Chapter Summaries

Shen Lang defeated the Emperor-level elders and battled the Four-Clawed Golden Crow King, who revealed Ghost Mist and tried to turn him into a puppet. Shen Lang countered with Golden Dragon Power and wounded the king, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Shen Lang drove off the Emperor-level elders and giant eagles before continuing into the mountain forest to gather multicolored stones.
• The Four-Clawed Golden Crow King confronted Shen Lang, and they fought fiercely; Shen Lang injured the king, but the king’s golden scales healed rapidly.
• The Four-Clawed Golden Crow King revealed Ghost Mist and attacked Shen Lang with black-mist weapons, declaring that he would refine him into a puppet.
• Shen Lang endured the attacks and unleashed a Golden Flood Dragon infused with Golden Dragon Power, which tore into the Four-Clawed Golden Crow King.

Shen Lang killed the Four-Clawed Golden Crow King with the Golden Cauldron and used a Golden Sun Flower to recover and strengthen himself. When a black-clothed elder attacked him over a golden fruit, Shen Lang fought back with his dagger and other techniques, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Shen Lang used the Golden Cauldron to kill the Four-Clawed Golden Crow King, seal his Primordial Spirit, and take his inner core.
• Shen Lang consumed a Golden Sun Flower, slightly increased his True Yuan, and healed and strengthened his body.
• A black-clothed elder confronted Shen Lang for reaching toward a golden fruit and attacked him with sword intent.
• Shen Lang wounded the elder with his black dagger and escaped his attempt to imprison him, then broke apart the elder's scorpion-tail attack.
• The elder unleashed Myriad Scorpions Devour Soul, but Shen Lang cut the giant scorpion with his dagger, startling the elder.

Shen Lang killed a powerful elder after surviving his attacks with his soul, but the Old Hall Master of Heavenly Demon Hall arrived to avenge his disciple. After their clash, the Old Hall Master withdrew rather than risk drawing the attention of other factions, leaving Shen Lang alive.

• Shen Lang fought a King Level Seventh Heaven elder, destroyed his black scorpion, and endured the elder’s cane and Sword Aura attacks.
• After the elder destroyed Shen Lang’s body, Shen Lang attacked him with Soul Fire and erased his soul.
• The Old Hall Master of Heavenly Demon Hall arrived, accused Shen Lang of killing his disciple’s Primordial Spirit, and attacked him with a massive palm.
• Shen Lang blocked the Old Hall Master’s palm with his long blade, but the Old Hall Master later pierced Shen Lang’s ear and revealed he wanted Shen Lang’s rare treasure.
• Shen Lang pursued the Old Hall Master and warned that killing him would attract other factions, so the Old Hall Master vanished instead of continuing the fight.

Shen Lang confronted Bai Yi'ao at the Heavenly Demon Hall and resisted his attacks, revealing the power of his Five Elements Nascent Soul and Sword Qi. Bai Yi'ao struck him with the Heavenly Emperor Fist, blasting him into a distant forest and leaving the onlookers stunned as the chapter ended with Shen Lang's condition uncertain.

• Shen Lang bluffed the old hall master, but Bai Yi'ao emerged and invited him to join the Heavenly Demon Cult on the cult master's behalf.
• Shen Lang refused, and Bai Yi'ao punched him, then attacked with the Sword God Finger; Shen Lang blocked the strike and revealed his Five Elements Nascent Soul.
• Bai Yi'ao recognized Shen Lang's connection to the Heavenly Emperor Domain and attacked again, but Shen Lang used his black sword and physical strength to knock him backward.
• Bai Yi'ao unleashed the Heavenly Emperor Fist, shattering Shen Lang's Five Elements Light Armor and blasting him into the forest.
• The spectators wondered whether Shen Lang had lost, while Bai Yi'ao trembled in fear at the strength Shen Lang had shown.

Shen Lang defeated Bai Yi'ao, but an old man appeared and killed Bai Yi'ao before vanishing. After recovering some strength, Shen Lang confronted the factions gathered outside the valley and began fighting a Heavenly Demon Sect expert.

• Shen Lang overwhelmed Bai Yi'ao with a series of attacks, leaving him badly injured and unable to resist.
• An ordinary-looking elder seized Bai Yi'ao, smashed his head when lightning struck, and vanished with his corpse; Shen Lang then struck Bai Yi'ao with a golden sword beam, and another lightning bolt destroyed the body.
• Shen Lang sat down to recover, while the purple bead in his dantian gathered True Yuan and restored some of his strength.
• Experts from the Heavenly Demon Sect and other factions gathered at the ruined valley, reacted to Shen Lang's victory, and threatened to capture him for his techniques and treasure.
• Shen Lang appeared before the gathered experts, who panicked and tried to flee; he killed some with divine sense attacks and rejected their demand to surrender the treasure.
• A Heavenly Demon Sect expert attacked Shen Lang with a Black Greatblade, and Shen Lang summoned a golden dragon that launched a fireball, which the blade blasted apart.

Shen Lang fought off a group of powerful experts who tried to seize his immortal artifact, killing the Young Heavenly Prodigy and absorbing the souls of several attackers. He escaped to a valley, where he assessed his breakthroughs and resolved to use the ongoing battle to test his limits.

• A Heavenly Demon Sect expert attacked Shen Lang with a devastating saber strike, but an old man blocked it as other faction leaders gathered and plotted to capture Shen Lang for his treasures.
• Bai Yi'ao and the surrounding experts joined forces against Shen Lang, while Bai Yi'ao and the Young Heavenly Prodigy renewed their rivalry.
• Shen Lang wounded Bai Yi'ao with an exploding Saber Aura, then feigned weakness before cutting off the Young Heavenly Prodigy's head with a sudden slash.
• Shen Lang battered the remaining attackers with his palm strikes, absorbed their souls to raise his cultivation, and fled as Bai Yi'ao led the survivors in pursuit.
• In a valley, Shen Lang rested and assessed his breakthroughs in soul realm and physical strength, deciding to keep testing himself against the Young Heavenly Prodigy.

Shen Lang fought groups of treasure-seeking martial artists in the desolate mountains and revealed the overwhelming power of his Heaven-tier techniques. He defeated the five attackers and struck down the white-robed elder, while the danger to his friends remained unresolved.

• Shen Lang recovered from his earlier fight by circulating the Overlord Dragon Fist, then faced Bai Yi'ao's subordinates as they attacked him for his supposed treasure artifact.
• Shen Lang killed the first group with the Heavenly Demon Blade, gained experience points, and noticed another group watching nearby.
• Five Seventh Layer of Body Refinement experts charged Shen Lang, but his Heavenly Demon Nine Heavens attack killed them all at once.
• The Black-Robed Old Man ordered three fighters to attack Shen Lang's relatives and friends while he held Shen Lang back.
• Shen Lang unleashed his Heaven-tier techniques, overwhelmed the white-robed elder, and blasted through his chest.

Shen Lang subdued the surviving Heaven Sword Sect experts, then traveled to Greenwood Peak to pursue his plans and survived the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation, condensing its power into a Heavenly Lightning Imprint. After he entered a cave to recover, the Young Master of Heavenly Saber Sect led a search party toward his trail, still seeking the black stone.

• Shen Lang killed two white-robed experts, captured the remaining men, and forced them to kneel and swear they would never oppose the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Shen Lang traveled to Greenwood Peak, where he discovered that the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation had torn apart the saber-shaped summit and found a Golden Armored Giant Python and White Striped Tigers nearby.
• Shen Lang healed himself with a Healing Sacred Pill, used a black stone to absorb the tribulation's power, and slept for three days and nights while condensing it into a Heavenly Lightning Imprint.
• Shen Lang entered a cave to continue recovering, while the Young Master of Heavenly Saber Sect led more than two hundred disciples northward in search of Shen Lang and the black stone.

Shen Lang entered the Arctic Ice Plains and faced the terrifying Heavenly Lightning Tribulation while the Heavenly Saber Sect and other experts converged on him. Nearly exhausted and convinced he would die, he was surrounded by experts from the Four Sects of Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.

• The Young Master of Heavenly Saber Sect pursued Shen Lang as Shen fled north, intending to eliminate the sect’s disciples and prevent the Young Master from escaping.
• Sect Master Feng Yun ordered the Heavenly Saber Sect to move against Shen Lang, while he and other experts headed toward the Arctic Ice Plains.
• Shen Lang found the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation, endured its bolts, and killed several demon beasts as he raced across the plains.
• Shen Lang realized the lightning was draining his spiritual power and that the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation might kill him, but he continued toward its center.
• Experts from the Four Sects of Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow arrived before Shen Lang from several hundred zhang away.

Shen Lang passed his heavenly tribulation and broke through to the third level of the Innate Realm, then unleashed a secret weapon to slaughter the experts who had attacked him. He killed the green-robed young man and turned on the remaining Half-step Venerable King experts.

• Half-step Emperor experts attacked Shen Lang, but heavenly lightning struck them as he completed his tribulation and reached the third level of the Innate Realm.
• Shen Lang charged the experts despite his injuries, used his golden armor to withstand their attacks, and killed two Half-step Emperor experts with golden light.
• The green-robed young man who had competed with Shen Lang for the Heavenly Phoenix Egg arrived with black-clad figures and threatened him, but Shen Lang killed him with a golden longsaber.
• Shen Lang revealed that he had reached the fifth level of the Venerable Realm and attacked the more than twenty Half-step Venerable King experts.
• The experts tried to flee, but Shen Lang caught up and cut them down one by one.

Shen Lang slaughtered the Martial Artists surrounding him, then was overwhelmed by powerful currents after taking a Storage Ring. An old man appeared and accused him of attacking them, leaving Shen Lang facing a new threat.

• Shen Lang unleashed demonic fire and lightning, killing the Martial Artists who tried to flee.
• Shen Lang returned to the tavern, killed a young Half-step Venerable King, and wiped out the gathered Martial Artists.
• After the battle, Shen Lang took a Storage Ring from a corpse, but powerful currents battered and wounded him.
• Shen Lang realized the currents were connected to the numerous Venerable Realm corpses around him and recognized the strength of the true experts.
• An old man appeared nearby and accused Shen Lang of launching a sneak attack and deserving death.

Shen Lang used his mastery of space and lightning to slaughter Lei Zhen and the Thunderous Pavilion Martial Artists who had attacked and humiliated his woman. After discovering their bodies lacked cultivation, he claimed the area as his territory and began absorbing its dense spiritual energy, planning to turn the corpses into puppets.

• Lei Zhen identified himself as the Pavilion Master of Thunderous Pavilion and threatened Shen Lang, then attacked him with lightning aimed at his divine soul.
• Shen Lang opened a spatial rift and unleashed lightning, killing Lei Zhen and wiping out nearly a thousand Martial Artists.
• Shen Lang crushed the remaining pursuers with spatial power and killed them for humiliating his woman.
• Shen Lang noticed that the dead Venerable experts had no cultivation left and wondered what had happened to them.
• Shen Lang claimed the area as his territory, considered refining the corpses into puppets, and absorbed the exceptionally dense spiritual energy.

Shen Lang broke through to the Venerable Seventh Layer while cultivating in the mineral veins, then faced a mercenary force sent to hunt him. He killed their leader after the man used a pill to rise to the Venerable Eighth Layer, but the rest of the mercenaries remained.

• Shen Lang reached the Venerable Seventh Layer and concluded that others had lured him to the mineral veins so he would eliminate their occupants.
• A band of more than a hundred mercenaries arrived to hunt Shen Lang, led by a peak Venerable Seventh Layer expert and backed by two powerful martial artists.
• Shen Lang killed the leader with his Soul Devouring Spear, then evaded the mercenaries’ attacks with his speed and Escape Art.
• The leader swallowed a ninth-grade spiritual medicine and broke through to the Venerable Eighth Layer, but Shen Lang survived his attacks and struck back with two seventh-rank divine spears.
• Shen Lang killed the leader with a blow to the forehead, stored his corpse in two rings, and tossed two Storage Bags to the Heavenly Emperor experts behind him.

Shen Lang escaped after a peak Venerable Seventh Layer expert seemingly killed him, but his Purple Flame revealed his survival. As he fled toward the Eastern Sea, a terrifying lightning tribulation struck him, leaving his dantian in grave danger.

• Shen Lang took the Venerable Seventh Layer expert’s identity token and Storage Bag, then fought off the expert’s attacks before being overwhelmed and apparently killed.
• Shen Lang revived and fled beyond the Western Region Holy City, badly wounded and struggling to stay conscious.
• A lightning tribulation descended on Shen Lang, and his Purple Flame could not withstand its power.
• Shen Lang used an invisibility technique to escape, but the lightning struck his dantian and sent him flying.
• Shen Lang roared and unleashed purple flames to burn away the Thunderbolt Power, though the enemy’s attack remained too strong for him to resist.

Shen Lang was nearly killed by a Venerable Seventh Layer expert, but the Celestial Demon Sword emerged and struck down his attacker, allowing him to escape. A group of Venerable experts arrived afterward and found the dead Zhao Yuanhai, the young master of the Zhao Family.

• Shen Lang survived the tribulation lightning but suffered severe damage as its power invaded his body and Sea of Consciousness.
• Shen Lang tried to flee, but the Venerable Seventh Layer expert destroyed his avatar and overwhelmed him.
• Shen Lang awakened his bloodline and pushed his cultivation and physical body to the peak of the Venerable Ninth Layer and initial Venerable Ninth Layer, respectively.
• The Celestial Demon Sword appeared, wounded and killed the Venerable Seventh Layer expert, then entered Shen Lang's dantian.
• The Venerable Seventh Layer expert reappeared, threatened Shen Lang, and fled; Shen Lang also hurried away.
• A group of Venerable experts arrived and found the corpse of Zhao Yuanhai, the young master of the Zhao Family.

Shen Lang fled through a dangerous ruin after surviving a Venerable Ninth Layer expert, but was pursued by powerful Venerables seeking the valley’s treasures. He fought back and escaped their group, only to face a terrifying arrow as he sped away.

• Shen Lang escaped the Venerable Ninth Layer expert’s search range and resolved to grow strong enough to challenge him again.
• A group of Venerables attacked Shen Lang, forcing him toward a cliff, where he killed a Venerable Sixth Layer pursuer and hid inside an ancient tree.
• Shen Lang disguised himself as the group searched for him and attacked the ancient tree, then dodged arrows fired at him.
• Shen Lang fled through the trees and defeated several pursuers after they attacked him with spears and a blade, causing the rest to retreat.
• An arrow shot after Shen Lang and bent a tree on impact, so he increased his speed to avoid being hit.

Shen Lang was hunted by deadly arrows and badly wounded, then fell unconscious as Night Owl recruited him into Black Soul Hall. Night Owl named him the new pavilion master and ordered him to bring the Divine Continent’s Martial Artists under his command, though Shen Lang was stunned by the mission.

• Shen Lang dodged a barrage of powerful arrows, while their black-robed controller revealed that he intended to kill Shen Lang to protect his plan.
• Shen Lang tested an arrow’s power, tried to evade the pursuing shots, and used a spirit artifact to counter them before the arrows resumed their attack.
• The arrows chased Shen Lang across the forest, piercing his shoulder and chest and severing his right arm until he lost consciousness.
• While unconscious, Shen Lang relived a memory of a young man stabbing him and taking the girl he loved, and silently vowed revenge.
• Night Owl threatened Shen Lang, offered him power and rewards for joining the mysterious organization, and Shen Lang agreed.
• Night Owl appointed Shen Lang the new pavilion master of Black Soul Hall and ordered him to seize control of the Divine Continent by making its Martial Artists submit.

Shen Lang rejected Night Owl’s demand that he conquer the Divine Continent unless he could meet a Heavenly Emperor expert, then defeated Luo Feng, the assassin sent to kill him. He agreed to go with Luo Feng to Heavenly Emperor Hall, while a separate scene ended with a terrifying pressure filling a secluded valley.

• Night Owl ordered Shen Lang to conquer the Divine Continent for Black Soul Hall within a year and promised him access to God Emperor Academy and powerful experts.
• Shen Lang insisted on meeting a Heavenly Emperor expert and gaining that expert’s recognition before agreeing to Night Owl’s conditions.
• Night Owl left Shen Lang under the surveillance of Luo Feng, who was assigned to assassinate him.
• Luo Feng attacked Shen Lang at an inn, but Shen Lang overwhelmed him in a fight and stopped him from fleeing by asking about his boss and subordinates.
• Shen Lang identified Luo Feng as the crown prince of Heavenly Emperor Hall and agreed to follow him there.
• In a secluded valley east of the city, violent explosions echoed as a terrifying pressure filled a cave containing a lone meditation cushion.

Shen Lang defeated Yang Hao at Heavenly Emperor Academy and earned a token qualifying him to enter the Imperial Capital. As he prepared to register with Lin Qingxue and Su Meier, Lin Qingxue revealed that her clan status entitled her to take an imperial palace assessment.

• Luo Feng told a savage-faced senior that Shen Lang had appeared, and the senior vowed to kill Shen Lang and take his woman.
• Shen Lang received a letter saying Luo Feng was dead and believed the Crown Prince had arranged the ambush that killed his attackers.
• At Heavenly Emperor Academy, Shen Lang confronted Yang Hao, who attacked him and was killed by Shen Lang's punch.
• An elder gave Shen Lang a token for passing the academy's test and said he would need further assessments to enter the Imperial Capital.
• Lin Qingxue pressed Shen Lang about his strength, and Shen Lang said she should join Heavenly Emperor Academy before learning more.
• Lin Qingxue told Shen Lang that, as the future heir of the Madam Lin clan of the Southern Wasteland, she could enter the imperial palace to take the assessment.

Shen Lang demonstrated his strength to Lin Qingxue, was accepted as Gu Tianhua’s disciple, and completed his time at Heavenly Emperor Academy. After leaving, he began a new assessment involving precious materials and pill refining, where he recognized three fourth-grade spirit pills.

• Lin Qingxue attacked Shen Lang with a powerful sword technique, and he escaped the falling boulders using a high-grade martial technique.
• Gu Tianhua contacted Shen Lang, accepted him as his disciple, and told Lin Qingxue to leave for the Southern Wasteland in three days.
• Shen Lang passed his final trials, left Heavenly Emperor Academy, and reflected that he had reached the fourth level of the Emperor Martial Realm.
• Gu Tianhua gave Shen Lang a task to raise the Lin Family’s strength and promised a reward that could help him reach the fifth level of the Emperor Martial Realm.
• Shen Lang entered a stone gate and began an assessment, recognizing three fruits in a vision as valuable fourth-grade spirit pills.