Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu fought Yan Qi across the sea, enduring repeated saber strikes before turning the battle around and crushing Yan Qi’s body. The corpse revealed itself as a waterweed puppet, and Shen Xiu then found himself in a blazing crimson mountain forest.

• Shen Xiu used golden patterns and a protective barrier to evade and withstand Yan Qi’s Black Long Saber, while golden runes healed his wounds.
• Yan Qi repeatedly wounded Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu eventually punched the saber away and struck Yan Qi hard enough to cave in his chest.
• Yan Qi tried to flee, but Shen Xiu caught him, beat him into the water, and smashed his body apart.
• Yan Qi’s remains transformed into scattered waterweed puppets, revealing that the body had been a clone.
• Shen Xiu found the surrounding ocean shattered and appeared in a burning crimson mountain forest filled with intense fire-element spiritual energy.

Shen Xiu defeated a powerful flame creature inside a layered illusion array, causing the fiery world to collapse into a barren plain. He discovered and destroyed the array’s hidden eye, releasing a corrosive poison, and realized Qingxia Cave Heaven concealed another deadly trap.

• Shen Xiu endured the array’s scorching fire and fought a flame creature that attacked him with fiery cords, a staff, and flaming pythons.
• Shen Xiu repeatedly dodged and counterattacked, healing from injuries as he weakened the flame creature and finally pierced its body with his fists.
• The flame creature exploded, and the fiery world collapsed, leaving Shen Xiu in an endless barren plain.
• Shen Xiu used the Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye to identify an ordinary blade of grass as the array’s eye and punched it away.
• The grass released green smoke that corroded nearby grass into liquid, and Shen Xiu recognized it as a poison capable of destroying flesh and soul.

Shen Xiu fought the powerful Wraith in the final stage of the formation, using Blood Rebirth to recover after repeated fatal injuries. Yan Qi witnessed Shen Xiu return from death and became determined to capture him and claim his divine ability.

• After Shen Xiu destroyed the puppet avatar and broke through another stage, Yan Qi activated the formation's final stage and summoned a gigantic black Wraith.
• The Wraith struck Shen Xiu with overwhelming force, badly injuring him with a claw and a blade of black light.
• Shen Xiu used Dutian Wuzhu to restore his True Yuan and Blood Rebirth to heal, then repeatedly charged the Wraith and landed several blows.
• The Wraith pinned Shen Xiu down, crushed his head, and flung his corpse into a deep pit.
• Shen Xiu's corpse rapidly regenerated, and he rose to attack the Wraith again, astonishing Yan Qi.
• Yan Qi coveted Shen Xiu's ability to return from death and rushed toward the formation, ordering the Wraith to capture Shen Xiu alive.

Shen Xiu fought the Wraith inside the Five Elements Grand Array, enduring its repeated revivals and growing stronger with golden lightning. The Wraith transformed into a Black Dragon Phantom, but Shen Xiu weakened it through repeated attacks until it dispersed into mist and vanished.

• The Wraith repeatedly revived after Shen Xiu smashed it apart, while its attacks wounded him and grew more powerful.
• Shen Xiu used a spirit stone and expanded his body, then unleashed golden lightning to destroy the Wraith again and again.
• Shen Xiu realized the Wraith’s reappearances weakened it, and he continued attacking as it repeatedly reformed.
• The Wraith summoned a Black Dragon Phantom from a black vortex, and Shen Xiu fought it despite its formidable defenses.
• Shen Xiu steadily wounded the Black Dragon Phantom until it reformed at half its size and strength.
• Shen Xiu landed several more punches, causing the Black Dragon Phantom to collapse into black mist and disappear.

Shen Xiu destroyed the Black Dragon Phantom with Vajra Temple techniques, then fought Yan Qi after refusing his offer of reconciliation. Yan Qi gained the upper hand with his Tenth Realm strength and weapon, but Shen Xiu continued to resist as their battle escalated.

• Shen Xiu repeatedly shattered the Black Dragon Phantom and finally destroyed it with the Vajra Divine Palm, though the explosion wounded him.
• After returning to the foot of the mountain, Shen Xiu rejected Yan Qi’s offer to make him chief grand offering and attacked him.
• Shen Xiu and Yan Qi exchanged blows, and Yan Qi revealed his formidable body-cultivation power as Qingxia Cave Heaven’s disciples watched.
• Yan Qi struck Shen Xiu with his flying sword, but Shen Xiu deflected its flaming attack with a silver needle and countered with a golden flame fist.
• Yan Qi caught Shen Xiu’s golden fist seal and hurled it back into Shen Xiu.

Shen Xiu turned the tide against Yan Qi by drawing on his Indestructible Vajra Body, then fought off Yan Qi and the Qingxia Cave Heaven disciples. After slaughtering disciples and mortally wounding an elder, Shen Xiu declared that none of them would leave alive.

• Yan Qi repeatedly attacked Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu strengthened his defense with the Indestructible Vajra Body and fought back with golden flame-powered punches.
• Yan Qi unleashed the Sky Burning Saber Technique, but Shen Xiu endured his attacks and began wearing him down.
• Yan Qi called on the Qingxia Cave Heaven disciples to join the fight, and Shen Xiu cut down many of them with his black longsword and Sword Qi.
• Shen Xiu killed more disciples and pierced a Qingxia Cave Heaven elder through the chest before sending him crashing into a cliff.
• Shen Xiu told the fleeing Qingxia Cave Heaven disciples that they would all remain there, leaving them despairing.

Shen Xiu attacked Qingxia Cave Heaven, killing its disciples and elders with overwhelming force before Mu Qing, the Second Elder, returned to defend the sect. Mu Qing injured Shen Xiu in their first clash, but Shen Xiu countered the elders’ attacks and struck Mu Qing’s azure shield, which held firm.

• Shen Xiu killed Qingxia Cave Heaven disciples and blasted several elders apart with a punch, while Yan Qi watched and hoped for reinforcements.
• Mu Qing, Qingxia Cave Heaven’s Second Elder, returned from a nearby city and confronted Shen Xiu at the mountain gate.
• Mu Qing’s palm attack collided with Shen Xiu’s punch and left Shen Xiu bloodied, prompting Mu Qing and the disciples to attack together.
• Shen Xiu met their combined attacks with flaming fist force, scorching the elders and driving the disciples back.
• Shen Xiu charged Mu Qing and struck his azure shield repeatedly, but the shield did not budge.

Shen Xiu battled Mu Qing, the Qingxia Cave Heaven elder, whose spear and overwhelming power initially wounded him. Shen Xiu’s rapid recovery and relentless attacks wore Mu Qing down, and the chapter ended with a golden halo deflecting Mu Qing’s palm and blasting him away.

• Shen Xiu shattered Mu Qing’s azure shield and blasted him into the Qingxia Mountain Range, but Mu Qing emerged with a long spear and a powerful illusory presence behind him.
• Mu Qing’s spear attacks clashed with Shen Xiu’s golden defenses and black sword, while Shen Xiu realized he could not match Mu Qing’s strength directly.
• Mu Qing pierced Shen Xiu with an azure beam and later caved in his chest, but Shen Xiu’s injuries healed rapidly each time.
• Shen Xiu and Mu Qing traded blows at close range, and Shen Xiu’s recovery and endurance gradually left Mu Qing exhausted and increasingly anxious.
• Mu Qing struck Shen Xiu with an overwhelming palm, but a golden halo appeared around Shen Xiu, passed through the attack, and blasted Mu Qing away with a rebounding force.

Shen Xiu overwhelmed Mu Qing in battle, but Mu Qing unleashed a strange jade pendant’s black lightning and corrosive mist. As the black light began eating away at Shen Xiu, he activated Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell and vanished.

• Mu Qing attacked Shen Xiu with wind blades and oppressive aura, but Shen Xiu’s golden defense held and his punches shattered Mu Qing’s attacks.
• Shen Xiu pursued and repeatedly battered Mu Qing, leaving the Second Elder badly injured as the Qingxia Cave Heaven disciples watched in shock.
• Mu Qing used a black jade pendant to summon black lightning and release a corrosive mist that Shen Xiu struggled to repel.
• The black light wrapped around Shen Xiu and corroded his flesh, so he activated his innate skill Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell and disappeared.

Shen Xiu defeated and killed Mu Qing after breaking through his attacks and weapons. Mu Qing’s death triggered a soul-eroding black mist, but Shen Xiu expelled and devoured the lingering thoughts, leaving a black bead in his palm.

• Mu Qing attacked Shen Xiu with a black pillar, a black bead, and several dark techniques, but Shen Xiu repeatedly destroyed or overcame them.
• Mu Qing struck Shen Xiu’s shoulder with a hidden black ray, then sent a short sword and ghost claw at him, which Shen Xiu also defeated.
• Shen Xiu pierced Mu Qing’s chest with a Golden Blade, killing him, and took the Storage Ring from his finger.
• Black mist surged from Mu Qing’s corpse and tried to erode Shen Xiu’s soul, but Shen Xiu expelled and devoured the remnants, forming them into a black bead.

Shen Xiu defeated Mu Qing, pursued and killed Yan Qi, then wiped out Qingxia Cave Heaven and looted its treasures. After stripping the cave heaven clean, he continued eastward.

• Shen Xiu claimed Mu Qing’s Qingyang Bead and killed the disciples who tried to flee.
• Yan Qi escaped from Qingxia Cave Heaven, but Shen Xiu pursued him through the air and overcame his attacks and formations.
• Shen Xiu stabbed Yan Qi through the chest with his black sword, killing him.
• Shen Xiu sent Wraith enforcers to hunt down the fleeing elders, and Qingxia Cave Heaven’s remaining inhabitants were slaughtered.
• Shen Xiu looted Qingxia Cave Heaven’s treasures and spirit medicines, then set out eastward.

After Qingxia Cave Heaven’s destruction, Li You ordered an investigation before turning his attention back to hunting Shen Xiu. Shen Xiu encountered a fight involving surviving Qingxia Cave Heaven members and recognized a familiar soul aura in the green-robed youth.

• Li You arrived at Qingxia Mountain, ordered two leaders to investigate the destruction, and learned from Mr. Bai that an overwhelming attacker had wiped out Qingxia Cave Heaven.
• Li You dismissed his subordinates and set off for eastern Yingzhou to deal with Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu traveled by carriage while eating treasures from Qingxia Cave Heaven, then spotted corpses and a Green-clothed Woman near the road.
• A green-robed Qingxia Cave Heaven youth attacked a man in fitted clothes who was protecting a wounded companion, and the two fought fiercely.
• Shen Xiu sensed a familiar soul aura from the green-robed youth.

Shen Xiu watched a Green Robe Youth and a Purple Robe Strongman fight a black-clad man who unleashed the Yin Sha Soul-Suppressing Technique. After the black-clad man overwhelmed them, the Purple Robe Strongman swallowed a demon pill and regained his strength, forcing his opponent back.

• Shen Xiu suspected the Green Robe Youth was connected to Bai Dianfeng after sensing his muddled soul aura.
• The black-clad man used the Yin Sha Soul-Suppressing Technique, and the Green Robe Youth and Purple Robe Strongman recognized its danger and tried to retreat.
• The black-clad man attacked before they could withdraw, badly wounding the Green Robe Youth and then blasting the Purple Robe Strongman into a cave wall.
• The Purple Robe Strongman swallowed a demon pill despite its harm to his foundation, and its medicinal power restored his aura to its peak.
• The Purple Robe Strongman charged back into battle with greatly increased strength and shattered the black-clad man's sword light, driving him several meters back.

The Purple Robe Strongman killed the man in black fighting attire and his followers, then tried to seize Shen Xiu’s carriage. Shen Xiu revealed his Ninth Realm strength and killed the Purple Robe Strongman, while the Green Robe Youth escaped into the distance.

• The Purple Robe Strongman defeated the man in black fighting attire and beheaded him.
• The Purple Robe Strongman slaughtered the black-clad followers who charged him.
• The Purple Robe Strongman threatened Shen Xiu and attacked him, but recoiled after sensing Shen Xiu’s Ninth Realm cultivation.
• Shen Xiu pursued the fleeing Purple Robe Strongman and overwhelmed his attacks without being injured.
• Shen Xiu killed the Purple Robe Strongman, then looked toward the horizon where the Green Robe Youth had fled.

Shen Xiu killed the Qingxia Cave Heaven disciples who attacked him and took their medicinal herbs. After using the herbs to cultivate, he broke through from the Ninth Realm into the Tenth Realm, Spirit Roaming.

• Shen Xiu pursued and killed the green-robed man despite his attempts to escape, then took his Storage Ring full of medicinal herbs.
• Shen Xiu crushed the other Qingxia Cave Heaven disciple's corpse and continued east, consuming medicinal herbs and pills to strengthen himself.
• Shen Xiu settled in an inn and began a difficult attempt to break through to the Tenth Realm.
• Shen Xiu endured severe pain as his True Yuan battered his body until his bottleneck gave way.
• Shen Xiu reached the Tenth Realm, Spirit Roaming, and found more herbs in the Storage Ring to consolidate his cultivation.

Shen Xiu headed toward Dongque Mountain as Yan Yue learned of the rumored Immortal’s Relic and its contest for ancient jade keys. On the road to Dongque City, Shen Xiu confronted Nether Ancient Divine Hall pursuers who demanded his Immortal’s Ancient Jade, and he shattered Li You’s summoned sword.

• Shen Xiu left the inn and set out east toward Dongque Mountain after reaching the Tenth Realm of Spirit Roaming.
• Yan Yue broke through in cultivation, and his junior sister told him that an Immortal’s Relic might appear on Dongque Mountain.
• The Discipline Elder explained that sect members would have to compete for ancient jade keys to qualify for the relic, which would remain open for only half a month.
• As Shen Xiu neared Dongque City, he sensed pursuers, attacked them, and learned they were from the Nether Ancient Divine Hall.
• Li You demanded Shen Xiu’s Immortal’s Ancient Jade, but Shen Xiu overpowered him and shattered the longsword he conjured.

Shen Xiu fought the Nether Ancient Divine Hall’s black-clad figures and a summoned Heavenly Venerable phantom over the Immortal's Ancient Jade. Though he unleashed the Immortal Golden Body and the Prison Suppressing Force, the Heavenly Venerable phantom remained stronger, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Shen Xiu killed the black-clad figures who attacked him, prompting Li You to summon a Heavenly Venerable phantom.
• The Heavenly Venerable phantom demanded the Immortal's Ancient Jade and Shen Xiu's submission, but Shen Xiu refused and continued fighting.
• Shen Xiu used the Immortal Golden Body to withstand the phantom's attacks, while the phantom transformed into a colossal being and then a giant sword.
• The Heavenly Venerable phantom injured Shen Xiu and blasted him away, forcing him to unleash the Prison Suppressing Force and grow in size.
• Shen Xiu manifested a powerful phantom behind himself, but he remained weaker than the Heavenly Venerable phantom.

Shen Xiu fought the Heavenly Venerable phantom, using his recovery, replenished power, and black sword to injure it despite repeated attacks. The phantom unleashed a stronger black-flame form and knocked Shen Xiu down, but Shen Xiu noticed it had weakened and prepared to fight back.

• Shen Xiu repeatedly attacked the Heavenly Venerable phantom, drawing on Dutian Wuzhu and the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill to replenish his strength.
• Shen Xiu recovered from the phantom’s assault and used his black sword and palm strikes to break through its defenses.
• The Heavenly Venerable phantom unleashed a divine ability, and Shen Xiu met it with golden dragons before resuming their close-quarters battle.
• Shen Xiu was battered and briefly turned into starlight, but his innate skill restored him to human form.
• Shen Xiu’s enormous Sword Aura carved a deep wound into the Heavenly Venerable phantom, which then erupted into black light and flames.
• The transformed phantom blasted Shen Xiu into the ground and moved to finish him, but Shen Xiu noticed that its power had weakened and vowed to fight back.

Shen Xiu battled the Celestial Venerable's phantom, enduring repeated blows as he wore down the weakened foe and used his spatial movement to counterattack. After their final clash, Shen Xiu regenerated while the phantom shattered and vanished.

• Shen Xiu repeatedly charged the Celestial Venerable's phantom, taking heavy injuries as he tried to exhaust its weakening power.
• The Celestial Venerable's phantom trapped Shen Xiu with dark energy, but Shen Xiu vanished and reappeared behind it to attack with his black sword.
• Shen Xiu cut his fingertip and awakened the black sword's power, enlarging it into a gigantic weapon that clashed with the phantom's Black Spear.
• The Celestial Venerable's phantom wounded Shen Xiu with a powerful strike and pursued him with its Black Spear and black wings.
• Shen Xiu and the Celestial Venerable's phantom collided in a final exchange, after which Shen Xiu regenerated and the phantom shattered into fragments and disappeared.

Shen Xiu defeated Li You and slaughtered the black-clad Nether Ancient Divine Hall disciples who had ambushed him. A Black-clad Divine Envoy arrived to confront him, and their battle began with both sides trading blows.

• Li You and his black-clad followers attacked Shen Xiu after the Heavenly Venerable phantom vanished, but Shen Xiu killed Li You with his black sword.
• Shen Xiu pursued and killed the fleeing black-clad figures, slaughtering the group across the mountain.
• Other Nether Ancient Divine Hall disciples arrived and found their comrades dead, while Shen Xiu appeared and claimed responsibility.
• A Black-clad Divine Envoy confronted Shen Xiu, who challenged him to fight.
• The Black-clad Divine Envoy charged with a pitch-black blade, and Shen Xiu met his attack with his black longsword.