Chapter Summaries

Yang Chen emerged from the battle with the Blood God Rule and set out to gather Slaughter Points to repair the Protector. After killing a monster, he overheard two men discussing Blood Spirit Child’s death and the Azure Dragon Army’s troubles.

• Yang Chen checked his strength and chose to save his Slaughter Points for repairing the damaged Protector rather than obtaining another Rule Power.
• Yang Chen left the ruins and killed a mid-stage Immortal King monster with his sword qi.
• Yang Chen absorbed the monster’s life core, gained 100 Slaughter Points, and increased the Devouring Great Dao to nineteen thousand li.
• Yang Chen hid after hearing two young men discuss Blood Spirit Child’s death and the Blood Soul Sect’s possible response.
• Yang Chen decided to capture the men and question them about how news of Blood Spirit Child’s death had spread so quickly.

Yang Chen encountered two cultivators from the Holy Domain in the Gods and Devils Battlefield and learned that the Blood Soul Sect had sent powerful fighters to hunt him. He killed the brothers, blaming their Holy Domain allegiance, and gained Slaughter Points.

• Li Qingfeng and Li Qingtian found traces of Yang Chen's recent battle, and Li Qingfeng attacked him with Ice Law.
• Yang Chen melted Li Qingfeng's frost with flames, revealed himself, and demanded to know who the brothers were.
• Li Qingfeng identified himself and Li Qingtian as disciples of the War God Hall in the Holy Domain, then told Yang Chen that the Blood Soul Sect had sent Immortal Kings and Immortal Venerables to kill him.
• Yang Chen learned that Blood Spirit Child had died and that his own name had replaced him on the Monster Prodigy Rankings.
• Yang Chen killed Li Qingfeng and Li Qingtian with a sword radiance because they were from the Holy Domain, earning 110 Slaughter Points.

Yang Chen absorbed Li Qingfeng’s Rule of Ice and hunted Immortal King-level kui to gather Killing Points, while the Blood Soul Sect prepared to pursue him outside the Gods and Devils Battlefield. With allies delaying the sect for three days, Yang Chen began repairing the Protector and preparing to advance to the Immortal King realm.

• Yang Chen extracted the Rule of Ice from Li Qingfeng’s corpse, bringing his total to seven strands of Rule Power, then burned both corpses.
• Yang Chen chose to repair the damaged Protector and searched the Gods and Devils Battlefield for Immortal King-level kui.
• The Blood Soul Sect sent Immortal Kings and three Immortal Venerables to hunt Yang Chen, but Wang Chi confronted them and Gongsun Sheng arrived to challenge Wang Chi.
• The Wine Sword Immortal appeared and agreed to hold the Blood Soul Sect back for three days, preventing them from entering the battlefield to pursue Yang Chen.
• Yang Chen killed an Immortal King realm kui, spent 1,000 Killing Points to repair the Protector, and began devouring a Life Core to prepare for his Immortal King breakthrough.

Yang Chen entered the depths of the Gods and Devils Battlefield to prepare for the Blood Soul Sect’s pursuit, while Chen Hao and his companions searched for him during the three days bought by the Wine Sword Immortal. In the forest, Yang Chen was attacked by a swarm of powerful Kui Vines.

• Yang Chen spent forty slaughter points to strengthen his physical body, then flew toward the depths of the Gods and Devils Battlefield rather than flee from the Blood Soul Sect.
• Chen Hao learned that Yang Chen had killed Blood Spirit Child and resolved to find him within three days, before the Blood Soul Sect could reach him.
• Chen Hao and his companions set out to search for Yang Chen, with Chen Hao wondering about Yang Chen’s connection to the World Commerce Association and the Wine Sword Immortal.
• Yang Chen entered the battlefield’s dangerous depths on foot, where gods-and-devils power filled the air and Immortal Venerable and Immortal Emperor fiends could be found.
• Yang Chen shattered a red vine, but a swarm of vines attacked him; he recognized them as Kui Vines, which Chen Hao had warned him not to provoke.

Yang Chen escaped a swarm of Kui Vines by using the Rule of Fire, but was then attacked by a red Kui at the Immortal Venerable realm. The Kui restrained Yang Chen and pursued him after he resisted, leaving him in danger.

• Yang Chen used the demonic dragon’s pressure and the Rule of Fire to disrupt and burn the Kui Vines, then fled as they regenerated and pursued him.
• Yang Chen outran the vines until they finally stopped attacking, but a sudden strike forced him to dodge and revealed a red Kui.
• The red Kui recognized Yang Chen as a Golden Immortal and attacked him, while Yang Chen used the Rule of Strength to resist its crushing pressure.
• The Immortal Venerable-realm Kui rushed after Yang Chen, intent on capturing and studying him.

Fleeing an Immortal Venerable realm Kui, Yang Chen hid in a mountain cave and found a crimson longsword that pulled his consciousness into a vision of a sword-bearing figure fighting the black creatures he had seen at Hidden Sword Peak. The chapter ended as the figure’s sword split heaven and earth.

• Yang Chen fled from the pursuing Immortal Venerable realm Kui and entered a cave to escape.
• Yang Chen concealed his aura at a fork in the cave while the Kui hesitated and then left.
• Yang Chen followed a faint light to a ruined hall and found a crimson longsword resting on a stone throne.
• The longsword’s killing intent drew Yang Chen’s consciousness into a crimson world where black creatures attacked terrifying figures.
• A figure wielding a red sword shadow unleashed a sword light that cleaved heaven and earth.

Yang Chen acquired the Saint-Slaying Sword, a Saint-rank weapon, and learned its skill, Blood Rebuke, before escaping the collapsing mountain. Outside the Gods and Devils Battlefield, a white-haired young man appeared and offered to keep the Wine Sword Immortal company, as the Immortal Venerable powerhouse prepared to enter.

• Yang Chen grasped the crimson sword, resisted its killing intent with help from the Human Emperor Palace and Black Hole Pearl, and pulled it from the stone chair.
• Yang Chen used the Saint-Slaying Sword to blast open the ceiling, escaped the collapsing mountain, and found that Kui had disappeared.
• Yang Chen checked the system inventory and learned the sword was a Saint-level powerhouse's personal weapon and that he had obtained the skill Blood Rebuke.
• The Wine Sword Immortal delayed the Blood Soul Sect's Immortal Venerable powerhouse after the three-day wait ended.
• A white-haired young man emerged from the void and offered to drink with the Wine Sword Immortal, who released powerful Sword Qi as the Immortal Venerable watched in alarm.

Yang Chen strengthened his Devouring Great Dao and gained the Rule of Darkness while hunting Immortal King Kui in the Gods and Devils Battlefield. He then found Chen Hao being chased by a Blood Soul Sect Immortal Venerable, and Chen Hao urged him to run.

• Mo Wuhen confronted Wine Sword Immortal outside the battlefield, while Blood Soul Sect experts slipped past them toward the Gods and Devils Battlefield.
• Yang Chen killed a late-stage Immortal King Kui, collected its life core, and received 100 Slaughter Points.
• Yang Chen exchanged Slaughter Points for the Rule of Darkness, bringing his total to nine strands of rule power and leaving him one short of advancing to the Immortal King realm.
• Yang Chen heard a commotion, concealed his aura, and flew toward it.
• Yang Chen found Chen Hao being pursued by an early-stage Immortal Venerable wearing the Blood Soul Sect's crimson-blood insignia, and Chen Hao shouted for him to run.

Chen Hao tried to protect Yang Chen from a Blood Soul Sect Immortal Venerable, but Yang Chen summoned the Protector, who killed the enemy. Chen Hao thanked the Protector as a senior and urged Yang Chen to do the same, unaware that the Protector belonged to Yang Chen.

• Chen Hao warned Yang Chen to flee and used the Heavenly Thunder Curse against the Blood Soul Sect Immortal Venerable, but his lightning failed to harm the enemy.
• Yang Chen stepped in front of Chen Hao, shattered the Blood Soul Sect Immortal Venerable's blood dragon, and admitted there was still a gap between their strength.
• The Blood Soul Sect Immortal Venerable sent more blood dragons at Yang Chen and Chen Hao, so Yang Chen summoned the Protector.
• The Protector destroyed the blood dragons and killed the Blood Soul Sect Immortal Venerable with a nine-law attack and the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword.
• Chen Hao bowed to the Protector and told Yang Chen to thank the senior, leaving Yang Chen awkwardly realizing that Chen Hao did not know the Protector was his Guardian.

Yang Chen reunited with Chen Hao, who warned him that the Blood Soul Sect was hunting him and had become separated from Old Six and the others. Before setting out to find them, Yang Chen exchanged for the Wood Law and advanced to the early Immortal King stage, leaving Chen Hao stunned.

• Chen Hao told Yang Chen that the Blood Soul Sect’s experts were searching for him after he killed Blood Spirit Child.
• Chen Hao explained that he and Old Six’s group had split up while escaping the Blood Soul Sect, and worried that Old Six was being pursued.
• Yang Chen thanked Chen Hao for risking himself to warn him and decided to find Old Six and the others.
• Yang Chen exchanged for the Wood Law, causing his Great Dao to appear across more than twenty thousand li.
• Yang Chen’s laws combined into the Devouring Law, and he advanced from the limit of Golden Immortal to the early Immortal King stage.

After advancing to Immortal King, Yang Chen headed to rescue Sixth and the others from the Blood Soul Sect. As two Immortal King experts attacked the cornered Azure Dragon Army fighters, Yang Chen suddenly appeared to stop them.

• Yang Chen advanced to Immortal King, summoned the Dao Protector, and learned that it had reached early-stage Immortal Venerable.
• Yang Chen flew toward the Gods and Devils Battlefield to help Sixth and the others.
• Sixth, Zhu Chenglong, Yu Liang, and Ye Shou stopped fleeing and prepared to fight the pursuing Blood Soul Sect experts.
• The Blood Soul Sect's peak Immortal King attacked Ye Shou's group, injuring them further and ordering two Immortal King experts to kill them.
• Yang Chen appeared just as the two attackers charged, declaring that they would not be killing anyone.

Yang Chen arrived in time to save Ye Shou and the others, then fought the Blood Soul Sect's Immortal King experts. After two Immortal Venerables joined the battle, Yang Chen summoned his protector to even the odds.

• Yang Chen appeared between Ye Shou's group and the Blood Soul Sect, reassuring his allies and facing the sect's six Immortal King experts.
• Yang Chen killed one Immortal King with Yin-Yang, then killed another and severed the middle-aged man's arm with Reincarnation Sword Qi.
• Two Immortal Venerables arrived, but Yang Chen killed the middle-aged man before turning to fight them.
• The Immortal Venerables' attacks engulfed Yang Chen in flames, while one of them badly wounded Sixth Brother as he charged to help.
• Yang Chen emerged unharmed and summoned his early-stage Immortal Venerable protector, declaring the fight fairer.

Yang Chen and his Dao Protector defeated the Blood Soul Sect’s experts on the Gods and Devils Battlefield, with Yang Chen using the Saint-Slaying Sword to slay two Immortal Venerables. The battle ended with the Dao Protector killing the remaining Immortal Kings while a mysterious ancient presence stirred deep within the battlefield.

• Yang Chen appeared beside the First Squad and sent his Dao Protector to fight the Blood Soul Sect’s mid-stage Immortal Venerable.
• Yang Chen summoned the Saint-Slaying Sword, awakening a terrifying aura deep in the Gods and Devils Battlefield and drawing its inhabitants toward the depths.
• Yang Chen used Blood Rebuke to slay the Blood Soul Sect’s early-stage Immortal Venerable, then spent Slaughter Points to recover from the backlash.
• Yang Chen appeared beside the mid-stage Immortal Venerable and killed him with another Blood Rebuke strike.
• Yang Chen’s Dao Protector killed the three remaining Immortal King experts, and the system awarded Yang Chen Slaughter Points.

Yang Chen set out toward a mysterious crimson pillar in the Gods and Devils Battlefield after the Saint-Slaying Sword reacted to it. The pillar was identified as the Gods and Devils Ruins, drawing powerful cultivators toward its depths.

• Yang Chen reunited with Old Six, Ye Shou, Yu Liang, and Zhu Chenglong after killing two Immortal Venerable experts, and Old Six tried to challenge him before getting beaten.
• Yang Chen sensed a connection between himself, the Saint-Slaying Sword, and the crimson pillar, then flew toward it while the others stayed behind.
• Gongsun Sheng and Wang Chi stopped fighting when they saw the pillar and recognized its aura as the Gods and Devils Ruins.
• The Wine Sword Immortal defeated Mo Wuhen and headed toward the ruins, while another powerful figure told Mo Wuhen to stay behind and revealed an Immortal Emperor-level aura.

Dragon One arrived to protect Wang Chi and overpowered Mo Wuhen and Gongsun Sheng, forcing Holy Light and Xu An to intervene. Just as Dragon One seized both prodigies, an unidentified Half-Saint attacked, making him retreat with Wang Chi.

• Dragon One appeared behind Wang Chi, then used his aura to suppress Mo Wuhen and Gongsun Sheng and knocked the Holy Temple's Immortal Emperor expert away.
• Dragon One forced Mo Wuhen to kneel, slapped him, and threatened to gouge out his eyes while Wang Chi taunted the helpless Gongsun Sheng.
• Holy Light arrived and demanded Mo Wuhen's release, then Xu An joined him and attacked Dragon One.
• Dragon One countered their attacks, seized Mo Wuhen and Gongsun Sheng by the neck, and accused the Holy Temple and Mystic Heaven Sect of targeting Yang Chen.
• An unknown Half-Saint struck at Dragon One, who released the two prodigies, grabbed Wang Chi, and retreated.

Azure Dragon stopped the Immortal Emperor experts from entering the Gods and Devils Ruins and set limits for the expedition as the ruins opened. Yang Chen reached the gateway and encountered the Wine Sword Immortal, who recognized him for defeating Blood Spirit Child.

• A Half-Saint from the Holy Temple struck Dragon One, but Azure Dragon appeared and easily deflected the old man's attack.
• When the Gods and Devils Ruins opened, Azure Dragon barred Immortal Emperor experts from the expedition and secured agreement from the Holy Temple, the Mystic Heaven Sect, and the World Commerce Association to send two people each.
• Wang Chi, Mo Wuhen, and Gongsun Sheng flew into the Gods and Devils Battlefield while Yang Chen headed toward the crimson pillar of light.
• Yang Chen reached the gateway guarded by a terrifying Immortal Emperor-realm Kui, and the Saint-Slaying Sword trembled in response to the aura within.
• The Wine Sword Immortal arrived, recognized Yang Chen as the one who had defeated Blood Spirit Child, and offered him a drink.

Yang Chen received a precious wine gourd from the Wine Sword Immortal, then was attacked by Mo Wuhen, who targeted him for belonging to the Azure Dragon Army. The Wine Sword Immortal stopped Mo Wuhen from killing Yang Chen, and after learning his name, Yang Chen vowed that Mo Wuhen was dead.

• Yang Chen tasted the Wine Sword Immortal’s wine, felt it strengthen his Rule Power, and accepted the gourd as a gift meant to thank Luo.
• Mo Wuhen arrived, identified Yang Chen, and struck him with Sword Qi that injured him until the system repaired the damage.
• Mo Wuhen said Yang Chen had to die because he belonged to the Azure Dragon Army, then attacked his eyes.
• The Wine Sword Immortal stopped Mo Wuhen’s attack and declared that Mo Wuhen could not harm Yang Chen while he was under his protection.
• Mo Wuhen gave his name and left through the gateway, while Yang Chen vowed that he was dead.

Yang Chen learned that Mo Wuhen was first on the Monster Prodigy Rankings, then used the system to strengthen his cultivation before entering the Gods and Devils Ruins. He left with Wang Chi and Wine Sword Immortal, whose shock at his rapid progress made Wine Sword Immortal wonder if Yang Chen could surpass Mo Wuhen.

• Wine Sword Immortal told Yang Chen that Mo Wuhen ranked first on the Monster Prodigy Rankings, and explained that the Kui worshipped the gods and devils and would not attack during the ruins' opening.
• Gongsun Sheng entered the Gods and Devils Ruins, while Wang Chi joined Yang Chen and heard how Yang Chen had provoked Mo Wuhen.
• Yang Chen asked his system to exchange killing points for five strands of the power of rules, strengthening his Devouring Great Dao and raising his combat power.
• Yang Chen headed into the ruins with Wang Chi and Wine Sword Immortal, who wondered whether Yang Chen could take Mo Wuhen's top ranking.

Yang Chen entered a mountain-filled ruin and fought its skeletal guardians, earning Slaughter Points that he exchanged for Powers of Rules. He continued toward the tallest peak after defeating an early Immortal Venerable skeleton, with the Saint-Slaying Sword still guiding him.

• Wine Sword Immortal sent Yang Chen through the gateway, where the Saint-Slaying Sword pointed him toward the tallest mountain.
• Yang Chen released his Immortal King aura and drew a host of silver-armored skeletons that attacked him.
• Yang Chen slew the skeletons with the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword, gained Slaughter Points, and exchanged them for three Powers of Rules.
• Yang Chen flew toward the mountain but found that he could not seem to get closer, and the Saint-Slaying Sword confirmed its direction was correct.
• An early Immortal Venerable skeleton burst from the ground and attacked Yang Chen, who decapitated it with Blood Rebuke and exchanged his Slaughter Points for another Power of Rules.

Yang Chen climbed the mountain to bring the Saint-Slaying Sword to its summit, enduring Thunder that strengthened him while tearing his body apart. After recovering, he forced his way through the sea of lightning and emerged into a new area, with what awaited him still unknown.

• Yang Chen slaughtered skeleton men on his way to the mountain and gained thirty strands of the power of rules.
• The Saint-Slaying Sword spoke to Yang Chen and urged him to reach the summit.
• Yang Chen climbed through the Thunder, discovering it strengthened his Great Dao and rules as it damaged his body.
• Yang Chen repaired himself with the Heaven-Devouring Art and Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body while continuing up the mountain.
• Yang Chen rested, then charged into the sea of lightning, using the Saint-Slaying Sword to cut a passage through the clouds.
• Yang Chen endured the Thunder until it faded and a new sight appeared before him.