Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Giving You a Stroke of Fortune, Ye Qinglian’s Shock”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Qinglian offers Chen Wen a partnership: if he can help break the formation guarding a Secret Treasure Land, he may keep all the treasures he personally obtains.
• They agree to divide the rewards according to their abilities, with a promise that neither party will seize items already claimed by the other.
• Chen Wen follows Ye Qinglian through a safe, obstacle-free route, realizing that she possesses extraordinary perception and control over the dangerous region.
• They arrive at a black sea filled with Soul-Eroding Blackwater and black mist capable of invading and damaging the soul.
• Ye Qinglian warns Chen Wen that she cannot protect him while crossing and gives him ten breaths to decide whether to continue. Chen Wen accepts the risk.
• Ye Qinglian crosses first by summoning a golden Soul-Condensing Sword. Her sword and soul cultivation are perfectly fused, allowing her to split the black sea and destroy the black mist in her path.
• Chen Wen crosses afterward without using any visible protection. The black mist enters his Sea of Consciousness but is neutralized by his Soul Shield and soul spirit.
• Although Ye Qinglian is shocked by Chen Wen’s unexplained defense, he reaches the opposite shore in roughly the same amount of time as she did, proving that he is qualified to share the upcoming treasure.
• Ye Qinglian tells him to continue following her, indicating that the Secret Treasure Land is nearby.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen: Demonstrates caution, judgment, and determination. He understands that Ye Qinglian is overwhelmingly powerful but trusts that she has no immediate intention of killing him. His successful crossing of the black sea reveals an unexpectedly powerful soul defense and earns Ye Qinglian’s respect.
• Ye Qinglian: Establishes herself as a terrifyingly capable cultivator, combining profound swordsmanship with soul-path techniques. Though stern and detached, she honors her promises and tests Chen Wen fairly rather than underestimating him.
• Xian Hongshao: Acts as Chen Wen’s advisor, assessing Ye Qinglian’s character and explaining the danger of the black water. Her guidance helps Chen Wen understand both the threat and the limits of his Soul Shield.

Significant Themes

• Trust and mutual respect: Chen Wen and Ye Qinglian cooperate despite suspicion and unequal strength. Their agreement depends on clear boundaries and keeping one’s word.
• Strength as qualification: Ye Qinglian makes clear that access to great fortune requires corresponding ability. Crossing the black sea serves as a test of whether Chen Wen deserves a share.
• Hidden power and unpredictability: Both cultivators conceal remarkable abilities. Ye Qinglian’s fused sword-and-soul cultivation shocks Chen Wen, while Chen Wen’s effortless defense surprises Ye Qinglian.
• Risk and personal responsibility: Chen Wen knowingly accepts the danger of the black sea, emphasizing that advancement and fortune require facing threats without relying on others.

Character Interactions

• Ye Qinglian proposes the expedition and sets the terms, while Chen Wen negotiates the division of rewards before agreeing.
• Xian Hongshao reassures Chen Wen that Ye Qinglian is not treacherous and advises him about the Soul-Eroding Blackwater.
• Ye Qinglian warns Chen Wen repeatedly before the crossing, then demonstrates her own method first.
• Chen Wen’s unexpected success reverses the expected power dynamic briefly: Ye Qinglian, initially testing him, becomes genuinely shocked by his soul defenses.
• Despite her surprise, Ye Qinglian does not interrogate him and simply accepts his ability, allowing their partnership to continue.

Chapter Summary: Entering the Secret Treasure Land, an Unusual Trial

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Wen follows Ye Qinglian to the entrance of the Secret Treasure Land, hidden behind an apparently empty, pitch-black abyss.
• Using his spiritual energy, Chen Wen reveals the concealed formation barrier. Xian Hongshao then takes control of his body to decipher and break the formation.
• Ye Qinglian guards them while Xian Hongshao works, killing any intruders who approach and ensuring that Chen Wen is not disturbed.
• After roughly half an hour, Xian Hongshao successfully breaks the powerful formation. Ye Qinglian is impressed and confirms that she will honor her promise to Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen warns that the treasure land may contain either great fortune or great danger—or both. Ye Qinglian confidently assures him that she can protect his life, leading to playful and sarcastic exchanges between them.
• Once the entrance stabilizes, Ye Qinglian enters first, followed by Chen Wen.
• They arrive in a completely sealed chamber covered with ancient runes and incantations. The walls begin slowly compressing inward, creating a deadly countdown.
• Chen Wen realizes the chamber is likely a trial. He theorizes that deciphering the inscriptions or comprehending one of them may be the key to escaping.
• He warns Ye Qinglian that acting on his theory is a gamble: if he is wrong, they may waste their limited time and be crushed.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen: Demonstrates confidence in his formation abilities and remains observant under pressure. He recognizes the danger of the shrinking chamber quickly and thinks strategically, though he admits uncertainty and urges Ye Qinglian to make her own judgment.
• Xian Hongshao: Displays exceptional formation mastery by taking over Chen Wen’s body and breaking an extremely complex formation. Her skill reinforces her importance as Chen Wen’s formation-related ally.
• Ye Qinglian: Shows fierce competence and ruthlessness while protecting Chen Wen, eliminating all potential intruders. Though outwardly cold and sarcastic, she honors her promises and appears genuinely willing to protect him.

Significant Themes

• Trust and cooperation: Chen Wen relies on Xian Hongshao’s expertise and Ye Qinglian’s protection, while Ye Qinglian takes a gamble on Chen Wen’s abilities.
• Risk and uncertainty: Entering the Secret Treasure Land means wagering their lives, with no certainty that the rewards will outweigh the dangers.
• Hidden talent and mutual recognition: Ye Qinglian recognizes Chen Wen’s exceptional formation skills and considers introducing him to another talented formation cultivator.
• Life-and-death trials: The shrinking chamber transforms the treasure hunt into an urgent test of insight, comprehension, and decision-making.

Character Interactions

• Ye Qinglian tests Chen Wen’s ability to locate the hidden entrance, then protects him while he works.
• Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao cooperate closely, with Chen Wen willingly surrendering control of his body so she can break the formation.
• Chen Wen and Ye Qinglian exchange teasing, sarcastic remarks about repayment, death, and her promise to protect him, revealing a developing familiarity beneath their formal relationship.
• After entering the chamber, Chen Wen shares his theory with Ye Qinglian rather than acting recklessly, emphasizing both his caution and his respect for her judgment.

Plot points

• Ye Qinglian identifies four wall inscriptions as cultivation arts: sword, body refinement, fist, and one she cannot decipher. Believing each person gets only one chance, she advises Chen Wen to choose carefully and selects the sword art.
• Chen Wen chooses the obscure inscription instead. Using the Supreme Meditation Technique to boost his comprehension, he successfully learns the Soul-Controlling Spirit-Locking Art, which lets him control Soul Power with precision and use it offensively. It also strengthens his ability to wield the Immortal Sword Art.
• A voice announces that Chen Wen has earned the right to leave, and an exit appears. Ye Qinglian awakens and is shocked to learn he mastered the inscription she found unfathomable; she had only understood half of it. Chen Wen departs, while she returns to her own study.
• After arriving elsewhere in Death God Valley, Chen Wen discusses Ye Qinglian’s talent with Xian Hongshao. She confirms Ye Qinglian has comprehended half of her chosen art and says helping her was worthwhile, given the powerful force that must stand behind her.
• Xian Hongshao guides Chen Wen to the ruined Death God Palace, which appears to have been violently torn apart. She tells him to sense the place before asking questions, and he begins to do so.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Wen gains a major new ability and shows confidence in tackling difficult challenges, but remains grounded: he says his survival depends on his own efforts, not Ye Qinglian’s potential connections.
• Ye Qinglian recognizes that she had underestimated Chen Wen. Her shock turns into admiration and curiosity about his future performance in the Selection Tournament, expected in about four months.
• Xian Hongshao praises Chen Wen’s awareness and confidence, then shifts the focus toward the next objective—the palace—guiding him while withholding further explanation.

Significant themes

• Talent and ambition: Chen Wen’s extraordinary comprehension surprises even a formidable genius like Ye Qinglian.
• Preparation and self-reliance: Chen Wen values the opportunity Ye Qinglian may represent but insists that his own survival depends on his own strength.
• Risk and choice: With only one chance to learn an art, each character must commit to a single path.
• Hidden mysteries: The ruined Death God Palace and Xian Hongshao’s cryptic instructions set up the next discovery.

Chapter Summary: “A Unique Suppression, Braving the Barrier”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Wen probes the mysterious Death God Palace through an enlightened state but is violently shaken by its residual pressure and forced to withdraw.
• Xian Hongshao explains that the palace’s pressure is only a remnant. In its complete form, it could have crushed Chen Wen instantly.
• She reveals that the Death God Palace—and possibly the entire Death God Valley—does not belong to the current world or even the current era. However, she cannot identify its origin.
• To enter, Chen Wen must withstand the palace’s pressure, relying primarily on physical strength rather than external resistance, since resisting directly would only intensify the attacks.
• Chen Wen accepts the challenge, viewing it as an opportunity to test and temper his body, mind, and will.
• As he advances, the palace subjects him to three major trials:
  • Crushing physical pressure.
  • Bone-piercing cold that invades his body.
  • Mental and spiritual attacks involving visions of corpses, blood, and Ghost Fiends.
• Chen Wen endures the torment instead of merely resisting it, deliberately using the pressure to strengthen his will and approach the Fourth-Level Great Emperor Will Realm.
• He reaches the palace entrance covered in blood, but the pressure suddenly disappears. Nourishing feedback restores his body, strengthens his blood vitality, and improves his will.
• Chen Wen opens the remaining half of the palace door. Beyond it is an astonishing, seemingly impossible new world, leaving him stunned.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen demonstrates increasing confidence, endurance, and strategic awareness. He recognizes that the palace’s suppression can serve as cultivation rather than simply an obstacle.
• His physical body withstands extreme pressure and cold, while his mind and will survive terrifying spiritual attacks.
• Chen Wen’s will improves noticeably, giving him renewed hope of breaking into the Fourth-Level Great Emperor Will Realm.
• Xian Hongshao acts as an informed guide and evaluator. She understands the palace’s nature and deliberately prepares Chen Wen for the challenge, while remaining calm and unsurprised by the strange phenomena.

Significant Themes

• Growth through suffering: Extreme pain and danger become tools for advancement when endured with purpose.
• Physical, mental, and spiritual unity: The trial tests more than bodily strength; true progress requires resilience of the mind and will.
• The unknown and the ancient: The palace’s existence outside the current world and era hints at a much older, mysterious history.
• Balance over brute force: Chen Wen succeeds by regulating his pace and maintaining equilibrium rather than recklessly forcing his way forward.
• Thresholds and qualification: The palace selectively permits entry, suggesting that access to its secrets must be earned.

Character Interactions

• Chen Wen repeatedly questions Xian Hongshao about the palace’s origin and the method of entry.
• Xian Hongshao warns him of the danger but does not prevent him from attempting the trial, clearly believing he is capable of facing it.
• Their exchange about a “guest upon entering the door” adds humor and illustrates how the palace’s pressure ceases once Chen Wen successfully crosses the threshold.
• After Chen Wen enters, Xian Hongshao remains composed while he is overwhelmed by the extraordinary sight inside the hall, implying that she expected the revelation.

Chapter Summary: Death God Origin, Death God’s Scythe

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Wen enters the ruined Death God Palace and initially sees an illusion of its former prosperity, filled with powerful cultivators and active cultivation. He dispels the illusion with the help of his soul spirit and realizes it is merely an image of the palace’s glorious past.
• Guided by Xian Hongshao, he explores the palace despite its apparent emptiness. They eventually reach a ruined secret chamber that once belonged to a powerful cultivator.
• Although Chen Wen cannot detect anything valuable, Xian Hongshao senses a hidden object and takes control of his body. Using ancient formation seals, she breaks the concealed formation and reveals a hidden stone chest.
• The chest contains three items:
  1. A black, rune-filled substance sealed inside a golden sphere.
  2. A Hidden Martial Stone containing an inheritance.
  3. An unclaimed Spatial Ring.
• Chen Wen examines the sealed substance and nearly suffers a devastating backlash when his Spiritual Energy touches it. Xian Hongshao identifies it as Death God Origin, an origin source of power.
• Xian Hongshao explains that Chen Wen can fuse with the Death God Origin, but warns him not to make it a second primary cultivation path alongside the Supreme Chaos Art. Instead, he should use it to support a compatible cultivation art or divine technique.
• Chen Wen activates the Hidden Martial Stone and receives the inheritance of Death God’s Scythe.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen demonstrates greater caution and maturity. Though excited by the discovery, he suppresses his impatience and carefully investigates each treasure rather than acting recklessly.
• He gains a potentially powerful new cultivation resource in the Death God Origin and an accompanying technique that could greatly expand his combat abilities.
• Xian Hongshao continues to act as Chen Wen’s knowledgeable guide and protector. She understands the palace’s hidden formations, breaks the seal for him, and provides crucial advice about balancing his primary and auxiliary cultivation paths.
• Their relationship shows increasing trust: Chen Wen willingly relinquishes control of his body to Xian Hongshao, confident that she will help him uncover the hidden treasure.

Significant Themes

• The passage of time and impermanence: The palace’s illusion of prosperity contrasts sharply with its present ruin, emphasizing that even great civilizations and powerful cultivators eventually disappear.
• Hidden legacies: The secret chamber, sealed treasures, and inheritance stone show how ancient experts preserved their knowledge and power for future inheritors.
• Discipline and balance in cultivation: Xian Hongshao warns Chen Wen against pursuing too many primary paths. Strength must be developed in a controlled and complementary manner.
• Power and its burden: Death God’s Scythe can theoretically grow without limit, but the power accumulated within the body places increasing strain on its user. Greater strength therefore requires greater endurance and control.
• Inheritance and adaptation: Chen Wen does not simply obtain an artifact; he receives a method that must be cultivated and integrated into his existing path.

Character Interactions

• Chen Wen questions Xian Hongshao about the palace’s illusion, and she explains that it is a remnant of a real historical scene.
• When Chen Wen fails to find the hidden treasure, Xian Hongshao reveals that its concealment is beyond his current perception and asks him to surrender control of his body.
• After uncovering the chest, Chen Wen seeks her identification of the mysterious black substance. She names it Death God Origin and advises him on how to use it safely.
• Xian Hongshao recognizes the Hidden Martial Stone as a likely cultivation inheritance, while Chen Wen eagerly absorbs its contents and discovers the Death God’s Scythe technique.

Important Inheritance: Death God’s Scythe

The technique allows Chen Wen to condense a Death God’s Scythe seed within his body and nourish it by absorbing external death energy. Its potential has no fixed upper limit, but the accumulated power burdens the body and must eventually be released. Its mechanics resemble the Profound Heavy Spirit Gathering Armor, except that the armor absorbs bodily pressure while Death God’s Scythe gathers death energy from the outside world.

Chapter Summary: “Another Fortune, Deciding to Cultivate in Seclusion”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Wen examines the Death God’s Scythe secret technique and learns that it requires Death God Origin as its foundation. Even those with the Death God Bloodline have less than a ten percent chance of successfully cultivating it.
• With Xian Hongshao’s guidance, Chen Wen realizes he must first understand Death God Origin and become familiar with deathly aura rather than cultivating recklessly.
• The final spatial ring contains over ten thousand Spirit Crystals infused with deathly aura. Xian Hongshao explains that they can help Chen Wen awaken his Spiritual Apertures, adapt to deathly aura, and nurture the seed of the Death God’s Scythe.
• The Death God Palace collapses after Chen Wen leaves, though Xian Hongshao assures him this is normal. She advises him not to venture deeper into Death God Valley because his current strength is insufficient.
• Chen Wen exits Death God Valley alive, shocking the observers outside, who had assumed he might be killed by the valley’s dangers or by the Mandate Temple.
• He returns the borrowed flying spirit beast at the Ascension Chamber of Commerce and rents a high-grade Cultivation Room for ten days, paying a three-million Top-grade Spirit Crystal deposit.
• After securing the room, Chen Wen enters the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array and prepares to begin secluded cultivation.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen demonstrates greater caution and maturity. Rather than becoming overconfident after obtaining a powerful technique, he acknowledges its danger and plans to study Death God Origin first.
• His fortune continues to grow: he obtains the Death God’s Scythe technique, the necessary deathly Spirit Crystals, and a safe place for cultivation.
• Chen Wen organizes his next stage of development around four goals:
  1. Absorb the Destiny Nirvana Liquid and break through the Sixth Sequence Shackles.
  2. Open his Spiritual Apertures using the Spirit Pill.
  3. Cultivate the Death God’s Scythe.
  4. Attempt another breakthrough in the Fourth-Level Great Emperor Will Realm.
• Xian Hongshao acts as Chen Wen’s mentor and stabilizing influence. She praises his awareness, warns him against overconfidence, and helps him recognize the value of the treasures he has obtained.

Significant Themes

• Preparation over recklessness: Powerful opportunities require understanding and preparation, especially when failure could be fatal.
• Fortune and responsibility: Chen Wen receives treasures left behind by a previous expert, but their value only matters if he can successfully cultivate them.
• The limits of talent: Even gifted cultivators face severe difficulties when confronting profound techniques; natural ability alone is insufficient.
• Seclusion and self-improvement: Chen Wen leaves the dangerous region to consolidate his gains and systematically strengthen himself.
• Hidden power and inheritance: The deathly Spirit Crystals reveal that the Death God’s Scythe inheritance was carefully prepared, suggesting a deliberate legacy passed down to a future successor.

Character Interactions

• Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao discuss the risks and requirements of the Death God’s Scythe. Her approval of his cautious attitude reinforces their mentor-student dynamic.
• Xian Hongshao explains the function of the deathly Spirit Crystals and encourages Chen Wen to make proper use of them.
• Outside Death God Valley, onlookers react with disbelief when Chen Wen emerges alive, highlighting the valley’s deadly reputation and the threat posed by the Mandate Temple.
• At the Ascension Chamber of Commerce, Chen Wen deals politely and confidently with the female attendant, who arranges his Cultivation Room and provides assistance before waiting outside for further instructions.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Wen enters Eternal Space and spends time restoring himself to peak condition before cultivating.
• He consumes dozens of drops of Destiny Nirvana Liquid to strengthen his Chaos Sequence Body and Chaos Sequence Wings.
• The liquid causes the nine Sequence Shackles within him to manifest. The first five release successfully, but the sixth shackle stops at eighty percent.
• Xian Hongshao explains that the sixth shackle is a major watershed, capable of transforming Chen Wen’s mortal body and greatly increasing his potential. Its incomplete release is therefore normal and may preserve greater future benefits.
• The sixth shackle produces Heavenly Dew as feedback. Chen Wen uses it to break through from the Third-Level to the Fourth-Level Great Emperor Will Realm.
• His Chaos Sequence Body is also strengthened, improving not only his speed and power but especially his physical endurance, which supports his unusually powerful techniques.
• Chen Wen then attempts to expand his Spiritual Aperture using a Supreme Spirit Aperture Pill assisted by Heavenly Dew.
• The pill causes his Spiritual Energy to go berserk and tears at his Spiritual Aperture, making him vomit blood. Under Xian Hongshao’s guidance, he uses Heavenly Dew to suppress the damage and stabilize his energy.
• The cultivation succeeds: his Spiritual Aperture more than doubles in size, greatly strengthening his foundation and raising his potential beyond that of ordinary cultivators and even top geniuses.
• Having completed this advancement, Chen Wen prepares to continue cultivating Death God’s Scythe.

Character Development

• Chen Wen demonstrates patience and discipline by carefully preparing before cultivation, then decisiveness by attempting multiple dangerous breakthroughs.
• His confidence rises after reaching the Fourth-Level Great Emperor Will Realm. He believes that, if he reaches the Fifth Order within four months, he can defeat Ye Chao even if Ye Chao borrows power from his true body.
• His physical foundation becomes increasingly extraordinary through the strengthening of his Chaos Sequence Body and the expansion of his Spiritual Aperture.
• Chen Wen also shows greater awareness of the importance of long-term potential, accepting that the sixth Sequence Shackle’s incomplete release may ultimately produce a stronger result.
• Xian Hongshao continues to act as Chen Wen’s knowledgeable guide, explaining the nature of his breakthroughs and giving timely instructions during moments of danger.

Significant Themes

• Strength through controlled risk: Advancement requires Chen Wen to endure severe pain and danger, but careful preparation and proper support allow him to survive.
• Foundational cultivation: The chapter emphasizes that expanding one’s body, Spiritual Aperture, and endurance is more important than merely raising one’s realm.
• Delayed rewards and hidden potential: The incomplete release of the sixth shackle is framed not as failure but as preparation for a more powerful future transformation.
• Mentorship and cooperation: Chen Wen’s progress depends heavily on Xian Hongshao’s knowledge and guidance.
• Rising conflict and preparation: His breakthroughs are directly connected to the impending confrontation with Ye Chao, giving his cultivation a clear strategic purpose.

Character Interactions

• Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao discuss the incomplete sixth shackle. Xian reassures him that the delay is normal and promises that its eventual release will be extraordinary.
• Xian Hongshao instructs Chen Wen to use the Heavenly Dew to break through to the Fourth-Level Great Emperor Will Realm, which Chen Wen successfully does.
• During the dangerous Spiritual Aperture expansion, Xian immediately tells Chen Wen to use the Heavenly Dew and then guides him to stabilize and direct his chaotic Spiritual Energy.
• Their interactions show a relationship based on trust: Chen Wen follows Xian’s instructions quickly, while Xian provides strategic knowledge and emergency support.

Key plot points and events

• After half a month in seclusion, Chen Wen has mastered Death God’s Scythe and refined all the death-energy Spirit Crystals he owned. He spends the last five days of his rented cultivation-room term cultivating at a restrained pace.
• When the ten-day rental ends, he checks out and receives his two million Top-grade Spirit Crystals in remaining funds.
• Chen asks the Ascension Chamber of Commerce about treasures connected to the Death God Origin. Manager Wen Rufeng says a customer is selling a stone door rich in Death God Power, but wants a treasure containing pure Life Essence. Wen charges Chen a steep one-million-crystal introduction fee.
• Chen meets the seller, Li Mu, whose powerful cultivation is matched by an unusually dense aura of death energy. Chen shows him a dark-green Spirit Pill carrying a strong life force. Li Mu recognizes its value and urgently wants it.
• Li Mu presents the black, ancient-patterned stone door. Chen consults Xian Hongshao, who identifies it as a God-Slaying Stone—an extremely hard stone reputed to have immense destructive power and possibly to originate from the legendary God-Slaying Mountain.
• The chapter ends as Xian Hongshao hints that the stone’s greatest significance lies beyond its destructive strength, and Chen asks what makes it more extraordinary.

Character developments

• Chen Wen has grown more capable and confident: he has mastered a powerful technique and is no longer intimidated by high-level cultivators such as Wen Rufeng or Li Mu. He also demonstrates patience, discretion, and sharp bargaining instincts.
• Li Mu appears desperate to obtain life force, suggesting his vitality is dangerously depleted. His immediate reaction to the Spirit Pill reveals how valuable it is to him.
• Xian Hongshao serves as Chen’s knowledgeable guide, identifying the stone and supplying its history, though her explanation remains incomplete.

Significant themes

• Balance between life and death: Chen seeks death-origin treasures, while the seller needs pure Life Essence to sustain or restore his vitality.
• Power and rarity come at a price: Chen pays a substantial fee for access to the seller, and rare treasures can be worth far more than ordinary resources.
• The unknown behind legends: The God-Slaying Stone’s reputed power and connection to a mythical mountain remain unverified, creating intrigue about its deeper nature.

Character interactions

• Chen deals politely but cautiously with the cultivation-room maid and Wen Rufeng, concealing his real identity behind the name Ye Chen.
• Wen Rufeng acts as intermediary, matching Chen and Li Mu while enforcing the commerce chamber’s fee.
• Chen and Li Mu negotiate directly: Chen tests the seller’s interest with the Spirit Pill, while Li Mu offers the stone door for inspection.
• Chen relies on Xian Hongshao’s expertise before deciding whether the unusual stone is worth the exchange.

Plot points and events

• Chen Wen learns that the patterns carved into the Stone Gate are Slaughter Immortal Runes. Though he cannot use them yet, the gate is a valuable Fortune and can absorb its accumulated deathly energy to refine his Death God’s Scythe.
• He trades the Spirit Pill to Li Mu for the Stone Gate. Both men are pleased with the deal, and Li Mu leaves.
• Wen Rufeng offers Chen Wen a chance to test his strength: the Territory Lord is recruiting cultivators for a dangerous Fierce Beast hunt in another domain. Chen Wen accepts and travels by flying spirit beast toward the Territory Lord’s Mansion.
• On the journey, Chen Wen considers using ancient Fierce Beasts’ blood essence to advance the War Heaven Mad Demon Mark, which he has promised to raise to its ninth level before the Ancient Prodigy emerges.
• Shangguan Longxi warns him that one of his master’s Avatars has appeared and may be coming for him. Its strength is uncertain, but it is at least comparable to the elders of major powers. As Chen Wen takes in the threat, Xian Hongshao warns that someone is blocking their path.

Character developments

• Chen Wen proves pragmatic and opportunistic: he recognizes the Stone Gate’s hidden value, makes the trade, and seeks out a dangerous trial to strengthen himself. The Avatar warning makes clear that he must also prepare for a serious personal threat.
• Li Mu is eager to obtain the Spirit Pill and readily completes the exchange.
• Wen Rufeng acts as a helpful intermediary, while quietly suspecting Chen Wen may be from outside the Eighth Territory.
• Shangguan Longxi delivers an urgent warning about his master’s approaching Avatar.
• Xian Hongshao continues to guide Chen Wen, identifying the runes and alerting him to the immediate obstruction.

Significant themes

• Power and hidden potential: The Stone Gate’s value lies not only in its runes but also in its usefulness as a weapon and source of deathly energy.
• Risk as a path to growth: The Fierce Beast hunt is dangerous, but Chen Wen sees it as an opportunity to test himself and advance his cultivation.
• The costs of authority: The Territory Lord struggles to recruit volunteers because the hunt causes heavy casualties; forcing cultivators to go could provoke unrest.
• Threats closing in: Chen Wen’s ambitions are increasingly shadowed by the danger posed by the Avatar.

Character interactions

• Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao discuss the Stone Gate’s runes, limitations, and uses.
• Chen Wen and Li Mu exchange the Spirit Pill and Stone Gate, parting on friendly terms.
• Wen Rufeng explains the hunt and helps Chen Wen arrange his journey.
• Shangguan Longxi contacts Chen Wen with a warning, while Xian Hongshao’s final alert signals an immediate encounter ahead.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Wen learns that someone is approaching and assumes it may be an enemy Avatar sent to kill him. Rather than retreating, he welcomes the confrontation.
• His flying spirit beast is forced to stop by a veiled woman blocking the route. She possesses Sixth-Order Great Emperor Will strength and accuses Chen Wen of killing Zhao Qi.
• The woman attacks with a powerful sword strike, but Chen Wen effortlessly catches and crushes the Sword Qi with one hand.
• He then overwhelms her before she can react, grabbing her face and suppressing the power within her body. The force causes her to suffer severe backlash and vomit blood.
• Chen Wen prepares to kill her, dismissing her threats and identity as irrelevant. As he increases his grip, the woman’s aura suddenly changes.
• It is revealed that the woman’s body contains only a wisp of soul consciousness belonging to the true Avatar or main entity—the same voice Chen Wen heard when Zhao Qi was killed.
• The consciousness attempts to negotiate, offering to erase their grudge if Chen Wen releases the woman. Chen Wen refuses, insisting that only her death—and eventually the consciousness’s death—can settle the matter.
• Chen Wen crushes the woman’s throat, killing the Avatar. His system announces that refinement is complete and rewards him with a drop of Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid. He takes her Spatial Ring and burns the corpse with Heavenly Fire.
• Shangguan Longxi contacts Chen Wen and explains that her master, enraged by the death of her subordinate, has ordered the Luochen Pavilion to hunt him.
• Chen Wen openly reveals that he has already killed the Avatar sent against him and declares that he will kill any further attackers, regardless of how many are sent.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen: Demonstrates a dramatic increase in power. Although he is only in the Fourth-Level Great Emperor Will Realm, he completely dominates a Sixth-Order opponent. His confidence has become nearly absolute, and he shows no willingness to compromise with powerful enemies. He also reveals a ruthless, confrontational attitude, openly inviting further attacks.
• The veiled woman/Avatar: Initially arrogant and convinced of her superiority, she is shocked when Chen Wen destroys her attack and renders her helpless. Her confidence turns to fear as she realizes she has underestimated him.
• The true consciousness behind the Avatar: Revealed as the voice connected to Zhao Qi’s death and the larger conflict. Though it attempts to maintain authority and negotiate, Chen Wen refuses to acknowledge its power or status. Its anger exposes its growing frustration and hostility.
• Shangguan Longxi: Becomes deeply shocked by Chen Wen’s strength. His casual announcement that he killed her master’s Avatar leaves her stunned and fearful, especially when he promises to slaughter any additional enemies.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and reversal of expectations: The woman expects to execute Chen Wen, but he defeats her effortlessly, emphasizing how far his strength exceeds what his cultivation level suggests.
• Arrogance and underestimation: The woman’s confidence collapses because she judges Chen Wen by his apparent realm rather than his actual combat ability.
• Defiance against authority: Chen Wen rejects the opposing consciousness’s attempt to control the terms of the conflict, declaring that only he decides when their grudge begins or ends.
• Escalation and retaliation: Killing the Avatar turns the confrontation into a larger conflict with Luochen Pavilion and its master. Chen Wen does not seek peace; instead, he openly challenges the entire organization.
• Identity and concealment: Chen Wen remains careful about the relationship between the Avatar and its main body, avoiding unnecessary disclosure while exploiting the separation between them.

Character Interactions

• Chen Wen and the veiled woman: Their encounter begins as a hostile interrogation and quickly becomes a one-sided battle. Her threats and sword attack are met with Chen Wen’s mockery, physical domination, and eventual execution.
• Chen Wen and the true consciousness: The consciousness tries to negotiate through the woman’s body, but Chen Wen rejects its authority and mocks it for sending only a fragment of its soul. Their exchange establishes a personal and escalating rivalry.
• Chen Wen and Shangguan Longxi: Shangguan Longxi warns him of the order to hunt him, while Chen Wen calmly admits what he has done. His final threat reassures her that he is prepared to face and destroy any number of enemies, but it also leaves her shaken by his bloodthirsty resolve.

Chapter Summary: Arrival at the Territory Lord’s Mansion, Filling the City with People

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Wen ends his communication with Shangguan Longxi after confirming there is no further matter to discuss, leaving her shaken and convinced that those who seek him out may be the real source of trouble.
• He arrives at the City Lord’s Mansion, where he notices that very few cultivators are coming and going. This confirms Wen Rufeng’s warning that most people are avoiding the vicious-beast extermination operation despite its substantial rewards.
• Chen Wen tells the gate guard that he has come to enlist. The guard’s attitude changes immediately, and Chen Wen is escorted into the mansion.
• He meets Qin Mo, the Territory Lord of the Eighth Territory, while introducing himself under the alias “Ye Chen.” Qin Mo recognizes that Chen Wen is concealing his true identity but does not press him.
• Qin Mo explains the extermination operation:
  • Every participant receives one billion Top-grade Spirit Crystals.
  • The top ten participants receive additional rewards worth at least another billion each.
  • Participants keep the vicious beasts they personally kill.
  • The spatial-rift extermination normally occurs every ten years, but this time it has been moved forward by five years.
  • The number and strength of the vicious beasts have more than doubled, making the operation exceptionally dangerous.
• The selected team consists of one Seventh-Level Great Emperor Will cultivator, twenty Sixth-Level cultivators, thirty Fifth-Level cultivators, and Chen Wen as the only Fourth-Level participant.
• Despite Qin Mo’s warning that Chen Wen may not survive, Chen Wen chooses to participate, claiming that he wants to contribute to protecting the Inner City.
• Chen Wen asks whether protective measures have been prepared, particularly methods for concealing their auras. He suggests Hidden Spirit Pearls, prompting Qin Mo to agree to search for them through his connections and the Ascension Alliance.
• Qin Mo reveals that the group will depart in five days and offers Chen Wen lodging in the mansion. Chen Wen accepts and is escorted away by a maidservant.
• After Chen Wen leaves, Qin Mo watches him thoughtfully. An unidentified figure, Elder You, emerges from the shadows, and Qin Mo asks what he believes Chen Wen is really seeking.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen: Demonstrates courage, calculation, and confidence by joining an operation far beyond the usual level of danger. His request for aura-concealment tools shows that he is planning carefully rather than acting recklessly. He also skillfully exploits Qin Mo’s resources to obtain a possible Hidden Spirit Pearl.
• Qin Mo: Appears pragmatic and open-minded. He values Chen Wen’s strength despite his lower cultivation level and respects his willingness to participate. However, he remains suspicious of Chen Wen’s identity and motives.
• Shangguan Longxi: Though she appears only briefly, her reaction emphasizes Chen Wen’s intimidating reputation and the danger surrounding anyone who becomes involved with him.
• Elder You: Introduced at the end as a hidden adviser or subordinate to Qin Mo. His opinion of Chen Wen is likely to influence how the Territory Lord handles him.

Significant Themes

• Danger versus reward: The enormous rewards attract attention, but the unusually strong vicious beasts make survival uncertain.
• Caution and preparation: Chen Wen’s request for aura-concealment methods highlights the importance of strategy and preparedness in a dangerous mission.
• Hidden identities and motives: Chen Wen uses an alias, while Qin Mo immediately suspects that he has a deeper purpose. The closing question reinforces the chapter’s atmosphere of mistrust.
• Duty and personal calculation: Chen Wen presents his participation as a contribution to the Inner City, but his careful manipulation of available resources suggests that personal objectives are also involved.
• Scarcity of true courage: The empty mansion and lack of applicants show that most cultivators prefer safety over opportunity, emphasizing how unusual Chen Wen’s decision is.

Character Interactions

• Chen Wen and Shangguan Longxi: Chen Wen ends their conversation decisively, while Shangguan Longxi is left unsettled by him.
• Chen Wen and the mansion guard: The guard initially treats him routinely, then becomes respectful upon learning that he intends to join the extermination operation.
• Chen Wen and Qin Mo: Qin Mo warns him honestly about the mission’s dangers, while Chen Wen responds calmly and negotiates for useful protective resources. Their exchange establishes mutual respect mixed with suspicion.
• Chen Wen and the maidservant: She escorts him to his lodgings after Qin Mo grants him hospitality.
• Qin Mo and Elder You: After Chen Wen’s departure, Qin Mo privately seeks Elder You’s assessment of Chen Wen, signaling that the Territory Lord does not fully trust his new recruit.

Summary: “Heading to the Spatial Rift, Those Who Supported Each Other”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Youyun and Qin Mo discuss the rapidly changing world and the possible arrival of the Great Contention Era. Qin Mo advises focusing on present survival and orders preparations for treasures that can conceal one’s aura.
• Chen Wen settles into his residence and spends more than a month cultivating specialized techniques inside the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array, preparing for the upcoming trial.
• Two days before the expedition, Qin Mo summons Chen Wen and gives him a Hidden Spirit Pearl, which exceeds Chen Wen’s expectations and can conceal his aura.
• Qin Mo warns Chen Wen that he is the weakest participant, at only the Fourth-Level Great Emperor Will Realm, and advises him to stay behind the stronger experts during the hunt. He also intends to arrange a companion to protect and support him.
• At the Grand Arena, Chen Wen is mocked by watching disciples and viewed coldly by the assembled experts, who consider him potential cannon fodder.
• Qin Mo introduces Chen Wen under the alias Ye Chen to the expedition members, including Qin Yunshan, a powerful Seventh-Level Great Emperor Will Realm expert and Grand Elder of the Territory Lord’s Mansion.
• Qin Yunshan encourages Chen Wen, recognizing his willingness to contribute despite his lower cultivation.
• Qin Mo announces that someone should team up with Chen Wen so they can support one another during the dangerous hunt for ferocious beasts, and asks for a volunteer.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen becomes increasingly prepared and confident. He strengthens rarely used techniques, obtains the aura-concealing Hidden Spirit Pearl, and forms plans to preserve his independence while adapting to the expedition’s arrangements.
• Qin Mo demonstrates practical concern for Chen Wen by arranging suitable equipment and attempting to pair him with a stronger companion. At the same time, his warnings reveal the serious danger of the mission.
• Qin Youyun acts efficiently, immediately departing to prepare concealment treasures after discussing the changing world with Qin Mo.
• Qin Yunshan stands apart from the other experts by offering Chen Wen genuine encouragement instead of dismissing him.
• The assembled experts remain aloof and calculating. Though they do not openly insult Chen Wen, many view his low cultivation as useful only if he can serve as a distraction or sacrifice.

Significant Themes

• Approaching upheaval: The discussion of the Great Contention Era and the accelerating changes in the world creates a sense that a major age of conflict is imminent.
• Preparation and survival: Chen Wen’s extended cultivation and use of concealment treasures emphasize the importance of preparation before entering a dangerous environment.
• Underestimation: Chen Wen is judged almost entirely by his cultivation level, though his calmness and hidden abilities suggest that appearances may be misleading.
• Cooperation versus independence: Chen Wen prefers acting alone but accepts the need for companionship and mutual protection in a perilous mission.
• Pragmatic self-interest: The stronger experts calculate how Chen Wen might benefit them, viewing him less as an equal and more as a possible source of survival advantages.

Character Interactions

• Qin Mo and Qin Youyun discuss the world’s transformation and coordinate preparations for Chen Wen’s mission.
• Qin Mo and Chen Wen speak politely but with underlying caution: Qin Mo offers help and advice, while Chen Wen accepts without revealing his full intentions.
• Qin Mo presents Chen Wen with the Hidden Spirit Pearl and recommends that he remain behind the stronger participants.
• The disciples openly ridicule Chen Wen at the Grand Arena, while the experts observe him with indifference, curiosity, or concealed contempt.
• Qin Mo introduces Chen Wen to the expedition group. Qin Yunshan alone offers him meaningful praise and encouragement.
• The chapter ends with Qin Mo asking the assembled experts to volunteer as Chen Wen’s partner, setting up the next stage of the expedition and revealing who, if anyone, is willing to stand beside him.

Chapter Summary: Arrival at the Destination, Starry Sky Beasts

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Mo proposes that Chen Wen accompany the expedition into the spatial rift, but the assembled experts show disdain and are unwilling to take responsibility for him.
• Chen Wen secretly welcomes their reluctance, hoping to avoid being burdened by the group and act independently.
• Qin Mo’s younger sister, Qin Xue, volunteers to lead Chen Wen, apparently to prevent Qin Mo from being placed in an awkward position.
• Qin Xue warns Chen Wen that she will protect him when possible, but he must not become a burden or recklessly endanger himself. Chen Wen respectfully agrees.
• Qin Yunshan leads the expedition through a teleportation array and then by flying spirit beast to a mountain range at the city’s weakest border.
• He explains that their destination is an unsealable spatial rift inhabited by powerful creatures known as Starry Sky Beasts.
• The beasts survive by feeding on spatial creatures and the Spiritual Energy released during spatial upheavals. Although they grow slowly, they possess tremendous combat strength and an overwhelming advantage inside the rift.
• Qin Yunshan also warns the group about hidden undercurrents within the Spatial Turbulence, which can trap or kill careless cultivators.
• Chen Wen asks whether there is a time limit for entering the rift. Qin Yunshan explains that they must drive the beasts back and reinforce the rift, but members may retreat to recover and return later.
• The group reaches the formation entrance. Formation Masters open the barrier, revealing a terrifying, forcibly torn sky leaking black spatial currents.
• Loud beastly roars emerge from the rift, frightening and pressuring the experts. Qin Yunshan asks whether everyone is prepared to enter.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen remains calm and observant despite the experts’ contempt. Rather than feeling insulted, he sees their rejection as a chance to preserve his independence.
• He quickly recognizes Qin Xue’s relationship to Qin Mo and responds to her conditions with humility and seriousness, presenting himself as cooperative rather than troublesome.
• Qin Xue demonstrates responsibility and loyalty by volunteering to take Chen Wen, likely to ease Qin Mo’s difficulty. She is firm and practical, offering protection while making clear that she will not tolerate recklessness.
• Qin Mo is placed in a difficult position because of his sister’s intervention. He prioritizes fairness and the reputation of the Territory Lord’s Mansion over personal preference.
• Qin Yunshan acts as the expedition’s experienced guide, clearly explaining the dangers and repeatedly emphasizing caution.

Significant Themes

• Responsibility versus favoritism: Qin Mo must balance concern for Chen Wen with the need to remain impartial and preserve his authority.
• Caution in the face of danger: The chapter repeatedly stresses that bravery cannot overcome carelessness in the spatial rift.
• Life-and-death stakes: The expedition offers both danger and opportunity, but death in Exotic Space is permanent.
• Prejudice and underestimated ability: The other experts dismiss Chen Wen as deadweight, while he quietly maintains confidence and may possess more capability than they realize.
• Team dependence and individual independence: Chen Wen needs Qin Xue’s support to enter safely, yet he still hopes to avoid becoming dependent on the group.

Character Interactions

• Qin Mo proposes Chen Wen’s inclusion, while the other experts silently mock the idea.
• Qin Xue steps forward, establishes strict expectations, and receives Chen Wen’s respectful agreement.
• Qin Mo and Qin Yunshan coordinate the expedition’s departure and logistics.
• Qin Yunshan answers Chen Wen’s question and educates the entire group about the spatial rift’s dangers.
• At the chapter’s end, the group stands before the open rift, united by necessity but visibly tense as the terrifying roars of the Starry Sky Beasts announce the battle ahead.

Chapter Summary: “Surrounded—Send Me Off Early, Why Don’t You”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Yunshan prepares the group to enter a spatial rift and assures them that the danger should be manageable because the Ascension Alliance had previously cleared out the strongest beasts.
• The cultivators enter the rift after shielding themselves with Spiritual Energy. Inside, they find a dark, frigid void filled with an oppressive atmosphere and terrifying beast roars.
• A massive ferocious beast immediately attacks Qin Yunshan, but he kills it with a single hand seal. He identifies it as a probing attack and warns that a larger beast horde is approaching.
• Over a thousand ferocious beasts surround the group. Most are comparable in strength to the cultivators, while the leading beast possesses power equal to Qin Yunshan’s.
• Qin Yunshan orders everyone to form a circle and fight outward, ensuring that each person protects one direction and that no one is attacked from behind. He emphasizes that they must fight collectively and immediately call for help if they cannot hold their position.
• The group prepares for a desperate battle. Qin Yunshan takes responsibility for the leader beast, while the remaining fifty cultivators must each face roughly twenty or more powerful beasts.
• Qin Xue realizes that she cannot simply protect Chen Wen while fighting. She asks whether he can contribute meaningfully, and Chen Wen confidently claims that killing the beasts will not be difficult.
• Qin Xue assigns herself the two strongest beasts in their section and orders Chen Wen to restrain the remaining eighteen until she or the others can assist him.
• She praises Chen Wen for risking his life to protect the people of the Inner City, calling him a hero regardless of the outcome. Chen Wen jokes that she is already giving him a farewell speech.
• The beasts finish gathering their strength and launch their attack, setting the stage for the battle.

Character Developments

• Qin Yunshan demonstrates leadership, experience, and calm judgment. He quickly assesses the enemy formation and establishes a defensive strategy designed to prevent the group from being surrounded on multiple sides.
• Qin Xue shows herself to be practical and responsible. Although she initially intends to protect Chen Wen, she adapts when the situation worsens and recognizes that he must fight for himself. She also begins to respect his courage and willingness to risk his life.
• Chen Wen remains calm and confident despite being viewed as the weakest member of the group. His casual claims suggest that he may be concealing far greater strength than the others realize.
• The broader group shifts from cautious optimism to fear and determination when they discover that the beasts greatly outnumber them.

Significant Themes

• Courage in the face of overwhelming odds: The cultivators knowingly enter a battle where survival is uncertain and must choose between retreating and fighting for a chance at victory.
• Teamwork and mutual protection: Qin Yunshan’s circular formation emphasizes that survival depends on coordinated defense rather than individual strength alone.
• Hidden strength and underestimation: Chen Wen is treated as a liability, yet his confidence hints that appearances may be misleading.
• Sacrifice and heroism: Qin Xue recognizes that Chen Wen is risking his life for the Inner City’s people, framing the battle as an act of collective responsibility rather than personal advancement.
• Adaptability under pressure: Qin Xue and Qin Yunshan both revise their plans when the enemy’s strength proves greater than expected.

Character Interactions

• Qin Yunshan motivates and organizes the group, warning them that they must fight as one and communicate if they begin to falter.
• Qin Xue acts protectively toward Chen Wen but becomes increasingly serious when she realizes she cannot guarantee his safety.
• Chen Wen responds to Qin Xue’s concern with humor and self-assurance, irritating her but also forcing her to acknowledge that he may be capable of more than expected.
• Qin Xue’s statement that Chen Wen will be remembered as a hero creates a bittersweet exchange, which Chen Wen interprets as her prematurely sending him to his death.

Plot points and events

• A horde of Fierce Beasts attacks the group in the Spatial Turbulence. Qin Yunshan and the other experts charge to meet them, while Qin Xue warns everyone to watch for the Spatial Undercurrent.
• Chen Wen activates the Stone Gate, unleashing the God-Slaying Power, and storms into the horde. He annihilates the leading beasts with a single blow and continues smashing through the attackers.
• Chen Wen’s ferocity shocks the group and inspires them to fight harder. In half an hour, he kills nearly half of the thousand-strong horde, giving the experts the advantage.
• A second Beast King appears, comparable to the Seventh-Order Great Emperor Will Realm. The Beast King reveals that another force is approaching, and a second horde of roughly a thousand Fierce Beasts arrives.
• The group’s renewed confidence collapses as they realize they may be overwhelmed. Chen Wen remains calm and decides to test his strength against the new Beast King, comparing it to the powerful Ye Chao he previously fought.

Character developments

• Chen Wen reveals a startlingly savage side beneath his usually mild demeanor. His strength and confidence make him the group’s decisive force, and he sees the new Beast King as a chance to gauge his limits.
• Qin Xue is initially stunned by Chen Wen’s violence, but his example rekindles her fighting spirit.
• Qin Yunshan shifts from leading the attack to recognizing Chen Wen’s importance. He uses Chen Wen’s breakthrough against the first horde to rally the others, then grows wary when a larger threat emerges.

Character interactions

• Qin Xue cautions the group about the Spatial Undercurrent before engaging the beasts.
• The experts are astonished by Chen Wen’s sudden, overwhelming brutality; Qin Yunshan turns that shock into motivation for the group.
• The Fierce Beast leader taunts Chen Wen and the humans, but Chen Wen calmly challenges its confidence and ignores the group’s growing panic.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming force and hidden potential: Chen Wen’s unexpected violence transforms a seemingly hopeless battle.
• Courage fueled by example: His actions restore the others’ will to fight.
• Shifting fortunes and uncertainty: Victory over the first horde proves temporary when a second arrives, leaving the group facing a renewed crisis.
• Testing one’s limits: Chen Wen treats the new Beast King as a measure of how far his power has grown.

Chapter Summary: “One Strike to Clear the Field, Battle the Starry Sky Beast King”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Yunshan, Qin Xue, and the other humans are surrounded and gradually being overwhelmed by roughly a thousand ferocious beasts led by a powerful Beast King.
• With their forces nearing exhaustion, Qin Xue asks Qin Yunshan to decide their next move. Although Qin Yunshan has no clear solution, he remembers Chen Wen’s earlier feats and turns to him for help.
• Chen Wen calmly declares that the others should continue fighting normally while he handles all the approaching beasts—including the Beast King—by himself.
• The humans are shocked by his confidence, while the ferocious beast leader mocks him for making such an impossible claim.
• Qin Yunshan ultimately agrees to trust Chen Wen and asks what assistance he needs. Chen Wen tells them only to prevent the surrounding beasts from interfering.
• Chen Wen requests that Qin Yunshan silence the boastful beast leader when possible, provoking the leader and further humiliating it.
• When the Beast King confronts Chen Wen and demands that he repeat his challenge, Chen Wen ignores its provocation and instead coordinates with Qin Yunshan before advancing alone.
• Chen Wen unleashes the full power of the World-Shattering Heavy Thunder Pearl, causing enormous amounts of Heavenly Thunder to gather across the sky.
• Realizing the danger, the Beast King orders its subordinates to scatter and creates a Spiritual Energy shield for itself.
• Chen Wen brings down the accumulated lightning in a single devastating strike, annihilating all one thousand ferocious beasts and reducing them to ash. The Beast King survives behind its shield, setting up their direct battle.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen: Reveals that his strength is far greater than the others believed. His calmness, confidence, and willingness to face an army and Beast King alone establish him as overwhelmingly powerful and strategically composed.
• Qin Yunshan: Moves from despair to cautious trust. Though initially stunned by Chen Wen’s claim, he recognizes that Chen Wen is their only hope and chooses to support his plan.
• Qin Xue and the other humans: Their fear and hopelessness turn into astonishment and renewed confidence after witnessing Chen Wen’s true power.
• Ferocious Beast Leader: Changes from arrogant mockery to shock and panic once Chen Wen summons the lightning.
• Beast King: Initially views Chen Wen as an insignificant Fourth-Level Great Emperor Will Realm cultivator, but quickly recognizes the threat and reacts defensively when Chen Wen unleashes his power.

Significant Themes

• Hope in despair: When the human group believes defeat is inevitable, Chen Wen becomes an unexpected source of hope.
• Hidden strength and underestimated power: Chen Wen’s apparent cultivation level conceals his true destructive ability.
• Confidence versus arrogance: The beasts interpret Chen Wen’s calm declaration as madness, but his actions prove it to be justified confidence.
• Leadership and trust: Qin Yunshan must trust Chen Wen despite having no understanding of his plan, demonstrating the importance of decisive faith during a crisis.
• Overwhelming force: The single thunder strike dramatically shifts the balance of power and emphasizes Chen Wen’s extraordinary abilities.

Character Interactions

• Qin Xue pressures Qin Yunshan to make a decision, while the group looks to him as their leader.
• Qin Yunshan turns to Chen Wen for a solution, and Chen Wen assumes responsibility for the most dangerous enemies.
• Chen Wen and the ferocious beast leader exchange taunts, with Chen Wen remaining composed and asking Qin Yunshan to silence it.
• Chen Wen coordinates with Qin Yunshan before the battle, assigning the surrounding beasts to the human group.
• The Beast King confronts and threatens Chen Wen, but Chen Wen responds not with words, but with a spectacular display of power that destroys the Beast King’s army in one strike.

Plot points and events

• Chen Wen unleashes a devastating strike that turns a thousand fierce beasts to ash, stunning both the human fighters and the beast horde. The Beast King survives behind a Spiritual Energy shield, though the shield is shattered.
• Chen Wen taunts the Beast King in response to its earlier mockery. When the Beast King attacks, Chen Wen meets its charge with the stone gate and holds the advantage, sending it flying backward.
• Reassured by Chen Wen’s strength, Qin Yunshan rallies the humans to attack. Qin Xue and the others press the beast horde, whose morale has collapsed after witnessing the slaughter.
• Chen Wen escalates the fight by drawing on his physical strength, Chaos Sequence Power, Force Momentum, and Great Emperor Will. He does not reveal his Will True Body, keeping that ability in reserve.
• The Beast King retaliates with a blazing, bloodline-powered beastly shadow. Chen Wen smashes through it and overwhelms the King’s counterattack, driving it backward again. As the chapter ends, Chen Wen charges after his opponent.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Wen shifts from demonstrating overwhelming power to actively dominating the Beast King. Calm and confident, he conceals the full nature of his abilities while increasing his strength when the first exchange proves insufficient.
• Qin Yunshan moves from shock and anxiety to confidence, then leads the human fighters back into battle.
• The beast leader becomes increasingly horrified as Chen Wen overturns what had seemed like a certain victory for the beasts; its hatred focuses on him.
• The Beast King goes from arrogant defiance to taking Chen Wen seriously, but its increasingly powerful attacks are repeatedly countered.
• Chen Wen’s display inspires the humans and undermines the beasts’ morale, changing the balance of the battle.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming strength and reversal: Chen Wen’s intervention transforms a desperate situation into a human counterattack.
• Morale and leadership: His success gives Qin Yunshan and the other fighters the confidence to act decisively.
• Escalation and hidden reserves: Chen Wen carefully raises his power while withholding his most conspicuous technique.
• Fear and arrogance: The Beast King’s confidence gives way to alarm as its opponent proves stronger than expected.

Chapter Summary

Plot points and events

• The Beast King enters a berserk state, hoping to strengthen itself, but Chen Wen strikes first. Using the God-Slaying Stone as a substitute for a fully activated Death God’s Scythe, he unleashes a devastating blow that smashes the Beast King apart in one strike.
• The remaining ferocious beasts and human fighters realize the battle has turned decisively against the beasts. The beast leader, however, sees Chen Wen’s power and despairs of surviving.
• A spatial disturbance suddenly erupts. Expanding vortices distort the rift and erase the exit, trapping everyone inside a growing Spatial Dark Tide.
• Xian Hongshao explains that the dark tide could either carry them to treasure or destroy them. She advises Chen Wen to activate Absolute Defense when the tide sweeps them in and avoid resisting its force.
• Qin Yunshan gathers the group and reveals that he has a Teleportation Talisman, but the beast leader could disrupt its activation. They have little time, and fighting too violently might hasten the spatial collapse.
• The group looks to Chen Wen to kill the leader instantly. He says he is not a god, but hints that he has another plan.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Wen demonstrates overwhelming strength by killing the Beast King, then faces a risky choice as the spatial disaster unfolds. Though cautious, he decides to gamble on surviving the dark tide and remains confident enough to propose a solution.
• Xian Hongshao serves as a calm, knowledgeable adviser, explaining both the danger and potential opportunity of the dark tide.
• Qin Yunshan shifts into a coordinating role, rallying the group and outlining the narrow window and risks involved in escape.
• The beast leader moves from confidence in its side’s strength to despair after witnessing Chen Wen’s attack, then regains hope when the dark tide traps everyone.
• The others increasingly depend on Chen Wen and Qin Yunshan, gathering around them as the danger escalates.

Significant themes

• Power and shifting fortunes: Chen Wen’s victory rapidly reverses the battle’s balance.
• Risk and fate: Survival may depend on accepting uncertainty rather than fighting the dark tide.
• Leadership under pressure: Qin Yunshan organizes the group while Xian Hongshao provides guidance and Chen Wen must decide how to act.
• Hope amid catastrophe: The dark tide is both a potential route to treasure and a threat to everyone’s survival.

Summary: “The Price of Conditions, Has It Finally Come?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Wen proposes a dangerous escape plan: he will hold back the vicious beast leader while Qin Yunshan and the others activate the Teleportation Array.
• The plan gives the group enough time to escape before the collapsing space and expanding Dark Current consume them, but it may leave Chen Wen behind.
• Qin Yunshan and the others hesitate because Chen Wen would effectively be sacrificing himself. Chen Wen challenges them to suggest a better plan or find someone else willing to stay.
• Chen Wen reveals his personal motive: he will take all their possessions in exchange for risking his life. He jokingly frames it as proving that people will risk death for wealth.
• The group quickly agrees, valuing survival over their treasures. One by one, they hand Chen Wen their Spatial Rings.
• Zhao Chen encourages Chen Wen to return alive. Qin Xue admits that although she had promised her brother to protect Chen Wen, Chen Wen has instead saved her and the others several times. Qin Yunshan likewise acknowledges their debt to him and wishes him survival.
• The Dark Current suddenly intensifies. Vortices merge into a massive swirling tide that begins pulling in space fragments, corpses, and eventually the group itself.
• Qin Yunshan notices that the enormous Dark Current is moving toward them, making immediate action essential.
• Chen Wen orders Qin Yunshan to activate the Sound Transmission Talisman and leave the escape to him. Qin Yunshan warns that once the teleportation begins, Chen Wen will no longer be able to join them.
• As Qin Yunshan activates the talisman and the Teleportation Lightstream surrounds the group, the vicious beast leader realizes that Chen Wen intends to block it.
• Chen Wen confronts the beast leader, preventing it from attacking the escaping group. The beast leader, believing it will die regardless, decides to fight Chen Wen and drag him down with it.
• The chapter ends as the vicious beast leader charges at Chen Wen, signaling the beginning of their decisive battle.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen demonstrates courage, strategic thinking, and a pragmatic nature. He willingly takes on the dangerous role of delaying the beast but also demands compensation, showing that his sacrifice is calculated rather than purely selfless.
• Qin Yunshan grows more respectful of Chen Wen and struggles with the moral burden of allowing him to remain behind. He ultimately trusts Chen Wen’s plan and activates the escape talisman.
• Qin Xue develops a deeper sense of gratitude and concern toward Chen Wen. She recognizes that he has repeatedly protected her despite her original intention to protect him.
• The group reveals its survival instincts by surrendering valuable possessions without hesitation. Their willingness to trust Chen Wen also marks the beginning of a stronger bond and possible future debt.
• The vicious beast leader recognizes Chen Wen as a serious threat. Its desperation and unwillingness to die alone drive it to accept a final confrontation.

Significant Themes

• Sacrifice and survival: Chen Wen risks being trapped or killed so the others can escape, while the group must decide whether survival is worth accepting his sacrifice.
• The value of life versus possessions: The characters readily exchange their treasures for a chance to live, emphasizing that material wealth is meaningless in the face of death.
• Trust and obligation: Chen Wen’s actions create a debt of gratitude, while the group’s possessions become the price of their trust in him.
• Pragmatism versus morality: Chen Wen’s demand for payment complicates the idea of heroism, presenting him as both self-sacrificing and self-interested.
• Desperation and final resistance: The expanding Dark Current and the beast leader’s decision to fight reflect the pressure of imminent destruction.

Character Interactions

• Chen Wen and Qin Yunshan debate the morality and practicality of leaving Chen Wen behind.
• Chen Wen challenges the group’s silence by asking who else is willing to sacrifice themselves.
• Zhao Chen, Qin Xue, and Qin Yunshan each personally hand over their Spatial Rings and express concern or gratitude.
• Qin Xue confesses that Chen Wen has saved her despite her promise to protect him.
• Qin Yunshan warns Chen Wen that activating the teleportation will prevent his return, but Chen Wen accepts the risk.
• Chen Wen and the vicious beast leader exchange threats before engaging in their imminent battle.

Chapter Summary: “Rules Beneath the Starry Sky, True Secluded Cultivation”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The ferocious beast leader unleashes the Rise of Forces, causing the spatial tremors, undercurrents, pulling force, and movement speed to intensify rapidly.
• Qin Yunshan realizes that Chen Wen’s plan is essential, since remaining in the unstable space could endanger everyone.
• Chen Wen throws the stone gate at the beast leader, severely damaging its physical defenses and sending it flying, though the attack does not kill it.
• Chen Wen orders Qin Yunshan and the others to leave through the transmission space. Qin Yunshan reluctantly departs after increasing his power to stabilize their escape.
• Once everyone else has left, Chen Wen stops holding back. He reveals that he had been concealing much of his strength and kills the ferocious beast leader with a second blow from the stone gate.
• Chen Wen assesses his current power, concluding that he can easily kill ordinary experts in the Seventh-Order Great Emperor Will Realm. However, he remains wary of hidden geniuses, experts who can borrow the strength of their true bodies, and especially those whose true bodies can directly act through avatars.
• Xian Hongshao warns Chen that a black hole is approaching. She instructs him to activate Absolute Defense as soon as it swallows him.
• The black hole consumes Chen Wen, transporting him to a dangerous starry region filled with dark vortexes and debris from a shattered continent.
• Chen Wen discovers that the environment severely suppresses movement, attacks, gravity, Spiritual Energy, and Soul Power. Even extending his Soul Power slightly over a hundred meters causes intense strain.
• Xian Hongshao explains that this is only a transitional zone influenced by the Outer Starry Sky’s Rule Power, not the true Outer Starry Sky. A weaker expert would be crushed by the actual rules.
• She identifies the environment as a valuable cultivation opportunity and offers to create a three-month training plan for Chen Wen before he returns to participate in the Selection Tournament.

Character Developments

• Chen Wen demonstrates a major increase in strength. He had deliberately concealed his true power and is now confident enough to defeat ordinary Seventh-Order Great Emperor Will Realm opponents with ease.
• His battle experience and judgment continue to improve: he recognizes his remaining weaknesses and carefully evaluates threats rather than becoming overconfident.
• Chen Wen also shows strong adaptability. Instead of merely enduring the harsh environment, he becomes excited at the possibility of using it to strengthen his body and abilities.
• Qin Yunshan proves his trust in Chen Wen by following his instructions and helping the others escape, despite his emotional reluctance to leave him behind.
• Xian Hongshao continues to act as Chen Wen’s guide and protector. She understands the dangers of the starry region and encourages Chen Wen to transform its suppressive rules into a training advantage.

Significant Themes

• Adaptability as the foundation of growth: Xian Hongshao emphasizes that living beings become stronger by adapting to hostile environments. Chen Wen’s discomfort may become the source of substantial improvement.
• Hidden strength and strategic restraint: Chen Wen’s earlier concealment of his power allows him to surprise and overwhelm the beast leader once his allies are safe.
• Limits of power: Although Chen Wen has become exceptionally strong, he recognizes that greater dangers exist, particularly experts connected to powerful true bodies or avatars.
• The vastness and danger of the cosmos: The Outer Starry Sky is governed by rules so powerful that even high-level cultivators cannot freely cross it. The chapter expands the story’s scale beyond individual battles.
• Cultivation through adversity: The hostile starry environment, which initially appears purely dangerous, is reframed as an opportunity for transformation and advancement.

Character Interactions

• Chen Wen and the ferocious beast leader engage in a brief but decisive confrontation. Chen Wen first injures it while enabling his allies to escape, then reveals his full strength and kills it.
• Chen Wen and Qin Yunshan share a moment of trust and sacrifice: Chen Wen commands him to leave, while Qin Yunshan struggles emotionally but ultimately obeys.
• Chen Wen relies heavily on Xian Hongshao’s knowledge after arriving in the starry region. Their discussion changes his understanding of the environment from a threat into a potential training ground.
• Xian Hongshao’s protective attitude is evident as she monitors Chen Wen’s safety and prepares to guide his cultivation, reinforcing their shared fate and close partnership.