Chapter Summaries

Su Bai defeated Venerable Xuan Ba, forced him to surrender his weapon and Storage Ring, and demanded three million High-Grade Spirit Stones from the Heaven-Dominating Sect. To conceal his defeat at the Immortal Alliance Assembly, Venerable Xuan Ba claimed they had barely fought to a draw.

• Venerable Xuan Ba recognized Venerable Zhenyang’s greatsword in Su Bai’s hands and feared Su Bai might be a Great Venerable.
• Su Bai held Venerable Xuan Ba at swordpoint, and Xuan Ba erased his mark from his life-bound weapon to save his life.
• Su Bai took Venerable Xuan Ba’s Storage Ring and demanded three million High-Grade Spirit Stones within three days, threatening to collect them from the Heaven-Dominating Sect.
• Venerable Xuan Ba changed his robe and conjured a replacement Storage Ring before emerging beside Su Bai, leaving the crowd unsure who had won.
• Venerable Xuan Ba told the other Venerables that he had barely fought Su Bai to a draw.

After deciding to ambush Su Bai, four Southern Mystic Province Venerables lured him into a trap outside Sacred Ruins City. The chapter ended with them surrounding him in a formation, while Su Bai appeared ready to reap their Storage Rings.

• The four Venerables planned to rob Su Bai at midnight using the Southern Heaven Gate's combined formation, but the Sacred Tiger Sect's Venerable refused to join and left with his people.
• The Sacred Tiger Sect's Venerable suspected Su Bai was far stronger than his apparent draw with Venerable Xuan Ba and resolved not to offend the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Su Bai overheard the four Venerables' plans, sent the Heavenly Dao Sect disciples back to cultivate, and stayed behind in Sacred Ruins City.
• At midnight, Su Bai received a challenge and traveled to a desolate area southeast of the city.
• The four Venerables emerged around Su Bai and activated a formation that sealed the surrounding void.

The four great Venerables trapped Su Bai inside the Four Spirits Sacred Formation and attacked him with strength multiplied fourfold. Su Bai crippled all four in a single breath, leaving the Venerables unable to escape or fight back.

• Venerable Black Dragon explained that the formation sealed the area and blocked escape, transmissions, and outside detection, while the other Venerables demanded that Su Bai surrender.
• The four Venerables transformed into sacred beasts and attacked Su Bai together, each empowered by the formation.
• Su Bai ripped the Heart-Protecting Dragon Scale from Venerable Black Dragon and punched him into the ground.
• Su Bai tore off both wings of Venerable Golden Roc and blasted Venerable Falcon's eyes from their sockets.
• Venerable Mad Lion tried to flee through the Void Realm, but the sealed space held; Su Bai cut off his fangs with blade qi.

Su Bai defeated the four Venerables who ambushed him, killed them all, and seized their wealth and formation. Venerable Xuan Ba and the Sacred Tiger Sect's Venerable witnessed the aftermath, leaving Southern Mystic Province's balance of power transformed.

• Su Bai assessed and collected valuable parts from the defeated Venerables, then pinned Venerable Black Dragon down when he attacked again.
• Su Bai killed Venerable Black Dragon and collected his body, then killed the other three Venerables as they tried to flee.
• Su Bai gathered the four Venerables' treasures and escaped the sealing formation by shattering space, taking its four formation flags for the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Venerable Xuan Ba and the Sacred Tiger Sect's Venerable revealed themselves and respectfully greeted Su Bai after seeing the slaughter.
• Venerable Xuan Ba and the Sacred Tiger Sect's Venerable realized Su Bai had slain five of Southern Mystic Province's seven Void Refining Venerables, and that the Heavenly Dao Sect could soon dominate the province.

The elimination rounds pitted Southern Heaven Gate against Sacred Roc Sect and Sacred Eagle Sect against Sacred Lion Sect, making the repeated clashes between Venerable factions impossible to dismiss as coincidence. Venerable Xuan Ba enforced the draws and then secretly sought approval from the white-robed young man watching from Heavenly Dao Sect’s pavilion.

• The crowd noticed that the Venerables were absent, while Su Bai remained at Heavenly Dao Sect’s pavilion after the previous night’s concealed battle.
• The draw matched Southern Heaven Gate with Sacred Roc Sect, and Venerable Xuan Ba silenced a Sacred Roc Sect elder who demanded a redraw.
• Southern Heaven Gate crushed Sacred Roc Sect’s disciples, and Sacred Roc Sect surrendered its Core Battle and was eliminated.
• The next draw matched Sacred Eagle Sect with Sacred Lion Sect, prompting the crowd to suspect that the repeated matchups were deliberate.
• Venerable Xuan Ba appeared beside the white-robed young man in Heavenly Dao Sect’s pavilion and asked whether his arrangements satisfied the senior.

Venerable Xuan Ba tried to make up for offending Su Bai by offering secret information in place of the three million High-Grade Spirit Stones he owed. He revealed that several Integration Ancestors had vanished from public view and might have gathered in the Great Desert to pursue an emerging relic, but Su Bai questioned whether the vague lead was worth the debt.

• Su Bai reminded Venerable Xuan Ba that two days remained to gather three million High-Grade Spirit Stones, and Xuan Ba admitted he could not pay the sum.
• Venerable Xuan Ba offered secret information instead, then led Su Bai into the Void Realm and concealed their conversation with formations.
• Venerable Xuan Ba told Su Bai that the Southern Heaven, Elysium, Northern Nether, and Heaven-Dominating Ancestors had entered seclusion and cut off contact.
• Venerable Xuan Ba said he suspected the Integration Ancestors had gathered in the Great Desert of Western Mystic Province, possibly because a relic was about to emerge.
• Su Bai asked whether that was all the information and doubted it could be worth three million High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Venerable Xuan Ba told Su Bai that the Peerless Heavenly Venerable founded the Heaven-Defying Sect and may have left a supreme treasure where he ascended in the Great Desert of Western Mystic Province. Su Bai spared Xuan Ba after warning him not to lie, then departed, leaving it unclear whether he would pursue the treasure.

• Venerable Xuan Ba revealed that the Heaven-Defying Sect was an ancient power erased from history by the Heavenly Palace, and that its founder was the Human Race's first Heavenly Venerable, the Peerless Heavenly Venerable.
• Venerable Xuan Ba said the Peerless Heavenly Venerable had ascended in the Great Desert of Western Mystic Province and was rumored to have left behind a supreme treasure.
• Su Bai concluded that the Integration Ancestors were heading to the desert to compete for the treasure, while Venerable Xuan Ba warned him of the danger and the vast gap between cultivation realms.
• Su Bai agreed to overlook Venerable Xuan Ba's offense if his information was true, warned him against deception, and tore open space to leave the Void Realm.
• After Su Bai departed, Venerable Xuan Ba wondered how strong he was and whether he would seek the treasure.

Su Bai traveled through the Great Desert in Western Mystic Province and stopped a deadly super sandstorm with two steps. After the grateful cultivators recognized his overwhelming power, he vanished, leaving them alive.

• Su Bai crossed the Great Desert, where super sandstorms and sandworms threatened cultivators.
• A super sandstorm approached, and fleeing cultivators warned Su Bai to run.
• Su Bai took a step and froze the oncoming sandstorm in place.
• Su Bai took another step, dispersed the storm and its clouds, and restored the clear sky.
• The cultivators knelt to thank Su Bai, but he had already vanished.

Su Bai reached the core of the Great Desert and encountered five hostile Body Integration Realm Ancestors competing for a supreme treasure. He revealed that he was Su Bai of the Heavenly Dao Sect, leaving the five Ancestors to face the unexpected newcomer.

• Su Bai entered the Great Desert's core region and deflected a flying sword attack from the Northern Nether Ancestor.
• The Northern Nether Ancestor, Heaven-Dominating Ancestor, Southern Heaven Ancestor, Elysium Ancestor, and Heavenly Severance Ancestor appeared and questioned Su Bai's identity.
• Su Bai calmly assessed the five Ancestors and considered using Zhuge Feng's Future Pill as a trump card.
• The five Ancestors introduced themselves and revealed their affiliations with powerful factions across the Four Mystic Provinces and the Heavenly Palace.
• Su Bai introduced himself as Su Bai of the Heavenly Dao Sect in Southern Ridge.

Su Bai confronted the Integration Ancestors and revealed that he had killed Southern Heaven Gate’s Venerable Sky Kun and Venerable Black Dragon. Southern Heaven Ancestor restrained his fury to preserve his strength for the struggle over the supreme treasure, while Su Bai taunted him about whether he was a demon.

• Su Bai faced the five Integration Ancestors with unshaken confidence, and his mention of Southern Ridge made them suspect Southern Heaven Ancestor had secretly sent a second Great Venerable.
• Southern Heaven Ancestor asked what was happening at Southern Heaven Gate, and Su Bai said he had killed and cooked Venerable Sky Kun.
• Southern Heaven Ancestor nearly attacked Su Bai but held back because he needed his strength to compete for the supreme treasure.
• Su Bai revealed that Venerable Black Dragon and three other Venerables had tried to surround him, and said he had cooked Black Dragon in several ways.
• Elysium Ancestor asked Su Bai to share some meat, while Southern Heaven Ancestor angrily vowed to kill him after obtaining the supreme treasure.
• Su Bai mocked Southern Heaven Ancestor by saying demons could be cooked but humans would be reduced to ashes, leaving the other ancestors silent.

The Peerless Heavenly Venerable's ruins emerged from the sandstorm, revealing a metal palace that resisted an Integration Grand Venerable's attack. Su Bai entered safely, while Southern Heaven Ancestor and Northern Nether Ancestor were barred by the warning above the gate, and a heavenly lightning strike left Southern Heaven Ancestor charred.

• Su Bai provoked Southern Heaven Ancestor by suggesting the Southern Heaven Gate's Venerables were beasts, while Northern Nether Ancestor stepped back uneasily.
• A colossal sandstorm revealed the underground metal palace, and Heavenly Severance Ancestor failed to collect it with his giant hand.
• Elysium Ancestor's paper figure was destroyed at the palace entrance, but Su Bai walked through unharmed.
• The ancestors noticed the gate's warning that beasts and dogs were forbidden, leaving Southern Heaven Ancestor and Northern Nether Ancestor unable to enter.
• Southern Heaven Ancestor cursed Peerless Heavenly Venerable and was struck by heavenly lightning, prompting Su Bai to wonder if he smelled like Seven-Colored Divine Deer meat.

Su Bai entered the palace and witnessed a vision of the Primordial Era, when the Myriad Races oppressed and enslaved the Human Race. He followed a gifted youth to the back mountain, where an impossibly powerful, indistinct figure taught him to cultivate, and the figure appeared to notice Su Bai across Space-Time.

• Heavenly Severance Ancestor was blasted away when he tried to enter the palace, while Heaven-Dominating Ancestor passed through unharmed.
• Su Bai entered the great hall and saw humans being selected, enslaved, and slaughtered by pig demons.
• A young boy vowed to grow stronger and change the Human Race's fate, then cultivated at a startling speed despite his harsh circumstances.
• Su Bai noticed the youth went to the back mountain each evening and followed him there.
• Su Bai saw a blurry figure teaching the youth to cultivate, and the figure seemed to glance at him across Space-Time.

The youth grew into Peerless Heavenly Venerable, rescued the Human Race from the Myriad Races, and founded the Heaven-Defying Sect. After leaving his Wooden Sword to protect humanity, he ascended to the Immortal Realm to seek his master.

• The youth slew the pig demons, freed hundreds of thousands of humans, and led the survivors to the Human Race's Sacred City.
• The youth became the Sacred City's foremost cultivator and destroyed an invading army of Great Demons with a single sword strike, becoming the Human Race's first Heavenly Venerable.
• Peerless Heavenly Venerable traveled All Under Heaven, defeated Demon Race Heavenly Venerables, and helped the Human Race rise to power.
• Peerless Heavenly Venerable founded the Heaven-Defying Sect and left his Wooden Sword as a treasure to guard the Human Race.
• Peerless Heavenly Venerable triggered the Immortal Tribulation and ascended to the Immortal Realm, saying that he had come to find his master.

After the images of Peerless Heavenly Venerable vanished, Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor entered the great hall and found a Wooden Sword and a Throne. Both treasures struck back when the ancestors tried to claim them, while Su Bai watched and began to understand something.

• Elysium Ancestor entered the hall, and Heaven-Dominating Ancestor grew wary of having another rival.
• The hall revealed Peerless Heavenly Venerable's Wooden Sword and Throne, and Heaven-Dominating Ancestor rushed to claim the sword.
• The Wooden Sword's Sword Qi shattered Heaven-Dominating Ancestor's spear and severed his right arm.
• Elysium Ancestor tried to seize the Throne, but its force threw him away and broke apart much of his skeleton.
• Su Bai watched the two ancestors get injured and seemed to grasp something about the treasures.

Su Bai grasped the Peerless Heavenly Venerable’s Wooden Sword after revealing that its restriction favored those who held all beings in their hearts. He then approached the Heavenly Venerable Throne and sat down with his back to it, leaving Elysium Ancestor and Heaven-Dominating Ancestor stunned.

• Elysium Ancestor and Heaven-Dominating Ancestor argued over their past rivalry and the treasures left by the Peerless Heavenly Venerable.
• Su Bai approached the Wooden Sword and grasped its hilt without being attacked, unlike Heaven-Dominating Ancestor, whose weapon had shattered and arm had been severed.
• Elysium Ancestor reasoned that the treasures were restricted against beasts and wicked cultivators, while Su Bai experienced the Wooden Sword’s test of compassion for humanity.
• Su Bai drew the Wooden Sword, and Elysium Ancestor and Heaven-Dominating Ancestor recognized that he had gained control of a Heavenly Venerable Treasure.
• Su Bai approached the Heavenly Venerable Throne, turned his back to it, and sat down.

Su Bai used the great hall’s power to force Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor to surrender their valuables before letting them leave. Outside, they discovered that nineteen Integration Ancestors from the Heavenly Palace and Demon Realm had gathered to claim Peerless Heavenly Venerable’s treasure.

• Su Bai revealed his control over the great hall and demanded Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor surrender their Storage Rings to leave.
• Heaven-Dominating Ancestor handed over three Storage Rings, while Elysium Ancestor offered his Soul-Calling Board instead.
• Su Bai inspected the Soul-Calling Board, found that it preserved souls without harming them, and returned it to Elysium Ancestor.
• Su Bai kept Heaven-Dominating Ancestor’s three Storage Rings, and the two Ancestors left the hall.
• Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor found that the gathering outside had grown to nineteen Integration Ancestors from the Heavenly Palace and Demon Realm, all intent on obtaining Peerless Heavenly Venerable’s treasure.

Trapped by nineteen Integration Grand Venerables who accused them of hiding treasures, Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor retreated into Peerless Heavenly Venerable’s hall. Seeing Su Bai’s restraint and facing no escape outside, they pledged allegiance to him.

• Nineteen Integration Grand Venerables sealed off the hall and demanded that Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor be searched or killed for suspected treasures.
• Heaven-Dominating Ancestor appealed to the Immortal Alliance’s rules, but the Heavenly Palace ancestors dismissed the agreement and threatened to replace his sect.
• Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor retreated into the hall, where its defenses repelled the Integration Ancestors’ attacks.
• Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor returned to Su Bai and pledged allegiance, recognizing that he had spared them and taken only their Storage Rings.

Elysium Ancestor and Heaven-Dominating Ancestor explained how the Heavenly Palace had suppressed cultivation and left them with no path forward, then pledged allegiance to Su Bai. Su Bai accepted their vows and led them out to fight the Heavenly Palace.

• Elysium Ancestor and Heaven-Dominating Ancestor described how the Heavenly Palace controlled the Immortal Alliance, burdened their factions with taxes, and sealed off the paths to higher cultivation.
• Heaven-Dominating Ancestor recounted how the Heaven-Defying Sect once shared Immortal Arts openly before the Heavenly Palace and the top factions took them back.
• Su Bai considered how the Four Mystic Provinces lacked powerful cultivators, rich Spirit Veins, and expert guidance because the Heavenly Palace factions controlled the rules.
• Su Bai asked whether the two ancestors would aid his Heavenly Dao Sect in a future war against the Heavenly Palace, and they eagerly agreed.
• Su Bai accepted Elysium Ancestor and Heaven-Dominating Ancestor's allegiance after warning that he would kill them if they betrayed him.
• Su Bai led the two ancestors out to fight the Heavenly Palace, and they followed with their fighting intent surging.

Su Bai emerged from the Heavenly Venerable Palace with Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor, only to face nineteen Integration Grand Venerables who wanted his treasure. As the other two Ancestors fought their rivals, Su Bai prepared to take on the remaining seventeen and announced he would rob them blind.

• The Heavenly Venerable Palace shrank into Su Bai’s palm as Su Bai, Heaven-Dominating Ancestor, and Elysium Ancestor emerged.
• Heavenly Severance Ancestor and eighteen other Integration Grand Venerables demanded that Su Bai surrender the palace and surrounded him with their combined pressure.
• Su Bai told Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor to each choose an opponent, and they began fighting Southern Heaven Ancestor and Northern Nether Ancestor.
• Su Bai faced the remaining seventeen Grand Venerables and drew his ordinary-looking wooden sword, declaring that it slayed only demons and evil.
• Su Bai checked the locations of the Grand Venerables’ Storage Rings and said he planned to rob them blind.

Su Bai killed Heavenly Severance Ancestor with one strike of the Wooden Sword, shocking the other Great Venerables. They suspected the sword had belonged to Peerless Heavenly Venerable, then joined forces to bombard Su Bai from afar.

• Heavenly Severance Ancestor attacked Su Bai with a golden axe, but Su Bai declared that his Wooden Sword slew demons and evil that brought calamity upon the Human Realm.
• Su Bai's sword gleam destroyed Heavenly Severance Ancestor's attack, pierced his chest, and killed him, leaving his axe and Storage Ring behind.
• The surviving Great Venerables were stunned by the instant kill, while Heaven-Dominating Ancestor and Elysium Ancestor celebrated Heavenly Severance Ancestor's death.
• The Great Venerables suspected Su Bai's Wooden Sword was the one Peerless Heavenly Venerable had used to carve through the Myriad Races, and their shock turned to greed.
• The surviving Great Venerables agreed to keep their distance and drain Su Bai's mana, then launched their strongest techniques at him together.