Chapter Summaries

Xia Wuji awakened the Nine Dragon Phantoms at the True Dragon Hall and revealed his connection to the Wind and Cloud Association. After agreeing to leave Long Teng with the True Dragon Hall, he set off for the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land under Great Elder Zhang Shun’s escort, determined to claim the Sacred Son position and settle his score.

• Xia Wuji absorbed the Nine Dragon Phantoms’ Dragon Qi, formed a five-clawed divine dragon phantom, and awakened the Soul of the Nine Dragons.
• Ding Heng brought Xia Wuji and Li Xuan and Li Yao to the main hall, where Xia Wuji explained the Blood Robe Tower ambush and his need to return to Heaven-Seeking Peak.
• Xia Wuji revealed that he had joined the Heavenly Light Camp and become Duanmu Qingfeng’s disciple, then lit a mid-grade Heavenly Light Lamp to confirm his account.
• Chu Ru asked Xia Wuji to leave Long Teng at the True Dragon Hall, and Xia Wuji agreed and removed his soul brand from the Azure Sky Dragon Python.
• Zhang Shun agreed to escort Xia Wuji to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land, and they departed together.

As the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land prepared to select its Saint Son and Saint Daughter, Zhou Dingtian and Zhou Dingshan confronted Shen Cong over his secret attempt to have Xia Wuji assassinated. At the ceremony, Qin Hai and powerful allies gathered to demand justice and search for Xia Wuji, just as the True Dragon Hall arrived.

• Zhou Dingtian and Zhou Dingshan questioned Shen Cong, who admitted secretly contacting the Blood Robe Old Monster to kill Xia Wuji and agreed to try again if Xia returned near the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land.
• Zhou Dingshan and Shen Cong joined Zhou Dingtian, the Three Great Ancestors, and the other Peak Lords at the selection ceremony, where Qin Hai arrived in a fury and threatened anyone tied to the assassination.
• Old Ancestor Lin Sheng promised Qin Hai he would capture the Blood Robe Old Monster after the selection, while Zhou Dingshan and Shen Cong blamed Qin Hai and Xia Wuji for the danger.
• Guo Fang, Liao Shan, Hong Yue, and Lu Xian each assured Qin Hai that their organizations would help search for Xia Wuji.
• Zhou Dingtian thanked the arrivals while privately recognizing the threat posed by Xia Wuji's powerful connections, and the Great Elder of the True Dragon Hall arrived.

Xia Wuji returned safely to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land with help from True Dragon Hall's Zhang Shun and reunited with Qin Hai before the Saint Son selection. After registering for the competition, Xia Wuji provoked Zhou Chengqi, who declared he would become Saint Son.

• Zhang Shun arrived at the selection ceremony and reunited with Qin Hai, then revealed Xia Wuji as the gift he had brought.
• Xia Wuji returned to the elevated platform and thanked Guo Fang, Liao Shan, Hong Yue, and Lu Xian for their concern and help.
• Zhou Dingtian resumed the ceremony, and Xia Wuji asked Qin Hai whether he could still enter the Saint Son competition.
• Lin Sheng announced the competition rules and called the sixteen Saint Son candidates to draw lots.
• Yu Zhen challenged Xia Wuji, and Zhou Chengqi claimed he would become Saint Son; Xia Wuji mocked him for having no qualifications to enter his eyes.

Xia Wuji overwhelmed Yu Zhen with a single sword during the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land’s Saint Son selection, shocking the gathered disciples and elders. He advanced to the top-four matches, where he drew Han Shiqi of Supporting Sky Peak, who mocked his luck and received a blunt insult in reply.

• Zhou Chengqi and other disciples from Howling Sky Peak and Supporting Sky Peak berated Xia Wuji, but he dismissed them as unworthy opponents.
• Xia Wuji drew Yu Zhen for the second match, and Yu Zhen boasted of his improved strength and attacked with nearly four hundred thunder avatars.
• Xia Wuji shattered Yu Zhen’s avatars with one sword and left him severely injured, then declared that Yu Zhen could never keep pace with his cultivation.
• The first round concluded, and Zhou Chengqi defeated a Bright Sky Peak genius with one move.
• Xia Wuji drew Han Shiqi, the number-one genius of Supporting Sky Peak, for the top-four matches, and replied to Han Shiqi’s taunt by asking whether he was simply weak.

Xia Wuji defeated Han Shiqi with one sword strike, winning their match and Qin Hai’s wager with Shen Cong. Shen Cong surrendered the Supporting Sky Palm inheritance to Qin Hai, leaving Supporting Sky Peak without the Heaven Supporting Tablet and its sacred art.

• Zhou Chengqi defeated his opponent in one move and taunted Xia Wuji before leaving the arena.
• Shen Cong wagered the Supporting Sky Palm inheritance against the Heaven Supporting Tablet, confident Han Shiqi would defeat Xia Wuji.
• Han Shiqi attacked Xia Wuji with the Supporting Sky Palm, but Xia Wuji shattered its tablet-like force with the second move of the Heaven-Seeking Sword Technique.
• Xia Wuji’s sword strike severed Han Shiqi’s arms and cut his chest, sending him out of the arena and winning the match.
• Shen Cong handed Qin Hai the Supporting Sky Palm inheritance after losing the wager.

Xia Wuji and Zhou Chengqi advanced through the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land's Saint Son competition with single-move victories, then faced each other in the final. The chapter ended as Zhou Chengqi unleashed his tenth-order saber, Cold Soul, against Xia Wuji.

• Xia Wuji defeated the Spirit Heaven Peak contestant in one move, and Zhou Chengqi likewise defeated his semifinal opponent.
• Lin Sheng postponed Xia Wuji and Zhou Chengqi's final until after the Saint Daughter competition, which Yang Ruochan dominated with single-move victories.
• At the final, Qin Hai and several honored guests praised Xia Wuji's talent while Zhou Dingtian silently resented the attention and blamed Shen Cong for the situation.
• Zhou Chengqi drew Cold Soul, a tenth-order top-tier saber, and attacked Xia Wuji with a freezing world of ice and snow.

Xia Wuji defeated Zhou Chengqi in the Sacred Son contest, even after Zhou Chengqi used the Blood Curse Technique and the Howling Sky Saber. The chapter ended with Xia Wuji standing on the Zhou family's Sacred Artifact and demanding that Zhou Dingtian announce the victor.

• Zhou Chengqi attacked Xia Wuji with the Collapsing Snow Saber Technique, but Xia Wuji countered with the Sacred Spirit Sword Technique and gained the advantage.
• Xia Wuji wounded Zhou Chengqi, who then used the Blood Curse Technique to increase his power.
• Xia Wuji unleashed Fire Phoenix Sword Qi and sent Zhou Chengqi flying despite his enhanced strength.
• Zhou Chengqi brought out the Howling Sky Saber, but Xia Wuji countered with the Asking Heaven Sacred Sword and disarmed him.
• Zhou Dingtian saved the unconscious Zhou Chengqi from Xia Wuji's sword strike, and Xia Wuji planted a foot on the Howling Sky Saber and demanded that Zhou Dingtian announce the victor.

Xia Wuji became the Heaven Origin Holy Son after defeating Zhou Chengqi, and his allies agreed to help He-Seeking Peak strike against the Blood Robe Tower. After revealing his connections to powerful factions, Xia Wuji announced that he would help Qin An enter sainthood and Qin Hai reach the Great Saint Realm.

• Zhou Dingtian declared Xia Wuji the Heaven Origin Holy Son, and Yang Ruochan later won the Saint Daughter position; both received their tokens and were told to represent the sacred land at the Five Saints Assembly.
• Qin Hai celebrated Xia Wuji's victory, while Zhou Dingtian, Zhou Dingshan, and Shen Cong learned that Zhou Chengqi had been crippled and planned to use the Blood Robe Old Monster against Xia Wuji when a safe opportunity arose.
• Qin Hai asked his allies to help purge the Blood Robe Tower, and representatives of True Dragon Hall, the Pill Pagoda, the Wind and Cloud Association, and the Source Stone Merchant Guild pledged support.
• Hong Yue gave Xia Wuji a gift from Guild Master Gu and invited him to visit the Source Stone Merchant Guild, while Guo Fang agreed to await Xia Wuji at the Spiritual Mountain City Pill Pagoda.
• Xia Wuji explained his connections to the Pill Pagoda, Wind and Cloud Association, True Dragon Hall, and Source Stone Merchant Guild, then warned Qin Hai and Qin An of looming threats and offered to help them advance to sainthood and the Great Saint Realm.

Xia Wuji gave Qin Hai and Qin An the Divine Illumination Technique and began preparing resources to strengthen Heaven-Seeking Peak. After opening Gu Lei’s High-grade Source Stone to obtain a Saint Heart Pill, he spent five days refining his weapons and cultivating, advancing to the ninth stage of the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

• Xia Wuji gave Qin Hai and Qin An annotated copies of the Divine Illumination Technique and planned to help Qin An reach the Saint Realm and Qin Hai reach the Great Saint Realm.
• Xia Wuji gave Qin Yu and Lin Ling Saint technique inheritances and told them to keep the techniques secret.
• Xia Wuji opened the High-grade Source Stone Gu Lei had sent and found the Saint Heart Pill inside, which he planned to give Qin An after he made progress with the Divine Illumination Technique.
• Xia Wuji spent five days strengthening his Heavenly Fire, reforging twelve flying swords and the Startling Swan Sword to low-grade eleventh-rank weapons, and advancing to the ninth stage of the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

Xia Wuji learned that the purge of the Blood Robe Tower was progressing and gave Qin An a Saint Heart Pill while urging him to strengthen himself quickly. He then traveled with Qin Hai to Spiritual Mountain City, while Zhou Dingtian sent Zhou Dingshan there to retrieve pills and arrange to displace Guo Fang.

• Qin Hai told Xia Wuji that the allied forces had destroyed eleven Blood Robe Tower strongholds and killed several assassins, while the Blood Robe Old Monster remained missing.
• Qin An reported that the Divine Illumination Technique had helped him break through to the second level of the Carefree Realm, and Xia Wuji gave him a Saint Heart Pill and urged him to cultivate faster.
• Xia Wuji told Qin Hai he was going to the Spiritual Mountain City Pill Tower to help Guo Fang refine the Sunfire Sacred Flame and prepare a Heavenly River Spirit Pill.
• Qin Hai accompanied Xia Wuji through a teleportation array to Spiritual Mountain City for protection.
• Zhou Dingtian warned Shen Cong not to act without certainty and told Zhou Dingshan to treat him as a disposable chess piece, not an ally.
• Zhou Dingtian ordered Zhou Dingshan to retrieve Giant Spirit Sacred Pills from Li Can's son and arrange to transfer Guo Fang so Li Can's people could manage the Spiritual Mountain City Pill Tower.

Xia Wuji helped Guo Fang learn to control the Sunfire Sacred Flame, bringing him close to becoming a Saint Alchemist. While Xia Wuji gathered rare Spirit Medicine, Li Jun learned he was in Spiritual Mountain City and set out to seize his Spirit Fire.

• Qin Hai brought Xia Wuji to Guo Fang, who explained that Li Jun had come to reclaim the Sunfire Sacred Flame unless Guo Fang mastered it within two days.
• Guo Fang gave Qin Hai a Giant Spirit Sacred Pill, which Qin Hai accepted after Xia Wuji urged him to take it.
• Xia Wuji simplified the Sky Burning Art’s fire-control technique until Guo Fang learned it and felt the Sunfire Sacred Flame respond to him.
• Xia Wuji gave Fu Bo a list of Spirit Medicine and spirit ores for refining a Heavenly River Spirit Pill and a Domain Seed, and Guo Fang ordered Fu Bo to cover the cost.
• Zhou Dingshan asked Li Jun to arrange Guo Fang’s transfer, while Li Jun agreed and discussed the Giant Spirit Sacred Pills.
• After Hong Fu reported Xia Wuji’s rare Spirit Medicine purchases, Li Jun learned about Xia Wuji’s powerful Spirit Fire and went to seize it.

Xia Wuji learned that Qin Hai was benefiting from the Giant Spirit Sacred Pill and urged him to continue refining it. When Hong Fu summoned Xia Wuji to the Pill Pagoda over Fu Bo’s Spirit Medicine purchase, Xia Wuji went with Qin Hai and confronted Li Jun and Zhou Dingshan, where Li Jun challenged him to a Flame Duel.

• Qin Hai told Xia Wuji that the Giant Spirit Sacred Pill and Divine Illumination Technique had already improved his cultivation, and Xia Wuji promised to help him obtain even better pills after Guo Fang became a Saint Alchemist.
• Hong Fu arrived and demanded that Xia Wuji cooperate with an investigation into Fu Bo’s alleged theft of Pill Pagoda resources, but Qin Hai intimidated him.
• Xia Wuji chose to go to the Pill Pagoda with Qin Hai to learn what had happened to Fu Bo and the Spirit Medicine he had been asked to purchase.
• At the Pill Pagoda, Xia Wuji recognized Zhou Dingshan and suspected Li Jun was behind the dispute; Qin Hai warned everyone not to slander Xia Wuji.
• Li Jun claimed that the Pill Pagoda could take the unpaid-for Spirit Medicine for its own needs, then challenged Xia Wuji to a Flame Duel, wagering the Spirit Medicine against Xia Wuji’s spirit fire.
• Xia Wuji accepted Li Jun’s challenge.

Xia Wuji defeated Li Jun in a Flame Duel and won the Spirit Medicine and a debt of more than two hundred million Spirit Crystals. Li Jun then challenged him to an alchemy contest, wagering ten Giant Spirit Sacred Pills against Xia Wuji’s Mutated Spirit Fire, and Xia Wuji accepted.

• Fu Bo warned Xia Wuji that Li Jun possessed the Azure Light Fire and the Myriad Fire Heart Art, but Xia Wuji went ahead with the Flame Duel.
• Li Jun unleashed the Azure Light Fire, but Xia Wuji’s Heaven-Sent Fire broke through his attacks and burned him despite his Spirit Armor.
• Xia Wuji claimed the Spirit Medicine and told Li Jun to pay the more than two hundred million Spirit Crystals he owed.
• Li Jun asked about Xia Wuji’s Mutated Spirit Fire, but Xia Wuji refused to reveal its grade.
• Li Jun challenged Xia Wuji to an alchemy contest and wagered ten Giant Spirit Sacred Pills against Xia Wuji’s Mutated Spirit Fire.
• Xia Wuji accepted Li Jun’s wager after Zhou Dingshan recognized the pills as the prize his elder brother had acquired at great cost.

Xia Wuji accepted Li Jun’s wager of a bottle of rare Giant Spirit Sacred Pills and agreed to compete in refining a Soaring Heavens Pill, a tenth-order low-grade pill. Li Jun began with his prized Heavenly Heart Furnace, while Xia Wuji started after a single reading of the formula using a much lower-grade furnace.

• Li Jun insisted on gambling his Giant Spirit Sacred Pills despite Zhou Dingshan’s attempt to stop the contest, and Xia Wuji challenged him to show the pills first.
• Li Jun revealed the pills, stunning the crowd with their rarity and value, then chose the Soaring Heavens Pill as the contest’s challenge.
• Fu Bo gathered the required Spirit Medicines as onlookers warned Xia Wuji that Li Jun specialized in refining the Soaring Heavens Pill.
• Li Jun brought out the tenth-order Heavenly Heart Furnace, while Xia Wuji summoned his ninth-order Purple Profound Pill Furnace and declared that he would win with it.
• Li Jun began extracting the Spirit Medicines’ essence as Xia Wuji read the formula once, tossed it aside, and ignited the Heavenly Fire to begin refining.

Xia Wuji calmly refined the Soaring Heavens Pill while the crowd and Li Jun doubted his ability and Qin Hai worried about the cost of losing. Xia Wuji revealed ten flawless pills, while Li Jun's nearly finished batch exploded.

• Xia Wuji refined the Spirit Medicines quickly, prompting the onlookers to accuse him of pretending and Qin Hai to worry that losing would cost him his Mutated Spirit Fire.
• Zhou Dingshan criticized Xia Wuji's arrogance, and Qin Hai rebuked him for interfering in Heaven-Seeking Peak's affairs.
• Li Jun raised a barrier between himself and Xia Wuji, then boasted that he would finish soon and produce at least five pills.
• After night fell, Xia Wuji stopped refining and told Qin Hai and Liao Shan that his work was done, but he would wait for Li Jun to finish.
• Xia Wuji opened his furnace and revealed ten flawless Soaring Heavens Pills, stunning the crowd.
• Li Jun's pill furnace exploded, destroying the Soaring Heavens Pills that had nearly been completed.

Xia Wuji won the alchemy competition against Li Jun, but Li Jun and Zhou Dingshan tried to delay handing over the wagered Giant Spirit Sacred Pills. Qin Hai used his Storm Domain to force the issue until Saint Alchemist Li Can arrived with a saber-wielding Initial Saint Realm cultivator, escalating the confrontation.

• Xia Wuji refined ten perfect Soaring Heavens Pills while Li Jun’s pills exploded, securing his victory in their alchemy wager.
• Xia Wuji demanded the Giant Spirit Sacred Pills, but Zhou Dingshan objected that Li Jun had no right to wager Howling Sky Peak’s property.
• Li Jun promised to deliver replacement pills later, while Zhou Dingshan urged Qin Hai to accept the delay and avoid offending the Alchemy Pagoda.
• Qin Hai released his Storm Domain, struck Zhou Dingshan down, and pressured Li Jun to hand over the pills.
• An unknown saber-wielding cultivator cut through Qin Hai’s domain as Li Can arrived and accused Qin Hai of bullying his son.

Guo Fang intervened in the dispute over Li Jun’s lost bet and backed Qin Hai and Xia Wuji, revealing that he had refined the Sunfire Sacred Flame and become a Saint Alchemist. Li Can was forced to surrender the Giant Spirit Sacred Pills and leave, and Xia Wuji handed the pills to Qin Hai.

• Li Can arrived with an Initial Saint Realm elder and accused Qin Hai and the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land of bullying Li Jun, while Li Jun claimed he had only delayed handing over the pills.
• Xia Wuji and Liao Shan challenged Li Jun’s excuse, and Qin Hai prepared to fight when Li Can refused to surrender the wager.
• Guo Fang arrived, heard Fu Bo’s account, and rebuked Li Can for refusing to honor the bet and damaging the Pill Pagoda’s reputation.
• Guo Fang revealed his Sunfire Sacred Flame, causing Li Can’s saber-wielding protector to back down as Guo Fang asserted his authority as a Saint Alchemist.
• Under pressure from Guo Fang and Qin Hai, Li Can ordered Li Jun to give Xia Wuji the Giant Spirit Sacred Pills, then left with his companions.
• Xia Wuji thanked Guo Fang and gave the bottle of pills to Qin Hai to support his cultivation.

Xia Wuji helped Guo Fang secure his future as a Saint Alchemist, learned that the Dark Turmoil had begun, and spent months cultivating for the approaching Five Saints Assembly. The chapter ended with Qin Hai reaching the seventh level of the Initial Saint Realm and Qin An reaching the fourth level of the Carefree Realm.

• Guo Fang thanked Xia Wuji and promised to return to Spiritual Mountain City as a Saint Alchemist to support Heaven-Seeking Peak.
• At the Wind and Cloud Association station, Xiao Yun told Xia Wuji that the Dark Turmoil had begun and Saint Realm battles were underway in the Dark Forbidden Zone.
• Zhou Dingtian learned that the Giant Spirit Sacred Pills had been lost to Qin Hai and chose to wait for replacement pills rather than end his cooperation with Li Can.
• Qin Hai entered secluded cultivation while Xia Wuji refined Heavenly River Spirit Pills in the Universe Pagoda.
• After more than two and a half months, Xia Wuji broke into the Heavenly Gate Realm, and Peng Fei neared a breakthrough to become a ninth-tier demon beast.
• Qin Hai and Xia Wuji emerged from seclusion as the Five Saints Assembly approached; Qin An had reached the fourth level of the Carefree Realm, and Qin Hai had reached the seventh level of the Initial Saint Realm.

Qin Hai secured the Three Great Ancestors’ support to represent the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land at the Five Saints Assembly, while Zhou Dingtian seethed over losing the opportunity and plotted against Xia Wuji. Qin Hai then departed for the assembly with Xia Wuji, Yang Ruochan, and elite disciples.

• Qin Hai decided to attend the Five Saints Assembly in place of Zhou Dingtian and offered Giant Spirit Sacred Pills to the Three Great Ancestors.
• Zhou Dingtian learned the Three Great Ancestors had chosen Qin Hai to represent the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land and blamed the decision on Qin Hai’s pills and his own treasury spending.
• Zhou Dingtian struck Zhou Dingshan, rejected an immediate attack on Xia Wuji, and ordered his brother to pursue a breakthrough to the Initial Saint Realm.
• Three peak masters secretly met with Qin Hai at Heaven-Seeking Peak after news of his appointment spread through the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land.
• Qin Hai departed aboard a spirit ship with Xia Wuji, Yang Ruochan, and elite disciples for the Five Saints Assembly.

Yang Ruochan befriended Xia Wuji and gained major cultivation insights during the spirit ship’s journey to the Five Saints Assembly. At the Five Saints Mountains, Xia Wuji learned about a stone that measured potential, just as a rival attacked the Tianyuan Sacred Land’s ship.

• Yang Ruochan visited Xia Wuji and spent a day discussing cultivation, gaining insights that surpassed what she had learned from Haotian Peak’s master.
• Qin Hai asked Xia Wuji whether he liked Yang Ruochan and offered to arrange a marriage alliance, but Xia Wuji said his priority was finding his mother and growing stronger.
• Yang Ruochan returned to Xia Wuji’s cabin to discuss cultivation, then later tried to visit again but found him in closed-door seclusion.
• After half a month, the Tianyuan Sacred Land’s spirit ship reached the Five Saints Mountains, where Yang Ruochan explained that a special stone measured potential by the energy tide it produced.
• Qin Hai urged Xia Wuji to test the stone, while the Tianyuan disciples anticipated his result; then an unidentified attacker hurled fireballs at their spirit ship.