Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Chen destroyed the demon horde and gave its meat to the people of Hundred Mountains City, Liu Da worried that killing Lü Defeng’s beast pet would bring Dragon Slayer Hall’s wrath. Lü Defeng arrived with Old Liu, who killed two city guards, and confronted Liu Da outside the city.

• Xiao Chen reassured the villagers that the demon scourge was over and had them follow Commander Zhang to divide the demon beast meat.
• Liu Da asked Xiao Chen about Dragon Slayer Hall, and Xiao Chen revealed that Lü Defeng had once hunted him.
• Lü Defeng sensed that the Violet Scale Jiaolong King had died and set out with Old Liu for Hundred Mountains City.
• Old Liu killed two guards who challenged Lü Defeng at the city gate, and the guard commander summoned Liu Da.
• Liu Da confronted Lü Defeng and asked whether he knew where he was.

Lü Defeng and Old Liu hunted for the youth who had killed Lü Defeng’s beast pet, only to discover it was Xiao Chen. Recognizing Xiao Chen and fearing the Karma Fire Serpent Ancestor behind him, Lü Defeng stopped Old Liu from attacking and apologized, but Xiao Chen demanded compensation.

• Lü Defeng threatened Liu Da until he revealed that an eighteen-year-old from the Treasure Devouring Hall had killed the Violet Scale Jiaolong King, and Old Liu confirmed the account by extracting the guard commander’s memories.
• Lü Defeng ordered Liu Da to lead them to the youth, then Liu Da identified Xiao Chen when he arrived with Meng Qiuhan.
• Lü Defeng recognized Xiao Chen, recalled being hunted by the Karma Fire Serpent Ancestor, and secretly urged Old Liu to leave.
• Xiao Chen challenged Lü Defeng about the previous ambush and questioned whether the Dragon Slayer Hall was powerful, prompting Old Liu to prepare an attack.
• Lü Defeng stopped Old Liu, called Xiao Chen his close friend, and apologized on the old servant’s behalf.
• Xiao Chen asked Lü Defeng what he intended to offer as compensation.

Xiao Chen forced Lü Defeng to compensate him and returned to Green Maple City, where he became an official Yellow Rank Treasure Devourer. During cultivation, the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse attacked him, and Qiongqi’s attempt to suppress it failed.

• Xiao Chen accepted ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones from Lü Defeng and asked him not to trouble Hundred Mountains City, so Lü Defeng and Old Liu departed.
• Lü Defeng told Old Liu that the Karma Fire Serpent Ancestor stood behind Xiao Chen, then vowed to take revenge on the Huang Family.
• Xiao Chen and Meng Qiuhan returned to Green Maple City, collected their mission rewards, and Xiao Chen became an official Yellow Rank Treasure Devourer.
• Xiao Chen cultivated in his secret chamber, where the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse erupted and Xue Shan warned that he would die in one month.
• Qiongqi tried to examine the curse on Xiao Chen’s chest, but its black qi repelled him and began eroding his soul body.

Xiao Chen learned that the Evil Curse would devour him within a month unless he obtained the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir, so he resolved to strengthen himself enough to defeat Huang Yelang. While cultivating the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art’s fourth character, Immortal, he passed the Blood-Skirt Woman’s trial and gained a major increase in power.

• Qiongqi told Xiao Chen that the Evil Curse would devour him within a month without the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir, leaving him to defeat Huang Yelang and seize it himself.
• Xiao Chen planned to raise his cultivation and body-core strength, obtain Blood Refinement Fruits, and master the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art.
• Xiao Chen entered a gray space in his Sea of Consciousness, where a female immortal pressured him to kneel in exchange for power.
• Xiao Chen realized that comprehending Immortal required him to extinguish immortals, then attacked the female immortal with the Dragon Slayer Sword.
• The female immortal revealed herself as the Blood-Skirt Woman and gave Xiao Chen the Immortal character, greatly increasing his Sword Qi.
• The Blood-Skirt Woman warned Xiao Chen that a great calamity was approaching and said she would wait for him in the God Realm.

Xiao Chen learned that Wen Haishan had requisitioned Blood Corpse Mountain for Xiao Lingtian and that Xiao Lingtian had spread lies that ruined Xiao Chen’s reputation. After Bai Hong secretly gave him a map to the Blood Refinement Fruit, Xiao Chen reached the mountain, only to be stopped by Zhenbei King Manor guards.

• Bai Hong told Xiao Chen that Wen Haishan had canceled the Blood Refinement Fruit mission to claim the fruit for Xiao Lingtian.
• Bai Hong revealed that Xiao Lingtian had spread false accusations against Xiao Chen and that Zhang Da had been beaten to death for defending him.
• Bai Hong secretly gave Xiao Chen a map to the Blood Refinement Fruit and warned him that Xiao Lingtian had recovered his dantian, formed a Dual Core, and reached the Half-King Realm.
• Xiao Chen left Green Maple City and flew to Blood Corpse Mountain, intending to temper his body before pursuing the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir.
• A guard told Xiao Chen that Zhenbei King Manor had requisitioned Blood Corpse Mountain and forbidden anyone from entering.

Xiao Chen killed an Outer Realm prodigy who tried to bar him from Blood Corpse Mountain, then fought his way into the Second Peak in search of the Blood Refinement Fruit. Near the marked location, he encountered Ye Qingxuan, whose cultivation had risen to the fifth level of the Grandmaster Realm.

• A young man in fine robes challenged Xiao Chen at the entrance to Blood Corpse Mountain, claiming Xiao Lingtian had ordered the mountain sealed and threatening to make Xiao Chen kneel.
• Xiao Chen blocked the man's punch, smashed his Wind Mountain Fist, and killed him with a single blow before entering the Second Peak.
• Xiao Chen hurried through the deadly forest, punching apart a Blood Demon Flower and defeating the beasts and strange birds that attacked him.
• The Demon Subduing Scripture repelled the forest's black qi and ghostly faces as Xiao Chen followed Bai Hong's map toward the Blood Refinement Fruit.
• Xiao Chen spotted Ye Qingxuan guarded by three young men and realized she had reached the fifth level of the Grandmaster Realm; one of the men turned and met his gaze.

Xiao Chen encountered Ye Qingxuan and her companions while searching for the Blood Refinement Fruit, then found the fruit growing high in a scarlet tree. A powerful King Realm expert claimed the fruit as his own and attacked Xiao Chen, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Ye Qingxuan ordered Xiao Chen to leave, but he killed a ninth-level Grandmaster Realm expert with one punch and warned the survivors to stay away.
• Ye Qingxuan and the two young men fled, with Ye Qingxuan planning to ask Xiao Lingtian and Wen Haishan to capture Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen searched the area and followed the Blood Refinement Flowers’ fragrance to a towering scarlet tree bearing Blood Refinement Fruits.
• A gray-haired King Realm expert appeared, ate one of the fruits, and claimed the rest belonged to him because he was stronger than Xiao Chen.
• The gray-haired man flashed beside Xiao Chen and reached to grab his neck.

Xiao Chen fought a gray-haired general of the Pestilent Ancestor, but the Divine Fire Army of Great Xia rose from the earth to protect him. The decayed soldiers were overwhelmed by the general’s pestilence attack and urged Xiao Chen to flee.

• The gray-haired man wounded Xiao Chen with the Power of Pestilence, but Healing God activated and healed him with the power of life.
• The gray-haired man declared that Xiao Chen would die for offending the Pestilent Ancestor and condemned all Xia People.
• Xiao Chen drew the Dragon Slayer Sword and prepared to test his strength rather than use True Demon, while eyeing the Blood Refinement Fruit.
• Dozens of dead soldiers of the Divine Fire Army emerged and confronted the gray-haired man, revealing that they still protected Great Xia.
• The Divine Fire Army charged with Spiritual Fire, but the gray-haired man’s mist snake sent them crashing to the ground.
• The commander warned Xiao Chen to run because the Divine Fire Army could no longer protect him.

Xiao Chen protected the Divine Fire Army by killing the mist serpent, then fought Wang Chongming, whose strength forced him to activate Dual Core. The chapter left Xiao Chen preparing to use True Demon against Wang Chongming.

• The Divine Fire Army prepared to die fighting the mist serpent, but Xiao Chen appeared and blocked its attack with his sword.
• Xiao Chen refused the commander’s order to retreat and said he would protect the Divine Fire Army, then received the system mission to kill the mist serpent and Wang Chongming.
• Xiao Chen used Starlight Sword to kill the mist serpent with one strike, shocking the Divine Fire Army and Wang Chongming.
• Wang Chongming attacked Xiao Chen with a giant black claw, and Xiao Chen activated Dual Core to withstand the blow.
• Wang Chongming questioned Xiao Chen’s background while Xiao Chen decided he would have to use True Demon.

Xiao Chen unleashed the Ancient True Devil and fought Wang Chongming’s Bloodwing Tiger, a soul pet made from the tortured souls of slaughtered Xia People. As his Source Energy rapidly ran out, Xiao Chen activated the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art to finish the battle.

• Wang Chongming summoned his Bloodwing Tiger, a powerful pestilence-infused soul pet bearing the souls of his victims.
• The Divine Fire Army commander urged Xiao Chen to flee and ordered his soldiers to charge, but Xiao Chen advanced and invoked the Ancient True Devil.
• Xiao Chen’s demonic power raised his realm to the King Realm, and he attacked Wang Chongming through the Bloodwing Tiger.
• Xiao Chen wounded the Bloodwing Tiger in their fierce battle and moved the fight away from the Blood Refinement Fruit, but his Source Energy continued to drain.
• Xiao Chen activated the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art, filling the sky with sword light.

Xiao Chen killed Wang Chongming by using Solar Truefire to burn away the Pestilence Demon’s defenses after defeating Fog Tiger. The mission was complete, and Xiao Chen received the Invincible Realm secret art Sigh of the Gods.

• Xiao Chen beheaded Fog Tiger with a single sword strike, leaving Wang Chongming furious over the loss of his second soul beast.
• Wang Chongming attacked Xiao Chen, but his pestilence body withstood the Dragon Slayer Sword as Xiao Chen’s Source Energy dwindled.
• Xiao Chen began using the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art’s Heaven character, then remembered that Solar Truefire could counter the Pestilence Demon Clan.
• Xiao Chen summoned Fire Lotus Blaze, and Solar Truefire burned Wang Chongming to ash.
• Xiao Chen received the secret art Sigh of the Gods as his mission reward and wondered how it extracted an enemy’s Dao.

Xiao Chen recovered from using True Demon and gathered Blood Refinement Fruit with the Divine Fire Army commander's help. As they traveled to find more, the commander warned him that the Pestilent Ancestor might return and asked him to protect Great Xia, leaving Xiao Chen facing a threat far beyond his current strength.

• Xiao Chen's True Demon form ended, and he collapsed, so the Divine Fire Army protected him from nearby demonic beasts until he woke.
• The Divine Fire Army commander helped Xiao Chen collect more than twenty Blood Refinement Fruit and offered to take him to another source.
• Xiao Chen learned that the Pestilent Ancestor had vanished after a battle that wiped out the Divine Fire Army and five of Great Xia's supreme experts.
• The commander warned that the Pestilent Ancestor might soon recover and asked Xiao Chen, the only wielder of Solar Truefire, to stop him; Xiao Chen agreed.
• Xiao Chen and the commander continued deeper into the forest, where the commander warned him not to eat the strange fruits and said they were nearing more Blood Refinement Fruit.

Xiao Chen collected more than a hundred Blood Refinement Fruits and claimed the System reward, Sigh of the Gods, which let him devour Wang Chongming’s soul and gain the Path of Pestilence. Meanwhile, Bing Yangyu learned that Chong Ming had died and ordered his ghost faces to investigate and find the killer.

• Xiao Chen gathered the Blood Refinement Fruits from the blood trees, thanked the Divine Fire Army commander, and left Blood Corpse Mountain to find a safe place.
• In a hidden cave, Xiao Chen claimed Sigh of the Gods and learned that it let him devour the Dao of enemies he had slain.
• Wang Chongming’s soul appeared before Xiao Chen, who used Sigh of the Gods to devour it and gain the Path of Pestilence.
• Xiao Chen tested the Power of Pestilence on a boulder, then decided to return rather than cultivate the Blood Refinement Fruits in the unsafe mountains.
• Bing Yangyu sensed Chong Ming’s death, ordered his ghost faces to investigate, and received their report when they returned.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Pestilent Ancestor, Bing Yangyu, believes that either the Divine Fire Army or Xiao Chen killed Chong Ming, another powerful figure.
• Bing Yangyu plans to strike against the Divine Fire Army and Great Xia once it regains more strength.
• In Kun Saint City, Xiao Lingtian, Wen Wanrong, and Ye Qingxuan discuss Xiao Chen's whereabouts and strength.
• Xiao Chen returns to Green Maple City and decides to cultivate, unaware of Huang Yelang's plans to marry Fire Phoenix.

Character Developments

• Bing Yangyu, the Pestilent Ancestor, is revealed to have preserved the souls of the Pestilence Demon Clan, who were once humans but fell into evil due to their cultivation path.
• Xiao Lingtian's cultivation has advanced significantly after taking a divine pill, reaching the Half-Step King Realm.
• Xiao Chen is determined to improve his cultivation and prepare for upcoming challenges.

Significant Themes

• The struggle between good and evil, as seen in the Pestilence Demon Clan's fall from humanity and Bing Yangyu's preservation of their souls.
• The power dynamics between families and sects, as seen in Huang Yelang's attempt to force Fire Phoenix into marriage.

Character Interactions

• The Pestilence Demon Clan members argue about who killed Chong Ming, revealing their loyalty to Bing Yangyu and their shared history.
• Xiao Lingtian, Wen Wanrong, and Ye Qingxuan discuss Xiao Chen's strength and whereabouts, hinting at potential conflicts between them.
• Qian Wandai struggles with whether to tell Xiao Chen about Huang Yelang's plans, showing his loyalty and concern for Xiao Chen's well-being.

Xiao Chen restored his strength with spirit stones and ate over a hundred Blood Refinement Fruits, bringing his Kunpeng Body Core up to the level of his Extinction Dao Sword Core. He emerged from seclusion with greatly increased combat strength, then found Qian Wandai waiting with troubling news and a warning not to act rashly.

• Xiao Chen spent 150,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones to recover to nearly full strength before using the Blood Refinement Fruits.
• After Qiongqi told him to eat the fruits, Xiao Chen consumed more than a hundred and unleashed powerful blood-and-qi phenomena.
• The fruits raised the brightness of Xiao Chen's Kunpeng Body Core to match his Extinction Dao Sword Core, doubling his combat strength without advancing his cultivation realm.
• Xiao Chen left the secret chamber and found Qian Wandai waiting in his room with a conflicted expression.
• Qian Wandai told Xiao Chen he had something to say and warned him not to act rashly.

Xiao Chen learned that Huang Yelang planned to forcibly marry Fire Phoenix in one month and sought the resources to grow strong enough to stop him. He headed to Black Ember City to compete for the Heaven's Pride Battle King Tournament prize, where he and Qian Wandai were dismissed as outsiders from a small city.

• Qian Wandai warned Xiao Chen that Huang Yelang would go to the Tai Xu Sect in one month to forcibly marry Fire Phoenix, backed by a powerful Huang Family ancestor emerging from seclusion.
• Xiao Chen asked Qiongqi whether Hong Ye could defeat the ancestor, then resolved to cultivate and gather resources despite being unable to contact Hong Ye.
• Xiao Chen asked Qian Wandai to help raise ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones in a month, and Qian Wandai found the Heaven's Pride Battle King Tournament, whose champion would win five million.
• Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai traveled to Black Ember City to enter the tournament, where Qian Wandai identified Huang Jingfeng and Zhao Yushan as leading competitors.
• At the city entrance, Wang Hao of Ox Serpent City turned coldly away after learning that Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai came from Green Maple City.

Xiao Chen entered Black Ember City for the Heaven's Pride Battle King Tournament and encountered Ye Jin, who was shocked by his rapid breakthrough to the Grandmaster Realm. He then ran into Huang Yingying and Fu Zhenhai, whose arrival stirred up old complications.

• Xiao Chen stayed calm as people mocked Green Maple City, while Qian Wandai grew angry on their behalf.
• Ye Jin recognized Xiao Chen and was astonished to discover he had reached the second level of the Grandmaster Realm.
• Ye Jin joined Xiao Chen's group in line, and they entered Black Ember City after showing their official Immortal Registers.
• Ye Jin told Xiao Chen that her father remained withdrawn after being crippled, and Qian Wandai suspected Xiao Chen had been responsible.
• Huang Yingying and Fu Zhenhai approached Xiao Chen, who greeted Huang Yingying indifferently and left her displeased.

Xiao Chen and Ye Jin confronted Fu Zhenhai after he mocked Xiao Chen, and Ye Jin slapped Fu in public to defend him. Fu left threatening revenge at the Heaven's Pride Battle King Tournament, while Xiao Chen and his companions went to register and learned the entry fee was ten thousand spirit stones per person.

• Fu Zhenhai learned Xiao Chen came from the secular world and mocked him while bringing up his broken engagement with Ye Jin.
• Fu Zhenhai insulted Xiao Chen as a random cat or dog, and Xiao Chen stepped forward to attack him.
• Ye Jin slapped Fu Zhenhai and dared him to seek justice from the Ye Family, leaving Fu unable to retaliate.
• Fu Zhenhai threatened Xiao Chen over the upcoming Heaven's Pride Battle King Tournament and left with Huang Yingying.
• Xiao Chen, Ye Jin, and Qian Wandai arrived at the Hundred Flames Martial Arena and joined the registration line.
• A steward told them the entry fee was ten thousand spirit stones per person, surprising Qian Wandai.

Xiao Chen entered the Heaven's Pride Battle King Tournament, where he was mocked for his low cultivation and initially denied a place in the arena formations. The tournament began, and a defender called Xiao Chen out to fight.

• Xiao Chen and Ye Jin paid registration fees to enter the tournament, while Qian Wandai paid to watch from the stands.
• The competitors gathered as spectators named Huang Jingfeng, Zhao Yushan, and Fu Zhenhai among the strongest contenders, all of whom had grudges with Xiao Chen.
• Luo Hao announced the tournament's start, and stewards opened ten arena formations for challengers and defenders.
• Xiao Chen volunteered to defend an arena but was passed over by the lead steward, prompting spectators to mock him.
• Qian Wandai defended Xiao Chen, wagered thirty thousand spirit stones against three insulting spectators, and an arena defender called Xiao Chen to fight.

Xiao Chen entered the Heaven's Pride Battle King Tournament arena and instantly defeated two opponents with a single finger, drawing the attention of the crowd and City Lord Luo Hao. As Huang Jingfeng dismissed him, Zhao Yushan wondered if Xiao Chen looked familiar.

• Fu Zhenhai challenged Xiao Chen to face his arranged defender, and Xiao Chen accepted and stepped into the arena.
• Xiao Chen ignored the third-level Grandmaster Realm defender’s taunts and instantly knocked him down with one finger, winning the match.
• Qian Wandai collected Spirit Notes from bettors after Xiao Chen defeated a fifth-level Grandmaster Realm opponent with another single-finger strike.
• Luo Hao learned Xiao Chen came from Green Maple City, while Huang Yingying and Fu Zhenhai reacted with surprise and dismay.
• Huang Jingfeng and Zhao Yushan dismissed Xiao Chen’s strength, but Zhao Yushan said Xiao Chen looked familiar.