Chapter Summaries

Chen Wen refined the Life Devouring Calamity Poison Curse from Fan Lanyou and saved her, while the curse’s origin threatened him before vanishing. Fan Lanyou awoke and vowed to deal with those responsible as Chen Wen left the room.

• Chen Wen asked Qian Yuan to clear the room and keep Qin Rusheng and Meng Taiji from leaving before feeding Fan Lanyou the Spirit Nurturing Clear Heart Liquid.
• Chen Wen used the Arc of Life to refine Fan Lanyou’s poison curse, enduring its violent resistance while Qian Yuan and the others waited outside.
• The curse’s origin roared threats at Chen Wen, but he continued refining until it vanished and Fan Lanyou’s condition improved.
• Chen Wen extracted the Life Devouring Calamity Poison Pill, and Xian Hongshao offered to forge it further while upgrading his Flying Sword.
• Fan Lanyou awoke, confirmed she had been conscious but unable to move, and declared that none of those responsible would escape.
• Qin Rusheng taunted Qian Yuan and the others, then the room door opened.

Chen Wen cured Fan Lanyou, and she revealed that Qin Rusheng had helped conceal and trigger the poison curse afflicting her. After the Qian Clan seized Qin Rusheng and Meng Taiji, Fan Lanyou invited Chen Wen to speak privately, saying she knew things he could hide from others.

• Chen Wen told the Qian family he had succeeded, and Fan Lanyou walked out healthy.
• Qian Duoduo embraced her mother as Qian Yuan and Qian Feng reacted with tears, while Qin Rusheng and Meng Taiji panicked.
• Fan Lanyou ordered Qin Rusheng and Meng Taiji seized and exposed Qin Rusheng's role in concealing and triggering her poison curse.
• Qian Yuan crippled Qin Rusheng while keeping him alive for questioning, and Meng Taiji fainted from fear.
• Fan Lanyou invited Chen Wen to talk privately, and he agreed.

Fan Lanyou revealed that Chen Wen had inherited the White Tiger Fierce Killing Force and warned him that the Nine Nether Heavenly Prison Hall sought divine beast power. She gave Chen Wen the White Tiger Token to help him locate other guardians, then he joined the Qian family’s banquet and left with Qian Duoduo.

• Fan Lanyou told Chen Wen she was a guardian of the divine beasts and had been targeted by someone seeking the White Tiger Fierce Killing Force.
• Fan Lanyou explained that the Nine Nether Heavenly Prison Hall wanted divine beast power to activate the Five Elements Town Killing Diagram and might seek to summon the five great divine beasts.
• Chen Wen learned that the Five Elements Town Killing Diagram had vanished and that Fan Lanyou could no longer contact the guardians in the other cities.
• Fan Lanyou gave Chen Wen the White Tiger Token, which could help him sense other guardians within a limited range.
• Qian Yuan invited Chen Wen to a banquet, and later arranged for Qian Duoduo to escort him to rest.
• Qian Yuan said he thought Chen Wen was worthy of Qian Duoduo and intended to give their relationship a push.

Chen Wen rejected Qian Duoduo’s offer to follow him, then borrowed the Qian family’s Teleportation Array to travel to Kirin City. After learning about the city and obtaining a map and lodging address, he set out to find the item his Ancestor had left behind.

• Qian Duoduo embraced Chen Wen and asked to follow him, but he said he regarded her as a friend and did not answer when she asked whether he liked someone.
• Chen Wen asked Qian Yuan to arrange access to the Teleportation Array to Kirin City, and Qian Yuan agreed and offered him a Spatial Ring that Chen Wen declined.
• Qian Duoduo gave Chen Wen a golden Qian Token, and Qian Feng apologized for his past disrespect and thanked Chen Wen for saving his mother before Chen Wen departed.
• Chen Wen arrived safely in Kirin City, where Qian Suisui greeted him and explained the city’s rules and the dominance of Kirin Palace among the Five Great Powers.
• Chen Wen obtained a beast-hide map and the address of a quiet residence, then followed Chen Xinghe’s route toward the place where his Ancestor’s item was left.

Chen Wen reached the Grand Arena and discovered that his Ancestor Chen Xinghe’s Stone Statue held an inheritance. As Chen Wen activated it, Young Palace Master Zhong Xiaotian attacked him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Chen Wen learned from Qian Suisui that the Grand Arena had been Chen Xinghe’s cultivation ground and that people believed his inheritance was hidden in the Stone Statue.
• Chen Wen disguised himself, ignored warnings about the place reserved for Zhong Xiaotian, and sat at the foremost spot.
• Chen Wen activated the stream of light in his mind, causing the Stone Statue to tremble and its inscriptions to form a glowing diagram.
• The crowd realized the inheritance was real and grew hostile toward Chen Wen, but held back when Zhong Xiaotian arrived.
• Zhong Xiaotian saw Chen Wen occupying his spot and resonating with the statue, then struck at Chen Wen’s head while he was comprehending.

Chen Wen survived Zhong Xiaotian’s attacks thanks to the Stone Statue’s protection, then entered his Ancestor’s inner space and discovered a rare Pupil Technique among the items left behind. Xian Hongshao urged him to master it, leaving Chen Wen to examine the two remaining items.

• Chen Wen’s golden protective light repelled Zhong Xiaotian’s attacks and blasted him into a wall, while Zhong Xiaotian’s subordinate persuaded him to wait until Chen Wen finished his enlightenment.
• Chen Wen was drawn into the Stone Statue’s inner space after gaining his Ancestor’s recognition.
• Chen Wen found a hidden compartment containing a Hidden Martial Stone and two beast-hide scrolls.
• Chen Wen learned that the Hidden Martial Stone held the Heaven Swallowing Reincarnation Eye, a difficult Pupil Technique with twenty-seven levels and strict cultivation requirements.
• Xian Hongshao recognized the technique and urged Chen Wen to cultivate it successfully, but refused to explain what she knew about it.
• Chen Wen turned his attention to the two remaining items.

Chen Wen learned from his Ancestor’s notebook about the Emperor Road’s dangers, the Supreme Heavenly Prodigies, and the struggle for Emperor’s Fortune, then studied an ancient Dao character with Xian Hongshao’s guidance. He emerged from the Stone Statue to face the furious Zhong Xiaotian, who charged at him in the Grand Arena.

• Chen Wen read his Ancestor’s notes about the immense power of the Supreme Heavenly Prodigies and the dangers and competition on the Emperor Road.
• Chen Wen examined the ancient Dao character, and Xian Hongshao explained that it was a Dao diagram containing a wisp of the Dao Protector Stele’s rules and Dao charm.
• Chen Wen decided to use the Dao diagram as the foundation for his own Dao enlightenment, then finished searching the Stone Statue’s inner space and prepared to leave.
• Zhong Xiaotian learned that Chen Wen had entered the Stone Statue and vowed to kill him and seize his gains when he emerged.
• Chen Wen emerged from the Stone Statue and answered Zhong Xiaotian’s threats with defiance.
• Zhong Xiaotian charged at Chen Wen, shattering the Grand Arena’s ground with his overwhelming pressure.

Chen Wen killed Zhong Xiaotian and his two servants, then hid in the Qian Clan Merchant Association to cultivate while Kirin Palace searched Kirin City for the murderer. When Zhong Yunshan confronted Qian Suisui and tried to pressure her into handing Chen Wen over, an unidentified voice intervened and forced his aura back.

• Chen Wen killed Zhong Xiaotian with one finger and killed Zhong Xiaotian's two servants with a palm strike before leaving the scene.
• Kirin Palace sealed Kirin City, offered a bounty for information, and traced the likely killer to an outsider who had arrived through the Qian Clan Merchant Association's Teleportation Array.
• Chen Wen changed back to his original appearance, returned to his residence, and entered the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array to cultivate.
• Qian Suisui learned that Chen Wen had moved into the arranged residence after Zhong Xiaotian's death and ordered her subordinate to claim he had been in seclusion the whole time.
• Zhong Yunshan demanded that Qian Suisui hand someone over, but she refused to let him throw his weight around at the Qian Clan Merchant Association.
• An unidentified voice rebuked Zhong Yunshan and forcibly pressed back the aura he had released.

Qian Suisui and Liu Piaopiao tried to protect Chen Wen from Kirin Palace while he cultivated in seclusion. After Kirin Palace surrounded Qian Yungu and imposed a final two-day deadline, Chen Wen’s breakthrough began.

• Liu Piaopiao appeared and made Zhong Yunshan realize he could not challenge her, while Qian Suisui explained that their guest was cultivating in seclusion.
• Qian Suisui gave Kirin Palace Chen Wen’s location, and Liu Piaopiao agreed to watch from the shadows and intervene if the palace acted unjustly.
• News spread through Kirin City, drawing a crowd to Qian Yungu as Chen Wen continued comprehending the Dao and his Dao Seed and Great World Divine Tree formed a yin-yang field.
• After waiting five days with Qian Yungu surrounded, Zhong Yunshan gave Qian Suisui two more days to bring Chen Wen out.
• Chen Wen’s breakthrough began with a boom.

Chen Wen used Destiny Nirvana Liquid to break through to the Second Layer Supreme Realm and comprehend his own Dao, the Path of Limitlessness. He left the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array and arrived as Zhong Yunshan ordered Kirin Palace to attack the palace.

• Chen Wen absorbed the Destiny Nirvana Liquid and broke through the Saint Emperor Realm to the peak of the Second Layer Supreme Realm, though he failed to reach the Triple Supreme Realm.
• Chen Wen comprehended his own Dao, which he named the Path of Limitlessness, and made substantial progress understanding the Dao diagram.
• Xian Hongshao told Chen Wen he was qualified to visit the Dao Protector Stele and cautioned him to keep cultivating and let time answer other questions.
• Chen Wen left the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array as Zhong Yunshan confronted Qian Suisui over the Qian Clan Merchant Association's delay.
• Zhong Yunshan ordered Kirin Palace's people to level the palace, but Chen Wen's voice announced that he had come out on his own.

Chen Wen faced Zhong Yunshan's accusations over Zhong Xiaotian's murder while Qian Suisui defended him. After Zhong Yunshan rejected her arguments and demanded proof of Chen Wen's innocence, Chen Wen walked straight toward him, leaving the crowd wondering what he would do.

• Chen Wen calmly faced Zhong Yunshan, who questioned his identity and suspected him of killing Zhong Xiaotian.
• Qian Suisui argued that Chen Wen's appearance and low Cultivation Level did not match the known killer.
• Zhong Yunshan countered that the killer could have concealed his Cultivation Level and changed his appearance, then gave Chen Wen ten breaths to prove his innocence.
• Chen Wen ignored the demand and walked toward Zhong Yunshan as the crowd and Liu Piaopiao watched in suspense.

Chen Wen ignored Zhong Yunshan’s threats, and a heavenly Killing Tribulation destroyed the Kirin Palace experts sent after him. Zhong Tianzhou exposed Chen Wen’s identity to the crowd, then challenged him to withstand a strike as the price of leaving alive.

• Chen Wen brushed past Zhong Yunshan and tried to leave, prompting Zhong Yunshan to order over a thousand Kirin Palace experts to kill him.
• Qian Suisui prepared to intervene, but a Killing Tribulation and the phantom of Fate Suppression Mountain appeared as the experts charged Chen Wen.
• The Killing Tribulation wiped out the attackers while leaving Chen Wen unharmed, and Zhong Yunshan accused him of causing it.
• Zhong Tianzhou identified Chen Wen as the famed seventeen-year-old who had reached the Second Layer Supreme Realm, shocking the crowd.
• Zhong Tianzhou offered to let Chen Wen leave if he survived his next strike, and Chen Wen accepted.

Zhong Tianzhou sent Zhong Long and Zhong Feng to use Kirin Palace's City Protection Array against Chen Wen, who accepted the challenge despite learning it could draw on the divine beast Kirin's power. As the array began taking shape, Jun Wuhen learned that Chen Wen had reached the Second Layer Supreme Realm at seventeen and rushed to the city to see what was happening.

• Qian Suisui warned Chen Wen that Zhong Long and Zhong Feng were heirs to Kirin Palace's Formation Dao and could use the City Protection Array against him.
• Zhong Tianzhou ordered Zhong Long and Zhong Feng to give everything, regardless of life or death, and said he would handle the rest.
• Zhong Long and Zhong Feng formed synchronized seals, raised a protective formation around themselves, and began activating the City Protection Array over Kirin City.
• The array's power gathered across Kirin City, causing the city and the barracks to tremble as officials and soldiers looked toward the sky.
• A barracks official told Jun Wuhen that Zhong Tianzhou had activated the array to kill Chen Wen and reported Chen Wen's Second Layer Supreme Realm cultivation.
• Jun Wuhen, shocked by Chen Wen's age and cultivation, led the other officials toward the city.

Zhong Long and Zhong Feng activated the Kirin Town-Suppressing Formation against Chen Wen while Zhong Tianzhou dismissed warnings from Jun Wuhen. As the kirin dove toward him, Chen Wen drew the Imperial Sword and prepared to test his Path of Limitlessness.

• Zhong Long and Zhong Feng summoned a colossal kirin with the Kirin Town-Suppressing Formation, and Zhong Yunshan expected it to kill Chen Wen.
• Jun Wuhen and dozens of high-ranking figures arrived, and Jun criticized Zhong Tianzhou for using the City Protection Array against a child.
• Zhong Tianzhou ordered Zhong Long and Zhong Feng to attack Chen Wen with the formation's full force.
• Chen Wen drew the Imperial Sword and shredded the kirin's descending pressure, while Zhong Tianzhou remained confident the sword would not be enough.
• Zhong Long and Zhong Feng sent the kirin diving toward Chen Wen as the formation poured more power into it, and Chen Wen prepared to test his Path of Limitlessness.

Chen Wen destroyed the City Protection Array's killing move with an ordinary-looking sword strike, then left Zhong Tianzhou fuming and plotting revenge. As Chen Wen set off toward the Dao Protector Stele, an unseen speaker stopped him by asking whether his sword had been a kind of Dao.

• Chen Wen split the Kirin and the city's protective barrier with one sword, stunning the crowd and Zhong Tianzhou.
• Chen Wen challenged Zhong Tianzhou, then left as the spectators made way for him.
• Zhong Tianzhou ordered Zhong Yunshan to spread news of Chen Wen's location and sent a Man in Black to act against him over Chen Wen's King of Hunters title.
• Qian Suisui caught up with Chen Wen and offered the merchant association's Teleportation Array, but he refused so as not to endanger the Qian Clan Merchant Association.
• Chen Wen thanked Qian Suisui and continued toward his next destination, the Dao Protector Stele.
• An unseen speaker asked Chen Wen whether the sword he had used was a kind of Dao, making him stop abruptly.

Chen Wen met Liu Piaopiao, who asked him to search the Emperor Road for God Severing Grass in exchange for Fortune, then left to focus on the Dao Protector Stele. Meanwhile, Chen Hongmian was captured by Zhou Yitian and his two prodigies, who learned that Chen Wen was outside the Domain Path.

• Liu Piaopiao reassured Chen Wen by contacting Fan Lanyou and revealed that Qian Suisui and Qian Duoduo were her disciples.
• Liu Piaopiao asked Chen Wen to find God Severing Grass on the Emperor Road and promised him a stroke of Fortune in return.
• Chen Wen agreed to look for the spiritual material if he encountered it, then changed his appearance and headed for the Dao Protector Stele outside the city.
• Chen Hongmian fled toward White Tiger City while badly wounded, but Zhou Yitian and his young companions caught up with her.
• The young man stopped Chen Hongmian from triggering the seal within her body and knocked her down.
• Zhou Yitian received word that Chen Wen was outside the Domain Path, drawing the attention of the two prodigies who had come to kill him.

Zhou Yitian and Tang Jiuxiao plotted to draw Chen Wen out by spreading news that Chen Hongmian was in danger, then went to inspect the Dao Protector Stele. They saw a shadow enter the stele, and Tang Jiuxiao vowed to kill whoever had reached it before him.

• An informant told Zhou Yitian that Chen Wen had reached the Second Layer Supreme Realm and cleaved apart Kirin City's City Protection Array's Killing Move with one sword.
• Zhou Yitian and the man decided to spread news that Chen Hongmian was in danger so Chen Wen would reveal himself.
• Zhou Yitian warned Tang Jiuxiao that Chen Wen's strength might rival or exceed the Fifth Layer Supreme Realm, but Tang Jiuxiao dismissed the threat.
• Tang Jiuxiao ordered his woman to control Chen Hongmian and give her a red bottle, then asked Zhou Yitian to take him to the Dao Protector Stele.
• Zhou Yitian and Tang Jiuxiao saw a shadow enter the Dao Protector Stele, and Tang Jiuxiao vowed to kill whoever had reached it before him.

While Chen Wen comprehended the Dao Protector Stele, the Ye Clan debated how to rescue the abducted Chen Hongmian and learned that people from the Xuantian Small World had arrived. Three days later, news that a Great Emperor expert had appeared outside the stele drew Jun Wuhen and others toward it.

• Chen Wen entered the Dao Protector Stele’s inner world and used the Supreme Meditation Technique to absorb its drifting streams of light as he comprehended it.
• The Vermilion Bird Army, the Ye Clan, and Chen Badao’s group searched for Chen Hongmian, whose abduction had brought the Ye Clan and the United Forces close to open war.
• Wen Chenbing urged the Ye Clan to fight, but Ye Kuang argued that their priority had to be rescuing Chen Hongmian alive.
• Ye Changsheng learned that people from the Xuantian Small World had arrived and outlined plans to contact their force or have Chen Wen challenge the newcomer in exchange for Chen Hongmian.
• Ye Changsheng assigned the Ye Clan to investigate the newcomer and Zhou Yitian, contact Chen Wen, and continue pressuring the Heavenly Machine Tower.
• Three days later, news spread that a Great Emperor expert had appeared outside the Dao Protector Stele, and Jun Wuhen and others headed there.

Chen Wen refined a particle from the Dao Protector Stele and was drawn into an illusory world as the people gathered beyond the Domain Path. Jun Wuhen suspected Tang Jiuxiao had come to deal with Chen Wen, while Zhou Yitian waited for Chen Wen to arrive and take revenge.

• Chen Wen seized and refined a transparent particle from the seven-colored light, then entered an illusory world where he sensed the Dao Protector Stele's emotions.
• Jun Wuhen questioned Zhou Yitian about his presence and Tang Jiuxiao's identity, but Zhou Yitian refused to explain and warned him not to interfere.
• Jun Wuhen suspected Tang Jiuxiao was from the Xuantian Small World and had been brought to deal with Chen Wen, so he contacted the alliance and Chen Badao about Hongmian's disappearance.
• Three days later, Chen Badao and forces including the Chen Clan, the Xuanyuan Clan, and the Heavenly Machine Tower arrived beyond the Domain Path.
• Zhou Yitian looked forward to killing Chen Wen before the gathered crowd, while Ye Kuang and Chen Badao worried Chen Wen would act impulsively when he received their message.

Jun Wuhen reported that the Tang Clan denied Tang Jiuxiao had harmed Chen Hongmian, leaving Ye Chenyan furious and the family powerless to confront him. Inside the Dao Protector Stele, Chen Wen obtained Dao Protector Power and met the stele’s guardian, who warned him to use the power only for protection.

• Jun Wuhen told Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan that Tang Jiuxiao was the talented youngest son of the Tang Clan’s Clan Head and that the Tang Clan denied he had harmed Chen Hongmian.
• Ye Kuang confirmed that the Ancestor had reached the same conclusion, and Ye Chenyan threatened to kill Tang Jiuxiao, who responded with a provocative smile.
• Gu Qianying blamed Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan for leaving the Chen Clan, but Chen Badao rejected her claims and said he would face death with his head held high.
• Inside the Dao Protector Stele, Chen Wen awakened with seven-colored power as the guardian revealed that he had obtained Dao Protector Power.
• The guardian told Chen Wen that Dao Protector Power was meant to protect rather than slaughter, and Chen Wen promised to heed the warning.