Chapter Summaries

Ren Xiaoyao secured the Ancient Emperor's Edict, protected Lu Youruo from the Great Yu Empress, and discovered that Shi Tiandi had already taken the True Dragon Sword. He went underground to guard the Spirit Stone Mine Vein as it neared completion, while Qin Chenyi met a mysterious snake-tailed woman at the Great Qin border.

• Ren Xiaoyao put the Ancient Emperor's Edict into his Universe Bracelet, and the Great Yu Empress killed Lu Baixuan as he tried to flee.
• Ren Xiaoyao declared Lu Youruo his maid and warned the Great Yu Empress not to blame her for Lu Baixuan's crimes, causing the Empress to abandon her hostility toward Lu Youruo.
• Ren Xiaoyao found the Sword-Forging Pool empty and concluded that Shi Tiandi had taken the True Dragon Sword days earlier.
• Ren Xiaoyao left the aftermath to the Great Yu Empress and used the Five Elements Evasion Technique to return underground and guard the forming Spirit Stone Mine Vein.
• At the Great Qin border, Qin Chenyi appeared in a palace with a mysterious veiled woman whose lower body was a massive tail.

Qin Chenyi learned that Ren Xiaoyao had killed Qin Tianji and destroyed his will, but he delayed retaliation to preserve his plan to conquer Great Shang. Beneath Dragon Rising Mountain, Ren Xiaoyao watched a Spirit Stone Mine Vein form, only for the Golden Skeleton to break from the ground and rush toward it.

• Qin Chenyi told Luo Ji that Immortal Chang Sheng had killed Qin Tianji and erased the will he had stored in the Ancient Emperor's Edict.
• Luo Ji wondered whether Immortal Chang Sheng had reached the Martial Shattering Void Realm, but Qin Chenyi insisted he relied on a divine bow and was only at the peak Creation Realm.
• Qin Chenyi said he would hide his Martial Shattering Void Realm strength until he could advance his plan to unify Great Qin and Great Shang without alerting Meishan Grotto-Heaven.
• Ren Xiaoyao watched the Spirit Stone Mine Vein beneath Dragon Rising Mountain finish forming and prepared to mine it.
• The Golden Skeleton burst from the earth wrapped in black radiance and raced toward the Spirit Stone Mine Vein, enraging Ren Xiaoyao.

Ren Xiaoyao defeated the Golden Skeleton protecting the Spirit Stone Mine Vein and discovered that the black mist was the soul of Jue Wuchen, a former grotto-heaven master who had hidden for five hundred years to seek a True Dragon body. Ren Xiaoyao moved to destroy him, but Jue Wuchen transformed into black smoke and rushed toward Ren Xiaoyao’s glabella to seize his body.

• Ren Xiaoyao struck the Golden Skeleton apart when it attacked the Spirit Stone Mine Vein.
• The weakened black mist revealed that it had controlled the Ancient Emperor Heavenly Bone and claimed its power should have matched a Martial Void-Shattering Realm expert.
• Ren Xiaoyao used the True Eye of Breaking Illusions and learned that the black mist was Jue Wuchen’s soul, which had separated from his body to avoid reincarnation and pursue a third life in a True Dragon body.
• Jue Wuchen explained that he had revealed himself to absorb the mine vein’s nourishing aura, but Ren Xiaoyao’s strength had overwhelmed him.
• Ren Xiaoyao decided to destroy Jue Wuchen rather than risk trusting information from the soul, and Jue Wuchen lunged at his glabella to take his body.

Jue Wuchen revealed how he had spent five hundred years preparing to seize a True Dragon, only to be forced to target Ren Xiaoyao instead. After Ren Xiaoyao let him enter his Sea of Consciousness, Jue Wuchen discovered that Ren Xiaoyao’s soul was in the Heaven Realm.

• Jue Wuchen recounted how he learned to leave his body, hid the Ancient Emperor Heavenly Bone and True Dragon Egg beneath Dragon Rising Mountain, and waited five hundred years to take the True Dragon’s body.
• After Ren Xiaoyao crushed the Ancient Emperor Heavenly Bone, Jue Wuchen tried to seize Ren Xiaoyao’s body as his only remaining path to a new life.
• Ren Xiaoyao chose to let Jue Wuchen enter his Sea of Consciousness rather than destroy his soul with spiritual power.
• Jue Wuchen entered Ren Xiaoyao’s Sea of Consciousness and threatened to torment and devour him, believing his own soul was stronger.
• Ren Xiaoyao’s nearly formed Primordial Spirit appeared, overwhelming Jue Wuchen with its power.
• Ren Xiaoyao told the terrified Jue Wuchen that he was in the Heaven Realm.

Ren Xiaoyao defeated and devoured Jue Wuchen’s soul in his Sea of Consciousness, learning fragments about Jue Wuchen’s plans and the nature of reincarnation. The chapter ended with Ren Xiaoyao obtaining the magical treasure Sumeru Mustard Seed.

• Jue Wuchen discovered that Ren Xiaoyao had reached the Heaven Realm and tried to flee, but Ren Xiaoyao sealed the way out and bound his soul.
• Jue Wuchen pleaded for his life and offered to become Ren Xiaoyao’s servant if Ren Xiaoyao helped him devour the True Dragon’s will.
• While secretly planning to escape and take revenge, Jue Wuchen was attacked by Ren Xiaoyao, torn into fragments, and devoured.
• Ren Xiaoyao gained incomplete memories about Jue Wuchen’s plans at Dragon Rising Mountain and how Heaven Realm cultivators could reincarnate with extraordinary talent.
• Ren Xiaoyao turned his attention to the Spirit Stone Mine Vein and learned that devouring Jue Wuchen’s soul had given him the magical treasure Sumeru Mustard Seed.

Ren Xiaoyao acquired the Sumeru Mustard Seed and began storing the Spirit Stone Mine Vein while waiting for the True Dragon Tribulation. At Dragon Rising Mountain, Shi Tiandi revealed that he had secretly controlled six peak Creation Realm experts and gathered them to help him kill the True Dragon.

• Ren Xiaoyao learned that the Sumeru Mustard Seed held nearly infinite space, could contain living creatures, and had powerful defensive abilities.
• Ren Xiaoyao used the Sumeru Mustard Seed to begin moving the Spirit Stone Mine Vein and left the True Dragon Egg undisturbed so he could earn the Heavenly Dao's favor during the True Dragon Tribulation.
• Shi Tiandi gathered Duan Kong and six top experts at the foot of Dragon Rising Mountain, where the six demanded to know why he had summoned them.
• Shi Tiandi claimed that he had secretly arranged the six experts' opportunities and tampered with their cultivation techniques so he could control them.
• Shi Tiandi used his power to force the six experts to their knees and revealed that he had gathered them to help slaughter the True Dragon.

Shi Tiandi revealed that he had reached the Martial Shattering Void Realm and persuaded six Creation Realm martial artists to help him slay a True Dragon by promising them Dragon Yuan. As Lu Youruo sensed his aura and Ren Xiaoyao detected his arrival at Dragon Rising Mountain, a prompt offered Ren a chance to inspect how Shi Tiandi had broken through.

• Shi Tiandi declared that he intended to slay a True Dragon, and Second Evil Lord and the others doubted that he could match the Qinling Heavenly Emperor.
• Shi Tiandi unleashed the aura of the Martial Shattering Void Realm and confirmed that he had entered that realm, leaving the gathered martial artists terrified and submissive.
• Shi Tiandi promised the six Creation Realm martial artists Dragon Yuan if they helped him slay the True Dragon, while secretly intending to keep it for himself.
• Lu Youruo sensed Shi Tiandi's Martial Shattering Void Realm aura at Dragon Guard Manor and suspected that something major would happen at Dragon Rising Mountain.
• Ren Xiaoyao finished transferring the Spirit Stone Mine Vein into his Sumeru Mustard Seed, sensed Shi Tiandi's aura, and received a prompt offering to reveal Shi Tiandi's breakthrough method.

Ren Xiaoyao learned that Shi Tiandi had spent a century plotting to slay the True Dragon and use its Dragon Yuan to prolong his life. As the True Dragon hatched above Dragon Rising Mountain, Shi Tiandi and the others witnessed its overwhelming descent.

• Ren Xiaoyao discovered that Shi Tiandi had consumed Phoenix True Blood, awakened his Martial Shattering Void power, and devised a plan to replace it with Dragon Yuan.
• Ren Xiaoyao realized Shi Tiandi intended to kill the newly born True Dragon with the True Dragon Sword and use its power to extend his life.
• The True Dragon Egg began glowing as dark clouds, fierce winds, and lightning engulfed Dragon Rising Mountain.
• A bolt of thunder split Dragon Rising Mountain, and the True Dragon Egg rose through the crack into the storm above.
• The lightning tempered the egg until its shell cracked and collapsed, and the enormous golden True Dragon emerged into the sky.

A True Dragon appeared over Dragon Rising Mountain, terrifying the gathered fighters, while Shi Tiandi revealed his Martial Void-Shattering Realm strength and confronted it with a Phoenix phantom. Ren Xiaoyao explained that Shi Tiandi sought the Dragon Yuan to prolong his life, then watched the impending battle, curious about the hidden trump card that could threaten the dragon.

• The True Dragon descended, leaving Great Yu’s fighters, Lu Youruo, Bai Ze, and Shi Tiandi’s seven allies overwhelmed by its aura.
• Shi Tiandi dismissed his frightened allies, released his Martial Void-Shattering Realm aura, and rose into the sky with a Phoenix phantom to face the True Dragon.
• Ren Xiaoyao emerged from underground and shielded Lu Youruo and Bai Ze from the pressure of the two powerful opponents.
• Ren Xiaoyao told Lu Youruo and Bai Ze that Shi Tiandi had come to slay the True Dragon and take its Dragon Yuan to extend his life.
• Ren Xiaoyao stayed out of the confrontation, suspecting Shi Tiandi had a secret trump card capable of endangering the True Dragon.

Shi Tiandi used the True Dragon Sword to gravely wound the True Dragon, intending to kill it and take its Dragon Yuan to extend his life. As he moved to finish the dragon, Ren Xiaoyao appeared and blocked his strike with a golden barrier, leaving Shi Tiandi disarmed.

• Shi Tiandi revealed that absorbing the Phoenix True Blood had rapidly aged him, and he sought the True Dragon's Dragon Yuan to prolong his life.
• Shi Tiandi drew the True Dragon Sword, whose gathered Dragon Qi gave it power to restrain the True Dragon, and attacked the beast.
• Shi Tiandi evaded the True Dragon's dragonfire, pierced its scales, and overwhelmed it with a barrage of sword strikes until it crashed onto Dragon Rising Mountain.
• The Qingqiu Demon Fox, Bai Ze, Great Yu Empress, and the others watched in shock, while Duan Kong wondered why Shi Tiandi had brought them to the mountain.
• Shi Tiandi raised his sword to finish the dying True Dragon, but Ren Xiaoyao appeared atop its head and blocked the blow with a golden barrier.
• The barrier repelled Shi Tiandi's attack and knocked the True Dragon Sword from his hand, sending it into the distant ground.

Ren Xiaoyao saved the True Dragon from Shi Tiandi and accepted it as his follower before revealing his identity as Immortal Chang Sheng. Shi Tiandi burned his qi and blood to unleash his full strength, but Ren Xiaoyao pierced him with a single arrow, leaving Shi Tiandi dying in disbelief.

• Ren Xiaoyao blocked Shi Tiandi’s lethal strike against the True Dragon, which pledged to follow him in exchange for being saved.
• Ren Xiaoyao identified himself as Immortal Chang Sheng and declared that he would sever his karma with Shi Tiandi by killing him.
• The Great Yu Empress, Lu Youruo, Bai Ze, and the others recognized that Ren Xiaoyao and Shi Tiandi were both Martial Shattering Void Realm experts.
• Shi Tiandi burned his qi and blood, summoned the Phoenix Power within his Phoenix True Blood, and reclaimed the True Dragon Sword.
• Shi Tiandi charged Ren Xiaoyao with the True Dragon Sword, but Ren Xiaoyao fired an arrow that pierced Shi Tiandi’s chest and destroyed the sword.
• As his life force drained away, Shi Tiandi wondered how he could die after reaching the Martial Void-Shattering Realm.

Ren Xiaoyao killed Shi Tiandi with the Sun Chasing Bow, but Shi Tiandi resurrected by draining seven Creation Realm experts and claimed his Emperor Heart Art could revive him repeatedly. Ren Xiaoyao rejected his bluff and began to unleash the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Art, leaving their battle poised to continue.

• Ren Xiaoyao detonated the Spiritual Power Arrow inside Shi Tiandi, blasting him into blood mist and stunning the onlookers.
• Duan Kong and the six other Creation Realm experts discovered that Shi Tiandi was draining their vital energy and blood to resurrect himself.
• Shi Tiandi revived after absorbing the seven experts, and Duan Kong and the others died from the drain.
• Shi Tiandi claimed his Emperor Heart Art let him return from death stronger each time, though he secretly knew he had no remaining blood essence to revive again.
• Ren Xiaoyao dismissed Shi Tiandi's threats, unleashed his pressure, and invoked the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Art, Technique That Moves Heaven and Earth.

Ren Xiaoyao killed Shi Tiandi with the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Art, then arranged to conceal his role and returned to Fulong Mountain to absorb a Spirit Stone Mine Vein. After a year in seclusion, his Dao Realm Nine Heavens tribulation gathered over Great Gan, leaving him eager to face it.

• Ren Xiaoyao unleashed the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Art, destroying Shi Tiandi and leaving a black hole in the sky.
• Ren Xiaoyao learned that protecting the True Dragon had earned him the Heavenly Dao’s favor, reducing the power of his future Heavenly Tribulation by fifty percent.
• Ren Xiaoyao ordered Lu Youruo to conceal his role in Shi Tiandi’s death, marked the True Dragon with a Life and Death Mark, and left Dragon Rising Mountain with Bai Ze.
• Lu Youruo spread the story that the True Dragon had killed Shi Tiandi, while Ren Xiaoyao returned to Fulong Mountain and entered seclusion.
• After more than half a year, the Celestial Dynasties focused on the True Dragon’s emergence; one year after leaving Dragon Rising Mountain, Ren Xiaoyao finished absorbing the Spirit Stone Mine Vein.
• Tribulation clouds gathered over Great Gan as Ren Xiaoyao prepared to undergo his Dao Realm Nine Heavens tribulation.

Ren Xiaoyao endured the unprecedented Heavenly Tribulation at Fulong Mountain and successfully reached Dao Realm Nine Heavens. Meanwhile, the Human King emerged from twenty years of seclusion at the Martial Void-Shattering Realm and set out to confront Immortal Chang Sheng.

• Heavenly Venerate and Earthly Venerate watched the terrifying Tribulation Clouds and welcomed the Human King as he emerged from seclusion.
• The Human King revealed he had already reached the Martial Void-Shattering Realm, learned Shi Tiandi had been killed by a True Dragon, and vowed to eliminate Immortal Chang Sheng.
• Heavenly Venerate and Earthly Venerate told the Human King about the continent's political balance and Immortal Chang Sheng's conflict with the Heaven and Earth Society.
• At Fulong Mountain, Ren Xiaoyao began his tribulation while Bai Ze, the True Dragon, and Lu Youruo watched; his Incense Power initially shielded him from the lightning.
• After five hours of resisting the Heavenly Tribulation with his spiritual power and defensive arts, Ren Xiaoyao survived the final strike as the Tribulation Clouds dispersed.

After surviving the Dao Realm Nine Heavens tribulation, Ren Xiaoyao reached the Shore Realm, empowered his followers, and gained the Immortal Dao Body and Heaven and Earth Manifestation. Days later, Lu Yuyan arrived at Fulong Mountain with a battle invitation from the Human King, and Ren Xiaoyao faced a choice between killing him or accepting the challenge.

• Ren Xiaoyao absorbed the spiritual energy after the tribulation and gave some to Bai Ze, the True Dragon, and Lu Youruo, healing the latter two and helping Bai Ze break through to the Martial Shattering Void Realm.
• Ren Xiaoyao protected Bai Ze through its Lightning Tribulation, after which Bai Ze, the True Dragon, and Lu Youruo bowed to him as their Master.
• The system rewarded Ren Xiaoyao with the Immortal Dao Body and identified his cultivation as equivalent to the Shore Realm; he chose to uphold the Immortal Dao and comprehended Heaven and Earth Manifestation.
• Ren Xiaoyao stabilized his cultivation at Fulong Mountain for several days and considered how to gather more Incense Value.
• On the fifth day, Lu Yuyan arrived with news that the Human King had captured Duan Yichen and arranged a battle invitation; the system offered Ren Xiaoyao the choice to accept the duel or kill the Human King.

Ren Xiaoyao accepted the Human King’s challenge and arranged for his followers to spread news of their coming duel so his victory would bring him fame and Incense Value. After witnessing Bai Ze, Lu Youruo, and the True Dragon’s strength and submission to Ren Xiaoyao, Lu Yuyan’s fear gave way to astonishment.

• Ren Xiaoyao chose to fight the newly ascended Martial Shattering Void Realm Human King, who had captured Duan Yichen to force him into a duel.
• Ren Xiaoyao met Lu Yuyan on Fulong Mountain, confirmed he would accept the challenge, and explained that the Human King had reached the Martial Shattering Void Realm.
• Ren Xiaoyao summoned Bai Ze, Lu Youruo, and the True Dragon, and Lu Yuyan learned that Lu Youruo was a Qingqiu Demon Fox and Bai Ze and the True Dragon had also reached the Martial Shattering Void Realm.
• Ren Xiaoyao sent Bai Ze, Lu Youruo, and the True Dragon to spread word of the coming duel across the Celestial Dynasties.
• Bai Ze’s leaking pressure knocked Lu Youruo down, and Ren Xiaoyao asked the stunned Lu Yuyan whether she still doubted he could defeat the Human King.

The Human King revealed that he had reached the Martial Shattering Void Realm and announced that Immortal Chang Sheng could not withstand even one move from him. Ren Xiaoyao arrived to face him, dismissed the Martial Void-Shattering Realm and even the Heaven Realm as insignificant, and the Human King began to attack.

• News of the coming duel spread across the Celestial Dynasties, and Qin Chenyi sent Qin Wushuang with Grand Xuan Daoist to observe it.
• Qin Wushuang and Grand Xuan Daoist arrived in the Great Zhou Capital City, where Qin Wushuang scorned the Human King and Immortal Chang Sheng.
• The Human King appeared above the capital, unleashed his Martial Shattering Void Realm pressure, and warned the gathered Martial Artists not to scheme against him.
• Qin Wushuang and Grand Xuan Daoist realized the Human King had reached the Martial Shattering Void Realm, while Duan Yichen lost hope of being rescued.
• Ren Xiaoyao arrived, and the Human King challenged him after learning he knew about the Human King's realm.
• Ren Xiaoyao declared that even the Heaven Realm was beneath him, and the enraged Human King erupted with violet power to attack.

Ren Xiaoyao effortlessly stopped the Human King's attack and revealed that he had also reached the Martial Shattering Void Realm. When the Human King tried to end their conflict, Ren Xiaoyao refused, declaring that the battle would end only when one of them died.

• The Human King unleashed his Martial Shattering Void Realm power and charged Ren Xiaoyao with his golden saber as the spectators in the capital were crushed by his aura.
• Ren Xiaoyao caught the Human King's saber with his bare hand, then flung the weapon away and sent the Human King crashing into the ground.
• Qin Wushuang, Grand Xuan Daoist, and the Human King's followers watched in shock as they realized Ren Xiaoyao had surpassed their expectations and also stood in the Martial Shattering Void Realm.
• The injured Human King admitted he had underestimated Ren Xiaoyao and proposed ending their conflict, but Ren Xiaoyao rejected peace and demanded a fight to the death.

Ren Xiaoyao faced the Human King in a battle that drew the attention of Great Zhou's Capital City, and both revealed powers tied to extraordinary inheritances. Ren Xiaoyao's Immortal Dao Body shattered the Human King's Ancient Emperor phantom and left him gravely wounded.

• Ren Xiaoyao revealed Martial Void-Shattering Realm pressure, and the watching martial artists realized he and the Human King were about to fight at that level.
• The Human King warned Ren Xiaoyao about Meishan Grotto-Heaven, but Ren Xiaoyao dismissed the threat and insisted that it could not concern him.
• The Human King summoned a thousand-zhang Ancient Emperor phantom and infused it with his vital energy and blood, revealing the inheritance behind his breakthrough.
• The Human King charged Ren Xiaoyao and struck with the Ancient Emperor phantom, while Ren Xiaoyao unleashed his Immortal Dao Body.
• Ren Xiaoyao's Immortal Dao Body shattered the phantom and sent the Human King flying, leaving him near death; Ren Xiaoyao identified the power as the art of Immortals and Gods.

Ren Xiaoyao defeated the Human King and killed Heavenly Venerate and Earthly Venerate, then began extracting the Human King’s Fortune. The Human King unleashed the Golden Crow True Flame and charged at Ren Xiaoyao, vowing mutual destruction, while Ren Xiaoyao stood his ground.

• Ren Xiaoyao’s Immortal Dao Body overwhelmed the Human King, leaving him badly injured, and the spectators, Qin Wushuang, Grand Xuan Daoist, Heavenly Venerate, and Earthly Venerate were stunned by the defeat.
• The Human King begged Ren Xiaoyao to spare his life and offered to become his servant, but Ren Xiaoyao refused and declared that the battle would end in death.
• Heavenly Venerate and Earthly Venerate rebuked Ren Xiaoyao, who killed them with a single strike from the Immortal Dao Venerable.
• The Human King drew out a talisman and infused it with his qi and blood, unleashing the Golden Crow True Flame as Ren Xiaoyao used the Purple Gold Fortune Gourd to extract his Fortune.
• The Human King charged at Ren Xiaoyao, claiming the Golden Crow True Flame had killed the Ancient Emperor and vowing that they would perish together, while Ren Xiaoyao stood firm and wondered about the Golden Crow’s power.