Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen awakened his Kunpeng Body Core and defeated Wang Xiong in a contest of physical strength, shocking both the Tai Xu Sect and the Demon Race. Wang Xiong refused to accept the loss and charged back onto the Dragon Transformation Arena to fight again.

• Xiao Chen sheathed his sword and challenged Wang Xiong to a fight with their bodies.
• Xiao Chen awakened his Kunpeng Body Core, and a colossal Kunpeng phantom appeared behind him.
• Xiao Chen matched Wang Xiong’s punch, then increased his strength and sent Wang Xiong crashing into a palace.
• Wu Qinglong realized Xiao Chen might possess two Martial Cores, while the spectators marveled at his strength.
• Wang Xiong rushed back onto the Dragon Transformation Arena and resumed fighting Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen defeated and killed Wang Xiong in the Dragon Transformation Arena, avenging Liu Gang and securing a Human Race victory in the Mountain Kicking Tournament. As he mourned Liu Gang, a hidden attacker ambushed him, and Zhao Changhe intervened.

• Xiao Chen overwhelmed Wang Xiong with his physical strength, broke both of his legs, and battered him into helplessness.
• Xiao Chen shattered Wang Xiong's arm and killed him with a punch to the head, prompting shock among the Tai Xu Sect disciples and unease among the Demon Race.
• Xiao Chen told Liu Gang's corpse that he had slain the demon who killed him and said he wished Liu Gang could rest in peace.
• The Qiongqi pattern on Xiao Chen's chest lit up, warning him of danger, and he dodged an attack from a dried-up hand emerging through black demon mist.
• Zhao Changhe rushed in and struck the dried-up hand with his palm to protect Xiao Chen.

After Ye Kuxin’s failed attempt to kill Xiao Chen, he insisted the Demon Race send a Young Grandmaster to fight him, despite the protests of the other prodigies. The chapter ended with Liu Yunfeng entering the arena as the Tai Xu Sect realized Xiao Chen would face a much stronger opponent.

• Ye Kuxin attacked Xiao Chen, but Zhao Changhe blocked the strike after Xiao Chen dodged.
• Ye Kuxin admitted he could not see through Xiao Chen and urged the Demon Race to send Liu Yunfeng instead of Zhao Shi.
• Xue Can questioned Ye Kuxin’s caution, and Ye Kuxin explained that Xiao Chen’s hidden nature made him dangerous.
• Liu Yunfeng accepted the challenge and walked toward the Dragon Transformation Arena.
• The Tai Xu Sect elders and Zhao Changhe reacted with alarm when they saw that the Demon Race had sent a Young Grandmaster for the third battle.

Tai Xu Sect disciples mocked the demons for sending Liu Yunfei, a Young Grandmaster, to fight Xiao Chen, prompting Ye Kuxin and Mo Feiyan to nearly clash before another demon supreme expert stopped them. Xiao Chen claimed he had slain a Young Grandmaster before, but Liu Yunfei laughed at him as their confrontation continued in the Dragon Transformation Arena.

• Tai Xu Sect disciples and Niu Feng taunted the demons for sending a Young Grandmaster to face Xiao Chen.
• Mo Feiyan challenged Ye Kuxin over his decision, and the two demon supreme experts nearly fought until another supreme expert intervened.
• Liu Yunfei told Xiao Chen that fighting him was humiliating and looked down on him from above the arena.
• Xiao Chen said he had slain a Young Grandmaster before, causing Wu Qinglong to believe he might be telling the truth.
• Moli hoped Xiao Chen could win, while Hei Meier doubted he could defeat a Young Grandmaster despite suspecting a link to Hei Qingfeng's failed ambush.
• Liu Yunfei laughed at Xiao Chen's claim and intensified the demon light around himself.

Xiao Chen tested his strength against the Young Grandmaster Liu Yunfei and survived his opening punch almost unharmed. As Liu Yunfei attacked again with a flaming Wolf Tooth Mace, Xiao Chen activated the powers of his Dual Cores, leaving Liu Yunfei startled by his sudden aura.

• Xiao Chen leaped into the air and exchanged punches with Liu Yunfei, who blasted him into a deep crater.
• The Tai Xu Sect disciples mourned Xiao Chen, but he emerged from the crater without serious injury and flew back to face Liu Yunfei.
• Xiao Chen declared that a Young Grandmaster was not invincible, provoking Liu Yunfei to summon his flaming Wolf Tooth Mace.
• As Liu Yunfei swung the mace at him, Xiao Chen activated Kunpeng and Dao Annihilation through his Dual Cores, causing Liu Yunfei to sense a sudden threat.

Xiao Chen’s mysterious Dual Core power let him send Liu Yunfei flying, though he concealed its secret from the Demon Race Young Grandmaster. Liu Yunfei returned with greater force, and the chapter ended as their renewed clash shook the void.

• Xiao Chen struck Liu Yunfei with the Dragon Slayer Sword and blasted him away, while Wu Qinglong recognized that Xiao Chen had likely cultivated a Dual Core.
• Wu Qinglong warned a trusted old hall master not to spread his suspicion that Xiao Chen had achieved a Dual Core.
• Liu Yunfei returned from the rubble, questioned Xiao Chen’s identity, and accused him of concealing his cultivation.
• Xiao Chen asked about the Demon Race’s other Young Grandmasters, and Liu Yunfei revealed that Xue Can and the third Young Grandmaster were stronger than him.
• Liu Yunfei attacked with Divine Fire, and Xiao Chen countered with Ascension-to-Immortality Swordplay before their weapons collided and shattered the void.

Xiao Chen defeated and beheaded the Demon Race Young Grandmaster Liu Yunfei in the Dragon Transformation Arena, stunning both humans and demons. When Xu E arrived to challenge him, Xiao Chen dismissed the Demon Race’s younger generation and called on all of them to fight him at once.

• Xiao Chen and Liu Yunfei traded blows until Liu Yunfei’s power dwindled while Xiao Chen’s swordsmanship grew stronger.
• Xiao Chen cut through Liu Yunfei’s Wolf Tooth Mace and beheaded him, revealing his corpse’s true form as a giant purple bird.
• The arena’s spectators and Tai Xu Sect’s elders reacted with shock, while Zhao Changhe regretted that only one of Xiao Chen and Huang Yelang could enter the Dao Heaven Sacred Pool.
• Xu E appeared and challenged Xiao Chen, claiming he was a far stronger Grandmaster than Liu Yunfei.
• Xiao Chen declared that the entire Demon Race younger generation was unworthy and challenged them all to fight him together.

Xiao Chen refused Wu Qinglong’s plea to withdraw, declaring that Sword King Hall’s hatred was his and challenging the Demon Race prodigies despite his exhaustion. He invited them to attack together, and Ye Kuxin accepted on their behalf.

• Zhao Changhe urged Wu Qinglong to make Xiao Chen surrender and offered to take him as a disciple, while Sword King Hall’s disciples welcomed a chance to fight and defend their honor.
• Wu Qinglong asked Xiao Chen to come down and leave Sword King Hall, but Xiao Chen recalled his master’s kindness and vowed not to retreat.
• Xiao Chen’s words moved Sword King Hall’s disciples, who praised him, while Wu Qinglong was overcome with emotion.
• A Tai Xu Sect Supreme Elder warned Xiao Chen that he could not fight another Grandmaster after his earlier battle, but Xiao Chen insisted he would keep his promise to slaughter the demons.
• Xiao Chen challenged several Demon Race prodigies to kill him, and Ye Kuxin told them to attack together.

Ye Kuxin ordered the Demon Race’s six heavenly prodigies to attack Xiao Chen together, while Tai Xu Sect’s elders were prevented from intervening. The six launched a devastating assault on the exhausted Xiao Chen, and the chapter ended before revealing its outcome.

• Ye Kuxin insisted that Xiao Chen was dangerous and ordered the Demon Race prodigies to join forces against him, despite Xue Can’s objections.
• Zhao Changhe failed to negotiate with Ye Kuxin, who threatened to bathe Tai Xu Sect in blood unless Xiao Chen completed the battle.
• On the Dragon Transformation Arena, Xu E rejected the others’ help, then declared his hatred for Xiao Chen and prepared to attack.
• Xu E unleashed the Dragon Serpent Pierce Word Technique, his strongest killing move, as Wu Qinglong tried and failed to intervene under Ye Kuxin’s pressure.
• The other five Demon Race prodigies joined Xu E’s attack, surrounding Xiao Chen with weapons and demonic light as Gu Lanlan shut her eyes.

Xiao Chen transformed with Ancient True Devil and killed Xu E and the other five Demon Race Heavenly Prodigies in an instant. Xue Can revealed his Celestial Fox True Form and taunted Xiao Chen by recalling how he had killed Wu Qingqing, leaving the Sword King Hall disciples furious as Xiao Chen prepared to face him.

• Xiao Chen told Wu Qinglong he would avenge Sword King Hall, then activated Ancient True Devil and struck Xu E down with one punch.
• Xiao Chen’s demonic aura blasted the other five Demon Race Heavenly Prodigies away and killed them, shocking Ye Kuxin and the Demon Race elders.
• Xue Can summoned the Celestial Fox True Form, alarming the Tai Xu Sect observers and making them fear Xiao Chen could not win.
• Xiao Chen acknowledged Xue Can’s strength but nodded to Wu Qinglong to show he would still fight.
• Xue Can taunted Xiao Chen by boasting that he had killed Wu Qingqing, enraging the Sword King Hall disciples.

Xiao Chen fought Xue Can after Xue Can insulted Wu Qinglong and threatened the Human Race, and he matched Xue Can’s opening attack with powerful Sword Intent. The battle turned dangerous when Xue Can summoned a fully controlled Celestial Fox True Form, leaving Xiao Chen’s allies unsure how he could resist it.

• Xue Can mocked Wu Qinglong for kneeling to him nine years earlier, and Xiao Chen vowed to kill Xue Can for insulting his master and bullying the Human Race.
• Xue Can attacked Xiao Chen with the Celestial Fox Earth-Rending Finger, and Xiao Chen countered with Limitless Sword Intent, causing a blast that shattered nearby halls.
• Xue Can acknowledged Xiao Chen’s sword talent but declared that he would kill him, and the two continued fighting amid clouds of light and splitting skies.
• Xue Can summoned and controlled the solid Celestial Fox True Form, whose claw swept away the battle’s light mist and revealed the fighters.
• Tai Xu Sect disciples and elders worried that Xiao Chen could not withstand the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox, while one disciple dismissed Xiao Chen’s Flying Fish Core Soul as no match for it.

Xiao Chen summoned Kunpeng, which overwhelmed the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox, then killed Xue Can with a sword strike. His victory at Dragon Transformation Arena ended an eight-hundred-year losing streak for the Human Race, while the Demon Race’s powerful figures looked on grimly.

• Xiao Chen summoned Kunpeng, and the ancient beast struck the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox down in a single clash.
• Xue Can realized Xiao Chen’s Core Soul was Kunpeng and recoiled in terror.
• Xiao Chen combined the Extinction Dao Sword with the Dragon Slayer Sword and killed Xue Can with a descending strike.
• The defeated Nine-tailed Celestial Fox faded away, and Xiao Chen proclaimed victory to the humans gathered at Dragon Transformation Arena.
• Wu Qinglong wept as he recognized that Xiao Chen had avenged Qingqing, while the Demon Race’s powerful figures turned grim.

After Xiao Chen defeated three Demon Race Young Grandmasters, Ye Kuxin chose to break the Heavenly Dao Oath and kill him before he could grow stronger. Tai Xu Sect’s elders and disciples rallied to protect Xiao Chen, who entered his weakened state as the confrontation became a battle to the death.

• Ye Kuxin and the other Demon Race supreme experts decided to attack Xiao Chen despite the consequences of breaking their oath.
• Xiao Chen received the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art reward, landed as his True Demon power faded, and recovered some strength through spiritual energy from his Martial Core.
• Ye Kuxin led four Demon Race supreme experts onto the arena, where Zhao Changhe and three Tai Xu Sect Supreme Elders moved to defend Xiao Chen.
• Li Haijun vowed to protect Xiao Chen, and Wu Qinglong, Sword King Hall, and more than a hundred thousand Tai Xu Sect disciples prepared to fight.
• Xiao Chen tried to raise his sword, but his weakened state left him unable to summon any strength.

The Demon Race trapped Tai Xu Sect and its civilians beneath Ye Kuxin’s Blood Eye Sky Net as eight supreme powerhouses began a devastating battle. With Xiao Chen unable to activate the Sword Pill and Tai Xu Sect’s defenders pushed to their limits, Li Haijun took out a blue pill despite Zhao Changhe’s desperate warning.

• Li Haijun ordered the Tai Xu Sect disciples to withdraw, but Ye Kuxin cast the Blood Eye Sky Net and trapped the sect and its civilians.
• Xiao Chen tried to activate the Sword God’s Sword Pill, but the system told him his Source Energy was depleted after using Ancient True Devil.
• The eight supreme powerhouses fought in the void while Zhao Changhe and Li Haijun tried to hold off the Demon Race and break the net.
• Li Haijun fought a Demon Race supreme powerhouse despite his injuries, while Ye Kuxin blocked Zhao Changhe from helping him.
• After coughing blood and reflecting on his lost strength, Li Haijun took out a blue-glowing pill, and Zhao Changhe shouted for him to stop.

Li Haijun took the forbidden Soul Ignition Pill and fought at his peak to protect the Tai Xu Sect while Zhao Changhe tried to break the Blood Eye Sky Net. After Liu Xing fell and the net remained nearly intact, Zhao Changhe abandoned the escape effort and prepared to fight to the death alongside Li Haijun.

• Li Haijun swallowed the Soul Ignition Pill, enduring its agony as his soul burned and his strength returned to its peak.
• Li Haijun held off Ye Kuxin and a Demon Race powerhouse while Zhao Changhe began tearing open the Blood Eye Sky Net.
• Ye Kuxin urged Mo Feiyan and Dong Man to stop holding back, and their fiercer attacks badly wounded the Tai Xu Sect elders.
• The rune-covered elder struck Liu Xing down, and Li Haijun caught his dying junior brother as he fell.
• Zhao Changhe realized the gap in the Blood Eye Sky Net was too small and withdrew to stand beside Li Haijun, choosing to fight to the death.
• Xiao Chen tried to call Lord Yellow for help but received no response as the great battle began again.

The Demon Race defeated the exhausted Tai Xu Sect defenders, leaving Zhao Changhe gravely wounded and Xiao Chen at Ye Kuxin’s mercy. Qiong Shitian emerged from Xiao Chen to save Wu Qinglong, then revealed that he had drained spiritual energy from Xiao Chen’s Martial Core.

• Mo Feiyan, Dong Man, and two supreme experts died in the battle, while Zhao Changhe was left too weak to fight after Li Haijun died in his arms.
• Ye Kuxin and the rune-covered elder bound Zhao Changhe and wounded him, then Ye Kuxin seized Xiao Chen and threatened him.
• Wu Qinglong attacked Ye Kuxin, was sent flying, and prepared to swallow a Soul Ignition Pill to protect Xiao Chen.
• Qiong Shitian emerged from Xiao Chen, burned the Soul Ignition Pill to ash, and told Wu Qinglong to stand aside.
• Qiong Shitian said he had absorbed spiritual energy from Xiao Chen’s Martial Core, and Xiao Chen inspected himself in shock.

Xiao Chen’s guardian, Qiong Shitian, revealed overwhelming power by killing a Demon Emperor with a glance and forcing Ye Kuxin to apologize. He spared Ye Kuxin so Xiao Chen could settle the grudge in the future, accepting ten King Realm Demon Cores as compensation.

• Xiao Chen complained that Qiong Shitian had drained the Immortal Spirit Fruit power he had stored in his Dual Core.
• Qiong Shitian declared himself Xiao Chen’s guardian and challenged Ye Kuxin and the rune-patterned old man for threatening his successor.
• Qiong Shitian summoned divine lightning with a glance and reduced the rune-patterned old man to ashes.
• Ye Kuxin apologized and begged Qiong Shitian to spare him, and Qiong Shitian demanded compensation for Ye Kuxin’s humiliation of Xiao Chen.
• Qiong Shitian spared Ye Kuxin and said Xiao Chen would collect the grudge himself when he grew stronger.
• Ye Kuxin handed Qiong Shitian ten King Realm Demon Cores as an apology.

Ye Kuxin tried to leave after handing Qiongqi ten King Cores, but Qiongqi forced him to apologize to Xiao Chen. The chapter ended with Ye Kuxin standing before Xiao Chen as Qiongqi demanded that he kneel.

• Ye Kuxin offered Qiongqi ten King Cores and tried to leave, while the Tai Xu Sect’s members hoped he would be stopped.
• Xiao Chen secretly asked Qiongqi to kill Ye Kuxin, but Qiongqi ordered Ye Kuxin to stay and apologize.
• Ye Kuxin resisted apologizing to the Tai Xu Sect, so Qiongqi struck him with a mental attack that left him bleeding and shaken.
• Qiongqi ordered Ye Kuxin to apologize to Xiao Chen, and Ye Kuxin reluctantly approached him.
• Qiongqi demanded that Ye Kuxin kneel and apologize, shocking everyone present.

Xiao Chen won the Mountain Kicking Tournament, but Qiongqi revealed that his intervention had left him too injured to help again soon. News of Xiao Chen’s victory spread across Great Xia, where people debated whether he could rival Huang Yelang as the foremost figure of the younger generation.

• Qiongqi forced Ye Kuxin to kneel and warned him that only Demon Race prodigies of Xiao Chen’s generation could seek revenge, while older powerhouses would face his wrath.
• Qiongqi told Xiao Chen that he had spared Ye Kuxin because his strength was nearly exhausted, urged Xiao Chen to grow stronger, and gave him ten King Cores before retreating to recuperate.
• Qiongqi staggered and turned into green smoke, returning to Xiao Chen’s chest, and Zhao Changhe and the Tai Xu Sect members realized that he was gravely injured.
• The Mountain Kicking Tournament ended in a Human Race victory, with Xiao Chen killing all ten Demon Race Heavenly Prodigy Rank challengers as the Tai Xu Sect lost three of its four supreme powerhouses.
• News of Xiao Chen’s victory spread across Great Xia, and his supporters argued with Huang Yelang’s supporters over who deserved first place among the younger generation.

After Xiao Chen’s victory at the Mountain Kicking Tournament became known, his family rejoiced and Tai Xu Sect’s leaders disputed whether he or Huang Yelang should receive the Yang Pool baptism qualification. Zhao Changhe reconsidered his former support for Huang Yelang and asked Wu Qinglong for his opinion, leaving the decision unresolved.

• News that Xiao Chen survived, slew three Demon Race Young Grandmasters, and defeated the Demon Race youths reached Zhenbei King Manor.
• Wen Wanrong wept with relief at the news, while Xiao Lingtian struggled to believe Xiao Chen had grown powerful enough to defeat Young Grandmasters.
• Tai Xu Sect’s Hall Masters argued over whether Xiao Chen or Huang Yelang should receive the Dao Heaven Sacred Pool’s Yang Pool qualification.
• Zhao Changhe reflected that Huang Yelang had left Tai Xu Sect in its time of danger while Xiao Chen had fought to defend it.
• Zhao Changhe asked Wu Qinglong what he thought, leaving the Hall Masters wondering whether Xiao Chen would receive the qualification.