Chapter Summaries

Yang Chen learned that advancing to Immortal King required devouring the laws of ten Immortal Kings, while Azure Dragon’s forces battled the Holy Temple in the Holy Domain. A Half-Saint Patriarch entered the conflict, and Azure Dragon appeared to face him.

• Yang Chen saw that he needed to devour ten Immortal Kings’ laws to advance, then watched the battle in the Holy Domain from outside Shaking Light City.
• Dragon One, Dragon Two, and Long San continued to overpower the Holy Temple’s Immortal Emperor experts, while their attacks devastated parts of the Holy Domain.
• A terrifying aura spread through the Holy Domain, and the Holy Temple’s Half-Saint Patriarch appeared, prompting the combatants to regroup.
• Yang Chen feared no one in the Azure Dragon Domain could oppose a Half-Saint, while Elder Wang took comfort in the World Commerce Association’s own Half-Saint expert.
• The Patriarch demanded to know where Azure Dragon was, and Azure Dragon appeared before him as everyone wondered whether the invincible Immortal Emperor could match a Half-Saint.

Azure Dragon revealed that he was a Half-Saint and fought the Holy Temple’s Half-Saint in the Holy Domain, where their battle devastated the land and killed countless people. The Holy Domain’s Half-Saint offered a truce in exchange for the Nine Death Resurrection Grass, but Azure Dragon refused, and the fight resumed.

• Azure Dragon arrived, rebuked Long One and the other two for failing to kill an Immortal Emperor, and sent them back to Shaking Light City.
• Azure Dragon accepted the Holy Temple Half-Saint’s challenge and revealed his own Half-Saint power and Dharma Form.
• Azure Dragon and the Holy Temple Half-Saint exchanged attacks that tore through the Holy Domain and killed countless cultivators.
• The Holy Temple Half-Saint offered to leave the Azure Dragon Domain alone for a thousand years if Azure Dragon surrendered the Nine Death Resurrection Grass.
• Azure Dragon said he was tempted but refused, enraging the Holy Temple Half-Saint and restarting their battle.

Azure Dragon revealed his Half-Saint strength, killed one of the Holy Temple's Immortal Emperors, and returned to Shaking Light City with the Azure Dragon Domain temporarily ascendant. Yang Chen rejoined First Squad, received a fire Rule Stone, and learned that the squad would inspect its members' cultivation again in a month.

• The Holy Temple Half-Saint attacked Azure Dragon over the Nine Death Resurrection Grass, but Azure Dragon said he had already used it and held his ground until the Half-Saint withdrew.
• Azure Dragon attacked the four Immortal Emperors in the Holy Domain, killing one and severely injuring the other three before returning to Shaking Light City.
• Dragon One suggested moving the Azure Dragon Army against the Holy Temple, but Azure Dragon said the Holy Temple and Profound Domain would not dare join forces.
• Yang Chen rejoined First Squad and claimed he had handed the Nine Death Resurrection Grass to Azure Dragon, then admitted that his cultivation had broken through.
• Yang Chen opened Elder Wang's Space Ring and found a fire Rule Stone, which Yu Liang explained could help a Golden Immortal comprehend rules.
• Dragon One announced that First Squad members would face another cultivation inspection in a month, while Chen Hao said he might soon leave the squad to become a captain.

After devouring a strand of wind-attribute rule power, Yang Chen headed to Azure Dragon City to challenge the Genius Tower and pursue the Genius Rankings’ top three. At the World Commerce Association, he learned the tower was occupied, and his Azure Dragon Army badge prompted the attendant to offer to remove its current challenger.

• Yang Chen exchanged his fire-attribute Rule Stone for Yu Liang's wind-attribute Rule Stone and devoured a strand of wind-attribute rule power.
• Yang Chen decided to challenge the Genius Tower in Azure Dragon City for a chance at the top three rewards.
• Yang Chen arrived at Azure Dragon Hall, where guards greeted him as a two-star elite member of the Azure Dragon Army.
• Yang Chen went to the World Commerce Association and learned the Genius Tower was in use.
• Yang Chen released a faint aura at the attendant, who recognized his Azure Dragon Army badge and offered to kick the current challenger out.

Yang Chen arrived at the World Commerce Association while a Zhang Family disciple was challenging the Genius Tower. After the disciple was thrown out, he threatened Yang Chen and the association with his father Zhang Erhe, leaving Yang Chen to continue inside.

• Yang Chen asked whether someone was challenging the Genius Rankings, and the World Commerce Association's manager explained that a Golden Immortal Zhang Family disciple had paid ten thousand Great Dao Pills to enter the Genius Tower.
• The manager went inside and had the disciple removed before he could continue challenging the tower.
• The Zhang Family disciple protested that the association had interrupted him and demanded compensation, while the manager offered him a free challenge next time.
• Yang Chen continued deeper into the association as the disciple threatened him and the manager, repeatedly declaring that his father was Zhang Erhe.

Yang Chen challenged the Genius Tower at the World Commerce Association and quickly cleared its first six floors. He defeated the seventh-floor mid-stage Immortal King phantom, leaving the middle-aged man astonished at his progress.

• Yang Chen entered the World Commerce Association's Genius Tower after the middle-aged man recognized his sixth-place ranking on the Genius Rankings.
• Yang Chen swiftly cleared the first five floors and defeated the early Immortal King phantom on the sixth floor with his Yin-Yang Wheel and Rule of Wind.
• Yang Chen reached the seventh floor, where a mid-stage Immortal King phantom attacked him with the Rule of Fire.
• Yang Chen combined his sword soul, Rule of Wind, and Heavenly Evolution Sword to break through the phantom's flames and destroy it.
• The seventh floor lit up, and the middle-aged man stared in shock as Yang Chen cleared it.

Yang Chen reached the eighth floor of the Genius Tower but failed to defeat its late Immortal King phantom, placing fourth on the Genius Rankings. After he left the tower, an angry clan head confronted him over interrupting his son's challenge, and Yang Chen asked whether the man's father was Zhang Erhe.

• The middle-aged man was stunned when Yang Chen cleared the seventh floor, unaware that Yang Chen had secretly grasped the power of laws.
• Yang Chen fought the late Immortal King phantom on the eighth floor using his Devouring Great Dao, sword techniques, Rule of Wind, and demon dragon transformation, but the phantom's flames defeated him.
• Yang Chen returned to reality and discovered that he had risen to fourth place on the Genius Rankings, though he complained that he had missed the top-three reward.
• A bearded clan head arrived demanding to know who had interrupted his son's Genius Tower challenge, and the middle-aged man urged Yang Chen to rely on his Azure Dragon Army identity.
• Yang Chen went outside to face the clan head, saw the young man behind him, and asked whether the clan head's father was Zhang Erhe.

Zhang Erhe confronted Chu Yuntian and Yang Chen after Zhang Yun was removed from the Genius Tower attempt, then threatened Yang Chen. Yang Chen picked up a badge bearing the Azure Dragon emblem and two glowing stars, leaving Zhang Erhe to recognize what it represented.

• Zhang Erhe mistook Yang Chen for an illegitimate son and asked about his mother before learning Yang Chen had interrupted Zhang Yun's Genius Tower attempt.
• Chu Yuntian told Zhang Erhe that the World Commerce Association would return the ten thousand Great Dao Pills because Zhang Yun's performance made the attempt a waste.
• Zhang Erhe threatened to cripple Yang Chen, who challenged the Zhang Family's tyranny in Azure Dragon City.
• Zhang Erhe unleashed his peak Immortal King aura, but Chu Yuntian warned him not to provoke the World Commerce Association.
• Yang Chen picked up a badge and showed Zhang Erhe its Azure Dragon emblem and two glowing stars.

Yang Chen revealed his Azure Dragon Army status and forced Zhang Erhe to choose between fighting him and risking the Zhang Family’s destruction or accepting a punch. Zhang Erhe agreed to take the hit without using power, and Yang Chen blasted him through a World Commerce Association counter.

• Zhang Erhe recognized Yang Chen’s two-star Azure Dragon Army badge and panicked over having offended him.
• Zhang Yun urged his father to kill Yang Chen, but Zhang Erhe slapped him and disowned him to avoid provoking Yang Chen further.
• Zhang Yun stormed off, accusing Zhang Erhe of betraying his mother, while Zhang Erhe apologized to Yang Chen and begged for mercy.
• Yang Chen challenged Zhang Erhe to hit him, then offered to let him go if he took one punch without using power.
• Zhang Erhe accepted Yang Chen’s terms, and Yang Chen struck him with a black-energy-covered fist, smashing his chest and sending him through a counter.

Yang Chen returned from Azure Dragon City ranked fourth on the Genius Rankings and began comprehending the laws of fire. After his squad invited him to train at the dangerous Gods and Devils Battlefield, he eagerly agreed.

• Yang Chen defeated Zhang Erhe at the World Commerce Association, destroying the counter, then left Chu Yuntian to collect payment.
• Yang Chen told Zhu Chenglong he had reached fourth place on the Genius Rankings, and Zhu Chenglong pointed out that he had surpassed most of their squad despite his low cultivation stage.
• Yang Chen cultivated for more than ten days and used the Heaven-Devouring Art to draw a faint trace of fire-law power into his Devouring Great Dao.
• Yu Liang invited Yang Chen to train at the Gods and Devils Battlefield, explaining that its treasures were guarded by Kuis ranging from Golden Immortal to Immortal Emperor strength.
• Yang Chen eagerly agreed to join the trip, wondering whether killing an Immortal King-level Kui would help him absorb law power.

Yang Chen and the First Squad entered the Gods and Devils Battlefield, where they learned how its violent energy and Kui worked. After discovering he could safely absorb the energy, Yang Chen set out alone to explore the battlefield.

• Yu Liang told Yang Chen that the entire squad was going to the Gods and Devils Battlefield to improve their cultivation and avoid being dismissed.
• The First Squad arrived and Chen Hao explained that the battlefield contained no Great Dao or laws, only the power of gods and devils.
• Yang Chen used the Heaven-Devouring Art to absorb that power, and the Black Hole Pearl transformed it into pure Great Dao power and laws.
• Chen Hao explained that ordinary cultivators risked cultivation deviation from absorbing the battlefield's energy and showed the squad how Kui life cores could replenish their energy.
• Chen Hao warned Yang Chen to flee from Kui at the Immortal King realm or higher, then told the squad to split up and regroup in one month.
• Yang Chen and the other squad members departed separately to explore the battlefield.

Yang Chen hunted Kui and Immortal King cultivators in the Gods and Devils Battlefield to gain slaughter points and rule power. After killing Wang Tianqi, Li Lillian, and Wang Tianchi, he turned to the trapped Kui to obtain another rule power.

• Yang Chen killed a Golden Immortal Kui, raised his Devouring Great Dao, and learned that the system awarded slaughter points for kills and sold rule power for five hundred points per strand.
• Yang Chen watched a peak Immortal King Dao Protector kill a mid-stage Immortal King Kui, then signed in for ten years of cultivation.
• Yang Chen followed three Mystic Heaven Sect disciples and saw Wang Tianqi and Li Lillian ambush Wang Tianchi after they had trapped a mid-stage Immortal King Kui.
• Yang Chen ordered the Dao Protector to kill Wang Tianqi and Li Lillian, then absorbed their Rule of Fire and Rule of Earth.
• Yang Chen killed the wounded Wang Tianchi for slaughter points, then had the Dao Protector kill the trapped Kui to obtain another rule power.

Yang Chen killed a mid-stage Immortal King Kui, absorbed its life core, and gained spatial law through the system’s unauthorized exchange. After strengthening his physical body, he searched the Gods and Devils Battlefield for a worthy opponent and found a late-stage Immortal King Kui.

• Yang Chen absorbed the slain Kui’s life core, expanding his Devouring Great Dao to twelve thousand miles.
• The system exchanged Yang Chen’s five hundred Kill Points for spatial law without his consent, and Yang Chen tested it by cracking open space.
• Yang Chen spent sixty Slaughter Points to strengthen his body, raising its power to that of a late-stage Golden Immortal.
• Yang Chen returned the guardian to his arm tattoo and searched the battlefield for a Kui to test his strength against.
• Yang Chen encountered a late-stage Immortal King Kui and recognized it as his next opponent.

Yang Chen battled a late Immortal King Kui on the Gods and Devils Battlefield, using his many laws and sword techniques to severely wound it but failing to kill it. He judged his strength to be invincible below the late Immortal King level, then summoned his Dao Protector and ordered it to attack.

• Yang Chen used the Demonic Dragon's pressure and Sword Soul-enhanced Reincarnation Sword Qi to wound the late Immortal King Kui.
• The Kui armored itself with gods-and-devils power and counterattacked, but Yang Chen drew on his twelve-thousand-mile Great Dao to withstand its pressure.
• Yang Chen combined the Rules of Wind, Fire, and Earth with the Yin-Yang Wheel to strike the Kui and pierce its body, exposing part of its life core.
• As the Kui began repairing its wounds, Yang Chen concluded that his offense exceeded the mid-stage Immortal King level but could not defeat a late-stage Immortal King Kui.
• Yang Chen stopped fighting, summoned his Dao Protector, and ordered, “Go, Pikachu!”

Yang Chen used the Protector to kill a late-stage Immortal King Kui and absorbed its life core and the surrounding power to strengthen himself. He reached the limit of the fourth turn of the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body, while his Devouring Great Dao continued to grow longer.

• Yang Chen let the peak Immortal King Protector confront Kui and learned that it copied his abilities while possessing a higher cultivation realm.
• The Protector used its Primordial Demon Dragon power and sword light to kill Kui, leaving behind its life core.
• Yang Chen absorbed law power from Kui's life core and spent the Slaughter Points he gained on strengthening his physical body.
• Yang Chen circulated the Heaven-Devouring Art, absorbing power and expanding his Devouring Great Dao from ten li to thirty li.
• Yang Chen reached the limit of the fourth turn of the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body and wondered why his Devouring Great Dao kept growing longer.

Yang Chen grew stronger while hunting kui in the Gods and Devils Battlefield, then found a Blood Soul Flower guarded by five Immortal King-realm kui. A hidden late-stage Immortal King was waiting nearby, and the flower bloomed as both men prepared to act.

• Yang Chen raised his Great Dao power to fourteen thousand li, reached the fifth physical transformation, and advanced his Sword Soul cultivation to the late stage.
• Yang Chen found a Blood Soul Flower in a valley and saw five Immortal King-realm kui guarding it.
• Yang Chen noticed a late-stage Immortal King hiding nearby, but the young man's instincts sensed that someone else was watching.
• Yang Chen considered using the Protector to hold off the young man while he fought the kui and took the flower.
• The Blood Soul Flower bloomed, releasing a bloody scent that sent the five kui into a frenzy.

Yang Chen and Blood Spirit Child both waited while five Kuis fought over the Blood Soul Flower, until Blood Spirit Child intervened and Yang Chen confronted him. Yang Chen killed the four surviving Kuis and collected their life cores, but Blood Spirit Child survived his attack and remained a dangerous opponent.

• Yang Chen hid while four early-stage Immortal King Kuis killed the mid-stage Kui, then fought among themselves over the Blood Soul Flower.
• Blood Spirit Child revealed his late-stage Immortal King strength and entered the valley, prompting Yang Chen to attack and demand the four remaining Kuis.
• Blood Spirit Child refused Yang Chen’s proposal and mocked him, so Yang Chen unleashed four kinds of rule power and his fourteen-thousand-li Devouring Great Dao.
• Yang Chen killed the four Kuis and collected their life cores for four hundred slaughter points, but Blood Spirit Child survived with only a wounded arm.

Yang Chen and the Dao Guardian fought Blood Spirit Child, whose Blood God Law and Blood Prison Seal pushed the battle to a devastating climax. After awakening the Law of Strength within his Demonic Dragon Essence, Yang Chen joined the Guardian in striking down Blood Spirit Child, then learned the Guardian had been badly injured.

• Blood Spirit Child unleashed his Blood God Law and fought the Dao Guardian while Yang Chen searched for a way to defeat him.
• Yang Chen sensed the sealed Demonic Dragon Essence within his body and awakened the Law of Strength.
• Blood Spirit Child summoned the Blood Prison Seal and launched a powerful attack as Yang Chen and the Guardian wielded matching Heavenly Evolution Swords.
• Yang Chen and the Guardian's combined sword attack pierced Blood Spirit Child and defeated him, earning Yang Chen one hundred Slaughter Points.
• The system reported that the Guardian was injured, and Yang Chen saw that one arm had been destroyed and his chest had been pierced.

Yang Chen absorbed Blood Spirit Child’s Blood God Rule and Blood Soul Flower, growing stronger after recognizing the danger posed by the Monster Prodigy Rankings’ elite. The rankings named him eighteenth, while the Blood Soul Sect learned its Holy Son had died and sent experts to hunt him.

• Yang Chen learned that repairing the severely injured Dao Protector would cost one thousand slaughter points, then set barriers and absorbed Blood Spirit Child’s Blood God Rule.
• Yang Chen endured the rule’s violent power and gained two more powers of rules, bringing his total to six.
• Yang Chen swallowed the Blood Soul Flower and began absorbing it while keeping the broken Dao Protector nearby.
• The Monster Prodigy Rankings changed to place Yang Chen eighteenth, replacing Blood Spirit Child, and observers in the Central Continent connected the change to Blood Spirit Child’s death.
• The Blood Soul Sect’s leader learned that its Holy Son had died, blamed Yang Chen, and ordered experts to go to the Gods and Devils Battlefield to kill him.

Azure Dragon chose not to openly intervene after Yang Chen entered the Monster Prodigy Rankings, instead sending Wang Chi to the Gods and Devils Battlefield while waiting to draw out his enemies. In the War Domain, Luo Qin persuaded Zhan Wushuang to help Yang Chen deal with the Blood Soul Sect.

• Dragon One told Azure Dragon that the Blood Soul Sect had made its move and urged the Azure Dragon Army to support Yang Chen.
• Azure Dragon refused to send the army, explaining that he wanted to lure out powerful enemies, and ordered Wang Chi to go to the Gods and Devils Battlefield.
• After Dragon One left, Azure Dragon looked toward the Gods and Devils Battlefield and said it was time to wait for the day he anticipated.
• Luo Qin asked Zhan Wushuang what he thought of Yang Chen, and he teased her about having feelings for him.
• Luo Qin asked Zhan Wushuang to help Yang Chen against the Blood Soul Sect, and he agreed to do it once.