Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu rescued Shen Hao, Li Yuan, and the surrounding onlookers by slaughtering their attackers, then left after checking their injuries. He confronted the Nether Emperor in the Netherworld, whose attacks failed to break Shen Xiu’s defenses, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Shen Xiu killed the gray-robed elder and the black-robed men, then wiped out the fleeing experts who had attacked Shen Hao and Li Yuan.
• Shen Xiu absorbed the fleeing experts’ Soul Power into his divine fire and checked on Shen Hao and Li Yuan before departing.
• Shen Hao told Shen Xinran and Li Yuan that Shen Xiu was their lifesaving benefactor and recounted the Netherworld invasion.
• Shen Xiu faced the Nether Emperor, who trapped him with black chains and attacked with black Saber Aura.
• Shen Xiu broke the Nether Emperor’s chains and shielded himself from repeated attacks with a blood-red barrier, while the Nether Emperor vowed to kill him.

Shen Xiu fought a Devil Race expert who used the Demonic Soul Devouring Body and defeated him despite suffering a wound. After sparing the man, Shen Xiu confronted the watching crowd and condemned them as unworthy of being Martial Artists.

• The Devil Race expert attacked Shen Xiu with his Demonic Soul Devouring Body, but Shen Xiu countered with his strength and Thunderbolt Power.
• Shen Xiu pursued the fleeing expert, battered him, shattered his scythe, and knocked him down.
• Shen Xiu said he would spare the defeated man, then grabbed and flung him into the sky before disappearing after him.
• Shen Xiu returned to the crowd, who demanded an explanation for his actions and feared his strength.
• Shen Xiu told the crowd they were unworthy of being Martial Artists because a true expert had to earn strength through their own efforts.

After leaving the battlefield, Shen Xiu encountered the Heaven and Earth Tree, whose strange power drew in energy and seemed tied to hidden forces. He escaped the Shen Family elders’ surveillance, revealed his half-step Divine Ability Realm power by killing two elders, then began destroying the trees around him.

• Shen Xiu left the battlefield after warning the Martial Ancestor experts not to rely on others, while the slain Martial Emperor’s voice vowed revenge.
• A day later, Shen Xiu found the Heaven and Earth Tree, but its barrier kept him away and a crimson pillar injured him as the tree devoured energy.
• Shen Xiu recalled that the Heaven and Earth Tree had once been cultivated by his father and had the power to devour energy, then vowed to uncover who was behind its appearance.
• The two Shen Family elders pursued Shen Xiu, but he revealed his half-step Divine Ability Realm power and killed them with a black hole.
• Shen Xiu summoned a black spear and rapidly destroyed the surrounding trees, turning them to ash.

Shen Xiu killed a Shen Family elder but was overwhelmed by the Black Flame Bear and another powerful Shen Family elder. As the battle turned against him, Shen Xiu transformed into a strange armored warrior, leaving his true power and fate unresolved.

• Shen Xiu swept away the forest and killed a Shen Family elder with a spear thrust.
• The Black Flame Bear attacked Shen Xiu with a shockwave and Black Flames, burning and badly injuring him.
• A Shen Family elder fought Shen Xiu with an axe and powerful attacks, eventually striking him down with a wheel of fire.
• Shen Xiu ignited a green flame and transformed, revealing a golden glow, black armor, illusory legs, and a black horn.

Shen Xiu awakened an Evil Spirit mark and overwhelmed the Shen Family, killing Old Ancestor Shen and several elders. He revealed that he sought to destroy the family for its past attack on his parents, then summoned a massive azure war blade as the surviving elders faced him.

• Shen Xiu’s power surged, and he charged the Shen Family elders, sending them flying with his attacks.
• Shen Xiu fought Shen Tianfeng, broke his arm, and ultimately pierced his chest with a longsword, killing him.
• Shen Xiu attacked the remaining elders, killing three as they failed to resist him.
• Shen Xiu declared himself the Shen Family’s sworn enemy and accused its elders and disciples of impersonating family members and trying to kill his mother.
• Shen Xiu’s aura stirred dark clouds and lightning, and he summoned an enormous azure war blade aimed at the elders.

Shen Xiu slaughtered the Shen Family elders and disciples before confronting its founder, who revealed that Shen Tao was his son and that he had been tasked with protecting Shen Xiu. Meanwhile, Shen Lang explored the ruins in search of a treasure, was stopped by Shen Xiu, and began treating his injuries.

• Shen Xiu killed the Shen Family elders and disciples, reducing the clan grounds to ruins and declaring that not even the Son of God could stop him.
• The Shen Family founder told Shen Xiu that he was Shen Tao’s father and had come to protect him, but refused to fight the Son of God on Shen Xiu’s behalf.
• Shen Lang entered the Shen Family’s core region and manor, where Shen Tao chose not to meet him but sensed a strange familiarity.
• Shen Lang studied a map of the ruins, identified the treasure’s location, and prepared to head toward an underground cave.
• Shen Xiu stopped Shen Lang and demanded that he treat his injuries, then trusted him to work with Soul Power.
• Shen Lang healed Shen Xiu’s wounds completely, leaving no trace of injury.

Shen Lang entered the Shen Family ruins and confronted Shen Xiu, whose attack ended in a draw despite Shen Lang's youth. He ignored the family's threats and continued toward the ruins' central region, where he discovered murals imbued with mysterious power.

• Shen Lang finished treating Shen Xiu and followed Shen Tao to the valley where the Shen Family ruins stood.
• Shen Lang broke the array at the palace entrance and entered as the palace exploded around him.
• Shen Lang reached the Shen Family ancestral hall, where Shen Xiu and Shen Haoyu confronted him and demanded that he leave.
• Shen Xiu attacked Shen Lang, but their clash broke both of their arms and sent them flying back.
• Shen Lang left the main hall and continued toward the ruins' center, where he examined murals that seemed to record their surroundings through a hidden array.

Shen Lang entered a palace in the ruin, where the formation power strengthened his Soul Power, then confronted two Heaven Sword Sect disciples who claimed the ruin as forbidden ground. He defeated one disciple and left him badly injured, while the clash remained unresolved as the disciple vowed revenge.

• Shen Lang sensed that the ruin contained overwhelming formation power and hurried toward his cave abode for safety.
• Shen Lang entered the palace and absorbed its formation power, which transformed into Soul Power and strengthened his soul.
• Two Heaven Sword Sect disciples confronted Shen Lang and demanded that he leave their forbidden ground.
• Shen Lang knocked one disciple down, then countered his spear and lightning attacks with the Nine Nether Yin Yang Sword Art.
• The disciple attacked again after Shen Lang insulted the Heaven Sword Sect, but Shen Lang struck him with an invisible ripple and left cracks spreading across his body.
• The injured disciple vowed to kill Shen Lang as Shen Lang darted toward him.

Shen Lang escaped a Heaven Sword Sect disciple’s golden sealing net, killed him, and broke into a secret chamber where he overwhelmed the sect’s cultivators. He then challenged the sect’s mountain-protecting formation as its elders and disciples gathered to confront him.

• A Heaven Sword Sect disciple trapped Shen Lang in a golden net, but Shen Lang broke free and killed him with lightning arrows.
• Shen Lang found a hidden chamber where a white-robed Celestial Immortal youth and two elders were cultivating.
• The white-robed youth attacked Shen Lang, but Shen Lang overpowered him, broke his Spirit Artifact sword, and crushed his heart.
• The elders identified Shen Lang as a threat and doubted he could break the Heaven Sword Sect’s mountain-protecting formation.
• Shen Lang declared he would shatter the formation and knocked the white-robed youth unconscious with a punch.
• Li Yuanyang, Chen Tianyu, and the white-robed youth joined forces against Shen Lang as he mocked their challenge.

Shen Lang defied the Heaven Sword Sect, entered the Heaven Sword Tower, and fought its Pavilion Master, Li Wanshan. After Shen Lang badly injured Li Wanshan, Li Wanshan warned that Li Changfeng would soon arrive in Heaven Sword City.

• Shen Lang displayed his overwhelming strength and challenged Li Yuanyang, Chen Tianyu, and the white-robed youth after they threatened him over the sect’s treasure.
• Shen Lang entered the Heaven Sword Tower, and its protective force threw Chen Tianyu and the white-robed youth back when they tried to follow.
• Shen Lang confronted Li Wanshan for failing to stop the others, then exchanged blows with him and sent him flying, leaving him injured.
• Li Wanshan recognized Shen Lang and threatened him with Li Changfeng’s imminent arrival in Heaven Sword City.

Shen Lang defeated Chen Tianyu and Li Wanshan, then confronted the Heaven Sword Sect's elders after entering the sect. He killed Li Wanshan's guards and broke Sect Master Li Qianqiu's arm, leaving the assembled elders shaken by his strength.

• Shen Lang defeated Chen Tianyu in one exchange, then struck Li Wanshan down with a punch.
• Li Wanshan took a healing pill, recovered, and vowed to make Shen Lang pay as Shen Lang entered the Heaven Sword Sect.
• The Heaven Sword Peak Master and elders confronted Shen Lang, while Li Wanshan demanded that he kneel and confess.
• Li Wanshan ordered dozens of guards to attack, and Shen Lang killed them with a single palm strike.
• Shen Lang identified Li Qianqiu as the Heaven Sword Sect Master and called him unworthy of his position.
• Li Qianqiu attacked Shen Lang, who caught his fist and snapped his right arm; Li Qianqiu realized Shen Lang's cultivation arts explained his power.

Shen Lang defeated and killed the Heaven Sword Sect Sect Master after using invisibility, a dagger feint, and powerful sword techniques. As an unseen force trapped him after the fight, Shen Lang used a drop of Heaven-grade essence liquid and demanded to know who was attacking him.

• The Heaven Sword Sect Sect Master launched a surprise attack, but Shen Lang vanished and wounded him with a black dragon strike.
• Shen Lang tricked the Sect Master into thinking he had been killed, then stabbed him with a dagger and used the Celestial Demon Disintegration Method to destroy him from within.
• Shen Lang unleashed a Heaven-grade King Skill, pursued the fleeing Sect Master, and killed him with his sword.
• An invisible force overwhelmed Shen Lang and left him unable to move, so he opened a jade bottle and released a drop of Heaven-grade essence liquid.
• A strange male voice answered from the void as Shen Lang demanded to know who had attacked him.

Shen Lang faced a deadly attack from the Heaven Sword Sect Master, who had realized Shen Lang was more powerful than he first believed. As the Thousand Jun Sword Art descended on the Sword Tomb, Shen Lang struck the tomb walls in an attempt to break free.

• Shen Lang suspected the Heaven Sword Sect Master wanted the Heaven-grade King-grade Spirit Stone he carried and resolved to resist the sect.
• The Heaven Sword Sect Master sensed Shen Lang’s unusual power and realized he had mistaken him for a helpless youngster, but decided Shen Lang had to die anyway.
• The Heaven Sword Sect Master activated the Thousand Jun Sword Art, summoning a massive sword that unleashed a devastating attack across Heaven Sword Mountain.
• Shen Lang met the attack’s black Sword Aura with surging True Yuan and began smashing the Sword Tomb’s stone walls with his fists.

Shen Lang battered the Sword Tomb and killed the Heaven Sword Sect Master before fighting the sect’s Young Sect Master and other experts. As Heaven Sword Son unleashed the Heaven Sword Sect’s strongest sword technique alongside the sect’s secret arts, Shen Lang faced an overwhelming assault.

• Shen Lang’s attacks devastated the Sword Tomb and killed Heaven Sword Sect disciples and guards caught in the destruction.
• The Heaven Sword Sect Master fought Shen Lang, was wounded twice, and died after his swordsmanship and ability to mobilize his cultivation failed him.
• Shen Lang killed Heaven Sword Son with a sword strike, then killed Heaven Sword Sect members who tried to flee.
• Heaven Sword Sect experts gathered and confronted Shen Lang, while Heaven Sword Son declared his lineage and challenged him.
• Heaven Sword Son unleashed the Heavenly Sword Shattering Heaven Slash as Heaven Sword Sect experts attacked Shen Lang with their secret arts.

Shen Lang fought Heaven Sword Son and the Heaven Sword Sect disciples on Heaven Sword Mountain, overpowering them despite Heaven Sword Son’s escalating sword techniques. The chapter left Heaven Sword Son badly injured and Shen Lang standing between him and the sect’s panicked disciples.

• Heaven Sword Son attacked Shen Lang after Shen Lang defeated his sword strike, but Shen Lang also repelled a Heaven Sword Sect elder’s palm and injured Heaven Sword Son.
• Shen Lang demanded to know whether the Heavenly Demon Sect disciples were all on Heaven Sword Mountain, and Heaven Sword Son confirmed that they were.
• Shen Lang severed Heaven Sword Son’s arm, shattered his sword net, and kicked him into a mountain, then knocked Lin Feng and the other disciples unconscious with a punch.
• Heaven Sword Son warned Shen Lang about the Heaven Sword Sect’s Emperor-grade Spirit Beasts and raised his power, but Shen Lang continued to overpower him.
• Heaven Sword Son launched another sword attack, but Shen Lang kicked him into the ground and crippled him, blocking the disciples who tried to help.

Shen Lang defeated and killed Heaven Sword Son after resisting his strongest sword techniques with overwhelming strength. The Heaven Sword Sect fell into panic, and its Sect Master accused Shen Lang of invading to seize Heaven Sword Mountain.

• Heaven Sword Son unleashed several forms of the Heaven Sword Technique, but Shen Lang broke through his attacks and overwhelmed him.
• Shen Lang shattered Heaven Sword Son’s ribs and neutralized his strongest sword techniques with black-and-white energy.
• Shen Lang pulled Heaven Sword Son down with a suction force and crushed his skull beneath his foot.
• The Heaven Sword Sect’s disciples erupted in shock and fear after Heaven Sword Son’s death.
• The Sect Master accused Shen Lang of invading the sect to seize Heaven Sword Mountain.

Shen Lang battled Heaven Sword Son on Heaven Sword Mountain, destroying the sect’s divine weapon and defeating the sect master despite his Heavenly Emperor cultivation. After invoking the Great Xia Imperial Family’s backing and threatening to raze Heaven Sword Mountain, Shen Lang demanded that Heaven Sword Son kneel, and Heaven Sword Son launched another attack.

• Heaven Sword Son declared that Shen Lang would be hunted and attacked him with the Heaven Sword Spear, but Shen Lang matched his blows and shattered the weapon with a punch.
• Heaven Sword Son used his divine abilities and Heaven Sword Art, while Shen Lang countered with the Nine Heavens Sword Art and Sword Origin, knocking Heaven Sword Son into a valley.
• Heaven Sword Son admitted defeat but vowed to kill Shen Lang after advancing further, while Shen Lang said Heaven Sword Son was too weak to make him use a secret art.
• Shen Lang revealed that the Great Xia Imperial Family stood behind him and threatened to raze Heaven Sword Mountain, making Heaven Sword Son hesitate to leave.
• Shen Lang stopped Heaven Sword Son and demanded that he kneel and beg for mercy, so Heaven Sword Son attacked him with an even fiercer punch.

Shen Lang defeated Heaven Sword Son, crippled his meridians, and declared that the Great Yan Kingdom and Heaven Sword Gate would sever ties. He then reached Myriad Beast City, where another Heaven Sword Son challenged him and prepared to attack with a gigantic sword.

• Shen Lang overpowered Heaven Sword Son, crippled his meridians, and drove away the troops left behind.
• Shen Lang declared that the Great Yan Kingdom and Heaven Sword Gate would no longer associate, then departed for the Western Region.
• The injured Heaven Sword Son recovered consciousness at the Heaven Sword Gate and vowed revenge against Shen Lang.
• At Myriad Beast City, Shen Lang encountered Heaven Sword Son and refused to yield when threatened.
• Heaven Sword Son attacked with golden Sword Qi and a Heaven Tier Sword Skill, but Shen Lang evaded the latter after receiving a warning from a senior.
• Heaven Sword Son threatened Shen Lang with the power of the Heaven Sword Gate and summoned a gigantic sword after Shen Lang cursed him.

Shen Lang fought Heaven Sword Son, breaking his summoned sword and overpowering him with the Black Flame Spear and grayish-white light. After Heaven Sword Son threatened revenge, Shen Lang revealed that he had killed the Heaven Sword Sect’s Sect Master and identified himself as an inheritor of the Medical Sect.

• Heaven Sword Son attacked Shen Lang with a gigantic sword, but Shen Lang shattered it with a kick and pierced Heaven Sword Son’s shoulder with the Black Flame Spear.
• Heaven Sword Son used the Soul Devouring Sword to pursue Shen Lang, who evaded its attacks with Shrink Ground to Inch and a black card that formed two skulls.
• Heaven Sword Son’s Sword Aura broke through Shen Lang’s defenses, injuring him, but a grayish-white light then enveloped Heaven Sword Son and drained his true qi.
• Shen Lang stood up and continued attacking Heaven Sword Son as the gray-white light’s sword intent battered him, leaving him badly wounded and unable to fight back.
• Heaven Sword Son threatened to slaughter Shen Lang’s family and friends, but Shen Lang said he had already slain the Heaven Sword Sect’s Sect Master.
• Heaven Sword Son swallowed two pills in desperation, and Shen Lang revealed he knew about them because he was an inheritor of the Medical Sect.

Shen Lang revealed himself as the Medical Saint and overwhelmed Heaven Sword Son and the Heaven Sword Sect forces in the valley. After killing several attackers and driving others away, he faced another group of Heavenly Emperor-level enemies and showed even greater power.

• Shen Lang told Heaven Sword Son that he was the Medical Saint, then used his knowledge of the Heaven Sword Sect’s techniques to defeat him and leave him unconscious.
• An elder and more than a dozen Heaven Sword Sect disciples attacked Shen Lang, but his golden Sword Rain swept them away; he killed two Heavenly Emperor elders and burned back the others with a vast fireball.
• The Heaven Sword Sect women praised Shen Lang after he saved them, and he prepared to leave the valley.
• Twelve Heavenly Emperor-level experts arrived on giant birds and attacked Shen Lang, who smashed more than a dozen immortal birds with one punch.
• Shen Lang summoned a fire dragon that engulfed a fleeing Heavenly Emperor elder, frightening the remaining attackers with his fire-element phenomenon.