Chapter Summaries

Yang Lingtian studied Sky Wolf Star's history in the Yan Family's Scripture Pavilion while Old Ancestor Yan Kang began refining the fifty thousand Source Life Pills. Meanwhile, the Mo Family searched for its stolen Black Iron Key and suspected the Yan Family, while the mysterious power behind the Red-robed Old Monster watched from the shadows.

• Yang Lingtian used his high-grade token to consult ancient texts in the Yan Family's Scripture Pavilion.
• The Yan Family Patriarch delivered fifty thousand eighth-grade Source Life Pills to Old Ancestor Yan Kang, who entered seclusion to heal his injuries.
• The Mo Family's old ancestor learned that the Black Iron Key had been stolen and ordered an investigation, including efforts to sound out the Yan Family.
• The Yan Family Patriarch ordered his people to investigate the key's whereabouts and prepare for a possible clash with the Mo Family.
• A mysterious power whose member was the Red-robed Old Monster gathered in a mountain palace under the leadership of a middle-aged man in black robes.

Ying Lie ordered the Heavenly Eagle Sect to investigate the Red-robed Old Monster’s death and the missing Black Iron Key as the region’s forces began searching for it. After learning about the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm, Yang Lingtian decided to leave the Yan Family, reveal his strength, and enter the realm as a Rogue Cultivator; the Yan Family Patriarch tried to persuade him to stay.

• Ying Lie ordered his subordinates to find the Red-robed Old Monster’s killer, locate the Black Iron Key, and determine whether the Heavenly Eagle Sect had been exposed.
• Ying Lie entered secluded cultivation while news of the missing Black Iron Key stirred interest among regional forces and Rogue Cultivators.
• Yang Lingtian finished reading the Yan Family’s ancient texts and learned about the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm and its four Black Iron Keys.
• Yang Lingtian decided to leave the Yan Family, announce that he possessed the key, and display Integration Realm strength so he could enter the secret realm on equal footing with the other Great Powers.
• Yang Lingtian summoned the Yan Family Patriarch to say goodbye, and the Patriarch tried to persuade him to stay.

After leaving the Yan Family, Yang Lingtian used the Black Iron Key to lure powerful cultivators to his cave dwelling and established his strength by defeating those who tried to take it. He wounded an Integration Realm expert and let him escape to spread word, hoping to attract even stronger opponents.

• Yang Lingtian delivered ten thousand Source Life Pills to the Yan Family Patriarch and left the Yan Family.
• Yang Lingtian spread news that he held the Black Iron Key and killed several cultivators who came to seize it, leaving one witness to tell others.
• Yang Lingtian defeated a ninth-layer Deity Transformation Realm expert with one palm, and two eighth-layer experts fled and spread word of his strength.
• Yang Lingtian suppressed and killed later Deity Transformation Realm challengers until most gave up pursuing the key.
• A first-layer Integration Realm expert demanded the Black Iron Key, but Yang Lingtian used Space Profound Meaning to wound him and let him escape.

After learning that Yang Lingtian held the Black Iron Key and had Integration Realm battle prowess, the major factions prepared to confront him or wait for an opportunity. As their experts gathered around the Black Domain Mountain Range, Yang Lingtian sensed them watching from concealment and welcomed the growing commotion.

• The Mo Family decided to reclaim the Black Iron Key, sending Mo Yun to test Yang Lingtian while Ancestors Mo Long and Mo Tian prepared to intervene.
• The Yan Family wondered whether Yang Lingtian was the same person as their former eighth-tier alchemist, Master Yang, and Old Ancestor Yan Kang chose to watch events unfold in person.
• The other great powers and rogue cultivators headed toward the Black Domain Mountain Range as Integration Realm experts hid nearby.
• Ying Lie ordered the Heavenly Eagle Sect to gather its Deity Transformation Realm disciples and wait for the other factions to weaken before seizing the key.
• Yang Lingtian sensed the concealed experts around the mountain range and smiled as the gathering grew livelier.

The Mo Family’s Ancestors watched as Mo Yun confronted Yang Lingtian over the Black Iron Key. Yang Lingtian easily defeated Mo Yun, leaving the hidden experts—including Ancestor Mo Long and Mo Tian—reassessing his strength.

• Mo Long and Mo Tian discussed the powerful experts gathered nearby and worried that the Yan Family or Heavenly Eagle Sect might interfere with the Mo Family’s attempt to reclaim the Black Iron Key.
• Mo Long told Mo Tian to wait and preserve his strength while Mo Yun tested Yang Lingtian.
• Mo Yun demanded that Yang Lingtian return the Black Iron Key, but Yang Lingtian refused and challenged the Mo Family to take it by force.
• Mo Yun attacked Yang Lingtian with a powerful sword skill, but Yang Lingtian dodged and struck him down with a single sword ray.
• Mo Long and Mo Tian concluded that Yang Lingtian’s strength rivaled the Integration Realm and likely surpassed an ordinary First Layer Integration Realm expert.

Yang Lingtian fought Ancestor Mo Long while pretending to use his full strength, then withstood attacks from over a hundred Mo Family Deity Transformation Realm experts. After an hour, Mo Long realized Yang Lingtian’s Spiritual Power showed no sign of running out, while his own reserves were greatly depleted.

• Ancestor Mo Long interrupted Yang Lingtian’s attempt to kill the wounded Mo Yun and challenged him over the Mo Family’s Black Iron Key.
• Yang Lingtian and Ancestor Mo Long fought as their attacks shattered the cave dwelling and carried them into the sky.
• Ancestor Mo Long used a High-grade Sacred Artifact and called over a hundred Mo Family Deity Transformation Realm experts to attack Yang Lingtian.
• Yang Lingtian blocked the experts’ combined attacks with a Spiritual Power shield and continued fighting Mo Long.
• After an hour, Ancestor Mo Long grew anxious as Yang Lingtian remained at peak strength while his own Spiritual Power dwindled.

Yang Lingtian defeated Ancestor Mo Long and drove the hidden experts away from the Black Iron Key, but Ying Lie sent four Heavenly Eagle Sect Integration Realm experts to ambush him. Yang Lingtian overwhelmed the four, who feared he might be a Fifth Layer Integration Realm expert.

• Ancestor Mo Long used the Heavenly Dragon Secret Technique against Yang Lingtian, but Yang Lingtian outlasted him and killed him when the technique ended.
• The Mo Family cultivators fled, while Ancestor Mo Tian stayed hidden and Ying Lie waited for a chance to seize the Black Iron Key.
• Yang Lingtian challenged the hidden experts and began to leave after no one else dared to confront him.
• Ying Lie ordered four Third Layer Integration Realm experts of the Heavenly Eagle Sect to attack Yang Lingtian, while he remained concealed.
• Yang Lingtian suppressed the four attackers, leaving them shocked by his strength and wondering if he was a Fifth Layer Integration Realm expert.

Yang Lingtian overwhelmed Ying Lie and the Heavenly Eagle Sect’s forces to demonstrate his strength and secure a place among the powers seeking entry to the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm. As Ying Lie struggled to stop him, he called on the hidden powers to join forces against Yang Lingtian.

• Ying Lie joined four Integration Realm experts in attacking Yang Lingtian, but Yang Lingtian suppressed all five.
• Ying Lie summoned more than a thousand Heavenly Eagle Divine Guard cultivators, whose combined attacks failed to harm Yang Lingtian.
• Ying Lie summoned the Heavenly Eagle Sect’s Golden Divine Eagle, but Yang Lingtian destroyed its phantom with a single sword strike.
• Yang Lingtian used his Movement Technique to strike the Integration Realm experts and drive back the Heavenly Eagle Divine Guard.
• Ancestor Mo Tian gave up opposing Yang Lingtian and began considering how to ask him for a chance to enter the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm.
• Ying Lie called on the powers hiding nearby to join forces and kill Yang Lingtian before competing for the Black Iron Key.

Ying Lie led more than a dozen Integration Realm cultivators and over a thousand Deity Transformation Realm powerhouses in an assault on Yang Lingtian for the Black Iron Key, but Yang Lingtian effortlessly repelled them. Ying Lie then ordered the Heavenly Eagle Guards to form the Myriad Transformation Divine Array and unleashed a combined strike powerful enough to approach the Seventh Layer Integration Realm, which Yang Lingtian faced without concern.

• Ying Lie and the other hidden powerhouses attacked Yang Lingtian to seize the Black Iron Key.
• Yang Lingtian blocked the attackers’ techniques with his sword and shattered the Fifth Layer Integration Realm powerhouse’s strongest axe strike.
• Ying Lie urged the attackers to continue, but Yang Lingtian remained unharmed and cut a Third Layer Integration Realm cultivator in two.
• Ying Lie ordered more than a thousand Heavenly Eagle Guards to form the Myriad Transformation Divine Array.
• Ying Lie absorbed the array’s power and fired a combined attack at Yang Lingtian, who judged the strike insignificant.

Yang Lingtian destroyed the Myriad Transformation Divine Array, killed Ying Lie, and deterred the remaining cultivators. He refused Mo Tian’s request to enter the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm, then agreed with the Yan, Shangguan, and Lan families to set out for the realm in three days.

• Yang Lingtian shattered the Myriad Transformation Divine Array, forcing Ying Lie and the other cultivators to flee.
• Yang Lingtian pursued and killed Ying Lie, while Mo Yun watched from hiding and felt relieved he had not joined the attack.
• Ancestor Yan Kang and the Yan Family Patriarch recognized Yang Lingtian and greeted him, and Mo Tian approached to request entry to the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm.
• Yang Lingtian rejected Mo Tian’s request, and Mo Tian departed after the ancestors of the Shangguan and Lan families arrived.
• Yang Lingtian and the three great families agreed to enter the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm in three days; Yang Lingtian went to Yan City to rest while the families prepared.

Yang Lingtian and the three family ancestors entered the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm, where he sensed a hidden powerhouse in the depths. The awakened Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable planned to devour the cultivators in the realm to recover his strength.

• Yang Lingtian met the three family ancestors, and they used their four Black Iron Keys to open a passage into the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm.
• Yang Lingtian parted ways with the ancestors and spread his divine sense across the secret realm as Old Ancestor Yan Kang gathered the Yan Family disciples.
• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable awakened in a mountain range shrouded in black qi, and his Integration Realm subordinates reported that ten thousand years had passed.
• Yang Lingtian sensed the hidden presence and identified it as a Mahayana Realm powerhouse, though he could not determine its exact realm.
• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable learned that cultivators from the three great families had entered and decided to devour them to restore some of his cultivation.

Yang Lingtian discovered that the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm was a Devil Race stronghold and learned that the injured Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable lay within. He disguised himself as a Devil Race member and headed to capture Old Ancestor Lan’s group so he could enter the stronghold and assess the Demon Venerable.

• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable ordered his Integration Realm subordinates to capture people inside the secret realm while he continued recovering.
• Yang Lingtian reached the mountain range’s barrier, saw several Devil Race members leave, and followed the strongest one.
• Yang Lingtian ambushed the Sixth Layer Integration Realm Devil Race member and used the Soul Searching Technique to learn about the stronghold and its Mahayana Realm ruler, the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Yang Lingtian chose not to rescue the people from the three major forces and disguised himself as the Devil Race member he had incapacitated.
• Yang Lingtian headed toward Old Ancestor Lan, who was exploring a cave abode with his clansmen and sensing many treasures.

Old Ancestor Lan explored a cavern abode and found a restricted black stone box that seemed to contain a roaring monster or treasure. Yang Lingtian appeared in his Devil Race disguise, defeated and captured Lan, then looked back toward the cavern.

• Old Ancestor Lan sensed the lingering Devil Race aura and entered the cavern abode alone to investigate.
• Lan found a black stone box radiating Demonic Qi, but its restriction blasted him away when he touched it, so he retreated without opening it.
• Yang Lingtian appeared before Lan disguised as a powerful Devil Race member and revealed that the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm had once belonged to his race.
• Lan tried to flee, but Yang Lingtian struck him down and collected him into the sacred artifact's space.
• Yang Lingtian gazed back at the cavern he had just emerged from.

Yang Lingtian opened a sealed box and absorbed purified Primordial Spirit power, raising his Primordial Spirit to the level of the Eighth Layer Mahayana Realm. He then entered Sacred Demon Mountain disguised as a Devil Race cultivator and presented the captured Lan family to the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.

• Yang Lingtian broke the box's restriction and released a roaring shadow formed from the resentful souls of powerful Devil Race cultivators.
• The Chaos Bead's Artifact Spirit purified the shadow into Primordial Spirit power, and Yang Lingtian absorbed its power, memories, and insights.
• Yang Lingtian fully refined the power, advancing his Primordial Spirit from the equivalent of the Seventh Layer Mahayana Realm to the Eighth Layer.
• Yang Lingtian searched the cavern, took the Lan family disciples into the Space Sacred Artifact, and traveled to Sacred Demon Mountain.
• Yang Lingtian passed through the mountain's barrier with a Devil Race token and escorted Old Ancestor Lan and the disciples to meet the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Yang Lingtian reported that his mission was complete and brought out the chained Lan family, whose Deity Transformation Realm cultivators wondered where they were.

Yang Lingtian ambushed and killed the injured Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable while he devoured more than a hundred Deity Transformation Realm cultivators. He disguised himself as the Demon Venerable and prepared to use the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm to lure in more Mahayana Realm experts for his mission.

• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable began devouring Old Ancestor Lan and the other cultivators while Yang Lingtian watched for an opening.
• Yang Lingtian attacked the distracted Demon Venerable and struck him with his sacred sword.
• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable tried to defend himself, but Yang Lingtian broke through his demonic armor and killed him.
• Yang Lingtian planned to use the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm to lure Mahayana Realm experts and disguised himself as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Yang Lingtian cleaned and restored the main hall before the Demon Venerable's Integration Realm subordinates returned.

Yang Lingtian released the captured Yan and Mo Family members so news of the Devil Race would draw cultivators into the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm for him to devour. As the rumor spread and powers considered how to reenter the realm, it reached Azure Heaven Pavilion, a major power led by a Mahayana Realm Supreme with old grievances against the Devil Race.

• Yang Lingtian ordered his subordinates to release the captives, intending to attract more cultivators into the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm.
• The released Yan Family members spread news of the Devil Race, while the Mo Family debated whether the report was true and how to enter the realm again.
• The Mo Family Old Ancestor explained that the Black Iron Keys had been scattered and that forcing open the secret realm required peak Integration Realm strength.
• The Yan Family Patriarch said the family had publicized the danger so other powers would investigate and help confront the Devil Race.
• Old Ancestor Yan Kang, recovering from his injuries, worried that the Lan Family and Master Yang had met with misfortune and hoped the rumor would reach late-stage Integration Realm experts.
• News of the Devil Race reached Azure Heaven Pavilion, a powerful force whose Mahayana Realm Supreme had past grievances with the Devil Race.

Experts from several factions gathered at the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm after rumors of Devil Race activity spread, but no one could open its entrance. The gathering awaited stronger cultivators, and an Eighth Layer Integration Realm old man arrived as the white-robed expert recovered.

• Old Ancestor Qing Ming ordered the Azure Heaven Pavilion to investigate reports of the Devil Race in the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm.
• Experts from various factions gathered at the secret realm entrance and discussed the four Black Iron Keys and the rumors.
• A white-robed Seventh Layer Integration Realm expert struck the entrance twice, but his attacks failed to break its barrier.
• The white-robed man withdrew to recover while the gathered experts waited for a stronger cultivator to arrive.
• An old man in black robes with Eighth Layer Integration Realm cultivation arrived and fixed his gaze on the secret realm entrance.

Experts gathered at the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm entrance struggled to open it, and a woman in blue failed to break through with a Heavenly Dragon scale. Old Ancestor Yan Kang warned that powerful Devils inside the realm had deliberately let him escape and that a Mahayana Realm expert might be needed to stop them.

• An old man struck the secret-realm entrance with his High-grade Sacred Sword, but his attack only created a ripple.
• A woman in blue explained that the entrance could be opened with Heavenly Dragon Clan bloodline power and revealed a scale containing traces of it.
• The woman in blue empowered the scale and made the entrance tremble, but its bloodline power proved too weak to open it.
• More than ten thousand experts gathered outside the entrance, while the Four Great Powers’ ancestors watched from afar.
• The Yan Family Patriarch asked Old Ancestor Yan Kang about the Devils inside, and Yan Kang said they had deliberately let him escape and might require a Mahayana Realm expert to defeat.

The Yan and Shangguan Families’ report of a Devil Race presence in the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm remained disputed as the gathered forces waited to investigate. Black Fiend True Person attacked the entrance and finally broke its restriction, opening a crack.

• Old Ancestor Yan Kang and the Yan Family Patriarch speculated that the Devil Race had released people from two families to make their warning credible, and wondered whether Yang Lingtian was still alive.
• The Lan Family and Mo Family doubted the Yan and Shangguan Families’ report, while the gathered forces waited for the secret realm entrance to open so they could investigate.
• Black Fiend True Person arrived at the entrance, and onlookers recognized him as a Ninth Layer Integration Realm expert from the Black Nether Sect.
• Black Fiend True Person’s first palm strike and subsequent sword attacks failed to damage the entrance.
• Black Fiend True Person unleashed a high-grade martial technique and struck the entrance with a gigantic sword ray, breaking its restriction and creating a crack.

Yang Lingtian sent the Devil Race to devour cultivators entering the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm while he waited for Mahayana experts. Black Fiend True Person tracked signs of the Devil Race to a dark cave, where a shadow attacked him.

• Yang Lingtian summoned his Devil Race subordinates and ordered them to devour cultivators below the Mahayana Realm.
• Ancestors of the Four Great Powers discussed the Devil Race’s presence, but Ancestor Mo Long chose to wait outside the secret realm.
• Devil Race experts devoured several teams of Nascent Soul Realm and Deity Transformation Realm cultivators.
• Black Fiend True Person found the victims’ husks, sensed a faint Devil Race aura, and followed it to a cave.
• A black shadow rushed at Black Fiend True Person inside the cave, and he dodged its first attack before it charged again.