Chapter Summaries

After humiliating the faction leaders at the Immortal Palace, Chen Wen left with Liu Ruoshui and Liu Piaopiao for the Desolate God Merchant Association. Meanwhile, Heavenly Ruins approved his inspection and planned to assess him soon, leaving Chen Wen to meet Jiang Xingwan before departing the Xuantian Small World.

• Chen Wen challenged his enemies to seek revenge and left the Immortal Palace.
• Chen Wen said goodbye to Liu Ruoshui, then accepted a ride to the Desolate God Merchant Association to settle his agreement with Jiang Xingwan.
• At Heavenly Ruins, the masked middle-aged man discussed Chen Wen's killing of Xiao Ye, and the elders voted to continue Chen Wen's inspection.
• Liu Ruoshui and Liu Piaopiao parted from Chen Wen at the Desolate God Merchant Association, where Liu Ruoshui affirmed their friendship and Liu Piaopiao urged her to keep cultivating.
• Chen Wen presented his Token at the Desolate God Merchant Association and was taken to a reception room, where Jiang Xingwan arrived.

Chen Wen honored his agreement with Jiang Xingwan and traveled to the Desolate God Clan, where Jiang Taixu and the clan’s elders welcomed him. After a feast, Jiang Taixu began the discussion Chen Wen had come for.

• Chen Wen told Jiang Xingwan he was ready to visit the Desolate God Clan, and she arranged their departure that day.
• Chen Wen and Jiang Xingwan traveled by Teleportation Array for two days before arriving at the Desolate God Clan.
• Jiang Taixu, Shen Rujun, Jiang Luoli, Jiang Cangyang, and the elders welcomed Chen Wen; Jiang Cangyang arranged to exchange pointers with him.
• Jiang Taixu hosted Chen Wen at a welcome feast, then asked whether they could talk.
• Chen Wen agreed, anticipating that the main matter of his visit was about to begin.

Jiang Taixu explained the Desolate God Clan’s God Summoning Plan and asked Chen Wen to help awaken a Longevity Being. Chen Wen agreed, arranging to be notified half a month before the plan began, then prepared to leave for his other urgent concerns.

• Jiang Taixu told Chen Wen that ancient forces sealed powerful figures as Longevity Beings and warned that the era’s turning gears demanded strength.
• Jiang Taixu explained that the Desolate God Clan’s Fate Momentum seal required people like Chen Wen to open it, and promised a reward for his help.
• Xian Hongshao warned Chen Wen that awakening a Longevity Being could entangle him in karma, but advised him not to worry about it prematurely.
• Chen Wen agreed to help and asked Jiang Taixu to notify him half a month before the plan began.
• Chen Wen said he needed to leave to focus on his goals and his approaching battle with Gu Lingyuan, and Jiang Taixu offered to arrange a Teleportation Array.
• Jiang Taixu told Chen Wen that Jiang Cangyang wanted to discuss something with him.

Jiang Cangyang warned Chen Wen that Xiao Xuan, the Young Human Emperor, was Xiao Ye’s brother and a terrifying enemy preparing to break through to the Great Emperor Realm. After leaving the Jiang Clan through the Teleportation Array, Chen Wen crossed the Boundary Exit and returned to the Archaic Desolate Realm.

• Jiang Cangyang told Chen Wen that Xiao Xuan was a Heaven-rank Son of Heaven who had killed a Great Emperor while in the Dao Proving Realm, and warned him to beware of Xiao Xuan’s subordinates.
• Chen Wen acknowledged the danger and resolved not to become complacent, while Xian Hongshao reminded him that the world was far broader than he imagined.
• Jiang Luoli told Chen Wen the Teleportation Array was ready, and Chen Wen promised to contact her when he returned.
• Jiang Taixu and Shen Rujun discussed using the coming period to inspect Chen Wen and considered bringing him into the Desolate God Clan.
• Chen Wen traveled with Jiang Xingwan to Boundary Exit City, where bystanders recognized him as the man who had turned the Immortal Palace upside down.
• Chen Wen entered the Boundary Exit and returned to the Archaic Desolate Realm.

Chen Wen returned to the Archaic Desolate Realm and used the Nangong Clan’s Teleportation Array to travel to Ye Tian City. Nangong Qinglong confirmed Chen Wen’s identity just before he vanished, and Chen Wen later tore through the void toward the Ye Clan.

• Chen Wen went to the marketplace merchant association and asked to use its Teleportation Array to reach Ye Tian City beneath the Azure Dragon Heaven Domain.
• The female attendant suspected Chen Wen was the famed Chen Wen, so Nangong Qinglong went to meet him and was shocked to sense his Dao Proving Realm cultivation.
• Nangong Qinglong prepared the array, and Chen Wen paid him one hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Crystals before departing.
• As the teleportation space vanished, Nangong Qinglong asked whether Chen Wen was the person he suspected, and Chen Wen nodded.
• Three days later, Chen Wen arrived in Ye Tian City and tore through the void to head toward the Ye Clan.

Ye Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony was interrupted by three young Fourth Level Dao Proving Realm cultivators demanding that Chen Wen appear. After they pressured Ye Fan to continue the ceremony while they waited, another massive hand tore through the sky.

• Ye Ling'er asked whether Chen Wen would return to crown the younger generation, and Ye Fan said he would try to convey their wishes.
• Three young Fourth Level Dao Proving Realm cultivators tore open the firmament and arrived at Ye Clan’s Grand Arena.
• One of the women insulted Ye Clan’s younger generation, and the leading man demanded that Ye Fan bring out Chen Wen.
• Ye Fan said Chen Wen was absent and unreachable, so the visitors sat down to wait while Ye Shan resumed the ceremony.
• A massive hand stretched out from the firmament, drawing everyone’s attention again.

Chen Wen returned to the Ye Clan as a seventeen-year-old Dao Proving Realm cultivator, shocking the arena and delighting his family and clansmen. Three stronger Dao Proving Realm cultivators from the Heavenly Ruins challenged him, and the chapter ended as Zheng Feng advanced to attack while Chen Wen claimed they were no match for him.

• Chen Wen arrived at the Ye Clan, and Ye Ling'er recognized him as he revealed his Dao Proving Realm cultivation.
• Chen Wen bowed to the clan elders, prompting Ye Kuang, Chen Badao, Ye Chenyan, and the Ye Clan disciples to celebrate his return.
• Song Qingshu confronted Chen Wen on behalf of the three Heavenly Ruins cultivators and accused him of killing Xiao Ye.
• Chen Wen guessed the trio had come at Xiao Xuan's behest, traded taunts with Song Qingshu, and said the three were not strong enough to defeat him.
• Zheng Feng activated an Image-Recording Stone to capture Chen Wen's death, while Ye Chenyan asked whether he was confident and Chen Wen reassured her.
• Zheng Feng stepped forward as his aura rose, with the Image-Recording Stone's Light Screen covering the arena.

Chen Wen dominated Zheng Feng in the Grand Arena, crushing his attacks before killing him with a single sword that also blasted Song Qingshu away. He challenged Song Qingshu and Song Qing'er to face him together after receiving a drop of Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid.

• Zheng Feng attacked Chen Wen with a palm strike, but Chen Wen shattered it with one finger.
• Zheng Feng unleashed Heaven and Earth Slash, and Chen Wen crushed the enormous slash with his bare hand.
• Chen Wen used the Guardian Sword to kill Zheng Feng with one strike, and the sword's aftershock blasted Song Qingshu into a Spirit Shield.
• The Ye Clan disciples and observing factions erupted in shock and celebration at Chen Wen's victory.
• Chen Wen received one drop of Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid and told Song Qingshu and Song Qing'er to come at him together.

Chen Wen defeated Song Qingshu and Song Qing'er after resisting Song Qingshu’s devouring power and killing Song Qing'er with One Sword Flies Immortal. The Ye Clan celebrated Chen Wen’s victory, while he received two drops of Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid and reflected on the strain of the battle.

• Song Qingshu confronted Chen Wen, who overwhelmed him with Heaven Shaking Double Strike, but Song Qingshu reversed the absorbed attack and sent its power back at Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen emerged unharmed, then attacked Song Qingshu with the Heavenly Emperor Fist while summoning four Chaos Great Worlds to suppress him.
• Song Qing'er tried to intervene, but Chen Wen killed her with One Sword Flies Immortal.
• Chen Wen’s fist and Chaos Great Worlds struck Song Qingshu, who died after warning Chen Wen that no one who offended Brother Xuan could live.
• Chen Wen received two drops of Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid, and the Ye Clan celebrated his victory over the three Fourth Level Dao Proving Realm cultivators.

After defeating the Ye Clan’s outside enemy, Chen Wen was celebrated at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony and summoned by Ye Changsheng. Ye Kuang warned him about Gu Lingyuan’s deep cultivation and experience, but Chen Wen remained certain she would die in their coming battle.

• Chen Wen told the Ye Clan elders he had eliminated the outside enemy, and Ye Kuang praised him.
• Ye Fan invited Chen Wen to sit beside him and speak to the young disciples at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Chen Wen promised rewards for the ceremony’s top ten and encouraged the disciples to keep striving.
• Ye Kuang told Chen Wen that Ye Changsheng had summoned him, and Chen Wen left the ceremony with him.
• Ye Kuang warned Chen Wen that Gu Lingyuan had extensive cultivation, combat experience, and the Chen Clan’s support.
• Chen Wen acknowledged the warning but declared that Gu Lingyuan would be the one to die.

Chen Wen learned that he could enter the Ancestral Land again, then returned to cultivate while his sister Chen Hongmian visited him. News of his achievement as a seventeen-year-old in the Dao Proving Realm spread across the Archaic Desolate Realm, shocking rival clans and leaving Gu Qianying alarmed.

• Ye Changsheng told Chen Wen that he could enter the Ancestral Land for three days, beginning in three days, but would be teleported at random and have only one chance.
• After Chen Wen left, Ye Changsheng and Ye Kuang discussed their long-running plan and warned that failure would leave them completely passive.
• Chen Wen returned to his residence, where Chen Hongmian visited, teased him about his achievement, and showed that she understood his discomfort with the distance others now kept from him.
• After Chen Hongmian left, Chen Wen entered the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array to cultivate.
• News of Chen Wen's breakthrough spread across the Archaic Desolate Realm, stunning Xuanyuan Dihuang and provoking Long Qingtian's fury.
• At the Chen Clan, Chen Du told Gu Qianying that Chen Wen had proven his Dao.

After learning Chen Wen had reached the Dao Proving Realm at seventeen, Gu Qianying regretted rejecting him and doubled down on supporting Gu Lingyuan. Chen Wen presented rewards at the Ye Clan's coronation ceremony, reunited with his family, and then entered the Ancestral Land for a three-day trial.

• Chen Du told Gu Qianying that Chen Wen had reached the Dao Proving Realm at seventeen, and she regretted her choice before deciding to keep backing Gu Lingyuan.
• Two days later, Chen Wen attended the Ye Clan's coronation ceremony and distributed the ten winning disciples' rewards.
• Chen Wen gave Ye Ling'er a High-grade Dao Artifact and encouraged the young disciples to pursue greatness.
• Chen Wen shared a family meal with Ye Chenyan, Chen Badao, Ye Kuang, and the others before his Ancestral Land entry.
• Ye Kuang led Chen Wen to the Ancestral Land, where Ye Changsheng warned him that the exit would activate after three days, and Chen Wen entered.

Chen Wen comprehended the ancient Killing God Domain inheritance, gaining a domain that could turn all Qi within it into Killing Intent. After returning, he told Ye Changsheng and Ye Kuang about his success and headed to meet his Ancestor, hoping to find the base that manufactured the Heavenly Mandate.

• Xian Hongshao explained that the Killing God Domain could greatly strengthen Chen Wen’s attacks but warned that he would have to comprehend its residual image.
• Chen Wen used the Supreme Meditation Art to withstand the domain’s illusions and successfully absorbed the Killing God Domain.
• Xian Hongshao warned Chen Wen that the domain could make him a machine of Slaughter if his will weakened.
• Chen Wen told Ye Changsheng and Ye Kuang that he had obtained the Killing God Domain, and they celebrated his inheritance.
• Ye Changsheng reflected on Chen Wen’s coming fight with Gu Lingyuan in three months as Chen Wen headed to meet his Ancestor about finding the Heavenly Mandate manufacturing base.

Chen Wen prepared to leave the Ye Clan, said goodbye to his sister and parents, and traveled beyond the Domain Path to reach Kirin City. Jun Wuhen and Jun Jiuxiao were stunned when they learned Chen Wen had already reached the Dao Proving Realm at seventeen.

• Chen Wen spent two days mastering his Killing God Domain, then told Chen Hongmian and his parents that he was leaving and promised to return safely.
• Chen Wen went to the office beyond the Domain Path and used Jun Wuhen's Camp Commander's Token to arrange a teleportation to Kirin City.
• Jun Wuchen welcomed Chen Wen as his nephew and arranged for the Teleportation Array to be prepared.
• Chen Wen arrived in Kirin City three days later, where Jun Wuhen and Jun Jiuxiao were waiting for him.
• Jun Wuhen recognized that Chen Wen had reached the Dao Proving Realm, and Jun Jiuxiao was horrified when Chen Wen confirmed it.

Chen Wen arrived in Kirin City, where Jun Wuhen welcomed him before he left to attend to an undisclosed matter. Hei Yu Long Zhen learned of Chen Wen’s arrival and assigned Hei Yu Longyuan to kill him, while Chen Wen’s departure was reported to interested parties.

• Jun Wuhen led Chen Wen to his residence, and Jun Jiuxiao struggled to accept how far Chen Wen had surpassed him.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen learned that Chen Wen was in Kirin City and ordered his hidden sentries to watch Chen Wen’s movements.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen prepared to act against Chen Wen himself but was summoned to handle an experiment and receive an arrival.
• Hei Yu Long Zhen told Hei Yu Longyuan to take command of the operation and kill Chen Wen, and Hei Yu Longyuan confidently agreed.
• Jun Wuhen hosted Chen Wen for a meal, and Chen Wen explained that he might leave at any time because he had private business to handle.
• Chen Wen left Jun Wuhen’s residence, and interested parties received news of his departure.

Chen Wen encountered Hei Yu Longyuan in Hei Yu Clan territory and fought the peak Fourth Level Dao Proving Realm expert. Chen Wen’s sword strike shattered Hei Yu Longyuan’s Spirit Body, and their next palm strikes collided, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Chen Wen sped through Hei Yu Clan territory and met Hei Yu Longyuan, who was shocked to discover Chen Wen had reached the First Level Dao Proving Realm.
• Hei Yu Longyuan attacked Chen Wen, but Chen Wen’s Physical Body Shield withstood the recoil and his Heaven Shaking Double Strike matched Hei Yu Longyuan’s physical strength.
• Chen Wen and Hei Yu Longyuan collided again, sending both flying and leaving them bloodied, though Hei Yu Longyuan suffered the greater defeat.
• Chen Wen unleashed his Killing God Domain and combined Heaven Slaying Sword Strike with the Demonic Malevolent Blade to break Hei Yu Longyuan’s Hei Yu Heaven Slaughtering Slash and shatter his Spirit Body.
• Chen Wen followed with Primordial Chaos Heaven-Opening Palm, but Hei Yu Longyuan halted his flight and met it with a palm strike; the two attacks collided.

Chen Wen defeated Hei Yu Longyuan and learned that Hei Yu Long Zhen might know more about the Hei Yu Guards and Artificial Destiny. He then reached Chen Xinghe’s prison, where Chen Xinghe agreed to honor their old pact after seeing Chen Wen had reached the Dao Proving Realm.

• Chen Wen stopped Hei Yu Longyuan from escaping, questioned him about the Hei Yu Guards, and searched his soul for information.
• Chen Wen learned the Hei Yu Guards were manufactured and that Hei Yu Long Zhen might know the full truth, then killed Hei Yu Longyuan and obtained a drop of Silver Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Chen Wen flew to the secret realm where Chen Xinghe was imprisoned, broke the Illusion Array and the Stone Gate seal, and entered the chamber.
• Chen Xinghe recognized Chen Wen and was shocked that he had reached the Dao Proving Realm in half a year.
• Chen Wen reminded Chen Xinghe of their agreement to explore the Artificial Destiny base, and Chen Xinghe told him to wait while he removed his chains.

Chen Xinghe broke free from the God Binding Lock, revealed that he had been pretending to remain imprisoned, and killed the Hei Yu Clan elder who had watched over the secret realm. He and Chen Wen disguised themselves and set out together, arriving in the space above Hei Yu City.

• Chen Xinghe destroyed his chains and the cave’s protective shield, then told Chen Wen he was stronger than he had been decades earlier.
• Chen Xinghe shattered the Illusion Array, dragged a man through a spatial rift, and crushed him after revealing he had known the enemy’s plans.
• Chen Wen recognized the dead man as a member of the Hei Yu Clan and asked Chen Xinghe when they would leave.
• Chen Wen used the Great Rebirth Technique to disguise himself, and Chen Xinghe altered his own appearance with his power.
• Chen Xinghe took Chen Wen through a torn opening in space, and they arrived above a vast city that Chen Wen recognized as Hei Yu City.

Chen Xinghe and Chen Wen investigated the sealed entrance to the Artificial Destiny Base beneath Hei Yu City, but Chen Xinghe could not undo its formation before someone approached. Inside the base, two Men in Black oversaw a plan to fuse Life Souls into ordinary geniuses and ordered an investigation after sensing something unusual.

• Chen Xinghe led Chen Wen to an abyss and explained that the Burial God Formation sealed an entrance to the Hei Yu Realm and could destroy everything within a hundred miles if disturbed.
• Chen Xinghe tried to examine the formation with an ancient Formation Diagram while Chen Wen worried that the tremors would expose them.
• Inside the base, two Men in Black watched imprisoned people lose their Life Souls as others fused with them, nearing success in creating people with Heavenly Mandates.
• The Men in Black sensed unusual activity, ordered a masked man to tell their lord to investigate, and returned to watching the fusion.
• Chen Xinghe withdrew his power after failing to undo the complicated formation, then warned Chen Wen that someone was coming.

Chen Wen helped Chen Xinghe break the Burial God Formation, and the two entered what they confirmed was an Artificial Destiny Base. After discovering the base was guarded by powerful cultivators, Chen Wen stayed behind while Chen Xinghe went to draw them away so he could infiltrate deeper.

• Chen Xinghe let Chen Wen try to unravel the Burial God Formation, and Chen Wen used Xian Hongshao's control of his body to open an entrance.
• Chen Xinghe offered Chen Wen the choice of waiting outside or infiltrating the base, and Chen Wen chose to enter.
• Chen Wen and Chen Xinghe entered an isolated Exotic Space and confirmed it was the Artificial Destiny Base.
• Chen Xinghe sensed at least five Great Emperors and fifty Dao Proving Realm cultivators, then gave Chen Wen a Breath Concealment Talisman that would last sixty breaths.
• Chen Xinghe told Chen Wen to wait for a chance to go deeper, then rushed off to draw the base's defenders away.