Chapter Summaries

After the Azure Emperor's Tomb's killing intent stopped the gathered cultivators, five Great Powers prepared to break into its sealed area, but Reincarnation Hall arrived to claim a place among them. Xu Yue recognized the newcomers as the Reincarnators and considered using his future status as Yaoguang's Holy Son to deal with them.

• The Azure Emperor's Tomb's killing intent killed several Dragon Transformation cultivators, and the gathered experts found they could not overcome its formation patterns without Great Demons.
• Five Great Powers arrived and began gathering Heavenly Momentum to break open the final sealed area and seize its treasures.
• Reincarnation Hall arrived in an elaborate procession, becoming the sixth major force at the tomb.
• The Reincarnators reflected on how they had formed Reincarnation Hall, taken over a sect, and sent Dowding to assess the Azure Emperor's Tomb.
• Xu Yue recognized the Reincarnators and, unable to use the Sixth Secret Realm's power, considered relying on his future position as Yaoguang's Holy Son.

Xu Yue warned the holy lands about Reincarnation Hall by inventing a story about its inherited military formations, then left the tense confrontation with Ye Fan. As the factions opened the Azure Emperor’s Yang Tomb, Ye Fan picked up a sentient weapon and offered it to Xu Yue.

• Ye Fan and Xu Yue watched the Extreme Dao Holy Lands challenge Dowding of Reincarnation Hall over the Emperor’s relic.
• Xu Yue inscribed a warning about Reincarnation Hall’s secrets on a jade tablet and tricked Weiwei into delivering it to the elders.
• Xu Yue told Ye Fan he had claimed Reincarnation Hall’s members were demons, though he had actually written that they possessed an ancient Sovereign’s military formations.
• Xu Yue and Ye Fan moved away as the factions broke the Azure Emperor’s Yang Tomb seal and scattered its treasures.
• A sentient weapon flew toward them, and Ye Fan picked it up and offered it to Xu Yue.

Xu Yue kept Duan De from taking Ye Fan’s sentient ring, but Duan De seized other treasures drawn to the hidden treasure basin. When the Azure Emperor’s Yang Tomb opened, Xu Yue fled with Ye Fan and an Immortal Ascension Cauldron fragment as the Reincarnators moved to capture the Azure Emperor’s Emperor Weapon.

• Duan De tried to take Ye Fan’s sentient ring, but Xu Yue transferred it to his own thumb and refused to hand it over.
• Duan De snatched another treasure from Ye Fan, then stayed by the hill after noticing that treasures kept appearing there.
• Xu Yue stopped Ye Fan from picking up the Immortal Ascension Cauldron fragment as the Azure Emperor’s Yang Tomb was blasted open.
• The Azure Emperor’s Emperor Weapon flew toward the hidden treasure basin, and Xu Yue escaped with Ye Fan and the fragment.
• Dowding used the Reincarnators’ power to restrain the Emperor Weapon as they tried to seize it.

Xu Yue and Ye Fan escaped the Azure Emperor's Yang Tomb while the Reincarnators' formation clashed with the imperial weapon and the Holy Lands and demons maneuvered to seize it. They traveled through Yan Country and reached the small town where Jiang Tingting lived, intending to check on her family.

• The Reincarnators used their Primary Military Formation to hold the Azure Emperor's imperial weapon at bay, while the Holy Lands prepared to intervene and the demon race activated the Treasure-Gathering Basin.
• Elder Yan recognized Duan De as the anonymous informant who had reported the Reincarnation Hall's formation inscriptions.
• Xu Yue and Ye Fan escaped the valley while the other forces remained locked in battle, and Xu Yue showed Ye Fan his Yaoguang identity token before they parted ways.
• Xu Yue decided to continue with Ye Fan, partly to help protect him amid the coming conflicts and to observe Ji Haoyue and the Void Scripture.
• After three days of travel, Xu Yue and Ye Fan reached a small town in Yan Country that appeared to be Jiang Tingting's home.

Xu Yue and Ye Fan discovered Old Uncle Jiang and Jiang Tingting being attacked over the Li Family’s grudge and intervened. When the Li Family’s Seventh Young Master arrived to challenge them, he recognized Xu Yue’s token and dropped to his knees.

• Xu Yue heard Jiang Tingting crying and persuaded Ye Fan to follow him to investigate.
• Xu Yue attacked the servants beating Old Uncle Jiang, while Ye Fan learned that the Li Family had been bullying the old man and his granddaughter after his son’s death.
• Xu Yue helped Old Uncle Jiang up, then struck a steward who had frightened Jiang Tingting.
• The Li Family’s Seventh Young Master arrived on a Dragon Scale Horse and attacked Xu Yue and Ye Fan, assuming they were rogue cultivators.
• Xu Yue displayed his token, and the Seventh Young Master recognized it and fell to his knees.

Xu Yue used his Yaoguang identity to force the Li Family to apologize to Jiang Tingting and her grandfather, then recognized signs of Tingting’s legendary Taiyin Physique. Ye Fan became determined to resolve the family’s abuse, while Xu Yue hinted that the Li Family would not have a chance to retaliate.

• The Li Family’s Seventh Young Master recognized Xu Yue as a Yaoguang disciple, begged forgiveness, and promised to fulfill his demands.
• Xu Yue ordered the Li Family to apologize to Jiang Tingting and Old Uncle Jiang, forbade future retaliation, and said he intended to take Tingting to Yaoguang for training.
• Tingting refused to leave her grandfather, so Xu Yue promised not to force her and said he would explain her special physique.
• The Li Family returned the deeds to the restaurant and inn and sent supplies, Source, and several young women, whom Xu Yue refused.
• After hearing how the Li Family had tormented the grandfather and granddaughter, Ye Fan asked Xu Yue how to end the abuse once and for all.
• Xu Yue had Ye Fan examine Tingting with divine power and explained that her faint yin softness suggested she possessed the legendary Taiyin Physique.

Xu Yue and Ye Fan discovered Jiang Tingting’s Taiyin Physique and began teaching her cultivation while staying with her family. Their quiet days ended when a powerful party from the Desolate Ancient Jiang Family arrived, seeking Old Uncle Jiang’s bloodline.

• Xu Yue told Ye Fan that Jiang Tingting possessed the Taiyin Physique, and reassured Old Uncle Jiang that Yaoguang would protect her if she cultivated.
• Xu Yue and Ye Fan settled into Old Uncle Jiang’s home, cultivated, and enjoyed the Li Family’s hospitality.
• Xu Yue taught Jiang Tingting the Dao Scripture’s opening chapter and helped her grow comfortable with him through food.
• As Ye Fan prepared to visit the Li Family for Savage Beasts, imposing riders arrived over town, and Xu Yue recognized them as members of the Desolate Ancient Jiang Family.
• Jiang Yichen, Jiang Yifei, and Jiang Caixuan learned that Xu Yue was a Yaoguang core disciple and revealed they had come searching for Jiang Zhe’s descendants.

Jiang Yifei and the Jiang Family learned of Old Uncle Jiang and Jiang Tingting’s mistreatment, then avenged the family and investigated the deaths of Tingting’s parents. Tingting still wanted to stay with her grandfather and Xu Yue, so Jiang Yifei offered Xu Yue valuable gifts as the two sides discussed her cultivation.

• Jiang Yifei and the others confirmed that Old Uncle Jiang and Jiang Tingting were descendants of their Great-Uncle Jiang Zhe, while Tingting refused to leave her grandfather and Xu Yue.
• Jiang Caixuan realized that the grandfather and granddaughter had been bullied, and Ye Fan explained what they had endured.
• Jiang Yifei declared that the Jiang Family would avenge the injustice and investigate the cause of Tingting’s parents’ deaths.
• The Jiang Family destroyed the Li Family and wiped out those connected to the deaths of Tingting’s parents, then confronted Yanxia Cave Heaven and forced its sect master to offer an explanation.
• Tingting continued to insist that she wanted to stay with her grandfather and Xu Yue, while Jiang Yifei gave Xu Yue a large chunk of source and a Spiritually Connected Weapon.

After leaving Jiang Tingting with the Jiang Family, Xu Yue and Ye Fan were pursued by knights sent by Jiang Yichen, who wanted the treasures their mount had sensed. The knights attacked them in the forest, and the chapter ended as Ye Fan witnessed the danger of their sword qi.

• Jiang Tingting left with Jiang Yifei and the others, while Xu Yue and Ye Fan departed together.
• Xu Yue told Ye Fan that Jiang Yichen bore them ill will, and Jiang Yichen learned from Uncle Liu that Xu Yue might have slipped away from Azure Emperor's Tomb with valuable treasures.
• Jiang Yichen summoned a trusted Vice-Captain and sent three knights after Xu Yue and Ye Fan.
• Xu Yue assured Ye Fan that he had a life-saving item, but Ye Fan tried to flee with him into the forest when the knights approached.
• The leading knight ordered the pursuit party to leave no survivors and attacked the forest with a cyan spirit sword.
• Xu Yue pulled Ye Fan aside to evade the sword qi, which carved through the trees and left Ye Fan shaken.

Xu Yue used Dao-pattern techniques to defend himself and Ye Fan against the Jiang Family knights, then hid them underground when the knights broke through his vines. As they planned to move before being discovered, Xu Yue considered leaving Ye Fan to face the dangers alone.

• Ye Fan urged Xu Yue to use the life-saving item Elder Liu had given him, but Xu Yue suppressed the small pagoda and chose to fight with Dao patterns.
• Xu Yue formed vines that slowed the knight captain’s sword attack and ensnared the three knights, prompting their leader to order them captured alive.
• Xu Yue created a flower bud that swallowed him and Ye Fan and burrowed underground as the knights broke free and began searching for them.
• Ye Fan wondered why Xu Yue’s technique seemed familiar, while Xu Yue claimed Elder Liu had taught it to him.
• Xu Yue told Ye Fan they would hide elsewhere and slowly make their way out, while privately considering how to separate from him.

After escaping Jiang Yichen’s pursuit, Xu Yue and Ye Fan encountered Li Xiaoman and her Purple Sun Grotto-Heaven companions. Xu Yue revealed his Yaoguang identity to fend off the disciples’ interest in a reward, then left with Ye Fan while Li Xiaoman reconsidered her place among cultivators.

• Xu Yue and Ye Fan evaded the knights, and Xu Yue promised not to report Jiang Yichen to Yaoguang.
• Xu Yue waited for Elder Han to track Ye Fan, but Ye Fan and Xu Yue encountered Li Xiaoman and her fellow disciples first.
• Li Xiaoman described Ye Fan and Xu Yue as former neighbors, while Xu Yue took her hand and invited her to talk.
• A Purple Sun Grotto-Heaven senior brother attacked Xu Yue, but Xu Yue showed his Yaoguang identity badge and stopped him.
• The disciples recognized Xu Yue as a missing Yaoguang core disciple with a reward on him, and Ye Fan dragged him away.
• Li Xiaoman realized how highly the others regarded Yaoguang, though she privately thought Xu Yue was an unsuitable match for her.

Xu Yue and Ye Fan were cornered by Elder Han and three Jiang Family knights, whose captain was in the Dragon Transformation Realm. As Elder Han fled with them, Xu Yue revealed he had a powerful treasure for one strike, but warned Ye Fan he would leave afterward and Ye Fan would have to rely on himself.

• Xu Yue explained to Ye Fan that the holy lands controlled the rules and could act without fear of punishment from lesser powers.
• Elder Han found Xu Yue and Ye Fan and tried to seize them, while Ye Fan urged Xu Yue to flee and use his Yaoguang status as a deterrent.
• Three Jiang Family knights arrived, including a Dragon Transformation Realm captain, and targeted everyone present to eliminate witnesses.
• Elder Han poisoned the knights with his medicine cauldron, then bound Xu Yue and Ye Fan in divine light and fled with them.
• Xu Yue told Ye Fan that the Jiang Family would kill him if captured, then revealed that Elder Liu had given him a treasure capable of one strike before he left Ye Fan to fend for himself.

Xu Yue used the Quasi-Emperor's Small Pagoda to kill the three knights pursuing him and Ye Fan, then escaped underground. Ye Fan fled from Elder Han, who decided to pursue him and refine him into a pill.

• Xu Yue awakened the Quasi-Emperor's Small Pagoda, whose imperial might swept across the Big Dipper and alarmed powerful figures and holy lands.
• The Small Pagoda crushed Elder Han's rainbow light and forced him and Ye Fan to the ground.
• The three knights facing Xu Yue were reduced to ash by a single tremor of the Small Pagoda.
• Xu Yue put away the Small Pagoda, escaped underground, and urged Ye Fan to rely on himself when it mattered.
• Ye Fan fled from Elder Han, who resolved to capture and refine him despite the danger of offending holy lands.

Ye Fan survived Elder Han’s attempt to refine him and killed him after secretly weakening him, while Xu Yue left to await future events. Later, Xu Yue arrived at Yaoguang Holy Land’s garrison in Yanyun City and caused a scene by claiming he could become its Holy Son, then insulting two visiting Dao Yi Holy Land disciples.

• Elder Han captured Ye Fan and threw him into the medicine cauldron, where Ye Fan absorbed the medicinal herbs and strengthened himself.
• Ye Fan ambushed and killed Elder Han with the Immortal Cauldron Fragment after Xu Yue secretly weakened him with Wood Style: Flower Tree Climbing Technique.
• Xu Yue left the area and planned to return in more than two years, when the Ji Family’s Divine Body would clash with Yan Ruyu’s Emperor Weapon.
• Xu Yue arrived at Yaoguang Holy Land’s garrison in Yanyun City, presented a core disciple token, and demanded that its steward receive him.
• Two Dao Yi Holy Land core disciples laughed at Xu Yue’s claim that he could become Yaoguang’s future Holy Son.
• Xu Yue confronted the young woman and suggested she apologize by visiting his room, embarrassing the Yaoguang disciple receiving guests.

Xu Yue provoked Dao Yi Holy Land disciples at the Yaoguang encampment, while Yaoguang Holy Lord Li Daoqing defended his conduct and considered his potential. As Xu Yue reflected on the powerful figures and treasures gathering around the Demon Emperor's Yin Tomb, he anticipated that more important people would die there.

• Xu Yue insulted a Dao Yi Holy Land disciple and flirted with his junior sister, prompting the senior brother to threaten him.
• A Yaoguang steward intervened, and Xu Yue accepted his apology before demanding a superior room and hot water.
• The Dao Yi elder complained to Yaoguang Holy Lord Li Daoqing, who defended Xu Yue and criticized the senior brother's lack of fighting spirit.
• Li Daoqing considered Xu Yue's talent and temperament as possible grounds for training him to compete for the position of Holy Son.
• While bathing, Xu Yue sensed three mighty experts at the encampment and concluded that interest in the little tower would lead to more important deaths in the Demon Emperor's Yin Tomb.

Xu Yue accepted the Yaoguang Holy Lord’s offer and was recognized as a Yaoguang First Saint Son after two months of cultivation at the Yanyun City outpost. He returned with the Holy Lord to Yaoguang Holy Land, where his arrival stirred uncertainty among the existing First Saint Sons.

• Xu Yue questioned whether the Yaoguang Holy Lord would make him a First Saint Son and asked which Saintess senior sister would be assigned to him.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord tested Xu Yue’s foundation and taught him cultivation insights while they stayed at the outpost for two months.
• Xu Yue sparred with Zhu Ruixue, who said she and her master and senior brother would soon leave the outpost.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord and other major figures abandoned attempts to explore the Azure Emperor’s Yin Tomb after dangerous failures, then prepared to return to Yaoguang.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord brought Xu Yue back to Yaoguang Holy Land as a new First Saint Son, surprising disciples already competing for the position.

Xu Yue attracted the attention of Shaking Light’s hidden Ruthless Emperor lineage, whose inheritors competed to consume one another and claim the inheritance. As Xu Yue received an exceptional inheritance and vast resources, even the Yaoguang First Saint Son began to feel pressure from his potential.

• The Yaoguang First Saint Son learned that Xu Yue had no unusual physique but extraordinary talent, and a hidden voice proposed testing him as a possible inheritor.
• A gray-robed Dao Severing King offered Xu Yue the inheritance of his Shaking Light branch, and Li Qingdao confirmed that the old man was stronger than the Holy Lord.
• Xu Yue accepted the inheritance as a legitimate source for using the Ruthless Emperor’s arts, while intending to let Shaking Light bear the consequences of their exposure.
• Shaking Light supplied Xu Yue with vast Saint Son resources, and the upper ranks praised his solid foundation when he remained at the Life Spring stage.
• The Yaoguang First Saint Son felt uneasy as Xu Yue absorbed more resources than he had needed to reach the Divine Bridge.

Shaking Light’s Second Saint Son targeted Xu Yue after learning how much source he had consumed, while the First Saint Son watched their rivalry over the Ruthless Person Inheritance. When a Saint Son ranked fifty-third confronted Xu Yue to seize his resources, Xu Yue effortlessly defeated him.

• The Second Saint Son learned that Xu Yue had consumed an enormous amount of source and decided to teach him to respect his senior brothers.
• The Yaoguang First Saint Son learned that the Second Saint Son planned to act and considered Xu Yue a threat in their struggle over their lineages.
• Xu Yue stopped cultivating when Saint Son Lü barged into his courtyard and demanded Xu Yue pay respects and share his resources.
• An underling explained that Lü ranked fifty-third among Shaking Light’s Saint Sons while Xu Yue ranked sixty-seventh.
• Xu Yue sent Lü flying with a single blow, leaving him buried headfirst in the dirt.

Xu Yue defeated Saint Son Fifty-Three and then countered Saint Son Huang’s attempt to cripple him by binding and draining him with the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art. The Yaoguang Holy Lord and Shaking Light elders arrived and took control, while the Dao Protector realized Xu Yue had begun mastering a Great Emperor Ancient Scripture.

• Xu Yue defeated Saint Son Fifty-Three in a single strike, astonishing the onlookers and causing his followers to abandon him.
• Yao Xi watched Xu Yue’s victory and recognized his potential, while the Second Saint Son stepped forward and accused him of injuring a fellow disciple.
• Saint Son Huang attacked Xu Yue with his azure phenomenon, intending to cripple his origin, but Xu Yue used Dao patterns to bind him with vines.
• Xu Yue drained Saint Son Huang with the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art despite the Dao Protector’s warning.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord and Shaking Light elders arrived, dispersed the disciples, and took charge of the dispute between the Saint Sons.

Xu Yue advanced through the Wheel Sea while devouring Shaking Light Holy Land’s resources, astonishing its leaders and fellow cultivators with his progress. After two years of tempering his Wheel Sea without opening the Dao Palace Divine Treasury, he asked the Yaoguang Holy Lord for the Empress Xi Scripture.

• The Second Saint Son survived Xu Yue’s retaliation but vowed to find a way to defeat him, while news spread that Xu Yue had reached the Divine Bridge Realm.
• Xu Yue consumed Shaking Light’s resources to temper his Sea of Suffering and then broke through to the Other Shore Realm, shocking the Holy Land.
• The Yaoguang First Saint Son injured himself trying to cultivate the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art faster, and his guardian told him he had no chance against Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue spent two years refining his Wheel Sea without opening the Dao Palace Divine Treasury, a choice Shaking Light Holy Land accepted as the deepening of his foundation.
• Xu Yue asked the Yaoguang Holy Lord for the Empress Xi Scripture, prompting concern that his request could provoke Yaochi.