Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu defeated a venomous snake and discovered that the masked women were Demonic Cult disciples, who lured him into a hidden formation. The chapter ended with him trapped and the woman in white blaming him for the death of their Holy Son.

• Liu Yifei rejected his defeat, and Shen Xiu offered him another match for Seventh-tier Pills while Liu Yanyang insisted the original agreement be honored.
• Two masked women attacked Shen Xiu with arrows and a venomous snake, but he killed the snake and learned they were Demonic Cult cultivators.
• Shen Xiu killed one masked woman with his Saber Aura, then met four more women, including one who presented a genuine Demon Crystal Token and asked him to help obtain Seven Star Grass.
• After the woman in white claimed the Demonic Cult had rescued Shen Xiu's father and gave him a Jade Slip, Shen Xiu returned home and discovered he had entered a concealed formation.
• The woman in white appeared inside the formation and revealed that the Demonic Cult wanted revenge because Shen Xiu had killed their Holy Son.

Shen Xiu was badly wounded and captured by Devil Cult members who demanded a treasure left by his father, but another Shen Xiu intervened and fought Bai Ying'er. The newcomer’s strength surprised everyone, though the injured Shen Xiu remained in danger as the battle continued.

• Bai Ying'er attacked Shen Xiu, crippled him, and demanded that he surrender his father's treasure, but Shen Xiu refused.
• Bai Ying'er ordered her followers to seize Shen Xiu and take him to the Devil Hall, where the Devil Venerable would judge him.
• A mysterious Shen Xiu intervened, rescued Shen Xiu from a black-clothed woman's attack, and identified himself as Shen Yuntian's younger brother.
• The newcomer fought Bai Ying'er, who held the advantage despite his formidable strength and Shen Xiu's severe injuries.
• Bai Ying'er accused the newcomer of belonging to the Devil Cult and attacked him, but he knocked her sword aside with his bare palm.

Shen Xiu saved Shen Xiu from the woman in the white skirt, then left the valley with his subordinates. Outside, black-clad members of the Xuanming Sect ambushed him, forcing him to flee after one struck him with Lightning Palm.

• The woman in the white skirt badly injured Shen Xiu and attacked him again, but Shen Xiu accepted a side mission and used a token to kill her with a burst of golden light.
• Shen Xiu and Shen Xiu agreed to part ways, and Shen Xiu left the valley after explaining that his domain had absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy.
• Shen Xiu gathered his subordinates, appointed them his personal guards, and flew out of the valley as dark clouds and purple lightning gathered overhead.
• Dozens of black-clad figures surrounded Shen Xiu and demanded that he surrender so they could take him to their Young Master.
• A Black-clad Figure struck Shen Xiu with Lightning Palm, and Shen Xiu fled while the black-clad figures pursued him.

Shen Xiu was ambushed by black-clad members of the Xuanming Sect, who intended to capture him as bait, but he fought back and killed several attackers. The remaining figures were wounded and driven back as Shen Xiu continued his assault.

• Shen Xiu followed a black-clad figure into the mountains and discovered that the Xuanming Sect had lured him there to capture him.
• The black-clad leader ordered his men to seize Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu refused to surrender and confronted them.
• The leader attacked with the Lightning Dragon Spear, and Shen Xiu countered with a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon technique, injuring one of the attackers.
• Shen Xiu overwhelmed the black-clad figures with kicks and Sword Qi, killing one and forcing the others to retreat.
• Shen Xiu attacked the retreating figures with silver needles, killing several and wounding others.
• Shen Xiu appeared beside another black-clad figure and slashed his throat with a longsword.

Shen Xiu defeated the Black Crow Gang fighters, killed their leader, and returned to his cave dwelling to recover. The next morning, he flew out to confront the Black Crow Gang disciples who had come after his treasures.

• Shen Xiu killed the Black Crow Gang leader’s followers and drove their leader down a collapsing cliff into a cave.
• Shen Xiu pursued the fleeing Black Crow Gang leader, killed him, and received five million points from the system.
• Shen Xiu returned to his cave dwelling and meditated to recover from his injuries while waiting for the Black Crow Gang to come for his treasures.
• After a night of recovery, Shen Xiu flew into the sky and faced the Black Crow Gang disciples, who were shocked to see him alive.

Shen Xiu slaughtered the Black Crow Gang forces that confronted him, leaving their surviving members terrified and ready to surrender. Afterward, he flew to a mountain peak and reflected that eliminating more Black Crow Gang members would help his group enter the secret realm, then headed back down.

• Shrill howls sounded from the nearby forest as the Black Crow Gang disciples mistook Shen Xiu for an enemy and charged him.
• Shen Xiu dodged their attacks and killed the Black Crow Gang disciples as they tried to flee.
• Shen Xiu pursued the remaining Black Crow Gang forces, killing hundreds and making the survivors surrender.
• Shen Xiu flew to a mountain summit and said he would eliminate more Black Crow Gang members to secure his group's entry into the secret realm.
• Shen Xiu left the summit and sped toward the foot of the mountain.

Shen Xiu slaughtered hundreds of Black Crow Gang disciples and learned that their forces were gathered on the eastern side of the mountain range. The chapter then shifted to Shen Xiu battling Hei Sha, whose spear he pierced before stabbing him in the chest.

• Shen Xiu learned from Lin Fan that Xiao Hei had led the tracked Black Crow Gang forces east.
• Shen Xiu chased down and killed hundreds of Black Crow Gang disciples, forcing the survivors to surrender.
• Shen Xiu declared that eliminating the Black Crow Gang would help their secret-realm plan succeed, then returned to Lin Fan.
• Shen Xiu attacked Hei Sha and pierced his spear with his sword, stabbing Hei Sha in the chest.
• Hei Sha accused Shen Xiu of ambushing him and vowed to kill him.

Shen Xiu battled Hei Sha, repeatedly overpowering him with his sword and spatial treasure, until the Lord of Qingyang City arrived and restrained Shen Xiu. Hei Sha seized the opening to attack Shen Xiu with his black iron hammer.

• Hei Sha swallowed an Essence Gathering Pill, but Shen Xiu overwhelmed him in their fight, knocking away his weapons and repeatedly injuring him.
• Shen Xiu used a black stone tablet to travel through spatial rifts and continued attacking Hei Sha, who swallowed a golden pill to recover and renew the fight.
• The Lord of Qingyang City appeared, used his immense pressure to immobilize Shen Xiu and Hei Sha, and revealed that he had tracked their group from Qingyang City.
• Hei Sha laughed at Shen Xiu's predicament, then charged at him and swung his black iron hammer down.

Shen Xiu and Hei Sha fought fiercely, with Shen Xiu gaining the upper hand before Hei Sha unleashed his True Yuan and vanished into the forest. Shen Xiu pursued him despite his exhaustion, and the chapter ended as a pack of black tigers caught up to him and a golden sphere of light appeared around his True Qi barrier.

• Hei Sha battered Shen Xiu and smashed him into the ground, but Shen Xiu rose and charged back at him.
• Shen Xiu disarmed Hei Sha and overwhelmed him with repeated attacks, leaving Hei Sha badly wounded.
• Hei Sha erupted with powerful True Yuan, and Shen Xiu fled; Hei Sha picked up his hammer and disappeared into the forest.
• Shen Xiu destroyed the Fierce Beasts around him and prepared to risk his life to kill Hei Sha, knowing he was exhausted.
• Shen Xiu raced through the forest, and a pack of black tigers caught up to him as a dazzling golden sphere appeared around his True Qi barrier.

Shen Xiu survived the Dark Church’s ambush, healed his injuries, and escaped their attempt to trap him inside their cave. He then unleashed his Sword Qi on the Dark Church assassins, leaving them gravely wounded as the fight continued.

• Shen Xiu struck the golden orb, suffered countless sword wounds, and healed himself with a cyan tornado.
• Shen Xiu rushed toward a golden cocoon, but the Dark Church assassins tried to bind him and trap him behind a closing Stone Gate.
• Shen Xiu escaped through a spatial distortion and emerged from the cave, while the Dark Church assassins gathered to confront him.
• The Dark Church assassins attacked Shen Xiu, but his Sword Qi tore through their defenses and badly wounded them.
• Shen Xiu sent several dozen more streaks of Sword Aura at the fallen assassins, whose cries echoed through the canyon.

Shen Xiu overwhelmed the Dark Church assassins with his Sword Slash Sky Curtain, leaving their forces terrified and badly wounded. As the survivors tried to flee, Shen Xiu intercepted them and appeared beside one attacker as it thrust its sword at his chest.

• Shen Xiu unleashed Sword Slash Sky Curtain and killed the Dark Church assassins caught in its attack.
• Shen Xiu threatened the surviving assassins and used his sword to send more of them crashing to the ground with grave injuries.
• The Dark Church assassins tried to retreat and flee, but Shen Xiu pursued and attacked them.
• Shen Xiu intercepted the escaping assassins and appeared beside one, which thrust its True Yuan-charged sword toward his chest.

Shen Xiu slaughtered the Dark Church assassins, then fought their powerful Transcendent Realm leaders after they arrived and invoked their King’s authority. Though he counterattacked fiercely, the old man eventually overwhelmed the injured Shen Xiu and sent him flying, leaving him pale and bleeding.

• Shen Xiu cut down the Dark Church assassins with his Demon Slaying Saber while Su Chen watched in shock.
• Two Dark Church elders appeared, and one claimed their King had reached the half-step Transcendent Realm and could control the area through a strand of his will.
• Shen Xiu clashed with the spear-wielding elder, who demonstrated Transcendent Realm perfection strength, but Shen Xiu fought back and forced him to retreat.
• The elder grew furious at Shen Xiu’s taunts, unleashed a stronger attack, and sent him flying after their weapons collided.
• Shen Xiu charged back into the Dark Church assassins and killed many of them with his Bronze Great Axe.
• The elder ordered the assassins back and battered Shen Xiu with powerful attacks, leaving him pale and spitting blood.

Shen Xiu fought the Ghost Clan High Priest, who revealed his mastery of soul attacks and overwhelmed Shen Xiu with sinister powers. As the High Priest's black vortices swallowed the Thunder God Pagoda, Shen Xiu activated a cyan jade talisman to escape their tearing force.

• Shen Xiu traded fierce attacks with the old man, who transformed his hands into black scythes and wounded him with powerful strikes.
• The old man revealed that he was the Ghost Clan High Priest, also known as Lord Hades, and attacked Shen Xiu with soul powers and black runes.
• Shen Xiu's punches failed to break the old man's black-scaled defense, and a black vortex ambushed him from behind until a white shield blocked it.
• The old man fired a destructive black energy pillar and summoned black vortices that swallowed the Thunder God Pagoda.
• Shen Xiu activated a cyan jade talisman containing a powerful black hole as the vortices threatened to tear him apart.

Shen Xiu defeated the old woman and destroyed the old man’s Soul Fire with Thunder Prison Divine Might, then received the Primordial Token and traveled through the Primordial Mountain Range. He reached Primordial City and entered secluded cultivation to prepare for a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Shen Xiu repelled the Black Spear, killed the old woman, and annihilated the old man's Soul Fire with his overwhelming pressure, but let the old man escape with a bronze Primordial Token left behind.
• Shen Xiu stored the Primordial Token and traveled to the Primordial Mountain Range, where Protector Yuan Chu and other powerful figures confronted him and resolved to eliminate him after he left.
• Shen Xiu crossed the Primordial Mountain Range, discovered a soul mark and inspected the basic techniques at Primordial Origin Mountain Range before departing.
• Shen Xiu fought off demonic beasts on his way to Primordial City and found the town crowded with Nascent Soul Realm experts.
• Shen Xiu found lodging in Primordial City and entered his Spatial Ring for secluded cultivation, preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Shen Xiu encountered powerful Devil Race members in the Primordial Mountain Range and was badly injured when a peak Tribulation Stage Demon King attacked. The white-robed man fought the Demon King, then left to pursue its spirit core while Shen Xiu summoned two peak Tribulation Stage Giant Python phantoms to keep the wounded Demon King from escaping.

• Shen Xiu discovered Devil Race members devouring demonic beasts in the Primordial Mountain Range and saw a black-robed man set out to obtain a divine weapon.
• A lightning strike brought forth a colossal Devil Race shadow, which destroyed the surrounding beasts and mountains and badly injured Shen Xiu.
• The white-robed man battled the peak Tribulation Stage Demon King and drove it back, then told Shen Xiu to hold it off while he retrieved its spirit core.
• Shen Xiu summoned two Giant Python phantoms, which struck the Demon King and left it seriously wounded.
• The Demon King chased after the white-robed man, and Shen Xiu prepared to stop it from escaping.

Shen Xiu fought through packs of demon wolves and other beasts, using his techniques and silver-white saber to kill or drive back his attackers. As the battle continued, he realized his strength was rapidly draining with each attack.

• Shen Xiu struck a wolf pack with Sky-Breaking Finger and escaped into the forest while the man in white held back the wolves.
• A familiar woman warned Shen Xiu that the Demon Race was coming, and two powerful demon wolves targeted him.
• Shen Xiu unleashed Lightning Storm, killed a giant wolf with his saber, and fought the demon wolf leader after it transformed into a black giant bear.
• The demon wolf leader recovered after Shen Xiu severed its head and continued attacking as other beasts swarmed him.
• Shen Xiu watched Black Flame Giant Snakes tear apart a demon wolf and noticed that his strength was rapidly diminishing with every attack.

Shen Xiu survived a spatial storm, obtained a Fire Phoenix inner core and a life-energy pill, and fled across a remote island to cultivate in hiding. He reached the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm and began absorbing spirit liquid, while remaining wary of powerful cultivators who might discover his secret.

• Shen Xiu killed a Black Flame Giant Snake, and the Demon Wolf King was killed by two snakes as the demon wolves scattered.
• Shen Xiu reflected on the spatial storm, his cultivation, and the Fire Phoenix power and inner core fused within him.
• Shen Xiu swallowed a purple pill and absorbed its life energy, causing his strength to rise rapidly and stirring his frenzied consciousness.
• Worried that powerful cultivators would discover his Fire Phoenix inner core, Shen Xiu fled toward the shore and found a cave that appeared to contain a spirit vein.
• Shen Xiu swallowed the Fire Phoenix inner core, activated Star Devouring, and advanced to the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm before absorbing life energy from a jade pendant.

Shen Xiu emerged from hiding and fought the Black Wind Cult Leader, overpowering him before the Black Robe Cult Leader arrived with a deadly scythe technique. The black scythes overwhelmed Shen Xiu, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Shen Xiu assessed his increased strength and decided to stay on the island long enough to use the Fire Phoenix's inner core before seeking safety elsewhere.
• Shen Xiu encountered the injured Black Wind Cult Leader and exchanged attacks with him, eventually crushing his spear and punching him away.
• Shen Xiu challenged the Black-Clad Guards, but none dared to fight him.
• The Black Robe Cult Leader appeared and used the Scythe of Black Fiend to hinder Shen Xiu and send black scythes tearing into him.

Shen Xiu fought the Black Wind Cult Master and, despite being badly wounded, used his own Soul Fire to escape. He fled into demonic clouds pursued by the Black-Robed Protectors, then appeared beside a demonic qi beast and raised his lightning-wreathed fist.

• Shen Xiu traded more than a hundred blows with the Black Wind Cult Master, but two attackers stabbed him from behind and left him badly injured.
• After the Black Wind Cult Master taunted him about offending Lord Devil Lord, Shen Xiu vowed to kill the Dark Demonic Cult and refined his Soul Fire into a fireball.
• The Black Wind Cult Master struck Shen Xiu with the Black Giant Axe, but Shen Xiu blasted him away with purple flames and escaped as a wisp of smoke.
• The Black Wind Cult Master and a Protector pursued Shen Xiu, while the injured Shen Xiu flew into demonic clouds filled with enormous beasts.
• Shen Xiu appeared beside a demonic qi beast and swung his right fist, lightning coiling around his arm.

Shen Xiu fought the Black Wind Cult Master, killing his guardians and trading powerful Phoenix techniques with him. After Shen Xiu wounded the cult leader, the Black Wind Cult Master used Black Wind Devour and survived Shen Xiu’s counterattack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Shen Xiu destroyed the demonic-energy beast, killed several black-robed guardians, and sent the Black Wind Cult Master crashing into a mountain.
• The Black Wind Cult Master attacked with a black arrow, but Shen Xiu countered with his Phoenix Phantom and Phoenix techniques.
• The Black Wind Cult Master pierced Shen Xiu with a Black Wind Cone, while Shen Xiu’s Nine Heavens Phoenix attacks weakened the cult leader’s offense.
• Shen Xiu summoned the Phoenix Spear and wounded the Black Wind Cult Master, who then used Black Wind Devour and appeared to lose his life.
• Shen Xiu struck the black vortex with a flaming phoenix palm, but the Black Wind Cult Master reappeared weakened and threatened to trap him with the Black Wind Scroll.