Chapter Summaries

Chen Ning’s Devil God Aura failed to suppress the Rakshasa King completely, while the Rakshasa King revealed that his Battle Bear Devil General had likely reached Late-Stage Saint and attacked Central Province. At Heavenly Lake, Stone Saint emerged from seclusion, proved he had forged an iron-and-stone heart, and prepared to kill the Battle Bear Devil General.

• The Rakshasa King resisted Chen Ning’s Devil God Aura and warned that his forces were attacking Central Province.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord and Wangyou Saint realized that the Battle Bear Devil General might have advanced to Late-Stage Saint.
• The Battle Bear Devil General attacked Heavenly Lake as Luo Changhe announced that Stone Saint had emerged from seclusion.
• Stone Saint reassured Luo Changhe that his iron-and-stone heart had not erased his affection for his family.
• Stone Saint caught the Battle Bear Devil General’s halberd and petrified it, then withstood the devil’s full-strength palm strike.
• Stone Saint condemned the Battle Bear Devil General’s shallow foundation and declared that he would die.

Stone Saint killed Battle Bear Devil General and headed to Spirit Province, where Chen Ning and the other Saints fought Rakshasa King. After Rakshasa King crushed the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord and tried to kill Chen Ning, the first sect leader appeared to confront him.

• Stone Saint tore off Battle Bear Devil General's head, wings, and organs, then destroyed his divine soul.
• Stone Saint asked Luo Changhe where the Holy Lord had gone, learned he was in Spirit Province, and left Luo Changhe in charge.
• Chen Ning used Devil God Transformation to summon a giant palm, while the Saints joined forces to restrain Rakshasa King.
• Rakshasa King shattered the Devil God's palm and crushed the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord when he shielded Chen Ning.
• Wangyou Saint urged Hua Luo to carry Chen Ning away, but the first sect leader appeared and remained unharmed after Rakshasa King attacked him with Devil Qi.

The founding sect master revealed that he had survived as a wisp of divine sense and taught Chen Ning an unnamed supreme art, which annihilated the Rakshasa King and the Insect Race forces. Stone Saint arrived after the battle, and the survivors began assessing their injuries and the victory.

• The founding sect master reshaped the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord's body from soil and told him to keep quiet about Chen Ning surpassing his past strength.
• The founding sect master merged with Chen Ning and demonstrated an unnamed supreme art that destroyed the Rakshasa King, the Rakshasa army, and the Insect Race swarms.
• Chen Ning collapsed into Hua Luo's arms and marveled that the attack had wiped out the entire bloodline.
• Stone Saint arrived, and the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord explained how the founding sect master had killed the Rakshasa King through Chen Ning.

After the founding sect master vanished, Chen Ning accepted the system’s fourth-stage quest to break through the world barrier and travel Beyond the Heavens. Three days later, Blazing Star Lord arrived at Heavenly Lake and demanded Chen Ning, threatening to destroy the sect if he was not handed over.

• The founding sect master warned Chen Ning that the Beyond the Heavens would target him, urged him to leave the Nine Provinces Realm, and then vanished after joking about finding fairy beauties.
• Chen Ning received the fourth stage of the legendary main quest, which required him to break through the world barrier and travel Beyond the Heavens.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord took the injured group to Heavenly Lake, where Stone Saint healed them while Chen Ning pondered how to cross the world barrier.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord told Chen Ning that his grandmaster had broken through the barrier through strength and an unyielding will, and said Chen Ning had already surpassed him at the same age and cultivation realm.
• Blazing Star Lord arrived at Heavenly Lake, struck the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, and demanded Chen Ning, threatening to destroy Heavenly Lake and declaring that the Nine Provinces Realm would change hands.

Chen Ning reforged the Heaven-Slaying Sword into a Divine Artifact and prepared to leave the Nine Provinces Realm for Beyond the Heavens with Hua Luo and the demonic ape. The Blazing Star Lord arrived to stop him, attacked the Saints protecting him, and threatened to slaughter Heavenly Lake and the Dragon-Seeking Sect if Chen Ning escaped.

• Chen Ning added Five-Colored Copper to the furnace and reforged the Heaven-Slaying Sword as a Divine Artifact, which acknowledged him.
• Chen Ning entrusted Cang Yue with overseeing the Dragon-Seeking Sect and left Su Ling'er in charge of Spirit Province, then chose Hua Luo and the demonic ape to accompany him.
• The Blazing Star Lord confronted Chen Ning on a mountaintop, while the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, Stone Saint, and Butcher arrived to buy Chen Ning time to break through the barrier.
• The Blazing Star Lord's attack pierced Stone Saint's defenses, and he threatened to kill everyone at Heavenly Lake and in the Dragon-Seeking Sect if Chen Ning left.

Chen Ning confronted Blazing Star Lord, secured the White Dragon King’s promise to protect Heavenly Lake and the Dragon-Seeking Sect for three years, then broke through the world barrier and ascended Beyond the Heavens. Blazing Star Lord watched him leave with a trace of fear.

• Chen Ning provoked Blazing Star Lord by accusing him of fearing that Chen Ning could break through the heavenly wall, and Hua Luo, the devil ape, the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, Stone Saint, and Butcher attacked together but were repelled.
• The White Dragon King appeared and ordered Blazing Star Lord to let Chen Ning leave, then agreed to protect Heavenly Lake and the Dragon-Seeking Sect for three years after Little Black Dragon’s intervention.
• Chen Ning learned Blazing Star Lord’s name and vowed to kill him Beyond the Heavens, then struck the world barrier with the Heaven-Slaying Sword and shattered it.
• Chen Ning, the devil ape, and Hua Luo passed through the opening and ascended Beyond the Heavens, while Blazing Star Lord felt a trace of fear before suppressing his doubts.

Chen Ning, Hua Luo, and the devil ape broke through the world barrier and reached Beyond the Heavens, where Chen Ning received powerful new system rewards. After the devil ape crushed a hunter’s hut, Chen Ning offered to help Sikong Xue catch the Earth-Burrowing Dragon she had been hunting.

• Blazing Star Lord vowed to capture Chen Ning, while the White Dragon King and Heavenly Lake Holy Lord watched Chen Ning’s departure.
• Chen Ning, Hua Luo, and the devil ape traveled through the dangerous cosmos and descended onto an enormous star in Beyond the Heavens.
• Chen Ning completed the main quest and received Myriad Transformations and the mythic reward Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.
• The devil ape crashed onto Sikong Xue’s wooden hut, and Chen Ning offered to compensate her by catching the Earth-Burrowing Dragon.
• The devil ape struck the ground, forcing a huge monster to burst out of the earth.

Chen Ning and Sikong Xue collected venom from an Earth-Burrowing Demonic Lizard, then encountered the Yellow Sand Lord, who demanded Hua Luo as compensation. Chen Ning’s dragon might crushed the lord’s forces and pinned the lord to the ground, leaving him begging for his life.

• The demonic ape subdued the Earth-Burrowing Demonic Lizard, allowing Sikong Xue to collect its venom.
• Sikong Xue told Chen Ning they were in the Cangxuan Domain and warned him about the Yellow Sand Lord, while Chen Ning gave her a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact bow.
• The Yellow Sand Lord arrived with over a hundred followers, rejected Sikong Xue’s earth crystals, and demanded Hua Luo.
• Chen Ning released his dragon might, crushing the followers and pinning the Saint Realm Early Stage Yellow Sand Lord to the ground.
• The Yellow Sand Lord begged Chen Ning for mercy and soiled himself in terror.

Chen Ning questioned the Yellow Sand Lord about the Vast Land and its divine races, then killed him to protect his origins and avenge his threat to Hua'er. He agreed to let Sikong Xue guide him and conceal his group’s identities as they continued their journey.

• Chen Ning forced the Yellow Sand Lord to explain the Vast Land, the divine races, small worlds, divine marks, and the realms above the Saint Realm.
• Chen Ning killed the Yellow Sand Lord after questioning him, citing both his attack on Hua'er and the danger of revealing Chen Ning came from a small world.
• Sikong Xue questioned Chen Ning about his cultivation and asked to become his follower, fearing the Yellow Sand Lord’s backer would pursue her.
• Chen Ning confronted Sikong Xue about using him and his companions, then asked her to arrange plausible identities for them.
• Sikong Xue agreed to guide Chen Ning and speculated that he had come to recruit talented people, carry out a secret mission, or deal with Lone Smoke City’s city lord.

Chen Ning and Sikong Xue visited Lone Smoke City, where Sikong Xue arranged false identities for Chen Ning and Hua Luo as descendants of the destroyed Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb. The chapter ended with Elder Duan being accused of stealing from the Setting Sun Chamber of Commerce, prompting Sikong Xue to suspect an enemy was behind it.

• Chen Ning learned about Cangxuan Domain and discovered that Sikong Xue was a Nine-Star Martial Venerable who used mysterious soil to conceal her cultivation.
• Sikong Xue gave Chen Ning some of the concealing soil and told him that her Lineage had been wiped out.
• Sikong Xue brought Chen Ning and Hua Luo to the Setting Sun Chamber of Commerce to obtain identities for them.
• Elder Duan showed them preserved identity tokens from the Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb, which Sikong Xue chose for Chen Ning and Hua Luo.
• An attendant reported that the vice president had accused Elder Duan of stealing entrusted goods and sought to expel him, so Sikong Xue hurried after him.

Yao Hao accused Elder Duan of stealing a missing immortal pill and tried to expel him from the Setting Sun Chamber of Commerce. Chen Ning intervened with a seven-pattern immortal pill, thwarting Yao Hao’s plan, while an unknown observer watched from outside.

• Yao Hao confronted Elder Duan over the missing immortal pill and accused him of theft, then ordered Sikong Xue removed and Elder Duan dismissed.
• Chen Ning arrived with Hua Luo and challenged Yao Hao to prove Elder Duan had stolen the pill.
• Chen Ning placed a seven-pattern immortal pill in the empty box, stunning the crowd and more than compensating the chamber for its loss.
• Yao Hao gave up on expelling Elder Duan and let the accusation rest, though he resented Chen Ning.
• Someone outside the Setting Sun Chamber of Commerce quietly watched Chen Ning and Hua Luo.

Chen Ning settled in Lone Smoke City to cultivate before seeking news of the first sect leader, but five members of the Hu Household followed him and tried to rob him. He used the devil ape to subdue them, learned about the city’s leading powers, and left the survivors killing one another for a chance to live.

• Chen Ning sold talismans and pills through the Setting Sun Chamber of Commerce, then bought a place to stay in Lone Smoke City and focused on cultivation.
• Chen Ning noticed five Heavenly Martial Realm experts had followed him and let them approach so he could learn more about the city.
• The five attacked Chen Ning, but the devil ape pinned them in place, and Chen Ning killed the man who threatened him.
• Hu Chai told Chen Ning that the five great households led Lone Smoke City, the Han Household was strongest, and city lord Han Qianren was a Late-Stage Saint with three generals under him.
• Chen Ning released the devil ape’s suppression so Hu Chai’s three cousins could attack him, and all four men died fighting for the chance to answer Chen Ning’s final question.

After Chen Ning and Hua Luo killed five attackers, Chen Ning learned about Lone Smoke City’s powerful factions and the Wolf General Yuan Ming. That night, the Hu Household, Yao Household, Yuan Ming, and City Lord Han Qianren each began responding to Chen Ning’s arrival.

• Chen Ning discussed Lone Smoke City’s five great households and City Lord Han Qianren with Sikong Xue, who revealed that the Yellow Sand Lord was Yuan Ming’s maternal uncle.
• Chen Ning ordered Sikong Xue to dispose of the bodies while Hua Luo ate and showed signs of becoming more responsive to the world.
• Hu Qiu learned from Yao Musheng that the man who killed Hu Chai had produced a seven-mark immortal pill, and Yao Musheng urged him to deal with Chen Ning.
• Yuan Ming used his Divine Ability on the Earth-Burrowing Demonic Lizard to see Chen Ning and vowed to find him and avenge his uncle.
• Han Qianren read a report about Chen Ning and ordered that he be invited to the City Lord’s Manor the next day.

Chen Ning invented a Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb heritage to persuade Han Qianren to shield him and Hua Luo from their enemies, while Han secretly planned to use the claim to pressure him into joining the city lord's mansion. Meanwhile, a Hu Household member captured Sikong Xue and demanded to know Chen Ning and Hua Luo's backgrounds.

• Chen Ning told Han Qianren that he and Hua Luo were survivors' descendants of the destroyed Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb, then asked him to settle their conflicts with the Hu Household, Yao Household, and Yuan Ming.
• Han Qianren agreed to suppress the disputes because he valued Chen Ning's strength, especially his reported killing of the Saint Realm Yellow Sand Lord, and offered him a general's status in the city lord's mansion.
• Chen Ning declined to join, and Han Qianren privately ordered an attendant to spread word that a Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb descendant was in Lone Smoke City so enemies would pressure Chen Ning into seeking his protection.
• A Hu Household member broke into Sikong Xue's courtyard, bound her with a yellow rope, and threatened her for information about Chen Ning and Hua Luo after the household's search had found no clues.

Hu Qiu learned that Chen Ning and Hua Luo were connected to the Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb, then ordered Sikong Xue taken away. Chen Ning arrived at the Hu estate seeking Hu Qiu’s head, and the fight left the Hu Household in danger as the demonic ape killed one of its Saints.

• Sikong Xue revealed to Hu Qiu that Chen Ning and Hua Luo were descendants of the Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb, and Hu Qiu sent her to the city lord’s mansion instead of giving her the promised earth crystal stones.
• Chen Ning and Hua Luo arrived at the Hu estate, where Chen Ning announced that he had come for Hu Qiu’s head and sliced through the estate’s roofs with Sword Qi.
• Hu Qiu confronted Chen Ning over the deaths of Chai'er and the other Hu Household members, then attacked him.
• The demonic ape fought Hu Qiu and the Hu Household members, overwhelming their attacks and crushing the head of the household’s other Saint.
• Onlookers recognized the demonic ape as a rare beast from High Antiquity as it continued to overpower the Hu Household.

Chen Ning destroyed the Hu Household and killed its head, Hu Qiu, with Yi Wood Orthodox Lightning while seeking Sikong Xue. Mo Feng of the Mo Clan offered to help, then revealed that the Hu Household had sent its captives to the City Lord's Manor.

• The demonic ape's Sha Qi overwhelmed the Hu Household's remaining experts as Chen Ning demanded that Hu Qiu reveal where Sikong Xue had been sent.
• Hu Qiu burned his life force and attacked Chen Ning, but Chen Ning killed him with Yi Wood Orthodox Lightning, destroying his body and soul.
• Mo Feng, the Mo Clan's eldest young master, approached Chen Ning and offered to help locate the missing girl.
• Chen Ning went with Mo Feng to the Drunken Flower Pavilion, where Mo Feng tried to persuade him not to pursue the captives' destination.
• Mo Feng revealed that the Hu Household had sent all its captives to the City Lord's Manor.

After rescuing Sikong Xue from the City Lord's Manor, Chen Ning rejected Han Qianren's offer to serve him and threatened Yuan Ming. A holy herb was set to mature in the Absolute Void Mountain Range in three days, where Han Qianren and Yuan Ming planned to use the ensuing conflict to kill Chen Ning.

• Han Qianren explained that the City Lord's Manor had rescued Chen Ning's friend from the Hu Household's captives, then offered Chen Ning a powerful position, but Chen Ning refused.
• Yuan Ming arrived and announced that Heaven-Draping Azure, a holy herb that could let a Ninth-Level Heaven Martial Realm cultivator enter the Saint Realm safely, would mature at midnight in three days.
• Yuan Ming threatened Chen Ning and challenged him to fight for the herb, and Chen Ning promised to bury Yuan Ming in the Absolute Void Mountain Range.
• Chen Ning took Sikong Xue from the courtyard and left the City Lord's Manor, telling Han Qianren there was no need to explain his affairs.
• Han Qianren told Yuan Ming to let Chen Ning's other enemies attack first and gave him a blood-lit human face made from countless people as a last resort.

Powerhouses from across Cangxuan Domain gathered in the Absolute Void Mountain Range to compete for the Heaven-Draping Azure. Chen Ning faced Gu Ao’s attack, and Huang Yuehua intervened before warning Chen Ning to take Hua Luo and Sikong Xue away.

• Xu Yin and Huang Yuehua arrived among the powerhouses gathering for the holy herb, while the city lords stayed behind to guard their cities.
• Chen Ning walked with Hua Luo as Sikong Xue acted unusually quiet and claimed she was nervous.
• Gu Ao of Greedy Wolf City recognized Chen Ning as a remnant of the Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb and attacked him.
• The demon ape blocked Gu Ao’s punches, and Huang Yuehua stopped him from striking again to avoid alerting the holy beast.
• Huang Yuehua told Chen Ning she had not helped him and urged him to leave with Hua Luo and Sikong Xue before they were caught in danger.

Chen Ning stayed to claim the Heaven-Draping Azure and protect Sikong Xue and Huang Yuehua despite warnings that he could not face the Saints gathering at the Absolute Void Mountain Range. When the Saint herb matured and its Phantom Leopard guardian attacked, Chen Ning sent the demonic ape to fight it and wounded Gu Ao in a direct clash, stunning the gathered experts.

• Huang Yuehua warned Chen Ning that he could not protect Sikong Xue and her from the Saints, but Chen Ning insisted he would keep them safe.
• As night fell, Yuan Ming watched Chen Ning and vowed that he would die that night.
• The Heaven-Draping Azure matured, and Heaven Martial Realm cultivators rushed toward it before the Phantom Leopard slaughtered dozens of them.
• Chen Ning judged the Phantom Leopard to be a Saint Realm Middle Stage beast, then sent the demonic ape to attack it at Little Black Dragon’s urging.
• Gu Ao seized the chance to attack Chen Ning with Earth Overlord Fist, but Chen Ning countered with Destruction Divine Fist and opened a bloody gash on Gu Ao’s fist.
• The gathered experts, especially Huang Yuehua, stared in shock as Chen Ning survived the clash and wounded Gu Ao.

Chen Ning refused Xu Yin's demand for the Phantom Leopard's beast soul, and Xu Yin joined Gu Ao in attacking him. Chen Ning crippled Gu Ao with Yi Wood Orthodox Lightning and blocked Xu Yin's sword feathers with Eternal Fire, leaving Xu Yin preparing to fight with everything he had.

• Xu Yin snatched the Phantom Leopard's beast soul from the demon ape, but Chen Ning refused to hand it over because Little Black wanted to eat it.
• Xu Yin threatened Chen Ning and joined Gu Ao in deciding to kill him, while the other city experts fought over the Heaven-Draping Azure.
• Gu Ao attacked Chen Ning with the full power of the Earth Overlord Fist, but Chen Ning struck him with Yi Wood Orthodox Lightning and left him with only half his body.
• Xu Yin unleashed tens of thousands of sword feathers at Chen Ning, who burned them all away with the Eternal Fire.
• Xu Yin summoned a great azure bell and prepared to fight Chen Ning with his life on the line.