Chapter Summaries

Yang Chen helped the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect defeat the Horizon Sect’s challenge, and the Prison Sword Peak Master drove Tianya Zi away. The peak master then took Yang Chen to the Trial Hall to make up for the sect missions owed for his Great Dao Empowerment.

• Yang Chen challenged Tianya Zi after defeating Qingxuan Zi, and Tianya Zi mocked his threat to destroy the Horizon Sect.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master appeared, struck Tianya Zi with Great Dao power, and warned that the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect could wipe out the Horizon Sect.
• Tianya Zi admitted defeat and left with the Horizon Sect disciples, while the spectators cheered Yang Chen.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master noticed Yang Chen had broken through to the middle stage of the Celestial Immortal Realm and said he must complete missions to repay his Great Dao Empowerment.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master brought Yang Chen to the Trial Hall, where disciples accepted sect missions.

Yang Chen visited the Trial Hall with the master of Prison Sword Peak and learned that his cultivation had reached the late Celestial Immortal Realm. After reviewing the Heaven-grade missions, Yang Chen decided to take every one of them.

• The master of Prison Sword Peak brought Yang Chen into the Trial Hall, where Elder Qi examined him and recognized his late Celestial Immortal cultivation.
• Elder Qi encouraged Yang Chen to be more daring, and Yang Chen’s aura gained a sharper, fearless edge.
• Elder Qi gave Yang Chen a jade slip listing missions and explained their different grades.
• Yang Chen filtered for Heaven-grade missions and asked whether he could take multiple assignments.
• The master of Prison Sword Peak warned Yang Chen that Heaven-grade missions were dangerous, but Yang Chen declared that he would take them all.

Yang Chen went to King Ping's Residence to investigate whether the prince had colluded with Dragon Ancestor Hall. King Ping denied the accusation, and Yang Chen left him injured and demanded the truth.

• Yang Chen arrived at King Ping's Residence to investigate the Heaven-rank mission against King Ping.
• Yang Chen knocked aside the guards, entered the residence, and learned from Li Fei that King Ping was at court.
• King Ping returned, and Yang Chen ordered him to stand before accusing him of colluding with Dragon Ancestor Hall.
• King Ping denied the accusation and secretly signaled Li Fei to leave the reception hall.
• Yang Chen attacked King Ping, overwhelmed his Celestial Immortal Realm defense, and demanded that he confess.

Yang Chen fought King Ping and his late True Immortal reinforcements in King Ping's Residence, then confronted a masked Dragon Ancestor Hall assassin. The assassin killed King Ping, and Yang Chen prepared to retaliate.

• King Ping threatened Yang Chen as reinforcements arrived, including Li Fei and a motionless masked man.
• Yang Chen killed five late True Immortals who charged him, earning five million Kill Points.
• The masked man revealed that the Dragon Ancestor Hall's Hall Master had sent him to assassinate Yang Chen.
• The masked man killed King Ping, calling him a fence-sitter, and Yang Chen warned him against taking what belonged to a tiger.

Yang Chen fought and killed a Dragon Ancestor Hall assassin at King Ping's Residence after the man in black revealed a six-hundred-li Great Dao River. Yang Chen exposed his own six-hundred-li Devour Dao and used Yin-Yang to behead the assassin, earning ten million Kill Points.

• Yang Chen caught the man in black off guard with a punch that blasted him out of the reception hall.
• The man in black revealed his late-stage Celestial Immortal cultivation and six-hundred-li Great Dao River, and admitted the Dragon Ancestor Hall had spies in the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect.
• The man in black attacked Yang Chen with a black palm print, but Yang Chen stood unharmed as a powerful aura rose from the imperial palace.
• Yang Chen revealed a six-hundred-li Devour Dao and cut through the man in black's defenses with Yin-Yang, slicing his neck.
• The system awarded Yang Chen ten million Kill Points for killing the Celestial Immortal expert.

Yang Chen confronted the Heaven-Splitting Imperial Lord after executing Prince Ping and a Dragon Ancestor Hall assassin. The Imperial Lord tried to suppress the report and then threatened Yang Chen when he refused to bargain, leaving the two facing off.

• The Heaven-Splitting Imperial Lord arrived at Prince Ping's residence and asked why Yang Chen had come.
• Yang Chen recorded that Prince Ping had colluded with Dragon Ancestor Hall and that he had executed Prince Ping and a Dragon Ancestor Hall expert.
• The Heaven-Splitting Imperial Lord recognized the assassin and begged Yang Chen to erase the matter from the record, offering a reward instead.
• Yang Chen demanded a heaven-tier martial skill, and the Heaven-Splitting Imperial Lord said he could not provide one.
• The Heaven-Splitting Imperial Lord released his nine-hundred-and-twenty-li Great Dao River and threatened to stop Yang Chen from leaving.

Yang Chen faced the Heaven-Splitting Emperor Lord, who attacked him after mistaking him for an unimportant deacon of the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect. After the Emperor Lord’s assault failed to injure Yang Chen, the Peak Lord approved Yang Chen’s request to kill him.

• The Heaven-Splitting Emperor Lord threatened to keep Yang Chen there after judging that Yang Chen’s Great Dao was only six hundred li strong.
• Yang Chen asked the Peak Lord by jade slip whether killing an Emperor Lord would cause trouble, and the Heaven-Splitting Emperor Lord attacked him with his Metal Great Dao.
• The Heaven-Splitting Emperor Lord filled the battlefield with weapons to cut off Yang Chen’s escape, but Yang Chen used his Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body and evaded the attacks.
• The Heaven-Splitting Emperor Lord detonated the weapons, flattening King Ping’s Residence and killing its servants, but Yang Chen emerged unharmed in black robes.
• The Peak Lord replied, “Approved,” and Yang Chen told the Heaven-Splitting Emperor Lord that it was his turn.

Yang Chen fought the Heaven-Splitting Emperor, who survived Yang Chen’s first attack and armed himself with earth-rank weapons. After using a Battle Card to boost his power, Yang Chen pierced the Emperor’s armor and heart, killing him and earning ten million Kill Points.

• Yang Chen struck the Heaven-Splitting Emperor with frost-covered Sword Qi, blasting apart his Great Dao armor and injuring him.
• The Heaven-Splitting Emperor brought out an earth-rank axe and armor, confident that he could defeat Yang Chen.
• Yang Chen used a Battle Card to expand his Great Dao to 900 miles and attacked the Emperor with his Blizzard sword technique.
• Yang Chen blocked the Emperor’s Heaven-Splitting Slash with the Divine Turtle Shield, then pierced his armor and heart with the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.
• The Heaven-Splitting Emperor died, and the system awarded Yang Chen ten million Kill Points.

After killing the Heaven-Splitting Emperor, Yang Chen left King Ping's Residence and headed for the Crosscut Mountains to complete a mission. A black-robed figure discovered that Yang Chen had used the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art and raised his threat level.

• Yang Chen considered his rapid cultivation progress and his hope of finding his master, Liu Feng, after reaching the Golden Immortal realm.
• A black-robed figure inspected the ruins, recognized the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art from the Heaven-Splitting Emperor's wound, and sent a report on a black jade slip.
• The black-robed figure suspected Yang Chen was heading to the Crosscut Mountains and vanished, while Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect disciples arrived to clear the ruins and remove the corpses.
• Yang Chen entered the dangerous depths of the Crosscut Mountains, concealed his aura with the Breath Concealment Art, and checked his mission to obtain the inner core of a Celestial Immortal Realm Mystic Fire Lion.

Yang Chen took on a pack of Mystic Fire Lions and discovered that his Demonic Dragon Essence could subdue even their Celestial Immortal leaders. After completing the mission by taking an old lion’s inner core, he was approached by a girl who wanted one of the lions as her mount.

• Yang Chen found the Mystic Fire Lions in the Crosscut Mountains and saw that two of their leaders had reached the Celestial Immortal level.
• Yang Chen charged through the pack’s flame and sonic attacks, then used the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body to make all the lions submit.
• Yang Chen killed an old Mystic Fire Lion and took its inner core while the rest of the pack watched without hostility.
• The Mystic Fire Lions followed Yang Chen as he prepared to leave, and one leader rubbed against his hand as he stroked it.
• A young girl and her grandfather arrived, and the girl asked for a Mystic Fire Lion as her mount.

Yang Chen encountered an arrogant girl and her grandfather, who mistook him for a beast tamer and provoked him. After crushing the old man’s attack, Yang Chen left the pair to the Mystic Fire Lions and continued deeper into the Crosscut Mountains.

• A girl demanded that Yang Chen sell her the Mystic Fire Lions, then attacked him when he ignored her.
• Yang Chen dodged the girl’s strike and slapped her wrist, prompting her to complain to her grandfather.
• The old man threatened Yang Chen and attacked with his Thick Earth Great Dao after boasting of the Wang Family’s status.
• Yang Chen shattered the old man’s stone palm with a physical-strength punch, leaving him horrified and badly injured.
• Yang Chen patted the Mystic Fire Lion leaders, told them to deal with the pair, and stepped through the void toward the mountains’ depths.
• The Mystic Fire Lions closed in on the helpless grandfather and granddaughter as Yang Chen departed.

Yang Chen increased his Great Dao Power to eight hundred miles and strengthened his body before setting out to find the Flower of the Other Shore in the Crosscut Mountains. Two Horizon Sect experts tracked him and ambushed him, leaving him facing a sudden threat.

• Yang Chen hid in a cave and used the system’s Kill Points to raise his Great Dao Power to eight hundred miles and strengthen his physical body.
• Yang Chen reviewed the final Heaven-tier mission to find the Flower of the Other Shore in the deepest part of the Crosscut Mountains.
• Yang Chen overheard two peak Celestial Immortal experts from Horizon Sect searching for him and learned they knew his cultivation level.
• Yang Chen suspected someone had revealed his strength and vanished from the cave just before a powerful attack struck.
• The two Horizon Sect men reappeared and praised Yang Chen’s quick reaction as an Immortal King seed.

Yang Chen faced two Horizon Sect experts and a powerful Dragon Ancestor Hall man who joined forces to kill him. After activating his Battle Card, Yang Chen’s Devouring Great Dao reached the Celestial Immortal Realm’s limit, and he effortlessly destroyed their attacks, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Yang Chen exposed the Horizon Sect experts’ plan to frame Dragon Ancestor Hall, and a concealed Dragon Ancestor Hall man appeared.
• The black-robed man and the two Horizon Sect experts revealed their Great Dao powers and agreed to attack Yang Chen together.
• Yang Chen traded blows with the black-robed man and evaded the Horizon Sect experts’ coordinated assault.
• The three opponents surrounded Yang Chen with falling mountains and blade-like rain, leaving him no apparent path to escape.
• Yang Chen used his Battle Card to expand his Devouring Great Dao to nine hundred and ninety-nine li, then swept away the attacks with his Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword.

Yang Chen fought the black-robed Dragon Ancestor Hall expert and two Horizon Sect experts, using his sword techniques and Great Daos to overwhelm their attacks. He killed both Horizon Sect experts with Heavenly Evolution Sword Qi, leaving the black-robed man facing him alone.

• The black-robed man and the two Horizon Sect experts attacked Yang Chen, but Yang Chen shattered their mountain illusions with the Four Seasons Sword Art.
• Yang Chen used Flame Great Dao to break the black-robed man's Nine Nether Frost prisons.
• Yang Chen unleashed Heavenly Evolution Sword Qi, which corroded and killed one Horizon Sect expert.
• The remaining Horizon Sect expert tried to flee, but Yang Chen struck him with another streak of sword qi and devoured him.

Yang Chen killed two Horizon Sect experts, then faced a Golden Immortal avatar summoned by a Dragon Ancestor Hall disciple who wanted the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art. Yang Chen summoned the Prison Sword Peak Master's avatar, which confronted the Dragon Ancestor Hall expert.

• Yang Chen killed the Horizon Sect expert with the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art and earned ten million Kill Points.
• The Dragon Ancestor Hall expert recognized Yang Chen's sword art and tried to flee, but Yang Chen caught up with him.
• The Dragon Ancestor Hall expert summoned a Golden Immortal avatar, which demanded that Yang Chen join the hall and hand over the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.
• Yang Chen summoned the Prison Sword Peak Master's avatar, which challenged the Dragon Ancestor Hall Golden Immortal.

The Prison Sword Peak Master Jun Zhan crushed a Dragon Ancestor Hall Golden Immortal avatar and stopped its assassin from killing Yang Chen. Yang Chen claimed the assassin’s death for himself, while a wounded Dragon Ancestor Hall powerhouse vowed to keep hunting geniuses.

• Jun Zhan appeared to protect Yang Chen and destroyed the Dragon Ancestor Hall Golden Immortal expert’s avatar with one slap.
• Jun Zhan seized the black-robed Heavenly Immortal assassin and prepared to kill him for targeting Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect geniuses.
• Yang Chen asked Jun Zhan to let him claim the kill, and Jun Zhan agreed while keeping the assassin bound.
• Yang Chen killed the black-robed man with Heavenly Evolution Sword Qi and received ten million Kill Points.
• In Dragon Ancestor Hall, a middle-aged man suffered a backlash, wrote something onto a jade slip, and declared that Dragon Ancestor Hall would continue hunting geniuses.

Yang Chen upgraded his system after raising his cultivation to the peak Celestial Immortal Realm, leaving its functions unavailable for a month. He then headed into the Crosscut Mountains to collect Other Shore Flowers and descended into an abyss where a Golden Immortal-level Spirit Beast lurked below.

• Yang Chen improved his cave barrier, spent ten million Kill Points to reach nine hundred li of Great Dao power, and advanced to the peak Celestial Immortal Realm.
• The system offered an upgrade for twenty million Kill Points, and Yang Chen accepted despite the month-long shutdown of all system functions.
• Yang Chen confirmed that the Divine Turtle Shield remained available and set out to complete the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect's mission.
• Yang Chen reached the abyss where Other Shore Flowers grew and sensed a Golden Immortal-level Spirit Beast at its bottom.
• Yang Chen leaped into the abyss to gather the Other Shore Flowers.

Yang Chen descended into Soul-Ending Valley, where his Dao of Devouring absorbed the deadly poisonous mist as he searched the cliff walls for a Red Spider Lily. After finding the flower and killing its companion snake, he watched the poison churn as a terrifying presence stirred below.

• Yang Chen used his Dao of Devouring to absorb the poisonous mist while descending into Soul-Ending Valley.
• Yang Chen searched the mist-shrouded cliff walls and found a Red Spider Lily.
• Yang Chen approached the flower and used his Divine Soul Power to detect its companion Spirit Beast.
• Yang Chen struck the green snake with his fist, mortally wounding it and sending it into the poisonous mist.
• Yang Chen realized the snake might alert the being below as a terrifying aura surged and the mist began to churn.

Yang Chen escaped Soul-Ending Valley with the Red Spider Lily, but a powerful toad spirit beast pursued him. When he manifested the demonic dragon phantom, it frightened the Golden Immortal-level beast back into the abyss, leaving Yang Chen with a new way to deal with spirit beasts.

• Yang Chen plucked the Red Spider Lily and flew up from the abyss as the toad spirit beast awakened and swallowed the green snake.
• The toad chased Yang Chen and attacked with poisonous mist, which he countered with the Poison Dao and Flame Dao before escaping Soul-Ending Valley.
• The toad leaped out of the valley, crushing nearby spirit beasts with the force of its landing, and confronted Yang Chen.
• Yang Chen unleashed the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body and Devour Great Dao, summoning a demonic dragon phantom that terrified the toad into fleeing back into the abyss.
• Yang Chen realized the demonic dragon phantom could serve as a trump card against spirit beasts.

Yang Chen returned to the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, turned in three completed trial tasks, and learned that Dragon Ancestor Hall had a powerful backer. Elder Qi explained that a sect grand competition would determine which faction was strongest on the continent.

• Yang Chen returned to the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, where disciples welcomed him and noted that his cultivation had grown stronger.
• Elder Qi brought Yang Chen to the Trial Hall counter, where Yang Chen handed over three items and described surviving the toad in Soul-Ending Valley.
• Yang Chen condemned Dragon Ancestor Hall for sending assassins after him, and Elder Qi promised the sect would protect him and support him against them.
• Elder Qi revealed that a faction from the Central Continent backed Dragon Ancestor Hall and explained that the sect grand competition determined the strongest faction on each continent.