Chapter Summaries

After defeating Chi Yuexi, Chen Yan realized he could shape his vast Will Power into a weapon and began incorporating it into his martial arts. He then reached Lu Prefecture with Chen Yu, where he used Lu Fukun’s formation as a lesson for his sister and left the gathered Heavenly Prides stunned.

• Chen Yan discovered that he could make Will Power tangible and use it to damage an opponent’s will, while his comprehension and Saint Breaking Fruit advanced.
• The Heavenly Prides of Lu Prefecture prepared to face Chen Yan after learning that he had defeated Chi Yuexi in three breaths.
• Lu Jianxia saw Chen Yan arrive with a woman beside him, grew angry, and ordered Lu Mingyuan to fight him.
• Lu Fukun attacked Chen Yan with the [Seven Star Fire Prison Formation], while Chen Yan asked Chen Yu to identify its weak points.
• Chen Yu guided Chen Yan to the formation’s key positions, and Chen Yan broke through the formation before Lu Mingyuan stopped Lu Fukun.
• Chen Yan explained that he had brought Chen Yu to help her understand the strength of the Five Clans’ Heavenly Prides, shocking Lu Prefecture when he revealed she was his younger sister.

Chen Yan defeated Lu Mingyuan while undergoing a Lightning Tribulation, then broke the rules of the Body Tempering Path. As he headed to confront Ji Chuxi, Liu Xuan’s defection to Ji Prefecture was exposed and the Empress set out to watch the battle.

• Chen Yu helped Chen Yan defeat Lu Fukun, and Chen Yan answered Lu Prefecture’s accusations by challenging Lu Mingyuan while undergoing tribulation.
• Chen Yan defeated Lu Mingyuan in a single punch, mocked him, and said he would take Chen Yu to fight Ji Chuxi next.
• Chen Yan broke apart the Lightning Tribulation and shattered the rules of the Body Tempering Path, sending a rule-hymn across the world.
• At Chuli Pass, Ji Chuxi refused to fight Zhang Ting and revealed that Liu Xuan had defected to Ji Prefecture.
• A Black Armor officer announced that Chen Yan had defeated Chen Prefecture, Chi Prefecture, and Lu Prefecture and was coming to fight Ji Chuxi, while the Empress headed to watch.

Chen Yan crossed the Lightning Tribulation in Ji Prefecture while preparing to fight Ji Chuxi, using heavenly lightning to temper and rebuild his body. Great Xia’s forces rallied around him as Ji Chuxi struggled with orders to attack him during the tribulation, and Chen Yan’s breakthrough continued amid growing tension.

• News spread that Chen Yan was breaking through and would fight Ji Chuxi, prompting Great Xia’s million-strong army to surge toward Chuli Pass.
• Jiang Yuan left his Training Room and slammed Yu Sixian into the ground with a Psionic Power Formation Disk.
• Chen Yan endured the Lightning Tribulation, restoring his body with Immortal Will as his True Dragon Dharma Images increased beyond three hundred and thirty-five.
• Ji Chuxi rejected fighting Chen Yan before his tribulation ended, but the High Command ordered him to seriously wound Chen Yan and take his flesh and blood for study.
• A Red Light appeared from Great Xia, and Ji Daowu, Xi Congyun, Li Muyun, and the General Stars gathered as the Military Martial Guards hailed Chen Yan and advanced toward Chuli Pass.
• Chen Yan’s lightning sphere continued to expand and contract as he endured the tribulation, while Ji Yannan realized he intended to reclaim the life formation through his own strength.

Chen Yan endured the lightning tribulation while fighting Ji Chuxi, overwhelming him with his will and relentless attacks. He defeated Ji Chuxi as Lu Jianxia arrived and saw Chen Yan holding his battered opponent.

• Liu Xuan urged Ji Chuxi to attack before Chen Yan could advance, and Ji Chuxi sent divine chains crashing into Chen Yan's lightning tribulation.
• Chen Yan evaded Ji Chuxi's attacks with a Bright Moon Level A Protective Rune and broke through chains with his martial techniques.
• Chen Yan unleashed [Command the Decay—Primal Intent], suppressing Ji Chuxi's will, then battered through his chain defenses with punches.
• Chen Yan fired [Void Breaker—Saint-Congealing] and charged Ji Chuxi with three hundred and sixty True Dragon Dharma Images as their attacks filled the sky with explosions.
• Lu Jianxia left the Training Room and flew toward the battle, where she saw Chen Yan holding the bloodied Ji Chuxi.
• Chen Yan held Ji Chuxi in one hand and caught a tribulation bolt in the other, then told him that he had never felt pressured by him.

Chen Yan endured his Lightning Tribulation while keeping Ji Chuxi captive, prompting Ji Prefecture to threaten war and Xia Hanzhou to answer with Lord Xia Sword. Chen Yan claimed Ji Chuxi was still fighting him, and the Empress of Ji Prefecture sent a phantom into the tribulation sphere.

• Chen Yan reflected on the Will Path and his plans for strengthening his combat skills while continuing to endure the Lightning Tribulation with Ji Chuxi in his grasp.
• Ji Chuxi tried to escape, but Chen Yan overwhelmed him with his will and a barrage of punches, leaving him trapped in the tribulation.
• The Empress of Ji Prefecture discussed Chen Yan’s Will Path martial skill and demanded that he return Ji Chuxi, while Ji Chuli also called for his son’s release.
• Ji Prefecture’s army assembled against Great Xia, and Xia Hanzhou wielded Lord Xia Sword to support Chen Yan and deter an attack.
• Chen Yan told everyone that Ji Chuxi was still fighting him inside the tribulation sphere, and the Empress of Ji Prefecture sent a phantom inside to investigate.

Chen Yan negotiated with the Empress of Ji Prefecture while enduring the Lightning Tribulation, securing Ji Yannan’s Fate Formation for Chen Yu and releasing Ji Chuxi. After breaking the Mie Fa Realm’s limit eighty-one times, he reached the Dú Wú Realm with 414 True Dragon Dharma Images.

• The Empress of Ji Prefecture offered Chen Yan a place in Ji Prefecture, but he demanded Ji Yannan’s Fate Formation and Liu Xuan’s life, then settled for the Fate Formation.
• Chen Yan used the Myriad Forms Dao Seed and a Body Tempering Treasure Medicine to keep tempering his body and breaking limits through the Lightning Tribulation.
• Ji Prefecture’s Eighth Order expert arrived with Ji Yannan’s Fate Formation, and Chen Yan told him to give it to Chen Yu before tossing out the defeated Ji Chuxi.
• Chen Yu opened the Jade Box and learned from the Red-dressed Woman that the Formation Disk was her teacher’s life-bound formation and could help Chen Yu advance to Formation Exalted.
• Chen Changyuan spoke with a blurred figure about his pursuit of invincibility as Chen Yan continued growing stronger.
• Chen Yan shattered the Mie Fa Realm’s limit eighty-one times, formed 414 True Dragon Dharma Images, and advanced to the Dú Wú Realm.

The Five Clans’ lords debated whether Chen Yan was a threat and how to remove him, while Chen Yan continued cultivating at Chuli Pass and prepared to challenge them. As more than twenty Eighth Order experts appeared before him, Chen Yan faced them as the Lord of Will, and the Great Xia army rallied behind him.

• The Lord Chen, the Empress Ji, the Chi Lord, and the Lord Lu discussed Chen Yan’s potential, Bing Yi’s captivity, and the danger posed by Chen Yan’s Will Path.
• The Chi Lord proposed tracking Chen Yan and eliminating him, while the Lord Lu suggested inviting him to the Five Clans Competition to exploit public sentiment.
• At Chuli Pass, Chen Yan advanced his Will Path techniques as the million-strong Great Xia army watched, then prepared to declare war on the Five Clans.
• Chen He, Chi Yuan, Chen Qi, Chi Xun, Ji Haiyi, Ji Yanqing, and more than twenty other Eighth Order experts appeared before Chen Yan, mostly as phantoms.
• The Five Clans’ forces celebrated their overwhelming strength, but a Great Xia soldier shouted “Enemy attack,” and the army roared in response.
• Chen Yan raised his hand, quieted the million-strong army, and faced the gathered experts as the Lord of Will.

Chen Yan rejected the Five Clans’ pressure and accepted their invitation to the Five Clans Competition, then revealed an ancient golden scroll that let him commit Great Xia to sending Creation Realm cultivators as well. The chapter ended with Xia Hanzhou cutting off Ji Yanqing’s reaching arm and broadcasting Chen Yan’s declaration throughout the Human World.

• Chen Yan rebuked Chen Qi and the Five Clans for their treatment of Great Xia and their Heavenly Prides, while Xia Hanzhou’s sword punished Ji Haiyi for attacking him.
• Chen He invited Chen Yan to the Five Clans Competition and offered assurances of cooperation, expecting Chen Yan to refuse.
• Chen Yan agreed to compete without signing a contract and asked whether Great Xia’s other Creation Realm cultivators could join if Great Xia matched the required resources.
• Chen He explained that the competition required enormous resources, and Chen Yan produced an ancient golden scroll that stunned the Five Clans’ Eighth Orders and drew Empress Ji and other powers’ attention.
• Ji Yanqing reached for the scroll, but Xia Hanzhou severed her arm with a Sword Shadow.
• Chen Yan declared that he would represent Great Xia and lead its Creation Realm cultivators into the Five Clans Competition, and Xia Hanzhou broadcast his words across the Human World.

Chen Yan revealed Great Xia’s Soul of Fate Chapter during negotiations with the Five Clans, then killed Liu Xuan after the traitor rejected his offer to return. The Empress of Ji Prefecture declared war for one week later, and Chen Yan left for Moshan Pass after restoring Luo Puxin’s severed arm.

• Chen Yan showed the Soul of Fate Chapter to Chen He and the other Eighth Order Experts, demonstrating Great Xia’s strength and leaving them to consider its offer.
• Chen Yan used Will Pressure to influence Liu Xuan and asked him to return to Great Xia as his deputy general, but Ji Chuli broke the influence and Liu Xuan refused.
• Chen Yan killed Liu Xuan with [Void Breaker—Congeal Saint], ending the crowd’s cheers and breaking the ceasefire agreement.
• Xia Hanzhou backed Chen Yan and declared the battle of the Heavenly Prides over; the Empress of Ji Prefecture set a war with Great Xia for one week later.
• Chen Yan took Chen Yu toward Moshan Pass and used immortal will to restore Luo Puxin’s lost arm.

Chen Yan reunited with his companions and shared a lively dinner before sensing a surge in his Martial Dao Meridians. A mysterious figure announced his arrival to Will martial artists across the world, leaving Chen Yan and the others stunned that the Lord of Will was about to arrive.

• Chen Yan invited Jiang Yuan and the New Dragon Guard companions to dinner, then reassured Sanjin that he had searched for her and welcomed her to the gathering.
• Chen Yan and his companions held a bonfire dinner where Sanjin served him a grilled chicken drumstick and the others drank, joked, and shared stories.
• Shen Yiwei drunkenly warned Chen Yan not to trust Xia Hanzhou and urged him to conceal his strength.
• Xia Hanzhou and Zhang Ting discussed their plans to kill Chen Changyuan, and Xia Hanzhou asked whether he was less handsome than Lu Xunyang.
• Chen Yan sensed newly appeared Martial Dao Meridians and saw his [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit progress increase to 15/100.
• A towering figure announced through the Martial Dao Meridians, “I will arrive,” shocking Will martial artists across the world and prompting them to realize the Lord of Will was about to arrive.

Chen Yan announced that the Lord of Will would destroy the awakening Ancient God, stirring hope and faith across the Human World. He used the promise of the Lord’s descent to shift suspicion toward Chen Prefecture, then sent a false body toward Great Xia while his real body stayed in Moshan Pass to cultivate.

• The Lord of Will declared that faith would let a wisp of his will descend and destroy the Ancient God, and Shen Yiwei and the Blood Sword Saint celebrated the prospect of a world without Ancient Gods.
• Chen Yan planned to use the promised descent to make the Human World suspect Chen Prefecture rather than Great Xia and to gather more power of faith.
• Chen Yan told Xia Hanzhou his plan and asked him to cover for a divided portion of his Immortal Will Divine Body while he returned to Great Xia.
• Xia Hanzhou agreed to help, and Chen Yan explained that he could split off an independent body and that Xia Hanzhou could enter the Will Martial Dao by devouring a Seventh Order Malice Crystal.
• Chen Yan publicly presented himself as the vessel for the Lord of Will’s descent, then left Moshan Pass with Chen Yu through Xia Hanzhou’s teleportation array.
• The departing figure was a false body; the real Chen Yan remained in Moshan Pass’s Training Room, where the [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit reached nineteen percent.

Chen Yan spent time with Chen Yu and visited people and places from his past while continuing to cultivate for the coming arrival of the Lord of Will. The Lord of Will then announced that his power would descend into Chen Huanming to kill the Ancient God beneath him, triggering accusations that the Five Clans were behind the world’s upheaval.

• Chen Yan visited the temple of the Lord of Will in Tie Prefecture, then took Chen Yu to eat noodles and reminisce about their lives together.
• Chen Yan visited Si Wenyi in Yunmeng City, where a young man who had insulted him fled in terror, and then returned to Green Mountain Town to reunite with Chen Yu and see Hu Yuan.
• Chen Yan continued cultivating at Moshan Pass, advanced the [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit to twenty-six percent, and brought his [Blood] progress to seventy-eight percent.
• After fifteen days of waiting, the Lord of Will announced that his will would descend into Chen Huanming in three days to slay the Ancient God beneath him.
• Empress Ji and Chi Lord demanded answers from Lord Chen, while Eternal King accused the Five Clans of causing the crisis.

Chen Yan perfected a powerful Will Path skill while the Lord of Will chose Chen Huanming as its Saint Child, turning the world’s attention toward Chen Prefecture. As Chen Yan traveled with Chen Yu and agreed to support her Martial Dao, Chen Huanming grew consumed by his new status and drove away the aunt who had raised him.

• Chen Yan completed the Sunday Level, Grade D Will Path skill [Rot's End—Saint Condensation Primordial] and prepared to improve his Protective Runes.
• Chen Huanming learned that the Lord of Will had chosen him, celebrated his status as Saint Child, and killed a woman when his Qi and Blood surged uncontrollably.
• Chen Yan traveled toward Yu Prefecture with Chen Yu, admitted he had been wrong to steer her away from her goals, and agreed to learn disguise techniques and study formations with her.
• Chen Yan analyzed the Dream Ancient God Beast’s eyes while considering whether they could serve as a Life Formation for creating a Sunday Level Protective Rune.
• Chen Prefecture built an altar for the Lord of Will as Chen Huanming anticipated surpassing Chen Yan and Bing Yi.
• Chen Huanming rejected his aunt’s warning not to provoke Chen Yan and struck her away, insisting that he was the Holy Son.

As Chen Yan prepared to end Chen Huanming’s manufactured legend, an Ancient God Beast’s Malice destroyed Chen Huanming and a million people in Chen Prefecture, while Lord Chen blamed Great Xia. After four days of grief and reflection, Chen Yan’s Protective Rune reached Sunday Level, and he recognized the force he had to oppose.

• Chen Yan watched the Lord of Will ceremony approach while the world gathered in Chen Prefecture and the [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit grew as people’s faith surged.
• An Ancient God Beast’s Black Light struck Chen Prefecture, killing Chen Huanming and destroying a million worshippers as Malice consumed the city.
• Lord Chen accused Great Xia of causing the massacre, and Xia Hanzhou angrily denied the charge as their conflict erupted across the Human World.
• Chen Yan grieved over the deaths and reflected for four days while Chen Yu waited beside him.
• Chen Yan’s Protective Rune reached Sunday Level, and he realized that Malice was the true enemy threatening humanity’s world.

Chen Yan advanced his Formation Path by using Will to create and combine Formation Patterns, while the Five Clans prepared to counter him in the coming competition. The Purple Ring World Stabilizing Mirror began awakening across the world, and the Five Clans announced a thirty-three-day countdown to the renamed Competition for the World.

• Chen Yan absorbed the [Formation] Character Saint Breaking Fruit, reached Sunday Level in the Formation Path, and discovered that Will-based Formations could be combined with Internal Force Formations to strengthen their effects.
• Yu Lord confronted Xia Hanzhou over Chen Yan and the spread of the Will Path, but Xia Hanzhou refused to enter Yu Prefecture and insisted they talk in Great Xia's name.
• Lord Chen and the other prefecture rulers discussed the threat Chen Yan posed, negotiated support for Ji Prefecture, and planned to hinder Chen Yan's entry into the Five Clans Competition.
• Lord Chen gathered Chen Prefecture's strongest Creation Realm experts, killed Fu Rudong for dismissing the danger, and offered the Soul of Fate Chapter and his full support to whoever killed Chen Yan.
• Chen Qi, the Grand Tutor, and other Eighth Order experts activated the Purple Ring World Stabilizing Mirror across the world, announcing that it would awaken in thirty-three days and that the Five Clans Competition would become the Competition for the World.

Chen Yan pushed his body past its limits in the Underground Fire Domain while training for the Five Clans Competition, and admitted that the events in Chen Prefecture had frightened him. The Lord of Will then appeared to humanity again, promising, "I will come in person!"

• Empress Ji ordered Ke Qingxuan to visit Chen Yan in Yun Prefecture and find out what he had been doing.
• Chen Yan used the [Blood] Character Saint Breaking Fruit to raise his True Essence Dharma Images from two thousand to three thousand, then asked Xia Hanzhou for a harsher place to temper his body.
• Xia Hanzhou told Chen Yan about the hundred-level Underground Fire Domain, where Shen Yiwei and Zhang Ting were training.
• Chen Yan descended to the seventy-fifth level, swallowed True Dragon Flame Marrow, and endured the clashing heat as his body repeatedly broke down and healed.
• Chen Yan admitted that the events in Chen Prefecture had made him afraid, then pushed past that fear and continued tempering his body.
• The Lord of Will appeared again and told humanity, "I will come in person!"

Chen Yan killed a magma whale and absorbed its body-hardening insights, then learned that Chen Prefecture was preparing enhanced puppets to keep him and the Chen Clan from entering the Five Clans Competition. In Yun Prefecture, he met Ke Qingxuan, warned that the world’s future depended on the Lord of Will, and left her wondering whether he had uncovered her ties to the Ji Clan.

• Chen Yan battled and killed a mid-Seventh Order magma whale, then absorbed the insights and memories contained in the fiery orb it left behind.
• The orb’s body-hardening knowledge strengthened Chen Yan’s understanding, and his True Dragon Dharma Images increased past six hundred.
• Lord Chen ordered Chen Yuanyi to test the assessment puppets and demanded that their difficulty against Chen Clan bloodlines be raised fortyfold.
• Chen Yu celebrated reaching High Venerable after creating a Sunday Level Formation, and Chen Yan prepared to leave Yun Prefecture for Jin Prefecture.
• Ke Qingxuan warned Chen Yan that the Five Clans might bar his entry, and he told her that the Lord of Will offered the world a path forward.
• Chen Yan asked whether Ke Qingxuan believed Great Xia or the Five Clans should win, leaving her afraid that he had discovered her connection to the Ji Clan.

Chen Yan advanced dramatically in the Fire Domain as the Five Clans Competition approached, while Great Xia confronted political betrayals and a sudden fortyfold increase in the guardians’ power against the Chen Clan bloodline. The chapter ended with Chen Yan reaching 4,135 True Dragon Dharma Images and wondering how powerful the competition’s guardians would be.

• Chen Yan comprehended [Duan Yan Yin Qiong] to Entering Divinity while fighting fire beasts, and Zhang Ting was badly injured when Li Xuanxiao tested his strength.
• Xia Qi prayed for Great Xia’s future and Chen Yan’s success, while Chen Yan arrived in Jin Prefecture with Chen Yu for the blessing ceremony.
• Ke Qingxuan refused Empress Ji’s demand to join Ji Prefecture, unaware that the Director of the Imperial Observatory had uncovered her identity as a spy.
• Chen Changyuan fused with the Illusory Heaven Sword Physique and reached Late Creation Realm while enduring guardians whose power had been boosted fortyfold by Chen Clan bloodline.
• Xia Hanzhou warned Chen Yan that the Five Clans Competition’s guardians gained fortyfold power against the Chen Clan, potentially barring Great Xia from entering.
• Chen Yan absorbed the True Dragon Flame Marrow and a Saint Breaking Fruit, reaching 4,135 True Dragon Dharma Images and Strength 101/100.

Xia Hanzhou learned that Chen Yan still intended to enter the Five Clans Competition, then traveled to the Fire Domain to assess his strength. After Chen Yan revealed his immense power and attacked him with everything he had, Xia Hanzhou was left stunned by the black-point technique that could be fired almost instantly.

• Shen Xin asked Xia Hanzhou to protect the families of Great Xia's spies in the Chen Clan, and Xia Hanzhou arranged for as many spies as possible to escape.
• Chen Yan told Xia Hanzhou he wanted another chance to enter the competition, and Xia Hanzhou decided to trust him despite Shen Xin's objections.
• Shen Xin provoked Zhang Ting over Chen Yan, and Ji Daowu and the Military Martial Guards confronted Zhang Ting before Xia Hanzhou stopped the dispute.
• Chen Yan told Xia Hanzhou about his improved abilities, including his Sunday Level Protective Rune, three Qi and Blood clones, and his progress to the ninety-fifth level of the Fire Domain.
• Xia Hanzhou went to the Fire Domain and asked Chen Yan to attack him at full strength.
• Chen Yan unleashed his clones, formations, and explosive black-point technique against Xia Hanzhou, who blocked the attacks but was shocked when the technique appeared again.

Chen Yan descended into the deepest Sea of Fire to fight powerful fire beasts, while Shen Xin tried to persuade Shen Yiwei to keep Chen Yan out of the Five Clans Competition. The others discovered that Zhang Ting was not responsible for the disturbance, then found Chen Yan battling fire giants on the hundredth level.

• Chen Yan entered the hundredth level of the Sea of Fire and fought a thousand-meter fire giant using the Phantom Slaughter Dragon Style.
• Shen Xin asked Shen Yiwei to persuade Chen Yan to give up on the Five Clans Competition, but Shen Yiwei refused to act without understanding the secret behind Shen Xin's warning.
• Shen Xin and Shen Yiwei descended through the Sea of Fire as violent tremors drew others toward the lower levels.
• Zhang Ting appeared injured and furious, insisting that he had come to find whoever was really killing the fire beasts.
• The group saw five fire giants battling a Golden Great Sun on the hundredth level, then recognized Chen Yan as its wielder.
• Zhang Ting attacked Chen Yan, who asked him, "Acting Chief Zhang, do you have a problem with me cultivating here?"