Chapter Summaries

Ren Xiaoyao learned that Shi Tiandi was suffering the effects of his Art of Misfortune, then discovered a True Dragon would be born with the Spirit Stone Mine Vein and chose to save it from its tribulation. At Dragon Rising Mountain, he sensed the unhatched dragon and found a malevolent presence destroying the forming vein.

• Ren Xiaoyao inspected Shi Tiandi's history and used the Art of Misfortune on him, overcoming the Phoenix Power protecting him.
• Over the next six months, Shi Tiandi suffered a failed cultivation attempt, betrayal by Young Master Wuhen, and a thunder tribulation that cost him fifty years of lifespan.
• The system revealed that the Spirit Stone Mine Vein would form alongside a True Dragon, and Ren Xiaoyao chose to break the dragon's tribulation and gain the Heavenly Dao's favor.
• Ren Xiaoyao asked Bai Ze about True Dragons, then took it to Dragon Rising Mountain, where the vein was forming.
• Ren Xiaoyao sensed the unhatched True Dragon and a powerful evil presence destroying the Spirit Stone Mine Vein, and his expression turned cold.

Ren Xiaoyao entered Dragon Rising Mountain and found a vast underground grotto containing a Spirit Stone Mine Vein, a nearly hatched True Dragon egg, and a powerful golden skeleton being consumed by a Human-Faced Spider. After the spider attacked him, Ren Xiaoyao severed all eight of its claws and demanded that it answer his questions.

• Ren Xiaoyao told Bai Ze to wait and used the Five Elements Evasion Technique to enter Dragon Rising Mountain.
• Ren Xiaoyao reached the underground grotto and discovered the Spirit Stone Mine Vein and a nearly incubated True Dragon egg.
• Ren Xiaoyao saw a Human-Faced Spider poisoning the mine vein while feeding on the golden skeleton, whose remains held power equivalent to the Martial Shattering Void Realm.
• The Human-Faced Spider awoke, claimed the grotto as its territory, and swallowed the golden skeleton before attacking Ren Xiaoyao.
• Ren Xiaoyao avoided the spider's attacks, cut off its eight claws with Sword Qi, and demanded answers about the Lishan Grotto-Heaven.

Ren Xiaoyao learned that the Meishan Grotto-Heaven stood above the continent’s celestial dynasties, then killed the human-faced spider after it tried to ambush him. As he left the underground cavern, he detected a shapeshifting demonic beast and stopped to investigate its origins.

• The human-faced spider told Ren Xiaoyao that it came from the Meishan Grotto-Heaven, where martial artists could reach the Martial Shattering Void Realm because it existed outside the sealed continent.
• The human-faced spider explained that its former master had brought it to the outside world to seek the Qinling Heavenly Emperor’s legacy, but a change in the Meishan Grotto-Heaven had forced him to leave it behind.
• The human-faced spider feigned submission and lunged at Ren Xiaoyao with its fangs, but Ren Xiaoyao shattered them with his fist and destroyed the spider.
• Ren Xiaoyao buried the golden skeleton, then prepared to leave the underground cavern using the Five Elements Evasion Technique.
• A system message detected a shapeshifting demonic beast, so Ren Xiaoyao paused underground and viewed its origins.

Ren Xiaoyao met Lu Youruo, the injured Qingqiu Demon Fox disguised as the daughter of Dragon Guard Manor’s master, and declined her invitation to pursue the True Dragon Divine Sword. When he tried to leave, a jealous young man confronted him and threatened to make him his toy.

• Ren Xiaoyao sensed a powerful presence and discovered Lu Youruo standing near Bai Ze, who hid behind him in fear.
• Lu Youruo introduced herself and asked why Ren Xiaoyao had come to Dragon Rising Mountain, while he concealed his knowledge of her identity.
• Lu Youruo explained that the True Dragon Divine Sword was about to be completed and that many strong cultivators had come to compete for it.
• Ren Xiaoyao said he was not interested and turned to leave, but Lu Youruo caught up and blocked his way.
• A jealous young man accused Ren Xiaoyao of seducing Princess Youruo, then threatened him after deciding he was an ordinary person.

Ouyang Lan tried to punish Ren Xiaoyao for being close to Lu Youruo, but Ren remained unshaken as Bai Ze revealed its true form and devoured Ouyang Lan’s three Human Immortal Realm attendants. Ouyang Lan collapsed in terror before Ren Xiaoyao, who watched him calmly.

• Ouyang Lan confronted Ren Xiaoyao, threatened him, and summoned three Human Immortal Realm attendants to seize him.
• Ouyang Lan ordered his attendants to ruin Ren Xiaoyao’s face while Lu Youruo watched without intervening.
• Lu Youruo’s oppressive aura failed to stop Bai Ze, which transformed into a giant wolf and swallowed all three attendants.
• Ouyang Lan screamed and collapsed to the ground as he saw Bai Ze’s bloody mouth and Ren Xiaoyao’s calm expression.

Ren Xiaoyao refused to spare Ouyang Lan despite his threats and false pleas, but Ouyang Huan and Lu Baixuan arrived before Bai Ze could kill him. Ren Xiaoyao answered Ouyang Huan’s demand for an explanation by having Bai Ze attack, and Bai Ze killed Ouyang Lan.

• Lu Youruo suspected Ren Xiaoyao might be connected to Meishan Grotto-Heaven and held back from acting against him.
• Ouyang Lan threatened Ren Xiaoyao with the Ouyang Family, then begged for mercy while secretly hating him; Ren Xiaoyao ordered Bai Ze to attack.
• As Bai Ze’s gale swept Ouyang Lan away, Ouyang Huan arrived, cut through the gale, and rescued him; Lu Baixuan also appeared.
• Ouyang Huan demanded an explanation from Bai Ze, while Ouyang Lan blamed Ren Xiaoyao and urged his uncle to kill him.
• Ren Xiaoyao signaled Bai Ze, which blasted Ouyang Huan aside and killed Ouyang Lan as Ren Xiaoyao called it his explanation.

Ren Xiaoyao’s Bai Ze killed Ouyang Lan and overwhelmed Ouyang Huan and Lu Baixuan, escalating the conflict at Dragon Rising Mountain. Ouyang Huan rallied more than ten Limitless Realm experts against Bai Ze, but the Great Yu Empress Lu Yuxuan’s newly revealed Creation Realm aura arrived, and Ouyang Huan appealed to her for justice.

• Bai Ze crushed Ouyang Lan beneath its claw, and Ouyang Huan dug out his son’s corpse and swore revenge on Ren Xiaoyao and his family.
• Ouyang Huan attacked Ren Xiaoyao, but Bai Ze’s Gang Qi blasted Ouyang Huan and Lu Baixuan away.
• Ouyang Huan refused Lu Baixuan’s advice to retreat and summoned more than ten Limitless Realm Martial Artists to help kill Bai Ze.
• A powerful Creation Realm aura descended, and Lu Baixuan recognized it as the Great Yu Empress Lu Yuxuan’s.
• Ouyang Huan called to the Empress and begged her to uphold justice for him.

The newly advanced Creation Realm Empress of Great Yu arrived at Dragon Rising Mountain and demanded submission from its gathered martial artists. As she began to answer Ouyang Huan’s plea, Feng Chengyi recognized Ren Xiaoyao and bowed to him, leaving the Empress frozen in terror.

• The Empress of Great Yu reflected on how renewed fortune had helped her enter the Creation Realm and discussed the True Dragon Sword with Feng Chengyi.
• After sensing the battle and Ouyang Huan’s plea, the Empress released her Creation Realm pressure and descended with Feng Chengyi to intimidate the gathered martial artists.
• Ouyang Huan, Lu Baixuan, and the other martial artists knelt and swore allegiance to the Empress.
• Ouyang Huan begged the Empress to punish Bai Ze for killing Ouyang Lan, while using the plea to demonstrate his submission.
• As the Empress began to answer Ouyang Huan, Feng Chengyi abruptly knelt toward Ren Xiaoyao and paid his respects to Immortal Chang Sheng.
• The Empress saw Ren Xiaoyao and froze in shock and fear.

The Empress of Great Yu and the assembled martial artists recognized Ren Xiaoyao as Immortal Chang Sheng and begged for mercy. Ren Xiaoyao rejected Ouyang Huan’s plea by recalling Ouyang Lan’s betrayal, but Ouyang Huan tried to save himself by offering information about the True Dragon Sword.

• Feng Chengyi identified Ren Xiaoyao as Immortal Chang Sheng, leaving Ouyang Huan and the Great Yu martial artists stunned.
• The Empress of Great Yu knelt and apologized to Ren Xiaoyao, prompting Lu Baixuan and the other experts to kneel as well.
• Ouyang Huan realized Ren Xiaoyao’s identity and begged him to spare his life.
• Ren Xiaoyao reminded Ouyang Huan that Ouyang Lan had also begged for mercy before turning against him.
• Ouyang Huan offered to reveal the True Dragon Sword’s secret and help Ren Xiaoyao obtain it, warning him about the Great Qin and Great Shang Celestial Dynasties.

Ren Xiaoyao spared the Great Yu Dynasty’s martial artists after Bai Ze killed Ouyang Huan, then accepted the Great Yu Empress’s invitation to rest at Dragon Guard Manor. Lu Youruo revealed that she was a five-hundred-year-old Qingqiu Demon Fox in the Martial Shattering Void Realm, and Ren Xiaoyao hinted that his strength exceeded the Creation Realm.

• Ouyang Huan fled after Ren Xiaoyao refused to spare him, but Bai Ze caught and killed him.
• Ren Xiaoyao pardoned the Great Yu Dynasty’s martial artists, and they thanked him in fear.
• The Great Yu Empress invited Ren Xiaoyao to Dragon Guard Manor, where he rested in a quiet room.
• Lu Youruo entered Ren Xiaoyao’s room and used her Martial Shattering Void Realm pressure to pin Bai Ze down.
• Lu Youruo revealed her identity and cultivation, and Ren Xiaoyao suggested he was not merely in the Creation Realm.

Ren Xiaoyao revealed that he had reached the Martial Shattering Void Realm and easily defeated the injured Qingqiu Demon Fox Lu Youruo in one move. With Lu Youruo bound and helpless, he demanded that she choose between life and death.

• Lu Youruo dismissed Ren Xiaoyao’s claim to have reached the Martial Shattering Void Realm, but his aura overwhelmed hers and proved he was stronger.
• Lu Youruo demanded to know how Ren Xiaoyao had attained his realm and grew angry when he refused to answer.
• Ren Xiaoyao attacked Lu Youruo with a spiritual-energy palm seal, crushing her fox-claw counterattack and binding her in midair.
• Bai Ze watched in disbelief as Lu Youruo fell in a single move, while she struggled against her restraints and seethed with humiliation.
• Ren Xiaoyao told the bound Lu Youruo to choose between the path of life and the path of death.

Ren Xiaoyao forced Lu Youruo to submit, marked her with the Life and Death Mark, and questioned her about Meishan Grotto-Heaven and Dragon Rising Mountain. Meanwhile, Qin Tianji ordered Lu Baixuan to carry out a plan to forge the True Dragon Sword and declared that Ren Xiaoyao would die before sunrise.

• Lu Youruo refused to submit until Ren Xiaoyao threatened her with Sword Qi, then begged for mercy and accepted his Life and Death Mark.
• Ren Xiaoyao asked Lu Youruo why she had sought him out, and she said she had wanted to learn his origins and whether he came from Meishan Grotto-Heaven.
• Lu Youruo told Ren Xiaoyao that Meishan Grotto-Heaven had several Martial Shattering Void Realm experts and might once have had Heaven Realm existences.
• Ren Xiaoyao learned that Lu Youruo had chosen Dragon Rising Mountain because it calmed her mind and sped her recovery, though she knew nothing of the True Dragon there.
• Qin Tianji questioned Lu Baixuan about the battle and learned that Ren Xiaoyao had killed Ouyang Huan.
• Qin Tianji ordered Lu Baixuan to lead the invited Great Yu Dynasty Martial Artists to the Sword-Forging Pool and use their blood and souls to forge the True Dragon Sword, then said Ren Xiaoyao would not live until morning.

Qin Tianji told Lu Baixuan that a supreme power backed him and would deal with Immortal Chang Sheng, while Lu Baixuan expected to seize Great Yu’s throne. At Dragon Guard Manor, Great Shang’s Ji Ziyue arrived to claim the True Dragon Sword and confronted Ren Xiaoyao when he appeared.

• Qin Tianji claimed that a powerful being protected him and promised Lu Baixuan that he would soon succeed the Great Yu Empress.
• Lu Baixuan assured the Great Yu Empress that Ren Xiaoyao would arrive before the True Dragon Sword emerged, while privately anticipating her downfall.
• Ji Ziyue of the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty arrived at Dragon Guard Manor with a terrifying aura, forcing the gathered Great Yu martial artists to kneel.
• Ji Ziyue asked where Immortal Chang Sheng was, and Lu Youruo announced his arrival.
• Ren Xiaoyao appeared, and Ji Ziyue remarked that his outstanding bearing would make him a target.

Ren Xiaoyao rejected Ji Ziyue’s attempt to recruit him and her claims that he could not compare with the Human King. Before he could answer her further, Qin Tianji appeared and declared that everyone at Dragon Guard Manor would die as part of a ritual to forge a true Dragon.

• Ren Xiaoyao used the True Eye of Breaking Illusions to identify Ji Ziyue as the Human King’s disciple and Jian Wuming as her protector.
• Ji Ziyue warned Ren Xiaoyao that the Celestial Dynasties would either force him to submit or destroy him, then tried to bring him under her command.
• Ren Xiaoyao challenged Ji Ziyue’s belief that he could never stand alongside or surpass the Human King, angering her and Jian Wuming.
• A terrifying ghostly face appeared over Dragon Guard Manor and covered everyone with overwhelming pressure.
• The face identified itself as Qin Tianji, the Second Prince of the Great Qin Celestial Dynasty, and said everyone present would die to help forge a true Dragon.
• Qin Tianji dismissed Jian Wuming and demanded that Ren Xiaoyao come fight him.

Qin Tianji revealed that his master was Shi Tiandi, whom he claimed had defeated the Human King, and Ren Xiaoyao learned Qin Tianji cultivated the same demonic art as the Evil Venerable. Qin Tianji then overwhelmed Jian Wuming in battle, leaving him severely injured as the onlookers watched in shock.

• Qin Tianji appeared before Ji Ziyue and revealed that he knew she was the Human King's disciple.
• Qin Tianji claimed his master, Shi Tiandi, controlled the Celestial Dynasties and had defeated the Human King.
• Ren Xiaoyao used the True Eye of Breaking Illusions and discovered Qin Tianji cultivated the same Heavenly Cycle Unification Demonic Art as the Evil Venerable.
• Jian Wuming attacked Qin Tianji after rejecting his claims, but Qin Tianji dodged his sword strikes with ease.
• Qin Tianji struck Jian Wuming with a powerful punch, sending him crashing into the ground with severe injuries.

Qin Tianji revealed that Shi Tiandi had manipulated the Great Qin and Great Shang Celestial Dynasties into forging the True Dragon Sword, intending to use the Great Yu Empress and her people as materials. As Qin Tianji turned to attack Ren Xiaoyao, Ren Xiaoyao prepared the Sun Chasing Bow and warned him not to underestimate the heavens.

• Qin Tianji easily defeated Jian Wuming, leaving Ji Ziyue and the Great Yu martial artists stunned by his strength.
• Lu Baixuan revealed that he had pledged loyalty to Qin Tianji and that the Great Yu Empress and her people would be sacrificed to finish forging the True Dragon Sword.
• Qin Tianji claimed that his Master, Shi Tiandi, had devised the sword-forging method and manipulated the Great Qin and Great Shang Celestial Dynasties to carry out his plan.
• Jian Wuming struggled to his feet, while Qin Tianji warned that he had spared Jian Wuming only to devour the True Essence remaining in his body.
• Ji Ziyue asked Ren Xiaoyao to join forces against Qin Tianji, but Qin Tianji declared that he would kill Ren Xiaoyao before his Master could deal with him.
• Ren Xiaoyao summoned the Sun Chasing Bow, formed a spiritual arrow, and warned Qin Tianji that the vastness of heaven was beyond his imagination.

Qin Tianji unleashed the Skyfall Heavenly Art and charged Ren Xiaoyao, whose spiritual arrow from the Sun Chasing Bow met the attack in a burst of overwhelming light. The chapter ended before the clash’s outcome was revealed.

• Qin Tianji summoned the enormous ghost-face shadow, filling the sky with black energy and violent winds.
• Jian Wuming and Ji Ziyue judged Ren Xiaoyao’s challenge hopeless and planned to flee once the fight began.
• Lu Baixuan cheered for Qin Tianji, while the Great Yu Empress and her followers feared for their lives.
• Lu Youruo sensed that the Sun Chasing Bow was an extraordinary treasure capable of threatening even her.
• Qin Tianji invoked the Skyfall Heavenly Art, absorbed the ghost face’s power, and rushed at Ren Xiaoyao.
• Ren Xiaoyao fired a spiritual power arrow from the Sun Chasing Bow, shattering the void as dazzling light engulfed everyone.

Ren Xiaoyao defeated Qin Tianji with a Spiritual Power Arrow, but Qin Tianji survived because his heart was on the opposite side of his chest. As Ren Xiaoyao prepared to strike again, an imperial decree revealed the phantom of the Great Qin Emperor Qin Chenyi, a Martial Shattering Void Realm powerhouse.

• Ren Xiaoyao pierced Qin Tianji's right chest with a Spiritual Power Arrow, tearing through his black mist and knocking him to the ground.
• Ji Ziyue and Jian Wuming witnessed Qin Tianji's defeat, while the Great Yu Empress and her people praised and knelt before Ren Xiaoyao.
• Ren Xiaoyao used his Spiritual Sense to discover that Qin Tianji's heart was on the left, and then aimed another arrow at him.
• Qin Tianji begged his Master, Shi Tiandi, to save him, but no one answered, and he collapsed in terror before Ren Xiaoyao.
• An imperial decree fell from Qin Tianji's chest and revealed a golden phantom that Qin Tianji recognized as his father, the Great Qin Emperor.
• Ren Xiaoyao identified the phantom as Qin Chenyi, a Martial Shattering Void Realm powerhouse.

Ren Xiaoyao rejected Great Qin Emperor Qin Chenyi’s demand to spare Qin Tianji and killed him with a Spiritual Power Arrow. Qin Chenyi’s phantom remained before Ren Xiaoyao, who declared the emperor unqualified to ask for his respect.

• Ren Xiaoyao identified the phantom as Great Qin Emperor Qin Chenyi, while the others trembled under his overwhelming presence.
• Qin Tianji begged Qin Chenyi to save him, and Qin Chenyi ordered Ren Xiaoyao to let him leave and stop pursuing the True Dragon Sword.
• Qin Chenyi revealed that he had known for twenty-two years about Qin Tianji’s connection to Shi Tiandi and reproached his son for failing to match his elder brother.
• Qin Tianji and Lu Baixuan prepared to leave after Qin Chenyi ended the contest, but Ren Xiaoyao challenged Qin Tianji’s attempt to go.
• Ren Xiaoyao shot Qin Tianji with a Spiritual Power Arrow, killing him, then told Qin Chenyi he was not qualified to demand face.

Ren Xiaoyao killed Qin Tianji and destroyed the Great Qin Emperor Qin Chenyi’s phantom with a single spiritual arrow, revealing overwhelming strength that shocked the witnesses. He then claimed the Ancient Emperor’s Edict and discovered it was made from the skin of a Heaven Realm expert whose aura matched the golden skeleton beneath Dragon Rising Mountain.

• Ren Xiaoyao told Qin Chenyi that Qin Tianji had provoked him and that he had no reason to spare him.
• Qin Chenyi vowed to kill everyone present and all the people of Great Yu, then began making his phantom corporeal.
• Ren Xiaoyao struck Qin Chenyi’s phantom between the brows with a spiritual arrow and destroyed it before it could unleash its power.
• Qingqiu Demon Fox and the others realized Ren Xiaoyao’s strength surpassed what they expected, while Ji Ziyue and Jian Wuming fled and abandoned their pursuit of the True Dragon Sword.
• Ren Xiaoyao drew the Ancient Emperor’s Edict to himself and discovered it was human skin bearing the aura of the Heaven Realm expert associated with the golden skeleton beneath Dragon Rising Mountain.