Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chen left Azure Sky Fairy to guide Nine Nether and Mandala while he returned to Chaotic Ancient City, where he joined Long Yiting and her team at the Adventurers' Guild. There, Dongfang Jian's group was confronted by a band of men in black who mocked their failed mission, though the group claimed they had already killed the Ice Nether Flood Dragon.

• Azure Sky Fairy agreed to stay in the Great Thousand World, cultivate by refining the Two-Winged Frost Demon Dragon's core, and guide Nine Nether and Mandala.
• Zhao Chen gave Nine Nether cultivation resources and urged her and Mandala to follow Azure Sky Fairy's guidance.
• After spending the night in the Great Thousand World, Zhao Chen returned to Chaotic Ancient City and answered Long Yiting's invitation to visit the Adventurers' Guild.
• Long Yiting said her team would cancel its adventure mission because the target had fled and the reward was small.
• At the Adventurers' Guild, a man in black mocked Dongfang Jian's group for supposedly failing to kill the Ice Nether Flood Dragon, and his companions claimed they had killed it themselves.

Ren Qitao provoked Dongfang Jian’s team after claiming his group had completed their Ice Nether Flood Dragon mission, then tried to use Supervisor Lin to drive them out of Chaotic Ancient City. As Supervisor Lin and Ren Qitao’s people surrounded Dongfang Jian, Lan Xiaoyan, Tian Bao, and Tie Shan, an approaching voice challenged whether Lin was trying to silence them.

• Ren Qitao told Dongfang Jian that his team had completed the Ice Nether Flood Dragon adventure mission first and claimed its rewards.
• Tie Shan moved to attack Ren Qitao, but Dongfang Jian stopped him to avoid fighting at the Adventurers’ Guild.
• Dongfang Jian and Lan Xiaoyan revealed that they had not gone to Ice Dragon Abyss, frustrating Ren Qitao’s plan to provoke them.
• Supervisor Lin warned Dongfang Jian’s team and blamed them for causing trouble, while Ren Qitao’s group released their World Power.
• Supervisor Lin’s World Power erupted as Ren Qitao’s people joined him in pressuring Dongfang Jian, Lan Xiaoyan, Tian Bao, and Tie Shan.
• An approaching voice asked Supervisor Lin whether his rage came from humiliation and whether he was trying to murder them to silence them.

Zhao Chen arrived as Ren Qitao and Lin Supervisor threatened Dongfang Jian’s adventurer team, then effortlessly defeated Ren Qitao’s six experts. He warned Lin Supervisor that he might report the collusion to the Adventurers' Guild’s Law Enforcement Hall, leaving the supervisor panicked and pleading to talk.

• Dongfang Jian told Zhao Chen that Ren Qitao had been provoking the team and Lin Supervisor was helping him.
• Lan Xiaoyan urged everyone to leave, but Ren Qitao ordered six experts to seize Zhao Chen and bring him to the Ren Family.
• Zhao Chen knocked all six Third Sequence Middle-Rank Dominator Realm experts down with a single kick.
• Zhao Chen threatened to ask the Law Enforcement Hall to investigate Lin Supervisor’s conduct.
• Lin Supervisor panicked and begged Zhao Chen to discuss the matter instead.

Zhao Chen forced Lin Supervisor to compensate Dongfang Jian’s party and punish Ren Qitao after defeating Ren Qitao’s men. Ren Qitao accepted the immediate setback but vowed to wait for an opportunity to kill Zhao Chen and the others.

• Lin Supervisor abandoned Ren Qitao and offered Dongfang Jian’s party ten thousand Adventure Points while barring Ren Qitao from missions for three months and deducting his recent rewards.
• Lin Supervisor ordered Ren Qitao to transfer another ten thousand Adventure Points to Dongfang Jian as an apology, and Ren Qitao backed down rather than risk expulsion from the Adventurers’ Guild.
• Zhao Chen accepted the settlement and led Dongfang Jian’s group into the Adventurers’ Guild, where Tian Bao eagerly followed to collect their reward.
• Ren Qitao rejected his subordinates’ demand to call in reinforcements immediately and said he would wait for an opportunity to kill Zhao Chen and the others.

Lin Supervisor compensated Dongfang Jian’s team and tried to learn Zhao Chen’s background, then warned Zhao about the Ren Family’s likely retaliation. Long Yiting urged her team to spend their Adventure Points on treasures for Zhao Chen, while Lan Xiaoyan teased her about her feelings for him.

• Lin Supervisor gave Dongfang Jian’s team the promised compensation and questioned Zhao Chen about where he came from.
• Zhao Chen said he came from the same place as Brother Dongfang, leading Lin Supervisor to suspect he might be connected to the Zhao Family of the Dark Phoenix Star Region.
• Lin Supervisor invited Zhao Chen to stay and quietly ordered his people to judge whether to help Zhao or join the Ren Family if the two sides clashed.
• Dongfang Jian warned Zhao Chen that the Ren Family might seek revenge, while Long Yiting offered him her team’s Adventure Points to exchange for treasures.
• Lan Xiaoyan teased Long Yiting about having fallen for Zhao Chen, and Long Yiting blushed and said the team should use the points before returning to the Dark Phoenix Star Region.

Zhao Chen chose treasures for his group to exchange with their Adventure Points, prioritizing materials, pill formulas, and rune array diagrams. After Lan Xiaoyan mentioned the Zhao Family that ruled the Dark Phoenix Star Region, he asked her to explain the family, considering whether its name could help him.

• Lan Xiaoyan, Tie Shan, and Tian Bao agreed to let Zhao Chen use their Adventure Points in gratitude for his help.
• Zhao Chen reviewed the Adventurers' Guild's treasure list and requested Fire and thunder Source Crystals, dominator-level pill formulas, and two rune array diagrams.
• Zhao Chen told the group to use any remaining Adventure Points for their own needs or to exchange them for high-quality source crystals.
• Tian Bao went to exchange for the requested treasures, while Lan Xiaoyan remarked that Zhao Chen seemed skilled in alchemy and rune arrays.
• Lan Xiaoyan compared Zhao Chen to the Zhao Family that ruled the Dark Phoenix Star Region, prompting him to ask her about the family.

Zhao Chen and his companions left the Adventurers' Guild to avoid the Ren Family’s ambushes and head for the Chaotic Ancient World Treasure Gathering. In the Southern District, Ren Qitao’s masked forces surrounded them and blocked their escape.

• Zhao Chen considered posing as the Zhao Family’s Young Master, but Lan Xiaoyan warned him about the danger, and he said he might not use the identity.
• Tian Bao exchanged Adventure Points for treasures without trouble, and Zhao Chen received a Cosmos Ring containing his items.
• Zhao Chen studied the Ice Crystal Cold Sword Array and Netherworld Black Lotus Array while Dongfang Jian offered to lead the group out through a side route.
• Lin Supervisor watched Zhao Chen’s group leave and ordered his men to keep track of them, suspecting they were heading to the Chaotic Ancient World Treasure Gathering.
• Zhao Chen, Dongfang Jian, and their companions reached the Southern District, where Ren Qitao and masked men blocked both ends of their alley.
• Ren Qitao claimed that the Ren Family decided whether Chaotic Ancient City was chaotic and taunted the group for thinking they could escape.

Ren Qitao’s ambush against Zhao Chen and Dongfang Jian’s group failed when Tie Shan revealed his Titan Giant Ape bloodline and overwhelmed the masked attackers. Ren Qitao called on Mister Gu, an Upper-Rank Dominator-Level Rune Array Master, and Zhao Chen welcomed the chance to face him.

• Ren Qitao ordered his masked men to attack Zhao Chen, Dongfang Jian, and the others with two enormous black palm prints.
• Tie Shan shattered the palm prints with his Titan Giant Ape manifestation, then crushed the attackers as he charged toward the alley entrance.
• Ren Qitao tried to recruit Tie Shan, but the group laughed at him and Tie Shan resumed his assault.
• Dongfang Jian challenged Ren Qitao, who summoned Mister Gu to help kill the group.
• Dongfang Jian revealed that Mister Gu was a Middle-Rank Dominator Realm cultivator with Upper-Rank Dominator-level rune-array skill.
• Zhao Chen recognized Mister Gu’s threat and said that facing a Rune Array Master was just what he wanted.

Ren Qitao and Mister Gu ambushed Zhao Chen and the Adventurers' Guild members, but Zhao Chen revealed that he had already prepared a rune array of his own. The chapter ended with Mister Gu trapped inside it alongside the elephants from his Myriad Elephants Trampling Mountain Array.

• Mister Gu activated the Upper-Rank Dominator-Level Seven Stars Sword Array, entangling Dongfang Jian and preventing him from helping the others.
• Mister Gu told Ren Qitao to attack the remaining adventurers while he dealt with Zhao Chen, and Ren Qitao revealed his terrifying blood-drinking nature.
• Tie Shan, Lan Xiaoyan, Long Yiting, and Tian Bao joined forces to fight Ren Qitao.
• Mister Gu attacked Zhao Chen with the Myriad Elephants Trampling Mountain Array, but Zhao Chen activated a blood-red rune array that trapped Mister Gu and his elephant herd.
• Mister Gu was stunned and demanded to know when Zhao Chen had set up the rune array.

Zhao Chen used the Ice Crystal Cold Sword Array to defeat and kill Mister Gu, while Ren Qitao and his men were trapped inside the barrier and attacked by the Adventurers' Guild members. Zhao Chen then turned his attention to Ren Qitao and the others.

• Zhao Chen revealed that he had set up the Ice Crystal Cold Sword Array and used it to destroy Mister Gu's Myriad Elephants Trampling Mountain Array.
• Dongfang Jian saw Zhao Chen defeat Mister Gu's array and focused on fighting the Seven Stars Sword Array Plate.
• Mister Gu activated the Golden Turtle Armor Array to withstand Zhao Chen's giant ice crystal sword, while Ren Qitao discovered the barrier had trapped his group inside the alley.
• Mister Gu offered Zhao Chen his treasures and threatened him with the Rune Array Master Guild, but Zhao Chen shattered the Golden Turtle Armor Array and killed him.
• Zhao Chen turned toward Ren Qitao and his struggling men and declared that no one could threaten him.

Zhao Chen killed Mister Gu, Ren Qitao, and the masked Dominators after they ambushed his group. Searching their possessions revealed that Mister Gu was the infamous pirate Tu Ren Gu and that Ren Qitao’s family also practiced a Demonic Art to massacre and refine cultivators.

• Zhao Chen killed Mister Gu and Ren Qitao, then imprisoned the other masked men in the Exquisite Western Wasteland Tower to refine source crystals.
• Dongfang Jian worried that killing Ren Qitao would provoke the Ren Family and the Rune Array Master Guild, but Zhao Chen argued that sparing him would not prevent retaliation.
• Zhao Chen found a human-skin mask in Mister Gu’s Cosmos Ring, and Long Yiting recognized it as the face of the pirate Tu Ren Gu.
• Dongfang Jian explained that Tu Ren Gu had slaughtered tens of thousands of cultivators aboard three Star Sea Flying Boats near the Demon Phoenix Star Nation.
• Zhao Chen found identical Demonic Art manuals in Ren Qitao’s Cosmos Ring, and Lan Xiaoyan realized Ren Qitao had pursued them because they had killed pirates while guarding a Star Sea Flying Boat.

Zhao Chen created Appearance Altering Talismans for the group to use after the Chaotic Ancient World Treasure Gathering, while Lin Supervisor wrongly assumed they had trapped Ren Qitao and Mister Gu in an array. Zhao Chen and the others entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where a black-clad elder invited them to meet the supervisor in a third-floor VIP room.

• Dongfang Jian explained that the Ren Family had targeted the Star Sea Flying Boat and pursued his team after they killed the pirates led by Ren Qitao.
• Zhao Chen crafted six Appearance Altering Talismans from the human-skin mask, and Lan Xiaoyan and Long Yiting tested their ability to change appearances, figures, and auras.
• Zhao Chen told the group to prepare to leave Chaotic Ancient City for the Demon Phoenix Star Nation after the Treasure Gathering.
• Lin Supervisor learned that Zhao Chen and the others had reached the Treasure Gathering while Ren Qitao and Mister Gu remained inside an array barrier, and he concluded that Zhao Chen had used the Netherworld Black Lotus Array.
• Dongfang Jian led Zhao Chen and the others into the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and explained its floors, auctions, and Treasure Gathering Manual.
• A black-clad elder invited Zhao Chen and his companions to meet Lin Supervisor in a third-floor VIP room.

Zhao Chen and the others learned that the triennial Chaotic Ancient World Treasure Gathering would feature rare treasures and attract prodigies from two great star nations. The chapter ended when Lin Supervisor revealed that a batch of treasures came from the Netherworld Ghost Abyss, prompting Zhao Chen to ask what they were.

• Lin Supervisor welcomed Zhao Chen and the others to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and described the upcoming triennial Treasure Gathering.
• Lin Supervisor said major powers and prodigies from the Myriad Manifestations Star Nation and the Demon Phoenix Star Nation planned to attend.
• Lin Supervisor explained that the Star Pride Rankings listed a hundred peak prodigies backed by powerful Dominator forces.
• Lin Supervisor revealed that the gathering had received a batch of treasures from the Netherworld Ghost Abyss.
• Dongfang Jian and the others described the Netherworld Ghost Abyss's dangers, including Zombie Puppets and a curse that transformed survivors.
• Zhao Chen asked Lin Supervisor what treasures had come from the Netherworld Ghost Abyss.

Lin Supervisor explained the Netherworld Ghost Abyss treasures and how experts had purified most of their Forbidden Curse Power before offering them at the Chaotic Ancient World Treasure Gathering. Zhao Chen examined the treasures and learned that the deadly Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower could preserve a dying person’s memories and might allow them to return from the dead with a Life Marrow Jade Branch, prompting him to consider obtaining the Netherworld Ghost Fire Pearl.

• Lin Supervisor explained that the Netherworld Ghost Abyss yielded relics and Undead Source Crystals rich in soul energy, which could strengthen special professions.
• Dongfang Jian asked about the Forbidden Curse Power contaminating the treasures, and Lin Supervisor said Guild experts had purified most of it while some items remained classified as ominous objects.
• Lin Supervisor handed Zhao Chen Jade Scrolls listing treasures, materials, spirit herbs, pill formulas, and array diagrams from the Netherworld Ghost Abyss.
• Zhao Chen read about the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower, whose poisonous bloom could preserve a dying person and offer a chance to return from the dead with a Life Marrow Jade Branch.
• Zhao Chen wondered whether he might obtain the Netherworld Ghost Fire Pearl.

Zhao Chen examined the treasures at the gathering and learned that the Ten Netherworld Ghost Abyss Fiends, especially the Bronze Fiend Sword, were deadly objects sought by elite Star Pride Rankings Chosen. The chapter ended with Dongfang Jian and the others stunned to learn that famed top chosen had come to the gathering.

• Zhao Chen considered the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower but rejected seeking it because the risk and cost were too great.
• Long Yiting explained that the Bronze Fiend Sword had killed and devoured a Second Sequence Upper-Rank Dominator Realm expert, while Dongfang Jian recounted its ancient origins.
• Lin Supervisor said the Bronze Fiend Sword had been corrupted by Forbidden Curse Power, warned that its holders went mad, and explained that a failed attempt to purify the Ten Netherworld Ghost Abyss Fiends had driven Second Sequence Dominators away.
• Lin Supervisor named Dugu Liuming, Qin Qingsheng, Qiao Xuerong, and Ye Wanqing as Star Pride Rankings Chosen who had come for the fiends and could slay Second Sequence world beasts despite being Third Sequence Peak Dominators.
• Dongfang Jian, Lan Xiaoyan, and the others sprang to their feet in shock when they learned Dugu Liuming and Qiao Xuerong were at the gathering.

Zhao Chen learned about the overwhelming strength of the Star Pride Rankings’ top chosen and considered why they had come to seek the Ten Netherworld Ghost Abyss Fiends. As he weighed the Forbidden Curse Power’s possible benefits, he suspected the treasures’ appearance might be part of a scheme.

• Long Yiting and Zhao Chen discussed how Dugu Liuming, Qiao Xuerong, Qin Qingsheng, and Ye Wanqing ranked far above chosen from their realms and could kill peak Second Sequence world beasts.
• Dongfang Jian wondered whether Dugu Liuming sought the Bronze Fiend Sword, while Lan Xiaoyan suggested Qin Qingsheng might target the Netherfire Black Axe.
• Long Yiting guessed Qiao Xuerong and Ye Wanqing might seek the Netherworld Phoenix Blood, which could help Ye Wanqing advance to the Second Sequence.
• Zhao Chen realized that refining the Forbidden Curse Power might strengthen him because of his curse-path attainments, and he considered entering the Netherworld Ghost Abyss.
• Zhao Chen suspected that a powerful curse-path expert had helped bring the treasures out of the Netherworld Ghost Abyss and wondered whether the gathering concealed a scheme.

At the Chaotic Ancient World Treasure Gathering, Zhao Chen considered the dangerous Ten Netherworld Ghost Abyss Fiends and discussed advancement with Dongfang Jian. He concluded that the Third Sequence was a process of building foundations by fusing world source powers, and suspected the Star Pride Rankings Top Chosen were trying to form Unique World Force before advancing.

• Dongfang Jian warned Zhao Chen that the Ten Netherworld Ghost Abyss Fiends were dangerous and that someone might be stirring up trouble by offering them at the Treasure Gathering.
• Zhao Chen asked how many types of world source power Dongfang Jian had mastered, and Dongfang Jian said he had mastered seven and could not quickly reach the strength needed to rival Peak Dominator Realm experts.
• Zhao Chen decided to focus on his own advancement, reasoning that his Chaos Star Stone and Asura Blood Sutra might let him refine many kinds of world source power into Asura Realm Power.
• Zhao Chen suspected the Star Pride Rankings Top Chosen had fused their ten types of world source power early to create Unique World Force while still in the Third Sequence.
• Zhao Chen concluded that the Third Sequence was essentially the accumulation of foundations, with the depth of fusion determining an expert’s strength after advancing to the Second Sequence.

Zhao Chen confirmed that the Chaos Star Stone let him absorb different sources of energy and rapidly build his Asura Realm Power. At the Chaotic Ancient World Treasure Gathering, he and his companions spotted the Eagle King of the Demon Eagle Organization, who had a score to settle with them over the Two-Winged Frost Demon Dragon.

• Zhao Chen filtered for powerful World Sources and beast cores, then absorbed two Chaotic Ancient Source Crystals to test how they affected his cultivation.
• Long Yiting warned Zhao Chen against relying on impure crystals, but he explained that his cultivation worked differently and that he could convert various sources into Asura Realm Power.
• Dongfang Jian recognized Zhao Chen’s unusual blood-red realm power and guessed that his cultivation technique was special; Zhao Chen confirmed this without revealing the Chaos Star Stone.
• Tian Bao spotted the Demon Eagle Organization entering the Treasure Gathering, and Dongfang Jian identified the group’s leader as the Eagle King.
• Long Yiting feared the Eagle King would retaliate after Zhao Chen’s group took the Two-Winged Frost Demon Dragon’s core and body from the Demon Eagle Organization.

Eagle King sensed someone watching him and assumed Duan Yusheng had returned to the Adventurers' Guild. In the guild's VIP booth, Zhao Chen learned about the Chaotic Ancient World’s leading geniuses as the Treasure Gathering drew powerful contenders.

• Eagle King detected a gaze from the Adventurers' Guild's VIP booth and speculated that Duan Yusheng had returned from the Forbidden Zone.
• Long Yiting worried that Eagle King had noticed her probing, and Lan Xiaoyan reassured her that he would not dare provoke the Adventurers' Guild directly.
• Dongfang Jian told Zhao Chen that Duan Yusheng ranked second among the Chaotic Ancient World Ten Great Geniuses and had likely reached the Peak of Third Sequence Realm.
• Lan Xiaoyan described Duan Yusheng's soul-rending tune and recounted how he wiped out a Dominator-level force that had tried to kill him.
• Long Yiting named Luo Jiusi as the top genius and said he had reached the Peak of Third Sequence Realm after killing a Second Sequence Dominator Realm expert.
• Zhao Chen reasoned that Luo Jiusi and Duan Yusheng might seek chances to challenge the Star Pride Rankings' visiting geniuses, while Eagle King had lost his opportunity after Zhao Chen's group intercepted the Two-Winged Frost Demon Dragon.

Zhao Chen learned about the powerful geniuses gathering in the Chaotic Ancient World and watched the Tantai Holy Maiden arrive. Dongfang Jian explained how the Ruthless Hall’s Taiqing Holy Maiden’s cultivation differed from the Snow Region Divine Sect’s path, but neither her nor the Taiqing Holy Maiden appeared in person before the chapter ended.

• Zhao Chen hoped the foreign geniuses would clash with the Chaotic Ancient World’s top talents, giving him a chance to profit amid the chaos.
• Dongfang Jian warned Zhao Chen to watch Luo Jiusi, Duan Yusheng, Eagle King, and the Tantai and Taiqing Holy Maidens.
• Long Yiting pointed out the Tantai Holy Maiden, whose arrival drew Zhao Chen’s admiration.
• Long Yiting explained that the Tantai Holy Maiden’s cultivation required her to remain free of romantic feelings.
• Dongfang Jian explained that the Ruthless Hall’s Ruthless Dao transformed into the Affectionate Dao when a disciple fell in love, then required her to kill her beloved at the end of their lifespan.