Chapter Summaries

After displaying his Thousand Transformations power, Xiao Xian explained the martial and Immortal Dao realms to Hong Yi. Hong Yi offered him the Past Amitabha Sutra, but Xiao Xian returned it, leaving Hong Yi to keep the treasure and pursue his own cultivation.

• Su Mu considered how the Supreme Path Sect might subdue Xiao Xian and recruit him.
• Xiao Xian explained the eight Human Immortal realms and how Thousand Transformations compared with the Ninth Thunder Tribulation to Hong Yi.
• Hong Yi knelt and offered Xiao Xian the Past Amitabha Sutra.
• Xiao Xian read the scripture, declined to keep it, and returned it to Hong Yi.
• Hong Yi regretted having concealed the scripture and felt relieved that Xiao Xian did not blame him.

Xiao Xian welcomed Hong Yi as his disciple and gave him the Present Tathagata Sutra to complement his Past Amitabha Sutra. After half a month of rapid cultivation, Hong Yi received two powerful treasures to protect him during the approaching spring examinations.

• Xiao Xian reassured Hong Yi, accepted his sincerity, and told him to begin formal cultivation at dawn.
• Xiao Xian received the Present Tathagata Sutra through a check-in reward and passed it to Hong Yi the next morning.
• Hong Yi trained under Xiao Xian for half a month, reaching Skin Refining in martial arts and Soul Projection in soul cultivation.
• Xiao Xian gave Hong Yi the Peach God Yin-Yang Sword and Soul Splitting Puppet to help him stay safe and earn honors at the spring examinations.

Xiao Xian kept Hong Yi safe at Yunlan Sect after defeating Hong Xuanji, while news of the battle spread and enraged Yang An over his lost armor. Yang An met with the mysterious existence, which questioned Xiao Xian’s unexplained origins.

• Xiao Xian gave Hong Yi two treasures and told him to stay at Yunlan Sect until the spring examinations, with occasional visits to his mother's memorial tablet.
• News of the battle at Dragon Slaying Mountain spread, and onlookers mocked the Great Luo Sect for losing its leaders and treasures.
• Yang An learned that Huang YanYan had died and the Sky Brilliance Horned God Armor had been lost, then smashed things and cursed Hong Xuanji and Huang YanYan.
• Yang An entered his secret chamber after hearing a murmur and met with the mysterious existence, which said Xiao Xian seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
• Yang An urged the mysterious existence to kill Xiao Xian and retrieve the Sky Brilliance Horned God Armor.

Yang An accepted Precious Flesh from the Immortal God King, who intended to use him to restrain Xiao Xian while advancing a plan to control the Divine Continent. The Immortal God King revealed that he was close to escaping the Imperishable Stele and planned to deal with Xiao Xian himself once free.

• The Immortal God King gave Yang An a lump of Precious Flesh and warned him to use it to become stronger and oppose Xiao Xian.
• Yang An accepted the flesh while privately resenting the Immortal God King and recognizing that they were exploiting each other.
• The chapter revealed that Yang An was the Immortal God King's soul creation, placed in a body modeled after Xu Wuyi to help seize control of the Divine Continent.
• The Immortal God King reflected that he had nearly refined the largest Imperishable Stele and intended to gather the remaining four to complete a King of Divine Artifacts.
• The Immortal God King judged that Yang An could only restrain Xiao Xian, whom he planned to kill personally after escaping the stele.

Yang An became a Human Immortal after refining the Immortal God King's flesh and devised a plan to seize Xiao Xian's body during a thunder tribulation. In the Great Qian Imperial Palace, Yang Pan urged Hong Xuanji to leave the capital and recover from the wounds to his heart.

• Yang An refined the Immortal God King's flesh and blood, broke through to the Human Immortal realm, and decided he still could not confront Xiao Xian directly.
• Yang An concluded that Xiao Xian's divine soul was his weakness and planned to attack while it was separated from the body during a thunder tribulation.
• Yang An intended to seize Xiao Xian's body after his divine soul was destroyed and before a new primary consciousness could emerge.
• Yang Pan told Hong Xuanji that his heart had gathered dust and advised him to leave the capital and travel.
• Yang Pan admitted that keeping Hong Xuanji occupied with court affairs had cost him opportunities, and believed travel would bring him new encounters.

Hong Xuanji left Jade Capital City after Xiao Xian forced him to retreat, while Yang Pan urged him to treat the humiliation as a chance to grow stronger. His departure drew the attention of factions seeking to kill or recruit him, as Saintess Su Mu considered how to gain control of Xiao Xian during his thunder tribulation.

• Yang Pan reassured Hong Xuanji that his divine artifacts and cultivation could protect him from Xiao Xian, and Hong Xuanji accepted the order to leave.
• Hong Xuanji departed Jade Capital City quietly, viewing his retreat as a chance to overcome his defeat and eventually reach the peak.
• News of Hong Xuanji's departure spread among major factions, prompting some to plan an ambush and others to consider recruiting him.
• Saintess Su Mu continued plotting to control Xiao Xian during his thunder tribulation, while Meng Shenji prepared to undergo the Eighth Thunder Tribulation in the Wild Wastes.

Hong Yi left to take the Spring Examination while Xiao Xian traveled from the Divine Continent World to the Central Great World, seeking powerful opponents and Pan Huang’s Yang God Thought to aid his cultivation. His arrival drew the attention of the Central Great World’s three peak experts, who wondered how a Thousand Transformations expert had appeared in the Divine Land.

• Hong Yi told Xiao Xian he planned to take the Spring Examination, and Xiao Xian supported his decision.
• After Hong Yi descended the mountain for the examination, Xiao Xian decided to seek opportunities in the Central Great World and left behind a powerful avatar.
• Xiao Xian crossed the starry vacuum and reached the Central Great World.
• Xu Yi, Meng Wuhen, and Xu Wuyi sensed Xiao Xian’s power and discussed the unexpected appearance of a Thousand Transformations expert from the Divine Land.

Xiao Xian confronted Xu Wuyi, a Thousand Transformations expert from the Central Great World, while Xu Yi and Meng Wuhen planned to exploit their duel before joining forces to kill him. Their first exchange devastated the starry sky, and Xu Wuyi proved slightly weaker.

• Xu Yi and Meng Wuhen agreed to let Xu Wuyi test Xiao Xian, then planned to attack him together with the Eight Ministers.
• Xu Wuyi stepped into the starry sky and confronted Xiao Xian, who recognized the hidden soul thoughts of Xu Yi and Meng Wuhen.
• Xu Wuyi transformed his body into five divine beasts and sent them charging at Xiao Xian.
• Xiao Xian enlarged himself and killed the five beasts with one finger, forcing Xu Wuyi to reform his body.
• Xu Wuyi turned into a massive fist and collided with Xiao Xian's finger, unleashing a destructive shockwave before his fist was shattered.

Xiao Xian confronted Xu Wuyi and revealed a power that could instantly learn and improve an opponent’s martial arts. The chapter left Xu Yi and Meng Wuhen shaken and doubting whether they could kill him.

• Xu Wuyi introduced himself to Xiao Xian and welcomed the chance to fight someone strong enough to push him toward greater power.
• Xu Wuyi attacked with his Pine Crane Longevity fist intent, manifesting a world of pines and cloud cranes.
• Xiao Xian answered with a mountain-and-water fist intent that overwhelmed Xu Wuyi’s artistic conception and shook the starry sky.
• Xu Yi and Meng Wuhen watched in disbelief as Xiao Xian used martial arts that matched Xu Wuyi’s style but surpassed it.
• Xiao Xian’s Creation ability let him instantly learn Xu Wuyi’s martial arts and refine them into a stronger form.
• Xu Yi lost his confidence and wondered whether they could kill an opponent as monstrous as Xiao Xian.

Xiao Xian overwhelmed Xu Wuyi in battle, but Xu Wuyi recovered his composure and used his ultimate escape technique to flee. He vowed to return once he was strong enough to defeat Xiao Xian.

• Xu Wuyi created a thousand fighters with Thousand Army Kill, and Xiao Xian countered with his own clones, learning the deeper principles in Xu Wuyi's technique.
• Xiao Xian crushed Xu Wuyi's attack with the power of a great world and sent him flying, shaking his state of mind.
• Xu Wuyi said he had overcome the shadow in his heart and acknowledged that he could not defeat Xiao Xian yet.
• Xu Wuyi announced he would retreat and return when he was stronger, then unleashed Escaping One to create indistinguishable doubles across the starry sky.
• Xiao Xian could not stop Xu Wuyi from escaping among the countless doubles.

After Xu Wuyi fled from Xiao Xian, Xiao Xian waited in the starry sky for him to return, then went back to the Divine Continent World to prepare for its Spring Thunder lightning tribulation. His return to the Yunlan Sect drew attention, and Yang Pan began plotting against him.

• Xiao Xian let Xu Wuyi escape, intending to use him as a worthy opponent to sharpen his martial cultivation and help him approach Shattering the Vacuum.
• Xu Yi and Meng Wuhen discussed Xiao Xian’s overwhelming strength and blamed Xu Wuyi for refusing to join them in attacking him.
• After waiting a month for Xu Wuyi to appear, Xiao Xian left a thread of consciousness in his body and sent his divine soul back to the Divine Continent World.
• Xiao Xian returned openly to the Yunlan Sect ahead of the Spring Thunder, prompting rumors that he planned to undergo the lightning tribulation.
• Yang Pan suspected Xiao Xian intended to transform his divine soul and began devising schemes to stop him.

Meng Shenji learned that Xiao Xian had defeated Xu Wuyi and revealed Thousand Transformations strength, and he recognized him as a dangerous rival. As both men prepared to cross tribulations, Meng Shenji planned to use Xiao Xian as a diversion and spread news that Xiao Xian's body was in Beyond the Heavens.

• Yang Pan welcomed the chance to take revenge on Xiao Xian, who had returned to cross the tribulation.
• Meng Shenji learned through his contingencies that Xiao Xian had gone to Beyond the Heavens and defeated Xu Wuyi.
• Meng Shenji recalled how Xiao Xian's strength at Dragon Slaying Mountain had overturned his confidence and made him urgently seek the Eighth Thunder Tribulation.
• Meng Shenji decided to use the enemies targeting Xiao Xian to divert pressure from his own tribulation, then eliminate Xiao Xian as a rival for the Other Shore.
• Meng Shenji had Su Mu use the Supreme Path Sect's intelligence network to spread the news that Xiao Xian's body was in Beyond the Heavens.

After news spread that Xiao Xian’s body had reached Thousand Transformations while his soul remained in the Divine Continent World, Yang An decided to go to the Wildlands and wait for a chance to kill him. Xiao Xian arrived there to undergo his tribulation, hoping to draw out the hidden experts who wanted his power.

• Yang An weighed whether the news about Xiao Xian was a trap, then chose to head to the Wildlands and have his subordinates test the situation before he acted.
• The Supreme Path Sect Saintess, Martial Might King Yang Tuo, and concealed experts from major sects and holy lands gathered in the Wildlands to watch for Xiao Xian.
• Xiao Xian set out for the Wildlands, aware that many experts were waiting to attack him and confident that his soul’s strength rivaled a Creator’s.
• Xiao Xian arrived above the Wildlands and sought a place to prepare for his tribulation, intending to reveal himself without making his plans too obvious.

Hong Xuanji joined the Three Sons of the Righteous Path in killing Heaven Splitting Great Emperor and rose to high-stage Human Immortal. When Tang Hailong revealed that Xiao Xian planned to undergo tribulation in the Wild Wastes, Chen Xingzi invited Hong Xuanji to help hunt him.

• Hong Xuanji helped the Three Sons of the Righteous Path destroy Heaven Splitting Great Emperor's soul, and they divided his vital essence.
• Yin Yunzi brought Tang Hailong to meet the group, and Tang announced that Xiao Xian was preparing to undergo tribulation in the Wild Wastes.
• Tang Hailong asked Chen Xingzi, Yin Yunzi, and Lian Yunzi to accompany him to the Wild Wastes to pursue Xiao Xian's Thousand Transformations cultivation experience.
• Chen Xingzi urged Hong Xuanji to join their hunt, proposing that they destroy Xiao Xian's soul before seeking his physical body.

The Three Sons of the Righteous Path tried to recruit Hong Xuanji to help them attack Xiao Xian, but Hong Xuanji refused and agreed instead to guard the Nine Abyss Divine Territory. The three departed for the Savage Wilderness, convinced they would claim the spoils.

• Tang Hailong mocked Hong Xuanji for refusing to pursue revenge against Xiao Xian, while Chen Xingzi urged him to reconsider.
• Hong Xuanji admitted that he feared Xiao Xian and calmly refused to be provoked into joining the attack.
• Lian Yunzi accepted Hong Xuanji's decision and asked him to stay in the Nine Abyss Divine Territory to deter the remaining Demonic Path forces.
• Hong Xuanji agreed to remain and continue cultivating, while the Three Sons of the Righteous Path prepared to travel to the Savage Wilderness.
• The three believed their strength and Ancestor God Mountain would secure victory and leave the final gains to the Nine Abyss Divine Territory.

Hong Xuanji secretly left to search the lower levels of the Nine Abyss Divine Territory for an ownerless martial aura that could raise his cultivation. In the Wild Wastes, Xiao Xian waited for Spring Thunder as Meng Shenji divined his location and enemies moved toward him, but Xiao Xian sensed the danger.

• Hong Xuanji revealed that he had hidden his interest in the Nine Abyss Divine Territory’s depths while the others were present.
• Hong Xuanji resolved to avoid Xiao Xian until he could reach the Thousand Transformations realm and quietly descended into the lower levels of the Nine Abyss Divine Territory.
• Xiao Xian waited atop a mountain in the Wild Wastes for Spring Thunder, knowing that forces were plotting against him and Meng Shenji.
• Meng Shenji divined that Xiao Xian would undergo his tribulation in the southeast and sent the location to Saintess Su Mu.
• The Supreme Path Sect spread Meng Shenji’s divination, prompting schemers to head southeast in search of Xiao Xian.
• Xiao Xian sensed that others were plotting against him.

Xiao Xian discovered Champion Marquis Yang An approaching in secret and fought him while concealing his true strength. Yang An mistook Xiao Xian’s restraint for weakness and attacked, drawing the attention of other experts who continued to watch from the shadows.

• Xiao Xian sensed Champion Marquis Yang An approaching and flew to meet him, planning to appear evenly matched to lure out hidden opponents.
• Yang An’s concealment failed when Xiao Xian struck him with a palm imprint, forcing Yang An to unleash his Human Immortal qi and blood to defend himself.
• Xiao Xian sent Yang An flying, but Yang An concluded that Xiao Xian was only around the Fifth or Sixth Thunder Tribulation and saw a chance to seize his Martial Dao Experience.
• Yang An attacked Xiao Xian with the Shang Mang Divine Spear while Xiao Xian fought barehanded, and their battle’s shockwaves alerted nearby experts.
• Su Mu and other observers realized a fight had begun, while veteran experts gathered in the southeast and cautiously waited for a chance to act.

Meng Shenji set a trap to draw Xiao Xian into conflict, hoping to destroy his soul and remove a rival, while hidden experts waited to see whether Xiao Xian had more strength or a body in the Divine Continent World. Su Mu discovered that Champion Marquis Yang An was fighting Xiao Xian and decided to lead the attack when Xiao Xian showed weakness.

• Meng Shenji believed his plan to use others to kill Xiao Xian would succeed, unaware that Xiao Xian might be using his schemes to lure in more opponents.
• Observers suspected Hong Xuanji was Xiao Xian’s high-level Human Immortal opponent, but Su Mu discovered that Champion Marquis Yang An had arrived instead.
• Champion Marquis Yang An attacked Xiao Xian with immense blood and qi, while Xiao Xian defended himself with an energy barrier and a rain of sword qi.
• The hidden old monsters concluded that Xiao Xian’s strength seemed limited and waited for Yang An to expose his remaining trump cards before acting.
• Su Mu trusted Meng Shenji’s claim that Xiao Xian’s physical body was absent and decided to take the lead in surrounding him.

Champion Marquis Yang An fought Xiao Xian with the Shang Mang Divine Spear, but Xiao Xian revealed the World Suppressing Tower and nearly killed him. Yang An’s Pan Emperor Living Sword turned the fight around, and Su Mu’s Cosmos Zenith Bell helped force Xiao Xian to retreat.

• Champion Marquis Yang An taunted Xiao Xian and attacked him with the Shang Mang Divine Spear.
• Xiao Xian drew the World Suppressing Tower and struck Yang An, who was saved by the Pan Emperor Living Sword.
• The Pan Emperor Living Sword attacked Xiao Xian and forced him to defend himself as the watching experts saw an opening.
• Su Mu rang the Cosmos Zenith Bell, dazing Xiao Xian and Yang An while leaving herself unaffected.
• Xiao Xian dodged the Pan Emperor Living Sword’s next strike and left the battlefield.

Xiao Xian fled across the Wildlands as countless experts pursued him, convinced he had exhausted his trump cards. The Essence Yuan Divine Temple also joined the hunt, with the Essence Qi God intent on seizing Xiao Xian’s soul and its peak Martial Dao Experience.

• Xiao Xian retreated, and Su Mu, Champion Marquis Yang An, and a mob of hidden experts chased after him to claim his soul and treasures.
• Several concealed experts said they had studied how to counter Xiao Xian’s Black Steel Whip and prepared to attack.
• The Pope of the Essence Yuan Divine Temple urged the Essence Qi God to intercept Xiao Xian after judging that Yang An’s Pan Emperor Living Sword could overpower his weapon.
• The Essence Qi God said Xiao Xian’s physical body was absent from the Divine Land and declared that he would seize Xiao Xian’s soul.
• The Essence Qi God commanded the Pope, saints, and Innate Gods to pursue Xiao Xian, and the temple’s forces flew after the other hunters.