Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhixing revealed the power of his five hundred Ox Demon of Power manifestations and overwhelmed Gai Rong with crushing physical attacks. He left Gai Rong battered but still recovering as he continued his ten-breath challenge.

• Gai Rong survived Chen Zhixing’s attacks with the Immovable Wisdom King Skill, leaving the South Peak Disciples and Supreme Elders convinced he had no weaknesses.
• Chen Zhixing praised the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture, then withdrew his starlight and summoned five hundred Primordial Ox Demons of Power.
• Chen Zhixing used the Earth Striding Law Step to reach Gai Rong and shattered his black shield with a punch, blasting him across the arena.
• Chen Zhixing struck Gai Rong again, nearly collapsing his body, while counting down the breaths.
• Gai Rong roared and summoned the Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Image.

Chen Zhixing and Gai Rong unleashed enormous Dharma Manifestations in a battle that shook the Arena Continent. Chen Zhixing’s five hundred Ox Demons destroyed Gai Rong’s Immovable Wisdom King, leaving Gai Rong defeated as Chen Zhixing approached him.

• Gai Rong summoned the Immovable Wisdom King while Chen Zhixing opened the Chaos Star Sea Ox Demon Diagram and revealed five hundred Ox Demons of Power.
• Spectators and Skywave Holy Land’s elders reacted in shock as Qin Tianzhong recognized that Chen Zhixing had cultivated the Nine Gods Method and formed multiple Great Dao manifestations.
• Qin Tianzhong cast a formation around the Arena Continent to contain the destructive force of the coming battle.
• Gai Rong ordered the Immovable Wisdom King to attack, and the five hundred Ox Demons clashed with it, tearing the Buddha manifestation apart.
• Gai Rong spat blood, fell into a crater, and failed to rise as Chen Zhixing walked toward him and said he could not win.

Chen Zhixing defeated Gai Rong and received the upper volume of the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture. After South Peak won the Two Peaks Competition, Skywave Holy Master Qin Tianzhong summoned him to Kunhe Hall to receive a title, while the elders discussed betting the Holy Land’s future on him.

• Gai Rong conceded defeat, accepted Chen Zhixing’s offered hand, and gave him the upper volume of the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture.
• Chen Zhixing left the Arena Continent and returned to White Jade Square, where South Peak Disciples celebrated his victory in the Two Peaks Competition.
• Guan Tianyu and Li Ran confronted Chen Zhixing about hiding his identity, and he agreed to explain himself to them.
• An order summoned Chen Zhixing into Kunhe Hall to receive a title.
• Qin Tianzhong defended his decision to confer an identity on Chen Zhixing, whom he believed could attain Great Longevity and help restore Skywave Holy Land to its peak.

Chen Zhixing, posing as Xiao Ping, was canonized as Skywave Holy Land’s Divine Child and granted the status and treatment of a junior sect master. After accepting the honor, he was left alone with Qin Tianzhong, who had words to tell him.

• Elder Cai urged Qin Tianzhong to investigate Xiao Ping’s character before trusting him, but Qin Tianzhong told him to stop questioning the decision.
• Chen Zhixing entered Kunhe Hall, and Qin Tianzhong praised his victory and dismissed his concern that it had been dishonorable.
• Elder Cai announced Xiao Ping’s appointment as Skywave Divine Child, giving him authority over the North and South Peaks’ disciples and the treatment of a junior sect master.
• Guan Tianyu celebrated the announcement, Gai Rong reacted with a smile despite grumbling that Xiao Ping had taken his place, and Mo Yuemei was glad Ping'er would be safe but lamented her limited time.
• Chen Zhixing accepted the appointment and promised to revive the Skywave Legacy, after which Qin Tianzhong dismissed the Supreme Elders to speak with him alone.

After becoming Skywave Divine Child, Chen Zhixing learned that Qin Tianzhong wanted to arrange a marriage alliance to bind him to Skywave Holy Land. Back at South Peak, Chen Zhixing studied the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture and entered a profound enlightenment that began strengthening his body.

• Qin Tianzhong privately called Chen Zhixing his grandson and asked whether he had a Dao Companion, offering to arrange one or match him with Li Ran.
• Chen Zhixing left Kunhe Hall and returned to South Peak after the disciples greeted him as Skywave Divine Child.
• Chen Zhixing visited Mo Yuemei, then returned to his mansion and concealed himself with arrays.
• Chen Zhixing opened the Wordless Black Book and received the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Zhixing entered deep enlightenment as the scripture's Black Sanskrit Seal Scriptures appeared within him and his body began to grow stronger.

After Xiao Ping was named Skywave Divine Child, the news reached Yan Province and prompted Chen Daoyan to suspect Qin Tianzhong was trying to bind his grandson to Skywave Holy Land. In Qingzhou, Meng Hedong heard the news and felt uneasy about his planned visit, and his companion advised him to postpone it.

• Chen Daoyan read intelligence about Xiao Ping becoming Skywave Divine Child and recognized him as his grandson, Zhi'er.
• Elder You realized Xiao Ping had been the eleven-year-old who condensed five hundred Ox Demons of Power, while Ming Lao mocked him for leaving during the breakthrough.
• Chen Daoyan suspected Qin Tianzhong knew Xiao Ping's identity and had named him Divine Child to tie him to Skywave Holy Land, then ordered the Nether Duo to warn Xiao Ping.
• In Qingzhou, Meng Hedong and his bandaged companion listened to cultivators discuss Xiao Ping's appointment as Skywave Divine Child.
• Meng Hedong said he felt uneasy about visiting Skywave Holy Land in a month, and his companion advised him to postpone the visit.

After seven days of seclusion, Chen Zhixing completed five seals of the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture and greatly strengthened his body, then emerged and learned that the clan had sent news about Chen Chou'er. Meanwhile, Meng Hedong reaffirmed his resolve to challenge Skywave Holy Land, and the strange man intensified his horrific self-inflicted ordeal.

• Meng Hedong refused to postpone his trip to Skywave Holy Land and vowed to honor the Ten-Year Pact despite the possibility that the Skywave Divine Child would defend Li Ran.
• After Meng Hedong left, the strange man crushed a Heart-Piercing Bone-Devouring Worm, mutilated his own organs, and fed the worm among them.
• An old servant told Guan Tianyu that Qin Tianzhong had prepared a Divine Child's Residence for Chen Zhixing, while Chen Zhixing remained in seclusion for seven days.
• Chen Zhixing completed five seals of the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture, greatly increased his physical strength and toughness, and considered condensing a Great Dao seed to reach the fourth level of True Self.
• Chen Zhixing emerged, visited Mo Yuemei, and declined the Divine Child's Residence because he preferred South Peak.
• As Chen Zhixing was about to join Guan Tianyu to meet Li Ran, his Communication Talisman brought news from the clan about Chen Chou'er.

Chen Zhixing learned that Meng Hedong was coming to challenge Li Ran and resolved to change the fate that awaited her. As Meng Hedong arrived at Skywave Holy Land, its disciples rallied to defend Li Ran while hostile onlookers gathered below the mountain.

• Chen Zhixing received a warning from his family and learned that Meng Hedong would arrive at Skywave Holy Land in ten days.
• At the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, Guan Tianyu explained that Li Ran was distressed by the rumors surrounding her broken engagement and upcoming duel with Meng Hedong, and Chen Zhixing offered to help her.
• Chen Zhixing spent half a month cultivating, increased his Ox Demon Star Acupoints to 530, and raised his gravity to twenty million jin per square unit.
• When Meng Hedong's arrival was announced, disciples from both peaks of Skywave Holy Land joined together and headed for the mountain gate to support Li Ran.
• Cultivators gathered beneath the gate and mocked Li Ran as they waited for Meng Hedong, whose arrival was then announced from the back of the crowd.

Meng Hedong arrived at Skywave Holy Land for the Ten-Year Pact, reflecting that he no longer hated Li Ran but still needed to settle the past and honor the hardships he and the Meng family had endured. He announced his challenge before the assembled cultivators, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Meng Hedong and Chen Chou'er approached Skywave Holy Land as Chen Chou'er predicted Li Ran would regret breaking their engagement.
• Meng Hedong told Chen Chou'er he had once resented Li Ran but now understood why she had ended their engagement and no longer hated her.
• Meng Hedong recalled the dangerous trials and sacrifices he had endured while cultivating over the past ten years.
• Meng Hedong decided the battle was necessary for the Meng family and to give his ten years of struggle a proper conclusion.
• Meng Hedong stood before Skywave Holy Land and loudly announced that the Qingzhou Meng Family's Meng Hedong had come to battle.

Meng Hedong arrived at Skywave Holy Land to challenge Li Ran over their broken engagement, while Chen Zhixing and the mysterious figure watched him. Li Ran descended from South Peak to face Meng Hedong herself.

• Mo Yuemei offered to stop Meng Hedong, but Li Ran insisted on handling the challenge herself as the Skywave Saintess.
• Meng Hedong asked Long Fei whether he could escape safely, and Long Fei reassured him while warning him about a Skywave disciple with a familiar aura.
• Meng Hedong spotted Chen Zhixing, whom the disciples revered as the Skywave Divine Child, and felt an instinctive fear of him.
• Chen Zhixing used his Golden Ancient Book to inspect Meng Hedong's fates, then exchanged a silent glance with the bandaged figure behind him.
• Li Ran walked down from South Peak as the gathered cultivators watched her approach the mountain gate.

Li Ran and Meng Hedong began the long-awaited duel over their broken engagement, each revealing techniques honed over ten years. Meng Hedong broke through Li Ran’s defenses with his Ninefold Waves, leaving her facing a powerful final assault.

• Li Ran and Meng Hedong confronted each other, and she explained that she had broken off their engagement because she refused to let others decide her marriage.
• The Little Poison Fairy urged Meng Hedong to defeat Li Ran, and he declared that the old humiliation would be repaid before drawing his Black Heavy Longblade.
• Meng Hedong launched a blazing strike, but Li Ran met it with seven sword clashes that extinguished the flames on his blade.
• Li Ran used an illusion, Divine Sense, and a sword thrust to attack Meng Hedong, but his Flame God Armor stopped her sword.
• Meng Hedong broke free of Li Ran’s restraint and unleashed Ninefold Waves, shattering her Wave Shield and driving the remaining fire waves toward her.

Meng Hedong overwhelmed Li Ran in their battle at Skywave Holy Land, while she used mental techniques and illusions to fight back. Just as Li Ran seemed to have trapped him, Meng Hedong broke free and seized the advantage.

• Meng Hedong blasted Li Ran back and taunted her as rogue cultivators praised him.
• Li Ran refused to yield, and Meng Hedong attacked her with his Black Heavy Longblade.
• Li Ran twisted Meng Hedong's senses with Divine Sense, causing his blade to strike the ground, but he trapped her in a cage of black flames.
• Li Ran escaped the flames, sent illusory figures against Meng Hedong, and charged through his fire dragons toward him.
• Li Ran caught Meng Hedong in an illusion and raised her hand toward his brow, but he regained clarity and grabbed at her.

Meng Hedong defeated Li Ran and challenged the Skywave Holy Land disciples to fight him, while Chen Zhixing stepped in to protect the injured Li Ran. Seeing Meng Hedong’s triumph unfold like a familiar protagonist’s rise, Chen Zhixing prepared to confront him.

• Meng Hedong used his Flame Star Skyburst to blast Li Ran out of the air and leave her gravely injured.
• Chen Zhixing caught Li Ran, suppressed her rampaging spiritual energy, and offered to take over the battle.
• Skywave disciples raged at Meng Hedong while his supporters cheered his victory and Little Poison Fairy praised him.
• Meng Hedong challenged all the Skywave Holy Land disciples to fight him, prompting Guan Tianyu and others to prepare to act.
• Chen Zhixing recognized the scene as a familiar show-off plotline and fixed a cold gaze on Meng Hedong.

Li Ran challenged Meng Hedong again and was defeated, but Chen Zhixing saved her and revealed himself as Skywave Divine Child Xiao Ping. After taunting Meng Hedong, Chen Zhixing faced his furious attack.

• Li Ran insisted on fighting Meng Hedong again, and Chen Zhixing protected her heart meridians and Dao Foundation before letting her go.
• Li Ran unleashed Skywave Art, but Meng Hedong countered with Five Wheels Burning the Heavens and broke through her attack.
• As Meng Hedong brought his Black Heavy Longblade down on Li Ran, Chen Zhixing caught it between two fingers and sent Meng Hedong crashing into a mountain.
• Chen Zhixing identified himself as Skywave Divine Child Xiao Ping, pushed Li Ran back into the crowd, and challenged Meng Hedong.
• Chen Zhixing taunted Meng Hedong about Li Ran, and Meng Hedong attacked him with Fire Art: Ninefold Waves.

Chen Zhixing effortlessly countered Meng Hedong’s attacks, killed several rogue cultivators who challenged him, and shattered Meng Hedong’s confidence enough to gain his Flame Star Skyburst ability. Meng Hedong then revealed his self-created fire technique and summoned the Skyburner Dharma Manifestation, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Chen Zhixing absorbed Meng Hedong’s Ninefold Black Flames with Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Attraction and dismissed the power of his ten years of cultivation.
• Chen Zhixing killed rogue cultivators who protested his actions, while Meng Hedong rebuked him and attacked with Flame Star Skyburst.
• Chen Zhixing endured Meng Hedong’s sword strikes and punched through his body, then taunted him and gained Fortune and the Flame Star Skyburst ability.
• Chen Zhixing charged again, but Meng Hedong refused warnings to retreat and trapped him briefly with Fire Art · Draw Ground as Prison.
• Meng Hedong revealed his self-created method, summoned the Skyburner Dharma Manifestation, and transformed the battlefield with raging fire and ten golden suns.

Chen Zhixing used the Immovable Wisdom King Body to withstand Meng Hedong’s World-Destroying Golden Lotus and counterattacked. He struck at Meng Hedong as Little Poison Fairy tried to intervene.

• Meng Hedong merged the purple lotuses into a Twelve-Colored Golden Lotus and sent it smashing toward Chen Zhixing.
• Chen Zhixing activated the Immovable Wisdom King Body and stopped the golden lotus with one hand.
• Meng Hedong believed Chen Zhixing had trapped him in an illusion when his attack failed to harm him.
• Chen Zhixing tore the golden lotus apart and charged at Meng Hedong.
• Little Poison Fairy fired poisonous needles at Chen Zhixing, but gravity crushed them into powder.
• Chen Zhixing drew back his fist and smashed it toward Meng Hedong’s skull.

Chen Zhixing appeared to kill Meng Hedong, but an Ancient Remnant Soul named Long Fei took control of Meng Hedong’s body and fought back before Xun Puzi intervened to rescue him. Mo Yuemei and Tuoba Zhenyi opposed Xun Puzi, leaving the three Nirvana Realm experts facing off over whether Meng Hedong would be taken away.

• Chen Zhixing struck Meng Hedong with a punch that nearly destroyed his body, but he sensed that Meng Hedong still had a breath of life.
• Long Fei took control of Meng Hedong’s body and fought Chen Zhixing, who tore off her arm and smashed her head before an aged voice pulled her away from his finishing stomp.
• Xun Puzi emerged from the void, healed the unconscious Meng Hedong, and said he would take him away because he had promised to protect him.
• Chen Zhixing argued that Meng Hedong had initiated the killing intent, while Mo Yuemei arrived and accused Xun Puzi of interfering in the agreed contest.
• Tuoba Zhenyi arrived to stand with Mo Yuemei, but Xun Puzi declared that the two of them could not stop him from taking Meng Hedong.

Xun Puzi tried to take Meng Hedong from Skywave Holy Land, but Qin Tianzhong refused to yield and challenged the Medicine King’s claim. Just as Xun Puzi prepared to summon the powerful allies he had helped over the years, Gu Yanran arrived and demanded to know whether Skywave Holy Land would release Meng Hedong.

• Mo Yuemei and Tuoba Zhenyi confronted Xun Puzi, but his aura shattered Mo Yuemei’s sealed space and dimmed Tuoba Zhenyi’s grotto-heavens.
• Qin Tianzhong arrived, reassured Chen Zhixing, and refused Xun Puzi’s request to take Meng Hedong away.
• Xun Puzi warned Qin Tianzhong that the Qingzhou Meng Family stood behind Meng Hedong, but Qin Tianzhong said Chen Daoyan would stop Meng Yuntian from intervening.
• The Little Poison Fairy pleaded with Xun Puzi to save Meng Hedong, so Xun Puzi decided to summon the powerful allies he had aided over the years.
• Gu Yanran of the Primitive Ancient Clans arrived with two three-eyed giants and demanded to know whether Skywave Holy Land would release Meng Hedong.

Chen Zhixing chose not to kill Meng Hedong outright, but detonated the Divine Sense Sparks he had hidden in Meng Hedong’s Black Flame Great Sword and destroyed his Dao Foundation. The Primitive Ancient Clans departed with Meng Hedong, while Skywave Holy Land withdrew behind its gates and the shocked rogue cultivators erupted in discussion.

• Chen Chou'er promised to bring Meng Hedong’s head to Chen Zhixing within a month, and Chen Zhixing agreed to let Meng Hedong leave if his cultivation was taken.
• Chen Zhixing detonated the Divine Sense Sparks hidden in the Black Flame Great Sword, leaving Meng Hedong grievously wounded and shattering his Dao Foundation.
• Xun Puzi confirmed that Meng Hedong’s Dao Foundation was destroyed, and Meng Hedong fainted after realizing his cultivation was gone.
• Xun Puzi took Meng Hedong away, while Gu Yanran and the Ancient Remnant Soul left with the Primitive Ancient Clans after warning Skywave Holy Land they would remember the incident.
• Qin Tianzhong, Mo Yuemei, Chen Zhixing, and the Skywave Holy Land disciples returned inside as the mountain gate closed, leaving the rogue cultivators outside to react in shock.

After Chen Zhixing crippled Meng Hedong, Skywave Holy Land prepared for retaliation while Chen Zhixing resolved to strengthen his cultivation. Meng Hedong’s allies learned of a possible way to save him and set out for the North Sea, leaving Chen Chou'er to escort him home.

• Wandering cultivators spread news that Chen Zhixing had crippled Meng Hedong, while Chen Zhixing gained Fortune Value and Meng Hedong’s Five Wheels Burning the Heavens divine power.
• Qin Tianzhong summoned Mo Yuemei and Tuoba Zhenyi to seek the Ancestor’s help, while Tuoba Zhenyi persuaded Chen Zhixing to join North Peak.
• Chen Zhixing returned to his mansion determined to condense two Great Dao Seeds and break through to True Self Fifth Level.
• The ancient woman revealed that Fallen Emperor Heartflame in the North Sea could give Meng Hedong an alternative path to the Dao, so Xun Puzi agreed to search for it with her.
• Gu Yanran left to investigate Chen Zhixing’s identity, and Chen Chou'er promised to escort Meng Hedong back to the Meng Family.