Chapter Summaries

After Ye Xiwen killed Beast Kun and Li Yifeng, Xuanyuan Hall and Ten Thousand Beast Villa placed a bounty on him, while True Martial School vowed to protect him. Ye Xiwen disappeared into the Demon Realm to cultivate and emerged months later after reaching Saint Realm Paragon.

• Rumors spread that Ye Xiwen had used a secret art to kill Beast Kun and Li Yifeng, and many people began hunting him for his supposed manuals and treasures.
• Xuanyuan Hall and Ten Thousand Beast Villa offered ten million Spirit Origin Pills for information and five hundred million for Ye Xiwen's death.
• Bi Jingwei and True Martial School's other leaders declared that they would protect Ye Xiwen, leading to clashes with Xuanyuan Hall and Ten Thousand Beast Villa.
• Ye Xiwen vanished while the Demon Realm's border region erupted into conflict, then secluded himself in a cave amid the Magic Beast mountains.
• Ling Fei complained to Xia Ya about waiting to leave for the Human Realm as Demonic Qi surged into Ye Xiwen's cave.
• Ye Xiwen emerged from the cave after several months of cultivation, having reached Saint Realm Paragon.

After months of seclusion, Ye Xiwen emerged at Saint Realm Paragon, confident in his strength but still intent on growing strong enough to defeat the leading Core Disciples. A Hidden Demon Race assassin named Yin Luo attacked him to claim the five-hundred-million Spirit Origin Pills bounty, and their battle began with Ye Xiwen's mountain collapsing.

• Ye Xiwen completed his Saint Realm cultivation and judged that he could defeat ordinary Late Stage Half-step Great Saints, though Beast Kun and the other prodigies still surpassed him.
• Ling Fei greeted Ye Xiwen after his months in seclusion, while he reflected on the bounty hunters eager to claim the reward for his head.
• Ling Fei detected an attacker, and Ye Xiwen caught and shattered the assassin's sword light before forcing him out of concealment.
• Ye Mo identified the attacker as a member of the Hidden Demon Race, a Devil Race clan renowned for assassination.
• The assassin introduced himself as Yin Luo and said he intended to claim the bounty on Ye Xiwen; he then charged and brought down his sword, collapsing the mountain peak.

Ye Xiwen defeated Yin Luo, a prodigy of the Hidden Demon Race, by overpowering his assassination techniques and formidable swordsmanship. After Yin Luo’s Primordial Spirit self-destructed to keep the clan’s secrets, Ye Xiwen wondered why a Half-step Great Saint held such importance within the Hidden Demon Race, then returned.

• Ling Fei shielded Xia Ya from the collapsing mountaintop while watching Yin Luo attack Ye Xiwen.
• Ye Xiwen blocked Yin Luo’s sword with his palm, then used his miniature universe to expose Yin Luo’s true body among the nine figures of Spiral Nine Shadows.
• Ye Xiwen broke Yin Luo’s leg in a sword clash and overwhelmed his sword intent with the Burial of Heaven Sword.
• Ye Xiwen cut Yin Luo in half with a punch that became a Dao sword, then seized Yin Luo’s Primordial Spirit to examine Spiral Nine Shadows.
• Yin Luo’s Primordial Spirit exploded before Ye Xiwen could finish examining it, and Ye Xiwen questioned why Yin Luo had been an important member of the Hidden Demon Race.

Ye Xiwen abandoned his attempt to deduce Spiral Nine Shadows and went deeper into the Devil Realm to hunt Devil Race members for wealth and energy. He killed a Late Stage Half-step Great Saint and continued onward with Ling Fei.

• Ye Xiwen spent more than a hundred million Spirit Origin Pills trying to deduce Spiral Nine Shadows, but gave up when he could not complete a version compatible with his constitution.
• Ye Xiwen decided to hunt Devil Race members for Magic Crystal Stones and other wealth, and Ling Fei reluctantly followed him into the depths of the Devil Realm.
• Ye Xiwen released his aura to attract opponents, drawing an armored Devil Race member who believed he could kill and devour the human.
• Ye Xiwen crushed the Devil Race member's Heaven-Covering Demon Hand with his Fire Cloud Sky Shattering Hand, and the opponent fled.
• Ye Xiwen blasted the fleeing Devil Race member into blood mist, absorbed his vital essence, seized wealth worth about thirty million Spirit Origin Pills, and flew onward with Ling Fei.

Ye Xiwen spent the Devil World trial hunting powerful Devil Race experts, growing stronger and earning a reputation as an opponent not to provoke while Xuanyuan Hall and Ten Thousand Beast Villa continued seeking him. As the trial neared its end, he decided to return and confront those who had pursued him.

• Ye Xiwen killed Devil Race elites, survived deadly counter-encirclements, and recovered from a brutal day-long battle with a Greater Demon Race genius.
• The Devil World trial intensified as human and Devil Race experts poured into the borderlands and suffered heavy losses.
• Xuanyuan Hall and Ten Thousand Beast Villa kept threatening Ye Xiwen and laying traps, but he ignored them and continued fighting the Devil Race for half a year.
• Ye Xiwen learned the trial would end in a few months, while Ling Fei celebrated the prospect of finally going to the Human Realm.
• After reflecting on the rumors that he feared his pursuers, Ye Xiwen declared that he would return and fight them.

Ye Xiwen returned to the human-devil battlefield, where a bounty on his head drew attention from powerful martial artists. When the Dire Soul War Dragon attacked him, Ye Xiwen shattered its demonic beam with one punch and sent the beast flying.

• Martial artists recognized Ye Xiwen and discussed his rising ranking and the five-hundred-million Spirit Origin Pills bounty on him.
• A Dire Soul War Dragon attacked Ye Xiwen from the demonic clouds, hoping to devour his powerful blood vitality and break through into the Great Saint Realm.
• Ye Xiwen dodged the dragon's claw and dismissed its strength despite its near-Great Saint power.
• The Dire Soul War Dragon fired a devastating beam of demonic light, but Ye Xiwen shattered it with a single punch.
• Ye Xiwen charged into close combat and struck the dragon's head, sending it crashing through numerous mountain peaks.

Ye Xiwen killed the Dire Soul War Dragon with his fists and absorbed its vital energy, then waited as the Northern Barbarian Thirteenth Prince Aguda arrived to claim the bounty on him. Aguda attacked after Ye Xiwen warned him that he was seeking his own death.

• Ye Xiwen punched the Dire Soul War Dragon repeatedly until it died, then used the Heavenly Origin Mirror to convert its corpse into vital energy and improve his cultivation.
• Ye Xiwen stayed in place and intimidated the watching martial artists, who suspected he was waiting for people plotting against him.
• Northern Barbarian Thirteenth Prince Aguda and several dozen Late Stage Half-step Great Saint experts arrived on powerful demonic steeds, drawn by the bounty on Ye Xiwen.
• Aguda boasted that killing Ye Xiwen would earn him five hundred million Spirit Origin Pills and help him pursue the Northern Barbarian throne, while his followers demanded Ye Xiwen surrender or die.
• Ye Xiwen asked Aguda why he insisted on seeking his own death, and Aguda charged at him on his demonic steed.

Ye Xiwen overwhelmed Aguda in a rapid exchange, breaking his strongest attacks and sending him flying. As Aguda’s Northern Barbarian followers rushed to react, Ye Xiwen pursued him to finish the fight.

• Aguda attacked Ye Xiwen with his spear, but Ye Xiwen countered with a punch that shattered the ice mist and injured Aguda’s hand.
• Aguda unleashed a white-dragon spear strike, but Ye Xiwen destroyed it with his golden fist and shattered Aguda’s armor, injuring his internal organs.
• Aguda used the Northern Barbarian Royal Family’s Iron Cavalry Conquers the West technique, but Ye Xiwen broke through its battlefield illusion with another punch.
• Ye Xiwen crushed Aguda’s steed’s legs and sent Aguda flying as his followers shouted in alarm.
• Ye Xiwen pursued the retreating Aguda, intent on killing him.

Ye Xiwen overwhelmed Aguda’s followers as he pressed toward the recovering prince, leaving Aguda’s faction devastated. News of the Northern Barbarian casualties reached the rulers watching the Merit Ranking, and the chapter ended with them learning who was responsible and reacting in disbelief.

• Ye Xiwen killed a Northern Barbarian youth with a single punch after kicking his horse to death.
• Ye Xiwen tore through Aguda’s followers, killing them one after another as he advanced toward Aguda.
• Aguda regained some strength but watched in fury as Ye Xiwen slaughtered his followers.
• The Northern Barbarian Emperor saw elite Northern Barbarian names vanish from the Merit Ranking and feared for Aguda, whose name flickered on the list.
• Message Talismans delivered reports of the massacre to the rulers, who exclaimed, “What? Him? How is that possible!”

Powerful lords learned that Ye Xiwen had killed Aguda and the Northern Barbarian experts, raising the Barbarian Emperor’s hatred and fears of conflict with True Martial School. In the Devil Realm, Ye Xiwen challenged human and Devil Race heroes to come fight him over the next three days, intending to temper his realm and will.

• Powerful lords learned that Ye Xiwen had slain Aguda and many Northern Barbarian experts, and the Barbarian Emperor silently formed killing intent.
• Ye Xiwen punched Aguda apart in the Devil Realm, ending the Northern Barbarian’s life.
• Ye Xiwen announced that he would meditate on a demonic mountain for three days and invited anyone seeking the five hundred million Spirit Origin Pills to challenge him.
• Ye Xiwen extended his challenge to the Devil Race, shocking observers and stirring Ling Fei’s emotions.
• Ye Xiwen prepared to use the battles to perfect his realm and temper his will, despite knowing that many opponents could threaten him.

Ye Xiwen waited for powerful opponents to challenge him so he could temper his martial path, drawing countless experts to the Demon Realm trial. As the human experts surrounded him, Bu Luo arrived and insulted them as spineless cowards.

• Ye Xiwen resolved to use battles against defeated geniuses to build confidence in his own path toward the Great Saint Realm.
• The Little Barbarian King and the Hundred Barbarian Cave disciples arrived, but he refused to challenge Ye Xiwen before assessing the risks.
• More Late Stage Half-step Great Saint experts gathered around Ye Xiwen while he continued cultivating without reacting to their auras.
• Bu Luo, a renowned commoner Greater Demon and powerful Devil Race expert, appeared before the crowd.
• Bu Luo condemned the human experts as spineless cowards, defying the hostile crowd surrounding him.

Bu Luo challenged Ye Xiwen and was swiftly defeated in their physical clash. After Ye Xiwen killed him, he demanded that the gathered experts decide whether to fight him individually or all together.

• Bu Luo insulted the human experts and challenged Ye Xiwen to a fight.
• Bu Luo attacked first, but Ye Xiwen shattered his arm with a single punch.
• Ye Xiwen pursued Bu Luo and crippled his other arm when Bu Luo tried to block another blow.
• Bu Luo fled, but Ye Xiwen caught him and killed him with a punch that destroyed his body and soul.
• Ye Xiwen asked the assembled experts whether they would fight him one-on-one or together.

Ye Xiwen challenged the gathered experts, who joined forces to attack him for the bounty and his presumed fortuitous encounter. After appearing to be badly wounded by their first strike, Ye Xiwen revealed his strength and sent Fang Leng flying with one punch.

• Ye Xiwen taunted the experts after defeating Bu Luo, and Fang Leng stepped forward to condemn him.
• The gathered experts from Xuanyuan Hall, Ten Thousand Beast Villa, and other forces attacked Ye Xiwen together, hoping to claim the bounty and seize his fortuitous encounter.
• Their combined strike blasted Ye Xiwen away and made him appear gravely injured.
• Fang Leng charged at Ye Xiwen with the Xuanyuan Divine Axe, but Ye Xiwen's golden light flared back to life.
• Ye Xiwen met Fang Leng's axe with his Great Extinction Star Dust Fist and sent him flying.

Ye Xiwen recovered from the experts’ attacks with his Phoenix Rebirth Art and killed Fang Leng before pursuing the other enemies. He charged into their formation and slaughtered several more experts, while the Little Barbarian King revealed that Ye Xiwen relied on a powerful healing technique.

• Ye Xiwen recovered to his peak, pursued Fang Leng, and killed him with the Great Extinction Star Dust Fist.
• Ye Mo awakened and asked Ye Xiwen to gather flesh, blood, and artifact fragments to aid his evolution into a Great Saint Artifact.
• After the gathered experts struck Ye Xiwen again, their hesitation gave him time to recover, and he vowed to kill everyone who had come for him.
• Ye Xiwen entered the enemy formation and killed several Late Stage Half-step Great Saint experts, whose bodies and artifacts were absorbed to nourish his treasures.
• The Little Barbarian King told the experts that Ye Xiwen was not immortal and had instead cultivated a powerful healing technique, then eyed that technique greedily.

Ye Xiwen fought hundreds of Late Stage Half-step Great Saints who coveted his healing art and treasures, using his resilience and Phoenix Rebirth Art to keep battling as he killed them. Outside the Devil Realm, observers watched the Merit Ranking and saw Fang Leng and many others fall while Ye Xiwen’s name remained, leaving his survival uncertain but his growing fame unmistakable.

• Observers learned that Ye Xiwen had challenged a host of elites in the Devil Realm, and many decided to target him for his divine arts and treasures.
• The Merit Ranking erased Fang Leng’s name, confirming his death at Ye Xiwen’s hands and devastating the watching experts from Xuanyuan Hall.
• The gathered martial artists charged Ye Xiwen, who rushed into their midst to prevent them from attacking together.
• Ye Xiwen endured severe wounds and repeatedly recovered with the Phoenix Rebirth Art while killing opponents, and the Heavenly Origin Mirror absorbed their remains.
• Onlookers watched names vanish from the Merit Ranking at a startling pace while Ye Xiwen’s name continued to shine, and they predicted his survival would shake the True Martial Realm.

As Ye Xiwen slaughtered the elites who had gathered to kill him, the Merit Ranking revealed his growing toll and shocked martial artists across the Demon Realm and beyond. True Martial School celebrated his strength while rival factions seethed, and the chapter ended with Ye Xiwen sending the Little Barbarian King flying.

• Names of elite martial artists vanished from the Merit Ranking in large batches as Ye Xiwen killed them.
• Bi Jingwei, Gao Lingxiu, and Fan Yicheng watched the ranking and praised Ye Xiwen's strength and the merit he had earned for True Martial School.
• Mighty lords from rival factions raged at the deaths of their disciples, and the Xuanyuan Hall Master declared that Ye Xiwen had to be killed.
• True Martial School's experts celebrated Ye Xiwen but worried that he might not survive the battle.
• The Little Barbarian King's name dimmed on the Merit Ranking, and Ye Xiwen sent him flying with a single punch.

Ye Xiwen overwhelmed the Little Barbarian King while his Heavenly Origin Mirror continued transforming toward a Great Saint Artifact. Zuo Xiuzhu and another powerful figure joined the encirclement, setting the stage for a broader attack on Ye Xiwen.

• Ye Xiwen sensed the Heavenly Origin Mirror growing stronger and moved to kill the Little Barbarian King and the Hundred Barbarian Cave disciples who had opposed him.
• The Little Barbarian King attacked with the Hundred Barbarian Six Ren Fingers, but Ye Xiwen crushed the strike with his fist and injured him despite his Barbarian God True Body.
• Ye Xiwen repelled the Little Barbarian King's next attack with the Fire Cloud Sky Shattering Hand, while the other besiegers refused to intervene.
• The Little Barbarian King urged the crowd to work together, and Zuo Xiuzhu of Taiyi Gate emerged and declared that Ye Xiwen had to die before he challenged Fan Yicheng.
• Ye Xiwen rejected Zuo Xiuzhu's attempt to provoke him, and another tall figure stepped out of the void, warning that they could not let Ye Xiwen succeed.

Chi Lin, Zhuifeng, Xiang Baiyu, Little Barbarian King, and other powerful rivals surrounded Ye Xiwen and attacked him, seeking to kill him before he could grow stronger. Ye Xiwen repelled Zhuifeng’s assassination strike and met Chi Lin’s palm with a sword, leaving the battle raging.

• Chi Lin arrived, driven by hatred because Ye Xiwen had killed his descendant Chi Tian.
• Zhuifeng and Xiang Baiyu joined Little Barbarian King and other powerhouses in surrounding Ye Xiwen.
• Little Barbarian King, Chi Lin, Xiang Baiyu, and Zhuifeng declared their intent to kill Ye Xiwen, but Ye Xiwen challenged them all.
• Zhuifeng struck at Ye Xiwen’s throat with his scythe, but Ye Xiwen blocked him with sword intent and blasted him away.
• Chi Lin attacked with the Fire Cloud Sky Shattering Hand, and Ye Xiwen cleaved the massive palm apart with his sword.

Ye Xiwen fought off the five experts and killed the Little Barbarian King, whose blood and vitality strengthened the Heavenly Origin Mirror. He then broke through Zuo Xiuzhu’s sword formations and struck him with the Burial of Heaven Sword.

• Zuo Xiuzhu attacked Ye Xiwen with the Sword Dao, but Ye Xiwen seized and suppressed his sword light before forcing him back with Star Explosion.
• Xiang Baiyu and the Little Barbarian King ambushed Ye Xiwen, but his blood-red barrier blocked their attacks, and he blasted the Little Barbarian King away with a star-filled punch.
• Ye Xiwen evaded the attackers’ attempts to stop him, cut the Little Barbarian King in two, and annihilated his soul, allowing the Heavenly Origin Mirror to absorb his blood and vitality.
• Zuo Xiuzhu unleashed a torrent of sword formations, but Ye Xiwen’s Burial of Heaven Sword destroyed them and reached Zuo Xiuzhu, drawing blood.

Ye Xiwen turned the fight around after Zuo Xiuzhu lost an arm, while Ling Fei revealed her overwhelming strength and slaughtered the Tianya Society assassins. Ye Xiwen killed Zuo Xiuzhu and Zhuifeng, leaving the remaining enemies facing him without their strongest fighters.

• Zuo Xiuzhu lost an arm to Ye Xiwen, and Chi Lin urged the group to fight rather than flee.
• The Tianya Society assassins attacked Ling Fei as a hostage, but she killed all four with a palm strike and her gray staff.
• Ye Xiwen attacked Zuo Xiuzhu before he could complete a secret art, pierced him, and absorbed his essence blood with the Heavenly Origin Mirror.
• Zhuifeng ambushed Ye Xiwen with a divine ray, but Ye Xiwen shattered it, caught him as he fled, and split him apart with a sword.