Chapter Summaries

Shen Tianyi survived Shen Xiu’s blood flames, escaped to a hidden residence, and recovered enough to stabilize at the second level of the Primordial Spirit Realm, though his Primordial Spirit remained weak. When Shen Xiu and the Shen Family forces surrounded him, Shen Tianyi vanished before they could capture him.

• Shen Xiu attacked Shen Tianyi with exploding Blood Soul Wheels, trapping him in scorching blood flames.
• Shen Xiu sensed a frightening aura from a nearby sealing palace and fled, while Shen Tianyi’s Primordial Spirit power began to weaken.
• Shen Tianyi reached an abandoned house in a desolate valley, took healing pills, and stabilized his cultivation at the second level of the Primordial Spirit Realm.
• Shen Tianyi realized his Primordial Spirit was still losing power and resolved to advance his cultivation while his body recovered.
• Shen Xiu led Shen Family forces to surround Shen Tianyi, but Shen Tianyi disappeared before they could capture him.

Shen Tianyi evaded Shen Xiu and the Shen Family’s search, then confronted them among the spirit herbs and revealed overwhelming defensive power and Chaos Energy. After Shen Xiu’s attack failed and he was badly hurt, he and the elders resolved to capture Shen Tianyi and investigate his secrets.

• Shen Yi and Shen Xiu searched for Shen Tianyi, who hid nearby and escaped into the forest when they began examining the spirit herbs.
• Shen Tianyi lured Shen Xiu and the others toward the spirit herbs, ambushed them, and slapped several of them before Shen Xiu ordered his men to capture him alive.
• Shen Xiu entered a Spirit Beast Den to pursue Shen Tianyi, but Shen Tianyi appeared and confronted him in the cave.
• Shen Xiu’s sword could not pierce Shen Tianyi’s neck, and Shen Tianyi’s Chaos Energy destroyed Shen Xiu’s giant black-radiance claw and sent him flying while vomiting blood.
• Shen Xiu and the black-robed elders decided to capture Shen Tianyi and uncover the secrets behind his power.

Shen Tianyi used a talisman and an ambush of Primordial Spirit Realm experts to attack Shen Xiu’s forces, then appeared to be killed by Shen Xiu. Shen Xiu fled, but at the Shen Residence he faced Shen Family fighters and revealed his ninth-level Fleshly Body Realm strength.

• Shen Tianyi sent the talisman’s hidden power underground, then triggered an ambush of hundreds of Primordial Spirit Realm experts against Shen Xiu and his elders.
• Shen Tianyi unleashed corrosive Dark Primordial Spirit power, but Shen Xiu struck down a black-mist decoy that resembled him.
• Believing Shen Tianyi dead, Shen Xiu led the black-robed old woman and the other elders in fleeing for their lives.
• Outside the Shen Residence, the black-robed old woman’s forces fought the Shen Family guards, while Shen Xiu faced a white-bearded old man and a white-bearded old woman.
• Shen Xiu evaded their attacks, revealed that his physical strength had reached the ninth level of the Fleshly Body Realm, and countered the white-bearded old woman’s strike.

Shen Xiu fought the black-robed elders, killing one who tried to devour his Primordial Spirit and driving the others into his formation. As the remaining elders attacked him with overwhelming numbers, Shen Xiu remained unharmed and struck down their black dragon, while the battle continued.

• The black mist corroded Shen Xiu's body and Primordial Spirit, but he refused to stop fighting as the two elders attacked him.
• Shen Xiu used golden-red flames to burn through the elders' defenses, then blasted the black-robed old man who tried to devour his Primordial Spirit with black lightning and killed him.
• Shen Xiu pursued the fleeing Black-Robed Old Men and warned them that his formation would trap and consume them, while they threatened to summon reinforcements.
• Shen Xiu entered the formation and remained unharmed as its black rays struck him, while the remaining elders gathered outside and prepared to fight.
• The elders attacked Shen Xiu with sword lights and a massive black dragon, but Shen Xiu's power devoured the sword lights and his black blade pierced the dragon.

Shen Xiu fought the Heavenly Demon Sect ambushers and overcame their attempts to capture him, killing them all. He collected a Storage Ring and planned to use the corpses to cultivate.

• Shen Xiu ate Heilong's corpse, enraging the black-robed old man and shocking the others outside the formation.
• Shen Xiu and the black-robed old man fought fiercely, while Ye Chen sensed the black mist draining their energy.
• The black-robed men revealed they had ambushed Shen Xiu to complete their mission, but Shen Xiu refused to surrender.
• Shen Xiu blocked the group's combined attack and unleashed hundreds of Sword Auras, sending the black-robed men flying.
• The remaining Heavenly Demon Sect men tried to flee, but Shen Xiu pursued and killed them with his black Sword Qi.
• Shen Xiu took a Storage Ring from a corpse and decided the bodies could help him cultivate.

Shen Xiu fought Li Yue'er, a Li Clan genius who had come to kill him, and revealed overwhelming strength and powerful weapons. After Li Yue'er tried to flee, Shen Xiu caught up and attacked her from behind.

• Li Yue'er confronted Shen Xiu and said she had come to kill him.
• Shen Xiu overpowered Li Yue'er, knocking her away and making her drop her blade.
• Shen Xiu displayed five Spirit Artifact flying swords, and Li Yue'er demanded to know his background.
• Li Yue'er launched several attacks, but Shen Xiu blocked them with his weapons and vital energy.
• Li Yue'er fled into the sky, and Shen Xiu caught up and clawed at her back.
• Li Yue'er sensed the attack and punched toward Shen Xiu's wrist.

Shen Xiu defeated Li Yue'er, crippled her cultivation, and held her captive while threatening her and her family. When two Li Clan experts attacked, Shen Xiu killed the Second Elder, and the chapter ended with him beating Li Yue'er as she resisted.

• Shen Xiu crushed Li Yue'er's hand, snapped her neck, and left her for dead while Li Qingfeng watched from a tree and wondered why Shen Xiu had attacked his Junior Sister.
• Li Yue'er regained consciousness in a valley with her dantian crippled and her body sealed, and Shen Xiu revealed he intended to keep her as his slave.
• Shen Xiu threatened to kill Li Yue'er's grandfather, Li Yuan, and boasted that he would make her his woman before leaving the cave.
• Two Li Clan experts attacked with giant axes, and Shen Xiu kicked the Second Elder into the magma, where he burned to ashes.
• Shen Xiu approached Li Yue'er, struck her across the face twice, and ignored her pleas to let her go.

Shen Xiu defeated a mysterious man in black and slaughtered a group of attackers before resolving to hunt down the force that had humiliated him. Later, he met several men he had rescued at the Drunken Immortal Tower and asked Li Tian about the Southern Wasteland region.

• Shen Xiu beat Li Yue'er, but a man in black arrived and confronted him over her injuries.
• Shen Xiu defeated the second-level Martial Emperor man in black, who vowed to learn how long Shen Xiu could keep advancing.
• Shen Xiu killed a group of Men in Black outside a secluded courtyard and discussed Dragon Tiger Shakes Mountain and its blood-devouring ability with the giant snake.
• Shen Xiu resolved to destroy the force behind his enemies and to reclaim what belonged to him after reaching the fourth-grade Martial Ancestor realm.
• At the Drunken Immortal Tower, Shen Xiu drank with the men he had rescued, learned that their leader was named Zhao Yun, and asked Li Tian about the Southern Wasteland region.

Shen Xiu traveled to the Heavenly Wolf Mountain Range, where a Black Python attacked him and he encountered a black-robed man who had advanced to the Martial Ancestor realm. The chapter ended as the Black Python knocked Shen Xiu flying and threatened to devour him.

• Shen Xiu spoke with Li Tian and Zhao Yun, learned about their treasures and plans, then left Tianyuan City the next morning.
• Shen Xiu traveled for about half a month to the Heavenly Wolf Mountain Range and entered its dangerous inner reaches after finding traces of blood and corpses.
• Xiao Yifeng watched Shen Xiu enter the mountains and said he could deal with Zhao Yun before hurrying away.
• A Black Python attacked Shen Xiu, blaming him for killing its clansmen and threatening his family and friends.
• A black-robed man appeared atop the Black Python and challenged Shen Xiu, who recognized him as someone who had reached the Martial Ancestor realm.
• The Black Python struck Shen Xiu with its tail and sent him flying, then threatened to devour him.

Shen Xiu killed a Black Python and then defeated and killed a Profound Saint expert who had demanded that Shen Xiu agree to a condition. He left the battlefield and arrived in an unfamiliar city, where he resolved to leave before Heavenly Demon City could hunt him down and to grow stronger.

• Shen Xiu destroyed the Black Python after it attacked him, then thanked the man who had helped him and refused to agree to the man's demand.
• The man threatened Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu fought back, overwhelmed him, and survived his attacks despite the man's use of a pill and longsword.
• Shen Xiu defeated the man with a sudden attack and killed him when he tried to escape, then burned the body and placed runes in the two men's brows.
• Shen Xiu vanished and reappeared on a rooftop in an unfamiliar city, where he considered the danger posed by Heavenly Demon City and decided he needed to leave and increase his strength.

Shen Xiu prepared to leave the Heavenly Demon Sect and was ambushed by two of its experts seeking his treasures. After using the Vajra Pestle to raise his strength and overpower one attacker, Shen Xiu continued fighting as the battered man kept recovering and attacking.

• Shen Xiu mourned the three Profound Saint companions killed by the Heavenly Demon Sect and stored three identical corpses before setting out to grow stronger and confront the sect’s leader.
• Two Heavenly Demon Sect experts blocked Shen Xiu and demanded his Storage Ring and treasures.
• One attacker wounded Shen Xiu with a Sword Aura and spear, but Shen Xiu unleashed the Vajra Pestle and raised his strength to the sixth level of the Profound Saint realm.
• Shen Xiu repeatedly struck the fifth-level Profound Saint attacker, knocking him down and apparently rendering him unconscious, but the man recovered and attacked again.
• The attacker surrounded himself with black mist and drew a long sword, while Shen Xiu charged and slammed the Vajra Pestle into his chest.

Shen Xiu battled Black Robe, who had hunted him before and now sought to kill him, while Shen Xiu relied on the strength of his cultivation and his friend Ye Feng. The chapter ended with Black Robe attacking after discovering Shen Xiu possessed an azure dragon bloodline.

• Shen Xiu badly wounded a fifth-stage Profound Saint middle-aged man and claimed his strength had reached the sixth stage.
• Black Robe arrived, revealed he had tried to kill Shen Xiu before, and blasted him with lightning.
• Shen Xiu warned Black Robe that Ye Feng could defeat him, but Black Robe dismissed the threat and attacked.
• Shen Xiu discovered his body had grown stronger through the Profound Martial Art, yet Black Robe's speed and attacks still injured him.
• Shen Xiu activated the Azure Dragon Art, and Black Robe recognized his azure dragon bloodline and pressed his attack.

Shen Xiu fought the black-robed man in the cave, unleashing his hidden power and wielding the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade to wound and drive him back. Though the black-robed man gained the upper hand with his speed and a mysterious ring, Shen Xiu faced his latest spear thrust with a gale-charged sword strike.

• Shen Xiu fought the black-robed man, evaded his attempt to crush his head, and revealed a surge of hidden power and azure Sword Aura.
• Shen Xiu and the black-robed man exchanged attacks; the black-robed man pierced Shen Xiu's shoulder, but Shen Xiu struck him with the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade and carved a gash across his chest.
• Shen Xiu and the black-robed man continued battling through the cave as Shen Xiu dodged and hid, but the black-robed man found him and battered him with his spear and fists.
• The black-robed man revealed a black-glowing ring with a powerful formation and launched another spear attack at Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu swung his sword into the black-robed man's spear as gale force surged around him.

Shen Xiu fought a black-robed man in a cave, escaped his pursuit, and was swallowed by corrosive black mist. The danger triggered Shen Xiu's breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm, and he found a Ghost King Tree sapling as the mist continued to close in.

• Shen Xiu discovered that the black-robed man's Iron Bone Armor blocked his attacks, but their clashes showed the man was still far stronger.
• The black-robed man wounded Shen Xiu and chased him, but Shen Xiu escaped the cave after testing his opponent's strength.
• Black mist surrounded Shen Xiu and began consuming his elemental power, leaving him unable to see or find a way out.
• Shen Xiu broke through to the Golden Core Realm after the monster's blood essence he had absorbed helped awaken a Golden Core in his dantian.
• Shen Xiu found a Ghost King Tree sapling and recognized it as his only possible lifeline, while black mist continued seeping into the cave.

Shen Xiu endured the black mist through the night and emerged at dawn to search Ghost King Cave for a spirit core. After confronting strengthened evil spirits and escaping on a jade talisman, he appeared before black-robed Demon Realm experts, who struggled to harm Black Tiger.

• Shen Xiu survived the black mist overnight and set out at dawn, determined to seize the Ghost Valley Sect's inheritance and a treasure.
• Shen Xiu found a glowing spirit core, but a powerful aura and a gathering of evil spirits forced him to flee.
• Black Tiger attacked Shen Xiu, who cut it in half with the Azure Dragon Saber before escaping the pursuing spirits.
• A huge floating mountain carrying black-robed people appeared above Shen Xiu, and he crushed a jade talisman to escape to their location.
• Black-robed Demon Realm experts repeatedly struck Black Tiger with a massive axe but could not injure it, while Shen Xiu mocked them.

Shen Xiu slaughtered the Evil Cult fighters pursuing him and killed the Rakshasa Ancestor with a single strike from the demonic blade. He then sped toward a distant mountain range, leaving the Evil Cult disciples unable to catch him.

• Shen Xiu used his divine sense and flames to overwhelm the black-robed men, then killed their leader and pursued the fleeing fighters.
• Shen Xiu attacked the injured elderly woman, later entered the Qiankun Immortal Mansion, and confronted her there as she begged him to let her go.
• A group of black-clad figures searched for Shen Xiu, but he reappeared and struck them down, killing the elderly woman as well.
• The Rakshasa Ancestor arrived and threatened Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu charged him and split him apart with the demonic blade.
• Shen Xiu flew thousands of kilometers toward a mountain range while the Evil Cult disciples watched in shock and failed to keep up.

Shen Xiu slaughtered the Evil Cult disciples and killed their Mahayana Stage elder, forcing the sect master to surrender and offer loyalty. After questioning him about the Evil Cult’s presence in China, Shen Xiu learned why its elites had gathered: to collect their Storage Rings for the Saintess to deliver to the Cult Master.

• Shen Xiu escaped after killing a Mahayana Stage expert, while an Evil Cult elder used a secret technique to pursue him.
• Shen Xiu sensed Evil Cult disciples catching up and attacked, cutting one disciple in two and confronting their leading elder.
• Shen Xiu destroyed the elder’s immortal sword, overwhelmed the disciples, and killed the elder when he tried to flee.
• Shen Xiu continued killing the fleeing disciples until the sect master knelt and begged to submit, and Shen Xiu agreed to give him a chance.
• Shen Xiu asked how many Evil Cult forces operated in China, and the sect master said there were two and that stronger forces were beyond their reach.
• The sect master explained that the gathered disciples were collecting their elites’ Storage Rings for the Saintess to pass to the Cult Master.

Shen Xiu defeated the Sect Master, ordered him to dispose of the corpses, and learned that the spirit beasts’ strength had been drained before they died. As Shen Xiu left to pursue his plans, Li Yuan and a mysterious middle-aged man also moved against him.

• Shen Xiu knocked the Sect Master down, forced him to submit, and had him throw the bodies into a fire before leaving with his disciples.
• The Sect Master reported that the spirit beasts had died unnaturally and that a strange power had nearly drained their strength; Shen Xiu ordered him to keep the night’s events secret.
• After the Sect Master left, he resolved to improve his strength, while Li Yuan appeared on the mountain and planned to break through using the spirit beast corpses.
• Shen Xiu sensed powerful familiar auras approaching, then left the area as cultivators elsewhere discovered the spirit beast corpses had vanished and spread the news in Tianyun City.
• A middle-aged man followed Shen Xiu and vowed to find him.

Shen Xiu was pulled into a black hole and fought waves of powerful spirit beasts in the Tianlong Ancient Tomb, using jade plaques and spirit cores to strengthen himself. After defeating a group of beasts and finding a mysterious white crystal, he was confronted by a huge winged spirit beast that attacked with a powerful suction force.

• Shen Xiu was sucked into a black hole, where he repelled a black snake and fought off Golden Core Realm spirit beasts.
• After the beasts fled, Shen Xiu used a black sphere that destroyed a mountain, but an even stronger group of spirit beasts surrounded him.
• Shen Xiu crushed two jade plaques and summoned spirit beasts, then fought the pythons and seized a spirit core.
• Shen Xiu swallowed the spirit core to temper his body and killed the attacking beasts, collecting their spirit cores.
• A mysterious white crystal appeared, and a huge winged spirit beast arrived and inhaled toward Shen Xiu with immense suction.

Shen Xiu fought spirit beasts and encountered Li Yunxiao, whose power destroyed a boulder and killed a spirit ape. After Shen Xiu plotted to kill five injured cultivators for their pills and loot a spirit ape king, the beast’s enormous manifestation endured his attack, and a deafening roar interrupted him.

• Shen Xiu injured a spirit beast king, but a spirit ape attacked him with a sword and cut him across the chest.
• Li Yunxiao appeared, killed a spirit ape with one slash, and used Death's Halberd to pulverize a massive boulder.
• Five bloodied cultivators arrived and told Shen Xiu they had barely injured a spirit ape king; Shen Xiu offered to help while coveting its treasures.
• Shen Xiu secretly decided to kill the five cultivators for their pills, then sent a fire dragon toward the spirit ape's corpse.
• A gigantic spirit ape emerged from the corpse and withstood Shen Xiu's powerful saber strike, while a deafening roar sounded beside him.