• The group realized Xiao Han had likely switched the fruit while it was briefly in his hand and set out to find him.
• Xia Huang and the crowd arrived at Thousandfold Waterfall, where Luo Youyou guarded Xiao Han as he cultivated.
• Xia Huang demanded that Luo Youyou tell him where Xiao Han was.

Xiao Han returned to protect Luo Youyou and challenged the heroes gathered beyond the canyon for the Heavenly Profound Spirit Fruit. After defeating Xia Huang, he drove the remaining heroes away and stood above them all.

• Xia Chong lunged at Luo Youyou, but Xiao Han appeared and knocked him into a mountain with one punch.
• Xiao Han refused Xia Huang’s demand for the Heavenly Profound Spirit Fruit and challenged the heroes to defeat him or leave.
• Xia Huang attacked Xiao Han with his Blood-Colored Great Saber, but Xiao Han destroyed his Blood-Colored Angry Dragon with a punch.
• Xia Huang admitted defeat and left, while the other heroes fled after Xiao Han told them to get lost.
• Luo Youyou watched Xiao Han standing proudly above the canyon and recognized his bearing as a Heavenly Pride destined to Suppress an Era.

After reaching the Eastern Region, Xiao Han exposed and beat a Daoist who had staged a ghostly ambush to rob him and Luo Youyou. The Daoist was left battered, while Luo Youyou laughed at the scene.

• Xiao Han and Luo Youyou reached the Eastern Region and stopped to rest by a bonfire.
• Xiao Han told Luo Youyou to leave after eating, but she returned in terror when skeletons and ghost flames appeared nearby.
• A sinister voice demanded Xiao Han's treasures and Luo Youyou, and Xiao Han used the system to locate the Daoist behind the illusion.
• Xiao Han confronted the disguised Daoist, who doubted that Xiao Han could see him and challenged him to prove it by beating him.
• Xiao Han beat the Daoist until the skeletons and ghost flames vanished, and Luo Youyou laughed at the sight.

Xiao Han beat a young Daoist who had tried to scam him and took the Daoist’s Ring, then returned Qin Mengyi’s stolen treasures when she came looking for them. Qin Mengyi stayed to drink with Xiao Han, and her boast about drinking him under the table left her blushing.

• Xiao Han beat the young Daoist until he admitted defeat, then took his Ring as supposed compensation for the people he had scammed.
• Luo Youyou urged Xiao Han to stop beating the Daoist, then left in a huff after Xiao Han told her to go.
• The young Daoist escaped from Qin Mengyi and told her that Xiao Han had taken her stolen belongings.
• Qin Mengyi confronted Xiao Han, who returned her treasures from the Ring and said he did not refuse a beautiful woman’s request.
• Qin Mengyi sat down to drink with Xiao Han, bragged that she would drink him under the table, and blushed when she realized how her words sounded.

After parting from a woman following their drunken night, Xiao Han plundered the ruins and learned the Heaven Tier Star Annihilation Finger. News of the Ancient Divine Monarch's Estate drew him to the Karmic Fire Abyss, where Yan Yue declared that he would claim the estate for himself.

• The woman gently moved Xiao Han off her lap, said goodbye, and left; Xiao Han soon departed as well.
• Xiao Han acquired the Star Annihilation Finger and tested it by reducing a stone wall to dust.
• After leaving the cave, Xiao Han learned that the Ancient Divine Monarch's Estate and the Karmic Fire Divine Ice might emerge at the Karmic Fire Abyss, then headed there.
• Xiao Han followed the crowds to the Karmic Fire Abyss, where the estate was about to emerge amid violent Spatial Power fluctuations.
• Yan Yue, a Heavenly Pride from the Eastern Wasteland, told the gathered members of the Southern Wilderness Younger Generation to leave because he wanted the estate.

Yan Yue claimed the Ancient Divine Monarch's Estate for the Eastern Wasteland, and his black-clothed companion defeated Xia Huang and Qin Mengyi with ease. Xiao Han arrived to catch the falling Qin Mengyi and confronted the black-clothed youth, leaving the two poised to fight.

• Yan Yue declared that he wanted the estate because he came from the Eastern Wasteland, and Xia Huang challenged the claim in the name of strength.
• The black-clothed youth stopped Xia Huang's saber between two fingers, broke it, and injured him with a blade fragment.
• Medusa stopped Mo Yin from attacking, while Qin Mengyi stepped forward and the black-clothed youth knocked her from the void with a palm strike.
• Xiao Han arrived and caught Qin Mengyi, then told the black-clothed youth to draw his sword or die.

Xiao Han killed the Black-clothed Youth with a single display of sword intent and rejected Yan Yue’s offer to recruit him. Yan Yue attacked with a giant flaming hand, but Xiao Han destroyed it with Purple Lightning, and the two prepared to fight seriously.

• Xiao Han killed the Black-clothed Youth with the Sword Saint’s One-Step Fatal Kill Technique.
• Yan Yue invited Xiao Han to follow him into the Ancient Divine Monarch's Estate, but Xiao Han told him to get lost.
• Yan Yue rose into the air and confronted Xiao Han, surrounding the battlefield with intense heat.
• Yan Yue sent a giant flaming hand toward Xiao Han, who remained unharmed within the Power of Divine Ice.
• Xiao Han called down Purple Lightning that pierced and destroyed Yan Yue’s flaming hand.
• Yan Yue began taking Xiao Han seriously as both men gathered power for their impending battle.

The Ancient Divine Monarch's Estate emerged from the Karmic Fire Abyss, and Xiao Han entered it with Medusa and Mo Yin despite his unease. Meanwhile, a girl on an island in the East Sea learned that Divine Ice had appeared in the Southern Wilderness and set out to find the Green-Robed Figure she missed.

• The Ancient Divine Monarch's Estate appeared amid collapsing space, and Yan Yue led the Eastern Wasteland people inside, followed by the Southern Wilderness group.
• Xiao Han warned Medusa and Mo Yin to stay outside, but they joined him, and the three entered the fractured space together.
• On an island in the East Sea, the girl remembered the Green-Robed Figure and lamented that she had received no news of him in over two years.
• A White-robed Elder told the girl that Divine Ice had appeared in the Southern Wilderness, Western Region Wasteland.
• The girl ordered the White-robed Elder to prepare a Space Wormhole so she could go to the Southern Wilderness and find him.

Xiao Han and the others were trapped inside the Karmic Fire Divine Ice Space, where desires stirred by illusions caused people to burn to death. After the system reminded him of the Sitting-and-Forgetting Mind Method in Zhuangzi: The Great Teacher, Xiao Han began cultivating it to resist the karmic fire and claim the divine ice.

• Xiao Han recognized the ice-and-fire world as the space within Karmic Fire Divine Ice and warned everyone that desires could trigger deadly karmic fire.
• Several young experts burned to ashes, and Xiao Han urged everyone to quiet their minds and sit cross-legged.
• Karmic Fire Divine Ice conjured alluring illusions that stirred desires and killed many, while Thunder Divine Ice helped Xiao Han resist them.
• Xiao Han asked the system for help, and it told him about the Sitting-and-Forgetting Mind Method in Zhuangzi: The Great Teacher.
• Xiao Han recalled the text, understood its method for casting aside desire, and began cultivating it as he vowed to take Karmic Fire Divine Ice.

Xiao Han used the Sitting-and-Forgetting Mind Method to resist the Karmic Fire Divine Ice’s illusions and free everyone from their desires. After the others were expelled from the Karmic Fire Space, the Karmic Fire Divine Lord’s projection appeared and asked Xiao Han to inherit his will and attain the Emperor Realm.

• Xiao Han meditated with the Sitting-and-Forgetting Mind Method and became immune to the Karmic Fire Divine Ice’s tempting illusions.
• Xiao Han’s pure power spread through the Karmic Fire Space, dispelling the illusions and restoring everyone’s calm.
• The Karmic Fire Space expelled Qin Mengyi, Yan Yue, and the other young people, leaving Xiao Han alone inside.
• The Karmic Fire Divine Lord’s projection appeared before Xiao Han and called on a fated successor to inherit his will.
• The Karmic Fire Divine Lord explained that he had fallen short of the Emperor Realm and asked Xiao Han to attain it and fulfill his wish.

Xiao Han obtained the Karmic Fire Divine Ice and left the ancient ruins, where he found Yan Yue attacking Medusa, Mo Yin, and their allies to force him to surrender it. After Xiao Han confronted Yan Yue, a Spatial Tunnel opened and a powerful Eastern Wasteland Dou Saint began to descend.

• The Karmic Fire Divine Lord’s projection vanished after asking Xiao Han to fulfill his wish, and Xiao Han promised to seek the Emperor Realm.
• The Karmic Fire Divine Ice appeared, acknowledged Xiao Han as its master, and joined the Thunder Divine Ice inside him.
• Xiao Han wondered whether fusing three divine ices would reveal the location of the fourth and hoped Xue Qin would hear news of the Karmic Fire Divine Ice.
• Yan Yue and the Eastern Wasteland group attacked the Southern Wilderness people, targeting Medusa and Mo Yin to make Xiao Han surrender the divine ice.
• Xiao Han emerged from the ancient ruins, stopped the battle, and found Medusa and Mo Yin unharmed beside him.
• Yan Yue crushed a Spatial Jade Slip, opening a tunnel through which an Eastern Wasteland Dou Saint began to descend.