Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang rallied the Kunlun Ruins to learn the Heavenly Sword Art and forge the Sword Qi Great Wall against the Yao Clan. Ye Tianxiong revealed that Xiao Yang’s mother, Qingmei, had attached her Divine Soul to a jade pendant, and Xiao Yang prepared to face the Yao Clan and seek her rescue.

• Ye Tianxiong gave Xiao Yang the Heavenly Sword Art and explained that the clans of the Kunlun Ruins had to unite to form the Sword Qi Great Wall.
• Xiao Yang mastered the art quickly, then taught it to Ning Hongye, Feng Qingxue, Hong Qingcheng, and the gathered clans and sects.
• Over three days, a million people cultivated the Heavenly Sword Art, and their growing Sword Intent filled the skies above the Kunlun Ruins.
• Xiao Yang asked Ye Tianxiong whether his mother could be saved, and Ye Tianxiong gave him a jade pendant containing Qingmei’s Divine Soul.
• Xiao Yang declared that they would hold back the Yao Clan in ten days and then enter the Myriad Monster Domain.

The Yao Clan attacked the Kunlun Ruins, and the Blazing Hell Bull Demon King shattered the defenders’ Sword Qi Great Wall before Ye Tianxiong confronted him. Ye Tianxiong’s sword strike wounded the demon king and forced him back.

• After ten days, the rift widened to a thousand zhang, and the silence within convinced Ye Tianxiong and the Ye Clan warriors that their trapped comrades had likely perished.
• The Blazing Hell Bull Demon King struck the Sword Qi Great Wall with war drums and a gigantic claw, shattering it and leaving the million-strong army injured and despairing.
• Ye Tianxiong explained how the Bull Demon King had broken the wall and urged the defenders to reform, while Gu Tatian rallied them to rebuild it.
• The Bull Demon King emerged from the rift in his towering true form and attacked Ye Tianxiong with his Purgatory Battle Axe.
• Ye Tianxiong countered with the Heaven Cutting Sword Drawing Technique, wounding the Bull Demon King and forcing him back.

The ten Yao Clan Great Sages and a vast Demon Soldier army invaded the Kunlun Ruins, forcing the Human Race factions to fight for survival. As the battle turned against them and Gu Tatian fell, Ning Hongye rushed to shield Yao Xian'er from Bull Demon King’s flames.

• Bull Demon King unleashed a sea of flames, then nine more Yao Clan Great Sages emerged from the rift as tens of millions of Demon Soldiers poured into the Kunlun Ruins.
• Hong Qingcheng rallied the Hundred Dynasties, while the Ancient Clan, Medicine Clan, Soul Clan, Daoist sect, and Imperial Clan joined the battle alongside Ye Tianxiong’s forces.
• The Human Race fighters engaged the Demon Kings and soldiers, but the [Sword Qi Great Wall] weakened as casualties mounted.
• The Demon Kings unleashed their ultimate techniques, and Black Panther King killed Gu Tatian, causing the Ancient Clan’s battle line to collapse.
• Bull Demon King’s flames rushed toward Yao Xian'er, and Ning Hongye appeared in front of her using the Flying Immortal Art.

The Yao Clan Great Sages overwhelmed the Human Race defenders, leaving many ready to surrender, but Ye Tianxiong rallied the remaining Ye Clan warriors and some cultivators to keep fighting. As Bull Demon King attacked Ning Hongye and Feng Qingxue, Xiao Yang emerged from hiding and beheaded him with one sword.

• Ning Hongye was badly wounded by Bull Demon King's fiery attack, while Yao Xian'er rushed to help her.
• Thunder Prison Lion King unleashed Ten Thousand Thunders Blood Prison, killing tens of thousands of Human Race cultivators and three Daoist Martial Gods, and grievously wounding Feng Qingxue.
• Some Human Race cultivators knelt and offered to submit, but Ye Tianxiong refused Bull Demon King's offer and rallied the Ye Clan and wavering defenders to fight on.
• Bull Demon King crushed hundreds of newly rallied cultivators, then threatened Ning Hongye and Feng Qingxue after they rejected his demand to become his concubines.
• Xiao Yang revealed himself from invisibility and used the Grass Character Sword Art and Nine Secrets to cut through Bull Demon King's axe and behead him.

Xiao Yang killed the Bull Demon King with a surprise attack, reviving the Human Race’s hope and forcing the Yao Clan’s Great Sages to stay on guard. He then targeted the Sky Snake King, whose escape left Xiao Yang’s strike cutting only a strip of his skin.

• Xiao Yang revealed himself atop the Bull Demon King’s corpse after killing the Great Sage with a sneak attack.
• The Human Race rallied around Xiao Yang, while the Yao Clan’s Great Sages grew wary and watched for another ambush.
• Xiao Yang used his Dark Night Armor to hide and searched for an opening to kill another Great Sage.
• The Sky Snake King attacked in every direction, and Xiao Yang used the Fight Seal of the Nine Secrets to identify weaknesses in his cultivation art.
• Xiao Yang struck from behind with the Grass Character Sword Art—Severing the Dao, but the Sky Snake King vanished before the blade could hit him, losing only a strip of skin.

Xiao Yang’s victories over the Bull Demon King and Sky Snake King frightened the Yao Clan’s Great Sages and rallied the human forces. The Peacock King proposed a nine-versus-nine contest with the Kunlun Ruins and the Myriad Monster Domain at stake, and Xiao Yang accepted, believing it gave humanity its best chance.

• The Sky Snake King returned after escaping with his shed skin, and the Yao Clan Great Sages held back from attacking Xiao Yang, wary of his strength and hidden tricks.
• Xiao Yang’s defiance lifted human morale, while Yao Lingtian and Yao Xian'er celebrated his triumph.
• The Peacock King challenged the Human Race to send nine fighters against nine Yao Clan fighters, with the loser facing submission or withdrawal from the Kunlun Ruins.
• Ye Tianxiong and other humans warned that the Yao Clan’s nine Great Sages were too powerful for humanity to match, while others urged Xiao Yang to reject the challenge.
• Xiao Yang decided the contest was humanity’s best chance and accepted the Peacock King’s terms.

Ye Tianxiong fought the Thunder Prison Lion King in the first match, burning his essence blood to overcome his injuries and kill the Yao Clan champion. The Human Race celebrated its victory, but Ye Tianxiong collapsed and left the remaining battle to Xiao Yang and the others.

• Ye Tianxiong volunteered to fight first, and the Yao Clan sent the Thunder Prison Lion King to face him.
• The Thunder Prison Lion King mocked Ye Tianxiong and attacked in a rage, while Ye Tianxiong provoked him and struck back with the Heaven Cutting Sword Drawing Technique—Thunderbreaker.
• After the Thunder Prison Lion King wounded him, Ye Tianxiong burned his essence blood to heal himself and raise his strength, then fought the Lion King evenly.
• Ye Tianxiong took advantage of the Lion King's attempt to charge his strongest attack and pierced his throat, killing him and lifting the Human Race's morale.
• The Peacock King urged the Yao Clan not to fear, while Ye Tianxiong collapsed and Xiao Yang caught him; Ye Tianxiong told him the rest was up to him and insisted the Human Race could not lose.

After the Ye Clan's Great Elder was defeated by Peacock King, Hong Qingcheng entered the arena to fight Sky Snake King. She revealed the power of the Electric Mother and pierced Sky Snake King with a lightning spear.

• Xiao Yang comforted Ye Tianxiong after he fell, while Peacock King prepared to fight the second battle.
• The Ye Clan's Great Elder accepted Peacock King's challenge, but hallucinogenic poison weakened him and Peacock King shattered his bones with a tail-fan strike.
• Xiao Yang stepped forward to fight, but Ye Tianxiong urged him to preserve himself as the Human Race's last trump card.
• Hong Qingcheng volunteered to face Sky Snake King and rode lightning into the arena.
• Hong Qingcheng summoned Thunder Dragons to disperse Sky Snake King's poisonous mist, then pierced his gallbladder with a lightning spear.

After Hong Qingcheng defeated the Sky Snake King, Ning Hongye challenged the Ice Plains Wolf King and was badly injured. Feng Qingxue then rushed onto the battlefield despite Xiao Yang and the others warning her that she was far too weak.

• Hong Qingcheng drove the Sky Snake King away, but her injuries left her unable to fight again.
• The Peacock King demanded the Human Race send another fighter, and Ning Hongye stepped forward despite Xiao Yang's objections.
• The Ice Plains Wolf King overwhelmed Ning Hongye, who burned her divine core before he struck her unconscious.
• Xiao Yang rescued Ning Hongye, and Feng Qingxue took her place and charged into battle.
• Xiao Yang and the Human Race called for Feng Qingxue to return, warning that she was only at the peak of the Martial Saint realm.

Feng Qingxue and Yao Chen lost their matches against the Black Panther King and Golden Spider Poison King, leaving the Human Race one defeat from losing the battle for supremacy. Xiao Yang stepped forward to fight in the seventh match, and the Yao Clan's remaining Great Sages argued over who should face him.

• Feng Qingxue burned her Lifeblood Essence and godhead power to freeze the Black Panther King, but he broke free, defeated her, and won the fifth match for the Yao Clan.
• Yao Chen fought the Golden Spider Poison King with pills and a snow lotus, but the spider's poisonous web left him near death before Xiao Yang rescued him.
• The score stood at Human Race two wins and Yao Clan four, while the injured or unconscious Human fighters left Xiao Yang as their last contender.
• Xiao Yang rejected Ye Tianxiong's warning, declared that the Human Race would never surrender, and entered the arena for the seventh match.
• The Azure Wave Flood Dragon King, Silverback Ape King, and Void Cracking Peng King each tried to persuade the others to face Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang transformed his Vajra Demon Ape Dharma Image into a divine Great Sage form and challenged Silverback Ape King, turning the battle in the Human Race’s favor. After binding the ape king and forcing him to reveal his Indestructible Vajra Body, Xiao Yang brought down an enormous Golden Cudgel strike.

• Silverback Ape King drew the lot to fight Xiao Yang and attacked him with a shattered boulder.
• Xiao Yang awakened the Great Sage form of his Vajra Demon Ape Dharma Image, complete with auspicious clouds, golden armor, a Golden Cudgel, and Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.
• Silverback Ape King unleashed a roar that injured the Human Race cultivators, but Xiao Yang countered it and taunted him into attacking.
• Silverback Ape King charged with his Mountain Splitting Collapse punch, and Xiao Yang dodged before binding him with golden runes from the Golden Cudgel.
• Silverback Ape King activated his Indestructible Vajra Body and nearly broke free, but Xiao Yang enlarged the Golden Cudgel and struck him in the chest.

Xiao Yang defeated and killed the Silverback Ape King, avenging the Ye Clan, but the Yao Clan challenged his right to fight again. When he threatened to destroy himself and the Kunlun Ruins, Peacock King agreed to change the rules and make him face the remaining six Great Sages in succession.

• Xiao Yang battered the Silverback Ape King into submission, then killed him with the Golden Cudgel despite his surrender.
• The Human Race celebrated the Ape King's death, while the Ye Clan elders wept over their long-awaited revenge.
• Void Cracking Peng King and Azure Wave Flood Dragon King claimed the Yao Clan had won because Xiao Yang could not fight again under the rules.
• Xiao Yang refused to back down and threatened to destroy himself and the Kunlun Ruins if the Yao Clan attacked.
• The Human Race began preparing to self-destruct alongside Xiao Yang, terrifying the Yao Clan.
• Peacock King agreed to change the rules so Xiao Yang would fight the remaining six Great Sages one after another; the Yao Clan would withdraw if he won, and the Kunlun Ruins would surrender if he lost.

Xiao Yang faced six Yao Clan Great Sages in succession and fought the Azure Wave Flood Dragon King, who tried to overwhelm him with a tsunami and then transform into a dragon. The chapter ended with Xiao Yang’s True Dragon aura pinning the Flood Dragon King down as he demanded surrender.

• The humans panicked at the prospect of Xiao Yang fighting six Great Sages, but Xiao Yang stopped them from resorting to self-destruction and vowed to defeat his opponents.
• The Peacock King ordered the Azure Wave Flood Dragon King to fight first, and he unleashed his Ten Thousand Waves Return to the Ruins technique against Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang used the twenty-four Sea Calming Beads to block the tsunami and its freezing waves, then reshaped their barrier to prevent the Flood Dragon King from attacking around it.
• The Azure Wave Flood Dragon King passed through the Dragon Gate and began transforming into a five-clawed dragon as dark clouds and tribulation lightning gathered overhead.
• Xiao Yang released the Dragon Might of his nine True Dragon Spines, forced the Flood Dragon King to the ground, and demanded that he surrender.

Xiao Yang defeated the Azure Wave Flood Dragon King by turning its lightning tribulation against it, tearing out its Inner Core, and killing it for the seven thousand members of the Ye Clan it had slaughtered. The Human Race celebrated its victory while Xiao Yang concealed his pain and continued to face the Yao Clan saints.

• The Azure Wave Flood Dragon King burned its vital essence, absorbed a lightning bolt, and attacked Xiao Yang as its power surged.
• Xiao Yang drew down a lightning bolt himself, then used his speed and strength to pin the Flood Dragon King, break its horn, damage its reverse scale, and nail its mouth to the ground with the Golden Cudgel.
• When the Flood Dragon King tried to unleash a flood and absorb another lightning bolt, Xiao Yang redirected the lightning into its belly and tore out its Inner Core.
• Xiao Yang beat the powerless Flood Dragon King and killed it, saying it would answer for the seven thousand members of the Ye Clan it had slaughtered.
• The Human Race and Ye Clan warriors cheered their victory as Xiao Yang hid his pain and kept his Battle Intent fixed on the Yao Clan saints.

Xiao Yang faced Void Cracking Peng King after taunting the Yao Clan, and the savage, speed-focused Great Sage wounded him with a surprise attack. The chapter left Xiao Yang refusing to kneel as he prepared to fight back.

• Ye Tianxiong warned Xiao Yang that his victories had inflamed the Yao Clan and cautioned him to be careful.
• Xiao Yang mocked the Yao Clan’s Great Sages as Dog Kings, provoking Void Cracking Peng King to enter the battle.
• Ye Tianxiong explained that Void Cracking Peng King was a bloodthirsty predator with innate space-tearing and extreme-speed abilities.
• Void Cracking Peng King attacked Xiao Yang from behind and cut through his Gods and Demons Body, drawing blood.
• Ning Hongye asked whether she and Feng Qingxue should help, but Feng Qingxue said they would only hinder Xiao Yang.
• Void Cracking Peng King demanded that Xiao Yang kneel and apologize, but Xiao Yang refused.

Xiao Yang fought the Void Cracking Peng King, first enduring its afterimages to learn its technique, then struggling against its astral winds as they shredded his body and soul. Just as the Human Race lost hope, Xiao Yang summoned a colossal Primordial Kunpeng phantom and declared that he would soar ninety thousand miles.

• The Void Cracking Peng King used Void-Piercing Shadow to create three thousand afterimages and wounded Xiao Yang while attacking from concealment.
• Xiao Yang endured the attacks while using the Fight Seal of the Nine Secrets to imitate the Peng King's divine ability, and Ye Tianxiong stopped Feng Qingxue and Ning Hongye from interfering.
• The Void Cracking Peng King abandoned its afterimages and unleashed astral winds that shredded Xiao Yang and killed Human Race cultivators caught in the wind net.
• As Xiao Yang's injuries worsened and the Human Race despaired, he released black-and-white energy and formed a colossal Primordial Kunpeng phantom.
• Xiao Yang roared that the Kunpeng rose with the wind and soared ninety thousand miles.

Xiao Yang used his Kunpeng incarnation to suppress the Void Cracking Peng King and drain away his power. As the Peng King burned his blood essence and launched a desperate final attack, he vowed to take Xiao Yang down with him.

• Xiao Yang transformed into a Primordial Kunpeng, whose bloodline terrified and suppressed the Void Cracking Peng King.
• The Peng King defied the bloodline pressure and attacked Xiao Yang with his gale, wind net, and three thousand afterimages.
• Xiao Yang used his Kunpeng Heaven Swallowing Art and other techniques to create a vortex that swallowed the Peng King's gale and drained his spatial power.
• Xiao Yang returned to human form and declared himself the ancient Kunpeng's master and the Peng King's grandfather, while the gathered humans and Yao Clan argued over his tactics.
• The Peng King burned his blood essence, took his ten-thousand-zhang true form, and charged at Xiao Yang with Peng Splits the Nine Heavens.

Xiao Yang defeated the Void Cracking Peng King with the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron and offered to spare him if he submitted. The Peng King became Xiao Yang’s mount, devastating the Yao Clan’s morale before the remaining battles.

• The Yao Clan’s fighters stopped Ye Tianxiong, Ning Hongye, Feng Qingxue, and Yao Chen from helping Xiao Yang, leaving them unable to fight.
• Xiao Yang used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to repel the Void Cracking Peng King’s Blazing Heaven Annihilation, severing the Peng King’s wing with the rebound.
• Xiao Yang offered to spare the defeated Peng King if he became his mount and promised to teach him the Kunpeng Secret Art.
• The Void Cracking Peng King accepted, transformed into a golden-haired young man, and knelt before Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang mounted the Peng King and challenged the remaining Four Sages, while the Human Race cheered and the Yao Clan’s morale crumbled.

Xiao Yang intimidated the Yao Clan’s Four Sages after forcing Peng King to submit, while Peacock King proposed a shameless four-against-one wager to turn the battle around. As Peacock King taunted him, Xiao Yang smiled and asked Peng King whether he dared to accept.

• Xiao Yang challenged the Yao Clan’s Four Sages to surrender as his mounts or face death, and they argued over who should fight him.
• The Human Race cheered as the Yao Clan’s troops began edging toward the rift, and Xiao Yang called the Four Sages good-for-nothings.
• Peacock King resolved to exploit Xiao Yang’s confidence and proposed that the Four Sages and he fight Xiao Yang together, wagering the Yao Clan’s permanent withdrawal against the Human Race becoming their blood-food pasture.
• Ye Tianxiong and Ning Hongye condemned the wager and urged Xiao Yang not to accept, while Peacock King taunted him as the Human Race considered the tempting offer.
• Xiao Yang smiled, patted Peng King’s neck, and asked him to tell Peacock King whether he dared to accept.

Xiao Yang accepted the Four Sages of the Yao Clan’s challenge and wagered that they would serve the Human Race forever if he won. He began fighting them alone, destroying Golden Spider Poison King’s poison web before Black Panther King launched a shadow attack.

• Void Cracking Peng King praised Xiao Yang, while Ning Hongye and Ye Tianxiong warned him not to accept the Four Demon Kings’ challenge.
• Xiao Yang accepted the challenge and demanded that the Yao Clan become the Human Race’s slaves and laborers if he won.
• Peacock King accepted the wager on behalf of the Four Sages, reasoning privately that serving Xiao Yang could be their chance to reach a supreme realm.
• Xiao Yang declared he would defeat all four within fifteen minutes and leaped down to face them.
• Golden Spider Poison King attacked with a poisonous web, but Xiao Yang’s Kunpeng Dharma Image tore it apart with its wings.
• Black Panther King transformed into a shadow and sent five silent attacks toward Xiao Yang’s throat.