Chapter Summaries

Bing Tianxuan and Shi Hao endured trials from the Northern Profound Dragon Lord and cultivated in the eighth layer of the Thunder Realm. After Shi Hao left, Bing Tianxuan emerged from a black thunder cocoon with his dragon blood fully fused and his human form covered in golden scales.

• The Northern Profound Dragon Lord challenged Bing Tianxuan and Shi Hao to withstand his black thunder, then rewarded Bing Tianxuan with its source and Shi Hao with a fragment of the Thunder God's Body technique.
• Bing Tianxuan and Shi Hao spent half a month cultivating in the eighth layer of the Thunder Realm, advancing their physiques and techniques.
• Shi Hao completed the initial stage of the Thunder God's Body and cultivated the Heavenly Thunder Scripture before leaving the realm.
• The Nine Netherbird warned that Bing Tianxuan's dragon blood was exceptionally powerful and that he might become a human-shaped violent dragon.
• Bing Tianxuan broke out of the black thunder cocoon after fully fusing his dragon blood with his physique, and real golden dragon scales covered his body.

Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling entered the Northern Profound Courtyard’s Spirit Baptism Platform and set out to hunt its strongest Spirit Beasts. After easily defeating two Spirit Generals, they continued deeper in search of a Spirit King.

• Bing Tianxuan challenged Shen Sheng to hold off the Northern Profound Courtyard’s dean, and Shen Sheng agreed before entering the opened gate.
• Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling entered the Spirit Baptism Platform as the Spirit Light Baptism began.
• Bing Tianxuan explained the Spirit Beasts’ ranks and set out with Luo Ling toward the aura of a powerful Spirit King.
• Two Spirit Generals ambushed them, but Bing Tianxuan destroyed one with a punch while Luo Ling defeated the other with a spiritual-energy blade.
• Bing Tianxuan collected the Spirit Light and led Luo Ling farther into the platform to seek stronger opponents.

Bing Tianxuan confronted the Heavenly Ranking experts gathered at Cliff Valley and defeated Lin Mu, Wang Xiao, and Duoduo with a single saber strike. As the battle against the valley’s profound beasts began, he exposed three more figures hiding nearby: the three Kings.

• An Ran and Bing Tianxuan reached Cliff Valley and spotted Hua Tianjie atop a distant stone pillar among more than a thousand profound beasts.
• Bing Tianxuan exposed Lin Mu, Wang Xiao, and Duoduo, then challenged the three to withstand one of his moves.
• Lin Mu, Wang Xiao, and Duoduo joined forces, but Bing Tianxuan shattered their profound energy barrier and sent them crashing to the ground.
• Wang Xiao admitted defeat, and Bing Tianxuan ordered the three to handle the beasts while he watched for the Martial Ancestor-level beast.
• Bing Tianxuan struck a strange rock with a blade of cold energy, revealing the three Kings, whom An Ran identified as Wang Ling, Wang Xiao, and Wang Hao.

Bing Tianxuan gave Luo Ling the Divine Stone, and the two shared a kiss before setting out the next day. They reached a gorge filled with Spirit Soldiers and Spirit Kings, where powerful rivals gathered as a dangerous confrontation loomed.

• Bing Tianxuan gave Luo Ling the Divine Stone, which resonated with the sealed power of her divine artifact.
• Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling confessed their feelings through a kiss beneath the old locust tree.
• The next day, Wang Xiao led Bing Tianxuan and the others to a gorge teeming with Spirit Soldiers and Spirit Kings.
• Bing Tianxuan spotted Black Nether, Xu Huang, and Black Dragon gathering near the gorge with their forces.
• Mu Li challenged Bing Tianxuan over whether he could still take first place on the Heavenly Ranking.

Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling fought the Heavenly Passage Realm Spirit King together, with Bing Tianxuan tearing off both its arms and Luo Ling cutting off its head. Bing Tianxuan extracted its crystal core, and the group began clearing the battlefield.

• Xu Huang and the others fled as Bing Tianxuan confronted the descending Spirit King.
• Luo Ling joined Bing Tianxuan, and they attacked the Spirit King while Wang Xiao, Wang Yao, Anran, and Fan Lou gathered nearby.
• Bing Tianxuan struck the Spirit King with his Dragon Emperor Palm and Martial Ancestor Palm, then tore off both its arms.
• Luo Ling cut through the Spirit King's neck, and Bing Tianxuan pulled the crystal core from its skull as the giant collapsed.
• Bing Tianxuan told the group to gather the remaining Spirit Light and divide it among themselves.

Bing Tianxuan, Shen Sheng, and Zhe Li Tong faced the three final guardians chosen by the Ancient Flame atop Spirit Light Mountain. Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong began their challenges, while Bing Tianxuan launched his fight against Zhou Yuan Shan.

• Bing Tianxuan challenged Zhou Yuan Shan, while Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong prepared to fight their own opponents.
• The three challengers descended toward the peaks as Lin Bao, the Ancient Flame, and Zhou Yuan Shan opened their eyes and unleashed their pressure.
• Shen Sheng attacked Lin Bao with his Golden Dragon Battle God technique, and Zhe Li Tong confronted the Ancient Flame with his Heavenly Profound Divine Flame.
• Bing Tianxuan told Zhou Yuan Shan he would defeat him without giving him a chance to exploit, then vanished into an attack.
• Zhou Yuan Shan summoned Mountain River, and Bing Tianxuan's spear, wrapped in deep blue dragon shadows, smashed into the mountain-range phantom.

Bing Tianxuan defeated Zhou Yuan Shan, helping secure victory in the mountain battles and trigger the Spirit Light Baptism. He received a Spirit King Spirit Light Crystal and asked for a girl to join him in the upcoming baptism.

• Bing Tianxuan shattered Zhou Yuan Shan's defenses with a close-range attack, leaving him badly weakened.
• Zhe Li Tong sensed Zhou Yuan Shan's defeat and conceded his round, while Shen Sheng and Lin Bao Xueli also ended their battle with Shen Sheng conceding.
• The Spirit Light Realm announced the start of the Spirit Light Baptism, and the new students celebrated Bing Tianxuan's victory.
• The Courtyard Masters awarded Bing Tianxuan and two others Spirit Light crystals and told them to enter the core area for their baptism in three days.
• Bing Tianxuan asked whether a Spirit King Spirit Light Crystal could be used in the baptism, then said the girl could come with him.

Luo Ling asked Ling You to help her and Bing Tianxuan advance, and both emerged a month later with greatly increased cultivation. Back at their residence, Bing Tianxuan used the Demon Child’s golden spiritual radiance to guide a secret art into Luo Ling’s consciousness.

• Luo Ling asked Ling You to guide Bing Tianxuan into the Northern Profound Courtyard, and Ling You agreed to help them cultivate.
• Ling You used Supreme Being spiritual power and spiritual crystals to help Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling refine their spiritual energy.
• After a month, Luo Ling reached the first stage of the Heavenly Transformation Realm, while Bing Tianxuan entered the Heavenly Passage Realm.
• Bing Tianxuan heard that Shen Sheng and Mu Chen were luring the Demon Child into a trap, but he could not locate them with his spiritual sense.
• Bing Tianxuan told Luo Ling he had a secret art to stabilize her realm, then sent the Demon Child’s golden spiritual radiance into her sea of consciousness.

Bing Tianxuan confronted Shi Hao, a royal descendant of the Blood God Clan who had come to kill Luo Ling, and killed him with a single strike. He then invited Luo Ling to leave, but the dean of Northern Profound Courtyard ordered him to stop.

• Shi Hao revealed his identity as a member of the Blood God Clan's royal family and declared that he had been ordered to kill Luo Ling.
• Bing Tianxuan stepped in to protect Luo Ling and used his cold energy to suppress Shi Hao and the others.
• Shi Hao summoned the Blood God Armor and attacked Bing Tianxuan, who shattered the armor with a single strike.
• Bing Tianxuan killed Shi Hao with the Heavenly Frost Dragon Soul Blade and invited Luo Ling to leave with him.
• The dean of Northern Profound Courtyard erupted in anger and ordered Bing Tianxuan to stop.

Bing Tianxuan led Northern Profound Academy’s reinforcements into the Demon Spirit Domain to rescue Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong and confront the Demon Child. He shattered Wu Jia’s formation and launched an Ice Dragon attack at the Demon Child as the others arrived.

• Bing Tianxuan set out for the West Desolate Territory with Luo Ling, Shi Hao, Mu Chen, and the commanders after learning Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong were waiting there.
• Lin Bao briefed the group on the strength of the Demon Child, Wu Jia, Zhe Li Tong, and the other Heavenly Ranking students.
• Bing Tianxuan used his Ice Emperor Wings to carry the group rapidly into the Demon Spirit Domain, where he sensed the battle’s violent spiritual energy.
• Shi Hao said he would leave the grudge between Bing Tianxuan and the Demon Child to them, while Bing Tianxuan charged into the mist with the others.
• The Demon Child and Wu Jia prepared to ambush the academy’s reinforcements, but Bing Tianxuan shattered Wu Jia’s formation with an Ice Dragon attack.
• Bing Tianxuan confronted the Demon Child and sent an icy tide toward his head as Luo Ling, Shi Hao, Mu Chen, and the commanders arrived.

Bing Tianxuan and the Northern Profound Courtyard’s forces overwhelmed the Demon Child and the Ghost Heroes, forcing the Demon Child to unleash Dragon Transformation Qi. As Bing Tianxuan’s finishing strike closed in, the Black Dragon Venerable intervened, but Bing Tianxuan refused to back down.

• Bing Tianxuan froze and shattered the Demon Child’s spear, while Luo Ling and Shi Hao led the battle against the Ghost Heroes and the Northern Profound Courtyard’s forces.
• Bing Tianxuan sent the Demon Child flying and activated the battle formation’s destructive power.
• The Demon Child used Dragon Transformation Qi and Dragon Fang Slash to strike at the battle formation, but Bing Tianxuan shattered his attack.
• The Heavenly Frost Dragon Soul’s radiance shot toward the defeated Demon Child, but the Black Dragon Venerable reached out from the sky to stop it.
• Bing Tianxuan declared that even a Venerable could not save the Demon Child and unleashed the Heavenly Frost Dragon Soul.

Bing Tianxuan killed the Demon Child, provoking Black Dragon Venerable to attack until Western Extremity Venerable intervened. Black Dragon Venerable challenged Bing Tianxuan to face the Dragon Demon Sect at Desolate Mountain, and Bing Tianxuan accepted with confidence.

• Western Extremity Venerable's divine weapon crushed the Demon Child's divine soul and left him near death.
• Black Dragon Venerable attacked Bing Tianxuan, but the Tai Cang Courtyard Master blocked him before he could land a blow.
• Western Extremity Venerable arrived and warned Black Dragon Venerable against starting a battle in the Western Extremity Realm.
• Black Dragon Venerable taunted the Tai Cang Courtyard Master about Desolate Mountain and challenged Bing Tianxuan to bring Duoduo there.
• Bing Tianxuan declared he would flatten Buddha Mountain and defeat the Dragon Demon Sect, privately trusting the protective seal from his ancestor.
• Black Dragon Venerable left after promising to wait outside Desolate Mountain, and Bing Tianxuan assured the Tai Cang Courtyard Master that no peer could defeat him.

Mu Chen accepted the Northern Profound Courtyard master's challenge and prepared to enter Desolate Mountain, where he expected to face the Demon Child's Poison, when it erupted in one month. Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong recovered from their poisoning and returned with the others to the courtyard, while news of the battle spread across the Northern Profound Continent.

• The courtyard master agreed to Mu Chen's challenge and explained that Desolate Mountain would erupt in one month, allowing younger cultivators to seek the Buddha Cleansing Light.
• Mu Chen vowed to kill the Demon Child's Poison's younger generation if they came after him at Desolate Mountain, and the courtyard master promised to send him there.
• Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong struggled against the Black Poison Mist in a cave, and Shen Sheng bitterly acknowledged Mu Chen's rapid growth.
• Lin Bao, Mu Dian, Shi Hao, and the others found Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong and helped them leave the cave.
• The courtyard master used his Sovereign spiritual energy to purge the poison from Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong, then carried Mu Chen and the disciples back toward the Northern Profound Courtyard.
• News of the battle in the West Desolate Territory spread throughout the Northern Profound Continent.

After defeating Demon Child, Bing Tianxuan cultivated with Luo Ling in the Northern Profound Academy’s eight-grade Spirit Gathering Array while Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong decided to enter the dangerous Northern Profound Gate. A month later, Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling reached the mid-stage Heavenly Passage Realm and appeared before the gathered academy, as the Spiritual Academy Tournament approached.

• News spread that Bing Tianxuan had defeated Demon Child and rescued Shen Sheng, and that he would go to Cangxuan Mountain to settle old grudges.
• Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling cultivated together in the eight-grade Spirit Gathering Array as they prepared for Cangxuan Mountain and the Spiritual Academy Tournament.
• Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong resolved to seek the Dean and enter the Northern Profound Gate, despite its deadly dangers.
• After a month of cultivation, Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling both advanced to the mid-stage Heavenly Passage Realm.
• Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling emerged before a cheering crowd at the Northern Profound Academy’s central square.

Bing Tianxuan returned to the Northern Profound Courtyard, where the dean urged its students to defend the courtyard’s reputation in the coming competition. Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong called for the Northern Profound Gate to be reopened, and the dean agreed, leaving Mu Chen stunned by the prospect of entering its deadly training ground.

• Bing Tianxuan arrived at the Northern Profound Courtyard and faced the dean and its senior members.
• The dean reminded the students that the upcoming battle for the Heavenly Ranking would determine whether the Northern Profound Courtyard could preserve the five great courtyards’ reputation.
• Shen Sheng and Zhe Li Tong stepped forward and asked for support so they could help the Northern Profound Courtyard succeed in the competition.
• Shen Sheng requested that the dean reopen the Northern Profound Gate, insisting that its dangers would forge stronger cultivators.
• The dean warned them of the gate’s deadly trials, then agreed to reopen it; Mu Chen watched in astonishment.

Bing Tianxuan and the Northern Profound Courtyard’s top disciples traveled to Desolate City for the Northern Profound Gate and Desolate Mountain trial. In the palace, Xiaoxiang greeted them, while Liu Ying challenged Bing Tianxuan and received a contemptuous reply.

• The dean chose the top ten Heavenly Ranking disciples to enter the Northern Profound Gate and opened a spatial rift for the group.
• Bing Tianxuan vowed to kill the Demon Child to avenge the slain disciples, and he, Luo Ling, Shi Hao, and the dean entered the rift.
• After traveling for less than two days, the group arrived in Desolate City and headed to the palace where the strongest forces had gathered.
• Xiaoxiang greeted Bing Tianxuan and remarked on his growing strength, while he calmly said the Dragon Demon Child was gone.
• Liu Ying challenged Bing Tianxuan, who dismissed him as a clown, causing Liu Ying to shatter his wine cup in anger.

Mo Xingtian confronted Bing Tianxiao in the Holy Spirit Pavilion, but Dean Tai Cang and Black Dragon Sovereign stopped the clash before it could become a fight. As the great talents gathered in Holy Spirit City ahead of the Holy Spirit Baptism, Bing Tianxiao remained confident about facing them on Holy Spirit Mountain.

• Mo Xingtian entered the Holy Spirit Pavilion and threatened Bing Tianxiao, who reminded him that Mo Longzi had died after making a similar threat.
• Mo Xingtian and Bing Tianxiao unleashed their spiritual pressure against each other, and Luo Li drew the Luoshen Sword enough to reveal its deadly sword energy.
• Dean Tai Cang intervened to stop the clash, while Black Dragon Sovereign appeared and exchanged threats with him before leaving with Mo Xingtian.
• Over the next three days, Xia Youran introduced Bing Tianxiao to the gathered talents, including Xi Qinghai, Dong Yuan, Su Buxiu, Liu Ying, and Zhou Xuan.
• Bing Tianxiao said he would rely on his own halberd and looked forward to testing the younger generation on Holy Spirit Mountain.

Holy Spirit Mountain opened, and Bing Tianxiao entered its dangerous fragmented world alone. He discovered and seized a Heavenly Sovereign Bone containing Heavenly Sovereign Essence Blood, claiming the opportunity that had originally belonged to Mu Chen.

• Holy Spirit Mountain appeared as its barrier opened, and Xia Youran invited Bing Tianxiao to team up, but he declined because he had personal matters to handle.
• Bing Tianxiao entered Holy Spirit Mountain ahead of the others after saying goodbye to Luo Li.
• Bing Tianxiao arrived in the shattered, storm-ridden world and sensed a familiar Heavenly Sovereign aura inside a spatial storm.
• Bing Tianxiao found a Jade Bone containing Heavenly Sovereign Essence Blood and seized it despite the storm's attack.

Bing Tianxiao claimed a Jade Bone and headed for the Nine Heavens Ladder, where he killed Liu Ying and Dong Yuan after they challenged his right to compete. He exposed Mo Xingtian’s Spirit Energy Hardship and began fighting him, leaving the other contenders stunned as the ladder shook from their clash.

• Bing Tianxiao stored the Jade Bone and flew toward the Nine Heavens Ladder, killing several would-be ambushers with his frigid spiritual energy along the way.
• At the top of the ladder, Liu Ying and Dong Yuan mocked Bing Tianxiao as an outsider, while Xia Youran defended his right to compete.
• Bing Tianxiao instantly killed Liu Ying and Dong Yuan with the Sky Frost Dragon Soul Halberd, freezing them into ice sculptures.
• Bing Tianxiao revealed that Mo Xingtian had passed the Body Hardship and attempted the Spirit Energy Hardship.
• Mo Xingtian acknowledged his hidden strength, and Bing Tianxiao challenged him before the two began a fierce battle that shook Holy Spirit Mountain.

Bing Tianxiao battled Mo Xingtian high above the Nine Heavens Ladder, while Dean Tai Cang confronted the merchant association presidents who blamed his academy for their heirs’ deaths. The chapter ended with the fight still raging and the Northern Cang Spirit Academy watching anxiously.

• Bing Tianxiao fought Mo Xingtian with the Sky Frost Dragon Soul Halberd, whose power suppressed Mo Xingtian’s Dragon Devouring Demon Spear.
• Xia Youran, Xi Qinghai, and Su Buxiu watched from the Nine Heavens Ladder and realized they could not interfere in the battle.
• The presidents of the Shadow Merchant Association and Tianyuan Merchant Association accused Dean Tai Cang of allowing their heirs to be killed.
• Dean Tai Cang invoked Holy Spirit Mountain’s rule that life and death were left to fate, then forced the two presidents back with his Sovereign pressure.
• The Black Dragon Sovereign warned Dean Tai Cang that Mo Xingtian would kill the Northern Cang Spirit Academy’s lone seedling, while Luo Li and the academy’s students watched the fight anxiously.