Ch. 27The Final Arena

He Xian killed six Emperor Clan experts in the arena, forcing the survivors to concede and winning the battle. He was transported to the final arena, where an imposing Escape One Realm opponent offered to let him recover before they fought.

  • He Xian killed Yu Yu, Suo Gu, and Wu Kun, sparing Wu Kun’s head out of respect for his fighting spirit.
  • He Xian gathered the fallen Emperor Clan members into his furnace and asked the four remaining fighters whether they still wanted to fight.
  • Heavenly Blade and the other remaining Emperor Clan members conceded, leaving He Xian as the arena’s sole victor.
  • He Xian was transported to the final arena and met an imposing young man who offered him time to recover.
  • He Xian sensed that the young man’s aura suppressed his Great Dao and wondered whether he possessed Ten Thousand Laws Cannot Invade.

Ch. 28Showdown with the Wu Shang Lineage

He Xian faced Hao Feng of the Wu Shang Lineage in the Foreign Realm’s final arena, where their cultivation realms were equalized. Their battle remained evenly matched as Hao Feng unleashed his lineage’s supreme art, leaving the contest unresolved.

  • Hao Feng introduced himself as a successor of the Wu Shang Lineage, and He Xian challenged him to fight.
  • Hao Feng recognized the blood of seven Emperor Clans on He Xian’s clothes, and He Xian dismissed those opponents as insignificant.
  • He Xian and Hao Feng’s first clash showed that Hao Feng’s immunity to all arts greatly weakened He Xian’s attacks, but could not erase his fighting will.
  • He Xian and Hao Feng exchanged more than a thousand blows, proving evenly matched in strength and combat skill.
  • Hao Feng became excited by He Xian’s resistance and unleashed the Wu Shang Clan’s fundamental art, attacking with a sweeping halberd strike.

Ch. 29Clash with the Wu Shang Lineage, Part Two

He Xian fought Hao Feng, the Wu Shang Lineage’s chosen prodigy, in a fierce battle that pushed both their powers to the limit. As Hao Feng called back his Bronze Halberd, He Xian’s Indestructible Scripture neared a breakthrough.

  • He Xian caught Hao Feng’s Bronze Halberd and drove him back with punches and palm strikes.
  • After more than fifteen hundred exchanges, Hao Feng was wounded, threw aside his halberd, and fought He Xian barehanded.
  • He Xian injured Hao Feng badly, but Hao Feng’s Ancestral Arts broke through He Xian’s golden body and fractured his bones.
  • He Xian renewed his assault and unleashed a Great Sun that bore down on Hao Feng.
  • Hao Feng summoned his Bronze Halberd and unleashed its full power against He Xian.
  • He Xian felt his Indestructible Scripture approaching a breakthrough as his body’s metallic sheen spread amid wind and thunder.

Ch. 30Ascending to the Pinnacle

He Xian reached the half-step Supreme level and defeated Hao Feng in a brutal battle, overcoming Ten Thousand Laws Cannot Invade. The World Tree bestowed on him the title Sky-Supporting, and he discovered that the title gave him a measure of authority over the Foreign Realm’s myriad Daos.

  • He Xian broke through to the half-step Supreme level and seized Hao Feng’s bronze halberd with his bare hands.
  • He Xian and Hao Feng fought fiercely as Hao Feng relied on Ten Thousand Laws Cannot Invade to counter He Xian’s attacks.
  • He Xian shattered Hao Feng’s defensive art, tore open his body, and won the duel.
  • The World Tree revealed that it had broadcast He Xian’s arena battles throughout the Foreign Realm and bestowed the title Sky-Supporting upon him.
  • He Xian received the realm’s fortune and felt that he could command the Foreign Realm’s myriad Daos and laws.

Ch. 31Healing

After spending years recovering from his injuries, He Xian reached his peak but failed to figure out how to create a Body Cultivation Path. He suppressed the tribulation clouds that threatened to advance him and went to the Gu Clan Ancestral Land to use its Yin-Yang Furnace.

  • He Xian healed his collapsed Dao foundation and withered divine soul with a Divine Soul Flower and a Dao Flower while exploring how to fuse his soul with his flesh.
  • He Xian spent several years recovering fully but made no progress in creating his own cultivation path.
  • He Xian dispersed the tribulation clouds and suppressed his realm so he could continue polishing his Self-Slaying Realm.
  • He Xian went to the Gu Clan Ancestral Land to seek the benefits of its Yin-Yang Furnace.
  • The Gu Clan’s residents recognized He Xian and wondered whether he had come to start another fight.

Ch. 32The Yin-Yang Furnace

He Xian entered the Gu Clan to borrow its Yin-Yang Furnace and temper his body using the corpses of seven Emperor Clan members and rare medicines. The furnace was sealed and fired with the Gu Clan’s Dao flames, with He Xian and Gu Hong inside as the refinement began.

  • A Gu Clan supreme expert welcomed He Xian and agreed to let him use the Yin-Yang Furnace, provided the clan could place one of its younger members inside as well.
  • He Xian accepted the arrangement and brought the corpses of the seven Emperor Clan members he had slain to study their clans’ Great Daos.
  • The Gu Clan prepared precious medicines and stones stained with king blood, then chose Gu Hong to accompany He Xian in the furnace.
  • He Xian and Gu Hong entered the yin furnace, and the Gu Clan supreme expert ordered the lid sealed and the flames lit.
  • Dao fire surged from the stone valley and heated the Yin-Yang Furnace, beginning the refinement of its contents.

Ch. 33Within the Furnace

He Xian entered the Gu Clan’s Yin-Yang Furnace to temper his body and comprehend the Great Dao, while Gu Hong shared in its nourishment. As the furnace’s laws grew dangerous to those outside, He Xian focused on learning the Wu Shang Lineage’s Ten Thousand Laws Cannot Invade.

  • He Xian waited inside the Yin Furnace as the Yang Furnace broke down Emperor Clan corpses and precious medicines, revealing their complete Dao traces.
  • The Gu Clan’s old Supreme celebrated the opportunity for his grandson Gu Hong to build a foundation for becoming Undying.
  • The Yin-Yang Furnace rang and drew beings inside and outside the Gu Clan Ancestral Land to sit and comprehend the Dao.
  • The furnace’s Dao sounds injured onlookers, prompting a Gu Clan Supreme to warn everyone outside not to resonate with it.
  • He Xian steadied himself as the inner furnaces joined and concentrated on the principles of Ten Thousand Laws Cannot Invade.

Ch. 34Shedding the Old Body, Emerging Anew

He Xian tempered his body in the Yang Furnace, enduring its flames and the furnace’s analysis of his principles until he shed his old body and emerged with a true Indestructible Golden Body. The chapter ended with him leaving the furnace as the Gu Clan’s old Supreme congratulated him, while Gu Hong followed behind.

  • He Xian entered the Yang Furnace and used its yin-yang forces and flames to temper his flesh with the Indestructible Scripture.
  • He Xian endured repeated destruction and reconstruction as he absorbed the Emperor Clan corpses and precious medicines he had brought for nourishment.
  • The Yin-Yang Furnace began analyzing He Xian as a seed, but he suppressed its scrutiny and resolved to let myriad laws reshape his body.
  • After several more days, He Xian tore away his withered body and emerged reborn with an Indestructible Golden Body.
  • He Xian punched through the furnace lid and emerged, and the Gu Clan’s old Supreme congratulated him as Gu Hong followed.

Ch. 35Facing the Heavenly Tribulation

He Xian left the Gu Clan Ancestral Land to undergo an Escape One heavenly tribulation, which he used to temper his body while defying the lightning. The tribulation escalated into human-shaped lightning bearing the forms of Kings, leaving onlookers wondering how he could possibly survive.

  • He Xian greeted Gu Hong, then left the Gu Clan Ancestral Land to face his heavenly tribulation.
  • He Xian summoned lightning, and his bestowed title, He Sky-Supporting, appeared in the sky as the tribulation drew attention from across the area.
  • He Xian endured the lightning without resistance, using it to refine his flesh, primordial spirit, and magical power.
  • He Xian charged into the depths of the lightning sea and challenged the tribulation to grow stronger.
  • The tribulation manifested human-shaped lightning resembling Kings, stirring experts across the Foreign Realm and alarming the spectators.

Ch. 36Escape One

He Xian survived a lightning tribulation in which he battled phantoms of seven kings he had slain, then absorbed a vast ocean of auspicious energy. He emerged near the Supreme level, having reached the Escape One Realm.

  • He Xian fought seven kingly phantoms in his lightning tribulation and destroyed them one by one.
  • He Xian completed the tribulation, drawing awe from the onlookers as he stood amid the fading lightning.
  • He Xian absorbed the vital essence of heaven and earth and a vast ocean of auspicious energy that descended as his reward.
  • After a day, He Xian finished absorbing the auspicious energy and emerged with his strength at its peak.
  • He Xian opened his eyes amid collapsing void and shattered meteors, and the chapter identified his cultivation as the Escape One Realm.

Ch. 37Drink Deep and Sing Aloud

He Xian returned to the Gu Clan after his tribulation and shared immortal wine with Gu Rong, whose courage and defeat had earned his respect. After reflecting on his struggle to find his own path, He Xian promised Gu Yi that he would shelter the Gu Clan if he became an Immortal King.

  • He Xian returned to the Gu Clan's ancestral grounds, where Gu Yi welcomed him into the clan's metal halls and congratulated him on entering the Self-Severing Realm.
  • Gu Rong joined He Xian, and He Xian asked him to follow; Gu Rong suggested they drink first, so the two shared the Gu Clan's immortal wine.
  • While drunk, Gu Rong admitted he had resented being defeated by He Xian, and He Xian proclaimed his ambition before lamenting that he still had not found his path.
  • He Xian left the hall and wandered beneath the night sky, troubled by his inability to carve out a path and his fear of dying.
  • Gu Yi spoke of the coming devastation and explained that the Gu Clan hoped He Xian would become a second king to protect them.
  • He Xian promised that he would shelter the Gu Clan if he ascended to the realm of kings, and Gu Yi accepted his pledge.

Ch. 38Preparing to Convene a Gathering of the Younger Generation

He Xian traveled to Enlightenment Mountain to convene a gathering of the Foreign Realm’s younger generation and hold the Enlightenment Tea Gathering ahead of schedule. He reached the summit and saw the Enlightenment Tea Tree, with many beings already gathered there.

  • He Xian met Divine Nether and Three Burials at the Sea Waterfall, where Three Burials hoped to challenge him someday.
  • He Xian passed through a human village in the Foreign Realm and left without intervening.
  • He Xian decided to convene a gathering of the younger generation at Enlightenment Mountain and hold the Tea Dao Gathering early.
  • He Xian climbed Enlightenment Mountain on foot with Gu Rong as crowds followed behind them.
  • He Xian reached the summit and saw the Enlightenment Tea Tree and the many beings gathered there.

Ch. 39Tea tasting

He Xian reached the summit of Enlightenment Mountain, where he took a ripe leaf from the Enlightenment Tea Tree and had Yuan Qiaolan brew it for him. After drinking the tea, he experienced its Dao resonance and praised it, promising Yuan Qiaolan a reward.

  • He Xian arrived at the summit, and the gathered prodigies opened a path for him to approach the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
  • He Xian used his Heavenly Eye to see through the light curtain and plucked a ripe enlightenment tea leaf.
  • He Xian asked for snow water, chose Yuan Qiaolan to brew the tea, and knocked a Jade Jar loose for her with his immense magical power.
  • Yuan Qiaolan brewed the leaf with snow and Dao Fire, and He Xian accepted the finished tea.
  • He Xian drank the tea, entered a brief state of Dao insight, then came to and said it deserved a reward.

Ch. 40Winds and Clouds Stirred

After winning the Title Competition, He Xian ordered an early Enlightenment Tea Gathering and summoned the younger generation of the Foreign Realm to attend in one month. Emperor Clan heirs and King Clan prodigies set out for Enlightenment Mountain as anticipation and speculation spread through Enlightenment City.

  • He Xian rewarded the girl who brewed his tea and ordered the Enlightenment Tea Gathering to begin ahead of schedule.
  • He Xian decreed that the heirs of every Emperor Clan and the leading King Clan prodigies attend a gathering in one month, and the elders agreed.
  • Two days later, He Xian's orders spread across the Foreign Realm, drawing Emperor Clan heirs including Hao Feng toward Enlightenment Mountain.
  • Young cultivators flooded Enlightenment City, where they discussed He Xian's appearance and speculated that the gathering would force his rivals to accept his standing.
  • A young man declared that he was going to meet He Sky-Supporting, while another figure warned him not to act rashly and questioned whether He Xian was truly invincible.

Ch. 41Still Not Convinced?

He Xian waited for the Emperor Clan heirs to attend his Enlightenment Tea Gathering, but grew angry when most of them failed to arrive. After Chi Menghong submitted to him and Hao Feng and Heavenly Blade showed up, He Xian started the gathering a day early and exposed the Enlightenment Tea Tree.

  • He Xian resolved to seek out Desolate after the gathering and test whether he could forge a path of his own.
  • Chi Menghong arrived at Enlightenment Mountain, but He Xian's gaze subdued him, and he obediently took the seat He Xian assigned.
  • Hao Feng and Heavenly Blade arrived, leaving only three Emperor Clan members present as the deadline approached.
  • He Xian began the Enlightenment Tea Gathering a day early and warned the absent Emperor Clan heirs not to come the next day.
  • The elders removed the barrier around the Enlightenment Tea Tree, revealing its ancient trunk and sparse leaves.

Ch. 43The Struggle for Enlightenment Tea Leaves

The Enlightenment Tea Tree yielded three thousand leaves, and He Xian used the gathering to condemn absent Emperor Clan heirs before the contest began. After the first leaves were claimed, the rules opened a fierce struggle for the remaining jars, leaving the cultivators poised to fight.

  • The elders counted three thousand distinct Enlightenment Tea leaves, performed the rites, and sealed the harvested leaves in jade jars.
  • He Xian denounced the Emperor Clan heirs who had yet to arrive, declared his murderous intent, and urged the elders to begin without waiting for He Ziming.
  • The cultivators struggled to move the jars, and a few dozen leaves flew from the altar to successful contenders.
  • He Xian told Hao Feng, Chi Menghong, and their companion to seek leaves; Hao Feng demanded his weapon back, and He Xian said he had to survive a hundred moves first.
  • Chi Menghong seized several jars, while the first contest's remaining leaves were claimed and the cultivators brewed their tea.
  • The elders announced that contestants could now take as many jars as they could seize, and the Heavenly Blade and Hao Feng joined the struggle as killing intent spread across the mountain.

Ch. 44The Emperor Clans Gathered

He Xian waited on Enlightenment Mountain for the Emperor Clans to answer his challenge, then faced their gathered emperor heirs alone. The chapter ended as his golden aura confronted their sea of blood energy, just before battle began.

  • Chi Menghong and the other cultivators fought through the altar’s formation to claim Enlightenment Tea leaves.
  • As He Xian’s deadline neared, the cultivators waited for the Emperor Clans instead of brewing their tea.
  • The Emperor Clan heirs arrived at Enlightenment Mountain together, and their blood energy shook the summit.
  • He Xian rejected Hao Feng’s offer of help and ordered Gu Rong to stand down.
  • He Xian stepped forward alone and unleashed his golden aura against the gathered emperor heirs.

Ch. 45Witnessing a myth?

He Xian faced thirteen Emperor Clan heirs who challenged his title as Sky-Supporting and demanded that he back down. He killed two of them and began overwhelming the rest, leaving the onlookers wondering if they were witnessing the making of a myth.

  • Thirteen Emperor Clan heirs confronted He Xian on Enlightenment Mountain and demanded that he stand down.
  • He Xian warned that anyone who attacked him would die, then killed one heir with a sword strike that also destroyed his primordial spirit.
  • The remaining twelve heirs joined forces and charged He Xian with their ancient weapons.
  • He Xian unleashed a terrifying roar and attacked the group, killing another heir and crushing his fleeing primordial spirit.
  • He Xian refined that heir’s primordial spirit in the Heaven Devourer Furnace as the spectators watched in shock.

Ch. 46Kill! Kill! Kill!

He Xian continued his assault on the Emperor Clan scions, killing Wu Kun and terrifying the survivors with his overwhelming strength. As he advanced on the remaining ten, his golden body began unleashing killing light, and he prepared to wipe out their generation.

  • He Xian mocked the remaining Emperor Clan scions, who resolved to attack him together.
  • Wu Kun struck He Xian, but He Xian shattered his attack and destroyed his divine weapon with the Bronze Halberd.
  • He Xian kicked Wu Kun apart, then shattered the ancient phantom he summoned and forced him to his knees.
  • He Xian pierced Wu Kun with the Black Dragon Halberd and refined him in the Heaven Devourer furnace, imprisoning his primordial spirit.
  • The remaining scions identified the halberd as an ancient Wu Shang Lineage weapon and vowed to fight together as He Xian called them cowards.
  • He Xian advanced on the survivors as his golden light transformed into a storm of killing attacks, while the female member of the Six Little Emperors remained absent.

Ch. 47Overwhelming Everything

He Xian fought ten Emperor Clan scions at once and overwhelmed them with his strength and kingly will. After Qing Kun tried to flee, He Xian caught and killed him, leaving the other scions facing his continued assault.

  • Ten Emperor Clan scions joined forces, but He Xian charged into battle against them alone.
  • He Xian battered the scions and wounded them, while Qing Kun begged him to spare their lives.
  • He Xian unleashed a force field that overwhelmed the ten scions’ wills and made them retreat, coughing blood.
  • Qing Kun burned his blood essence to flee, but He Xian pursued him and punched through his back.
  • He Xian split Qing Kun in two with the Bronze Halberd, destroying his primordial spirit as well.

Ch. 48The End

He Xian slaughtered seven of the thirteen Emperor Clan heirs at Enlightenment Mountain, sending the remaining six fleeing and shaking the Foreign Realm. As his clan celebrated his victory, He Ziming arrived, and He Xian looked down at him.

  • He Xian killed another Emperor Clan heir with the Bronze Halberd, then watched as the six survivors fled toward the foot of Enlightenment Mountain.
  • News of the seven deaths spread across the Foreign Realm, awakening experts in the Emperor Clans’ ancestral lands, while the Heaven Devourer Lineage reacted with particular anger.
  • He Xian spent the night on Enlightenment Mountain and greeted the sunrise as the crowd gathered to revere him.
  • He Xian asked his second uncle, He Fa, when He Ziming would arrive, and He Fa explained that Ziming had been in seclusion in the An Lan Clan’s ancestral land.
  • He Ziming arrived at the summit with two women, and He Xian asked whether he was He Ziming.

Ch. 49Taking in Maidservants

He Xian welcomed He Ziming, Hua Lan, and Mo Xian, giving them three Enlightenment Tea leaves to cultivate with. After they comprehended the Dao, he claimed Mo Xian as his maidservant, and Hua Lan volunteered to serve him as well.

  • He Xian had Chi Menghong hand over three Enlightenment Tea leaves and let He Ziming, Hua Lan, and Mo Xian choose one each.
  • He Ziming, Hua Lan, and Mo Xian brewed the tea on Enlightenment Mountain and sat down to comprehend the Dao.
  • After the women finished comprehending, He Xian learned that Mo Xian was human and declared her his maidservant despite her reluctance.
  • Hua Lan offered to become He Xian's maidservant, and he accepted her request.

Ch. 50Checking in

He Xian visited the War God Academy, listened briefly to a Supreme expounding the Dao, and then entered Blackwater Heavenly Prison to temper his flesh. He endured the prison’s activated seals without resisting, and smiled as its corrosive black dew began to injure him.

  • He Xian arrived at the War God Academy with Mo Xian, Hua Lan, and Gu Rong, and said he had come to check in.
  • He Xian listened to the Dao exposition in the Great Dao Palace, then left and stayed in Blackwater City for several days.
  • He Xian entered the deepest part of Blackwater Heavenly Prison and asked the accompanying Supreme to activate the seals.
  • He Xian suppressed his body’s instinctive defense as the prison’s restrictions crushed him and black dew corroded his skin, while Hua Lan worried about him.

Ch. 51A Colonized World

He Xian and his companions traveled to a colonized world where the Undying Mountain awakened, then descended toward the ancient holy land that had raised Mo Xian. He stopped a carriage drawn by eight silver centipedes, and a young prodigy emerged to confront them.

  • He Xian used an ancient teleportation formation to reach the Border Wasteland, then followed Mo Xian through another formation to a world colonized by the Foreign Realm.
  • He Xian arrived at the awakened Undying Mountain and saw murals portraying the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths as enemies.
  • The cultivators on the summit mistook He Xian for a sacred spirit and bowed to him, but he ignored them and descended with Mo Xian and Hua Lan.
  • He Xian and his companions set out for Mo Xian's former holy land and approached a city.
  • He Xian ordered Hua Lan to stop a chariot pulled by eight silver centipedes, and a young girl with three strands of immortal qi stepped out.

Ch. 52The Greatest Academy in This World

He Xian took Ming Wanrong’s carriage and traveled with her toward the Supreme Sage Academy, the greatest academy in her world. On the day the academy selected disciples, Gu Rong killed an imperial sovereign who challenged their flight and drove the carriage into the grounds, drawing a stunned crowd.

  • Hua Lan claimed Ming Wanrong’s carriage for He Xian, and Ming Wanrong recognized him as a powerful being from the Holy Realm.
  • He Xian entered a black ancient city in Ming Wanrong’s carriage and heard its people denounce the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths before leaving for her sect.
  • After traveling for a month, He Xian and his companions reached the Supreme Sage Academy on its disciple-selection day.
  • He Xian praised the academy and flew over it despite the usual ban on flight above the holy land.
  • When an imperial sovereign rebuked them at the mountain gate, Gu Rong killed him with a Space Blade and drove the carriage into the academy.
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