Chapter Summaries

Yang Lingtian faced down four ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivators who tried to seize his restaurant table, then headed to the City Lord's Mansion after they invoked the Earth Fiend Gate's rules. He arrived and sensed two Integration Realm experts inside discussing a possible breakthrough point.

• Four ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivators demanded that Yang Lingtian give up his table, but he refused and ignored their pressure.
• The burly cultivator attacked Yang Lingtian, who blocked the punch with chopsticks and sent him crashing to the floor.
• The man in azure robes accused Yang Lingtian of concealing his cultivation in violation of rules near the Earth Fiend Gate, and Yang Lingtian rejected the accusation and its authority.
• Yang Lingtian used Space-time Profound Meaning to travel to the City Lord's Mansion in Hanlin City.
• Yang Lingtian sensed two Integration Realm experts inside the mansion discussing a breakthrough point.

Yang Lingtian seized City Lord Li Ren’s identity and token to infiltrate the Earth Fiend Gate as a guest elder, intending to assassinate its Late Mahayana Realm ancestor. He passed the sect’s checkpoints and reached the plaza where cultivators gathered to apply.

• Yang Lingtian overheard Zhao Lei explain that the Earth Fiend Gate was recruiting guest elders and investigating their identities to guard against Devil Race infiltrators.
• Yang Lingtian subdued City Lord Li Ren, searched his memories, took his belongings and token, and killed him.
• Yang Lingtian used the Chaos Bead to disguise himself and his aura as Li Ren, then traveled toward the Earth Fiend Gate.
• Yang Lingtian presented Li Ren’s token at several checkpoints, passed their inspections, and entered the sect’s headquarters.
• Yang Lingtian followed Li Ren’s memories to the guest elder recruitment plaza, where more than a thousand cultivators had gathered.

Yang Lingtian registered as an Earth Fiend Gate guest elder and joined more than ten thousand cultivators to form the Heaven Punishing Grand Formation. The formation began gathering their power, and a seventh-layer Mahayana Realm ancestor descended to its core.

• Yang Lingtian passed the cultivation inspection, registered as a guest elder, and received a secluded courtyard residence.
• Three days later, Yang Lingtian joined over ten thousand newly recruited guest elders at a plaza gathering.
• An old man explained that the Heaven Punishing Grand Formation used 11,100 Array Cores and could unleash power comparable to the ninth layer of the Mahayana Realm.
• Yang Lingtian and the other cultivators took their positions, and the Heaven Punishing Grand Formation began to operate.
• A seventh-layer Mahayana Realm ancestor of the Earth Fiend Gate descended to guard the formation's core.

Yang Lingtian watched the Earth Fiend Gate demonstrate the Heaven Punishing Grand Formation and concluded he needed to disable it before making his move. He secretly poisoned the guest elders with disguised spirit elixirs, and after three days passed, he prepared to assassinate the Late Mahayana Realm ancestors.

• Ancestor Qian Lin led a drill that brought the Heaven Punishing Grand Formation’s attack to the level of a Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm strike.
• Yang Lingtian judged that he could not face the formation directly and explored the Earth Fiend Gate while seeking a way to neutralize its power.
• Yang Lingtian refined slow-acting poisonous spirit elixirs and disguised himself as a disciple to deliver them to more than eleven thousand guest elders.
• Yang Lingtian confirmed that the guest elders had consumed the elixirs, which would seal their cultivation after three days.
• After three days passed without raising suspicion, Yang Lingtian prepared to assassinate the Late Mahayana Realm ancestors.

Yang Lingtian infiltrated Ancestor Qian Lin’s forbidden cultivation grounds and killed him in a surprise attack. The Earth Fiend Gate’s remaining powerful ancestors rushed to investigate, but found the formations intact and the attacker gone.

• Yang Lingtian used his array mastery and Space-time Profound Meaning to sneak through the formations into Ancestor Qian Lin’s cultivation grounds.
• Yang Lingtian struck Ancestor Qian Lin by surprise, grievously wounding him and then killing him with a second sword strike.
• Yang Lingtian hid inside the Chaos Bead as the Earth Fiend Gate’s experts sensed the battle and investigated.
• Ancestor Ming Sha and the other Late Mahayana Realm ancestors arrived at the forbidden area and found Ancestor Qian Lin dead, with the formations unharmed.

Yang Lingtian assassinated Ancestor Qian Lin and escaped detection by hiding in the Chaos Bead, while Ancestor Shatian and the Earth Fiend Gate searched for the killer. Realizing the other ancestors were now on guard and time was running out, Yang Lingtian disguised himself as Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable and launched a direct attack on them.

• Ancestor Shatian and two other Seventh Layer Mahayana Realm ancestors found Ancestor Qian Lin dead but could discover no clues to the killer.
• The ancestors suspected Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable and mobilized the Earth Fiend Gate, activating its formations and restrictions.
• Yang Lingtian emerged from the Chaos Bead, returned to his secluded quarters disguised as City Lord Li Ren, and decided to attack before the poisoned guest elders caused a commotion.
• Yang Lingtian disguised himself as Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, equipped himself with a top-grade saint sword and armor, and charged toward Ancestor Shatian's residence.
• Ancestor Shatian and the two other ancestors confronted Yang Lingtian in the sky and demanded to know whether he had assassinated Ancestor Qian Lin.

Yang Lingtian fought Ancestor Shatian and the two other Earth Fiend Gate ancestors, using his techniques and a Divine Tier Martial Skill to overcome the stronger opponent. After two uses of God's Slash, Ancestor Shatian was badly injured and stunned, while the Chaos Bead replenished Yang Lingtian's strength.

• Yang Lingtian announced that he would kill Ancestor Shatian and the other two ancestors, then broke through their combined energy attacks with his Sword Qi.
• Ancestor Shatian sent the other two ancestors back and fought Yang Lingtian, whose Seventh Layer Mahayana Realm cultivation let him contend with Ancestor Shatian's Eighth Layer strength.
• Ancestor Shatian used a black bead that released deadly energy, but Yang Lingtian's Sword Qi cut through it.
• Yang Lingtian unleashed God's Slash, forcing Ancestor Shatian back, then struck again and sent him crashing into a mountain with serious injuries.
• Ancestor Shatian asked what martial skill Yang Lingtian had used as Yang Lingtian grew pale from the effort and the Chaos Bead restored his Spiritual Power.

Yang Lingtian battled the Earth Fiend Gate after Ancestor Shatian discovered its guest elders had been poisoned and could not form the Heaven Punishing Grand Formation. Though more than a hundred Mahayana experts attacked him and the ancestors raised the Myriad Fiends Soul Annihilation Formation, Yang Lingtian broke through their defenses and left Ancestor Shatian and the others badly wounded.

• Ancestor Shatian learned that the guest elders had been poisoned, preventing the Earth Fiend Gate from forming the Heaven Punishing Grand Formation.
• Ancestor Shatian summoned more than one hundred Mahayana experts, who surrounded Yang Lingtian and launched a combined attack that his shields and armor withstood.
• Yang Lingtian struck Ancestor Shatian, repelled the other two late-stage ancestors, and began killing Mahayana experts across the Earth Fiend Gate.
• Ancestor Shatian and the other ancestors formed the Myriad Fiends Soul Annihilation Formation and fired its massive beam at Yang Lingtian.
• Yang Lingtian shattered the beam and destroyed the formation with God's Slash, sending Ancestor Shatian and the other ancestors flying as they vomited blood.

Ancestor Shatian sacrificed the cultivation and lives of the Earth Fiend Gate’s disciples and elders to strengthen himself against Yang Lingtian, who was disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable. As Ancestor Shatian’s power reached the Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm and the Gate’s Confinement Arrays trapped everyone inside, Yang Lingtian prepared to use the Sky-Piercing Divine Sword.

• Ancestor Shatian activated a forbidden technique that drained the cultivation of the Earth Fiend Gate’s disciples and elders, despite another ancestor’s protest.
• Yang Lingtian attacked Ancestor Shatian, and their clash showed that the forbidden technique had raised Ancestor Shatian’s strength close to the Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm.
• Ancestor Shatian overwhelmed Yang Lingtian in a prolonged battle, forcing him to conserve Spiritual Power while enduring injuries.
• Ancestor Shatian activated the forbidden technique again, draining nearly everyone in the Earth Fiend Gate and leaving corpses behind.
• Ancestor Shatian activated the Gate’s Confinement Arrays to prevent anyone from escaping, while Yang Lingtian welcomed the chance to use the Sky-Piercing Divine Sword without restraint.

Yang Lingtian used the Sky-Piercing Divine Sword to kill Ancestor Shatian and destroy the Earth Fiend Gate, then escaped and received his system rewards. He prepared to use the rewards and the Chaos Bead’s accelerated time to improve his cultivation.

• Yang Lingtian summoned the Sky-Piercing Divine Sword and struck Ancestor Shatian and the two Seventh Layer Mahayana Realm patriarchs with its power.
• The sword strike killed Ancestor Shatian and gravely wounded the two patriarchs, while Yang Lingtian’s Spiritual Power and Primordial Spirit were nearly exhausted.
• Yang Lingtian recovered briefly, killed every survivor at the Earth Fiend Gate, erased traces of himself with the Chaos Bead, and left.
• Yang Lingtian hid in a mountain range, where the system awarded him two gift packs and a Third-level Mahayana Realm Chaos Profound Meaning crystal for completing his mission.
• Yang Lingtian planned to use the rewards to raise his cultivation and rely on the Chaos Bead’s ten-thousandfold time acceleration.

Yang Lingtian broke through to the Third-level Mahayana Realm and decided to stay on Sky Wolf Star, disguised as a member of the Devil Race, to assassinate powerful cultivators and hinder an invasion of Shenwu Star. Meanwhile, Mysterious Sound Temple grew suspicious of the silent Earth Fiend Gate, and Ancestor Xuanling went to investigate its headquarters.

• Yang Lingtian refined a Third-level Mahayana Realm Profound Meaning Crystal and used cultivation resources to break through from the First-level Mahayana Realm to the Third-level Mahayana Realm.
• Yang Lingtian learned about the powerful ranks on Sky Wolf Star and resolved to keep his strength concealed from its top experts.
• Yang Lingtian chose to remain on Sky Wolf Star, gather intelligence, and assassinate high-end combatants while disguised as a member of the Devil Race.
• Mysterious Sound Temple noticed the Earth Fiend Gate had stopped communicating, and Great Elder Chen reported that its headquarters was sealed behind arrays.
• Ancestor Xuanling discussed the strange silence with Mysterious Sound Temple's high-ranking members, then flew to the Earth Fiend Gate and discovered it had activated a Concealment Array.

Ancestor Xuanling broke through the Earth Fiend Gate’s formations and discovered the sect had been completely destroyed. He returned to the Mysterious Sound Temple with the news, leaving its disciples and elders fearful and wondering who was responsible.

• Ancestor Xuanling approached the Earth Fiend Gate and found that no one responded to his aura or attempts to draw out its experts.
• Ancestor Xuanling attacked the sect’s formations for a quarter of an hour, broke the first Concealment Array, and saw ruins and signs of slaughter through his divine sense.
• Ancestor Xuanling used the Heavenly Mystery Profound Meaning to glimpse the Earth Fiend Gate’s destruction, but could not identify the force behind it.
• Ancestor Xuanling broke the remaining formations to expose the devastation, then returned to the Mysterious Sound Temple and reported what he had found.
• The Mysterious Sound Temple’s elders and disciples panicked over the Earth Fiend Gate’s destruction and debated whether the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable or an even stronger power was responsible.

After the Earth Fiend Gate’s destruction stirred panic across the Mòtiān Continent, Yang Lingtian secretly left and reached Qingwu Continent. He began assessing its powerful sects, including the Tian Yi Sword Sect, Netherworld Sect, and Profound Pill Sect.

• Powerful figures investigated the ruined Earth Fiend Gate and debated who had destroyed it, with many suspecting the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Yang Lingtian learned that his artifact and responsibility for the destruction had not been exposed, and decided to leave the Mòtiān Continent.
• The Mòtiān Continent’s forces prepared for another attack while Yang Lingtian slipped away and crossed the sea to Qingwu Continent.
• Yang Lingtian investigated Qingwu Continent’s strength by consulting records, traveling, and searching powerful figures’ souls.
• Yang Lingtian learned that the Tian Yi Sword Sect was led by Ancestor Yun Tian, the Netherworld Sect by Ye You, and the Profound Pill Sect was renowned for its alchemy.

Yang Lingtian infiltrated the Shadow Sect and silently killed its five Mahayana Realm ancestors using the Chaos Bead and his mastery of the Space Profound Meaning. Five days later, the sect’s leaders discovered the deaths and gathered in alarm, suspecting a mysterious assassin or an insider.

• Yang Lingtian chose the Shadow Sect’s five Mahayana Realm ancestors as his first targets in his effort to weaken Sky Wolf Star.
• Yang Lingtian used the Chaos Bead to slip past the Shadow Sect’s defenses and kill its First-level Mahayana Realm ancestor with one blow.
• Yang Lingtian moved between the pagodas and killed the other four ancestors despite their attempts to strengthen their defenses.
• Five days later, the Shadow Sect’s high-ranking members discovered that all five ancestors had died, leaving the sect without a Mahayana Realm expert.
• The Shadow Sect’s master convened an emergency meeting, where an elder questioned whether someone within the sect had helped the assassin.

After the five Mahayana Realm Old Ancestors were assassinated, the Shadow Sect raised its defenses and the news spread through the surrounding regions. The Three Courts Sect debated whether to help investigate, and Old Ancestor Kailin remained concerned that intervening could endanger their sect.

• The Sect Master ordered the Shadow Sect to activate its highest-level alert, restrict its disciples, increase patrols, investigate secretly, and contact allied forces.
• Panic spread among the Shadow Sect's disciples, and news of the five Old Ancestors' deaths reached the surrounding regions.
• The Three Courts Sect received the Shadow Sect's request for help, and Old Ancestor Tianyun summoned three Old Ancestors to discuss whether to intervene.
• Old Ancestor Kailin argued that the Three Courts Sect should avoid involvement, while other Old Ancestors urged assistance because of their alliance and the killer's potential threat.
• Old Ancestor Tianyun and Old Ancestor Yunlan supported helping the Shadow Sect, but Old Ancestor Kailin warned that intervention could trigger a greater conflict and harm their sect.

Yang Lingtian ambushed and killed the four Mahayana Realm old ancestors of the Three Courts Sect, then used Old Ancestor Tianyun’s memories to learn about the sect. He reached the Three Courts Sect and discovered six Mahayana cultivators in seclusion, preparing to continue his assassinations.

• Yang Lingtian learned that four Three Courts Sect old ancestors were heading to the Shadow Sect and trapped them in an isolation formation.
• Yang Lingtian killed three old ancestors in quick succession and captured Old Ancestor Tianyun.
• Yang Lingtian searched Old Ancestor Tianyun’s soul, learned of the Three Courts Sect’s collaboration with the Shadow Sect, and killed him.
• Yang Lingtian infiltrated the Three Courts Sect’s protective formation and secretly surveyed its headquarters.
• Yang Lingtian discovered six Mahayana cultivators in seclusion: three at the mid-stage and three at the early stage.

Yang Lingtian infiltrated the Three Courts Sect and killed all six of its Mahayana Realm ancestors. The sect descended into panic, unaware that its four absent ancestors had also fallen.

• Yang Lingtian used the Chaos Bead and Space-time Profound Meaning to bypass the Three Courts Sect's protective formation unnoticed.
• Yang Lingtian attacked and killed Ancestor Tongyu, the sect's Fifth-level Mahayana Realm ancestor, while Tongyu was cultivating.
• Five other Mahayana Realm ancestors arrived, then split up to search for the intruder as Yang Lingtian hid and pursued them.
• Yang Lingtian killed the remaining five ancestors one by one, including the last one hiding in a secret chamber.
• The Three Courts Sect fell into chaos after discovering its six ancestors were dead, unaware that its four absent ancestors had also fallen.

Yang Lingtian used the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable’s name to divert suspicion while continuing to kill Mahayana Realm experts across the Qingwu Continent. Guiyuan Sect prepared for his threatened attack, unaware that Yang Lingtian planned to strike on the fifth day after targeting weaker factions.

• Guiyuan Sect’s leaders gathered after several factions were destroyed, and Ancestor Guihai Yidao warned that the killer might have reached the Late Mahayana Realm.
• A messenger reported that the Five Elements Sect’s Seventh Layer Mahayana Realm ancestor had been killed, prompting Guihai Yidao to order an investigation and heightened defenses.
• Another disciple reported a blood-written threat signed by the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, promising to kill Guiyuan Sect’s Mahayana ancestors in five days.
• Guihai Yidao put Guiyuan Sect on its highest alert, confident its ancestors and formations could withstand the attacker.
• Yang Lingtian used the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable’s name to mislead the factions, kept attacking weaker targets, and planned to visit Guiyuan Sect on the fifth day.

Yang Lingtian used the Chaos Bead to disguise himself as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable and attacked the Guiyuan Sect, making the sect believe a powerful demon had come for revenge. He escaped after battling Gui Haiwuya, then revealed that the attack was a deception meant to leave the continent’s other powers unprepared for his future strikes.

• Yang Lingtian transformed into the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable and shattered the Guiyuan Sect’s Mountain Protecting Array.
• Changyang Yu attacked Yang Lingtian and was badly injured, while Guihai Yidao and the other experts failed to overcome him.
• Gui Haiwuya appeared and fought Yang Lingtian for nearly an hour as the sect’s elders watched.
• Yang Lingtian pretended to be gravely wounded, then used an ancient jade pendant to escape after warning that he would return.
• Back in his secluded cave abode, Yang Lingtian dropped his disguise and revealed that he had staged the attack to mislead the Guiyuan Sect and lower other powers’ guard.

Yang Lingtian ended his retreat and attacked Guiyuan Sect while disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, revealing that his earlier injury had been a ruse. He overwhelmed Gui Haiwuya and Guihai Yidao, then fought Gui Haiwuya after the ancestor used a forbidden technique; as Gui Haiwuya's strength began to fade, Yang Lingtian prepared a decisive sword strike.

• Yang Lingtian emerged from the Chaos Bead after more than half a month of cultivation and set out to attack Guiyuan Sect.
• Yang Lingtian breached Guiyuan Sect's formation, and Gui Haiwuya realized the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable had faked his earlier injury.
• Yang Lingtian overwhelmed Guiyuan Sect's defenders and defeated Gui Haiwuya's Nine Revolutions of Heavenly Gang with the Azure Vault Sword Art.
• Guihai Yidao stepped in to protect Gui Haiwuya, but Yang Lingtian blasted him away and left his fate uncertain.
• Gui Haiwuya activated a death-bound forbidden technique, raising his strength to the Mahayana Ninth Layer and fighting Yang Lingtian for half an hour.
• Gui Haiwuya's aura began to weaken, and Yang Lingtian struck with his sword.