Chapter Summaries

Elder Qi told Yang Chen that his performance in the Sect Grand Tournament could help the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect turn Central Continent’s support away from Dragon Ancestor Hall. After learning Horizon Sect had tried to assassinate Yang Chen, the sect’s leaders set out to punish it, and Yang Chen later faced Xue Yuan, who abandoned their rematch after seeing Yang Chen’s strength.

• Elder Qi warned Yang Chen that Dragon Ancestor Hall might use secret arts or pills against him at the Sect Grand Tournament, and Yang Chen told him that Horizon Sect had also tried to assassinate him.
• Elder Qi summoned Jun Zhan, Immortal Sword True Lord, and Ye Huatian, and they vowed to deal with Horizon Sect; Elder Qi assured Yang Chen that the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect would protect him.
• Jun Zhan, Immortal Sword True Lord, Ye Huatian, and Elder Qi departed to confront Horizon Sect, while Yang Chen left the Trial Hall grateful for the sect’s support.
• Xue Yuan challenged Yang Chen to settle the outcome of their previous battle, but Yang Chen revealed his nine-hundred-li Devouring Great Dao, and Xue Yuan sheathed his sword and refused to fight.

Immortal Sword True Lord, Ye Huatian, and Jun Zhan confronted the Horizon Sect over its assassination attempt on Yang Chen. After Immortal Sword True Lord killed one of its Golden Immortals, Jun Zhan declared that the sect would be annihilated.

• Tianya Zi met the three Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect experts and tried to deny that the Horizon Sect had targeted Yang Chen.
• Tianya Zi exposed his knowledge of the assassination when he asked when the sect had tried to kill Yang Chen.
• A Horizon Sect Golden Immortal challenged the visitors, and Immortal Sword True Lord fought him with his Immortal Sword Art.
• Immortal Sword True Lord killed the Horizon Sect Golden Immortal, leaving Tianya Zi shaken.
• Jun Zhan told Tianya Zi that the Horizon Sect would be annihilated.

Jun Zhan and the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect attacked Horizon Sect after it assassinated one of their genius disciples, and Jun Zhan declared that the sect would be destroyed. Horizon Sect’s Half-Step Immortal King ancestor emerged, but Elder Qi suddenly struck and suppressed him.

• Immortal Sword True Lord killed a Horizon Sect Golden Immortal, weakening the sect’s remaining strength.
• Tianya Zi summoned Horizon Sect’s Patriarch, whose ancient aura revealed that he was a Half-Step Immortal King.
• Jun Zhan ordered Immortal Sword True Lord and Ye Huatian to finish off Tianya Zi and the other Golden Immortals while he faced the Patriarch.
• The Patriarch whipped Tianya Zi and asked the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect to spare Horizon Sect, but Jun Zhan refused and declared that the sect would be destroyed.
• The Patriarch emerged to confront Jun Zhan, but Elder Qi appeared and suppressed him with a palm strike.

Elder Qi revealed himself as King Qi and confronted Horizon Sect after destroying part of its territory. He annihilated the sect and its leaders, then left with Ye Huatian, Jun Zhan, and Immortal Sword True Lord to return to Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect.

• Elder Qi scolded Ye Huatian, Jun Zhan, and Immortal Sword True Lord for their limited cultivation.
• The Horizon Sect ancestor recognized Elder Qi as King Qi, the famed Immortal King who had disappeared thousands of years earlier.
• The Horizon Sect ancestor admitted defeat and begged Elder Qi to spare the sect's disciples.
• Elder Qi rejected the plea and destroyed Horizon Sect, killing the half-step Immortal King ancestor and its four Golden Immortal experts.
• Elder Qi departed with Ye Huatian, Jun Zhan, and Immortal Sword True Lord, telling Ye Huatian he would deal with him back at the sect.

After the system upgraded, Yang Chen gained access to weapon upgrades and checked in for the Emperor-tier Heaven-Devouring Art. He used it to rapidly strengthen his Devour Great Dao, while Chen Xin noticed the cultivation art and let Yang Chen keep it.

• Yang Chen lamented that a month of cultivation had increased his Great Dao by only ten li before the system announced its upgrade.
• Yang Chen saw that Kill Points had become Slaughter Points and that weapons could now be upgraded, then checked in and received the Emperor-tier Heaven-Devouring Art.
• Yang Chen quickly comprehended the Heaven-Devouring Art and drew Great Dao power into his room, causing the Great Dao River on Hidden Sword Peak to stir.
• Chen Xin sensed the powerful fluctuation, recognized that Yang Chen had obtained an Emperor-tier cultivation art, and chose not to take it for the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect.
• Yang Chen increased his Devour Great Dao by one li in half an hour, then heard Chen Xin summon him.

Chen Xin gathered the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect’s peak masters and chief disciples to announce the upcoming Sect Tournament and open the sect’s secret realm for their training. Yang Chen was chosen to lead the ten disciples, and Chen Xin transported them to the secret realm.

• Chen Xin announced that the Sect Tournament was approaching and that the ten chief disciples of the sword peaks would represent the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect.
• Yang Chen realized the tournament could give him a chance to take revenge on Dragon Ancestor Hall.
• Chen Xin opened the sect’s secret realm and directed the disciples to use its resources to prepare for the tournament.
• Xue Yuan nominated Yang Chen as leader because Yang Chen had reached the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Chen Xin appointed Yang Chen as leader and transported the group to the secret realm.

Yang Chen entered a secret realm filled with powerful Spirit Beasts and Great Dao crystals, eager to hunt and strengthen himself. As he headed toward the realm’s strongest beasts, Chen Xin and Jun Zhan worried that Yang Chen might kill the Golden Immortal Spirit Beast holding the realm together.

• Chen Xin explained that the secret realm held dense Great Dao power and Spirit Beasts whose deaths yielded Great Dao crystals, then left Yang Chen and the other disciples to hunt.
• Yang Chen rushed into the secret realm, followed by Xue Yuan and the other chief disciples of the nine sword peaks.
• Outside the realm, Jun Zhan warned Chen Xin that Yang Chen might kill too many Spirit Beasts and collapse the secret realm; Chen Xin revealed that a Golden Immortal Spirit Beast sustained it.
• Yang Chen killed a True Immortal Spirit Beast, gained one Slaughter Point, and absorbed its Great Dao Crystal, increasing his Devouring Great Dao to nine hundred and ninety-two li.
• Yang Chen sensed Celestial Immortal and half-step Golden Immortal Spirit Beasts deeper in the realm and headed toward them.

Yang Chen hunted spirit beasts in the secret realm, using their Great Dao Crystals to strengthen his Devouring Great Dao. After reaching the Celestial Immortal Realm limit, he turned his attention to improving his physical body.

• Yang Chen used the Demonic Dragon's power to make a mid-stage Celestial Immortal Realm spirit beast submit, then killed it and used its Great Dao Crystal and Kill Point to raise his Devouring Great Dao to nine hundred and ninety-five li.
• Yang Chen killed the goat-like spirit beast that Xue Yuan had been stalking, then gave Xue Yuan its Great Dao Crystal and left.
• Yang Chen gathered four Great Dao Crystals and refined them with the Heaven-Devouring Art, raising his Devouring Great Dao to nine hundred and ninety-nine li, the Celestial Immortal Realm limit.
• Yang Chen decided to focus next on strengthening his physical body.

Yang Chen used four slaughter points to advance his physical body to the Fourth Turn, giving it Golden Immortal Realm strength and black scales with formidable defenses. After the system tasked him with killing a Golden Immortal Spirit Beast, he ventured deeper into the secret realm and encountered one in a bone-strewn valley.

• Yang Chen spent four slaughter points on his physical body, breaking through to the Fourth Turn and gaining Golden Immortal Realm strength and armor-like scales.
• The system issued Yang Chen a mission to slay a Golden Immortal Spirit Beast and offered the method of advancing to the Golden Immortal Realm as a reward.
• Yang Chen accepted the mission and headed deeper into the secret realm, ignoring the Celestial Immortal Realm Spirit Beasts he encountered.
• Yang Chen arrived at a valley filled with bones, where a Golden Immortal Spirit Beast revealed its scarlet eyes and unleashed a terrifying aura.
• Xue Yuan and the other chief disciples recognized the beast and fled, while Yang Chen faced it with a smile.

Yang Chen confronted a Golden Immortal Spirit Beast in the secret realm and discovered it was a Nine Nether Wolf. He wounded it with his strongest attacks, but the wolf healed completely, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Nine Nether Wolf emerged in the valley, and the elders outside the secret realm worried that the disciples had alarmed a Golden Immortal Spirit Beast.
• Chen Xin explained that absorbing the beast's Great Dao Crystal would prevent the secret realm from opening for at least a hundred years.
• Yang Chen identified the beast as a Nine Nether Wolf and activated the fourth turn of the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body to stop its attack.
• Yang Chen struck the Nine Nether Wolf with sword attacks, the Devouring Great Dao, and his other powers, leaving it covered in wounds.
• The Nine Nether Wolf howled and healed all its injuries, and Yang Chen realized the fight would be difficult.

Yang Chen battled the Nine Nether Wolf, whose powerful shadow Great Dao and attacks injured him despite his Golden Immortal-level body. After activating the Divine Turtle Shield, Yang Chen turned to fight back with his Four Seasons Sword Art and Yin-Yang technique, and their clash shook the secret realm.

• The Nine Nether Wolf healed its wounds and unleashed its icy, shadowy power against Yang Chen.
• The wolf struck Yang Chen with its two-thousand-li shadow Great Dao, sending him into a rock wall and leaving him bloodied.
• The Nine Nether Wolf pursued Yang Chen as he tried to evade its repeated attacks.
• Yang Chen activated the Divine Turtle Shield and charged back at the wolf.
• Yang Chen unleashed the Four Seasons Sword Art and Yin-Yang, and the Nine Nether Wolf met his attack with its claw, sending shockwaves through the secret realm.

Outside the mystic realm, Chen Xin and Elder Qi watched its entrance shake as Yang Chen fought a Golden Immortal Spirit Beast inside. Yang Chen strengthened his body with Kill Points and sent the Nine Nether Wolf sprawling with a powerful punch.

• Chen Xin and the Sword Peak Masters sensed a fierce battle at the mystic realm entrance and summoned Elder Qi for advice.
• Elder Qi told them to retrieve the other disciples but to leave Yang Chen inside, and Chen Xin pulled out the nine chief disciples.
• Zhao Yu rushed toward Immortal Sword True Lord in fear, but his master sent him flying and complained that Chen Xin had taken Yang Chen as a disciple.
• Elder Qi refused to discuss Li Xiaoyao and told Chen Xin to let Yang Chen continue fighting, while Chen Xin hoped Yang Chen would surpass the sect’s past genius.
• Inside the mystic realm, Yang Chen spent two Kill Points to strengthen his body and punched the Nine Nether Wolf hard enough to send it sprawling.

Yang Chen killed the Nine Nether Wolf and received the system’s method for advancing to Golden Immortal, which required rare materials or 100 Slaughter Points. As the secret realm began to shake and its sun turned blood-red, Yang Chen feared it was about to collapse.

• Yang Chen battered the Nine Nether Wolf with Sword Qi, the Azure Dragon Fist, and the Heavenly Evolution Sword before finishing it with a Demonic Dragon-enhanced punch.
• Yang Chen collected the Nine Nether Wolf’s Great Dao Crystal and learned that he needed a Golden Immortal inner core, Heaven Spirit Grass, and a Golden Immortal physical body to advance, or 100 Slaughter Points.
• Yang Chen realized the Nine Nether Wolf had no inner core and considered the difficulty of finding another Golden Immortal and Heaven Spirit Grass.
• The secret realm began to shake, its sun turned blood-red, and Yang Chen worried that it was collapsing.

Yang Chen killed the Nine Nether Wolf and took its Great Dao Crystal, destabilizing the secret realm until Chen Xin and Elder Qi sealed it. With the realm unusable for ten years, Elder Qi sent Yang Chen out to train in the Dragon Domain.

• Yang Chen realized that killing the Nine Nether Wolf and taking its Great Dao Crystal had weakened the secret realm’s foundation.
• A powerful energy dragged Yang Chen out, and Chen Xin sealed the realm with runes and black stones, leaving it unusable for ten years.
• Chen Xin scolded Yang Chen for nearly destroying the secret realm, but Elder Qi defended him and stopped the others from revealing who had nearly destroyed one before.
• Elder Qi told Yang Chen to go out and gain experience before the sect competition, then named the Dragon Domain as his destination.

Yang Chen arrived in Hidden Dragon City to disrupt the Dragon Ancestor Hall’s bid for Heaven Spirit Grass, which he also needed to reach the Golden Immortal realm. Short on funds, he exchanged Slaughter Points for Great Dao Pills, while Elder Qi watched over him and vowed to avenge Li Xiaoyao.

• Yang Chen entered Hidden Dragon City under a disguised identity to raise the auction price and keep the Dragon Ancestor Hall from obtaining Heaven Spirit Grass.
• Yang Chen worried that his few thousand Great Dao Pills would not be enough to compete at the auction.
• The system offered Yang Chen one thousand Great Dao Pills for each Slaughter Point, and he exchanged two of his ten points for two thousand pills.
• Elder Qi watched Yang Chen from above the city and urged him to kill more Dragon Ancestor Hall members before promising him a reward.
• Elder Qi clenched his fist and murmured that he would avenge Li Xiaoyao.

Yang Chen visited the World Commerce Association in Hidden Dragon City and attended its auction using an invitation from Elder Qi. The auction began with Yang Chen observing the association’s formidable staff and facilities.

• Yang Chen woke, ate breakfast at the inn, and wandered through Hidden Dragon City with his appearance changed.
• Yang Chen joined the queue outside the World Commerce Association and presented the invitation Elder Qi had given him.
• An attendant directed Yang Chen to the Immortal Sword Sect’s Earth-class private room on the second floor.
• A young woman escorted Yang Chen to the private room, where he watched the auction hall through one-way glass.
• A white-haired Golden Immortal took the auction platform and announced that the auction had begun.

Yang Chen watched the World Commerce Association auction and ignored several valuable items until Heaven Spirit Grass appeared, the herb he needed to reach the Golden Immortal realm. The auctioneer announced its starting bid, leaving Yang Chen poised to compete for it.

• The auctioneer opened the sale with the Heaven-tier sword Green Snake, and Wang Hu won it for 120 Dao Pills after intimidating the other bidders.
• A gray-robed Golden Immortal bought the earth-tier Mystic Heaven Palm for 200 pills.
• Yang Chen ignored the following auction items, confident that the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect already had better weapons and martial skills.
• The auctioneer presented Heaven Spirit Grass and explained that it could increase a Golden Immortal's Great Dao power by a thousand li.
• Yang Chen recognized Heaven Spirit Grass as the key to advancing to the Golden Immortal realm, and the auctioneer set its starting bid at one Great Dao Pill.

Yang Chen outbid Dragon Ancestor Hall and won the Heaven Spirit Grass for four thousand Great Dao Pills. The Dragon Ancestor Hall’s young master ordered an old Golden Immortal to find out who Yang Chen was, while Yang Chen went with an auction-house attendant to complete the exchange.

• Bidders drove the Heaven Spirit Grass’s price up, and Dragon Ancestor Hall’s young master tried to claim it for two thousand pills.
• The World Commerce Association’s auctioneer challenged Dragon Ancestor Hall’s attempt to control the bidding, and the young master raised his offer to three thousand.
• Yang Chen bid four thousand pills, prompting Dragon Ancestor Hall’s young master to order his old attendant to identify him.
• The auctioneer sold the Heaven Spirit Grass to Yang Chen, who followed an attendant into the World Commerce Association to complete the exchange.

Yang Chen obtained the Heaven Spirit Grass and left Hidden Dragon City, only to be confronted by a Golden Immortal from Dragon Ancestor Hall who demanded he surrender it. When the old man attacked after discovering Yang Chen belonged to the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, Yang Chen unleashed his Fourth Turn demonic dragon body and destroyed the old man’s dragon phantom.

• Yang Chen paid four thousand Great Dao Pills to the World Commerce Association steward for the Heaven Spirit Grass and declined the steward’s offer of help.
• The steward recognized Yang Chen as a promising Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect prodigy but decided the World Commerce Association would not risk offending the sect to assist him.
• Yang Chen hurried away from Hidden Dragon City and examined the Heaven Spirit Grass, noting that he still needed a Golden Immortal inner core.
• A skeletal old man from Dragon Ancestor Hall appeared behind Yang Chen and demanded that he give the Heaven Spirit Grass to his young master.
• Yang Chen revealed his Sword Soul, causing the old man to identify him as a Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect disciple and attack.
• Yang Chen activated the Fourth Turn of the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body, and his demonic dragon pressure shattered the old man’s red dragon phantom.

Yang Chen fought a powerful elder from the Dragon Ancestor Hall while Long Shan watched and demanded a quick victory. Yang Chen destroyed the elder’s Dragon Ancestor attacks and blasted him away with the Four Seasons Sword Art, but the elder survived.

• The old man summoned a 2,300-mile Great Dao and charged Yang Chen after Long Shan ordered him to finish the fight quickly.
• Yang Chen revealed his Golden Immortal body, 999-mile Devouring Great Dao, and Sword Soul as he clashed with the old man.
• Long Shan recognized Yang Chen, saw him as a threat, and urged the old man to kill him.
• The old man unleashed the Dragon Ancestor Heaven-Tearing Claw, but Yang Chen’s Demonic Dragon suppressed and annihilated its red dragon.
• Yang Chen struck the old man with the Four Seasons Sword Art and blasted him to the ground, but the system did not confirm his death.