Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.