Chapter Summaries

Long Qingtian learned from Xuanyuan Dihuang that Chen Wen had killed the Four Great Powers’ disciples and more than a thousand others by luring them into a trap. Long Qingtian and Xuanyuan agreed to unite the powers against Chen Wen, while the Dragon Clan would use its own method to find him.

• Xuanyuan Dihuang contacted Long Qingtian and confirmed that Chen Wen had killed the disciples sent by the Four Great Powers.
• Xuanyuan Dihuang revealed that Chen Wen had also killed more than a thousand disciples from other powers.
• Xuanyuan Dihuang explained that Chen Wen had trapped the disciples in a Killing Formation, leaving Long Qingtian and the others shocked and furious.
• Xuanyuan Dihuang proposed uniting the powers whose disciples had died to hunt Chen Wen.
• Long Qingtian agreed and revealed that the Dragon Clan had a method to locate Chen Wen.
• Xuanyuan Dihuang agreed that the Xuanyuan Clan would gather the powers while Long Qingtian notified the Three Great Powers allied with him.

After Chen Wen buried over a thousand disciples, the Ye and Chen Clans argued over how to respond to the danger he faced. Chen Wen remained in seclusion, intending to raise hell when he emerged.

• News of Chen Wen's massacre shocked the Ye Clan, and Ye Changge, Ye Binghuang, and Ye Qingxian each reacted to his growing strength.
• Ye Kuang's family gathered to discuss Chen Wen's predicament, but they decided they could not interfere while the Kill Order remained in force.
• Chen Hongmian suspected Chen Wen was preparing something even greater, while Ye Kuang ordered Chen Wudi and Chen Hongmian to monitor his news.
• At a Chen Clan council meeting, Gu Qianying declared that the clan would not support Chen Wen, and Chen Wudao condemned the decision before affirming that he would always acknowledge Chen Wen.
• Gu Lingyuan assured Gu Qianying that Chen Wen was certain to die, while Chen Wen entered seclusion and prepared to make trouble after emerging.

Chen Wen absorbed nineteen drops of Destiny Nirvana Liquid, failed to unlock his fourth Chaos Sequence Shackle, and began breaking through to the next cultivation realm. Meanwhile, the coalition hunting him found no trace of him, and its leaders demanded that Long Qingtian explain the Dragon Clan’s failure to locate him.

• Chen Wen absorbed the nineteen drops, but his fourth Chaos Sequence Shackle failed to break free; the returned power then drove him to begin a breakthrough.
• More than a thousand allied factions searched for Chen Wen for ten days without finding him, and the hunt across the Archaic Desolate Realm began to weaken.
• Ye Kuang and the others praised Chen Wudi for expecting Chen Wen to act cautiously, while Chen Hongmian suspected the calm would not last and Gu Lingyuan grew resentful that Chen Wen remained safe.
• Xuanyuan Dihuang, Ximen Longting, Long Qingtian, and other faction leaders gathered in the Dragon Clan’s main hall to discuss finding Chen Wen.
• Xuanyuan Dihuang challenged Long Qingtian to explain why the Dragon Clan had failed to locate Chen Wen despite its earlier claims.

Long Qingtian promised the other faction leaders that the Dragon Clan would find Chen Wen within half a month, while Chen Wen broke through to the peak Ninth-Level Venerable Emperor Realm in seclusion. After stabilizing his strength, Chen Wen left his inner space in disguise, with the Blood Spirit Seal’s fluctuations suppressed.

• Xuanyuan Dihuang pressed Long Qingtian to reveal how the Dragon Clan tracked Chen Wen, but Long Qingtian refused and promised to find him within half a month or repay the others’ expenses.
• Chen Wen broke through three Minor Realms and reached the peak Ninth-Level Venerable Emperor Realm, though he failed to surpass its limits.
• Chen Wen continued cultivating to stabilize and integrate his new power while the Dragon Clan searched for him without success.
• Long Qingtian lost his temper after receiving another report with no progress and ordered the Dragon Clan disciples to keep searching.
• Chen Wen prepared to leave seclusion, suppressed the Blood Spirit Seal’s fluctuations, changed his appearance with the Rebirth Technique, and departed his inner space.

Chen Wen traveled to Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain and learned from Xian Hongshao that the Nangong Clan used its Heavenly Stele to gather cultivators’ destiny. After using Nangong Qingyi’s Token to meet her, he asked to host a tea gathering there for the younger generation of the entire world, leaving her stunned by his challenge.

• Chen Wen arrived at Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain, where Xian Hongshao explained that the Nangong Clan’s Two Forms Destiny Gathering Formation absorbed destiny from cultivators who climbed the mountain.
• While waiting to enter, Chen Wen encountered Su Long, ignored him, and later revealed that he had a Token from Nangong Qingyi.
• Chen Wen presented the Token to a Nangong Clan attendant and was escorted to a secret chamber to meet Nangong Qingyi.
• Chen Wen asked Nangong Qingyi to let him host a tea gathering at Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain in exchange for Spirit Crystals.
• Chen Wen told Nangong Qingyi that he intended to invite the younger generation of the entire world, and she realized he was challenging them all.

Chen Wen learned that Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen ranked near the bottom of the Heaven Ranking, but he remained determined to challenge the young generation. At the summit, he found the Vermillion Bird Heavenly Stele and decided to try drawing on the mountain’s grand momentum, despite Nangong Qingyi’s warning.

• Nangong Qingyi explained the Latent Dragon, True Dragon, and Heaven Rankings and revealed that Long Haoyu and Ximen Wuchen ranked ninety-third and ninety-fourth on the Heaven Ranking.
• Chen Wen arranged to visit the summit of Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain in two days and asked Nangong Qingyi to make the visit conspicuous.
• Nangong Qingyi led Chen Wen up the mountain, drawing curious stares from the people who saw them together.
• Chen Wen identified the Vermillion Bird Heavenly Stele as the source of the mysterious power and as the likely Formation Eye of the Two Forms Destiny Gathering Formation.
• Xian Hongshao told Chen Wen the stele could link him to the Vermillion Bird Grand Momentum, and Chen Wen walked toward it to try harnessing that power.

Chen Wen ignored Nangong Qingyi’s warning and connected his Divine Sense to the Vermillion Bird mountain momentum, secretly imprinting an Earth Spirit mark on it. After resting and cultivating for two days, he prepared to invite the younger generation from across the world.

• Chen Wen refused Nangong Qingyi’s pleas and began comprehending the Vermillion Bird Heavenly Stele.
• Chen Wen found the source of the Vermillion Bird mountain momentum and imprinted an Earth Spirit mark on it.
• The Heavenly Mountain trembled during Chen Wen’s attempt, but the disturbance soon ended and the mountain momentum returned to normal.
• Chen Wen told Nangong Qingyi he had gained no comprehension, accepted a guest room, and began cultivating.
• Two days later, Chen Wen woke and prepared to invite the younger generation from across the world.

Chen Wen revealed himself at Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain and used the crowd’s Image-Recording Stones to announce a tea gathering where he would invite the world’s young prodigies to meet their deaths. The recordings spread across the Archaic Desolate Realm, setting off a massive uproar as Chen Wen waited for his enemies to arrive.

• Chen Wen revealed his identity to the crowd at Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain, silencing Li Guyuan and the others who had challenged him.
• Chen Wen asked the crowd to activate their Image-Recording Stones and announced that he would host a tea gathering atop the mountain in five days.
• Chen Wen publicly invited the young prodigies of the world to come meet their deaths, shocking Su Long, Nangong Qingyi, and everyone present.
• Chen Wen told the crowd to spread the news, and the attendees flew down the mountain to share the recording.
• Nangong Qingyi left while Chen Wen sat and waited for his enemies, and the announcement spread throughout the Archaic Desolate Realm.

With the half-month deadline passed and Chen Wen still missing, Xuanyuan Dihuang pressed Long Qingtian to reveal the Dragon Clan’s tracking method or admit failure. Just as Long Qingtian was about to insist he could find Chen Wen, Long Aohan arrived with news that Chen Wen had been found—but Chen Wen had come forward on his own.

• Xuanyuan Dihuang demanded compensation and asked Long Qingtian whether he could still locate Chen Wen, while Long Qingtian refused to reveal the Dragon Clan’s method.
• Frustrated by the failed search, Long Qingtian smashed a table, apologized, and resolved to claim that the Dragon Clan could still find Chen Wen.
• Long Qingtian began reassuring the gathered leaders when Long Aohan rushed into the hall and announced that Chen Wen had been found.
• Long Qingtian excitedly asked how and where the Dragon Clan had found Chen Wen, hoping to prove the Dragon Clan’s ability to Xuanyuan Dihuang and the others.
• Long Aohan hesitated because Chen Wen had come out on his own, leaving the gathered leaders wondering what had gone wrong.

After Chen Wen publicly invited the world’s young geniuses to meet their deaths at Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain, Long Qingtian and the other forces mobilized thousands of disciples to kill him. Long Qingtian sought out the Dragon Clan’s tenth-ranked Heaven Ranking genius, Long Xianguan, and asked him to leave the mountain and kill Chen Wen.

• Long Aohan reported that Chen Wen had come forward voluntarily, and Long Qingtian viewed the Image-Recording Stone showing Chen Wen announce a tea gathering in five days and challenge the young generation beneath heaven.
• Long Qingtian, Xuanyuan Dihuang, and the other leaders agreed to unite against Chen Wen, committing eighteen Heaven Ranking geniuses and several thousand other disciples to the campaign.
• Long Qingtian ordered Long Aohan to summon Long Qianying and Long Yunyou back, then went into the Ancestral Land to find Long Xianguan.
• Long Qingtian asked Long Xianguan, who was nearing the Supreme Realm, to leave the mountain and kill someone, and Long Xianguan asked about the target’s Cultivation Level.

Long Qingtian persuaded Long Xianguan to go to Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain, while the Ye and Chen Clans reacted to Chen Wen’s challenge to the world’s young talents. Gu Lingyuan was sent to represent the Chen Clan at the gathering, where she intended to witness Chen Wen’s death.

• Long Qingtian told Long Xianguan about Chen Wen’s talent and Fate Momentum, and Long Xianguan agreed to go observe and hold the line.
• Long Qingtian left the Ancestral Land with a Transmission Stone and planned to broadcast the events at Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain.
• Ye Changsheng told the Ye Clan that Chen Wen had likely considered his decision carefully, and the family agreed to go support him.
• Ye Changsheng worried privately that Chen Wen might be following the path of the Ye Clan Ancestor and doubted he could defeat the world’s young talents.
• Gu Lingyuan showed Gu Qianying an image of Chen Wen’s declaration, and Gu Qianying ordered her to attend on behalf of the Chen Clan.
• Gu Lingyuan agreed to go, privately intending to witness Chen Wen’s death rather than send him off.

Gu Lingyuan confronted Chen Wudao, declaring her hatred for his family would not end, while the Dragon Clan assembled allied forces to travel to Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain and confront Chen Wen. The expedition departed with Long Xianguan joining as a show of resolve, though he promised not to fight unless necessary.

• Gu Lingyuan visited Chen Wudao, taunted him over the past, and warned that her revenge had only just begun.
• Two days later, Long Qingtian welcomed allied forces and their Heaven Ranking disciples to the Dragon Clan.
• Long Qingtian singled out several powerful disciples among the arrivals, while Xuanyuan Dihuang confirmed the group was prepared to target Chen Wen.
• After half an hour of waiting, Long Xianguan arrived, startling the gathered disciples with his tenth-place Heaven Ranking status.
• Long Qingtian said Long Xianguan would only steady the scene unless special circumstances arose, and Long Xianguan agreed not to act if the others were capable.
• The allied forces departed for Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain, and the Ye Clan and Chen Clan also set out, throwing the Archaic Desolate Realm into turmoil.

Chen Wen remained in cultivation as the Dragon Clan alliance arrived at Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain with nineteen Heaven Ranking disciples, including Long Xianguan. The alliance leaders chose to wait for the Ye Clan before attacking, while Nangong Qingyi watched anxiously and the Ye Clan's arrival was announced.

• Nangong Qinglong judged Chen Wen talented but unlikely to survive the challenge, while Nangong Qingyi worried because he had shown her kindness.
• Long Qingtian and the Dragon Clan alliance arrived at the mountain's foot with more than a thousand forces and began ascending toward Chen Wen.
• Long Xianguan and the other disciples examined Chen Wen and dismissed him because of his low Cultivation Level; Nangong Qinglong then said Chen Wen had no hope against the tenth-ranked Heaven Ranking genius.
• Long Qingtian, Xuanyuan Dihuang, Ximen Longting, Lou Lan Youtian, and the other leaders decided to wait for the Ye Clan so they could kill Chen Wen in front of his family.
• The other forces took seats in the spectator stands, and someone announced that the Ye Clan had arrived.

Ye Kuang and Chen Badao faced Long Qingtian and Gu Lingyuan as they mocked Chen Wen and threatened his family. After Long Qingtian’s disciples displayed their overwhelming strength and demanded to know how Chen Wen could defeat them, Chen Wen answered that he himself would slap them in the face.

• Ye Kuang and Chen Badao arrived with Ye Clan disciples and took seats beside Long Qingtian’s group, despite noticing the empty row left between them.
• Chen Badao insulted Long Qingtian over losing a son, and Long Qingtian threatened to kill Chen Wen and deny him burial and reincarnation.
• Gu Lingyuan joined Long Qingtian in condemning Chen Wen, while Ye Kuang rebuked them and said they should wait to see whether their disciples won.
• Long Qingtian called forth his disciples, and thousands stood and unleashed their auras, including eighteen Heaven Ranking disciples at the front.
• When Long Qingtian demanded to know what Chen Wen would use to defeat them, Chen Wen replied, “Myself.”

Chen Wen challenged the gathered young disciples to attack him together, but Lou Lan Qingyang stepped forward to fight him one-on-one. After unleashing his Vajra Violent Ape Body, Lou Lan Qingyang launched a devastating punch at Chen Wen, whose response remained unseen.

• Chen Wen calmly taunted the assembled forces and invited them to attack him all at once.
• Lou Lan Qingyang volunteered to test Chen Wen, and Xuanyuan Wufeng agreed to let him fight first.
• Lou Lan Qingyang approached Chen Wen and grew enraged when Chen Wen dismissed him as an ugly person who talked too much.
• Lou Lan Qingyang released his Half-step Supreme Realm power and activated his Vajra Violent Ape Body, alarming the onlookers.
• Lou Lan Qingyang concentrated his strength into one punch and struck toward Chen Wen as everyone watched.

Chen Wen killed Lou Lan Qingyang with one finger, stunning the gathered factions and proving his strength was no mere product of formations. When Xuanyuan Wufeng offered to fight him alone, Long Qingtian and the other leaders instead ordered their disciples to attack together.

• Lou Lan Qingyang's King Kong Violent Ape Fist failed to harm Chen Wen, who stopped it with one finger and killed him with a second strike.
• Chen Wen gained one drop of Green Destiny Nirvana Liquid after the kill, while the spectators reeled at his strength.
• Nangong Qinglong called Chen Wen a monster but doubted he could face thousands of disciples and Long Xianguan; Gu Lingyuan taunted Ye Kuang and the others.
• Chen Wen challenged all the gathered disciples to attack him together, and Xuanyuan Wufeng stepped forward to fight him alone.
• Long Qingtian and Xuanyuan Dihuang ordered their factions to grant Chen Wen's wish and attack him together.

Chen Wen faced several thousand disciples on the Grand Arena after they agreed to attack him together. He unleashed the momentum of Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain, turning the battle against them and prompting Qi Tianlin to identify him as the Earth Spirit Master.

• Long Qingtian ordered Xuanyuan Wufeng and the others to attack Chen Wen together without holding back, and they leaped onto the Grand Arena with several thousand disciples.
• Nangong Qinglong said that only Long Xianguan among the younger generation might be able to fight so many opponents alone, while Long Xianguan opened his eyes to watch Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen noticed forty-five Sons of Destiny among the gathered disciples as Xuanyuan Wufeng and the others unleashed their full power and prepared to kill him.
• Chen Wen stood up and awakened Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mountain's momentum, shattering the arena's seal and making himself the ruler of the space.
• Xuanyuan Wufeng and the others realized that their numerical advantage had turned into a disadvantage, and Qi Tianlin shouted that Chen Wen was the Earth Spirit Master.

Chen Wen revealed himself as an Earth Spirit Master and used Vermilion Bird Mountain’s power to kill thousands of disciples in one stomp. After defending his actions against accusations of being a demon, he threatened the faction leaders who had sent people to kill him.

• Qi Tianlin recognized Chen Wen as the Earth Spirit Master and realized Chen Wen had killed both of his sons.
• Chen Wen unleashed the mountain’s momentum, shattered Xuanyuan Wufeng and the others’ attacks, and crushed thousands of disciples with a single stomp.
• Chen Wen received forty-five drops of Destiny Nirvana Liquid and a Golden Destiny Treasure Chest after the slaughter.
• Long Qingtian condemned Chen Wen as a demon, but Chen Wen argued that he had acted in self-defense, and Ye Kuang publicly supported him.
• Chen Wen told the leaders that the people beside them were next to die.

Chen Wen challenged Long Xianguan, the Heaven Ranking’s tenth-ranked genius, and the two faced off in the Grand Arena. After revealing Long Xianguan’s formidable abilities, Chen Wen unleashed his Chaos Sequence Triple Shackles and asked whether his newfound power was enough.

• Chen Wen told Long Qingtian that he and Long Xianguan were both dead men, prompting Long Xianguan to accept the challenge.
• Long Qingtian demanded that Long Xianguan tear Chen Wen apart, while Gu Lingyuan secretly promised Long Xianguan a fortunate opportunity if he killed Chen Wen.
• Chen Hongmian began to worry as Long Xianguan entered the Grand Arena and faced Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen used Heavenly Illumination to learn that Long Xianguan had a Supreme Dao Body and had reached the Half-step Supreme Realm with Dao resonance.
• Chen Wen released his peak ninth-layer Venerable Emperor Realm power, then unleashed the Chaos Sequence Triple Shackles, multiplying its force more than tenfold.

Chen Wen fought Long Xianguan, breaking his Supreme Domain with a punch and forcing him back twice despite Long Xianguan's superior power. Long Qingtian lost his composure and demanded that Long Xianguan stop playing around and kill Chen Wen, prompting Long Xianguan to change his aura and appear ready to fight seriously.

• Chen Wen shattered Long Xianguan's Supreme Domain with a punch and sent him flying, shocking the gathered onlookers.
• Long Xianguan counterattacked with his yin-yang spatial domain, and Chen Wen met his palm strike with the World Suppressing Cauldron.
• Long Xianguan gained the upper hand until Chen Wen activated the Bone Burning Technique and smashed him back again with the cauldron.
• The crowd began to believe Chen Wen might contend with the Heaven Ranking's tenth-ranked expert.
• Long Qingtian roared at Long Xianguan to stop playing with Chen Wen and kill him, and Long Xianguan's aura changed as he prepared to get serious.