Chapter Summaries

Xuan Shen killed Shen Yunxuan, Shen Feng, and the Shen Clan members who threatened his relatives, then absorbed their souls and treasures. After cultivating in seclusion, he reached the peak of the ninth level of the Greatsword Realm and left to confront a new threat.

• Shen Feng used a powerful divine ability against Shen Haoyu and Shen Xiu, but Xuan Shen attacked the Shen Clan members and killed Shen Yunxuan, Shen Feng, and the others.
• Xuan Shen devoured Shen Yunxuan's and Shen Feng's divine souls, crushed the corpses, and took their resources and heavenly treasures.
• Xuan Shen cultivated for nearly two months in a hidden stone chamber, absorbing the treasures until he reached the peak of the ninth level of the Greatsword Realm.
• Xuan Shen emerged from seclusion, found the corpses gone, and sensed a new threat after discovering a corpse containing greatsword intent.
• Shen Tianjun appeared on a distant mountain peak as Xuan Shen transformed into a dark cloud and rushed into the void.

Shen Feng explored the cave, acquired valuable pills and armor, and discovered that a jade stone contained an ancient Soul Power manual tied to Spirit Artifact Ancient City. He also confronted a group of cultivators and used his strength to force them into submission, leaving their identities and the city’s secrets to investigate.

• Shen Feng searched Shen Haoyu and the others’ bodies, found a Heavenly Grade Middle Rank Battle Armor and three pills, and put on the armor.
• Shen Feng opened a black wooden box and found a mysterious dagger whose blade bore a Demon Sealing Rune, then recorded the ancient text surrounding it.
• Shen Feng examined a jade stone and read the name Spirit Artifact Ancient City on its reverse, sensing a dense fluctuation of Soul Power.
• Shen Feng confronted Tianxuan Sect and the other cultivators, demanded that they submit, and threatened to kill them when they refused.
• Shen Feng used the Blood-colored Profound God to hurl the cultivators into the cave walls, shattering their bones and leaving them unable to fight.
• Shen Feng checked the captives’ Cosmic Bags and kept their valuable items and the two Shen Haoyus as potential trump cards.

Shen Feng seized a Nirvana Pill from a strange palace after escaping the Tianxuan Sect disciples and battling two white-robed men. He was left confronting the palace’s deadly decay and powerful guardians as he searched for a way forward.

• Shen Feng forced the Tianxuan Sect disciples to submit, warned them not to break their agreement, and left them behind.
• Shen Feng entered a valley, spotted a Nirvana Pill atop a stone platform in a vast palace, and snatched it after enduring a powerful blast.
• Two white-robed men pursued Shen Feng and attacked him; his purple lightning failed against them, so he used his flames to burn away their green swords.
• Shen Feng fled into an underground passage, where a white river and vortex filled the air with corrosive decay that even threatened his defensive garment.
• Shen Feng encountered the two white-robed men again in the passage, and one mocked him as an ant before blocking his attack with a green shield.

Silver Thread fought a young Ice Clan cultivator inside Xuan Shen, overcame his ice-cavern attacks, and killed him before sealing another enemy’s Primordial Spirit in an ice mountain. After returning toward the ancient city, Silver Thread encountered hundreds of powerful cultivators, while two black-robed figures headed after him.

• A young man offered Shen Feng a chance to submit, then used an extreme icy power that froze Shen Feng into a statue.
• Silver Thread fought the young Ice Clan cultivator, broke through his ice caverns, and killed him with a spear despite his threats of the Ice Clan’s retaliation.
• Silver Thread sealed the Primordial Spirit of another young man inside an ice mountain and took possession of a silver spear.
• Silver Thread stepped onto a Teleportation Array to return to the ancient city as several hundred powerful cultivators entered Xuan Shen.
• Two black-robed figures sensed a Heavenly Profound Realm presence inside an ice cavern and set off in the direction Silver Thread had gone.

Shen Feng and his companions returned to the ancient city while Shen Xiu’s forces plotted against them. The Ice Clan confronted Shen Xiu cultivators and slaughtered them, setting the stage for a larger conflict as reinforcements were summoned.

• Shen Feng and his companions reached the ancient city, where hundreds of prodigies, including Shen Xiuye, arrived soon after.
• Fan Hang ordered Shen Xiu’s elders to gather and demanded that Shen Feng and his companions’ souls be left behind when he departed.
• The Ice Clan left the pavilion with his companions, then hid while waiting for Shen Xiu’s reinforcements to arrive.
• Shen Xiuye ordered his cultivators to capture the Ice Clan, but the Ice Clan killed the attackers and burned their leader’s body to ashes.
• The Ice Clan’s attack shocked witnesses in the ancient city, while a Shen Xiu expert sent word to summon further reinforcements.

Shen Feng and his companions confronted the Ice Clan at its headquarters, where they discovered the clan’s patriarch and the powerful Bing Han. The chapter ended as Shen Feng met Bing Han’s attack head-on.

• In the ancient city, a white-robed young master and a woman in a red skirt waited for Shen Feng and speculated about his origins.
• Shen Feng and his companions reached the Ice Clan headquarters, where a burly youth tried to intimidate them and demand their treasures.
• Zhao Xueqi warned the Ice Clan youth not to touch Shen Feng, and the group proceeded into the headquarters.
• The Ice Clan Patriarch broke free of his restraints and confronted Shen Feng and his companions, then Bing Han emerged and threatened them.
• Bing Han attacked Shen Feng with an Ice Sword, and Shen Feng countered with a punch before swinging his left arm.

Shen Feng and his allies faced Bing Han as he tried to seize Ice Peak and refine its power. After Bing Han wounded them with Ice Peak’s attacks, the ice mountains suddenly stopped, forcing him to focus on refining the artifact while Shen Feng and the others recovered.

• Bing Han’s attack failed to wound Shen Feng, but he used the Ice Sword to trap Shen Feng and his allies in the collapsing pavilion.
• Shen Feng escaped the pavilion with Zhao Xiu and the others, while Bing Han activated Ice Peak and threatened to kill them unless they surrendered it.
• Zhao Xiu offered to let Bing Han take Ice Peak in exchange for the group’s safe passage, but Shen Feng refused to abandon his allies.
• Bing Han attacked Shen Feng, Zhao Xiu, and the others with Ice Peak’s ice mountains, leaving them badly wounded.
• Ice Mountain suddenly stopped, and Bing Han withdrew from the attack to refine Ice Peak as Shen Feng and the others treated their injuries.

Shen Xiu absorbed ice power from the Ice Peaks and led Zhao Xiu, Zhao Xueqi, and the others to a gate at the summit of a giant mountain. After spending two months fusing with the power inside, he demonstrated his Ice Lotus Divine Art and sent its ice power toward the gate.

• Shen Xiu continued fusing with Ice Peaks until his energy reached its limit, then told Zhao Xiu and Zhao Xueqi that he needed to recover before proceeding.
• Zhao Xiu, Zhao Xueqi, and the others cultivated for several months inside the Ice Peak, stabilized their cultivation, and then explored further for ice power.
• Shen Xiu used Devouring Power to absorb ice power hidden inside a boulder, revealing stone steps that led to a giant gate at the mountain summit.
• Shen Xiu spent two months fusing with the ice power near the gate while Zhao Xiu and the others waited.
• Shen Xiu formed five-colored lotus flowers with the Ice Lotus Divine Art and directed their powerful ice energy toward the Ice Gate.

Shen Xiu absorbed the power of the Ice Gate and destroyed the Ice Origin Sacred Mountain, then entered a dark cavern to fight blue ghostly shadows and seek the entrance to an ancient tomb. Zhao Xiu and Zhao Xueqi watched from behind as Shen Xiu pressed onward, absorbing the blue flames beneath the earth.

• Shen Xiu merged the Ice Lotus Flower with the Ice Gate, then used his Five Elements Seal to absorb the gate’s Ice Origin Power and enter it.
• Zhao Xiu and Zhao Xueqi speculated about Shen Xiu’s hidden identity as he emerged and collapsed the Ice Origin Sacred Mountain, absorbing its power.
• Shen Xiu entered the dark cavern, fought thousands of blue ghostly shadows with the Heavenly Thunder Fist, and was injured when they devoured some of his divine power.
• Shen Xiu charged deeper into the cave and used a golden spear to shatter pillars of blue light rising from underground.
• Shen Xiu absorbed the blue fireballs into his body as he continued toward the ancient tomb’s entrance.

Shen Xiu survived the Ice River’s blue pillars, discovered an underground city beneath the Ice Snow Cave Mansion, and spent a month cultivating until he reached the peak of the third level of the God Monarch Realm. He then entered the God Demon Tower to subdue it and killed an Early God Emperor Realm opponent who attacked him.

• Shen Xiu broke through a blue pillar of light with the golden spear, exhausted his divine essence, and replenished it with golden liquid from the Ice Snow Cave Mansion.
• Shen Xiu descended through a vast opening beneath the Ice River and found a city built in a small underground world.
• After a month of cultivating and tempering his body, Shen Xiu reached the peak of the third level of the God Monarch Realm and strengthened his physical body to the late Divine Venerate Realm level.
• Shen Xiu entered the God Demon Tower, declared that he would subdue it, and faced hostile God King Realm experts in a valley.
• An Early God Emperor Realm young man attacked Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu seized him, destroyed his body, and used Soul Power to shred his fleeing divine soul.

Shen Xiu claimed a powerful jade pendant, killed the young man who coveted it, and entered a vast complex of tombs filled with treasures. After finding a cracked Black Egg and breaking through a sealed Stone Gate, he suppressed the demonic beasts pursuing him with a black cauldron and jumped inside it.

• Shen Xiu absorbed the jade pendant’s information, awakened an extraordinary Divine Skill, and killed the young man by tearing open his chest and draining his essence, energy, and spirit.
• Shen Xiu collected the fallen men’s Spirit Stones and the young man’s ring, then stored the dangerous jade pendant after sensing the terrifying power within it.
• Shen Xiu opened a passage through an enormous coffin and entered a burial ground filled with tombs, stone steles listing rare treasures, and passages leading to other tombs.
• Shen Xiu defeated the Martial Artists guarding the ruins with flame swords and found a cracked Black Egg healing amid black mist on a vast altar.
• Shen Xiu broke through the black-rune-covered Stone Gate, then used the black mist to form a massive cauldron that pinned down the pursuing demonic beasts before he leaped inside it.

Shen Xiu uncovered valuable runes and two black crystal cores before confronting a Demon Sect bandit in a forbidden region. After the bandit injured him and recognized the Cosmic Shift Technique, Shen Xiu revealed the Cosmic Bell and unleashed its power, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Shen Xiu crushed the demonic beasts with his cauldron, fused the cave’s first-grade runes into it, and collected two black crystal cores.
• A young bandit confronted Shen Xiu, and Shen Xiu pursued him into a desolate forbidden region.
• The bandit struck Shen Xiu with powerful attacks, but a hundred-zhang mountain blocked his lightning sphere and repelled his spear.
• Shen Xiu revealed his Cosmic Shift Technique and attacked the bandit, while Liu Yue'er rushed to help him.
• Shen Xiu battered the bandit with a black light from a pearl and demanded that he surrender, but the bandit refused.
• Shen Xiu summoned the Cosmic Bell, and the bandit recognized the Cosmic Shift Technique before Shen Xiu unleashed the bell’s power.

Shen Xiu defeated and imprisoned a Demon Dragon Sect expert, claimed the Cosmic Bell, and entered its Cosmic Space to encounter a dangerous fragment. After absorbing much of its power and strengthening himself, he sensed an imminent threat and drew his sword.

• Shen Xiu shattered the young man's black spear with the Cosmic Bell, knocked him unconscious, and imprisoned him in the Universe Pagoda.
• Shen Xiu claimed the Cosmic Bell and learned from his awakened master that she could help clear his seals, while her Soul Power began merging with his body.
• Shen Xiu followed the black vortex into Cosmic Space, where he found a Cosmic Bell fragment that drained his Soul Power and wounded him with strange information.
• Shen Xiu drew on the Cosmic Bell's power to strengthen himself, reaching Spirit Emperor Realm Seventh Level and gaining enough strength to contend with an Early Spirit Venerable Realm expert.
• Shen Xiu sensed intense danger, shot into the air, and drew his crimson longsword.

Shen Xiu defeated the attackers at Shen Residence and learned that Shen Yuan, the Heavenly Fire Sect’s sect master, had taken the Black Lotus Flower. He set out for the Shen Family, but masked figures intercepted him near a cliff as he approached Shen City.

• Shen Xiu revealed his new power, defeated the black-robed attackers, and killed the two Peak Spirit King Realm experts who tried to flee.
• Shen Xiu killed the old woman after she disclosed that Shen Yuan had taken the Black Lotus Flower and warned that Shen Yuan was a Ninth Layer Spirit Sect Realm expert.
• Shen Xiu left Shen Residence despite a young woman’s attempt to stop him, while the Shen Residence elders resolved to investigate him and report the incident to the Shen Family’s city lord.
• Shen Xiu reached the mountain route toward Shen City, evaded the guards, and encountered masked black-clad figures near a cliff.
• Shen Xiu attacked the masked figures with a rain of azure energy as one of them lunged at him.

Shen Xiu battled a mysterious black-robed enemy and escaped after suffering severe injuries and soul backlash. After the enemy’s black flame killed another fleeing figure, Shen Xiu absorbed the Nine Nether Underworld Flame Stone and entered a dark thundercloud, where lightning could no longer hurt him.

• Shen Xiu fought black-clad figures and their Spirit Puppets, but a powerful black-robed enemy struck him down and sent him over a cliff.
• Shen Xiu used a Bloodline Mark and black attacks to counter the enemy, but the enemy vanished into black fog and left Shen Xiu with devastating soul backlash.
• Shen Xiu suspected the enemy was a notorious thunder tribulation expert and fled, while a ghost-masked figure crushed another fleeing body with a black hand.
• Shen Xiu obtained the Nine Nether Underworld Flame Stone from the Storage Rings and absorbed it into his body.
• Shen Xiu charged into a dark thundercloud and moved through its lightning unharmed, revealing a new aura.

Shen Xiu fought the black-clad old woman, revealed their past connection as Ghost Granny, and overpowered her before leaving the Dark Church’s hidden stronghold. He then arrived at the black-clad old woman’s base in Nine Nether City, where he prepared to confront the guards.

• Shen Xiu sensed a powerful Demon Emperor in the dark clouds and attacked with black lightning, but the Violet Heaven Tribulation dispersed it.
• Shen Xiu descended into a valley and struck the black-clad old woman with a powerful Saber Aura, breaking her sword and wounding her defenses.
• Shen Xiu revealed that the black-clad old woman was Ghost Granny, and he defeated her by crushing her glove and shattering her bone spike.
• Shen Xiu ended his cooperation with the two black-robed old women and disappeared after discovering the Dark Church’s hidden location.
• Shen Xiu entered Nine Nether City in disguise and went to the black-clad old woman’s stronghold, where Black-Robed Men guarded the building.

Shen Xiu fought the Dark Church’s white-robed Saint Emperor and slaughtered more than a hundred of his followers with a powerful divine weapon. After the elder’s attacks failed, the scene repeated as two black-robed women summoned their master, who appeared before Shen Xiu.

• Two black-robed women challenged Shen Xiu, then bowed when their white-robed master appeared and revealed himself as a Saint Emperor.
• The white-robed elder attacked Shen Xiu with Dark Power and several techniques, but Shen Xiu endured the blows, healed, and struck back with a black spear.
• Shen Xiu killed more than a hundred black-robed followers and overwhelmed the elder, who grew desperate to seize Shen Xiu’s weapon.
• The chapter repeated the confrontation’s opening: two black-robed women called on their master, and the white-robed Saint Emperor appeared and threatened Shen Xiu.

Shen Xiu fought the white-robed elder and slaughtered the black-robed elders with the help of his powerful spear and talisman. After he killed the elder, a black-robed youth backed by True Person Bai He appeared, struck Shen Xiu, and left him facing a far more dangerous opponent.

• The white-robed elder attacked Shen Xiu with Dark Power and several techniques, but Shen Xiu endured his blows and retaliated with a black spear.
• Shen Xiu killed the hundred-plus black-robed elders, then used a spirit talisman to pierce the white-robed elder’s brow and bring him down.
• A black-robed youth suddenly kicked Shen Xiu into a hill, leaving him injured and stunned by the white-robed elder’s apparent death.
• The youth revealed that his master was True Person Bai He, and Shen Xiu recognized the powerful figure’s name.
• The black-robed youth attacked Shen Xiu with a black beam; Shen Xiu broke it with a punch but was forced back dozens of steps.

Shen Xiu returned to the Martial King Mansion after escaping the black-robed youth, then sought a way to advance his cultivation and return to his hometown. Lin Yuehua brought him to the Martial King Hall assessment tower, where he was about to begin the assessment that could qualify him to become a steward.

• Shen Xiu escaped the black-robed youth, returned to True Person Bai He, and asked him to send Martial Granduncle to avenge him.
• Shen Xiu swallowed the Blood Spirit Flower and spent the next half month cultivating before returning to the Martial King Hall.
• Elder Bai urged Shen Xiu to seek a Five Elements Soul Condensing Pill, but Shen Xiu was stopped by a guard and then met Lin Yuehua.
• Shen Xiu refused to stay in the Martial King Hall as a steward, explaining that he needed to return to Wuling City because he feared danger there.
• Lin Yuehua agreed to let Shen Xiu leave if he passed the assessment, then took him to the tower where the assessment was held.

Shen Xiu passed the assessment and entered Martial King Peak, where Lin Yuehua gave him a Martial King Token and guided him toward cultivation and the tower trials. As Shen Xiu broke through to the peak of the first level of the Martial King Realm, the Martial King Tower activated around him, and Ling'er revealed its inheritance and warned him about its formidable master.

• Lin Yuehua gave Shen Xiu her token, helped him pass the assessment, and presented him with a Martial King Token upon his arrival at Martial King Peak.
• Lin Yuehua led Shen Xiu to a courtyard and explained the dangers, trials, and cultivation opportunities awaiting him in the Martial King Hall and Martial King Tower.
• Shen Xiu cultivated in the courtyard and advanced to the peak of the first level of the Martial King Realm, while disciples and Martial Emperor experts discussed his progress and a black-clad figure plotted against him.
• The Martial King Tower erupted with rosy light and enveloped Shen Xiu in a powerful wave of energy.
• Ling'er told Shen Xiu that the Martial King Hall held an inheritance treasure and a Martial King sword, and warned him that angering the tower's master could cost him his life.