Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu overwhelmed Black Clothes in a brutal fight, withstanding the divine envoy’s strongest techniques through his extraordinary physical strength. He killed Black Clothes and left the Nether Ancient Divine Hall’s surviving men helpless.

• Shen Xiu wounded Black Clothes in a sword fight, then broke through his manifested axe technique and battered him with relentless attacks.
• Black Clothes unleashed a destructive saber slash, but Shen Xiu’s body endured it and caught Black Clothes’s blade with his hand.
• Shen Xiu shattered Black Clothes’s left arm, kicked him down, and blasted away the black-robed men who tried to intervene.
• Shen Xiu punched Black Clothes into the earth and killed him with a final blow that destroyed his head.

Shen Xiu fought a second wave of divine envoys from the Nether Ancient Divine Hall, revealing overwhelming strength despite being wounded. As more people approached, he pressed his attack and stopped one black-robed man from escaping.

• After sensing a powerful hostile aura, Shen Xiu fled from the black-robed men who had come to support him.
• Shen Xiu met two more divine envoys in black clothes and battled them, injuring both in a head-on clash.
• One divine envoy attacked Shen Xiu with a Black Spear and a Black Long Saber, wounding him, but Shen Xiu countered with the Thunder God Fist and drove the envoys back.
• Shen Xiu noticed another group approaching and decided to deal with everyone together.
• Shen Xiu struck one black-robed man into a mountain wall, then appeared in front of him as he tried to flee.

Shen Xiu fought the remaining black-robed divine envoy, who swallowed a Devouring Pill and transformed into a Blood Demon to increase his power. Shen Xiu withstood the envoy’s attacks and struck him down, but the envoy rose again and launched another assault.

• Shen Xiu killed several black-robed men and advanced on the last divine envoy, Black Clothes.
• The black-robed divine envoy swallowed a Devouring Pill and unleashed the Blood Demon Eye, but Shen Xiu blocked his attacks and knocked him to the ground.
• The envoy activated Blood Demon Descent and struck Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu emerged standing and identified himself as Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu smashed through the envoy’s defenses with a punch, caving in his chest and sending him sliding across the ground.
• The envoy sprang up and raised a giant stone handprint against Shen Xiu, who shattered it and sent the envoy flying again.

Shen Xiu defeated the black-robed divine envoy and slaughtered the other pursuing envoys before heading toward Dongque Mountain. After learning that Shen Xiu was suspected of killing their envoys, Tushan Heavenly Venerate set out to confront him, and Shen Xiu sensed danger on the road.

• Shen Xiu endured the black-robed divine envoy's attacks, then used golden flames and a golden fist to kill him.
• Shen Xiu took the divine envoy's Storage Ring and pursued the fleeing black-clad figures, killing them all after a three-hour battle.
• Greedy Wolf Heavenly Venerate learned that several divine envoys had died and heard the suspicion that Shen Xiu of the Guixu Immortal Alliance was responsible.
• Tushan Heavenly Venerate revealed that his avatar had been defeated by Shen Xiu and left to go to Dongque Mountain himself.
• Shen Xiu, traveling toward Dongque Mountain, suddenly halted after sensing an intense feeling of danger.

Shen Xiu reached Dongque City and learned that powerful factions and prodigies were gathering for the Immortal's Relic. When the relic revealed itself as a violet-red immortal palace, the Yunyi Little Sword Immortal entered first, and the other gathered youths prepared to follow despite the old woman's ominous warning.

• Shen Xiu entered Dongque City, where Liu Yingying told him that prominent figures and factions, including people from the Nether Ancient Divine Hall, were converging on the Immortal's Relic.
• After waiting several days at an inn, Shen Xiu went to Dongque Mountain and found representatives of major factions gathering near a valley.
• The Yunyi Little Sword Immortal arrived as strange phenomena around the mountain transformed into a violet-red immortal palace.
• An old woman allowed only the Yunyi Little Sword Immortal to enter at first, then let the other prodigies proceed after he disappeared inside.
• As the gathered youths prepared to enter the palace, the old woman warned that they would surely die within.

A young martial cultivator was expelled from the Immortal Palace by its restrictions, while two black-robed youths entered easily using Immortal Palace Keys. Their arrival sparked a scramble for keys, and a powerful burly man revealed his own key and overwhelmed the martial cultivators trying to seize it.

• A young martial cultivator entered the Immortal Palace's range, saw two illusory figures appear, and was blasted out of the palace with severe injuries.
• Two black-robed youths entered the Immortal Palace, and someone in the crowd revealed that Immortal Palace Keys could bypass its restrictions.
• The crowd began hunting for key holders, then targeted a burly man after he was identified as possessing a key.
• The burly man revealed his ancient green jade Immortal Palace Key and fought off the martial cultivators who rushed to take it.
• The burly man used powerful Saber Auras to injure his attackers and advanced toward them as they shouted that they would obtain the Immortal Palace.

A burly man slaughtered the Martial Artists who tried to take the Immortal Palace Key, but Li Hao wounded him and claimed the key after unleashing a deadly surprise attack. Li Hao entered the Immortal's Relic, and Shen Xiu stepped forward as the crowd turned its attention to him.

• The burly man defeated and killed the young Martial Artists who tried to seize the Immortal Palace Key.
• Li Hao of the Li Clan in Dongque City attacked the burly man, pierced his shoulder, and struck him with a freezing blow that the man easily blocked.
• The burly man revealed his power, grew to more than ten feet tall, and charged Li Hao with his enormous battle axe.
• Li Hao used a sudden fist attack infused with the aura of death to send the burly man flying and leave him motionless.
• Li Hao took the Immortal Palace Key and entered the Immortal's Relic.
• Shen Xiu stepped out from the crowd, drawing the Martial Artists' attention.

Shen Xiu fought off martial cultivators who tried to seize his Immortal Palace Key, killing the Green Robe Youth and overpowering the purple robe youth. As the other attackers turned on him, Shen Xiu drew a pitch-black sword and slashed toward the purple robe youth’s neck.

• The Green Robe Youth attacked Shen Xiu over the Immortal Palace Key, but Shen Xiu shattered his sword hand and killed him as he fled.
• Shen Xiu fought through the black-clad men and forced the purple robe youth and the other cultivators into battle.
• The other young martial cultivators fled, while Shen Xiu injured the purple robe youth and killed or disabled several black-clad men.
• The purple robe youth and the remaining attackers agreed to join forces against Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu struck the purple robe youth again and buried him beneath a collapsed mound of earth.
• The wounded purple robe youth threatened Shen Xiu, who drew a pitch-black sword and slashed toward his neck.

Shen Xiu defeated Zhong Jian and slaughtered the Zhong Family fighters who tried to stop him from taking the key to the Immortal's Relic. After the spectators fled, he walked toward the relic's entrance.

• Shen Xiu overwhelmed Zhong Jian's black-clad subordinates and wounded Zhong Jian despite the heir's lightning attacks.
• Zhong Jian used the Lightning Dragon Fist and Lightning Sword Art against Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu killed him with his pitch-black sword.
• Shen Xiu slaughtered the fleeing Zhong Family martial artists and blasted away the nearby spectators with an energy ripple.
• Shen Xiu asked whether anyone else would try to seize the key, and the spectators left rather than challenge him.
• Shen Xiu walked toward the entrance of the Immortal's Relic.

Shen Xiu explored the Immortal's Relic, discovered a Demon Suppressing Lock, and killed Dongfang Wuji after defeating him in battle. He crossed into a barren grassland, where a sealed sphere of light revealed itself to contain strange, fragmented memories.

• Shen Xiu entered the Immortal's Relic and found a broken chain engraved with the words "Demon Suppressing Lock."
• Dongfang Wuji claimed the relic's treasures for the Dongfang Family, but Shen Xiu challenged him and killed him with a sword strike.
• Shen Xiu found a concealed entrance and emerged on a desolate grassland, then crossed it toward a hill.
• A gray light burst from a crack in the hill and tried to pull Shen Xiu into a mysterious space, but his True Yuan drove it back.
• A gray sphere flew into Shen Xiu's hand, and he sensed that it contained fragmented, strange memories.

Shen Xiu found a mysterious ball of light containing fragments of a terrified man’s memories, then clashed with Lingquan Sect cultivators who demanded the item he had obtained. He left the attackers dead or fleeing, while their sword attacks failed to injure his body.

• Shen Xiu saw fragments of remembered voices and a panicked middle-aged man inside the ball of light, but could not understand what it revealed.
• A middle-aged Lingquan Sect leader and two Ninth Realm cultivators confronted Shen Xiu and demanded he hand over what he had obtained.
• Shen Xiu defeated the three men, then overwhelmed the leader with his pressure when they tried to retreat.
• More Lingquan Sect disciples arrived, but Shen Xiu killed the leader and several others with his black Sword Aura.
• The remaining disciples attacked Shen Xiu with Sword Qi, but their strikes only left faint white marks on his body.

Shen Xiu entered the Immortal's Relic and fought a powerful Tenth-order black giant bear in the primeval forest. Though he wounded the beast and discovered a bloodline-suppressing ability in his Indestructible Diamond, the battle left him with a serious injury to his left shoulder.

• Shen Xiu killed the group blocking his path with a single sword strike and continued toward the center of the Immortal's Relic.
• Shen Xiu encountered a Tenth-order black giant bear in the forest, and their first clashes showed that its strength rivaled that of a Tenth Realm martial cultivator.
• Shen Xiu discovered golden runes and a suppressive power in his fist, an additional ability of Indestructible Diamond, and used it to wound the giant bear.
• Shen Xiu and the giant bear fought fiercely as he dodged its attacks and cut away half of its right arm.
• The giant bear pierced Shen Xiu's defenses and seized his left shoulder, while the force of the exchange sent the beast crashing through a towering tree.

Shen Xiu fought a giant bear with strength equivalent to a human cultivator at the Tenth Realm, enduring its attacks while steadily gaining the upper hand. He subdued and killed the bear, then removed its crimson-black demon core.

• Shen Xiu repeatedly battled the giant bear, using his healing physique to recover from its blows and inflicting severe wounds in return.
• Shen Xiu overwhelmed the giant bear in a prolonged fight, breaking its scales and bones as their battle devastated the valley.
• Shen Xiu unleashed his full strength and bound the giant bear with an invisible force before battering it into the ruins.
• Shen Xiu gripped the defeated giant bear by the neck and plunged a short blade into its heart.
• Shen Xiu pulled a crimson-black demon core from the giant bear, which held power equivalent to a human cultivator at the Tenth Realm.

Shen Xiu collected a Tenth Realm Demon Core and other spoils before the old man in hemp clothes tried to steal the core. Shen Xiu overwhelmed the old man’s attacks, and the chapter ended as he charged at him again after destroying his venomous snakes.

• Shen Xiu stored the giant bear’s corpse and a century-old ginseng root, intending to feed the corpse to the Nine Transformations Golden Cicada.
• The old man in hemp clothes followed Shen Xiu and demanded the Tenth Realm Demon Core in exchange for a Dao Grade cultivation technique.
• Shen Xiu repelled the old man’s palm strike and shattered his Dark Light spears with golden lightning.
• The old man used Crimson Flame True Fire, but Shen Xiu tore it apart and crushed the old man’s right arm.
• The old man summoned green venomous snakes from gray mist, but Shen Xiu killed them with a wave of force and charged at him again.

Shen Xiu defeated the old man in hemp clothes' attacks and drove him into a lake, where he escaped. While returning through the forest, Shen Xiu encountered a Nether Giant Crocodile and quickly injured it.

• The old man in hemp clothes attacked Shen Xiu with a spear, but Shen Xiu snapped it and struck him hard.
• The old man in hemp clothes summoned the Nether King Banner and used a soul attack, but Shen Xiu's flames dispelled it and he overwhelmed the man in combat.
• The old man in hemp clothes fled into a lake after Shen Xiu struck him, and Shen Xiu let him escape.
• Shen Xiu heard a howl in the forest, found a Nether Giant Crocodile, and charged at it without fear.
• The Nether Giant Crocodile lunged at Shen Xiu, but he knocked it back and wounded it with another punch.

Shen Xiu fought a powerful Nether Giant Crocodile whose poison, strength, and defenses pushed him to the brink. After activating his innate skill and battling with his sword and True Yuan, he killed the beast with a golden-flamed strike to its head.

• Dozens of Nether Giant Crocodiles swam toward Shen Xiu, and he killed all but their largest with Sword Qi.
• Shen Xiu battled the surviving crocodile, enduring its poison miasma, icy aura, and heavy blows until it wounded him and drove him into the ruins.
• Shen Xiu used his innate skill to strike the crocodile with a golden fist, injuring it and prompting it to grow larger and gather black Killing Intent.
• Shen Xiu evaded the enlarged crocodile's attacks, shattered its purple beam with Sword Aura, and cut into its forehead.
• Shen Xiu resumed the fight after the crocodile knocked him away, then killed it with a blazing golden strike to the head.

Shen Xiu crossed Misty Marsh and entered the forest, where he defeated a Nether Leopard and met Zhao Chen of the Heavenly Star Sect. He then discovered the legendary Spirit Mountain, an ancient palace complex protected by a formation, and headed toward it, intending to rely on his Nine Transformations Golden Cicada to break through.

• Shen Xiu killed a Nether Giant Crocodile, drove off attacking demonic beasts, and discovered that their corpses carried the aura of vengeful spirits.
• Shen Xiu crossed Misty Marsh and entered a lush forest, where he found Zhao Chen and other cultivators fighting a White Striped Ox.
• A Nether Leopard attacked the group and killed several cultivators, but Shen Xiu struck it down and claimed the White Striped Ox.
• Zhao Chen invited Shen Xiu to join the Heavenly Star Sect, but Shen Xiu declined and continued deeper into the wilderness.
• Shen Xiu found the legendary Spirit Mountain, saw ancient buildings hidden in mist beneath a strange formation, and hurried toward it.

Shen Xiu climbed the lightning-struck mountain in the Tomb of Immortals, enduring attacks that depleted his strength before confronting the Thundercloud Flood Dragon. He blocked its lightning and wounded it, but its defenses and power forced him back as the battle continued.

• Shen Xiu climbed toward the summit despite the mountain's pressure and endured increasingly powerful lightning strikes that wounded and exhausted him.
• Shen Xiu killed the Thunder Beasts that charged him, then encountered a hundred-zhang Thundercloud Flood Dragon seeking to devour him and a spirit herb.
• Shen Xiu charged the Thundercloud Flood Dragon and blocked its lightning attacks with his golden body.
• Shen Xiu struck the Thundercloud Flood Dragon hard enough to crack its bones and break some scales, but inflicted only superficial wounds.
• Shen Xiu enlarged himself and attacked again, but the Thundercloud Flood Dragon's lightning forced him back and left him wary of its immense strength.

Shen Xiu fought the half-step Innate Thundercloud Flood Dragon at Thundercloud Lake, enduring its lightning with his bloodline power, protective treasures, and recovery ability. He gained the upper hand briefly, but the battle continued as the Dragon launched another attack against him.

• The Thundercloud Flood Dragon blasted Shen Xiu with powerful purple lightning, so Shen Xiu burned his bloodline and charged at it.
• Shen Xiu used a narrow pit to hinder the Dragon, then struck it hard enough to send it crashing into a mountain.
• The Dragon fired more than a hundred lightning pearls at Shen Xiu, but a protective barrier from his Qingxia Cave Heaven treasures shielded him from the explosions.
• Shen Xiu attacked with Exploding Cloud Crushing Fist, struck the Dragon's head, and snapped off its tail, but its Lightning Whip and lightning attacks continued to injure him.
• Shen Xiu and the Dragon fought on, trading devastating blows as his recovery ability helped him withstand the Dragon's lightning.
• The Dragon lunged at Shen Xiu with a claw, and dazzling light suddenly began to bloom across Shen Xiu's body.

Shen Xiu fought the Thundercloud Flood Dragon through a brutal battle that left him badly injured and cost him his right hand. He finally killed the Fifth-Rank Spirit Beast by smashing its head apart, leaving its enormous corpse on the ground.

• The Thundercloud Flood Dragon engulfed Shen Xiu in purple lightning, but he resisted and struck it back into a mountain peak.
• Shen Xiu attacked with the Life-Taking Sword Art and his fists, injuring the Thundercloud Flood Dragon as they battled through the air and across the valley.
• The Thundercloud Flood Dragon intensified its lightning and speed, repeatedly evading Shen Xiu and blasting him backward with powerful attacks.
• Shen Xiu charged the Thundercloud Flood Dragon with his body wreathed in scarlet flames, shattering its claw while the dragon tore off his right hand and broke his arm.
• Shen Xiu seized the Thundercloud Flood Dragon’s moment of distraction and blew apart its head with a palm strike, killing it.