Chapter Summaries

At the four sides of the Kunlun Mountains, four intruders encountered hidden defenders and their summoned beasts. The scholar faced a swordsman backed by a dragon, who welcomed him to Huaxia.

• At the western Kunlun Mountains, Savage Bear struck a man protected by a green halo, then sensed an approaching elder accompanied by a Black Tortoise phantom.
• At the northern Kunlun Mountains, a skeletal middle-aged man melted the sword phantoms with black mist before a young swordsman and his White Tiger phantom unleashed a powerful attack.
• At the southern Kunlun Mountains, a woman encountered another woman riding a Vermilion Bird phantom, which engulfed the region in flames.
• At the eastern Kunlun Mountains, a scholar confronted a man holding a golden-glowing broadsword, and a dragon head emerged from the clouds as the swordsman welcomed him to Huaxia.

Yang Chen fought a Heavenly Being to test his strength and overwhelmed him with Sword Intent, the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword, and the White Tiger’s power. After the Heavenly Being survived the White Tiger’s attack by burning his lifespan, Yang Chen appeared behind him and struck a fatal blow.

• Yang Chen challenged the skeletal middle-aged man and unleashed Fire, Thunder, and Frost Sword Intent, destroying the ghosts around him.
• The skeletal man brought out the Soul Devouring Banner, but Yang Chen used Blizzard to trap it in a storm of wind, snow, and thunder.
• The skeletal man transformed into a giant skeleton and attacked, prompting Yang Chen to summon the White Tiger.
• The White Tiger’s claw tore the skeletal man apart, but he reappeared weakened after burning his lifespan to survive.
• Yang Chen silently pierced the skeletal man’s chest and shattered his life force.

Yang Chen received a reward for killing a Heaven Ascension Realm Celestial, while Liu Feng defeated the Immortal Venerable's disciple beneath the Human Emperor's formation. The scholar died believing his master had misled him.

• Yang Chen learned that killing the Celestial earned him 100,000 Kill Points and an infusion of immortal qi.
• Liu Feng confronted the scholar east of the Kunlun Mountains and mocked the Immortal Venerable, provoking the scholar to attack with a wind dragon.
• Liu Feng's golden dragon swallowed the wind dragon, and the scholar realized Liu Feng knew he was the Immortal Venerable's disciple.
• The scholar self-destructed his terrestrial-grade wooden fan, but the golden dragon emerged unharmed and struck him down.
• The Human Emperor's formation prevented the scholar from healing, and he died lamenting that his master had led him astray.

Liu Feng and the Jade Pool Holy Lord defeated a Heaven Ascension Realm scholar, while the Buddhist Venerable learned Liu Feng had survived and confronted the Immortal Venerable and Blood Venerable about opposing the Human Emperor. The Buddhist Venerable left determined to attack Huaxia, while Blood Venerable chose to remain under the Human Emperor’s formation.

• Liu Feng thanked the Jade Pool Holy Lord for helping defeat the scholar, and she returned to the Kunlun Mountains to enter seclusion.
• The Buddhist Venerable saw an image of Liu Feng in the snow and recognized him, then visited the Immortal Venerable to discuss Liu Feng’s survival and their plans.
• The Immortal Venerable warned that the Human Emperor’s projection remained powerful and urged caution, but the Buddhist Venerable rejected his warning and departed.
• The Buddhist Venerable found Blood Venerable and proposed destroying a node in Huaxia’s formation so Heaven Ascension Realm cultivators could invade.
• Blood Venerable refused to help, mocked the Buddhist Venerable’s plan, and returned to the righteous qi suppressing him.

Liu Feng planned to fight the Celestials in the upper realm and sent Yang Chen to recruit the Old Heavenly Master. Yang Chen gave the dying master a Nine Revolutions Soul-Returning Grass, and the chapter ended as its power began restoring his vitality.

• Liu Feiyang questioned why only four Celestials had descended, and Liu Feng proposed that they fight their way up instead.
• Yang Chen and Liu Feng discussed gathering enough Heaven Ascension Realm experts to challenge the Celestials, and Liu Feng sent Yang Chen to Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Liu Feng assigned Jian Wuchen and Chen Tianxin to visit Jade Pool Holy Land, sent the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Demons to Seven Star Cave, and said he would go to the Body Sect.
• Yang Chen told the Old Heavenly Master that the time had come, but the master initially refused to join because his lifespan was nearly spent.
• Yang Chen gave the Old Heavenly Master a Nine Revolutions Soul-Returning Grass, which began dispersing the aura of decay in his body.

Buddhist Venerable rallied the Heaven Ascension Realm Celestial Humans to invade Huaxia, but the Heaven Ascension Road unexpectedly opened. After his Divine Soul Power was attacked by a late-stage Heaven Ascension Realm elder from Huaxia, Buddhist Venerable ordered the invasion to begin.

• Buddhist Venerable urged the Celestial Humans to destroy Huaxia and planned to use them to exhaust the Human Emperor’s hidden defenses.
• Buddhist Venerable revealed that the Heaven Ascension Road had opened, surprising the Celestial Humans and increasing their strength.
• Buddhist Venerable sent his Divine Soul Power along the road and found a late-stage Heaven Ascension Realm old man from Huaxia standing at its entrance.
• The old man punched Buddhist Venerable’s Divine Soul Power apart, leaving Buddhist Venerable furious.
• Buddhist Venerable ordered the Celestial Humans to attack Huaxia, and they rushed toward the Heaven Ascension Road.

The Heaven Ascension Road appeared, and Liu Feng explained its stages to Yang Chen as they watched Wang Xiao and the Jade Pool Holy Lord ascend. Zhang Yun of Seven Star Cave arrived and took notice of Yang Chen, leaving the next encounter unresolved.

• Liu Feng explained to Yang Chen that the Heaven Ascension Road had nine steps, with a tenth step marking a realm beyond Heaven Ascension.
• Wang Xiao shattered the barrier with the power of his blood and qi and stepped onto the first stair.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord broke through the barrier, joined Wang Xiao, and reached the second step while Wang Xiao was stopped by the stairway's pressure.
• Zhang Yun of Seven Star Cave arrived, glanced at Liu Feng, and smiled as he looked at Yang Chen.

Zhang Yun failed to pass the fourth step of the Heaven Ascension Road, while the Old Heavenly Master reached it and revealed the gulf between the two steps. Liu Feng then flew toward the road to demonstrate Heaven Ascension for Yang Chen.

• The Old Heavenly Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain arrived and agreed to ascend with Zhang Yun.
• Zhang Yun broke the barrier with his starlit sword but was thrown back when he tried to take the fourth step.
• The Old Heavenly Master broke the barrier with dragon and tiger phantoms and climbed to the fourth step.
• The Old Heavenly Master told Wang Xiao that Sect Master Liu had completed the Body Sect cultivation method, then asked the Jade Pool Holy Lord whether she had remembered.
• The Old Heavenly Master resisted the force of the fourth step and said he could not bear to climb farther.
• Liu Feng told Yang Chen to watch closely, then flew toward the Heaven Ascension Road.

Liu Feng began climbing the Heaven Ascension Road and displayed overwhelming strength, teaching Yang Chen that it could be crossed by force rather than climbed one step at a time. He passed the ninth step and headed toward the illusory tenth step.

• Liu Feng appeared above the void as Wang Xiao, the Sacred Lord of Jade Pool, Zhang Yun, and Old Heavenly Master discussed how far he might climb.
• Old Heavenly Master told Zhang Yun that Celestial Venerable had died because he underestimated Liu Feng.
• Liu Feng shattered the barrier and stepped directly onto the fourth step, then explained to Yang Chen that sufficient strength could overcome the Heaven Ascension Road's constraints.
• Liu Feng reached the seventh step, summoned the Nine Dragon Sky Blade, and destroyed the energy giants attacking him.
• Liu Feng told Yang Chen he would reveal where the tenth step lay, then crossed the ninth step and moved toward the illusory tenth.

Liu Feng reached the tenth step of the Heaven Ascension Road, revealing peak Heaven Ascension Realm strength, and challenged Yang Chen to follow. Yang Chen climbed to the fourth step after breaking through its invisible palm attack, leaving the others stunned.

• Rosy clouds covered Huaxia as Liu Feng appeared atop the newly formed tenth step, and he told Yang Chen to try the Heaven Ascension Road.
• Yang Chen shattered the first barrier with his cultivation and demonic dragon phantom, then reached the first step beside Wang Xiao.
• Yang Chen endured the rising pressure as he passed the Jade Pool Holy Lord on the second step and reached Zhang Yun on the third.
• Yang Chen attacked the invisible palm barring the fourth step with Yin-Yang and the Four Seasons Sword Art, cleaved it apart, and landed on the fourth step.

Yang Chen and the others received immortal qi from the Heaven Ascension Road, triggering the third Spiritual Energy Recovery across Huaxia. As people and spirit beasts broke through in strength, Liu Feng’s power summoned the South Heavenly Gate, heralding the approaching descent of heavenly beings.

• Yang Chen and the others sat on the Heaven Ascension Road and received different amounts of immortal qi, with Liu Feng receiving the most.
• Immortal qi spread across Huaxia, transforming plants and beasts and triggering the third Spiritual Energy Recovery and widespread breakthroughs.
• Chen Tianxin and other cultivators in the Imperial Capital grew stronger, while Jian Wuchen returned to secluded cultivation to prepare for the coming battle.
• Yang Chen reached the Fourth Step of the Heaven Ascension Realm, and Liu Feng unleashed a surge of power that pierced the sky.
• The South Heavenly Gate appeared above Huaxia, and two powerful auras emerged in the void to gaze at it.

Huaxia's Heaven Ascension powerhouses gathered at the South Heavenly Gate as the Celestial Humans prepared to descend. Liu Feng led the group in an attack, and Yang Chen killed a Heavenly One, leaving the Celestial Humans stunned.

• The South Heavenly Gate appeared above Huaxia, and Liu Feiyang and the Progenitor of All Demons recognized it as the route the Celestial Humans used to invade.
• Liu Feng stood one step from crossing into the Celestial Human World while Yang Chen joked to the Old Heavenly Master that he had gotten hungry.
• Liu Feng called the Huaxia powerhouses up to join him, revealing that he had reached the tenth step of Heaven Ascension and Liu Feiyang the seventh.
• Liu Feng ordered the group to kill, and Wang Xiao struck a Heavenly One before Yang Chen's Sword Qi destroyed him.
• Yang Chen apologized to Wang Xiao for taking the kill, while the Celestial Humans stared in shock at their fallen comrade.

Yang Chen killed two Celestials at the South Heavenly Gate and learned that the system had forcibly spent 300,000 Kill Points to complete its upgrade. With the battlefield still raging, he left the Jade Pool Holy Lord and rushed to help Old Heavenly Master, eyeing the five Celestials there for more points.

• The Jade Pool Holy Lord trapped a fourth-step Celestial with her Vermilion Bird, but Yang Chen ambushed and killed him with his demonic dragon and black-and-white wheel.
• The system offered an accelerated upgrade for 300,000 Kill Points, and Yang Chen decided to keep fighting while its functions remained limited.
• Yang Chen joined the Jade Pool Holy Lord against a second-step Celestial and killed him with Blizzard, after which the system forcibly deducted the points to complete its upgrade.
• Yang Chen shouted that he was going to help Old Heavenly Master and rushed toward the five Celestials fighting there, leaving the Jade Pool Holy Lord wondering why he had abandoned her.

Yang Chen slaughtered Heavenly Gate Celestials to recover his Kill Points, then received a mission requiring him to kill ten Heaven Grade cultivators within a day. With the mission progress at 7/10, he rushed toward Wang Xiao’s weakened opponent to claim the kill.

• Old Heavenly Master and the dragon and tiger puppets held off the five Heavenly Gate Celestials while Yang Chen joined the fight and killed one.
• The dragon and tiger left four Celestials to Yang Chen and joined Liu Feiyang against a seventh-step Heaven Ascension Celestial.
• Yang Chen unleashed the Four Seasons Sword Art and killed the four Celestials, earning Kill Points and an infusion of immortal qi.
• The system issued a mission to slay ten Heaven Grade cultivators within one day, with failure resetting Yang Chen’s Kill Points to zero.
• Yang Chen saw Wang Xiao weaken a Heaven Grade cultivator and rushed over, shouting for Wang Xiao to leave the head to him.

Yang Chen rampaged across the battlefield, killing Celestials as he pursued the final target needed to complete his mission. After killing his ninth Heaven Ascension Realm expert, he charged toward the two Celestials beside the Progenitor of All Demons.

• Yang Chen burned a Celestial to death, earning 100,000 Kill Points and an Immortal Qi Infusion as his mission progress reached 8/10.
• Yang Chen rushed to help Zhang Yun and smashed a Celestial into the South Heavenly Gate, cracking it.
• Yang Chen killed the Celestial with his sword, bringing his mission progress to 9/10.
• Yang Chen spotted two Celestials beside the Progenitor of All Demons and charged at them.
• Wang Xiao called Yang Chen a mad dog as the Jade Pool Holy Lord and Zhang Yun watched.

Yang Chen killed the final celestial being required by his mission, completing it and receiving system rewards. He checked in for a Bodhi Leaf, spent Kill Points to advance to the fifth step of Ascension, and stunned everyone on the battlefield.

• The Progenitor of All Demons attacked a fifth-step Heaven Ascension Realm celestial being as Yang Chen appeared and declared him the last target.
• Yang Chen unleashed his Four Seasons Sword Art and other trump cards, killing the celestial being and completing his mission.
• The system rewarded Yang Chen with 100,000 Kill Points and an infusion of immortal qi, and he checked in to receive a Bodhi Leaf.
• Yang Chen used his Kill Points to break through to the fifth step of Ascension while the battlefield watched in astonishment.
• Yang Chen noticed everyone staring at him and asked if they had never seen someone level up before.

Yang Chen absorbed the immortal qi erupting from beneath the South Heavenly Gate, killed a seventh-step celestial human who tried to claim it, and climbed to the eighth step of the Heaven Ascension Road. He lifted his foot toward the final step as everyone watched.

• An eighth-step celestial human broke free from Liu Feng and attacked Yang Chen, but Liu Feng wounded him and forced him to turn back.
• The South Heavenly Gate erupted with dense immortal qi, and Zhang Yun's attempt to investigate the disturbance was overwhelmed by a powerful force.
• Yang Chen absorbed the immortal qi with the Black Hole Pearl, then used Ascension Transformation and the Four Seasons Sword Art to kill a seventh-step celestial human who rushed toward it.
• Yang Chen absorbed more immortal qi and climbed from the fifth step to the seventh, defeating the energy giants with Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword, Blizzard.
• Yang Chen endured the eighth step's crushing gravity and lifted his foot toward the ninth step.

Yang Chen reached the ninth step of Heaven Ascension as Liu Feng defeated three powerful Celestials and destroyed the South Heavenly Gate. Just as the survivors witnessed Liu Feng’s overwhelming strength, a Buddha phantom appeared and spread golden, bewitching ripples across the ruins.

• Yang Chen crossed onto the ninth step, while Liu Feng attacked the three Celestials with his Nine Dragon Sky Blade.
• Yang Chen sensed his new immortal qi refining the Demonic Dragon Essence, and Wang Xiao joked that he wanted to dissect him.
• Liu Feng’s saber overwhelmed the three Celestials, whose corpses fell onto the South Heavenly Gate.
• Liu Feng struck again and reduced the South Heavenly Gate to ruins, shocking the others.
• Buddhist chanting sounded, and a Buddha phantom appeared, sending golden ripples across the South Heavenly Gate.

The Buddhist Venerable appeared at the South Heavenly Gate and tried to kill Yang Chen, but Liu Feng intervened and faced him while the Huaxia group escaped toward Huaxia. The two powerful figures prepared to fight, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• The Buddhist Venerable manifested at the South Heavenly Gate, and Old Heavenly Master stopped Wang Xiao from being bewitched by his Buddhist light.
• Yang Chen used Divine Soul Power to probe the Buddhist Venerable, who identified him as Liu Feng's disciple and attacked him with Buddhist scriptures.
• Liu Feng blocked the attack and confronted the Buddhist Venerable, allowing Yang Chen and the other Huaxia powerhouses to flee toward Huaxia.
• The Buddhist Venerable launched Buddhist wheels at the escaping group, but Liu Feng destroyed them with the Nine Dragon Sky Blade.
• Liu Feng and the Buddhist Venerable discussed the Human Emperor's seal before preparing to fight as a Buddha's shadow and a pair of eyes appeared overhead.

Liu Feng used the Human Emperor’s eyes to overwhelm the Buddhist Venerable, who fled after reviving from his golden origin. Meanwhile, Yang Chen returned to his cultivation chamber and used an Amplification Card on the Bodhi Leaf to advance his Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body.

• Yang Chen explained to Wang Xiao that the protective film on his sunglasses was blocking his vision, while experts across Huaxia watched Liu Feng’s battle with concern.
• Yang Chen returned to his secluded chamber, swallowed the Bodhi Leaf, and used an Amplification Card to double its effect so he could cultivate the First Turn of the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body.
• At the South Heavenly Gate, the Human Emperor’s eyes appeared in the sky, and Liu Feng sent the Nine Dragon Sky Blade into them.
• The eyes destroyed the Buddhist Venerable’s phantom Buddha and the South Heavenly Gate, shattering the Buddhist Venerable’s body.
• The Buddhist Venerable revived from his golden origin, but the Human Emperor’s eyes pressured him again, and he fled the battle.