Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Chen, despite being at the second level of the Grandmaster Realm, defeats all opponents with a single finger, including a half-step Tiger Seedling, Fu Shu.
• Fu Zhenhai, the third seed of the Heaven's Pride Battle King Tournament and a genuine Tiger Seedling, challenges Xiao Chen after Fu Shu's defeat.

Character Developments

• Xiao Chen demonstrates his immense power and composure, remaining unfazed against stronger opponents.
• Fu Zhenhai reveals his arrogance and disregard for commoners, showing his true colors.

Significant Themes

• The disparity between the noble and common classes, and the consequences of abusing power.
• The underestimation of those from humble beginnings.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Chen and Fu Zhenhai's interaction highlights the tension and animosity between them, with Fu Zhenhai viewing Xiao Chen as inferior due to his commoner background.
• The crowd's reactions reveal their shock and disbelief at Xiao Chen's strength, given his humble origins.

Xiao Chen faced the third seed Fu Zhenhai in the Heaven's Pride Battle King Tournament and withstood his fierce Sword Qi using the Indestructible Diamond Sutra. After Xiao Chen knocked Fu Zhenhai back, the fight left Fu Zhenhai insisting that he had only been careless.

• Zhao Yushan recognized Xiao Chen and planned to capture him for the reward Xiao Lingtian had offered.
• Fu Zhenhai unleashed tens of thousands of strands of Sword Qi after Xiao Chen chose to fight rather than forfeit.
• Xiao Chen charged Fu Zhenhai with a blood-powered punch, then used his golden Indestructible armor to withstand the Sword Qi.
• Fu Zhenhai summoned his life-bound true sword and slashed at Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen's Diamond fist struck the sword and sent Fu Zhenhai flying backward.
• Xiao Chen declared Fu Zhenhai unqualified to make him draw his sword, and Fu Zhenhai claimed he had merely been careless.

Xiao Chen defeated Fu Zhenhai with a golden palm strike, stunning the arena and overturning the crowd’s judgment of both fighters. As Xiao Chen continued his challenge, Huang Yingying stepped forward to test her Sword Dao against him, and he faced her without drawing his sword.

• Xiao Chen fought Fu Zhenhai across the arena and shattered his Cloudbreaker Slash with a golden palm, sending him out of the arena.
• The steward declared Number 932 the winner, and the spectators switched their support to Xiao Chen as Fu Zhenhai lay defeated.
• Zhao Yushan said he intended to take Xiao Chen down because of his ties to Soaring Sky Manor, but Huang Yingying arrived before he could enter the arena.
• Huang Yingying challenged Xiao Chen to a Sword Dao contest, and Xiao Chen told her to make her move while keeping his hands behind his back.
• Huang Yingying drew her violet sword, releasing a powerful surge of Sword Qi into the sky.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Huang Yingying's sword energy surges, terrifying the crowd.
• Xiao Chen remains calm and flicks his finger, releasing a powerful sword intent.
• The Violet Spirit Sword, fearing Xiao Chen's sword intent, flees, causing Huang Yingying to lose the match.
• Xiao Chen is recognized as the Sword Demon Xiao Chen who challenged Huang Yelang.

Character Developments

• Huang Yingying: Initially confident, she becomes disheartened and shocked after her sword flees from Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen: His calm demeanor and overwhelming sword intent intimidate Huang Yingying and her sword.

Significant Themes

• The power of sword intent and its ability to intimidate.
• The fear and respect for Xiao Chen's swordsmanship, even among powerful opponents.

Character Interactions

• Huang Yingying vs. Xiao Chen: Huang Yingying's confidence is shattered by Xiao Chen's calm and powerful sword intent.
• Xiao Chen vs. The Crowd: The crowd is shocked and impressed by Xiao Chen's display of power, recognizing him as the Sword Demon Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen’s winning streak reached ninety-eight as opponents kept conceding, until the crowd pressured Zhao Yushan and Huang Jingfeng to fight him. He challenged both Half-Kings at once, and they hesitated as their own factions demanded that they accept.

• After the deacon assigned Liu Zhiyi and several others to fight Xiao Chen, they all conceded, bringing Xiao Chen’s record to ninety-eight victories.
• When spectators called for Zhao Yushan and Huang Jingfeng to take the stage, both claimed they did not want to bully Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen called them out as cowards and challenged them to fight him together.
• Huang Jingfeng and Zhao Yushan accused Xiao Chen of harming Xiao Lingtian, while Xiao Chen denied envying his younger brother and urged them to fight.
• Qian Wandai taunted the Huang Family and Soaring Sky Manor, prompting their supporters to demand that Huang Jingfeng and Zhao Yushan take the challenge as the two men sweated and hesitated.

Xiao Chen fought Zhao Yushan and Huang Jingfeng after they joined forces against him, easily suppressing both Half-King Realm experts. When he noticed Qian Wandai being beaten in the audience, Xiao Chen turned back and slapped each opponent across the face.

• Zhao Yushan and Huang Jingfeng stepped onto the stage together and attacked Xiao Chen, who casually repelled them with his sword.
• The two Half-King Realm experts launched a fiercer assault, but Xiao Chen parried their attacks and blasted them back, testing the power of his completed Dual Core.
• Qian Wandai taunted the Huang Family and Soaring Sky Manor members, who beat him until his face was bruised and swollen.
• Xiao Chen saw Qian Wandai being beaten, rushed over to Zhao Yushan and Huang Jingfeng, and slapped them both across the face.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Chen publicly slaps Zhao Yushan and Huang Jingfeng, defeating them and winning the Hundred Victory King title.
• Qian Wandai reveals that a Divine Treasure, potentially related to Gods, is about to be born in the mortal world, causing concern for Xiao Chen.

Character Developments

• Xiao Chen: Proves his strength and gains recognition, but also learns about the impending danger in the mortal world.
• Qian Wandai: Decides to return to the mortal world due to the Divine Treasure's birth, revealing his family's knowledge about it.

Significant Themes

• Strength and Power: Xiao Chen's display of strength gains him respect, while the Divine Treasure's birth highlights the power struggle among different realms.
• Mortal World vs. Extraterritorial Lands: The contrast between the two realms is emphasized, with the mortal world's vulnerability and the Extraterritorial Lands' powerhouses.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Chen and Zhao Yushan/Huang Jingfeng: Xiao Chen physically dominates the two Half-Kings, gaining the upper hand in their confrontation.
• Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai: They part ways, with Qian Wandai returning to the mortal world, and Xiao Chen planning to follow later to compete for the Divine Treasure and protect his loved ones.
• Xiao Lingtian and Xiao Zhentian: They discuss Xiao Chen's victory, with Xiao Lingtian dismissing the possibility of Xiao Chen having a Dual Core.

After defeating two Half-Kings, Xiao Chen returned to Green Maple City and advanced to the third level of the Grandmaster Realm. When Bai Hong told him about a Dao Tree near Hidden Dragon City, Xiao Chen revealed his Seven-Colored Dao Fire and insisted it might still reach ten colors.

• Wen Haishan heard that Xiao Chen had defeated Zhao Yushan and Huang Jingfeng, and began to question whether his grandson and daughter had falsely accused him.
• Xiao Chen spent more than 4.86 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones to advance one minor realm, reaching the third level of the Grandmaster Realm.
• Bai Hong visited Xiao Chen and told him that a Dao Tree had appeared on Ancient Mountain near Hidden Dragon City.
• Xiao Chen revealed his Seven-Colored Dao Fire, leaving Bai Hong stunned and ready to leave.
• Xiao Chen stopped Bai Hong and asked where the Dao Tree had appeared, saying he believed Dao Fire could improve beyond seven colors.

Xiao Chen decided to risk advancing his seven-colored Dao Fire after Qiongqi divined he had a fifty percent chance of success, and he traveled to Hidden Dragon City to seek the Dao Tree. There, he encountered his estranged father, Xiao Zhentian, who hoped to persuade him to return to Zhenbei King Manor.

• Bai Hong gave Xiao Chen a detailed map of Hidden Dragon City and warned him that taking Dao Fire from the Dao Tree could be fatal.
• Qiongqi told Xiao Chen that past geniuses who pursued eight-colored Dao Fire had all perished, then divined that Xiao Chen had an even chance of success.
• Xiao Chen chose to take the risk and set out for Hidden Dragon City, killing several giant bird demons along the way.
• As experts gathered near Hidden Dragon City to compete for the Dao Tree, Xiao Chen spotted Xiao Zhentian among them.
• Xiao Zhentian recognized Xiao Chen and considered persuading him to return to Zhenbei King Manor.

Xiao Chen rejected Xiao Zhentian’s attempt to bring him back to Zhenbei King Manor and searched Hidden Dragon Mountain for the Dao Tree. After overcoming a spirit formation and defeating beasts and robbers, he reached the Azure Haze Forest, where someone demanded a toll.

• Xiao Chen refused to return with Xiao Zhentian, who gave up on persuading him and headed toward Hidden Dragon Mountain.
• Xiao Chen became trapped in a spirit formation while following Bai Hong’s map, and Lord Yellow broke the formation for him.
• Xiao Chen killed a golden lion and three cultivators who tried to rob him of his map.
• Xiao Chen fought through more beasts and cultivators and reached the Azure Haze Forest, where he sensed Dao light and spotted firelight ahead.
• An unseen person shouted that Xiao Chen had to pay a toll to pass.

Xiao Chen encountered the Heaven-Breaking Monkey Cub, which defeated the Green-Robed Elder and demanded Xiao Chen’s heart. Xiao Chen accepted the challenge, and the cub offered him three strikes as the Dragon Slayer Sword flew from its sheath.

• The Heaven-Breaking Monkey Cub appeared while eating an old monster’s heart, and Xiao Chen told it to move aside.
• The Green-Robed Elder arrived to avenge his junior brother and fought the Heaven-Breaking Monkey Cub, but the cub wounded him with one claw.
• The Heaven-Breaking Monkey Cub demanded Xiao Chen’s Heart Peach, while the injured Green-Robed Elder urged him to flee.
• Xiao Chen learned the cub was at the First Level of the King Realm and decided to test his sword against it.
• The Heaven-Breaking Monkey Cub offered to let Xiao Chen strike three times, and the Dragon Slayer Sword flew from its sheath.

Xiao Chen wounded the Sky-Breaking Monkey Cub, forcing it to reveal its colossal Sky-Breaking True Form, and fought it through an exhausting clash. When the monkey offered to end the battle, Xiao Chen refused and prepared to unleash another secret technique, the Starlight Sword.

• Xiao Chen struck the Sky-Breaking Monkey Cub and opened a deep wound in its arm.
• The Sky-Breaking Monkey Cub transformed into its mountain-sized Sky-Breaking True Form and attacked Xiao Chen with its enormous golden staff.
• Xiao Chen fought the Sky-Breaking Monkey for over a hundred thousand exchanges while nearby onlookers watched in astonishment.
• The exhausted Sky-Breaking Monkey offered to let Xiao Chen leave and then offered him a Dao Fire Fruit, but Xiao Chen demanded its head.
• Xiao Chen announced that he would use a secret technique and raised his sword to unleash the Starlight Sword.

Xiao Chen killed the Heaven-Breaking Monkey and extracted its incomplete Madness Dao, then found the Dao Fire Tree in Azure Haze Forest and prepared to take its brightest fruit. A black-robed elder from Soaring Sky Manor interrupted him, demanding to know whether he had seen a white-haired sword cultivator.

• Xiao Chen killed the Heaven-Breaking Monkey with Starlight Sword and extracted the incomplete Madness Dao from its Demon Core using Sigh of the Gods.
• Xiao Chen saw a vision of the Heaven-Breaking Monkey ancestor battling the gods and learned that the Madness Dao was a powerful Great Dao.
• Xiao Chen left the Green-Robed Elder to recover and found the Dao Tree deep in Azure Haze Forest.
• After Qiongqi warned him about the risks, Xiao Chen chose the brightest white Dao Fire Fruit and reached to pluck it.
• A black-robed elder wearing Soaring Sky Manor’s insignia arrived, pressured Xiao Chen with his King Realm aura, and asked about a white-haired sword cultivator.

After killing the Heaven-Breaking Monkey, Xiao Chen reached the Dao Tree and rapidly absorbed three Dao Fire Fruits, recovering his strength and strengthening his Seven-Colored Dao Fire without awakening an eighth color. He let the black-robed old man try a remaining fruit, but the man chose the brightest blue one and immediately screamed.

• The black-robed old man challenged Xiao Chen, then apologized and retreated when Xiao Chen's sword revealed him as the killer of the Heaven-Breaking Monkey.
• Xiao Chen swallowed a red Dao Fire Fruit whole and endured a quarter hour of agony before successfully refining it and restoring his Source Energy.
• Xiao Chen absorbed two more Dao Fire Fruits, bringing his total to three, but failed to form an eighth color in his Seven-Colored Dao Fire.
• Xiao Chen gave the black-robed old man permission to take a fruit, and the man chose the brightest blue one before screaming.

Xiao Chen followed Bai Hong’s map to the final suspected Dao Tree site in Golden Valley, where two wounded Kings fled after encountering the Crow God Chicken. Qiongqi said the guardian was a weak descendant of his former underling, and Xiao Chen entered the valley intending to defeat it and claim its powerful Dao.

• Xiao Chen left the first Dao Tree site after the black-robed old man died from swallowing a Dao Fire Fruit, and the lurking demons ate the corpse.
• Xiao Chen searched beside the purple Spirit River but found no Dao Tree, then headed for Golden Valley.
• Xiao Chen saw two bloodied King Realm experts flee Golden Valley after saying the Crow God Chicken had wounded them while guarding a Dao Tree.
• Xiao Chen asked Qiongqi about the Crow God Chicken, and Qiongqi said the guardian was a weak descendant of his former underling who had betrayed him.
• Xiao Chen entered Golden Valley, sensed a distant stench of blood, and asked Qiongqi what Dao the Crow God Chicken possessed.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Chen, driven by his newfound enthusiasm for slaying demons, arrives at the Divine Chicken Palace in a golden valley.
• He encounters and defeats two Chicken Demons guarding the palace, learning about the Crow God Chicken's occupation of the Dao Tree and its King Realm third level strength.
• Xiao Chen is tricked by a fawning Chicken Demon, who later betrays him, leading to a battle against hundreds of Chicken Demons.
• Xiao Chen decimates the Chicken Demons, leaving only the Crow God Chicken, a hundred-meter tall behemoth, standing.

Character Developments

• Xiao Chen demonstrates his formidable strength and combat prowess, easily defeating Chicken Demons at his own realm and leaving a lasting impression on the Crow God Chicken.
• The fawning Chicken Demon initially surrenders but later betrays Xiao Chen, showcasing its cunning and cowardice.

Significant Themes

• The theme of deception and betrayal is highlighted through the fawning Chicken Demon's actions.
• Xiao Chen's relentless pursuit of strength and his fearlessness in the face of powerful enemies are emphasized.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Chen interacts with several Chicken Demons, initially showing mercy to the fawning one, but later eliminating it for its betrayal.
• The Crow God Chicken makes its first appearance, displaying indifference and arrogance towards Xiao Chen's intrusion.

Xiao Chen used a strand of Qiongqi’s fur to frighten Crow God Chicken into submission. After bluffing that Qiongqi was nearby, Xiao Chen claimed he wanted Crow God Chicken’s Dao Tree, and the Black-Robed Youth agreed to lead him to it.

• Xiao Chen revealed Qiongqi’s fur, and Crow God Chicken recognized the aura of the Progenitor Demon God and transformed into the Black-Robed Youth.
• The Black-Robed Youth cautiously asked to meet Qiongqi, but Xiao Chen warned that the Ancestor was displeased and might kill him.
• The Black-Robed Youth abandoned his request to meet Qiongqi, convinced that doing so would risk his life.
• Xiao Chen said he had come for Crow God Chicken’s Dao Tree, and the Black-Robed Youth agreed to take him to his palace.

Xiao Chen followed the Crow God Chicken into the Divine Chicken Palace and discovered a higher-grade Dao Tree with five fruits he could absorb. He began preparing to absorb all five, while the Crow God Chicken believed he would not even manage one.

• Qiongqi warned Xiao Chen that the Crow God Chicken might still turn against them, but Xiao Chen followed it into the Divine Chicken Palace.
• Xiao Chen saw the remains of Human Race experts killed after they invaded the palace and tried to seize the Dao Tree.
• The Black-Robed Youth led Xiao Chen through the palace, where the Crow God Chicken experts greeted their king and stared at the human visitor.
• Xiao Chen found a brighter, taller Dao Tree and learned from Qiongqi that five of its Dao Fire Fruits could strengthen his Dao Fire.
• Xiao Chen announced that he would absorb five fruits in the palace, and the Black-Robed Youth agreed, expecting him to fail after one.

Xiao Chen swallowed two powerful Dao Fire Fruits from the Crow God Chicken clan’s Dao Tree, surviving their fierce energy and strengthening the vitality of his Dao Fire. He remained determined to eat five fruits to develop an unprecedented eight-colored Dao Fire, while the Crow Chicken King grew wary of trusting his assurances.

• Xiao Chen ignored the Crow Chicken King’s warning and swallowed a bright red Dao Fire Fruit, enduring agony that made the Black-Robed Youth fear he would die.
• Xiao Chen recovered within moments, discovered that his Dao Fire had grown stronger, and asked to take another fruit.
• Xiao Chen insisted on fulfilling his promise to swallow five fruits and ate a dazzling yellow Dao Fruit despite the Gray-Robed Youth’s concern.
• Xiao Chen survived the second fruit as well, bringing his total to two while the vitality of his Dao Fire’s potential eighth color increased.
• The Black-Robed Youth refused to trust Xiao Chen again as Xiao Chen prepared to continue.

Xiao Chen refined five Dao Fire Fruits, broke through to the fourth level of the Grandmaster Realm, and transformed his Seven-Colored Dao Fire into Eight-Colored Dao Fire. After leaving the Divine Chicken Palace, he planned to seek more Dao Fire, while Qiongqi warned him not to push his luck.

• Xiao Chen swallowed three more Dao Fire Fruits despite the Crow Chicken King's objections, then refined the fifth fruit and reached the fourth level of the Grandmaster Realm.
• Xiao Chen's Dao Fire transformed from seven colors to eight, astonishing Qiongqi and the Crow Chicken King.
• The Crow Chicken King slapped a Chicken Demon to confirm that Xiao Chen's Eight-Colored Dao Fire was real, then learned Xiao Chen was Qiongqi's disciple.
• Xiao Chen left the Divine Chicken Palace and decided to keep searching for Dao Fire so he could reach ten colors.
• Qiongqi warned Xiao Chen that he was getting carried away and should not push his luck too far.