Chapter Summaries

The Golden Saintess joined Jiang Caixuan and the Yaochi Saintess in vying for Shen Ye’s attention, but their conversation was interrupted by an assassination attempt. After the Old Roc King stopped the attack, a mysterious youth offered to suppress the Assassin Dynasty in exchange for the Earthly Fate Fruit.

• The Golden Saintess sat with Shen Ye and invited him to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, provoking Jiang Caixuan and the Yaochi Saintess.
• Shen Ye confronted the Golden Saintess about the power behind her and said they would discuss the matter after she emerged from the Ten Absolute Formation.
• An assassin fired a divine arrow through a domain gate, but the Old Roc King appeared and blocked it.
• The Little Roc King identified the attackers as the Hell Dynasty, and the Yaochi Saintess and Jiang Caixuan invited Shen Ye to seek protection at their respective homes.
• A young man arrived and offered to suppress the Assassin Dynasty if Shen Ye gave him the Earthly Fate Fruit.

Shen Ye used the Earthly Fate Fruit to set up a contest between Xia Jiuyou and the Little Roc King, while the Hell Dynasty's Assassin Saint discovered that Shen Ye had been behind Human World's destruction. The chapter left the Assassin Saint alarmed that Hell Dynasty had also accepted a contract to kill Shen Ye and ready to make amends.

• Xia Jiuyou offered Shen Ye three favors for the Earthly Fate Fruit, and Shen Ye said he could have it if he defeated Tianpeng.
• Xia Jiuyou and the Little Roc King traded insults and prepared to fight.
• The Hell Dynasty's Assassin Saint reconstructed the scene of Human World's destruction and saw that a youth had been involved.
• A Tuoba Family source arts grandmaster identified the youth as Shen Ye and explained that Human World had been contracted to assassinate him.
• The Assassin Saint learned that the Tuoba Family had also placed a commission with Hell Dynasty and warned that its assassins must not have acted yet.
• The Assassin Saint spared the grandmasters, intending to keep them alive to apologize to Shen Ye.

The Hell Dynasty Killing Saint revoked the assassination order against Shen Ye and rushed to appease him after one group of assassins attacked anyway. At the Jiang Clan tavern, Shen Ye’s power stunned the assembled cultivators, and the Killing Saint offered up the traitors and a generous gift to avoid sharing Human World’s fate.

• The Hell Dynasty Killing Saint withdrew the assassination order against Shen Ye, but learned that one Small World had already sent assassins after him.
• The Little Roc King and Xia Jiuyou fought fiercely in the Sacred City, while the Little Roc King praised Shen Ye’s overwhelming strength.
• The Hell Dynasty Killing Saint arrived at the Jiang Clan tavern, seized the assassins and their commissioners, and offered them to Shen Ye as an apology.
• The Killing Saint claimed Hell had severed ties with Human World and praised Shen Ye for destroying it, shocking the crowd.
• Shen Ye hinted that Hell should pay him with its wealth, and the Killing Saint promised to prepare a generous gift.

Shen Ye ordered the Hell Assassin Saint to punish the factions behind the assassination commissions, then suppressed Xia Jiuyou’s attempted breakthrough and offered him the Earthly Fate Fruit in exchange for visiting his master. The Yaochi Saintess and Jiang Caixuan then asked whether Shen Ye had found the remains of their slain sages in the Human World.

• Shen Ye told the Hell Assassin Saint to make the heads of the factions that commissioned his assassination kill themselves, and the Saint carried away the traitorous assassins.
• Xia Jiuyou challenged the Little Roc King and tried to break through to the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm to claim the Earthly Fate Fruit.
• Shen Ye used his Cosmic Stars Array to suppress Xia Jiuyou and sever his connection to the Great Dao, preventing his breakthrough.
• Shen Ye offered Xia Jiuyou the Earthly Fate Fruit if he could visit Xia Jiuyou’s master, and Xia Jiuyou agreed.
• The Yaochi Saintess and Jiang Caixuan asked Shen Ye whether he had found the remains of their sages among the Human World’s trophies.

After Shen Ye arranged for the sacred lands to reclaim their ancestors' remains, news of Human World's destruction spread across the Big Dipper and terrified the factions that had plotted against him. The Ji Clan accepted Shen Ye's overwhelming strength, and Ji Haoyue volunteered to help recover the clan's remains.

• Shen Ye agreed to let the major factions claim their ancestors' remains, and Jiang Caixuan offered to handle the process at the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• The tavern's visitors spread news of Human World's destruction across the Eastern Wasteland and the Big Dipper.
• Tuoba Gui learned that the Tuoba Family had commissioned Human World to assassinate Shen Ye and that the heads of the involved factions had to commit suicide.
• The Ji Family Holy Lord confirmed that Shen Ye had destroyed Human World and ordered the Ji Clan not to disrespect him.
• The Ji Family Holy Lord told Ji Haoyue that Shen Ye had defeated a young genius in one move and that the Golden-winged Little Roc King followed him.
• Ji Haoyue volunteered to retrieve the Ji Clan's ancestors' remains, and the Ji Family Holy Lord sent Ji Ziyue with him to keep him in check.

At the Dragon Transformation Pool, Shen Ye told the Jiang Family that Tingting had become the disciple of the senior who helped destroy Human World. Meanwhile, Ye Fan and the bandits waited outside as guests arrived, until someone claiming to be Shen Ye’s close friend demanded entry in the Sacred Body’s name.

• Shen Ye explained to Xia Jiuyou that he had recognized her identity when he took her into the Universe in Hand, and Little Roc King mocked her.
• Jiang Ren and the Jiang Family elders thanked Shen Ye for returning their ancestor’s remains, and Shen Ye revealed that Tingting was safe and had become a powerful senior’s disciple.
• Two ancient, powerful auras appeared near the Dragon Transformation Pool, prompting the Jiang Family members to hurry toward the disturbance as Shen Ye followed with his companions.
• Ye Fan, disguised as Gu Feng, waited outside with Li Heishui, Liu Kou, Tu Fei, and Jiang Hairen while holy land guests were admitted.
• A voice at the entrance claimed that the Sacred Body was close friends with Shen Ye and demanded entry, leading Ye Fan to suspect that Duan De was impersonating him.

Ye Fan watched a disguised Duan De provoke Eastern Wasteland’s young talents by declaring himself its king, while secretly suspecting the performance was meant to help Duan De mark Holy Lands and rob their tombs. The arrival of Northern Emperor Wang Teng and Zi Tiandu turned the farce into a confrontation, and Zi Tiandu insulted the human race as servile.

• Li Heishui recognized that the apparent Ye Fan was not the real one, while Xiang Yifei challenged the impostor and heard him argue that Eastern Wasteland needed a king.
• The impostor dismissed Eastern Wasteland’s prominent talents, proposed pairing the Zifu Saintess’s Innate Dao Embryo with a Sacred Body, and proclaimed himself the Eastern Saint.
• Ye Fan suspected the disguised Duan De was provoking people to plant tracking marks and later rob the Holy Lands’ tombs, and Liu Kou guessed he had waited for Ye Fan to arrive so he could rely on him.
• As the crowd prepared to attack the impostor, Wang Teng arrived in a golden war chariot with Zi Tiandu, whose power and presence astonished the onlookers.
• The impostor mocked the newcomers, and Zi Tiandu condemned the humans around him as a race of slaves before urging Wang Teng to establish a Heavenly Human Race.

At Shen Ye’s grand gathering, Zi Tiandu insulted the human race until the Golden Celestial Maiden intervened and warned him not to ruin the event. Shen Ye arrived to confront him, but Zi Tiandu greeted him with unexpected courtesy, leaving the brewing conflict unresolved.

• Zi Tiandu dismissed the human race and threatened those who challenged him, while Wang Teng secretly encouraged his arrogance to provoke Shen Ye and Spirit Valley.
• The Golden Celestial Maiden revealed her Golden Divine Treasury and warned Zi Tiandu not to bring disaster upon Spirit Valley by disrupting Shen Ye’s gathering.
• Zi Tiandu questioned whether she would protect the humans, and she replied that she was only defending Brother Shen’s event.
• Shen Ye arrived after hearing Zi Tiandu was looking for him, and Zi Tiandu smiled and apologized for his presumption.

Zi Tiandu mistook Shen Ye for the Undying Heavenly Sovereign’s descendant and turned a confrontation into an alliance, prompting Wang Teng to give Shen Ye divine phoenix blood. As imperial weapons clashed over Sacred City, four powerful newcomers arrived, including a Great Accomplishment King who might threaten Jiang Taixu.

• Zi Tiandu concluded that Shen Ye was the Heavenly Sovereign’s descendant and became deferential, easing tensions with the Sacred Land members.
• Ye Fan revealed his true appearance and gave the Jiang Family divine medicines, while Shen Ye considered exploiting Zi Tiandu’s mistaken belief.
• Zi Tiandu urged Wang Teng to share his Undying Divine Phoenix Blood with Shen Ye, and Wang Teng handed over several bottles.
• Two Great Emperor’s Sacred Weapons clashed above Sacred City as four Dao Severing Kings entered through the Sun God Furnace’s domain.
• Crow King warned Shen Ye that the newcomers included three decayed figures with powerful divine senses and a Great Accomplishment King who might be near the Saint realm.

Shen Ye sensed a connection to the Sun God Furnace and sent the Four Great Demon Kings to help Jiang Taixu. After Shen Ye’s evil spirits devoured three ancient enemies, Immortal Cloud Fairy confronted the retreating Dark Night Monarch.

• Shen Ye reassured his companions that he could protect them if the Extreme Dao Divine Might erupted and sent the Four Great Demon Kings to the underground palace.
• Crow King fought three ancient monsters while the Dark Night Monarch battled the other three Demon Kings, and Jiang Clan cultivators guarded Jiang Taixu.
• The Dark Night Monarch trapped Crow King, allowing the three ancient monsters to rush at Shen Ye, but Shen Ye’s evil spirits devoured them.
• Crow King escaped the Dark Night Domain, and the Dark Night Monarch decided to withdraw after realizing his plan was failing.
• Immortal Cloud Fairy blocked the Dark Night Monarch, who threatened to destroy Myriad Beginning Holy Land.

Shen Ye helped the Jiang Family and more than a hundred holy-land experts defeat Dark Night Monarch, who died before the awakened Jiang Taixu could fight him. Afterward, Shen Ye borrowed the Sun God Furnace and the Eternal Universe Scripture, then spent two months preserving the furnace’s aura for future study.

• Shen Ye’s reputation and Zi Tiandu’s command drew two Primordial Creatures and more than a hundred holy-land experts into the fight against Dark Night Monarch, while the Sun God Furnace’s hidden lender recalled the Emperor Armament.
• Jiang Taixu awakened to find Dark Night Monarch defeated; Dark Night Monarch revealed his old grudge over Jiang Taixu killing his elder brother, then died.
• Jiang Taixu thanked Shen Ye for saving him, and Jiang Ren agreed to lend Shen Ye the Sun God Furnace and the Eternal Universe Scripture on the condition that he not spread the scripture.
• Jiang Ren led Jiang Taixu to Ye Fan, whom the Jiang Family repaid for saving Jiang Taixu by giving him source.
• Over the next two months, Shen Ye used the Destiny Orb to preserve the Sun God Furnace’s aura and imprinted the Chaos Green Lotus’s aura in the Azure Flood Dragon King’s Small World.

Shen Ye found Gai Jiuyou at the Immortal Transformation Pond and offered him rare longevity treasures in exchange for teaching Hua Yue the Immortal Tribulation Melody and providing an edict with his full-power strike. Gai Jiuyou agreed, energized by Shen Ye's vow to challenge him for the imperial throne even if Gai Jiuyou became Emperor first.

• Shen Ye used Ziwei Dou Shu to locate the Immortal Transformation Pond, where Gai Jiuyou appeared and reunited with Xia Jiuyou.
• Shen Ye offered Gai Jiuyou an Earthly Fate Fruit, three strands of Arctic Immortal Light, and information about dream-grade divine marrow, then recounted how Xia Jiuyou had risked her cultivation path to obtain the fruit.
• Shen Ye asked Gai Jiuyou to teach Hua Yue the Immortal Tribulation Melody and give him an edict containing Gai Jiuyou's full-power strike.
• Gai Jiuyou warned Shen Ye that he would contend for the position of Great Emperor if the treasures extended his life, and Shen Ye declared that he would challenge him regardless.
• Gai Jiuyou laughed and said he would wait on the imperial throne for Shen Ye to challenge him.

Shen Ye obtained Nine Secret: Bing in the Qinling Mountains while Gai Jiuyou fought the Holy Spirit at the Immortal Transformation Pond. After receiving the Holy Spirit's petrified arm and a reusable decree containing the Immortal Tribulation Melody, Shen Ye and Hua Yue departed for the Immortal Realm.

• Gai Jiuyou restored his lifespan with the Earthly Fate Fruit and Arctic Immortal Light, then accepted Shen Ye's Immortal Fire before entering the Immortal Transformation Pond to confront the Holy Spirit.
• Shen Ye infiltrated Qin Gate and, after studying the weapon murals beneath the moonlight, comprehended Nine Secret: Bing.
• Azure Emperor's ancient killing intent swept across the land, destroying most of the Holy Spirit and leaving Gai Jiuyou able to recover only its petrified arm.
• Gai Jiuyou returned the Immortal Fire to Shen Ye and gave him a decree containing a reusable Immortal Tribulation Melody.
• Shen Ye told Crow King and the other demons that he and Hua Yue were returning to the Immortal Realm, then vanished with her.

Shen Ye returned to City of Flowing Moon and reunited with Cang Ming, Xiao Xi, and Tong. He used the Chaos Green Lotus to extend Xiao Xi’s reincarnation cycle, though the chapter left her deeper problem unresolved.

• Shen Ye returned to City of Flowing Moon, where Cang Ming told him her father and uncle had died and planned his Ziwei High Priest succession ceremony.
• Shen Ye reunited with Xiao Xi, who told him she had endured 551 three-day cycles since his departure.
• Shen Ye sent the Chaos Green Lotus into Xiao Xi to alter the divine blood in her Life Palace, but the blood expelled it after its reincarnation process began.
• Shen Ye told Xiao Xi that her memories would now last longer, and estimated her cycle had been extended to at least three months.
• Shen Ye visited Tong in the Hall of Life and Death and reflected on Tong’s talent and his petrifying demonic eye.

Shen Ye took up the post of Ziwei High Priest and flooded the City of Flowing Moon with spiritual energy and cultivation resources. When he later opened a rift in the Fuxi Barrier, Li Ying descended into the Human Realm, only to be weakened by Shen Ye and sealed inside the World Stone.

• Shen Ye gave Tong the Holy Spirit Arm to study before leaving him absorbed in examining it.
• Shen Ye became the Ziwei High Priest and released Pure Qi, sources, Spirit Medicine, Divine Materials, and mineral deposits across the City of Flowing Moon.
• Shen Ye asked Cang Ming to calm the city during the disturbance he expected to cause.
• Shen Ye detonated Five-Colored Stones at a barrier node, opening a Void rift and letting Li Ying descend.
• Shen Ye used the Immortal Tribulation Melody to reduce Li Ying to his Demon Core, then sealed him inside the World Stone before he could speak.

Shen Ye visited the Heavenly Pillar and gained the Black Tortoise Ancestor’s help in completing his Four Extremities cultivation method. After returning to City of Flowing Moon, he upgraded the Xingtian Automaton and prepared to transmigrate again.

• Shen Ye reached the far-northern Heavenly Pillar and spent half a month comprehending its mysteries.
• Shen Ye contacted the Black Tortoise Ancestor, explained the Lieshan Tribe’s history, and discussed his cultivation system.
• The Black Tortoise Ancestor shared its insights into the Four Symbols, helping Shen Ye complete the Four Extremities Scroll and reach Four Extremities Grand Perfection.
• Shen Ye returned to City of Flowing Moon and used rare materials and the divine souls of three Kings to upgrade the Xingtian Automaton to Immortal Platform Third Heaven.
• Shen Ye burned his fortune to prepare for another transmigration, seeking a world with accessible dragon veins and advanced body-tempering techniques.

Shen Ye assessed how the powerful beings of Lord of All Realms might perceive him and decided to enter the Six Paths Reincarnation Space. He went to the Huanhua Sword Sect’s recruitment event to make a conspicuous entrance, leaving the gate disciples unsure how to respond to his request to announce himself.

• Shen Ye concluded that the Beyond the Shore beings would likely mistake him for a pawn of another powerful being and decided to attract attention while keeping control of his actions.
• Shen Ye chose to pursue entry into the Six Paths Reincarnation Space, where he believed his immunity to karmic restraints would protect him.
• Shen Ye selected the Huanhua Sword Sect as his starting point and traveled to its recruitment event in Heng Prefecture with Hua Yue.
• Shen Ye asked the Huanhua Sword Sect’s gate disciples to announce him as an overseas independent cultivator who had come to pay his respects.

Shen Ye challenged Huanhua Sword Sect and defeated Yun Fan after suppressing his strength, impressing the gathered martial artists with a sword move that resembled the sect’s own techniques. The chapter ended with an elder asking how Shen Ye learned the move, while an author’s note outlined plans for future installments.

• Shen Ye announced his challenge at Huanhua Sword Sect’s gate, and his booming voice led onlookers to suspect he had reached Half-step External Scenery.
• Situ Zhenlei confronted Shen Ye, who offered to match his strength and speed to the sect’s disciples and presented a rare soul-cleansing Spirit Medicine.
• Situ Zhenlei brought Yun Fan to fight Shen Ye, and Yun Fan reluctantly accepted the challenge.
• Shen Ye studied Yun Fan’s swordsmanship while sparring and defeated him on his tenth move by knocking away his sword.
• An elder asked Shen Ye where he had learned a final strike that resembled Huanhua Sword Sect’s swordsmanship, and Shen Ye said he had improvised it after watching Yun Fan.

Shen Ye faced Young Master Green Lotus Liusu in a sword duel at the Huanhua Sword Sect. After Shen Ye broke Liusu’s sword domain with the Sword of the Heavenly Emperor, the crowd and even the External Scenery elders fell to their knees.

• Liusu returned to the sect and challenged Shen Ye, eager to test the unusual way he commanded heaven and earth.
• Shen Ye gave Liusu several jars of fine wine before they began their duel.
• Liusu summoned nightfall with his sword and formed a vast sword domain, while Shen Ye answered with a slash that tore through the darkness like a meteor.
• Shen Ye pierced through Liusu’s sword domain with ease and used the exchange to estimate how the local cultivation realms compared with those of the Shrouding Heavens Realm.
• After nine moves, Shen Ye unleashed the Sword of the Heavenly Emperor, instantly shattered Liusu’s triple sword domain, and forced the crowd and External Scenery elders to their knees.

After defeating Liusu, Shen Ye entered the Reincarnation World, exchanged unfamiliar cultivation methods for Merit Points, and bought the first four chapters of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art. The Lords of Six Paths of Reincarnation assigned him to a faction conflict in the Demon Tomb, where they appeared intent on testing him against other chosen Reincarnators.

• Liusu realized Shen Ye had concealed his true strength, while Situ Zhenlei asked how Shen Ye compared to He Jiu.
• Shen Ye arrived at the white jade plaza and learned from the Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation that Merit Points could be earned through missions and item exchanges.
• Shen Ye exchanged the methods he had acquired from the Human World's treasury for 120,000 Merit Points, drawing the Lords' attention to their unfamiliar cultivation system.
• Shen Ye spent 111,100 Merit Points to obtain the Qi Accumulation, Aperture Opening, External Scenery, and Dharma Body chapters of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
• The Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation assigned Shen Ye to defeat both the four great sects and the demonic cult, claim the Demon Tomb, and kill Reincarnators from the other factions.