Chapter Summaries

Yang Lingtian destroyed the Guiyuan Sect’s defenses and slaughtered its Mahayana Realm experts. Expecting powerful investigators from the three sacred lands, he decided to retreat temporarily and observe them from the shadows.

• Yang Lingtian killed Gui Haiwuya and shattered the Guiyuan Sect’s sect-protecting formation.
• Guihai Yidao led more than thirty Mahayana Realm experts in a combined attack, but Yang Lingtian emerged unharmed and struck him down.
• Yang Lingtian killed the Guiyuan Sect’s elders and Ancestors, while leaving its weaker cultivators alone.
• After estimating that Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm experts from the three sacred lands would soon arrive, Yang Lingtian chose to hide and study them before acting further.

After Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable’s attack left Guiyuan Sect’s Mahayana ancestors dead, Yang Lingtian hid in the Chaos Bead to cultivate while Qingwu Continent braced for another strike. On Shenwu Star’s distant frontier, Chen Yiyue defeated five Outer Void Alien Race Saint Lords, then heard someone call her “Daughter-in-law.”

• A Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm ancestor arrived at Guiyuan Sect, found no trace of Yang Lingtian, and reported that Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable had killed the sect’s ancestors.
• The news spread across Qingwu Continent, and the three sacred grounds sent powerhouses to search for Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, who remained concealed by the Chaos Bead.
• Yang Lingtian resumed comprehending the Chaos Profound Meaning inside the Chaos Bead as Qingwu Continent entered a tense period of peace.
• Chen Yiyue confronted five Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm Alien Race Saint Lords at their distant stronghold and killed them all.
• As Chen Yiyue prepared to leave, a voice called out, “Daughter-in-law, I finally found you.”

Chen Yiyue met Yang Sheng, Yang Lingtian’s father, and learned about his past and her husband’s progress. As the Alien Race invasion threatened Shenwu Star, Yang Sheng gave Chen Yiyue a jade pendant for contacting him before they parted.

• Yang Sheng arrived and introduced himself to Chen Yiyue as Yang Lingtian’s father, explaining that his clone’s memories connected him to her.
• Yang Sheng told Chen Yiyue that his clone had observed her while he was imprisoned in the Dark Abyss, and thanked her for staying with his son.
• Chen Yiyue asked about Yang Lingtian, and Yang Sheng said he had reached the Mahayana Realm but neither of them knew where he was.
• Yang Sheng warned Chen Yiyue that the broken seal on the Wormhole Passage would allow the Alien Race to invade Shenwu Star, and she promised to fight them.
• Yang Sheng gave Chen Yiyue a jade pendant that would let him sense her location, and they went their separate ways.

Yang Lingtian comprehended Chaos Profound Meaning to the Fourth-level Mahayana Realm, then used cultivation resources to break through to the fourth layer of the Mahayana Realm. He resumed his attacks across Qingwu Continent disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, leaving the continent’s forces in panic.

• Yang Lingtian reached the Fourth-level Mahayana Realm in Chaos Profound Meaning after 1,666 years inside the Chaos Bead.
• Yang Lingtian refined his accumulated cultivation resources and broke through to the fourth layer of the Mahayana Realm.
• Yang Lingtian infiltrated Qingyun Sect and killed its Mahayana patriarchs, leaving Demonic Qi behind to mislead pursuers.
• Yang Lingtian killed five Mahayana patriarchs at Xuantian Pavilion and collected the spoils before escaping.
• Yang Lingtian assassinated Flame Valley’s patriarchs, and news of attacks on three major forces spread panic across Qingwu Continent.
• Yang Lingtian continued posing as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, while the experts of Qingwu Continent struggled to track him.

Yang Lingtian killed Wild Daoist after overpowering him in battle, then stayed behind to face the six Mahayana Ninth Layer experts sent by the three Sacred Lands. The chapter ended with him readying himself for the approaching fight.

• The three Sacred Lands searched for Yang Lingtian and sent Mahayana Ninth Layer experts to hunt him down.
• Wild Daoist ambushed Yang Lingtian, blaming him for disrupting his protection fees, but Yang Lingtian proved stronger and killed him.
• Six Mahayana Ninth Layer experts from the three Sacred Lands arrived as Yang Lingtian prepared to fight them.

Yang Lingtian, disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, fought six Ninth Layer Mahayana ancestors from the three sacred lands and gradually overpowered them. He killed one ancestor as a terrifying aura appeared from the void, suggesting a Third Sequence Ninth Layer Mahayana powerhouse had arrived.

• Six ancestors from the three sacred lands surrounded Yang Lingtian and attacked together, but he deflected their combined strikes with one sword stroke.
• Yang Lingtian wounded several ancestors and fought off their combined assault, while cultivators watched in disbelief at his strength.
• Yang Lingtian claimed the three sacred lands had exterminated his Devil Race and vowed to slaughter them, then used the Chaos Dao Divine Art to strengthen his attack.
• After hours of battle, the ancestors weakened while Yang Lingtian remained at his peak; he sent three of them flying and pursued the fleeing survivors.
• Yang Lingtian killed one Ninth Layer Mahayana ancestor, then sensed a terrifying aura from the void and suspected a Third Sequence Ninth Layer Mahayana powerhouse had arrived.

Yang Lingtian fought Xuantianzi, the powerful Xuantian Sacred Land ancestor, after Xuantianzi emerged from seclusion to avenge the fallen ancestor. Yang Lingtian unleashed God's Slash, and the chapter ended as their attacks collided and tore open a massive rift in the void.

• Xuantianzi appeared and challenged Yang Lingtian, while nearby cultivators celebrated his arrival.
• Xuantianzi struck Yang Lingtian back with a single palm, and the two began a fierce battle.
• Yang Lingtian fell behind, then circulated the tenth level of the Chaos Dao Divine Art and gained the advantage.
• Xuantianzi activated a secret technique, and the two fought evenly with their full strength for over an hour.
• Yang Lingtian unleashed God's Slash, and Xuantianzi met it with a full-force attack.
• Their attacks collided, and a massive rift opened in the void.

Yang Lingtian defeated and killed Xuantianzi, then escaped the Mahayana Realm experts searching for him and hid in a mountain range. With Qingwu Continent’s three sacred lands alerted and his Primordial Spirit depleted, he decided to move his hunting operation to another continent.

• Yang Lingtian used God's Slash to wound Xuantianzi, then pressed his advantage with powerful sword strikes while conserving his strength.
• Xuantianzi used the forbidden Heaven and Earth Inversion technique, but Yang Lingtian's God's Slash shattered his attack and left him helpless.
• Yang Lingtian pierced Xuantianzi's heart and destroyed his Life Force, killing him as the surrounding experts realized what had happened.
• Yang Lingtian used the Space-time Profound Meaning and Chaos Bead to escape the experts' divine senses, then concealed himself in a mountain range.
• After considering the losses he had inflicted and the danger posed by the three sacred lands, Yang Lingtian decided to leave Qingwu Continent and hunt on another continent.

Yang Lingtian rampaged across Sky Wolf Star under the identity of the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, killing cultivators and making the Devil Race take the blame. After the forces formed the Demon Extermination Alliance and he disappeared, the chapter revealed the Devil Race's hidden lair on Nirvana Continent.

• Yang Lingtian attacked Diyin Sect, killed its Mahayana Realm ancestors, and looted the sect before moving on to other forces in Liuhuang Continent.
• The top forces surrounded Yang Lingtian with dozens of Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm experts, but he killed several before fleeing as more powerful opponents approached.
• Yang Lingtian concealed his aura with the Chaos Bead and left Liuhuang Continent, continuing his attacks across Sky Wolf Star.
• Yang Lingtian killed nearly a thousand Mahayana Realm experts, prompting the forces to form the Demon Extermination Alliance against him and the Devil Race.
• Yang Lingtian vanished and hid while the Devil Race's true lair remained concealed in a hidden space on Nirvana Continent.

Demon Lord Xuan Ye gathered the Devil Race’s leaders to discuss the mysterious Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, who had provoked Sky Wolf Star under their name. Xuan Ye decided to confront the impostor himself and hinted that the Devil Race might use the Heart of the Demon God if the encounter proved to be a trap.

• Demon Lord Xuan Ye told the Devil Race generals that Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable had rampaged across Sky Wolf Star in their name and turned its forces against them.
• Xuan Ye and the generals questioned whether Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable was a Devil Race member or an impostor wielding a treasure that imitated their aura.
• Xuan Ye ordered the Devil Race to stay hidden while he personally went to tear the impostor apart.
• Xuan Ye reassured the generals that only Annihilation Star Lord and the First Sequence experts posed a serious threat, and explained that the Devil Race planned to invade Shenwu Star amid the coming chaos.
• A gaunt devil general warned that the confrontation might be a trap, and Xuan Ye said the Devil Race would use the Heart of the Demon God if necessary.

Demon Lord Xuan Ye prepared to use the Heart of the Demon God as the Devil Race’s last resort and set out to confront Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable. Annihilation Star Lord learned of the disguised Yang Lingtian’s rise and ordered Venerable Xuanming to find him through the Demon Extermination Alliance.

• Demon Lord Xuan Ye declared that the Devil Race would summon an ancient demon god if pushed to the brink, despite the Heart of the Demon God’s cost and risks.
• Demon Lord Xuan Ye rallied the Devil Race’s leaders, then vanished to find Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable and decide whether to recruit or kill him.
• A subordinate told Annihilation Star Lord that Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable had killed over a thousand Mahayana Realm experts and might threaten the plan to invade Shenwu Star.
• Annihilation Star Lord ordered his forces to find Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable and sent Venerable Xuanming to the Demon Extermination Alliance.
• The Demon Extermination Alliance gathered more than a thousand Mahayana Realm experts to receive Venerable Xuanming and discuss its next move.

Venerable Xuanming and the Demon Extermination Alliance discussed how to capture the elusive Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, and Nangong Shangtian proposed using Sky Wolf Star’s Star Origin as bait. After Venerable Xuanming sought the Annihilation Star Lord’s approval, the lord dismissed the plan and decided to locate the devil himself.

• Nangong Shangtian welcomed Venerable Xuanming, who said he had come to hunt the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable and warned that the devil might be connected to disturbances on Shenwu Star.
• The alliance members discussed the devil’s strength and concealment, while Nangong Shangtian said they needed to lure him into the open.
• Nangong Shangtian proposed exposing the Star Origin’s aura as bait, and Venerable Xuanming said he would seek the Annihilation Star Lord’s permission.
• Venerable Xuanming asked the Annihilation Star Lord to remove the formations sealing the Star Origin so they could lure the devil out.
• The Annihilation Star Lord called Venerable Xuanming incompetent and said he would locate the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable himself.

Annihilation Star Lord failed to trace Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable through the Heavenly Mystery Profound Meaning and ordered Venerable Xuanming to withdraw the formation around the Star Origin to lure him out. Hidden in the mountains, Yang Lingtian entered the Chaos Bead, which sensed Sky Wolf Star’s Star Origin and offered to refine it, leaving Yang Lingtian suspicious of its sudden appearance.

• Annihilation Star Lord saw only chaos when he tried to trace Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable and could not discover his whereabouts.
• Annihilation Star Lord agreed to Venerable Xuanming’s plan to withdraw the formation around the Star Origin and lure Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable out, warning Xuanming that failure meant he should not return.
• Venerable Xuanming left the great hall determined to capture Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable, while Yang Lingtian stayed concealed in the mountains on Sky Wolf Star.
• Yang Lingtian entered the Chaos Bead to cultivate, and several days later the Chaos Bead sensed Sky Wolf Star’s Star Origin, saying it could refine the remaining ten percent and recover further.
• Yang Lingtian grew wary as the Star Origin’s aura strengthened, questioning why it had suddenly leaked out even as he considered its potential benefit to the Chaos Bead.

Yang Lingtian learned that the remaining Star Origin was beneath Sky Wolf Star and decided to investigate the Demon Extermination Alliance before trying to absorb it with the Chaos Bead. He infiltrated the alliance under the false name Yang Tian and was greeted by its executive, Zhao Xuanji.

• The Chaos Bead located the Star Origin beneath Sky Wolf Star and estimated a seventy percent chance of absorbing it, warning that the attempt would alert powerful cultivators.
• Yang Lingtian disguised himself as a Mahayana Ninth Layer Rogue Cultivator and headed to a nearby city to gather information about the Demon Extermination Alliance.
• After hearing that the alliance was recruiting powerful cultivators, Yang Lingtian accepted an old man's recommendation and went to its headquarters.
• Yang Lingtian introduced himself to the guards as an applicant, and Zhao Xuanji came out to meet him.
• Yang Lingtian gave Zhao Xuanji the false name Yang Tian and claimed to be a Rogue Cultivator, surprising the alliance executive.

Yang Lingtian infiltrated the Demon Extermination Alliance as Yang Tian and learned that the exposed Star Origin was bait for the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable in the Nirvana Forbidden Land. After discovering the alliance had left the forbidden land unguarded, he entered its underground passage to seize the Star Origin.

• Yang Lingtian claimed to be a Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm rogue cultivator named Yang Tian and persuaded Zhao Xuanji to bring him before the Demon Extermination Alliance's leaders.
• Yang Tian explained his long seclusion and offered to fight the Devil Race, but the alliance leaders withheld their confidential plan and assigned him basic missions.
• Yang Lingtian took part in alliance activities while secretly investigating the Star Origin's leaked aura and learned it was bait for the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Yang Lingtian learned the Star Origin lay in the Nirvana Forbidden Land, where concealed arrays and restrictions had been set but no experts were stationed.
• Yang Lingtian used the Chaos Bead to conceal his aura and slipped into the underground passage leading from the alliance plaza to the Nirvana Forbidden Land.

Yang Lingtian entered the Nirvana Forbidden Land and helped the Chaos Bead absorb the Star Origin. As the Annihilation Star Lord’s consciousness confronted him, the Chaos Bead finished refining the Star Origin and underwent a major transformation.

• Yang Lingtian used his array skills and the Chaos Bead’s concealment to pass the forbidden land’s stone door, traps, and arrays.
• Yang Lingtian reached the core and sent the Chaos Bead’s Artifact Spirit to absorb the Star Origin.
• The Star Origin released violent energy as the Chaos Bead struggled to refine it, while Yang Lingtian used his power to contain the disturbance.
• The Demon Extermination Alliance’s powerhouses entered the forbidden land after the disturbance alerted them, while the Annihilation Star Lord sensed the Star Origin weakening.
• The Annihilation Star Lord sent his consciousness toward the forbidden land and confronted Yang Lingtian, but the Chaos Bead finished refining the Star Origin and transformed.

Yang Lingtian refined the Chaos Bead’s power, comprehended the Chaos Profound Meaning, and broke through to the Fifth Layer of the Mahayana Realm. As Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm fighters from the Demon Extermination Alliance entered the Nirvana Forbidden Land, he killed one with a single palm while preparing to face the rest before Annihilation Star Lord arrived.

• Yang Lingtian used the Chaos Bead to repel Annihilation Star Lord’s divine sense, while the bead’s primordial aura alarmed Annihilation Star Lord and blocked his view of the Nirvana Forbidden Land.
• Annihilation Star Lord ordered the passages sealed and set out for the Nirvana Forbidden Land as Mahayana powerhouses from the Demon Extermination Alliance moved to kill the Heavenly Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Yang Lingtian comprehended the Chaos Profound Meaning and broke through from the Fourth to the Fifth Layer of the Mahayana Realm.
• Yang Lingtian concealed the Chaos Bead and waited for the Demon Extermination Alliance’s Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm powerhouses to arrive.
• A golden-armored burly man attacked Yang Lingtian with a Great Axe, but Yang Lingtian stopped it with one finger and killed him with a single palm, frightening the gathered fighters.

Yang Lingtian fought the Demon Extermination Alliance, wounded Star River True Monarch with God's Slash, and escaped into the Chaos Bead as Annihilation Star Lord arrived. Annihilation Star Lord sealed off the Nirvana Forbidden Land and ordered a search while Yang Lingtian began recovering inside the Chaos Space.

• Yang Lingtian killed more than a dozen Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm experts after the Demon Extermination Alliance attacked him.
• Star River True Monarch joined the battle, and Yang Lingtian initially gained the upper hand before the other cultivators' attacks forced him onto the defensive.
• Sensing Annihilation Star Lord approaching, Yang Lingtian unleashed God's Slash and inflicted a severe wound on Star River True Monarch.
• Yang Lingtian fled and used the Chaos Bead to hide his presence and enter its interior, evading the pursuing cultivators.
• Annihilation Star Lord arrived, ordered the Nirvana Forbidden Land sealed and searched, while Yang Lingtian rested inside the Chaos Space to recover.

Yang Lingtian escaped the Nirvana Forbidden Land by using the Chaos Bead to evade the Annihilation Star Lord, who had searched for him for half a year. Near the Wormhole Passage, Yang Lingtian ambushed and killed a Fifth Layer Mahayana expert.

• The Annihilation Star Lord searched the Nirvana Forbidden Land with sacred artifacts but could not detect Yang Lingtian hidden inside the Chaos Bead.
• After half a year, the Annihilation Star Lord reduced the search force and ordered his subordinates to guard the exits, giving Yang Lingtian a chance to escape.
• Yang Lingtian broke out of the forbidden land, and the Chaos Bead disrupted space to carry him a million li away from the pursuing Annihilation Star Lord.
• Yang Lingtian decided to return to Shenwu Star after killing Mahayana powerhouses near the Wormhole Passage, where he could escape through the unstable passage if discovered.
• Yang Lingtian found a Fifth Layer Mahayana expert cultivating on an island and killed him with a sword before collecting his treasures and disappearing.

Yang Lingtian ambushed and killed cultivators across the sea region, but a hidden First Sequence Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm powerhouse discovered him and attacked. After being badly injured and overwhelmed, Yang Lingtian escaped into a spatial rift inside the Chaos Bead.

• Yang Lingtian sensed an unactivated grand formation linking the islands and ambushed two Seventh Layer Mahayana Realm cultivators, killing them both.
• Yang Lingtian killed more than a dozen Mahayana Realm powerhouses over the next few days while carefully avoiding the region's formations and restrictions.
• A First Sequence Ninth Layer Mahayana Realm powerhouse detected a disturbance and struck Yang Lingtian with a gigantic palm imprint.
• Yang Lingtian countered with his sacred sword and God's Slash, but the powerhouse's attack shattered his sword rays and injured him twice.
• Yang Lingtian hid inside the Chaos Bead and urged it into a spatial rift as the powerhouse continued attacking the area.