Chapter Summaries

Shen Xuan advanced through the Minor Competition as Zhang Baidao and Fan Changqing conceded rather than challenge him. He was then matched against Lei Yaoyang of Sky Thunder Peak.

• Zhang Baidao praised Shen Xuan and conceded before they fought, giving Shen Xuan the victory.
• Gu Jinqin explained that Zhang Baidao had conceded strategically because the rules required only four wins to reach the elimination rounds.
• Zhang Baidao then defeated another Foundation Establishment Middle Stage disciple in a swift saber attack.
• Shen Xuan sensed the matches across all Nine Performance Stages with [Insight] and reflected on the limits of his cultivation and the strength of his body.
• Fan Changqing praised Shen Xuan's Secretly Crafted Lightning Spirit Pearl and conceded, allowing Shen Xuan to win without fighting.
• The next match was announced: Shen Xuan of Hanyu Peak versus Lei Yaoyang of Sky Thunder Peak.

Shen Xuan faced his old enemy Lei Yaoyang in the sect competition and overwhelmed him despite Lei Yaoyang unleashing his strongest Thunder Methods. After winning, Shen Xuan left the crowd stunned by revealing his extraordinary physical strength and ability to withstand and consume lightning power.

• Shen Xuan greeted Lei Yaoyang on the Performance Stage and challenged him to demonstrate his Thunder Methods, preventing him from conceding before the match.
• Lei Yaoyang struck Shen Xuan with a powerful lightning attack, but Shen Xuan emerged unharmed, and True Person Chongxu confirmed he wore no defensive spirit item.
• Lei Yaoyang used a forbidden technique to strengthen himself and charged Shen Xuan with the Thunder Sound Sword, but Shen Xuan caught it between two fingers.
• Shen Xuan snapped the Thunder Sound Sword's tip, chewed and refined it, causing Lei Yaoyang to suffer a backlash and fall from the Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer to the Fourth Layer.
• True Person Chongxu declared Shen Xuan the winner as the sect disciples marveled at his strength and his potential as a Core Formation Seed.

Shen Xuan defeated Lei Yaoyang and drew attention as a leading Reserve Group contender while watching other favorites display their skills. As the group returned from the competition, Jin Jincheng, Wang Ziwei, and Li Chengfeng stopped Shen Xuan and asked to speak with him privately.

• Shen Xuan defeated Lei Yaoyang by destroying his Natal Magic Treasure, and True Person Hanyu and Lone Peak True Person took pride in his strength while True Person Tianlei looked displeased.
• Shen Xuan reunited with Qin Yuehan and spoke with Gu Jinqin and the Wu Sisters, who praised his chances of winning the Reserve Group.
• Shen Xuan watched Li Chengfeng defeat an opponent with wind techniques and Wang Ziwei win with Golden Light Shield and Golden Arrow.
• Yan Haoran and Jin Jincheng's opponents conceded, and Shen Xuan became one of the leading contenders for the Reserve Group Champion title.
• The Wu Sisters discussed their large bet on Shen Xuan, who explained that he ultimately wanted to earn enough points for the Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood.
• Jin Jincheng, Wang Ziwei, and Li Chengfeng blocked Shen Xuan on the way back and asked to speak with him in private.

Shen Xuan rejected Jin Jincheng’s invitation to join a sect society, then continued through the Sect Minor Competition and defeated Li Chengfeng with his Ice Method. His overwhelming victory left the other contestants reassessing their chances against him.

• Jin Jincheng invited Shen Xuan to join a society with Wang Ziwei and Li Chengfeng, but Shen Xuan declined and left.
• True Person Hanyu praised Shen Xuan’s Body Refining and Ice Method, while Mizong True Person and Spirit Sword True Person judged Jin Jincheng and Yan Haoran unlikely to beat him.
• Shen Xuan advanced through the competition, reached the top ten, and was paired against Li Chengfeng.
• Li Chengfeng attacked with his Strange Wind Banner, but Shen Xuan used the Ice Soul Sword and Xuanbing energy to freeze him into an ice sculpture.
• Shen Xuan won the match in little more than ten breaths, astonishing the spectators and leaving Li Chengfeng confused when the ice melted.

Yan Haoran defeated Jin Jincheng with his powerful Heavy Sword, then faced Shen Xuan in the final ranking match. Shen Xuan unleashed an Ice Divine Dragon with a trace of Dao Intent and sent it toward Yan Haoran, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Yan Haoran used his Heavy Sword and a second flying sword to break Jin Jincheng's defenses and win their battle.
• Shen Xuan sent Gu Jinqin and the Wu Sisters to Qingyun Immortal City to collect their wager winnings, confident he would beat Yan Haoran.
• The next morning, Shen Xuan and Yan Haoran began their match for Champion and Second Place.
• Yan Haoran's swords broke through Shen Xuan's Green Light Ice Walls, but the endless Dark Ice Fish kept him from reaching Shen Xuan.
• Shen Xuan gathered the Dark Ice Fish into an Ice Divine Dragon and commanded it to attack Yan Haoran.

Shen Xuan defeated Yan Haoran to win the Reserve Group championship, then asked to enter the Seed Group competition to earn enough points for Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood. The sect’s True Persons decided to bar him from competing, fearing his hidden strength would damage the Core Formation Seeds’ Dao Hearts.

• Shen Xuan’s Ice Divine Dragon shattered Yan Haoran’s Sword Array, and True Person Lingxiao intervened before declaring Shen Xuan the Reserve Group champion.
• Shen Xuan found he lacked the points for Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood and asked Mizong True Person to let him compete in the Seed Group.
• Mizong True Person brought Shen Xuan’s request before eighteen True Persons, and True Person Hanyu supported letting him compete while Lone Peak True Person predicted he would make the top ten.
• True Person Yinxiang argued Shen Xuan’s concealed abilities could crush the Core Formation Seeds’ confidence, and the other True Persons agreed.
• Mizong True Person ruled that Shen Xuan would not be allowed to enter the Seed Group competition.

Shen Xuan was barred from the Seed Group, but the sect lowered the exchange cost for Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood and True Person Hanyu gave it to him. After distributing the gambling winnings and reassuring Su Xue'er that she could stay with him, Shen Xuan entered seclusion to refine the essence blood.

• The sect's True Persons refused to let Shen Xuan compete in the Seed Group but lowered the required points for Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood to one hundred and twenty.
• True Person Hanyu told Shen Xuan the decision and gave him a porcelain bottle of Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood, while warning him that the gambling houses had blacklisted him.
• Shen Xuan distributed the gambling winnings among his companions and the two peaks, then sent everyone away before beginning seclusion.
• Shen Xuan gave Su Xue'er one hundred thousand spirit stones and promised not to send her away when she said she wanted to stay with him.
• After spending the night with Su Xue'er, Shen Xuan opened the bottle of Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood in his cultivation room, eager to use it.

After refining Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood for two years, Shen Xuan strengthened his Dragon Blood Boil talent, cultivation, and physical abilities. He then visited Shangguan Yan'er in Qingyun Immortal City, where they reunited and became intimate.

• Shen Xuan refined a portion of Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood, endured its powerful side effects, and plundered the Dragon Blood Boil talent.
• He gained more than sixteen hundred Dao Rhyme Points and planned to use them to improve his cultivation and talents.
• Two years later, Shen Xuan had fully refined the essence blood, raised his Water Spirit Root to 86, brought the Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation to the peak of the eighth revolution, and strengthened several abilities.
• Shen Xuan left Hanyu Peak and flew to Qingyun Immortal City to visit Shangguan Yan'er, whose family had settled there with Xu Shaopeng's help.
• Shangguan Yan'er welcomed Shen Xuan, and the two went to her bedroom and became intimate.

Shen Xuan broke through to Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer and learned that Qingyun Sect and Medicine God Valley had ended their Spirit Pills price war under pressure from Song State’s other sects. After consolidating his realm and reviewing the pact, he asked True Person Hanyu for permission to seek opportunities outside the sect.

• Shangguan Yan'er understood that Shen Xuan did not intend to marry her, but she let him leave and hoped she could eventually win his heart.
• After ten years of cultivation, Shen Xuan broke through to Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer and found that his Dao Foundation Spirit Sea and Mysterious Ice Spirit Lotus had grown stronger.
• Shen Xuan considered hunting Water Monsters in the East Sea to obtain resources, but decided to consolidate his realm and consult Master Hanyu first.
• True Person Hanyu gave Shen Xuan an Intelligence Jade Slip describing how Qingyun Sect and Medicine God Valley settled their conflict over the Spirit Pills market.
• Shen Xuan finished reading the agreement and asked True Person Hanyu whether he could leave the sect to seek opportunities.

White Lotus Fairy led the Zhou Family against Wu Yulan and Nangong Guang’s Demon Sect army, but the battle left her forces badly depleted and close to retreat. Shen Xuan arrived at Myriad Beast Valley on the Silver Horned Heavenly Steed just as White Lotus Fairy sensed his approach.

• White Lotus Fairy and Wu Yulan exchanged taunts before ordering their armies to fight, while Nangong Guang charged toward White Lotus Fairy.
• Nangong Guang used his Bone-Melting Corpse Flame and Blade Storm to overwhelm the Zhou Family’s spirit beasts, and the Crimson Winged Singing Snake and Great Strength Water Ape failed to stop him.
• White Lotus Fairy considered retreating after the Zhou Family lost nearly half its spirit birds and beasts, while Wu Yulan held back from the fighting.
• Shen Xuan broke through to the Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer, learned that He Zhengming was struggling against three Blood Spirit Sect Demon Cultivators, and agreed to help him.
• Shen Xuan set out for Qingyang Prefecture with the Silver Horned Heavenly Steed and arrived at the battle at Myriad Beast Valley, where White Lotus Fairy sensed his presence.

Shen Xuan overwhelmed the Demon Cultivators attacking the Imperial Beast Zhou Family, then pursued and defeated Yuwen Jun after Wu Yulan escaped. As Shen Xuan prepared to kill Yuwen Jun, his father Yuwen Zhi appeared through a Jade Pendant and asked him to spare his son.

• Shen Xuan reunited with White Lotus Fairy and confronted Wu Yulan, Nangong Guang, and their Demon Cultivator army.
• Shen Xuan destroyed Nangong Guang's Blade Storm with his Thunder Beast, then froze nearly the entire attacking army with the Jianghai Myriad Waters Map.
• Wu Yulan fled while Shen Xuan pursued Nangong Guang, discovered their Demon Realm Killing Formation, and destroyed its Formation Flags with Lightning Spirit Pearls.
• Wu Yulan and Nangong Guang fled in opposite directions, and Shen Xuan chose to chase Nangong Guang, who revealed that he was Yuwen Jun, son of Yuwen Zhi.
• Shen Xuan overwhelmed Yuwen Jun with Dark Ice Fish and froze him, but Yuwen Zhi appeared through Yuwen Jun's Jade Pendant and asked Shen Xuan to spare his son.

Shen Xuan killed Yuwen Jun despite Yuwen Zhi’s intervention, then flew to Hujian Ridge to aid the Qingyun Sect alliance. He killed Hou Feifan and used the Jianghai Myriad Waters Map to attack the fleeing Demon Cultivators.

• Shen Xuan rejected Yuwen Zhi’s plea and killed Yuwen Jun, prompting Yuwen Zhi to leave with murderous intent.
• Shen Xuan returned to Myriad Beast Valley, learned He Zhengming had not reached the battle at Hujian Ridge, and set out with White Lotus Fairy to help.
• At Hujian Ridge, Shen Xuan used Dark Ice Fish to trap Hou Feifan and prevent his Earth Escape Technique.
• Shen Xuan defeated Hou Feifan in a clash of strength, froze him with the Ice Divine Dragon, and collected his belongings and corpse.
• Shen Xuan activated the Jianghai Myriad Waters Map against the Demon Cultivators, firing a dense barrage of Xuanbing Arrows at them as they tried to flee.

Shen Xuan wiped out the Demon Cultivator forces in Qingyang Prefecture and spent more than ten days with White Lotus Fairy while the allied forces reclaimed the region. After saying goodbye to her, he flew toward Falling Glow Lake to help the Silver-Horned Heavenly Steed break through to Second Rank.

• Shen Xuan killed Hou Feifan and Nangong Guang, then slaughtered thousands of Demon Cultivators with his Profound Ice Arrow Rain, turning the battle in Qingyang Prefecture.
• He Zhengming and the allied forces celebrated the victory at a Zhou Family banquet, where the Zhou Family treated Shen Xuan with special respect and White Lotus Fairy stayed close to him.
• Shen Xuan spent more than ten days at White Lotus Residence with White Lotus Fairy as He Zhengming, Patriarch Zhao, and the Zhou Family forces reclaimed most of Qingyang Prefecture and drove Wu Yulan's troops to Chiyan Forest.
• Shen Xuan told White Lotus Fairy he had to leave for an appointment, promised to visit her again, and parted with her on affectionate terms.
• Shen Xuan used Invisibility and Breath Concealment to leave White Lotus Residence, then flew on the Silver-Horned Heavenly Steed toward Falling Glow Lake for its Second Rank breakthrough.

Shen Xuan traded Spirit Water with the Purple Yun Divine Wood and began helping his Silver Horned Heavenly Steed break through on Falling Xia Lake Island. After fending off three Medicine God Valley disciples who wanted the steed, he watched it transform under the moonlight, though its breakthrough remained incomplete.

• Shen Xuan traded a thousand measures of Spirit Water for twelve high-quality Spirit Branches from the Purple Yun Divine Wood and asked permission to help his Silver Horned Heavenly Steed break through on the island.
• Shen Xuan refused to sell the Silver Horned Heavenly Steed to Wu Wenping, Wang Haibo, and Li Yingying of Medicine God Valley, and the three left without a fight.
• Shen Xuan raised Green Light Ice Walls around himself and the steed, then guarded it as it began cultivating with the island’s Yao Qi.
• More than ten days later, the Silver Horned Heavenly Steed absorbed moonlight and Water Spiritual Qi, grew white wings, and transformed, but it still struggled to break through.

Shen Xuan used Imperial Flowing Nectar and the Divine Treasure Canghai Technique to help his Silver Horned Heavenly Steed advance to the Second Rank, naming it Feixue. After Li Yingying and her fellow Medicine God Valley disciples became interested in the uncontracted mount, Zhao Tingwei confronted Shen Xuan and threatened him, and the chapter ended as their fight began.

• Shen Xuan helped the Silver Horned Heavenly Steed form a Demonic Core and break through to the Second Rank, then named it Feixue.
• Wu Wenping and Wang Haibo noticed the breakthrough but held back, while Li Yingying finished Solidifying her Spirit Body and grew greedy for Feixue.
• Li Yingying fired a Signal Flare to summon Zhao Tingwei, then falsely claimed Shen Xuan had tried to abduct her.
• Zhao Tingwei melted through Shen Xuan's Green Light Ice Walls, accused him of mistreating Li Yingying, and demanded his Storage Bag and Dharma Treasures so he could claim Feixue.
• Shen Xuan saw through Zhao Tingwei's intentions and warned him to hand over his belongings instead, prompting Zhao Tingwei to attack with the Ji Fen Sword.

Shen Xuan revealed his overwhelming strength after Zhao Tingwei and the Medicine God Valley disciples attacked him, defeating Zhao and pursuing the three survivors. As Wu Wenping, Wang Haibo, and Li Yingying fled, Li Yingying used a speed talisman and said she could activate a Third-Order Treasure Talisman if the others bought her time.

• Shen Xuan pretended to be cornered while Zhao Tingwei and the other Medicine God Valley disciples attacked his ice walls together.
• Shen Xuan caught Li Yingying's flying sword, erased its Soul Imprint, and took it, then transformed and seized the three disciples' swords.
• Shen Xuan erased the Soul Imprints on the Ji Fen Sword and the other swords, survived Zhao Tingwei's Explosive Flame Pill, and killed Zhao with the Ice Soul Divine Sword.
• Shen Xuan pursued Wu Wenping, Wang Haibo, and Li Yingying as they fled, while Li Yingying used a Gale Wind Talisman to speed ahead.
• Li Yingying told Wu Wenping and Wang Haibo that she had a Third-Order Treasure Talisman but needed them to hold Shen Xuan off while she activated it.

Li Yingying, Wang Haibo, and Wu Wenping tried to stop Shen Xuan, but Li Yingying’s True Person Sword Intent Treasure Talisman failed to harm him. Wu Wenping revealed himself as a White Bone Sect Holy Son and attacked Shen Xuan, who broke free of his demonic art and brought the Huntian Rod down on him, leaving the confrontation unresolved as Wu Wenping tried to bargain.

• Wu Wenping and Wang Haibo attacked Shen Xuan while Li Yingying used her Essence Blood to activate a True Person Sword Intent Treasure Talisman.
• Shen Xuan transformed into a half-Flood-Dragon and froze the talisman’s Sword Intent with the Ice Soul Divine Sword.
• Li Yingying begged for her life, but Wu Wenping revealed himself as a White Bone Sect Holy Son and killed both her and Wang Haibo by plucking out their hearts.
• Wu Wenping transformed into a skeletal form and trapped Shen Xuan with White Bone Demonic Hands that restrained spiritual power.
• Shen Xuan broke the Demonic Hands with the Huntian Rod, then smashed Wu Wenping’s Bone Shield and badly damaged his skeleton.
• Wu Wenping hid in Corpse Qi, but Shen Xuan spotted him and brought the Huntian Rod down as Wu Wenping tried to make a deal.

Shen Xuan killed Wu Wenping, but learned that someone among Qingyun Sect’s Eighteen True Persons was secretly colluding with the Demon Sects. He accepted Wu Wenping’s request to protect his lover and unborn child in exchange for information about Divine Turtle Essence Blood, then planned to infiltrate the Wei Family to obtain it.

• Shen Xuan refused to spare Wu Wenping, who revealed that he knew Shen Xuan needed Third-tier Water Yao Essence Blood and warned that Shen Xuan was blacklisted by the Five Great Demon Sects.
• Wu Wenping offered information about the Wei Family’s preserved Divine Turtle Essence Blood in exchange for Shen Xuan bringing Wei Yaqian and her unborn son to Qingyun Immortal City and helping the child enter the cultivation world if he had a Spiritual Root.
• Shen Xuan accepted the deal, received Wu Wenping’s Information Jade Slip and Jade Pendant, and watched Wu Wenping destroy his dantian and meridians, killing himself.
• Shen Xuan fed the corpses of Wu Wenping, Wang Haibo, and Li Yingying to the Purple Yun Divine Wood Great Yao, then examined his spoils and found Wu Wenping’s White Bone Observation Inner View Method.
• Shen Xuan decided not to return to Qingyun Sect because a True Person might be colluding with the Demon Sects, and resolved to infiltrate the Wei Family to obtain the Divine Turtle Essence Blood.

Shen Xuan decided to cultivate Water Method Alchemy and traveled to Weihai Immortal City under an assumed identity to avoid exposing his plan to obtain the Wei Family’s Divine Turtle Essence Blood. He bought a rare Second Rank Water Method Pill Furnace and ingredients, while Wei Yafei hoped he might eventually help Wei Yaqian.

• Shen Xuan rejected marrying into the Wei Family and decided to become a Water Method Alchemist using Li Ruyi’s inheritance.
• Two months later, Shen Xuan arrived at Weihai Immortal City, registered as Shen Changsheng, and checked into the Divine Sword Sect’s official inn.
• Shen Xuan visited Divine Sword Pavilion and met Wei Yafei, who revealed that Wei Yaqian was her cousin.
• Shen Xuan bought the Second Rank Low-grade Ancient Profound Water Pill Furnace and one hundred batches each of Foundation Replenishing Pill and Yellow Dragon Pill ingredients.
• After Shen Xuan left, Shopkeeper Hu told Wei Yafei he might have only just acquired an Alchemy inheritance, while Wei Yafei hoped he could help Wei Yaqian with her predicament.

Shen Xuan practiced Water Method Alchemy and quickly became skilled enough to refine large batches of high-grade Yellow Dragon Pills. After selling them to Divine Sword Pavilion, he declined Shopkeeper Hu’s invitation to join the sect and asked him to investigate something as he was leaving.

• Shen Xuan used the Ancient Profound Water Pill Furnace to refine Foundation Replenishing Pills, producing four pills, including one of Good grade.
• Over the next month, Shen Xuan practiced with Yellow Dragon Pills and reached an eighty-percent Pill Formation Rate, with several Good-grade pills per batch.
• Shopkeeper Hu told Wei Yafei to welcome Shen Changsheng and offer to buy back his Pill Furnace, but Shen Xuan arrived to sell pills instead.
• Shen Xuan told Shopkeeper Hu he had over two hundred Yellow Dragon Pills, including eighty Good-grade pills, and reported his strong formation rate.
• Shopkeeper Hu invited Shen Xuan to join the Divine Sword Sect, but Shen Xuan declined; Shopkeeper Hu bought his pills and ingredients and sold him discounted Spirit Gathering Pill ingredients.
• As he was leaving, Shen Xuan asked Shopkeeper Hu to help him look into something.