Chapter Summaries

Yang Chen considered the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect’s three great sword arts of slaughter and chose Hidden Sword Peak’s Heavenly Evolution Sword Art despite its immense difficulty. The chapter ended with the Peak Masters awaiting his decision, which favored the sect’s long-neglected peak.

• The Sword-Washing Peak Master urged the other Golden Immortals to trust Yang Chen’s potential and let him choose for himself.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master explained that the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art was exceptionally difficult to comprehend and that only the sect patriarch had mastered it.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master and Immortal Sword True Lord demonstrated the Purgatory Sword Art and Immortal-Slaying Sword Art, both powerful Heaven-rank techniques.
• Yang Chen considered the alternatives and reasoned that his system and remaining Kill Points could help him overcome the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art’s difficulty.
• Yang Chen thanked the Golden Immortal experts and chose Hidden Sword Peak.

Yang Chen chose Hidden Sword Peak over Immortal Sword Peak and Prison Sword Peak, then learned about its disciples, competition, and Great Dao empowerment. Chen Xin warned that others might resent his special reward, leaving Yang Chen ready to prove his strength.

• Yang Chen rejected the other peaks and asked Chen Xin to support his choice of Hidden Sword Peak.
• Chen Xin backed Yang Chen, and the Prison Sword Peak Master accepted his decision while Immortal Sword True Lord offered him a place at Immortal Sword Peak.
• Chen Xin took Yang Chen to Hidden Sword Peak and described its Great Dao River and large body of disciples.
• Chen Xin told Yang Chen he qualified as a direct disciple and promised him Great Dao empowerment as a reward for his potential.
• Chen Xin explained that Yang Chen would need to defeat Hidden Sword Peak's four strongest direct disciples to qualify to comprehend the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.
• Yang Chen accepted that other disciples might resent his special treatment and prepared to face them himself.

News that Yang Chen had received Hidden Sword Peak’s Great Dao Empowerment stirred resentment among senior disciples. Xu Feng challenged him over his seniority, and Yang Chen called on him to fight.

• Hidden Sword Peak disciples learned that Yang Chen, a new recruit with Great Dao perception of one hundred, had secured the year's Great Dao Empowerment.
• Xu Feng, a direct disciple who had hoped to claim the reward, vowed that Yang Chen would have to wait two years before receiving it.
• Yang Chen arrived at the Great Dao River platform with Chen Xin as gathered disciples watched.
• Xu Feng told Yang Chen he lacked both the strength and seniority to claim the empowerment.
• Yang Chen stepped forward and asked Xu Feng to enlighten him.

Yang Chen challenged Xu Feng after Xu Feng objected to his receiving the Great Dao empowerment, and revealed that he could wield Great Dao power despite being in the Heaven Ascension Realm. The two began their fight with the Great Dao of Raging Winds, and Yang Chen launched the first attack.

• Xu Feng challenged Yang Chen to remain undefeated for ten exchanges to earn his acceptance of the Great Dao empowerment.
• Chen Xin and Ye Huatian watched from above as Chen Xin predicted Xu Feng would lose.
• Yang Chen released Great Dao power, surprising Xu Feng and the Hidden Sword Peak disciples.
• Xu Feng summoned a Great Dao River and identified his power as the Great Dao of Raging Winds.
• Yang Chen summoned a slightly weaker Great Dao River of Raging Winds and attacked Xu Feng with a tempest of power.

Yang Chen faced Xu Feng in a ten-move agreement and revealed that he had mastered both the Gale and Frost Great Daos. He defeated Xu Feng with a single punch using his body-refining cultivation, then thanked the watching personal disciples for yielding.

• Xu Feng drew his sword and unleashed his Sword Heart against Yang Chen.
• Yang Chen used the Gale and Frost Great Daos to summon a blizzard, shocking Xu Feng and the watching personal disciples.
• Yang Chen revealed his Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body and struck Xu Feng with a punch that sent him into the Great Dao River.
• Chen Xin and Ye Huatian watched from the clouds before leaving, while the personal disciples recognized Yang Chen as a formidable opponent.
• Yang Chen walked out of the fading blizzard, bowed to the personal disciples, and thanked them for yielding.

Yang Chen established his authority among Hidden Sword Peak’s personal disciples after defeating Xu Feng, then entered the Great Dao River to strengthen himself before the Great Dao empowerment. He exchanged his million Kill Points for Great Daos and prepared to cultivate toward the True Immortal Realm.

• Yang Chen challenged the personal disciples to question his worthiness, and Han Mo declined to test him.
• Yang Chen left the disciples and entered the Great Dao River, where the Black Hole Pearl began drawing in nearby Great Daos.
• Yang Chen signed in and obtained the Charm Great Dao.
• Yang Chen learned that one hundred thousand Kill Points could be exchanged for one Great Dao.
• Yang Chen decided to exchange all his Kill Points for Great Daos and cultivate until he could advance to True Immortal.

Yang Chen endured absorbing ten Great Daos, raising his Great Dao power to thirty miles before continuing to cultivate. Wei Xiang emerged from seclusion, encountered Yang Chen in the Great Dao River, and asked Xu Feng about him as the Great Dao Empowerment approached.

• Yang Chen absorbed ten Great Daos through the Black Hole Pearl, suffering severe pain as his Great Dao progress reached 21/100.
• Yang Chen sensed that his Great Dao power had spread thirty miles, matching Xu Feng's level, and continued cultivating in hopes of reaching halfway before the Great Dao empowerment.
• Wei Xiang finished cultivating in seclusion and walked through the Great Dao River, where he noticed Yang Chen's thirty-mile Great Dao despite Yang Chen being in the Heaven Ascension Realm.
• Yang Chen greeted Wei Xiang as Senior Brother, and Wei Xiang left the Great Dao River, impressed by the new direct disciple at Hidden Sword Peak.
• Wei Xiang met Xu Feng outside the river and asked him about Yang Chen as the Great Dao Empowerment approached.

After Yang Chen defeated Xu Feng, Wei Xiang learned that Tian Meng planned to retaliate during the Great Dao empowerment. Yang Chen continued cultivating in the Great Dao River, reached 92 Great Daos, and sensed the empowerment approaching as he considered using it to break through to True Immortal.

• Wei Xiang learned that Xu Feng had lost to Yang Chen in one strike and realized Yang Chen had the potential of an Immortal King.
• Wei Xiang heard that Tian Meng intended to make Yang Chen pay during the Great Dao empowerment because Xu Feng belonged to the Heavenly Sword Alliance.
• Yang Chen spent more than half a month cultivating deep in the Great Dao River, absorbing its power with the Black Hole Pearl.
• Yang Chen raised his Great Dao progress to 92 and extended each of his Great Daos to fifty li.
• Yang Chen sensed that the Great Dao empowerment was coming and considered using it to break through to True Immortal.

Yang Chen arrived at the Great Dao River platform for the annual Great Dao empowerment, where Tian Meng and the Heavenly Sword Alliance were waiting to confront him. The chapter ended with Yang Chen facing the alliance and acknowledging that they had been waiting for him.

• Tian Meng waited for Yang Chen at the Great Dao River platform, intending to challenge him on behalf of the Heavenly Sword Alliance.
• Xu Feng warned Tian Meng that Yang Chen had Immortal King potential and that the Peak Masters might object, but Tian Meng insisted the dispute concerned the alliance.
• The disciples discussed Yang Chen's chances against Tian Meng as the Great Dao River churned and the Great Dao essence neared its appearance.
• Tian Meng and the other disciples thought Yang Chen might have forfeited the empowerment, but Yang Chen arrived and addressed the Heavenly Sword Alliance.

Yang Chen faced Tian Meng’s challenge at the Great Dao River, where the Heavenly Sword Alliance leader tested him with his overwhelming Great Dao power. Tian Meng promised to let the dispute with Xu Feng go if Yang Chen could withstand three moves, and Yang Chen calmly invited him to begin.

• Yang Chen recognized Tian Meng as the source of the hostility and learned from Chen Xin that Tian Meng was a half-step Heavenly Immortal with a transformed, ninety-five-li Great Dao.
• Tian Meng’s pressure descended on Yang Chen, but Yang Chen resisted it with his physical strength.
• Tian Meng manifested the Great Dao of Thick Earth, and Yang Chen countered with a fifty-li Great Dao of Thick Earth of his own.
• The disciples were shocked by Yang Chen’s displayed strength, while Tian Meng declared that he would make three moves and let bygones be bygones if Yang Chen endured them.
• Yang Chen stood with one hand extended and told Tian Meng to proceed.

Yang Chen faced Tian Meng in a three-move challenge and endured the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect disciple’s increasingly powerful sword techniques. After surviving Tian Meng’s full-strength attack, Yang Chen declared the three moves finished and prepared to strike back.

• Tian Meng opened with Thick Earth Sword Art, and Yang Chen blocked it with his Thunder Great Dao and Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword.
• Tian Meng’s second strike, One Sword Sever Mountains and Rivers, crashed into Yang Chen’s Yin-Yang technique but failed to break through.
• Tian Meng revealed his late-stage Sword Heart and unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin against Yang Chen.
• Yang Chen activated the second turn of the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body and then Immortal Entry Transformation, raising his Great Dao’s reach to sixty li.
• Yang Chen emerged unharmed from the dust and told Tian Meng the three moves were over, then asked him to receive three moves in return.

Yang Chen challenged Tian Meng to withstand three moves, and his first two sword techniques broke through Tian Meng’s defenses. The chapter ended as Yang Chen unleashed the Azure Dragon Fury Sword Art for his third move.

• Yang Chen provoked Tian Meng into accepting three moves, and Tian Meng agreed to test his ability.
• Yang Chen vanished from sight and struck Tian Meng with the Blizzard technique, but Tian Meng blocked it with his sword shadows.
• Yang Chen infused his Sword Heart into the Four Seasons Sword Art and shattered Tian Meng’s defenses, sending him crashing into the platform.
• Tian Meng rose wounded and reinforced himself with the Thick Earth Dao, claiming Yang Chen’s third move would not defeat him.
• Yang Chen released a flood dragon of Sword Qi with the Azure Dragon Fury Sword Art and brought his sword down toward Tian Meng.

Yang Chen used the Azure Dragon Fury Sword Art to defeat Tian Meng despite the gap in their cultivation. Tian Meng warned that the Heavenly Sword Alliance’s Celestial Immortal Alliance Master would retaliate, but Yang Chen calmly challenged him to come.

• Yang Chen unleashed the Azure Dragon Fury Sword Art and trapped Tian Meng inside an azure dragon formed from Sword Qi.
• Yang Chen made the azure dragon explode, blasting Tian Meng onto the platform and leaving him severely wounded.
• Tian Meng admitted defeat and praised Yang Chen’s Immortal King potential.
• Tian Meng warned Yang Chen that the Heavenly Sword Alliance’s Alliance Master was a Celestial Immortal expert.
• Yang Chen dismissed the threat and told the Alliance Master to come.

Chen Xin and Ye Huatian opened the Great Dao River for Hidden Sword Peak’s qualified disciples, while Yang Chen joined them despite being below the required cultivation stage. As the disciples ventured into the river for Great Dao Essence, Chen Xin and Ye Huatian debated how long Yang Chen could endure its pressure, with Ye Huatian predicting seven days.

• Yang Chen dismissed the Heavenly Immortal disciples, stunning Tian Meng and the other disciples with his confidence.
• Chen Xin and Ye Huatian arrived and summoned the disciples at the middle stage of True Immortal or above, along with Yang Chen, to receive Great Dao Empowerment.
• Ye Huatian explained that Yang Chen could not yet receive the empowerment because his cultivation was too low, despite his exceptional potential and combat strength.
• Chen Xin and Ye Huatian released Great Dao power into the river, drawing out Great Dao Essence and opening the way for the disciples to enter.
• The disciples rushed deeper into the Great Dao River for richer essence, while Yang Chen continued onward through its increasing pressure.
• Chen Xin asked how long Yang Chen could endure, and Ye Huatian predicted he would last seven days.

Yang Chen advanced through the Great Dao River, drawing in its essence until his Great Dao progress reached one hundred and he broke through to the late-stage True Immortal Realm. Chen Xin believed Yang Chen had the potential to become an Immortal Emperor, while the other disciples watched in shock as his breakthrough sent his Great Dao power surging outward.

• Ye Huatian questioned Chen Xin's prediction that Yang Chen could endure seven days in the Great Dao River, and Chen Xin reflected that Yang Chen had the potential of an Immortal Emperor.
• Yang Chen passed the limit endured by late-stage True Immortals and reached the area where half-step Celestial Immortal disciples cultivated, but the pressure stopped him from advancing farther.
• Yang Chen sat down to cultivate, and a vortex around him drew in the surrounding Great Dao Essence, startling the other disciples and forcing some to move away.
• Yang Chen absorbed the power of many Great Daos, rapidly raising his Great Dao progress to one hundred.
• The Black Hole Pearl erupted with light as Yang Chen broke through to the True Immortal Realm, reached the late stage, and expanded his Great Dao power to eighty li.

Yang Chen broke through to late True Immortal and advanced into the Celestial Immortal region of the Great Dao River. He arrived before the four Celestial Immortal disciples and greeted them as senior brothers.

• Yang Chen awakened the Devour Great Dao, stretched it eighty li, and reached late True Immortal cultivation.
• Tian Meng watched Yang Chen head deeper into the Great Dao River and resumed sensing the Great Dao Essence, hoping to advance to Celestial Immortal.
• The four Celestial Immortals mistook the disturbance for Tian Meng's breakthrough, and Wei Xiang and the burly disciple expected the Heavenly Sword Alliance to gain strength.
• Yang Chen forced his way through the pressure into the depths, surprising the four Celestial Immortals.
• Wei Xiang recognized Yang Chen, who smiled and greeted the four as senior brothers.

Yang Chen entered the Heavenly Immortal region of the Great Dao River and cultivated with the Black Hole Pearl, rapidly expanding his Dao of Devouring by consuming the surrounding Great Dao Essence. The four Heavenly Immortal experts watched as he drained the area and surpassed ninety li, leaving them stunned by his cultivation speed.

• Yang Chen greeted Wei Xiang, who introduced him to the other experts as the disciple with Immortal King potential.
• Wei Xiang warned Yang Chen that Zhang Shaotian, leader of the Heaven Sword Alliance, resented him for disgracing the alliance.
• Yang Chen ignored Zhang Shaotian and began cultivating before the Great Dao River's repulsive force could wash him out.
• Yang Chen used the Black Hole Pearl to absorb nearby Great Dao Essence and expand his Dao of Devouring from eighty li to eighty-nine li.
• After the nearby essence dwindled, Yang Chen quietly changed positions and resumed cultivating.
• Wei Xiang and the other experts noticed Yang Chen drawing in the remaining essence as his Dao of Devouring reached ninety li.

Yang Chen endured the Great Dao River’s growing pressure while refining Demonic Dragon Essence, and Tian Meng advanced to Heavenly Immortal. On the tenth day, Yang Chen still had not emerged from the depths of the river.

• Yang Chen spent three days in the Great Dao River, enduring rising pressure as his body grew stronger and neared the third turn of the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body.
• Over the next five days, Hidden Sword Peak disciples emerged with rapid gains, while Tian Meng’s Earth Dao reached one hundred li and he advanced to Heavenly Immortal.
• Tian Meng entered the depths of the river and was shocked to see late-stage True Immortal Yang Chen enduring pressure that challenged even him.
• Wei Xiang told Tian Meng that Yang Chen’s strength made him difficult even for Heavenly Immortals to compete with for Great Dao Essence, prompting Tian Meng to reconsider becoming his enemy.
• On the ninth day, Tian Meng emerged as a Celestial Immortal, while Chen Xin and Ye Huatian noted that Yang Chen was still inside the river.
• The tenth day arrived, and Yang Chen had still not come out.

Yang Chen remained in the Great Dao River longer than the Heavenly Immortal disciples, shocking the sect as they emerged one by one. Wei Xiang finally withdrew, leaving Yang Chen alone in the depths as Chen Xin, Ye Huatian, and the disciples watched.

• Chu Xiong emerged from the Great Dao River after ten days, and Chen Xin and Ye Huatian wondered whether Yang Chen had potential beyond an Immortal King.
• Nalan Xue emerged and told Chu Xiong that Yang Chen was still enduring the river’s pressure; they discussed whether he could comprehend the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art in three months.
• Zhang Shaotian emerged, angrily confronted with the fact that Yang Chen had outlasted him, and left after Tian Meng tried to reassure him.
• Wei Xiang admitted he could not compete with Yang Chen and left the Great Dao River, only to find that the disciples were still focused on Yang Chen.

Yang Chen endured the Great Dao River for eleven days and emerged stronger, surpassing every Hidden Sword Peak disciple. Chen Xin and Ye Huatian warned him that he must stir the Sword Stele’s call to obtain the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art, but Yang Chen insisted he would claim it.

• Yang Chen remained beneath the Great Dao River for eleven days, astonishing the gathered disciples and Chen Xin and Ye Huatian.
• Yang Chen broke through the golden light and emerged, with his Great Dao reaching ninety-five li and his Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body nearing its third turn.
• Chen Xin praised Yang Chen for outlasting every Hidden Sword Peak disciple, and Yang Chen greeted him and Ye Huatian as the sect’s leaders.
• Ye Huatian explained that Yang Chen needed to stir the Hidden Sword Peak Sword Stele’s call to have any hope of obtaining the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.
• Yang Chen said he was determined to obtain the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.