Chapter Summaries

Li Heishui admitted how he had nearly worked against Chu Yang, then decided to befriend him by helping him acquire Source. Chu Yang continued gambling at the Jade Pool Stone Gambling House, where he uncovered a valuable piece of Fire-red Source and used some of it to buy more stones.

• Li Heishui told Tu Fei and Jiang Huairen how he had first tried to provoke the Heavenly Prodigies against Chu Yang before switching sides and helping him.
• Chu Yang cut open stones outside the gambling house, gaining pure Source and a small piece of Exotic Source, then returned to the Jade Pool Stone Gambling House.
• Li Heishui confronted Chu Yang at the entrance, but Chu Yang reassured him and went inside to gamble on stones.
• Li Heishui persuaded Tu Fei, Jiang Huairen, and Liu Kou to return with him and try to establish a connection with Chu Yang.
• Chu Yang uncovered a fist-sized-looking piece of Fire-red Source that proved to be half-sized, gave the old man a piece to buy more stones, and stopped selecting when told his payment was insufficient.

Chu Yang gathered Source, befriended Li Heishui and the others, and cultivated into the Dao Palace Realm while refining his source arts. After emerging from seclusion, he learned that Ye Fan, the Bronze Immortal Palace, and the Demon Race had stirred up events across the Eastern Wilderness and Northern Region.

• Chu Yang visited Chaoyang City's stone gambling houses, gathered Source, and agreed to help Li Heishui and the others in exchange for a favor.
• Chu Yang opened every Source Stone before them, amassed a large store of Source, and let the four stay in his courtyard.
• Chu Yang cultivated the Sea of Wheels Realm to perfection and entered the Dao Palace Divine Treasury, though he stopped before perfecting its First Divine Treasury.
• Chu Yang integrated two techniques with the Source Heavenly Book and emerged from seclusion to ask Li Heishui and the others about recent events.
• Tu Fei told Chu Yang that Ye Fan had clashed with the Jiang and Ji Families, revealed the Bronze Immortal Palace, and obtained Jie Zi Mi at Zhuo Peak.
• Tu Fei reported that Yan Ruyu and the Demon Race had moved to the Northern Region after clashing with the Ji Family and Nangong Zheng in the Southern Domain.

Chu Yang led the bandit-suppression campaign to gather source, then traveled with his companions to Saint City to investigate the Yaochi Holy Daughter’s banquet and assist Jiang Taixu. After reaching a Demon Race palace and meeting the Green-robed Young Flood Dragon King, Chu Yang learned that Yan Ruyu was discussing a matter concerning him with several seniors.

• Tu Fei reported rumors that the Yaochi Holy Daughter planned a banquet and that the Old God-King of the Jiang Family had returned, while Chu Yang suspected the banquet was meant to lure him.
• Chu Yang and his companions raided bandit strongholds, collected nearly ten thousand jin of source, and Chu Yang burned the guarded bandits with Seven-Colored Mist Threads.
• Chu Yang decided to travel to Saint City, where he planned to visit stone gambling workshops, investigate the Yaochi Holy Daughter, and help Jiang Taixu.
• Chu Yang sent Monkey away with the Qi Body Source Flow and the Sea of Wheels volume of the Dao Scripture, then used his completed Array Dao to bring the others to Saint City.
• In Saint City, Chu Yang sensed Yan Ruyu through the Demon Emperor’s Sacred Heart and followed it to the Demon Race’s temporary palace, where the Green-robed Young Flood Dragon King greeted him.
• The Green-robed Young Flood Dragon King told Chu Yang that Yan Ruyu was in the Main Hall discussing a matter concerning him with several seniors.

Chu Yang learned that Dayan Holy Land, Wanchu Holy Land, and the Central Plains Imperial Dynasty were taking an interest in him, while the Demon Race promised to protect him. Yan Ruyu used the Demon Emperor’s Sacred Heart through dual cultivation with Chu Yang to prepare for a breakthrough, and Chu Yang then left the Demon Clan Palace with Li Heishui and the others as Saint City gathered powerful young cultivators.

• Chu Yang met Peacock King, Green Flood Dragon King, Yan Ruyu, and Qin Yao in the palace hall, where Yan Ruyu warned that Dayan Holy Land, Wanchu Holy Land, and the Central Plains Imperial Dynasty were pursuing him.
• Peacock King and Green Flood Dragon King vowed to stand with Chu Yang and said they were preparing to settle accounts with the Jiang Family and Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Qin Yao revealed that Yan Ruyu had completed all four secret realms after receiving the Azure Emperor’s blessing, and Yan Ruyu asked Chu Yang to help her use the Demon Emperor’s Sacred Heart to break through to the Immortal Platform Secret Realm.
• Chu Yang and Yan Ruyu dual cultivated through the night, allowing Yan Ruyu to absorb the Sacred Heart’s essence and prepare for her breakthrough.
• Chu Yang left the Demon Clan Palace with Li Heishui and the others, while Tu Fei told him that Eastern Wilderness and Central Plains prodigies were gathering in Saint City.

Chu Yang met Great Xia prince Xia Yiming at the Yaochi Stone Workshop, where they wagered on the results of choosing Source Stones. As heavenly prodigies gathered to watch, Chu Yang selected eight stones and fished an unusual Old Turtle Stone from the Yaochi lake before preparing to begin the Shikai.

• Tu Fei and the others celebrated Chu Yang's night with the Demon Clan Princess, then urged him to gamble on stones at the Yaochi Stone Workshop.
• Chu Yang recognized Xia Yiming and Xia Yilin as members of the Great Xia Dynasty, and he and Xia Yiming exchanged pleasantries while hiding their own intentions.
• Chu Yang and Xia Yiming agreed to pick nine Source Stones each, with Xia Yiming promising to pay for Chu Yang's stones if he lost and asking for a spar if Chu Yang lost.
• News of Chu Yang's arrival drew holy children, holy maidens, and other young prodigies to the workshop, but Chu Yang and Xia Yiming continued choosing stones.
• Chu Yang selected eight Source Stones, pulled the Old Turtle Stone from the Yaochi lake, and asked Old Man of Yaochi its price.
• Chu Yang carried the Old Turtle Stone to his other picks and invited Xia Yiming to begin the Shikai.

Chu Yang outperformed Xia Yiming in a stone-gambling contest, uncovering valuable treasures and using the proceeds to buy the remaining stones. When Jin Chixiao tried to retaliate by taking four stones from him, Chu Yang’s scheme cost Jin Chixiao 180,000 jin of Source and let Chu Yang reclaim the money.

• Xia Yiming uncovered Green Essence Source, but Chu Yang’s first stone yielded a Sacred Spirit Whisker Ginseng that Yaochi Holy Land and Xia Yiming bid on before Chu Yang sold it to Xia for 150,000 jin of Source.
• Chu Yang and Xia Yiming opened more stones, and Chu Yang found Exotic Source and an ancient weapon while Xia’s gains fell far behind.
• Jin Chixiao bid 180,000 jin of Source for four stones Chu Yang had selected, forcing Chu Yang to choose four others; all four stones Jin opened were empty.
• Chu Yang collected Jin Chixiao’s 180,000 jin after Old Man of Yaochi revealed that Chu Yang had already paid for the stones, and Jin left in anger.

Chu Yang profited from his wager at Yaochi Stone Workshop, strengthened his connection with Xia Yiming, and gave Golden Peng an artifact-refinement method. Back at the Demon Clan Palace, he began cutting rare Source Stones, and the first treasure revealed was a sword embryo whose fierce aura wounded him.

• Chu Yang accepted Xia Yiming's offer to choose Source Stones and earned the Great Xia prince's friendship by showing him mercy.
• Xia Yiming introduced his younger sister, Xia Yilin, to Chu Yang before the siblings parted from him.
• Chu Yang met Golden-Winged Little Peng King, renamed him Golden Peng, and gave him an artifact-refinement method.
• Chu Yang and Yan Ruyu agreed to refrain from dual cultivation until she entered the Immortal Platform Secret Realm.
• Chu Yang asked Peacock King to conceal the disturbance as he cut four Source Stones and the Old Turtle Stone.
• A sharp baleful aura burst from the stone, and Peacock King recognized the revealed treasure as a sword embryo.

Chu Yang uncovered several treasures while cutting Source Stones, including a damaged sword embryo, a Human Yuan Fruit, and a mysterious fruit pit sealed in Divine Source. When he opened the Old Turtle Stone, an ancient living creature burst out, and Peacock King helped contain it as an emperor-like aura filled the bedchamber.

• Chu Yang sent the damaged sword embryo into the bronze bowl, where it merged with the Black Jade Catfish and restored its spirituality.
• Chu Yang uncovered a Human Yuan Fruit, and Peacock King offered five hundred thousand jin of Source for it; Chu Yang gave it to him and accepted only the Source Peacock King had with him.
• Chu Yang gave Yan Ruyu a Source Stone to cut herself and asked her to pass another stone to Qin Yao.
• Chu Yang found a tiny fruit pit sealed in Divine Source inside the Old Turtle Stone and warned Peacock King that the remaining treasure might escape.
• Chu Yang activated the Heaven-Deceiving Formation Patterns and cracked open the turtle body, releasing a streak of light and an ancient aura; Peacock King trapped it in a net of demon power.

Chu Yang refined his Source and advanced to the Dao Palace Realm’s Third Divine Treasury while discovering how to nourish the Sword Embryo and the white rat. Qin Yao then summoned him to discuss the Jiang Family’s returning Old God-King, and Chu Yang noticed the old demon was no longer inside Pang Bo.

• Chu Yang identified the white rat as a creature infused with Divine Medicine Essence, stored it away, and left Yan Ruyu’s chambers after reminding her to deliver a Source Stone to Qin Yao.
• Chu Yang spent a month refining Source, opened his first three Divine Treasuries, and discovered that Exotic Source could replenish the emerald liquid nourishing the Sword Embryo.
• Chu Yang realized the Sword Embryo and white rat could consume enormous amounts of Source, then began deducing the Battle Saint Method.
• Qin Yao told Chu Yang that the Jiang Family’s Old God-King had returned and that the Peacock King and Green Flood Dragon King wanted to attack the Jiang Family.
• Chu Yang joined Yan Ruyu and the others in the Main Hall, examined Pang Bo with his Grand Luo Divine Eye, and realized the old demon had left Pang Bo’s body.

Chu Yang refused to join the Demon Race in attacking the Jiang Family and instead pledged to help Jiang Taixu, whom he had rescued from Purple Mountain. As Purple Mountain’s Wushi Bell devastated the forces that tried to breach it, Chu Yang continued collecting treasures in Saint City until a crazed old man came to see him.

• Chu Yang told the Demon Race leaders he would help Jiang Taixu, revealing that he had rescued the Old God-King from Emperor Wushi’s training ground; Green Flood Dragon King agreed to stay out of the matter.
• The Wushi Bell rang from Purple Mountain, and Chu Yang warned the Demon Race not to approach it as Saint Lord-level figures fled to Saint City.
• News spread that the sacred lands’ attempt to cut Purple Mountain had triggered Emperor Wushi’s might and nearly wiped out their forces, after which the Jiang Family openly sought ways to extend Jiang Taixu’s life.
• Chu Yang quietly made a fortune cutting Source Stones while Ye Fan, disguised as Gu Feng, gained fame for the treasures he found; Chu Yang also fed divine source to the White Rat and sword embryo.
• Monkey left Saint City to seek his own path, while Golden-Winged Little Peng King remained in seclusion reforging his swords.
• A crazed old man with clouded eyes unexpectedly came to see Chu Yang.

Chu Yang met Old Madman, visited Wei Yi at the Tianxuan Stone Workshop, and gained the support of both survivors of Tianxuan Holy Land. After Jiang Taixu entered the Dragon Transformation Pool with the Hengyu Divine Furnace, Chu Yang gathered allies to respond to the danger surrounding the old God-King.

• Old Madman questioned Chu Yang about his identity and intentions, then left reassured that Chu Yang was no Forbidden Zone Supreme and would fight on the Immortal Path.
• Chu Yang visited the Tianxuan Stone Workshop, met Wei Yi, and hinted that the two seniors might help him with future troubles.
• Chu Yang opened two Source Stones and gave Peacock King a Human Yuan Fruit in exchange for whatever source he had on hand.
• Chu Yang cultivated for three months and advanced into the fourth divine treasury while the holy lands and aristocratic families launched another assault on Purple Mountain.
• The Jiang Family sealed Saint City with the Hengyu Divine Furnace as Jiang Taixu entered the Dragon Transformation Pool to renew his life, drawing hostile attention toward Chu Yang and other Source Arts grandmasters.
• Chu Yang gathered the Descendants of the Great Bandit, Golden-Winged Little Peng King, and Green-robed Young Flood Dragon King, who carried Green Flood Dragon King's offer of support, before an unidentified voice asked to join them.

Chu Yang brought Pang Bo, Qin Yao, and others to the Jiang Family’s Dragon Transformation Pool, where he revealed that he had rescued Jiang Taixu from Purple Mountain and offered rare treasures to help extend the Old God-King’s life. The Jiang Family accepted his help, leaving the Thirteenth Ancestor unable to pursue his grudge as Chu Yang prepared to use a White Rat and an Immortal Divine Medicine fruit pit to make an Immortality Elixir.

• Chu Yang set out for the Dragon Transformation Pool with Pang Bo, Qin Yao, Tu Fei, and other allies from the Demon Race and the Descendants of the Great Bandit.
• Chu Yang convinced the Jiang Family guards to admit the group by demonstrating the Battle Character Secret and explaining that he had rescued Jiang Taixu from Emperor Wushi’s dojo in Purple Mountain.
• Jiang Yun escorted the group underground, where he protected Chu Yang from the hostile Thirteenth Ancestor and brought them to Jiang Taixu.
• Jiang Taixu recognized Chu Yang, confirming his account of the rescue and prompting the Jiang Family elders to welcome his help.
• Chu Yang gave Jiang Yun divine spring and a divine source containing an Immortal Divine Medicine fruit pit, then revealed that a White Rat’s blood combined with the pit could make half an Immortality Elixir.

Ye Fan brought treasures to help Chu Yang and the Jiang Family revive Jiang Taixu, while attackers repeatedly threatened the underground palace. When thirteen Saint Lord-level figures and three ancient Old Fiends assailed the weakened defenses, Chu Yang studied the Great Emperor formation as Ye Fan moved to fight.

• Ye Fan arrived with divine spring water, stone gall spiritual liquid, and a Qilin seed, then bowed to Jiang Taixu and offered the Battle Character Secret inheritance.
• Chu Yang told Ye Fan that he had left the Battle Character Secret in Purple Mountain for him and had suppressed the Black Emperor.
• The Jiang Family spent several days refining the healing treasures for Jiang Taixu as Chu Yang warned that the attackers would eventually strike.
• A hidden Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon confronted the Hengyu Divine Furnace, but Jiang Yun threatened to destroy Saint City, forcing the attackers to withdraw; Chu Yang identified the weapon as the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron.
• After half a month of repeated attacks, thirteen Saint Lord-level figures besieged the Jiang Family, and Jiang Yun deployed the remaining Great Emperor killing formation.
• Three four-thousand-year-old Old Fiends attacked the weakened formation, and Ye Fan struck them with the God-Striking Whip while Chu Yang remained still.

Chu Yang healed Fairy Caiyun and waited until the attackers threatened the Jiang Family before revealing his Dao Protector, the Old Madman. The Old Madman drove off the thirteen Saint Lords and three Old Fiends, but a cold voice then challenged Chu Yang’s reliance on him.

• Ye Fan used the God-Striking Whip to stall the three Old Fiends while they broke the Jiang Family’s formation.
• Fairy Caiyun appeared and gave her remaining life essence to Jiang Taixu, but Chu Yang used the Red Little Hand and Natural Great Dao to heal her, drawing on Jiang Yun’s source and the White Rat’s Divine Medicine Essence.
• After the formation fell, Chu Yang stepped forward to face the attackers, and a Saint Lord’s palm strike was shattered by the Old Madman’s arrival.
• The Old Madman swept away the thirteen Saint Lords and three Old Fiends with one palm, then vanished after Chu Yang thanked him for protecting his Dao.
• Ye Fan recognized the Old Madman and revealed that he had once been his big brother; Jiang Yun identified him as a survivor of Tianxuan Holy Land’s attack on the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land six thousand years earlier.
• An unknown speaker warned Chu Yang that the Old Madman might not act as long as Chu Yang himself remained alive.

Jiang Taixu revived into a Saint and confronted the attackers while Chu Yang left the fight to him. Back at the Demon Clan Palace, Chu Yang arranged for Ye Fan to visit the Green Flood Dragon King and agreed to remain in Saint City to protect the princess and the others.

• Chu Yang stepped aside and let the hidden Night King attack Jiang Taixu, but Jiang Taixu emerged from the Dragon Transformation Pool restored to his prime.
• Jiang Taixu looked tenderly at Fairy Caiyun, acknowledged Ye Fan as his disciple, and prepared to settle accounts with the attackers as Chu Yang left with his companions.
• On the way back, Chu Yang realized the Golden-Winged Little Peng King had risked his life for him without hesitation.
• At the Demon Clan Palace, the Peacock King warned that the Demon Race might be implicated and proposed leaving Saint City for the Green Flood Dragon King's home.
• Chu Yang declined to leave but sent Ye Fan to the Green Flood Dragon King to see the Sacred Body Remains.
• The Peacock King and Tu Tian asked Chu Yang to stay in Saint City and protect the princess and their descendants.

Chu Yang left Saint City and headed for the Primordial Ancient Mine, drawing the attention of factions eager to test whether he could use the Power of Past Life and whether the Old Madman protected him. After he spent several days in Source City, an unknown enemy arrived with an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon to suppress and kill him.

• Chu Yang left Saint City, obtained the Four Extremes Volume of the Hengyu Scripture from Jiang Taixu, and crossed the Void toward the Primordial Ancient Mine while hidden pursuers followed.
• Chu Yang reached Source City and lingered there to draw out the enemies who wanted him dead, while recognizing that Wei Yi and the Old Madman could not protect him.
• After Chu Yang spent three days exploring Source City without buying its overpriced source stones, a terrifying aura enveloped the city on the fourth day.
• The cultivators in Source City recognized the aura of an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon and suspected that its bearer had come to kill Chu Yang.

Chu Yang faced the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and nine ancient experts in Source City, revealing Emperor Wushi’s killing formation as his next trump card. As the formation awakened, the Black Emperor, Li Heishui, and Liu Kou headed toward the city to support him.

• Chu Yang recognized the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron as an Emperor Weapon tied to the Ruthless lineage as it descended on Source City.
• Chu Yang’s small Godslaying Sword shattered the black pillar of light and wounded the Supreme Being wielding the cauldron.
• Eight more ancient experts joined the attack, but Chu Yang dismissed their claim that his sword had been restrained.
• Chu Yang activated the Square Inch Universe and revealed Emperor Wushi’s killing formation beneath Source City.
• The Black Emperor tried to flee while Li Heishui and Liu Kou urged it to help Chu Yang, then turned back toward Source City after sensing the formation’s power.

Chu Yang used the Emperor Wushi Killing Formation to defeat eight attackers, severed the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron from its wielder, and claimed the Emperor Weapon for himself. After settling in Source City and offering a reward for the attackers’ identities, he shared some spoils with Li Heishui and Liu Kou, while the Black Emperor remained wary of him.

• Chu Yang activated an array within an array and killed the three Great Powers and five Half-step Great Powers who had attacked him.
• Chu Yang used the Godslaying Sword to sever the world’s connection to the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, erased the Ruthless Great Emperor’s imprint, and claimed the cauldron.
• Chu Yang killed the mysterious expert who had wielded the cauldron, displayed portraits of the nine attackers above Source City, and offered one jin of divine source for identifying them.
• Chu Yang moved into a residence in Source City and inspected the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, the attackers’ source, weapons, and Precious Medicines.
• Li Heishui, Liu Kou, and the Black Emperor arrived after the battle, and Liu Kou explained that the Black Emperor had urged him and Li Heishui to rob source mines.
• Chu Yang gave Li Heishui and Liu Kou portions of the spoils, while the Black Emperor watched warily and feared Chu Yang’s power.

Chu Yang identified the factions behind the attempt on his life, then left Source City with the Black Emperor, Li Heishui, and Liu Kou to loot the source mines of five holy lands. The group was preparing to leave when Chu Yang encountered someone unexpected.

• Chu Yang agreed to take the Black Emperor, Li Heishui, and Liu Kou into the Primordial Ancient Mine after identifying several attackers through their portraits.
• News of Chu Yang's defeat of the attackers and seizure of the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron spread, drawing Yaoguang Holy Land's forces and other experts to Source City.
• Chu Yang explained why the Ruthless lineage would avoid acting openly, then led his companions out of the courtyard without waiting for anyone to claim the final portrait's bounty.
• Chu Yang used the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron to force Wanchu Holy Land to surrender its source mines, then looted Purple Mansion, Dayan, Four Symbols, and Yaoguang Holy Lands as well.
• As Chu Yang prepared to leave Source City with his companions, he encountered someone who should not have been there.

The Yaochi Holy Daughter approached Chu Yang and proposed marrying him to secure Yaochi Holy Land’s future and enlist his help entering Purple Mountain. Chu Yang set steep conditions for the alliance, and she left to seek Yaochi’s approval while he walked out of Source City to face the threats outside.

• The Yaochi Holy Daughter met Chu Yang in Source City and invited him to return to Yaochi and enter Purple Mountain.
• After Li Heishui, Liu Kou, and Big Black Dog left them alone, the Yaochi Holy Daughter admitted she wanted to marry Chu Yang.
• Chu Yang agreed in principle but demanded Yaochi Holy Land support his cultivation with its full resources and give him the Immortal Tear Green Gold Tower as dowry.
• The Yaochi Holy Daughter counteroffered access to Yaochi’s Ancient Ore Divine Stones, ten million jin of source every hundred years, and the right to use the Immortal Tear Green Gold Tower.
• Chu Yang told her to return after persuading Yaochi Holy Land, then rejoined his companions and strode out of Source City.