Chapter Summaries

The Dao Protector Stele announced that Ye Chen had broken two records again, prompting the White Tiger Camp and Zhao Bei to recognize his extraordinary achievements. Ji Nantian urged Zhao Tianqing to rescue him, but Zhao Tianqing refused, citing a pact with the Hei Yu Clan and doubts about Ye Chen’s identity and reported feats.

• The Dao Protector Stele announced Ye Chen’s new ranking, his 27,550 demon kills, and his record-breaking rise in just forty-seven days.
• Su Youyu, Su Long, Zhao Ritian, Zhou Wan'er, and the others reacted with shock, while Su Youyu and Zhou Wan'er resolved to verify whether Ye Chen was the same person they had met.
• Zhao Bei urged Ji Nantian to advocate for Ye Chen, and Ji Nantian agreed to contact Zhao Tianqing again.
• Ji Nantian told Zhao Tianqing that Ye Chen had survived, killed more than four thousand demons including a Supreme Realm enemy, and broken his records again.
• Zhao Tianqing refused to send rescuers because of an agreement with Hei Yu Long Zhen and warned that Ye Chen’s achievements or identity might be part of a scheme.

After recovering from his injuries and reaching the peak seventh level of the Saint Emperor Realm, Chen Wen prepared a stronger Dragon Burial Town Killing Array to ambush those pursuing him. He finished setting the trap and planned to lure the fiends into it.

• Ji Nantian questioned Zhao Tianqing about whether his promises to Ye Chen would still stand if Ye Chen survived, and Zhao Tianqing agreed to meet him and consider taking him as a disciple.
• Ji Nantian told Zhao Bei that Chen Wen might have ulterior motives, leaving Zhao Bei unable to refute the possibility.
• Chen Wen spent three days healing with the Nine Revolutions Life Returning Pill and the Arc of Life, then used Destiny Nirvana Liquid to reach the peak seventh level of the Saint Emperor Realm.
• Chen Wen discovered a nascent Sword Intent seed in his Sea of Consciousness but could not yet grasp its core.
• Chen Wen and Xian Hongshao found a mountain range and spent a day building a Dragon Burial Town Killing Array powered by its mountain momentum.
• Chen Wen declared that he would lure in and kill every fiend pursuing him.

Hei Yu Tianfeng gathered a powerful force after Hei Yu Fu Tu found Chen Wen hiding inside an Illusion Array. When the array fell, Chen Wen calmly welcomed his enemies, declaring that they had come to their deaths.

• Hei Yu Fu Tu reported that scouts had located Chen Wen, and Hei Yu Tianfeng set out after confirming his position.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen warned Hei Yu Tianfeng to return in time for the secret realm battle, and she promised to come back within two days.
• Hei Yu Tianfeng arrived with Hei Yu Fu Tu, Hei Yu Ruo Lan, three Triple Supreme Realm elders, and a vast force, then waited for the Illusion Array to be broken.
• Chen Wen watched the Hei Yu Clan’s forces gather from inside the array and waited for them to enter.
• After the array shattered, Hei Yu Tianfeng confronted Chen Wen, who rose calmly and welcomed everyone to their deaths.

Chen Wen lured Hei Yu Tianfeng and the other five Supremes, along with their ten thousand disciples, into a Dragon Burial Killing Array. He refused Hei Yu Tianfeng’s offer to surrender and triggered the array’s final slaughter, leaving them trapped and facing death.

• Hei Yu Tianfeng rallied her forces and joined the other five Supremes in preparing to kill Chen Wen.
• At Hei Yu Tianfeng’s command, ten thousand disciples surrounded Chen Wen and unleashed their attacks, but Chen Wen stayed calm.
• Chen Wen revealed that he had been waiting for the enemy to gather, activated the Dragon Burial Killing Array, and escaped through a vortex as it sealed the basin.
• Hei Yu Tianfeng and the others failed to break the array as it killed their weaker disciples, then offered Chen Wen an apology, payment, and a Heavenly Dao Oath in exchange for their lives.
• Chen Wen rejected the offer despite Hei Yu Tianfeng invoking her father, Hei Yu Long Zhen, and struck the array to begin its final slaughter.

Chen Wen killed the last surviving intruder, Hei Yu Tianfeng, and learned of Xuanyuan Wuji’s overwhelming strength before continuing to explore the secret realm. His record-breaking ascent stunned the Five Great Cities and the War Gods, who debated whether to recruit him or wait and observe.

• Chen Wen found Hei Yu Tianfeng alive, cut off her hand to stop her escape with a Teleportation Talisman, and heard her describe her defeat by Xuanyuan Wuji.
• Chen Wen killed Hei Yu Tianfeng, obtained a Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid, and set out to keep exploring the secret realm.
• The Dao Protector Stele announced that Ye Chen had reached rank 1,769 in fifty-six days, breaking the record for the fastest ascent onto the rankings.
• The Five Great War Gods and commanders in Kirin City were stunned by Ye Chen’s kills and battle merits, and Jun Wuhen asked Zhao Tianqing why White Tiger City had not recruited him.
• Zhao Tianqing and Ye Qinglong urged caution and proposed waiting to learn more about Ye Chen, so Jun Wuhen turned the discussion to the upcoming secret realm battle.
• Su Youyu asked Chen Hongmian whether she knew anyone named Ye Chen.

Zhao Qingling showed Chen Hongmian a portrait of Chen Wen, but Chen Hongmian did not recognize him. Jun Wuhen laid out the rules for the secret realm battle and led the human forces toward the Demon Cave Secret Realm, while Hei Yu Long Zhen learned that the missing Hei Yu Clan troops had been sent to hunt Ye Chen.

• Zhao Qingling showed Chen Hongmian a portrait of Chen Wen, but Chen Hongmian said she did not know him among the Ye Clan members of her generation.
• Zhao Qingling told Su Youyu and Chen Hongmian that Ye Chen had saved her from Hei Yu Chongliu and had made a powerful impression on her.
• Jun Wuhen explained that only captains and lower-ranking fighters below the Supreme Realm could enter the secret realm battle, and urged the soldiers to organize their combat assignments.
• Jun Wuhen led the human soldiers and War Gods toward the Demon Cave Secret Realm on flying spirit beasts.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen demanded an explanation for the missing troops, and Heiyu Yueji said she had sent them to encircle and kill Ye Chen.
• A messenger arrived at the Hei Yu Clan's main camp shouting that there was bad news.

Hei Yu Long Zhen learned that Hei Yu Tianfeng and more than ten thousand clan members had died, then killed Heiyu Yueji in a rage. He sent the Hei Yu Guards after Ye Chen and agreed with Hei Yu Longyuan to use them in the battle for the secret realm.

• Hei Yu Yuntong reported that Hei Yu Tianfeng and more than ten thousand clan members were dead, and Hei Yu Long Zhen confirmed the report when he could not reach his daughter.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen blamed Heiyu Yueji for the deaths and killed her with a palm strike.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen ordered the Hei Yu Guards to find Ye Chen and make him suffer.
• Hei Yu Longyuan suggested that Ye Chen was a weapon sent by the Five Great Barracks and that they had turned the Hei Yu Clan's scheme against them.
• Hei Yu Longyuan proposed deploying the Hei Yu Guards as captain-level fighters, and Hei Yu Long Zhen agreed they should make the Human Race Warriors pay.

Hei Yu Long Zhen rallied his clan for the secret realm battle, while Chen Wen found an undiscovered secret realm hidden behind a seal and had Xian Hongshao open its entrance. Chen Wen prepared to enter as Xian Hongshao withdrew, exhausted and in need of rest.

• Hei Yu Longyuan assembled twenty Hei Yu Guards and more than ten thousand reserve disciples to reinforce the clan's ranks.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen promised the Black Feather Clan disciples the secret realm's hidden treasures if they defeated the human warriors, then led them toward the Demon Cave Secret Realm.
• Chen Wen cautiously explored a mist-covered ravine and found a cave marked by bones and signs of a fierce battle.
• Xian Hongshao explained that a seal concealed the secret realm and warned Chen Wen that breaking it could alert watchers, so she tried opening the entrance directly.
• Xian Hongshao used Chen Wen's body to form a passage into the secret realm, then withdrew, exhausted; Chen Wen asked whether he should enter.

Chen Wen entered the ancient ruins and discovered the Carefree Heaven Palace, whose creator had also created the Longevity Freedom Art he cultivated. After ringing the heavenly bell and gaining entry, he collected the palace’s treasures and uncovered a sealed hidden compartment.

• Chen Wen entered the ruins and climbed the heavenly stairway to the palace, where Xian Hongshao identified it as the Carefree Heaven Palace.
• Xian Hongshao revealed that the palace’s owner had created the Longevity Freedom Art, but refused to tell Chen Wen more about him.
• Chen Wen used the Longevity Freedom Art and Supreme Chaos Art to ring the heavenly bell, opening the palace doors and allowing him inside.
• Chen Wen searched the Treasure Pavilion and collected its Dao Grade and low-grade Emperor Grade treasures.
• Xian Hongshao removed the formation sealing a hidden compartment, and Chen Wen struck it open to reveal what was inside.

Chen Wen opened three stone boxes and obtained a high-grade Human Pill, the Great Roc Subduing Dragon Technique, and a lost Death Substitution Talisman. He discovered the Seven-Colored Heavenly Soul Liquid in the Carefree Chamber, but the room began shaking and an unknown force surged from its array.

• Chen Wen found a high-grade Human Pill in the first stone box, and Xian Hongshao explained that it could strengthen him and help him break through in battle.
• Chen Wen used Spiritual Energy on the Hidden Martial Stone and learned the Great Roc Subduing Dragon Technique, an innate Kunpeng divine ability that countered the Dragon Clan.
• Chen Wen found a Death Substitution Talisman in the third stone box, and Xian Hongshao explained that it could take a fatal attack in his place.
• Chen Wen searched the palace's other rooms, then entered the Carefree Chamber and found a pool of Seven-Colored Heavenly Soul Liquid beside an array diagram.
• Xian Hongshao explained the liquid's soul-cleansing properties, but the chamber suddenly shook and an unknown force erupted from the array as Chen Wen approached the pool.

Chen Wen met Meng Xiaoyao, the creator of the Longevity Freedom Art, and received his final gift before tempering his soul with the Seven-Colored Heavenly Soul Liquid. After his Soul Power greatly improved, Chen Wen entered the Spirit Dragon Soul Nurturing Array to absorb its spiritual and Dragon Vein energy, while two groups arrived at the secret realm entrance.

• Meng Xiaoyao appeared before Chen Wen, acknowledged him as a successor, and left him the Seven-Colored Heavenly Soul Liquid and Freedom Heavenly Palace.
• Chen Wen set aside some Seven-Colored Heavenly Soul Liquid for his family, then endured its painful cleansing while circulating the Longevity Freedom Art.
• Chen Wen absorbed the pool over two days, enlarging his Sea of Consciousness and strengthening his Soul Power and techniques.
• Xian Hongshao identified the formation as the Spirit Dragon Soul Nurturing Array, and Chen Wen began absorbing its spiritual and Dragon Vein energy.
• Two groups descended at the secret realm entrance while Chen Wen remained immersed in cultivation.

Jun Wuhen and Hei Yu Long Zhen opened the Demon Cave Secret Realm and sent the Human Race and Hei Yu Clan’s forces inside to battle for its treasures. As a live broadcast began, the people beyond the Dao saw the secret realm for the first time.

• Jun Wuhen and Hei Yu Long Zhen met outside the secret realm and agreed that the younger generation’s battle would decide the outcome.
• The two Formation Masters broke the entrance formation, revealing a gigantic vortex into the secret realm.
• Jun Jiuxiao and Hei Yu Changfeng led their forces, while Chen Hongmian, Su Youyu, and Zhao Tianqing sensed that the Hei Yu Clan’s fighters were unusually dangerous.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen and Jun Wuhen gave their captains Transmission Stones so the battle could be broadcast live.
• The Human Race and Hei Yu Clan charged into the secret realm, and a Light Screen showed its interior to the people beyond the Dao.

The Human Race and the Hei Yu Clan began fighting for control of the Demon Cave Secret Realm, with the winner gaining the right to explore its palace. Hei Yu Changfeng’s forces quickly overpowered Jun Jiuxiao’s Supreme Realm squad, leaving the Human Race at a disadvantage as Jun Wuhen refused to concede the outcome.

• Spectators and the leaders watching outside the secret realm focused on the palace and the opposing forces preparing to fight.
• In White Tiger City, Zhou Wan'er said she supported her military-camp comrades but could not judge the Hei Yu Clan’s strength from what they saw.
• Jun Jiuxiao told the Human Race’s Supreme Realm warriors to hold off the enemy and give Chen Hongmian’s squad time to win.
• Jun Jiuxiao ordered the Human Race to attack, and Hei Yu Changfeng answered by unleashing the Hei Yu Clan’s power and leading his warriors into battle.
• The Hei Yu Clan’s Supreme Realm warriors pushed Jun Jiuxiao’s squad into a disadvantage, prompting Hei Yu Long Zhen to declare that his clan would win.
• Jun Wuhen warned Hei Yu Long Zhen that there was no winner before the battle ended, but Hei Yu Long Zhen insisted the Hei Yu Clan would prevail.

Jun Jiuxiao and the human fighters struggled against Hei Yu Changfeng’s seemingly tireless squad as the battle for the secret realm turned desperate. Outside, Jun Wuhen and Hei Yu Long Zhen nearly clashed, but a startled cry drew everyone’s attention to something inside the secret realm.

• Jun Jiuxiao and the others burned their strength to fight Hei Yu Changfeng’s squad, but after a quarter of an hour they were injured and falling behind.
• Ma Bufan warned Jun Jiuxiao that the Hei Yu fighters reacted to wounds like tireless Puppets, and Jun Jiuxiao told his allies to hold on until Chen Hongmian’s group could join them.
• Jun Jiuxiao unleashed his bloodline power and drove Hei Yu Changfeng back, but Feng Bufan and the others were being overwhelmed, leaving Jun Jiuxiao unable to press his advantage.
• The human spectators fell into despair, while Zhou Wan'er told Zhou Cair that the human side’s chances were slim.
• Jun Wuhen accused Hei Yu Long Zhen of concealing the true identities of the twenty fighters, and both sides’ higher-ups prepared to clash.
• A startled cry about something inside the secret realm broke the standoff between Jun Wuhen and Hei Yu Long Zhen.

Chen Wen emerged from the palace after breaking through to the Ninth Layer Saint Emperor Realm and claiming its inheritance, only to find the Human Race and Hei Yu Clan forces waiting outside. When Hei Yu Changfeng threatened him, Chen Wen recognized that his sister was among the Human Race warriors and could not simply walk away.

• A breakthrough inside the palace reached the Ninth Layer Saint Emperor Realm, making the gathered forces realize someone had claimed the hidden treasure.
• Hei Yu Changfeng and Jun Jiuxiao rushed to the palace, but its restriction kept them out until the inheritor finished receiving the inheritance.
• Chen Wen learned from Xian Hongshao that fifty thousand warriors from each side surrounded the palace and that his sister was with the losing Human Race forces.
• Chen Wen restrained his aura and waited until the restriction lifted, then emerged from the palace under everyone's scrutiny.
• Jun Wuhen, Ye Qinglong, Zhao Tianqing, Ji Nantian, Zhou Wan'er, and Qian Duoduo failed to recognize Chen Wen, who had changed his appearance.
• Hei Yu Changfeng demanded that Chen Wen surrender everything he had taken and threatened to leave his corpse intact.

Chen Wen revealed strength enough to block Hei Yu Changfeng and agreed to help Jun Jiuxiao’s side in the secret-realm battle. He promised to defeat the fiends facing the human squads within thirty breaths, leaving everyone stunned and Hei Yu Changfeng laughing at the claim.

• Chen Wen blocked Hei Yu Changfeng’s opening attack with a palm strike, shocking Jun Jiuxiao, Jun Wuhen, and the others.
• Hei Yu Changfeng launched a stronger attack, but Jun Jiuxiao intercepted it and forced him back.
• Chen Wen introduced himself as Wen Kuang, and Jun Jiuxiao asked him to help the humans in the battle.
• Chen Wen agreed to help, partly because his elder sister was present, and asked Jun Jiuxiao how to proceed.
• Jun Jiuxiao asked Chen Wen to eliminate the Half-step Supreme Realm and Saint Emperor Realm fiends so the human fighters could assist against the Supreme Realm cultivators.
• Chen Wen promised to finish the fiends in thirty breaths, and Hei Yu Changfeng mocked him.

Chen Wen used his soul power and Heavy Prison Domain to annihilate the Hei Yu Clan’s demons and overturn the battle. He faced Hei Yu Changfeng as the last enemy, while Jun Jiuxiao prepared to help him.

• Chen Wen unleashed a soul impact, then used his Heavy Prison Domain and Heavy Thunder to kill several thousand Peak Half-step Supreme Realm demons.
• Chen Hongmian and the spectators watched in shock, while the War Gods praised Chen Wen and vowed to protect him.
• Hei Yu Changfeng charged at Chen Wen, but Jun Jiuxiao knocked him back and rallied the warriors to hold the line.
• Chen Wen covered the remaining forty thousand-plus demons with his Heavy Prison Domain and annihilated them with Heavy Thunder.
• Chen Wen told Hei Yu Changfeng that only he remained, then asked Jun Jiuxiao to lend him a hand.

Jun Jiuxiao and Hei Yu Changfeng fought as Chen Wen and the others joined the Human Race forces, shifting the battle against the Hei Yu Clan. Hei Yu Longyuan revealed he had authorized the Hei Yu Guards to use their Berserk Bodies, and Hei Yu Long Zhen warned that exposing the secret could doom them all.

• Jun Jiuxiao charged at Hei Yu Changfeng while Chen Wen, Chen Hongmian, and the others joined Feng Bufan's forces against more than a hundred Supreme Realm experts.
• Hei Yu Changfeng suppressed his Berserk Body, wary that revealing its power would expose the Hei Yu Guards' secret.
• Hei Yu Longyuan told Hei Yu Long Zhen that he had authorized Hei Yu Changfeng to use the Berserk Body in a life-or-death situation.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen condemned Hei Yu Longyuan and revealed that returning Hei Yu Guards were killed to prevent any chance of the Berserk Body secret being exposed.
• Hei Yu Longyuan realized the danger of his order and feared Hei Yu Long Zhen would kill him if anyone present knew the secret.

Chen Wen agreed to fight a Supreme Realm expert and chose Hei Yu Changtian, a Heavenly Mandate-level Hei Yu Guard, despite Feng Bufan warning him that the opponent was especially strong. Hei Yu Changtian unleashed his full First Layer Supreme Realm power, leaving everyone watching to wonder whether Chen Wen could withstand him.

• Feng Bufan asked Chen Wen and the others to help hold back the Supreme Realm experts, and Chen Wen, Chen Hongmian, Su Youyu, and several thousand Peak Half-step Supreme Realm warriors accepted their assigned opponents.
• Chen Wen chose Hei Yu Changtian, the only one among nineteen Supreme Realm experts with a Heavenly Mandate, because he sensed the dormant force within him and wanted to kill him himself.
• Feng Bufan warned Chen Wen that Hei Yu Changtian was one of the strongest First Layer Supreme Realm experts, but Chen Wen insisted on facing him.
• Hei Yu Changtian taunted Chen Wen for challenging him at the Saint Emperor Realm, and Chen Wen replied that dead men talked too much.
• Hei Yu Changtian released his full First Layer Supreme Realm power, filling the sky with demonic Baleful Intent as the watching humans awaited Chen Wen's response.

Chen Wen overwhelmed Hei Yu Changtian with a single sword strike, forcing him to unleash his Berserk Body. Hei Yu Changfeng and the eighteen Hei Yu Guards followed suit, transforming the battle and leaving Jun Jiuxiao and the others facing a new threat while Chen Wen studied the strange blood mist.

• Chen Wen revealed more of his power and shattered Hei Yu Changtian’s aura before striking down his demonic blade with the Heaven Slaying Sword Strike.
• Hei Yu Changtian released his Berserk Body and blocked Chen Wen’s fatal sword strike with a blood shield.
• Hei Yu Changtian’s transformation replaced his Life Soul with a mass of blood mist and greatly changed his appearance and aura.
• Hei Yu Changfeng urged the other Hei Yu Guards to stop holding back, and all eighteen activated their Berserk Bodies.
• Jun Jiuxiao and the others realized the balance of the fight had shifted, while Chen Wen examined the blood mist above the transformed warriors.