Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu fought the Black Bear King, killed it with his spear, and discovered it could reappear in another monstrous form. After destroying that form, he found a young girl in yellow and attacked her when she claimed she was only passing through; she rejected his claim that he was an immortal.

• The Black Bear King attacked Shen Xiu, who fled while enduring its speed, poison, and fiery breath.
• Shen Xiu trapped the Black Bear King inside a barrier and pierced its chest with his spear, apparently killing it.
• The Black Bear King returned as a scarlet-flamed demonic wolf, but Shen Xiu struck it apart.
• Shen Xiu spotted a young girl in yellow hiding behind a boulder and demanded to know who she was.
• The girl claimed she was an ordinary passerby, so Shen Xiu struck her down and said he was an immortal; she angrily called him a liar.

Shen Xiu revealed his power to a young girl who challenged his identity and threatened him with her master, Lin Wanyun of the Tianshan Sect. After refining the Myriad Law Sacred Lotus, Shen Xiu reached the Half-Step Immortal Lord level and prepared to continue cultivating.

• Shen Xiu used Golden Crow Fire to defeat the young girl, who insisted she could not believe he was an immortal.
• The young girl threatened Shen Xiu with retaliation from her master, Lin Wanyun, and the Tianshan Sect, but Shen Xiu shot her with a Golden Crow Divine Arrow.
• Shen Xiu left the young girl and entered the Myriad Law Sacred Lotus's inner world to refine its power.
• Shen Xiu absorbed the lotus's power until his dantian expanded, the lotus shattered, and scales and dark patterns appeared on his body.
• Shen Xiu cleared the mountain range of demonic beasts and broke through to the Half-Step Immortal Lord level.

Shen Xiu refined the Myriad Law Sacred Lotus and transformed as he slaughtered demon beasts, absorbing their blood and power. After wiping out over a thousand Half-Emperor demon beasts, he turned to collect their Demon Cores, while a powerful aura in the distance hinted at a Half-Emperor-level threat.

• Shen Xiu fused elemental attributes into two divine swords and killed demon beasts while refining the Myriad Law Sacred Lotus.
• Shen Xiu’s body grew dragon scales and immense strength, and he crushed a Half-Saint demon beast before hunting down others.
• Shen Xiu sensed a powerful aura that might belong to a Half-Emperor demon beast, then continued slaughtering demon beasts across the forest.
• Shen Xiu killed more than a thousand Half-Emperor demon beasts as human onlookers watched in astonishment.
• Shen Xiu gazed at the Demon Cores and struck out to collect them.

Shen Xiu absorbed the demon beasts’ cores while fleeing a powerful group, then used Thunderous Sword Technique to ambush a young man near the Blood Demon Wolf King’s canyon. After sparing the man from the sword strike, Shen Xiu stopped his attempted escape by freezing the surrounding space.

• Shen Xiu shattered demon cores and converted their energy into True Yuan as a group of powerful cultivators followed him.
• The group confronted the Blood Demon Wolf King, then withdrew when its pack gathered, while Shen Xiu continued fleeing with his pursuers behind him.
• A young man and his companions arrived at the canyon, and the young man decided to hunt the wounded Blood Demon Wolf King for a chance to enter the True Spirit Domain.
• Shen Xiu struck the young man with Thunderous Sword Technique, shattered his spear, and stopped the Sword Aura just before it hit his head.
• The young man tried to flee, but Shen Xiu froze the surrounding space and slowed him down.

Shen Xiu defeated a True Martial Pavilion disciple, then challenged an arrogant young woman who attacked him with soul power and a black serpent tail. After she injured him, Shen Xiu drew his spear and launched a barrage of Spear Auras, but her next attack forced him to dodge as the fight continued.

• Shen Xiu blasted the young man with Sword Auras, burned his spear with black spirit fire, and killed him by crushing his throat.
• Shen Xiu entered the martial arena with Li Xinran, Liu Mei, and the others while the young woman mocked his strength.
• Shen Xiu questioned the young woman, who attacked him with a soul attack that failed to harm him, then struck him with a black serpent tail and knocked him down.
• Shen Xiu rose, summoned a silver-white spear, and sent countless Spear Auras at the young woman.
• The young woman vanished and launched a sudden attack, which Shen Xiu narrowly evaded before her follow-up attacks began.

Shen Xiu fought a powerful girl who had attacked and crippled him, then began to uncover that she might be the woman from his memories, reborn inside his body. The chapter ended with Shen Xiu’s Primordial Spirit suddenly suppressed by an unknown force, leaving him unable to control his body or thoughts.

• The girl attacked Shen Xiu with a black pebble and black energy, but he resisted with flame spheres, Soul Power, and Lightning Domain.
• Shen Xiu struck the girl with a lightning-fast, dragon-scaled punch, but she counterattacked and blasted him backward.
• Shen Xiu wondered how the girl he remembered had changed and advanced to the Two-star Emperor Realm in a year.
• Inside Shen Xiu’s sea of consciousness, a purple-haired girl realized she had been reborn inside a man’s body and drew the Blue Feather Sword.
• Shen Xiu felt his heart and Primordial Spirit under an invisible force, then lost control of his body and thoughts.

Shen Xiu struggled against a phantom that tried to take his body and Primordial Spirit, then recovered memories revealing the strange power and danger of the Heavenly Punishment Sword Canon. After confronting a powerful Fierce Beast king, he was left facing its demand that he submit.

• The phantom demanded Shen Xiu’s blood and vital essence, then attacked him with Thunderbolt Power as a gigantic thunderball descended.
• Shen Xiu fled from the phantom, but it caught him and forced a thunderball into his mouth, destroying his body while the phantom extracted its soul.
• Shen Xiu’s memories returned, revealing that the Heavenly Punishment Sword Canon let its cultivator grow stronger by absorbing others’ energy, and his body exploded again as Heavenly Punishment struck his remains.
• The phantom identified itself as the master of the Heavenly Punishment Sword Canon and called Shen Xiu its slave, then summoned a powerful Fierce Beast king.
• Shen Xiu pierced the Fierce Beast king with a flying sword, but the king reappeared after its body became Blood Mist and revealed its natal spirit flame.
• The Fierce Beast king demanded that Shen Xiu submit or face death.

Shen Xiu passed his assessment, trained with Shen Ling'er, and later faced Tianjizi when he attacked the village. Shen Xiu fought back against Tianjizi and his Seventh Level of Innate subordinates, but the battle continued as one powerful enemy seized and hurled his Purple Flame Whip at him.

• Shen Xiu burned the pretty girl to ashes, then revealed himself as Tianjizi's disciple and spared Li Tianhua, teaching him the Body Refining Technique.
• Shen Xiu returned to the village and met Shen Ling'er, whose cultivation was improving as she trained.
• Over the following month, Shen Xiu cultivated the Nine Dragon Divine Sword Art, reached the Initial Stage of Sixth Level of Innate, and neared the Legendary Realm.
• Tianjizi arrived at the village with armed subordinates and attacked Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu's palm strike sent him crashing to the ground.
• Tianjizi's Seventh Level of Innate subordinates charged Shen Xiu, who took pills to increase his strength and fought them with the Purple Flame Whip.
• A powerful opponent caught the Purple Flame Whip and hurled it at Shen Xiu, forcing him to face the attack head-on.

Shen Xiu passed his assessment, taught Li Tianhua the Body Refining Technique, and reunited with Shen Ling'er before preparing to leave for a secret realm. Tianjizi then attacked the village, and Shen Xiu fought his forces as he sought to break through to the Legendary Realm.

• Shen Xiu burned the young girl to ashes, confronted Li Tianhua, and taught him the surface of the Body Refining Technique after Li Tianhua agreed to join him.
• Shen Xiu returned to the village and met Shen Ling'er, whose cultivation was advancing as she vowed to train diligently.
• Over the next month, Shen Xiu raised his strength to the Initial Stage of Sixth Level of Innate and cultivated the Nine Dragon Divine Sword Art while preparing to leave for a secret realm.
• Tianjizi arrived with armed subordinates, attacked Shen Xiu, and was knocked back by Shen Xiu's purplish-red lightning.
• Tianjizi's Seventh Level of Innate subordinates charged Shen Xiu; he swallowed pills to raise his strength and fought them with the Purple Flame Whip, which one opponent seized and hurled at him.

Shen Xiu battled Tianjizi and the Tianji Sect experts inside the Shen Residence, overpowering their attacks with his extraordinary physique and strength. After destroying Tianjizi’s weapons and techniques, Shen Xiu left him facing another devastating blow.

• Shen Xiu used violet flames to evade Tianjizi and drew the attackers into the Shen Residence, where his spirit beasts attacked them with Heaven Burning Fire.
• Shen Xiu crushed Tianjizi’s first sword and sent him flying, then blocked a fatal strike and fought him at close range.
• Shen Xiu shattered Tianjizi’s dantian with a punch and endured the sword rain without injury.
• Tianjizi summoned a lightning palm and launched a powerful sword strike, but Shen Xiu broke the lightning palm and stomped his spirit sword into scrap metal.
• A terrifying gale surged from Shen Xiu toward Tianjizi as onlookers cried out in alarm.

Shen Xiu fought Tianjizi, whose Ninth Level of Innate cultivation and Tianji Spear threatened to overwhelm him despite Shen Xiu’s growing power and powerful physique. The chapter ended with Tianjizi dismissing Shen Xiu’s purple-black flames and gathering spiritual energy around his spear.

• Shen Xiu blasted Tianjizi away with a gale, but Tianjizi recovered and attacked again with a Black Spear.
• Tianjizi’s lightning attacks battered Shen Xiu, who unleashed his Lightning Slash Heaven Technique and fought him to a standstill.
• Tianjizi revealed that his weapon was the Tianji Sect’s treasured Tianji Spear, and it shattered Shen Xiu’s Dragon Phoenix Twin Hammers.
• Shen Xiu survived a direct thrust from the Tianji Spear and clashed with Tianjizi again, leaving both men injured.
• Shen Xiu produced two streaks of purple-black flame, while Tianjizi gathered spiritual energy around his spear and mocked him.

Shen Xiu battled Tianjizi, breaking through his attacks and repeatedly overpowering him despite their apparent gap in strength. Tianjizi transformed and unleashed his strongest punch after Shen Xiu destroyed his Demon God Clone, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Tianjizi used a Blood Condensing Pill to challenge Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu blocked his spear and struck him back with the Purple Dragon Scale Cudgel.
• Shen Xiu shattered Tianjizi's spear and battered him with the Lightning Divine Whip, while Tianjizi countered with powerful lightning and spiritual attacks.
• Tianjizi's counterattack blasted Shen Xiu into the ground, but Shen Xiu recovered and continued assaulting him as Tianjizi grew increasingly enraged.
• Tianjizi transformed into a towering monster and summoned a Demon God Clone, which Shen Xiu destroyed with the Lightning Divine Whip.
• Tianjizi, shocked that Shen Xiu could pierce the clone's defenses, launched his strongest punch, whose power reached the middle stage of the Qi Refining Realm.

Shen Xiu fought Tianjizi, used Chaos Fire to apparently destroy him, and forced him into a dark cave. Inside, Shen Xiu sensed a figure identical to himself controlling his body, leaving him in immediate danger.

• Shen Xiu struck Tianjizi with the Lightning Divine Whip, but Tianjizi's Golden Dragon and scimitar forced him back.
• Shen Xiu unleashed Chaos Energy, black armor, a purple dragon, and Chaos Fire, which burned Tianjizi until he appeared to be destroyed.
• Shen Xiu vanished and ambushed Tianjizi as he fled, then drove him into a pitch-black cave.
• A force pulled Tianjizi into the cave, and the entrance sealed behind him as Shen Xiu followed in dragon form.
• Shen Xiu found demonic beast remains containing powerful life essence, then realized an illusory double was controlling his physical body.

Shen Xiu was trapped in an illusion-filled valley and attacked by powerful Fierce Beasts, suffering severe injuries before fighting back and escaping. He fled while the monsters searched the mountain range, still needing to recover and face two demonic beasts at the peak of the Saint rank.

• Shen Xiu resisted the illusory figure's attempt to control him, but entered a dark cave and found himself caught in a strange illusion.
• Shen Xiu touched a skull-carved stele, was transported through a twisting space, and escaped the illusion with his Soul Power.
• Shen Xiu fled through the valley but was ambushed by a pack of Fierce Beasts and repeatedly struck by their black lightning.
• Shen Xiu swallowed pills and fought back, tearing apart three monsters and devouring their corpses to strengthen himself.
• Shen Xiu escaped at full speed while the three monsters remained in the mountain range, apparently searching for prey.

Shen Xiu entered a poisonous swamp to heal his injuries and fought the powerful monsters living there. After killing the spirit beasts, including Heilong, he disguised himself as Heilong and left the valley, while a giant black python appeared behind him.

• Shen Xiu descended into the swamp to recover and fought off three monsters with strength comparable to Spirit Kings.
• The monsters transformed and chased Shen Xiu to a hill, where a spirit beast emerged from a cave and attacked him.
• Shen Xiu killed the spirit beast, then battled and defeated Heilong, a level-four spirit beast.
• Shen Xiu killed Heilong, stored his corpse in his Spatial Ring, disguised himself as him, and left the valley.
• Shen Xiu sensed a familiar aura beyond the valley, and a giant black python appeared after he departed before vanishing as a streak of light.

After killing Heilong, Shen Xiu was attacked by a Black Wolf King that used a powerful Soul Contract puppet. Shen Xiu destroyed the wolf’s puppet, but its hidden master trapped him in a black cage, overpowered him, and swallowed him.

• The Black Snake Clan fled Heilong’s corpse, while one snake predicted that experts would hunt Shen Xiu for killing him.
• A Black Wolf King charged at Shen Xiu, revealed its Soul Contract puppet abilities, and tried to turn him into a servant.
• Shen Xiu tore apart the wolf’s manifested iron rod and destroyed its puppet body, but the wolf’s voice continued from a black shadow.
• The shadow revealed that someone had given it the King of Puppets’ Soul Contract and surrounded Shen Xiu with a black cage.
• Shen Xiu broke through the cage’s barrier and fought the shadow, but it seized him by the throat, broke his neck, and swallowed him.

Shen Xiu battled a Ghost King Puppet and destroyed its manifested forms, only for the black robed man behind it to reveal another supernatural guise. The black skeleton threatened Shen Xiu and attacked, and Shen Xiu countered with a kick.

• Shen Xiu recovered from his wounds, then fought the black shadow, destroying its body with his strange power and making the Black Flames vanish with a finger.
• The black shadow escaped Shen Xiu's attacks and released dangerous black beams, but Shen Xiu struck it down with an enormous palm and tore apart its fleeing form.
• Black mist from the Ghost King Puppet entered Shen Xiu's body and then dispersed, but the black robed man appeared behind him and was destroyed by Shen Xiu's True Yuan.
• The remaining black smoke gathered into a black skeleton, which threatened Shen Xiu and punched at him.
• Shen Xiu bent his leg and kicked fiercely toward the black robed man's chest.

Shen Xiu fought Guiguzi and the Ghost Clan warriors, revealing that he knew Guiguzi’s origins and ties to the Shen Family. After Guiguzi escaped in gray smoke, Shen Xiu used a secret technique that let him refine Guiguzi into a puppet and take on a form resembling him.

• Shen Xiu overwhelmed the black-robed Guiguzi with golden flames and revealed that he knew Guiguzi was a revered member of the Devil Race.
• Guiguzi ordered the Ghost Clan warriors to attack, but Shen Xiu crushed their weapons and defeated them with an azure dragon claw.
• Shen Xiu told Guiguzi that his master, Shen Yuntian, was the head of the Shen Family, then struck and injured Guiguzi.
• Guiguzi transformed into gray smoke and vanished, while Shen Xiu swallowed a medicinal pill and activated the Shen Family’s secret technique.
• Golden runes and scales covered Shen Xiu as he took on an appearance resembling Guiguzi and celebrated having refined him into a puppet.

Shen Xiu confronted a Ghost Clan Imperial Family expert who sought to reclaim Guiguzi's body, and the two fought over the corpse and the Ghost Clan's secrets. Shen Xiu was badly struck by the expert and surrounded, but his sword attack wounded the Ghost Clan warriors as the battle continued.

• Shen Xiu sensed Guiguzi's death through their puppet bond and vowed to kill Shen Xiu, but a black-robed Ghost Clan expert arrived before he could act.
• The Ghost Clan expert attacked Shen Xiu and demanded Guiguzi's body, while Shen Xiu declared that he wanted the Ghost Clan's secret arts, codex, and imperial palace secrets.
• Shen Xiu countered the expert's spear and soul attacks, then struck him with his Ghost Slash and shattered his soul shield.
• The Ghost Clan expert pursued Shen Xiu and struck him into a mountain, leaving him injured as other Ghost Clan warriors surrounded him.
• Shen Xiu unleashed frosty swords that knocked back the surrounding Ghost Clan warriors and inflicted severe injuries.

Shen Xiu overwhelmed the Ghost Clan experts in the Barren Forest, absorbed their black smoke to increase his strength, and then confronted another group of Ghost Clan fighters. The chapter ended as he unleashed his divine soul power against hundreds of them.

• Shen Xiu cut through the Ghost Clan experts’ attacks and killed more than half of them with his sword.
• The remaining Ghost Clan experts fled, but Shen Xiu pursued and killed them with his sword and black spear.
• Shen Xiu absorbed the black smoke from the slain Ghost Clan experts, rapidly raising his strength.
• Shen Xiu sensed a powerful disturbance in the Barren Forest and found the Ghost Clan experts who had pursued him earlier.
• Hundreds of Ghost Clan experts attacked Shen Xiu, but he repelled them with a punch and unleashed his divine soul power.