Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu entered the Martial King Tower to attempt its trials, but Xiao Feng blocked his progress on the second floor. When Shen Xiu went to claim his second-trial reward, the Martial King Stele collapsed and unleashed a void vortex that pulled him into a fight with a ferocious old man.

• Ling'er told Shen Xiu that Lin Feng ranked fourth on the Martial King Ranking, and she encouraged Shen Xiu to pursue becoming Lord Martial King's disciple.
• Shen Xiu entered the Martial King Tower, found the first floor occupied by powerful experts and snakes, then went to the second floor to face its trial.
• Xiao Feng struck Shen Xiu with a vine from atop a moving hill, forcing Shen Xiu to abandon hopes of reaching the third floor.
• Shen Xiu headed for the Martial King Stele to claim his second-trial reward, but the stele cracked and collapsed, injuring him and shaking the Martial King Grand Hall.
• A void vortex appeared above the stele and drew Shen Xiu in, where a ferocious old man attacked him; Shen Xiu fought back with strength comparable to a late-stage Martial Venerable.

Shen Xiu faced the Black Flames elder in the Martial King Stele’s fourth trial, where the elder tried to force him to abandon his cultivation. Shen Xiu’s power surged to the peak of the Heavenly Lord realm, but after charging into the Black Flames, he reappeared before them ready to continue fighting.

• Shen Xiu approached the Martial King Stele’s fourth trial, but its pressure forced him to his knees as the elder’s Black Flames demanded he cripple his cultivation.
• Shen Xiu refused to submit and fought back as the elder attacked with colossal black swords, breaking a barrier and driving Shen Xiu into a mountain wall.
• Shen Xiu dodged an attack and sent a fire dragon at the Black Flames, but the elder’s scarlet fire burned it away.
• Shen Xiu attacked the black coffin, but its sword struck him repeatedly and left him badly hurt.
• Shen Xiu realized his cultivation had risen to the peak of the Heavenly Lord realm and resolved to escape, then charged into the Black Flames.
• Shen Xiu reappeared at the edge of the Black Flames, staring at them with intense fighting spirit.

Shen Xiu fought the weakening Black Flames in Great Desolation City, fled after they nearly killed him, and traveled into the Great Desolation Star Domain. There, he learned that the Soul Imprint fragments discovered by the beggar had vanished, and he accused the man of luring him into danger.

• Shen Xiu attacked the Black Flames with a dark spear and silver-white lightning, but they battered him and badly wounded his right leg.
• A golden palace appeared above a distant mountain, and Shen Xiu rushed toward it before the Black Flames struck him with a fire serpent.
• Shen Xiu escaped Great Desolation City and abandoned his pursuit of the golden palace, then formed a massive dark saber from black mist and traveled to a city in the Great Desolation Star Domain.
• Shen Xiu noticed a ragged beggar whose spiritual power exceeded his own, and the beggar warned him to stay away.
• Shen Xiu asked the beggar about Soul Imprint fragments, and the beggar said their discovered fragments had vanished from a nebula and their location was unknown.
• Shen Xiu grew angry and accused the beggar of deliberately luring him into danger.

Shen Xiu searched for the Soul Imprint before returning to the imperial city, where he was caught in a bloody conflict and nearly killed by Han Feng. Qin Qiu intervened and confronted Han Feng, leaving Shen Xiu alive and reunited with his friend.

• Shen Xiu questioned a beggar about the Soul Imprint, learned that the place was extremely far away, and continued flying through the sea of stars without finding it.
• A powerful bloody aura spread from the Shen Family residence, while Xiao Tianchen entered the imperial city to look for Shen Lingtian and the maid.
• Shen Xiu arrived at the imperial palace with the beggar and a young girl, then encountered Han Feng, who declared that he would kill him.
• Xiao Tianchen arrived and accompanied Shen Xiu, but Han Feng caught up with them and wounded Shen Xiu with a sword attack.
• Qin Qiu appeared beside Xiao Tianchen, challenged Han Feng, and prompted him to leave; Shen Xiu greeted Qin Qiu as an old friend.

Xiao Tianchen and Qin Qiu entered the Great Liang imperial grounds with Shen Xiu to find a vanished Martial Soul Hall High Priest, but guards blocked Shen Xiu from meeting the ruler. The trio continued toward the Daliang Imperial Palace, where Dong Chenlong lived among his concubines and maidservants.

• Xiao Tianchen told Shen Xiu he needed to borrow his identity to enter the imperial palace, and Qin Qiu asked Shen Xiu to help with a rescue mission.
• Shen Xiu warned Xiao Tianchen and Qin Qiu that they were seeking a supposedly vanished High Priest of the Martial Soul Hall with Martial Emperor-realm strength and close ties to the Great Liang ruler.
• Xiao Tianchen used the jade token’s inscriptions to pass through the imperial city’s restrictions, though the barrier’s force nearly injured him.
• Shen Xiu led Xiao Tianchen and Qin Qiu to the East Palace, where guards refused to announce Shen Xiu to His Majesty and ordered outsiders away.
• Shen Xiu took Xiao Tianchen and Qin Qiu toward the Daliang Imperial Palace, where Dong Chenlong kept concubines and maidservants.

Shen Xiu and his companions entered the Daliang Imperial Palace and found themselves caught in a deadly confrontation involving Dongling Long and the Imperial Family. Shen Xiu fought his way toward Dongling Long’s residence and killed a guard, while the group remained unsure how strong Dongling Long had become.

• Shen Xiu and his companions approached the Daliang Imperial Palace, then left to find an inn after Xiao Tianchen stopped a guard from reporting their arrival.
• Sensing a killing aura, Shen Xiu led the group over the palace walls, where they found the guard dead and spotted black-robed figures sent by Eastern Ling Kingdom.
• Shen Xiu concluded that the Imperial Family had deployed powerful experts and proposed finding its head, whom he believed could make Dongling Long’s forces surrender.
• Shen Xiu and his companions followed guards to Donglin Mansion, where Shen Xiu charged inside while Qin Qiu and the others waited outside.
• Shen Xiu defeated the leading guard in a clash and killed him with a punch, then remarked that he had underestimated Dongling Long’s strength.

Shen Xiu seized control of Eastern Ling Kingdom, built up his strength, and set out for the Southern Region. There, Dongfang Yu'er confronted him over the deaths of Eastern Ling citizens and summoned people from the Shen Residence to surround him.

• Shen Xiu killed the lead guard and another guard, then forced the remaining guards to submit and serve under him.
• Shen Xiu returned to his residence, placed Qin Qiu in charge of the guards, and cultivated while consolidating control over Eastern Ling Kingdom.
• After three days, Shen Xiu decided to visit the Southern Region, which he regarded as his home ground, before going to the Eastern Region.
• Shen Xiu reached the Southern Region and encountered Dongfang Yu'er, who accused him of killing Eastern Ling citizens and threatened to capture him.
• More than ten black-robed people surrounded Shen Xiu, identified themselves as members of the Shen Residence, and included its steward.

Shen Xiu sought out Shen Xin after learning she was in the Southern Region, while preparing to compete in the Heavenly Pride Competition. He confronted her in the East Wing Pavilion over her refusal to marry him, and the chapter ended with Shen Xin threatening Shen Feiyang as Shen Xiu moved toward her.

• Shen Residence stewards invited Shen Xiu to meet Shen Xin, and he agreed before heading to the Southern Region with Dong Linxue for the Heavenly Pride Competition.
• Shen Xiu learned Shen Xin was staying in the East Wing Pavilion and went to find her after brooding over his plans for revenge.
• Shen Xiu entered the pavilion and found Shen Xin with Dongfang Yan'er and her older brother, Shen Feiyang.
• Shen Xin told Shen Xiu she would never marry him, and he taunted her about failing in the competition.
• Shen Xiu moved toward Shen Xin and threatened to teach her a lesson, while Shen Feiyang urged him to stop and Shen Xin ordered Shen Feiyang out.

Shen Xin secretly went to the Shen Family treasure vault to steal its wine, while Shen Xiu infiltrated the vault hoping to take the key and plunder its riches. Shen Xiu triggered a hidden weapon trap upon entering, leaving his attempt in danger.

• Shen Xiu threatened Shen Xin, and Shen Feiyang took her away from East Wing Pavilion before leaving to seek help from Elder Liu.
• Shen Feiyang and Shen Xin discussed the evening banquet, then gathered with the Shen Family elders at the residence.
• Shen Xin slipped away from the gathering and raced to the treasure vault, intending to steal its wine.
• Shen Xin found the vault’s tables and chairs bound with strange metal chains as Shen Xiu approached with plans to seize the key.
• Shen Xiu opened the vault door and was struck by a wave of hidden weapons, then formed a protective barrier with his vital energy.

Shen Xiu forced his way through the Treasure Pavilion, obtained a key, and battled a dangerous black mist surrounding Shen Family corpses. The chapter then shifted to Shen Xin and a separate attempt to enter the treasure vault, ending with Shen Xiu struck by a barrage as he opened its doors.

• Shen Xiu endured Shen Xin's attacks, broke through the barrier protecting the Iron Gate, and took the key inside.
• Shen Xiu reached a Stone Gate, which shattered into black mist, and found Shen Family corpses within the mist.
• Shen Xiu fought the black mist as it spat Black Flames and corroded his vital energy, then approached a stone platform and was enveloped by poisonous smoke.
• Shen Xin tried to steal wine and food from the Shen Family treasure vault but found the tables and chairs bound by strange metal chains.
• Shen Xiu infiltrated the Shen Family and entered the treasure vault, where hidden attacks wounded him before he formed a protective barrier.

Shen Xiu fought through the Treasure Pavilion’s defenses and discovered a black mist that attacked him with corrosive power and poisonous smoke. Recognizing it as the Devil Race’s devilish energy, he charged toward the creature and struck it with his longsword.

• Shen Xiu broke the Iron Gate’s barrier, took the key, and hurried deeper into the Treasure Pavilion as Shen Family members raised an alarm.
• Shen Xiu reached a Stone Gate, but it shattered before he could strike it, releasing black mist that concealed the corpses of Shen Family members.
• When Shen Xiu disturbed the corpses, the black mist formed a beast face and attacked him with Black Flames that corroded his vital energy.
• Shen Xiu drew poisonous smoke from ashes on a stone platform, noticed the dragon soul within him react, and suffered a wound when he tried to restrain the mist.
• Shen Xiu identified the black mist as the Devil Race’s devilish energy and charged toward it, slashing with his longsword from several thousand meters away.

Shen Xiu battled the Demon Infant, who revealed itself as the Soul Devouring Demon Lord and tried to stop him from taking the treasure. Shen Xiu unleashed his Thunderbolt Power and a temporary strength-boosting art, then used Fire Dragon World Destruction; the clash sent the Devil Race disciples crashing to the ground, and the fight remained unresolved.

• Shen Xiu was injured by the black mist and learned from two figures watching from afar that it had sealed his fire-attributed spirit vein.
• Shen Xiu charged the Devil Race repeatedly, and the Demon Infant revealed that it was the Soul Devouring Demon Lord and demanded that he surrender what he possessed.
• Shen Xiu used Thunderbolt Power to wound the Demon Infant, then revealed a cultivation art that raised his strength to the half-step Spirit Martial Realm level.
• Shen Xiu and the Demon Infant fought across the island, destroying its mountains and terrifying the disciples below.
• Shen Xiu unleashed Fire Dragon World Destruction, and its collision with the Demon Infant's black-red flames blasted the Devil Race disciples away and left them injured.

Shen Xiu defeated the Demon Infant and captured it, then encountered five Demon People who attacked him over the stolen relic. He began refining the Demon Infant with a pill, and its body swelled dramatically as soul energy gathered around it.

• Shen Xiu battled the Demon Infant, overcame its demonic attacks, and pierced its heart with a golden punch, killing it.
• Shen Xiu stored the Demon Infant and flew into the forest, where five Demon People confronted him and demanded his Storage Ring.
• Shen Xiu knocked down the leading Demon Person with one strike as the others prepared to attack.
• Shen Xiu sat down and brought out the Demon Infant, then fed it a pill that turned into dense soul energy and began refining it.
• After about half an hour, the Demon Infant’s body expanded tenfold and continued to grow.

Shen Xiu defeated the Demon People in the cave, absorbed the Demon Infant’s energy, and escaped with Zi Zhu. After giving her a Demon Spirit Fruit, he encountered a group led by a burly man whose Black Dragon Phantom signaled a new fight.

• Shen Xiu killed the five Demon People who had attacked him, then absorbed the Demon Infant’s energy and advanced to the Spirit-Soul Eighth Layer Peak.
• Shen Xiu defeated the middle-aged man and four more Demon People, killing the four after they lost the strength to resist.
• Shen Xiu told Zi Zhu his name and led her out of the cave before the humans arrived.
• In the forest, Shen Xiu gave Zi Zhu a Demon Spirit Fruit and went ahead to draw away the Demon People pursuing them.
• Shen Xiu saw a burly man and several elders depart from the Demon People hideout, then reunited with Zi Zhu and tried to leave.
• The burly man’s dark figures blocked Shen Xiu and Zi Zhu, and he summoned a Black Dragon Phantom as Shen Xiu accepted the challenge.

Shen Xiu defeated a group of Demon People, then confronted their Demon Emperor and took his Storage Bag after wounding him. He left the Demon Emperor alive but warned that he would kill him if the approaching Devil Race army became a threat.

• Shen Xiu used his Golden Sun True Fire and a punch to defeat the leading burly man, forcing the other Demon People to retreat.
• Shen Xiu gave Zi Yan the captured Storage Bag, a Black Nether Crystal, spirit herbs, and medicinal pills, and she followed after him.
• Shen Xiu confronted the burly man again, identified him as the captain of the Demon Emperor's Enforcement Team, and struck him down when he refused to surrender his Storage Bag.
• The Demon Emperor injured his shoulder while fighting Shen Xiu, then fled, but Shen Xiu caught him and demanded his Storage Bag.
• Shen Xiu cut the Demon Emperor's neck and took his Storage Bag after he begged for mercy, then warned him that the Devil Race army was nearing and left.

Shen Xiu killed the Demon Emperor and returned to the Shen Family, where another Demon Emperor confronted him with the Demon Emperor Seal. The two fought as the artifact revealed its power to devour and refine energy.

• Shen Xiu inspected the Demon Emperor’s Storage Bag, found five million Top-grade Spirit Stones and a Saint-tier martial skill, then began refining the stones.
• Shen Xiu caught up with the fleeing Demon Emperor and killed him with a punch, taking his treasures before heading toward Demon City.
• News of the Demon Emperor’s death spread through the Demon Realm, and Shen Xiu later met the Shen Family Head, who tried to persuade him to stay and seize control of the Devil Race.
• A Demon Emperor confronted Shen Xiu outside the Shen Family, and Shen Xiu tore apart the Blood Sword’s attack with a black short blade before pursuing him into the Devil Race.
• The Demon Emperor fought Shen Xiu and the Shen Family Head, then revealed the Demon Emperor Seal, a sacred artifact that could devour and refine power.

Shen Xiu fought the Demon Emperor and his increasingly powerful Demon Emperor Seal, suffering serious injuries while revealing the strength of his Shen Family secret arts. After a clash involving Shen Xiu’s broadsword destroyed the seal, the Demon Emperor unleashed a more terrifying devilish form, and Shen Xiu fled to continue the fight.

• The Demon Emperor’s Black Spear injured Shen Xiu, who tried to escape by forcing out his Nascent Soul and firing a black arrow, but the Demon Emperor shattered the attack.
• Shen Xiu used golden flames and Shen Family secret arts to resist the Demon Emperor Seal, but the Demon Emperor broke his sword phantom and wounded him.
• Shen Xiu summoned a broadsword bearing a dragon phantom and shattered the Demon Emperor Seal, prompting the Demon Emperor to reveal another seal and form a gigantic black tower.
• The Demon Emperor’s expanded seal attacked with overwhelming devilish energy, but Shen Xiu countered with his broadsword and destroyed it at the cost of further injury.
• Shen Xiu swallowed a healing pill and darted away with black chains trailing behind him as the Demon Emperor prepared to pursue him.

Shen Xiu broke the Demon Emperor Seal after enduring its attacks, but a gray-robed man from the Demon Emperor Palace confronted him for impersonating its Young Master. The man overwhelmed Shen Xiu with a Yuan Force Storm and ordered him to surrender.

• The Demon Emperor Seal battered Shen Xiu, who fought back with a battle halberd and discovered its formidable power.
• Shen Xiu risked another assault, swallowed pills, and unleashed a strike that shattered the Demon Emperor Seal and injured the demonic shadow.
• A gray-robed man accused Shen Xiu of impersonating the Young Master of the Demon Emperor Palace and attacked him.
• Shen Xiu endured the gray-robed man's strikes with his physical strength, surprising him with his toughness.
• The gray-robed man trapped Shen Xiu in a Yuan Force Storm and sent sharp currents hurtling toward him, demanding that he surrender.

Shen Xiu fought a gray-robed man over the Teleportation Array key until Li Huo rescued him, then parted with Li Huo after refusing to hand over his cultivation art. Later, Shen Xiu revealed his secret cultivation and Demon Tree, vowing to defeat Li Huo when they met again.

• Shen Xiu battled the gray-robed man, who attacked with the Sea of Blood Soul Refining Bead and nearly killed him with a sword.
• Li Huo knocked away the gray-robed man's sword and burned him to ashes with the Purple-Green Flames.
• Li Huo returned Shen Xiu's Storage Ring and asked for his cultivation art, but Shen Xiu refused before the two exchanged identities and parted ways.
• Shen Xiu mastered the Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art and revealed that he intended to defeat Li Huo in the future.
• Shen Xiu summoned the Demon Tree in a cave, while Wang Hao later asked Li Huo about Shen Xiu's status as a Shen Family elder.

Wang Hao reunited with Shen Xiu, Shen Qingfeng, and Shen Xinran in Qingyang City, where Shen Xiu tried to recruit him into a plan involving the Celestial Demon Clan and an Immortal Demon Cave Mansion. Wang Hao agreed to help Shen Xiu kill the clan chieftain but rejected an alliance, then left to explore a city crowded with powerful cultivators.

• Wang Hao and Li Huo traveled together to Qingyang City, rented separate rooms, and discussed how neither had recently seen Shen Xinran or Shen Qingfeng.
• A young man led Wang Hao to a restaurant, where Shen Xiu met him alongside Shen Qingfeng and Shen Xinran.
• Shen Xiu offered Wang Hao a chance to enter the Immortal Demon Cave Mansion if he helped destroy the Celestial Demon Clan, but Wang Hao refused to join forces with him.
• Shen Xiu asked Wang Hao to help kill the Celestial Demon Clan's chieftain, and Wang Hao agreed while insisting he would not form an alliance with Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu led Wang Hao to a mountain peak and entrusted him with a Spirit Gathering Formation while he prepared to cultivate in seclusion.
• Wang Hao flew away, killed attacking demonic beasts with his Sword Soul, and reached a city where he saw numerous ninth-level Tribulation Stage experts and two people standing before them.