Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan revealed his Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold while trading it for Sacred Body remains, then the Golden-winged Little Roc King confronted Shen Ye and challenged him. Shen Ye accepted despite the gap between their cultivation levels and said he would level up first.

• Ye Fan showed Tu Fei and Qing Yi a fist-sized piece of Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold and explained why he valued the Sacred Body remains more.
• Tu Fei and the Black Emperor provoked Shen Ye by recounting the Little Roc King's earlier claim that the Great Emperor-exclusive sacred materials belonged to him.
• The Golden-winged Little Roc King attacked Shen Ye, but Hua Yue dispelled his golden claw with her zither.
• The Little Roc King belittled Shen Ye's cultivation and combat ability, boasting that he could defeat Shen Ye even across several realms.
• Shen Ye accepted the Little Roc King's challenge and said he would level up before fighting him.

Shen Ye used rare treasures to advance three levels in the Dao Palace Secret Realm, then faced the Golden-winged Little Roc King in Demon City. Their clash escalated as the Little Roc King unleashed his One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords.

• Shen Ye refined the Source Root of All Things' Mother Qi, Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold, and Arctic Immortal Light to reach the fourth level of the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
• Shen Ye challenged the Golden-winged Little Roc King, while Tu Fei proposed that the loser become the winner's follower; Shen Ye rejected the wager.
• Hua Yue declared that the Little Roc King was not worthy of serving Shen Ye, enraging him into attacking.
• Shen Ye and the Little Roc King exchanged blows that destroyed a block of Demon City, while Yan Ruyu and Qingyi noted that they were still testing each other.
• The Little Roc King unleashed One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords, filling the sky with sword radiance forged from Heavenly Peng feathers.

Shen Ye copied the Golden-winged Little Roc King's inherited sword art and Heavenly Roc Battling Dragon image, then endured his halberd attacks barehanded. The Little Roc King challenged him with a self-created halberd technique that Shen Ye could not readily imitate, and the chapter ended with Shen Ye dodging while his allies argued that the weapon made the challenge unfair.

• The Golden-winged Little Roc King unleashed his Thousand Feathers, Thousand Swords art, but Shen Ye reproduced it and destroyed his sword forest.
• Shen Ye restored his own sword forest after the Little Roc King regenerated his, then copied the Heavenly Roc Battling Dragon image as well.
• The Little Roc King attacked with the Great Desolate Halberd, but Shen Ye caught its blows with his bare hands and sent him flying.
• The Little Roc King accused Shen Ye of using a trick to unsettle him, then announced that he would use a divine art he had created himself.
• The Little Roc King used the World-Suppressing Demonic Halberd First Form, while Shen Ye dodged and the Black Emperor and Tu Fei pointed out that he lacked a comparable weapon.

Shen Ye defeated Little Roc King by mastering and surpassing the World-Suppressing Demonic Halberd, leaving him physically injured and spiritually shattered. Yan Ruyu revealed that Shen Ye had entered the Eight Forbidden Domain, and Ye Fan asked what made it significant.

• Shen Ye forged a replica of the Great Desolate Halberd and used Little Roc King's World-Suppressing Demonic Halberd more powerfully than its creator.
• Azure Flood Dragon King watched Shen Ye's skill and told Crow King he hoped to meet His Highness if he survived his tribulation and became a king.
• Shen Ye countered Little Roc King's first eight forms and deduced the final form, defeating him and reducing half of Demon City to ruins.
• Little Roc King collapsed in shock, and the demons feared his defeat had broken his Dao heart and ruined his future.
• Yan Ruyu congratulated Shen Ye for entering the Eight Forbidden Domain, astonishing the demons.
• Ye Fan asked what special significance the Eight Forbidden Domain held.

After Shen Ye defeated the Little Roc King, the Old Roc King accepted the loss as a lesson and praised Shen Ye’s potential. The Azure Flood Dragon King began a Dao Severing tribulation, while Shen Ye compensated the demon cultivators and the Little Roc King struggled to promise his share.

• The Little Roc King rose after his defeat and vowed to challenge his clan’s nine Heavenly Passes before seeking revenge on Shen Ye.
• The Old Roc King told the Little Roc King to learn from his defeat and acknowledged Shen Ye’s Great Emperor potential.
• A Dao Severing tribulation appeared as the Azure Flood Dragon King emerged from his Small World to undergo it, drawing the Old Roc King and Peacock King away.
• Shen Ye offered five hundred thousand jin of source to compensate demon cultivators whose homes were damaged in the battle.
• The Little Roc King offered to pay half but admitted he could not produce the source immediately, so he asked Green Robe to put it on his account.

Yan Ruyu’s companions urged her to consider Shen Ye as a marriage prospect, and she agreed to speak with him privately. Outside the Small World, Azure Flood Dragon King completed his Dao-Slaying tribulation and revealed that Shen Ye had traded him Arctic Immortal Light for a Saint Body’s remains, leaving Ye Fan newly grateful to Shen Ye.

• Qin Yao and several demon elders urged Yan Ruyu to consider marrying Shen Ye, and Yan Ruyu reluctantly agreed to think about it.
• Shen Ye asked Yan Ruyu to speak privately, and she accepted while Golden-winged Little Roc King watched in dismay.
• Yan Ruyu asked Green Robe to open the Small World's barrier so they could observe Azure Flood Dragon King's tribulation.
• Azure Flood Dragon King survived the Dao-Slaying tribulation, then thanked Shen Ye for granting him the opportunity to obtain Arctic Immortal Light.
• Azure Flood Dragon King revealed that he had traded a Saint Body's remains for the Arctic Immortal Light, and Ye Fan realized Shen Ye had not raised the price during their own trade.

At Azure Flood Dragon King's banquet, Ye Fan sought Shen Ye's help to rescue Pang Bo from possession by an old demon, offering one of the Nine Secrets in exchange. Shen Ye recognized that Ye Fan had two different Nine Secrets, and Ye Fan admitted that he had little bargaining power against Shen Ye.

• Black Emperor warned Ye Fan that rescuing Pang Bo would be dangerous and urged him to ask Shen Ye for help, but Ye Fan refused to give up hope.
• Azure Flood Dragon King pledged Demon City’s obedience to Shen Ye, while Shen Ye explained that reaching the Immortal Domain did not mean becoming immortal.
• Green Robe told Azure Flood Dragon King and Crow King that Shen Ye had predicted Ye Fan would obtain the Source Root of All Things' Mother Qi, convincing them further of Shen Ye’s power.
• Ye Fan asked Shen Ye to help rescue Pang Bo from Yan Ruyu’s lineage and offered one of the Nine Secrets as payment.
• Shen Ye asked whether Ye Fan meant the Nine Secret from Supreme Mystery Sect or the one from Purple Mountain, and Ye Fan conceded that Shen Ye had little need for either as a bargaining chip.

Shen Ye agreed to help Ye Fan negotiate with Yan Ruyu for Pang Bo’s return in exchange for learning the Dou Character Secret and borrowing Ye Fan’s Green Copper Block. After mastering the technique, Shen Ye met Yan Ruyu and offered her the Dou Character Art as Ye Fan’s proposed price for the negotiation.

• Ye Fan told Shen Ye he did not trust Yan Ruyu to trade the Nine Secrets for Pang Bo, so Shen Ye agreed to mediate on the condition that Ye Fan teach him the Dou Character Secret and lend him the Green Copper Block.
• Ye Fan demonstrated the Dou Character Secret, and Shen Ye quickly mastered the Dou Character Art; Ye Fan then offered to demonstrate the Jie Character Secret for Shen Ye over the coming months.
• Shen Ye decided not to retrieve the Jie Character Secret from Zhuo Peak of the Supreme Mystery Sect after Ye Fan offered to help him comprehend it.
• Shen Ye met Yan Ruyu and explained that he had come to mediate between her and Ye Fan, offering her the Dou Character Art as one of the Nine Secrets in exchange for considering Ye Fan’s request.

Shen Ye warned Yan Ruyu that Ye Fan’s great destiny made harming him dangerous, then asked her for Azure Emperor’s Essence Blood. He revealed that Azure Emperor might still be revived with the blood and the Green Copper Block, leaving Yan Ruyu to realize Shen Ye may have obtained the missing artifact.

• Shen Ye persuaded Yan Ruyu that Ye Fan might break the Four Extremities curse and become a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, so harming him could bring disaster upon her branch.
• Yan Ruyu thanked Shen Ye for warning her and asked about the transaction he had mentioned.
• Shen Ye requested three drops of Azure Emperor’s Essence Blood, then claimed he had foreseen a Dark Turmoil that would kill most of the universe’s living beings.
• Shen Ye revealed that Azure Emperor was in a state between life and death and that the Green Copper Block had been vital to his transformation and could help revive him.
• Yan Ruyu realized Shen Ye might have obtained the Green Copper Block from Azure Emperor’s mausoleum.

Shen Ye obtained three drops of the Azure Emperor's Essence Blood from Yan Ruyu by proposing a way to revive her ancestor through the green lotus. They went to the Immortal Palace to free Pang Bo, but after the old demon's possession was stopped, he suddenly attacked Ye Fan and was caught in a Fire Domain.

• Shen Ye told Yan Ruyu that the green lotus might allow the Azure Emperor to return, and she agreed to give him three drops of her ancestor's Essence Blood.
• Yan Ruyu used the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart to extract the blood, which Shen Ye planned to use to open his Liver Divine Treasury.
• Shen Ye and Yan Ruyu joined Ye Fan at the ninth floor of the Immortal Palace, where the old demon possessed Pang Bo's body.
• Yan Ruyu stopped the old demon from attacking Ye Fan and persuaded him to abandon the possession, allowing Pang Bo's soul to reclaim his body.
• The old demon abruptly lunged at Ye Fan, but a Fire Domain engulfed him.

Shen Ye killed the old demon and reunited Ye Fan with Pang Bo and Jiang Tingting. He refused to sell Jiang Tingting’s family an Earthly Fate Fruit, but revealed that a Quasi-Emperor could also cure her Grand Yin Physique.

• Shen Ye used his flames to destroy the old demon’s soul and obtained the Demon Emperor Ancient Scripture and Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor.
• Ye Fan thanked Shen Ye for saving him, and Pang Bo learned that Shen Ye might know about Earth.
• Shen Ye and the others met Jiang Yi and Jiang Tingting, who recognized Ye Fan as the man who had helped them in Yan Kingdom.
• Jiang Yi asked to buy Shen Ye’s Earthly Fate Fruit because the fruit could cure Tingting’s Grand Yin Physique, which usually shortened its bearer’s life to less than twenty years.
• Shen Ye refused to sell the fruit but said a Quasi-Emperor could cleanse Tingting’s marrow and remake her body.

Shen Ye planned to use the Earthly Fate Fruit to draw out Gai Jiuyou, while Ye Fan urged Jiang Yi to rescue the imperiled Divine King Taixu. After two months of observing Ye Fan’s battles, Shen Ye learned the Nine Secrets: Jie, and the chapter ended with him confirming that he knew Earth.

• Shen Ye confirmed that the senior he intended to visit was Gai Jiuyou, and Ye Fan realized he hoped to draw him out with the Earthly Fate Fruit.
• Jiang Yi left to search the Jiang Family’s reserves after realizing Shen Ye’s favor would likely not be spent on Jiang Tingting.
• Ye Fan told Jiang Yi that Divine King Taixu was in grave condition in Purple Mountain, prompting Jiang Yi to hurry back to the Jiang Family.
• Over two months, Ye Fan and Pang Bo sparred while Shen Ye studied Ye Fan’s use of the Nine Secrets: Jie.
• Shen Ye said he had learned the secret technique, then told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that he knew Earth.

Shen Ye told Ye Fan and Pang Bo how they might return to Earth, while the Golden-winged Little Roc King challenged him after completing his clan’s nine Heavenly Passes. The chapter left them poised to fight, with Pang Bo expecting Shen Ye’s newly learned Nine Secrets: Jie to overwhelm his opponent.

• Shen Ye told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that they needed a Five-Colored Altar and an Ancient Star Map to return to Earth, pointing them toward Qishi Mansion and the dangerous Central Plains Ancestral Temple.
• Tu Fei told Shen Ye that the Golden-winged Little Roc King had come looking for another fight, and Shen Ye went with the others to meet him.
• The Old Roc King proudly told the Peacock King that his grandson had passed all nine Heavenly Passes, then noticed the Peacock King’s cultivation breakthrough.
• The Golden-winged Little Roc King thanked Shen Ye for inspiring him through the trials and challenged him, only to discover Shen Ye had reached Grand Perfection of the Dao Palace Realm.
• Pang Bo predicted that Shen Ye’s Nine Secrets: Jie would quickly defeat the Little Roc King, while Ye Fan cautioned that the technique was difficult to trigger.

The Golden-winged Little Roc King lost to Shen Ye and, convinced that Shen Ye was destined to become immortal, voluntarily became his follower. Ye Fan and Pang Bo then prepared to leave to help the rescued Divine King, whose life was nearly spent.

• The Little Roc King recovered from his defeat, declared that Shen Ye was an anomaly destined to become immortal, and asked to follow him.
• Shen Ye accepted the Little Roc King after he passed the Heavenly Pass, while the Old Roc King and the gathered demons reacted with surprise.
• The Little Roc King challenged Hua Yue to compete for the title of Shen Ye’s foremost general and insulted Tu Fei when he tried to advise him.
• Ye Fan told Shen Ye that he and Pang Bo had to leave because the rescued Divine King was near death and had once helped them.

Shen Ye rewarded Ye Fan with source and ordered his demon followers to attack Human World’s lower-ranking assassins. He summoned a powerful senior to help destroy one of Human World’s strongholds, and she recognized Jiang Tingting as a suitable successor to her Nirvana Immortal Scripture.

• Shen Ye gave Ye Fan 150,000 jin of source, which Ye Fan accepted after Shen Ye described it as compensation for lost work.
• Shen Ye learned that Human World had raised his assassination threat to the highest level and ordered the Four Great Demon Kings to handle assassins below the King level while a senior dealt with the stronger ones.
• Old Roc King asked to follow Shen Ye, who welcomed him into his ranks.
• Two days later, Shen Ye brought the demon kings to a Human World stronghold and summoned an old woman whose power had advanced toward the Quasi-Emperor realm.
• The old woman identified Jiang Tingting as a Grand Yin Physique and explained that the Nirvana Immortal Scripture could use her approaching calamity as nourishment, revealing her wish to take Jiang Tingting as her disciple.

Shen Ye led an assault on Human World's Small World with help from a near-quasi-emperor Great Saint, who had just accepted Jiang Tingting as her disciple. The Assassin King was captured, and Shen Ye revealed that he had located Human World's other strongholds and planned to destroy them too.

• The old woman agreed to take Jiang Tingting as her disciple, and Shen Ye recommended that the girl accept.
• Shen Ye asked the old woman to help kill Human World's Assassin King and Assassin Saint, then obtained Fairy Yan's Chaos Green Lotus and Immortal Fire for the assault.
• The old woman opened a breach into Human World's Small World while the Four Great Demon Kings suppressed its assassins, and the Saint Formation failed to activate.
• The Assassin King tried to kill Old Roc King but was frozen by the old woman, while the sealed Small World trapped the fleeing assassins.
• Shen Ye confronted the Assassin King, demanded to know who had hired the assassination, and revealed that he had found Human World's nine Minor Profound Realms, Sacred Hall, and Heavenly Domain.

After Human World’s nine mysterious realms fell, its survivors fled to a hidden Heavenly Domain, where Shen Ye confronted the assassins responsible for targeting him. The old woman captured Human World’s hidden Killing Ancestor, and the Assassin Saint’s offer to surrender their foundations was left unanswered.

• Human World’s nine mysterious realms collapsed, and the Sacred Hall’s survivors retreated into the Heavenly Domain.
• The old woman brought Shen Ye and the demon clan into the Heavenly Domain, where Shen Ye confronted the Killing Path King.
• The Killing Path King identified the Four Sects of Source Art as the commissioners behind Shen Ye’s assassination.
• The old woman seized the Killing Ancestor when he attempted to assassinate her, then revealed the Chaos Green Lotus and Immortal Fire against his Divine Formation threat.
• The Assassin Saint offered Human World’s foundations in exchange for mercy, but Shen Ye said he had already given them a chance.

Shen Ye destroyed Human World after learning that an Archaic Imperial Clan had used the Assassin Dynasty to probe his strength. He collected the assassins’ souls and shared the dynasty’s enormous treasure hoard with the old woman and his demon companions.

• The Killing Path King admitted that someone had manipulated Human World, and Shen Ye guessed that an Archaic Imperial Clan was behind it.
• The old woman destroyed the assassins’ bodies at Shen Ye’s request, and he used Shennong’s faith power to collect their souls.
• Shen Ye and his companions spent half a day looting Human World’s vast stores of treasures and dismantling the White Bone Palace.
• The old woman took less than one percent of the treasure, while Shen Ye offered to keep her half for her and invited the demons to choose what they wanted.
• The Four Great Demon Kings chose sacred weapons and armor, Little Roc King gathered offensive divine arts, and Yan Ruyu collected source and medicinal treasures.

After destroying Human World, Shen Ye returned to the Big Dipper and traveled to Sacred City, where the Jiang Family sought his help finding a longevity medicine for Divine King Taixu. Jiang Caixuan offered him access to the family’s raw stones, but the Little Roc King dismissed the proposed reward as trivial.

• Shen Ye took Human World's most precious treasures, left the rest in the Four Great Demon Kings’ care, and returned to the Big Dipper with the old woman and Jiang Tingting.
• The old woman and Jiang Tingting departed after Shen Ye promised to notify Jiang Tingting’s granduncle.
• Shen Ye chose to head to Sacred City, where he arrived with Hua Yue and the Little Roc King while Yan Ruyu and the Four Great Demon Kings stayed away from public view.
• Jiang Caixuan found Shen Ye and invited him to a Jiang Clan-controlled restaurant, explaining that the Jiang Family was being obstructed as it sought medicine for Divine King Taixu.
• Jiang Caixuan asked Shen Ye to use his source arts to find another longevity divine medicine and offered him free choice of the Jiang Family’s raw stones.
• The Little Roc King scoffed at the offer of a hundred thousand jin of source, and Shen Ye did not accept or refuse.

At a restaurant, Jiang Caixuan sought Shen Ye’s help protecting the Divine King Sect Ancestor, while the Yaochi Saintess arrived to invite him to Yaochi. Shen Ye refused because he was creating a scripture for the Four Extremities Realm, startling the Saintess and earning the Little Roc King’s renewed admiration.

• Jiang Caixuan recognized the Golden-winged Little Roc King, who confirmed that he followed Shen Ye and dismissed her offer of source.
• Jiang Caixuan asked Shen Ye to introduce a king who could protect the Divine King Sect Ancestor, and Shen Ye revealed that more than one king guarded him.
• The Yaochi Saintess arrived, assured Jiang Caixuan that Yaochi would not interfere with Divine King Taixu’s return, and apologized to Shen Ye for failing to notify him about the postponed gathering.
• The Yaochi Saintess invited Shen Ye to visit Yaochi, but he declined because he needed to create a scripture for the Four Extremities Realm.
• The Yaochi Saintess realized Shen Ye might have spent years creating a cultivation method, and the Little Roc King concluded that this explained Shen Ye’s strength.