Chapter Summaries

Ling Wuyuan intervened when Han Zhongbo provoked Wu Yanlian, then stopped her from fighting and took Han on himself. He left Han unable to resist as he began tearing bones from his body, reasoning that he could hurt him without killing him.

• Wu Yanlian complained that Han Zhongbo had disrupted her bet with Ling Wuyuan over who would find the other first.
• Han Zhongbo tried to defuse the confrontation by claiming he had only wanted to cooperate with Wu Yanlian and warning that a fight could draw other contestants.
• Wu Yanlian demanded that Ling Wuyuan let her handle Han, but Ling Wuyuan stopped her and said he would fight him instead.
• Ling Wuyuan used Abyssal Divine Speed to reach Han before he could react and gouged the bones from his left forearm.
• Ling Wuyuan continued forcing bones out of Han's body, deciding that hurting him without killing him would be acceptable.

Ling Wuyuan used his extraordinary speed and corrosive true qi to disable Han Zhongbo, remove the bones from his limbs, and silence him, preventing him from withdrawing from the competition. Wu Yanlian praised Ling Wuyuan’s efficient intervention and learned that his speed came from a Special Ability granted by his special physique.

• Ling Wuyuan moved too quickly for Han Zhongbo or Wu Yanlian to react and poured corrosive gray-mist true qi into Han Zhongbo, leaving him unable to move or use his own true qi.
• Ling Wuyuan removed the bones from Han Zhongbo’s limbs, then used fire serpents to blind, deafen, and silence him when he continued to threaten Ling Wuyuan.
• Wu Yanlian understood that Ling Wuyuan had stopped Han Zhongbo from withdrawing through the secret realm fragment and told Ling Wuyuan that his intervention had been clean and efficient.
• Wu Yanlian asked whether Ling Wuyuan’s speed came from a secret technique and whether it harmed him, and Ling Wuyuan explained that his special physique gave him a Special Ability to move faster without much burden unless he overused it.
• Wu Yanlian envied Ling Wuyuan’s convenient ability and wondered why her own special physique did not give her one.

Spectators and the women watching Ling Wuyuan were shocked by his speed and brutality against Han Zhongbo, while Pei Yi admitted she knew little about his abilities. The discussion turned to the threat his potential posed, and Yuan Yujun warned that anyone plotting against him would face the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion].

• Yao Yueyan and the other spectators reacted with astonishment to Ling Wuyuan's speed and his attack on Han Zhongbo, while Yan Xiujin thought he had acted coolly in defense of Wu Yanlian.
• Yao Yueyan asked Pei Yi whether Ling Wuyuan had used a secret art, but Pei Yi said she did not know because they rarely discussed cultivation.
• Zhu Danfeng guessed Ling Wuyuan's speed came from a secret art, and Yuan Yujun argued that his strong body and recovery might let him use such arts without serious side effects.
• Xu Shuyi warned that Ling Wuyuan's strength and room to grow could make people harbor ill intent toward him.
• Yuan Yujun declared that the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] would not fear anyone plotting against Ling Wuyuan, while people in the building already considered the pavilion and Ling Wuyuan a grave threat.

Ling Wuyuan chose to avoid fighting in the secret realm fragment and instead climbed its tallest mountain with Wu Yanlian to barbecue while the contestants battled below. His conspicuous presence made the contestants suspect he was using an open scheme to intensify the preliminaries while deterring anyone from attacking him.

• Yi Guangxiang ordered a subordinate to investigate Han Zhongbo, hoping to use him as a weapon against Ling Wuyuan.
• Wu Yanlian asked Ling Wuyuan whether they should eliminate the other contestants, but he suggested watching them fight from the tallest mountain.
• Ling Wuyuan invited Wu Yanlian to barbecue on the mountain, and she eagerly agreed.
• As the contestants fought across the secret realm fragment, Guan Xiangfei saw smoke rising from the mountain and went to investigate.
• Guan Xiangfei discovered Ling Wuyuan grilling barbecue with Wu Yanlian instead of fighting.
• The contestants wondered whether Ling Wuyuan's conspicuous barbecue was an open scheme designed to make them fight each other while keeping them afraid to approach him.

Nangong Mu considered confronting Ling Wuyuan to earn his family’s approval, but feared getting caught in a larger fight and left without acting. As chaos spread through the preliminaries, Ling Wuyuan watched from the mountain while cooking barbecue and wondered why nobody was challenging him.

• Nangong Mu searched for Ling Wuyuan, hoping to confront him and show the Nangong Family that he stood up for Nangong Yun.
• Nangong Mu saw Ling Wuyuan on the mountain and worried that fighting him would draw other competitors into a group attack, so he abandoned his plan and left.
• Nangong Mu grew wary of Ling Wuyuan, convinced that his talent, strength, backing, and careful schemes made him dangerous.
• Guan Xiangfei decided to wait for a one-on-one match with Ling Wuyuan and fell asleep in a tree instead of joining the free-for-all.
• Ling Wuyuan continued roasting barbecue for Wu Yanlian as the competitors fought across the secret realm, and he wondered why none of them came to challenge him.

Ling Wuyuan waited for contestants to challenge him while grilling barbecue for Wu Yanlian, but nobody came. After eating, he began gathering spiritual energy to attack the other contestants himself, leaving Wu Yanlian stunned.

• Ling Wuyuan grew frustrated when no contestants approached him, so he continued grilling barbecue and handed the finished food to Wu Yanlian.
• Wu Yanlian praised Ling Wuyuan's cooking and asked whether she could come eat whenever he made food; he readily agreed.
• Wu Yanlian wondered why the contestants were keeping their distance, and Ling Wuyuan complained that they were ignoring him.
• After eating, Ling Wuyuan began drawing in spiritual energy beneath a Flame Cloud stretching for several kilometers and told Wu Yanlian he would eliminate the weaklings.
• Wu Yanlian froze with a rib in her hand as Ling Wuyuan prepared to attack the contestants.

Ling Wuyuan gathered the secret realm’s scarce spiritual energy and immense true qi to create a vast, superheated Flame Cloud. He unleashed its meteorites in a random barrage across the realm, sparing only Wu Yanlian as the contestants faced an apocalyptic attack.

• Wu Yanlian watched Ling Wuyuan drain spiritual energy from across the secret realm, alarming the remaining contestants and disrupting their cultivation.
• Ling Wuyuan poured his enormous reserves of true qi into the Flame Cloud, intensifying its heat, winds, and lightning until the realm was reduced to ruins.
• Contestants saw massive, blazing objects inside the nearly ten-kilometer-wide cloud and prepared to withdraw as its power threatened everyone.
• Wu Yanlian asked whether Ling Wuyuan meant to attack everyone, and he clarified that he would attack everyone except her.
• Ling Wuyuan unleashed the Flame Cloud’s meteorites in a random barrage, engulfing the secret realm in fire and lightning.

Ling Wuyuan unleashed a spectacular, indiscriminate attack that devastated the secret realm and forced many weak contestants out of the competition. Yuan Yujun arranged medicine for the injured while viewing the destruction as proof of Ling Wuyuan’s potential.

• Ling Wuyuan turned his True Qi and control over spiritual energy into a barrage of flaming, lightning-wreathed stone meteors, deliberately targeting everyone except Wu Yanlian and clearing out weaker contestants.
• The meteors struck across the secret realm, unleashing explosions that annihilated forests, plains, swamps, and mountains while Ling Wuyuan shielded himself and Wu Yanlian.
• Numerous weak contestants were severely injured and teleported out, while stronger contestants endured the attack more easily and the preliminary round was rapidly brought to its end.
• Yuan Yujun ordered a subordinate to send healing medicines and supplements to the injured and apologize on behalf of their people for using excessive force.
• Yuan Yujun regarded the casualties as an acceptable cost and took their decisive defeat as evidence of Ling Wuyuan’s profound potential.

Ling Wuyuan’s overwhelming attack impressed spectators and turned him into a celebrated figure across Rainbow Mist City. As the barrier’s aftershocks continued, Wu Yanlian saw that only 72 contestants remained and felt embarrassed that she had been carried through the competition.

• Spectators watched Ling Wuyuan’s attack eliminate nearly a thousand contestants and marveled at the power of high-level cultivators.
• Crowds across the venue and Rainbow Mist City cheered Ling Wuyuan, and many spectators became his fans.
• Yuan Yujun and the others rejoiced, while Yi Guangxiang’s group worried that Ling Wuyuan could not be swayed by public opinion or appeals to heroic ideals.
• Wu Yanlian checked her token and saw that only 72 contestants remained after Ling Wuyuan’s attack.
• Wu Yanlian felt embarrassed about being carried by Ling Wuyuan, then continued eating her barbecue rib.

Wu Yanlian took over guarding against the remaining contestants so Ling Wuyuan could conserve his true qi for the successive formal matches. After escaping Ling Wuyuan’s meteor attack underground, Nangong Mu spotted the pair and considered joining a group attack if others led the way.

• Wu Yanlian insisted that she would handle anyone who came after them, and Ling Wuyuan agreed not to intervene unless several opponents attacked at once.
• Ling Wuyuan and Wu Yanlian discussed how the Imperial Grand Competition’s continuous rounds tested strength, luck, and contestants’ ability to conserve their resources.
• Nangong Mu emerged from underground, having avoided most of the force of Ling Wuyuan’s meteors without being injured.
• Nangong Mu spotted Ling Wuyuan and Wu Yanlian and considered attacking Ling Wuyuan if other contestants took the lead.
• Nangong Mu saw Ling Wuyuan still standing atop the mountain and briefly felt that their gazes had met.

Ling Wuyuan surveyed the battered contestants in the secret realm and learned why Green Pine Prefecture and Golden Wing Society members were fighting their centuries-old feud instead of targeting him. The contestants chose to eliminate weaker fighters first, leaving Ling Wuyuan disappointed that no one would join forces against him.

• Ling Wuyuan surveyed the exposed secret realm and judged that most visible contestants were Source Gathering Realm cultivators with only minor injuries.
• Wu Yanlian explained that Green Pine Prefecture and Golden Wing Society members were hereditary enemies whose feud had lasted more than two thousand years.
• Ling Wuyuan learned that the two factions valued defeating each other publicly more than winning the Imperial Grand Competition, so he left them to fight.
• The other contestants avoided a joint attack on Ling Wuyuan and instead targeted the weakest and most injured participants.
• Wu Yanlian sighed with relief that the contestants would not unite, while Ling Wuyuan said he would welcome a massive brawl.

Ling Wuyuan dominated the Imperial Grand Competition preliminaries and emerged as the kill leader, then learned that he had been drawn as the first contestant to duel in the main event. The chapter ended with the crowd cheering as he prepared to take the stage.

• Ling Wuyuan overwhelmed the other contestants in the free-for-all preliminaries, but the competitors failed to form an alliance against him.
• The preliminaries ended, and Ling Wuyuan surveyed the remaining contestants, including two Qi Nourishing Realm fighters who had survived by hiding underground.
• Wu Yanlian asked Ling Wuyuan how it felt to hear the crowd cheering his name, and he said he cared little about others' respect or hatred unless they stood in his way.
• Yi Guangxiang announced that the fifty remaining contestants would draw lots for their duels, and Jiang Wenju collected their match tokens.
• Jiang Wenju drew Ling Wuyuan's token first, prompting Ling Wuyuan to welcome the chance to take the stage and the crowd to erupt in cheers.

Ling Wuyuan proposed changing the Imperial Grand Competition into a continuous challenge where he would fight every contestant without resting. He offered the Heavenly Dipper White Stream Golden Body as an additional stake, leaving the crowd stunned by his ambition.

• Jiang Wenju drew Nangong Mu's token and announced that Nangong Mu would face Ling Wuyuan in the first match.
• Ling Wuyuan secretly told Yuan Yujun that he wanted to challenge every contestant, and Yuan Yujun agreed to announce his proposal.
• Yuan Yujun told Jiang Wenju that Ling Wuyuan wanted to fight each randomly selected contestant without resting between matches.
• Ling Wuyuan confirmed the proposal and declared that he would defeat everyone who entered the arena.
• Ling Wuyuan revealed the Heavenly Dipper White Stream Golden Body and offered it as an additional stake in the Imperial Grand Competition.

Ling Wuyuan decided that true victory meant crushing anyone who questioned him, then offered the [Heavenly Dipper White Stream Golden Body] as a prize to whoever defeated him. His announcement set the contestants scrambling for the reward, while Nangong Mu received a family order to give everything in his first match against Ling Wuyuan.

• Ling Wuyuan concluded that he needed to beat his opponents hard enough to silence all doubt.
• Ling Wuyuan held up the [Heavenly Dipper White Stream Golden Body] and promised it to anyone who defeated him.
• The contestants and spectators reacted eagerly to the prize, while those who had withdrawn or failed to register regretted missing the chance.
• The Nangong Family patriarch urged Nangong Mu to use all his abilities and defeat Ling Wuyuan as the family’s hope.
• Nangong Mu, who had been planning to lose gracefully, put on a mask of agony after hearing the patriarch’s demands.

Nangong Mu was pressured by the Nangong Family to defeat Ling Wuyuan, but he saw no path to victory and tried to avoid taking the challenge. Ling Wuyuan announced that he would face every qualified challenger for three days, leaving the arena and watching crowds roaring at his display of confidence.

• The Nangong Family's clan head burdened Nangong Mu with the task of defeating Ling Wuyuan, and Nangong Mu feared he could not win.
• Nangong Mu tried to object to Ling Wuyuan challenging the remaining contestants and suggested changing the order, but other contestants accused him of speaking for them and pushed him to fight.
• Wu Yanlian nearly laughed at Nangong Mu's frustrated predicament but held back.
• Ling Wuyuan clarified that he was not challenging the others; they were challenging him because he was the stronger one.
• Ling Wuyuan invited all under-forty Source Gathering Realm fighters in the venue, Rainbow Mist City, and beyond to challenge him for three days, and the crowds erupted in cheers.

Ling Wuyuan’s disregard humiliated Nangong Mu, who resolved to fight him and chose to go first even after Jiang Wenju offered him a chance to redraw. Nangong Mu’s resolve finally earned Ling Wuyuan’s attention, turning him from an insignificant dog-donkey into a true opponent.

• Nangong Mu realized Ling Wuyuan had never considered him or the other contestants worthy opponents, and resolved to leave a mark on Ling Wuyuan even if he lost.
• Jiang Wenju sensed Ling Wuyuan’s mature spiritual will and recognized that advancing to the Spirit Infusion Realm and Enlightened Intent Realm would come naturally to him.
• Jiang Wenju asked the contestants whether they objected to Ling Wuyuan’s proposed rule change, and none objected, so he officially changed the rules.
• Jiang Wenju offered Nangong Mu the chance to redraw his order, but Nangong Mu refused and insisted on going first.
• The Nangong Family patriarch rebuked Nangong Mu, while rival leaders defended his choice; Ling Wuyuan then began regarding Nangong Mu as a worthy opponent.

Ling Wuyuan returned to the ruined secret realm and waited for Nangong Mu to recover before announcing his attack. He struck Nangong Mu into a mountain with one blow, leaving the watching contestants wary of his overwhelming speed.

• Ling Wuyuan entered the secret realm, found Nangong Mu adjusting to teleportation, and prepared himself with two pills.
• Ling Wuyuan waited until Nangong Mu was ready, then drew his sword and announced that he would attack.
• Ling Wuyuan struck Nangong Mu so hard that he flew into a low mountain, which shook and shed rocks and dirt.
• The Nangong Family patriarch and other contestants watched Ling Wuyuan's attack with concern.
• A contestant asked Su Hu to compare their speed, and Su Hu admitted that Ling Wuyuan's effortless speed surpassed his own.

Ling Wuyuan overwhelmed Nangong Mu in a direct battle after recognizing the strength of his resolve. Nangong Mu was driven deep into the ground, but he launched one more surprise attack from below.

• Nangong Mu burst through the collapsing hill and struck at Ling Wuyuan with a sword, but Ling Wuyuan blocked him head-on.
• Nangong Mu used secret arts and burned his life force to increase his strength, while Ling Wuyuan approved of his direct determination to fight.
• Ling Wuyuan overpowered Nangong Mu, drove him into the ground, and shattered his ribs with a punch.
• Ling Wuyuan caught Nangong Mu in midair and kicked him into a deep crater.
• Nangong Mu stabbed upward from underground toward Ling Wuyuan's left foot, but Ling Wuyuan evaded the attack with the Flawless Circle.

Ling Wuyuan defeated Nangong Mu, who refused to concede even as his injuries left him unable to stand. After Nangong Mu passed out and was teleported away, Ling Wuyuan faced a new opponent whose unstable aura suggested he had taken a special medicine to unleash his potential.

• Ling Wuyuan overwhelmed Nangong Mu with relentless Sword Qi and smashed him through the battlefield into a mountain.
• Ling Wuyuan left Nangong Mu behind, declaring that victory and defeat had already been decided.
• Nangong Mu tried to pursue Ling Wuyuan but collapsed while coughing up blood, then passed out and was teleported away.
• A new opponent appeared before Ling Wuyuan, whose powerful but hollow, restless aura suggested he had taken a special medicine.

Ling Wuyuan attacked Zhang Wentao as soon as the hesitant newcomer entered the arena, dismissing him as a weak opponent without fighting spirit. Zhang Wentao resolved to fight back, while Wu Yanlian watched the crowd cheer him on, knowing their support would not change the outcome.

• The stronger-than-Nangong Mu Zhang Wentao entered the arena but doubted he could harm Ling Wuyuan and hesitated over whether to fight seriously.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to defeat each challenger decisively and rushed Zhang Wentao while he was still distracted.
• Zhang Wentao drew his saber to parry Ling Wuyuan's lightning-fast sword and complained that Ling Wuyuan had attacked without greeting him.
• Ling Wuyuan said he had no interest in weak opponents who lacked fighting spirit, provoking Zhang Wentao to declare that he would teach him a lesson.
• Contestants outside the sealed secret realm cheered Zhang Wentao, while Wu Yanlian judged their support futile because she knew Ling Wuyuan's strength.