Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu endured a brutal assault from the old man in green, Qingyi, then used the Azure Cloud Divine Sword to wound him and repeatedly drive him to the brink of death. Qingyi drew on his Soul Power and vowed to kill Shen Xiu, and the battle continued as he launched another attack.

• Qingyi repeatedly slashed Shen Xiu, leaving him badly wounded while Shen Xiu dodged and mocked him.
• Shen Xiu revealed the Azure Cloud Divine Sword and unleashed its runic Sword Aura, blasting Qingyi away and tearing open his body.
• Shen Xiu and Qingyi traded attacks as Shen Xiu repeatedly wounded Qingyi, leaving him barely alive.
• Qingyi struggled back to his feet, released waves of Soul Power, and declared that Shen Xiu had to die for humiliating the Heavenly Wolf Sect.
• Qingyi thrust his longsword at Shen Xiu and sent sharp Sword Aura surging toward him again.

Shen Xiu fought the old man in green, enduring his Sword Aura before using his speed and black short blade to turn the battle around. By the end, Shen Xiu had battered the old man in green into a bloodied state and mocked the Green Robe Sect, but the fight continued.

• The old man in green bombarded Shen Xiu with Sword Aura, while Shen Xiu endured the wounds and revealed his formidable defense.
• Shen Xiu summoned a black short blade and charged the old man in green, who gathered green clouds into a massive Sword Aura attack.
• Shen Xiu activated his Lightning Wings and increased his speed, closing the distance and overwhelming the old man in green with repeated attacks.
• Shen Xiu broke through the old man in green’s protective barrier and shattered his armor, leaving him severely wounded.
• The old man in green threatened Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu kept attacking and mocked the Green Robe Sect as the battle continued.

Shen Xiu fought the old man in green, who restored his strength with green armor but was repeatedly overwhelmed by Shen Xiu’s sword attacks. After Shen Xiu revealed power in the Holy Lord Realm and drove his opponent to panic, he struck the old man in green’s chest with Azure Cloud Slash, leaving him severely wounded.

• The old man in green healed his injuries and regained his peak strength, then knocked Shen Xiu back with a series of attacks.
• Shen Xiu continued bombarding the old man in green with Sword Aura, and the old man repeatedly fell and spat blood.
• Shen Xiu’s aura reached the Holy Lord Realm, terrifying the old man in green as Shen Xiu attacked him again.
• Shen Xiu used Azure Cloud Slash to send the old man in green crashing to the ground, then advanced as the old man pleaded for his life.
• Shen Xiu repeatedly struck the old man in green with Azure Cloud Slash, cleaving into his chest and breaking his bones.

Shen Xiu slaughtered the Li Clan elders and numerous cultivators who tried to stop him, revealing power comparable to a Half-step Heavenly King. As the battle continued, his strength and pressure surged, and the chapter ended with him unleashing a devastating punch that leveled the surrounding area.

• Shen Xiu killed the Li Clan elders with his Azure Dragon Slash and challenged anyone who wanted to oppose him.
• When young cultivators attacked as he tried to leave, Shen Xiu killed them with precise, overwhelming Sword Aura.
• More cultivators ambushed Shen Xiu, but he evaded their attacks and cut down one opponent after another.
• Shen Xiu's strength continued to rise as he fought, causing the watching cultivators to fear his power.
• Shen Xiu unleashed a radiant punch that leveled the area and carved deep ravines through the forest.

Shen Xiu slaughtered cultivators who tried to attack him in the Mud Swamp, easily killing even Holy Lord Realm experts despite being outnumbered. After nearly a hundred deaths, he continued fighting the survivors, leaving their sects' threats unanswered.

• Shen Xiu killed the Huoyun Sect cultivators who attacked him, including a Holy Lord Realm expert, and drove the remaining fighters into fear.
• He pursued and killed more cultivators, using his speed, flames, fists, and an iron hammer as dozens of attackers fell around him.
• When cultivators threatened revenge from their sects, Shen Xiu kept attacking and killed nearly a hundred of them, though one palm strike badly injured his left shoulder.
• Shen Xiu taunted the stunned survivors and killed more than twenty in a single exchange.
• He tore off the arms of cultivators attempting a combined assault, mocked their efforts, and resumed killing them.

Shen Xiu slaughtered the cultivators who pursued him and continued toward a strange mountain range in the Immortal's Relic. There, Heavenly Star Sect disciples ambushed him, and the chapter ended as they charged to kill him.

• Shen Xiu killed several cultivators who attacked him, including an old woman, and killed the last pursuer despite his threats about his father in the Heavenly Star Sect.
• Shen Xiu reached a mountain range he believed could help him break through to the Twelfth Realm and entered an ancient battlefield within it.
• A black short sword pierced Shen Xiu, knocking him to the ground as five or six Heavenly Star Sect disciples confronted him.
• The Heavenly Star Sect disciples demanded Shen Xiu surrender, then charged at him after he refused.

Shen Xiu defeated the Heavenly Star Sect disciples and reached the Immortal Mansion Main Hall through a mysterious Stone Gate. Inside, he found an unfamiliar formation around a statue and used Saint-grade Healing Sacred Medicine to restore his depleted strength.

• Shen Xiu killed several Heavenly Star Sect disciples, overcoming their attacks and sword techniques with his immense strength and speed.
• The two surviving disciples fled, but Shen Xiu caught up with them and killed them, then took their Storage Rings.
• Shen Xiu found the Stone Gate at the end of the mountain range and entered the Immortal Mansion Main Hall.
• Shen Xiu smashed open the palace doors and passed through a black gate into a vast hall containing a rune-covered statue and unfamiliar Formation Patterns.
• Shen Xiu suspected the formation might be a Teleportation Array and swallowed two bottles of Saint-grade Healing Sacred Medicine to recover his True Yuan.

Shen Xiu tried to break an ancient inheritance grand formation, but its defenses injured him and eventually collapsed under his attacks. He then fought the Purple Gold Divine Wood, intent on refining it into pills.

• Shen Xiu attacked the inheritance grand formation and concluded that an Immortal Emperor might be needed to break it.
• Shen Xiu surrounded the central formation with ten Five Elements Escape Formations and launched repeated attacks, suffering injuries as the formation weakened.
• The formation turned purple and unleashed overwhelming power, knocking Shen Xiu unconscious as it collapsed.
• A giant Purple Gold Divine Wood appeared and shattered the remaining formation with a branch, while Shen Xiu recovered and saw three dead experts nearby.
• Shen Xiu attacked the tree with the Crimson Flame Sword, was blasted back by its sword intent, then caused the ground to collapse and magma to erupt as he tried to refine the tree into pills.

After absorbing the grand formation’s remaining power, Shen Xiu was trapped inside the Immortal Mansion Grand Formation and fought his way through the Heavenly Star Sect disciples pursuing him. He killed many of them before Li Changfeng confronted him, and the chapter ended with Shen Xiu catching Li Changfeng’s blade and holding it fast.

• Shen Xiu absorbed the grand formation’s remaining energy, reached the peak of the Eleventh Realm, and appeared outside the Immortal Mansion Grand Formation.
• Shen Xiu attacked the formation, nearly broke it, and killed the Heavenly Star Sect disciples who tried to stop him.
• Shen Xiu escaped into the mountains after the formation collapsed and continued killing the Heavenly Star Sect disciples pursuing him.
• Shen Xiu encountered Li Changfeng and the sect elders, then caught Li Changfeng’s blade and prevented him from pulling it free.

Shen Xiu killed Li Changfeng and fought the Heavenly Star Sect disciples who came to avenge him, including Lin Xuelian. After slaughtering many of them with his five laws and ability to absorb origin energy, he faced the remaining disciples as their leader raised a spear to attack.

• Shen Xiu bound Li Changfeng, defeated him in battle, and killed him when he tried to flee.
• A yellow-haired youth and several Heavenly Star Sect disciples confronted Shen Xiu over Li Changfeng's death, but an arrow pierced Shen Xiu's chest before the fight could conclude.
• Lin Xuelian appeared with two companions and ordered the Heavenly Star Sect disciples to capture Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu unleashed the power of five laws, defeated the disciples' attacks, and absorbed their origin energy as he killed many of them.
• The surviving disciples challenged Shen Xiu, and their leading man summoned a spear and raised his aura to its peak.

Shen Xiu slaughtered the Heavenly Star Sect disciples who attacked him, then stormed the sect to confront its elders over the harm done to his friends. He began fighting a powerful elder, but the battle left Shen Xiu badly wounded and the outcome remained uncertain.

• Shen Xiu used flames and his martial abilities to kill the Heavenly Star Sect disciples, then drained the female disciple's true qi as she tried to flee.
• Shen Xiu entered the Heavenly Star Sect and confronted the elders in their forbidden ground, declaring that he would kill anyone who harmed his friends.
• The elders attacked Shen Xiu, and he struck several of them down despite their furious resistance.
• A powerful elder unleashed his Soul Power against Shen Xiu, blew apart his left arm, and battered him through the hall.
• The elder charged at Shen Xiu again as Shen Xiu lay wounded, leaving their fight unresolved.

Shen Xiu defeated the old man and slaughtered Heavenly Star Sect disciples and elders who tried to stop him. He continued toward the sect’s core region, intent on finding someone and making amends while the survivors feared to challenge him.

• Shen Xiu used a breakthrough in his divine sense and a Sword Aura to kill the old man who had been attacking him, then fled toward the approaching Heavenly Star Sect forces.
• Shen Xiu summoned the Blade of Slaughter and cut down the old man and the Heavenly Star Sect disciples despite the female disciple’s plea for mercy.
• Shen Xiu found Mid-grade Spirit Stones in the old man’s Storage Bag and advanced to the middle stage of the Eleventh Realm.
• Shen Xiu killed an attacking Heavenly Star Sect elder with a golden arrow, frightening the surrounding elders and disciples into holding back.
• Shen Xiu said he wanted to find someone and make amends, then continued toward the Heavenly Star Sect’s core region as those around him hurried out of his way.

Shen Xiu fought off the Heavenly Star Sect’s pursuit and killed the black-robed young man who attacked him, revealing his Nascent Soul Realm strength. The Yang Family Patriarch and Li Mu then confronted him, and the Patriarch struck him down, but Shen Xiu still warned them to leave.

• The Heavenly Star Sect ordered its disciples to chase Shen Xiu, and he killed a pursuing woman before facing a black-robed young man wielding a spear.
• The young man attacked Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu’s Five Elements Ancient Cauldron blocked his strike, and Shen Xiu overpowered him in combat.
• Shen Xiu revealed his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, shattered the young man’s weapon, and killed him with a sword strike.
• Li Mu and the Yang Family Patriarch watched the fight, and the Patriarch complained that the young man had failed to defeat Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu told Li Mu and the Yang Family Patriarch to leave, but the Patriarch struck him down and Li Mu mocked his apparent fifth-layer Qi Condensation cultivation.
• Wounded, Shen Xiu warned them again to leave if they did not want to die.

Shen Xiu fought Li Mu, trading powerful attacks as Li Mu’s spiritual artifact and hidden defenses turned the battle against him. After Shen Xiu unleashed a fire dragon and wounded Li Mu, Li Mu pierced Shen Xiu’s chest with golden Sword Qi, and Shen Xiu transformed into a green flood dragon and plunged into Green Water Pool.

• Shen Xiu used his strange movement and sword strike to wound Li Mu, but Li Mu retaliated with a barrage of punches and brought out a bronze spiritual cauldron.
• Li Mu knocked Shen Xiu down and prepared to kill him, while Shen Shiyu and Liu Mengyao cried out in alarm; a sudden white light struck Li Mu back.
• A white vortex shielded Shen Xiu from Li Mu’s Sword Aura, and Shen Xiu kicked Li Mu down before exposing his stone defense and attacking with a fire dragon.
• Shen Xiu struck Li Mu in the chest, but Li Mu fired golden Sword Qi through Shen Xiu’s chest.
• Shen Xiu transformed into a green flood dragon and plunged into Green Water Pool.

Li Mu and Shen Xiu fought fiercely, with Shen Xiu initially wounding Li Mu and pursuing him. Li Mu unleashed the Law of Death and overwhelmed Shen Xiu, then vanished while Shen Xiu vowed to pursue him.

• Li Mu attacked Shen Xiu with a black arrow and Sword Aura, forcing Shen Xiu out of Green Water Pool badly wounded.
• Shen Xiu revealed his increased power and chased Li Mu, then pierced Li Mu's chest and battered him with Saber Auras.
• Li Mu survived Shen Xiu's attacks and unleashed the Law of Death, sending black lightning arcs against him.
• Shen Xiu's weapons and attacks failed to stop Li Mu's lightning, which wounded Shen Xiu and destroyed his spear.
• Li Mu challenged Shen Xiu to hunt him down and vanished a hundred meters away.

Li Mu and Shen Xiu fought fiercely, each surviving the other's soul attacks and revealing greater power. After both advanced to Saint King Realm, they charged at each other again, and Li Mu unleashed a gigantic sun toward Shen Xiu.

• Li Mu battered Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu used a soul attack to knock Li Mu down before Li Mu revealed his Soul Power could withstand it.
• Li Mu bound Shen Xiu with the Soul Suppressing Technique and pierced his brow, apparently destroying his soul.
• Li Mu found Shen Xiu's treasures and used a divine artifact to shield himself when Shen Xiu suddenly returned and attacked with fireballs.
• Li Mu and Shen Xiu resumed their fight, and the system announced that Shen Xiu had reached Saint King Realm and gained three Summoning Card uses.
• Li Mu gathered lightning and dark clouds, then formed a gigantic crimson sun and hurled it toward Shen Xiu.

Li Mu and Shen Xiu fought fiercely, with Shen Xiu unleashing his hidden strength and repeatedly attacking Li Mu’s battle armor. After Li Mu overwhelmed him and stopped his attempt to flee, Shen Xiu called on his family backing and launched a final charge as Li Mu covered himself in Chaos Fire armor.

• Shen Xiu revealed a terrifying power and battered Li Mu, but Li Mu’s battle armor and physique let him endure the assault and eventually suppress Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu poured True Yuan into his armor, repaired its cracks, and shattered it while injuring himself, then attacked Li Mu with golden fist light.
• Li Mu weathered Shen Xiu’s strongest attacks and struck him down when Shen Xiu tried to escape.
• Shen Xiu declared that he would drag Li Mu down with him and surged toward him with overwhelming power.
• Li Mu fused Chaos Fire into his flesh, formed flame armor and battle boots, and rushed to meet Shen Xiu as they collided.

Shen Xiu endured Li Mu’s attacks, awakened a terrifying surge of power, and turned the fight around. He killed Li Mu with purple lightning and revealed his identity as the Shen Family’s second greatest genius, leaving himself weakened after using a powerful sword art.

• Li Mu battered Shen Xiu and prepared to leave, but golden runes appeared on Shen Xiu and unleashed a surge of power.
• Li Mu attacked Shen Xiu with a purplish-red Flood Dragon strike, but Shen Xiu’s power erupted and blasted apart Li Mu’s attacks.
• Shen Xiu and Li Mu exchanged blows, and Shen Xiu’s strengthened punch pierced Li Mu’s body and left him begging for mercy.
• Shen Xiu identified himself as the Shen Family’s second greatest genius and told Li Mu he would not wipe him out completely.
• Shen Xiu summoned a purple lightning dragon and killed Li Mu with a final punch, then revealed that the powerful sword art had drained his vital energy and spiritual sense.

Shen Xiu battled Li Mu and the hundreds of young men who arrived to intervene, unleashing devastating purple-gold lightning despite his weakened state. The chapter ended by revealing that Li Mu had survived the apparent slaughter and possessed a body at the half-step Saint Emperor level.

• Hundreds of Li Mu's fellow disciples arrived as Shen Xiu attacked him, but Shen Xiu's lightning killed Li Mu and scattered the newcomers.
• Shen Xiu faced the survivors outside the valley, killed many with purple-gold lightning, and fought on despite suffering severe injuries.
• Two black-clad men arrived and discussed turning Shen Xiu into a puppet to lure and kill his allies, provoking him to attack again.
• Shen Xiu struck Li Mu with another bolt of lightning, and the young men celebrated as Li Mu's body broke apart.
• The scene returned to Shen Xiu's clash with Li Mu, where Li Mu's protective astral force collapsed but his body showed no bleeding, revealing his half-step Saint Emperor-level physique.

Shen Xiu battled Li Mu, repeatedly recovering from devastating injuries and eventually punching a hole through Li Mu’s chest. Li Mu summoned the Golden Jade Talisman and Ghost Soldiers before trying to flee, but Shen Xiu pursued him; as another battle broke out nearby, Li Mu counterattacked with the Void Breaking Fist.

• Li Mu suppressed Shen Xiu’s thunderbolt and struck him with a golden fireball, but Shen Xiu rapidly healed and grew stronger.
• Shen Xiu and Li Mu exchanged brutal physical attacks, and Shen Xiu destroyed Li Mu’s formation and blasted a hole through his chest.
• Li Mu activated the Golden Jade Talisman, which summoned a group of powerful Ghost Soldiers, then fled while Shen Xiu chased him.
• Shen Xiu noticed the Li Clan and Shen Family disciples fighting nearby and headed toward them, declaring that Li Mu had lost the wager.
• Li Mu launched the Void Breaking Fist at Shen Xiu, who blocked it with a sword before Li Mu followed with another heavy punch.