Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu killed the Black Wind Cult Master with Phoenix Fire, then faced another Black Wind Cult Master who attacked him as a Saint Emperor. Their battle escalated with Black Wind and lightning techniques, and both fighters remained standing after a clash of fists.

• Shen Xiu defeated the Black Wind Cult Master by engulfing him in Phoenix Fire, then realized the battle had brought him close to the Martial Emperor Realm.
• A Black Wind Cult Master and a black-clothed elder pursued Shen Xiu, while two young women in green also chased after him.
• The Black Wind Cult Master attacked with a spear of Black Wind, but Shen Xiu destroyed it with the Thunder God Spear and lightning.
• The Black Wind Cult Master summoned a Black Wind Phoenix Phantom, which swallowed Shen Xiu's thunder claw and unleashed violent hurricanes.
• Shen Xiu and the Black Wind Cult Master exchanged powerful attacks, and their final punch clash sent them both staggering backward.

Shen Xiu defeated the Black Wind Cult Master, destroyed the Black Wind Pearl, and killed the fleeing Sect Master of the Heavenly Thunder Sect. As he prepared to collect the spoils, a Black Wind Cave Mansion attacked him, leaving him badly wounded as his Thunder Beast clashed with its black python.

• The Black Wind Cult Master unleashed bluish-purple lightning energy, but Shen Xiu countered his attacks and killed him with the Thunder God Bow.
• Shen Xiu crushed the Black Wind Pearl and captured a hidden survivor, who identified himself as the Sect Master of the Heavenly Thunder Sect.
• Shen Xiu killed the Sect Master of the Heavenly Thunder Sect with a punch.
• A Black Wind Cave Mansion appeared above Shen Xiu and sent a giant black snake to attack him, wounding him with corrosive venom.
• Shen Xiu formed a Thunder Beast and sent it against the black python, but the collision forced him to stagger backward.

Shen Xiu escaped Devil's Swamp and fought a powerful black giant python in the desert, using Thunderbolt Power, lightning, and his weapons against its formidable defenses and rapid regeneration. The battle continued as he charged at the python again, still searching for a way to overcome it.

• Shen Xiu fled the black python through the desert and confirmed he had left Devil's Swamp.
• Shen Xiu struck the pursuing creature, whose head regenerated and whose body transformed into a much stronger black monster.
• Shen Xiu smashed the monster's claws with Thunderbolt Power and sent it crashing to the ground with a punch.
• A stronger black giant python attacked Shen Xiu with its body and black light pillars, but his green light sword pierced it and its wound quickly healed.
• Shen Xiu fought the python with lightning and the Thunder Sword, but its scales and regeneration resisted his attacks.
• Shen Xiu acknowledged that the python's defenses made it difficult to defeat, then charged at it again.

Shen Xiu killed a black python, harvested its demon core and spirit herbs, and cultivated until he reached the third layer of the Soul Refining Realm. He fought a stronger white-robed youth at a Spiritual Vein Land, but the youth survived and escaped, leaving both of them to recover and prepare for another clash.

• Shen Xiu battled the black python, killed it with his lightning blade, and took its demon core and nearby heavenly treasures.
• Shen Xiu refined the treasures for a month and reached the third layer of the Soul Refining Realm at a Spiritual Vein Land.
• A white-robed youth at the fifth layer of the Soul Refining Realm attacked Shen Xiu with a black staff, and they exchanged several blows.
• Shen Xiu struck the white-robed youth with his Lightning Whip, but the youth survived by hiding in a pit and escaped after Shen Xiu left.
• Shen Xiu returned to recuperate with spirit herbs, while the wounded white-robed youth vowed to hunt him down after recovering.

Shen Xiu fought the white-robed youth and the Black Armored Army, then fled after a trap wounded him. The chapter left Shen Xiu trapped in a swamp as a skeleton legion closed in and the white-haired youth began casting a spell.

• Shen Xiu confronted the white-robed youth, who summoned two black-robed figures from a spatial fissure.
• Shen Xiu pierced the white-robed youth with his spear, then battled him and the Black Armored Army as their attacks wounded them both.
• Shen Xiu detonated black beads that blasted the soldiers away, but the white-haired youth counterattacked with beams of light that pierced Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu blocked the black light and fled, while the white-haired youth ordered the soldiers to pursue him and display the corpses on the city wall.
• Shen Xiu fell into a swamp trap as a legion of skeletons appeared, and the white-haired youth formed a hand seal and shouted.

Shen Xiu fought the corpses attacking the Shen Family, killed their white-haired leader, and was badly wounded before they escaped. Shen Yunfeng arrived to save the survivors, then led them toward the corpses’ destination to settle the score.

• Shen Xiu used Lightning Dragon Slash and Thunder Emperor Fist against the white-haired youth, then killed him with purple lightning.
• Shen Xiu ordered the corpses to retreat, but one hurled a sinister spear that wounded him and left him unconscious as the others escaped into a sealed pit.
• Deep in the Southern Wasteland Mountains, a giant statue at a Black Demon Sect altar killed eighteen hidden Martial Artists with eighteen streaks of black light.
• Shen Yunfeng arrived and the Shen Family members celebrated, while Shen Xiu admitted he had not revealed his identity to the corpses.
• Shen Yunfeng rebuked Shen Xiu and led the Shen Family through the air toward the southeast, where he arrived at a mountain palace beside a silent black figure.

Shen Yunfeng traced the dead soldiers to Shen Haoyu and prepared to act against the Shen Family as a deadly attack struck Shen Residence. Inside the residence, Shen Tai fought Shen Yichen and died trying to protect Shen Qingluan, but a bloodied Shen Tai then staggered out of a secret chamber, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Shen Yunfeng learned that the dead soldiers were connected to Shen Haoyu and decided to confront the Shen Family.
• Black-clad attackers descended on Shen Residence and slaughtered its guards as Shen Tai battled Shen Yichen in the main hall.
• Shen Tai overwhelmed Shen Yichen with a strike, but five Shen Family men gave Shen Yichen a Nine Nether King Pill and captured Shen Qingluan.
• Shen Tai fought the five men to protect Shen Qingluan and collapsed after they wounded him; Shen Yichen then declared his intent to destroy Shen Tai's family and killed him with a black arrow.
• Shen Family guards clashed with the arriving black-clad figures, while a bloodied Shen Tai staggered out of the secret chamber and was hailed as the family head.

Shen Yichen killed Shen Tai and seized control of the Shen Family’s legacy before cultivating the Wind Riding Art and growing stronger. He went to the Eastern Suburbs of Yan Jing to test his new abilities, where he encountered a massive black bear.

• Shen Yichen defeated Shen Tai, killed him, and watched the Shen Family’s forces fall in the attack.
• Shen Yuhua praised Shen Yichen and urged him to honor the family’s dying wishes; Shen Yichen planned to move the family to North State and seek refuge with his cousin.
• Shen Yichen discovered the Wind Riding Art’s instructions, used High-grade Spirit Stones to cultivate, and tested the first-level Wind Rise technique, which toppled a massive willow tree.
• After several days of practice, Shen Yichen went to the Eastern Suburbs of Yan Jing to find animals to train on.
• Shen Yichen entered a mountain valley and came face-to-face with an enormous black bear.

Shen Xiu fought a black bear in a cave filled with hostile skeletons, then chased it into a forest where a powerful White Tiger and hidden attackers ambushed him. The chapter left Shen Xiu dodging poisoned spears and facing an unseen threat at his flank.

• Shen Xiu battled the black bear with lightning and sword attacks while skeletons swarmed him and their black mist weakened his meridians and elemental power.
• The black bear’s howl scattered the skeletons, and Shen Xiu pursued it through the cave and into the forest, hoping it would lead him to treasure.
• Shen Xiu encountered a White Tiger whose strength surpassed the black bear’s and exchanged blows with it.
• Two iron spears and a sword thrust from ancient trees, forcing Shen Xiu to dodge; he recognized the spears were poisoned.
• A faint shadow appeared beside Shen Xiu, and a rank stench reached him as he tried to retreat.

Shen Xiu fought a White Tiger and an Azure Nether Snake in the forest, but the beasts overwhelmed him with their strength and poison. Wounded and exhausted, he faced the snake’s renewed attack as it broke away from the black-robed woman and rushed toward him.

• Shen Xiu killed four hunting hawks with his spear and hurried deeper into the forest as a White Tiger pursued him.
• Shen Xiu wounded and dazed the White Tiger, but a fifth-grade initial-stage Azure Nether Snake ambushed him and poisoned him with its miasma.
• Shen Xiu fought both beasts, striking the snake and attacking the White Tiger while the snake’s poison and repeated assaults wore him down.
• The Azure Nether Snake battered Shen Xiu, breaking two of his ribs, but he counterattacked and narrowly avoided the White Tiger’s claws.
• The White Tiger wounded Shen Xiu’s shoulder and leg, and the Azure Nether Snake abandoned its fight with the black-robed woman to rush at him.

Shen Xiu killed the Azure Nether Snake and searched its cave, where a mysterious sword appeared and attacked him with overwhelming power. The chapter ended with the sword piercing through Shen Xiu’s shoulder and knocking him to the ground, badly wounded.

• Shen Xiu fought the Azure Nether Snake, overpowering it and burning its body to ash.
• Shen Xiu found the Azure Nether Snake’s Storage Ring, then sensed a strange aura coming from a nearby boulder.
• A patterned dark green sword appeared and attacked Shen Xiu, unleashing Sword Aura that wounded him and destroyed the stone wall.
• Shen Xiu tried to counter the sword with energy attacks and his saber, but the sword pierced through his shoulder and sent him crashing to the ground.

Shen Xiu defeated a middle-aged prisoner in the Spirit Origin Tower and took his short blade, but a Netherworld Snake then ambushed him and dragged him into the forest. After a fierce fight, the powerful snake pursued Shen Xiu to a ravine, leaving him struggling to escape.

• Shen Xiu withstood the middle-aged man's attacks, struck him unconscious, and realized the prisoner had mistaken him for a new disciple.
• Shen Xiu picked up the prisoner's short blade and discovered that its Saber Aura could pierce the special stone wall, drawing a reaction from an unseen voice.
• A Netherworld Snake ambushed Shen Xiu, resisted his counterattack, and dragged him into the forest.
• Shen Xiu fought the Netherworld Snake, but it dodged his Saber Aura and overpowered him with its armored body and black lightning.
• The Netherworld Snake chased Shen Xiu to a ravine and lunged at him again as he struggled to flee.

Shen Xiu fought the Netherworld Snake in the canyon, enduring its soul attacks, Black Lightning, and crushing blows before his damaged Soul Infant helped him wound it. He continued attacking with a blue pearl and wind techniques, but the battle remained unresolved as he forced the injured beast into a head-on clash.

• The Netherworld Snake trapped Shen Xiu with a soul attack and battered him with poisonous mist, Black Lightning, and a black pearl while a golden battle axe failed to kill it.
• As the Netherworld Snake prepared to finish Shen Xiu, his damaged Soul Infant emerged and released golden blades that tore through the beast’s scales and flesh.
• Shen Xiu rallied and fought back with Source Energy, wind-and-thunder blades, and a blue pearl whose beam badly injured the Netherworld Snake.
• The Netherworld Snake broke free and lunged at Shen Xiu, who pierced its abdomen and blasted its tail with arrows of light before charging into a direct clash.

Shen Xiu gathered Netherworld Poison Bone and other resources in a canyon, then killed a newly advanced Netherworld Poison Python and discovered its scales and bones contained energy he could use. He left the dangerous valley and emerged from seclusion the next morning.

• Shen Xiu killed a Netherworld Snake, collected its Netherworld Poison Bone, and fled as savage wilderness beasts approached.
• Shen Xiu found another Netherworld Poison Bone in a canyon and fought off beasts while gathering their remains and medicinal treasures.
• A ninth-rank early-stage Netherworld Poison Python emerged from a pit, and Shen Xiu killed it with fire energy and a golden blade.
• Shen Xiu discovered that his Chaos Yin Yang Art could use the pure energy in the python's black scales, then left the valley to avoid attracting more demon beasts.
• The next morning, Shen Xiu emerged from seclusion on a mountaintop.

Shen Xiu entered the Savage Mountain Range, fought his way into the Savage Poison Python’s lair, and collected valuable wood-element treasures. He reached a sealed pair of ornate doors deep inside the mountain and discovered that restriction Formation Patterns covered them.

• Shen Xiu struck the mountain’s protective restriction and weakened it enough to enter the Savage Mountain Range.
• Shen Xiu defeated the sixth-order demonic beasts guarding the mountain and reached the Savage Poison Python’s cave.
• Shen Xiu fought the Red Armored Centipede, froze and shattered it, and obtained emerald Wood Element Source Crystals and a Fifth-grade Source Crystal.
• Shen Xiu continued toward the mountaintop, resisted the dense Yin Sha Qi, and found two sealed doors carved with dragons and phoenixes.
• Shen Xiu recognized restriction Formation Patterns on the doors and struck the wall, causing faint light to appear across them.

Shen Xiu entered a fiery cave, where a headless monster attacked him and proved resistant to his strongest strike. A Golden Lion fought the creature, but after both plunged into the magma lake, the monster emerged and lunged at Shen Xiu.

• Shen Xiu found a crimson sphere and a ruined skeleton inside the cave, then took the Storage Bag from the skeleton.
• A huge headless, black-scaled creature dropped into the cave and attacked Shen Xiu, who injured himself with his Golden Sun Fist while barely damaging it.
• Shen Xiu fled the cave, and the creature stopped at its boundary as an enormous beast eye emerged from its head.
• A fifth-rank Golden Lion appeared and fought the creature, but a flame projectile wounded it and it leaped into the magma lake.
• The creature followed the Golden Lion into the magma, then sprang out and attacked Shen Xiu, who retreated as a flaming fist struck a boulder beside him.

Shen Xiu fought a heavily armored gigantic creature and used a Summoning Card to gain the strength needed to defeat it. After subduing the beast, he removed its Golden Headband and sensed a strange familiarity in the Source Energy within it.

• The gigantic creature battered Shen Xiu, breaking his arm and injuring him as his attacks failed to penetrate its defenses.
• Shen Xiu used a Summoning Card to summon a combat companion and searched for the gigantic creature's weakness.
• Shen Xiu spotted a protrusion beneath the creature's left armpit and broke its ribs with a series of strikes.
• The gigantic creature attacked again, but Shen Xiu beat it into submission and tore off its Golden Headband.
• Shen Xiu examined the Golden Headband and sensed that its dense Source Energy was somehow familiar to him.

Shen Xiu fought and subdued a powerful enormous creature, then discovered that its Golden Headband carried information. He continued through the underground cave, where a black-robed figure emerged from blue flames and recognized that Shen Xiu had survived.

• The enormous creature badly wounded Shen Xiu, but he summoned a combat companion and exploited a weakness beneath its left armpit to break its ribs and defeat it.
• Shen Xiu broke the creature’s collar, beat it into submission, and removed its Golden Headband.
• The Golden Headband glowed and sent a strange fluctuation into Shen Xiu’s mind, suggesting it contained stored information.
• Shen Xiu charged through attacking vines in an underground cave, freezing one vine as the others withdrew.
• A black-robed figure appeared within blue flames and told Shen Xiu that it had not expected him to survive.

Shen Xiu fought a masked attacker who was revealed to be Li Tianhua, an old sect criminal seeking revenge over Shen Fei’s death. Li Tianhua gained the upper hand, disarmed Shen Xiu, and prepared to kill him.

• Shen Xiu battled the black-robed figure and wounded him with the Great Thousand Thunder Sword Art, but the attacker endured the blows with the aid of a powerful iron hammer.
• Shen Xiu recognized the attacker as Li Tianhua, who accused him of arranging Shen Fei’s murder and claimed Shen Fei had been Shen Mengyun’s Personal Disciple.
• Li Tianhua intensified his assault, striking Shen Xiu with the hammer and attacking him with a sword; Shen Xiu slashed Li Tianhua’s neck, but Li Tianhua vanished and struck him from behind.
• Li Tianhua smashed Shen Xiu’s forearm, causing him to drop his weapon, then declared Shen Xiu defeated and approached with the hammer raised.

Shen Xiu confronted a black-robed attacker, learned of a plot involving the Shen Family head, and was rescued by his master before discovering that he could sense the profundity of life without relying on flame. In a separate fight, Shen Xiu wounded a masked opponent with the Great Thousand Thunder Sword Art and suspected the man was Li Tianhua, Zhao Feng’s disciple.

• Shen Xiu deduced that the black-robed figure had used a fake pill and manipulated Shen Jun to silence him, but the figure stabbed him before the blue-robed man arrived and struck the attacker with poisoned needles.
• Shen Xiu told his master that the pill he had refined was defective, then learned he could sense the profundity of life even without reaching the Peak Innate Realm or using flames.
• Shen Xiu fought a black-robed figure who commanded nine formation-born shadows and proved to be a powerful opponent with formidable physical strength.
• Shen Xiu unleashed the first form of the Great Thousand Thunder Sword Art, cutting deeply into the attacker’s shoulder, then continued fighting as the man defended himself with an iron hammer.
• Shen Xiu suspected the masked attacker was core disciple Li Tianhua and asked whether Zhao Feng had supplied him with a protective treasure.