Chapter Summaries

Chen Wen defeated Xuanyuan Wuji in their Ancestral Dragon True Body clash, but Xuanyuan Wuji survived and unleashed a Soul Master attack. Chen Wen blocked it with a soul shield, leaving Xuanyuan Wuji enraged and Zhou Yitian outwardly calm.

• Zhou Yitian reassured Zhou Yunru that Xuanyuan Wuji would not lose because he was protected by the Heavenly Mandate.
• Chen Wen overpowered Xuanyuan Wuji in a full-force punch, shattering his dragon scales and injuring him severely.
• Xuanyuan Wuji emerged from the blast and used Myriad Manifestations Soul Guidance to send Soul Power lightning toward Chen Wen.
• Xuanyuan Dihuang celebrated Xuanyuan Wuji's apparent plan, while Long Qingtian sighed in relief.
• Chen Wen summoned Dragon Yang and Purple Haze to form a soul shield that blocked Xuanyuan Wuji's attack.
• Xuanyuan Wuji raged at the failure of his killing blow, and Zhou Yitian again told Zhou Yunru to stay calm.

Xuanyuan Wuji summoned a powerful evil spirit through a forbidden spirit-summoning technique, raising his cultivation to the Second Layer Supreme Realm and gaining an Immortal Body. Xian Hongshao explained how Chen Wen could break the technique, and Chen Wen prepared to fight back.

• Murong Qingfei, Yang Xuantian, and Jun Wuhen praised Chen Wen and recalled his father, Chen Xinghe, the old War God.
• Xuanyuan Wuji unleashed an evil power and summoned a blood-colored Ancestral Spirit, which boosted him toward the Second Layer Supreme Realm.
• Long Qingtian warned Xuanyuan Dihuang that Xuanyuan Wuji's technique could bring trouble if he lost, while Zhou Yitian assured Zhou Yunru that victory would silence criticism.
• Xian Hongshao told Chen Wen that Xuanyuan Wuji refined cultivators into evil spirits and transferred attacks to the spirit to sustain his Immortal Body.
• Xian Hongshao explained that Chen Wen could break the technique by unleashing enough power to exceed the evil spirit's limit, and Chen Wen prepared to fight.

Xuanyuan Wuji unleashed more power through his Immortal Body and attacked Chen Wen, but Chen Wen revealed his own hidden combat power and punched through Xuanyuan Wuji’s evil dragon. The strike shook the evil spirit, and Xuanyuan Wuji began forming seals to raise his power further.

• Xuanyuan Wuji advanced toward Chen Wen, increasing his strength until his power warped the surrounding space.
• Chen Wen revealed his Immortal Body and stepped forward, unleashing Absolute Combat Power as nine-colored light and Chaos Sequence Power blasted away the blood-red sky.
• Xuanyuan Wuji charged Chen Wen with a blood-red evil dragon claw that devoured space and Qi.
• Chen Wen punched through the evil dragon, and Xuanyuan Wuji realized the strike had shaken the evil spirit.
• Xuanyuan Wuji formed seals with the evil spirit as the surrounding blood-red light converged and his power began rising further.

Chen Wen used the Tenfold Chaos Killing Tribulation, reinforced with Saint Power, White Tiger Fierce Killing Force, and Yang Prison Power, to break Xuanyuan Wuji’s Evil Spirit Burial Technique and shatter his evil spirit. Xuanyuan Wuji suffered a severe backlash, and Chen Wen told him he could die as the onlookers reacted in shock.

• Xuanyuan Wuji unleashed the Evil Spirit Burial Technique, which drained the life force of nearby plants and beasts and overwhelmed Chen Wen’s Tenfold Chaos Killing Tribulation.
• Chen Wen strengthened his Killing Tribulation with Saint Power, White Tiger Fierce Killing Force, and Yang Prison Power, stopping Xuanyuan Wuji’s attack and driving his own forward.
• Chen Wen’s Killing Tribulation pierced through the Evil Spirit Burial Technique and shattered Xuanyuan Wuji’s evil spirit, causing Xuanyuan Wuji to spit blood from the backlash.
• Xuanyuan Dihuang and the others watched in shock, while Gu Lingyuan struggled to accept Chen Wen’s victory and Ye Kuang cheered.
• Zhou Yunru asked whether the eight Heaven Ranking disciples should intervene, but Zhou Yitian said Xuanyuan Wuji could still counterattack despite his trembling hand.
• Chen Wen told Xuanyuan Wuji he could die, and Xuanyuan Wuji shuddered with fear.

Chen Wen fought Xuanyuan Wuji as Xuanyuan Wuji unleashed the Hei Yu Clan’s Demonic Malevolent Blade, but Chen Wen countered with a technique that revealed him as Ye Chen. As the crowd learned of Ye Chen’s achievements and identity as the King of Hunters, Chen Wen brought down Heavy Thunders on Xuanyuan Wuji.

• Xuanyuan Wuji summoned the Demonic Malevolent Blade, shocking Jun Wuhen and the other spectators because it was a technique of the Hei Yu Clan’s imperial bloodline.
• Chen Wen attacked Xuanyuan Wuji with gravity, prison sounds, and Heavy Thunders, and Jun Wuhen recognized the technique Ye Chen had used in the Demon Cave Secret Realm.
• The disciples from beyond the domain paths recognized Chen Wen as Ye Chen, while Ye Qinglong, Zhao Tianqing, Su Youyu, Zhao Qingling, and others reacted with shock.
• Chen Hongmian told Chen Badao and the others that Chen Wen was the King of Hunters and recounted his deeds, including fighting ten thousand enemies and trapping hundreds of thousands of evil demons in Demon Feather City.
• Xuanyuan Wuji realized Chen Wen was Ye Chen and raged at being surpassed, while Chen Wen declared that a dead man did not need to know his identity and brought down Heavy Thunders.

Chen Wen overpowered Xuanyuan Wuji with a Demonic Malevolent Blade stronger than his opponent’s and killed him despite the attacks of eight other Heaven Ranking disciples. The chapter ended with the eight attacks striking Chen Wen as Xuanyuan Dihuang raged over Xuanyuan Wuji’s death.

• Xuanyuan Wuji burned his bloodline power, broke through Chen Wen’s Heavy Thunder, and unleashed a demonic dragon-shaped blade.
• Chen Wen revealed that he knew the Demonic Malevolent Blade and struck Xuanyuan Wuji’s blade with a stronger attack.
• As Chen Wen shattered Xuanyuan Wuji’s blade, eight other Heaven Ranking disciples rushed in to save him, and Xuanyuan Wuji taunted Chen Wen with the threat of their combined assault.
• Chen Wen declared that no one could threaten him and beheaded Xuanyuan Wuji despite the eight disciples’ incoming attacks.
• Xuanyuan Dihuang roared in fury, and the eight disciples’ attacks struck Chen Wen.

Chen Wen blocked the attacks of eight top Heaven Ranking disciples and killed them with a single charge, then stared down Zhou Yitian. Zhou Yitian ordered his people to reveal their next move, and ninety-nine Peak Half-step Supreme Realm disciples entered the arena as Ye Kuang suspected they would form a strength-gathering formation.

• Chen Wen used a four-colored Physical Body Shield to block eight disciples' attacks, then shattered their strikes with his blood and qi.
• Chen Wen charged through space and killed all eight disciples, prompting Qi Tianlin and the other faction leaders to roar at him.
• Chen Wen met Zhou Yitian's gaze, and Zhou Yitian told Zhou Yunru to bring out the prepared forces.
• Ninety-nine Peak Half-step Supreme Realm disciples rose from the stands as spectators wondered what they planned to do.
• Ye Kuang told Ye Chenyan that the disciples likely intended to combine their strength through a formation, though Zhou Yitian's hidden cards could make the danger worse.

Chen Wen faced a forbidden Heavenly Formation formed by ninety-nine experts, while Xian Hongshao explained how its powers of heaven, earth, and man could combine into the Heavenly Phenomenon Earth Profound Slash. As the slash took shape and Zhou Yitian declared Chen Wen could not survive it, Chen Wen remained calm.

• Ninety-nine men and women took their positions around Chen Wen, and Xian Hongshao identified their arrangement as a Heavenly Formation.
• Xian Hongshao explained that the formation combined Star Art, earth spirits, and human strength, and that Chen Wen would have to block its slash while disrupting the formation.
• Zhou Yunbing led the Star Artists in gathering starlight, Qi Tianchen led the Earth Spirit Masters in drawing power from the terrain, and Qin Dongliu’s group fused their strength as the formation took shape.
• Ye Kuang recognized the forbidden formation and accused Zhou Yitian of using it to kill Chen Wen, while Zhou Yitian claimed any price was worth paying to eliminate Fate Tribulation.
• The formation’s powers merged into the Heavenly Phenomenon Earth Profound Slash, which spectators believed surpassed the Supreme Realm, but Chen Wen showed no panic.
• Zhou Yitian dismissed Chen Wen’s calm reaction and said no one below the Supreme Realm could block the slash.

Chen Wen unleashed his full power and drew the Chi Chu Sword to face the Heavenly Formation’s threefold-strengthened slash. As Zhou Yunbing brought the attack down, Chen Wen revealed Guardian Sword Intent, and the chapter ended as a massive golden sword formed above his Imperial Sword.

• Chen Wen released the four shackles of his Chaos Sequence Body and halted the Heavenly Formation’s pressure through his own strength.
• Zhou Yunbing ordered the formation’s participants to pour more power into the Heavenly Phenomenon Earth Profound Slash, increasing its might threefold.
• Chen Wen drew the Chi Chu Sword, while Zhou Yunbing merged with the completed slash and sent it crashing down at him.
• Chen Wen activated Guardian Sword Intent, summoning guardian phantoms and forming a massive golden sword above the Imperial Sword.
• Several leaders recognized Chen Wen’s Sword Intent, shocking the watching crowd.

Chen Wen revealed Sword Intent and destroyed the Heavenly Phenomenon Earth Profound Slash, the heavenly formation, and Zhou Yunbing’s group of ninety-nine Peak Half-step Supreme Realm experts. After becoming the recognized First Person of the younger generation, he challenged Zhou Yitian and the others to face him together.

• The crowd realized Chen Wen had comprehended Sword Intent at seventeen, and Ye Kuang celebrated his achievement.
• Chen Wen unleashed his strongest sword strike and split apart the Heavenly Phenomenon Earth Profound Slash.
• Chen Wen shattered the heavenly formation’s shield and killed Zhou Yunbing and the other ninety-eight Peak Half-step Supreme Realm experts.
• Chen Wen received nineteen portions of Destiny Nirvana Liquid as the elevated leaders recognized his victory and the disciples shouted his name.
• Chen Wen walked toward the elevated seats and challenged Zhou Yitian and the others to fight him all at once.

Chen Wen defied Zhou Yitian before the world, forcing him and the other power leaders to retreat under the Kill Order. After Chen Wen reunited with the Ye Clan, Gu Qianying approached him and offered to arrange a public apology from his grandmother, but Chen Wen's response remained unresolved.

• Chen Wen matched Zhou Yitian's aura and declared that no one could take his life, while the Kill Order prevented Zhou Yitian from attacking him.
• Zhou Yitian left, followed by Xuanyuan Dihuang and the other power leaders, as Chen Wen laughed at their retreat.
• Nangong Qingyi and Nangong Qinglong recognized Chen Wen's victory, and Ye Kuang and the Ye Clan welcomed him with pride.
• Gu Qianying appeared and approached Chen Wen, who rejected her claim that he belonged to the Chen Clan and challenged her appeal to understand the Lineage's circumstances.
• Gu Qianying offered to arrange a public apology from Chen Wen's grandmother, but the chapter ended before he answered.

Chen Wen rejected Gu Qianying’s offer to settle for an apology or a future challenge, declaring that he would kill Gu Lingyuan in a life-and-death battle in nine months. After Gu Qianying left with Gu Lingyuan, Zhou Yitian and the other leaders began planning how to kill Chen Wen despite the Kill Order.

• Gu Qianying offered to let Chen Wen return to the Chen Clan and challenge Gu Lingyuan in a fair arena, but Chen Wen called out her attempt to protect both sides and refused.
• Chen Wen announced that he would fight Gu Lingyuan to the death in nine months, then ordered Gu Qianying to leave.
• Gu Qianying took Gu Lingyuan back to the clan and promised to use the Ancestral Land and the clan’s resources to help her grow stronger.
• Ye Kuang led Chen Wen and the others away on a flying spirit beast, while Nangong Qinglong predicted that Chen Wen would eventually reach the summit.
• Zhou Yitian met with Xuanyuan Dihuang, Long Qingtian, and the others, who urged him to find a way to kill Chen Wen despite the Kill Order.
• Zhou Yitian said someone could kill Chen Wen if the others could afford the price.

Zhou Yitian secured Emperor’s Fortune from the Destiny Factions and arranged for a Supreme Heavenly Prodigy from an Immortal Force to target Chen Wen. After reuniting with his family, Chen Wen agreed to meet Jun Wuhen of Kirin City.

• Zhou Yitian demanded a strand of Emperor’s Fortune from the gathered factions, and Xuanyuan Dihuang, Long Qingtian, and the others agreed to pay.
• After the factions left, Zhou Yitian contacted a powerful man and offered two hundred strands of Emperor’s Fortune to send an Immortal Force prodigy after Chen Wen.
• Zhou Yitian proposed targeting Chen Hongmian or Chen Wudi to draw Chen Wen out, and the man agreed to send someone within a month.
• Chen Wen reunited with his family, who celebrated his rise to the top of the younger generation, while his relatives teased Ye Ruonan about becoming his wife.
• Chen Badao told Chen Wen that Jun Wuhen wanted to meet him, and Chen Wen agreed before following Chen Badao out.

Chen Wen learned that Jun Wuhen had been his father’s fellow disciple and that his title as King of Hunters granted him an inheritance and entry to the Emperor Road. He chose to enter the Emperor Road, setting his sights on gaining strength before his coming battle with Gu Lingyuan.

• Chen Wen met Jun Wuhen, who revealed that he and Chen Badao had both studied under the old War God and had once pursued Chen Wen’s mother.
• Jun Wuhen explained that Chen Wen could claim the first King of Hunters’ inheritance and enter the Emperor Road when it opened in three months.
• Jun Wuhen warned that the Emperor Road was controlled by Immortal Forces whose Supreme Heavenly Prodigies far surpassed those of the Archaic Desolate Realm.
• Chen Wen decided to enter the Emperor Road, hoping to gain strength before his battle with Gu Lingyuan in nine months.
• Jun Wuhen gave Chen Wen his Token, and Chen Wen planned to visit Kirin City to retrieve his Ancestor’s legacy and seek a way into the Dao Protector Stele.

Chen Wen returned to White Tiger City with Qian Duoduo, only to learn that her brother Qian Feng planned to hand him over to the Meng clan in exchange for help saving their mother. Qian Duoduo refused to betray her friend, and Chen Wen offered to help with her mother's illness.

• Chen Wen left the Chen Clan after Chen Badao warned him to be careful around the Heavenly Dao Alliance and to contact Uncle Hen if he needed help.
• Chen Wen met Qian Duoduo at the Qian Clan Merchant Association and agreed to travel to White Tiger City, where she expected to meet Master Qin.
• A message claimed Master Qin was in White Tiger City, so Qian Duoduo joined Chen Wen in the teleportation array.
• After they arrived, Qian Duoduo learned Master Qin had accepted the Meng clan's invitation and that the Meng clan demanded Chen Wen be handed over.
• Qian Feng confronted Qian Duoduo and demanded she deliver Chen Wen to the Meng clan, but she refused to betray her friend despite their mother's illness.
• Chen Wen asked what was wrong with Qian Duoduo's mother and offered to help.

Chen Wen offered to examine Qian Duoduo’s poisoned mother, and Qian Feng reluctantly agreed to gamble on his help. They arrived at the Qian Clan’s hall, where Meng Taiji was pressuring Qian Yuan to hand over Chen Wen and ten stalks of Dao Medicine in exchange for treatment.

• Qian Duoduo told Chen Wen that her mother’s poison was worsening, and Chen Wen offered to examine her and try to extend her life.
• Qian Feng weighed the risk of trusting Chen Wen against relying on Master Qin and agreed to let Qian Duoduo take him to their mother.
• Qian Duoduo brought Chen Wen to the Qian Clan, while Qian Feng followed with his people.
• Meng Taiji demanded ten stalks of Dao Medicine and the man who killed Meng Taiyou, and Qin Rusheng warned that Qian Yuan’s wife had at most half a month left.
• Qian Duoduo confronted Meng Taiji, who threatened to leave with Qin Rusheng, and Qian Yuan asked her what was happening.

Chen Wen examined Fan Lanyou after Qian Yuan chose to trust him over Qin Rusheng and Meng Taiji. He discovered that her illness came from a poisonous curse that devoured her life force, and realized someone had recently intensified it.

• Qian Duoduo insisted that Chen Wen could save her mother, and Qian Yuan dismissed Qin Rusheng and Meng Taiji despite their threats.
• Chen Wen asked Qian Yuan to keep Qin Rusheng and Meng Taiji nearby so they could witness him cure Fan Lanyou.
• Qian Duoduo led Chen Wen and the others to the secret chamber where Fan Lanyou had lain for ten years.
• Chen Wen used the Arc of Life to examine Fan Lanyou and found a poisonous curse centered at her Spiritual Aperture.
• Chen Wen realized the curse had recently been activated to worsen Fan Lanyou's condition and identified who was likely responsible.

Chen Wen learned that Fan Lanyou’s illness came from a Life Devouring Calamity Poison Curse planted to refine her Nine Revolutions Tribulation Body into a pill, but he decided to save her and prepare Spirit Nurturing Clear Heart Liquid. After Qian Yuan agreed to gather the rare ingredients, Qin Rusheng warned him that trusting Chen Wen could cost him everything.

• Xian Hongshao explained that Fan Lanyou’s curse was nearing completion and that Chen Wen could refine it into a Fate Devouring Poison Pill, potentially gaining a powerful combat artifact.
• Chen Wen chose to help Fan Lanyou, and Xian Hongshao told him to protect her with Spirit Nurturing Clear Heart Liquid before using Arc of Life to refine the curse.
• Chen Wen told Qian Duoduo, Qian Feng, and Qian Yuan that Fan Lanyou could be saved and requested the materials to prepare the spirit liquid himself.
• Qian Yuan ordered Qian Feng to fetch writing supplies, and Chen Wen listed ten rare ingredients, including a Nine Lives Soul Nurturing Flower.
• Qian Yuan said the Qian family could gather the ingredients within half an hour, but Qin Rusheng warned him that Spirit Liquid could not cure Fan Lanyou and urged him to seize Chen Wen.

Qian Yuan chose to trust Chen Wen to treat Fan Lanyou, despite Qin Rusheng and Qian Chen insisting that Spirit Liquid could not cure her poison. Chen Wen began preparing to refine Spirit Liquid without even using an Alchemy Cauldron, leaving Qian Chen laughing in disbelief.

• Qian Yuan ordered the elders to keep Qin Rusheng and Meng Taiji from leaving, then returned with Qian Chen, the Alchemy Hall Master who had been treating Fan Lanyou.
• Qian Chen and Qin Rusheng dismissed Chen Wen’s treatment plan, and Qian Chen urged Qian Yuan to let Qin Rusheng treat Fan Lanyou instead.
• Qian Yuan handed Chen Wen the spiritual ingredients and warned Qin Rusheng and Qian Chen not to slander him, threatening to cripple them if they did.
• Qian Yuan led Chen Wen to the alchemy room, where Chen Wen said the others could watch and declined an Alchemy Cauldron to refine the Spirit Liquid.
• Qian Chen laughed at Chen Wen’s claim that he needed no cauldron.

Chen Wen demonstrated that he could refine medicine bare-handed, impressing Qian Yuan and the others with his skill and creating the Spirit Nurturing Clear Heart Liquid. After Qian Yuan expelled Qian Chen, Chen Wen and Qian Yuan hurried to treat Fan Lanyou.

• Qian Chen doubted Chen Wen could refine medicine without a cauldron, but Qian Yuan chose to trust Chen Wen and Qian Duoduo supported him.
• Chen Wen refined and fused ten kinds of Spirit Liquid bare-handed, astonishing Qian Chen and drawing intense interest from Qian Yuan and Qin Rusheng.
• Chen Wen formed the seven-colored Spirit Nurturing Clear Heart Liquid and stored it in a bottle, then dismissed Qian Chen's rude questions and insulted his master.
• Qian Chen tried to attack Chen Wen, but Qian Yuan drove him into a wall and ordered him to leave.
• Qian Yuan apologized to Chen Wen, and Chen Wen headed with him toward Fan Lanyou's room.