Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoyao killed Xiao Tian with a single punch after Xiao Tian attacked with Myriad Swords Return to One. The Wang Family disciples realized Xiao Tian had died, while Li Xiaoyao pretended to grieve and displayed the aura of a middle-stage True Immortal.

• Xiao Tian used Myriad Swords Return to One against Li Xiaoyao, but Li Xiaoyao smashed the sword light with a punch.
• Li Xiaoyao's punch struck Xiao Tian, whose body was destroyed until nothing remained.
• The Wang Family disciples saw Li Xiaoyao alone on the Arena and learned Xiao Tian's life plaque had shattered.
• A young man who had sent Xiao Tian out wondered how Li Xiaoyao had hidden such formidable strength.
• Li Xiaoyao knelt and wept, pretending to regret killing Xiao Tian while displaying a middle-stage True Immortal aura.
• A voice in the plaza broke the silence by asking whether Li Xiaoyao had really killed Xiao Tian.

After Li Xiaoyao killed Xiao Tian, the Wang Family disciples marveled at his strength while Ye Lin and Wang Tian recognized his act and watched the Fourth Branch remain unaware. The Wang Family head asked whether the Third Branch would substitute contestants, and Wang Tian refused.

• The Wang Family disciples discussed Li Xiaoyao's breakthrough and his victory over Xiao Tian, while Ye Lin noted that his act would keep the Fourth Branch sending out challengers.
• Wang Tian admired Li Xiaoyao's strength and shamelessly simple nature, despite his Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal cultivation.
• The Wang Family head appeared and announced that Li Xiaoyao had won the second match, leaving the Fourth Branch three losses from elimination.
• The Wang Family head asked whether the Third Branch would switch contestants, and Wang Tian said there would be no substitution.

Li Xiaoyao continued his staged run through the Wang Family trials while Wang Tian sent him into another fight, drawing outrage from the onlookers. He faced a woman in green from the Fourth Branch, pretending to be exhausted and unable to control his strength.

• Wang Tian called for another Fourth Branch fighter, and the Wang Family disciples condemned him for pushing Li Xiaoyao after two battles and a breakthrough.
• Li Xiaoyao began panting heavily to make the crowd believe he was near collapse, while Ye Lin struggled to hide his surprise at the performance.
• The clan chief asked whether the Fourth Branch had another contestant and allowed the trial to continue despite seeing Li Xiaoyao's apparent exhaustion.
• A woman in white urged the woman in green to kill Li Xiaoyao to preserve the Fourth Branch's chance in the competition.
• The woman in green entered the arena, and Li Xiaoyao begged her to leave, claiming he could not control himself and did not want to kill again.

Li Xiaoyao refused to leave the Arena because he had promised Wang Tian he would win, while Shi Yunxin pitied him and felt trapped between her sympathy and her duty. Wang Tian begged Ye Lin to end the performance and offered both fighters five eight-mark Enlightenment Pills, leaving Shi Yunxin unsure how to proceed.

• Shi Yunxin introduced herself to Li Xiaoyao and urged him to step down from the Arena, offering to treat him to a meal.
• Li Xiaoyao told Shi Yunxin that he owed Wang Tian his life and had promised to win, though he feared losing control of his power.
• Shi Yunxin blamed Wang Tian for exploiting Li Xiaoyao's sense of gratitude but felt unable to intervene.
• Wang Tian pleaded with Ye Lin to stop the act and offered five eight-mark Enlightenment Pills each to Li Xiaoyao and Ye Lin if they won the round.
• Ye Lin agreed to tell Li Xiaoyao to rein in his performance, while Shi Yunxin remained caught between her obligation to fight and her reluctance to harm him.

Li Xiaoyao ended his act by revealing his laws, prompting Shi Yunxin to concede and face the Wang Family’s anger. Mad Python entered the arena for the final match and demanded that Li Xiaoyao reveal his cultivation.

• Ye Lin sent Li Xiaoyao a voice transmission, and Li Xiaoyao told Shi Yunxin to leave the arena.
• Shi Yunxin realized Li Xiaoyao possessed laws, conceded, and stepped down.
• The Wang Family spectators blamed Shi Yunxin’s softheartedness, while the woman in white severed ties with her and the White Cloud Sect.
• The Fourth Branch ordered Mad Python to kill Li Xiaoyao in the final match, and Mad Python promised to leave no intact corpse.
• Mad Python landed in the arena and challenged Li Xiaoyao to reveal his cultivation, and Li Xiaoyao agreed.

Li Xiaoyao revealed that he was a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal, terrifying Mad Python into surrendering and begging for mercy. After Wang Feng introduced himself and treated Li Xiaoyao as an equal, Li Xiaoyao returned to Ye Lin's side.

• Li Xiaoyao revealed his Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal cultivation and challenged Mad Python to make him budge within three moves.
• Mad Python dropped to his knees, begged Li Xiaoyao to spare him, then fled after Li Xiaoyao let him go.
• Wang Feng descended onto the Arena, introduced himself as the Wang Family clan chief, and asked Li Xiaoyao's name.
• Li Xiaoyao gave his name, then left the Arena after Wang Feng dismissed him.
• Li Xiaoyao flashed to Ye Lin's side as Wang Tian watched, speechless.

Li Xiaoyao collected the five jade boxes Wang Tian owed him after revealing his strength and winning the battle for the Third Branch. Wang Chenfeng questioned how his grandson had gained the loyalty of a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal, while Wang Dong failed to see why it was suspicious.

• Li Xiaoyao held out his hand, and Wang Tian handed over five jade boxes.
• The spectators accused Li Xiaoyao of acting to weaken the Fourth Branch, and the Wang Family patriarch announced the Third Branch's victory.
• The crowd condemned the Third Branch instead of celebrating its win.
• Wang Chenfeng wondered how Wang Tian had befriended a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal and doubted that Wang Tian could have paid him.
• Wang Dong called Wang Tian's connection a good thing, but Wang Chenfeng rebuked him for ignoring Li Xiaoyao's bizarre behavior.

After Li Xiaoyao’s victory, the Wang Family Grand Competition continued, and the Second and Fifth Branches began scrambling for Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal allies to challenge Wang Tian. The Fifth Branch and Second Branch’s brief battle ended without injuries, while Wang Tian’s Third Branch received a bye.

• Wang Dong dismissed his father’s suspicions and trusted that his son’s connections and the Wang Family’s strength would protect him.
• The competition eliminated the Fourth, First, and Sixth Branches, then drew the Fifth Branch against the Second Branch while the Third Branch received a bye.
• Wang Tian sighed in relief at avoiding another battle and worried that Ye Lin might raise his price for the precious Enlightenment Pills.
• A young man from the Second Branch decided to seek a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal expert so his branch could keep pursuing the family-head position.
• The Fifth Branch also resolved to pool its resources to hire an outside Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal, since family members could not compete as allies.
• The Second and Fifth Branches’ True Immortal fighters finished their match quickly, with neither side suffering injuries.

Wang Tian agreed to pause the Grand Competition for half an hour so the Second and Fifth Branches could seek help, despite the risk that they might find a powerful Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal. He then checked with Ye Lin, while privately convincing himself that his opponents could not possibly recruit a peak expert.

• The Second and Fifth Branches requested a half-hour pause, and clan head Wang Feng asked Wang Tian for his opinion.
• Wang Tian agreed to the pause and challenged the branches to find whoever they could.
• Wang Family disciples debated whether Wang Tian was confident in Li Xiaoyao or had made a rash mistake.
• Wang Tian asked Ye Lin whether his decision was acceptable, and Ye Lin pointed out that he had already agreed.
• Wang Tian felt awkward about agreeing so quickly but reassured himself that the other branches could not invite a peak Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal.

The Wang Family Grand Competition resumed after the Second Branch and Fifth Branch brought in powerful outside cultivators. The Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child faced each other in the arena, preparing to fight.

• Wang Feng announced that the Grand Competition would continue as the Heavenly Martial Sage and an unknown powerhouse arrived for the Second Branch and Fifth Branch.
• The Second Branch juniors thanked the Heavenly Martial Sage, who agreed to do his utmost and appeared atop the arena.
• Blood Demon Child arrived on the lightning and mocked the Heavenly Martial Sage.
• The Heavenly Martial Sage recognized Blood Demon Child and traded taunts with him over the Mountain Sea Sword Sect.
• The Heavenly Martial Sage challenged Blood Demon Child to demonstrate his techniques.

Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child clashed on the Arena after Heavenly Martial Sage suggested capturing him for the Mountain Sea Sword Sect. Their battle remained hidden from the watching disciples as Ye Lin and the others observed, and the two old rivals recognized each other’s growing strength.

• Heavenly Martial Sage proposed capturing Blood Demon Child and handing him over to the Mountain Sea Sword Sect, angering Blood Demon Child.
• The Wang Family disciples discussed Blood Demon Child’s ties to their family and dismissed the risk of provoking the Mountain Sea Sword Sect.
• Li Xiaoyao complained that the duel was taking too long, while Wang Tiangang urged him to learn from the seniors’ use of laws.
• Ye Lin watched as Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child acknowledged that each had grown stronger since their last meeting.

Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child staged a brief, showy fight in the Wang Family Arena, which Wang Feng shielded to protect the disciples. Heavenly Martial Sage left after insisting that the Second Branch pay the full promised reward, despite their dissatisfaction.

• Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child agreed to settle their staged contest with one decisive exchange rather than fight seriously.
• Wang Feng raised a barrier as their attacks shattered the Arena and threatened the Wang Family disciples.
• The two Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal powerhouses ended the battle unharmed and exchanged compliments.
• The Second Branch disciples promised Heavenly Martial Sage the full reward, though some were unhappy that he had not fought in earnest.
• Heavenly Martial Sage rebuked them for expecting a discount and left, bewildering the Wang Family disciples.

After Blood Demon Child defeated Li Xiaoyao, the Fifth Branch celebrated its victory while the Second Branch rushed to repair its relationship with the departing Heavenly Martial Sage. Wang Feng announced a half-hour break before the Third Branch faced the Fifth Branch, and Blood Demon Child asked whether the competition could continue.

• The Second Branch hurried after the Heavenly Martial Sage and offered to double his promised share to keep him from turning against them.
• The Fifth Branch celebrated Blood Demon Child's victory and prepared lavish gifts for him.
• Wang Feng declared the Fifth Branch the winner of the match against the Second Branch, prompting cheers from the crowd.
• Wang Feng announced a half-hour rest before the Third Branch faced the Fifth Branch.
• Blood Demon Child asked Wang Feng whether the Grand Competition could continue.

Wang Feng offered to mediate Blood Demon Child’s feud with the Mountain Sea Sword Sect, but Blood Demon Child refused to owe the Wang Family a favor and wanted to leave for Blood Demon Cave. Wang Tian called on Ye Lin, who appeared masked as Blood Baleful to help him.

• Blood Demon Child told Wang Feng that the Mountain Sea Sword Sect had learned he was at the Wang Family and was likely waiting outside for him.
• Wang Feng offered to persuade Wu Xie to settle the Mountain Sea Sword Sect’s long-running grudge, but Blood Demon Child declined his help.
• Wang Feng asked Wang Tian what he thought, and Wang Tian looked to Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin agreed to help, vanished from Wang Tian’s side, and appeared on the arena platform.
• Blood Demon Child asked the masked newcomer who he was, and Ye Lin introduced himself as Blood Baleful.

At the clan head Grand Competition, Wang Tian’s second Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal ally startled the crowd, but Ye Lin revealed his flawless Destruction Sword Dao and made Blood Demon Child retreat. The Third Branch versus the Fifth Branch contest ended without a fight, leaving Ye Lin to wonder at the deep fear Flawless Taiyi inspired.

• Wang Feng and the crowd reacted with shock when Blood Demon Child appeared as Wang Tian’s second Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal ally.
• Wang Feng announced the start of the Third Branch versus the Fifth Branch contest.
• Blood Demon Child suggested settling the match in one move, but Ye Lin declared that victory and defeat had already been decided.
• Ye Lin revealed his flawless Destruction Sword Dao, and Blood Demon Child recognized him as a Flawless Taiyi.
• Blood Demon Child bowed to Ye Lin, declined to fight, and vanished from the arena.
• Ye Lin wondered why Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals feared Flawless Taiyi so deeply.

Ye Lin let the Wang Family believe he was one of the Five Venerables, whose reputation and power had made even Wang Feng defer to them. The Wang Family erupted in disbelief and speculation over Ye Lin’s connection to Wang Tian.

• The chapter explained that Flawless Taiyis were revered as Venerables in the Anlan Great World after Wind Venerable slew five powerful opponents.
• Wang Feng bowed to Ye Lin and asked which Venerable he was.
• Ye Lin said he could not reveal his identity and let Wang Feng continue believing he was one of the Five Venerables.
• The Wang Family members panicked and speculated that Wang Tian might be connected to a Venerable.
• Some Wang Family members refused to believe a Venerable would come to their Grand Competition because of Wang Tian.

Ye Lin displayed Flawless Taiyi strength, leaving the Wang Family disciples and Wang Chenfeng and Wang Dong stunned and wondering about Wang Tian’s connections. Wang Chenfeng decided they would question Wang Tian after the Grand Competition and find out which Venerable had helped him.

• The Wang Family disciples doubted that Li Xiaoyao could have invited five Venerables to help Wang Tian.
• Ye Lin returned to Wang Tian, who handed him five jade boxes.
• Wang Chenfeng and Wang Dong fell silent after witnessing Ye Lin reveal Flawless Taiyi strength.
• Wang Chenfeng asked whether Wang Tian was really Wang Dong’s child, and Wang Dong angrily defended his son’s bloodline.
• Wang Chenfeng said they would question Wang Tian after the Grand Competition and learn which Venerable was present.

The Wang Family Grand Competition began its second stage, where the winner would become clan leader by remaining on the Arena for half an hour. Wang Tian stepped into the chaotic melee, hinting that he planned to end the Wang Family’s long humiliation.

• Wang Dong worried that Wang Tian would be unable to lead the family if he lacked the strength to win the competition.
• Wang Feng announced that the second stage would test combat strength and award the clan leader position to whoever stayed standing on the Arena for half an hour.
• Wang Feng left the square to prepare to hand over the position, and the young geniuses began climbing onto the Arena to fight.
• Ye Lin realized that the Wang Family did not know Wang Tian’s cultivation level and moved Li Xiaoyao aside to watch him show off.
• Wang Tian declared that the Wang Family head’s position should change hands and that its tens of thousands of years of humiliation should end, then flashed onto the Arena and disrupted the melee.

Wang Tianyi stepped onto the True Immortal Battlefield, prompting Wang Family disciples to mock him and his opponents to hesitate because of the clan’s rules against harming kin. He asked his cousins to leave the stage, leaving the battle’s next move unresolved.

• Wang Family disciples mocked Wang Tianyi for joining the True Immortal Battlefield as an Earth Immortal, though some guessed he had reached the Heavenly Immortal level.
• The Wang Family disciples fighting on the stage stopped when Wang Tianyi arrived, worried they might injure him and incur the Third Branch’s retaliation.
• Wang Tianyi’s cousins urged him to leave the stage, explaining that they could not fight freely while he remained there.
• Wang Tianyi asked all his cousins to leave the stage.

Wang Tian revealed that he had reached the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm and claimed the position of Wang Family head. The disciples who had urged him to leave the arena were stunned as he asked whether anyone objected.

• Wang Family disciples tried to persuade Wang Tian to step down, promising to let him vent his resentment after the competition.
• Wang Tian stopped pretending and revealed the powerful alchemy Dao law surrounding him.
• The Wang Family disciples realized Wang Tian had reached the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm and were terrified by his power.
• Wang Tian declared that he was taking the position of family head and asked who objected.