Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu reached a teleportation altar guarded by black-robed figures and confronted them, only to be attacked by an enormous python. He struck the python hard, but it survived and continued fighting.

• Shen Xiu narrowly dodged a black pillar of light and identified the altar at its center as a Teleportation Array.
• Shen Xiu challenged the black-robed figures guarding the altar and traded a powerful blow with one of them.
• A massive python appeared in the sky and swooped at Shen Xiu, forcing him to dodge its attack.
• Shen Xiu kicked the python into the ground, then struck its head and wounded it when it attacked again.

Shen Xiu killed the black-robed leader and defeated the remaining attackers in the gorge. As powerful cultivators approached to investigate the intense energy, Shen Xiu absorbed the mountain’s spiritual energy and grew to more than a hundred times his former size.

• Shen Xiu pierced the black-robed leader’s chest with Wrath of the Thunder God, killing him.
• The remaining black-robed men used black vines to flee, but Shen Xiu’s Thunder God Descends attack caught one and strangled him.
• Powerful cultivators outside the gorge awoke and discussed entering to investigate the energy fluctuations.
• Shen Xiu collected the black-robed man’s corpse, then absorbed the mountain’s spiritual energy as his body rapidly grew and his clothes became battle armor.

Shen Xiu discovered a powerful defensive artifact called the Black Pearl and explored a cave where a dark figure had been waiting for him. Their fight ended with Shen Xiu striking the figure down, though the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Shen Xiu calmed the Black Pearl and considered using its energy to deal with an enemy.
• Shen Xiu spotted a cave and blasted open its entrance, revealing a towering dark figure wrapped in black lightning.
• The dark figure charged Shen Xiu, who countered with a phoenix-shaped fireball that it dodged.
• Shen Xiu attacked with a golden lightning dragon, but the dark figure cut it apart with a black scythe.
• Shen Xiu blasted the scythe apart with a punch and struck the dark figure, making it spit blood and crash to the ground.

Shen Xiu entered a mysterious tomb and found a burial chamber marked as belonging to the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor. When a soul-burning golden flame attacked him near a golden crystal sphere, he fought back and tore the flame apart with his sword energy.

• Shen Xiu suspected the black figure was a puppet and entered the tomb after the stone door opened.
• Shen Xiu found a cavern containing a stele bearing the name Heavenly Demon Great Emperor.
• Shen Xiu spotted a golden crystal sphere and charged toward it.
• A golden flame appeared, and Shen Xiu realized it could burn souls before it attacked him.
• Shen Xiu struck the flame with a Dragon Claw Phantom and then destroyed it with his sword energy.

Shen Xiu cultivated a powerful, incomplete flame-based technique that resembled the Golden Yang Formula and tested its strength against a valley’s defensive barrier. Although the technique suited his Nine Yang True Fire-tempered true qi, its force injured him and threatened to overwhelm his cultivation.

• Shen Xiu spent three days cultivating as a golden light and intense heat built within his body.
• A vortex formed in Shen Xiu’s dantian, and he used his spear to tear open space and appear above another valley.
• Shen Xiu condensed a crimson Sword Aura and slashed at the valley’s defensive barrier, but the force made him spit blood.
• Shen Xiu recognized the technique as an incomplete, flame-based fragment resembling the Golden Yang Formula and judged that his Nine Yang True Fire-tempered true qi could activate some of its power.

Shen Xiu fought and killed a Giant Fire Python, then devoured it to absorb its elemental energy. The python’s corpse turned to ashes before he could search it for treasures.

• Shen Xiu tried to strike the Giant Fire Python with an ice spike, but it swallowed the attack.
• The Giant Fire Python charged Shen Xiu, and he formed a feather fan from his translucent wings to repel it.
• Their collision destroyed the valley and blasted the Giant Fire Python away, leaving it injured.
• Shen Xiu pursued the python with Wings of Wind and repeatedly struck it with the Azure Rainbow Sword, killing it with a thrust to the head.
• Shen Xiu devoured the Giant Fire Python and absorbed its elemental energy, but its corpse immediately turned to ashes.

Shen Xiu defeated the burly man, who had been weakened after humans picked up his scraps, but the man revived and confronted him again. Their clash ended with both fighters driven backward.

• Shen Xiu shredded the burly man's Black Tiger Whip with Sword Aura and pursued him when he tried to flee.
• Shen Xiu pierced the burly man's chest and heart with the Azure Rainbow Sword, then struck him down with black Sword Aura.
• Shen Xiu crashed into a mountain wall and suffered injuries as the burly man lay apparently dead.
• The burly man revived, and Shen Xiu explained that the humans' actions had weakened him and created an opening.
• Shen Xiu punched the burly man, who blocked with both palms, and the collision sent them both retreating.

Shen Xiu defeated a giant ape and pressed on toward Spirit Martial Academy, overwhelming the disciples who tried to stop him. He left the academy’s defenders badly injured and dead as they feared for the institution’s survival.

• Shen Xiu killed a giant ape with a punch, then chased after it as it fled toward a valley.
• The Spirit Martial Academy disciples watched Shen Xiu defeat the ape and marveled at his strength and rapid rise.
• Shen Xiu announced that Spirit Martial Academy’s number-one genius was no match for him and threatened the disciples.
• Shen Xiu kicked aside two disciples guarding the valley entrance, leaving them injured.
• Shen Xiu attacked the two wounded disciples with essence power and tore them apart.

Shen Xiu wiped out the Spirit Martial Academy disciples and confronted its headmaster, Lin Feng. He overwhelmed Lin Feng with a single palm strike, leaving him badly injured in a crater.

• Shen Xiu killed the Spirit Martial Academy disciples with Sword Aura as the old man condemned his strength and summoned a giant black python.
• Shen Xiu pierced the python with Sword Aura and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Shen Xiu noticed Lin Feng watching from a distance and blamed him for repeatedly obstructing him and bringing enemies to him.
• Lin Feng declared that he would kill Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu taunted him about the gap between Saints and attacked.
• Shen Xiu's palm shattered Lin Feng's right arm and sent him crashing into the ground, where he formed a deep pit.

Lin Feng used the Immortal Slaying Sword Array to pierce Shen Xiu and shatter his Black Greatblade, but he avoided fighting Shen Xiu head-on. When Shen Xiu summoned his Immortal Emperor disciples to surround him, Lin Feng revealed a sword token left by the Immortal Slaying Sword Master.

• Shen Xiu attacked Lin Feng, but Lin Feng summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword Array, which split Shen Xiu’s sword image and pierced his chest.
• Lin Feng slashed at Shen Xiu, and the Immortal Slaying Sword Master shattered Shen Xiu’s Black Greatblade.
• Shen Xiu charged Lin Feng, who flew away to evade him while planning to refine the Immortal Slaying Sword Master.
• Shen Xiu summoned more than a dozen Immortal Emperor disciples to surround Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng revealed a full-moon sword token, and Shen Xiu recognized it as the Immortal Slaying Sword Master’s token.

Lin Feng defeated Shen Xiu and his companions, seized their Storage Rings, and used his soul-searching ability to read their memories. While Lin Feng continued gathering resources and avoiding Shen Xiu, Shen Xiu searched for him until disciples interrupted him while he was looking for demon beasts.

• Shen Xiu attacked Lin Feng, but Lin Feng withstood the blow and pierced Shen Xiu's arm with the Dragon-Pattern Spear.
• Lin Feng used his Soul Power to shatter Shen Xiu and the others' souls, read their memories, and took their Storage Rings before throwing them away to their deaths.
• Shen Xiu survived by leaving behind a thread of divine sense, threatened Lin Feng, and departed as Lin Feng's companions fled.
• Lin Feng spent the next three days hunting for demon beasts and gathering spiritual herbs and spiritual fruits while Shen Xiu and his followers tracked him without gaining the upper hand.
• Shen Xiu searched for Lin Feng for ten days without finding him, then encountered disciples searching for demon beasts and decided to look elsewhere.

Lin Feng encountered Shen Xiu in a valley and prepared to kill him and his followers, but several hundred powerful disciples from the Four Great Sects arrived and surrounded them. After learning they belonged to the Shen Family, Lin Feng welcomed the chance to confront them, leaving a standoff poised to become a fight.

• Lin Feng met Shen Xiu, who declared he would kill Lin Feng, and Lin Feng resolved to wipe out Shen Xiu and his people.
• Several hundred black-robed disciples from the Four Great Sects flew into the valley and mocked Lin Feng and Shen Xiu's group.
• A seventh-layer Immortal Venerable disciple stepped forward as the newcomers surrounded Lin Feng and demanded he stay and spar.
• Shen Xiu insulted the newcomers, who revealed they were renowned members of the Shen Family.
• Lin Feng said he had been planning to cause trouble for the Shen Family, and Shen Xiu demanded that he kneel and confess his guilt.

Lin Feng refined a demon core, then prepared to travel to the Heavenly Martial Empire to find his master. He asked Shen Xiu to help hold off a group of experts, and the Shen Family arrived at the Heaven Sword Sect’s mountain gate to deliver a message.

• Lin Feng spent three days refining the demon core, and Shen Xiu congratulated him on reaching the Great Perfection Realm of the Golden Core Realm and gave him spirit stones.
• Lin Feng asked Shen Xiu about his master’s whereabouts, and Shen Xiu offered to accompany him to the Heavenly Martial Empire.
• Lin Feng asked Shen Xiu to intercept experts at the Heaven Sword Sect’s mountain gate while he pursued his urgent search for his master.
• Shen Xiu and Lin Feng traveled with the Shen Family to the Heaven Sword Sect, where an elder assumed they had come to apologize for the families’ dispute.
• Shen Xiu invoked his grandfather’s friendship with the Sect Master, and the elder allowed the group to enter because the Sect Master was waiting for them.

Shen Xiu and the others waited near the Heaven Sword Sect while its Sect Master plotted to exploit the Shen family’s conflict and strengthen his sect. When Shen Xiu, Shen Xinghai, and Li Qiuyue tried to leave their inn, they found Heaven Sword Sect disciples guarding the door.

• The Heaven Sword Sect Master admitted that the Shen family’s patriarch was too strong to confront directly and ordered his disciples to track the family’s movements.
• The Heaven Sword Sect Master reflected on Ye Feng’s strength and resolved to break through to the late Immortal Emperor realm.
• Shen Xiu, Shen Xinran, and Li Qiuyue reached a town and waited at an inn for their enemies to take the bait.
• An elder told the Heaven Sword Sect Master that Shen family traitors had lured Shen family members to the sect’s territory so their deaths could justify seizing the family’s assets.
• Shen Xiu and Shen Xinghai decided they should leave the inn, but found Heaven Sword Sect disciples standing guard outside their room.

Shen Xiu received the Heaven Sword Sect's Sect Master Token as the sect plotted to make the Shen Family its vassal. When the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion demanded Shen Xinran, Shen Xiu resolved to keep her from its hands and protect the Shen Family's interests.

• Shen Xiu escorted Shen Xinran to the Heaven Sword Sect after the Sect Master requested her presence.
• The Great Elder took Shen Xinran away, while the Heaven Sword Sect's Sect Master learned that Shen Xiu had obtained the Sect Master Token and celebrated the prospect of subduing the Shen Family.
• A disciple told Shen Xiu that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was attacking their territory and demanding Shen Xinran.
• Shen Xiu ordered the disciple not to reveal the connection between the Heaven Sword Sect and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, then resolved to prevent the Pavilion from taking Xin'er.
• An elder urged the sect to arrange a marriage for Xin'er, believing Shen Xiu would become the next Sect Master of the Heaven Sword Sect.

Shen Yi and his relatives agreed to support Shen Xinran’s proposal while hoping to strengthen the Shen Family’s position and considering Shen Xiu a potential threat. Shen Xiu prepared to divide the family’s businesses among rival forces while delaying his journey to the Southern Wasteland so he could consolidate his strength and approach the Mystic Spirit Realm.

• Shen Yi agreed with Shen Xinran’s proposal and warned her to act cautiously around Shen Xiu.
• Shen Haichuan and Shen Yi’s brothers discussed the Shen Family’s weak position in East Province City and their hopes of gaining power in the Southern Wasteland.
• Shen Yi and his brothers said they would eliminate Shen Xiu if he proved unable to bear responsibility and threatened the family.
• Shen Xiu completed a night of cultivation and decided not to leave for the Southern Wasteland immediately, to avoid exposing his scheme.
• Shen Xiu planned to distribute the Shen Family’s businesses among other forces while consolidating his strength and pursuing a breakthrough to the Mystic Spirit Realm.

Shen Xiu trained with the energy of three blue beads and reached the mid-stage Mystic Spirit Realm before heading to the Shen Family to confront its two patriarchs and rescue Shen Wanshan. Other Shen Family higher-ups also gathered, intending to exploit the battle and seize Shen Xiu’s forces.

• Shen Xiu left the city and spent half a month absorbing the blue beads’ energy, advancing to the mid-stage Mystic Spirit Realm.
• Shen Xiu decided to lure out the two old monsters who held Shen Wanshan, though he planned to wait until he grew stronger before fighting them directly.
• Shen Xiu flew toward the Shen Family with several elders sent to protect him.
• Shen Family higher-ups set out to target Shen Xiu during his confrontation with the two patriarchs and take over his forces.
• Shen Xiu and the elders continued flying toward the Shen Family.

A white-robed young man took control of the Shen Family after killing its higher-ups, while Shen Xiu left for the Southern Region to seek his avatar and pursue revenge. The white-robed young man planned to grow stronger and eventually destroy the Shen Family.

• The white-robed young man told the Shen Family's remaining higher-ups to obey him, then threatened Shen Xiu and consumed a wisp of blood.
• Shen Xiu left the Shen Family, traveled through the Northern Region, and headed toward the Southern Region to find his avatar.
• Shen Xiu resolved to use his Profound Martial Realm demonic beast and an unused trump card against the Shen Family patriarch.
• Shen Xiu's subordinates agreed to follow his orders, and he told them to gather his brothers.
• Shen Xiu vowed to break through to the Mystic Spirit Realm, destroy the Shen Family, and make Shen Xiu pay for their past.

Shen Xiu slaughtered the Shen Family members who tried to stop him and confronted the Shen Family patriarch and upper echelons. He attacked them, vowing that none of them would survive.

• Shen Xiu killed the people in his path with his fists, shocking the Shen Family's upper echelons with his strength.
• Shen Xiu struck the Shen Family disciples with a shockwave, killing them in a single move.
• The Shen Family patriarch warned Shen Xiu to surrender or face the elders, but Shen Xiu refused and declared he had come to kill them all.
• Shen Xiu rushed toward the Shen Family's upper echelons with his fists swinging.

The Shen Family head recovered from his injuries and fought Shen Xiu, summoning a powerful Flame Phoenix and using pills to withstand Shen Xiu’s attacks. He then revealed the Shen Family’s deadly Yuan Power spheres, while Shen Xiu prepared to face the trump cards.

• The Shen Family head swallowed a pill, recovered, and summoned a Flame Phoenix and crimson dragon to attack Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu struck the Shen Family head, but the head blocked the blow, healed with pills, and punched Shen Xiu hundreds of meters away.
• Shen Xiu healed his injuries with a surge of force and challenged the Shen Family head’s life-saving methods.
• The Shen Family head released spheres packed with Yuan Power, which the elders identified as the Shen Family’s deadly trump cards.
• Shen Xiu declared that he had his own strength and challenged the Shen Family head to use his trump cards.