Chapter Summaries

Ye Jing and Qiuyue fought the man in the yellow robe and his followers after he challenged Ye Jing. The yellow-robed man unleashed a technique that raised his power to Divine Realm Layer Six, and Ye Jing prepared to face him.

• The man in the yellow robe chased Ye Jing, then threatened Qiuyue when he could not catch him, but Ye Jing told her to slap the attacker.
• Ye Jing switched places with Qiuyue and met the man in the yellow robe’s Great Sun Golden Wheel with his own, forcing him to lose the clash.
• The man in the yellow robe ordered his followers to attack, but Ye Jing cut down several with the Xuanyuan Sword and killed one who charged at Qiuyue.
• The man in the yellow robe summoned golden dragons with Imperial Dragon Entanglement, raising his aura to Divine Realm Layer Six, and Ye Jing appeared before him ready to fight.

Ye Jing defeated the yellow-robed man, a powerful prince, in a sword fight while Qiuyue held off his followers. The prince and his men fled, and Ye Jing learned that defeating an opponent had earned him thirty hunting points, bringing his total to fifty-nine.

• Ye Jing gave Qiuyue a formation disk and sent her to fight the prince’s followers while he challenged the yellow-robed man to a sword duel.
• Ye Jing overwhelmed the man’s strongest technique, Imperial Dragon World Annihilation, with Endless Life and declared him defeated.
• Ye Jing struck the wounded man with Spring Wind Proud, and the man fled with his followers.
• Ye Jing praised Qiuyue for holding off the crowd without using the formation disk.
• Qiuyue told Ye Jing that his hunting-point total had risen to fifty-nine, and he realized that defeating opponents earned their points.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue hunted demonic beasts in the depths of Qingyun Field, rapidly raising their hunting scores as the beasts grew stronger. They found no ghosts, spirits, or members of the Devil Race, and Ye Jing wondered what had changed in the Secret Realm.

• Ye Jing and Qiuyue continued hunting, ending the day with eighty-seven and seventy points respectively.
• In a vast grassland, Ye Jing and Qiuyue wounded a heavily armored beast by striking its eyes, and Ye Jing split open its head with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Ye Jing sensed something strange about the wounded beast, but he and Qiuyue finished dealing with it and pressed onward.
• They defeated increasingly powerful demonic beasts, raising Ye Jing's score to four hundred and Qiuyue's to just over two hundred.
• Qiuyue asked why they had only encountered demonic beasts, and Ye Jing wondered whether the Heaven and Earth Cataclysm had changed Qingyun Field.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue ventured deeper into the hunting grounds, where they encountered a Divine Realm Seventh Heaven black lizard that Ji Futian repeatedly failed to defeat. Ji Futian was blasted away again while Ye Jing and the others watched from hiding.

• Ye Jing and Qiuyue hunted stronger demonic beasts and earned points as they moved deeper into the grounds.
• Ye Jing noticed hidden auras near a Divine Realm Seventh Heaven black lizard and chose to observe it with Qiuyue.
• Ji Futian attacked the lizard, but its eyelid stopped his punch and its black beam overpowered his Sun, Moon, and Stars Revolve attack.
• Zhao Ku tried to stop Ji Futian from attacking again, but Ji Futian ignored him and charged the lizard.
• The lizard's black aura blasted Ji Futian away before he could land another blow.

Zhao Ku proposed using a formation copied and upgraded from Ye Jing’s design to combine the group’s strength against the Divine Realm Seventh Heaven black lizard. Jiang Xinyue left rather than join the plan, while Ye Dao volunteered to go first as Ye Jing watched from hiding and wondered what the beast had found beneath its feet.

• Ye Dao gave Zhao Ku a formation disc that could gather the group’s power into one person for ten minutes, and Zhao Ku explained the plan and its conditions.
• Zhao Ku, Zhu Huang, the Western Sea Buddha Son, and the two newcomers agreed to cooperate, while Jiang Xinyue refused and flew away.
• Ji Futian ignored Jiang Xinyue’s demand not to follow and hurried after her.
• The group hesitated over who should face the black lizard first, but Ye Dao volunteered and proposed drawing lots for the later turns.
• Ye Jing watched from hiding, deciding to let the group kill the beast while he waited to investigate what it had discovered.

Ye Dao used an array to borrow the others’ strength and defeat the black lizard, while Ye Jing investigated the place where the monster had lingered. In the Heavenly Court, a general discussed the monsters’ altered behavior and dismissed the investigation as harmless.

• Zhao Ku assigned the group their positions in the array, and Ye Dao used their gathered strength to attack the black lizard.
• Ye Dao slowed the lizard with his Time Domain, dodged its attack, and used wind and repeated punches to kill it.
• Ye Jing took Qiuyue to the hills where the lizard had left enormous footprints and searched for what it had found.
• A Heavenly Soldier reported that a monster had regained some sanity and that a cultivator was investigating the entrance.
• The Heavenly General blamed the monster’s behavior on an improperly controlled dosage and said the cultivator could not discover the truth.

Ye Jing realized that the demon beasts in Qingyun Field were unnaturally weak and discovered that a vast formation sustained the Secret Realm. He suspected the Heavenly Court had created the hunting grounds to harvest the beasts’ life force, but he continued hunting while keeping his investigation hidden.

• Ye Jing recalled his hunt and realized the demon beasts were far weaker and less intelligent than they should have been.
• Ye Jing questioned Qiuyue about Qingyun Field and suspected the hunt might be the last one.
• Ye Jing searched beneath the Secret Realm with his divine sense and found a complex formation spanning Qingyun Field.
• Ye Jing left the area with Qiuyue and resumed hunting so he would not reveal his discovery.
• Ye Jing suspected the Heavenly Court had made the Secret Realm to use humans to kill demon beasts and absorb their life force.

Ye Jing discovered that the beasts in the Qingyun Field were being drained by an array beneath the earth and decided to conceal what he had learned and leave. As he and Qiu Ye headed for the outskirts, he rekindled her determination to grow stronger, and she broke through to Divine Realm Layer Four.

• Ye Jing observed invisible suction cups drain a slain beast's life energy into a massive array beneath the earth, where a crucial node lay.
• Ye Jing decided to hide his discovery, keep hunting only as needed, and leave the Qingyun Field without seeking its final reward.
• Ye Jing told Qiu Ye he planned to withdraw and give their points away, then urged her to accept the Immortal Trapping Sword and pursue becoming a Great Emperor.
• Qiu Ye recalled her resolve to protect Ye Jing, destroy the Imperial Clans, and avenge her fellow disciples in the Sword Sect.
• Qiu Ye's spiritual energy surged, and she broke through to Divine Realm Layer Four while Ye Jing guarded her.

After Qiuyue advanced, Ye Jing attempted to turn Qingyun Field’s entrance into an exit while evading the Heavenly Court’s surveillance. Just as they activated his formation, a powerful attacker struck, leaving their escape uncertain.

• Qiuyue advanced, and Ye Jing congratulated her before leading her toward the Qingyun Field exit.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue let a gang of robbers take their points, then reached the hunting grounds’ entrance.
• Ye Jing spent three days setting up a formation to conceal their actions and turn the entrance into an exit while Qiuyue stood guard.
• A silver-armored True Lord noticed the concealed area through his Vertical Eye and ordered someone to summon the Old Immortal.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue stepped into the activated formation, but a powerful presence immobilized them and a streak of Saber Qi cracked the formation.
• Ye Jing shielded Qiuyue and tried to stabilize the disrupted formation so she could escape.

Ye Jing survived the array’s destruction and was thrown into the Land of Life, while Qiuyue returned safely to the Profound Yellow Great World and vowed to find him. Unable to use spiritual energy in his new surroundings, Ye Jing disguised himself as a mute beggar and entered a village, where he learned an envoy was coming to select someone.

• Ye Jing let the array’s self-destruction teleport him away, and the Chaos Green Lotus protected him from the spatial chaos.
• Qiuyue returned to the Profound Yellow Great World, changed her appearance, and left to seek safety while promising to find Ye Jing.
• Ye Jing arrived in an unfamiliar valley and discovered he could absorb spiritual energy but could not use it.
• Ye Jing found a village, disguised himself as a filthy mute, and used his system to understand the Land of Life’s language.
• Ling'er urged Shi Tuo to help Ye Jing, and Shi Tuo offered him a bun while talking about the envoy who would select someone from the village.

Ye Jing settled into a collapsed house after accepting help from Ling'er and the three boys, while he struggled to learn where he was and how to leave. In the mountains, a poisonous snake bit Shi Tuo, and the group rushed him back toward the village before a Dark Shadow knocked them all down.

• Ye Jing accepted a steamed bun from Shi Tuo and followed Ling'er and the boys to a collapsed house where he could sleep.
• Ye Jing tried his spirit artifacts to contact Qiuyue, but none responded, and he realized he could not use spiritual energy or set up a formation.
• Ling'er and the three boys went deeper into the mountains to gather wild vegetables despite Shi Tuo's concern for her safety.
• A poisonous snake coiled around Shi Tuo's leg and bit his thigh before Ling'er struck it with a dagger.
• The group hurried toward the village as Shi Tuo weakened, and one boy said the snake's venom had no cure.
• A Dark Shadow appeared near the abandoned house and knocked Ye Jing's rescuers and Shi Tuo to the ground.

Ye Jing secretly gave Shi Tuo a detoxifying pill after the boy was bitten by a venomous snake, then sensed a powerful cultivator’s aura from another mountain. At the village chief’s home, Shi Tiesheng declared Shi Tuo beyond saving, but Shi Tuo’s fingers twitched as his friends prepared to leave him.

• Ye Jing knocked Shi Tuo and the others down, slipped a detoxifying pill into Shi Tuo’s mouth, and watched the youngsters carry him toward the village.
• Ye Jing sensed an undisguised aura from another mountain, suspected it belonged to the emissary, and returned to the collapsed house to resume his disguise.
• Shi Ling’er and the two boys brought Shi Tuo to Shi Tiesheng, who identified the bite as a Five-Step Snake’s and said Shi Tuo could not be saved.
• Shi Ling’er struck the boys for talking about leaving, and one placed half a steamed bun on Shi Tuo’s chest before turning away.
• Shi Tuo’s fingers twitched unnoticed.

Shi Tuo unexpectedly recovered from a venomous snake bite, astonishing Shi Ling'er and Village Chief Shi Tiesheng. Meanwhile, Zhang Ling tested children in another village for cultivation talent, promising prosperity to any village with a gifted child.

• A boy gave Shi Tuo his Wooden Sword, and another left him a steamed bun as they thought he was dying.
• Shi Tuo woke up and teased Shi Ling'er, then revealed that he felt much better.
• Shi Ling'er stopped the boys from taking back their gifts and sent them to fetch her father.
• Shi Tuo showed Shi Ling'er and Shi Tiesheng that he had recovered, and everyone was amazed to find his snakebite wound healed.
• In another village, Zhang Ling introduced a Talent Spirit Stone and promised food and clothing to villages whose children showed cultivation talent.

Zhang Ling came to Lower Stone Village to test the children’s cultivation talent, then abused two girls after finding no candidates. The next morning, Ye Jing followed Shi Tuo to watch Zhang Ling arrive again, while the emissary’s gaze fixed on Shi Ling'er and he complained that the village had served no meat.

• Zhang Ling tested the village children with a crystal, found no one with cultivation talent, and took two girls into the village chief’s bedroom under the pretense of wanting company.
• The village chief warned a girl’s father not to confront Zhang Ling, and the villagers left the girls with him to avoid endangering the whole village.
• Shi Tuo questioned Ye Jing about how he had survived the snake’s poison, offered him half a bun, and headed into the village for the emissary’s arrival.
• Ye Jing followed Shi Tuo and watched as Shi Tiesheng led the villagers in welcoming Zhang Ling.
• Zhang Ling ordered the children brought over so he could choose among them while eating, noticed Shi Ling'er, and complained that the village had prepared no meat.

During the talent test in Lower Stone Village, Shi Ling'er revealed she could cultivate, while Shi Tuo was rejected and then assaulted by Zhang Ling for questioning the result. Shi Ling'er encouraged Shi Tuo not to give up before following Zhang Ling into a bedroom, uneasy about his intentions.

• Zhang Ling tested the village children with the Talent Spirit Stone, but it showed no talent until it shone brightly over Shi Ling'er.
• Zhang Ling invited Shi Ling'er to cultivate, and she agreed despite feeling repulsed by his lecherous gaze.
• Shi Tuo asked Zhang Ling to test him again, but Zhang Ling crushed him with oppressive force and hurled him into a wall.
• Shi Ling'er comforted Shi Tuo and urged him to keep believing in himself, restoring his determination to marry her.
• Zhang Ling pressed Shi Ling'er to follow him, and she entered the bedroom while Shi Tiesheng urged her to go.

Ye Jing dragged Shi Tuo into the bedroom to stop Zhang Ling from violating Shi Ling'er, only to find her tied up and Shi Tiesheng there too. Zhang Ling knocked the rescuers down, but Shi Tuo rose again and charged at him as Zhang Ling struck back.

• Shi Tuo resolved to leave the village, but Ye Jing grabbed him and dragged him toward Shi Ling'er's bedroom.
• Ye Jing and Shi Tuo burst through the bedroom door and found Shi Ling'er bound while Zhang Ling was about to undress her.
• Shi Tuo and Shi Tiesheng attacked Zhang Ling, but he sent them flying and struck them down with his Wind Blossom Palm.
• Zhang Ling approached Shi Ling'er and explained that the ropes were made from Spiritual Power as he prepared to assault her.
• Shi Tuo forced himself back to his feet, declared that the fight was not over, and charged Zhang Ling again.

Ye Jing saved Shi Tuo from Zhang Ling, then overpowered the emissary with his bare physical strength and carried him into the mountains. After hearing Zhang Ling threaten to petition the Heavenly Court, Ye Jing realized he might have landed in a world governed by the Heavenly Court and needed to question his captive without revealing he was an outsider.

• Ye Jing pulled Shi Tuo away from Zhang Ling's attacks, then shielded him from a powerful palm strike as the villagers scattered.
• Ye Jing charged through Zhang Ling's attack, seized him, and carried him out of the village while pretending to be a mute madman.
• The villagers found the village chief and Shi Tuo alive, and Shi Ling'er discovered that she had been freed from the bed.
• Zhang Ling threatened to make a death petition to the Heavenly Court, alerting Ye Jing that the world might be under its control.
• Ye Jing considered how to question Zhang Ling while restraining him, since he could not use spiritual energy, spells, or Divine Abilities.

Ye Jing pretended to be a powerful exile to learn about the world and searched Zhang Ling, then killed him when two newcomers approached. Shan Long and Wang Yuanqiang arrived and invited Ye Jing to join the Heaven Slaying Society.

• Ye Jing coaxed Zhang Ling into revealing that he was from West City and offering to help him regain his strength.
• Ye Jing searched Zhang Ling, found a token marked "West," and decided Zhang Ling was too dangerous to spare.
• When two auras approached, Ye Jing crushed Zhang Ling's neck and prepared to fight the newcomers.
• Shan Long charged at Ye Jing but missed after Ye Jing sidestepped, crashing into the ground.
• Wang Yuanqiang introduced himself and Shan Long as members of the Heaven Slaying Society and invited Ye Jing to help overthrow the Heavenly Court.

Ye Jing joined Wang Yuanqiang and Shan Long as they fled West City and entered the hidden base of the Heaven Slaying Society. There, he learned that the group included many people exiled by the Heavenly Court, but he still did not know why he had been exiled.

• Wang Yuanqiang invited Ye Jing to join the Heaven Slaying Society and promised to help remove his seal and restore his mind and strength.
• Shan Long burned Zhang Ling's corpse and the group fled before West City could discover what happened.
• A black-robed man checked Ye Jing for a Divine Soul mark, and Ye Jing let him scan part of his powerful Divine Soul.
• Wang Yuanqiang opened a concealed formation inside a tree and led Ye Jing into the Heaven Slaying Society's crowded hidden base.
• People at the base speculated that Ye Jing was an exile and said their president had also been exiled by the Heavenly Court.

Ye Jing reunited with the Sage Scholar, who was living under the name Qi Chun in a sealed world. Qi Chun explained that the Heavenly Court prevented anyone from leaving and confirmed it harvested the source of living beings, then asked Ye Jing to consider why the Heavenly Court needed it.

• Wang Yuanqiang and Shan Long brought Ye Jing to meet Mr. Qi, who revealed himself to be the Sage Scholar.
• After Wang Yuanqiang and Shan Long left, Ye Jing and Qi Chun discussed Ye Jing’s books and how he had fallen through a spatial rift into the world.
• Qi Chun told Ye Jing that the Heavenly Court had sealed the world, that no one could leave without its permission, and that the tokens Ye Jing had found were useless.
• Ye Jing asked whether the Heavenly Court was harvesting life energy, and Qi Chun identified it as the source, the origin of all living things.
• Qi Chun asked how long the Heavenly Court had existed and how long Saints normally lived, then asked if Ye Jing believed the Heavenly Court’s inhabitants had become immortal.