Chapter Summaries

Yang Chen left the Saintess Sect disciples and searched the Dragon Ancestor Secret Realm for Golden Immortal spirit beasts. He found the Dragon Ancestor Hall survivors fighting a poisonous green anaconda and watched as it devoured them, before confronting the beast himself.

• Yang Chen departed after Zi Xiao offered to accompany him, while Li Fei stayed behind with the Saintess Sect disciples and Mo Fan left.
• Yang Chen searched the Dragon Ancestor Secret Realm with his Divine Soul Power and located a Golden Immortal spirit beast.
• Yang Chen discovered the Dragon Ancestor Hall survivors attacking a green anaconda and watched from the clouds.
• The green anaconda unleashed poisonous mist, killed one Dragon Ancestor Hall disciple, and swallowed the remaining fighters.
• The green anaconda halted on its way to its nest when it saw Yang Chen standing before it.

Yang Chen hunted Golden Immortal Spirit Beasts in the Dragon Ancestor Secret Realm to collect their Great Dao Crystals and earn Slaughter Points. After killing the fifth beast, he heard space shatter, leaving him facing an ominous familiar sound.

• Yang Chen caught a massive python's tail, punched through its belly, and took its Great Dao Crystal, killing it and earning ten Slaughter Points.
• Yang Chen appeared before a Golden Immortal Poison Scorpion, the last of the beasts he planned to hunt, and demanded its Great Dao Crystal.
• The Poison Scorpion attacked Yang Chen with its pincers and Great Dao principles, but his sword strikes failed to break its shell.
• Yang Chen summoned Blizzard, whose sword Qi pierced the Poison Scorpion and killed it, earning him another ten Slaughter Points.
• Yang Chen took the Poison Scorpion's Great Dao Crystal, then froze when he heard space shatter.

Yang Chen’s actions caused the Dragon Ancestor Secret Realm to collapse, forcing the Dragon Ancestor Immortal King to evacuate everyone. Yang Chen escaped with the others, but no Dragon Ancestor Hall disciples emerged, leaving the Dragon Ancestor Immortal King alarmed.

• Yang Chen watched fissures tear through the Dragon Ancestor Secret Realm as the entrance began to shake, prompting the other sect leaders to threaten the Dragon Ancestor Immortal King.
• The Dragon Ancestor Immortal King used his laws to stabilize the realm temporarily and ordered everyone inside to leave.
• Yang Chen left the collapsing realm and joined Chen Xin, Zhao Yu, and the others, while the Dragon Ancestor Immortal King glared at him for Long Hai’s failure to kill him.
• Yang Chen secretly gave Chen Xin four Great Dao Crystals to conceal evidence that he had killed Golden Immortal spirit beasts.
• The Dragon Ancestor Immortal King saw that nearly everyone had returned but none of the Dragon Ancestor Hall disciples had emerged, and demanded to know where they were.

Yang Chen revealed that he had killed Long Hai after the Dragon Ancestor Immortal King ordered the attack, and Chen Xin protected him from the furious king. After the Dragon Ancestor Immortal King discovered the secret realm’s Golden Immortal spirit beasts had all been killed, he tried to attack Yang Chen again, but an envoy from the Central Continent appeared and stopped him.

• Yang Chen admitted that he had killed Long Hai in retaliation for the Dragon Ancestor Immortal King’s order to attack him.
• Chen Xin backed Yang Chen as the Dragon Ancestor Immortal King threatened him, and Yang Chen revealed his mid-stage Golden Immortal cultivation.
• The Dragon Ancestor Immortal King stabilized the secret realm and discovered that all its Golden Immortal spirit beasts had been killed and their Great Dao Crystals taken.
• The Dragon Ancestor Immortal King summoned a giant dragon and sent it toward Yang Chen, but Chen Xin blocked its attack with Sword Qi.
• A middle-aged Central Continent envoy emerged from the void and rebuked the Dragon Ancestor Immortal King, bringing the confrontation to a halt.

Yang Chen asked Central Continent envoy Bai Yunfei about Liu Feng and learned that the Holy Temple viewed Liu Feng’s associates as enemies. As Bai Yunfei tried to seize him, Yang Chen revealed his strength and fought back, but Dragon One of the Azure Dragon Army arrived and asked for him.

• Bai Yunfei arrived at Dragon Ancestor Hall’s ruined secret realm, took interest in Yang Chen, and offered to bring him to the Central Continent.
• Yang Chen asked Bai Yunfei about Liu Feng, prompting Bai Yunfei to identify him as Saint Liu and demand that Yang Chen come with him.
• Zhan Wushuang appeared and struck Bai Yunfei, then agreed to protect the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect while Yang Chen faced the Holy Temple envoy.
• Yang Chen used slaughter points and Great Dao Crystals to reach the late Golden Immortal stage, while his Dao Protector advanced to the late Immortal King stage.
• Bai Yunfei attacked Yang Chen, but the Dao Protector held him off and Yang Chen wounded him with the Heavenly Evolution Sword.
• As Yang Chen prepared to flee Bai Yunfei’s full power, Dragon One emerged from a tear in space and asked who Yang Chen was.

Dragon One arrived to take Yang Chen to the Central Continent, where Yang Chen hoped to learn news of Saint Liu. After Dragon One killed Bai Yunfei and promised not to harm the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, Yang Chen departed with him.

• Dragon One demanded that Yang Chen come with him, and Zhan Wushuang said the trip might bring news of Saint Liu.
• Yang Chen agreed to go but asked Dragon One to protect the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect from Bai Yunfei.
• Dragon One captured Bai Yunfei and killed him despite his threats on behalf of the Holy Temple.
• Dragon One struck at an awakening presence in the heavens, then said he would leave everyone except the Holy Temple alone.
• Yang Chen asked Zhan Wushuang to look after the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, reassured Chen Xin that he remained its disciple, and left with Dragon One.

Yang Chen traveled with Dragon One to Central Continent and strengthened his Devouring Great Dao through cultivation and a system check-in. He arrived at the Azure Dragon Army’s blood-soaked headquarters and learned that its Lord Commander was an invincible Immortal Emperor.

• Dragon One carried Yang Chen through the void toward Central Continent while Yang Chen cultivated with the Heaven-Devouring Art.
• Yang Chen checked in and received ten years of cultivation, increasing his Devouring Great Dao from six thousand li to seven thousand li.
• Yang Chen and Dragon One arrived at a vast battlefield marked by corpses and the Azure Dragon Hall.
• Yang Chen was shaken by the hall’s plaque, and Dragon One warned him that its inscription could overwhelm even an Immortal King.
• Dragon One told Yang Chen that the Lord Commander was an invincible Immortal Emperor and welcomed him to the Azure Dragon Army.

Yang Chen passed Dragon One’s Azure Dragon Army trial by unleashing his Primordial Demon Dragon, drawing the attention of Azure Dragon, the Army Lord. Azure Dragon recognized Yang Chen as being from Huaxia, leaving Yang Chen stunned.

• Dragon One sent azure dragons to test Yang Chen’s eligibility to enter the Azure Dragon Army.
• Yang Chen revealed his Fourth-Turn Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body and destroyed the azure dragons with his Primordial Demon Dragon.
• Azure Dragon tried to inspect Yang Chen but a roar from the black crystal in Yang Chen’s dantian broke his gaze.
• Dragon One told Yang Chen that he had passed the trial and brought him to meet Azure Dragon.
• Azure Dragon asked Yang Chen whether he was from Huaxia, and Yang Chen stared at him in disbelief.

Yang Chen discovered that the Azure Dragon Army Lord served Liu Feng and revealed that he was Liu Feng’s disciple. When Yang Chen summoned the Human Emperor Palace, Azure Dragon recognized him as the current Human Emperor and pledged his allegiance.

• Yang Chen concluded that Azure Dragon was one of Liu Feng’s people, not Huaxia’s traitor, and introduced himself as Liu Feng’s disciple.
• Azure Dragon grabbed Yang Chen in excitement and learned that Liu Feng had left methods behind in Huaxia, giving hope that Liu Feng was still alive.
• Yang Chen summoned the Human Emperor Palace as proof of his connection to Liu Feng.
• Azure Dragon recognized the Human Emperor Palace and acknowledged Yang Chen as the current Human Emperor.
• Azure Dragon bowed and declared himself a subordinate of the Human Emperor, while Yang Chen realized he was one of Huaxia’s Four Divine Beasts.

Azure Dragon told Yang Chen that Liu Feng had left the Central Continent with all its Saints and that the formation holding clues to his departure was now with the Luo Family. He sent Yang Chen to train with the Azure Dragon Army First Squad, where Yang Chen defeated a squad member and challenged the next-ranked fighter.

• Azure Dragon explained that Liu Feng had defeated the Huaxia traitor, offended Central Continent powers, and later left with every remaining Saint.
• Azure Dragon revealed that Liu Feng had left behind a formation, now held by the Luo Family, and suggested Yang Chen enter their once-in-ten-years prodigy tournament to reclaim it.
• Azure Dragon sent Yang Chen to train with Dragon One's squad, where the members demanded that newcomers fight for one of the ten rooms.
• Yang Chen challenged the burly fighter in the ninth room and slammed him into the ground despite the fighter's stronger Great Dao.
• The burly fighter attacked again, but Yang Chen used his Fourth Transformation to send him flying, then called for the squad member ranked eighth.

Yang Chen challenged the Azure Dragon Army’s ranked fighters, and Dragon One and Azure Dragon discussed why he needed to grow through dangerous battles. He defeated eighth-ranked Nie Rong with his Demonic Dragon power, leaving the gathered powerhouses stunned.

• Azure Dragon told Dragon One that geniuses grew through danger and expected him to let Yang Chen face the squad’s challenges.
• Nie Rong stepped forward as the eighth-ranked fighter and attacked Yang Chen with a powerful punch.
• Yang Chen summoned his sword and unleashed snowflake Sword Qi, cracking Nie Rong’s golden armor.
• Nie Rong declared he would fight seriously, and Yang Chen covered himself in Demonic Dragon power before discarding his sword.
• Yang Chen struck Nie Rong in the chest with a massive fist and sent him crashing to the ground.

Yang Chen defeated Nie Rong and challenged seventh-ranked Yu Liang, a sword cultivator whose Great Dao had reached ten thousand li. Their Sword Souls stirred as they prepared to fight, and the chapter ended with Yu Liang revealed as a Half-Step Immortal King.

• Immortal King powerhouses recognized Yang Chen's ability to defeat Nie Rong despite having only seven thousand li of Great Dao power.
• Nie Rong admitted defeat and returned to his place to recover.
• Yang Chen challenged seventh place, and Yu Liang stepped forward with a blood-red sword and a Sword Soul.
• Yang Chen answered with his own Sword Soul, while Azure Dragon recalled White Tiger and vowed to revive his companions.
• Yu Liang revealed a ten-thousand-li Great Dao and his Half-Step Immortal King status, and Yang Chen introduced himself before their duel.

Yang Chen fought Yu Liang, a half-step Immortal King and Genius Rankings contender, in the arena. Yang Chen stopped Yu Liang with his Heavenly Evolution Sword, and Yu Liang conceded, leaving the onlookers convinced that Yang Chen could become an invincible Golden Immortal.

• The onlookers discussed Yang Chen’s chances against Yu Liang, while Old Six hoped Yang Chen would win so he could beat him up later.
• Yu Liang attacked Yang Chen with his Blood God Sword Art as Yang Chen used his speed and Reincarnation Sword Qi to counter him.
• Yang Chen sent out his Heavenly Evolution Sword, which tore through Yu Liang’s defenses and halted just before his neck.
• Yu Liang conceded, and the spectators acknowledged Yang Chen’s strength.

Yang Chen defeated Yu Liang and learned how to challenge the Genius Rankings, but he declined Old Six’s desperate invitation to fight. He returned to his room, leaving Old Six’s plan to beat him before he reached the Immortal King realm in doubt.

• Yang Chen defeated Yu Liang, who explained that the World Commerce Association managed the Genius Rankings and invited him to challenge for a ranking.
• Old Six eagerly waited for Yang Chen to challenge him, hoping to use his Immortal King cultivation to beat Yang Chen.
• Yang Chen told Old Six he knew he could not win and went to his room to rest.
• The other Immortal King experts left, while Old Six worried that Yang Chen might advance to Immortal King without challenging him again.
• Old Six vanished in frustration, and the remaining roomless experts wondered whether he had a mental problem.

Yang Chen trained overnight in the squad’s quarters and gained thirty li of Great Dao power. The next morning, Dragon One punished the entire team for Yang Chen’s lateness, then canceled their mission so the newcomers could get in sync.

• Yang Chen used the dense Great Dao power in his room to cultivate through the night.
• Yang Chen gained thirty li of Great Dao power before Dragon One summoned everyone to assemble.
• Dragon One declared that the squad would endure his pressure for three incense sticks because Yang Chen was three seconds late.
• Yang Chen tried to resist Dragon One’s Azure Dragon pressure with the Demonic Dragon Essence, but Dragon One shattered the phantom and forbade external forces.
• Dragon One reminded the squad that one person’s mistake would bring punishment on everyone, and Yang Chen apologized to the team.
• Dragon One canceled the day’s mission so the newcomers could synchronize with the squad.

Yang Chen and First Squad arrived in Shaking Light City to intercept a Holy Temple team carrying Nine-Death Resurrection Grass. Yang Chen challenged the Genius Rankings, reached sixth place by defeating the seventh-floor Immortal King phantom, and received a World Commerce Association reward before First Squad was summoned to assemble.

• Yu Liang explained Shaking Light City's position between the Azure Dragon Domain and the Holy Domain, while Dragon One sent Yang Chen and First Squad there to seize the Nine-Death Resurrection Grass.
• Long San repelled a Holy Temple phantom at Shaking Light City and ordered First Squad to intercept the Holy Temple team without letting them escape alive.
• Yang Chen went to the World Commerce Association branch and entered the Genius Tower after learning that Azure Dragon Army members could challenge for free.
• Yang Chen cleared the first six floors, appeared in eleventh place on the Genius Rankings, then defeated the seventh-floor early-stage Immortal King phantom and rose to sixth place.
• Yang Chen left the tower, accepted a reward from the World Commerce Association, and received a message ordering First Squad to assemble because the Holy Temple team had been located.

Yang Chen intercepted a Holy Temple Immortal King carrying the Nine Death Resurrection Grass while Chen Hao went to assist the First Squad. The battle began with Yang Chen unleashing the Primordial Demon Dragon, leaving the middle-aged man stunned.

• Yang Chen received the mission to stop the Holy Temple team seeking to deliver the Nine Death Resurrection Grass to the Holy Domain.
• Chen Hao brought Yang Chen to a forest near Shaking Light City and left to investigate an Immortal Venerable aura, telling Yang Chen to stop anyone passing by.
• Yang Chen took position on the route to the Holy Domain and used his Great Dao Power to prepare for an encounter.
• A battle-worn Holy Temple middle-aged man carrying the Nine Death Resurrection Grass spotted Yang Chen and attacked him with Wind Rule.
• Yang Chen countered with the Yin-Yang Wheel and Reincarnation Sword Qi, then summoned the Primordial Demon Dragon, whose roar shattered nearby ancient trees.

Yang Chen fought an early-stage Immortal King, using the Primordial Demon Dragon’s sonic pressure and Heavenly Evolution Sword Qi to wound him. When the opponent attacked with a rule-powered axe, Yang Chen summoned a late-stage Immortal King who killed him, earning Yang Chen one hundred slaughter points.

• Yang Chen used the Primordial Demon Dragon’s sonic pressure to freeze the middle-aged Immortal King, then struck him with a Heavenly Evolution Sword that corroded his chest.
• The middle-aged man used the power of rules to expel the sword energy and realized Yang Chen might be on the Genius Rankings.
• The middle-aged man summoned a green axe and charged Yang Chen, boasting that Yang Chen’s mistake was not calling for help.
• Yang Chen revealed a black-robed late-stage Immortal King, who formed a law-powered black-and-white disc and killed the middle-aged man.
• The system awarded Yang Chen one hundred slaughter points for killing an Immortal King.

Yang Chen survived the soul attack from the Space Ring and spent his slaughter points to raise his cultivation to the Golden Immortal limit. Meanwhile, the Holy Temple learned the Nine Death Resurrection Grass had been taken and sent Immortal Emperors to confront Long San, while Chen Hao continued fighting in the forest.

• Yang Chen's Divine Soul Power was attacked when he tried to inspect the Space Ring, but the Black Hole Pearl helped him withstand it.
• The Holy Temple's Old Ancestor learned that someone from the Azure Dragon Army had taken the Nine Death Resurrection Grass and ordered its retrieval.
• Four Holy Temple Immortal Emperors confronted Long San at Shaking Light City and demanded the grass, but Long San blocked their attack with his Azure Dragon phantom.
• Long San sent a message to Boss and prepared to fight the Holy Temple Immortal Emperors.
• Chen Hao killed an Immortal King and wondered whether their group had been discovered, then laughed it off.
• Yang Chen used his one hundred Slaughter Points to advance the Devouring Great Dao to 9,999 li, the Golden Immortal limit.

After reaching the limit of the Golden Immortal realm, Yang Chen watched the Azure Dragon Army battle four Holy Domain Immortal Emperors over the Nine-Deaths Soul-Returning Grass. The Azure Dragon let Yang Chen keep the grass, but the system reclaimed it and promised a method for advancing to Immortal King.

• Yang Chen reached the limit of the Golden Immortal realm, and his Dao Protector advanced to peak Immortal King cultivation.
• Long San fought a Holy Temple Immortal Emperor, while Dragon One and Dragon Two arrived to stop the other three Immortal Emperors from joining the attack.
• The Azure Dragon appeared beside Yang Chen and asked whether he had the Nine-Deaths Soul-Reviving Grass; the system ordered Yang Chen to recover it and threatened to erase him if he refused.
• Yang Chen admitted nothing, and the Azure Dragon let him keep the grass after recalling Liu Feng's similar demands.
• Yang Chen ordered the system to reclaim the grass, and it vanished from his ring as the system declared the mission complete.