Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang traded the Nine Li Diagram for the Nine Li Ancient Scripture, then arranged for Ye Fan to auction it while he drew the Nine Li Dynasty’s attention away. As Central Plains powers converged for the auction and the Nine Li Dynasty prepared to retaliate, Chu Yang entered the territory of the Ancient Hua Imperial Dynasty.

• Li Lei exchanged the Nine Li Ancient Scripture for the Nine Li Diagram after Chu Yang’s arrival with the Tai Huang Sword frightened him into honoring their agreement.
• Chu Yang used his True Spirit to read the Tai Huang Scripture inscribed on the Tai Huang Sword, then studied it and the Nine Li Ancient Scripture for three days.
• Chu Yang persuaded Ye Fan to auction the Nine Li Ancient Scripture, with Ye Fan taking the public role and receiving thirty percent of the proceeds.
• Chu Yang told Ye Fan that the sick old man was Gai Jiuyou, and Ye Fan realized he might once have been a Quasi-Emperor.
• News of the auction spread across Central Plains, enraging the Nine Li Imperial Lord and drawing powerful factions toward the event.
• Chu Yang left to visit the Ancient Hua Imperial Dynasty while Ye Fan and the others prepared the auction.

Chu Yang met Gu Mengchan and the Ancient Hua Imperial Lord and uncovered the imperial family’s secret method of producing powerful descendants through inherited special physiques. Gu Mengchan asked him to father an heir in exchange for a lasting alliance with Beyond the Heavens, leaving Chu Yang to consider her offer and the dynasty’s unusual inheritance.

• Gu Qingyun escorted Chu Yang into the Ancient Hua Imperial Palace, where Chu Yang noticed his guarded manner and the imperial family’s unusual secrecy.
• Gu Mengchan revealed that she had recognized Chu Yang because she could place her primordial spirit inside another person’s Immortal Platform, and Chu Yang inferred that she truly controlled the dynasty.
• Chu Yang told Gu Mengchan and the Ancient Hua Imperial Lord that Jiang Taixu had survived and was undergoing an ultimate sublimation, then learned that the Ancient Hua Great Emperor was not actually Great Emperor Hengyu.
• Gu Mengchan offered to meet Chu Yang in her true body if he agreed to leave behind offspring, prompting the Ancient Hua Imperial Lord to protest.
• Chu Yang deduced that the Ancient Hua Imperial Family used secret methods to have members with special physiques bear descendants, and Gu Mengchan asked him to form an alliance with Ancient Hua by fathering its next Imperial Lord.

Chu Yang obtained the Ancient Hua Scripture after Gu Mengchan proposed having a child with him, then left the Ancient Hua Imperial Dynasty to study it. In Southern Ancient City, Ye Fan and the Old Blind Man helped ensure the Nine Li Dynasty had to buy back its ancient scripture at an enormous price.

• Chu Yang agreed to consider Gu Mengchan's proposal only after she gave him the Ancient Hua Scripture, whose secret method used a woman's physique to conceive children with exceptional inherited traits.
• Gu Mengchan explained that she had absorbed most of their mother's bloodline essence in the womb, leaving her younger brother born with six missing souls, and revealed she believed Chu Yang could Prove the Way.
• Chu Yang asked Gu Mengchan to keep his identity secret, left the palace through a hidden passage, and began studying the Ancient Hua Scripture atop a peak in the Ancient Hua Realm.
• News that Tu Fei had visited the Ancient Hua Imperial Palace convinced the Nine Li Dynasty that disrupting the auction could lead to the scripture spreading widely, so the Nine Li Imperial Lord and Li Lei joined the bidding.
• As bidders drove up the price, Li Lei threatened them, but Ye Fan warned that Chu Yang would spread the scripture if anyone caused trouble, and the Old Blind Man claimed Beyond the Heavens would protect buyers.
• The Nine Li Dynasty ultimately bought back its ancient scripture at a humiliating price after the auction's competition pushed the cost far beyond expectations.

The Nine Li Imperial Lord and Li Lei decided to rally the forces Tu Fei had angered and unite against him. Their envoys won support from several factions, and the chapter ended as their leaders gathered to plan his elimination.

• The Nine Li Imperial Lord learned that the dynasty's ancestor would not intervene, and Li Lei argued that Tu Fei's mysterious Saint might not be his dedicated protector.
• Li Lei urged the Nine Li Imperial Lord to unite the Xiao Family, Wang Family, Li Family, Ruthless lineage, and Divine Might Hall against Tu Fei.
• Xiao Wuji agreed to consider the Nine Li Dynasty's proposal after Li Yuan offered a joint campaign against Tu Fei.
• The Nine Li Dynasty's envoys visited the other injured factions, and nearly all agreed to join forces.
• Seven days later, Li Lei gathered the allied forces in a hidden valley and called for a plan to eliminate Tu Fei.
• Wang Chengzhi pledged the Wang Family's full support, driven by the injuries his son Wang Yangzhan suffered in the battle of the Qin Mountains.

Li Lei and the major factions plotted to seize Tu Fei’s Soldier Secret and used Ye Fan to test whether a mysterious Saint would protect him. As Ye Fan and the Big Black Dog fought off their ambush, Chu Yang arrived above the mountain range.

• Li Lei secured the factions’ agreement to target Tu Fei and chose Ye Fan as a test of the mysterious Saint’s loyalty.
• The Big Black Dog lured Ye Fan from the Qin Mountains toward a cave abode, while Xiao Wuji and Li Lei’s forces followed them.
• Ye Fan and the Big Black Dog discovered they had been led into a trap, and Xiao Wuji and Li Lei surrounded them.
• The Big Black Dog activated a Great Emperor Killing Formation, killing several attackers but gradually exhausting its power.
• As Li Lei’s forces pressed their attack, Ye Fan said their awaited ally had arrived, and Chu Yang appeared in the sky.

Chu Yang revealed that he had been posing as Tu Fei and rescued Ye Fan from Li Lei’s ambush. After the Nine Li Ancestor arrived, Chu Yang wounded him and warned the Nine Li Dynasty never to threaten him or those around him again, forcing the dynasty’s people to retreat.

• Chu Yang revealed himself to Li Lei and effortlessly slaughtered the Xiao Family experts surrounding Ye Fan and Big Black Dog.
• Chu Yang condemned Li Lei for repeatedly targeting him and his companions, then declared that he would no longer spare the Nine Li Dynasty.
• The Nine Li Ancestor arrived to protect Li Lei and challenged Chu Yang, but Chu Yang’s aura overpowered his and shielded Ye Fan and Big Black Dog.
• Chu Yang warned the Nine Li Ancestor that the dynasty’s attacks had gone too far and threatened to erase it if it targeted him or his companions again.
• When the Nine Li Ancestor refused to back down, Chu Yang pierced his shoulder with a single strike, and the wounded ancestor ordered Li Lei and the others to retreat.

Chu Yang spared Xiao Wuji and forced the Xiao Family and other factions to reconsider their alliance with the Nine Li Dynasty. As the Nine Li Ancestor recovered from his wounds through a dangerous demonic technique, he secretly began plotting against Chu Yang by ordering Li Lei to contact the Ruthless lineage.

• Chu Yang drove off the Nine Li Ancestor, spared Xiao Wuji, and sent him back with a warning for the Xiao Family.
• Chu Yang, Ye Fan, and Big Black Dog left the ruined battlefield so Chu Yang could explain his identity to Ye Fan.
• Three days later, the Xiao Family, Wang Family, Li Family, Ruthless lineage, and Divine Might Hall withdrew from their alliance with the injured Nine Li Dynasty.
• The Nine Li Ancestor ordered the dynasty to close its borders, then secretly cultivated an evil art that restored more than half his strength.
• After emerging from seclusion, the Nine Li Ancestor told Li Lei to contact the Ruthless lineage.

The Nine Li Dynasty and the Ruthless lineage agreed to exploit each other in a plan against Chu Yang and Ye Fan. Hua Yunfei proposed using Ji Ziyue to lure Ye Fan into an ambush, and Hua Wuji ordered him to coordinate the details with the Nine Li Dynasty.

• The Nine Li Ancestor told Li Lei that the Ruthless lineage shared a deep grudge against Chu Yang and Ye Fan, and ordered him to seek cooperation while keeping the Nine Li Dynasty in the shadows.
• Hua Yunfei met Hua Wuji with Hua Wuxin and learned that a visitor from the Nine Li Dynasty had proposed joining forces against Chu Yang and Ye Fan.
• Hua Wuxin warned that the Nine Li Dynasty might be using the Ruthless lineage, but Hua Wuji proposed that they use the dynasty in turn and revealed that the mysterious Saint was Gai Jiuyou.
• Hua Yunfei urged the Ruthless lineage to target Ye Fan first, arguing that his ties to Chu Yang made him a strategic weakness.
• Hua Yunfei proposed using Ji Ziyue to lure Ye Fan into an ambush, and Hua Wuji ordered him to work out the plan with the Nine Li Dynasty.

The Ruthless lineage and Nine Li Dynasty joined forces to target Ye Fan, hoping his death would weaken Chu Yang and create an opening to strike. While traveling alone through the Eastern Wilderness, Ye Fan was ambushed by Hua Wuya and eight other Ruthless lineage cultivators, and the chapter ended with them binding him as he fought to break free.

• Hua Wuxin questioned whether the plan against Ye Fan would succeed, and Hua Wuji insisted that Ye Fan had to die because he threatened the Ruthless lineage.
• Li Lei told the Nine Li Ancestor that the Ruthless lineage had agreed to cooperate, and the Nine Li Ancestor explained that they planned to kill Ye Fan before confronting Chu Yang.
• The Nine Li Ancestor assigned Li Lei to carry out the plan and privately hoped his recovery through an evil technique would let him reach the Emperor Realm.
• Hua Yunfei confirmed with the Nine Li Dynasty's envoy Li Yuan that their forces would meet at the designated location in three days.
• Ye Fan traveled alone through the Eastern Wilderness toward an ancient cave dwelling and detected nine hidden pursuers in a forest.
• Hua Wuya revealed himself and ordered his men to attack; Ye Fan swiftly wounded several cultivators, but Hua Wuya and two other experts bound him with divine abilities.

Gai Jiuyou rescued Ye Fan from the Ruthless lineage, while Hua Wuji began planning an alliance against Chu Yang. Chu Yang decided to confront the Nine Li Dynasty himself and appeared above its imperial city, where the Nine Li Ancestor challenged him.

• Gai Jiuyou freed Ye Fan from Hua Wuya's restraints, forcing the Ruthless lineage to retreat.
• Hua Wuji told Hua Yunfei to seek allies, including the Xiao Family, the Wang Family, the Li Family, and the Divine Might Hall, to oppose Chu Yang.
• After learning Ye Fan was safe, Chu Yang told Gai Jiuyou he would visit the Nine Li Dynasty and instructed Yun Ning to remain behind.
• Chu Yang arrived alone above the Nine Li Imperial City and confronted the Nine Li Ancestor, who demanded to know why he had trespassed.

Chu Yang killed Nine Li Ancestor and destroyed the Nine Li Dynasty after confronting it over the ambush on Ye Fan. As news spread, the Ruthless lineage chose to lie low, while Ye Fan recovered in an abandoned city and reflected on Chu Yang’s hidden identity.

• Chu Yang demanded that Nine Li Ancestor end the alliance with the Ruthless lineage, compensate Ye Fan with three Sacred Artifacts, and atone with his death.
• Nine Li Ancestor refused to submit, so Chu Yang killed him and razed Nine Li Imperial City, destroying the ancestral hall and severing the dynasty’s providence.
• Li Lei and the surviving Nine Li experts knelt and begged for mercy, but Chu Yang declared the dynasty finished and left them to go their separate ways.
• Three days later, factions across the Big Dipper Star Region sent leaders and gifts to Beyond the Heavens to apologize, while Hua Wuji told Hua Yunfei that the Ruthless lineage must wait for the Dark Turmoil.
• Ye Fan cultivated in an abandoned ancient city, relieved that Chu Yang had protected him but determined to ask why he had hidden his identity.

Duan De secretly followed Ye Fan to steal the Green Bronze Fragment, but the fragment opened a hidden underground palace and awakened an ancient statue. The statue revealed that the fragment was a key to a forbidden land in the Extreme North Land, then warned Ye Fan to proceed carefully.

• Duan De watched Ye Fan recover in the ancient city ruins and plotted to steal the Green Bronze Fragment, considering an alliance with the Ruthless lineage.
• Ye Fan used the Green Bronze Fragment to uncover a hidden passage beneath a collapsed palace and opened a sealed stone door.
• Ye Fan entered an underground palace and approached a statue that resonated with the fragment, trapping him in beams of light.
• Duan De tried to seize the fragment, but the statue blasted him away and forced him to kneel.
• The statue revealed that it was a lingering will and that the Green Bronze Fragment was a key to a forbidden land tied to an ancient Great Emperor.
• The statue told Ye Fan the forbidden land lay deep in the Extreme North Land and urged him to be cautious.

After learning that his Green Bronze Fragment could unlock an ancient Great Emperor’s forbidden land in the Extreme North Land, Ye Fan agreed to travel there with Chu Yang disguised as Tu Fei. Meanwhile, Duan De sold the secret to Hua Yunfei and accepted a dangerous task against Ye Fan for a large reward.

• Ye Fan spared Duan De after he admitted following him into the underground palace, but warned him to keep the secret of the Extreme North Land to himself.
• Duan De decided to sell the information to the Ruthless lineage and sought out Hua Yunfei, who paid him ten thousand spirit stones and several third-grade Magical Items.
• Chu Yang, still posing as Tu Fei, told Ye Fan about the Extreme North Land and invited him to explore its Great Emperor-related forbidden land together.
• Ye Fan agreed to travel with Chu Yang, and they set off for Southern Ancient City to gather information and find reliable helpers.
• Hua Yunfei gave Duan De another task involving Ye Fan and promised him twenty thousand more spirit stones, which Duan De accepted despite his fear.

Chu Yang and Ye Fan learned of a forbidden zone in the Extreme North Land and set out to reach it before the Ruthless lineage. As Duan De secretly tracked them and reported their movements, Chu Yang uncovered his betrayal; deep in the frozen wilderness, Chu Yang told Ye Fan to face the cold without his help.

• Duan De accepted Hua Yunfei's payment and promised to keep quiet, but later sent the Ruthless lineage Chu Yang and Ye Fan's location.
• At the Drunken Immortal Tower, Luo Tianhong told Chu Yang and Ye Fan about a forbidden zone guarded by a beast that had killed a Saint, and revealed that the Ruthless lineage was also investigating it.
• Chu Yang and Ye Fan prepared supplies in Southern Ancient City and left for the Extreme North Land the next morning, while Duan De followed and reported their progress.
• Chu Yang noticed Duan De spying on them but let him continue, intending to see what the Ruthless lineage would do.
• After three days of travel through the freezing wilderness, Chu Yang brought Ye Fan to shelter in an ice cave and explained that his Desolate Ancient Holy Body could adapt to the cold.
• Chu Yang told Ye Fan he would stop helping him resist the cold so Ye Fan could learn to endure it himself.

Chu Yang pushed Ye Fan to train alone in the Extreme North Land, where Ye Fan learned to draw on the Desolate Ancient Holy Body and improve his combat skills. After surviving the Snowfield Giant Bears, Ye Fan faced the Half-step Saint Icefield Python King and struck its left eye, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Chu Yang refused to protect Ye Fan from the northern cold, and Ye Fan awakened his Desolate Ancient Holy Body's ability to adapt and absorb the chill.
• Chu Yang sent Ye Fan to fight a pack of Snowfield Giant Bears, which Ye Fan defeated before receiving advice to conserve his strength and seize the right moment to attack.
• Over the following days, Ye Fan faced dangers alone and gradually improved his survival and fighting skills.
• Ye Fan and Chu Yang encountered the Icefield Python King, and Chu Yang left Ye Fan to fight the Half-step Saint beast by himself.
• After the Python King injured him with its tail, Ye Fan targeted its vulnerable left eye and landed a golden strike that made it shriek and thrash.

Ye Fan defeated the Icefield Python King and the Ice Soul Suanni while traveling with Chu Yang toward the forbidden land in the Extreme North Land. At the altar entrance, they discovered Hua Yunfei and people from the Ruthless lineage had arrived before them.

• Ye Fan killed the wounded Icefield Python King, then explained to Chu Yang that timing and wisdom had helped him overcome a stronger opponent.
• After recovering, Ye Fan and Chu Yang traveled to Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice Peak and entered an ancient passage leading toward the core region.
• Ye Fan used the cavern's hanging icicles to injure the Ice Soul Suanni, then killed it with a series of powerful punches.
• Ye Fan and Chu Yang emerged onto an ice plain and found an altar with a sealed stone door that led to the forbidden land.
• Ye Fan produced the Green Bronze Fragment, but Chu Yang warned that they needed to confirm something first.
• Ye Fan sensed several approaching figures, and Hua Yunfei emerged with people from the Ruthless lineage.

Chu Yang revealed his identity and defeated Hua Yunfei and the Ruthless lineage, then helped Ye Fan obtain an ancient Great Emperor’s inheritance. After leaving Ye Fan to cultivate under his protection, Chu Yang confronted Duan De, who had betrayed Ye Fan, and ordered him to apologize once Ye Fan emerged from seclusion.

• Hua Yunfei and the Ruthless lineage surrounded Ye Fan and Chu Yang, but Chu Yang killed their three Half-step Saint Realm elders and the other experts before executing Hua Yunfei.
• Hua Yunfei revealed that Duan De had been monitoring their movements and feeding him information, and Ye Fan recognized Chu Yang beneath his Tu Fei disguise.
• Ye Fan used the Green Bronze Fragment to open the stone door, and the ancient Great Emperor’s statue bestowed its inheritance upon him.
• Chu Yang left a Divine Sense incarnation to protect Ye Fan as he secluded himself to absorb the inheritance, then departed.
• Duan De tried to flee, but Chu Yang caught him; Duan De begged for his life and offered his services, and Chu Yang told him to apologize to Ye Fan when he emerged from seclusion.

Shrouding the Heavens Chu Yang returned to the Soul Palace and updated the other versions of himself on his progress. A newly awakened Chu Yang from the Journey to the West World learned how to use his knowledge to seek protection from Taibai Jinxing and set out to face the crisis threatening him.

• Shrouding the Heavens Chu Yang reported that the Nine Li Dynasty had been destroyed, the Ruthless lineage had been wounded, and Ye Fan was cultivating an ancient Great Emperor’s inheritance.
• A new Chu Yang arrived at the Soul Palace and learned that the others were versions of himself from different worlds.
• Journey to the West Chu Yang explained that Young Master Cui had framed him for cheating in the provincial examination to seize his fiancée, Liu Ruyan.
• The other Chu Yangs advised him to use his knowledge and cultivation insights to seek an upright immortal’s protection, suggesting Taibai Jinxing as a promising ally.
• Journey to the West Chu Yang thanked the others and returned to his world, determined to follow their advice.

After meeting the other versions of himself in the Soul Palace, Journey to the West Chu Yang began dealing with the danger in Chang'an, where Young Master Cui had framed him and threatened his fiancée. He entered Drunken Immortal Tower’s poetry gathering to win money and confront Cui Yuanlang, who chose the contest topic as their rivalry began.

• In the Soul Palace, Shrouding the Heavens Chu Yang agreed to consider fusing his two incarnations after settling affairs in his world, while Devouring Chu Yang and Prehistoric Chu Yang discussed the opportunities in the Journey to the West World.
• Journey to the West Chu Yang returned to Chang'an with knowledge from the other worlds and hid overnight, determined to clear his name and protect Liu Ruyan from Cui Yuanlang.
• Chu Yang heard that Drunken Immortal Tower offered one hundred taels to the poetry contest winner, but shopkeeper Liu Fu had to advance his entry fee because Chu Yang had no money.
• Liu Fu brought Chu Yang into the gathering, where Cui Yuanlang mocked a scholar and threatened Chu Yang over Liu Ruyan.
• Chu Yang challenged Cui Yuanlang to a poetry contest, and Cui Yuanlang drew the topic from an ornate box.

Chu Yang won a poetry contest, escaped Cui Yuanlang’s attempt to have him beaten, and left Chang'an to find safety and a way to gain power. In Qinghe Town, he learned it was the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, just before Xuanzang’s pilgrimage, and that Sun Wukong was still imprisoned beneath Five Elements Mountain.

• Chu Yang composed a majestic snow poem at Drunken Immortal Tower, won the gathering, and accepted a hundred taels of silver.
• Cui Yuanlang sent six men to ambush Chu Yang, but Chu Yang defeated them with basic fighting skills and a wooden stick.
• Chu Yang left Chang'an and headed toward Qinghe Town, intending to learn the current state of the world and find a place to settle.
• At a teahouse, Chu Yang heard that Xuanzang had been chosen to lead the Water-Land Assembly and realized the pilgrimage was near.
• A waiter told Chu Yang that it was the thirteenth year of Zhenguan and that Sun Wukong remained trapped beneath Five Elements Mountain after causing Havoc in Heaven five hundred years earlier.