Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen traveled deeper into the forbidden zone with Ye Jin, who did not know that he was the famed Sword Demon she asked about. As Ye Jin struggled against the growing Erl Power and death energy, Xiao Chen remained unharmed thanks to his Martial God Physique.

• Ye Jin removed the light barrier around Xiao Chen and asked whether he knew Sword Demon Xiao Chen; Xiao Chen concealed his identity and learned she had heard of him through her feud with the Huang Family.
• Ye Jin told Xiao Chen how the Huang Family betrayed her family, killed her grandfather, and later caused Fu Zhenhai to break their engagement for Huang Yingying.
• When Ye Jin asked what Xiao Chen was like, Xiao Chen praised himself while claiming he was merely stating facts.
• Xiao Chen and Ye Jin headed deeper into the forbidden zone as the black mist, strange runes, and death energy grew more dangerous.
• Ye Jin exhausted Source Energy to repel the Erl Power, but Xiao Chen remained untouched, astonishing her.

Xiao Chen used the Demon Subduing Scripture to drive back the forbidden land’s sinister mist, stunning Ye Jin with five inches of Dao light after only five days of cultivation. Nearby, Liu Hua and the surviving Tiger Immortal Sect experts struggled through the deadly land, and one of them spotted Xiao Chen approaching.

• Xiao Chen surrounded himself and Ye Jin with golden light from the Demon Subduing Scripture, forcing the black mist and evil power to retreat.
• Ye Jin asked how long Xiao Chen had cultivated the scripture, and he said five days, leaving her stunned by his five inches of Dao light.
• Xiao Chen regretted revealing how quickly he had advanced and worried that the Ye Family would discover when he entered the Outer Realm.
• Liu Hua and the two surviving Tiger Immortal Sect experts rested beside the Sinister River while the bronze treasure vase protected Liu Hua alone.
• The narration revealed that Zi Zhan, the two Gray Apprentice Young Grandmasters, and the other members of their group had died in the forbidden land.
• A balding Tiger Immortal Sect expert spotted Xiao Chen approaching through the ancient forest, blazing with golden light.

Xiao Chen encountered Liu Hua in the Fallen Immortal Forbidden Land, where Liu Hua’s jealousy and hostility toward him intensified after seeing Ye Jin at his side. Ye Jin intervened to protect Xiao Chen and ordered Liu Hua to leave, but the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Xiao Chen’s brilliant golden Dao light drew the attention of Liu Hua and the Tiger Immortal Sect experts, who also recognized Ye Jin beside him.
• Xiao Chen declared that he and Liu Hua had a blood feud, while Ye Jin warned him that Liu Hua was far stronger and that she was weakened from resisting the calamitous energy.
• Ye Jin stepped between Liu Hua and Xiao Chen and asked why Liu Hua wanted to kill him.
• Liu Hua sneered that he simply disliked Xiao Chen and wanted him dead, prompting Xiao Chen to step forward before Ye Jin stopped him.
• Ye Jin accused the Tiger Immortal Sect of breaking city law by using a Mortal World prodigy as an expendable pathfinder and demanded that Liu Hua leave.

Xiao Chen kept his strength hidden while persuading Ye Jin that he could deal with Liu Hua, then lured Liu Hua into pursuing him through the ancient forest. He stopped in a secluded stretch of forest twenty li away, preparing to kill Liu Hua.

• Liu Hua denied using a Gray Apprentice and threatened to kill Xiao Chen despite Ye Jin’s attempt to protect him.
• Xiao Chen stopped Ye Jin from using a costly secret technique and secretly told her he would lure Liu Hua to a supposed baleful formation.
• Xiao Chen challenged Liu Hua, then turned and fled, prompting Liu Hua to chase after him while the bald expert and Burnt-Buttocks Expert stayed with Ye Jin.
• Xiao Chen and Liu Hua raced through the black mist as the Death Beasts watched warily, and Liu Hua struggled to close the distance.
• Xiao Chen stopped in a secluded forest after traveling twenty li and decided the place was suitable for killing Liu Hua.

Xiao Chen defeated Liu Hua with Starlight Fist and left him to be eaten by a Dire Boar. As the Tiger Immortal Sect experts waited for Liu Hua to return, the Burnt-Buttocks Expert went searching and spotted the Dire Boar.

• Liu Hua pursued Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen stopped and killed him with Starlight Fist.
• Xiao Chen refused to reveal who he was and warned Liu Hua that he would not kill him himself.
• Xiao Chen drew a Dire Boar toward the wounded Liu Hua, and the beast devoured him.
• Ye Jin grew anxious when Liu Hua and Xiao Chen failed to return, but the Tiger Immortal Sect experts prevented her from leaving.
• The Burnt-Buttocks Expert went to search for Liu Hua and found a Dire Boar gnawing on something in the woods.

Xiao Chen killed the Burnt-Buttocks Expert with an ambush after the man discovered Liu Hua’s remains, then disguised himself as gravely injured to deceive the bald expert and Ye Jin. He claimed a Dire Wolf Pack had trapped Liu Hua and Zhang Di, and the bald expert ordered him to lead the way.

• The Burnt-Buttocks Expert found Liu Hua’s remains and realized a Dire Boar had eaten him, then wondered what had happened to Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen descended from the sky and killed the shaken Burnt-Buttocks Expert with a surprise sword strike.
• Xiao Chen let the Dire Boar deal with the corpses, left the treasure behind, and planned to lure the bald expert to his death.
• Qiongqi disguised Xiao Chen as a severely injured man, and Xiao Chen returned to Ye Jin and the bald expert.
• Xiao Chen claimed Dire Wolves had trapped Liu Hua and Zhang Di, prompting the bald expert to demand that Xiao Chen lead him there.

Xiao Chen killed the balding middle-aged man who had lured him into danger, then continued alone through the Fallen Immortal Forbidden Land to seek Mount-Shaking Immortal’s Indestructible Diamond Sutra. Ye Jin believed Xiao Chen had died and resumed her own search, while Xiao Chen still had not found the hidden cave.

• Xiao Chen led the balding middle-aged man to the remains of Liu Hua and killed him with a surprise sword strike when he turned hostile.
• Xiao Chen arranged for a nearby Death Beast to consume the man’s corpse, then left without meeting Ye Jin and continued searching alone.
• Ye Jin found the bloodied remains and Liu Hua’s bronze treasure bottle, concluded Xiao Chen had died, and departed to search for the inheritance.
• Xiao Chen searched the eastern region of the forbidden land, and two old beasts watched his powerful golden radiance before retreating.
• After searching for over half an hour and killing several Dire Beasts, Xiao Chen stopped, still unable to locate Mount-Shaking Immortal’s cave.

Xiao Chen met Wang Da Niu, a mysterious elder waiting for someone fated with the Indestructible Diamond Sutra, and learned about the Mount-Shaking Immortal’s life and tragic death. The chapter ended with Xiao Chen asking Elder Niu what his relationship to the Mount-Shaking Immortal was.

• A white-haired old man appeared before Xiao Chen unharmed by the forbidden land’s deathly aura and led him to a bamboo cottage that had not been there before.
• The old man said he was Wang Da Niu and had been waiting for someone fated with the Indestructible Diamond Sutra, prompting Xiao Chen to follow him inside.
• Elder Niu explained that Xiao Chen had only the faintest chance of qualifying to inherit the Mount-Shaking Immortal’s legacy because his foundation was lacking.
• Elder Niu recounted how the Mount-Shaking Immortal rose from humble origins through perseverance, protected the Human Race, and was ambushed by a human immortal before dying under an Erl curse.
• Xiao Chen condemned the injustice of the Mount-Shaking Immortal’s fate and asked Elder Niu how he was connected to him.

Xiao Chen learned that the Mount-Shaking Immortal’s inheritance required him to pass a trial by defeating the immortal at the same cultivation realm. Inside the trial, Old Niu revealed himself as the Mount-Shaking Immortal, Wang Da Niu, and challenged Xiao Chen to withstand three moves.

• Old Niu explained that the Indestructible Diamond Sutra could only be inherited by passing the Mount-Shaking Immortal’s trial, which no Heavenly Prodigy Rank genius had cleared in ten thousand years.
• Old Niu said the trial required Xiao Chen to fight the Mount-Shaking Immortal at the same cultivation realm, and Xiao Chen questioned whether anyone could pass.
• Old Niu briefly released terrifying immortal might, then sent a wisp of golden light into Xiao Chen’s glabella to begin the trial.
• Xiao Chen awoke in a dark space that transformed into a radiant ancient palace, where a white-clad youth appeared.
• The youth revealed that he was Old Niu in his youth and identified himself as the Mount-Shaking Immortal, Wang Da Niu.
• Wang Da Niu invited Xiao Chen to make his move and said he would test whether Xiao Chen could withstand three of his attacks.

Xiao Chen faced the young Mount-Shaking Immortal's physical-strength trial and unleashed his Kunpeng power. His strongest punch blasted the immortal into the Ancient Hall's wall, leaving both of them stunned.

• The young Mount-Shaking Immortal invited Xiao Chen to attack first and warned that failure would bring a minor punishment.
• Qiongqi urged Xiao Chen to fight, and Xiao Chen activated the power of Kunpeng.
• The young Mount-Shaking Immortal recognized Kunpeng's power and hoped Xiao Chen could become his inheritor.
• Xiao Chen used Kunpeng Devours the Sun and struck the young Mount-Shaking Immortal with a devastating punch.
• The young Mount-Shaking Immortal crashed into the Ancient Hall's wall, and Xiao Chen stared in disbelief at his own strength.

Xiao Chen repeatedly defeated Mount-Shaking Immortal in a contest of physical strength, proving his foundation was extraordinary. Mount-Shaking Immortal then revealed he had been testing Xiao Chen as a vessel for possession, leaving Xiao Chen trapped with the immortal soul in the bamboo hut.

• Mount-Shaking Immortal raised his realm step by step, but Xiao Chen sent him flying with punches until they fought evenly at the seventh level of the General Realm.
• After a hundred exchanges, Xiao Chen defeated Mount-Shaking Immortal again, and the immortal declared that he had found a vessel for his power.
• Mount-Shaking Immortal shed his kindly appearance, revealed his corrupted form, and told Xiao Chen he intended to possess his body.
• Mount-Shaking Immortal returned Xiao Chen to the bamboo hut, where only a few breaths had passed, and threatened to grind away his soul.
• Xiao Chen retreated from Wang Da Niu and begged Qiongqi to save him, but Qiongqi replied that he was perfectly safe.

Xiao Chen tried to stop Mount-Shaking Immortal from possessing his body, but the Sword Pill he relied on would not activate. Mount-Shaking Immortal invaded Xiao Chen’s Sea of Consciousness and prepared to destroy his soul, leaving Xiao Chen on the brink of possession.

• Xiao Chen cursed Mount-Shaking Immortal and argued that the immortal should seek revenge on the person who had wronged him instead of stealing Xiao Chen’s body.
• Xiao Chen revealed a crimson Sword Pill and sensed that its aura belonged to a powerful Sword God, but Mount-Shaking Immortal blocked his Source Energy and knocked it away.
• Xiao Chen invoked his master Ji Wushang to threaten Mount-Shaking Immortal, who hesitated before deciding to possess him anyway.
• Mount-Shaking Immortal entered Xiao Chen’s glabella and forcibly invaded his Sea of Consciousness, causing Xiao Chen searing pain.
• Mount-Shaking Immortal confronted Xiao Chen’s true spirit and raised a finger toward his glabella, preparing to annihilate Xiao Chen’s soul and take control of his body.

Xiao Chen survived Wang Da Niu’s attempt to seize the Martial God Physique when its previous owner’s divine soul intervened and killed the Mount-Shaking Immortal. Xiao Chen found the complete Indestructible Diamond Sutra, and the immortal’s corpse then dissolved as the Fallen Immortal Forbidden Land began to clear.

• The previous owner of the Martial God Physique appeared and struck Wang Da Niu down with divine power.
• Wang Da Niu recalled his happier days as a farmer before his body burned to ash, and the divine figure vanished.
• Xiao Chen returned to the mountain cave, found the Indestructible Diamond Sutra beside Wang Da Niu’s corpse, and learned he could only read its first section.
• Qiongqi praised the sutra as a good body-tempering technique but could not predict how long Xiao Chen would take to master it.
• Wang Da Niu’s corpse disintegrated, its energies pierced the cave, and the deathly mist over the Fallen Immortal Forbidden Land began to dissipate.
• Ye Jin noticed the change and realized that the Mount-Shaking Immortal’s corpse had turned to dust.

After obtaining the Indestructible Diamond Sutra, Xiao Chen left the forbidden land with Ye Jin while hiding his role in the inheritance and Liu Hua’s death. The Tiger Immortal Sect mistook Liu Hua for the heir, then confronted Xiao Chen and accused him of abandoning his duty.

• Ye Jin found Xiao Chen outside the Mount-Shaking Immortal’s cave and insisted he leave with her because he lacked an Immortal Register.
• Ye Jin searched the empty cave, while Xiao Chen concealed that he had taken the inheritance.
• Outside the forbidden land, Tiger Immortal Sect elders saw the deathly aura recede and assumed Liu Hua had inherited the sutra.
• Xiao Chen and Ye Jin emerged from the forbidden land, surprising the two Tiger Immortal Sect experts guarding the entrance.
• Xiao Chen claimed he had become separated from Liu Hua and nearly died before meeting Ye Jin, and an elder accused him of abandoning his post.
• Xiao Chen refused to wait for Liu Hua and said he had to leave with Ye Jin.

Ye Jin rescued Xiao Chen from the Tiger Immortal Sect, whose elders learned that Liu Hua and their families had been killed by the Ninth Elder. After leaving with Ye Jin, Xiao Chen met her Ye Family allies, who learned that someone else had obtained the immortal’s inheritance.

• Ye Jin confronted the Tiger Immortal Sect elders and insisted on taking Xiao Chen away.
• The elders learned that Liu Hua and the other young masters were dead, then discovered that the Ninth Elder had slaughtered their families.
• The Tiger Immortal Sect elder let Xiao Chen go and vowed revenge on Liu Xinghai for wiping out his clan.
• Ye Jin led Xiao Chen to the nearby Ye Family experts, who asked whether she had obtained the immortal’s inheritance.
• Ye Jin said someone else had taken the inheritance, then clarified that it was not Liu Hua.

Ye Jin brought Xiao Chen back toward Youfan City with the Ye Family, whose members argued over whether to confront the Tiger Immortal Sect amid warnings of the Blacksun Dynasty’s return. During the journey, Xiao Chen’s cultivation accidentally wounded their phoenix, and the silver-haired elder warned the group not to interfere in an incident near a village.

• The silver-haired elder questioned whether Xiao Chen had inherited the Indestructible Diamond Sutra, but Ye Jin explained that he was a Gray Apprentice captured by the Tiger Immortal Sect.
• Ye Jin insisted that the Ye Family punish the Tiger Immortal Sect for deceiving Mortal World geniuses, despite the elder’s warning that the Blacksun Dynasty might threaten Youfan City.
• The Ye Family set out for Youfan City on a purple phoenix, keeping their distance from Xiao Chen as he cultivated alone.
• Xiao Chen’s Sword Qi accidentally carved a severe wound into the phoenix, and Ye Jin and the Ye Family experts woke in alarm.
• The silver-haired elder stopped a Ye Family expert from confronting Xiao Chen and warned everyone not to ask about or interfere in something that might happen near a village.

Ye Jin's group reached Youfan City and found Blacksun Dynasty soldiers abusing villagers in Lingdao Village and demanding their spirit rice. Ye Jin defied Old Wen's order not to interfere and moved to protect the villagers, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xiao Chen stopped cultivating the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art because its Sword Qi endangered the Purple Scaled Bird and instead trained in the Heaven-Defying Demon Slayer Art.
• Ye Jin's group landed outside Youfan City and walked past spirit fields to Lingdao Village, where Blacksun Dynasty soldiers were beating villagers and demanding their rice.
• The Ye Family experts recognized the soldiers as enemies who had crossed into Great Xia, but Old Wen ordered them not to intervene.
• Ye Jin confronted Old Wen, citing her father's rule that enemies who harmed Youfan City's citizens must be executed, while Old Wen argued that Great Xia should avoid conflict.
• Ye Jin transformed into smoke and went to the villagers, followed by Old Wen, Xiao Chen, and the others, as a Blacksun Dynasty soldier challenged her.

Ye Jin discovered that her father, Ye Renxiong, had allowed the Blacksun Dynasty to plunder villages for grain, and he took her away after confirming the truth by remaining silent. Xiao Chen stayed behind to confront the enemy soldiers and protect the villagers.

• Ye Jin confronted the Blacksun Dynasty soldiers, and Old Wen revealed that Ye Renxiong had tacitly permitted their grain seizures to prevent war from reaching Youfan City.
• Old Wen explained that villages had been massacred and plundered, while Ye Jin and the villagers learned that the Blacksun Dynasty was gathering provisions for war against Great Xia.
• Ye Renxiong appeared, struck Old Wen aside, and took Ye Jin home without answering whether the accusations were true.
• Ye Renxiong left Xiao Chen behind after learning he was a Gray Apprentice, and Xiao Chen chose to remain with the villagers.
• Xiao Chen stood between the villagers and the Blacksun Dynasty soldiers, declaring that he would not leave Great Xia's borderland or turn away from injustice.

Xiao Chen defended Lingdao Village against the Blacksun Dynasty and killed a soldier who provoked him, risking a military conflict. Youfan Guard arrived and ordered Xiao Chen executed without investigating the massacre of nearby villages.

• Xiao Chen refused to abandon Lingdao Village and declared that anyone who violated Xia Land would be killed without mercy.
• Xiao Chen killed a Blacksun Dynasty soldier with a single sword strike after the soldier challenged him.
• The middle-aged man in black robes threatened that twenty thousand Blacksun Immortal Army troops would flatten Youfan City.
• The Youfan Guard arrived, and the villagers resented their swift response after a month of ignoring the nearby massacres.
• The Youfan Guard captain ordered Xiao Chen arrested and executed, dismissing his demand for an investigation into the massacres.

Xiao Chen killed the Youfan Guard sent against him, then fought Che Jiang of the Blacksun Dynasty after rejecting his claim that the slain soldiers mattered more than Great Xia villagers. From Youfan City’s wall, Ye Renxiong watched the battle and warned that twenty thousand Black Mountain Army soldiers would soon arrive.

• The village chief tried to defend Xiao Chen, but fell silent when he remembered Ye Renxiong’s alliance with the Blacksun Dynasty.
• Xiao Chen killed the Youfan Guard who approached him and wiped out the guards who attacked, including their commander.
• Xiao Chen condemned the Blacksun Dynasty’s massacre of Great Xia villagers, then struck at Che Jiang when he dismissed the villagers’ lives.
• Che Jiang’s Mountain Shield Art was split by Xiao Chen’s sword, and the two fighters’ first exchange ended in a draw.
• Ye Renxiong and the Ye Family experts watched from Youfan City’s wall as Ye Renxiong revealed that twenty thousand Black Mountain Army soldiers would soon arrive.