Chapter Summaries

Chen Wen defeated Ye Yan and then faced Ye Yao, whose illusion techniques and Venerable Emperor power failed to stop him. After Chen Wen struck Ye Yao with a soul-piercing Flying Sword, Ye Yao fell to one knee as Chen Wen called for the next opponent.

• Chen Wen stunned the Grand Arena by defeating Ye Yan with a single cauldron strike, prompting Ye Kuang to cheer and Ye Binghuang to admire him.
• Chen Wen taunted the nineteen remaining Ye Clan disciples, and Ye Yao stepped forward to challenge him.
• Ye Yao released his dual illusion technique, but Chen Wen resisted it and cut apart the illusory world with his One-Finger Sword.
• Ye Yao unleashed his strongest sword with the imperial power of the Venerable Emperor Realm, but Chen Wen detected the concealed attack and countered with his Flying Sword.
• Chen Wen's Flying Sword pierced Ye Yao's glabella with soul-piercing Sword Qi, and Ye Yao dropped to one knee as Chen Wen said, "Next."

After Chen Wen instantly defeated Ye Yao, Gu Lingyuan and Ji Qingying suspected he had used an ancient Hidden Weapon. Ye Changge sent the third-layer Venerable Emperor Ye Long, whose Sacred Dragon Body had completed its third awakening, to challenge Chen Wen, and their battle began with Ye Long unleashing his power.

• Chen Wen instantly crushed Ye Yao's Phantom Sword Slash, leaving the challengers and spectators stunned.
• Gu Lingyuan and Ji Qingying speculated that Chen Wen's attack had come from an ancient Hidden Weapon.
• Ye Changge ordered Ye Long to challenge Chen Wen and promised him access to the Ancestral Land if he secured the slot.
• Ye Long faced Chen Wen and vowed to defeat him in three moves, but Chen Wen dismissed his claim.
• Ye Long surged forward, released his Sacred Dragon pressure, and sent a golden dragon roaring toward the heavens as the Battle Arena crumbled toward Chen Wen.

Chen Wen overwhelmingly defeated Ye Long in the Grand Arena, proving his strength to the spectators and elders. Ye Changge’s jealousy and hatred of Chen Wen deepened, while Chen Wen called for the next challenger.

• Chen Wen calmly deflected Ye Long’s pressure, stopped his Golden Dragon with one finger, and crushed it.
• Chen Wen battered Ye Long with spatial force and the Azure Dragon Seal, then struck him down with Chaos Across the Heavens.
• The crowd and elders watched in shock as Chen Wen defeated Ye Long, while Gu Lingyuan and Ji Qingying lost their arrogance.
• Ye Changge called Ye Long trash, was reprimanded by Ye Fan, and returned to his seat consumed by hatred for Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen called for the next challenger, leaving the arena to wonder who would dare face him.

Chen Wen won first place in the Sacred War Quota Competition and earned twenty days in the Ancestral Land’s Dragon Cleansing Pool. Ye Changge challenged the reward allocation and rallied other disciples to demand more time for Saint Emperor Realm cultivators, leaving Chen Wen to answer his pressure.

• When no disciples challenged Chen Wen, Ye Luo confirmed his advancement and ended the competition.
• Ye Luo named Chen Wen first place, and the disciples applauded as Ye Binghuang admired him and Ye Changge kept his composure.
• Ye Luo announced that every quota winner would receive ten days in the Dragon Cleansing Pool, with Chen Wen receiving ten additional days for first place.
• Ye Changge objected that Saint Emperor Realm cultivators deserved more time than Chen Wen and argued that strengthening them would better serve the Ye Clan in the Sacred War.
• Fifteen disciples from the Dragon Subduing Mansion joined Ye Changge’s appeal, and he invoked the Ye Clan’s interests to pressure Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen dismissed Ye Changge’s argument by asking if he was done talking nonsense.

Chen Wen rebuked Ye Changge and the other descendants for demanding his Dragon Cleansing Pool rewards, and Ye Changsheng upheld the contest rules. After Gu Lingyuan and Ji Qingying prepared to leave, Chen Wen warned them he would confront their schemes and challenge their forces in the Holy War, leaving Gu Lingyuan furious but unable to answer his taunt.

• Chen Wen rejected Ye Changge's demand for his rewards and told the descendants to leave.
• Ye Changsheng defended the rules he had set, and Ye Tu persuaded Ye Changge to let go of his anger and focus on the Holy War.
• Ye Changge and the others admitted their mistake, then Ye Luo announced that the descendants would go to the Dragon Cleansing Pool the next day.
• Gu Lingyuan and Ji Qingying left, recognizing Chen Wen as a threat and planning to target him in the Holy War.
• Chen Wen stopped Gu Lingyuan and Ji Qingying, warned them against plotting against him, and threatened the Chen Clan and Loulan Ancient Kingdom.
• Gu Lingyuan mocked Chen Wen's confidence, but he reminded her he had beaten her before, and she left in anger.

After Chen Wen secured a Holy War quota, his family celebrated while rivals and allies reassessed his strength. Ye Binghuang visited to invite him into the Dragon Suppressing Palace, but Chen Wen declined to commit and returned to cultivation.

• Ye Chenyan, Wen Chenbing, and Jiang Bingli congratulated Chen Wen, then urged him to rest before the Dragon Cleansing Pool the next day.
• Ye Ruonan shyly congratulated Chen Wen as he headed back to his residence.
• Gu Lingyuan learned that Little Lian and Little Shuang had returned and planned to attend her clan's quota battle in three days.
• Long Aohan reported Chen Wen's victory to Long Qingtian, who warned that the Long Clan must not repeat its past mistakes with the Chen Clan and Chen Wen.
• Ye Binghuang visited Chen Wen and invited him to join the Dragon Suppressing Palace, but he asked for time to consider before returning to his Cultivation Room.

Chen Wen entered the Ye Clan’s Dragon Cleansing Pool and learned that its golden liquid contained diluted True Dragon Origin. While Ye Changge and the others passively endured its power, Chen Wen prepared to subdue it by force.

• After completing his cultivation of the Heavy Prison Domain, Chen Wen went to the Grand Arena to join the other disciples.
• Ye Changsheng opened a spatial entrance and warned the disciples that harming others in the pool would cost them their chance to participate in the Holy War.
• Ye Changsheng led the disciples into the ancestral land, where Chen Wen saw the Dragon Cleansing Pool and Xian Hongshao identified its liquid as diluted True Dragon Origin.
• Xian Hongshao explained that the disciples could either let the True Dragon Origin choose what benefits to grant them or suppress it and conquer it, risking a backlash.
• Ye Changge and the other disciples entered the pool and passively endured its scorching power, while Chen Wen chose not to follow their method.

Chen Wen used the Supreme Chaos Art to suppress the True Dragon Origin and absorb the Dragon Cleansing Pool’s power, shocking the True Dragon Manor elders and disciples. Ye Changge failed when he tried the same method, and his jealousy and hatred toward Chen Wen grew.

• Chen Wen began actively absorbing the True Dragon Origin, drawing ridicule from Ye Changge, the disciples, and the watching elders.
• Ye Changsheng learned that Chen Wen had been told the proper absorption method, while Ye Tu expressed confidence that Chen Wen would fail.
• As the True Dragon Origin attacked, Chen Wen unleashed his Chaos Sequence Body and suppressed the dragon shadows and surrounding power.
• Chen Wen’s absorption formed a vortex that enveloped the Dragon Cleansing Pool and diverted the power flowing toward everyone else.
• Ye Changge attempted to absorb the origin actively but failed and spat blood, while Chen Wen continued absorbing the pool’s power.
• Ye Changge recovered from his injury and blamed Chen Wen, his hatred intensifying after another public defeat.

Chen Wen continued absorbing the True Dragon Origin while Ye Changge persuaded the other disciples to join forces to seize some of it. Their combined effort failed, and Ye Binghuang refused Ye Changge’s demand to try again as Chen Wen’s strength continued to rise.

• Chen Wen accelerated his absorption of the True Dragon Origin, leaving little for Ye Changge and the other disciples.
• Ye Changge proposed that the disciples combine their strength, and Ye Binghuang agreed after Ye Qingxian set limits on her participation.
• Twenty-nine disciples joined forces to suppress the True Dragon Origin, but its Dragon Shadows overwhelmed them and sent them flying.
• Ye Changge urged the injured disciples to attempt the suppression again, but Ye Binghuang and the Dragon Suppressing Palace disciples chose to recover.
• Ye Changge’s fellow manor disciples hesitated to follow him, and he angrily called them trash.

Ye Changsheng and the elders agreed to let the juniors leave the Dragon Cleansing Pool and return in twenty days, while increasing the True Dragon Origin available to Chen Wen. Ye Changge left resentful after learning Chen Wen would receive benefits, and Ye Changsheng prepared to raise Chen Wen’s supply.

• Ye Xuan proposed letting the juniors leave and return after twenty days, and Ye Kuang agreed on the condition that Chen Wen receive more True Dragon Origin.
• Ye Xuan and Ye Tu proposed increasing Chen Wen’s supply incrementally, and Ye Changsheng approved the compromise.
• Ye Changsheng offered the juniors a choice to leave or stay, and they chose to depart and return in twenty days.
• Ye Binghuang agreed to leave, while Ye Changge asked what Chen Wen would gain and then left with resentment.
• Ye Changsheng told Chen Wen that he would increase his True Dragon Origin and leave how much Chen Wen absorbed to his own Fortune.

Chen Wen absorbed the True Dragon Origin in the Dragon Cleansing Pool at an astonishing rate, advancing his cultivation while strengthening his Chaos Sequence Body and Great World Divine Tree. By the twelfth day, the elders had replenished the pool repeatedly, and Ye Xuan and the others rushed in to stop Ye Changsheng from adding more.

• Ye Changsheng infused fresh True Dragon Origin into the Dragon Cleansing Pool, prompting Chen Wen to unleash his full absorption speed.
• Chen Wen drained the pool within three days and reached the peak of the Tenth Level Nirvana Realm, so Ye Changsheng replenished it.
• Chen Wen consumed another supply in two days, and Ye Changsheng added three times as much True Dragon Origin.
• By the twelfth day, Chen Wen had absorbed nearly five times the amount in an elder-level pool, while Ye Xuan and Ye Tu regretted opposing an upgrade to his pool.
• Ye Changsheng added another triple amount, but Chen Wen nearly drained it again over the next five days.
• Ye Xuan and the other elders rushed into the pool space and begged Ye Changsheng not to add more, fearing Chen Wen would exhaust the Lineage’s remaining Origin.

Chen Wen stopped absorbing True Dragon Origin after his cultivation, Chaos Sequence Body, and Great World Divine Tree reached the threshold of a breakthrough. He left the Dragon Cleansing Pool with one day remaining and encountered the gathered Ye Clan disciples at the Grand Arena.

• Ye Changsheng doubled the True Dragon Origin supplied to Chen Wen, and the elders watched as he rapidly absorbed it.
• After two more days, Chen Wen stopped absorbing because he had reached the threshold of a breakthrough and did not want to advance in front of the elders.
• Ye Xuan questioned why Chen Wen had gained only a minor realm, and Chen Wen blamed his unusually demanding breakthroughs and concealed his true condition.
• Ye Changsheng told Chen Wen to leave, and the Grand Elders agreed to set limits on future arrangements after he joked about the remaining day.
• Chen Wen exited the pool and met the gathered younger disciples, including Ye Changge and Ye Binghuang.

After leaving the Dragon Cleansing Pool, Chen Wen ignored the disciples who mocked his limited cultivation breakthrough and returned to his residence to awaken his Chaos Sequence Body. He gained the Chaos Sky-Slaying Wings and learned that the Great World Divine Tree’s Arc of Life could stimulate growth and grant powerful vitality.

• Chen Wen saw that Ye Changge and Ye Binghuang had both reached the seventh level of the Saint Emperor Realm, while Ye Changge concluded that Chen Wen was weak and let go of his resentment.
• True Dragon Manor disciples mocked Chen Wen for gaining only one Minor Realm after twenty days in the Dragon Cleansing Pool, but Chen Wen ignored them and returned to his residence.
• Chen Wen reported to his mother, entered his Cultivation Room, and activated the Supreme Chaos Art, completing his Chaos First Awakening and obtaining the Chaos Sky-Slaying Wings.
• Chen Wen sensed the Great World Divine Tree’s newly formed divine markings, and Xian Hongshao explained that its Arc of Life could spur growth and grant objects powerful vitality.
• Chen Wen became eager to use the Arc of Life and then prepared to break through his cultivation realm.

Ye Changge forged the True Dragon Golden Body in the Dragon Cleansing Pool, gaining immense strength and drawing the Ye Clan’s attention. After thanking Ye Changsheng, he left with renewed confidence and contempt for Chen Wen.

• Chen Wen broke through to the first level of the Heavenly King Realm and continued cultivating a new move in seclusion.
• Ye Changge’s body transformed as the remaining True Dragon Origin surged toward him, prompting Ye Tu to ask Ye Changsheng to support his breakthrough.
• Ye Changsheng added more True Dragon Origin to the pool and encouraged Ye Binghuang and the other disciples to cultivate alongside Ye Changge.
• Ye Changge completed his True Dragon Golden Body, whose dragon aura overwhelmed the gathered disciples and suppressed Ye Binghuang.
• Ye Changge thanked Ye Changsheng, accepted his warning to focus on improving himself, and decided Chen Wen was no longer worthy of his attention.

After the Dragon Cleansing Pool, Ye Changge regained his confidence while Ye Xuan recognized Ye Qingxian’s talent and offered to take her as a disciple. Ye Qingxian refused because she already had a master, and the chapter ended as the Ye Clan prepared to hear the newly released Sacred War Ranking.

• Ye Changge credited Ye Tu’s guidance for his progress, while Ye Xuan encouraged Ye Binghuang not to lose heart.
• Ye Xuan praised Ye Qingxian’s talent and offered to take her as a disciple.
• Ye Qingxian refused, saying she already had a master but could not reveal that master’s identity without permission.
• Ye Xuan accepted Ye Qingxian’s answer and offered to help her if needed, while Ye Changsheng left the choice to the disciples.
• Elder Ye Du announced that the Heavenly Machine Tower had released the Sacred War Ranking, and Ye Changsheng ordered him to present it before everyone.

Ye Du revealed the Sacred War rankings, showing Ye Changge second on the standard list and no Ye Clan disciples on the Supreme Heavenly Talent Ranking. As the Ye Clan prepared to depart, Chen Wen emerged from seclusion two days before they were due to leave.

• Ye Changsheng asked where Chen Wen was, and Ye Du said he was still cultivating with the Chenyan Clan.
• Ye Du unveiled the standard rankings, where Chen Hongmian placed first, Ye Changge second, and Ye Binghuang fifth.
• Ye Du revealed the fifteen names on the Supreme Heavenly Talent Ranking, which included no Ye Clan disciples.
• Ye Changge declared that he could enter the Supreme Heavenly Talent Ranking, while Ye Changsheng urged the disciples to use the list to judge their opponents and avoid danger.
• Ye Changsheng told the disciples they would depart in five days for the Sacred War, and Ye Kuang said their plans were proceeding smoothly.
• Three days passed, and Chen Wen emerged from seclusion with two days remaining before the Ye Clan's departure.

After leaving seclusion, Chen Wen learned that the Sacred War was approaching and that several powerful rivals would be watching him. Ye Chenyan warned him about the Chen Clan’s hostility and vowed to punish those who had harmed him, while Chen Wen chose to face them directly.

• Ye Chenyan gave Chen Wen a rare Breath Concealing Talisman and told him the Lineage would depart for the Sacred War in two days.
• Ye Chenyan warned Chen Wen that Ye Changge had forged the True Dragon Golden Body and might target him.
• Ye Chenyan showed Chen Wen the Sacred War Ranking, where Chen Wen placed two thousand five hundredth, Chen Wen’s sister ranked first, and Ye Changge ranked second.
• Ye Chenyan identified Chen Wushuang and Chen Honglian as Chen Baxuan’s children and warned that they would hold their father’s grudge against Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen questioned why the old hag mistreated his family, and Ye Chenyan vowed to cut down the greedy clan members who had harmed him.

Chen Wen arranged for Ye Chenyan to gather rare materials for the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array and helped Jiang Taichu settle into the Ye Clan so he could grow stronger. Meanwhile, Qi Tiandu ordered an investigation into Chen Wen, and the group prepared to depart for the Desolate Ruins.

• Ye Chenyan showed Chen Wen the Supreme Heavenly Talent Ranking and agreed to seek the five rare materials he needed for the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array.
• Chen Wen contacted Jiang Taichu and arranged for him to join the Ye Clan, where Ye Qingxian would find him a suitable position.
• Chen Wen returned to cultivation, while Qi Tiandu discussed Chen Wen's history with the Man in Black and ordered Taiyi to verify his suspicions during the Holy War.
• Two days passed, and the day to depart for the Desolate Ruins arrived.

Chen Wen joined the Ye Clan’s expedition to the Desolate Ruins, where he and the other disciples would spend six months in the Sacred Ancient Battlefield seeking Sacred Souls and a chance to reach the Sacred Stele. As the expedition departed, Ye Chenyan gave him the materials he needed to build the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array and warned him to stay safe.

• Chen Wen arrived at the crowded Grand Arena, where many dismissed his first-level Heavenly King Realm cultivation as disappointing, though Ye Qingxian sensed he was not to be underestimated.
• Ye Changsheng explained that the disciples would spend half a year in the Sacred Ancient Battlefield, facing rival factions and Undying Sacred Souls while seeking Sacred Souls to reach the Final Land and its Sacred Stele.
• Ye Changsheng named Ye Kuang, Ye Xuan, and Ye Tu as the expedition’s leaders, then ordered everyone to board the flying vessel.
• Ye Chenyan stopped Chen Wen and gave him a Spatial Ring containing materials for the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array, urging him to stay with his elder brother and sister if danger became overwhelming.
• Chen Wen boarded the flying vessel, while Ye Chenyan watched him depart with worry.

Chen Wen arrived at the Desolate Ruins with the Ye Clan and faced scorn from onlookers, but Chen Hongmian defended him and greeted him with unusual tenderness. She explained Xuanyuan Beiqiong’s great influence as the Northern Sky Dragon, and the chapter ended as the Supreme Heavenly Prodigy arrived.

• Chen Wen and the Ye Clan party descended into the Desolate Ruins, where onlookers mocked Chen Wen for being a Heavenly King Realm cultivator.
• Chen Hongmian silenced the crowd by declaring Chen Wen her little brother and challenging anyone who objected.
• Chen Hongmian greeted Ye Kuang, Ye Xuan, and Ye Tu before warmly embracing Chen Wen, who asked why his brother had not come.
• Chen Hongmian told Chen Wen that his brother had been invited to Xuanyuan Beiqiong’s tea gathering and described Xuanyuan Beiqiong as the renowned Northern Sky Dragon.
• A startled cry announced the arrival of the Supreme Heavenly Prodigy, and Chen Wen looked toward the voice.