Chapter Summaries

Ren Xiaoyao spared Xiong Meng, Ao Gan, Ling Shuang, and Elder Wuyou, then secretly followed them toward the Lingxiao Sacred Sect to claim its treasures. On the way, Great Sage Ku Gu attacked the group over an old blood debt but fled when he sensed Ren Xiaoyao’s hidden pressure, leaving the injured survivors to continue toward the sect.

• Ren Xiaoyao questioned the Lingxiao Sacred Sect’s origins, learned it was founded by the Human Emperor, and let the group go while planning to take its treasure trove resources.
• After Ren Xiaoyao secretly followed them, Xiong Meng, Ao Gan, and Elder Wuyou plotted to gather the sect’s forces and kill him after handing over the resources.
• Great Sage Ku Gu confronted the group in a valley and attacked them with corrosive ink-green mist, breaking Ao Gan’s shield and injuring Xiong Meng and Ao Gan.
• As Great Sage Ku Gu prepared to strike Elder Wuyou, he sensed Ren Xiaoyao’s overwhelming hidden pressure and fled the valley.
• Xiong Meng renewed his desire for revenge against Ren Xiaoyao, while Elder Wuyou urged the survivors to return to the sect and recover.

Ren Xiaoyao defeated Great Sage Ku Gu in his hidden cave and spared him in exchange for his allegiance and knowledge of the Lingxiao Sacred Sect. After learning about the sect’s five veins and the treasure trove’s defenses, Ren Xiaoyao began planning how to seize its resources.

• Great Sage Ku Gu fled the Lingxiao Sacred Sect and hid in a remote cave, unaware that Ren Xiaoyao was following him.
• Great Sage Ku Gu mistook Ren Xiaoyao for an attacker from the sect and fought him, but Ren Xiaoyao easily overcame his spells and sword strike.
• Ren Xiaoyao offered to spare Great Sage Ku Gu because he also sought the Lingxiao Sacred Sect’s treasure trove, and Great Sage Ku Gu pledged his loyalty.
• Great Sage Ku Gu told Ren Xiaoyao about the sect’s five vein systems, their masters and abilities, and the treasure trove’s arrays, guards, and poisonous misty valley entrance.

After Elder Wuyou reported his defeat by Ren Xiaoyao, the Lingxiao Sacred Sect prepared to investigate and defend itself. Ren Xiaoyao and Great Sage Ku Gu infiltrated the sect to raid its treasure trove, but triggered its alarm formations, bringing the sect’s forces rushing toward them.

• Elder Wuyou recounted his defeat by Ren Xiaoyao, and the elders debated whether to investigate him or strike back immediately.
• The Sect Master ordered the sect to investigate Ren Xiaoyao within three days, strengthen its defenses, and activate the Sect Protection Array.
• Ren Xiaoyao and Great Sage Ku Gu infiltrated the Lingxiao Sacred Sect and followed Ku Gu’s guidance to the treasure-trove valley.
• Great Sage Ku Gu accidentally triggered a hidden formation near the treasure trove, setting off an alarm and filling the valley with surging mist.
• Ren Xiaoyao and Great Sage Ku Gu attacked the formation together, while the Sect Master led the sect’s experts toward the valley to stop them.

Ren Xiaoyao and Great Sage Ku Gu infiltrated the Lingxiao Sacred Sect’s treasure vault, but a hidden formation exposed them and brought the Sect Master and elders against them. Ren Xiaoyao overwhelmed their attacks and broke their final defenses, leaving the sect’s fighters injured and its Sect Master still standing but bloodied.

• Great Sage Ku Gu accidentally triggered a concealed formation near the treasure vault, alerting the Lingxiao Sacred Sect.
• Ren Xiaoyao faced the Sect Master and elders, evaded Dugu Jianxin’s sword strike, and defended against Lie Huo and Bing Po’s attacks.
• Great Sage Ku Gu attacked Ren Xiaoyao from behind, then betrayed him and offered to help the sect capture him; Dugu Jianxin rejected his offer.
• Ren Xiaoyao dispelled the elders’ combined attacks and defeated Dugu Jianxin’s Heavenly Sword Unity, then repelled Lie Huo and Bing Po’s combined assault and the Sect Master’s palm.
• Ren Xiaoyao unleashed golden spiritual energy spears that broke through the elders’ defenses, wounded the disciples and elders, and left the Sect Master injured but standing.

The Lingxiao Sacred Sect's Sect Master summoned the secluded Grand Elder to stop Ren Xiaoyao from taking the sect's treasures. Ren Xiaoyao broke through the Grand Elder's attacks and pressed his assault, leaving the Grand Elder wounded and struggling to hold his ground.

• The Sect Master activated an ancient token to summon the Lingxiao Sacred Sect's Grand Elder.
• The Grand Elder arrived, saw the devastation, and attacked Ren Xiaoyao with lightning, which Ren Xiaoyao absorbed into a golden vortex.
• The Grand Elder launched the Curse of No Sun, but Ren Xiaoyao's golden shield and runes repelled it and wounded the Grand Elder with its backlash.
• Ren Xiaoyao counterattacked with golden spiritual energy longswords, shattering the Grand Elder's black barrier.
• The Grand Elder protected himself with black light armor, but Ren Xiaoyao's swords drove him backward and left him bleeding and weakened.

Ren Xiaoyao defeated the Grand Elder and suppressed the Lingxiao Sacred Sect’s elders, but the Grand Elder activated the sect’s ancient Sect Protection Array to continue the battle. Ren Xiaoyao prepared to confront it by summoning countless golden Spiritual Energy Longswords.

• The Grand Elder’s final black energy attack failed to break Ren Xiaoyao’s shield, and the Lingxiao Sacred Sect Master called on the elders to attack together.
• Dugu Jianxin and the other elders unleashed their techniques, but Ren Xiaoyao’s Spiritual Energy Vortex swallowed their attacks and drew them in, suppressing them.
• The Grand Elder collapsed in despair, while Great Sage Ku Gu regretted betraying Ren Xiaoyao.
• The Grand Elder activated the Sect Protection Array with an ancient jade pendant, surrounding the Lingxiao Sacred Sect with a powerful formation.
• Ren Xiaoyao welcomed the challenge and formed countless golden Spiritual Energy Longswords to face the array.

Ren Xiaoyao battled the Lingxiao Sacred Sect’s Sect Protection Array and the founding ancestor’s will, the Lingxiao Heavenly King, until he found the array’s weakness and destroyed it. The sect’s defenses and its ancestor’s will vanished, leaving Ren Xiaoyao victorious but badly wounded and the sect in ruins.

• The Grand Elder activated the Lingxiao Sacred Sect’s Sect Protection Array, and Ren Xiaoyao’s first attacks failed to break through its defenses.
• The Lingxiao Heavenly King’s will emerged from the array, attacked Ren Xiaoyao with a halberd and several martial techniques, and wounded him.
• Ren Xiaoyao struck back with a powerful spiritual energy core, damaging the Heavenly King’s will and destabilizing the array.
• The Lingxiao Heavenly King drew on the array’s remaining power to unleash a final assault, while Ren Xiaoyao formed a transparent spiritual energy sphere to withstand it.
• Ren Xiaoyao found a weakness in the array’s energy and concentrated his power there, shattering the array and causing the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s will to vanish.
• The Grand Elder despaired over the sect’s ruin as Ren Xiaoyao, exhausted and wounded, declared victory and reflected on the battle.

Ren Xiaoyao killed Great Sage Ku Gu and destroyed the Lingxiao Sacred Sect, but the Grand Elder escaped with a Teleportation Talisman. After retreating to a secluded valley to recover and cultivate, Ren Xiaoyao emerged with greatly increased strength and renewed resolve to pursue the Grand Elder.

• Great Sage Ku Gu begged Ren Xiaoyao for mercy, but Ren Xiaoyao killed him after his ancient shield failed to stop the attack.
• Ren Xiaoyao tried to kill the Grand Elder, but the Grand Elder escaped using a Teleportation Talisman.
• Ren Xiaoyao vowed to hunt down the Grand Elder and spared the surviving Lingxiao Sacred Sect disciples before leaving.
• The Grand Elder arrived in a distant valley and planned to hide, gather allies, and seek revenge against Ren Xiaoyao.
• Ren Xiaoyao found a secluded valley, secured a cave, and absorbed Spirit Stones to recover and strengthen his cultivation.
• Ren Xiaoyao completed his cultivation and emerged with a major increase in strength, ready to continue his pursuit of the Grand Elder.

After finding Xuanyuan Qiankun, the Grand Elder brought him to confront Ren Xiaoyao, who had been waiting in the valley. Ren Xiaoyao overwhelmed both opponents with his spiritual energy, and his vortex drew them toward its center as their defenses failed.

• The Grand Elder found Xuanyuan Qiankun in the Primordial Ruins and begged him to help avenge the Lingxiao Sacred Sect.
• Xuanyuan Qiankun agreed to help, and he and the Grand Elder set out to find Ren Xiaoyao, who sensed them coming and waited in the valley.
• Xuanyuan Qiankun and the Grand Elder attacked Ren Xiaoyao together, but his Spiritual Energy Shield blocked their strikes and his sword wounded both of them.
• Xuanyuan Qiankun transformed with the Human Emperor Hegemonic Body while the Grand Elder used Ghost Shadow Steps, but Ren Xiaoyao fought them off and injured the Grand Elder with the Phantom Sword Dance.
• Xuanyuan Qiankun hurled a golden sphere of true essence at Ren Xiaoyao, and their clash blasted a huge pit into the ground.
• Ren Xiaoyao unleashed a powerful Spiritual Energy Vortex that overwhelmed the pair’s defenses, leaving Xuanyuan Qiankun and the Grand Elder pulled toward its center.

Ren Xiaoyao killed the Grand Elder under the Black Eye’s crushing pressure, then fought the mysterious eye until it disappeared, leaving him badly wounded but determined to become stronger. Xuanyuan Qiankun survived and fled, while the secrets of the Black Eye and his grudge with Ren Xiaoyao remained unresolved.

• Ren Xiaoyao endured the Black Eye’s pressure and killed the Grand Elder with his Spiritual Energy Longsword.
• Ren Xiaoyao charged the Black Eye and struck it with a golden fist, but its black beam blasted him into a deep pit.
• Ren Xiaoyao rose and launched a golden fireball at the Black Eye, but the prolonged clash drained him and shattered the fireball.
• The Black Eye dimmed and disappeared, and Ren Xiaoyao, badly injured, resolved to grow stronger.
• Xuanyuan Qiankun emerged from hiding and limped away, while Ren Xiaoyao recognized that their grudge and the Black Eye’s secrets remained ahead.

After learning that King Zizai had taken control of the Great Qin Emperor, Ren Xiaoyao fought him in the ruined capital and eventually buried him beneath a collapsed mountain. Ren Xiaoyao approached the ruins to check whether King Zizai was defeated and free the emperor, but a violent tremor came from within.

• Ren Xiaoyao returned to Fulong Mountain injured, and the True Dragon gave him a healing Pill.
• The True Dragon told Ren Xiaoyao that King Zizai from the Mountain Sea Continent had controlled the Great Qin Emperor and taken over the capital.
• Ren Xiaoyao confronted King Zizai in the Imperial Palace, where their attacks devastated the palace and surrounding land.
• Ren Xiaoyao used the valley terrain and a Golden Dharma Seal to break King Zizai's Black Demonic Shield and bury him beneath a collapsed mountain.
• Ren Xiaoyao went to confirm King Zizai's defeat and rescue the emperor, but the ruins suddenly trembled.

Ren Xiaoyao battled the wounded King Zizai as the battlefield began to collapse, then countered King Zizai’s Mountain Sea Leveling with golden sword qi strengthened by insights from his earlier fight with the mysterious black eye. The chapter ended as King Zizai raised a demonic shield to face Ren Xiaoyao’s finishing attack.

• Ren Xiaoyao struggled across the ruined battlefield as King Zizai rose from the ruins and charged him with a mass of dark energy.
• Ren Xiaoyao dodged King Zizai’s attack and parried the barrage of cursed black blades with his longsword and golden spiritual energy.
• King Zizai unleashed Mountain Sea Leveling, summoning illusory mountains and surging seas to crush Ren Xiaoyao.
• Ren Xiaoyao met the mountain-and-sea attack with golden sword qi, shattering the peaks and cleaving the waves.
• Ren Xiaoyao recalled his insights from fighting the mysterious black eye and fused that power with his spiritual energy, strengthening his sword attack.
• King Zizai, frightened by the incoming golden sword qi, summoned a giant demonic shield to defend himself.

Ren Xiaoyao battled King Zizai after the wounded enemy revived with Black Spiritual Energy, then fought the Black Eyes when they intervened to save him. King Zizai’s curse severely wounded the Black Eyes, but they escaped through a rift, leaving Ren Xiaoyao facing an unresolved threat.

• King Zizai gathered dissipating Black Spiritual Energy and attacked Ren Xiaoyao with black lightning and a demonic sword.
• Ren Xiaoyao spotted openings caused by King Zizai’s unstable power and struck him down with Justice Power, but King Zizai revived his defenses and continued fighting.
• As Ren Xiaoyao prepared to finish King Zizai, the Black Eyes appeared and fired a destructive beam at him.
• King Zizai used a self-destructive curse against the Black Eyes, sacrificing his life to crack them and weaken their power.
• Ren Xiaoyao attacked the wounded Black Eyes with golden Sword Qi, but they opened a Black Crack and escaped before he could destroy them.

Ren Xiaoyao faced Xuanyuan Qiankun, whom the Black Eye had empowered and sent to kill him. Ren broke Xuanyuan’s black formation and exploited flaws in his unstable attacks, but their battle remained unresolved as Xuanyuan was sent flying by Ren’s powerful golden sword strike.

• Ren Xiaoyao worried that the Black Eye would keep targeting him by empowering someone else.
• The Black Eye raised Xuanyuan Qiankun’s cultivation to the pinnacle of the Heavenly Ruin Realm and ordered him to fight Ren to the death.
• Xuanyuan found Ren in the mountains, and they clashed in the sky as Xuanyuan attacked with a black Flood Dragon and trapped Ren in a black formation.
• Ren broke the formation with a golden sword strike, shocking Xuanyuan, who transformed under the Black Eye’s power and attacked with wings and a demonic sword.
• Ren evaded Xuanyuan’s erratic attacks, identified his unstable movements, and struck back with a powerful Golden Sword Qi that sent Xuanyuan flying.

Xuanyuan Qiankun sacrificed his Vital Blood and unleashed dark powers against Ren Xiaoyao, but Ren Xiaoyao broke through his attacks and pursued him as he fled. Ren Xiaoyao restrained Xuanyuan Qiankun’s attempt to self-detonate, but the Black Eye appeared and killed him by detonating his power.

• Xuanyuan Qiankun sacrificed his Vital Blood to empower the Black Demonic Sword and unleashed a blood-red storm at Ren Xiaoyao.
• Ren Xiaoyao defended against the storm and destroyed Xuanyuan Qiankun’s Black Vortex with a Golden Light Sword.
• Xuanyuan Qiankun fled with Black Wings, but Ren Xiaoyao caught up and struck his back with Golden Sword Qi.
• Xuanyuan Qiankun crashed into a mountain and tried to self-detonate, but Ren Xiaoyao suppressed him with a Golden Magic Array.
• The Black Eye appeared, declared Xuanyuan Qiankun useless, and detonated his power, turning him into a black mushroom cloud.

Ren Xiaoyao survived Xuanyuan Qiankun’s self-detonation and lured the Black Eye into a fierce battle, using golden Justice Power to break through its defenses. The chapter ended as his Golden Light Sword struck the Black Eye’s last Black Shield in a blinding clash.

• Ren Xiaoyao endured the destructive force of Xuanyuan Qiankun’s self-detonation behind a spiritual-energy barrier.
• Ren Xiaoyao feigned injury to lure the Black Eye close, then unleashed a Golden Wheel of Light to block its attack.
• Ren Xiaoyao fought off the Black Eye’s black pythons and beams with golden sword techniques and counterattacks.
• Ren Xiaoyao shattered the Black Eye’s defensive barrier with golden lightning and pursued it into close combat.
• Ren Xiaoyao found an opening, wounded the Black Eye, and struck its final Black Shield with his Golden Light Sword.

After driving Black Eye away, Ren Xiaoyao secluded himself to heal, but the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body arrived and demanded that he submit. Ren Xiaoyao refused, and their battle continued as he found a weakness and wounded his powerful opponent.

• Ren Xiaoyao exhausted himself fighting Black Eye, which escaped through a black vortex before he could catch it.
• Ren Xiaoyao returned to a hidden cave and cultivated to repair his injuries and restore his spiritual power.
• The Human Emperor Reincarnated Body approached Ren Xiaoyao and offered him glory and wealth if he joined his conquest.
• Ren Xiaoyao refused to submit, and the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body attacked him with overwhelming spiritual power.
• Ren Xiaoyao studied his opponent's defenses, spotted a tremor in his left little finger, and cut his left arm with a targeted strike.
• The Human Emperor Reincarnated Body sent Ren Xiaoyao flying, but Ren Xiaoyao rose and prepared to keep fighting as his opponent gathered power beneath a spinning black vortex.

Ren Xiaoyao fought the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body through a barrage of powerful attacks and eventually wounded and defeated him. As the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body tried to escape through space cracks, Ren Xiaoyao blocked his path, and the Black Eye appeared again.

• The Human Emperor Reincarnated Body attacked Ren Xiaoyao with black lightning, earth spikes, and a destructive sound wave, while Ren Xiaoyao dodged and defended himself.
• Ren Xiaoyao spotted the brief interval between the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body's attacks, slipped around his purple barrier, and stabbed him in the back.
• The Human Emperor Reincarnated Body unleashed fire, ice, and thunder spells, but Ren Xiaoyao evaded and blocked them until his opponent began to falter.
• Ren Xiaoyao gathered his spiritual energy into his sword and struck the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body with Golden Sword Qi, sending him crashing into a crater.
• The wounded Human Emperor Reincarnated Body tried to escape by opening space cracks, but Ren Xiaoyao blocked his way, and the Black Eye appeared once more.

Ren Xiaoyao fought the Black Eye as it seized the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body and tried to escape through a crack in space. After destroying the Black Eye, Ren Xiaoyao struggled against black arms that emerged from the crack to drag the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body away.

• The Black Eye appeared during Ren Xiaoyao's standoff with the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body and attacked the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body with mist tentacles.
• Ren Xiaoyao struck the Black Eye with Golden Sword Qi, then trapped it in a Golden Magic Array when it tried to flee through a crack in space.
• The Black Eye blasted Ren Xiaoyao with a black ray, but Ren Xiaoyao recovered and destroyed it with a final sword strike.
• Black arms emerged from the crack and seized the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body, and Ren Xiaoyao wounded the arms and grabbed the captive's ankle.
• Ren Xiaoyao and the black arms struggled over the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body in a tug-of-war as the chapter ended.

After the Black Eye dragged the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body into the Dark World, Ren Xiaoyao sought power to face the coming threat. Both Ren Xiaoyao and the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body broke through, leaving them stronger and the world facing a greater danger.

• The Black Eye's black arms seized the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body and dragged him through the closing rift despite Ren Xiaoyao's attempt to stop them.
• Ren Xiaoyao found a Spirit Stone Mine Vein beneath the sea and endured lightning and Earth Fire as he absorbed its energy and broke through.
• Ren Xiaoyao consolidated his new strength in a secluded cave, then entered the Mysterious Ruins of Legends and began mastering ancient sword techniques.
• In the Dark World, the Black Eye and black arms transformed the Human Emperor Reincarnated Body with Dark Energy and ancient Evil Cultivation Methods.
• The Human Emperor Reincarnated Body endured black lightning and purple Earth Fire, broke through his limits, and began shaping Dark Power into weapons and beasts.