Chapter Summaries

Chu Qingyun defeated Long Ao and, despite the Dragon God Hall’s intervention, escaped with Long Ao’s treasures. He left the pursuers to recover the bodies from the river and continued to torment Long Ao’s corpse.

• Chu Qingyun revealed Level Nine Martial Spirit strength, wounded Long Ao, and pursued him until Long Zhan and other Dragon God Hall elders arrived.
• Long Tianxing declared Long Ao would no longer be protected, and Chu Qingyun killed Long Ao with black lightning despite Long Zhan’s presence.
• A burly Level Eight Martial King threatened Chu Qingyun, but Chu Qingyun evaded him and hid with Long Ao’s treasures.
• Chu Qingyun used Long Ao’s Identity Token to threaten the pursuers, then threw it into the river and forced them to retrieve the dragon corpses.
• Chu Qingyun changed clothes, crushed Long Ao’s remaining heads, and stuffed another head into Long Ao’s mouth.

Chu Qingyun reached the late Heavenly Spirit Realm and went to confront a force led by Chu Yuan that had come to hunt him. Chu Xiong revealed overwhelming strength against the Chu Family guards, leaving Chu Yuan shocked and charging into the battle.

• Chu Qingyun collected Long Ao's treasures, reflected on his breakthrough to the late Heavenly Spirit Realm, and headed to the northeastern region after Shen Xiu warned that a force was hunting him.
• Chu Qingyun confronted Chu Yuan, who demanded that he cripple Chu Xiong or sacrifice his own cultivation, then ordered his guards to attack.
• Chu Xiong's forces clashed with the Chu Family guards while Chu Yuan's group surrounded Chu Xiong and his companions.
• Chu Xiong defeated the guards with ease, forced the survivors to kneel, then killed them when they threatened him.
• Chu Yuan saw his guards being slaughtered, blamed a five-star Martial Spirit Realm guard for letting Chu Xiong escape, and charged into the crowd as the guard ran to him for help.

Chu Xiong killed Chu Yuan and fled the Chu Family guards, then entered a secret realm and gained a huge reward. Inside, he fought off powerful pursuers and broke free of a valley’s rule-like suppression, leaving the valley collapsing behind him.

• Chu Xiong slaughtered Chu Yuan and his guards, then escaped before the Chu Family could capture him.
• A system notification rewarded Chu Xiong for being the first to enter the secret realm, and he vowed to destroy the Chu Family after growing stronger.
• Chu Xiong encountered the young woman in green and defeated several Martial Kings, Martial Emperors, and Martial Ancestors, learning that the Martial King from Eastern Cloud Country’s Martial Venerable Mansion had brought him to the realm.
• Chu Xiong entered a mist-covered mountain valley and was trapped by a force that bound and absorbed his power.
• Chu Xiong used Overlord Body to break free, causing the valley to shake and collapse; the others escaped and found him unharmed outside.

Shen Xiu broke free of the suppression, gathered Martial King and Martial Ancestor followers, and discovered a cave filled with deathly aura that rapidly strengthened his divine sense. As he explored a strange black-hole dimension and saw five regions of towering structures, relatives plotting against him set out to pursue him.

• Shen Xiu intimidated the gathered experts into submission, accepted them as his guards, and learned about the Tianwu Domain and the upcoming Holy Land expedition.
• Chen Feiyu challenged Shen Xiu to compete in the expedition, and Shen Xiu led his followers into the dense forest.
• Shen Xiu found a formation sealing a cave entrance, broke it with his divine sense, and absorbed the deathly aura until his divine sense reached the Martial Venerable Realm.
• Shen Xiu explored deeper into the cave with Bai Suzhen and sent his divine sense into a black-hole dimension, where he saw a plain and towering structures divided into five regions.
• Chu Longfei and his Second Uncle heard that Shen Xiu had killed several Martial Venerable Realm demonic beasts and left to chase him in hopes of claiming treasure.

Shen Xiu defeated Chu Family attackers and discovered that pills could unleash powerful cultivation energy, then faced Chu Feihong in Purple Cloud City. He began absorbing the energy into his golden pellet while his enemies continued to close in.

• Shen Xiu explored a strange mountain range, while Chu Longfei and his Second Uncle left, believing the Martial Venerable Realm demon beasts would kill him.
• Shen Xiu ambushed the black-clad attackers, killed Chu Haoyu, and took his Storage Ring; Lin Changfeng arrived afterward, furious over Chu Haoyu's death.
• Shen Xiu went to northern Purple Cloud City, sampled pills, and experienced a vision of an elderly cultivator that led him to identify the energy as Martial King Realm cultivation.
• Chu Feihong tried to rob Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu shattered his five defensive treasures and resumed cultivating.
• Shen Xiu absorbed the pills' True Yuan as golden strands flowed into the pellet in his dantian.

Shen Xiu absorbed the ancient jade’s True Essence Essence, survived a devastating lightning strike, and broke through to the two-star Martial Ancestor Realm. After placing fifth in the trials, he confronted a rival who had mocked him and drove him off with a single punch.

• The golden pellet refined True Essence Essence within Shen Xiu, strengthening his body and raising his cultivation to the sixth order of the True Essence Realm.
• A purple lightning bolt struck Shen Xiu and seemingly reduced him to ashes, but he recovered with a transformed body and the strength of a two-star Martial Ancestor.
• The third trial ended, naming Shen Xiu the fifth Martial King and astonishing the disciples and elders with his progress.
• Shen Xiu confronted Shen Xiu for supposedly giving up during the trial, then fled when Shen Xiu revealed he had dodged the lightning.
• Shen Xiu chased Shen Xiu outside the cave and withstood his punch before knocking him down; Shen Xiu begged for mercy and fled.

Shen Xiu brooded over his ambitions and cultivated while planning to win the Sect Grand Competition, but Chu Zhen appeared and revealed overwhelming strength. After defeating Shen Xiu, Chu Zhen left him gravely wounded and called him an ant.

• Shen Xiu learned that Qin Qiushui was married to Qin Shuangyue and resolved to find Qin Shuangyue and eventually take her for himself.
• Shen Xiu cultivated the Hun Yuan Jue, advanced rapidly, and planned to win the Sect Grand Competition and claim its rewards.
• Chu Zhen told Shen Xiu that the Chu Family would compete for first place, and Shen Xiu said he would let them have the opportunity.
• A masked black-clad man appeared and threatened Shen Xiu and his son, Chu Tianyu, before revealing that he was Chu Zhen.
• Shen Xiu attacked Chu Zhen but was overpowered; Chu Zhen struck him with the Heavenly Wolf Sword Technique and left him bleeding on the ground.

Shen Xiu defeated Chu Zhen and several Chu Family members, then confronted the family’s powerful elders. After Chu Zhen revealed his peak Martial Ancestor strength, Shen Xiu broke through to the Martial Saint Realm, but Chu Zhen’s World-Destroying Finger shattered his spear and bore down on him.

• Chu Zhen killed Shen Xiu, only for Shen Xiu to reappear and kill Chu Zhen with a dagger through his throat and heart.
• Shen Xiu evaded the Chu Family elders, attacked one, and declared that he would find and kill Chu Feng.
• A black-robed Chu Zhen arrived and pressured Shen Xiu, then fought him with spear attacks.
• Shen Xiu overwhelmed Chu Zhen and revealed that he had reached the Martial Saint Realm.
• Chu Zhen unleashed his World-Destroying Finger, which shattered Shen Xiu’s spear and continued toward his brow as Shen Xiu retreated in fear.

Shen Xiu killed Shen Xiu's pursuer and later joined Elder Shen and the Shen Family Martial Saints to investigate a mysterious force covering the Shen Family. On the journey, Elder Shen revealed himself as Shen Xiu's enemy, and their battle began.

• Shen Xiu killed Shen Xiu, while the elders welcomed the traitor's death and the group withdrew.
• Shen Tianjun learned Shen Xiu was hiding with the Chu Family and had reached the Martial Saint realm, while Shen Xiu vowed revenge on those who had wronged his family.
• Elder Shen reunited with Shen Xiu and proposed investigating the mysterious force around the Shen Family before leading an expedition the next morning.
• Shen Xiu sensed a familiar, terrifying aura as the group searched, and Elder Shen was seized by a divine soul power.
• Shen Xiu revealed that he had planned to kill Elder Shen, then attacked him with the Heaven-Breaking Punch as the two began fighting.

Shen Xiu defeated the Shen Family elders and wiped out the family, then confronted the mysterious old man in the ancient castle and insisted on taking him away. The old man attacked Shen Xiu, who held onto the black sword despite being pierced repeatedly.

• Shen Xiu used his formidable physical body and recovery ability to fight Elder Shen and the other Shen Family elders, killing Elder Shen and then defeating the remaining elders.
• As Shen Xiu recovered, black soul avatars emerged from his body; they destroyed Shen Cheng and the other elders, leaving the Shen Family wiped out.
• Shen Xiu went to the ancient castle and told the mysterious old man he had come to take him away and protect him.
• The mysterious old man refused and attacked Shen Xiu with a black longsword, piercing his chest several times, but Shen Xiu kept gripping the sword.

Shen Xiu forced the mysterious old man to surrender a pill and learned that the man was tied to the Heavenly Origin Sect, but the two later agreed to cooperate over the antidote. The old man revealed that their target was the Tiangang Sect Master, leaving Shen Xiu startled by the name.

• Shen Xiu overpowered the mysterious old man, demanded the antidote, and let him leave after hearing his threats about the Heavenly Origin Sect.
• Shen Xiu tracked down the mysterious old man, the woman, and the young man, then challenged the old man to provide the antidote.
• The mysterious old man proposed that they cooperate and promised the antidote if Shen Xiu could defeat him under the space's restrictions.
• The mysterious old man explained that his group had been hired to kill the Tiangang Sect Master and obtain the antidote he possessed.
• Shen Xiu reacted with shock when he heard that their target was the Tiangang Sect.

Shen Xiu battled a group tied to Tiangang Sect over the Skyfire Lotus and a spiritual treasure, defeating their fighters and taking the treasure. After the encounter, he reflected on his recent breakthrough and remembered Chen Hao, a Tiangang Sect disciple.

• Shen Xiu learned that the Dragon King wanted the Skyfire Lotus to advance his cultivation and suspected the sect was using its searchers in a deadly scheme.
• Shen Xiu attacked a man who claimed to be an expert, burned him to a skeleton, and demanded the Skyfire Lotus from another fighter.
• The fighter detonated a spiritual treasure, but Shen Xiu survived the blast and continued fighting him over the treasure.
• Shen Xiu dodged the fighter’s flying sword, shattered it with a slap, and left after refusing the man’s request to join Tianxuan Sect.
• After the fighters departed, Shen Xiu said his recent breakthrough had made fighting a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator troublesome and recalled Chen Hao of Tiangang Sect.

Shen Xiu entered the Yun Yang Mountain Range seeking two powerful demonic beasts and secretly lured cultivators there to kill one another. After provoking the Cloud Sword Sect, he was ambushed by its Sect Master, Yun Jian, and claimed he had come to find medicine to save a gravely injured friend; Yun Jian reacted with interest when Shen Xiu named the Shen Family.

• Shen Xiu recovered his strength, left Tian Xuan City, and headed toward the Yun Yang Mountain Range while avoiding a direct clash with two powerful demonic beasts.
• Shen Xiu burned a group of cultivators who mocked him, then entered the mountain range and planned to search for the demonic beasts in two directions.
• Shen Xiu revealed that he had lured cultivators into the range so they would kill one another, but he pursued the Cloud Sword Sect after hearing its disciples were fighting nearby.
• Yun Jian struck Shen Xiu and confronted him; Shen Xiu claimed a Nine-patterned Demon Wolf had chased him into the area.
• Shen Xiu told Yun Jian he was from the Shen Family of Myriad Phenomena City and needed a Three-Star Spiritual Medicine to refine a Seven-Colored Glazed Pill for his dying friend, and Yun Jian showed interest in the family.

Shen Xiu tricked Yun Jian into believing he had defeated him, then sought out his elder brother Shen Hao and traveled with him into a misty valley. They emerged into a strangely transformed landscape, leaving their discovery unexplained.

• Yun Jian ordered Shen Xiu to hunt a Demon Beast and submit its core for five thousand contribution points, so Shen Xiu struck a Demon Wolf and left it for another wolf to kill.
• Shen Xiu secretly planned to kill Yun Jian and control the Cloud Sword Sect, then met Shen Hao and falsely claimed he had defeated Yun Jian.
• Shen Xiu and Shen Hao were attacked by more than a hundred Demon Apes, and Shen Xiu gave Shen Hao a pill that healed his injuries.
• After traveling for several days, the brothers entered a fog-filled valley and crossed its confusing miasma with Shen Hao's soul perception.
• The Shen brothers emerged from the mist at dusk and found themselves beneath an azure sky in air filled with fresh moisture.

Shen Xiu and Shen Hao explored a cracked mountain and were attacked by Black Fur Ape Demons, leaving Shen Xiu to fight alone after Shen Hao was killed. Shen Xiu battled the demons with fierce resolve, but the mountain’s powerful demon king gained the upper hand and struck him with a devastating attack.

• Shen Hao and Shen Xiu approached the mountain’s strange fissures, where a huge maw attacked and swallowed Shen Xiu before he emerged badly injured beside Shen Hao’s severed head.
• Shen Xiu’s body was destroyed by a Black Fur Ape Demon, but he escaped as a Primordial Spirit; after the demon struck him again, Shen Xiu reappeared amid flames with a battle-axe and fought two demons.
• Shen Xiu wounded the Black Fur Ape Demons but was battered by their tentacles, and the king of the mountain appeared to challenge him.
• The Black Fur Ape Demon king deflected Shen Xiu’s dagger and attacked with a black-mist ruler and its claws, boasting that its strength far exceeded Shen Xiu’s.
• Shen Xiu evaded the demon king’s black light, but its giant palm crushed the tree where he had appeared.

Shen Xiu fought the Black-haired Ape Demon King, escaped into the forest, and later found a group of giant snakes in a mountain valley. After luring the injured beasts with medicine and killing them, he began absorbing True Yuan from a python.

• Shen Xiu battled the Black Fur Ape Demon, suffered severe injuries, and fled toward the forest while the demon pursued him.
• The Black-haired Ape Demon King tried to devour the black liquid in the valley, but Shen Xiu appeared and pierced its black pill with the Meteor Spear.
• Shen Xiu traveled to a desolate mountain range and discovered more than ten giant snakes injured below a waterfall.
• Shen Xiu gave the snakes jade bottles, then slaughtered the demon beasts as the python remained motionless.
• Shen Xiu pressed his palm against the python's head and sent streams of True Yuan into its body.

Shen Xiu fought off giant snakes in the Myriad Beast Mountains and tested the Heavenly Silkworm Silk Needle, while an azure Flood Dragon attacked black-robed Martial Artists elsewhere. After killing the snakes, he encountered a group of Artifact Refining Sect disciples who questioned the damage to their demonic-beast materials.

• Shen Xiu swallowed a crystalline pill from a giant snake, increasing his physical strength, then faced a golden eagle whose attack collapsed a cave.
• Shen Xiu battled several giant snakes, using his strength and the Heavenly Silkworm Silk Needle to kill them as poisonous spikes erupted from the ground.
• An azure Flood Dragon attacked black-robed Martial Artists, and a Heavenly Silkworm Silk Needle killed one of them; Shen Xiu recognized the needle as his treasure.
• Shen Xiu killed the remaining snakes and considered their bodies valuable materials for the Artifact Refining Sect.
• A White Clad Woman and several women arrived to inspect the dead beasts, and the White Clad Woman criticized the waste of a six-star demonic beast before Shen Xiu asked whether they were Artifact Refining Sect disciples.

Shen Xiu encountered Artifact Refining Sect disciples, fought off their attempt to kill him, and captured a wounded three-star demon beast. After another Artifact Refining Sect disciple attacked and badly injured him, Shen Xiu counterattacked and reappeared with a Sword Aura aimed at the man.

• The White Clad Woman questioned Shen Xiu about the battle and his Artifact Refining skills, then led the Artifact Refining Sect disciples onward without him.
• The Artifact Refining Sect disciples threatened to kill Shen Xiu, but he struck the White Clad Woman and frightened the others into fleeing.
• Shen Xiu knocked out a wounded three-star demon beast and carried it deeper into the mountain, where it woke and attacked him with fireballs.
• Shen Xiu bound the demon beast, killed it, and stored it in his Storage Ring before an Artifact Refining Sect disciple arrived and accused him of killing his master.
• The Artifact Refining Sect disciple overpowered Shen Xiu and blasted him into the dust, but Shen Xiu emerged from the void and sent a Sword Aura toward his throat.

Shen Xiu killed an Artifact Refining Sect disciple, recovered with the Blazing Sun Pill, and met Huang Long and a gray-robed elder amid turmoil near the Alchemist Guild. He planned to visit the Guild president that night while keeping his mysterious inner world and pill power under investigation.

• Shen Xiu defeated and killed the Artifact Refining Sect disciple, crushing his body and annihilating his Primordial Spirit before disappearing as the Azure Ox watched anxiously.
• Shen Xiu swallowed the Blazing Sun Pill inside a flame-filled valley, endured its burning effects, and recovered from his injuries as distant battles shook the area.
• Shen Xiu realized that Alchemist Guild disciples had been killed nearby and feared the Imperial Family would investigate, but the gray-robed elder and Huang Long arrived and said they had come to save him.
• Huang Long explained that an unknown expert had taken the pill they came to inspect, and Shen Xiu learned they believed the expert was the Alchemist Guild president and a Martial Venerable.
• Shen Xiu told Huang Long that a small world inside his body could absorb herbs and spiritual energy and that its mysterious power might come from another world; he then planned to visit the Guild president after nightfall.

Shen Xiu entered the forest searching for the Alchemist Guild president and obtained a Seven-Leaf Profound Ginseng after defeating a powerful demonic beast. As he left the forest, the mysterious young man in black attacked him, and Shen Xiu realized his opponent was a demonic beast before the fight escalated.

• Huang Long and Huang Jinpeng discussed Shen Xiu's strength and decided he was worth befriending.
• Shen Xiu entered the forest, where a powerful force tested him and a round, nine-tailed demonic beast appeared.
• Shen Xiu used rocks condensed from True Yuan to smash the demonic beast and found a Seven-Leaf Profound Ginseng, which he stored in his Universe Ring.
• The demonic beast suffered in agony and exploded, releasing a terrifying aura that made Shen Xiu flee the forest.
• The mysterious young man in black confronted Shen Xiu and threatened to kill him, then attacked him within an array.
• During their battle, Shen Xiu recognized that the young man was a demonic beast; after the attacker slashed his chest, Shen Xiu gathered spiritual energy and readied an iron nail.