Arc 6The Wild Hut Territory

Yan Kuan explored Saint Cliff and Purple Mountain, gathered powerful techniques and allies, and traveled through the Qin Mountains before bargaining for the Wild Hut territory. The arc left him arriving at its ruined city with Rain Butterfly Princess and Old Sickly.

  • Yan Kuan helped Li Ruoyu reveal Zhuo Peak’s ancient Dao, then traveled north and restored Xiao Nannan’s memories after her Rebirth.
  • Yan Kuan explored Saint Cliff with Wei Yi, Crazy Old Man, and Xiao Nannan, captured the Secret of Movement, and refined the Undying Daoist’s divine thought to gain the Secret of Foresight.
  • Yan Kuan attacked the Li Fire Sect and Profound Moon Grotto, then entered Purple Mountain and defeated a Primordial Ancestral King while Jiang Taixu passed the Battle Saint Technique to him.
  • Yan Kuan and his companions escaped Purple Mountain with Jiang Taixu, and Yan Kuan later proposed that Jiang Taixu use nirvana to recover and help Little Tingting.
  • Yan Kuan traveled alone through the Qin Mountains, gathered Dragon Marrow, refined a Corpse King, and recruited Old Sickly and several unusual beings.
  • Yan Kuan attended an auction in Anping City, where a clash from his White Jade Vial killed Wang Chengfeng and nearly half the Wang Family group.
  • Yan Kuan traded Jade Dragon Marrow for the Wild Hut territory and traveled there with Rain Butterfly Princess and Old Sickly, arriving at its ruined city.
Chapters 131–156 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 131A Roar Shattered Mountains and Rivers

Yan Kuan spared Hua Yunfei, then challenged the Peacock King, who had come to retrieve the Demon Emperor Sacred Heart from Ye Fan. Their battle was interrupted by Holy Lord Yaoguang Li Daoqing, and Yan Kuan joined the Peacock King in fighting him.

  • Yan Kuan told Hua Yunfei to keep cooperating with Tai Xuan Gate and reveal the truth about Li Xiaoman, while keeping him alive as his Puppet.
  • The Peacock King appeared to claim the Demon Emperor Sacred Heart from Ye Fan, but Yan Kuan blocked him and proposed a match.
  • Yan Kuan and the Peacock King unleashed their powerful phenomena and fought while Ye Fan led Xiao Nannan and Little Tingting away.
  • The Peacock King exposed Holy Lord Yaoguang Li Daoqing, who emerged from hiding and urged Yan Kuan to join him against the demon.
  • Yan Kuan rebuked Li Daoqing and teamed with the Peacock King to shatter his Holy Light world, starting a three-way battle that tore through the land and sky.

Ch. 132The "All" of the Nine Secrets

Yan Kuan brought Ye Fan and his companions to Zhuo Peak, where he recognized Li Ruoyu’s potential in the Natural Dao and helped awaken his opportunity. As Li Ruoyu entered a profound transformation through the Nine-Tiered Heavenly Stairs, Yan Kuan used the Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda and Empyrean Flame to study Zhuo Peak’s ancient Dao.

  • After Yan Kuan and Peacock King departed, Li Daoqing spat blood and was joined by experts from the Yaoguang Holy Land.
  • Yan Kuan led Ye Fan, Li Xiaoman, Ji Ziyue, Xiao Nannan, and Little Tingting to Tai Xuan Gate and chose to visit Zhuo Peak.
  • Li Ruoyu welcomed Ye Fan and his friends, while Yan Kuan recognized Li Ruoyu’s deep cultivation in Zhuo Peak’s Natural Dao.
  • Yan Kuan sent Ye Fan to retrieve a Zhuo Bow and nine arrow shafts from a Badger Beast’s den, and Li Ruoyu gave Ye Fan a yellowed booklet.
  • Li Ruoyu placed the Zhuo Bow on the Nine-Tiered Heavenly Stairs, then sat before them as they transformed into nine platforms and drew him into their palaces.
  • Yan Kuan used the Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda and Empyrean Flame to reveal Zhuo Peak’s Divine Marks and trace its ancient Dao.

Ch. 133Tianxuan Holy Son

Hua Yunfei explained the recent events to the gaunt elder, while Yan Kuan continued cultivating until Ji Hong challenged him at Zhuo Peak and tested his spatial arts. Yan Kuan then left with Xiao Nannan and Little Tingting and found the aged Tianxuan Holy Son, whose eyes filled with disbelief when he saw Xiao Nannan.

  • Hua Yunfei told the gaunt elder that a Peerless Demon Saint had possessed Li Xiaoman and that Ye Fan and Yan Kuan had dealt with it at Zhuo Peak.
  • Yan Kuan promised Hua Yunfei that he would eliminate Li Daoqing and the Shaking Light Divine Son, then returned to Zhuo Peak to cultivate.
  • Ji Hong arrived at Zhuo Peak and fought Yan Kuan with the Void Great Hand Seal, but Yan Kuan matched his spatial arts and ended the confrontation.
  • Ji Hong greeted Ji Ziyue and left to meet an old friend, while Yan Kuan thanked Li Ruoyu and departed with Xiao Nannan and Little Tingting.
  • Yan Kuan brought the girls to a desolate mountain range and identified a tearful old man as the former Tianxuan Holy Son; the old man stared at Xiao Nannan in disbelief.

Ch. 134Stone Workshop Elder

Yan Kuan brought Xiao Nannan and Little Tingting to the Northern Domain Holy City and persuaded the surviving elders of Tianshuan Holy Land to help Xiao Nannan with her monthly Rebirth. During the full moon, the Crazy Old Man examined her as she formed mysterious seals, but the outcome remained uncertain.

  • Yan Kuan opened a portal to the Northern Domain, and the Crazy Old Man followed him through it.
  • Yan Kuan found the ruined Tianshuan Stone Gambling House and asked Wei Yi and the Crazy Old Man to help cure Xiao Nannan, offering information about the Secret of Movement.
  • Wei Yi and the Crazy Old Man agreed to let Yan Kuan's group stay at the Stone Gambling House.
  • On the full-moon night, Xiao Nannan underwent Rebirth and forgot everyone until Yan Kuan restored her memories with divine light.
  • The Crazy Old Man examined Xiao Nannan as she formed seals, and the seven-colored stone between her brows melted into a point of light instead of falling away.

Ch. 135Night Raid on Yaoguang

Yan Kuan helped the Mad Old Man inherit Tianxuan's movement technique, then the Mad Old Man entered an Immortal Cocoon while Yan Kuan raided Yaoguang Stone Gambling House and opened the stolen stones. After staying at Tianxuan Stone Gambling House with Xiao Nannan and Little Tingting, Yan Kuan saw the Mad Old Man emerge from the cocoon rejuvenated.

  • Yan Kuan recited an incomplete immortal-path scripture to the transforming Mad Old Man, who left Tianxuan's ancient movement technique as an inheritance before entering an Immortal Cocoon.
  • Yan Kuan left the Qingyang Sacred Lantern and Heaven Swallowing Jar Lid with Little Tingting and Xiao Nannan, then went to deal with the chaos in Divine City.
  • Yaoguang Holy Land discovered its Heavenly Character Garden had been looted and blamed the theft on bandits, while Yan Kuan revealed that he had taken several precious stones.
  • Yan Kuan opened the Blazing Sun Stone and gave its Divine Source to Little Tingting, then gave Wei Yi the Ancient Worm Divine Source and kept the source containing a severed head.
  • Yan Kuan opened the Demon Fetus and found a Qilin Seed, which he entrusted to the White Tiger Cub, then stayed at Tianxuan Stone Gambling House with the two girls as Wei Yi instructed them.
  • The Mad Old Man's Immortal Cocoon split, and he emerged rejuvenated in the form of an imposing man.

Ch. 136Forcing Their Way into Saint Cliff

Yan Kuan led his companions into Saint Cliff to search for the lost Secret of Movement and its treasures, using powerful weapons and the Human-Faced Ghost Lantern to overcome its sinister creatures and formations. They reached a broken black mountain that seemed to have been recently abandoned by an enormous being.

  • Yan Kuan entrusted Tingting to Wei Yi and entered Saint Cliff with Xiao Nannan, the Mad Old Man, and Wei Yi.
  • Yan Kuan killed an ancient evil bird and used the Human-Faced Ghost Lantern to destroy a black-haired evil spirit that attacked them.
  • Yan Kuan recited the Lingbao Salvation Scripture and guided the group safely through Saint Cliff's Emperor Formations.
  • Yan Kuan burned away the lake's water spirits, revealed an ancient Iron Sedan Chair, and led the group past it.
  • Yan Kuan and his companions reached a broken black mountain whose strange aura suggested that an enormous life-form had recently left.

Ch. 137A Million Fire Crows Forge a Treasure Vase

Yan Kuan and the two Great Saints captured a million Fire God Crows and refined them with a Golden Crow elf into a Saint Weapon Treasure Vase. They reached the deepest part of Saint Cliff, where they found the Deification Scroll sealing Undying Daoist.

  • Yan Kuan, Crazy Old Man, and Elder Wei Yi explored Saint Cliff and Yan Kuan collected an ancient silver scale from the abyss.
  • The group encountered a million Fire God Crows and their Golden Crow leader, which Crazy Old Man and Elder Wei Yi defeated and refined into Yan Kuan’s Treasure Vase.
  • Yan Kuan found an incomplete Solar and Lunar cultivation art in a Beast Bone inside one of the Ancient Caves.
  • Elder Wei Yi gave Yan Kuan the newly forged Saint Weapon, containing the Golden Crow elf as its Deity.
  • Yan Kuan explained that the Vicious Ghost Shadow Spirit was the severed hand of a Forbidden Zone Supreme slain by Void Great Emperor, and the group bypassed the watery light near Reincarnation Lake.
  • Crazy Old Man led them to the deepest region of Saint Cliff, where they saw the Deification Scroll of Beginningless Great Emperor sealing Undying Daoist.

Ch. 138Nine Secrets Dao Diagram

Yan Kuan and his companions climbed Saint Cliff, fought its ancient guardians, and reached the summit to open the Great Completion Sacred Body’s coffin. The Nine Secrets Dao Diagram appeared, and Yan Kuan captured the Secret of Movement’s Dao traces and began to master them.

  • Yan Kuan led Little Tingting and Xiao Nannan through Saint Cliff’s dangerous Emperor Formation, and the group evaded shadow spirits by circling toward the Deification Scroll.
  • At the Deification Scroll, Yan Kuan used the Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda to perceive imprints left by Shakyamuni and Laozi, while Mad Old Man and Wei Yi fought an ancient monster above them.
  • Yan Kuan and his companions reached the summit, examined the Great Completion Sacred Body’s Stone Coffin, and studied the star maps left by Shakyamuni and Laozi.
  • Mad Old Man burned away the coffin’s green hair, and Wei Yi opened the lid with the Dragon Spear, triggering Saint Cliff’s Emperor Formation and the Deification Scroll to suppress the released killing intent.
  • The Dao Diagram of the Nine Secrets appeared in the void, and Yan Kuan captured its Dao traces, engraved the Secret of Movement in his heart, and achieved an initial mastery.

Ch. 139Undying Daoist

Yan Kuan and his companions subdued the mutated Great Completion Sacred Body and captured a divine thought incarnation of the Undying Heavenly Emperor on Saint Cliff. After leaving safely, Yan Kuan refined the incarnation and gained the Secret of Foresight, then turned his attention to resolving Little Tingting's physical hidden danger.

  • Yan Kuan used the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art and the group’s weapons to suppress the mutated Great Completion Sacred Body, then took Heavenly Court’s golden Scepter.
  • Yan Kuan, Mad Old Man, and Wei Yi encountered the Undying Daoist, whose divine thought incarnation offered two of the Nine Secrets in exchange for help.
  • Yan Kuan and Wei Yi used the Heaven Swallowing Jar Lid while Mad Old Man and Xiao Nannan helped seal and refine the Undying Daoist’s divine thought.
  • Mad Old Man departed after the group left Saint Cliff, and Wei Yi took Yan Kuan and Xiao Nannan back toward the Northern Domain Holy City.
  • Yan Kuan refined the captured divine thought and obtained the Secret of Foresight, then decided it was time to address Little Tingting’s physical hidden danger.

Ch. 140Li Fire Divine Furnace

Yan Kuan destroyed the Li Fire Sect and Profound Moon Grotto after learning of their crimes, then discovered traces of the Beginningless Great Emperor in an ancient cave. He followed the lingering Dao resonance to Profound Moon Grotto’s rear mountain, where the chapter left him among discarded relics.

  • Yan Kuan left Xiao Nannan and Little Tingting with Elder Wei Yi and departed Northern Domain Holy City after receiving information about the Azure Cloud Gate, Profound Moon Grotto, and Li Fire Sect.
  • Yan Kuan attacked the Li Fire Sect, killed its cultivators, and seized the Li Fire Divine Furnace.
  • Yan Kuan unleashed the furnace’s fire phoenix and Li Fire to burn the Li Fire Sect and erase its corpses.
  • Yan Kuan swept through Profound Moon Grotto, killing its defenders and pursuing those who tried to escape.
  • Yan Kuan found an ancient cave bearing traces of the Beginningless Great Emperor and sensed the Great Dao imprint left behind there.
  • Yan Kuan followed the lingering resonance to Profound Moon Grotto’s rear mountain and entered a valley used as a dumping ground.

Ch. 141Purple Mountain Stone Fortress

Yan Kuan destroyed Azure Cloud Gate and rescued the people of Purple Mountain Stone Fortress from bandits before traveling to Purple Mountain. After learning Fifth Lord Zhang descended from the last Source Celestial Master, Yan Kuan discovered the ancestor’s stone implements might contain Divine Source and asked the villagers to gather them.

  • Yan Kuan burned the junk in Profound Moon Grotto’s valley, found a piece of Broken Jade, and set out to destroy more local sects.
  • Big Beard Chen’s bandits demanded Source and women from Purple Mountain Stone Fortress, but Yan Kuan killed them with stone spears and said he had destroyed Azure Cloud Gate.
  • The fortress villagers killed the wounded bandits, while Yan Kuan examined two pieces of Imperial Jade above Purple Mountain and flew toward another oasis.
  • The next morning, Yan Kuan met Old Man Zhang, learned his ancestor had been the last Source Celestial Master, and asked him about the nearby Purple Mountain.
  • Yan Kuan recognized a stone mill as altered Origin Stone that might contain Divine Source, so Fifth Lord Zhang organized the villagers to collect their ancient stone implements.

Ch. 142Not Beneath Me

Yan Kuan entered Purple Mountain with Old Man Wei Yi, Xiao Nannan, and Little Tingting to retrieve the Source Celestial Tome, rescue Divine King Jiang Taixu, and test himself against the Primordial Royal Clan. After finding Jiang Taixu trapped in the mountain, Yan Kuan left his rescue to Wei Yi and went to confront the Primordial Ancestral King.

  • Yan Kuan showed Old Man Wei Yi the Li Fire Divine Furnace and persuaded him to travel with Xiao Nannan and Little Tingting to Purple Mountain.
  • Yan Kuan entered an ancient mine alone, asked Wei Yi to hold back unless his life was in danger, and placed the Trigram Treasure Box in a natural Yin-Yang formation to temper it.
  • Yan Kuan found the inscriptions of past explorers, including Gu Tianshu and Zhang Jiye, then continued deeper into Purple Mountain with Wei Yi and the girls.
  • Yan Kuan discovered seven experts' remains and found Divine King Jiang Taixu trapped inside a stone wall, alongside a dormant Formless Evil Thought.
  • Yan Kuan shattered the Formless Evil Thought and left Wei Yi to help Jiang Taixu before heading deeper into Purple Mountain to face the Primordial Ancestral King.

Ch. 143God Forbidden Domain, the Ancestral King Could Not Match Him

Yan Kuan explored Purple Mountain, subdued its awakened Primordial creatures, and found Zhang Jiye’s remains and an Undying Divine Phoenix Elixir. When an ancient Primordial Ancestral King attacked, Yan Kuan combined several Nine Secrets with Jiang Taixu’s Battle Saint Technique, entered the God Forbidden Domain, and pierced the king through the chest.

  • Yan Kuan defeated and captured several Primordial creatures, then found Zhang Jiye’s skeleton and silver book in a cavern.
  • Yan Kuan discovered an Undying Divine Phoenix Elixir and a Creation Spring Eye near the jade pools.
  • A Primordial Ancestral King awakened and attacked Yan Kuan, who defended himself with the Heaven Swallowing Jar Lid and several Saint Weapons as Elder Wei Yi, Little Tingting, and Xiao Nannan arrived.
  • Yan Kuan wounded the Ancestral King with the Dragon Spear, while Jiang Taixu recognized Yan Kuan’s use of the Nine Secrets and transmitted the Battle Saint Technique.
  • Yan Kuan entered the God Forbidden Domain and drove his Dragon Spear through the Primordial Ancestral King’s chest.

Ch. 144The Black Dog Hung Upside Down Eats Hotpot

Yan Kuan explored Purple Mountain, collected Medicine Kings, and found the Beginningless Scripture before using Imperial Jade to teleport out with his companions. He left them in the stone village, where he had the Big Black Dog hung upside down and ordered a hotpot meal in front of it.

  • Yan Kuan suppressed the Primordial Ancestral King and led his companions deeper into Purple Mountain, past the Divine Army’s burial ground to the Beginningless Dao Platform.
  • Yan Kuan braved the Chaos waterfalls to take two Medicine Kings, while Wei Yi noticed a follower whom Yan Kuan recognized as Zhang Lin.
  • Yan Kuan and Wei Yi read Gu Tianshu’s inscriptions and found Yang Yi sealed in a Source block; Yan Kuan left one Medicine King beside her.
  • Yan Kuan used Imperial Jade at the Beginningless Scripture’s altar to teleport everyone out of Purple Mountain, while a hidden figure followed through the fading void.
  • Yan Kuan had Wang Shu and Lei Bo hang the Big Black Dog upside down and ordered them to prepare hotpot, threatening to serve the dog if they lacked meat.

Ch. 145Source Celestial Treasury

Yan Kuan disciplined the Black Dog for trying to steal the Medicine King, then began opening Stone Village’s inherited stone artifacts to uncover their treasures and signs of an ancient monster. The chapter ended as the Black Dog tried to steal a cold, treasure-bearing stone and howled after Yan Kuan stopped it.

  • Yan Kuan whipped the Black Dog for stealing the Medicine King, then sealed its divine power and put it on a leash after Xiao Nannan pleaded for it.
  • Xiao Nannan asked Yan Kuan to let her raise the Black Dog, while Little Tingting helped the weakened Jiang Taixu walk in the sun.
  • Yan Kuan opened Stone Village’s artifacts, revealing a Divine Source Bean, blood-red hair, remnants of drained Divine Source, fragrant liquid, and a Human Origin Fruit.
  • The Black Dog tried to seize a stone emitting an icy aura and flee, but Yan Kuan stopped it, making it howl.

Ch. 146Battle Saint Technique Transforms Dragon Mountain

Yan Kuan uncovered a Stone Gall and two petrified treasures while cutting stones, then practiced the Battle Saint Technique by beating Big Black Dog and manifesting magnificent mountain terrain. The chapter ended with Yan Kuan displaying ninety-nine overlapping Dragon Mountains, though ninety of them appeared broken and incomplete.

  • Big Black Dog vomited after discovering a shriveled skull in the stone vessel he had stolen, and Yan Kuan ordered Lei Bo to bury it.
  • Yan Kuan found a purple Stone Gall, identified it as a treasure for tempering Divine Eyes, and nourished it with Divine Source essence.
  • Yan Kuan revealed a petrified divine grass and Divine Tree whose essence had been devoured, startling Big Black Dog, Wei Yi, and Jiang Taixu.
  • Yan Kuan used Big Black Dog as a sparring partner while practicing the Battle Saint Technique and sent him flying with a returning-to-one strike.
  • Yan Kuan combined the Battle Saint Technique with his understanding of terrain to manifest overlapping Dragon Mountains, revealing ninety-nine ranges, ninety of them broken.

Ch. 147Gained Too Much, Fortune Too Good

Yan Kuan revealed the Immortal Soil of the Ninety-Nine Ancient Dragon Mountains, proposed helping Jiang Taixu undergo nirvana and rebirth, and forced the Big Black Dog to assist with the preparations. He left Xiao Nannan and Little Tingting in Wei Yi’s care and set out alone for the Qin Mountains to temper himself.

  • Yan Kuan attempted to evolve the Ninety-Nine Ancient Dragon Mountains, revealing a glimpse of Immortal Soil that made Xiao Nannan weep with inexplicable sorrow.
  • Yan Kuan proposed that Jiang Taixu use nirvana and rebirth to recover and help cure Little Tingting’s Taiyin Physique, and Jiang Taixu accepted the gamble.
  • Yan Kuan beat the Big Black Dog until it handed over a Fragment of Array Pattern left by Beginningless Great Emperor, then tasked it with surveying sites for a Supreme Grand Formation.
  • Yan Kuan told Wei Yi, Xiao Nannan, and Little Tingting that he would travel alone to the Qin Mountains to temper himself, then entrusted them and the Scepter of the Heavenly Court Divine Dynasty to Wei Yi.

Ch. 148Barefoot Journey in Central Province

Yan Kuan traveled barefoot from the Eastern Wilderness into Central Province to temper his cultivation, where he discovered a Dragon Marrow pool guarded by a Black Flood Dragon. After collecting some Dragon Marrow and leaving the rest behind, he considered using the treasure to thwart the Northern Plains Wang Family and planned to ask the Divine Knight to watch them.

  • Yan Kuan left Purple Mountain Stone Fortress with White Tiger Cub and traveled on foot toward Central Province to cultivate his secret techniques.
  • Yan Kuan crossed into Central Province and learned about its Dragon Veins, Dragon Marrow, and powerful dynasties and inheritances.
  • Yan Kuan used his Fiery Golden Eyes to find a Dragon Vein in a marshland mountain range and opened a passage into an ancient mine.
  • Yan Kuan drove back the Black Flood Dragon guarding a Half-Dragon Pool and discovered it could eventually evolve into a Dragon Transformation Pool.
  • Yan Kuan collected thirty drops of Dragon Marrow, leaving some for the Black Flood Dragon and the pool’s future development.
  • Yan Kuan recalled the Wang Family’s connection to the ancient clans and decided to have the Divine Knight monitor the family.

Ch. 149Heaven for the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art

Yan Kuan traveled through the Qin Mountains, deepening his understanding of Severing Dao while studying the ancient wilderness and its tombs. He hunted and refined an Imperial Lord Corpse King with the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art, recognizing the Qin Mountains as an ideal place to cultivate it.

  • Yan Kuan journeyed through the Qin Mountains and the Great Wilderness, witnessing ancient beasts and their vast burial grounds.
  • Yan Kuan gained new insight into Severing Dao and became confident he could draw down a Heavenly Tribulation, but delayed breaking through.
  • Yan Kuan entered a Sealed Valley, where an Imperial Lord Corpse King attacked him from a crimson coffin.
  • Yan Kuan suppressed the Corpse King's attacks with Divine Flame and sealed it with his divine power.
  • Yan Kuan summoned the Great Dao Treasure Vase and swallowed the Corpse King, refining its Origin essence and adding its shadow to his collection.
  • Yan Kuan concluded that the Qin Mountains' ancient tombs provided ideal nourishment for cultivating the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.

Ch. 150Traveling with Old Sickly

Yan Kuan met Old Sickly and his disciple Xia Jiuyou while searching the Qin Mountains for the Transformation Immortal Pool, and the three agreed to travel together toward Qin Gate. They arrived at Qin Gate’s Western Branch as it opened its gates to recruit local children.

  • Yan Kuan found a lake called the Transformation Immortal Pool and met Old Sickly, Xia Jiuyou, and two elderly servants on its shore.
  • Yan Kuan formed a stone pavilion and served the group rare Medicine King tea, impressing Old Sickly and making Xia Jiuyou’s blood and qi surge.
  • Old Sickly warned Yan Kuan to keep the tea leaves secret and offered his disciple’s help in Central Province; Yan Kuan agreed to remember the offer.
  • Yan Kuan invited Old Sickly to travel with him to Qin Gate and continue searching for the Transformation Immortal Pool, and Old Sickly accepted.
  • Yan Kuan and Old Sickly reached Qin Gate’s Western Branch as it opened recruitment to children from nearby villages.

Ch. 151The Supreme Secret of Arms

Yan Kuan discovered and comprehended the Secret of Arms at Qin Gate, then refined his Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda as a sole Immortal Weapon. Under the full moon, he and Old Sickly followed the Qin Mountains’ moving Dragon Vein and found its Dragon Marrow, while Yan Kuan also captured and refined the Dragon Child.

  • Old Sickly warned Yan Kuan that Qin Gate’s Soul-Severing Art could convert even gifted kings and keep them bound to the sect, but Yan Kuan left the Western Branch uninterested in joining.
  • At a bare Stone Mountain, Yan Kuan used the Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda to reveal the Dao within crude weapon carvings and comprehended the Secret of Arms.
  • Yan Kuan began refining his Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda with weapon seals, combining the Secret of Arms with the Weapon Incantation.
  • Sensing the Dragon Vein stirring on the full-moon night, Yan Kuan invited Old Sickly to investigate, and they followed the azure radiance to a mountain peak.
  • Yan Kuan split open the mountain, uncovered five drops of Dragon Marrow, then found and refined the Dragon Child into another piece of Divine Marrow.

Ch. 152Snatching Food from a Tiger's Mouth

Yan Kuan seized the Dragon Marrow as several ancient Beast Kings and other powerful beings arrived to claim it. He fought off Jade in Stone and the Silver Giant Ape, then trapped the fleeing Old Monk, Night Sky Wolf, and Five-Colored Spider.

  • Yan Kuan repelled the Silver Giant Ape, but Night Sky Wolf, the Five-Colored Spider, the Old Monk, and Jade in Stone arrived and demanded the Dragon Marrow.
  • Yan Kuan collapsed the Dragon Cave and retrieved its emerald treasure before the five newcomers could react.
  • Jade in Stone attacked Yan Kuan, but Yan Kuan burned him with Divine Flame and revealed the power of his Divine Tower.
  • Yan Kuan’s Divine Tower struck the Silver Giant Ape and drove him into the earth.
  • The Old Monk, Night Sky Wolf, and Five-Colored Spider tried to flee, but Yan Kuan sealed the earth veins and blocked the Old Monk with his Vajra Glaze Transformation.

Ch. 153The Great Emperor's Thatched Cottage

Yan Kuan defeated and subdued four unusual powerhouses, then persuaded Old Sickly to travel to the Eastern Wilderness. The two went to Anping City, where they entered a major auction held by the Nine Li Divine Dynasty.

  • Yan Kuan defeated the Golden Body Old Monk and offered him and the other unusual beings a chance to submit in exchange for help extending their lives.
  • Night Sky Wolf, the Five-Colored Spider, the Silver Giant Ape, and the Old Monk surrendered, while Yan Kuan sealed Jade in Stone inside the Myriad Crow Divine Fire Bottle.
  • Yan Kuan spoke with Old Sickly about returning home and convinced him to leave the Qin Mountains and seek opportunities in the Eastern Wilderness.
  • Yan Kuan and Old Sickly traveled to Anping City, where Yan Kuan asked about the Anping Kingdom and its rumored Ancient Great Emperor's secluded residence.
  • The two entered the Nine Li Heavenly Palace for its Sage Lord-level auction and were led to a private room overlooking the hall.

Ch. 155A Tremor in His Hand

Yan Kuan attended the Nine Li Heavenly Palace auction with Old Sickly and bought the final treasure, ten drops of Jade Dragon Marrow, after provoking the Northern Plains Wang Family. While settling his purchases, he let a battle inside a vial erupt, burning Wang Chengfeng and nearly half the Wang Family group to ash, then claimed his hand had simply trembled.

  • Yan Kuan watched Moon Spirit Princess and Rain Butterfly Princess arrive and used his aura to drive off the young men who challenged him with their divine senses.
  • Yan Kuan bid on ancient records and rare materials as the auction progressed, then outbid the Northern Plains Wang Family for ten drops of Jade Dragon Marrow at three million jin of Source.
  • Yan Kuan mocked the Wang Family disciples outside the treasure vault, and Wang Chengfeng challenged him before a Nine Li Divine Dynasty expert intervened.
  • While Yan Kuan was settling his purchases, his White Jade Vial fell and released a violent clash of Purple Qi and Divine Flame that killed Wang Chengfeng and nearly half the Wang Family group.
  • Yan Kuan retrieved and suppressed the vial, telling the arriving Moon Spirit Princess and Rain Butterfly Princess that its Spirit-infused Purple Jade King had caused the destruction.

Ch. 156A Beauty by His Side

Yan Kuan became a lord of Anping Kingdom by trading Jade Dragon Marrow for the Wild Hut territory, then traveled there with Rain Butterfly Princess and Old Sickly. He reached the ruined border city beside the House of Extraordinary Individuals’ chosen mountain gate, where he studied the land’s strange spiritual geography.

  • Yan Kuan exchanged Source and Divine Source for the Wang Family’s purchases, then offered Rain Butterfly Princess Jade Dragon Marrow in return for an introduction to the Anping Imperial Lord.
  • Yan Kuan told Rain Butterfly Princess he wanted to become lord of the Wild Hut territory, and she agreed to help him.
  • Yan Kuan traded three drops of Jade Dragon Marrow to the royal family and Xiao Family for the land, and the old Imperial Lord asked Grand Tutor Xiao to assess him.
  • Yan Kuan and Rain Butterfly Princess traveled toward the Wild Hut territory, where he guessed that the Great Emperor’s cottage had once been the Grand Sovereign’s retreat.
  • Yan Kuan observed the sacred mountain selected by the House of Extraordinary Individuals and noticed that the neighboring Wild Hut territory was strikingly desolate.
  • Yan Kuan arrived with Rain Butterfly Princess and Old Sickly at the ruined city within his new territory.
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