Chapter Summaries

Chen Wen received a Dao Protector Token, then learned from Chen Wudi that Chen Hongmian had disappeared and Zhou Yitian was suspected of arranging it. He emerged from the Dao Protector Stele and confronted Zhou Yitian and Tang Jiuxiao in a fury.

• An old man gave Chen Wen a Dao Protector Token and refused to explain its connection to the Sacred Stele.
• Chen Wen heard Chen Wudi's message that Chen Hongmian had disappeared and that Zhou Yitian might be responsible, then contacted his brother to learn where Zhou Yitian was.
• Chen Wudi told Chen Badao and the others that Chen Wen was coming, while Ye Kuang raised a barrier around them before Chen Wudi relayed Zhou Yitian's location.
• The Dao Protector Stele blazed and opened a vortex, and Chen Wen rushed out as the onlookers realized someone had entered it.
• Tang Jiuxiao demanded the inheritance, and Chen Wen recognized him and Zhou Yitian as his targets before plunging toward them with Killing Intent surging.

Chen Wen revealed his identity after overpowering Tang Jiuxiao, then crushed Tang Jiuxiao’s lightning attack with the World Suppressing Cauldron. The chapter ended with Tang Jiuxiao buried in a massive impact crater, while everyone stared in stunned silence.

• Chen Wen’s Limitless Sword forced Tang Jiuxiao back and made him fight seriously.
• Chen Wen revealed his true appearance, shocking the spectators and enraging Zhou Yitian.
• Chen Wen summoned the Heavy Prison Domain, four Chaos Great Worlds, Heavy Thunder, and the World Suppressing Cauldron as Tang Jiuxiao unleashed the Lightning Elephant Sky Slaying Art.
• Tang Jiuxiao formed a giant lightning sword and claimed Chen Wen could never understand the gap between them.
• Chen Wen smashed the lightning sword with the World Suppressing Cauldron and struck Tang Jiuxiao into a massive crater.

Chen Wen broke through Tang Jiuxiao’s Lightning Prison and overwhelmed him with a single punch, shattering his defenses and the laws he had boasted about. As Chen Wen caught up to the wounded Tang Jiuxiao, he declared that he could die now.

• Tang Jiuxiao survived Chen Wen’s earlier attacks and boasted that the gap between their worlds’ laws and foundations made Chen Wen inferior.
• Tang Jiuxiao trapped Chen Wen inside a Lightning Prison and attacked him with repeated bombardments.
• Chen Wen burst out of the Lightning Prison and struck Tang Jiuxiao in the face, shattering his defenses and sending him flying.
• Zhou Yitian realized Chen Wen had surpassed Tang Jiuxiao, while Ye Kuang and the others were astonished by Chen Wen’s strength.
• Chen Wen caught up to Tang Jiuxiao and told him coldly that he could die now.

Chen Wen unleashed his full strength against Tang Jiuxiao, but Tang’s hidden Magic Artifact let him turn the fight around with a Law Giant Tower. Chen Wen revealed four Chaos worlds and struck back, yet his punch failed to move the tower.

• Tang Jiuxiao used a hidden Magic Artifact to block Chen Wen’s ten-layer Chaos Killing Tribulation and countered with a law sword that battered Chen Wen.
• Tang Jiuxiao transformed the law sword into a Law Giant Tower, while Ye Chenyan and Chen Badao feared Chen Wen could not withstand its law power.
• Chen Wen unleashed the Bone Burning Technique, Absolute Combat Power, his Chaos Sequence Body, and four Sequence Shackles, spreading four Chaos worlds around him.
• Chen Wen punched the descending Law Giant Tower, but the tower did not move, and Tang Jiuxiao laughed at him.

Chen Wen shattered Tang Jiuxiao’s Law Giant Tower and defeated him, winning a historic victory for the Archaic Desolate Realm. After Tang Qingmu appeared and tried to intervene, Chen Wen demanded that Tang Jiuxiao reveal where his sister was, and Tang Jiuxiao agreed to tell him.

• Chen Wen unleashed his Saint Power and Dao Protector Power, battered the Law Giant Tower with punches, and forced it upward despite Tang Jiuxiao’s efforts to suppress it.
• Chen Wen’s final blows cracked and shattered the Law Giant Tower, then sent him charging at Tang Jiuxiao.
• Chen Wen struck Tang Jiuxiao, seized him, and declared that a Supreme Heavenly Prodigy was nothing special, while the crowd recognized Chen Wen’s victory.
• Tang Jiuxiao called for Elder Mu, and Tang Qingmu appeared and told Chen Wen to release him so they could discuss the matter.
• Chen Wen rejected Tang Qingmu’s demand and threatened to kill Tang Jiuxiao unless he revealed his sister’s whereabouts; Tang Jiuxiao agreed to talk.

Chen Wen forced Tang Jiuxiao to lead him to the place where his sister was supposedly hidden, but the mountain refuge was empty. Tang Jiuxiao finally reached Tang Yunying by Sound Transmission Talisman, leaving Chen Wen poised to learn what had happened to Chen Hongmian.

• Chen Wen seized Tang Jiuxiao and rushed with Chen Badao and the others to find his sister, while Jun Wuhen confronted Ye Qinglong and Zhao Tianqing over their betrayal.
• Tang Jiuxiao led Chen Wen's group to a mountain range and used a formation talisman to open a hidden entrance after Ye Chenyan checked it for danger.
• Ye Kuang entered the refuge and returned to report that no one was inside, prompting Chen Wen to threaten Tang Jiuxiao unless he found Chen Hongmian.
• Tang Jiuxiao tried to contact Tang Yunying, received no answer at first, and panicked under Chen Wen's scrutiny.
• Tang Yunying's Sound Transmission Talisman finally responded, and Tang Jiuxiao exclaimed that he had reached her.

Chen Wen learned that Phoenix Emperor Xi had taken his elder sister, Chen Hongmian, for her brother, and he killed Tang Jiuxiao after realizing the Tang Clan could not guarantee a way into the Xuantian Small World. He resolved to grow stronger and meet Jun Wuhen at the Heavenly Dao Alliance in half a month, hoping to find a chance to confront Phoenix Emperor Xi.

• Tang Yunying told Chen Wen and Tang Jiuxiao that Phoenix Emperor Xi had taken Chen Hongmian and grievously injured her when she tried to intervene.
• Tang Jiuxiao explained that Phoenix Emperor Xi likely wanted Chen Hongmian for her brother, Phoenix Emperor Jun, whose cultivation required a suitable woman.
• Tang Qingmu offered to negotiate with the Phoenix Clan, but admitted the Tang Clan could not authorize Chen Wen to enter the Xuantian Small World, so Chen Wen crushed Tang Jiuxiao's neck.
• Tang Qingmu left with Tang Jiuxiao's body after threatening Chen Wen, while Chen Badao and the others promised to work together to save Chen Hongmian.
• Chen Wen told Jun Wuhen what had happened, and Jun Wuhen warned that Phoenix Emperor Xi was far stronger than Tang Jiuxiao but might appear at the Emperor Road conflict.
• Chen Wen agreed to visit Jun Wuhen at the Heavenly Dao Alliance in half a month and left to cultivate.

After Tang Jiuxiao’s death, the Xuantian Small World buzzed about Chen Wen’s strength and the Dao Protector Stele inheritance, while Zhou Yitian was ordered to continue the Heavenly Mandate plan. Chen Wen refined his Heaven Swallowing Reincarnation Eye and met Jun Wuhen, who revealed that nine other Emperor Road participants had been selected from the Xuantian Small World.

• People across the Xuantian Small World discussed Chen Wen killing Tang Jiuxiao and obtaining the Dao Protector Stele’s inheritance, making him a target of public attention.
• Zhou Yitian reported his failure to his lord, who blamed Chen Wen’s strength, expected the Tang Clan to seek revenge, and ordered Zhou to advance the Heavenly Mandate plan.
• After half a month of cultivation, Chen Wen reached the preliminary insight stage with the Heaven Swallowing Reincarnation Eye, gaining the ability to devour attacks and slightly distort space-time.
• Chen Wen arrived at the Kirin Barracks, where Jun Jiuxiao recognized him and led him to Jun Wuhen.
• Jun Wuhen told Chen Wen that the Heavenly Dao Alliance headquarters was in the Sacred Dragon Heaven Domain and that nine other Emperor Road participants had cultivated in the Xuantian Small World before being summoned back.

Chen Wen traveled with Jun Wuhen to the Heavenly Dao Alliance to receive the King of Hunters' inheritance, while the alliance's elders argued over whether he should be forced to join. The alliance's leadership prepared to test him, and Li Xingyang warned his companions that Chen Wen's conflict with the Tang Clan could endanger them on the Emperor Road.

• Jun Wuhen warned Chen Wen that people might object to an outsider receiving the King of Hunters' inheritance, and Chen Wen agreed to let Jun Wuhen handle it.
• Li Moheng argued that Chen Wen must join the Heavenly Dao Alliance to receive the inheritance, while Luo Tianfei defended the rules; Zhou Tianqiong ended their dispute and said he would give Chen Wen another chance to choose.
• Zhou Tianqiong privately said Chen Wen's talent and his discovery of how to enter the Dao Protector Stele made him worth watching, despite the danger on the Emperor Road.
• Three days later, Chen Wen and Jun Wuhen arrived at the Heavenly Dao Alliance, where nine young Supreme Realm cultivators watched Chen Wen pass by.
• Li Xingyang asked Zhou Wan'er to assess Chen Wen, and she called him a genuine monster whose strength she could not determine.
• Li Xingyang warned the others to keep their distance from Chen Wen because his conflict with the Tang Clan could get them killed during the contest for the Emperor Road.

Chen Wen refused Zhou Tianqiong’s invitation to join the Heavenly Dao Alliance, choosing to face the Tang Clan on his own rather than enter a faction’s struggle. After Li Moheng insulted Chen Xinghe, Chen Wen challenged him to wager on whether he would survive the Emperor Road.

• Zhou Tianqiong invited Chen Wen to join the Heavenly Dao Alliance and promised its protection from the Tang Clan.
• Chen Wen firmly declined the invitation, saying he would bear the trouble he caused himself.
• Li Moheng called Chen Wen ungrateful and insulted Chen Xinghe, prompting Jun Wuhen to defend Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen challenged Li Moheng to a wager: if he returned alive from the Emperor Road, Li Moheng would kneel and apologize to Chen Xinghe before the alliance’s warriors; if Chen Wen died, Li Moheng would receive his Supreme Divine Roaming Pill.
• Li Moheng accepted the wager, convinced Chen Wen would die.

Chen Wen secured permission to enter the Hunter King inheritance despite Li Moheng’s objections, while Zhou Tianqiong concealed his displeasure at Chen Wen’s defiance. After three days of cultivation, Chen Wen reached the inheritance entrance and prepared to enter for one month.

• Chen Wen entrusted the Supreme Spirit Wandering Pill to Jun Wuhen and held to his bet with Li Moheng, after which Zhou Tianqiong agreed that he could receive the inheritance in three days.
• Zhou Tianqiong explained to Li Moheng that Chen Wen had earned the right to try, then privately decided to let events unfold and sent someone to handle the inheritance.
• Jun Wuhen told Chen Wen that only the first-generation King of Hunters had obtained the inheritance, and Chen Wen spent three days cultivating at his residence.
• Jun Wuhen brought Chen Wen to the crowded inheritance site, where Zhou Tianqiong explained the one-month limit and said Chen Wen would be teleported out if he obtained the inheritance.
• Chen Wen accepted Zhou Tianqiong’s instructions and walked toward the distorted entrance.

Chen Wen awakened the inheritance figure by using the Supreme Meditation Art and began choosing among the inheritances. As the one-month deadline approached and others assumed he had failed, the Grand Arena trembled, and the lights above Chen Wen began surging violently.

• Chen Wen used the Supreme Meditation Art to enter a void world, where he awakened a figure who offered him a choice of inheritances.
• The inheritance figure told Chen Wen to choose with his heart and privately hoped he would obtain a particular inheritance.
• Nearly a month passed without Chen Wen emerging, leading Li Moheng and Li Xingyang to believe he had failed.
• On the final day, Li Moheng urged everyone to leave, while Li Xingyang mocked Chen Wen and Zhou Wan'er fell silent.
• The Grand Arena trembled, and Jun Wuhen speculated that Chen Wen had obtained the inheritance, stunning the gathered elders and visitors.
• Inside the Inheritance Land, the specks of light above Chen Wen began surging and spinning violently.

Chen Wen overcame the blood blade’s assault and claimed the ancient Magic Artifact called the Blade of Slaughter, whose power grew with each kill but risked driving its wielder mad. After leaving the Inheritance ground, he told the waiting seniors that he had not obtained the inheritance, leaving them stunned.

• Chen Wen used his Chaos Sequence Power to suppress the blood blades and pull the Blade of Slaughter from its speck of light.
• The figure identified the blade as an ancient Magic Artifact bearing Slaughter Law, warned Chen Wen about its dangers, and then disappeared.
• Chen Wen left the Inheritance ground with the Blade of Slaughter concealed, while the gathered seniors waited for him outside.
• Li Moheng questioned Chen Wen, and Chen Wen challenged his right to interrogate him before Zhou Tianqiong calmed the exchange.
• Zhou Tianqiong asked whether Chen Wen had obtained the inheritance, and Chen Wen said he had not, stunning the crowd.

Chen Wen concealed the truth about the inheritance after returning from the stone statue, while Jun Wuhen visited to tell him about the coming Emperor Road. Zhou Tianqiong and an unseen adviser then plotted to use their young master to test Chen Wen and possibly kill him.

• Chen Wen told Zhou Tianqiong and the others that he had found only a stone statue and gained no inheritance, and Zhou Tianqiong largely believed him.
• Chen Wen privately decided to keep his success secret, while Li Xingyang mocked Zhou Wan'er over Chen Wen's apparent failure.
• Jun Wuhen visited Chen Wen, explained that Emperor Road would open in a month, and gave him a Sound Transmission Talisman for Luo Tianfei.
• Jun Wuhen urged Chen Wen to return safely from Emperor Road, then Chen Wen entered the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array to cultivate.
• Zhou Tianqiong and his hidden adviser discussed having their young master test Chen Wen and make his death look like part of the chaos.

Xian Hongshao gave Chen Wen the Fate Devouring Poison Bead and explained how his upgraded Flying Sword had become far more powerful. As the Emperor Road expedition approached, Luo Tianfei warned Chen Wen about the formidable forces he would face, while his search for a way to reach his elder sister remained unresolved.

• Xian Hongshao gave Chen Wen the Fate Devouring Poison Bead, which he bound to himself, and explained that his Flying Sword’s power and speed had increased at least tenfold.
• After twenty days of cultivation, Chen Wen reached the Triple Supreme Realm and met Luo Tianfei, who told him the Emperor Road group would gather in the Alien Starry Sky and depart in three days.
• Luo Tianfei warned Chen Wen that the Emperor Road struggle would be unusually fierce, with the Immortal Palace and Desolate God Clan participating, and urged him to avoid unnecessary clashes.
• Chen Wen asked Xian Hongshao how to cross a Small World barrier so he could reach his elder sister, but she described the risks and uncertainty of the available methods.
• Chen Wen returned to cultivation, then woke three days later when it was time to depart for the Alien Starry Sky.

Chen Wen joined the expedition to the Emperor Road and learned that its final Heavenly Prodigy Hunting Ground would pit participants against one another for a major inheritance. As the group traveled toward the Alien Starry Sky, Zhou Wan'er tried to get acquainted with him, but he failed to recognize her and ended the conversation abruptly.

• Chen Wen arrived at the Grand Arena and noticed that one of the nine Emperor Road participants resembled Zhou Wan'er, while the lead participant showed hostility toward him.
• Zhou Tianqiong warned the group about dangers and temptations on the Emperor Road, then explained that the ten-day Heavenly Prodigy Hunting Ground would eliminate participants until one victor remained.
• Chen Wen became eager to enter the hunting ground, seeing a chance to take resources from powerful prodigies and Sons of Destiny.
• Luo Tianfei and Li Moheng led the group aboard the Spatial Spirit Shuttle toward the Alien Starry Sky, a journey expected to take five days.
• Zhou Wan'er approached Chen Wen and introduced herself, but he treated her as a stranger and left for his room after their brief conversation.

Chen Wen arrived at the Emperor Road gathering with the Heavenly Dao Alliance and drew contempt from the Supreme Heavenly Prodigies after killing Tang Jiuxiao. He stood his ground against Tang Jiuyuan, who threatened him before leaving, as news spread that people from the Nine Great Powers had arrived.

• Chen Wen and the Heavenly Dao Alliance emerged from their spirit shuttle, and the gathered prodigies watched them with disdain.
• Chen Wen calmly assessed the powerful disciples from the Xuantian Small World while Luo Tianfei was disappointed by Li Xingyang and the others’ fearful reactions.
• Tang Jiuyuan approached Chen Wen, but Luo Tianfei blocked him and cited the rules forbidding conflict before the Emperor Road opened.
• Chen Wen traded defiant remarks with Tang Jiuyuan, who threatened him and then withdrew with Killing Intent.
• The crowd turned its attention toward the arrival of people from the Nine Great Powers.

Chen Wen identified Phoenix Emperor Xi among the Nine Great Powers’ prodigies and revealed his killing intent toward her. As the Emperor Road opened, the disciples entered its month-long trial, with Chen Wen following after warning Tang Jiuyuan and renewing his wager with Li Moheng.

• Nine prodigies from the Nine Great Powers arrived, and Zhou Wan'er identified the red-clad Phoenix Emperor Xi for Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen recognized Phoenix Emperor Xi and secretly restrained his killing intent, while Zhou Wan'er warned him of her strength.
• Xian Taifeng announced the Emperor Road’s rules and opened its entrance to the disciples.
• Tang Jiuyuan threatened Chen Wen before entering, and Chen Wen dismissed him as a stepping stone toward facing Phoenix Emperor Xi.
• Chen Wen answered Li Moheng’s taunt by insisting Li would lose their wager, then entered the Emperor Road.

Chen Wen entered the Ancient Ruins and killed Tang Jiuhe, Tang Jiushan, and Tang Jiulian with a single sword strike. He then cowed the Xuantian Small World disciples into standing still and headed toward the enormous stone pillar to investigate it.

• Chen Wen found himself in the Ancient Ruins, where Tang Jiuhe and two other Tang Clan disciples confronted him while Zhao Yuanzheng and Liu Lei watched.
• Tang Jiuhe demanded that Chen Wen kneel and cripple his Cultivation Level, but Chen Wen unleashed his power and forced Tang Jiuhe back.
• Chen Wen struck once with his sword and killed Tang Jiuhe, Tang Jiushan, and Tang Jiulian, leaving Zhao Yuanzheng and the others terrified.
• Chen Wen challenged the gathered disciples to attack together, but Zhao Yuanzheng could not step forward, and Chen Wen ordered everyone to remain where they stood.
• Chen Wen walked toward the massive stone pillar at the center of the Ancient Ruins to see what was inside.

Chen Wen awakened the Heaven Shaking Stone Pillar’s inheritance by surpassing its physical-strength limit and obtained the high-grade Emperor-rank martial skill Heaven Shaking Nine Strikes. Tang Jiuyuan arrived after Zhao Yuanzheng and Liu Lei told him about the deaths and the inheritance, and he confronted Chen Wen, intent on killing him and claiming it.

• Chen Wen struck the Heaven Shaking Stone Pillar with his immense physical strength, revealing its runes and triggering a heavenly spectacle.
• The pillar sent Chen Wen the inheritance of Heaven Shaking Nine Strikes, a martial skill that stacked physical power through nine consecutive strikes.
• Zhao Yuanzheng and the others coveted the inheritance but held back because of Chen Wen’s displayed strength.
• Tang Jiuyuan arrived and saw the bodies of three Tang Clan disciples whom Chen Wen had killed.
• Zhao Yuanzheng told Tang Jiuyuan about Chen Wen’s sword strike and inheritance, then proposed they join forces to seize it.
• Tang Jiuyuan refused their help and stepped toward Chen Wen, declaring that his time of death had come.