Chapter Summaries

Chen Wen entered Imperial Palace Mountain under the assumed identity Ye Wuqing, escorted by Su Long and introduced to Su Youyu. After Xuanyuan Beiqiong recruited powerful young cultivators to help prevent interference while he killed Chen Wen, Chen Wen approached the main mountain and declared that he would make everyone there roll down.

• Su Long brought Chen Wen to Imperial Palace Mountain and waited for his sister, Su Youyu, to arrive.
• Su Youyu questioned Chen Wen's intentions but allowed him to enter the mountain with her and Su Long.
• Xuanyuan Beiqiong asked Mo Fengliu and nineteen other peak tenth-level Saint Emperor Realm cultivators to stop anyone who interfered with his plan to kill Chen Wen.
• Mo Fengliu and the others agreed to help Xuanyuan Beiqiong in exchange for future rewards.
• At the main mountain, Chen Wen told Su Long the matter no longer involved him and walked toward the peak.
• Chen Wen released his aura and declared that he would make everyone on the main mountain roll down, stunning Su Long and Su Youyu.

Chen Wen destroyed Imperial Palace Mountain with a single Thunder Sword strike and revealed himself as the wanted Chen Wen. Xuanyuan Beiqiong and his allies surrounded him, and the chapter ended with both men declaring their intent to kill the other.

• Chen Wen formed a giant Thunder Sword and slashed apart Imperial Palace Mountain's Mountain Protection Array and main peak.
• Xuanyuan Beiqiong and the other experts emerged from the ruins and surrounded Chen Wen while Su Long panicked and Su Youyu defended him.
• Xuanyuan Beiqiong demanded to know Chen Wen's identity, and Chen Wen dispelled his Rebirth Technique to reveal his true face.
• Xuanyuan Beiqiong recognized Chen Wen and vowed to kill him, while Chen Wen said he had come to kill Xuanyuan Beiqiong.

Chen Wen fought Xuanyuan Beiqiong and overwhelmed him, breaking his space-traversing Secret Art and surviving the Emperor Dragon Bloodline’s counterattack. Xuanyuan Beiqiong finally lost his contempt as Chen Wen charged at him to continue the battle.

• Xuanyuan Beiqiong attacked Chen Wen from within space with a golden fist, but Chen Wen caught and crushed it with one hand.
• Chen Wen released his Heavy Prison Domain, crushed Xuanyuan Beiqiong’s hiding space, and broke his Secret Art of traversing space.
• Xuanyuan Beiqiong summoned his nine-clawed Emperor Dragon phantom to clash with Chen Wen’s Chaos Heaven-Crossing Hand, but the backlash made him spit blood.
• Chen Wen suppressed the backlash with his body unharmed, shaking Xuanyuan Beiqiong, then charged forward to attack.

Chen Wen overwhelmed Xuanyuan Beiqiong in a direct clash of dragon seals, forcing him to cough up blood despite their vast difference in cultivation. Xuanyuan Beiqiong then began unleashing his true trump card, leaving the battle's outcome uncertain.

• Chen Wen activated the Bone Burning Technique and Absolute Combat Power, revealing strength that shocked Su Youyu, Mo Fengliu, and the others.
• Xuanyuan Beiqiong summoned his Emperor Dragon bloodline and formed the Imperial Dragon Seal, while Chen Wen countered with the Divine Beast Four Symbols Seal.
• Chen Wen and Xuanyuan Beiqiong clashed their dragon seals, and Xuanyuan Beiqiong spat out another mouthful of blood after the collision.
• Su Long asked whether Xuanyuan Beiqiong was being suppressed, and Su Youyu said his true trump card had yet to emerge and hoped Chen Wen would win.
• Xuanyuan Beiqiong acknowledged that Chen Wen had surprised him, then ignited golden flames across his body as his aura surged.

Xuanyuan Beiqiong summoned his clan’s Ancestral Soul to suppress Chen Wen, but Chen Wen’s Indomitable Soul shattered its pressure and overwhelmed them both. The Ancestral Soul remained present, furious at its descendant, while Xuanyuan Beiqiong struggled to endure the spiritual backlash.

• Xuanyuan Beiqiong burned his bloodline and summoned the Xuanyuan Clan’s Ancestral Soul, which agreed to suppress Chen Wen so Xuanyuan Beiqiong could kill him.
• Xian Hongshao explained that the Ancestral Soul was a lingering thought whose pressure could still threaten Chen Wen’s soul.
• The Ancestral Soul ordered Chen Wen to kneel, but Chen Wen’s Indomitable Soul crushed the first wave of Dragon Might and deterrence.
• Xuanyuan Beiqiong asked the Ancestral Soul to use its full strength, and Chen Wen unleashed his soul domain and shattered the stronger attack.
• Chen Wen’s colossal soul phantom overwhelmed the battlefield, leaving Xuanyuan Beiqiong bleeding from his facial orifices and the Ancestral Soul shocked.
• Xuanyuan Beiqiong pleaded for help, and the Ancestral Soul angrily told him to shut up.

Chen Wen overwhelmed Xuanyuan Beiqiong and the Xuanyuan Clan’s Ancestral Soul, forcing both to kneel before destroying the Ancestral Soul. He then seized Xuanyuan Beiqiong by the face as Mo Fengliu and the others refused to help, leaving Xuanyuan Beiqiong at his mercy.

• The Ancestral Soul asked Chen Wen how he had attained an Indomitable Soul, but Chen Wen attacked instead and forced Xuanyuan Beiqiong to meet his punch.
• Chen Wen’s punch blasted Xuanyuan Beiqiong backward and damaged the Ancestral Soul, then his aura forced Xuanyuan Beiqiong to kneel.
• Chen Wen’s golden soul phantom overwhelmed the Ancestral Soul and forced it to kneel as the watching crowd, including Su Youyu and Su Long, stared in shock.
• Chen Wen crushed the Ancestral Soul until its Lingering Thought scattered, while Xuanyuan Beiqiong rejected Mo Fengliu’s offer of help and insisted he could kill Chen Wen alone.
• Chen Wen reached for the immobilized Xuanyuan Beiqiong, who desperately called for help, but Mo Fengliu and the others stayed back before Chen Wen grabbed Xuanyuan Beiqiong by the face.

Chen Wen killed Xuanyuan Beiqiong despite Xuanyuan Zhan’s offer of peace, and the Kill Order killed Xuanyuan Zhan when he attacked. With the gathered young talents now afraid of him, Chen Wen learned that another group was approaching.

• Chen Wen held Xuanyuan Beiqiong captive while Xuanyuan Zhan offered compensation and an end to the Xuanyuan Clan’s pursuit in exchange for his release.
• Chen Wen crushed Xuanyuan Beiqiong’s head and obtained a drop of Golden Nirvana Liquid.
• Xuanyuan Zhan attacked Chen Wen, but the Kill Order struck him down before he could land his blow.
• Chen Wen’s display frightened Mo Fengliu and the other young talents, who backed away from him.
• Xian Hongshao warned Chen Wen that about forty people were approaching, led by someone at the Half-step Supreme Realm.

Chen Wen chose to retreat rather than risk fighting four Half-step Supreme Realm experts, but he made a public declaration of war by displaying Xuanyuan Beiqiong’s corpse. Long Haoyu and the other powerful pursuers arrived after Chen Wen had left and set out to continue the hunt.

• Xian Hongshao advised Chen Wen to avoid the four Half-step Supreme Realm experts, and he agreed to leave and grow stronger first.
• Chen Wen warned the world’s disciples not to pursue him, then pinned Xuanyuan Beiqiong’s corpse to the stone stele as his declaration of war.
• Chen Wen departed, leaving Su Youyu, Su Long, and the other disciples relieved that he had spared them.
• Long Haoyu, Jiang Ziyue, Qi Longcang, and Lou Lan Wanyue arrived and learned that Chen Wen had decisively defeated Xuanyuan Beiqiong, even after he summoned his Ancestral Soul.
• Long Haoyu dismissed Chen Wen’s declaration and led the group away, confident that Chen Wen could not escape their hunt.

Su Youyu warned Chen Hongmian that Long Haoyu and the others might be tracking Chen Wen, while also confessing that she had taken a fancy to him. Chen Hongmian and Chen Wudi decided not to intervene in the active Kill Order, trusting Chen Wen to protect himself.

• Su Long pointed out that Long Haoyu, Jiang Ziyue, Qi Longcang, and Lou Lan Wanyue had arrived too quickly from distant domains, leading Su Youyu to suspect they could track Chen Wen.
• Su Youyu told Chen Hongmian that Chen Wen had killed Xuanyuan Beiqiong and asked to be introduced to him because she had taken a fancy to him.
• Su Youyu warned Chen Hongmian that Long Haoyu and the others might be able to pinpoint Chen Wen's location, and Chen Hongmian agreed that their pursuit was likely planned.
• Chen Wudi said they could not interfere with the active Kill Order and believed Chen Wen had foreseen the danger and left before the pursuers arrived.
• Chen Wudi suggested Su Youyu was worthy of Chen Wen, but Chen Hongmian rejected the idea and left.

After Chen Wen killed Xuanyuan Beiqiong and declared war on the world’s disciples, the Xuanyuan Clan sought his location while Long Qingtian and Gu Lingyuan reacted to the news. The battle footage spread across the Archaic Desolate Realm, and Chen Wen learned that his pursuers had caught up with him.

• Xuanyuan Nantian told Xuanyuan Dihuang that Chen Wen had killed Xuanyuan Beiqiong, and Dihuang ordered him to find Chen Wen and bring back his head.
• Xuanyuan Nantian suspected the Four Great Powers could track Chen Wen, and Xuanyuan Dihuang asked Long Qingtian for Chen Wen’s location.
• Long Qingtian said his son Long Haoyu would kill Chen Wen, while Xuanyuan Dihuang accepted his response and waited for news.
• Gu Lingyuan learned Chen Wen had killed Xuanyuan Beiqiong and declared war on the world’s disciples, then ordered her informant to keep watching him.
• The footage of Chen Wen’s battle spread through the Archaic Desolate Realm, prompting many young disciples to emerge and pursue him.
• Chen Wen stopped before a cave, and Xian Hongshao confirmed that all of their pursuers had caught up with them.

Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao prepared a hidden Dragon Gathering Killing Array in the mountains to ambush the people tracking him. The pursuers arrived, leaving Chen Wen ready to learn who they were and how they had found him.

• Chen Wen confirmed that his pursuers could track his position and stopped in a secluded mountain hollow.
• Xian Hongshao proposed using the terrain to hide a killing formation while Chen Wen watched from the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array and cultivated.
• Chen Wen used both Earth Spirit Seals to draw mountain power as Xian Hongshao formed a weakened Dragon Gathering Killing Array.
• Xian Hongshao said the concealed formation would take at least ten days for younger pursuers to break, and Chen Wen prepared to attack if it failed to kill them all.
• Xian Hongshao announced that the pursuers had arrived, and Chen Wen waited to see who they were.

Long Haoyu and the others found Chen Wen hidden behind a formation, but Jiang Ziyue could not identify or break it. Long Haoyu recruited Ximen Wuchen to help, and the group agreed to seek information from Chen Wen in addition to pursuing his life.

• Long Haoyu and the others arrived at the mountain range, where Jiang Ziyue examined the formation blocking their way.
• Chen Wen watched the group from inside the formation and followed Xian Hongshao's advice to scan his body for a tracking method.
• After an hour, Jiang Ziyue admitted she could not break the formation soon and suggested contacting her senior brother, Ximen Wuchen.
• Long Haoyu spoke with Ximen Wuchen through Jiang Ziyue's Sound Transmission Talisman and explained their situation.
• Ximen Wuchen asked who would get to kill Chen Wen, then agreed to join after Long Haoyu proposed searching for information about Chen Wen's great fortune.

Chen Wen discovered that the Dragon Clan’s Blood Spirit Seal had let Long Haoyu track him, but chose to keep it and conceal its signal while cultivating inside the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array. As Ximen Wuchen began breaking the formation, disciples including Su Youyu headed toward Prison Dragon Mountain Range.

• Long Haoyu told Long Qingtian that Chen Wen was hidden inside a formation and assured him that Chen Wen would die.
• Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao identified the Blood Spirit Seal as a tracking mark and decided to use a Spirit Concealment Seal to make it harder to locate him.
• Chen Wen entered the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array, where he found that Xian Hongshao had fused the Mysterious Vein into its inner space, and began cultivating toward three goals.
• Three days later, Ximen Wuchen arrived and said he needed ten days to break the formation, and Long Haoyu agreed.
• Chen Wen continued cultivating as disciples of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Domain, including Su Youyu, hurried toward Prison Dragon Mountain Range.

Gu Lingyuan urged Ximen Wuchen to kill Chen Wen, while Ximen Wuchen secretly pursued Chen Wen for his Fate Momentum. After ten days of siege, Ximen Wuchen and Jiang Ziyue broke Chen Wen’s formation, leaving Long Haoyu and the gathered spectators poised to see what happened next.

• Chen Hai told Gu Lingyuan that Long Haoyu had surrounded Chen Wen and that Ximen Wuchen and Jiang Ziyue were trying to break his formation.
• Gu Lingyuan contacted Ximen Wuchen and urged him not to spare Chen Wen, claiming Chen Wen had killed Chen Honglian.
• Ximen Wuchen privately dismissed Gu Lingyuan’s demand but resolved to kill Chen Wen to claim his Fate Momentum.
• Su Youyu told Jun Luochen and the others that Chen Wen’s strength made it impossible to know whether he had used his full power before.
• After ten days, Ximen Wuchen and Jiang Ziyue shattered Chen Wen’s formation as Long Haoyu and the gathered disciples watched.

Long Haoyu and the others waited outside a secret realm, confident Chen Wen would soon emerge and fall into their hands. Chen Wen finished his seclusion, reached the sixth level of the Venerable Emperor Realm, and stepped out ready to face them and test his strength against a Half-step Supreme Realm expert.

• Long Haoyu used the Blood Spirit Seal to confirm Chen Wen was inside a secret realm, and he and the others decided to wait for him to emerge.
• Lou Lan Wanyue noticed the strange mountain terrain, and Qi Longcang identified it as the naturally formed Dragon Imprisonment Formation, which posed no immediate danger.
• Chen Wen broke through two Minor Realms, reached the sixth level of the Venerable Emperor Realm, and gained greater power from the Intermediate Heavenly Source.
• Xian Hongshao told Chen Wen that the pursuers had only recently broken through his formation, and Chen Wen asked how to trigger the terrain's Killing Move.
• Chen Wen stepped out of the secret realm, prepared to send the pursuers away and test his strength against a Half-step Supreme Realm expert.

Chen Wen emerged from the formation to find more than a thousand disciples gathered to kill him, including Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen. He called them all forward to fight, and as Long Haoyu tried to unite them against him, Chen Wen prepared to attack.

• Chen Wen stepped out of the distorted exit and saw that most of the gathered disciples held killing intent toward him.
• Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen confronted Chen Wen, but his calmness and taunts enraged them.
• Chen Wen challenged all forty-one leading disciples to attack him at once, while Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen suspected he was trying to escape amid the confusion.
• Jun Luochen and other disciples joined the encirclement, leaving Chen Wen surrounded by nearly a thousand people; Su Youyu feared he would not survive.
• Chen Wen noticed nineteen Sons of Destiny among the crowd, while Long Haoyu promised to share Chen Wen's spoils to keep the disciples united.
• Chen Wen told the gathered disciples they had waited long enough and could now die.

Chen Wen revealed that he had lured his enemies into the Dragon Gathering Killing Array and trapped more than a thousand disciples in the Prison Dragon Mountain Range. He rejected their offers and threats, then ordered Xian Hongshao to unleash the fully charged terrain killing move.

• Long Haoyu attacked Chen Wen with a dragon claw while Ximen Wuchen waited for a chance to strike.
• Chen Wen told Xian Hongshao to activate the terrain killing move, and the Prison Dragon Mountain Range became a Dragon Gathering Killing Array that sealed the basin.
• Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen realized Chen Wen had planned to trap and kill them, while Su Youyu and Mo Fengliu were shocked and relieved to have stayed out of the attack.
• Ximen Wuchen and Long Haoyu named the powerful forces behind the trapped disciples and pleaded with Chen Wen to release them, offering promises and Heavenly Dao Oaths.
• Chen Wen refused to back down, declared that he would kill them all, and ordered Xian Hongshao to ignite the terrain killing move.

Chen Wen killed more than a thousand disciples with the Dragon Gathering Killing Array and returned to face the only survivors, Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen. He overwhelmed their combined attack, and the two wounded Half-step Supreme Realm experts joined forces as Chen Wen prepared to suppress them.

• Chen Wen triggered the Dragon Gathering Killing Array, killing the disciples in the basin and earning seventeen drops of Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Chen Wen identified Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen as the two survivors and left the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array to challenge them.
• Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen charged Chen Wen together, unleashing their Half-step Supreme Realm power.
• Chen Wen released three Chaos Sequence Shackles and activated the Bone Burning Technique and Absolute Combat Power, breaking their combined domains and injuring them further.
• Chen Wen sent his Chaos Great Worlds crashing down, prompting Ximen Wuchen and Long Haoyu to release their bloodline power and join forces.

Chen Wen killed Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen despite their attempts to flee, then left after warning the watching disciples that he would hunt them next. Long Aohan learned of Long Haoyu’s death and hurried to tell Long Qingtian.

• Chen Wen crushed Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen with his Chaos Great Worlds and Heavy Prison Domain, then pursued them as they tried to escape.
• Chen Wen cut down Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen with his Flying Sword before they could use their Teleportation Talismans, and gained Silver and Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Su Youyu and the watching disciples were stunned by Chen Wen’s victory, while he warned them that he would come looking for them before departing on the beast.
• Long Aohan saw that Long Haoyu’s Soul Tablet had broken and staggered toward Long Qingtian’s great hall to report the news.

At a banquet, Long Qingtian proposed an alliance among the Four Great Powers to celebrate Chen Wen’s expected death. The celebration collapsed when Long Aohan reported Long Haoyu and all the other dispatched juniors dead, leaving the leaders furious and refusing to believe their attack on Chen Wen had failed.

• Long Qingtian proposed that the Four Great Powers form an alliance, and Qi Tianlin, Jiang Chengshan, and Lou Lan Youtian agreed while celebrating Chen Wen’s expected death.
• Long Aohan rushed into the hall and reported that Long Haoyu’s Soul Tablet had cracked and he could not contact him.
• Long Qingtian erupted in rage and struck Long Aohan, then demanded to know who had killed Long Haoyu.
• Long Aohan said all the other juniors were dead, and Long Qingtian threatened him for failing to investigate their deaths.
• Qi Tianlin and the other leaders received reports that their own juniors, including Heavenly Treasury, were dead, and the banquet fell silent as they questioned whether Chen Wen had defeated them.