Arc 7The Mystic Gate and Ten Thousand Dragons Nest

Yan Kuan crushed the Assassin Dynasties, established the Mystic Gate, and pursued ancient treasures while Ye Fan advanced toward the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone. The arc ended with Yan Kuan’s group discovering an Immortal Treasure Secret Scroll and a map of Kunlun in Ten Thousand Dragons Nest.

  • Yan Kuan defeated the Eastern Wilderness’s powerful factions at Fire Demon Ridge, then defeated Hell and Human World with his allies and restored Jiang Taixu.
  • Yan Kuan killed the Dark Night Monarch and a Half-Saint, helped revive the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, and returned to Divine City as Jiang Taixu emerged restored and named Ye Fan his direct disciple.
  • Yan Kuan traveled with Monkey to Jade Pool, took the sealed egg from the Stone King, and went to Fallen Eagle Cliff to extract the Immortal Phoenix Blood Essence.
  • Yan Kuan tempered the Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda with the battlefield’s Divine Laws, then redirected a tribulation against Heavenly Emperor's Son and the Eight Divine Generals.
  • Ye Fan survived the curse that appeared during his Four Extremes breakthrough by entering the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, and Yan Kuan later distributed the Sacred Fruits among Ye Fan, Monkey, and Elder Gai Jiuyou.
  • Yan Kuan founded the Mystic Gate at Fire Demon Ridge and sent Wang Lie and the Wang Family toward Ice Snow Palace to suppress the revived Nethergod Palace ruins.
  • Yan Kuan and his companions entered Ten Thousand Dragons Nest, where Xiao Nannan befriended the True Dragon Undying Medicine and Yan Kuan found a human Sage sealed in Divine Source.
  • Yan Kuan’s group discovered four Ancient Coffins in a Dragon Wood nest, and an opened coffin yielded an Immortal Treasure Secret Scroll that Monkey recognized from his father’s studies.
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Ch. 157Return to the Northern Domain, Turmoil Rises in Li City

Yan Kuan established a spatial passage between Lu City and the Northern Domain, then traveled with Rain Butterfly Princess and Old Sickly to investigate the Ancient Tomb beneath Li City. They reached a radiant palace complex beyond the Yellow Springs River.

  • Yan Kuan restored order in Lu City and explored the mysterious Wild Hut with Old Sickly, who sensed traces of ancient spatial power among the locust trees.
  • Yan Kuan proposed building a spatial passage linking Lu City to the Northern Domain Divine City, and Rain Butterfly Princess agreed to help fund the project.
  • Yan Kuan activated the passage and left Silver Ape and Night Sky Wolf to guard it while he, Rain Butterfly Princess, and Old Sickly traveled to the Northern Domain.
  • After hearing that cultivators were gathering over the Nine Secrets of Li City, Yan Kuan led his companions to the Ancient Tomb, where factions had already fought through the Yin Soldiers and entered the underground palace.
  • Yan Kuan and his companions crossed the underground complex and the Yellow Springs River, arriving at a bright, holy palace surrounded by lush vegetation.

Ch. 158Ancient Artifact: Black Gourd

Yan Kuan seized the Radiant Divine Hall from the Underground Palace and fought the Great Abilities who pursued him. He then found Ye Fan and Big Black Dog reinforcing a seal, recovered the Black Gourd from the Purple Mansion Holy Son, and took them to Tianxuan Stone Gambling House.

  • Yan Kuan inspected the Radiant Divine Hall, expelled everyone inside, and stored the palace in a Secret Treasure.
  • Yan Kuan challenged Peacock King, then faced the Old Peng King, Holy Lord Yaoguang Li Daoqing, and a Purple Mansion Great Ability as the Underground Palace erupted into battle.
  • Yan Kuan appeared in a valley with Old Sickly and Rain Butterfly Princess, knocked Ye Fan and Big Black Dog on the head, and scolded them for drawing attention to the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron.
  • Ye Fan released the Purple Mansion Holy Son, and Yan Kuan searched him and found a Black Gourd that Old Sickly identified as a damaged ancient weapon from the Celestial War.
  • Ye Fan resuppressed the Purple Mansion Holy Son and concealed his appearance, then Yan Kuan took Ye Fan and Big Black Dog to Tianxuan Stone Gambling House.

Ch. 159Choose the Wang Family Stone Gambling House

Yan Kuan reunited with Ye Fan and learned about his recent adventures, then warned him away from the Life Forbidden Zones. After Gai Jiuyou revealed his identity, Yan Kuan proposed targeting the Wang Family Stone Gambling House for Ye Fan’s stone-gambling plan.

  • Yan Kuan returned to Tianxuan Stone Gambling House with Old Sickly and Rain Butterfly Princess, where Xiao Nannan and Little Tingting greeted him.
  • Ye Fan explained how he learned the Source Celestial Tome and Battle Saint Technique, pursued clues to the Nine Secrets, and discovered that the Line Word Incantation was at Saint Cliff.
  • Ye Fan gave Yan Kuan Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold and the Fourth Generation Source Celestial Master's notebook, and Yan Kuan warned him not to enter Life Forbidden Zones.
  • Ye Fan spoke about Duan De and Gai Jiuyou, then learned that Old Sickly was Gai Jiuyou and apologized to him.
  • Ye Fan told Yan Kuan that he planned to gamble on stones with Tu Fei and the bandits, and Yan Kuan directed him to target the Wang Family Stone Gambling House instead.

Ch. 160Thirteen Great Bandits Gather

Yan Kuan summoned the Thirteen Great Bandits and demanded their submission, revealing his control over the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Can and defeating Jiang Yi in a clash of secret arts. Old Undying recognized Yan Kuan’s overwhelming advantages, leaving the bandits facing the prospect of yielding.

  • Ye Fan agreed to contact Tu Fei and the others, while Yan Kuan sent Rain Butterfly Princess to recruit factions and arrange a Space Wormhole at the Wang Family Stone Gambling House.
  • Yan Kuan entrusted a hundred-thousand-year tea tree to Old Sickly, Wei Yi, and Jiang Taixu before the Thirteen Great Bandits gathered in Old Undying’s secret realm.
  • Azure Flood Dragon King reported Yan Kuan’s strength and his invitation to the bandits, and Old Undying led all thirteen to meet him at Fire Demon Ridge.
  • Yan Kuan summoned the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Can from Tu Tian and said its rightful owner wanted it, while the bandits failed to suppress its Imperial Might.
  • Jiang Yi attacked Yan Kuan with the Fourteen Blood-colored Banners, but Yan Kuan countered with the Battle Saint Technique and sent him flying.
  • Old Undying stopped Azure Flood Dragon King from challenging Yan Kuan and warned that none of the bandits could match his many secret arts and inheritances.

Ch. 161Heavenly Geniuses Gather, Northern Domain Stirs

Yan Kuan forced Old Undying and the Thirteen Great Bandits to accept his alliance, then turned his attention to the growing gathering of young geniuses in Divine City. After Ye Fan brought back several rare treasures, Yan Kuan prepared him to begin their plan and sent him out with weapons for protection.

  • Yan Kuan borrowed the power of Fire Demon Ridge to fight Old Undying, but suffered a serious wound and recognized the gap between them.
  • Old Undying agreed to Yan Kuan's proposal, and he and the other twelve bandits addressed Yan Kuan as Sage Lord.
  • Ye Fan killed ten Yaoguang disciples who had come to restore their Holy Land's reputation, took the King Kong Bangle, and returned to Divine City with Tu Fei and the Black Dog.
  • At Tianxuan Stone Gambling House, Ye Fan encountered Xia Jiuyou and Elder Gai, then presented Yan Kuan with the God Striking Whip, the King Kong Bangle, and two ancient metal fragments.
  • Yan Kuan identified the fragments as material from a Supreme Ancient Artifact, kept the God Striking Whip and King Kong Bangle for examination, and gave Ye Fan a Trigram Treasure Box and a Golden Crow Fan for protection.

Ch. 162Beauties Compete in Dance at the Immortal Palace

Ye Fan, disguised as Gu Feng, built his reputation by winning stone bets while Yan Kuan advised him to target the Origin Arts clans. Yan Kuan and Rain Butterfly Princess attended a lively Immortal Palace banquet, where Yan Kuan drew the attention of several prominent beauties and Ye Fan anxiously faced people connected to his past.

  • Ye Fan cut a rare spiritual medicine from a stone at Dao One Stone Gambling House, but a mysterious Supreme Great Power bought it for two hundred thousand jin of Source and vanished.
  • Ye Fan gained fame as Gu Feng after winning nine of ten bets, and Yan Kuan urged him to challenge the Origin Arts clans and investigate valuable stones at the Ji and Yaoguang stone gambling houses.
  • Yan Kuan gave the Nine-Aperture Stone Man's head to Yan Kuan, who planned for Little Tingting to refine it into her Lifebound Artifact.
  • Yan Kuan took Rain Butterfly Princess to the Immortal Palace, where Ye Fan introduced him to Xia Yiming, Yao Yuekong, and An Miaoyi.
  • Yan Ruyu, Yao Xi, the Jade Pool Saintess, and Qin Yao arrived at the banquet, and Yan Kuan gave Yan Ruyu a life-preserving pill for Qin Yao.
  • An Miaoyi left Yan Kuan's side and danced among the plum blossoms as Rain Butterfly Princess approached.

Ch. 163Assassin Dynasty, Wang Family Stone Gambling House

Yan Kuan recruited Qi Luo and the remnants of Heavenly Court to lure Hell and Human World into a trap by targeting Wang Teng, while Ye Fan prepared for a massive Origin Arts duel at the Wang Family Stone Gambling House. The duel ended in a devastating Source Heaven array explosion, and Yan Kuan sealed the ruined Stone Workshop with his Saint Weapon.

  • Old Handle denied attacking the Yaoguang elders and told Ye Fan that a powerful figure linked to the Yaoguang Holy Son had pursued them from the Ancient Primordial Mines.
  • Yan Kuan showed Old Handle the Heavenly Court scepter and summoned Qi Luo, then offered Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold to persuade him to help destroy Hell and Human World by drawing them toward Wang Teng.
  • Yan Kuan brought the Golden Little Elf back to Tianxuan Stone Gambling House, where Xiao Nannan, Tingting, Yan Ruyu, and Qin Yao delighted in playing with it.
  • Ye Fan, disguised as Gu Feng, arrived at the Wang Family Stone Gambling House to face four Origin Arts Grandmasters in a duel with a wager of 1.5 million jin of Source.
  • Ye Fan's side cut valuable treasures from three stones, while the Origin Arts Grandmasters' stones proved empty and their final stone triggered a deadly Source Heaven array.
  • Yan Kuan sealed the burning Wang Family Stone Gambling House with his Saint Weapon after Ye Fan blamed the destruction on the Origin Arts Clans.

Ch. 164Divine King Reborn, Severing All Origin

After the Assassin Dynasties issued execution orders for Wang Teng, Yan Kuan brought Ye Fan and Xiao Nannan to Sky Village, then led Qi Luo and others to Fire Demon Ridge. There, Jiang Taixu restored his body, gave his Divine Blood to Little Tingting, and began severing his Origin as Yan Kuan revealed a Divine Cave.

  • Hell and Human World issued execution orders for Wang Teng, prompting the Eastern Wilderness’s powerful factions to gather in Divine City and discuss the Assassin Dynasties’ return.
  • Yan Kuan took Ye Fan and Xiao Nannan to Sky Village, where Qi Luo showed them Heavenly Court’s Golden Scepter, which Yan Kuan had unsealed.
  • Qi Luo reported that a hidden Sage had killed the Assassin King who attacked the Wang Family, and Yan Kuan asked him to help lure Hell and Human World toward him after a visit to Fire Demon Ridge.
  • Big Black Dog reported that members of the Yin Yang Sect had tried to take Xiao Nannan, and Yan Kuan vowed to seek an explanation from Wang Yangzhan.
  • At Fire Demon Ridge, Yan Kuan arranged the terrain while Jiang Taixu used the Li Fire Divine Furnace and Divine King Rebirth Art to restore himself, then gave his Divine Blood to Little Tingting and used the Overture of the Gods to temper her constitution.
  • Jiang Taixu began severing his Origin for a chance to live a Second Life, and Yan Kuan announced that the time had come as a Divine Cave appeared.

Ch. 165Defeating Every Sage Lord, Invincible in the Eastern Wilderness

Yan Kuan lured the Eastern Wilderness’s greatest powers to Fire Demon Ridge and challenged them to prove his supremacy. After defeating Peacock King, Red Dragon Old Daoist, and the gathered Holy Lords, he stood unrivaled in the Eastern Wilderness.

  • Yan Kuan used Fire Demon Ridge’s ninety-nine Dragon Mountains to refine life-saving medicine for Jiang Taixu, but the heavenly tribulation destroyed all but the mountain where Jiang Taixu was undergoing transformation.
  • Yan Kuan had Gai Jiuyou teach Little Tingting the Weapon Incantation and oversaw the forging of weapons from the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold, including the Nine-Aperture Stone Man’s companion sword.
  • Yan Kuan ordered Qi Luo to spread news of a supreme treasure at Fire Demon Ridge, drawing the region’s Holy Lords, living fossils, and other great powers to the site.
  • Yan Kuan revealed his King Body and challenged the gathered experts, then defeated Peacock King, Red Dragon Old Daoist, and Wang Zheng in succession.
  • When the other powers attacked together, Yan Kuan swallowed Wang Yangzhan and the Yin Yang Mirror with the Myriad Crow Divine Fire Bottle, then defeated the remaining Holy Lords and Great Powers.

Ch. 166Nine Revolutions Bodhi, Hell Goddaughter

After establishing his dominance in the Eastern Wilderness, Yan Kuan refined a Bodhi Great Restoration Pill that could help cultivators break through the Saint Domain Barrier, while Old Undying survived a Saint Path lightning tribulation and reached Half-Saint. Hell and Human World traced Yan Kuan’s identity and sent Hell’s Divine Daughter to negotiate, leaving him face-to-face with her in his palace as she unleashed her killing intent.

  • Yan Kuan defeated the Eastern Wilderness’s powerful factions, declared that he would wait a thousand years for its young prodigies, and returned to Fire Demon Ridge.
  • Yan Kuan used the Dragon Mountain Earth Fire and Ye Fan’s Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron to refine a Bodhi Great Restoration Pill, while Old Undying broke through to Half-Saint and faced Saint Path lightning.
  • The Nine-Grade Treasure Pill transformed into a humanlike being before Yan Kuan subdued it and explained that it could give a Great Accomplishment King a fifty percent chance to break through to Half-Saint.
  • Yan Kuan refined more Bodhi Great Restoration Pills, advanced his Burning Art to the Nine Revolutions Realm, and learned that Hell and Human World had uncovered his identity and planned to demand more payment.
  • Yan Kuan returned to Divine City and met Hell’s masked Divine Daughter in his palace; when he teased her about removing her Ghost Face, she unleashed her killing intent and summoned the vision of Senluo Hall.

Ch. 167Killing with a Backhand, Bloodshed in the Divine Dynasties

Yan Kuan exposed the Assassin Dynasties’ attacks and killed Hell Goddaughter’s allies before gathering the Eastern Wilderness Sage Lords to demand a united campaign against Hell and Human World. The Assassin Dynasties launched a counterattack at the gathering, but Yan Kuan’s hidden imperial weapons and array trapped their forces as the slaughter began.

  • Yan Kuan defeated Hell Goddaughter, killed Human World Divine Son and two Killing Path Kings, then converted Hell Goddaughter with the Scripture of Salvation.
  • Hell and Human World vowed revenge, while news of Yan Kuan’s victories spread throughout the regions and Sage Lords gathered in Divine City at his summons.
  • Yan Kuan accused the Assassin Dynasties of threatening the Eastern Wilderness, revealed Human World Divine Son’s corpse, struck down a Yin Yang Sect expert, and called for Hell and Human World to be eradicated.
  • Human World’s Divine Daughter and Hell Divine Son attempted to assassinate Yan Kuan, but he captured the former and outpaced the latter as the Assassin Dynasties’ forces arrived.
  • The attackers activated the Hell Soul-Calming Tower, but Yan Kuan’s forces unleashed the Beginningless Killing Array, the Azure Lotus Emperor Weapon, and the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Can.
  • The trapped Assassin Dynasty forces were overwhelmed, and their experts fell in large numbers inside Divine City.

Ch. 168Three Imperial Weapons, Assaulting Hell

Yan Kuan and his allies launched a campaign against Hell and Human World, destroying their scattered strongholds and storming Hell’s hidden ancestral realm. As Hell’s Great Saint formation threatened to bury the invaders, Jiang Yun unleashed the Sun God Furnace, and the final battle began.

  • Yan Kuan warned the assembled forces against reckless action, then Jiang Yi told the Jiang Clan that Jiang Taixu was trapped by the Assassin Dynasties and urged them to join the assault with the Sun God Furnace.
  • Jiang Yi revealed the recovered Imperial Weapon to Jiang Ren, Jiang Yun, and Jiang Yifei, while news spread that Jiang Taixu might still be alive; Jiang Yun and Jiang Yi then joined the campaign with the Sun God Furnace.
  • Yan Kuan led the allied army through the Eastern Wilderness, destroying Hell and Human World’s scattered strongholds and converting many of their surviving assassins.
  • Yan Kuan and Big Black Dog entered Hell’s hidden ancestral realm, where Yan Kuan suppressed a Great Accomplishment King and his Ancestral King Puppet fought Hell’s Saint-Level Guardian Stone Beast.
  • Qi Luo and Old Undying cleared a path through Hell’s defenses, but a Killing Saint Phantom activated the realm’s Great Saint-level Slaughter Formation to destroy the invaders.
  • Jiang Yun brought forth the Sun God Furnace and unleashed its Divine Fire to refine Hell’s God Realmlet.

Ch. 169Heavenly Domain Divine Soil

Yan Kuan and Sky Village tracked the Ancient God Dynasty and Human World to a hidden Heavenly Domain and launched an assault on their refuge. Qi Luo rescued his seventh son and broke through to the Sage Realm after killing an enemy Killing Saint, but learning what his son had endured left him overwhelmed with grief.

  • The army took Human World's Mystic Realm and learned Qi Luo's seventh son had been taken to the dynasties' hidden refuge.
  • Yan Kuan located the Heavenly Domain, and the army entered the Chaos Wasteland to attack the Ancient God Dynasty's stronghold.
  • Jiang Taixu revived the Sun God Furnace while Yan Kuan used the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Can to break the enemy formations.
  • Qi Luo intercepted his bloodied seventh son and placed him in a Saint Weapon to recover.
  • A Killing Saint wounded Qi Luo in a feint, but Qi Luo revived Heavenly Court's Golden Scepter and killed him after breaking through to the Sage Realm.
  • Qi Luo examined the enemy's fragmented divine consciousness, glimpsed his son's life, and wept and roared in grief.

Ch. 170Shaking the Big Dipper

Yan Kuan’s expedition destroyed the Ancient God Dynasty’s Assassin forces, recovered their treasures and the remains of slain prodigies, and prepared to rebuild the Heaven Earth Human Three Divisions under the Mystic Gate. Back in Divine City, the campaign’s victory shook Big Dipper, while the Jiang Clan guarded the rescued but dying Jiang Taixu and searched desperately for a way to save him.

  • Gai Jiuyou slew both Killing Ancestors with two fingers, and Qi Luo killed the last Killing Saint by fighting him inside a heavenly tribulation.
  • Yan Kuan’s group defeated or converted the remaining defenders, including a hidden Puppet Killing Saint, then seized the dynasties’ World Stones and other treasures.
  • Jiang Taixu led Jiang Yi and Jiang Yun in recovering their ancestors’ bones, while Yan Kuan planned to rebuild the Mystic Gate’s assassin divisions under Qi Luo and the Divine Daughters of Hell and Human World.
  • Yan Kuan returned to Divine City and invited the sacred lands to reclaim their ancestors’ skulls, confirming the campaign’s victory and causing an uproar across Big Dipper.
  • News spread that Jiang Taixu had survived for four thousand years and returned to the Jiang Clan, but his body and divine consciousness were nearly extinguished, so the clan sought medicines and life-saving methods.

Ch. 171Dark Night Monarch, Shut the Door and Kill the Dogs

Yan Kuan helped Jiang Taixu repel an attack on the Dragon Transformation Pool, then killed the Dark Night Monarch after the conspirators’ ambush was exposed. Jiang Taixu reunited with Fairy Caiyun, while Yan Kuan left to pursue the clashing Imperial Weapons.

  • Jiang Taixu and Yan Kuan waited at the Dragon Transformation Pool as enemies gathered to prevent Jiang Taixu’s recovery.
  • Yan Kuan joined Ye Fan and the young cultivators beneath the moon, then sensed the assault beginning as the Sun God Furnace confronted an enemy Imperial Weapon.
  • Yan Kuan defeated thirteen Supreme Great Abilities and suppressed three ancient monsters who had survived for four thousand years.
  • Fairy Caiyun reached Jiang Taixu, and the two reunited after four thousand years; the Dark Night Monarch then emerged from hiding and challenged Yan Kuan.
  • Yan Kuan killed the Dark Night Monarch with the Qingyang Palace Lantern and pursued the two Imperial Weapons into the Void.

Ch. 172Dragon-Patterned Imperial Cauldron, Peerless Empress

Yan Kuan defeated a Half-Saint of the Ruthless Empress’s Hidden Lineage, claimed the complete inheritance, and helped awaken the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron’s Deity before returning to Divine City with Xiao Nannan. There, Jiang Taixu shielded Ye Fan from the gathered factions, while Peng King and the Holy Lord Yaoguang asked that their imprisoned descendants and disciples be released.

  • Yan Kuan fought the Half-Saint, overcame his Myriad Transformations Saint Art, and devoured him while taking the complete Ruthless Empress inheritance.
  • The Half-Saint’s blood sacrifice summoned the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, and Yan Kuan used the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Can and Origin Patterns to aid both Imperial Weapons’ revival.
  • The Cauldron’s Deity appeared, welcomed Xiao Nannan’s embrace, and departed after Yan Kuan promised to care for her; Yan Kuan then killed the Half-Saint and returned to Divine City.
  • Jiang Taixu emerged restored, unsealed Divine City, and warned the assembled factions against using their seniority to target Ye Fan, whom he named as his direct disciple.
  • Peng King and the Holy Lord Yaoguang asked Jiang Taixu to release their grandson and disciples, whom Ye Fan had suppressed.

Ch. 173Taking Control of Yaoguang, Please Cherish Me, Holy Lord Senior Brother

After Jiang Taixu freed Ye Fan and the other captives, Yan Kuan assassinated Holy Lord Yaoguang Li Daoqing and took his place by guiding Yaoguang Holy Son to claim the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and the holy lord’s seat. He recruited Wei Wei as a trusted elder and began investigating the secrets beneath Yaoguang Holy Land, while Wei Wei and Yao Xi’s rivalry surfaced.

  • Jiang Taixu freed the Purple Mansion Holy Son, Little Peng King, and Yaoguang Holy Son, then declared that cultivators below the Immortal Platform Realm could challenge Ye Fan to a life-and-death duel.
  • Yan Kuan told Ye Fan the history of the Silkworm Princess and the Fighting Saint King, then hurled a newly forged divine spear through the Void to kill Li Daoqing outside Yaoguang Holy Land.
  • After Li Daoqing’s death, Yaoguang Holy Son used the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron to defeat the former holy sons and saintesses and take the position of holy lord.
  • Yan Kuan revealed himself to Wei Wei, appointed her an elder and confidant, and taught her the Primal Chaos Holy Light Art as he prepared to enter secluded cultivation.
  • Yao Xi questioned Wei Wei about her appointment and what had happened between her and the new holy lord, and Wei Wei answered that she had complied with his wishes and criticized Yao Xi’s distant manner.

Ch. 174Yaochi Sacred Land

Yan Kuan met with the Jade Pool Saintess, who revealed that Jade Pool had recognized his Origin Arts and asked for his help. After teasing her and seeing her true face, he accompanied her toward Jade Pool Pure Land, where he noticed a Fighting Saint Ape and asked the Saintess to invite him along.

  • Ye Fan told Yan Kuan that the Jade Pool Saintess had discovered his Gu Feng identity and wanted to meet him.
  • Yan Kuan visited the Jade Pool Stone Gambling House, where the Saintess explained that Jade Pool recognized the Source Celestial Master’s Origin Arts and had noticed clues about his identity.
  • Yan Kuan used his Divine Eyes to see the Saintess’s face, teased her until she attacked him, and effortlessly restrained her.
  • The Saintess agreed to go with Yan Kuan to Jade Pool Holy Land and played the zither for him despite her anger.
  • Outside Jade Pool Pure Land, Yan Kuan spotted a Fighting Saint Ape and asked the Saintess to invite him to travel with them.

Ch. 175The Immortal Phoenix Egg

Yan Kuan visited Jade Pool with Monkey, helped Monkey nourish the Sacred Spirit in the Nine-Orifice Wondrous Stone, and obtained a Stone King containing an Immortal Phoenix egg. He took the egg to Fallen Eagle Cliff, intending to claim the being sealed inside.

  • Monkey asked Yan Kuan to help save the Silkworm Princess, and Yan Kuan said he had another way besides Jade Pool's Immortality Peach Divine Medicine.
  • Yan Kuan warned Jade Pool that its Nine-Orifice Wondrous Stone contained a Sacred Spirit, then suggested Monkey's blood could help it mature; Monkey agreed to give blood in exchange for Jade Pool's favor and a peach.
  • Yan Kuan and Monkey each ate an Immortality Peach, and Yan Kuan took their pits, promising to try growing new peach trees in Immortal Soil.
  • Yan Kuan offered Jade Pool a fifty-thousand-year Lesser Medicine King for a Dragon Loach, but West Queen Mother refused and led the group to Jade Pool's treasured stones.
  • Yan Kuan broke open the Stone King, sealed the snow-white egg inside, and stored it in the Ten Thousand Crows Vase; he told Monkey to find Ye Fan in Divine City if he needed help saving his aunt.
  • Yan Kuan traveled to Fallen Eagle Cliff, where he planned to claim the Immortal Phoenix sealed in the egg.

Ch. 176Kingly Divine Weapon

Yan Kuan used the Human-Faced Ghost Lantern to explore Fallen Eagle Cliff, harvested Nethergrass and Yellow Springs water, and drew the descendants of the Eight Divine Generals to the battlefield by draining the Immortal Phoenix egg. He began a Heavenly Tribulation to forge the Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda into a King's Divine Weapon while evolving his own King's Dao, and the weapon’s Divine Fetus continued to form.

  • Yan Kuan followed yin soldiers through the Primordial Battlefield to a Netherworld path, where he collected Nethergrass and sealed the Yellow Springs Pool in a White Jade Vial.
  • Yan Kuan entered a battlefield filled with ancient Divine Laws and began extracting Immortal Phoenix Blood Essence from the egg inside the Stone King.
  • The disturbance awakened primordial races, and the descendants of the Eight Divine Generals gathered outside Fallen Eagle Cliff to rescue the god’s descendant.
  • Yan Kuan revealed the Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda and used the battlefield’s Divine Laws and the Heavenly Tribulation to temper it into a King's Divine Weapon.
  • Yan Kuan sat beneath the Ancient Bodhi Tree’s phantom image and evolved his own King's Dao by reforging his Wheel Sea.
  • The Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda absorbed countless Divine Laws as a Divine Fetus resembling Yan Kuan formed within it.

Ch. 177Returning to the Forbidden Grounds

Yan Kuan survived the nine-day lightning tribulation by deceiving heaven, while the remnants of the Eight Divine Generals escaped with Heavenly Emperor's Son's cracked Immortal Egg. He later guided Ye Fan to enter the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone for his Four Extremes breakthrough, but a Dao Diagram appeared to strike Ye Fan as the chapter ended.

  • Yan Kuan used Bodhi Tree insights and Heaven-Deceiving Array Patterns to redirect the lightning tribulation toward Heavenly Emperor's Son and the Eight Divine Generals.
  • The Eight Divine Generals and Ancestral Kings fought through the nine-day tribulation, suffering heavy losses before escaping with the cracked Immortal Egg.
  • Yan Kuan emerged from the ruins with his body shattered but his Lifebound Divine Tower intact, and began rebuilding himself toward Great Accomplishment King.
  • Yan Kuan convinced Ye Fan to undergo his Four Extremes tribulation outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, where Ye Fan gathered vast resources and broke through.
  • Ye Fan's breakthrough summoned a Heavenly Tribulation and revealed his Immortal King Overlooking the Nine Heavens and Chaos Planting Green Lotus phenomena.
  • A profound Dao Diagram formed above Ye Fan and pressed down on him, revealing that the curse severing his path had appeared.

Ch. 178Founding the Xuanmen Sect

Ye Fan survived the Innate Dao Diagram’s attack and emerged from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone with the remaining Nine Marvelous Sacred Fruits. Yan Kuan prepared to establish the Mystic Gate at Fire Demon Ridge, where the Northern Plains Wang Family arrived in force and demanded to see him.

  • Ye Fan entered the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, where a golden-furred ancient being destroyed the Innate Dao Diagram and Ye Fan disappeared into the depths.
  • After three days, Ye Fan emerged carrying the remaining Sacred Fruits, and Yan Kuan divided them into sets for Ye Fan, Monkey, and Elder Gai Jiuyou.
  • Yan Kuan invited Elder Gai Jiuyou to remain in the Eastern Wilderness and proposed treating the Silkworm Princess at Fire Demon Ridge; Monkey agreed to consult the Divine Silkworm Ancient Clan.
  • News spread that Yan Kuan would establish the Mystic Gate at Fire Demon Ridge, and eminent figures and young talents gathered there for the sect’s founding.
  • The Northern Plains Wang Family arrived with warships, chariots, and its King Realm Beast King, then demanded to know where the Fire Domain Master was.

Ch. 179The Ancient Clans Emerge

At the Mystic Gate’s founding ceremony, Yan Kuan and Old Undying humiliated the Northern Plains Wang Family after exposing disguised ancient creatures among its ranks. Yan Kuan then tasked Wang Lie and the Wang Family with leading an expedition against the revived Nethergod Palace ruins, and they set out for Ice Snow Palace.

  • Ancestor Wang Lie arrived with the Northern Plains Wang Family, but Old Undying revealed himself as a Half-Saint and confronted him on behalf of the Mystic Gate.
  • Yan Kuan exposed ancient creatures from God Spirit Valley hiding among the Wang Family experts, subdued them, and forced Wang Lie to answer for their presence.
  • The Wang Family offered the Violet Lightning Hammer at the Mystic Gate’s founding ceremony, and other visiting powers followed with gifts.
  • At the banquet, Yan Kuan announced that the Nethergod Palace ruins had revived beneath Ice Snow Palace and asked the Wang Family to suppress the remnants.
  • Wang Lie accepted the Violet Lightning Hammer and led the Wang Family’s forces aboard their Nine Ancient Warships toward Ice Snow Palace.

Ch. 180True Dragon Undying Medicine

Wang Lie led the Wang Family into the ruins of Nethergod Palace in search of an ancestral Dragon Vein, while Yan Kuan and his companions explored Ten Thousand Dragons Nest. Xiao Nannan claimed the True Dragon Undying Medicine, and Yan Kuan sent an awakened primordial creature into the Wang Family as more ancient beings stirred.

  • Wang Lie learned that dragon qi was rising beneath Ice Snow Palace and led the Wang Family into the underground palace to find its fortune.
  • Yan Kuan told Ye Fan that Nethergod Palace had once been Ten Thousand Dragons Nest, and the group followed the dragon qi through nine Dragon Caves.
  • Ye Fan found the True Dragon Undying Medicine, and Big Black Dog identified its fruit as a treasure that could extend a Great Emperor's life.
  • Xiao Nannan pulled the True Dragon Undying Medicine from the ground, while Monkey struck back an attacking primordial creature and Yan Kuan sent it into the Wang Family's path.
  • The True Dragon Undying Medicine became close to Xiao Nannan, and Yan Kuan sent Monkey, Ye Fan, and Big Black Dog deeper into Ten Thousand Dragons Nest as more primordial creatures awakened.

Ch. 181Ancient Sage

Yan Kuan and his companions explored the deepest part of Ten Thousand Dragons Nest, uncovering a human Sage sealed in Divine Source and reaching the ancient True Dragon Nest. There, the coffin of the Heaven Swallowing Great Emperor opened, revealing an Immortal Treasure Secret Scroll before sinking back into Chaos.

  • Ye Fan spotted a human figure sealed behind stone, but Big Black Dog broke through and revealed the chained Bony Old Man in Divine Source.
  • Yan Kuan identified the captive as a human Sage from the Primordial era and stored his Divine Source block in the Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda.
  • Yan Kuan led the group through Ten Thousand Dragons Nest to a colossal Dragon Wood nest, where Big Black Dog tried and failed to take it.
  • The group saw Dragon Emperor Scales and four Ancient Coffins in the Chaos within the nest, and Big Black Dog identified them as the Heaven Swallowing Great Emperor's incarnation bodies.
  • The Fourth Incarnation Body's coffin opened, and the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Can drew out an Ancient Scroll that Yan Kuan identified as an Immortal Treasure Secret Scroll and a topographical map of Kunlun.
  • Monkey recognized the scroll as one his father had studied, and the coffin closed and sank into Chaos.
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