Chapter Summaries

Chen Wen accepted Qian Duoduo’s offer to stay in her hidden residence and discovered that White Tiger Fierce Killing Force was sealed near White Tiger Mountain. After Qian Duoduo left, he used the Earth Spirit Master Art to locate the seal and found it.

• Chen Wen agreed to let bygones be bygones after inspecting Qian Duoduo’s residence, and she led him to White Tiger Mountain.
• Xian Hongshao told Chen Wen that White Tiger Fierce Killing Force was nearby and that its true body was likely sealed.
• Qian Duoduo opened the entrance to an inner space left by her mother, where Chen Wen found pure Spiritual Energy and a dense aura of Fierce Killing Force.
• Xian Hongshao explained that a Nine Extremes Heavenly Spirit Array purified the Spiritual Energy entering the inner space.
• Qian Duoduo gave Chen Wen a Token for entering and leaving the space and the promised ancient book before departing.
• Chen Wen used the Earth Spirit Master Art to search the inner space and announced that he had found the sealed Fierce Killing Force.

Chen Wen broke the seal hiding the White Tiger Fierce Killing Force and entered the Exotic Space where it was imprisoned. Xian Hongshao began moving the sealed force into Chen Wen's body so his Spiritual Aperture could become its vessel.

• Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao found the hidden seal, and Chen Wen used his Earth Spirit diagrams—including Jiang Jiu's Emperor Dao Earth Spirit Seal—to break it, suffering an impact in the process.
• Chen Wen entered the revealed Exotic Space and saw the White Tiger Fierce Killing Force sealed in the form of a gigantic sleeping white tiger.
• Xian Hongshao confirmed the force possessed complete rules and explained that Chen Wen could become its vessel by gradually fusing it into his body, though the process was dangerous.
• Chen Wen agreed to the risk and adjusted his condition while Xian Hongshao wrapped the sealed white tiger in her power.
• After Chen Wen said he was ready, Xian Hongshao moved the white tiger into his body.

Chen Wen survived the White Tiger’s fusion with his body and learned to wield the White Tiger Fierce Killing Force. After studying White Tiger City’s rules and military rankings, he spotted a familiar name on the Heavenly King Ranking.

• Chen Wen used the Supreme Chaos Art and Arc of Life to stabilize and bind the White Tiger within his body.
• Meng Taiyou learned that Meng Long’s Soul Tablet had shattered and accused Qian Duoduo of killing him; Qian Duoduo warned him not to target Chen Wen again.
• Chen Wen gained an initial grasp of the White Tiger Fierce Killing Force, then mastered its use after three days of cultivation.
• Chen Wen read Qian Duoduo’s ancient book about White Tiger City, the Nine Great Powers, the five barracks, and the War God and Heavenly King rankings.
• Chen Wen noticed a familiar name on the Heavenly King Ranking.

Chen Wen learned about Xuanyuan Wuji’s extraordinary achievements and studied the Outer Domain World before setting out to explore beyond the city. After evading the Meng Clan’s search, he examined the Dao Protector Stele and then headed into the wilderness to hunt demons and seek ruins.

• Chen Wen read that Xuanyuan Wuji had set remarkable records in five years and had been jointly chosen as a disciple by the White Tiger War God and the Azure Dragon War God.
• Chen Wen learned how the Dao Protector Ranking calculated battle merit and decided to search beyond the city for ruins and demons.
• Qian Duoduo warned Chen Wen that Meng Taiyou and the Meng Clan were searching for him, and she gave him a Sound Transmission Talisman.
• Chen Wen left the city undetected and registered his name and realm at the Dao Protector Stele.
• Chen Wen asked Xian Hongshao about the stele’s connection to the Sacred Stele, but she said it was too early for him to know more.
• Chen Wen flew toward the wilderness to face the Outer Realm Demons.

Chen Wen entered the fiend territory, killed Hei Yu Chongshan and fifteen other fiends, and learned that the military camp might face an impending disaster. After gaining the Divine Ability Refine Malevolence into Blade, he left his seclusion eager to test it on more fiends.

• Chen Wen reached the border of fiend territory, where sixteen fiends surrounded him and threatened to eat him.
• Chen Wen killed fifteen fiends with a single strike of Heavy Thunder and left their leader, Hei Yu Chongshan, barely alive.
• Chen Wen questioned Hei Yu Chongshan about the danger facing the military camp, but a soul-search restriction destroyed Hei Yu Chongshan's memories, so Chen Wen killed him.
• Chen Wen received a drop of Crimson Destiny Nirvana Liquid and the innate Divine Ability Refine Malevolence into Blade for slaying a cultivator of the Hei Yu Clan.
• Chen Wen cultivated the Divine Ability for a day, learned to shape Baleful Intent into a blade, and left the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array to test his new move.

Chen Wen entered the evil demons’ territory and found Zhao Qingling’s White Tiger Camp squad surrounded by overwhelming forces, then decided to intervene while concealing his identity. At the border, their reinforcements were blocked after learning Zhao Qingling was Zhao Tianqing’s daughter, and Ji Nantian led an attack to break through.

• After killing more than ten thousand evil demons over ten days, Chen Wen reached the peak fourth level of the Saint Emperor Realm and headed deeper into their territory seeking greater challenges.
• Xian Hongshao directed Chen Wen toward a large gathering, where he found Zhao Qingling and more than a thousand White Tiger Camp warriors encircled by over ten thousand evil demons led by Hei Yu Chongliu.
• Hei Yu Chongliu revealed that a traitor had helped the demons trap the squad and ordered his forces to kill the men and spare the women, while Zhao Qingling rallied her warriors to fight to the death.
• Chen Wen decided to save the warriors, partly because he admired their resolve and partly because the gathering included four Sons of Destiny, but he planned to disguise himself first.
• At the border, Heiyu Yueji blocked the reinforcements and dismissed Zhao Qingling’s identity as Zhao Tianqing’s daughter; Ji Nantian then ordered his forces to attack and charged first.

Chen Wen rescued Zhao Qingling and her warriors from Hei Yu Chongliu’s demon forces, slaughtering the ten Half-step Supreme Realm demons and nearly ten thousand others. He then left without waiting for thanks, while Zhao Qingling resolved to find him in White Tiger City.

• Zhao Qingling and her warriors fought Hei Yu Chongliu’s demons, but she was about to be struck down when Chen Wen’s Heavy Thunder shattered his attack.
• Chen Wen killed Hei Yu Chongliu with the Demonic Malevolent Blade, then swiftly beheaded the other nine Half-step Supreme Realm demons.
• Chen Wen unleashed a Killing Tribulation that wiped out nearly ten thousand demons at once, leaving Zhao Qingling and her warriors stunned.
• Chen Wen focused on the strengthened Demonic Malevolent Blade and departed without responding to Zhao Qingling’s call.
• Zhao Qingling memorized Chen Wen’s appearance, decided to find him in White Tiger City, and led her warriors back.

Zhao Qingling and her companions returned alive after Ye Chen killed Hei Yu Chongliu and his forces, leaving Heiyu Yueji’s plot in ruins. Ji Nantian learned the unknown young man’s reported cultivation level and sought to find him, while the Dao Protector Stele announced Ye Chen’s record-breaking achievements.

• Zhao Qingling and her companions returned to the borderlands, and Ji Nantian taunted Heiyu Yueji over their survival.
• Heiyu Yueji learned through a Sound Transmission Talisman that Hei Yu Chongliu and every person with him had died, then abandoned her attempt to kill Zhao Qingling and withdrew.
• Zhao Qingling told Ji Nantian that an unfamiliar young man had killed Hei Yu Chongliu’s forces and identified his cultivation level as peak fourth-level Saint Emperor Realm.
• Ji Nantian doubted the report but decided to have a portrait made and search for the young man in White Tiger City.
• The Dao Protector Stele announced Ye Chen’s age, cultivation, fiend count, military merit, ranking, and record-breaking rise onto the rankings.

After the Dao Protector Stele announced Ye Chen’s unprecedented records, Zhao Qingling convinced Ji Nantian that he was the powerful fighter who had saved her, and Ji Nantian set out to recruit him. The Nine Great Powers began searching for Ye Chen, while Meng Taiyou and Qian Duoduo each considered whether he was the mysterious man they already knew.

• Zhao Qingling matched Ye Chen’s age, cultivation level, and demon-killing feats to the fighter who had saved her, and Ji Nantian agreed to find him for the Vermilion Bird Camp.
• Ji Nantian and the others returned to the military camp to report Ye Chen’s appearance and plan their next move.
• The leaders of the Nine Great Powers ordered their people to search Vermilion Bird City for Ye Chen.
• Meng Taiyou ordered his subordinates to search for Ye Chen first, warning them not to provoke him so he could seek his favor.
• Qian Duoduo suspected Ye Chen might be the mysterious man surnamed Ye who was on good terms with her, and decided to check the inner space for Chen Wen.

After learning that Ye Chen had killed more than twenty thousand Hei Yu Clan members, Hei Yu Long Zhen ordered Heiyu Yueji to find and kill him. Qian Duoduo mistakenly concluded that Chen Wen could not be Ye Chen, while Chen Wen concealed his return and resumed cultivation.

• A report revealed that more than twenty thousand Hei Yu Clan members had died in recent weeks, enraging Hei Yu Long Zhen.
• A proclamation named Ye Chen and recorded that he had slain 23,055 evil demons in twenty-two days, leading the Hei Yu Clan to identify him as the likely killer.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen ordered Heiyu Yueji to find Ye Chen and commanded the others to assist her.
• Qian Duoduo visited Chen Wen to tell him Meng Taiyou had withdrawn the search, then decided Chen Wen was not Ye Chen because he showed no demonic Baleful Intent.
• Chen Wen revealed in his thoughts that he had recently returned after killing Hei Yu Chongliu and the others, then resumed cultivation and planned to investigate deeper into enemy territory.

Chen Wen emerged from half a month of cultivation at the sixth layer of the Saint Emperor Realm and returned to demon territory, where he confronted a group searching for him. He annihilated nearly all of them, but battle fluctuations drew approaching experts, including true Supreme Realm fighters.

• Ji Nantian ordered continued searches for Chen Wen while preparing the White Tiger City forces for the Demon Cave Secret Realm battle against the Hei Yu Clan.
• Heiyu Yueji left some of her people searching for Chen Wen and returned to prepare for the coming battle.
• Chen Wen reached the sixth layer of the Saint Emperor Realm, stabilized his cultivation, and felt his Sword Intent beginning to advance.
• Chen Wen entered demon territory and was surrounded by more than a hundred demons led by Hei Yu Mochen, who recognized him as Ye Chen.
• Chen Wen used Heavy Prison Domain and Heavy Thunders to kill all but Hei Yu Mochen, then heard that true Supreme Realm experts were approaching.

Chen Wen killed Hei Yu Mochen before escaping, prompting Hei Yu Tianfeng to organize a pursuit after suspecting Ye Chen was responsible. Hei Yu Yueji agreed to send Half-step Supreme Realm experts to help search, but the hunters had only half a month before the Demon Cave Secret Realm opened.

• Chen Wen killed Hei Yu Mochen with a swift Flying Sword strike and fled before the arriving Hei Yu Clan figures could catch him.
• Hei Yu Tianfeng arrived and found Hei Yu Mochen dead, while Hei Yu Qianyu pointed out similarities to the killings at Black Cloud Land and suggested Ye Chen was responsible.
• Hei Yu Tianfeng contacted Hei Yu Yueji and reported the death and her suspicion that Ye Chen was the murderer.
• Hei Yu Yueji agreed to send more Half-step Supreme Realm experts, but said she could spare only three additional Supreme Realm experts because of garrison duties and the coming secret realm battle.
• Hei Yu Yueji demanded that Ye Chen be left alive for her to kill personally, and Hei Yu Tianfeng led the group out to search for him.

Ji Nantian sought Zhao Tianqing’s help for Chen Wen after Zhao Bei noticed Chen Wen’s renewed demon hunt, but Zhao Tianqing chose to wait and see. Chen Wen reached the first marked hidden-treasure site in evil demon territory, unaware that danger was approaching.

• Zhao Bei told Ji Nantian that Chen Wen had killed more than a hundred evil demons in moments, including at least one Half-step Supreme Realm demon, and warned that the Hei Yu Clan might find him.
• Ji Nantian contacted Zhao Tianqing and cited Chen Wen’s rescue of Zhao Qingling and his record-breaking demon kills to argue for intervention.
• Zhao Tianqing declined to send help immediately, saying they should wait to see whether Chen Wen truly faced trouble, and offered to meet him if he survived.
• Ji Nantian relayed the decision to Zhao Bei, who was disappointed but agreed to keep watch and report any news.
• Chen Wen ventured deeper into evil demon territory and reached the first possible hidden-treasure location marked in the ancient texts, unaware that danger was closing in.

Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao broke through an Illusion Array and a sealed stone gate, discovering a dying, chained man imprisoned beyond them. When Chen Wen turned to leave after the man distrusted him, the prisoner called for him to wait.

• Xian Hongshao took control of Chen Wen's body and opened a hidden entrance through the Illusion Array, warning that someone had concealed a secret there.
• Chen Wen entered the concealed place and found a stone gate sealed with array markings; Xian Hongshao removed the seal without disturbing its structure.
• Chen Wen opened the gate from a distance and saw a battered old man chained to a stone pillar.
• The old man unleashed a vicious aura and accused Chen Wen of trying to deceive him when Chen Wen asked whether demons had imprisoned him.
• Chen Wen offered to leave, and the old man called after him just before he disappeared down the path.

Chen Wen met Chen Xinghe, a legendary Chen Clan ancestor imprisoned after learning a dangerous secret, and heard why the Dao Protector Stele must be protected. Chen Xinghe trusted Chen Wen with the secret and prepared to tell him what he knew.

• Chen Wen assured the old man that he had entered by accident and had no intention of prying, so the old man let him approach.
• Chen Xinghe sensed the bloodlines of the Heavenly Mandate Chen Clan and the Ye Clan in Chen Wen, and Chen Wen gave his name as Ye Chen.
• Chen Xinghe revealed that he had been a Kirin Camp war god and Heavenly Dao Alliance Great Elder before factions in the Archaic Desolate Realm and the Hei Yu Clan joined forces to imprison him.
• Chen Xinghe warned Chen Wen not to trust the Heavenly Dao Alliance completely and explained that his captors wanted a method to enter the Dao Protector Stele.
• Chen Xinghe said the Dao Protector Stele guarded the Archaic Desolate Realm from the Outer Domain World and must not be broken, then offered to tell Chen Wen the secret he had learned.
• Chen Wen asked whether Chen Xinghe feared his ill intentions, and Chen Xinghe replied that no one from the Chen and Ye Clans would betray him.

Chen Xinghe gave Chen Wen a route to a hidden treasure in Kirin City and warned him about a secret Life Soul research base tied to many factions. Chen Wen agreed to reach the Supreme Realm within half a year before joining Chen Xinghe to investigate, then encountered a force of over a thousand fiends who had surrounded him.

• Chen Xinghe sent Chen Wen a route map to the Dao Protector Stele in Kirin City and gave him other treasures, explaining that the opportunity belonged to him.
• Chen Wen told Chen Xinghe that powerful clans and factions were researching artificial Life Souls outside the Domain Path, and Chen Xinghe warned him to keep the secret hidden.
• Chen Xinghe promised to take Chen Wen to the dangerous research base if he reached the Supreme Realm within half a year, and Chen Wen agreed.
• Chen Wen left the Illusion Array and hunted fiends, but found only a small number of weak fiends before Xian Hongshao warned him that more than a thousand were approaching.
• Nine Peak Half-step Supreme Realm fiends and over a thousand others surrounded Chen Wen, who stood up and declared that they would all die.

Chen Wen annihilated most of the fiends who had come to stall him, then killed Hei Yu Yunqing and Hei Yu Mofeng as they tried to escape. Xian Hongshao warned him that Supreme Realm fiends had arrived, but they had already surrounded him.

• Chen Wen fused the Chaos Killing Tribulation, White Tiger Fierce Killing Force, and Demonic Malevolent Blade, killing the attacking fiends and earning three portions of Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Chen Wen found Hei Yu Mofeng and Hei Yu Yunqing alive but badly injured, and Hei Yu Mofeng ordered Hei Yu Yunqing to flee while he held Chen Wen back.
• Chen Wen's Flying Sword cut off Hei Yu Yunqing's head before she could escape.
• Hei Yu Mofeng tried to destroy himself, then charged Chen Wen in a physical clash and was killed; Chen Wen received two portions of Blue Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Xian Hongshao warned Chen Wen that Supreme Realm fiends were coming, but they had already surrounded him.

Chen Wen faced Hei Yu Tianxuan, a First Layer Supreme Realm fiend, while Xian Hongshao urged him to retreat if necessary. After Chen Wen blocked Hei Yu Tianxuan’s first attack, the Supreme Realm expert struck him at close range, blasting his body apart in a burst of blood mist.

• Xian Hongshao admitted her side had discovered the fiends too late, and Chen Wen reassured her before preparing to fight.
• Hei Yu Tianxuan arrived with more than three thousand fiends and recognized Chen Wen as a threat, while Chen Wen spotted six other Sons of Destiny among the group.
• Chen Wen unleashed his power and clashed with Hei Yu Tianxuan’s black tornado, blocking the first attack but getting blasted backward.
• Hei Yu Tianxuan pressed his advantage and struck Chen Wen with a palm that burst his body into blood mist.

Chen Wen killed Hei Yu Tianxuan with a calculated sword strike, then slaughtered more than three thousand fiends despite his severe injuries. As more fiends, including three Supreme Realm cultivators, approached, Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao agreed to leave and prepare to strike back.

• Chen Wen used himself as bait to land a redirected Flying Sword strike that killed Hei Yu Tianxuan, earning a drop of Purple Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Chen Wen crushed the head of a fiend who challenged him, then trapped the fleeing fiends inside his Devouring Space.
• Chen Wen's Chaos Killing Tribulation overwhelmed the fiends' attacks and killed more than three thousand of them, earning five drops of Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Chen Wen collapsed from his injuries as Xian Hongshao warned that more fiends were coming, including three Supreme Realm cultivators.
• Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao agreed to leave, and Hei Yu Tianfeng arrived with a large group of fiends soon after.

Hei Yu Tianfeng learned that Chen Wen had killed Hei Yu Tianxuan and thousands of Hei Yu Clan disciples before escaping. After Heiyu Yueji ordered the clan to find him and preserve his life for her, Hei Yu Tianfeng renewed the search and promised to capture him.

• Hei Yu Qianyu failed to contact Hei Yu Tianxuan, and Hei Yu Xiao Qing appeared to report what she had witnessed.
• Hei Yu Xiao Qing recounted how Chen Wen had killed Hei Yu Tianxuan and slaughtered three thousand Hei Yu Clan disciples, leaving Hei Yu Tianfeng and the others stunned.
• Hei Yu Tianfeng explained to Hei Yu Fu Tu and Hei Yu Ruo Lan how Chen Wen had used a scheme to kill Hei Yu Tianxuan, and they agreed that Chen Wen had to die.
• Heiyu Yueji roared at Hei Yu Tianfeng over the deaths of nearly five thousand disciples and Hei Yu Tianxuan.
• Hei Yu Tianfeng told Heiyu Yueji she had sealed the exit and would search for Chen Wen, while Heiyu Yueji promised to send three more Supreme Realm experts and demanded that Chen Wen's life be spared for her.