Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen used Mora's Evil to destroy Huang Meng's Golden Crow, prompting Huang Meng to accuse him of wielding the Power of Pestilence. After the crowd defended Xiao Chen and mocked Huang Meng, Huang Meng summoned a powerful fire dragon to continue the fight.

• The ghostly face's green chains corroded Huang Meng's Golden Crow despite his attempt to strengthen it with Golden Crow Shines Upon the Sun.
• Huang Meng recognized the Power of Pestilence, but Xiao Chen denied it and claimed he had used Mora's Evil.
• The pestilent qi corroded the Golden Crow until it turned into black water and evaporated.
• Xu Potian and the crowd condemned Huang Meng for accusing Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen taunted him.
• Huang Meng formed the Fire Dragon Art and summoned a thirty-meter fire dragon, surprising Xu Potian.

Xiao Chen fought Huang Meng to a draw by summoning the Heaven-Breaking Monkey, while Huang Meng exhausted himself and fainted. After Xu Potian left to heal and promised to return in a month, Xiao Chen went back to the Tai Xu Sect, still needing the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir and a way to defeat Huang Yelang before his marriage to Fire Phoenix.

• Xiao Chen summoned the Heaven-Breaking Monkey and battled Huang Meng's fire dragon until both beasts dissipated in a draw.
• Huang Meng overused his Source Energy, foamed at the mouth, and fell unconscious, so Xiao Chen spared him.
• Xu Potian said he would heal his injuries and return in a month to support Xiao Chen against the coming crisis.
• The Huang Family members withdrew, while Xiao Chen prepared to enter the Tai Xu Sect.
• Xiao Chen flew to the Tai Xu Sect, where the disciples erupted in surprise at the Holy Son's return.

Xiao Chen returned to the Tai Xu Sect and revealed that he could fight nearly any King Realm expert, though he was still not confident about facing Huang Yelang. He learned that Moli and Hei Meier had left to search for Moli’s family, then began preparing for his battle by spending his Spirit Notes on spirit stones.

• The Tai Xu Sect disciples celebrated reports that Xiao Chen had defeated Huang San and Huang Meng, and Xiao Chen went to find Wu Qinglong.
• Wu Qinglong tested Xiao Chen with a sword strike, and Xiao Chen matched it before revealing that he could fight anyone below the strongest while using True Demon.
• Xiao Chen admitted he was still short of the strength needed to defeat Huang Yelang, while Wu Qinglong lamented the Tai Xu Sect’s decline and the Huang Family’s pressure.
• Xiao Chen found Moli’s letter saying she remembered her identity and had left with Hei Meier to find her parents.
• Xiao Chen entered his secret chamber and used his Spirit Notes to summon a vast quantity of spirit stones for his preparations.

Xiao Chen absorbed spiritual energy and comprehended the Disease Dao and the Destruction Path while advancing toward the fifth level of the Grandmaster Realm. Qiongqi revealed that the Great Dao had joined Xiao Chen of its own accord, leaving Xiao Chen to wonder whether he was one of the extraordinary beasts Qiongqi described.

• Xiao Chen began breaking through while studying the Dao in his Sea of Consciousness, where he witnessed how the Disease Dao arose after the Heavenly Dao punished the myriad races.
• Xiao Chen's understanding of the Disease Dao deepened, and the character for disease above his dantian grew more solid as he consumed spirit stones.
• Xiao Chen witnessed the ancestor of the Crow God Chicken cultivate for centuries and comprehend the Destruction Path by destroying a mountain with a single strike.
• Xiao Chen discovered a faint character for destroy in his dantian and realized he had comprehended the Destruction Path without extracting it from the Crow God Chicken.
• Qiongqi explained that the Great Dao sometimes joined of its own accord with beings favored by the Heavenly Dao, and Xiao Chen suspected Qiongqi was referring to him.

Xiao Chen completed the Fifth Heaven breakthrough after comprehending the three Daos and spending nearly all his resources, then discovered the destructive power of his three Dao characters. Wu Qinglong, believing the violent energy in Xiao Chen’s secret chamber had killed him, wept outside.

• Qiongqi complained that those naturally aligned with the Great Dao gained far more than cultivators who worked for centuries.
• Xiao Chen witnessed the Heaven-Breaking Monkey Ancestor storm a divine palace and gained a clearer madness character.
• Xiao Chen finished comprehending his three Daos and prepared to break through to the Fifth Heaven.
• Wu Qinglong found Xiao Chen cultivating in the secret chamber and feared the violent spiritual energy would kill him.
• Wu Qinglong believed Xiao Chen had died when the spiritual energy suddenly fell and wept outside the chamber.
• Xiao Chen emerged from his breakthrough with his illness, madness, and annihilation powers fused, and heard crying nearby.

Xiao Chen revealed that he had successfully reached the fifth level of the Grandmaster Realm in less than a quarter of an hour, shocking Wu Qinglong. He told his worried master that he still had to fight Huang Yelang because the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse would erupt within a month, then hinted that another guardian could help face the Huang Family ancestor.

• Wu Qinglong mistook Xiao Chen's brief seclusion for a failed breakthrough, but Xiao Chen released his aura and proved he had reached the fifth level of the Grandmaster Realm.
• Xiao Chen learned that Fire Phoenix was at Fire Phoenix Palace and prepared to visit her.
• Wu Qinglong urged Xiao Chen not to fight Huang Yelang in a month, but Xiao Chen revealed that the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse would erupt within a month and kill him.
• Xiao Chen told Wu Qinglong that Qiongqi could not fight, leaving Wu Qinglong worried about the Huang Family ancestor.
• Wu Qinglong suggested asking Wen Haishan for help, but Xiao Chen refused to reconcile with his family and said he had someone else.

Xiao Chen learned that Hong Chidao could contend with the supposedly invincible Wang Yingxiong, then went to visit Fire Phoenix. He found her deeply dispirited by Huang Yelang's forced marriage.

• Xiao Chen asked Qiongqi and Hong Chidao to compare their strength, and both guardians argued over who was stronger.
• Wu Qinglong told Xiao Chen that Wang Yingxiong had likely become a peak Supreme after ten thousand years of seclusion.
• Hong Chidao assured Xiao Chen that he could defeat anyone below the immortal realm, so Xiao Chen reassured Wu Qinglong and left to find Fire Phoenix.
• Xiao Chen crossed the Sacred-Wheel Zone and learned from a white-haired elder where Fire Phoenix Palace stood.
• Two guards told Xiao Chen that Fire Phoenix had been silent and low in spirits because Huang Yelang was forcing her to marry him.
• Xiao Chen found Fire Phoenix sitting wooden-faced and expressionless inside her palace.

Fire Phoenix lamented that her Lineage treated her as a tool for marriage, and Xiao Chen promised to defeat Huang Yelang and free her. Huang Yelang broke into the hall and confronted Xiao Chen, whose Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art countered his True Immortal Power, though Xiao Chen still faced a formidable opponent.

• Fire Phoenix told Xiao Chen that her Lineage’s patriarch was forcing her into a marriage alliance with Huang Yelang despite her parents’ wishes.
• Xiao Chen promised to defeat Huang Yelang in one month, but Fire Phoenix warned that Huang Yelang had reached the Half-King Realm.
• Huang Yelang forced his way into the hall, accused Fire Phoenix of meeting Xiao Chen behind his back, and challenged Xiao Chen.
• Huang Yelang’s Ancient Immortal Power pressed Xiao Chen into the ground, but Xiao Chen used the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art to counter it.
• Huang Yelang dismissed Xiao Chen’s resistance as insignificant and considered killing him, then hesitated because the ancestor had not emerged from seclusion.

Huang Yelang attacked Xiao Chen despite the Huang Family’s promise to give him a year, but Qiongqi appeared and forced Huang Yelang and Huang Qing to retreat. Afterward, Zhao Changhe, Wu Qinglong, and the others arrived to check on Xiao Chen.

• Huang Yelang launched an attack on Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen fought back with the Dragon Slayer Sword.
• Qiongqi appeared and used his aura to frighten Huang Yelang, though he secretly could not fight because of his injuries.
• Huang Qing arrived to protect Huang Yelang, while Qiongqi and Huang Qing avoided a direct confrontation.
• Qiongqi rejected Huang Qing’s apology at first, then let him leave after Huang Qing pleaded that attacking him would harm Qiongqi’s reputation.
• Huang Qing took Huang Yelang away, and Zhao Changhe, Wu Qinglong, and the others arrived to ask whether Xiao Chen was alright.

After Huang Yelang tried to kill Xiao Chen, Wu Qinglong and Zhao Changhe learned that Xiao Chen had only one month to live because his Ten Thousand Calamities Curse had come early. Zhao Changhe called a meeting to decide whether to secretly give Xiao Chen the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir, but the proposal immediately met fierce opposition.

• Xiao Chen told Wu Qinglong and Zhao Changhe that Huang Yelang had tried to kill him, and he said Qiongqi had bluffed Huang Qing into leaving.
• Wu Qinglong revealed that Xiao Chen had at most one month left, while the elders worried that Huang Yingxiong would emerge from seclusion in a month.
• Wu Qinglong proposed secretly giving Xiao Chen the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir so he could escape, and Zhao Changhe called a vote of the elders and hall masters.
• At the meeting, Zhao Changhe noticed that several elders had changed their attitudes, and Wu Heisha declared the proposal inappropriate.
• Chen Faction elders rebuked Wu Heisha for opposing Xiao Chen, but Wu Heisha argued that protecting the sect had been Xiao Chen's duty.

Tai Xu Sect’s elders rejected the proposal to give Xiao Chen the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir, leaving him with little support against Huang Yelang and Huang Yingxiong. After refusing to seek help from his maternal family, Xiao Chen returned to his palace and confronted Wen Wanrong, Xiao Zhentian, Wen Haishan, and a black-robed old man.

• Several elders withdrew their support for Xiao Chen, citing threats from the Huang Family and fear of the Dragon-Riding Ancestor.
• Wu Qinglong tried to persuade the elders that Xiao Chen had powerful backing, but they dismissed his claims and the Huang Faction defeated the Chen Faction in the vote.
• Zhao Changhe suggested that Xiao Chen ask Wen Haishan for help, but Xiao Chen refused to seek aid from the family he had disowned.
• Xiao Chen left to cultivate, determined to defeat Huang Yelang so his Dao Heart would not shatter.
• Wen Wanrong, Xiao Zhentian, Wen Haishan, and a black-robed old man waited outside Xiao Chen’s palace; Xiao Chen rejected Wen Wanrong’s claim to be his mother, and Xiao Zhentian berated him.

Xiao Chen confronted Xiao Zhentian while Wen Haishan intervened and learned the truth about Xiao Lingtian’s betrayal. The chapter ended with Xiao Chen rejecting Wen Haishan’s plea to return to the family.

• Xiao Zhentian insulted Xiao Chen, but Tai Xu Sect elders threatened him until Wen Haishan drove their divine senses away.
• Wen Haishan asked Xiao Chen to explain his conflict with Xiao Lingtian, and Xiao Chen revealed that his younger brother had plotted to cripple his dantian, stolen his marriage agreement, and smeared his name.
• Wen Haishan questioned Wen Wanrong, whose silence confirmed Xiao Chen’s account and filled Wen Haishan with guilt and anger.
• Xiao Zhentian knelt and tried to apologize to Xiao Chen at Wen Haishan’s command, but Xiao Chen refused to accept it.
• Wen Haishan urged Xiao Chen to return to the family, and Xiao Chen rejected them as cold-hearted, biased, and untrustworthy.

Xiao Chen rejected Wen Wanrong and Xiao Zhentian’s pleas for forgiveness and refused to return with Wen Haishan, insisting he would face the Dragon-Riding Ancestor himself. After his relatives left, he returned to the secret chamber to prepare for the battle one month away.

• Wen Wanrong begged Xiao Chen to forgive her, but he condemned her for her past lies and refused to accept her apology.
• Wen Wanrong and Wen Haishan urged Xiao Chen to return to Dao Peak Mountain for protection from the Dragon-Riding Ancestor, but Xiao Chen said he would rely on himself and those behind him.
• The black-robed elder described the Dragon-Riding Ancestor’s defeat of 361 supreme experts, while Xiao Chen checked with Qiongqi about whether Hong Ye could defeat him.
• Xiao Chen sent Wen Haishan’s group away, and Wen Haishan rebuked Xiao Zhentian for continuing to blame their son.
• Xiao Chen entered the secret chamber to prepare for the battle in one month, knowing he needed to comprehend the fifth character of the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art.

Xiao Chen entered seclusion to comprehend the fifth character of the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art, determined to master it within a month. His sword intent began nourishing the character, but a mysterious voice challenged his convictions by asking whether a sword cultivator could be defeated.

• Qiongqi warned Xiao Chen not to expect to comprehend the fifth character within a month, but Xiao Chen insisted he would succeed and said he could not afford to lose.
• Xiao Chen entered the secret chamber and used the Spirit Comprehension Formations to focus on the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art.
• Xiao Chen quickly resonated with the scripture, and the first four characters appeared beside the blood mist forming the fifth character, Art.
• Xiao Chen recalled how his sword cultivation had grown from a means of survival into his faith, and said a sword cultivator protected what he wished to protect and cut down what he wished to cut down.
• Xiao Chen's sword intent surged into the blood mist and nourished the forming fifth character, as a mysterious voice asked whether a sword cultivator could be defeated.

Xiao Chen struggled to form the fifth character of his Sword Intent, and after seven days of seclusion it began growing again. Meanwhile, Huang Yingxiong emerged as a Peak Emperor Realm powerhouse and vowed to attend Huang Yelang’s duel with Xiao Chen, while Xiao Chen’s allies publicly stood by him.

• Xiao Chen’s answer that a sword cultivator could remain undefeated halted the fifth character’s growth, and Qiongqi explained how defeat could shatter a sword cultivator’s conviction.
• Xiao Chen failed to restart the blood cloud’s growth and fell into self-attachment, so Qiongqi divined that he would endure hardship before reaching a turning point.
• After seven days and nights, Xiao Chen’s mind steadied and the fifth character slowly began to grow again.
• The Huang Family announced that Huang Yingxiong had emerged from ten thousand years of seclusion at the Peak Emperor Realm, and he crushed several supreme powerhouses before vowing to watch Huang Yelang defeat Xiao Chen.
• The Huang Family insulted Xiao Chen and Fire Phoenix’s Lineage tried to appease Huang Yelang, while Xu Potian, Thunderstorm, and the Heavenly Thunder Gang declared their support for Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen completed the comprehension of the fifth character of the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art and began stabilizing it, gaining confidence that he could kill Huang Yelang. As Huang Yelang’s wedding to Fire Phoenix began at Tai Xu Sect, Xiao Chen was still cultivating, with the wedding day arriving after thirty days of seclusion.

• The Huang Family planned to use Huang Yelang’s arranged duel with Xiao Chen to restore its prestige after the Dragon-Riding Ancestor returned.
• Xiao Chen realized that both accepting defeat and pursuing invincibility could be valid Dao, and he completed the fifth character of the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art.
• Qiongqi confirmed that twenty-three days had passed, and Xiao Chen resumed cultivation to stabilize the new character.
• Seven more days passed as the red character for Art took shape in Xiao Chen’s dantian.
• Huang Yelang’s wedding to Fire Phoenix began at Tai Xu Sect, while some Chen Faction elders who had supported Xiao Chen defected to the Huang Faction.

Fire Phoenix was forced to prepare for her wedding to Huang Yelang while Xiao Chen remained absent, and Huang Yelang publicly taunted him to appear. The wedding procession arrived at Tai Xu Sect, but Xiao Chen still did not show himself, leaving the crowd to regard him as a coward.

• Fire Phoenix wept over being forced into the marriage, then let the Huang Family's maidservants dress her in a crimson wedding robe.
• The maidservants told Fire Phoenix that Xiao Chen had not appeared for a month and mocked him for failing to protect her.
• The Huang Family's grand wedding procession arrived at Tai Xu Sect as onlookers gathered to watch.
• Huang Yelang called out Xiao Chen and threatened to mistreat Fire Phoenix if he did not come fight.
• Xiao Chen failed to appear, disappointing Tai Xu Sect disciples and prompting scorn from the crowd.

As Huang Yelang’s men insulted Xiao Chen outside Tai Xu Sect, Xu Potian and Lei Dong stepped forward to defend him, followed by three members of the Heavenly Thunder Gang. Huang Yelang remained defiant and ordered the newcomers killed, but a Huang Family member recognized that the bald man, Ba Ge, carried Sword God Clan bloodline.

• Huang Yelang’s men taunted Xiao Chen while Tai Xu Sect and Sword King Hall held back from confronting the Huang Family.
• Xu Potian arrived to defend Xiao Chen and revealed that the Blade Emperor Mo Rushan was his true master, but Huang Yelang showed no fear.
• Lei Dong appeared as a direct descendant of the Thunder God Rat clan and joined Xu Potian in confronting Huang Yelang.
• Three men from the Heavenly Thunder Gang arrived, and Huang Yelang ordered his men to kill them after learning the gang had no known backing.
• A Huang Family member recognized Ba Ge as a man with Sword God Clan bloodline and stopped the attack.

Ba Ge stood with Xiao Chen’s allies against Huang Yelang, but Ji Yang exposed him as an abandoned child of the Ji Family. Huang Yelang fatally struck Ba Ge, and Wu Qinglong then led the Sword King Hall disciples out to face him.

• Ba Ge pledged to protect Xiao Chen as his brother, while Xu Potian urged him to keep up the bluff about his Ji Family standing.
• Ji Yang arrived and revealed that Ba Ge was his biological elder brother, an abandoned child with no ties to the Ji Family.
• Huang Yelang struck Ba Ge, who died in Houzi’s arms after expressing his loyalty to Xiao Chen.
• Houzi and Xu Congming mourned Ba Ge as the crowd praised his devotion to brotherhood.
• Wu Qinglong ordered the Sword King Hall disciples to leave the sect and meet Huang Yelang in battle.

Sword King Hall and Zhao Changhe tried to oppose Huang Yelang, but the sect elders blocked them while Huang Yelang killed Ba Ge and Houzi. Xiao Chen completed his cultivation, learned of his brothers’ deaths, and rushed toward the mountain gate as Huang Yelang threatened Xu Congming.

• Wu Qinglong led Sword King Hall’s disciples against the Huang Family, but Tai Xu Sect elders blocked them and Zhao Changhe retreated rather than risk the sect’s survival.
• Houzi charged Huang Yelang after Ba Ge’s death, but Huang Yelang killed him before he could reach him.
• Xiao Chen completed his Sword Dao cultivation, then felt a sharp pain and learned from Qiongqi that Huang Yelang had killed Ba Ge and Houzi.
• Xiao Chen wept over his brothers’ deaths, remembered their friendship, and charged toward the mountain gate in a fury.
• Huang Yelang threatened to kill Xu Congming, and Xu Potian stepped forward to stop him.