Chapter Summaries

The Dragon Demon forced Ye Liang to retrieve the Cloudtop Heavenly Palace’s Nine Dragon Secret Seeking Ruler in exchange for removing the Fire Dragon Poison, then sent him back in time to his first arrival at the Immortal Realm. As Ye Liang entered the realm, Zi Ling and her companions waited for a mortal cultivator to arrive, and the women learned she had bribed a Reception Envoy with half of her clan’s Violet Spirit Pearl.

• The Dragon Demon demanded that Ye Liang infiltrate the Immortal Realm and obtain the Nine Dragon Secret Seeking Ruler, promising to remove his Fire Dragon Poison afterward.
• The Dragon Demon sent Ye Liang back to the moment before the immortal first appeared, and Ye Liang recognized that time had been reversed.
• Ye Liang shoved the immortal aside and entered the Immortal Realm, while the Dragon Demon watched and hoped he would complete the task quickly.
• In Kazefu City, Zi Ling waited with demon women by the Immortal Gate for an old acquaintance from the mortal world to ascend.
• Zi Ling admitted that she had bribed the Reception Envoy with half a Violet Spirit Pearl, shocking the Red-Veiled Woman and the other women.

Ye Liang arrived in the Immortal Realm, kicked the Reception Envoy out of the gate, and declared he would join Cloudtop Heavenly Palace. His words revealed to Zi Ling that the legendary Cloudtop Heavenly Palace was now known as the Slaughter Gate, and the Celestial Fox Clan withdrew rather than risk offending it.

• Ye Liang fought the Reception Envoy inside the passage and kicked him through the Gate of Immortal Realm.
• Ye Liang picked up a purple bead, then insulted a Seven Mysteries Sect cultivator who challenged his arrogance.
• Ye Liang declared he would join the strongest sect and named Cloudtop Heavenly Palace.
• Hong Ling told Zi Ling that Cloudtop Heavenly Palace was now called the Slaughter Gate, a feared assassin organization.
• Hong Ling decided the Celestial Fox Clan could not recruit Ye Liang, and Zi Ling reluctantly left with her.

Ye Liang was approached at night by a winged recruiter from Slaughter Gate, who accepted him after seeing him defeat a spatial attack. Ye Liang received a Record Wood Slip with information about the sect and the location of its entrance test.

• Ye Liang concluded that the other sects feared recruiting him because he had mentioned Slaughter Gate, then went to sleep in his guest room.
• A winged black figure peered through Ye Liang's window, but Ye Liang evaded him and confronted him outside.
• The winged man attacked Ye Liang with feathers that passed through space, and Ye Liang stopped them by locking down the surrounding space.
• The man revealed that he was a recruiter for Slaughter Gate and accepted Ye Liang as a new member after praising his combat ability.
• The recruiter gave Ye Liang a Record Wood Slip containing information about Slaughter Gate and directions to his entrance test, then flew away.

Ye Liang traveled toward the Slaughter Gate’s assessment site through the Savage Beast Forest and was attacked by a subterranean creature and a spatial Golden Eagle. The alien recruiter discovered that Ye Liang had mistakenly entered the dangerous forest instead of taking the teleportation array.

• Ye Liang checked his map and set off for the Slaughter Gate’s assessment site, crossing the Savage Beast Forest.
• A creature beneath the forest pierced Ye Liang’s abdomen with its tongue, but he escaped by using a decoy.
• Ye Liang flew above the clouds to avoid the underground creature, and a spatial Golden Eagle swooped down on him.
• The alien recruiter returned to the black-robed Slaughter Gate members and explained that Ye Liang had survived his Spatial Predation Technique and been recruited.
• The alien recruiter checked the map for Ye Liang and realized he had entered the Savage Beast Forest instead of taking the teleportation array.

Ye Liang fought his way through the Savage Beast Forest and escaped its outskirts, unaware that a powerful beast was pursuing Wang Wu. At the Slaughter Gate assessment site, an examiner made the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Little Princess wait for Ye Liang despite reports that he had likely died.

• Ye Liang battled numerous Immortal-level beasts in the Savage Beast Forest and struggled to reach his assessment destination on time.
• Ye Liang rescued Wang Wu from a charging herd of rhinoceroses with Rashomons, but she thanked him briefly and ran off with her bundle.
• A black shadow pursued Wang Wu and threatened to kill Ye Liang after bringing the young master back, while Ye Liang sensed a deadly presence and hurried out of the forest.
• Ye Liang changed out of his bloodied clothes at the forest’s rocky boundary and continued toward his destination.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Little Princess urged the Slaughter Gate examiner to begin her assessment, but he insisted she wait for Ye Liang according to the organization’s rules.

Ye Liang fought the rampaging Rock Mountain Giant after it attacked him, while a young woman and a black-robed examiner watched nearby. He destroyed the giant from within and emerged as it collapsed, leaving the young woman’s examination unresolved.

• The young woman watched as a Rock Mountain Giant rose from the ground and began attacking something nearby.
• Ye Liang dodged the giant’s attacks, then used Shinra Tensei and his Shuriken transformation to enter its body.
• Ye Liang tried to attack the giant from within, but an unstable magnetic field interfered with his abilities.
• The young woman urged the black-robed examiner to act, but the examiner told her that driving back the giant was her entrance examination.
• The Rock Mountain Giant’s fist stopped before the examiner, then its body collapsed as Ye Liang broke out from inside.
• Ye Liang explained that he had nearly been trapped in the giant because its interior lacked Spiritual Energy and disrupted his techniques.

Ye Liang reached the Slaughter Gate’s examination site after killing a Rock Mountain Giant and was declared to have passed, while Le Sisi failed for avoiding the task. As they followed the examiner toward a forest, Le Sisi invited Ye Liang to join her Ten Thousand Swords Sect and explained she planned to return there after learning the Slaughter Gate’s techniques.

• Ye Liang met Le Sisi and the black-robed examiner, and told Le Sisi he had ascended from the lower realm.
• The examiner declared Ye Liang passed because he had defeated the Rock Mountain Giant, but said Le Sisi failed because she had avoided fighting it.
• Ye Liang claimed he had defeated the giant by exploiting an existing wound and suggested Le Sisi be given another examination.
• The examiner accepted Ye Liang’s explanation and led him and Le Sisi toward a dense forest.
• Le Sisi praised Ye Liang and invited him to join the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, revealing she was the sect master’s daughter and intended to return after studying at the Slaughter Gate.

Ye Liang and Le Sisi searched for a demon beast to satisfy Slaughter Gate’s last-minute assessment, unaware that an opponent of Immortal strength was enough to pass. Le Sisi passed after bringing in a Hellhound, while Ye Liang plunged into a lake and began fighting a God-tier water dragon.

• The examiner explained that the assessment required defeating a suitable demon beast before the deadline, and Ye Liang and Le Sisi split up to search.
• Ye Liang killed several Saint Spirit Realm beasts but dismissed them as too weak and continued looking for a stronger opponent.
• Le Sisi brought the examiner a Blazing Hellhound, and the examiner declared her assessment passed.
• Ye Liang sensed a powerful presence in a lake and swam toward it, unaware that he only needed to defeat an Immortal-level beast.
• A God-tier water dragon emerged and confronted Ye Liang, who drew his Alloy Sword and attacked as Le Sisi watched from nearby.

Ye Liang fought the Saint-level Water Dragon and defeated it with a combination of Time Stop, illusions, clones, and precise attacks. After beheading it and sealing its head away, he confirmed its death and rested.

• Le Sisi and the black-robed examiner watched in shock as Ye Liang challenged the Water Dragon, a powerful Saint-level demonic beast.
• Ye Liang used Time Stop to land thousands of attacks and break much of the Water Dragon’s scaled armor, but the Water Dragon healed and counterattacked.
• Ye Liang used an illusion to confuse the Water Dragon, then created thousands of clones to harass it from afar until it fled.
• Ye Liang burst from underground and attacked the fleeing Water Dragon’s vulnerable neck, using Time Stop to sever most of it.
• Ye Liang snapped the Water Dragon’s neck, sealed its head into the void, and waited until its body cooled before resting after his first fair fight as a sage.

Ye Liang slew the Water Dragon and passed the Slaughter Gate's assessment, impressing Le Sisi and the black-robed examiner. He and Le Sisi entered the Immortal Realm and headed toward Slaughter Gate headquarters, where the elders were gathering to receive the new disciples.

• Le Sisi and the black-robed examiner were shocked by Ye Liang's strength after he killed the Water Dragon, and Le Sisi considered recruiting him for the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Ye Liang praised Le Sisi for completing the test before him, and she led him to the black-robed examiner.
• The black-robed examiner opened a spatial gate with a compass and led Ye Liang and Le Sisi through it.
• Tian Nanqi argued with Di Nanshou at Slaughter Gate headquarters, then headed for the Gathering of Sages Hall as the elders prepared to welcome the new disciples.

Ye Liang and Le Sisi crossed Void Crossing and learned that the Rainbow Bridge kept the Void Race and other outer-domain enemies from entering the Immortal Realm. At the bridge’s teleportation gate, they encountered a gathering of powerful Slaughter Gate examinees, including famous young heirs and a Saint Son.

• Le Sisi explained that travelers using Space Channels had to pass through Void Crossing, and that spatial techniques could not safely cross between planes.
• The Void Race appeared beneath the Rainbow Bridge, so the black-robed examiner hurried Ye Liang and Le Sisi across it; the bridge’s barrier blocked the invaders.
• Ye Liang suspected the demon’s claim that someone was monitoring him had been a lie, then saw the enormous Dimensional Teleportation Gate at the bridge’s summit.
• Le Sisi explained that travelers needed to register with the gatekeepers and obtain guide tokens before using the gate to reach their destinations.
• Slaughter Gate examinees arrived with hundreds of students, including the Triumphant Sect Great Elder’s youngest son and Shu Mountain Sect’s Heavenly Saint Son.
• Le Sisi told Ye Liang that the Saint Son had reached the second level of the Saint Realm and explained that each major immortal realm had nine levels.

Ye Liang and Le Sisi entered the Slaughter Gate, where the gathered recruits included an unexpected group of Immortal Realm prodigies. Separated from Le Sisi and hiding his identity from a Scholar he recognized, Ye Liang returned to her side as the Scholar sensed an unexplained connection to him.

• The black-robed examiner gave Ye Liang and another recruit guidance tokens and explained that they would take them through the spatial gate to the Slaughter Gate.
• Tian Nanqi and Di Nanshou welcomed the arrivals above the Gathering Hall of Sages, then argued over which of them had recruited the more impressive students.
• Le Sisi arrived among the prodigies but could not find Ye Liang, who had been separated from her during their passage through the gate.
• Ye Liang recognized the Scholar from the Kuye Kingdom, concealed his identity with his bamboo hat, and returned to Le Sisi's side.
• The Scholar sensed a faint connection to Ye Liang and wondered whether it related to his experience in the mortal world.

Ye Liang learned that Slaughter Gate had assigned him to the outer sect and made him work in its herb fields, but he discovered that he could earn contribution points to exchange for magic artifacts. When he joined a crowded queue at the Treasure Pavilion, the alien man who had recruited him recognized him and exclaimed that he was still alive.

• Ye Liang woke, learned he had been assigned to grow herbs as an outer disciple, and resented the chores and annual contribution requirement.
• Ye Liang spoke with Yaoshi, who explained that disciples could exchange contribution points for magic artifacts at the Treasure Pavilion.
• Ye Liang hurried to the Treasure Pavilion, where he found a long queue of newcomers seeking Slaughter Gate's Spatial Secret Technique.
• The alien man who had recruited Ye Liang spotted him and exclaimed that he was not dead.

Ye Liang entered the Slaughter Gate’s Treasure Pavilion with Tian Nanqi and searched for a manual after learning about the sect’s treasures and access rules. Outside, jealous disciples plotted to attack him once they got inside.

• Ye Liang confronted Tian Nanqi for failing to tell him about the teleportation array and complained that the elders had passed him over for inner-disciple status.
• Tian Nanqi invited Ye Liang into the Treasure Pavilion as compensation, and Ye Liang entered ahead of the waiting disciples.
• Tian Nanqi explained the pavilion’s treasures and disciple access, then flew to the second floor while Ye Liang stayed below.
• Ye Liang inspected the Immortal Artifacts, found none with an Artifact Spirit, and began searching the shelves for a Slaughter Gate technique.
• Jealous disciples accused Ye Liang of cutting in line and agreed to attack him together once they entered the pavilion.

Ye Liang dismissed an incomplete manual in the Treasure Pavilion and was surrounded by young masters seeking revenge. He easily defeated most of them, but a bald, fur-clad cultivator pierced his chest with a sword technique, leaving Ye Liang stunned by the strength of the Cultivation World’s techniques.

• Ye Liang rejected the incomplete Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Finger manual and searched the first floor for more useful cultivation techniques.
• A group of young masters confronted Ye Liang, and he slowed their movements before they tried to attack him.
• Ye Liang dodged and used a blade formed from gathered air to pin one attacker to a bookshelf, then knocked down most of the group.
• The gatekeeper and Tian Nanqi watched as the gatekeeper warned that powerful immortal sects stood behind the young masters.
• The bald, fur-clad young master used the Hundred-Pace Flying Sword to pierce Ye Liang’s chest, surprising him with the technique’s speed and power.

Ye Liang fought the young masters in the Treasure Pavilion, but Di Nanshou intervened and attacked him. The gatekeeper elder recognized Ye Liang's Undying Evil Art as a flawed, incomplete version, while Tian Nanqi watched from upstairs.

• Ye Liang survived a Hundred-Pace Flying Sword through his chest, pulled the sword free, and prepared to finish off the young master who had struck him.
• Di Nanshou arrived, accused Ye Liang of breaking the Treasure Pavilion's rules, and attacked him because he suspected Tian Nanqi had brought him in.
• The gatekeeper elder stopped Tian Nanqi from intervening and predicted that Ye Liang would survive.
• Ye Liang struck Di Nanshou's earlobe with a punch, drawing blood and provoking him to use the Beast King Fist.
• Di Nanshou's Beast King Fist hit Ye Liang in the chest, and the gatekeeper elder identified Ye Liang's survival technique as a defective form of the Undying Evil Art.

Ye Liang used the Treasure Pavilion’s protective bookshelves to reflect Di Nanshou’s attack and defeat him. Though Di Nanshou revealed that Ye Liang was marked by Garuda’s Death Curse, a miniature dragon inside Ye Liang devoured the curse, leaving him unharmed.

• Tian Nanqi considered intervening, but the gatekeeper elder suggested Ye Liang might exploit the Treasure Pavilion’s defenses to defeat Di Nanshou.
• Ye Liang discovered that the bookshelves repelled attacks and used one to send Di Nanshou’s own Saint power back at him, heavily injuring him.
• Ye Liang mocked Di Nanshou for his arrogance and carelessness while Tian Nanqi laughed at his archrival’s defeat.
• The gatekeeper elder warned Tian Nanqi that Ye Liang bore Garuda’s Death Curse, and Di Nanshou threatened to activate it.
• A miniature dragon inside Ye Liang devoured the curse runes, and Ye Liang asked what Di Nanshou had been saying.

Ye Liang survived Di Nanshou’s curse because a powerful dragon inside him devoured the curse runes, then learned that his victory had earned him promotion to Inner Disciple. The chapter ended with Yaoshi explaining how difficult and dangerous it was for ordinary cultivators to reach the Saint stage.

• Di Nanshou discovered that the dragon inside Ye Liang had absorbed his curse runes and secretly decided to investigate Ye Liang’s powerful curse.
• Tian Nanqi and the gatekeeping elder checked Ye Liang, found no Garuda curse, and watched Di Nanshou leave without revealing what he had seen.
• Ye Liang found that his injuries and exhaustion had vanished, while Di Nanshou concealed his discovery of the dragon.
• Tian Nanqi publicized Ye Liang’s victory, and Ye Liang received an Inner Disciple identity plaque at the Medicine Garden the next day.
• Yaoshi told Ye Liang that advancing through the Saint stage could take centuries because of the resources, breakthroughs, and dangers involved.

Ye Liang went to Slaughter Gate’s Mission Hall seeking a dangerous red mission, but the mission fairy initially found none suitable. When a golden mission appeared, she registered Ye Liang for it, leaving him assigned to the elder-level task, “Resolve the Rainbow Bridge Calamity.”

• Ye Liang arrived at the Mission Hall after entrusting Yaoshi with watering the herbs and asked the mission fairy for a red mission.
• The mission fairy doubted Ye Liang could handle dangerous work, but changed her attitude after recognizing him as the disciple who had defeated Elder Di Nanshou.
• The mission fairy confirmed that no suitable red missions were available, and Ye Liang was left without a task.
• A golden mission called “Resolve the Rainbow Bridge Calamity” appeared on the board, drawing disciples who coveted its enormous reward.
• The mission fairy warned that the golden mission was meant for elders, but the disciples rushed to claim it.
• Unable to stop the disciples, the mission fairy entered Ye Liang’s name for the golden mission, and it appeared on the board.

Ye Liang was forced to help the Rainbow Bridge Guards repel an unusually large Void Clan invasion, despite being unprepared for the mission. His attempt to teleport the guards beneath the bridge failed when the protective barrier destroyed his Flying Thunder God Kunai.

• Tian Nanqi told Ye Liang that the Slaughter Gate would hunt him down if he abandoned the mission, so Ye Liang headed to the Rainbow Bridge battlefield.
• A Rainbow Bridge Guard dragged Ye Liang into the battle and asked him to teleport captains beneath the bridge to help repel the Void Clan and clear the corpse pile.
• Ye Liang saw the Void Clan overwhelm the bridge defenses and kill a Rainbow Bridge Guard, then decided to use his Flying Thunder God technique to transport the cultivators.
• Ye Liang threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai beneath the bridge, but the Rainbow Bridge's protective barrier destroyed it.
• A Rainbow Bridge Guard explained that the barrier blocked weapons, while their specially crafted weapons could pass through.