Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Xiwen's recent feats—killing two Great Saint Late Stage experts and a wisp of Mu Shengjie's Yuan An Shen—cause a sensation in the True Martial School.
• Ye Xiwen openly challenges Mu Shengjie, declaring he will personally kill him.
• The Law Enforcement Hall, furious and threatened by Ye Xiwen's growth, demands his punishment but hesitates due to his unknown full strength.
• Mu Shengjie is about to emerge from seclusion, and the Law Enforcement Hall plans to strike against Ye Xiwen then.

Character Developments

• Ye Xiwen's rapid growth and power are unprecedented, overshadowing his peers.
• Mu Shengjie, the Law Enforcement Hall's designated successor, is seen as untouchable by most, but Ye Xiwen's challenge threatens his prestige.
• Bai Jiansong, the Hidden Star Peak's manager, feels overwhelmed by the situation and seeks help from Senior Brother (Huang Wuji) and Master (Hidden Star Master).

Significant Themes

• Rapid growth and its consequences.
• Power dynamics and prestige within the True Martial School.
• The tension and anticipation of an impending clash between Ye Xiwen and Mu Shengjie.

Character Interactions

• Ye Xiwen and Bai Jiansong discuss the situation, with Bai Jiansong warning Ye Xiwen against using self-destructive methods to challenge Mu Shengjie.
• The Law Enforcement Hall and Hidden Star Peak are on the brink of conflict, with the Law Enforcement Hall vowing to punish Ye Xiwen and the Hidden Star Peak seeking help from Huang Wuji and Hidden Star Master.

Ye Xiwen entered closed-door cultivation to finish transforming the Star Colossus Avatar before Mu Shengjie emerged from seclusion. Inside the Heavenly Origin Mirror, the Blood Slave was nearing completion of its absorption, while Ye Xiwen remained threatened by the Demon Seed and vowed to destroy the Star Colossus’s true body.

• Ye Xiwen explained that his Star Colossus Avatar let him challenge Mu Shengjie without risking damage to his martial foundation, then began cultivating in haste.
• Ye Xiwen went into the Heavenly Origin Mirror and found the Blood Slave absorbing the nearly depleted Primordial Spirit of the Star Colossus.
• Ye Mo told Ye Xiwen that the Blood Slave had absorbed most of the Star Colossus’s energy and would eventually become a Great Saint Paragon helper.
• Ye Xiwen urged Ye Mo to accelerate the absorption because Mu Shengjie might emerge before the remaining energy was consumed.
• The Star Colossus Primordial Spirit taunted Ye Xiwen about the Demon Seed, and Ye Xiwen vowed to kill it and crush its true body.

Ye Xiwen raced to absorb the Star Colossus’s Primordial Spirit before Mu Shengjie emerged from seclusion. After three months, Mu Shengjie became a Great Saint Paragon and led Law Enforcement Hall experts to Hidden Star Peak, demanding Ye Xiwen come out.

• Ye Xiwen warned the Star Colossus that he would eventually grow strong enough to destroy its true body, then ordered Ye Mo to accelerate its absorption.
• Ye Xiwen burned Spirit Origin Pills to power the Heavenly Origin Mirror as the Blood Slave absorbed the Star Colossus’s Primordial Spirit and revived the juvenile Star Colossus’s body.
• Three months passed while Ye Xiwen remained at Hidden Star Peak and Mu Shengjie stayed in seclusion, leaving the school’s anticipated confrontation quiet.
• Mu Shengjie emerged from seclusion as a Great Saint Paragon, renewing the school’s attention on his promised battle with Ye Xiwen.
• Mu Shengjie led Law Enforcement Hall experts across True Martial School to Hidden Star Peak and called for Ye Xiwen to come out and face him.

Mu Shengjie arrived at Hidden Star Peak to kill Ye Xiwen, but Ye Xiwen emerged from seclusion and challenged his contempt. Mu Shengjie’s first two steps unleashed such overwhelming power that even Ye Xiwen’s supporters began to doubt he could survive.

• Mu Shengjie demanded that Ye Xiwen come out, and Bai Jiansong tried to stall him while insisting Ye Xiwen was still in seclusion.
• Mu Shengjie ordered Bai Jiansong aside as Law Enforcement Hall disciples accused Ye Xiwen of hiding in fear.
• Ye Xiwen appeared, mocked Mu Shengjie, and declared that he needed no right to kill him.
• Mu Shengjie stepped forward twice, releasing an aura that shook heaven and earth and forced the surrounding martial artists to retreat.
• Bai Jiansong watched Mu Shengjie’s overwhelming display and worried that Ye Xiwen might not be able to withstand him.

Ye Xiwen faced Mu Shengjie with the Star Colossus Avatar after absorbing the Primordial Spirit, and their first clash ended evenly. Mu Shengjie recognized Ye Xiwen as a worthy opponent and launched the Crane Control Seven Sacred Hands as their battle continued.

• Ye Xiwen emerged from seclusion with the Star Colossus Avatar under the Blood Slave’s control, while his true body continued cultivating in the Heavenly Origin Mirror.
• Mu Shengjie’s aura failed to immobilize Ye Xiwen, and the two exchanged a blow that shattered space and damaged True Martial School’s formations.
• Spectators were stunned that Ye Xiwen held his ground, while Law Enforcement Hall disciples assumed he had used a temporary secret art that would cripple him.
• Mu Shengjie became excited to have found a worthy opponent and charged Ye Xiwen with the Crane Control Seven Sacred Hands.

Ye Xiwen and Mu Shengjie fought an intense battle, with Ye Xiwen’s Star Colossus body giving him the edge in physical strength while Mu Shengjie relied on his realm and cultivation. They adapted to each other’s strengths and ended the chapter evenly matched, trading blows with their supreme weapons.

• Ye Xiwen shattered Mu Shengjie’s Crane Control Seven Sacred Hands with sword intent and nearly sliced off his palm.
• Mu Shengjie recovered quickly and attacked Ye Xiwen again with the phantom of an enormous Immortal Crane.
• Ye Xiwen pressed his physical advantage, while Mu Shengjie adjusted his tactics to exploit his stronger foundation in realm and cultivation.
• Ye Xiwen and Mu Shengjie fought to a standstill as their attacks twisted and shattered the surrounding space.
• Ye Xiwen formed a Dao sword with his hand as Mu Shengjie wielded two complete Demon Suppression Tablets, and their attacks collided in an explosive clash.

Ye Xiwen and Mu Shengjie fought a brutal battle in the cosmos, with Ye Xiwen gradually adapting to his Star Colossus Avatar and matching Mu Shengjie's strength. Mu Shengjie summoned his Suppression Character Tablet and Demon Character Tablet to seize the advantage, then declared that the battle should end as Ye Xiwen was driven back.

• Ye Xiwen and Mu Shengjie exchanged more than a thousand blows in the starry sky, leaving both badly wounded.
• Ye Xiwen grew more accustomed to fighting through his Star Colossus Avatar as the battle continued, while Mu Shengjie attacked the weakness he noticed.
• Mu Shengjie summoned the Suppression Character Tablet, and Ye Xiwen used the Heavenly Origin Mirror's power to stop its attack and prevent Mu Shengjie from regaining momentum.
• Mu Shengjie followed with the Demon Character Tablet, and Ye Xiwen countered with manifestations of his martial arts, but the exchange left Ye Xiwen looking disheveled.
• Mu Shengjie smiled and declared, "Hahahaha, it should end here!"

Ye Xiwen drew on the Dragon Vein’s power to turn the battle against Mu Shengjie and repeatedly battered him. Mu Shengjie tried to activate a secret technique, but Ye Xiwen interrupted it and left him badly injured.

• Ye Xiwen called on Ye Mo to draw the Dragon Vein’s power, dramatically increasing his strength.
• Ye Xiwen struck Mu Shengjie with Great Destruction, knocking him back and wounding him.
• Ye Xiwen chased Mu Shengjie through the lightning-filled sky and smashed his chest, breaking numerous ribs.
• Mu Shengjie began activating a secret technique to boost his strength and fight back.
• Ye Xiwen summoned the Mountain Shaking Seal and struck Mu Shengjie before his secret technique could take shape.

Ye Xiwen overwhelmingly defeated Mu Shengjie, ending the Law Enforcement Hall powerhouse’s long reign as a legend. As Ye Xiwen moved to finish him, a powerful figure from True Martial School intervened and forced Ye Xiwen to retreat.

• Ye Xiwen continued battering Mu Shengjie, who demanded a fair fight and accused Ye Xiwen of relying on a secret art.
• Ye Xiwen rejected Mu Shengjie’s plea for fairness and struck him with a massive seal, crushing his defenses and smashing him into a meteorite.
• The onlookers watched in shock as Mu Shengjie’s defeat marked the end of his era and the rise of Ye Xiwen’s legend.
• Ye Xiwen pursued the badly injured Mu Shengjie to kill him, but a huge hand reached out from True Martial School to stop him.
• Ye Xiwen escaped the overwhelming force by flapping his Demon Wings and appearing more than a hundred li away.

Ye Xiwen escaped Shi Daoling’s attacks until Hidden Star Master arrived and stopped the Law Enforcement Hall master. Hidden Star Master and Huang Wuji reunited with Ye Xiwen, and Shi Daoling came to face them.

• Ye Xiwen dodged Shi Daoling’s giant hands after defeating Mu Shengjie, but the attacks injured him and slowed his escape.
• A giant hand from Hidden Star Peak destroyed Shi Daoling’s attack, and its owner challenged him for striking Ye Xiwen.
• Hidden Star Master emerged with Huang Wuji, and Ye Xiwen greeted his master and eldest senior brother.
• Huang Wuji reflected on how Ye Xiwen had restored the Hidden Star Scripture and helped him break through, while Hidden Star Master recognized Ye Xiwen’s exceptional talent.
• Shi Daoling, the hall master of the Law Enforcement Hall, arrived before Hidden Star Master.

Hidden Star Master confronted Shi Daoling over the Law Enforcement Hall’s attacks on Ye Xiwen and secured resources for Ye Xiwen’s recovery. After Shi Daoling helped Mu Shengjie recover from his defeat, Mu Shengjie vowed to challenge Huang Wuji again, who gave him five years to prepare.

• Hidden Star Master returned with the completed Hidden Star Scripture and confronted Shi Daoling over the Law Enforcement Hall’s treatment of Ye Xiwen.
• Shi Daoling agreed that the Law Enforcement Hall would provide resources for Ye Xiwen’s recovery, ending the dispute without a larger clash.
• Shi Daoling urged Mu Shengjie to accept defeat and rise again, and Mu Shengjie took his words to heart.
• Mu Shengjie told Huang Wuji he would challenge him again, and Huang Wuji said he would wait five years for the fight.

After defeating Mu Shengjie, Ye Xiwen returned to Hidden Star Peak while news of his victory shook the True Martial School. Hidden Star Master praised his disciples and learned that Ye Xiwen had resolved the Hidden Star Scripture, while Ye Xiwen kept the Star Colossus Avatar’s role in the battle secret.

• Huang Wuji told Mu Shengjie that he was not yet a worthy opponent, and Mu Shengjie resolved to surpass him within five years.
• Shi Daoling took Mu Shengjie back to the True Martial School, while Ye Xiwen and his companions descended to Hidden Star Peak.
• News of Ye Xiwen’s victory spread through the school, prompting disbelief, speculation that he had been crippled, and concern among the elders and leaders.
• Ye Xiwen returned to his true body and concealed the Star Colossus Avatar, which the Blood Slave had fully fused with as its Primordial Spirit.
• Hidden Star Master reunited with his six disciples, praised their progress, and recognized Ye Xiwen’s role in comprehending the complete Hidden Star Scripture.

With the Feather Transformation Church’s attack confirmed, Hidden Star Master ordered True Martial School to prepare and Ye Xiwen agreed to set aside his dispute with the Law Enforcement Hall. Ye Mo urged Ye Xiwen to seek strength at the Outer Territory Battlefield, then revealed a way the Star Colossus Avatar might reach the Half-Step Transcendent Realm without releasing the sealed adult Star Colossus.

• Hidden Star Master returned and told Ye Xiwen to put his grievances with the Law Enforcement Hall aside until True Martial School dealt with the Feather Transformation Church.
• Hidden Star Master confirmed that the Feather Transformation Church’s attack was imminent and warned everyone to avoid unnecessary trips outside True Martial School.
• Ye Xiwen worried about his family in the Dayue Kingdom and decided he would tell them to hide until the conflict’s outcome was clear.
• Ye Mo advised Ye Xiwen to apply for a transfer to the Outer Territory Battlefield, arguing that personal strength offered the best protection.
• Ye Mo pointed to the adult Star Colossus sealed away as an opportunity for the Star Colossus Avatar to reach the Half-Step Transcendent Realm, while insisting they would not release the monster.

Ye Xiwen agreed to use Ye Mo’s plan to strengthen the Star Colossus Avatar with the adult Star Colossus’s power, then arranged to transfer to the Outer Territory Battlefield. After Hidden Star Master approved the request, Ye Xiwen immediately set out for the battlefield.

• Ye Mo explained that the Star Colossus Avatar could absorb the adult Star Colossus’s power without the usual aftereffects because they shared the same bloodline, and Ye Xiwen agreed to the plan.
• Ye Xiwen asked Hidden Star Master to transfer him to guard the Outer Territory Battlefield, claiming he wanted to avoid the coming storm and escape the Feather Transformation Church’s attack.
• Hidden Star Master accepted Ye Xiwen’s request without pressing him for his real reason, trusting his strength and ability to escape.
• Bai Jiansong urged Ye Xiwen to retreat if the situation became too dangerous, and Ye Xiwen agreed.
• Hidden Star Master secured approval for the transfer, and Ye Xiwen immediately rushed toward the Outer Territory Battlefield.

Ye Xiwen arrived in the Outer Territory Battlefield to take command and guard the sealed Star Colossus, ignoring old grudges and the other stationed experts. Miao Yu led him deep underground, where the Colossus’s roars revealed the immense threat waiting inside the seal.

• The stationed Saint Realm experts waited nervously for Ye Xiwen, their new superior, to arrive in the Outer Territory Battlefield.
• Ye Xiwen recognized Miao Yu but showed no interest in punishing him for their past hostility.
• Ye Xiwen told the experts to disperse and asked to be taken to the Star Colossus’s Sealed Land, where he would personally stand guard.
• Miao Yu volunteered to guide Ye Xiwen through the barriers and passage leading beneath the battlefield.
• As they approached the seal, the Star Colossus’s roars shook Miao Yu with instinctive fear, while Ye Xiwen sensed the tremendous pressure bearing down on his soul.

Ye Xiwen reached the barrier holding the adult Star Colossus and began draining its power to strengthen his Star Colossus Avatar and advance his cultivation. After three years of absorbing energy, the Outer Territory Battlefield shook with a series of massive tremors.

• Ye Xiwen sent his Star Colossus Avatar through the crushing pressure to the barrier imprisoning the adult Star Colossus.
• The adult Star Colossus recognized the Demon Seed in Ye Xiwen and believed its Demon slave had come to free it.
• Ye Xiwen suppressed the Demon Seed's aura, refused to release the Star Colossus, and formed a demonic formation to draw power from it through the barrier.
• The Star Colossus roared in fury as Ye Xiwen absorbed its energy, rapidly advancing his avatar toward the Half-Step Transcendent Realm while his true body neared the Great Saint realm.
• Ye Xiwen remained in seclusion for three years, then massive tremors shook the Outer Territory Battlefield.

Ye Xiwen awoke to the Feather Transformation Church’s sudden invasion of the Outer Territory Battlefield and joined the True Martial School’s desperate defense. The chapter left him intervening as a giant crimson hand crushed the Feather Transformation Church’s Saint Realm Dao Soldiers.

• Ye Xiwen left seclusion when he sensed violent spiritual energy fluctuations and learned that the Feather Transformation Church had launched a full-scale attack.
• The Feather Transformation Church’s armies and Dao Soldiers overwhelmed the True Martial School’s forces, while Ye Xiwen saw that no Transcendent Realm experts had appeared on this battlefield.
• True Martial School disciples fled as its Saint Realm experts fought to cover their retreat, but the enemy’s immense numbers left them badly outmatched.
• Miao Yu was wounded by several Saint Realm Dao Soldiers and feared he would die before the Feather Transformation Church mocked the True Martial School’s threats.
• Ye Xiwen snorted and prepared to fight as a giant crimson hand descended and crushed the attacking Dao Soldiers.

Ye Xiwen arrived as the True Martial School disciples faced the Feather Transformation Church army and saved Miao Yu with a decisive strike. He killed a Great Saint Dao Soldier leader, leaving both armies stunned as the battle continued.

• Ye Xiwen appeared and rallied the True Martial School disciples after rescuing Miao Yu.
• Miao Yu thanked Ye Xiwen, and the disciples praised his strength and took heart from his arrival.
• A Great Saint Dao Soldier leader challenged Ye Xiwen and attacked him with a spear.
• Ye Xiwen caught the spear, twisted it into scrap, restored it, and hurled it back at the leader.
• The spear pierced and killed the Dao Soldier leader, leaving the Feather Transformation Church forces stunned.

Ye Xiwen confronted Feather Transformation Church forces who targeted him for the bounty on his head, killing two Great Saints and shocking the others with his strength. He charged into the mass of Dao soldiers and swallowed a medicinal pill as thunderclouds gathered overhead.

• Feather Transformation Church experts recognized Ye Xiwen and gathered around him, hoping to claim the bounty for killing him.
• Ye Xiwen charged a Great Saint Late Stage expert, broke his Rakshasa Heavenly Star Fist, and severely injured him with a single punch.
• Ye Xiwen stomped the wounded Great Saint to death as the peak Great Saint ordered the others to join forces against him.
• Ye Xiwen declared that none of the pursuers would leave alive, then charged into the mass of Dao soldiers and swallowed a medicinal pill.
• Thunder rang out and endless clouds gathered as Ye Xiwen's aura began to soar.

Ye Xiwen triggered a Variant Heavenly Tribulation while fighting the Feather Transformation Church’s Dao Soldier Legion, intending to destroy the army and temper his body. As the lightning army attacked and the legion suffered heavy losses, Ye Xiwen absorbed the tribulation’s power to pursue the Eighth Layer of his Overlord Body Art, while the peak Great Saint ordered his troops to kill him.

• The gathered fighters sensed immense Heavenly Might and realized Ye Xiwen was breaking through to the Great Saint Realm under a Variant Heavenly Tribulation.
• The peak Great Saint understood that Ye Xiwen had lured the Dao Soldier Legion into the tribulation and ordered it to retreat, but Ye Xiwen said it was too late.
• An army of lightning people descended and pierced through the Dao Soldier Legion, killing over a thousand Dao Soldiers and Feather Transformation Church disciples.
• Ye Xiwen absorbed lightning strikes into his Overlord Body Golden Body, using the tribulation to seek a breakthrough from the Seventh Layer to the Eighth Layer.
• The peak Great Saint, alarmed by Ye Xiwen’s ability to absorb tribulation power, ordered his troops to kill Ye Xiwen before he completed his breakthrough.