Chapter Summaries

Disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, Yang Lingtian defeated the Mahayana Realm cultivators who attacked him and slaughtered most of them as they fled. He decided to remain in the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm and keep luring in enemies unless a Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm expert appeared.

• More than thirty Mahayana Realm experts attacked Yang Lingtian, but his Spiritual Power shield blocked their strikes.
• Yang Lingtian unleashed the sacred sword’s power, killing about half the attackers and heavily injuring others.
• The surviving cultivators fled, and Yang Lingtian pursued them, killing many before five mid-stage Mahayana Realm experts escaped the secret realm.
• Yang Lingtian counted his kills toward his mission and decided to stay in the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm to lure and kill more Mahayana Realm cultivators.

After reports of mounting losses in the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm spread, the three great super forces sent more than a hundred Mahayana Realm experts to eliminate the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable. Yang Lingtian waited for them at Sacred Demon Mountain, while the unnaturally quiet journey made the approaching experts suspect a trap.

• News that True Person Tian Que and dozens of Mahayana Realm experts had fallen in the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm spread panic across the Mòtiān Continent.
• Ancestor Jianming, the Earth Fiend Gate Master, and Master Wunian learned of further deaths and agreed to send late Mahayana Realm ancestors and other experts into the secret realm.
• The three great super forces assembled more than a hundred Mahayana Realm experts, including three Seventh Layer experts, and led them into the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm.
• Yang Lingtian sensed the invading force at Sacred Demon Mountain, judged the threat troublesome, and chose to face them while disguised as the Fifth Layer Mahayana Realm Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.
• The experts sensed Yang Lingtian's aura and hurried toward Sacred Demon Mountain, but found no resistance along the silent route and began to suspect a trap.

Disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, Yang Lingtian confronted more than a hundred Mahayana Realm experts at Sacred Demon Mountain and showed combat power approaching the Eighth Layer. The attackers eventually forced him onto the defensive, but he intended to outlast them with energy supplied by the Chaos Bead.

• Yang Lingtian waited at Sacred Demon Mountain and told Ancestor Jianming that the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm belonged to him.
• Ancestor Jianming ordered the Mahayana Realm experts to attack, and Yang Lingtian’s sword strike shattered their opening barrage before the three Seventh Layer ancestors stopped it.
• Yang Lingtian attacked the three ancestors with Sword Qi, forced them back, then gravely wounded a Sixth Layer Mahayana Realm expert.
• The Mahayana Realm experts unleashed their full strength and pushed Yang Lingtian into a defensive disadvantage.
• Yang Lingtian stayed calm because the Chaos Bead continuously supplied his energy for the war of attrition.

Yang Lingtian, disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, withstood an extended siege by more than a hundred Mahayana Realm experts. After the attackers fled in defeat, Ancestor Jianming and a handful of powerful fighters remained to face him, though Jianming still insisted Yang Lingtian must be exhausted.

• Ancestor Jianming blamed Sacred Demon Mountain for Yang Lingtian's seemingly inexhaustible Spiritual Power and destroyed the mountain, but Yang Lingtian's strength remained unaffected.
• Yang Lingtian fought on for three more days and nights, killing many of the besiegers while the attackers grew exhausted and lost confidence.
• Ancestor Jianming unleashed his full-strength Heaven and Earth Splitting sword attack, but Yang Lingtian blocked it unharmed.
• Yang Lingtian drove the depleted Mahayana Realm experts into retreat and killed several as they fled, while the three Seventh Layer experts prevented him from pursuing the rest.
• Only the three Late Mahayana Realm experts and several Sixth Layer Mahayana Realm experts remained, and Ancestor Jianming insisted Yang Lingtian must be near exhaustion.

Yang Lingtian outlasted and misled the remaining Mahayana Realm experts before using God's Slash to kill the three Late Mahayana Realm ancestors and their allies. He recovered from the battle and found that only seven more Late Mahayana Realm experts stood between him and completing the system mission.

• Yang Lingtian kept fighting the three ancestors and their allies, hiding how quickly his injuries could heal while they believed his strength was fading.
• Ancestor Jianming urged the experts to unleash their strongest attacks, but Yang Lingtian countered with Azure Vault Sword Art and struck down several Sixth Layer Mahayana Realm experts.
• Yang Lingtian used the Divine Tier Martial Skill God's Slash, piercing through Ancestor Jianming and the other two Late Mahayana Realm experts and destroying them.
• Yang Lingtian recovered his Spiritual Power and injuries, noting that he had killed more than a hundred Mahayana Realm Alien Race experts.
• Yang Lingtian realized he had completed the mission to kill early-stage and mid-stage experts and needed to kill seven more Late Mahayana Realm experts to finish the remaining mission.

Yang Lingtian left the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm undetected, hoping to target Late Mahayana Realm experts from the three supreme forces. Their ancestors searched the realm for the disguised Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, then announced that he had escaped, while Yang Lingtian stayed hidden and began planning his next move.

• Yang Lingtian decided to leave the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm because the three supreme forces could send Eighth Layer Mahayana Realm experts after him.
• The three supreme forces dispatched three Eighth Layer and six Seventh Layer Mahayana Realm experts to hunt the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Yang Lingtian used the Chaos Bead to leave the realm unseen and mingled with the experts gathered outside.
• The three Eighth Layer Mahayana Realm ancestors entered the secret realm and searched for more than half a day but found no trace of him.
• The ancestors concluded that the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable had escaped and announced it to Mòtiān Continent.
• Yang Lingtian resolved to investigate the three supreme forces before targeting their Late Mahayana Realm experts.

Yang Lingtian disguised himself as a Seventh Layer Integration Realm cultivator and entered the Heavenly Sword Sect’s disciple selection to attract the attention of its ancestors and get close enough to assassinate two of them. He advanced to the finals and defeated Ninth Layer Integration Realm cultivator Wang Han with ease, but Wang Han refused to accept defeat.

• Yang Lingtian chose to infiltrate the Heavenly Sword Sect’s ten-thousand-year recruitment ceremony and disguise himself as a Seventh Layer Integration Realm cultivator.
• Yang Lingtian defeated his opponents in the preliminary rounds and entered the Integration Realm finals undefeated, drawing the elders’ attention.
• Yang Lingtian faced Wang Han, a Ninth Layer Integration Realm cultivator, and evaded his sword strike before knocking him down with one palm.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect elders praised Yang Lingtian’s strength, while Wang Han erupted with a violent aura and refused to admit defeat.

Yang Lingtian defeated Wang Han and advanced undefeated to the final, where he faced the Ninth Layer Integration Realm expert Wu Xuan. After surprising Wu Xuan with an early counterattack, Yang Lingtian fought him as Wu Xuan unleashed his full strength, and their battle continued at a level comparable to First-level Mahayana experts.

• Yang Lingtian crushed Wang Han's Top-grade Sacred Tier Martial Skill with a sword strike, winning the first final match.
• Yang Lingtian won the second match and reached the final battle undefeated.
• Yang Lingtian dodged Wu Xuan's opening punch and sent him crashing to the ground with a counterattack.
• Wu Xuan revealed more than fifty kinds of peak Integration Realm Heaven and Earth Profound Meaning, drew his Top-grade Sacred Sword, and charged Yang Lingtian with his full strength.
• Yang Lingtian traded several sword strikes with Wu Xuan as their clash reached the level of a battle between First-level Mahayana experts.

Yang Lingtian defeated Wu Xuan and took first place in the Heavenly Sword Sect's Integration Realm selection, despite being only at the Seventh Layer Integration Realm. Ancestor Jianlong chose him as a personal disciple, and a Mahayana Realm elder went to deliver the news.

• Yang Lingtian overcame Wu Xuan's fierce attacks and grievously wounded him with a rapid sword strike.
• Wu Xuan admitted defeat, making Yang Lingtian the first-place winner of the selection tournament.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect's ancestors heard of Yang Lingtian's strength, and Ancestor Jianlong decided to take him as his personal disciple.
• Ancestor Jianlong ordered an investigation into Yang Lingtian's background and planned to meet him.
• A Mahayana Realm elder received Ancestor Jianlong's message and approached Yang Lingtian with respect.

Yang Lingtian accepted Ancestor Jianlong’s offer to become his personal disciple while secretly planning to kill him. At the Heavenly Sword Sect’s sacred ground, Yang Lingtian feigned a breakthrough after touching the founding patriarch’s Sword Intent stele, and Ancestor Jianlong prepared to teach him the Heavenly Sword Technique.

• Yang Lingtian accepted Ancestor Jianlong’s offer to take him as a personal disciple, intending to get close enough to kill him.
• A Mahayana Realm elder relayed Ancestor Jianlong’s message, and Yang Lingtian went to meet him at the rear mountain.
• Ancestor Jianlong brought Yang Lingtian to the sacred ground and showed him the Sword Intent steles left by the sect’s ancestors.
• Yang Lingtian touched the founding patriarch’s stele and pretended to comprehend the Sword’s Profound Meaning, displaying power at the Eighth Layer Integration Realm.
• Ancestor Jianlong praised Yang Lingtian’s apparent breakthrough and decided to teach him the Heavenly Sword Technique.

Yang Lingtian ambushed and killed Ancestor Jianming while Ancestor Jianlong was transmitting the Heavenly Sword Secret Art. When Ancestor Tianyun and Ancestor Fenglei arrived to investigate the disturbance, Yang Lingtian kept his disguise and denied knowing what had happened.

• Ancestor Jianlong transmitted the Heavenly Sword Secret Art to Yang Lingtian, who used the opportunity to strike him with a sword attack of Late Mahayana Realm power.
• Yang Lingtian wounded Ancestor Jianming and then killed him with a second strike, destroying his Primordial Spirit and erasing his body.
• Ancestor Tianyun and Ancestor Fenglei sensed the disturbance and realized that Ancestor Jianlong's aura had disappeared.
• Yang Lingtian disguised himself as a Seventh Layer Integration Realm cultivator and pretended to be comprehending the stone stele when the two ancestors arrived.
• Yang Lingtian told Ancestor Tianyun and Ancestor Fenglei that he knew nothing about the disturbance or Ancestor Jianlong's disappearance, and they let him remain in the sacred land.

Yang Lingtian planned to stay hidden in the Heavenly Sword Sect until he could assassinate Ancestor Fenglei, but Liang Shan challenged him to a duel. After a fierce battle, Yang Lingtian found an opening and wounded Liang Shan, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Yang Lingtian decided against attacking Ancestor Tianyun and planned to wait for a chance to kill Ancestor Fenglei.
• After hiding for three days, Yang Lingtian emerged as the Heavenly Sword Sect searched for the missing Ancestor Jianlong.
• Liang Shan, the sect's chief Core Disciple, challenged Yang Lingtian to test the rumors about his strength, and Yang Lingtian accepted.
• Yang Lingtian and Liang Shan fought on the sparring plaza as gathered disciples watched and debated their chances.
• After nearly an hour, Yang Lingtian struck Liang Shan's Spiritual Power shield with a fast Sword Qi attack, and a sliver of it cut Liang Shan's skin.

Yang Lingtian defeated Liang Shan in a sect duel, then visited Ancestor Fenglei under the pretense of asking about Ancestor Jianlong and launched a surprise attack. The chapter ended with Yang Lingtian’s sword piercing Ancestor Fenglei as the wounded ancestor demanded to know who he really was.

• Yang Lingtian overwhelmed Liang Shan with a powerful sword strike, and Liang Shan conceded defeat.
• Ancestor Fenglei watched the duel and wondered where Ancestor Jianlong had gone.
• Yang Lingtian decided to visit Ancestor Fenglei and kill him when his guard was down.
• Yang Lingtian entered Ancestor Fenglei’s secluded residence and asked where Ancestor Jianlong was.
• Yang Lingtian suddenly attacked Ancestor Fenglei with his full strength, pierced his body, and left him crying out, “Who exactly are you?”

Yang Lingtian killed Ancestor Fenglei, then faced Ancestor Tianyun after the Heavenly Sword Sect activated its protective formation. Disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, he fought Tianyun, but their clash left Yang Lingtian driven backward by the force of their sword arts.

• Yang Lingtian ignored Ancestor Fenglei's question, attacked him, and killed him after Fenglei sent Ancestor Tianyun a plea for help.
• Ancestor Tianyun witnessed Fenglei's death, erupted from his secret chamber, and flew to confront Yang Lingtian as the sect's disciples and elders rushed toward the scene.
• Yang Lingtian tried to flee, but the Heavenly Sword Sect's protective formation sealed the sect, and Ancestor Tianyun confronted him.
• Yang Lingtian used the Chaos Bead to disguise his aura as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, and he and Ancestor Tianyun began fighting with Top-grade Sacred weapons.
• Yang Lingtian and Ancestor Tianyun exchanged sword strikes and unleashed their respective martial skills; their clash shattered nearby mountain peaks and forced Yang Lingtian backward.

Yang Lingtian fought Ancestor Tianyun, the Eighth Layer Mahayana Realm leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and endured his attacks with the Chaos Dao Divine Art and Chaos Dao Body. Ancestor Tianyun unleashed his strongest sword technique, pierced Yang Lingtian’s Spiritual Power shield, and struck his body.

• Ancestor Tianyun trapped Yang Lingtian in the Skycloud Sword Formation, but Yang Lingtian resisted for hours without exhausting his Spiritual Power.
• Ancestor Tianyun dismissed the formation and used a secret technique to launch a powerful sword strike; Yang Lingtian countered with the Azure Vault Sword Art but was knocked back and injured.
• Yang Lingtian recovered enough to keep fighting, and the two resumed their battle as the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples and elders watched.
• Ancestor Tianyun declared he would reveal his true strength and unleashed Heavenly Cloud Sword Art—One Sword Breaks Heaven.
• Yang Lingtian’s full-strength defense was crushed, and Ancestor Tianyun’s sword of light pierced into his body.

Yang Lingtian wounded Ancestor Tianyun with God's Slash, then gradually gained the upper hand as their prolonged battle drained Ancestor Tianyun's strength. After Ancestor Tianyun ordered the Heavenly Sword Sect's experts to attack Yang Lingtian, Yang Lingtian teleported beside him and unleashed another God's Slash, leaving Ancestor Tianyun horrified.

• Yang Lingtian used God's Slash against Ancestor Tianyun's One Sword Breaks Heaven, and their collision injured them both, though Ancestor Tianyun suffered more.
• Yang Lingtian and Ancestor Tianyun fought for more than half a day, and Yang Lingtian's recovery let him gain the upper hand as Ancestor Tianyun weakened.
• Ancestor Tianyun ordered the Heavenly Sword Sect's elders and Mahayana Realm experts to attack Yang Lingtian from afar.
• Yang Lingtian dodged or destroyed the incoming attacks while continuing to fight Ancestor Tianyun, but the interference eased the pressure on his opponent.
• Yang Lingtian teleported in front of Ancestor Tianyun and unleashed God's Slash, startling him with its power.

Yang Lingtian fought Ancestor Tianyun and the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Mahayana experts, surviving their combined attacks until Ancestor Tianyun’s blood-burning forbidden technique began to fade. As Ancestor Tianyun neared his limit, Yang Lingtian unleashed God's Slash to finish him.

• Yang Lingtian cracked Ancestor Tianyun’s defensive sacred artifact and heavily wounded him, then fought off the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Mahayana experts and killed several of them.
• Ancestor Tianyun ordered the sect’s experts to attack Yang Lingtian, but Yang Lingtian broke their combined beam and slaughtered more fighters.
• Ancestor Tianyun burned his blood essence and used a forbidden technique to raise his cultivation to the Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm, then attacked Yang Lingtian alongside the remaining experts.
• Yang Lingtian endured an hour of fierce combat, relying on the Chaos Dao Body to regenerate while Ancestor Tianyun’s forbidden technique weakened.
• Yang Lingtian sensed Ancestor Tianyun nearing his limit and unleashed the Divine Tier Martial Skill God's Slash.

Yang Lingtian killed Ancestor Tianyun and destroyed the Heavenly Sword Sect’s defensive array, then left to recover instead of attacking the remaining disciples. News of the sect’s defeat spread across the Mòtiān Continent, prompting the Earth Fiend Gate’s leaders to gather and discuss how to face him.

• Yang Lingtian shattered Ancestor Tianyun’s sword array, struck him down, and severed his head, dispersing his Primordial Spirit.
• Yang Lingtian survived the other Mahayana cultivators’ attacks, broke the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Defensive Array, and left without killing the remaining disciples.
• Yang Lingtian hid in a secluded valley, sealed a cave, and began recovering from his severe internal injuries.
• News that Yang Lingtian had killed three Late Mahayana ancestors at the Heavenly Sword Sect spread across the Mòtiān Continent, alarming the Earth Fiend Gate and the Mysterious Sound Temple.
• The Earth Fiend Gate’s leaders, including Ancestor Shatian, gathered to discuss the threat posed by Yang Lingtian.

The Earth Fiend Gate and Mysterious Sound Temple prepared for the Heaven Dragon Demon Venerable after his attack on the Heavenly Sword Sect. Once his injuries healed, Yang Lingtian decided to remain on the Mòtiān Continent and began investigating the Earth Fiend Gate, but someone called out to him as he approached Hanlin City.

• Earth Fiend Gate leaders debated the Heaven Dragon Demon Venerable, and Ancestor Shatian urged them to strengthen defenses and search for him rather than attempt an assassination.
• Ancestor Xuanling warned the Mysterious Sound Temple that the Heaven Dragon Demon Venerable might infiltrate by disguising himself as a disciple, so the temple increased patrols and activated its formations.
• Yang Lingtian recovered fully and considered hunting four more Late Mahayana Realm powerhouses to complete his mission.
• Yang Lingtian chose to stay on the Mòtiān Continent, reasoning that its lack of Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm powerhouses made it less dangerous than other continents.
• Yang Lingtian disguised himself as a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and reached Hanlin City to gather information about the Earth Fiend Gate, where someone called out to him at the city gates.

Yang Lingtian entered Hanlin City after using the Chaos Bead to fool a cultivation-testing treasure, then went to a restaurant to gather information about the Earth Fiend Gate. He learned the sect was recruiting powerful cultivators to form an ancient grand formation against the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, just as several peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivators arrived.

• Yang Lingtian let the city guards test his cultivation, and the Chaos Bead made their golden bead identify him as a first-level Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
• The Deity Transformation Realm guard accepted the result and allowed Yang Lingtian to enter Hanlin City.
• Yang Lingtian went to the city's largest restaurant and listened for information about the Earth Fiend Gate.
• Drinkers said the Earth Fiend Gate was recruiting ten thousand Deity Transformation Realm, one thousand Integration Realm, and one hundred Mahayana Realm experts to establish an ancient grand formation against the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Several cultivators with the aura of peak Nascent Soul Realm experts entered the restaurant as Yang Lingtian listened.