Chapter Summaries

Chen Yu continued working at Tianxuan Stone Workshop as Ji Ziyue sought news of Ye Fan and the Ji siblings visited him. When Saint Sons and Saintesses arrived, Chen Yu insulted the Zifu Saint Son and accepted his challenge to fight outside Holy City.

• Ji Haoyue and Ji Ziyue visited Tianxuan Stone Workshop, and Ji Ziyue asked Chen Yu about Ye Fan while offering to help him escape Holy City.
• Chen Yu reflected that half a year at the workshop had brought his cultivation to the peak of the Four Extremes.
• Saint Sons and Saintesses from several holy lands arrived, and the Yaoguang Saintess offered Chen Yu protection in Yao Guang Sacred Land.
• Chen Yu praised the workshop’s raw stones to Ji Ziyue, who bought several of them with Source Stone.
• The Zifu Saint Son challenged Chen Yu to fight outside the city, and Chen Yu mocked him and agreed to give him a chance to die.

Chen Yu set harsh terms for anyone who wanted to challenge him, then left Tianxuan Stone Workshop when rumors that he was a Ruthless Inheritor drew crowds. While waiting out the three days in Holy City, he wandered to Miaoyu Lake and boarded a Phoenix Boat, where he waited to meet its owner.

• Chen Yu announced that challengers must either fight to the death or pay one hundred drops of Dragon Marrow per match, with at least ten matches, and mocked the silent prodigies.
• Chen Yu stayed at Tianxuan Stone Workshop with Wei Yi as news of his conditions and his supposed connection to the Ruthless Empress spread through Holy City.
• Crowds packed Tianxuan Stone Workshop hoping to obtain the Ruthless Empress's inheritance, so Chen Yu left to avoid disturbing Wei Yi.
• At a restaurant, Chen Yu heard rumors that the Zifu Saint Son would fight him to the death rather than accept the Dragon Marrow terms.
• Chen Yu reached Miaoyu Lake, boarded a Dragon Boat and then a Phoenix Boat, and waited for its owner after noting that An Miaoyi's Five-Colored Jade Phoenix Boat was absent.

Chen Yu met An Miaoyi, rejected her offer of help, and remained confident he could survive the forces gathering against him. Three days later, he confronted the Zifu Saint Son outside Holy City before a massive crowd.

• An Miaoyi asked Chen Yu whether Ye Fan had survived the Four Extremes Lightning Tribulation, then offered to assist Chen Yu with his looming danger.
• Chen Yu left Miaoyu Nunnery and exchanged messages with Ye Fan, learning that Big Black Dog and Little Nannan had not yet returned to Stone Village.
• Chen Yu encountered Little Nannan, Big Black Dog, Tu Fei, and Li Heishui, who gathered to watch his coming battle.
• After three days, Chen Yu left Holy City with his companions and faced the crowd assembled outside its gates.
• Chen Yu challenged the Zifu Saint Son, who saw that the Purple Mansion Holy Lord would not intervene and realized he had to fight or die.

Chen Yu defeated the Zifu Saint Son with the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor and took his treasures, then was surrounded by Holy Lords and elders who declared him a Ruthless Inheritor. As the leaders prepared to kill him, Chen Yu welcomed the chance to claim their treasures.

• The Zifu Saint Son attacked Chen Yu with the Rotten Wooden Hammer and Black Gourd, but Chen Yu evaded their attacks and destroyed him with three strikes of the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor.
• Chen Yu refined the Black Gourd, collected the black water, and faced the other prodigies, who did not challenge him.
• More than ten powerful figures surrounded Chen Yu and sealed the area with Dao patterns, while Tu Fei and Li Heishui worried he could not escape.
• The Yao Guang Holy Lord and Purple Mansion Holy Lord joined the attack, while two Yao Guang elders kept Wei Yi from coming to Chen Yu's aid.
• The Purple Mansion Holy Lord accused Chen Yu of being a Ruthless Inheritor, and Chen Yu mocked his lack of shame while anticipating the treasures he could seize.

Chen Yu used the Mysterious Jade Talisman to summon the Ruthless Empress's manifestation and turn the battle against the experts who had surrounded him. The Empress began destroying their Saint Weapons and killing them, while the Yao Guang Holy Lord called for a tripod as he struggled to survive.

• Chen Yu activated the Mysterious Jade Talisman, raising his cultivation to Immortal Platform Level Four and frightening many of the surrounding experts into fleeing.
• Chen Yu infused the talisman's energy into the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid, which summoned the white-robed Ruthless Empress's manifestation and completed the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar.
• The Supremes in the Life Forbidden Zones recognized the manifestation and decided to send someone to kill Chen Yu before he became a future obstacle.
• Chen Yu hugged the white-robed woman's thigh and begged her to protect him, explaining that his trump card could be used only three times and would leave him badly injured.
• The white-robed woman pressed down with one hand, cracking the enemies' Saint Weapons and making many great experts vanish, while Chen Yu watched the resources they left behind.
• The Yao Guang Holy Lord and several elders struggled against the attack, and the Yao Guang Holy Lord roared for a tripod.

The white-clad Empress seized the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron from the Yao Guang Holy Lord and sent it to Ye Fan in Stone Village. After she vanished, Chen Yu found the Holy Lords still alive and used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar to keep them from leaving.

• The Yao Guang Holy Lord summoned the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, while the Yaochi Saintess's companion, the Ji Clan, and the Jiang Family brought out their Extreme Emperor Weapons to protect Holy City.
• The white-clad Empress pinned Chen Yu to the ground, and Supremes in the Forbidden Zones sensed that her will had descended.
• The Empress recognized the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron as a weapon she had forged, took it from the Yao Guang Holy Lord, and hurled it into the void.
• The Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron fell into Ye Fan's seclusion in Stone Village, and he decided to keep it.
• The Empress vanished, leaving the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar beside Chen Yu; he collected the fallen spoils and stopped the Holy Lords from leaving.

Chen Yu used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar to extort Dragon Marrow from twelve holy lords and collected the ransoms. He returned to the Holy City, rewarded Wei Yi for his guidance, and arrived at Drunken Immortal Pavilion with his companions.

• Chen Yu demanded enormous Dragon Marrow ransoms from the twelve remaining holy lords and killed a black-robed elder who protested.
• The other eleven holy lords contacted their factions, which delivered the requested resources before Chen Yu let them go.
• Chen Yu proposed looting Purple Mountain with Black Empress Clan, which agreed to guide him for a share of the spoils.
• Chen Yu gave Wei Yi ten drops of Rare Dragon Marrow in thanks for his guidance and protection.
• Chen Yu invited Black Empress Clan, Tu Fei, and Li Heishui to Drunken Immortal Pavilion for a feast.

At Drunken Immortal Pavilion, Chen Yu learned that the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron had vanished and suspected Ye Fan had received it. After dining, he accepted an invitation from An Miaoyi and boarded her Five-Colored Phoenix Boat at Miaoyu Lake.

• Chen Yu welcomed the Yao Guang Holy Son and Yaoguang Saintess, who asked whether he knew where their Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron was.
• Chen Yu learned from Tu Fei that the Ruthless Empress had thrown the cauldron away and guessed it had landed with Ye Fan.
• Chen Yu confirmed in the Chat Group that Ye Fan had obtained the cauldron, then complained that Ye Fan had gained an Extreme Emperor Weapon without effort.
• A Miaoyu Nunnery attendant invited Chen Yu to meet An Miaoyi, and he left for Miaoyu Lake.
• Chen Yu boarded An Miaoyi's Five-Colored Phoenix Boat as onlookers discussed her early debut and his reputation.

Chen Yu visited An Miaoyi at Miaoyu Nunnery, where they cultivated together and she gained insights that could help her advance. After reuniting with Big Black Dog, Little Nannan, Tu Fei, and Li Heishui, Chen Yu prepared to leave the Holy City and return to Stone Village.

• An Miaoyi welcomed Chen Yu and brought him to her residence, where Miaoyu Nunnery had chosen him as her intended partner.
• Chen Yu and An Miaoyi drank immortal brew, then practiced Miaoyu Nunnery's dual cultivation method together for a day and night.
• Chen Yu gave An Miaoyi Dragon Marrow and told her to use it freely so she could break through to the Dragon Transformation Realm.
• Chen Yu reunited with Big Black Dog and Little Nannan at an inn, where Big Black Dog teased him about his time with An Miaoyi.
• Chen Yu, Big Black Dog, Little Nannan, Tu Fei, and Li Heishui left the city to return to Stone Village, with Chen Yu planning to gather more resources from Purple Mountain.

Chen Yu and his companions entered Purple Mountain to rescue Divine King Jiang, relying on Black Empress Clan to guide them through its treacherous interior. They freed the nearly lifeless Jiang Taixu, and Ye Fan gave him a Sacred Fruit to restore his strength.

• Chen Yu and his companions left Stone Village before the major factions could discover Ye Fan and exploit his connection to the Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Chen Yu's group reached Purple Mountain, where Black Empress Clan guided them through the mountain's hidden passageways.
• Chen Yu used the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Sword to break through the purple stone wall, then protected the group with the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar.
• Black Empress Clan led the group through Purple Mountain's dangerous caves to the jade wall where Divine King Jiang was trapped.
• Chen Yu used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar to open the wall, and the emaciated Jiang Taixu emerged.
• Ye Fan gave Jiang Taixu a Sacred Fruit, which he accepted so he could recover and survive.

Jiang Taixu recovered in Purple Mountain and taught the Dou Character Secret to Chen Yu’s companions before the group ventured deeper. At the central hall, Chen Yu and Big Black Dog tried to persuade Ye Fan to start a family with women of special constitutions, leaving Ye Fan furious and the others amused or intrigued.

• Jiang Taixu refined the Sacred Fruit and Purple Mountain’s life essence for three days, while the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar shielded the group from a disturbance that a bell soon stopped.
• After recovering, Jiang Taixu learned Ye Fan had traded the Dou Character Secret for Chen Yu’s help and taught it to Big Black Dog, Tu Fei, and Li Heishui.
• Chen Yu put away the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar, and Jiang Taixu wielded the Lihuo Divine Furnace as the group continued deeper into Purple Mountain.
• At the central plaza, Chen Yu proposed using Ye Fan’s Desolate Ancient Sacred Body to have children with women of special constitutions, and Big Black Dog eagerly agreed.
• Ye Fan rejected the plan while Tu Fei and Li Heishui urged him to consider it, leaving Jiang Taixu bewildered by their outrageous talk.

Chen Yu and his companions explored Great Emperor Wu Shi’s treasure vault, where Chen Yu used his Black Hole Phenomenon to collect precious herbs from the Dao Platform. After gathering nine herbs and medicinal sludge, he divided the herbs among the group.

• Chen Yu followed the others past the Divine Source Crystal Coffins, and the group chose not to disturb the sealed Primordial Creatures.
• The group reached the Dao Platform, where Ye Fan collected some Chaos Qi while Tu Fei and Li Heishui failed to gather any.
• Chen Yu refined the Black Gourd and Rotten Wooden Hammer, used them to collect some Chaos Qi, then absorbed Jiang Taixu’s insights into phenomena.
• Chen Yu expanded his Black Hole Phenomenon and collected nine precious herbs and all the medicinal sludge from the Dao Platform.
• Chen Yu divided the nine herbs among Tu Fei, Li Heishui, Ye Fan, Jiang Taixu, Big Black Dog, and himself.

Chen Yu and the others received Divine Source in Purple Mountain, though the Wu Shi Bell left the Black Empress Clan with nothing. As they prepared to leave, Chen Yu secretly copied the Wu Shi Scripture, and the Black Empress Clan angered Ye Fan by urging him to have a child with an Innate Dao Fetus.

• Chen Yu pressured the Black Empress Clan to ask the Wu Shi Bell for Divine Source, and Divine Source appeared overhead for the group to collect.
• Ye Fan, Tu Fei, Li Heishui, Chen Yu, and Jiang Taixu each received their allotted Divine Source, while the Black Empress Clan could collect none and barked curses at the Wu Shi Bell.
• Chen Yu led the group away from the Crystal Coffin and toward the Stone Book, where they faced increasing pressure.
• Chen Yu secretly used the Record of Ten Thousand Daos to copy the Wu Shi Scripture onto a Jade Slip without the Wu Shi Bell reacting.
• The Black Empress Clan told Chen Yu to find an Innate Dao Fetus for Ye Fan to have a child with, and Ye Fan threatened to eat dog meat.

After rescuing Jiang Taixu from Purple Mountain, Chen Yu brought him to Stone Village and began his Dragon Transformation tribulation. The Great Dragon Tribulation trapped Chen Yu in a formation of eighty-one Primordial Heavenly Dragons, and he struggled to escape their assault.

• Jiang Taixu agreed to recuperate at Chen Yu’s place before going to find Fairy Caiyun.
• Chen Yu returned to Stone Village and entered seclusion while Ye Fan discussed relocating the village with Grandpa Zhang Five.
• Three days later, Chen Yu’s Dragon Transformation tribulation arrived, and he flew to a desert as Ye Fan, Jiang Taixu, and the others followed to watch.
• Jiang Taixu explained that Chen Yu faced the Great Dragon Tribulation, a fearsome trial that could manifest up to three hundred and sixty-five Primordial Heavenly Dragons.
• Chen Yu endured the dragons’ attacks with the Zhe Secret, then counterattacked and absorbed their essence, but the dragons repeatedly destroyed and restored his body.
• Chen Yu used his Black Hole Phenomenon to escape the formation made by the eighty-one Heavenly Dragons, furious that they had trapped him.

Chen Yu endured the Great Dragon Tribulation, absorbed Heavenly Dragon Essence, and entered the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm. As Ye Fan watched Chen Yu pull ahead, he resolved to strengthen himself in Holy City and make use of his Source Heaven Master identity.

• Ye Fan and Tu Fei watched Chen Yu's tribulation in awe, while Jiang Taixu and the Black Empress Clan commented on its power.
• Chen Yu destroyed the first ten Heavenly Dragons and absorbed their essence to temper his spine, then fought and devoured the next thirty.
• The tribulation trapped Chen Yu beneath a True Dragon Dao Platform and a descending palace, where he endured eighty-one Heavenly Dragons and repeatedly rebuilt his body.
• Chen Yu tempered his Divine Sense, recovered with the Zhe Secret, and survived as the tribulation faded, entering the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.
• Ye Fan felt pressured by Chen Yu's advance and planned to use Holy City, his Source Heaven Master identity, and rare treasures to increase his strength.

Chen Yu and Ye Fan left Stone Village for Holy City after collecting treasures from discarded stone tools, and Chen Yu reunited with An Miaoyi. He established a private Chat Group coordinate in her room and planned to help her cultivate while waiting for Ye Fan to find a Weapon Soul Deity for his Black Gourd.

• Jiang Taixu returned the Black Gourd and Lihuo Divine Furnace with sealed traces of his aura, and Ye Fan gave him Sacred Fruits for Fairy Caiyun.
• Chen Yu, Ye Fan, and Big Black Dog cut open Stone Village's discarded stone tools and divided the treasures they found.
• Big Black Dog teleported the group to Holy City, where Ye Fan went to Yaochi Stone Workshop and Chen Yu visited Wei Yi before heading to An Miaoyi's residence.
• Chen Yu reunited with An Miaoyi and told her he would stay in Holy City to help her cultivate.
• Chen Yu spent one hundred million points to create a private coordinate at An Miaoyi's room with Ye Fan's approval.
• Chen Yu planned to help An Miaoyi advance her cultivation and wait for Ye Fan to find the Weapon Soul Deity that could restore the Black Gourd.

Chen Yu met An Miaoyi’s master, received gifts and access to Miaoyu Nunnery’s Scripture Library, and learned that Zhang Sanfeng had emerged from seclusion in the Dragon Transformation Realm. At the library, Chen Yu copied its texts and began considering which guarded treasures to choose.

• An Miaoyi brought Chen Yu to meet her master, who gave them three jade boxes and Chen Yu a token to enter the Scripture Library and choose three techniques.
• Zhang Sanfeng sent a red packet to the group and revealed that he had reached the Dragon Transformation Realm after seclusion.
• Zhang Sanfeng shared the Digital Secret, one of the Nine Secrets, and Chen Yu received his red packet.
• An Miaoyi led Chen Yu into Miaoyu Nunnery’s Scripture Library, where he copied the books on the first and second floors into the Record of Ten Thousand Daos.
• Chen Yu found a few dozen texts on the third floor protected by formations and began choosing which ones to study.

Chen Yu studied Miaoyu Nunnery’s secret techniques with An Miaoyi, then helped her advance to the Four Extremes Third Heaven. He mastered Zhang Sanfeng’s Digital Secret and created three clones, while Zhang Sanfeng revealed that he had set up private coordinates on Ziwei Star, leaving Chen Yu wondering how he had become so wealthy.

• An Miaoyi removed the formation protecting Miaoyu Nunnery’s secret manuals, and Chen Yu copied them before choosing three cultivation texts, including the Yin-Yang Crossing World Sutra.
• An Miaoyi used a Nine-Rank Lotus Platform to cultivate with Chen Yu, then broke through to the Four Extremes Third Heaven and left to undergo her tribulation.
• Chen Yu opened Zhang Sanfeng’s gift and found a golden pill, then began comprehending the Digital Secret.
• Chen Yu used the pill and a precious herb to form three clones, each matching his original body in appearance, aura, and cultivation.
• Zhang Sanfeng told Chen Yu and the others that he had returned to Wudang safely and was now on Ziwei Star, where he had established private coordinates.
• Chen Yu closed the Chat Group, feeling gloomy and curious about how Zhang Sanfeng had acquired so many resources.

Ye Fan drew the attention of the major powers by cutting rare treasures at the Yaochi Stone Workshop, including a piece of Immortal Tear Green Gold. He agreed to let the Yaochi Sacred Land buy it after he had used it to seek enlightenment, while offering the Yin-Yang Twin Fish only in exchange for Enlightenment Tea Leaves.

• Ye Fan continued selecting and cutting rough stones at the Yaochi Stone Workshop as the Yaochi Saintess and other young elites watched.
• Ye Fan uncovered a basin-sized piece of Divine Source containing the Yin-Yang Twin Fish, prompting elderly cultivators to crowd around and offer to buy them.
• Ye Fan cut his final rough stone and revealed a fist-sized piece of Immortal Tear Green Gold, drawing the attention of the young elites.
• The Yaochi workshop elder calmed the crowd and affirmed that Ye Fan could decide whether to sell the Immortal Tear Green Gold.
• Ye Fan offered to sell the Immortal Tear Green Gold to the Yaochi Sacred Land after seeking enlightenment with it, and said he would trade the Yin-Yang Twin Fish only for Enlightenment Tea Leaves.
• The Yaochi Saintess approved Ye Fan’s request for accommodations, and the workshop elder had him escorted to a guest room.

Chen Yu returned to Douluo Continent with the Star Palace after helping An Miaoyi reach the Dragon Transformation Realm and advancing to its second transformation. At the Ancient Tree of Life, he learned that the Silver Dragon King had made her decision and waited for Di Tian.

• An Miaoyi gave Chen Yu three building-type treasures, and he chose the Star Palace before helping her consolidate her cultivation.
• Jiang Taixu returned at full strength, took Fairy Caiyun from Wanchu Holy Land, declared Ye Fan and Chen Yu his saviors, and announced their wedding for three months later.
• An Miaoyi reached the Dragon Transformation Realm, while Chen Yu advanced to the second transformation of Dragon Transformation.
• Chen Yu returned to Douluo Continent and learned that Tian Ling'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Wushuang Ghost were there while the others had gone to train with Ye Fan.
• Chen Yu revealed the Star Palace, but Tian Ling'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Wushuang Ghost could only cultivate at its entrance because its accumulated energy was too dense.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python told Chen Yu that the Silver Dragon King had made her decision, and Di Tian arrived.