Chapter Summaries

Yang Chen confronted Penglai Venerable, whose demonic arts and lower cultivation left him outmatched. After Penglai Venerable tried to bargain and then attacked, Yang Chen killed him and received a system reward.

• Penglai Venerable recalled Penglai Immortal Master's warning about Yang Chen and realized Yang Chen had reached the fifth step of the Creation Realm.
• Penglai Venerable offered to avoid conflict, but Yang Chen refused and said he would kill practitioners of demonic arts.
• Penglai Venerable offered Yang Chen a supreme-grade spirit stone, but Yang Chen mocked him and demanded more.
• Penglai Venerable unleashed his sea of blood and attacked Yang Chen with Blood Sea Kill.
• Yang Chen evaded the attack, cut through Penglai Venerable's black mist, and killed him with Sword Qi.
• The system rewarded Yang Chen with 10,000 Kill Points and one top-grade spiritual energy infusion.

After killing Penglai Venerable, Yang Chen used the Soul Extraction Art to absorb his memories and learned that Penglai Immortal Island posed a terrifying threat. He hurried to the Imperial Capital to warn Liu Feng, arriving in his office and announcing that something big had happened.

• Yang Chen found Penglai Venerable dead and exchanged 15,000 Kill Points for the Soul Extraction Art.
• Yang Chen extracted Penglai Venerable's memories and destroyed the corpses of Penglai Venerable and the Heavenly Demon.
• Yang Chen absorbed Penglai Venerable's memories and realized Penglai Immortal Island could become impossible to stop.
• Yang Chen traveled to the Imperial Capital and went straight to Liu Feng's office.
• Yang Chen told Liu Feng that something big had happened.

Yang Chen told Liu Feng that he had killed Penglai Venerable and learned the man had received an evil cultivation method from the Penglai Immortal Master. Liu Feng identified the Penglai Immortal Master as his senior brother, while the Immortal Master discovered Yang Chen’s involvement and grew furious.

• In an underground chamber on Penglai Immortal Island, the Penglai Immortal Master learned that Penglai Venerable had died and used blood to view the events surrounding his death.
• The Penglai Immortal Master saw Yang Chen in the vision and angrily recognized him as the one interfering with his plans.
• Yang Chen told Liu Feng that he had killed Penglai Venerable, reached the fifth step of Creation, and extracted memories revealing that the Penglai Immortal Master had given Penglai Venerable an evil cultivation method.
• Liu Feng declared that the Penglai Immortal Master had fallen into demonic cultivation and explained that he had known him since childhood.
• Liu Feng revealed to Yang Chen that the Penglai Immortal Master was his senior brother.

Liu Feng revealed to Yang Chen that he was the Penglai Immortal Master's senior brother and explained his long slumber, then warned that outsiders from the heavens had spread demonic arts through Huaxia. At Penglai Immortal Island, the Penglai Immortal Master used a jade slip depicting Yang Chen fighting a Heavenly Demon to prepare a scheme against him.

• Liu Feng told Yang Chen that he had slept through the ages and taken the identity of the deceased Liu Feng, and Yang Chen realized why Penglai Immortal Island had feared his master.
• Liu Feng said the people in the heavens had spread demonic arts and ordered Yang Chen to reach the seventh step of the Creation Realm within three months; Yang Chen agreed.
• The Penglai Immortal Master announced that Penglai Venerable had died, and a sixth-step Creation expert identified Yang Chen as the killer and offered to kill him.
• The Penglai Immortal Master showed the others a jade slip that made Yang Chen appear to be fighting a fourth-step Creation Heavenly Demon and ordered them to distribute copies to the various factions within three days.

A forged jade slip portraying Yang Chen cultivating demonic power sparked outrage against the World Suppression Sect. As factions prepared to act, Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Old Heavenly Master recognized the plot and gave a Dragon Tiger Pill to a disciple, warning that stronger forces threatened Huaxia.

• Jade slips depicting Yang Chen devouring a Heavenly Demon spread across Huaxia, prompting public condemnation of the World Suppression Sect.
• On Kunlun Mountain, the old Daoist identified the scheme as the Penglai Immortal Master's work but ordered disciples to use it as a pretext to confront Liu Feng.
• The old Daoist sent one disciple to the Imperial Capital with two Creation Venerables and ordered another to bring a powerful ally from the Qinling Mountains.
• At Dragon Tiger Mountain, the Old Heavenly Master identified the jade slip as fake and said the Penglai Immortal Master had reached the ninth step.
• The Old Heavenly Master gave a middle-aged Daoist a Dragon Tiger Pill and ordered him into seclusion, warning that a stronger existence threatened Huaxia.

The Kunlun Mountains and Jin Wuji arrived outside the Imperial Capital, claiming they had come to subdue Yang Chen, while the Body Sect also sent three experts. The factions gathered outside as the Imperial Capital remained silent.

• Kunlun Mountains cultivators announced that Yang Chen had fallen to demons and that they had come under the Celestial Venerable's decree to subdue him.
• Wandering cultivators condemned the Kunlun Mountains, while its leaders sought to turn public opinion against the World Suppression Sect.
• Jin Wuji arrived, intending to kill Yang Chen and avenge his grudge, regardless of whether Yang Chen had fallen to demonic corruption.
• Three Body Sect physical-body Creation experts arrived, and their leader demanded to know where Yang Chen was.
• The assembled factions looked toward the silent Imperial Capital, but no one inside responded.

Yang Chen answered the accusations against the World Suppression Sect by announcing that he would confront the challengers, including Jin Wuji. As the crowd questioned why he had not appeared, Yang Chen emerged outside the Imperial Capital in a display of overwhelming power.

• Liu Feng told the World Suppression Sect leaders that the video was a pretext for ancient factions to attack them and identified the Penglai Immortal Master as its creator.
• Yang Chen volunteered to meet the challengers and said he would kill Jin Wuji, while Liu Feng allowed him to act so long as those above the Eighth Step of Creation stayed out of the fight.
• Jin Wuji mocked Yang Chen for hiding, while a burly Body Sect fighter recognized him and nearly provoked him into a fight.
• The leading Kunlun Mountains Daoist secretly warned his followers to run if things went badly.
• The Imperial Capital shook as Yang Chen appeared amid flames, thunder, and Sword Qi, demanding to know who had accused him of falling to demonic cultivation.

Yang Chen faced Jin Wuji outside the Imperial Capital after the system issued a mission to repel the ancient factions. He emerged unharmed from Jin Wuji’s attack and revealed his Sword Intent, but a powerful newcomer appeared and promised to hold Liu Feng back.

• The system issued Yang Chen a mission to repel the ancient factions and offered three Lucky Star Eggs as a reward.
• Yang Chen confronted Jin Wuji, who attacked him with Sword Qi while onlookers worried about the difference in their cultivation levels.
• Yang Chen walked out of Jin Wuji’s Sword Qi uninjured and displayed flame, thunder, and Gale Sword Intent.
• Jin Wuji hesitated to kill Yang Chen because Liu Feng guarded the Imperial Capital.
• A burly figure emerged and told Jin Wuji to attack Yang Chen while he handled Liu Feng.

Qin Xiaotian was tied up fighting the Body Sect’s burly leader while the Kunlun Mountains agreed to help Jin Wuji attack Yang Chen. Yang Chen revealed the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword and confronted Jin Wuji, who began to sense danger.

• Qin Xiaotian arrived, and the Body Sect’s burly leader challenged him to a fight instead of joining the demon-slaying effort.
• The burly leader attacked Qin Xiaotian, who dodged rather than risk injuring him and provoking the Body Sect’s elders.
• Jin Wuji saw Qin Xiaotian was occupied and persuaded the leading Kunlun Daoist to hold Liu Feng back.
• Jin Wuji unleashed his Sword Qi at Yang Chen, but Yang Chen drew the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword and cut through it.
• Yang Chen said he had come fully prepared, leaving Jin Wuji with a bad premonition.

Yang Chen fought Jin Wuji while Liu Feng confronted the Kunlun Mountains Daoists, who used the Four Symbols Array to boost their leader's cultivation. Yang Chen transformed his cultivation to the peak of the Creation Sixth Step and prepared to press his attack on Jin Wuji.

• Liu Feng appeared to protect Yang Chen, and the Kunlun Mountains Daoists formed the Four Symbols Array to raise their leader's cultivation to the peak of the Eighth Step of Creation.
• Liu Feng charged the empowered Daoist with the Nine Dragon Sky Blade, beginning their battle as Yang Chen moved to face Jin Wuji.
• Yang Chen froze Jin Wuji's Sword Qi phantom with the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword, but Jin Wuji shattered the frost and continued attacking.
• Yang Chen tore apart the phantom sword and used Heaven Earth Transformation to reach the peak of the Creation Sixth Step.
• Yang Chen taunted Jin Wuji about slaughtering his sect before and declared that he would kill him.

Yang Chen fought Jin Wuji, whose greed for the Divine Turtle Shield left him wounded and distracted. Yang Chen then struck Jin Wuji with a seemingly ordinary sword attack that pierced his body and drained his life force.

• Jin Wuji drew on the power of heaven and earth and attacked Yang Chen with a sweeping sword strike.
• Yang Chen blocked the attack with the Divine Turtle Shield, which proved to be an Earth Grade weapon.
• Jin Wuji lunged to seize the shield, but its hidden snake bit him, forcing him to tear off his own finger.
• Yang Chen announced that the battle was about to end and used the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword to overwhelm Jin Wuji with visions of the seasons.
• Jin Wuji hesitated, and Yang Chen's sword pierced his body as his life force began to drain away.

Yang Chen killed Jin Wuji with the Four Seasons Sword Art, but Jin Wuji revealed that Yang Chen owned an earth-rank weapon, drawing Qin Xiaotian’s greed. Liu Feng intervened to protect Yang Chen and revealed that he had reached the ninth step of Creation.

• Yang Chen killed Jin Wuji with the Four Seasons Sword Art, and Jin Wuji announced that Yang Chen possessed an earth-rank weapon before dying.
• Qin Xiaotian noticed Yang Chen’s Divine Turtle Shield and trapped the Body Sect experts before approaching Yang Chen to seize it.
• Liu Feng stopped Qin Xiaotian from reaching Yang Chen and blocked his punch with the Nine Dragon Sky Blade.
• Qin Xiaotian realized Liu Feng was not at the eighth step of Creation, and Liu Feng revealed his ninth-step cultivation.

Liu Feng revealed that he had reached the Ninth Step of Creation and forced Qin Xiaotian to abandon his attempt to seize Yang Chen’s earth-grade weapon. After the ancient forces withdrew and Yang Chen dealt with the Body Sect’s fighters, Liu Feng hinted that his apparent sealing by his master might conceal the reason for his rapid cultivation.

• Liu Feng confronted Qin Xiaotian with his Ninth Step of Creation cultivation, making Qin Xiaotian reconsider fighting over Yang Chen’s earth-grade weapon.
• Qin Xiaotian gave up the weapon, withdrew his accusation that Yang Chen had fallen into demonic corruption, and left after trading barbs with Yang Chen and Liu Feng.
• The Kunlun Mountains Daoist admitted defeat, promised compensation, and departed with the four defeated Daoists.
• Yang Chen spoke with the Body Sect fighters, who decided they had arrived too late to kill the supposed demon and withdrew from the Imperial Capital.
• Yang Chen returned with Liu Feng and asked when his master had advanced; Liu Feng’s cryptic reply about being sealed left Yang Chen wondering about his cultivation.

Yang Chen signed in for the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body and received a sealed drop of demonic dragon essence from a mysterious middle-aged man after witnessing him destroy and refine a star-spanning creature. Back in his secret chamber, Yang Chen studied the body-refining method and began absorbing the essence.

• Yang Chen reviewed his system rewards and signed in, obtaining the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body cultivation art.
• While inspecting the jade slip, Yang Chen saw a middle-aged man battle a gigantic creature across the stars and destroy it with one punch.
• The middle-aged man gave Yang Chen a sealed drop of the creature’s life essence, which entered Yang Chen’s dantian beside the black-hole bead.
• Yang Chen returned to his consciousness and discovered that the demonic dragon essence seemed afraid of the black-hole bead.
• Yang Chen studied the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body method and began absorbing the demonic dragon essence in his dantian.

Yang Chen refined a wisp of demonic dragon essence, greatly strengthening his body, then used Kill Points and an Enlightenment Card to master the Heavenly Human Transformation and raise his cultivation. He left seclusion confident he could protect himself and resolved to confront Penglai Immortal Island over its accusations.

• Yang Chen refined demonic dragon essence as its energy repeatedly destroyed and restored his body, alarming Liu Feng and shaking the World Suppression Sect and Imperial Capital.
• An aged figure sensed Yang Chen’s Heaven Ascension Realm energy, shielded the building, and briefly exchanged a glance with Liu Feng.
• Yang Chen’s fleshly body advanced from the first step to the fifth step of Creation, and he found his physical strength surpassed that of an ordinary fifth-step Creation cultivator.
• Yang Chen spent his remaining Kill Points and used an Enlightenment Card to master the Heavenly Human Transformation, raising his cultivation to the peak of the seventh step of Creation.
• Yang Chen judged that he could fight eighth-step Creation experts and escape ninth-step experts, then decided to go to Penglai Immortal Island and settle the accusation that he practiced demonic arts.

Yang Chen left the Imperial Capital for White Tiger Mountain after Liu Feng warned him about enemies watching him and explained how he could strengthen the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword. He arrived at the mountain and respectfully greeted Senior White Tiger.

• Liu Feng warned Yang Chen that the Body Sect might capture him for research, and Yang Chen shared the Breath Concealment Art with his master.
• Yang Chen planned to retaliate against Penglai Immortal Island, but Liu Feng urged him to delay because powerful enemies and scouts were waiting outside the Imperial Capital.
• Liu Feng advised Yang Chen to return to White Tiger Mountain and find Senior White Tiger, whose secret art could restore the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword's former power.
• Yang Chen left the Imperial Capital as watchers spotted him and sent word to the Mountain Lord.
• Yang Chen reached White Tiger Mountain and bowed to Senior White Tiger.

Yang Chen visited White Tiger Mountain, where White Tiger was shocked by how quickly he had reached Foundation Establishment and agreed to unseal the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword. Meanwhile, Qin Xiaotian learned Yang Chen had gone to Jiangnan and decided to pursue him for the earth-tier weapon.

• Yang Chen called for White Tiger, whose presence shook White Tiger Mountain before it summoned him into the mountain.
• Qin Xiaotian learned that Yang Chen had left the Imperial Capital for Jiangnan and decided to personally retrieve the earth-tier weapon.
• White Tiger was astonished to learn Yang Chen had reached Foundation Establishment in four months and praised his talent after examining his cultivation.
• Yang Chen asked White Tiger to unseal the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword, and White Tiger explained that restoring it to heaven tier would require a sword spirit.
• White Tiger used a blue pearl to unseal the sword to earth tier, then returned it to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen received the unsealed Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword and learned from White Tiger that powerful beings could descend on Huaxia when a weakening seal broke. Qin Xiaotian entered White Tiger Mountain to seize an Earth Grade weapon, but White Tiger killed him, leaving Yang Chen to face the dangers White Tiger had revealed.

• Yang Chen examined the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword and learned that it could greatly increase his combat power.
• White Tiger told Yang Chen that a weakening seal could allow powerful beings to descend on Huaxia, while Qin Xiaotian arrived outside White Tiger Mountain and sent subordinates in to scout.
• Qin Xiaotian entered the mountain, where White Tiger attacked him with lightning and a mist tiger as Yang Chen watched.
• White Tiger strengthened the tiger, tore flesh from Qin Xiaotian's arm, and then unleashed a devastating lightning strike that killed him.
• The Heavenly Venerable agreed to a mysterious offer after White Tiger's roar shattered his Divine Soul Power, while the Old Heavenly Master realized Qin Xiaotian had provoked White Tiger.
• White Tiger returned to sleep, and Yang Chen surveyed the crater left by Qin Xiaotian's death.

After Qin Xiaotian died at White Tiger Mountain, the Qinling Mountains struggled to contain the news and keep their factions united. Yang Chen returned to Liu Feng and learned that the demons were meant to be allies, but his many Heavenly Demon kills threatened their plan.

• A Heaven Gate Realm expert discovered that Qin Xiaotian’s life tablet had shattered, and the Qinling Mountains’ Creation Venerables sealed the news while warning against internal division.
• Yang Chen returned to the Imperial Capital and told Liu Feng that Qin Xiaotian had died after entering White Tiger Mountain.
• The Liu Family ancestor appeared in Liu Feng’s office, and Liu Feng confirmed that a powerful figure at White Tiger Mountain had killed Qin Xiaotian.
• The Liu Family ancestor explained that the demons had agreed to ambush the people from the heavens, while Yang Chen realized he had been killing their Heavenly Demons.
• Yang Chen admitted he had killed more than ten Heavenly Demons, and Liu Feng left the Liu Family ancestor to explain the losses to the demons.

Yang Chen told Liu Feng and the Liu Family's ancestor what White Tiger had revealed about the Celestials, the Human Emperor's weakening array, and the danger of their descent into Huaxia. Liu Feng revealed that he was one of the Human Emperor's contingencies, leaving Yang Chen and the Liu Family's ancestor doubtful that he could help against Heaven Ascension Realm enemies.

• The Liu Family's ancestor and Liu Feng worried that Yang Chen's killing of many Heavenly Demons could strain the alliance between the two worlds.
• Liu Feng asked Yang Chen what White Tiger had told him, and Yang Chen explained that Celestials were traitors who had betrayed the Human Emperor and were gradually forcing more power through the weakening array in Huaxia.
• Yang Chen said the Human Emperor's array still barred beings above the Heaven Ascension Realm from descending, but Liu Feng explained that the Human Emperor had prepared additional contingencies.
• Liu Feng revealed that he was one of the Human Emperor's contingencies, prompting the Liu Family's ancestor and Yang Chen to doubt his usefulness against Heaven Ascension Realm foes.
• Yang Chen recalled that the Liu Family's ancestor had only temporarily sealed the Path to Heaven with the Human Emperor's array and his own life force, while claiming publicly that he had severed it.