Chapter Summaries

Ye Xiwen visited the recruitment gathering as Hidden Star Peak sought talented new disciples, and he personally invited the prodigy Ying Bubai to join. Ying Bubai accepted, leaving the other inheritances stunned as recruits from across the regions arrived at True Martial School.

• The old city lord told Ye Xiwen that the reopened Ancient Roads had brought many powerful geniuses from other regions to True Martial School.
• Ying Bubai arrived at the inn with more than twenty new disciples after fighting through the wooden puppet formation, drawing attention for his Half-step Legendary Paragon cultivation.
• Representatives from the top inheritances rushed to recruit Ying Bubai while scouts from the Ten Great Inheritances waited confidently.
• Ye Xiwen revealed himself and invited Ying Bubai to join Hidden Star Peak, shocking the other recruiters.
• Ying Bubai recognized Ye Xiwen's reputation and said he was interested in joining Hidden Star Peak.

Ye Xiwen recruited new disciples for Hidden Star Peak as the school prepared for Huang Wuji’s Palace Lord ascension ceremony amid threats from extraterritorial powers. Just before the group departed, Ye Xiwen’s Heavenly Origin Mirror evolved into a Transcendent Artifact, and Hidden Star Master led them toward the ceremony.

• Ying Bubai joined Hidden Star Peak after Ye Xiwen invited him, prompting the Ten Great Inheritances to compete more urgently for recruits.
• Hidden Star Peak recruited six of the year’s more than thirty heavenly geniuses, including Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue, while Ye Xiwen learned that his eldest brother and second sister had reached the Half-step Legendary Paragon realm.
• Major figures from across the True Martial Realm gathered at True Martial School for Huang Wuji’s Palace Lord ascension ceremony after the school’s thirty-year closure.
• Bai Jiansong warned Ye Xiwen that extraterritorial powers might use the ceremony to provoke conflict, and Ye Xiwen agreed that True Martial School could not afford to show weakness.
• Ye Xiwen’s Heavenly Origin Mirror completed its transformation into a Transcendent Artifact, and Hidden Star Master appeared and ordered Hidden Star Peak to set off for the ceremony.

During the Supreme Palace Lord’s Ascension Ceremony, Ye Xiwen used the Heavenly Origin Mirror’s power to protect himself from Transcendent Realm attacks. When a guest from beyond the domain insulted True Martial School, Ye Xiwen struck him and confronted the expert who came to his defense.

• Representatives from True Martial School, outside factions, and prominent clans gathered at Ancestral Peak for Huang Wuji’s Ascension Ceremony.
• Ye Xiwen considered the Heavenly Origin Mirror’s borrowed power and decided to arrange a tribulation for his Star Colossus Avatar after the ceremony.
• A young man from the White Sun Sect insulted True Martial School, and Ye Xiwen slapped him, shattering his teeth.
• Sun Honghua attacked Ye Xiwen with his Transcendent Realm aura, but the Heavenly Origin Mirror’s blood-red light shielded him.
• Ye Xiwen rebuked Sun Honghua for calling the arrogant young man a guest and challenged the way the outsiders behaved.

Ye Xiwen rebuked the White Sun Sect and the visiting factions for provoking the True Martial School at Huang Wuji's Ascension Ceremony. When a Flying Star Gate elder attacked him, an unseen hand stopped the strike and slapped the elder, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ye Xiwen slapped a White Sun Sect disciple and challenged Sun Honghua to admit whether he had ordered the provocation; Sun Honghua denied it and said his sect would discipline its own disciples.
• Ye Xiwen warned the visiting factions not to provoke the True Martial School again, prompting representatives from several powers to demand that he kneel and apologize.
• A Flying Star Gate elder threatened Ye Xiwen and attacked him with the Thousand Star Overlord Palm.
• An aged hand emerged from the void, extinguished the elder's attack, and struck him across the face.
• The injured Flying Star Gate elder demanded to know who had attacked him and glared at the True Martial School's Transcendent Realm experts.

The Old City Lord defended the True Martial School during Huang Wuji’s ascension ceremony, forcing the Flying Star Gate elder to back down. After the Old City Lord spared him at Huang Wuji’s request, a Tianwu Gate expert challenged the new Palace Lord on behalf of a young hero.

• The Old City Lord emerged and rebuked the Flying Star Gate elder for striking Ye Xiwen, demanding that he die or kneel and apologize.
• The Old City Lord dismissed Sun Honghua’s protest and rejected the Flying Star Gate elder’s threat of war, while the True Martial School’s experts silently supported him.
• Huang Wuji asked the Old City Lord to spare the elder, and the Old City Lord warned the crowd before returning to his seat.
• A Tianwu Gate expert announced that a young hero from his gate wished to challenge Huang Wuji, prompting an uproar among the True Martial School disciples.

Four young Transcendent Realm experts from the foreign overlords challenged Huang Wuji to test the True Martial School’s strength and provoke it. Just as the school’s disciples feared Huang Wuji was trapped into accepting, Ye Xiwen spoke up, saying his senior brother did not need to fight them.

• A Tianwu Gate elder challenged Huang Wuji through a young disciple, hoping to gauge the True Martial School’s condition after the Palace Lord’s succession.
• Ran Chengtian, Wei Mingyang, Mu Qingman, and Xi Zhiyong each stepped forward to challenge Huang Wuji, revealing four newly advanced Transcendent Realm experts among the foreign overlords.
• The four linked their auras and pressed Huang Wuji, leaving the True Martial School’s Half-Step Transcendent Realm disciples unable to intervene.
• Ye Xiwen declared that Huang Wuji did not need to take the field against opponents like them.

Ye Xiwen stepped in to protect Huang Wuji from being forced into a challenge and provoked four newly advanced Transcendent Realm experts into pursuing him. He led them toward the starry sky, leaving True Martial School’s allies anxious about whether he could survive.

• Ye Xiwen mocked the four Transcendent Realm experts and declared that he could defeat them without Huang Wuji stepping in.
• Ye Xiwen challenged Wei Mingyang, Ran Chengtian, Mu Qingman, and Xi Zhiyong to attack him together in the starry sky.
• Wei Mingyang lunged at Ye Xiwen, but Ye Xiwen vanished and reappeared above them, taunting the four to follow.
• Ran Chengtian chased Ye Xiwen, followed by Mu Qingman and Xi Zhiyong, while the gathered representatives watched with their divine senses.
• True Martial School’s elders feared for Ye Xiwen, but a Tianwu Gate elder warned that a contest could leave him dead without anyone being allowed to interfere.
• Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue grew anxious as they realized how dangerous Ye Xiwen’s path within True Martial School had been.

Ye Xiwen lured four Transcendent Realm experts away from the True Martial School to keep them from gauging its strength, then revealed his Star Colossus Avatar’s Half-Step Transcendent Realm power. After surviving Wei Mingyang’s attack, Ye Xiwen faced gathering tribulation clouds in the starry skies.

• Ye Xiwen’s companions worried as he led them out of the True Martial Realm to fight the four Transcendent Realm experts in the starry skies.
• Ye Xiwen told Ye Mo that he had drawn the experts away to protect the True Martial School from having its strength exposed, and revealed that he was using his Star Colossus Avatar.
• Ye Xiwen’s aura rose to the peak of the Half-Step Transcendent Realm, but Wei Mingyang attacked him with Eight Stars Breaking Emperor Blade.
• Ye Xiwen’s fist was overwhelmed, but the Heavenly Origin Mirror protected him as he was driven back three steps.
• Wei Mingyang noticed dark clouds gathering across the starry skies and realized someone was undergoing tribulation.

Ye Xiwen drew a Transcendent Realm heavenly tribulation over himself and the four extraterritorial overlords to hold them back while he attempted to break through. The lightning storm began, and after Ran Chengtian and Mu Qingman attacked, Ye Xiwen evaded Mu Qingman's blow with his Demon Wings.

• Ye Xiwen’s tribulation locked onto the four extraterritorial overlords, while people at True Martial School feared he would die and Huang Wuji resolved not to stand by if he needed help.
• Ye Xiwen intended to use the tribulation to delay the overlords until he entered the Transcendent Realm, not to kill them with the lightning.
• Wei Mingyang urged the others to kill Ye Xiwen before the tribulation intensified, and all four overlords charged at him as the lightning storm descended.
• Ran Chengtian struck Ye Xiwen with the Tianwu Heaven Severing Hand, but Ye Xiwen met the attack with his Heavenly Origin Mirror and a fist, cracking his scarlet protective barrier.
• Mu Qingman attacked next, and Ye Xiwen used his Demon Wings to evade her killing blow and reappear over a thousand meters away.

Ye Xiwen evaded four Transcendent Realm experts as his Wind-Thunder Wings absorbed the tribulation lightning and increased his speed. The heavenly tribulation shifted into the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation, forcing his pursuers to prepare for its first strike alongside him.

• Wei Mingyang urged the four Transcendent Realm experts to kill Ye Xiwen and seize his artifact, but Ye Xiwen used his Demon Wings to evade them.
• Ye Xiwen absorbed the tribulation lightning into his Wings of Lightning, growing faster as the four experts pursued and tried to surround him.
• Wei Mingyang realized Ye Xiwen was absorbing the lightning and warned the others that his speed would become impossible to overcome.
• The tribulation clouds changed to five colors, revealing the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation, and the four experts stopped pursuing Ye Xiwen to raise formations with their artifacts.
• The first bolt of the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation crashed down as the True Martial School and extraterritorial overlords watched.

Ye Xiwen used the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation to trap the four Transcendent Realm experts while tempering his body and absorbing the lightning’s power. As the Wu Earth Lightning descended, he broke through into the Transcendent Realm, frightening Wei Mingyang and the others.

• Ye Xiwen faced the Kui Water Lightning without the Heavenly Origin Mirror, absorbing its water and lightning elements while the four Transcendent Realm experts struggled to defend themselves.
• Ye Xiwen counterattacked the Kui Water Lightning and used the Overlord Body Art, Guanren Scripture, and Phoenix Rebirth Art to strengthen and restore his body.
• The True Martial School allies watched Ye Xiwen withstand the tribulation, while Mu Shengjie abandoned his desire to contend with him and Huang Wuji realized Ye Xiwen meant to use the tribulation to break through.
• Ye Xiwen absorbed the increasingly violent Li Fire Lightning and the sharp Geng Metal Lightning, further tempering his flesh as the four experts remained trapped in the storm.
• When the Wu Earth Lightning descended, Ye Xiwen’s power erupted and he entered the Transcendent Realm, leaving Wei Mingyang and the others horrified.

Ye Xiwen’s Star Colossus Avatar entered the Transcendent Realm and faced a joint assault from Wei Mingyang and other Transcendent Realm experts. He used the Heavenly Origin Mirror to block their attacks, leaving his allies astonished at his newly revealed Transcendent Artifact.

• Ye Xiwen awakened the Star Colossus bloodline’s power and learned that reaching the Transcendent Realm let Star Colossi grow by devouring Star Nuclei.
• Wei Mingyang attacked Ye Xiwen with the Eight Stars Breaking Emperor Blade, but Ye Xiwen blocked it with his golden palm.
• Three Transcendent Realm experts joined the assault while Ye Xiwen faced the lingering heavenly tribulation.
• Ye Xiwen raised scarlet energy walls with the Heavenly Origin Mirror, and the Transcendent Artifact nullified the attackers’ blows and withstood the Wu Earth Lightning.
• Wei Mingyang recognized the Heavenly Origin Mirror as a Transcendent Artifact, while Huang Wuji realized it was Ye Xiwen’s trump card.

Ye Xiwen used the Heavenly Origin Mirror’s power to overwhelm the four foreign Transcendent Realm experts. He left Wei Mingyang kneeling, Ran Chengtian and Xi Zhiyong incapacitated, and Mu Qingman crashing into a planet.

• The True Martial School experts took heart when Ye Xiwen revealed the Heavenly Origin Mirror as a Transcendent Artifact, while the foreign overlords grew alarmed.
• Ye Xiwen attacked Wei Mingyang with the Heavenly Origin Mirror, shattered his weapon, and forced him to one knee.
• Ran Chengtian, Xi Zhiyong, and Mu Qingman attacked together, but Ye Xiwen blocked Ran Chengtian’s strike and smashed his chest with the Fire Cloud Sky Shattering Hand.
• Ye Xiwen dodged Xi Zhiyong and Mu Qingman’s attacks, reappeared behind Xi Zhiyong, and struck him unconscious with the Mountain Shaking Seal.
• Mu Qingman tried to flee, but Ye Xiwen struck her into a nearby planet.

Ye Xiwen defeated four Transcendent Realm challengers, and the extraterritorial overlords demanded their rescue as True Martial School and the native powers rallied against them. Ye Xiwen returned the wounded fighters alive, leaving the two sides in a tense standoff.

• The Tianwu Gate elder charged to rescue Ran Chengtian but struck the barrier Huang Wuji and True Martial School had raised, then threatened the School.
• Huang Wuji and True Martial School’s experts reminded the overlords that they had insisted fists and feet had no eyes, while mocking their defeated challengers.
• The Tianwu Gate elder and other sect elders demanded the return of their prized juniors, and threats from both sides escalated the confrontation.
• The native powers of the True Martial Realm rallied behind True Martial School, creating a standoff with the extraterritorial overlords.
• Ye Xiwen insulted the four sects and dropped Wei Mingyang and the other three fighters onto Ancestral Peak, gravely injured but alive.

Ye Xiwen defeated and spared four Transcendent Realm experts, then completed his Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation before the gathered sects. His victory strengthened Huang Wuji’s standing as Palace Lord, and news of the battle spread across the world.

• Huang Wuji taunted the foreign overlords after Ye Xiwen threw down their four Heaven's Chosen, while True Martial School’s disciples celebrated.
• Ye Xiwen explained that he had spared the defeated experts partly to avoid making things harder for Huang Wuji and because he considered them no threat.
• Ye Xiwen absorbed the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation to temper his body and internal organs as the succession ceremony paused to watch.
• Ye Xiwen endured the final Yi Wood Divine Lightning and emerged with new Five Elements Power and improved Wings of Lightning.
• The story of Ye Xiwen’s victory and successful tribulation spread rapidly across the world.

After Ye Xiwen’s defeat of four foreign prodigies raised the True Martial School’s standing, local clans urged the school to unite the native powers, but its leaders refused to avoid provoking the foreign overlords. Ye Xiwen rejected the chance to become Hidden Star Peak’s chief and asked permission to travel abroad to improve his cultivation.

• News of Ye Xiwen defeating four foreign prodigies spread through the True Martial Realm, and local clans urged the True Martial School to lead the native powers.
• The True Martial School refused to unite the local powers because it feared drawing a joint attack from the foreign overlords.
• Ye Xiwen refused Hidden Star Master’s offer to make him chief of Hidden Star Peak and recommended Bai Jiansong instead.
• Hidden Star Master postponed the decision about Hidden Star Peak’s next chief after Bai Jiansong showed little enthusiasm for the position.
• Ye Xiwen asked permission to travel abroad, and Hidden Star Master approved the trip so he could broaden his horizons and strengthen his foundation.

After three years of traveling through the war-torn Central Region, Ye Xiwen and Little Wolf met a mysterious man at a roadside tea stall. The man identified Little Wolf as a demon, recognized Ye Xiwen by name, and introduced himself as Li Feng.

• Ye Xiwen reflected on the devastation foreign forces had left across the Central Region as he traveled with Little Wolf.
• At a tea stall, Little Wolf showed off by drinking bowls of cold tea in front of astonished customers.
• A handsome middle-aged man arrived, recognized Little Wolf as a wolf demon, and revealed that he could discern its true nature.
• Ye Xiwen realized he could not perceive the man's cultivation and asked his name.
• The man called himself Li Feng, then laughed that even the famous Ye Xiwen seemed afraid, leaving Ye Xiwen wary of how he had been recognized.

Ye Xiwen learned that Dao Kong Mountain concealed a World Tree branch leading to the Ancient Barrens Continent, where cultivators could escape the laws suppressing them beneath the starry sky. He stayed in Dao Kong City to cultivate rather than risk entering the mountain, while news from inside continued to draw attention.

• Li Feng praised Ye Xiwen’s neutral view of the conflict between humanity and the Remnant Race, warned that the world would soon become lively, and vanished before Ye Xiwen could question him.
• Ye Xiwen reached Dao Kong City as news spread that a breach in Dao Kong Mountain had revealed a vast hidden world containing a World Tree branch.
• The foreign overlords and Transcendent Realm experts rushed into the mountain after learning the branch could lead to the Ancient Barrens Continent and allow them to break past the Transcendent Realm First Heaven.
• Ye Xiwen and Ye Mo concluded that a law barrier suppressed advancement beneath the starry sky, possibly because someone had sealed the worlds.
• Ye Xiwen chose to remain in Dao Kong City and cultivate his Star Colossus Avatar and true body while waiting for more news from Dao Kong Mountain.

News spread that the Dao Kong Mountains contained an immense Ancient Battlefield, possibly connected to a passage to the World Tree and the Ancient Barrens Continent, drawing powerful factions across the True Martial Realm. The True Martial School arrived under Huang Wuji, while Ye Xiwen declined to travel with them and continued his own journey.

• Experts confirmed that the battlefield held the remains of human ancestors and the Remnant Race from an ancient war, and rumors linked it to the World Tree.
• Powerful factions rushed to the Dao Kong Mountains to claim the battlefield's treasures, while the extraterritorial overlords' campaign against local clans was revealed as an effort to clear rivals from their search.
• The True Martial School dispatched Huang Wuji, its chief seats, and elite disciples to explore the battlefield and help its younger generation grow.
• Ye Xiwen greeted Huang Wuji and the chief seats, then warned that the battlefield could endanger the disciples.
• Huang Wuji invited Ye Xiwen to travel with the school, but Ye Xiwen declined because his own journey was not over.

Ye Xiwen warned Xia Ya to stay safe before setting out for the Dao Kong Mountains with Little Wolf as reports spread about the battlefield’s treasures and dangers. The pair reached the mountains and entered through a breach, while ambushers waited outside to rob returning explorers.

• Ye Xiwen told Xia Ya to remain with her elders and avoid taking risks in the Dao Kong Mountains, then departed with the True Martial School party.
• Over a month later, stories of the Ancient Battlefield’s treasures, ghosts, and zombies spread, and Ye Xiwen agreed to go with Little Wolf.
• Ye Xiwen and Little Wolf traveled toward the mountains as crowds of experts rushed there, drawn by reports of people gaining treasures and power.
• A hidden group of experts ambushed and killed a figure who was said to have taken a Great Saint Artifact, hoping to seize his loot.
• Ye Xiwen and Little Wolf reached the breach in the Dao Kong Mountains and charged inside.