Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ye accepted Jueshan as a second master and learned that the Heavenly Book could reveal Cave Profound Realm techniques as well as Myriad Manifestations Realm cultivation methods. After hearing about Chu Sheng, Xiao Ye wanted to test himself against him, but Ye Qinglie and Jueshan decided they should use the Sun Piercing Shuttle instead.

• Ye Qinglie urged Xiao Ye to pay respects to Jueshan, and Xiao Ye promised to rebuild Jueshan's physical body.
• Ye Qinglie asked Jueshan to teach Xiao Ye his Buddhist arts so Xiao Ye could combine them with Demonic Path cultivation before the secret realm opened.
• Jueshan and Ye Qinglie explained that the Heavenly Book held techniques for both the Myriad Manifestations Realm and the Cave Profound Realm.
• Jueshan told them about Chu Sheng, and Xiao Ye dismissed his youthful appearance as the result of a Youth Preservation Technique.
• Ye Qinglie praised Xiao Ye's sixth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Undying Body and said the Sun Piercing Shuttle could defeat Chu Sheng.
• Xiao Ye wanted to fight Chu Sheng to test his strength, but Jueshan warned that Chu Sheng could pull him into the secret realm, so Ye Qinglie proposed using the Sun Piercing Shuttle.

Chu Sheng learned how Sin City used the Mysterious Illumination Stone to judge entrants when Su Lian revealed herself as the woman whose dark deeds turned it completely black. As registration slowed and the City Lord Xiao Hanshan arrived, he ignored Su Lian and fixed his grave attention on someone in the queue.

• Zheng Yuan explained to Chu Sheng that Sin City issued location-tracking identity tokens and used the Mysterious Illumination Stone to assess entrants' evil deeds.
• An old woman turned out to be Su Lian, whose touch made the Mysterious Illumination Stone turn black, and the guards paused her registration to report her to the City Lord.
• Su Lian revealed that she had come to see the City Lord as his younger sister, then waited while her beauty distracted the queue and slowed registration.
• Su Lian noticed a golden-eyed youth staring openly at her and wondered whether his test result might interest her.
• Xiao Hanshan arrived at the gate but looked past Su Lian and fixed his grave gaze on someone in the queue.

Su Lian watched the golden-eyed youth while Xiao Hanshan warned her not to provoke him, and Chu Sheng reached the front of the line to be tested by the Mysterious Illumination Stone. The stone exploded as soon as Chu Sheng touched it, leaving everyone without a revealed result.

• Su Lian questioned Xiao Hanshan about the golden-eyed youth, and Xiao Hanshan warned her that the youth was dangerously powerful and evil.
• Chu Sheng and Zheng Yuan discussed how the Mysterious Illumination Stone might judge Chu Sheng's past actions.
• Xi Xiaoxiao explained that the stone only detected genuine evil deeds, then tested pure white and introduced herself as Green Wood Valley's chief disciple.
• Xi Xiaoxiao offered to show Chu Sheng and Zheng Yuan around, and Chu Sheng accepted before stepping up for his test.
• The Mysterious Illumination Stone erupted in blinding light and shattered when Chu Sheng placed his palm on it.

Chu Sheng entered Sin City after the Mysterious Illumination Stone shattered, revealed his Ninth Tier Peak strength, and challenged the city’s rules. As Chu Sheng toured the city with Zheng Yuan and Xi Xiaoxiao, Xiao Ye resolved to test his strength before Xiao Hanshan used the Sun Piercing Shuttle against him at the auction.

• The Mysterious Illumination Stone shattered during Chu Sheng’s test, and Chu Sheng revealed his Ninth Tier Peak aura to explain the result.
• Chu Sheng told Xiao Hanshan that Sin City’s rules needed changing, then accepted a jade token and entered the city.
• Chu Sheng met Xi Xiaoxiao, confirmed he had come to collect what the Star Luo Merchant Association owed him, and agreed to tour Sin City with her and Zheng Yuan.
• Xiao Ye urged the Xiao Family to use the Sun Piercing Shuttle against Chu Sheng, and Xiao Hanshan agreed to strike if Chu Sheng caused trouble at the auction.
• Xiao Ye decided to test Chu Sheng’s strength himself before Xiao Hanshan made his move.

Chu Sheng accepted Lin Cang’s invitation to visit Green Wood Valley after the auction, while Lin and Xi Xiaoxiao hoped to recruit him as a Guest Elder. When Su Lian tried to seduce him in the auction’s private room, Chu Sheng punched her through several partitions, plunging the second floor into chaos.

• Xi Xiaoxiao introduced Chu Sheng to Lin Cang, who invited him to visit Green Wood Valley and suggested he become a Guest Elder.
• Chu Sheng agreed to discuss the invitation after the auction and joined Lin Cang’s group in a second-floor private room.
• Lin Cang began telling Chu Sheng about a Blood Jade Marrow when Su Lian entered and flirted with him.
• Su Lian pressed closer to Chu Sheng despite Lin Cang’s warning, and Chu Sheng punched her through several private-room partitions.

After Chu Sheng revealed that he had killed Master Jueshan, the auction began with the unexpectedly early appearance of the Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma. Xiao Ye had arranged to make it the opening item, and he waited for the bidding to bring him closer to testing his physical strength against Chu Sheng.

• Lin Cang and three Green Wood Valley disciples testified that Su Lian had used Charm Techniques on Chu Sheng, and Xiao Hanshan questioned Chu Sheng about his interest in the Xiao Family.
• Chu Sheng told Lin Cang that he had killed Master Jueshan, shocking Lin Cang and the disciples; Lin Cang then sent a message to the Valley Master.
• Elder Zhou opened the auction by presenting the Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma, prompting the Thousand Yuan Demon Lord and Cang Song the Hermit to argue over bids.
• Xiao Hanshan enforced Sin City's auction rules, and bidding for the ganoderma quickly climbed above two million mid-grade spirit stones.
• Xiao Ye revealed that he had persuaded the Star Luo Merchant Association to move the ganoderma to the start of the auction so he could soon test his physical body against Chu Sheng's.

At the auction, Chu Sheng confronted Xi Xiaoxiao over her defense of the dead Master Jueshan while bidding against Xiao Hanshan for the Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma. Chu Sheng killed Xi Xiaoxiao and two Green Wood Valley disciples, as the auction descended into chaos.

• Xi Xiaoxiao accused Chu Sheng of slandering Master Jueshan, and Lin Cang also defended the monk’s reputation.
• Xiao Hanshan bid five million Mid-grade spirit stones for the Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma, and Chu Sheng’s room countered with five million one hundred thousand.
• Chu Sheng seized Xi Xiaoxiao by the throat when she continued to defend Master Jueshan.
• After Xiao Hanshan raised the bid to six million, Chu Sheng offered ten million and dismissed concerns about whether he could pay.
• Chu Sheng accused Xi Xiaoxiao of colluding with Master Jueshan, declared she was unworthy of being his Dao companion, and killed her.
• Two Green Wood Valley disciples roared in anger, and their corpses were hurled onto the auction stage.

Chu Sheng killed the Green Wood Valley disciples and Thousand Yuan Demon Lord at the auction, then effortlessly captured Xiao Ye when he challenged him. Xiao Hanshan attacked with the Sun Piercing Shuttle, which pierced Chu Sheng’s chest and shattered his heart, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Chu Sheng emerged from Private Room No. 6 after killing two Green Wood Valley disciples, and Xiao Hanshan accused him of breaking Sin City’s rules.
• Thousand Yuan Demon Lord offered to join Chu Sheng in turning the venue upside down, but Chu Sheng instantly killed him before he could touch his shoulder.
• Xiao Ye revealed his Sixth Revolution Nine Revolutions Undying Body and charged Chu Sheng, who caught him by the neck without effort.
• Xiao Ye called for his uncle, and Xiao Hanshan sent the Sun Piercing Shuttle through Chu Sheng’s chest, apparently destroying his heart.
• Xiao Ye was the first to learn whether Chu Sheng had survived the attack.

Chu Sheng killed Xiao Ye and Immortal Weng, then unleashed the Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss on Sin City, slaughtering its guilty inhabitants. He spared the area around the Xiao residence and forced its people to choose between killing Xiao Family members or facing death, leaving Xiao Hanshan horrified as they turned toward his family.

• Chu Sheng regenerated from Xiao Ye’s attack, then crushed and killed him.
• Immortal Weng tried to intervene, but Chu Sheng killed him with the Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss and declared his intent to the crowd.
• Chu Sheng unleashed lightning across Sin City, killing 135,800 people and continuing to devastate the city.
• Chu Sheng confronted Xiao Hanshan, who said he did not regret trying to give wrongdoers a chance to change.
• Chu Sheng carried Xiao Hanshan to the Xiao residence and offered to spare anyone who killed a Xiao Family member, promising the family’s wealth to whoever killed Xiao Hanshan’s daughter.
• The crowd fell silent and turned toward the Xiao residence as Xiao Hanshan cried out in horror.

Chu Sheng forced Xiao Hanshan to watch the Xiao Family's guards betray him and slaughter his family, then killed Lin Hu when he threatened Xiao Ruoxue. After Chu Sheng killed Xiao Ruoxue and Xiao Hanshan, the Xiao residence was left in chaos.

• Lin Hu killed Xiao Hanshan's mother and joined the guards in attacking the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Hanshan watched his wife and the remaining guard die, then admitted that he regretted sheltering criminals.
• Lin Hu brought Xiao Ruoxue out and threatened to kill her, but Chu Sheng pierced Lin Hu's chest with a black gleam.
• Chu Sheng took Xiao Ruoxue into the sky, then killed the guards who demanded to leave with the Xiao Family's heads.
• Chu Sheng killed Xiao Ruoxue with a black gleam and slashed at Xiao Hanshan after rejecting his plea for forgiveness.

Chu Sheng agreed to become Green Wood Valley’s Guest Elder and headed there to collect ninth-order fire-attribute resources, while the valley’s elders reluctantly prepared to receive him. News of his arrival also reached Ye Liuyun, who decided to confess to Senior Sister Xi one last time when she returned.

• Chu Sheng saw that Sin City had earned him 422,253,000 Justice Points and asked Lin Cang whether he could join Green Wood Valley as a Guest Elder.
• Lin Cang promised that the valley would provide Chu Sheng with its resources, and Chu Sheng asked specifically for ninth-order fire-attribute Spirit Materials and medicinal pills.
• Green Wood Valley’s elders objected to accepting Chu Sheng because he had killed nearly a million people, including Xiaoxiao, but Shen Yuheng said the invitation could not safely be withdrawn.
• Shen Yuheng ordered the valley to prepare the fire-attribute resources and arrange a grand reception for Chu Sheng’s arrival in three days.
• Ye Liuyun learned that Senior Sister Xi was returning and said he would confess to her for the thousandth and final time, then leave Green Wood Valley if she refused.
• Ye Liuyun vowed to protect Senior Sister Xi regardless of his departure and released the spiritual pressure of a peak Seventh Order cultivator.

Ye Liuyun told Qi Wei he planned to leave Green Wood Valley because Xi Xiaoxiao rejected him, while Qi Wei hinted at her own feelings for him. Three days later, the arrogant young Guest Elder Chu Sheng arrived, and Ye Liuyun learned that Xi Xiaoxiao had not returned before Chu Sheng revealed he had killed her.

• Ye Liuyun told Qi Wei he would leave Green Wood Valley and asked her to watch over Xi Xiaoxiao, while Qi Wei offered to go with him before dismissing the idea as a joke.
• Ye Liuyun struggled to choose between his feelings for Xi Xiaoxiao and the possibility that Qi Wei cared for him.
• Three days later, Ye Liuyun waited at the reception square as Elder Lin Cang arrived with the young Guest Elder Chu Sheng, who claimed he would soon surpass Valley Master Shen Yuheng.
• Ye Liuyun asked Lin Cang why Xi Xiaoxiao had not returned, and Lin Cang said something had happened on the road.
• Chu Sheng interrupted Lin Cang and said he had killed Xi Xiaoxiao because she had deceived him.

Chu Sheng admitted that he had killed Xi Xiaoxiao, then accepted Green Wood Valley’s offerings and asked to see its Guardian Beast of the Sect. Ye Liuyun learned the truth and, despite warnings about Chu Sheng’s strength, resolved to seek revenge by going into seclusion at Lingxiao Cliff.

• Chu Sheng openly admitted to killing Xi Xiaoxiao, and Lin Cang hurried Ye Liuyun away before he could confront him further.
• Chu Sheng accepted Green Wood Valley’s fire-element Spirit Materials and pills, then asked Shen Yuheng to take him to the sect’s Guardian Beast.
• Lin Cang told Ye Liuyun that Chu Sheng had killed Xi Xiaoxiao, Master Jueshan, and the people of Sin City, and warned that Green Wood Valley could not risk angering him.
• Ye Liuyun decided he would avenge Xi Xiaoxiao, recalled Lord Qi Wei’s power, and left for seclusion at Lingxiao Cliff.

Ye Liuyun reached the Spirit Wutong Forest and discovered that Chu Sheng had refined Lord Qi Wei, the Spirit Deer, while Chu Sheng gained new abilities and began activating his Myriad Manifestations Embryos. Chu Sheng killed Ye Liuyun, then spared the Second Elder and asked Shen Yuheng about more ninth-rank Spirit Materials and pills.

• Ye Liuyun rushed into the Spirit Wutong Forest after Lin Cang warned him away and found Lord Qi Wei's Spirit Deer form drained of its life force.
• Chu Sheng's Myriad Spirits Devouring God Body advanced to Tier Two, recording the Spirit Deer's Myriad Spirits Core and unlocking its ability to refine elemental Spiritual Energy.
• The Spirit Deer's energy activated Chu Sheng's Flame-Scorching Myriad Manifestations Embryo and advanced several other Embryos toward Myriad Manifestations Unity.
• Ye Liuyun tried to flee, but Chu Sheng stopped and killed him as the Green Wood Valley elders watched.
• Chu Sheng threatened the Second Elder, then relented after Lin Cang appealed to his role as a Guest Elder.
• Chu Sheng asked Shen Yuheng whether Green Wood Valley had more ninth-rank Spirit Materials or pills of other attributes.

After being named Green Wood Valley’s Guest Elder, Chu Sheng insisted on earning his keep and was assigned to instruct the disciples. When a disciple demonstrated the valley’s Azure Mist Fist, he realized his confident promise to teach had left him in trouble.

• Zheng Yuan congratulated Chu Sheng on becoming a Guest Elder, and Chu Sheng asked her to find him work rather than let him take the valley’s hospitality for free.
• Shen Yuheng convened Green Wood Valley’s elders to discuss Chu Sheng’s request, then assigned him to teach the disciples fist and foot techniques.
• The next morning, Chu Sheng arrived at the martial arts arena and asked a disciple to demonstrate the sect’s foundational Azure Mist Fist.
• After the disciple performed the technique, Chu Sheng claimed it had serious problems and asked to see her fist manual so he could compare it before offering corrections.

Chu Sheng upgraded Green Wood Valley’s Azure Mist Fist and reassured Shen Yuheng that he would not attack the sect without cause. After learning of the upcoming Kunyu Token selection tournament, he revealed his intention to enter the Ancient Secret Realm, while Shen Yuheng hoped the dangerous trip might remove the threat he posed to Green Wood Valley.

• Chu Sheng spent Justice Points to upgrade the Azure Mist Fist into a Saint-grade technique, demonstrated it, and promised the disciples a revised manual and circulation method.
• Shen Yuheng thanked Chu Sheng, and he explained that he considered Green Wood Valley righteous and would only kill those he deemed evil.
• Chu Sheng judged Xi Xiaoxiao, Liuyun, and Qiwei by his own harsh standards, leaving Shen Yuheng unable to argue with him.
• An elder reported that Cold Water Pavilion and the Blazing Fire Sect wanted to add one participant each to the Kunyu Token selection tournament.
• Chu Sheng said he planned to enter the Ancient Secret Realm and would obtain a Kunyu Token at its entrance; Shen Yuheng offered him one, but he refused.

Venerable Qingxuan and Heavenly Mechanism Grandmaster confirmed that Chu Sheng had come from Jining Star by bypassing the Star Locking Array, and the main pavilion ordered someone to deal with him inside the Ancient Secret Realm. Before the group departed for the Icefall Plains, Chu Sheng resigned from Green Wood Valley and killed the elders who had wanted him dead, leaving Shen Yuheng shaken.

• Heavenly Mechanism Grandmaster confirmed through three calculations that Chu Sheng had arrived from Jining Star after the Star Locking Array was established.
• The main pavilion told Venerable Qingxuan that someone would deal with Chu Sheng inside the Ancient Secret Realm.
• Chu Sheng told Shen Yuheng he was resigning as Green Wood Valley's Guest Elder, then killed Second Elder and Great Elder.
• Chu Sheng killed several more Green Wood Valley elders, leaving only four of the valley's more than ten elders alive.
• Chu Sheng told Shen Yuheng he would look after Green Wood Valley members in the secret realm, and she pointed out that he had already killed two elders who planned to enter.

At the secret realm entrance, Chu Sheng demanded that the weakest entrant give up their Kunyu Token, drawing a challenge from Lin Yue. The chapter ended with Lin Yue offering his token only if Chu Sheng first proved his ability.

• Shen Yuheng arrived with a group of outsiders carrying Green Wood Valley's Kunyu Tokens and watched Chu Sheng inspect the secret realm entrance.
• Outsiders carrying the Heavenly Dao Sect's and Jingkong Zen Monastery's tokens arrived, prompting suspicion that the three sects were avoiding a hidden danger.
• Chu Sheng asked who among the entrants was weakest, and Lin Yue volunteered.
• Chu Sheng told Lin Yue to hand over his Kunyu Token because the weak had no right to waste a slot.
• Lin Yue offered to give up his token if Chu Sheng showed what he was capable of.

Shen Yuheng warned the Minghuang Manor attendant that Chu Sheng was too powerful and reckless to survive the secret realm. Chu Sheng cleared the entrance trial and arrived at a new challenge, where he faced a Buddhist Black Bear.

• Shen Yuheng told the Minghuang Manor attendant that Lin Yue was only unconscious and urged the Manor Lord to turn back rather than challenge Chu Sheng.
• Shen Yuheng feared Chu Sheng would provoke powerful True Monarchs in the Ancient Secret Realm and examined the melted marks at the entrance, asking Zheng Yuan what Chu Sheng had been thinking.
• Chu Sheng reached the third checkpoint, heard lewd voices from stones embedded in the wall, and punched them apart.
• Chu Sheng fell through a burst of white light and found himself facing a burly Black Bear in a kasaya, which called him its opponent.

Chu Sheng met Xuan Hei, a peaceful Buddhist monk from the Ziwei Star Domain, and learned that clearing the secret realm’s entrance trials too quickly had sent him straight to a central assessment, skipping the Heavenly Book and trapping him there for three years. The two faced a qualification battle against each other’s realm-adjusted illusions, and Chu Sheng confidently claimed that Xuan Hei could not defeat his illusion.

• Chu Sheng introduced himself to Xuan Hei, learned that Xuan Hei had never killed anyone, and asked him about Sector 13 and the Cangwu Star Domain.
• Chu Sheng realized that the empty Ancient Martial Hall was an assessment point in the secret realm’s central region, not the outskirts where the Heavenly Book was supposed to be.
• Xuan Hei explained that Chu Sheng’s fast trial completion had skipped the outskirts and that they could not return for three years unless someone mastered the secret realm.
• Xuan Hei described the qualification battle, in which each contestant fought an illusion of the other whose realm adjusted to match the challenger.
• Xuan Hei offered to reveal his weaknesses, but Chu Sheng refused and said that he had few weaknesses and that Xuan Hei probably could not defeat his illusion.