Chapter Summaries

Yuwen Fengxian bet one hundred million Spirit Nurturing Pearls on Shen Lin, who defeated a Devil Guard Army prodigy in less than ten breaths. After a Human Race old man led him into an ambush to steal his winnings, Shen Lin arrived and tore apart the attackers’ barrier.

• Yuwen Fengxian placed a one-hundred-million-Spirit-Nurturing-Pearl bet on Shen Lin despite warnings from a Human Race old man.
• Shen Lin defeated Jin Yuanlin in under ten breaths, winning Yuwen Fengxian at least one billion Spirit Nurturing Pearls.
• The old man led Yuwen Fengxian from the betting hall through a secret passage, then revealed that he and three accomplices planned to rob him.
• Yuwen Fengxian calmly asked whether the old man had brought all his accomplices and said he expected Shen Lin to be disappointed.
• Shen Lin tore apart the barrier with his bare hands and entered the dead end.

Shen Lin and Yuwen Fengxian recovered little from their ambush and discussed Shen Lin's one-punch victory in the arena. Meanwhile, the Cold Snow Saber Saint dismissed a warning about Shen Lin, convinced that a master of the Overlord Saber Technique could not also be the powerful fist fighter.

• Shen Lin found less than ten million Spirit Nurturing Pearls in the four victims' Summoning Rings and handed the rings to Yuwen Fengxian.
• Shen Lin told Yuwen Fengxian that his opponent was the Devil Race youth they had met the previous day, whom he had defeated with one punch.
• At the Devil Race imperial palace, a subordinate reported that only one of thirteen outstanding Human Race participants remained alive and that none of the surviving Saint Realm fighters used a saber.
• The subordinate warned the Cold Snow Saber Saint that the surviving Human Race fighter's punches were formidable, but the Cold Snow Saber Saint dismissed him as a different person from the Overlord Saber heir.

Shen Lin won his ninth match with one punch and qualified for the final level of the Life-and-Death Arena. In his tenth match, he killed a secretly Venerable Realm Devil Race expert, though the spectators did not realize what they had witnessed.

• Yuwen Fengxian bet ten billion Spirit Nurturing Pearls on Liu Hong and disappointedly found that no one dared follow him out to rob him.
• Shen Lin killed a Devil Race Saint Realm expert with one punch in his ninth match, qualifying for the final match of this arena level.
• Shen Lin recognized that his tenth opponent was secretly in the Venerable Realm, despite the Devil Race expert hiding his cultivation.
• The Devil Race expert revealed his killing intent after Shen Lin called him out for suppressing his cultivation and bullying weaker opponents.
• Shen Lin used eighty percent of his physical strength to kill the Venerable Realm expert with one punch and qualified for the final level, while the crowd celebrated without realizing the opponent's true realm.

After a human Saint Realm cultivator killed a Demon Race Venerable Realm fighter with one punch, Jin Wuya decided to recruit the prodigy and reward him. The chapter ends with Jin Wuya ordering a Blood Pool Lotus Seed for the human and three Dao Crystals for the Rakshasa Race.

• Jin Wuya learned that a human in the Saint Realm had killed a Demon Race Venerable Realm fighter with one punch.
• Jin Wuya wondered whether the human was the Dao-Merging prodigy praised by the Demon Venerable, then suspected the Human Race had produced another prodigy.
• Jin Wuya ordered the elder to treat the human well and recruit him into the Demon Race after he passed the final arena.
• Jin Wuya rejected the elder’s suggestion to keep Demon Race fighters out of the human’s next battle and instead ordered him to give the human a Blood Pool Lotus Seed.
• Jin Wuya ordered the elder to send three Dao Crystals to the Rakshasa Race as a reward.

Shen Lin gave Yuwen Fengxian a fortune and a powerful Kitchen Knife before sending him out of Mochara Heaven ahead of the final Life-and-Death Arena, where Shen Lin planned to kill the Cold Snow Saber Saint. Yuwen Fengxian was ambushed on the way, leaving him to face the bandits with the Kitchen Knife.

• Shen Lin gave Yuwen Fengxian one hundred billion Spirit Nurturing Pearls and told him to leave Mochara Heaven, then handed him a rust-covered Kitchen Knife with powerful Saber Intent.
• Yuwen Fengxian warned Shen Lin that Devil Race elders would appear in the final round, and Shen Lin confirmed the Cold Snow Saber Saint would be there.
• A Devil Race elder delivered a Blood Pool Lotus Seed from the patriarch, and Shen Lin passed it to Yuwen Fengxian to take away.
• Yuwen Fengxian left Mochara Heaven and was stopped by seven or eight bandits who demanded his valuables.
• Yuwen Fengxian took out the Kitchen Knife as the bandits confronted him.

The Devil Race gathered for the final round of the Life-and-Death Arena as Jin Wuya placed a large wager on the Human Race’s Liu Hong. When Shen Lin entered, Cold Snow Saber Saint recognized his Saber Intent and realized he was the disguised successor of the Tyrant Saber.

• The Devil Race’s elders discussed the final-round contestants and wagered Dao Crystals on their favorites.
• Jin Wuya arrived with his daughter and Cold Snow Saber Saint, then announced that he favored Liu Hong of the Human Race and bet a hundred Dao Crystals on him.
• Cold Snow Saber Saint recognized Liu Hong’s name and worried that he had made it to the final round.
• Shen Lin entered the arena and exchanged a smile with Cold Snow Saber Saint.
• Cold Snow Saber Saint felt Shen Lin’s Saber Intent and recognized him as the successor of the Tyrant Saber.

Shen Lin revealed his formidable Saber Intent at the Life-and-Death Arena, prompting Jin Wuya to recognize him as Tyrant Saber's successor and realize he intended to kill Cold Snow Saber Saint. As Cold Snow Saber Saint left to seek the Heaven-Battling Axe, Shen Lin announced he would fight every opponent at once.

• Jin Wuya recognized Shen Lin's Saber Intent and inferred that he had come to challenge Cold Snow Saber Saint over the betrayal of Tyrant Saber.
• Jin Wuya tried to send Cold Snow Saber Saint to his residence, and Cold Snow Saber Saint agreed, hoping to retrieve the Heaven-Battling Axe.
• The Devil Race elders tried to stop Cold Snow Saber Saint from leaving, but Jin Wuya silenced them and let him go.
• Shen Lin watched Cold Snow Saber Saint depart, then asked the referee whether everyone had arrived at the arena.
• Shen Lin drew the Hatred-Slaying Saber and summoned the Slayer Return Saber, then declared that he would slaughter every opponent instead of drawing lots.

Shen Lin killed nearly every fighter in the Life-and-Death Arena with a single saber strike, then killed Nether Spirit Venerable when he tried to flee. Shen Lin stood alone as Cold Snow Saber Saint returned with an ugly expression.

• The Kirin Race Venerable Realm fighter rejected the arena’s rules and charged Shen Lin, prompting most participants to unleash their full strength and attack.
• Shen Lin’s saber strike devastated the arena, killing or maiming the attacking Venerable Realm fighters and leaving the Kirin fighter standing only briefly before he split in two.
• Shen Lin noticed Nether Spirit Venerable and another Venerable Realm fighter in the corner, while the nearby Saint Realm spectators had been killed by his saber force.
• Nether Spirit Venerable recognized Shen Lin as his brother’s killer, tried to escape, and begged the Devil Race to release him from the arena.
• Shen Lin killed Nether Spirit Venerable, became the arena’s sole survivor, and turned toward the returning Cold Snow Saber Saint.

Shen Lin swept through the Life-and-Death Arena and challenged the Cold Snow Saber Saint, who revealed that he had reached the late Venerable Realm. The duel began with Shen Lin confirming that he had refined the Tyrant Saber, while the Cold Snow Saber Venerable used Ghost Hidden to evade his strike, which cut through the arena barrier.

• Shen Lin defeated the final-round opponents with a single saber strike and challenged the Cold Snow Saber Saint.
• Jin Wuya watched with concern as the Cold Snow Saber Saint accepted the challenge and recalled his own rise within the Devil Race.
• The Cold Snow Saber Saint revealed his late Venerable Realm cultivation, astonishing the elders.
• The Cold Snow Saber Venerable recognized that Shen Lin had refined the Tyrant Saber and braced for a dangerous fight.
• The Cold Snow Venerable used Ghost Hidden to let Shen Lin's saber aura pass through him, but the strike sliced open the protective barrier.

Shen Lin fought Cold Snow Saber Venerable in the Life-and-Death Arena, where their clash shattered the barrier and awakened the Demon Venerable. Shen Lin saw through the Ghost Hidden Saber's phasing trick and struck Cold Snow Saber Venerable with Slayer Return, leaving him unable to evade the blow.

• Shen Lin and Cold Snow Saber Venerable's attacks broke the arena barrier, prompting the Demon Venerable to awaken and reinforce it.
• Shen Lin used Overlord Saber to cleave through Cold Snow Saber Venerable's Three Thousand Frost and withstand a clash with the Ghost Hidden Saber.
• Cold Snow Saber Venerable and the Ghost Hidden Saber planned to exploit the saber's ability to let him pass through attacks.
• Shen Lin recognized the trick, turned with his missed strike, and attacked from behind with Slayer Return.
• Shen Lin burned his source spiritual power, breaking the Ghost Hidden Saber's black light and leaving Cold Snow Saber Venerable exposed to his slash.

Shen Lin faced Cold Snow Saber Venerable after Slayer Return Saber broke Ghost Hidden Saber's concealment, but Cold Snow Saber Venerable revealed the Devil Race's Heaven-Battling Axe. Shen Lin blocked the first axe strike, though Cold Snow Saber Venerable believed he could outlast him and attacked again as Ghost Hidden Saber disappeared.

• Slayer Return Saber burned its origin spiritual power to break Ghost Hidden Saber's divine ability and expose Cold Snow Saber Venerable.
• Cold Snow Saber Venerable summoned the Heaven-Battling Axe, the Devil Race's first-grade clan-guarding magic treasure, prompting the elders to question Jin Wuya.
• Shen Lin recognized that the axe had transformed Cold Snow Saber Venerable's Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles and mocked him for wielding a weapon beyond his strength.
• Cold Snow Saber Venerable let the Heaven-Battling Axe's battle intent take control and struck Shen Lin, who blocked the blow with Slayer Return Saber.
• Cold Snow Saber Venerable judged that Shen Lin had spent much of his strength on the block, attacked again, and Ghost Hidden Saber vanished beside him.

Shen Lin recovered his strength after appearing defeated and began refining the Slayer Return Saber into a divine weapon during the Cold Snow Saber Venerable’s attack. The Heaven-Battling Axe’s power slowed under Shen Lin’s flame laws as the Sea Burning Flame enveloped the saber and materials gathered around him.

• Shen Lin and the Slayer Return Saber blocked the Cold Snow Saber Venerable’s attacks, but both were left nearly depleted.
• The Cold Snow Saber Venerable and Ghost Hidden Saber mocked Shen Lin and the Slayer Return Saber, while the watching Devil Race elders believed the Cold Snow Saber Venerable had won.
• Shen Lin used the system’s deduction to restore himself to peak condition, spending ten million years of Demon Lifespan to recover his Soul Power.
• Shen Lin told the Slayer Return Saber that he had planned to refine it and then began Weapon Burning Dao Refinement with the Sea Burning Flame.
• Shen Lin’s flame laws slowed the descending axe shadow, while the Sea Burning Flame enveloped the Slayer Return Saber and rare materials and weapons floated around him.

Shen Lin used the Sea Burning Flame to refine Cold Snow Saber Venerable’s axe attacks and restore the flame to its peak, then activated his system to begin deducing how to forge the Slayer Return Saber into a treasure. The deduction began with Shen Lin mastering Heaven Burning Venerable’s weapon-refinement methods, leaving him ready to start forging.

• Jin Wuya and the Devil Race elders dismissed Shen Lin’s attempt to refine his saber during the battle, while Cold Snow Saber Venerable attacked with the Heaven-Battling Axe.
• Shen Lin used Weapon Burning Dao Refinement and the Sea Burning Flame to break down Cold Snow Saber Venerable’s axe shadows and restore the flame to its peak.
• Shen Lin explained that he planned to use the system to refine the Slayer Return Saber, drawing on the materials he had gathered and hoping to forge a treasure beyond the first grade.
• As Cold Snow Saber Venerable filled the arena with axe shadows, Shen Lin activated the system and began a weapon-refinement deduction.
• After eighty million years of deduction, Shen Lin mastered the weapon-refinement methods in the Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Art and prepared to begin forging.

Shen Lin finished refining the Slayer Return Saber and Taowu Saber in the system space, turning the latter into a first-grade Dharma Treasure with a peak-Venerable-Realm Taowu divine soul. Back in the arena, he used one strike to shatter the Heaven-Battling Axe’s attacks and barrier and cleave open the sky above Mochara Heaven.

• Shen Lin discovered a peak-Venerable-Realm Taowu Mirage Beast divine soul sealed inside the Taowu Saber and decided to refine two Dharma Treasures.
• Shen Lin spent nearly ten million years refining the Slayer Return Saber into a second-grade Dharma Treasure.
• Shen Lin refined the Taowu Saber into a first-grade Dharma Treasure and fused the Taowu divine beast into it.
• The system’s deduction ended, and Shen Lin returned to the arena as the frozen ax shadows began falling toward him.
• Shen Lin casually swung the Taowu Saber, splitting the Heaven-Battling Axe’s attacks and the arena barrier.
• Jin Wuya and a Devil Race elder saw Shen Lin’s blade aura cleave a fissure across one-tenth of Mochara Heaven.

Demon Venerable appeared after Shen Lin’s battle tore open a massive spatial rift, crushed it, and let the fight continue. When Dragon Venerable arrived, a blood-colored beast emerged from Shen Lin’s Taowu Saber and wondered how it had been refined into a dharma treasure while it slept.

• A huge spatial rift opened above Mochara Heaven, threatening to swallow the realm.
• Demon Venerable appeared, crushed the rift, and told Shen Lin he would not attack him.
• Demon Venerable freed Cold Snow Saber Venerable from the Heaven-Battling Axe’s influence and empowered him to fight Shen Lin properly.
• Demon Venerable confirmed that Shen Lin had forged a first-grade dharma treasure, astonishing Jin Wuya and the other Devil Race elders.
• Dragon Venerable arrived and asked Demon Venerable about what he had sensed, prompting a blood-colored beast to emerge from the Taowu Saber and question how it had become a dharma treasure.

Shen Lin controlled the Emperor Taowu after refining him into a magical treasure, then rode him into battle against Cold Snow Saber Venerable. Their clash destroyed the arena, and their fight continued as the Demon Venerable changed the arena’s rules to keep space from breaking.

• Shen Lin ordered the Taowu Divine Beast to lie down, shake, and spin, revealing that he could control the beast he had refined into a magical treasure.
• Dragon Venerable recalled his long rivalry with the Emperor Taowu and laughed at his former rival’s predicament.
• Shen Lin climbed onto the Taowu Divine Beast and faced Cold Snow Saber Venerable while wielding the Taowu Saber and Slayer Return Saber.
• The Demon Venerable altered the arena’s rules so that attacks could no longer shatter space.
• Shen Lin and Cold Snow Saber Venerable clashed their weapons, collapsing the arena and sending Devil Race members flying.
• Shen Lin and Cold Snow Saber Venerable continued exchanging blows, with their battle’s echoes reaching beyond Mochara Heaven.

Shen Lin gained the upper hand against Cold Snow Saber Venerable, while Immortal Venerable urged Sword Venerable to break through to the Dao Integration Realm. The Demon Venerable revealed that both treasures had activated their source abilities, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Dragon Venerable turned away from Mochara Heaven after recognizing Shen Lin’s improved strength and deciding he posed no threat to his position.
• Immortal Venerable urged Sword Venerable to destroy the Qingxu Sword and break through to the Dao Integration Realm, but Sword Venerable hesitated over the clansmen who would lose their Dao Fruits.
• Shen Lin’s Overlord’s Might gradually suppressed Cold Snow Saber Venerable, making the Heaven-Battling Axe increasingly difficult to wield.
• Jin Wuya and the Devil Race elders expected the Heaven-Battling Axe’s source ability to reverse the fight until the Demon Venerable said it had already activated.
• The Demon Venerable explained that Taowu had activated its own source ability as well.

Shen Lin defeated Cold Snow Saber Venerable after Slayer Return Saber interrupted Ghost Hidden Saber’s concealment and pierced Cold Snow Saber Venerable from behind. Cold Snow Saber Venerable sacrificed Ghost Hidden Saber to strengthen the Heaven-Battling Axe, but he fell before he could strike.

• The Taowu Saber overpowered the Heaven-Battling Axe, forcing Cold Snow Saber Venerable to plan a concealed attack with Ghost Hidden Saber.
• Cold Snow Saber Venerable charged Shen Lin and had Ghost Hidden Saber hide him and the Heaven-Battling Axe inside black mist, burning its spirituality in the process.
• Slayer Return Saber dispersed the black mist, allowing Shen Lin’s saber qi to shatter the axe shadow and send Cold Snow Saber Venerable flying.
• Ghost Hidden Saber rose and began burning its spirituality, but Cold Snow Saber Venerable cleaved it apart and used the Blade Shattering Technique to transfer its power into the Heaven-Battling Axe.
• Cold Snow Saber Venerable raised the strengthened axe, but Shen Lin used Slayer Return Saber to pierce his chest from behind.

After killing Cold Snow Saber Venerable, Shen Lin received a huge gift of Dao crystals from the Demon Venerable and prepared to leave the Devil Race. The Demon Princess and Jin Wuya then invoked Devil Race custom to claim him as their new prince consort and possible patriarch.

• Shen Lin checked his status and found his Demon Lifespan had grown to more than twenty-six billion years after killing Cold Snow Saber Venerable.
• The Demon Venerable gave Shen Lin a Summoning Ring filled with Dao crystals and urged him to reach the Dao Integration Realm for a future battle.
• When Shen Lin asked to leave, the Demon Princess stopped him and declared that, as Cold Snow Saber Venerable's victor, he had won everything belonging to him, including her.
• Jin Wuya confirmed that Devil Race custom allowed Shen Lin to become the Demon Princess's husband, the Devil Race's prince consort, and potentially its patriarch.

Shen Lin refused the Demon Princess’s offer to become the Devil Race’s patriarch and went to meet Yuwen Fengxian, whom he found training under a powerful bearded man. The man recognized Shen Lin as a Human Race cultivator and was stunned that he appeared to have reached the Venerable Realm.

• Shen Lin refused to become the Devil Race’s patriarch because he wanted to keep his freedom and build his own business.
• Shen Lin arrived at the agreed meeting place and saw Yuwen Fengxian roasting a Porcupine Tribe pig for a bearded man.
• The bearded man used spirit wine to restore Yuwen Fengxian’s spiritual power while making him train and improve his foundation.
• Shen Lin quietly sat beside the bearded man and took his wine gourd without being noticed.
• The bearded man recognized Shen Lin as a Human Race cultivator and asked how he had broken through to the Venerable Realm.