Chapter Summaries

Chen Yan discovered that the Imperial Capital Rift contained the Blood Moon Realm, a martial arts world whose natives were hunting Outsiders for their unfamiliar weapons. After questioning the Three Tigers of Black Mountain, he learned that Painting Saint Mountain was drawing martial artists to the area and decided to seek information in Monan City.

• The Three Tigers of Black Mountain found the Gold-Devouring Rat nest slaughtered and tried to flee, but Chen Yan’s Mirror Flower Water Moon clone froze them in place.
• Chen Yan searched the brothers’ memories and learned about the Blood Moon Realm, its martial arts ranks, the Outsiders arriving from Blue Star, and the forbidden Painting Saint Mountain.
• Chen Yan learned that Monan City was the region’s largest trade hub and questioned the brothers about Painting Saint Mountain and Outsiders.
• The brothers told Chen Yan that Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion had the best information in Monan City and that strange phenomena at Painting Saint Mountain had drawn martial artists from across the region.
• As he left, Chen Yan revealed that he was an Outsider too.

Chen Yan entered Monan City and listened to a storyteller recount a tale of an emperor and his nine powerful sons competing for the throne. After the storyteller vanished without leaving any trace of his soul, Chen Yan realized the world held deeper secrets than he had expected.

• Chen Yan killed the three men who had revealed greed and malice, then continued toward Monan City.
• Chen Yan entered Monan City in a disguise resembling the Three Tigers of Black Mountain and approached a crowd gathered around a storyteller.
• The storyteller described an emperor whose nine sons sought the throne, including the Ninth Elder’s failed coup and the Third Prince’s plot with outsiders.
• The storyteller ended his tale by hinting that outsiders planned to take the Third Prince’s place, then looked briefly at Chen Yan before leaving.
• Chen Yan tried to sense the storyteller but found that the old man had vanished without a trace of soul fluctuations.

Chen Yan and Bai Lingshuang answered a distress signal and found the wounded Broken Eagle Squad surrounded by Blood Blade Sect bandits near Painting Saint Mountain. As Bai Lingshuang fought the bandits, the Blood Blade Sect Master arrived with reinforcements and revealed that his sect and two allied groups were hunting Blue Star martial artists.

• Chen Yan killed several seventh-rank peak crocodile beasts with a breath attack and refined their bodies into life essence.
• Bai Lingshuang ate grilled swamp fish and broke through to Professional Rank 9.
• Chen Yan and Bai Lingshuang followed an emergency distress signal and found the Broken Eagle Squad cornered by three Grandmaster-level bandits.
• Chen Yan told Bai Lingshuang to fight the bandits, and she used her icy swordsmanship to drive them back.
• The Blood Blade Sect Master arrived with dozens of men and revealed that his sect, Black Wind Stronghold, and Soul Severing Valley had sealed off the routes around Painting Saint Mountain to hunt outsiders.

Chen Yan effortlessly stopped the Blood Blade Sect Master’s attack and revealed overwhelming power in front of Bai Lingshuang and the Broken Eagle Squad. He then froze and suppressed the Blood Blade Sect Master and his disciples, leaving their fate unresolved.

• The Blood Blade Sect Master attacked Bai Lingshuang with his blood-red saber, and Chen Yan caught her after the blow sent her flying.
• The Blood Blade Sect Master unleashed his peak Grandmaster saber technique, Blood River Raging, against Chen Yan.
• Chen Yan met the saber with a punch and melted it without injury.
• Chen Yan raised his hand and froze the Blood Blade Sect Master and dozens of Blood Blade Sect disciples in place.
• The Blood Blade Sect Master realized that an irresistible force had suppressed his body, True Essence, and soul.

Chen Yan used the limits of [Mastery of the Soul Great Dao] to kill the Blood Blade Sect Master, then destroyed hundreds of martial artists who tried to seize the Outsiders and their treasures. He left Painting Saint Mountain with Bai Lingshuang and the Broken Eagle Squad as hidden witnesses hurried to report what had happened.

• Chen Yan killed the Blood Blade Sect Master and dozens of disciples by severing their souls, then explained that peak Grandmasters were the limit of what he could control with [Mastery of the Soul Great Dao].
• Chen Yan sensed approaching Grandmasters and told the Broken Eagle Squad to get behind him as Iron Ascetic and Ghost Hand entered the cavern and demanded to know what had happened to the Blood Blade Sect.
• Shopkeeper Qian and hundreds of martial artists gathered, recognized the Broken Eagle Squad as survivors of Painting Saint Mountain's forbidden grounds, and demanded the Outsiders' treasures.
• Chen Yan froze the crowd with a gesture and crushed Iron Ascetic, Ghost Hand, and hundreds of martial artists into dust.
• Chen Yan led Bai Lingshuang and the Broken Eagle Squad deeper into Painting Saint Mountain, while hidden witnesses emerged and hurried away to report the killings to their sect leaders.

Chen Yan led Bai Lingshuang and Broken Eagle Squad through Painting Saint Mountain, healing the squad and restoring Zhou Zheng’s severed arm along the way. At the forbidden zone’s strange painting, the group was drawn into a primordial forest, where an unseen terror pursued them despite Chen Yan’s attempt to escape with [Time Stroll].

• Chen Yan healed the injured members of Broken Eagle Squad and regrew Zhou Zheng’s left arm using the Life Law and Indestructible Internal Breath.
• Chen Yan led the group across the second mountain as powerful vicious beasts fled from them in fear.
• Chen Yan and the others entered the forbidden zone, where chaotic space and time drained the squad’s True Essence, but remaining near Chen Yan protected them.
• The group reached a giant stone painting, and its visions of their deepest desires ensnared them until Chen Yan’s Power of Soul broke its hold.
• The valley transformed into a primordial wilderness, and Chen Yan spotted ominous black specks around the painting as Bai Lingshuang sensed a terrifying threat.
• Chen Yan used [Time Stroll] to retreat with the group, but the distorted time weakened the escape and the unseen terror continued to follow them.

Chen Yan used the Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core’s chaos energy to break free of the terror around the painting and escape with Bai Lingshuang and the Broken Eagle Squad. The group ended up near the cave at Painting Saint Mountain’s outskirts, then decided to return to the Forward Base to recover and report what they had found.

• The Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core released chaos energy that dispelled the chill and briefly stabilized the distorted surroundings, allowing Chen Yan to activate [Time Stroll] and flee with the others.
• An invisible force scrambled space and direction, breaking [Time Stroll] and hurling Chen Yan, Bai Lingshuang, and the Broken Eagle Squad back near the cave where they had encountered the Blood Blade Sect.
• Chen Yan checked the group for lingering strange effects while Bai Lingshuang and the Broken Eagle Squad struggled with exhaustion and severe mental distress.
• Bai Lingshuang warned that the place’s hostile, incomprehensible rules made exploring it by force a death sentence, and Chen Yan recognized that his chaos energy had countered some of its effects.
• Chen Yan ordered the group to return to the Forward Base so the Broken Eagle Squad could report and receive treatment while everyone recovered.

Chen Yan visited Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in Monan City to learn about the Painting Saint Mountain Secret Realm and its auctioned key. After Shopkeeper Wu offered him an auction token, Chen Yan released a terrifying pressure and asked what would happen if he refused to wait.

• Chen Yan learned that Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion would auction a key to the Painting Saint Mountain Secret Realm the following day.
• Chen Yan entered Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and offered a seventh-rank demon core to open a savings account.
• The clerk summoned Shopkeeper Wu after seeing the valuable demon core.
• Shopkeeper Wu explained the key’s protective function and offered Chen Yan a token to attend the auction.
• Chen Yan’s soul pressure forced people in the hall to their knees and made Shopkeeper Wu drop the token.
• Chen Yan asked Shopkeeper Wu what would happen if he did not want to wait for the auction.

Chen Yan met Heavenly Mystery Pavilion leaders Meng Ran and Master Wuxiang beneath the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and agreed to cooperate in exploring Painting Saint Mountain’s domain. The three swore a Heavenly Dao Oath, but Chen Yan’s Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core secretly suppressed and devoured its binding force.

• Chen Yan’s pressure in the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion hall vanished after a cup shattered, and he appeared in a secret chamber with Meng Ran and Master Wuxiang.
• Meng Ran tested Chen Yan’s spiritual sense with her Red Dust Attraction, then proposed that he cooperate with the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion to explore the Secret Realm’s domain.
• Chen Yan agreed to cooperate and gave the name Hou Ze.
• Meng Ran proposed a Heavenly Dao Oath, and Chen Yan joined her and Master Wuxiang in swearing it.
• The Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core suppressed and devoured the oath’s binding force without Chen Yan revealing what had happened.
• Meng Ran gave Chen Yan a high-grade Painting Saint Mountain Secret Key and arranged for them to meet in three days with other pavilion experts.

Chen Yan traveled to Red Ridge Canyon to hunt Flying Blood Pythons and gather materials for cultivating his Indestructible Body. As the Blood Flood Dragon King celebrated with gifts from the demon kings, Chen Yan’s overwhelming voice interrupted the banquet and demanded to know who had taken his things to please someone else.

• Meng Ran explained that Heavenly Mystery Pavilion had developed its talisman after a surviving Heavenly Human returned from Painting Saint Mountain, and Chen Yan departed, astonishing Meng Ran and Master Wuxiang with his escape technique.
• Chen Yan entered Red Ridge Canyon, killed Flying Blood Pythons, and collected their beast cores and gall bladders as cultivation materials.
• The Blood Flood Dragon King celebrated its five-hundredth birthday in its cavern lair with several demon kings, while a musician was executed for playing a wrong note.
• The demon kings presented the Blood Flood Dragon King with rare treasures, including Soul-Chasing Bone-Piercing Nails made from a human expert’s bones.
• An immense pressure shook the cavern, and Chen Yan’s voice demanded to know who had taken his things and used them to please someone else.

Chen Yan stormed the Blood Flood Dragon King's birthday banquet and demanded the return of his things. He vaporized the Black Mountain Bear King with a golden flame dragon, leaving the other demon kings terrified and stunned by his command of the Fire Element Law.

• Chen Yan blasted open the lair's gate, and the demon kings sensed the danger he posed as he entered.
• The Blood Flood Dragon King recognized the scent of slaughtered members of the Flying Blood Python clan and grew suspicious of Chen Yan.
• The Black Mountain Bear King transformed into a giant bear and attacked Chen Yan.
• Chen Yan demanded his things back and said he would send the demon kings on their way.
• Chen Yan unleashed a golden flame dragon that incinerated the Black Mountain Bear King.
• Old Goat Duke and the surviving demon kings realized Chen Yan had used the power of the Fire Element Law and feared him.

Chen Yan rejected the Blood Flood Dragon King's attempt to appease him and defeated it in battle with a Flame True Dragon. As the Blood Flood Dragon King lay dying and its allies fled, Chen Yan declared that none of them would escape and moved to finish it.

• Chen Yan absorbed energy from the Black Mountain Bear King's Tier 8 Beast Core while the demon kings backed away and the Blood Flood Dragon King tried to placate him.
• The Blood Flood Dragon King transformed into its true form and attacked Chen Yan, who summoned a Flame True Dragon to meet its strike.
• The Flame True Dragon overwhelmed the Blood Flood Dragon King, battered it into a rock wall, and left it gravely wounded.
• The Blood Flood Dragon King asked why Chen Yan was wiping out its clan, and Chen Yan condemned its past slaughter of humans.
• The Blood Flood Dragon King discovered that Old Goat Duke, Green Vine King, Gray Wolf King, and Bitter Bamboo King had fled; Chen Yan said none would escape.
• The Blood Flood Dragon King tried to fight back with its remaining power, and Chen Yan dismissed its claim to be a flood dragon and pressed a hand down.

Chen Yan refined the Blood Flood Dragon King, gaining more cultivation progress, then pursued fleeing demon kings while freeing captives and easing the suffering of those beyond rescue. The Gray Wolf King slipped back into Red Ridge Canyon and entered the Blood Flood Dragon King's hidden treasury, where it found a cavern rich with spiritual energy.

• Chen Yan refined the Blood Flood Dragon King with [Internal Furnace], raising his Indestructible Body progress to 49%.
• Chen Yan tracked fleeing demon kings, killing beasts along their escape routes and guiding recently captured humans toward safety.
• Chen Yan used [Dream Weaver] to give the tortured captives who begged for death a peaceful end, then continued his pursuit.
• The Gray Wolf King returned to Red Ridge Canyon through its escape technique and passed through the treasury's restrictions.
• The Gray Wolf King entered the cavern and saw its dense spiritual energy, its greed ignited by what lay inside.

Gray Wolf King and Old Goat Duke fought over Blood Flood Dragon King's treasure hoard while Chen Yan pursued the remaining demon kings. He chose to hunt Green Vine King first and considered the Five Decays of Heavenly Humans, a term he had heard from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's Heavenly Humans.

• Gray Wolf King found Blood Flood Dragon King's trove of treasures, but Old Goat Duke ambushed it and demanded their customary half share.
• Gray Wolf King and Old Goat Duke agreed to collect the treasures together, then attacked each other over the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Lotus.
• Chen Yan smashed a direct path through the mountain and sensed that Gray Wolf King and Old Goat Duke were fighting instead of fleeing.
• Chen Yan decided to pursue the isolated Green Vine King before returning to deal with Gray Wolf King and Old Goat Duke.
• Chen Yan reflected that refining the remaining four demon kings could help him begin mastering the Indestructible Body, then recalled the Five Decays of Heavenly Humans.

Chen Yan pursued the Bitter Bamboo King into a bamboo forest and fought him with the Invisible Needle and his Indestructible Body. After a fierce battle, Chen Yan killed the Bitter Bamboo King and recalled his needle.

• Chen Yan decided to grow stronger and target the Bitter Bamboo King for the resources he needed to complete the initial stage of the Indestructible Body.
• The Bitter Bamboo King faced Chen Yan at the edge of a bamboo forest and attacked with his Bamboo Sword.
• Chen Yan used the Invisible Needle to clash with the Bitter Bamboo King's sword energy, then intensified his assault with needle-shadows, fists, and palms.
• The Bitter Bamboo King fought back with his sword intent, but Chen Yan gradually overwhelmed his defenses.
• The Invisible Needle pierced the back of the Bitter Bamboo King's head, killing him, and Chen Yan recalled it.

Chen Yan pursued Green Vine King after defeating Bitter Bamboo King and found her posing as a beautiful, submissive demon seeking his mercy. He saw through her deception, killed her, and refined her core, further strengthening his Indestructible Body.

• Chen Yan picked up the Bamboo Sword and refined the Bamboo Heart from Bitter Bamboo King's corpse, raising his Indestructible Body cultivation progress to 84%.
• Chen Yan followed Green Vine King's soul-vision mark to a secluded valley, where she knelt and offered to become his servant.
• Chen Yan rejected Green Vine King's plea and remained unaffected by her bewitching power, so she revealed her hostility and attacked with vines, poison, and pollen.
• Chen Yan destroyed the vines and poison with his Invisible Needle and Indestructible Internal Breath, then punched through Green Vine King's ancient vine body.
• Chen Yan seized and refined Green Vine King's Vine Heart Seed, killing her and increasing his Indestructible Body cultivation progress by 14%.

Chen Yan cultivated the first realm of the Indestructible Scripture, enduring repeated destruction and rebirth until his Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core helped him master the method. He completed the Indestructible Body and emerged in the Grandmaster realm, confident that even top-tier eighth-rank demon kings were no match for him.

• Chen Yan submerged himself in a secluded pool and began cultivating the Indestructible Body after the system confirmed his life origin had reached its limit.
• Dark Gold Divine Flame erupted from the pool as Chen Yan's Indestructible Internal Breath transformed and a Giant Dharma Image appeared above him.
• Chen Yan drew treasures, beast cores, and demon pills from the Scroll World and swallowed their energy to fuel his cultivation.
• Chen Yan endured cycles of destruction and rebirth, realizing he would die if he failed to master the principle of nurturing immortality through destruction before his resources ran out.
• The Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core released gray mist that stabilized Chen Yan's rebirth and helped him understand the Indestructible Scripture's principles.
• Chen Yan completed the Indestructible Body, reached the Grandmaster realm, and judged that top-tier eighth-rank demon kings would be no match for him.

Chen Yan completed another breakthrough in Red Ridge Canyon, and his overwhelming aura drove Old Goat Duke and the Gray Wolf King to flee with stolen treasures. He caught and annihilated both demon kings, leaving the canyon silent and claiming the rare materials Old Goat Duke tried to use as ransom.

• Chen Yan's newly formed Indestructible Golden Body Dharma Image sent a terrifying aura across the Blood Moon Realm, alerting Old Goat Duke and the Gray Wolf King in the Blood Flood Dragon King's vault.
• Old Goat Duke and the Gray Wolf King abandoned half the vault's treasures and fled Red Ridge Canyon in opposite directions.
• Chen Yan overtook the demon kings and unleashed a black-and-white wave that erased nearby demon beasts and began destroying them.
• Old Goat Duke tried to bargain with a treasured orb, but Chen Yan's Dharma Image seized it and extinguished the demon king's remaining consciousness.
• Chen Yan concentrated the destructive wave on Old Goat Duke and the Gray Wolf King, annihilating both demon kings.

Chen Yan consolidated his Indestructible Body after defeating Old Goat Duke and the Gray Wolf King, collected their remnants, and took the remaining treasures from the Blood Flood Dragon King's treasury. He returned to Monan City for his appointment with Meng Ran and Master Wuxiang, just as powerful auras gathered nearby.

• Chen Yan assessed the strength of his newly formed Indestructible Body and recovered demon cores and other remnants from Old Goat Duke and the Gray Wolf King.
• Chen Yan stored the remaining treasures in the Blood Flood Dragon King's treasury inside the Scroll World.
• Chen Yan left Red Ridge Canyon and rushed toward Monan City, thinking about whether his Indestructible Body could protect him in Painting Saint Mountain's chaotic domain.
• Three days later, Chen Yan met Meng Ran and Master Wuxiang in their underground chamber in Monan City.
• Meng Ran and Master Wuxiang sensed a subtle change in Chen Yan, and powerful auras began gathering around the chamber.

Meng Ran gathered with Chen Yan, Wuxiang, and Heavenly Mystery Pavilion elders before leading them into the underground passage beneath Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion. There, Pei Yin publicly challenged Meng Ran, while a Brocade-Clad Youth learned that Wuxiang was the Blood Buddha and dismissed his chances of surviving the secret realm.

• Chen Yan sensed that the factions and martial artists summoned to Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion had arrived and overheard them mocking Meng Ran for relying on unaffiliated Heavenly Humans.
• Qin Lan and Yan Zheng entered the chamber, and Meng Ran introduced them to Chen Yan and Wuxiang as Heavenly Mystery Pavilion elders overseeing operations.
• Meng Ran led the group through a concealed door into a crowded underground passage, where Pei Yin taunted her and accused her of using tricks to become Pavilion Master.
• Meng Ran and Pei Yin exchanged insults as martial artists gathered to watch and whispered about their rivalry within Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.
• An attendant told the Brocade-Clad Youth that Wuxiang was the Blood Buddha, and the youth dismissed him as unlikely to leave Painting Saint Mountain's Secret Realm alive.