Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang let An Miaoyu confront Song Lianxing about the betrayal that had cost her the Cloudmist Sect Saintess position. After Song Lianxing confessed and Xiao Yang killed her, he promised to seek justice from the sect, and An Miaoyu’s love for him deepened.

• An Miaoyu asked Xiao Yang to spare Song Lianxing temporarily so she could question her, and he agreed.
• An Miaoyu demanded to know why Song Lianxing had framed her, and Song Lianxing confessed to poisoning her pills, fabricating evidence, and deceiving the elders.
• An Miaoyu said her past as Yun Xi was behind her and asked Xiao Yang to decide Song Lianxing’s fate after the truth was revealed.
• Xiao Yang vowed to punish those responsible at the Cloudmist Sect and killed Song Lianxing with divine fire, obliterating her Divine Soul.
• An Miaoyu felt her resentment fade and her love for Xiao Yang surge after he promised to avenge her.

After Xiao Yang learned that Venerable Chengfeng of the Ancient Emperor Wang Family had abducted Feng Qingxue to exploit her Water God Godhead, he vowed to rescue her and destroy the family. He prepared to ascend to the Eastern Profound Region and asked his people to let him borrow the Imperial Dynasty’s dragon vein and national fortune.

• A wounded general reported that Wang Chengfeng had abducted Feng Qingxue and intended to use her as a cultivation cauldron.
• Xiao Yang erupted in fury, destroyed a distant mountain with one punch, and vowed to rescue Feng Qingxue and tear down the Ancient Emperor Wang Family.
• Xiao Yang considered the threats awaiting him in the Eastern Profound Region and resolved to grow stronger before confronting them.
• Xiao Yang addressed his people, announced his plans to ascend, and asked to borrow the Imperial Dynasty’s dragon vein and national fortune.

Xiao Yang bound the Nine Luminaries Dynasty’s fortune to himself and surged in cultivation, triggering a double heavenly tribulation. He endured the Five Elements Divine Lightning and faced the Heart Demon Tribulation, standing firm against its illusions.

• Xiao Yang merged his blood essence and soul with the Dragon Vein through the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron, binding his fate to the Nine Luminaries Dynasty.
• The dynasty’s fortune and gathered spiritual energy healed and empowered Xiao Yang, driving his cultivation upward through the Immortal Platform Realm.
• An Miaoyu identified the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation and Heart Demon Tribulation as they gathered over the realm.
• Xiao Yang faced the Five Elements Divine Lightning with his body, enduring all five bolts as they tempered him.
• The Heart Demon Tribulation showed Xiao Yang visions of his loved ones’ deaths and the dynasty’s destruction, but he rejected the illusions and defended his Dao Heart.

After overcoming his tribulation and reaching the fifth heaven of the Immortal Platform Realm, Xiao Yang prepared to enter the Eastern Profound Region to rescue his father. He left Princess Fuyao in charge of the Nine Luminaries Dynasty and traveled with Ning Hongye, An Miaoyu, and Hong Qingcheng through the Nine Heavens Dynasty’s Flying Immortal Platform.

• Xiao Yang overcame the Heart Demon Tribulation, advanced to the fifth heaven of the Immortal Platform Realm, and resolved to leave for the Eastern Profound Region.
• Xiao Yang asked Ning Hongye and An Miaoyu to accompany him and entrusted Princess Fuyao with governing the Nine Luminaries Dynasty.
• Xiao Yang traveled with Ning Hongye and An Miaoyu to the Nine Heavens Dynasty to borrow its Flying Immortal Platform.
• Hong Qingcheng agreed to activate the platform and join them, explaining that her awakened Origin and past-life ties drew her to the Eastern Profound Region.
• Hong Qingcheng opened the spatial passage, and Xiao Yang, Ning Hongye, An Miaoyu, and Hong Qingcheng departed for the Eastern Profound Region.

Xiao Yang, Ning Hongye, An Miaoyu, and Hong Qingcheng crossed the spatial passage toward the Eastern Profound Region, where they encountered a legendary saber embedded in three dead stars. As they continued toward Feng Qingxue, Hong Qingcheng explained the weapon’s history and the far greater powers of the world ahead.

• Xiao Yang held Ning Hongye and An Miaoyu close as the group was swept from the Nine Heavens Dynasty into the spatial passage, and Hong Qingcheng grabbed his arm.
• Hong Qingcheng sensed chaotic areas in the ancient passage and warned the others to avoid its walls before Xiao Yang led them onward.
• Hong Qingcheng sensed a terrifying weapon aura and the group saw a colossal black saber piercing three lifeless stars.
• Hong Qingcheng identified the weapon as the Star Splitting Saber, the Emperor Weapon of the Star Splitting Saber Venerable.
• Hong Qingcheng described the cultivation realms of the Eastern Profound Region and recounted how the Venerable fell in an ancient war, leaving his damaged saber silent among the stars.

Xiao Yang and the three women neared the Eastern Profound Region, but a sudden storm of space-time turbulence overwhelmed their defenses and swept them in separate directions. Before vanishing, Ning Hongye urged Xiao Yang to survive, meet them at the Ancient Emperor Wang Family, and find Feng Qingxue.

• Xiao Yang declared his ambition to surpass the Immortal Venerable Realm and led the others toward the Eastern Profound Region.
• A violent wave of dark-purple space-time turbulence struck the passage, and Xiao Yang summoned the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to shield the group.
• Hong Qingcheng and the others poured their spiritual power into the defense, but the turbulence shattered the cauldron's golden shield and scattered them.
• Hong Qingcheng vanished into the turbulence, and Ning Hongye told Xiao Yang to meet them at the Ancient Emperor Wang Family and find Feng Qingxue before she was swept away.
• An Miaoyu was swept away after her Immortal Ribbon shattered, while another current hurled Xiao Yang in a different direction.

Xiao Yang survived the spatial turbulence when his Chaos God-Demon Body awakened and carried him into the Eastern Profound Region. As he recovered in a mountain valley, its dense spiritual energy transformed his Internal Energy into spiritual power.

• The Chaos God-Demon Body awakened under the threat of death and shielded Xiao Yang from the spatial turbulence.
• Xiao Yang spotted the Eastern Profound Region and broke through the final spatial barrier, crashing into a mountain valley.
• The valley’s dense spiritual energy stabilized Xiao Yang’s injuries as he struggled to recover.
• Xiao Yang circulated his cultivation technique, drawing in the valley’s spiritual energy and healing his meridians.
• The Eastern Profound Region’s energy transformed Xiao Yang’s Internal Energy into spiritual power and strengthened his cultivation.

After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Yang advanced to the fifth heaven of the Immortal Platform Realm and took in the vastness of the Eastern Profound Region. Seeking information about his missing companions, he rushed toward a battle and found five cultivators about to be overwhelmed by a Primordial Demon Ape.

• Xiao Yang awoke fully healed and discovered that he had advanced to the fifth heaven of the Immortal Platform Realm.
• Xiao Yang reflected on the Eastern Profound Region’s abundant spiritual energy, advanced cultivation, and resources, then vowed to find his companions and confront Wang Chengfeng.
• Xiao Yang sensed a battle ten li away and hurried toward it to seek information from local cultivators.
• Xiao Yang found five injured cultivators in azure robes struggling against a fourth-heaven Immortal Platform Realm Primordial Demon Ape.
• The young woman leading the cultivators prepared to detonate her Immortal Platform as the Demon Ape raised its claws to shatter their failing sword formation.

Xiao Yang saved Song Ruoxi and her companions by defeating a Primordial Demon Ape with his physical strength and the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron. After introducing himself as a lone cultivator unfamiliar with the Eastern Profound Region, he asked Song Ruoxi to explain the area.

• Xiao Yang interrupted the Primordial Demon Ape's attack on the five cultivators and knocked it back with a single punch.
• Xiao Yang summoned the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron, which suppressed and killed the demon ape, leaving behind its inner core.
• Song Ruoxi and the other four cultivators thanked Xiao Yang and introduced themselves as members of the Song Family of Skywind City.
• Xiao Yang said he was a lone cultivator from a remote region and asked about the Eastern Profound Region.
• Song Ruoxi agreed to tell Xiao Yang what she knew about the area.

Song Ruoxi explained the Eastern Profound Region and told Xiao Yang that the Ancient Emperor Wang Family lay far away in the Central Province. After Xiao Yang declined Wei Chen’s offer to join the Wei Family, Wei Chen learned he had ascended from the Lower Mortal Realm and treated him with contempt.

• Song Ruoxi described the Central Province, the Northern Territory, Skywind City, and the Four Great Families that dominated the city.
• Xiao Yang asked where the Ancient Emperor Wang Family was, and Song Ruoxi explained that reaching the Central Province would take at least half a year by Spirit Boat.
• Xiao Yang worried that the distance would delay his search for Feng Qingxue and make his path more difficult.
• Wei Chen invited Xiao Yang to serve as a Guest Official of the Wei Family, but Xiao Yang declined and said he had only just ascended from the Lower Mortal Realm.
• Wei Chen insulted Xiao Yang as a lesser man and led his group away, scolding his disciples for failing to handle the demonic ape.

Xiao Yang ignored the prejudice against ascenders and accepted Song Ruoxi’s invitation to travel with her to Skywind City. After seeing the city and declining her offer to stay at the Song Mansion, he set out alone to find lodging and discovered he had no money.

• Song Ruoxi explained that cultivators from the Lower Mortal Realm were commonly scorned as inferior, but Xiao Yang dismissed the prejudice and remained confident in his abilities.
• Spirit Boats arrived to collect the Zhou, Zhao, Wei, and Song Family disciples, and Song Ruoxi invited Xiao Yang to accompany her to Skywind City.
• Xiao Yang boarded the Song Family Spirit Boat and saw Skywind City’s fortified barrier, grand buildings, and bustling streets as they approached.
• Song Ruoxi explained the city’s defenses and the privileges enjoyed by its few Immortal Platform Realm cultivators before the Spirit Boat landed at the Song Mansion.
• Xiao Yang declined Song Ruoxi’s invitation to stay with the Song Family and walked into the city alone, only to realize he was penniless.

Xiao Yang refined three Perfect Grade Sacred Spirit Pills and went to Myriad Pills Pavilion in Skywind City to sell them. The chapter ended when he displayed one pill at the appraisal counter, filling the pavilion with its brilliant light and fragrance.

• Xiao Yang traded treasures for herbs, then left Skywind City to refine Sacred Spirit Pills in a secluded mountain Cave Abode.
• Xiao Yang used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron and Chaos Dao Fire to refine three Perfect Grade Sacred Spirit Pills.
• Several cultivators approached the Cave Abode, but Xiao Yang frightened them off with a single command.
• Xiao Yang returned to Skywind City and entered Myriad Pills Pavilion to sell his pills.
• Xiao Yang placed a Sacred Spirit Pill on the appraisal counter, drawing attention with its radiant glow and powerful fragrance.

Xiao Yang presented a Perfect Grade Saint Spirit Pill at the Myriad Pills Pavilion and arranged for it to headline the next day's auction. The Pavilion Master doubted Xiao Yang had made it himself and secretly sent information about him to the City Lord's Mansion; the chapter ended as three Perfect Grade Saint Spirit Pills went up for auction.

• An attendant recognized Xiao Yang's pill as a Perfect Grade Saint Spirit Pill and summoned the manager.
• The Pavilion Master examined the pill, praised its quality, and questioned whether Xiao Yang had refined it himself.
• Xiao Yang asked to auction the pill, and the Pavilion Master agreed to make it a headliner for the next day.
• After leaving Xiao Yang, the Pavilion Master ordered a trusted manager to investigate his background and secretly notify the City Lord's Mansion.
• The next day, the auction hall filled with representatives of Skywind City's major factions, and three Perfect Grade Saint Spirit Pills were offered as one lot.

Xiao Yang sold his Sacred Spirit Pills for more than 900,000 Spirit Crystals, then learned of Yanwu the Great’s newly discovered cave abode. He decided to pursue its legacy in the Black Wind Mountain Range before continuing to Central Province.

• County Princess Nishang won Xiao Yang’s three Sacred Spirit Pills for one million Spirit Crystals, and Xiao Yang collected more than 900,000 after the auction commission.
• Zhou Yiming and four guards ambushed Xiao Yang in an alley and demanded his Spirit Crystals and alchemy technique.
• Xiao Yang used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron and Ten Fiends Dharma Image to defeat the guards, then forced Zhou Yiming to reveal the location of Yanwu the Great’s cave abode.
• Zhou Yiming begged for mercy, but Xiao Yang killed him, collected the attackers’ storage artifacts, and erased the evidence.
• Xiao Yang returned to his lodging and made the Black Wind Mountain Range his priority, postponing his trip to the Ancient Emperor Wang Family.

Xiao Yang attended City Lord Zhou Xuan’s banquet to learn about Yanwu the Great’s Cave Abode and meet the gathered prodigies. When Wei Chen mocked Xiao Yang’s origins and insulted him in front of the guests, Song Ruoxi defended him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• News of Yanwu the Great’s Cave Abode drew powerful factions and prodigies to Skywind City, and Zhou Xuan invited them to a banquet.
• Xiao Yang accepted his invitation, and Song Ruoxi welcomed him at the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Zhou Xuan arrived with County Princess Nishang and Bai Jiu Xiao, both seventh-level Immortal Platform Realm prodigies, and the banquet began.
• Song Ruoxi brought Xiao Yang wine and thanked him, while Wei Chen saw them talking and grew jealous.
• Wei Chen and his lackeys mocked Xiao Yang for coming from a lower realm, and Song Ruoxi rebuked Wei Chen for insulting the man who had saved her life.
• Wei Chen dismissed Xiao Yang’s strength as luck and called him a lowly person with no future in cultivation.

At the City Lord's banquet, Xiao Yang challenged Wei Chen's contempt for lower-realm ascenders and defeated A Da when Bai Jiu Xiao ordered the guard to attack him. Xiao Yang then shattered Bai Jiu Xiao's Blood Fiend Sword Energy and smashed through his shield, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Xiao Yang rebuked Wei Chen for insulting lower-realm ascenders and demanded that he apologize.
• Wei Chen appealed to Bai Jiu Xiao, who ordered A Da to beat Xiao Yang and throw him out.
• Xiao Yang caught A Da's wrist, broke it, and slapped him into a wall, defeating the sixth-stage guard in one blow.
• Bai Jiu Xiao erupted in anger and attacked Xiao Yang with his Blood Fiend Sword Energy, which Xiao Yang shattered with a punch.
• Xiao Yang appeared before Bai Jiu Xiao and broke through the Blood Fiend Shield with an overwhelming punch.

Xiao Yang defeated Bai Jiu Xiao and damaged his Blood Drinking Demonic Saber, prompting City Lord Zhou Xuan to threaten him with Venerable-level pressure. County Princess Nishang intervened to stop a fight, and Zhou Xuan backed down for the moment.

• Xiao Yang punched Bai Jiu Xiao across the hall, leaving him injured and enraged.
• Bai Jiu Xiao summoned the Blood Drinking Demonic Saber and attacked, but Xiao Yang split the saber strike and cracked the weapon with his broken sword.
• Bai Jiu Xiao demanded that Zhou Xuan capture Xiao Yang, and Zhou Xuan released his Venerable pressure and ordered Xiao Yang to kneel.
• Xiao Yang resisted Zhou Xuan's pressure and challenged him to fight.
• County Princess Nishang invoked the banquet and the City Lord's reputation to intervene, and Zhou Xuan withdrew his pressure and spared Xiao Yang for her sake.

After the banquet, Xiao Yang met County Princess Nishang, learned how cultivators formed a Great Dao Golden Core, and agreed to cooperate with her in Emperor Yanwu’s Cave Abode. He joined her Spirit Boat and arrived at the cave abode’s entrance in the Black Wind Mountain Range.

• Song Ruoxi urged Xiao Yang to flee Skywind City, but he said he would destroy the Marquis’s estate and the City Lord’s Mansion if they pursued him, causing her to leave disappointed.
• County Princess Nishang summoned Xiao Yang and revealed that she wanted to befriend him because he had refined Perfect Grade Saint Spirit Pills.
• Xiao Yang asked how to break through to the Venerable realm, and Nishang explained how cultivators condensed a Great Dao Golden Core and how its patterns determined its potential.
• Nishang told Xiao Yang that Ten Thousand Year Creation Fluid in Emperor Yanwu’s Cave Abode could improve the chances and quality of forming a Golden Core, and they reached a preliminary agreement to cooperate.
• Xiao Yang cultivated in seclusion before boarding Nishang’s Spirit Boat, which carried them to the entrance of Emperor Yanwu’s Cave Abode in the Black Wind Mountain Range.

Xiao Yang faced City Lord Zhou Xuan after Zhou accused him of killing Zhou Yiming, and Xiao Yang explained that he had acted in self-defense. Xiao Yang defeated Zhou Xuan’s Ancient War Emperor Dharma Body and left the crowd, including County Princess Nishang, stunned.

• Song Ruoxi warned Xiao Yang that Zhou Xuan knew he had killed Zhou Yiming and would seek revenge.
• Zhou Xuan confronted Xiao Yang, who admitted killing Zhou Yiming and said Zhou Yiming had attacked him first.
• Zhou Xuan struck Xiao Yang with a Venerable’s palm, but Xiao Yang shattered it with a punch.
• Zhou Xuan summoned his Ancient War Emperor Dharma Body and attacked with War Emperor Splits the Heavens.
• Xiao Yang used his Dharma Images, Grass Character Sword Art, a punch carrying the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron’s imperial will, and the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to shatter Zhou Xuan’s Dharma Body and severely wound him.
• The crowd fell silent at Xiao Yang’s victory, while County Princess Nishang watched him with admiration.

Xiao Yang summoned the True Martial Sword and used the True Martial Nine Swords to kill Zhou Xuan after the City Lord unleashed a forbidden attack. The onlookers, including County Princess Nishang and Bai Jiu Xiao, were left stunned by Zhou Xuan’s complete annihilation.

• Zhou Xuan burned his Lifeblood Essence and Venerable Dao Fruit to unleash the Blood Prison Sky Burning Palm at Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang drew the True Martial Sword, awakened the True Martial Nine Swords, and cleaved through Zhou Xuan’s attack with purifying Sword Light.
• Zhou Xuan tried to flee, but Xiao Yang’s Sword Qi shredded his body and Divine Soul until nothing remained.
• County Princess Nishang and Bai Jiu Xiao watched in shock as silence fell over Blackwind Valley.