Chapter Summaries

Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao helped the Twenty-third Prince return to the Great Wei Imperial Capital and urged him to make a bold show of strength as he resumed his bid for the throne. His dramatic arrival spread rumors that he had gained powerful backing, while the empire’s succession struggle continued.

• After Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao killed the Saint Realm pursuer and his Half-Saint allies, the Twenty-third Prince thanked them for saving his life.
• Ye Xiwen persuaded the Twenty-third Prince to return to the Imperial Capital openly and rebuild momentum instead of fleeing.
• Scouts recognized the Twenty-third Prince traveling with two formidable experts and speculated that he had gained new support.
• At the Imperial Capital, the Twenty-third Prince killed a Paragon commander who tried to block him and question his identity.
• The Twenty-third Prince entered the city with Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao, and news of his return and their defeat of the Fourth Prince’s Saint Realm expert spread through the factions.

The Twenty-third Prince rebuilt his forces after returning to the Imperial Capital, while Ye Xiwen argued that he needed to make a bold show of strength to compete for the throne. The Ancestor Gongyang and the Prince’s followers opposed Ye Xiwen’s methods, and the chapter ended with Ye Xiwen dismissing them as a rabble.

• The Twenty-third Prince returned to his mansion and gathered hidden followers, including the Saint Realm expert Ancestor Gongyang and several Half-Saints.
• Ancestor Gongyang criticized the Twenty-third Prince for returning publicly, but Ye Xiwen defended the high-profile move as a way to attract support.
• Ancestor Gongyang accused Ye Xiwen of endangering the Prince, and Ye Xiwen said they should kill any rivals who challenged them.
• The Prince’s followers sided with Ancestor Gongyang and called Ye Xiwen arrogant and possibly an undercover agent.
• Ye Xiwen told the Twenty-third Prince that men like Ancestor Gongyang were nothing more than a rabble, provoking Ancestor Gongyang’s fury.

Ye Xiwen defeated Ancestor Gongyang and forced the Twenty-third Prince’s supporters to accept his authority. After learning that rival princes had Saint Realm Peak experts backing them, Ye Xiwen entered seclusion to refine the Taihuang Breaking Saint Pill.

• Ancestor Gongyang attacked Ye Xiwen, but Ye Xiwen’s golden hand shattered his sword attack and sent him flying.
• The Twenty-third Prince ordered his subordinates to obey Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao, while Ye Xiwen declined to manage the Prince’s mundane affairs.
• The Twenty-third Prince told Ye Xiwen that several rival Imperial Sons had Saint Realm Peak experts supporting them.
• Ye Xiwen asked for a place to enter seclusion, and Jiaomujiao agreed to notify the Northern Dipper and gather its members.
• Ye Xiwen entered the underground cultivation chamber, set up formations, and prepared a Pseudo-Saint Artifact alchemy furnace to refine the Taihuang Breaking Saint Pill.

Ye Xiwen spent three days refining a pill while Beidou’s Saint Realm experts reinforced the Twenty-third Prince’s household. The pill’s emergence drew the Fourth Prince’s faction into an attack, leaving the Twenty-third Prince facing his rival directly.

• Ye Xiwen carefully refined a pill in seclusion for three days, while ten Beidou Saint Realm experts arrived and took charge of the Twenty-third Prince’s affairs.
• Jiaomujiao sensed a powerful medicinal fragrance and radiance rising from Ye Xiwen’s cultivation site, drawing attention to the Prince’s Mansion.
• The Commander of the Nine Gates arrived with Imperial Guards to search the residence, and the Twenty-third Prince ordered his people to fight back.
• Jiaomujiao clashed with the Silver Armor General as the Imperial Guards charged the mansion, but a Beidou Saint Realm Late Stage expert crushed them.
• Jiaomujiao and the commander fought into the sky, while the Fourth Prince appeared and accused the Twenty-third Prince of killing Imperial Guards.

Ye Xiwen successfully refined a Taihuang Breaking Saint Pill, while the Fourth Prince attacked the Twenty-third Prince to seize the supposed Grandmaster Alchemist in his mansion. As powerful Saint Realm experts gathered outside, Ye Xiwen swallowed the pill.

• The Fourth Prince confronted the Twenty-third Prince, and the Dwarf Tiger appeared to wound the Twenty-third Prince’s green-robed elder with a sword strike.
• A medicinal fragrance and radiance emerged from the Twenty-third Prince’s mansion, leading the Fourth Prince and onlookers to believe a Grandmaster Alchemist was refining a pill.
• The Fourth Prince declared that the supposed Grandmaster Alchemist and his creation would belong to him, while the Twenty-third Prince resolved to protect Ye Xiwen.
• Ye Xiwen completed the Taihuang Breaking Saint Pill after spending ingredients worth fifty million Spirit Origin Pills and losing his Alchemy Furnace.
• Sensing Saint Realm experts probing the formation outside, Ye Xiwen picked up the pill and swallowed it.

As the Fourth Prince’s forces overwhelmed the Twenty-third Prince’s mansion, Ye Xiwen began a Saint Realm tribulation that summoned a vast army of lightning soldiers. Ye Xiwen charged into the army and destroyed several soldiers, whose energy was absorbed by the Heavenly Origin Mirror.

• The Fourth Prince ordered his forces to kill the Twenty-third Prince and demanded to know which Grandmaster Alchemist he had invited.
• A powerful aura rose from the mansion’s rear courtyard, and a Saint Realm tribulation covered the Imperial Capital in thunderclouds.
• A humanoid lightning warrior appeared, followed by hundreds of lightning soldiers and cavalry that terrified the gathered experts.
• Ye Xiwen, wearing Moon White Robes and a Golden Dragon Mask, charged into the lightning army and struck it with a punch that shattered several soldiers.
• The Heavenly Origin Mirror absorbed the lightning soldiers’ energy and began emitting bloody light.

Ye Xiwen fought the army of lightning Heavenly Soldiers, absorbing their energy to replenish Ye Mo and temper his Overlord Body. He broke through to the Seventh Layer and crushed the heavenly tribulation, ending with a column of golden blood energy rising from his body.

• Ye Xiwen charged into the lightning Heavenly Soldiers, defeated three of them, and absorbed their energy into himself and the Heavenly Origin Mirror.
• Dwarf Tiger and the other experts in the Imperial Capital watched the battle from afar, unable to see through the Heavenly Might and terrified by the tribulation.
• Ye Xiwen continued fighting and absorbing lightning energy until his Overlord Body reached its limit.
• Ye Xiwen broke through to the Seventh Layer of the Overlord Body Art, gaining vastly greater strength and resilience.
• Ye Xiwen swept through and absorbed the remaining Heavenly Soldiers, then released a stream of golden blood energy into the heavens.

Ye Xiwen entered the Saint Realm after destroying the God Army, revealing combat strength that shocked everyone. When the Fourth Prince ordered an attack during Ye Xiwen’s vulnerable moment, Ye Xiwen killed Dwarf Tiger with his own Saint artifact greatsword.

• Ye Xiwen completed his breakthrough into the Saint Realm after wiping out the God Army, leaving the Fourth Prince and the others stunned.
• The Fourth Prince realized Ye Xiwen threatened his bid for the throne and ordered his followers to kill him before he could finish reshaping his Saint body.
• Dwarf Tiger charged Ye Xiwen with his greatsword, but Ye Xiwen struck him with the Great Extinction Star Dust Fist and badly wounded him.
• Dwarf Tiger attacked again, and Ye Xiwen disarmed him, crushed the greatsword’s artifact spirit, and killed him with a slash that annihilated his Primordial Spirit.

Ye Xiwen defeated the Fourth Prince and his forces after completing his Saint Body breakthrough, shifting the imperial succession struggle in the Twenty-third Prince’s favor. Jiaomujiao returned from killing the Silver Armor General, learned about Ye Xiwen’s terrifying tribulation, and vowed to challenge Qingxin Pass after the mission.

• Ye Xiwen used the Saint Sword to slaughter Dwarf Tiger and the Fourth Prince’s charging subordinates.
• Ye Xiwen killed the Fourth Prince, and the gathered heroes stayed silent as the Twenty-third Prince’s prospects in the succession struggle surged.
• Jiaomujiao returned with the Silver Armor General’s severed head and was stunned by Ye Xiwen’s strength and the tribulation’s lingering aura.
• Ye Xiwen fed the Saint Sword to the Heavenly Origin Mirror for Ye Mo, whose recovery brought a smile to his face.
• Jiaomujiao called Ye Xiwen a freak and decided to challenge Qingxin Pass after the mission so he could catch up with Ye Xiwen and Qingxu.

After Ye Xiwen helped the Twenty-third Prince destroy the Fourth Prince’s faction, he urged the prince to strengthen his forces quietly while waiting for the emperor’s death. As the emperor’s illness worsened and the Great Saint Realm ancestral elder proved unable to heal him, the First Prince attempted a palace coup and was defeated by that same elder.

• Ye Xiwen advised the Twenty-third Prince to stop recruiting aggressively, consolidate his gains, and wait for the moment to act.
• The Twenty-third Prince absorbed most of the Fourth Prince’s forces while allowing unreliable newcomers and defectors to go elsewhere.
• Rumors spread that the critically ill emperor’s supporters had asked the Great Saint Realm ancestral elder to heal him, but the elder could not help.
• The First Prince led his forces into the palace in an attempt to seize the throne.
• The ancestral elder intervened, suppressed the First Prince’s attack, and caused his defeat.

After Wei Wudi returned and took control of Great Wei Kingdom’s succession, Ye Xiwen worried that the Twenty-third Prince’s faction could no longer act freely without his support. As the Twenty-third Prince met Wei Wudi in the palace, President Jiang of the Alchemist Association arrived at the Prince’s Mansion to see Ye Xiwen.

• Wei Wudi suppressed the First Prince’s rebellion and purged his faction, forcing the Empire’s factions to rein in their actions.
• Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao discussed how Wei Wudi’s return had upended their plans and considered seeking another Great Saint if necessary.
• The Twenty-third Prince entered the palace with the other contenders to meet Wei Wudi, while Ye Xiwen stayed behind at the Prince’s Mansion.
• A trusted inner attendant informed Ye Xiwen that President Jiang of the Great Wei Empire’s Alchemist Association had come to see him.

Ye Xiwen accepted an invitation to an alchemy gathering after Jiang Zhouqing mistook him for a Grandmaster Alchemist, while the succession remained undecided. A month later, a meteor struck the Great Wei Kingdom, and creatures identified as the Remnant Race emerged from the resulting pit.

• Jiang Zhouqing welcomed Ye Xiwen as a Grandmaster Alchemist and invited him to a gathering with several alchemists twenty years later.
• Ye Xiwen agreed to attend the gathering and planned to settle matters involving the Twenty-third Prince before then.
• The Twenty-third Prince reported that Wei Wudi had postponed choosing an heir and would assess the Imperial Sons for half a year.
• A month passed before a meteor flattened a mountain range and buried several nearby cities, killing countless people.
• People discovered a deep Heavenly Pit at the impact site, where strange creatures emerged and were identified as the Remnant Race.

After the Remnant Race’s traces and ancient beasts emerged from the Heavenly Pit, Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao traveled to Liu Song City to investigate for Beidou. They heard that entrants had died inside and watched Flying Star Gate experts head toward the pit, while the danger and secrets beneath it remained unknown.

• Wei Wudi canceled the imperial assessments and made discovering information about the Remnant Race the condition for inheriting the Great Wei throne.
• Ye Xiwen told the Twenty-third Prince to stay behind, then set out with Jiaomujiao after Beidou ordered them to investigate the Heavenly Pit.
• Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao reached Liu Song City and saw signs of a recent attack by ancient demon beasts that had emerged from the pit.
• At an inn, the martial artists discussed the possibility of an Ancient World beneath the pit and the deaths of those who had entered it.
• Flying Star Gate experts arrived on Flowing Fire Flying Stars and flew toward the Heavenly Pit.

Ye Xiwen joined the imperial family’s gathering over the suspected Remnant Race, where the Imperial Sons weighed their chances of claiming the throne. As Jiaomujiao urged him to eliminate the strongest rivals, the Seventh Prince attacked Ye Xiwen with a battle spear.

• Flying Star Gate’s Saint Realm experts entered the Heavenly Pit, while Ye Xiwen and his companion left the tavern as the imperial family’s forces assembled.
• The Second Prince, Third Prince, and Seventh Prince emerged as the leading Imperial Sons, each commanding a powerful group of experts.
• Ye Xiwen arrived with his companion in the Big Dipper Organization’s Moon White Robes, drawing the Imperial Sons’ attention.
• Jiaomujiao urged Ye Xiwen to kill the three leading Imperial Sons so the Twenty-third Prince could claim the throne.
• The Seventh Prince dismissed Ye Xiwen as a royal family subordinate and decided to seize his supposed fortuitous opportunity.
• A killing intent locked onto Ye Xiwen, and a battle spear shot toward him.

Ye Xiwen defeated and killed the Seventh Prince after the prince attacked him, then escaped a deadly strike from the old imperial Attendant. The princes recognized Ye Xiwen as a dangerous outsider, while the old Attendant remained poised to confront him.

• The Seventh Prince attacked Ye Xiwen with a war spear, but Ye Xiwen caught it and hurled it back with greater force.
• The Seventh Prince caught the spear with both hands, and Ye Xiwen kicked him from behind, driving the spear through his chest and pinning him to the ground.
• The old imperial Attendant attacked Ye Xiwen with a four-blade formation, but Ye Xiwen escaped with his golden wings as the blade split the ground.
• The old Attendant questioned Ye Xiwen's unknown origins, and Ye Xiwen claimed he had spent years gathering herbs in the mountains.
• The Second Prince and Third Prince discussed Ye Xiwen's strength and agreed that an outsider like him posed a threat to the imperial family's internal struggles.

Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao entered the sealed underground Ancient World, gathered rare herbs, and fought off a powerful Ancient Demon Beast. They hid as two Southern Dipper members arrived, leaving Ye Xiwen wary of the growing number of factions entering the Heavenly Pit.

• The aged royal Attendant left the group to search for the Remnant Race, and the Imperial Sons scattered amid their mutual distrust.
• Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao collected the precious medicinal herbs after the others departed.
• A tiger-headed Ancient Demon Beast attacked Ye Xiwen, who crushed it and absorbed its essence blood and Demon Core into the Heavenly Origin Mirror.
• Ye Xiwen explained that a meteorite had broken the array sealing the underground world, allowing Ancient Demon Beasts to escape.
• Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao hid as two Southern Dipper members descended into the Heavenly Pit, and Jiaomujiao proposed attacking them for rewards.

Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao encountered a deadly swarm of sentient Teng Snakes in the Ancient World and escaped. Two months later, rumors spread that the world held the ruins and treasures of a major Remnant Race clan, drawing powerful factions and veteran experts.

• Ye Xiwen recognized Flying Star Gate’s methods in the trail of demon-beast corpses left by its people.
• Jiaomujiao and Ye Xiwen fought off the attacking Teng Snakes, then fled when the sentient swarm threatened to overwhelm them.
• Ye Xiwen carried Jiaomujiao away on golden wings and escaped the Teng Snakes’ pursuit.
• Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao spent two months searching the Ancient World for traces of the Remnant Race as more factions entered.
• Various factions spread rumors that the Ancient World was a major Remnant Race clan’s former residence and might contain priceless treasures.
• People blamed Flying Star Gate’s Little Tyrant for slaughtering more than a hundred followers who tried to pursue his group.

Ye Xiwen slaughtered a horde of Ancient Pangolin Beasts, using the Myriad Heart Ancient Tree’s aid to glimpse a new martial realm and edge toward the Saint Realm Middle Stage. He found a vast cavern of spirit crystals in their lair, leaving him with an enormous haul.

• Ye Xiwen fought the Ancient Pangolin Beasts and used the Myriad Heart Ancient Tree to sharpen his mind and swordsmanship.
• Ye Xiwen mastered the Burial of Man Sword and began to grasp the realm of wielding lightness as though it were weight, killing more than a hundred beasts.
• Ye Xiwen slaughtered the remaining pangolin beasts, while the Heavenly Origin Mirror absorbed their flesh and blood to restore Ye Mo.
• Ye Xiwen noticed signs that he was nearing the Saint Realm Middle Stage, then left to avoid entering seclusion without anyone to guard him.
• Ye Xiwen explored the pangolin beasts’ underground lair and discovered a cavern filled with spirit crystals worth around one billion Spirit Origin Pills.

Ye Xiwen discovered that Sheng Feiyue and the Great Wei princes were plotting against him, so he secretly followed them through the Ancient World while preparing to break through. The group reached a vast mountain range that Ye Xiwen realized was actually a gigantic Ancient Demon Beast.

• Ye Xiwen hid after collecting the tunneling beasts' spirit crystals and overheard the Second Prince, Third Prince, and Sheng Feiyue discussing their failed search for him.
• The princes suspected Ye Xiwen and Jiaomujiao belonged to an organization that might threaten Flying Star Gate, and Sheng Feiyue dismissed them while promising to report their backgrounds.
• Ye Xiwen decided Sheng Feiyue must not expose the Twenty-third Prince's connection to the Northern Dipper, then pursued the group in secret.
• For more than a month, Ye Xiwen followed Sheng Feiyue's party through the Ancient World, cultivating as they fought Ancient Demon Beasts and gathered treasures.
• The party reached an enormous mountain range, and Ye Xiwen recognized it as a gigantic Ancient Demon Beast.

The group discovered that the vast mountain range was the corpse of a Star Colossus, and Sheng Feiyue led an assault toward its treasures. As Sheng Feiyue and the silver ape leader battled, Ye Xiwen slipped around to the far side of the mountain range.

• The Second Prince and the others realized that the mountain range was a dead Ancient Demon Beast, and Ye Xiwen identified it as a Star Colossus.
• Ye Xiwen checked the Star Colossus imprisoned in his Heavenly Origin Mirror and showed it the corpse, while its remaining power continued feeding the Blood Slave.
• Sheng Feiyue drove the Flowing Fire Flying Star toward the corpse, but silver giant apes attacked and killed several Attendants of the Imperial Sons.
• Sheng Feiyue killed the first charging apes with an azure net, then fought the Saint Realm Minor Completion leader as the Great Wei Empire's experts battled the rest.
• Ye Xiwen used the fighting as a distraction and flew around to the rear of the mountain range.