Chapter Summaries

Lin Taichu defeated three Ouyang Family fighters and confronted Ouyang Huang, who emerged from seclusion and attacked with an Emperor Weapon. Lin Taichu blocked the spear with one palm and refused to surrender the person Ouyang Huang demanded, leaving them poised to fight.

• Lin Taichu struck down three attackers with a single sword swing, then refused the white-robed Old Man's demand to move aside.
• Ouyang Huang emerged from seclusion, and Lin Taichu recognized him as a powerful genius nearing the Saint Realm.
• Ouyang Huang demanded that Lin Taichu offer his life as atonement and summoned an Emperor Weapon demonic spear.
• Lin Taichu stopped Ouyang Huang's spear with one palm, astonishing the onlookers.
• Ouyang Huang demanded that Lin Taichu hand over the person he had killed, but Lin Taichu refused.

Ouyang Huang attacked Lin Taichu to avenge Xuan'er, and the two fought with Emperor-level weapons and techniques. Lin Taichu's sword strike nearly killed Ouyang Huang, leaving him badly wounded as the battle continued.

• Ouyang Huang appeared and attacked Lin Taichu with his demonic spear, but Lin Taichu dodged and summoned the Nine Heavens Immortal Sword.
• Lin Taichu unleashed a river of sword qi that pierced Ouyang Huang's defenses and covered him in wounds.
• Lin Taichu urged Ouyang Huang to concede, but Ouyang Huang retaliated with World-Burning Flame and struck Lin Taichu, making him cough blood.
• Ouyang Huang charged with his halberd and World-Burning Flame, but Lin Taichu's dark-gold sword qi tore through the flames and narrowly missed Ouyang Huang's glabella.
• Ouyang Huang evaded the lethal strike but was left pale, bleeding, and badly wounded as Qin Xuan and the crowd watched.

Lin Taichu pressed his advantage over the injured Ouyang Huang, while a black-robed Lin Taichu unleashed a devastating fist technique that stunned the arena. Lin Taichu launched a final sword attack at Ouyang Huang, whose defeat seemed imminent.

• Lin Taichu declared that Ouyang Huang would pay for refusing to give up and summoned a vast rain of sword qi.
• Ouyang Huang was wounded by the sword qi and struggled to withstand Lin Taichu's attack.
• A black-robed Lin Taichu displayed overwhelming physical power, striking with thunderous fists and phantom Kui oxen.
• Ouyang Huang summoned a sea of flames and sent a crimson flame flood dragon toward Lin Taichu, who dispelled it with two true essence palms.
• Lin Taichu formed ten thousand swords and charged at Ouyang Huang with killing intent.

Ouyang Huang awakened the Demon God Bloodline and unleashed several powerful forms against Lin Taichu, who shattered his summoned phantoms and countered his attacks. Ouyang Huang destroyed Lin Taichu’s sword and then cut apart a strange lightning attack, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Ouyang Huang awakened the Demon God Bloodline, revealing his connection to Chi You and summoning a Demon God Dharma Form, a Yao God Phantom, and a White Tiger divine beast.
• Ouyang Huang sent his Demon God and White Tiger forms to attack Lin Taichu, but Lin Taichu’s silver spear destroyed both phantoms.
• Ouyang Huang advanced on Lin Taichu with a divine halberd, and Lin Taichu launched a silver divine sword that Ouyang Huang shattered with his Demon God's Fist.
• Lin Taichu attacked with a strangely gentle, musical bolt of lightning, but Ouyang Huang moved beside it and cut it apart with his halberd.

Lin Taichu fought Ouyang Huang in a full-strength battle, using his Wood Sword and wood-element rules against Ouyang Huang’s demonic power and flames. After Ouyang Huang battered him and burned his sword, Lin Taichu unleashed a storm of Wood Spears, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Ouyang Huang challenged Lin Taichu to fight at full strength, and Lin Taichu accepted.
• Ouyang Huang summoned his Demon God Dharma Form while Lin Taichu brought forth his Wood Sword and attacked with wood-element vines.
• Ouyang Huang’s flames burned Lin Taichu’s Wood Sword, and he unleashed Fire Lotus Burial World.
• Lin Taichu summoned ancient trees and more vines, but Ouyang Huang’s demonic seals destroyed them and struck Lin Taichu backward.
• Lin Taichu gathered wood-element rules into countless Wood Spears and sent them surging toward Ouyang Huang.

Ouyang Huang overwhelmed Lin Taichu with demonic power and left him gravely injured, but Lin Taichu rose again and revealed the Lightning Origin and terrifying summoned figures. The battle remained unresolved as Lin Taichu prepared to unleash his hidden measures.

• Ouyang Huang burned away Lin Taichu's Wood Spears and sword attacks, then shattered his Ice Frost Celestial Maiden and overwhelmed his wood-elemental assault.
• Ouyang Huang trapped Lin Taichu with Black Lotuses and injured him with demonic energy, leaving him kneeling and drained.
• Lin Taichu rose and invoked the three-year battle pact between their fathers, then declared he would take Ouyang Huang's life.
• Lin Taichu called down lightning, revealing that he had cultivated the Lightning Origin.
• Lin Taichu summoned several hundred-zhang-tall, ink-black figures he had prepared as life-preserving measures.

Lin Taichu’s summoned shadows overwhelmed Ouyang Huang, who was killed after failing to escape the assault. Lin Taichu then called out a hidden observer, and hundreds of Emperor Realm experts appeared through the Formation.

• Lin Taichu’s black shadows pursued Ouyang Huang and battered him with their attacks.
• Ouyang Huang revealed an Emperor Realm aura and broke free of Lin Taichu’s Lightning Storm, but emerged badly wounded.
• Lin Taichu ordered the shadows to finish Ouyang Huang, who pleaded to leave but was beheaded.
• Ouyang Qing cradled his father’s head and wept as the shadows dispersed around Lin Taichu.
• Lin Taichu challenged someone hiding nearby, and a Formation opened to reveal hundreds of Emperor Realm experts.

Lin Taichu confronted the gathered Emperor Realm experts over the sealing stele and broke the sealed space with his flames. After revealing that he had sent the stele to the Tianyu Kingdom's imperial palace, he fought Tian Xingzi and overwhelmed him, while the other experts remained ready to attack.

• Qin Xuan, Tianmingzi, and other leaders demanded that Ouyang Huang hand over the sealing stele, while Lin Taichu declared that he had an old grievance with it.
• Lin Taichu summoned a flaming divine tower that shattered the sealed space and freed the trapped Emperor Realm experts.
• Lin Taichu said he had sent the sealing stele to the Tianyu Kingdom's imperial palace and challenged anyone who wanted to retrieve it.
• Tian Xingzi attacked Lin Taichu with his galaxy totem, but Lin Taichu countered with the Sun God Furnace and a pitch-black battle halberd.
• Lin Taichu blasted Tian Xingzi away, and Heavenly Sword Pavilion experts rushed to catch their injured Senior Brother.

Lin Taichu fought Tian Xingzi and three other Emperor Realm cultivators, overpowering their attacks with his halberd and revealing his World Burning Lotus Flame. He unleashed Lotus Annihilates the World, then struck down the Golden Winged Great Pengs summoned against him, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Tian Xingzi and three cultivators encircled Lin Taichu and attacked him together, but he repelled their blows with his battle halberd.
• The attackers blasted Lin Taichu’s clothes away, but his body endured their assault, and he called them despicable clowns.
• Tian Xingzi unleashed the stellar diagram, and Lin Taichu countered with the sacred World Burning Lotus Flame, spreading a vast sea of fire.
• Lin Taichu chanted “Lotus Annihilates the World,” prompting Tian Xingzi to react with shock.
• Golden Winged Great Pengs charged Lin Taichu from every direction, but his punch pierced and shattered their defenses, sending them crashing away, bloodied and near death.

Lin Taichu overwhelmed Tian Xingzi in battle, destroying his summoned Golden Winged Great Pengs and overpowering his star-based attacks with his physical strength and Rule of Sword. As Lin Taichu approached, he asked Tian Xingzi whether he admitted defeat.

• Lin Taichu destroyed Tian Xingzi's Golden Winged Great Pengs with physical attacks, leaving Tian Xingzi injured and stunned.
• Tian Xingzi struck Lin Taichu with a powerful punch, but Lin Taichu stood unharmed and forced him backward.
• Tian Xingzi unleashed a river of stars, but Lin Taichu's sword qi tore it apart and drove Tian Xingzi to summon protective starlight armor.
• Lin Taichu's sword qi battered Tian Xingzi's Star Pagoda and pierced through it, weakening Tian Xingzi and filling him with fear.
• Lin Taichu approached Tian Xingzi and asked whether he admitted defeat.

Lin Taichu overwhelmed Tian Xingzi in their duel, defeating his rule-based Divine Abilities before crushing him beneath a colossal tower. Tian Xingzi lay pinned to the ground as the battle ended with Lin Taichu in control.

• Tian Xingzi proposed that Lin Taichu withstand two Divine Abilities while Tian Xingzi used only half his true essence, and Lin Taichu accepted.
• Tian Xingzi attacked with Meteor Descent, but Lin Taichu sliced apart the falling meteors with sword light.
• Tian Xingzi unleashed a lotus Divine Ability woven from multiple Powers of Rules, and Lin Taichu's attack destroyed it.
• Lin Taichu summoned a colossal tower and ordered it to suppress Tian Xingzi.
• Tian Xingzi tried to escape and used the Star Rule and a sea of flames to resist, but the tower shattered his Star Rule, struck him down, and crushed his head into the ground.

Lin Taichu defeated Tian Xingzi and challenged the remaining prodigies, prompting Xiao Sheng to step forward. Their battle began with Xiao Sheng’s talisman attack and continued as his golden spear broke through Lin Taichu’s Demon God strike.

• Man in Green acknowledged Tian Xingzi’s defeat, then left with him after warning Lin Taichu that he deserved to die.
• Lin Taichu declared Tian Xingzi ineligible for the following trials and challenged Xiao Shu, but Xiao Sheng stepped forward instead.
• Xiao Sheng vowed to uphold the Xiao Clan’s honor and unleashed a barrage of talismans at Lin Taichu.
• Lin Taichu endured the talismans, shattered them with demonic seals, and taunted Xiao Sheng.
• Xiao Sheng thrust with a golden spear, tearing apart Lin Taichu’s Demon God phantom as the spear continued toward him.

Lin Taichu defeated Xiao Sheng, spared him, and used a Demon Emperor formation to drive the others away. He then humiliated Xiao Hongxuan in battle and blocked his escape, leaving his intentions toward the Holy Flower Sect Master unclear.

• Lin Taichu shattered Xiao Sheng's spear and struck him down with demonic power, securing victory in their martial trial.
• Lin Taichu spared Xiao Sheng for the sake of their past friendship, and Xiao Sheng left the battlefield.
• Lin Taichu summoned a demonic formation and forced the gathered fighters to flee, then ordered Xiao Hongxuan to leave as well.
• Xiao Hongxuan attacked Lin Taichu, but Lin Taichu effortlessly broke his assault and wounded him.
• When Xiao Hongxuan tried to leave, Lin Taichu stepped in front of him and blocked his path.

Lin Taichu used a demonic formation and overwhelming Great Emperor-level power to crush the Holy Flower Sect and Mu Family forces. The Mu Family Ancestor and Mu Yunfeng arrived, but Lin Taichu forced the survivors into submission before resuming his slaughter.

• Lin Taichu summoned a demonic net and towering figure that drained Xiao Hongxuan and killed several people who tried to flee.
• The Mu Family Ancestor and Mu Yunfeng arrived and found Lin Taichu killing Holy Flower Sect Disciples.
• Lin Taichu struck the Mu Family Ancestor with Great Emperor-level power, and the Ancestor realized Lin Taichu was likely an elder of the Sacred Profound Palace.
• Lin Taichu bound the gathered fighters with Great Dao Rules and counted down, forcing them to submit.
• Lin Taichu unleashed a destructive whirlwind that killed or wounded Mu Family Disciples, then pierced Holy Flower Sect Disciples with demonic aura.

Lin Taichu slaughtered the Holy Flower Sect disciples who had been attacking the North Star Lord's estate, then confronted Mu Qiushan and his Saint Emperor allies. Mu Qiushan launched the Holy Flower Sect's sword technique, and Lin Taichu blocked the first wave while recognizing the danger of the swords' Soul Power.

• Mu Qiushan and seven other Saint Emperors arrived as Lin Taichu continued killing the Holy Flower Sect disciples.
• Lin Taichu refused Mu Qiushan's offer to stop and used demonic halberds and seals to wipe out the disciples and their allies.
• Mu Qiushan tried to probe Lin Taichu's soul, but the backlash forced him to retreat.
• Lin Taichu rejected the Holy Flower Sect elder's threat of retaliation, and Mu Qiushan decided to fight him.
• Mu Qiushan unleashed the Saint Hua Eight Forms, and Lin Taichu blocked the swords with a palm seal while noting their fused Soul Power.

Lin Taichu overwhelmed Mu Qiushan with demonic shadows, shattered his thunder defenses, and wounded him while revealing the shadows could devour lightning. As Lin Taichu unleashed an even heavier demonic pressure, Mu Qiushan struggled under its assault.

• Lin Taichu summoned countless demonic shadows, revealing his demonic cultivation and terrifying Mu Qiushan.
• Mu Qiushan brought out ancient thunder cauldrons and a lightning net, but Lin Taichu's shadowy attacks broke through both defenses.
• Lin Taichu vanished and pierced Mu Qiushan's shoulder with a pitch-black iron staff, then taunted him and continued attacking.
• Mu Qiushan unleashed thunder tribulations at Lin Taichu's afterimages, but the Demon Gods absorbed the lightning and grew stronger.
• Lin Taichu released a wave of demonic will that burdened Mu Qiushan's body and mind with crushing pressure and fear.

Lin Taichu fought Mu Qiushan, enduring his thunder attacks before overwhelming him with devastating power. Mu Qiushan summoned a Demon God and an army of demons, but Lin Taichu broke free and blasted him back.

• Mu Qiushan attacked Lin Taichu with Thunder Rule lightning, but Lin Taichu's defenses withstood the blows.
• Lin Taichu destroyed a distant mountain with a streak of purple light, then wounded Mu Qiushan with a dark claw and a kick.
• Mu Qiushan summoned a Demon God phantom, paralyzed Lin Taichu with its demonic gaze, and sent an army of Yuan king-level demons against him.
• Lin Taichu unleashed Great Sun Astral Qi and Divine Radiance, stopping the demons and revealing that Mu Qiushan had touched his reverse scale.
• Lin Taichu struck Mu Qiushan with flame-filled beams, blasting him hundreds of meters back and making him spit blood.

Lin Taichu overwhelmed Mu Qiushan and attacked the Mu family, drawing Mu Changfeng into battle. As Mu Qiushan transformed into a Demon Ape and fought back, Lin Taichu's demonic saber nearly struck him down.

• Lin Taichu crushed Mu Qiushan's fist and then blasted him into pieces with a palm strike.
• Lin Taichu sent demonic clouds and a demonic claw to destroy the Mu family's ancient hall, prompting Mu Changfeng to confront him.
• Mu Changfeng attacked Lin Taichu with ice spikes, but Lin Taichu's demonic palm shattered the attacks and struck Mu Qiushan, leaving him badly wounded.
• Mu Qiushan transformed into a thousand-zhang Demon Ape and attacked Lin Taichu, who cut through his fist imprint with a demonic saber.
• Mu Qiushan dodged the saber, which grazed his cheek and left him trembling with fear at Lin Taichu's strength.

Lin Taichu unleashed his freezing domain and fought Mu Qiushan, while black spears slaughtered people across the battlefield. Mu Changfeng was defeated by Mu Qiushan’s fire phoenix, leaving Mu Changqing and Xiao Yulin facing a desperate retreat.

• Lin Taichu killed Mu Qiuhua and declared that no one present would escape as his freezing domain spread across the battlefield.
• Mu Qiushan attacked Lin Taichu with the Mu family’s Dance of a Hundred Demons, but Lin Taichu’s strike wounded him and forced him back.
• The Demon Ape phantoms transformed into black spears that pierced the defenders, while Mu Changqing and Xiao Yulin struggled against three Imperial Realm elders.
• Mu Changfeng summoned a fire phoenix that destroyed Mu Qiushan’s Demon Ape phantom, but the clash devastated Mu Changfeng’s soul and left him collapsing.
• Mu Qiushan celebrated his victory, and the injured Mu Qiushan urged Mu Changqing to flee while he held back their opponents.

Mu Changqing tried to escape the Mu Imperial Palace, but Lin Taichu intercepted him until a black-robed man arrived and invoked an old debt to protect the Mu family. Mu Qiushan fought Lin Taichu and ordered Mu Changfeng and Mu Changkong to flee, but Lin Taichu charged toward them to attack the Mu family girl.

• Mu Changqing left the palace and used the Imperial Seal to stop two elders guarding Mu Qiushan before boarding an ancient stellar ship.
• Lin Taichu attacked Mu Changqing, who dodged the sword strike but was wounded by its residual sword qi.
• A black-robed man arrived and reminded Mu Qiushan of a promise, prompting Mu Qiushan to confront Lin Taichu.
• Mu Qiushan and Lin Taichu exchanged powerful blows, then Mu Qiushan told Mu Changfeng and Mu Changkong to escape.
• Mu Qiushan refused to accept the Mu family girl, and Lin Taichu rushed toward her and the others.