Chapter Summaries

Shangguan Ye defeated the Silver Flood Dragon, claimed the Silver Moon Spear, and gained Space Law. After an accidental spatial journey led him to meet a woman called Sister Yue, he restored the devastated land and set out for Glory City.

• Shangguan Ye overwhelmed the Silver Flood Dragon, learned it guarded the Silver Moon Spear for a chosen wielder, and claimed the weapon as his own.
• The Silver Flood Dragon sacrificed itself, strengthening the Silver Moon Spear, and Shangguan Ye received Space Law as his trial reward.
• After a week of cultivating Space Law, Shangguan Ye opened a spatial passage and emerged in a wooden house, where Sister Yue hid him from two powerful visitors.
• Shangguan Ye thanked Sister Yue and left through another spatial passage, while she recognized his name on a jade pendant and thought of her disciple.
• Shangguan Ye used Wood Style: Super: Nativity of a World of Trees to revive the barren land, wondered if Sister Yue was Ying Ru Yue, and headed toward Glory City.

Nie Li warned Glory City’s leaders that the Witch Ghost Family planned to attack, then used a Demon Spirit Devouring Array to rapidly strengthen his companions. After a month of cultivation, the Witch Ghost Family arrived over Glory City.

• Shangguan Ye returned to Glory City by using Space Law and reunited with Nie Li, Ye Mo, and Ye Zong.
• Nie Li revealed that Ye Han had given the Witch Ghost Family Glory City’s location, and Ye Zong ordered that Ye Han be killed on sight.
• Nie Li reassured the leaders that the Witch Ghost Family was unlikely to send Demigods and taught Ye Mo and Ye Yan how to cultivate Laws.
• Nie Li gathered demon spirits and used Shangguan Ye’s Golden Saint Dragon King and Divine Tree as the core of a Demon Spirit Devouring Array to boost everyone’s cultivation.
• After a month of cultivation, Duan Jian, Xiao Ning'er, Ye Ziyun, Du Ze, Lu Piao, Nie Li, and the others reached Legendary Rank, and their Seas of Soul connected through Nie Li’s Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder Sword.
• Dark clouds and gargoyle-like creatures appeared over Glory City, and Wu Man declared that the Witch Ghost Family would take the city.

Ye Mo and Shangguan Ye defeated the Witch Ghost Family’s vanguard, allowing Glory City to survive while Nie Li and the others departed for the Nether Realm. In the Snowfield, they encountered Lu Qiansha and Lu Qianmo, and Shangguan Ye injured Lu Qiansha with Space Law as their battle began.

• Ye Mo revealed his Demigod strength, and Shangguan Ye killed Wu Man after the vanguard force was nearly wiped out.
• Ye Mo scolded Ye Zong over Ye Han’s actions and accepted a Flying Thunder God Dagger to protect Glory City after Nie Li and the others left.
• The group departed for the Nether Realm, and Ye Mo ordered Ye Zong to cultivate toward the Demigod rank while he and the Progenitor took charge of Glory City.
• In the Snowfield, Yu Yan identified Lu Qiansha and Lu Qianmo as powerful pursuers, and Shangguan Ye and the others prepared to fight them.
• Shangguan Ye’s punch staggered Lu Qiansha, who transformed into a massive Red Shark; Shangguan Ye’s Susanoo shuriken then used Space Law to break both of Lu Qiansha’s hands.

Shangguan Ye and his companions reached the Nine Heavens Death Land after he killed two demons, but Maze Mist separated him from the others. At a lake, he overpowered Cang Ming and Mu Ye after they tried to force him to investigate the water, and both agreed to scout it instead.

• Shangguan Ye used Wood Dragons to drain the Soul Power of the Red Shark and Ghost Lizard, while Nie Li collected their Spatial Rings and shared their valuable items.
• A silver-haired man in an iceberg revealed that he was watching Yu Yan and threatened the group, while Shangguan Ye and his companions arrived at the Jade Seal Family's camp.
• Lu Piao persuaded Nie Li and the others to search the first level for Spirit Origin Fruit, but Maze Mist separated Shangguan Ye from Xiao Ning'er and the rest.
• Shangguan Ye found a crowd gathered beside a lake where Cang Ming had thrown a servant into the water and demanded that Shangguan Ye investigate it.
• Shangguan Ye crushed Cang Ming and Mu Ye with his Sub-God Peak pressure, then ordered them to scout the lake, and they agreed.

Shangguan Ye killed Ye Han, Wu Yu, and Tian Ling after a confrontation at the lake, then reunited with Xiao Ning'er. He met Xiao Yu, who had helped protect her, and recognized her identity without revealing it.

• Shangguan Ye tricked Wu Yu into believing Ye Han had betrayed the Witch Ghost Family, and Wu Yu ordered Ye Han killed.
• Shangguan Ye used his Limbo clone to kill the Witch Ghost Family members and attacked Wu Yu, but Tian Ling intervened with a lightning strike.
• Shangguan Ye survived Tian Ling's attack, killed Tian Ling with the Eight Gates technique, and drained Wu Yu with a vine as he tried to flee.
• Shangguan Ye returned to the lake after the Corpse Flood Dragon escaped and Cang Ming and Mu Ye parted ways.
• Shangguan Ye reunited with Xiao Ning'er, who introduced Xiao Yu as the person who had helped her, and Shangguan Ye thanked him while keeping his recognition of her secret.

Shangguan Ye gathered Spirit Origin Fruits, fended off the people who attacked him, and stayed outside the Death Spirit God’s ruins while Nie Li and Xiao Yu went inside. He began merging the Mountains and Rivers Painting into his Sea of Soul, and after an unseen woman helped suppress the painting’s resistance, the painful fusion started in earnest.

• Shangguan Ye used Eternal Treasure Sky Pull to collect Spirit Origin Fruits for Xiao Ning'er, then absorbed a crowd’s attacks with Hungry Ghost Path and killed the attackers with Wood Style: Nativity of a World of Trees.
• Shangguan Ye joined Nie Li, Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, and Xiao Yu as they approached the opened Death Spirit God ruins, where a skeletal giant rose and people charged toward the divine spark.
• Nie Li and Xiao Yu flew into the palace, while Shangguan Ye stayed outside with Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun and began trying to fuse the Mountains and Rivers Painting with his Sea of Soul.
• After two days of resistance, an unknown woman in a Jade Palace sent white light that quieted the painting, allowing Shangguan Ye to begin the fusion.
• Shangguan Ye endured the expanding pain in his Sea of Soul as the Golden Saint Dragon King and Divine Tree lent him their Soul Power.

Shangguan Ye fused his Sea of Soul with the Mountains and Rivers Painting, then led his companions in destroying the Witch Ghost Family. After resting and entering the Seventh Layer of the Nine Heavens Death Land, the group passed its energy-control trial and began the Black Flame Tower challenge on the Eighth Layer.

• Shangguan Ye recovered from the fusion, making his Sea of Soul the Mountains and Rivers Painting, and reunited with Nie Li and the others.
• Shangguan Ye led Nie Li and the two girls to the Witch Ghost Family's camp, erased the camp with Dust Release, and killed Wu Hun with the Space Law.
• Xiao Ning'er distributed Spirit Origin Fruits at the Jade Seal Family's camp, and the group broke through two minor realms before resting for two days.
• Luo Xiao brought the group to the Seventh Layer, where Shangguan Ye completed the Reflection Ball trial at seven feet with exceptional speed.
• The Attendant Gods sent the survivors to the Eighth Layer and explained the Black Flame Tower challenge; Shangguan Ye called his companions to enter together.

Shangguan Ye fought the Demon Lord, helped Du Ze contract with the Sky Qilin Demonic Beast, and then used Dragon Might to help the Nether Realm Controller drive off Candle Dragon. Candle Dragon fled after demanding that Ming hand over Yu Yan, while the Nether Realm Controller recognized Shangguan Ye’s strength.

• Duan Jian grew stronger in the black flames as Nie Li and the others climbed the tower, while Shangguan Ye continued alone to the upper floors.
• Shangguan Ye fought the Demon Lord on the fifth floor, overcame his Eight-Armed Black Prison Demon Monster form with his dragon-type demon spirit, and left him behind.
• Shangguan Ye forced the Sky Qilin Demonic Beast to agree to a contract with Du Ze, who then reached the peak of the Legend rank.
• The Nether Realm Controller confronted Candle Dragon, who demanded that Ming hand over Yu Yan and froze two-thirds of the Nether Realm with the Law of Ice.
• Shangguan Ye used Dragon Might to weaken Candle Dragon, allowing the Nether Realm Controller to drive him off; the Controller then looked toward Shangguan Ye and acknowledged his potential.

Shangguan Ye overcame a remnant soul in his Sea of Soul and passed the Black Flame Tower’s final test. The Nether Realm Controller revealed that the selected disciples would travel to the Dragon Void Realm, and Shangguan Ye joined Nie Li and Lu Piao as his disciples before the group set out toward the desert.

• Shangguan Ye trapped a remnant soul in his Sea of Soul, where the Golden Saint Dragon King and Divine Tree helped destroy it and raise his cultivation to the Heavenly Fate Third Realm.
• Shangguan Ye reached the Selfless State of Mind, and after ten days the survivors were transported from the Black Flame Tower to a courtyard.
• The Nether Realm Controller explained the Dragon Void Realm and assigned the candidates to six sects, with Shangguan Ye, Nie Li, and Lu Piao becoming his disciples.
• Xiao Ning'er worried that she and Shangguan Ye would be separated, but Shangguan Ye reassured her that they could meet in the World of Mountains and Rivers.
• The Nether Realm Controller transported the disciples to the First Death Zone, where Nie Li proposed searching the desert for the Desert Divine Palace and Shangguan Ye agreed to lead the group.

After returning from the search for the Desert Divine Palace, Shangguan Ye reunited with Xiao Ning'er and his family, then cultivated until his strength increased. When the Demon Lord finally appeared in Glory City, Shangguan Ye and the city’s leaders confronted him as he demanded that they hand over something.

• Shangguan Ye and the others returned to the City Lord's Mansion after searching the Endless Desert for several days without finding the Desert Divine Palace.
• Shangguan Ye gave Xiao Ning'er a purple Demon Spirit Stone, and she gave him a pair of Heartbond Grass bracelets before they went to the Winged Dragon Family estate.
• At Xiao Yunfeng's suggestion, Xiao Ning'er brought Shangguan Ye a bowl of sobering soup, but he noticed the undissolved aphrodisiac and chose to hold her as they slept.
• Shangguan Ye returned home, learned that Shangguan Yun and Shangguan Yue had reached Legendary Rank and Shangguan Xun had reached Legendary Peak, then cultivated until he advanced to the Heavenly Fate Eighth Realm.
• Shangguan Ye sensed the Demon Lord in Glory City and confronted him alongside Ye Yan and the others as the Demon Lord demanded that they hand over something.

The Demon Lord failed to seize Ye Mo’s Demon Spirit Stone and fled after Shangguan Ye overwhelmed him. Shangguan Ye identified its spirit as Taotie and used the Golden Saint Dragon King and Divine Tree to subdue and absorb it, leaving the tree transformed.

• The Demon Lord merged with his demon spirit and attacked Ye Mo, but Shangguan Ye revealed his Heavenly Fate Eighth Realm strength and blasted him into the ground.
• The Demon Lord regained his senses, threatened Ye Mo, and fled; Shangguan Ye chose not to pursue him.
• Ye Mo revealed the crimson Demon Spirit Stone, and Ye Yan recounted how a mysterious senior had subdued the Monster Beast inside it.
• Shangguan Ye and Nie Li connected the senior to Emperor Kongming’s inheritor, while Du Ze’s Sky Qilin Demonic Beast recognized the old man from Ye Yan’s story.
• Shangguan Ye identified the Monster Beast as Taotie, and Ye Mo handed him the Demon Spirit Stone so he could deal with its danger.
• Inside the Mountain River Space, the Golden Saint Dragon King subdued Taotie, and the Divine Tree absorbed it and transformed into a dark-red, demon-patterned tree.

Shangguan Ye and the others left the Nether Realm for the Dragon Void Realm, where Xiao Yu brought them to the Heavenly Spirit Institute for testing. They arrived at the registration site, where Xiao Yu clashed with Hua Ling over the testing order.

• Shangguan Ye and the others said their farewells, signed Soul Contracts, and departed through portals for the Dragon Void Realm.
• Shangguan Ye provoked the Demon Lord by revealing his crimson Soul Power, and Du Ze and Duan Jian left with their respective masters.
• Xiao Yu explained the Feather God Sect and the Heavenly Spirit Institute, then brought Shangguan Ye and the others to register for Spiritual Root testing.
• Hua Ling mocked the Little Exquisite World group and bribed an examiner to move his group ahead in the testing line.
• Xiao Yu challenged the examiner's favoritism, and Hua Ling claimed he had submitted a token on Xiao Yu's behalf.

The new students underwent Spiritual Root testing, and Lu Piao and Nie Li revealed exceptional Heavenly Spiritual Roots. Shangguan Ye’s golden Spiritual Root shattered the Crystal Ball and revived the Dragon Void Realm’s Heavenly Dao, leaving him to rise from the Destiny Realm to the Star First Realm before Xiao Yu led the group to his residence.

• Lu Piao tested as a Fifth Grade Heavenly Spiritual Root and was assigned to the West Court.
• Nie Li tested as an Eighth Grade Heavenly Spiritual Root, surprising the crowd and himself.
• Shangguan Ye’s golden Spiritual Root shattered the Crystal Ball, and the Dragon Void Realm’s Heavenly Dao Power gathered around him.
• Nie Li explained that Shangguan Ye’s arrival had revived the realm’s incomplete Heavenly Dao, while a tester who tried to absorb its power was struck dead by lightning.
• Shangguan Ye absorbed the Heavenly Dao Power, advanced from the Destiny Realm to the Star First Realm, and drew the attention of the Feather God Sect’s elders.
• Xiao Yu led Shangguan Ye, Nie Li, Lu Piao, and the others to stay at his residence.

Xiao Yu brought Shangguan Ye, Nie Li, and Lu Piao to their residence and introduced them to the Heavenly Spirit Institute’s trading market and cultivation resources. After Shangguan Ye injured Yan Hao, Nie Li explained how he could help Xiao Yu overcome the blockage preventing his breakthrough, while Shangguan Ye chose not to intervene himself.

• Xiao Yu explained Spirit Stones, demon spirit grades, Treasure Artifacts, and Divine Pools as he led the group through the trading market and to their new residence.
• Shangguan Ye placed a Spirit Stone in his Mountain River Space, where it transformed into a black substance that formed a floating island with a lake producing Spirit Stones.
• Huang Ying visited Xiao Yu’s residence and recognized Shangguan Ye as the genius behind the day’s heavenly phenomenon; Yan Hao arrived and tried to recruit Shangguan Ye, who broke Yan Hao’s hand during their handshake.
• Xiao Yu returned and stopped Shangguan Ye from further harming Yan Hao, then gave the three new students their identity plaques and told them to report the next day.
• Xiao Yu asked Nie Li why he remained stuck in the Earthly Destiny Realm, and Nie Li said their incomplete Myriad Dao Roaring Dragon Art caused the blockage and offered to use acupuncture and the Guiding Art to help him break through.
• Shangguan Ye recalled that he could have used Yang Power or the Eight Trigrams Palm to help Xiao Yu, but decided to leave the matter to Nie Li.

Shangguan Ye, Nie Li, and Lu Piao attended their first academy lesson, where Shangguan Ye’s enormous Soul Fire astonished their instructor and classmates. After meeting Long Yuyin and Gu Bei, they found a notice offering a thousand spirit stones to anyone who could cure Gu Lan, and Shangguan Ye said he could heal her.

• Jin Yan approached Shangguan Ye, Nie Li, and Lu Piao to recruit them, but Nie Li declined and Shangguan Ye advised against joining a faction too early.
• Venerable Chi Ling explained that the five strongest students would enter the East Court after a year and taught the class to sense their Soul Fire.
• Long Yuyin confronted Shangguan Ye, who rebuffed her, and she stormed away; Gu Bei then warned them about her and introduced himself.
• Nie Li recognized Gu Bei from his previous life and encouraged Shangguan Ye to befriend him, while Gu Bei and Lu Piao bonded over their interest in Long Yuyin.
• The three examined academy job notices, and Lu Piao found a reward for curing Gu Lan, who had been bedridden after a cultivation mishap.
• Shangguan Ye said he could cure Gu Lan using the Divine Tree’s Yang Power.

Shangguan Ye, Nie Li, and Lu Piao treated Gu Lan’s poisoning, earning Gu Bei’s gratitude and a reward of spirit stones. Back in the World of Mountains and Rivers, they discovered that spirit stones could create Divine Pools, opening the way to a large new source of resources.

• Shangguan Ye accepted the mission to treat Gu Lan, and Gu Bei let him, Nie Li, and Lu Piao into the Gu residence.
• Nie Li identified Gu Lan’s paralysis as the result of a poison made from Red Top Grass and Snake Scent Fruit.
• Shangguan Ye used the Divine Tree’s power to restore Gu Lan’s meridians, and she stood and walked again.
• Gu Bei gave the group fifteen hundred spirit stones and pledged his friendship, while Gu Lan urged him to stay close to them.
• The three returned to their courtyard, shared spirit stones with Xiao Yu, and entered the World of Mountains and Rivers to cultivate.
• They discovered that spirit stones formed Divine Pools there and used more than a thousand stones to create several pools.

After two days of cultivation, Shangguan Ye, Nie Li, and Lu Piao visited the Sacred Spirit Immortal Realm, where they climbed the Heavenly Dao stairs and rose onto the Sacred Spirit Heavenly Ranking. Shangguan Ye claimed first place, prompting Jin Yan and Long Yuyin to rush to the training ground.

• Shangguan Ye reached the Heavenly Star Fourth Realm, while Nie Li, Lu Piao, and Yu Yan reached the Destiny Fourth Realm.
• Xiao Yu led Nie Li, Lu Piao, and Shangguan Ye to the Sacred Spirit Immortal Realm and explained its ranking system and rewards.
• Xiao Yu climbed to the 120th step, while Nie Li and Lu Piao also ascended and appeared on the ranking.
• Nie Li recognized Ying Ru Yue, and Shangguan Ye revealed that she had once concealed his aura and saved him in the Feather God Sect.
• Shangguan Ye climbed to the 199th step and took first place, while Nie Li ranked sixteenth and Lu Piao ranked thirty-sixth.
• Jin Yan rushed to the training ground after hearing Nie Li had outranked him, and Long Yuyin also headed there.

Shangguan Ye took first place in the Sacred Spirit Heavenly Realm, and Nie Li challenged Long Yuyin after she mocked his status. Nie Li surpassed her on the steps, won their wager, and let her go; Venerable Chi Ling realized the two young men had attracted the factions’ attention.

• Gu Bei brought Gu Lan to watch Shangguan Ye’s rise to first place, and Gu Heng mocked Gu Lan before leaving when she calmly answered him.
• Long Yuyin taunted Nie Li about his low status, so Nie Li insulted her and challenged her to climb higher than him that day.
• Long Yuyin reached the 129th step and wagered three lashes, while Nie Li recited the Heart Sutra and climbed to the 135th step.
• Long Yuyin admitted defeat and gave Nie Li her whip, promising to beat him fairly next time.
• Shangguan Ye urged Nie Li to spare Long Yuyin, and Nie Li returned the whip and told her to leave.
• Venerable Chi Ling wondered whether the factions had noticed Shangguan Ye and Nie Li’s extraordinary abilities.

Nie Li lashed Long Yuyin three times and condemned her reliance on her family, while Shangguan Ye and his companions considered helping Gu Bei and Long Yuyin rise to power. The chapter ended with Ying Ru Yue taking Nie Li’s fate onto herself and Shangguan Ye receiving a mission to save her.

• Nie Li struck Long Yuyin with three lashes, and she ran away in tears after he accused her of cruelty and dependence on her family.
• Long Yuyin rejected Hu Yong’s offer to use family experts for revenge and told him to leave.
• Gu Heng tried to recruit Shangguan Ye and his companions, but Shangguan Ye dismissed him and said Gu Bei would soon replace him as the Gu Clan’s heir.
• Shangguan Ye said he planned to help Gu Bei and Long Yuyin secure positions of power so they could later support the Feather God Sect.
• Ying Ru Yue transferred Nie Li’s fate onto herself, and the system assigned Shangguan Ye a mission to save her, with the Vermilion Bird as the reward.

During Venerable Chi Ling’s physical training lesson, Nie Li and Shangguan Ye fought an impressive weapon spar without using Heavenly Dao Power or demon spirits. After Nie Li conceded defeat, Venerable Chi Ling received an order to test Shangguan Ye himself and challenged him to a contest of pure physical strength.

• Venerable Chi Ling introduced weighted Mysterious Iron Armguards, and the students chose weights for physical training; Shangguan Ye selected the heaviest one.
• After several hours of training, Nie Li challenged Shangguan Ye to a match with weapons but without Heavenly Dao Power or demon spirits.
• Shangguan Ye fought with a spear while Nie Li used a sword, and the two exchanged a long series of attacks and counters.
• Shangguan Ye won narrowly with Returning Horse Spear, and Nie Li admitted defeat as the students applauded.
• An old man privately instructed Venerable Chi Ling to test Shangguan Ye, and Venerable Chi Ling challenged him to spar using only physical strength.