Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xiaofan defeated ten Cold Moon Palace disciples in succession, including Tang Ming, whose ribs he shattered with a single punch. The Spirit Hall Master attacked Zhang Xiaofan, claiming he would discipline him on Yang Chen’s behalf.

• Zhang Xiaofan’s victories stunned the disciples and embarrassed the Heaven Hall Master and Spirit Hall Master.
• The Heaven Hall Master suggested sending Tang Ming to fight, and Tang Ming told the Spirit Hall Master he would pretend to be seriously injured.
• Tang Ming challenged Zhang Xiaofan, who struck him with the power of his Chaos Body and sent him flying from the arena.
• Zhang Xiaofan said he had not used his full strength as Tang Ming lay badly injured.
• The furious Spirit Hall Master charged at Zhang Xiaofan, declaring he would discipline him in Yang Chen’s stead.

Yang Chen took Su An out of the Human Hall to kill after hearing that his disciple had been bullied. He and Su An rescued Zhang Xiaofan from the Spirit Hall Master, and Yang Chen confronted the Spirit Hall Master as the conflict escalated.

• Yang Chen invited Su An to leave the Human Hall with him, saying they were going to kill.
• The Spirit Hall Master attacked Zhang Xiaofan after Zhang Xiaofan accidentally injured Tang Ming, but Zhang Xiaofan broke his palm strike with his Chaos Body.
• The Spirit Hall Master trapped Zhang Xiaofan with his Ice Bird Dharma Form and prepared to kill him.
• Yang Chen appeared and destroyed the Ice Bird, while Su An slew the Spirit Hall Master's attackers and went to check on Zhang Xiaofan.
• The Spirit Hall Master accused Yang Chen of condoning harm to fellow sect members and threatened to purge the sect, and Yang Chen challenged him to act.

Yang Chen overwhelmed the Spirit Hall Master and the Heaven Hall Master at Cold Moon Palace while demonstrating the Nine Heavens Sword Canon to Su An. The Master of Earth Hall halted the fight with a Great Tang Token, but Yang Chen revealed a Prince's Token of his own.

• Yang Chen unleashed his Five-Revolution Gods and Devils power, freezing the battlefield and summoning a sea dragon to attack the Spirit Hall Master.
• The Heaven Hall Master intervened with his python Dharma Form, but Yang Chen destroyed it and blasted him into the earth.
• Yang Chen demonstrated the first form of the Nine Heavens Sword Canon, Winds and Clouds Unpredictable, and prepared to strike the Heaven Hall Master.
• The Master of Earth Hall presented a Great Tang Token and explained that attacking its bearer would defy the royal family.
• Yang Chen challenged the Master of Earth Hall's authority and produced his own token, which the elder recognized as a Prince's Token.

Yang Chen revealed his Prince's Token, prompting Li Tianming to execute the Spirit Hall Master and let Yang Chen destroy the Heaven Hall Master. After Yang Chen left Cold Moon Palace in Li Tianming's control, Su An offered to help Zhang Xiaofan with his reluctance to harm others, while the Northern Suppression King learned of the token and planned to meet Yang Chen.

• Li Tianming recognized Yang Chen's Prince's Token, knelt, and declared his allegiance, while the Spirit Hall Master was killed for defying the prince.
• Yang Chen destroyed the Heaven Hall Master with his giant sword and ordered Li Tianming to take control of Cold Moon Palace.
• Yang Chen brought Zhang Xiaofan and Su An to the Human Hall's small world and scolded Zhang Xiaofan for not finishing off his enemies.
• Su An offered to help Zhang Xiaofan overcome his reluctance to harm others, then began explaining his idea.
• Li Tianming reported the Prince's Token to the Northern Suppression King, who planned to meet Yang Chen after handling matters in the imperial capital.

Yang Chen stopped Su An from encouraging Zhang Xiaofan to kill animals after seeing Zhang Xiaofan apologize to each corpse, then received a mission to accept a new disciple. He found Beigong Qing, a Saint Peak cultivator with the Phoenix Sacred Body, surrounded by powerful wolves on the Nine Heavens Icefield.

• Yang Chen caught Zhang Xiaofan killing small animals and kowtowing to their corpses, and learned Su An had told him to temper his mind.
• The system issued Yang Chen a one-day disciple-acceptance mission at the Nine Heavens Icefield, promising the Phoenix Nirvana Art and Sky Soaring Glide Slash.
• Yang Chen told Zhang Xiaofan not to follow Su An's harmful advice and announced that a new junior brother was coming.
• Yang Chen learned that the potential disciple was Beigong Qing, an eighteen-year-old from the North Palace Imperial Dynasty with a Phoenix Sacred Body.
• Yang Chen found Beigong Qing surrounded by third-turn Gods and Devils Realm wolves as flames blazed around her, and she wondered whether she would die there.

Yang Chen rescued Beigong Qing from giant wolves and demanded that she become his disciple. Beigong Qing rejected him and left, still unwilling to submit despite his knowledge of her past.

• Beigong Qing fought several third-revolution Gods and Devils giant wolves with her phoenix flames and prepared to undergo nirvana when she was badly wounded.
• Yang Chen recognized Beigong Qing as his third disciple and watched as she unleashed her Beigong Empress aura against the wolves.
• Yang Chen intervened, killed the giant wolves, and told Beigong Qing to put away her nirvana.
• Yang Chen revealed that he had come for Beigong Qing and ordered her to kneel and take him as her master.
• Beigong Qing refused, said she would repay the life debt later, and prepared to leave.

Yang Chen tried to force Beigong Qing to acknowledge him as her master, using the Demon-Suppressing Sacred Body to suppress her phoenix manifestation and block her Nirvana. When Beigong Qing began to kneel, the Heavenly Dao responded with a vast storm of lightning, leaving Yang Chen facing the consequences.

• Yang Chen restrained Beigong Qing and demanded that she acknowledge him as her master.
• Beigong Qing threatened to use Nirvana, but Yang Chen shattered her phoenix manifestation with the Four Seas Dragon-Seizing Hand and suppressed its power.
• Beigong Qing asked what she would gain by becoming his disciple, and Yang Chen promised she could have whatever she wanted, including his throne.
• Beigong Qing agreed to kneel if Yang Chen could bear it, then stirred the Heavenly Dao as she began to bow.
• Dark clouds and violent lightning gathered over the Nine Heavens Icefield, and Yang Chen reacted in alarm.

Yang Chen accepted Beigong Qing as his disciple and survived the Heavenly Dao’s punishment with the help of his newly empowered Guardian. He brought Beigong Qing to the Human Hall’s small world, where Zhang Xiaofan and Su An met their new junior sister.

• Yang Chen dismissed Beigong Qing’s warning about heavenly punishment, and she agreed to acknowledge him as her master if he could withstand it.
• Beigong Qing knelt to pay respects as master, and a thunder dragon swallowed Yang Chen.
• Yang Chen used three million slaughter points to break the Guardian’s shackles, raising him to the sixth-revolution Gods and Devils realm.
• The Guardian tore open the thunder dragon, and Yang Chen emerged unharmed before asking Beigong Qing whether she still planned to leave.
• Yang Chen brought Beigong Qing to the Human Hall’s small world, where she sensed its dense energy and potential for rapid cultivation.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Su An greeted Yang Chen, and he introduced Beigong Qing as their junior sister.

Yang Chen gave Beigong Qing powerful techniques suited to her Phoenix Sacred Body, then resumed cultivating after completing a mission. In Great Tang, a prince sent Shadow One to find the holder of the Prince's Token and hoped to learn news of his missing elder brother.

• Yang Chen passed Beigong Qing the Phoenix Nirvana Art and Sky Soaring Glide Slash, then left her with Zhang Xiaofan and Su An.
• Beigong Qing asked about Yang Chen's realm, and Su An explained that his strength had changed mysteriously over time.
• Yang Chen returned to his room, checked in with the system, and received ten years of cultivation.
• In the Great Tang imperial palace, a prince ordered Shadow One to find the person with the Prince's Token at Cold Moon Palace.
• The prince told Shadow One to treat the token's holder respectfully in case he had been sent by the prince's missing elder brother.
• After Shadow One departed, the prince worried that Xuan'er might fail to control the Iron Law before Great Tang's enemies acted.

Yang Chen advanced to the sixth-turn Gods and Devils realm after signing in, while Shadow One arrived near the Human Hall to investigate him on the Northern Suppressing King’s orders. Shadow One dismissed warnings about Yang Chen and the array protecting the Human Hall, leaving his challenge unresolved.

• Yang Chen learned that his Dao Protector had reached the sixth-turn Gods and Devils realm and told him to hide in the Human Hall minor world.
• Yang Chen signed in and received ten years of cultivation, advancing from the fifth-turn to the sixth-turn Gods and Devils realm.
• Shadow One met Li Tianming and verified the Northern Suppressing King’s instructions through a jade slip projection.
• Li Tianming told Shadow One that Yang Chen had risen rapidly in strength, possessed a genuine Prince’s Token, and had defeated the Heaven Hall Master.
• Shadow One learned that Jade Rabbit was in life-or-death seclusion and decided to visit Yang Chen at the Human Hall.
• Li Tianming warned Shadow One about Yang Chen and the array, but Shadow One dismissed his concerns and arrived near the Human Hall.

Shadow One entered Yang Chen’s Human Hall and was overwhelmed by the Nine Heavens Purgatory Array. Li Tianming pleaded for his life, and Yang Chen brought him inside, where Shadow One angrily threatened him.

• Shadow One entered the Human Hall’s array and was attacked by flames and fire dragons.
• Li Tianming arrived outside the Human Hall, heard Shadow One’s cries, and asked Yang Chen to spare him.
• Yang Chen summoned Beigong Qing and ordered her to bring Li Tianming inside.
• Li Tianming saw the Human Hall’s rich cultivation energy and asked Yang Chen to spare Shadow One, apologizing for his rash actions.
• Yang Chen released Shadow One, who landed still burning and furiously demanded to know who dared treat him that way.

Yang Chen killed Shadow One after the Shadow Guard leader refused to kneel before his Prince's Token and threatened him in the Northern Suppressing King's name. He ordered Li Tianming to tell the Northern Suppressing King to come see him in person.

• Shadow One accused Li Tianming of siding with Yang Chen and threatened to have Yang Chen's clan exterminated in the Northern Suppressing King's name.
• Yang Chen showed Shadow One the Prince's Token, but Shadow One refused to kneel and claimed the token might be fake.
• Yang Chen unleashed his power across the Human Hall minor world and crushed Shadow One to his knees, breaking his legs.
• Yang Chen killed Shadow One with a swift strike and asked Li Tianming whether the Northern Suppressing King would be angered.
• Li Tianming explained that the Northern Suppressing King was an Eighth-Turn Gods and Devils powerhouse, though currently occupied by enemies.
• Yang Chen told Li Tianming to tell the Northern Suppressing King to come see him in person.

Li Tianming reported to the King of Zhenbei that Yang Chen had killed Shadow One and challenged the king to visit him in person. The King of Zhenbei decided to go, while Yang Chen gave Beigong Qing a protective jade slip before she left to gain experience.

• Li Tianming summoned the King of Zhenbei and told him that Yang Chen had slain Shadow One.
• The King of Zhenbei dismissed Yang Chen's Prince's Token and agreed to meet him in person.
• Beigong Qing asked Yang Chen for permission to leave the Human Hall's small world and gain experience.
• Yang Chen gave Beigong Qing a jade slip containing his clone to use if she faced an opponent she could not defeat.
• Beigong Qing left, and Yang Chen reflected on how his disciples had begun venturing out to gain experience.

Yang Chen watched Zhang Xiaofan and Su An cultivate in the Human Hall's small world, then allowed both disciples to leave for personal reasons. After they departed, he felt lonely and began cultivating, mindful of the mysterious person whose intentions he still did not know.

• Yang Chen observed Zhang Xiaofan enduring the Dharma Form waterfall and saw Su An demonstrate his swordsmanship in the bamboo forest.
• Su An sensed Yang Chen, explained that Sword Spirit Realm cultivators could detect one another, and asked to leave for the Imperial City to seek experience and meet the Ye Clan expert.
• Yang Chen gave Su An a jade slip to use if he could not win and saw him leave the Human Hall's small world.
• Zhang Xiaofan asked to visit his family, and Yang Chen let him go while assigning the Guardian of the Way to protect him.
• Yang Chen felt lonely after both disciples departed, resolved to cultivate, and called on the System to sign in.

The Northern Suppressing King arrived at Cold Moon Palace and demanded to see Yang Chen. He entered the Nine Heavens Purgatory Array, recognized its extraordinary power, and eagerly prepared to test it.

• The Northern Suppressing King descended upon the Nine Heavens Icefield and sensed the lingering aura of a woman at Cold Moon Palace.
• Li Tianming greeted the Northern Suppressing King, who ordered him to lead the way to Yang Chen.
• Li Tianming guided the Northern Suppressing King to the Human Hall as Cold Moon Palace disciples speculated about his intentions.
• The Northern Suppressing King stepped into the Nine Heavens Purgatory Array, where flames, wind, and thunder revealed its formidable strength.
• The Northern Suppressing King praised Yang Chen's array-making talent and faced a fire dragon forming within the array.

Yang Chen watched the Northern Suppressing King struggle through his purgatory formation and increased the assault after the king demanded respect. The king resisted until Yang Chen summoned more thunder dragons, then asked if it was too late to call him Big Brother.

• The Northern Suppressing King fought an eighth-turn flame dragon in Yang Chen's purgatory formation and destroyed it, only for an identical dragon to appear.
• Yang Chen strengthened the formation with more flame dragons and a peak eighth-turn thunder dragon, then demanded that the Northern Suppressing King call him Big Brother.
• The Northern Suppressing King refused and demanded that Yang Chen pay his respects, so Yang Chen sent a swarm of flame dragons to attack him.
• The Northern Suppressing King blasted through the flame dragons, but the thunder dragon injured him before being destroyed.
• Yang Chen summoned more thunder dragons, and the wounded Northern Suppressing King asked if it was still possible to call him Big Brother.

The Northern Suppressing King surrendered to Yang Chen and recognized the Prince’s Token as his elder brother’s, then learned his brother could not return. Yang Chen promised to protect Great Tang for ten years, and the chapter ended with him challenging the King to test his strength without the formation.

• The Northern Suppressing King admitted defeat after exhausting himself fighting Yang Chen’s Thunder dragons, and Yang Chen brought him into a small world.
• Yang Chen made the Northern Suppressing King call him Big Brother, and the King complied to avoid being sent back into the dangerous formation.
• The Northern Suppressing King asked about the Prince’s Token, recognized it as his elder brother’s final token, and demanded to know where his brother was.
• Yang Chen explained that the elder brother was trapped as a remnant soul in the Gods and Devils Battlefield and could not return, leaving the Northern Suppressing King devastated.
• Yang Chen promised to keep Great Tang safe for ten years in repayment for the opportunity his elder brother had given him.
• The Northern Suppressing King doubted Yang Chen could face an Eight-Turn Gods and Devils expert without the formation, and Yang Chen invited him to try.

Yang Chen proved his strength to the Northern Suppressing King and promised to keep Great Tang safe for ten years, giving him a jade slip to summon help. After the king left, Yang Chen saw a warning from another jade slip and hurried toward the Imperial City.

• Yang Chen used the Heaven Feather Sword to pin the Northern Suppressing King and force him to acknowledge Yang Chen's strength.
• Yang Chen promised to protect Great Tang for ten years and gave the Northern Suppressing King a jade slip that would summon him in an emergency.
• The Northern Suppressing King accepted Yang Chen's aid, agreed not to pursue Shadow One's death, and left Human Hall's small world.
• Yang Chen saw a red warning glow on a jade slip, cursed the person who had not crushed it, and vanished toward the Imperial City.
• The Northern Suppressing King told Li Tianming that Yang Chen was to be treated as a prince of Great Tang and warned him not to offend Yang Chen.

Su An was hunted by Ye Tianxiang in the imperial city and was severely injured before being swallowed by the void. Yang Chen rescued him and brought him to the Human Hall's small world, promising to confront those who had harmed his disciple.

• Ye Tianxiang pursued Su An, blaming him for interfering with Ye Ling and explaining that the Ye Clan had gained power through its alliance with Mount Putuo.
• Ye Tianxiang attacked, and Su An countered with the First Form of the Nine Heavens Sword Canon, creating a clash that split open space.
• A force dragged the injured Su An into the void, and Ye Tianxiang left after deciding not to risk following him.
• Yang Chen appeared beside Su An, protected him from the void, and carried him out to the Human Hall's small world.
• Yang Chen laid Su An on a bed and vowed to take him to the imperial capital once he recovered so those responsible would answer for harming his disciple.

Yang Chen healed Su An and decided to help him reclaim his bride from Mount Putuo. In the Imperial City, Yang Chen crippled Ye Wudi after the young man demanded that he and Su An wipe his shoes, then continued toward the city’s depths.

• Yang Chen healed Su An and asked why he had not crushed the jade slip to summon him; Su An said he had not wanted to involve his master against the powerful Ye Clan.
• Yang Chen told Su An to come with him once he had recovered, saying they would steal back Su An’s bride.
• Three days later, Yang Chen and Su An entered the Imperial City, where Yang Chen declared that another supreme faction would emerge after that day.
• Ye Wudi mocked Su An and ordered him and Yang Chen to wipe his shoes, but Yang Chen stopped Su An from attacking.
• Yang Chen made Ye Wudi’s feet vanish, leaving him bleeding and unconscious, then led Su An onward as Ye Wudi’s companion called for help and sent word to the clan.