Chapter Summaries

Supreme Mi Hong revealed himself after defeating Feng Yu, Mo Yanqing, and Luo Tianxiang with one move. He warned them that Nie Yun’s master was a Heaven-Seizing Creation Realm expert, but then led them toward a plot to kill Nie Yun while he recovered.

• Mi Hong revealed his identity as the Mitian Sect’s sect master and challenged Feng Yu, Mo Yanqing, and Luo Tianxiang.
• Mi Hong defeated all three Supreme Peak experts at once, dispersing their combined attack with a single grasp.
• Mi Hong said he would not rashly attack Nie Yun because he feared Nie Yun’s master, whom he believed was a Heaven-Seizing Creation Realm expert.
• Mi Hong told the others that Nie Yun had destroyed the Assassin's Guild and was recovering on a mountain in the eastern outskirts.
• Feng Yu, Mo Yanqing, and Luo Tianxiang agreed to follow Mi Hong, who urged them to surround and kill Nie Yun.

Nie Yun cultivated in a cave on Luoding Mountain, strengthening his true qi and discovering how his ten dantians accelerated its circulation. After struggling to create a sword technique that balanced force and flexibility, he devised a move that combined Hidden Strength with Earthly Momentum and left the cave wall in ruins.

• Nie Yun absorbed spiritual energy from his remaining spirit stones and found that his vast sea of qi kept him at the early Supreme stage despite the increased depth of his strength.
• Nie Yun discovered that his ten dantians were arranged to increase his true qi circulation and absorption speed tenfold.
• Nie Yun practiced with the Profound Jade Sword, repeatedly rejecting techniques that relied only on lightness or brute force.
• Nie Yun realized he could transmit Hidden Strength through the Profound Jade Sword and began testing it against the cave walls.
• Nie Yun combined Hidden Strength with Earthly Momentum, pulverizing a smooth wall and blasting a passage hundreds of meters through the mountain.

After training in the cave, Nie Yun emerged to face Mi Hong, Feng Yu, Mo Yanqing, and Luo Tianxiang, who threatened his family and demanded what his master had obtained from Luoqu Tomb. Nie Yun attacked, and his sword struck Feng Yu and Luo Tianxiang down as the battle began.

• Nie Yun emerged from the cave after strengthening his true energy and sensed four Supremes approaching under a Forbidden-Wave Essence Formation.
• Feng Yu, Mo Yanqing, Luo Tianxiang, and Mi Hong surrounded Nie Yun and demanded that his master hand over what he had obtained from Luoqu Tomb.
• Mi Hong threatened Nie Yun's parents, Luo Qingcheng, and Tie Lan'er unless Nie Yun cooperated.
• Nie Yun attacked Luo Tianxiang, while Feng Yu joined in with his Wind Spirit Heavenly Wings.
• Nie Yun combined his Mighty Dantian with Earthly Momentum and struck Feng Yu and Luo Tianxiang with the Profound Jade Sword, shattering their heart meridians.

Nie Yun crippled Feng Yu, Luo Tianxiang, and Mo Yanqing, then challenged Mi Hong Supreme after vowing to destroy the Mitian Sect. He tricked Mi Hong with a feigned warning and defeated the empire’s strongest expert with one sword, leaving the battle decided.

• Nie Yun crippled Feng Yu and Luo Tianxiang with one sword, then struck Mo Yanqing through a boulder and destroyed his cultivation.
• Nie Yun vowed to wipe out the Mitian Sect after Mi Hong Supreme confronted him with a great saber.
• Nie Yun revealed his ten dantians and used the Inch-Shrinking Step to close in on Mi Hong, who attacked with the Formless Mitian Saber.
• Nie Yun dodged Mi Hong’s slash with the Zhuang Sheng Butterfly Steps, then shouted that his master was behind Mi Hong to create an opening.
• Mi Hong fled, but Nie Yun caught up and struck him with Manifest Strength and Hidden Strength, pulverizing his internal organs.

Nie Yun defeated Supreme Mi Hong through deception and tried to learn where his captured family was being held. Mi Hong died before revealing their location, leaving Nie Yun questioning who else was involved.

• Nie Yun used the aura of a supposed master to catch Supreme Mi Hong off guard, defeated him, and sealed his acupoints.
• Supreme Mi Hong admitted that he had joined the Assassin's Guild and the imperial family to capture Nie Yun's parents and Luo Zhanhao for the Tianji Sword.
• Supreme Mi Hong feigned an attack with a Supreme Talisman Jade Token, prompting Nie Yun to kill him before he could reveal where the captives were.
• Nie Yun realized Mi Hong's account did not explain the involvement of the Floating Sky Continent, the Demon Race, or the Sacred Continent.
• Nie Yun killed Feng Yu, Luo Tianxiang, and Mo Yanqing, then sat down to absorb spiritual energy and recover.

After recovering from his battle with Mi Hong the Supreme, Nie Yun led an army of Demon Beasts into Shenfeng City and attacked the imperial palace. He demanded that the Emperor come out, threatening to kill everyone inside if he did not.

• Nie Yun recovered fully, gathered the Wind Wolf King, Purple Eye, Black Rock, and their Demon Beasts, and led them toward Shenfeng City.
• The Emperor learned that Nie Yun was leading the Demon Beasts and feared that Feng Yu had been killed.
• Nie Yun shattered Shenfeng City's gate and wall, entered with his army, and warned the citizens not to attack or obstruct the Demon Beasts.
• Nie Yun told the city guards that he wanted no unnecessary deaths, while the Black Bear killed a force loyal to the imperial family.
• Nie Yun brought the Demon Beasts to the imperial palace, crushed its tallest building with a palm strike, and demanded that the Emperor come out or face the deaths of everyone inside.

The imperial emperor tried to rally the ministers to kill Nie Yun, but Nie Yun reached the imperial palace and demanded that the emperor come out. The ministers turned on the emperor, while the people of Shenfeng City praised Nie Yun and lost faith in the imperial court.

• The imperial emperor offered the ministers free access to the palace treasury if they joined him in killing Nie Yun, then crushed one minister who refused to serve him.
• Nie Yun’s voice thundered through the palace, demanding that the imperial emperor come out and threatening the palace if no one answered.
• The first two ministers who had sworn loyalty attacked the imperial emperor and urged the others to join them rather than face Nie Yun.
• The remaining ministers attacked the imperial emperor, starting a rebellion before Nie Yun had entered the palace.
• The people outside the imperial city praised Nie Yun’s strength and condemned the imperial emperor for hiding from him.

Nie Yun captured the Shenfeng Empire’s emperor and learned that Yang Yan, Feng Xiao, and his parents were imprisoned in the Mitian Sect’s back mountain. After killing the emperor, he left to rescue them and ordered the Wind Family exterminated.

• Ministers led the battered emperor before Nie Yun and pledged to support him as the Shenfeng Empire’s new ruler.
• Nie Yun questioned the emperor, who revealed that Yang Yan, Feng Xiao, and Nie Yun’s parents were being held in the Mitian Sect’s back mountain.
• Nie Yun promised not to kill the emperor, then had the Wind Wolf King kill him after he disclosed the captives’ location.
• Nie Yun told minister Meng Qimo to leave none of the Wind Family alive and flew toward the Mitian Sect with his demon beasts.
• The ministers carried out Nie Yun’s order, and later records described the Wind Family’s destruction and the slaughter of tens of thousands.

Yang Yan and Feng Xiao learned that the Mitian Sect’s prison had held even Supreme experts captive, and feared Nie Yun would be killed if he tried to rescue them. Nie Yun then appeared in the prison, challenging the old man’s claim that he had no chance of surviving.

• Yang Yan and Feng Xiao discussed their failed escape attempts with an old prisoner, who said he had been imprisoned for thirty-seven years and that no one had escaped.
• The old man revealed that they were imprisoned in the Mitian Sect, ruled by Supreme Peak expert Venerable Mi Hong, and warned that even early Supreme experts had died there.
• Yang Yan and Feng Xiao explained that Nie Yun had reached the Supreme realm after recently being at the peak of the Weapon Armor Realm, but the old man doubted he could overcome Mi Hong.
• Yang Yan and Feng Xiao worried that Nie Yun would trace their disappearance to the Mitian Sect and be killed if he came to save them.
• Nie Yun entered the prison and challenged the old man’s prediction that he would die.

Nie Yun broke into the Mitian Sect to rescue Feng Xiao and Yang Yan, killing the prison guards and tearing apart their cell’s seal while healing them. Three Supreme experts and a powerful demonic beast arrived, and one of the experts challenged Nie Yun’s right to act in the sect.

• Nie Yun quietly entered the Mitian Sect and found Feng Xiao and Yang Yan imprisoned but not seriously injured.
• Nie Yun killed the disciples who surrounded him before they could strike, shocking the old man sharing Yang Yan’s cell.
• Nie Yun broke the seal on the cell and began healing Feng Xiao and Yang Yan despite their urging him to flee.
• Three Supreme experts and a Supreme-level golden-furred demonic beast arrived at the prison.
• A middle-aged man in green recognized Nie Yun as Lord King Yun and warned him that the Mitian Sect was not a place where he could run wild.

Nie Yun defeated Jun Xing and the other Mitian Sect Supremes, then broke into the sect’s treasure hall. Jun Xing threatened that the Sect Master would never forgive him as Nie Yun began taking the sect’s treasures.

• Nie Yun healed Feng Xiao and Yang Yan, but the Mitian Sect’s experts demanded he kneel and pay compensation.
• Jun Xing attacked Nie Yun with the Earth King's Hegemony Fist, but Nie Yun knocked him flat with one move.
• The other two Supremes and a demonic beast attacked together, and Nie Yun shattered their combined attack and injured them.
• Nie Yun located the Mitian Sect’s treasure hall with Tracking Qi and broke through its walls with his sword.
• Jun Xing rose and angrily warned Nie Yun that the Sect Master would never let him go for taking the sect’s treasures.

Nie Yun destroyed the Mitian Sect, took its treasures and freed Feng Xiao, Yang Yan, and Luo Xiaofeng before flying with them to the imperial city. When officials and guards greeted him as Your Majesty, his companions realized that he was the Emperor of the Shenfeng Empire.

• Nie Yun killed the Mitian Sect's remaining leaders and beasts, then collected the sect's treasures, including a second Purple Splendor Jade Seal.
• Nie Yun freed Luo Xiaofeng and accepted his offer to follow him, asking him to train Feng Xiao and Yang Yan.
• Nie Yun ordered the Wind Wolf King, Purple Eye, and Black Rock to eliminate the remaining Mitian Sect members, then carried his companions toward Shenfeng City.
• Yang Yan, Feng Xiao, and Luo Xiaofeng discussed Nie Yun's supposed royal title and warned him to be cautious around the Emperor.
• Nie Yun flew directly into the imperial palace, where officials and Imperial Guards knelt and hailed him as Your Majesty.
• Feng Xiao, Yang Yan, and Luo Xiaofeng realized that Nie Yun was the Emperor of the Shenfeng Empire.

After becoming emperor of the Nie Clan Empire, Nie Yun refined Body-Transforming Bone-Scouring Pills and used them to strengthen his Demon Pets. He left Purple Eye and Iron Rock to guard the capital and flew with the Wind Wolf King to help Tie Lan’s Bronze Arm Giant Ape advance.

• Nie Yun accepted the ministers’ support, became the empire’s first emperor, and renamed the Shenfeng Empire the Nie Clan Empire.
• Nie Yun found rare herbs in the royal treasure vault and combined them with Mitian Sect ingredients to refine Body-Transforming Bone-Scouring Pills.
• Nie Yun gave pills to the Wind Wolf King, Purple Eye, and Iron Rock, strengthening them; the Wind Wolf King reached the Supreme Peak.
• Nie Yun considered using a Heaven-Seizing Creation Realm demon core to help a beast break through, but recognized he could not defeat such an expert himself.
• Nie Yun left Purple Eye and Iron Rock to guard the imperial city, then flew with the Wind Wolf King toward the Tie Yan Mercenary Group to help Tie Lan’s Bronze Arm Giant Ape advance.

Shenfeng City celebrated Nie Yun’s rise to emperor, and Tie Lan’s family found themselves surrounded by people hoping to use their connection to him. Nie Yun arrived at the Tie Yan Mercenary Group, where Tie Lan recognized his voice and Cao Dan learned he had stopped the emperor at the door.

• People across Shenfeng City praised Nie Yun, while influential merchants visited Iron Rock to curry favor with the Tie Yan Mercenary Group.
• Tie Lan criticized the visitors for ignoring her family when they were in trouble and seeking them out only after Nie Yun became emperor.
• Tie Long and Iron Rock marveled at how quickly Nie Yun had risen to power.
• A mercenary announced that someone claiming to be Tie Lan’s friend wanted an audience, and Tie Lan said she would not meet them.
• Nie Yun entered the hall despite Cao Dan’s attempts to stop him, and Tie Lan recognized his voice.
• Tie Long rebuked Cao Dan and told him that the man he had blocked was Emperor Nie Yun.

Nie Yun learned that his parents and the others had been taken to the Sacred Empire, where he suspected someone was colluding with the Demon Race. After helping Tie Lan’s demon beasts, he sensed an unexpected visitor and hurried away on the Wind Wolf King.

• Iron Rock told Nie Yun that flying demon beasts had carried his parents and the others through the Purple Jade Mountain Range toward the Sacred Empire.
• Nie Yun concluded that he would go to the Sacred Empire to investigate and rescue his family.
• Nie Yun gave the Bronze Arm Giant Ape a Body-Transforming Bone-Scouring Pill, and it broke through to the peak of the Qi Master Realm.
• Nie Yun gave Tie Lan’s Black Cloud Leopard another pill, then abruptly left after sensing someone nearby.

Nie Yun returned to the imperial capital, where Bai Huaxiu invited him to explore the recently discovered Demon Saint Ancient Ruins and revealed that her companions had found a way to enter deeper inside. After learning she had obtained a leaf from a Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree, Nie Yun reacted warily to her request for an alliance, leaving their cooperation uncertain.

• Nie Yun returned to the imperial capital and met Bai Huaxiu, who congratulated him on destroying the Mitian Sect.
• Bai Huaxiu invited Nie Yun to explore the Demon Saint Ancient Ruins, believed to be the remains of a powerful Demon Race saint.
• Bai Huaxiu showed Nie Yun a leaf from the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree and explained that she had found it while exploring the ruins with companions.
• Bai Huaxiu said a Special Talent user could lead them deeper into the ruins and asked Nie Yun to join her for protection against her companions.
• Nie Yun questioned whether Bai Huaxiu trusted him not to betray her, and her expression turned ugly.

Nie Yun, traveling under the alias Yun Tong, joined Bai Huaxiu on an expedition to the Demon Saint Ancient Ruins in search of a Soaring Water Master and a chance to strengthen himself before entering the Sacred Empire. After a week of flight, they reached the Endless Ocean and headed for Tianxing City to meet Bai Huaxiu’s friends.

• Bai Huaxiu told Nie Yun that her friends had found a Soaring Water Master, whose talent would help them explore the Demon Saint Ancient Ruins beneath the Endless Ocean.
• Nie Yun agreed to conceal his identity as Yun Tong and leave with Bai Huaxiu, hoping the expedition would help him grow strong enough to rescue his parents from the Sacred Empire.
• Before departing Shenfeng City, Nie Yun secretly instructed the Wind Wolf King, Purple Eye, and Black Rock to protect Yang Yan, Feng Xiao, Tie Lan, Luo Qingcheng, and the others.
• Bai Huaxiu and Nie Yun flew for three days and nights, rested for half a day, then traveled another three days and nights to reach the edge of the Shenfeng Empire.
• Bai Huaxiu pointed out Tianxing City on the coast and descended with Nie Yun to meet her friends.

Nie Yun and Bai Huaxiu arrived in Tianxing City and were denied private courtyards after the city lord’s son accused them of impersonating Supremes. The city lord recognized Nie Yun and bowed to him as the emperor.

• Nie Yun and Bai Huaxiu entered Tianxing City and ate at Tianxing Inn, where diners discussed Nie Yun’s recent victories and Supreme Peak strength.
• The city lord’s son mocked Nie Yun for claiming to be himself, then provoked the pair over access to the inn’s independent courtyards.
• The innkeeper said the courtyards were reserved for passing Supremes but granted one to the city lord’s son.
• Bai Huaxiu revealed her Supreme Peak aura, but she and Nie Yun could not produce Supreme Tokens, so the city lord’s son ordered guards to seize them as frauds.
• The city lord arrived, recognized Nie Yun, and knelt to pay respects to him as Your Majesty.

After Yi Mo recognized Nie Yun as the new emperor, he arranged lodging for Nie Yun and Bai Huaxiu in Tianxing City. Their rest was interrupted by powerful cultivators gathering for an expedition to the Demon Saint Ancient Ruins, and Nie Yun challenged Mu Shengxue after the swordsman insulted him.

• Yi Mo rebuked his son for offending Nie Yun and revealed that Nie Yun had destroyed the Assassin's Guild, Mitian Sect, and imperial royal family before ascending the throne.
• Nie Yun ordered Yi Mo to keep his presence secret and arrange two courtyards at Tianxing Inn.
• Bai Huaxiu sensed powerful cultivators approaching, and she and Nie Yun went to meet them above the sea.
• Mu Shengxue, Young Master Qi Yang, Mu Qing, Mu Xia, and Soaring Water Master arrived for the search for the Demon Saint Ancient Ruins.
• After Mu Shengxue and Mu Qing called Nie Yun dead weight, Nie Yun retorted that Mu Shengxue was the real trash and should stay behind.

Nie Yun joined Qi Yang’s group to search for the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree, but Mu Shengxue challenged him before they could begin their expedition. After Nie Yun defeated Mu Shengxue, the group argued over how to divide the treasures, leaving the proposed shares disputed.

• Mu Shengxue challenged Nie Yun to a fight after Ouyang and Qi Yang encouraged them to test each other’s abilities.
• Nie Yun used Hidden Strength to break through Mu Shengxue’s Light Net sword qi and defeat him with one punch.
• Qi Yang accepted Nie Yun as a companion for the search for the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree.
• Mu Qing and Mu Xia proposed dividing the treasures evenly, while Ouyang demanded one-third for guiding the group through the water.
• Qi Yang claimed one-third for himself and Ouyang, leaving the remaining third for the other five, prompting objections from Mu Qing, Mu Xia, and Bai Huaxiu.