Chapter Summaries

Ye Xiwen seized a page of the Dao Book and confronted Jiang Hua, then overwhelmed the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance disciples who tried to stop him. He gained the upper hand in his duel with Jiang Hua, and the chapter ended as he struck the divine-radiance sword with his palm.

• The Dao Book was torn into four pages, and Jiang Hua, Zhan Ying, Ji Mingyue, and Wang Ziwei each pursued one; Ye Xiwen took the page Jiang Hua had targeted.
• Jiang Hua recognized Ye Xiwen, and the two renewed their bitter feud in front of the watching disciples.
• When Ten Thousand Truths Alliance disciples demanded the page, Ye Xiwen shattered one attacker’s hand and swiftly killed numerous members of the alliance.
• Jiang Hua attacked Ye Xiwen with mountains of divine radiance, but Ye Xiwen destroyed them and pressed forward with overwhelming strength.
• Jiang Hua unleashed the Divine Destruction Art and formed a divine-radiance sword, which Ye Xiwen struck with his palm.

Ye Xiwen killed Jiang Hua after breaking through and crushing the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance leader’s attacks. He studied his page of the Dao Book, discovered it contained the Phoenix Rebirth Art, and began learning the ancient healing technique.

• Ye Xiwen overwhelmed Jiang Hua with his attacks, shattered his bones, and crushed him to extinction as he tried to flee.
• The gathered cultivators realized Ye Xiwen had wiped out the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance’s elite force, though they expected a future clash with the alliance’s remaining leaders.
• Ji Mingyue asked Ye Xiwen to show mercy toward Liu Yueru, and he said their past conflict had only been a misunderstanding.
• Ye Xiwen examined his page of the Dao Book and learned it contained the Phoenix Rebirth Art, a powerful healing Dao art attributed to the ancient expert Bi Fang.
• Ye Mo said the Phoenix Rebirth Art was likely a supreme secret of the vanished ancient phoenix clan, and Ye Xiwen began studying its explanations.

After mastering the Phoenix Rebirth Art, Ye Xiwen learned that the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance had sent most of its experts to hunt him, so he decided to strike its headquarters while its alliance master was absent. He arrived alone and faced the guards at the entrance.

• The Ten Thousand Truths Alliance issued a year-long kill order for Ye Xiwen, offering rewards for information and the position of Vice Alliance Master to whoever killed him.
• Ye Xiwen spent a month mastering the Phoenix Rebirth Art while Wu Shaoqun supplied him with news of the alliance’s search.
• After learning that most of the alliance’s forces were away and its alliance master was absent, Ye Xiwen decided to attack its headquarters.
• Ye Xiwen reached the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance’s oasis headquarters and walked openly toward its gate.
• Four guards at True Dao Levels Five and Six recognized Ye Xiwen, drew their weapons, and prepared to kill him.

Ye Xiwen stormed the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance stronghold and slaughtered its defenders, including a True Dao Level Seven expert. He confronted Vice Alliance Master Xia Wuchang, whose fire attacks met Ye Xiwen’s blade techniques as their battle escalated.

• Ye Xiwen killed the disciples guarding the stronghold and cut down the experts who rushed to stop him.
• Ye Xiwen advanced through the stronghold, killing a True Dao Level Seven expert who attacked with a giant hand of spiritual energy.
• Xia Wuchang arrived and attacked Ye Xiwen with waves of fire, but Ye Xiwen countered with a dragon-shaped palm strike.
• Ye Xiwen’s blade qi extinguished Xia Wuchang’s fire attacks, and Xia Wuchang gathered them into an enormous fire dragon to attack him.

Ye Xiwen defeated and killed Xia Wuchang, then burned the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance headquarters and left the alliance in chaos. He later joined Mu Ling in searching for the Yellow Springs River’s source, where they found a vast graveyard that suppressed their strength.

• Ye Xiwen overpowered Xia Wuchang in battle and killed him by stomping through his chest.
• Ye Xiwen burned the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance headquarters to ashes and departed, while news of his attack spread across Ten Thousand Demons Island.
• The deaths of Jiang Hua and Xia Wuchang and the destruction of the alliance headquarters left the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance leaderless and caused potential recruits to reconsider joining.
• Mu Ling invited Ye Xiwen to find the source of the Yellow Springs River, and Ye Xiwen agreed to accompany him.
• Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling followed the river’s traces to a clearing filled with hundreds of thousands of graves, where their strength was completely suppressed.

Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling encountered Grave Servant in the graveyard at the source of the Yellow Springs, and he asked them to retrieve a Sealing Strip from an Immortal Palace atop the sacred mountain. Ye Xiwen agreed after Grave Servant promised an inheritance, but realized that many previous applicants may have died attempting the task.

• Ye Xiwen triggered an armored divine soul by stepping beside a grave, then watched the Yellow Springs emerge and form armies of yin soldiers from the graves.
• Grave Servant crossed the corpse-water river unharmed, introduced himself, and explained that he could not leave the graveyard because of an oath.
• Grave Servant asked Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling to remove a Sealing Strip from the Hall of High Heaven, offering an inheritance no weaker than Ye Xiwen's Phoenix Rebirth Art.
• Ye Xiwen worried that the strip might seal the monsters on Undying Evil Mountain, but Grave Servant assured him it served another purpose and said the undead would weaken at the thousand-year mark.
• Ye Xiwen agreed to attempt the task with Mu Ling, learning they would have only one hour and that Grave Servant could not go himself.
• Ye Xiwen suspected the fifty-year bell marked Grave Servant's repeated efforts to recruit people and feared that everyone who had accepted before them had died.

Ye Xiwen learned that Wan Chengyao was using the destruction of forces connected to him to turn the island’s martial artists against him. After the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance slaughtered the Tianfeng Alliance, Ye Xiwen stayed hidden, knowing he could not yet defeat Wan Chengyao.

• The old Grave Servant told Ye Xiwen that the mission involving the Hall of High Heaven was optional and that he could seek him out before leaving the island.
• Wan Chengyao reappeared, destroyed an alliance that had challenged the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance, and ordered Ye Xiwen to come accept death.
• Wan Chengyao led the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance against the Tianfeng Alliance, slaughtering its members and leaving its master, Yan Shaobo, badly injured but alive.
• Ye Xiwen learned of the massacre three days later while cultivating, and Ye Mo warned him that Wan Chengyao was baiting him into revealing himself.
• Ye Xiwen recognized that Wan Chengyao’s actions would make people blame him for the deaths, but he remained hidden because he could not yet match Wan Chengyao’s strength.

Ye Xiwen prepared to face the Eighth Prince and Wan Chengyao after they allied to attack the Blood Spirit Alliance and threatened Hua Mengyao and Chen Ruochen. Having completed the Overlord Body Golden Body, he spent three days recovering before the great battle began.

• The Eighth Prince formed the Overlord Party, allied with Wan Chengyao's Ten Thousand Truths Alliance, and captured Hua Mengyao and Chen Ruochen.
• The two alliances announced that they would attack the Blood Spirit Alliance and publicly execute Hua Mengyao and Chen Ruochen three days later.
• Ye Xiwen summoned Mu Ling, declared that he would kill the Eighth Prince and face both powerful leaders himself, and assigned Mu Ling to hold off the other alliance experts.
• Ye Xiwen revealed that he had completed the Overlord Body Golden Body after surviving a five-day hunt by a Supreme Tyrant Dragon and consuming the divinity in its egg.
• Ye Xiwen spent the three days restoring his injured origin and vital essence, and the Overlord Party and Ten Thousand Truths Alliance set out to attack the Blood Spirit Alliance.

Ye Xiwen arrived at the Blood Spirit Alliance as the Eighth Prince and Wan Chengyao attacked, and Mu Youran trapped their forces in the Blood Spirit Grand Formation. Ye Xiwen challenged both leaders at once and held his ground, while the trapped disciples remained under threat.

• The Eighth Prince and Wan Chengyao sent their disciples to attack the Blood Spirit Alliance, where the Blood Spirit Grand Formation trapped and began slaughtering them.
• Mu Youran confronted the Eighth Prince and refused to let him blame Ye Xiwen for the alliance's trap.
• Ye Xiwen arrived and blocked Wan Chengyao from leaving to break the formation, while Mu Ling blocked Jian Wuchen.
• Ye Xiwen taunted the Eighth Prince and Wan Chengyao, then faced them both as onlookers debated whether he meant to stall or kill them.
• Wan Chengyao attacked with his sword and the Eighth Prince thrust with his spear, but Ye Xiwen blocked their strikes without falling behind.
• The three fighters exchanged another clash, and the Eighth Prince renewed his attack with killing intent after realizing how powerful Ye Xiwen had become.

Jian Wuchen fought Mu Ling to keep him from interfering, while Ye Xiwen battled the Eighth Prince and Wan Chengyao as the Blood Spirit Grand Formation killed captured disciples. Ye Xiwen was finally wounded and forced to retreat as his two opponents pressed their attack.

• Jian Wuchen tried to reach the trapped Liuyun City disciples, but Mu Ling blocked him, and the two began a fierce sword battle.
• The Blood God inside the formation impaled the captured disciples as Mu Youran directed the formation and celebrated the Blood Spirit Alliance's advantage.
• Ye Xiwen held off the Eighth Prince and Wan Chengyao, standing firm against their combined spear and blade attacks.
• Ye Xiwen and his opponents unleashed their full strength, turning the battlefield into a devastating clash that drew the onlookers' attention.
• Wan Chengyao struck Ye Xiwen with a blade, drawing golden blood and forcing him to retreat before he and the Eighth Prince renewed their assault.

Ye Xiwen used the Phoenix Rebirth Art to recover from devastating wounds as he fought the Eighth Prince and Wan Chengyao. He pinned the Eighth Prince to the ground again, then turned to face Wan Chengyao’s renewed attack.

• The Eighth Prince pierced Ye Xiwen’s abdomen, but Ye Xiwen grabbed his spear and struck him hard enough to shatter several bones.
• Ye Xiwen’s wound healed completely, and he attacked Wan Chengyao with three consecutive Crescent Moon Slashes, forcing him to retreat.
• Wan Chengyao unleashed a powerful attack that broke Ye Xiwen’s chest bones, and the Eighth Prince pinned him to the ground with his spear.
• Ye Xiwen struck the Eighth Prince while he celebrated, healed after pulling out the spear, and then used it to nail the Eighth Prince to the ground again.
• Wan Chengyao attacked Ye Xiwen once more, and Ye Xiwen met him with a blade strike shaped like a soaring dragon.

Ye Xiwen fought Wan Chengyao head-on while the Blood Spirit Grand Formation continued killing their followers. Ye Xiwen drove Wan Chengyao into fear, but the Eighth Prince began breaking free and preparing to join the battle.

• Ye Xiwen unleashed his full strength and attacked Wan Chengyao while the Eighth Prince remained pinned down.
• Wan Chengyao fought back with all his power, driven by his ambition to rule Ten Thousand Demons Island and his hatred of Ye Xiwen for destroying the Ten Thousand Truths Alliance.
• Mu Youran struggled to maintain the Blood Spirit Grand Formation as it killed the remaining disciples inside it.
• Wan Chengyao wounded Ye Xiwen, but Ye Xiwen healed with the Phoenix Rebirth Art and battered Wan Chengyao until he lost confidence in winning alone.
• The Eighth Prince began breaking free of Ye Xiwen's formation, and Wan Chengyao looked forward to joining forces with him against Ye Xiwen.

Ye Xiwen overwhelmed Wan Chengyao while Mu Ling defeated Jian Wuchen and broke through to True Dao Level Eight. Ye Xiwen killed Wan Chengyao before the Eighth Prince freed himself, then turned to face the prince.

• Zhan Ying, Ji Mingyue, and Wang Ziwei judged that Wan Chengyao had lost his fighting spirit and was close to defeat.
• The Blood Spirit Grand Formation collapsed after draining Mu Youran and the Blood Spirit Gate disciples.
• Mu Ling broke through to True Dao Level Eight, defeated Jian Wuchen, and let him leave alive.
• Ye Xiwen battered Wan Chengyao while the Eighth Prince struggled to break free from the spear sealing him.
• Ye Xiwen stomped Wan Chengyao to death just as the Eighth Prince pulled out the spear.
• Ye Xiwen confronted the Eighth Prince and declared that he would kill him.

Ye Xiwen defeated the Eighth Prince after killing Wan Chengyao, then refused Di Chen and Daoist Qingxu’s demand to spare him and killed him. Di Chen prepared to confront Ye Xiwen, while Zhan Ying appeared to recognize him and Qingxu.

• Ye Xiwen recovered with the Phoenix Rebirth Art and overwhelmed the wounded Eighth Prince, breaking his bones and capturing him by the throat.
• Di Chen arrived and ordered Ye Xiwen to release Yue Yi, but Ye Xiwen refused and sealed the Eighth Prince’s strength.
• Daoist Qingxu urged Ye Xiwen to spare the Eighth Prince for the sake of the Southeast Region’s talent, while Di Chen said Ye Xiwen had not been qualified for such consideration earlier.
• Ye Xiwen threw the Eighth Prince into Shi Feng and crushed him to death, then challenged Di Chen when he threatened to kill him.
• Di Chen’s aura revealed his formidable strength, and the crowd watched as Zhan Ying seemed to recognize him and Qingxu.

After killing the Eighth Prince and Wan Chengyao, Ye Xiwen learned that Yue Yi had tricked him about Hua Mengyao and the others, while the mystery of how his enemies knew what he was searching for remained unresolved. Over the next three months, martial artists and demonic beasts battled across Ten Thousand Demons Island, and news of Zhan Ying’s ancient golden giant eagle egg stirred excitement.

• Di Chen warned Ye Xiwen before leaving, and Qingxu departed soon afterward.
• Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling found Wu Shaoqun injured in a hidden valley; Wu Shaoqun confirmed that Ye Xiwen had killed the Eighth Prince and Wan Chengyao, but said Yue Yi had lied about capturing Hua Mengyao and the others.
• Ye Xiwen thanked Wu Shaoqun and wondered how the Eighth Prince had learned he was searching for Hua Mengyao and the others.
• During the following three months, Mu Ling defeated Wang Ziwei, Wu Shaoqun reached True Dao Level Eight, and many martial artists died or advanced while exploring Ten Thousand Demons Island.
• Zhan Ying discovered an ancient golden giant eagle egg whose hatchling was already at True Dao Level Five Small Perfection, exciting the human martial artists.

The discovery of ancient demon beast eggs sent martial artists across Ten Thousand Demons Island into a frenzy, while a Legendary Realm ancestor’s visit to Zhan Ying revealed how extraordinary intelligent demon beasts could be. As Wu Shaoqun and Mu Ling watched Ye Xiwen cultivate inside a cave, a tremendous explosion erupted from within.

• A newly hatched Wyvern Beast killed the True Dao Level Four martial artist who uncovered its egg and flew away, driving more people to search for the remaining eggs.
• A Legendary Realm avian demon beast ancestor visited the Flying Eagle Alliance’s base to reclaim Zhan Ying’s Golden-Winged Great Peng, but left when it refused to abandon Zhan Ying.
• Martial artists learned that subdued demon beasts could remain with humans and flooded toward the rumored egg discoveries.
• Wu Shaoqun and Mu Ling watched Ye Xiwen cultivate in a cave while their small group continued working together amid the island’s growing dangers.
• Mu Ling said he had no interest in seeking eggs, and a tremendous explosion sounded from Ye Xiwen’s cave.

After breaking through to True Dao Level Seven, Ye Xiwen went with Wu Shaoqun and Mu Ling to search for legendary demon beast eggs. When a newborn, foul-mouthed wolf cub slaughtered a martial artist and fled the crowd, Ye Xiwen pursued it using his concealed Demon Wings.

• Ye Xiwen completed the Poison Dragon Water Control Banner Formation and revealed that he had reached True Dao Level Seven.
• Ye Xiwen, Wu Shaoqun, and Mu Ling traveled to the basin where legendary demon beast eggs were buried.
• A martial artist hatched an egg, and the newborn black wolf cub blasted off his arm with a divine beam before cursing at the onlookers.
• The cub killed a burly martial artist who tried to seize it, then fled as the surrounding crowd gave chase.
• Ye Xiwen pursued the cub with Mu Ling and Wu Shaoqun, using his gold-covered Demon Wings to keep his identity concealed.

Ye Xiwen caught Little Wolf and kept him with the group after the wolf refused to explain the island’s secrets. As demon beast eggs continued to bring trouble, a terrifying cry from Undying Evil Mountain unleashed deadly Yin rain and awakened the roars of powerful beasts across Ten Thousand Demons Island.

• Ye Xiwen pursued Little Wolf with his Demon Wings, overpowered him, and demanded to know why powerful demon beast eggs were appearing on the island.
• Little Wolf refused to answer, so Ye Xiwen decided to keep him with the group while Mu Ling and the others agreed that killing him could provoke a dangerous retaliation.
• More eggs were discovered, and while Ji Mingyue obtained a Butterfly Dragon, Wang Ziwei was beaten nearly to death when a demon beast ancestor took the young beast he had found.
• After several days, Little Wolf remained with Ye Xiwen and said his relatives were probably all dead as they waited beside a bonfire.
• A terrifying cry came from Undying Evil Mountain, bringing dark clouds and Yin rain that corroded the roasted meat and drained life from the trees.
• Roars from previously unheard demon beasts erupted from across Ten Thousand Demons Island.

The old Grave Servant revealed that someone had breached the Zhou Tian Star Array imprisoning the undead on the Sacred Mountain, threatening Ten Thousand Demons Island and the wider world. Ye Xiwen and his companions agreed to head for the mountain and uncover a talisman seal, leaving them on their way to face the crisis.

• A corrosive rain began falling as a golden roc eagle and a gigantic flaming bird flew toward Undying Evil Mountain.
• The old Grave Servant arrived and warned Ye Xiwen, Wu Shaoqun, Mu Ling, and Little Wolf that undead creatures might escape after someone opened a gap in the array on the Sacred Mountain.
• The old Grave Servant ordered the demon beasts to seal the gap and told the group to uncover a talisman seal, offering an inheritance if they succeeded.
• Little Wolf, Wu Shaoqun, Ye Xiwen, and Mu Ling decided to follow the old Grave Servant’s plan, and the group set off toward Undying Evil Mountain.

Ye Xiwen and his companions charged toward Undying Evil Mountain through a vast battle between demonic beasts, Yin soldiers, and undead forces. As human martial artists joined the desperate advance, Ye Xiwen used the Heavenly Origin Mirror to absorb the cursed bloody rain and protect those around him.

• Ye Xiwen saw demonic beasts, Yellow Springs Yin soldiers, bone demons, zombies, and evil spirits clash in a battle threatening Ten Thousand Demons Island and the True Martial Realm.
• Ye Xiwen led Mu Ling and Wu Shaoqun into the battlefield, where bone demons attacked them with arrow rain and Legendary Realm fighters.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng destroyed a bone demon commander targeting Ye Xiwen and continued fighting ahead of them.
• Ye Xiwen encountered human martial artists advancing under leaders including Di Chen and Qingxu, while Di Chen ignored him and pressed forward.
• When cursed bloody rain began to weigh down the martial artists, Ye Xiwen summoned the Heavenly Origin Mirror to absorb it and shield his group and nearby fighters.