Chapter Summaries

Chi Menghong and the other surviving Emperor Clan and King Clan fighters began choosing opponents for a series of battles. Qing Kun attacked the injured He Xian, but He Xian broke through his devouring arts and crushed him; Qing Kun then swallowed a nearby King Clan prodigy to replenish his strength.

• Ming Si proposed that the survivors fight in successive duels, then charged at Chi Menghong.
• Heavenly Blade, Yu Yu, Suo Gu, and Mo Kun each faced an opponent, while Qing Kun attacked He Xian.
• Qing Kun revealed the Heaven Devourer Emperor Clan’s power and tried to swallow He Xian, but He Xian punched through his beak and shattered his Order Divine Chains.
• Qing Kun unleashed the Ancestral Art Refining All Things, but He Xian dispelled its dark light and stomped Qing Kun into the ground, breaking much of his body.
• Qing Kun angrily swallowed a nearby King Clan prodigy to replenish his vital essence.

He Xian killed Qing Kun, then fought Chi Menghong despite his damaged essence. Chi Menghong transformed into the Red King Furnace and revealed the secret art he had gained from his clan’s blood pool, leaving the battle raging.

• Qing Kun unleashed a Heaven Devourer Ancestral Art, but He Xian broke free and hurled a golden spear through Qing Kun’s wings and body.
• He Xian pursued Qing Kun and destroyed his head and primordial spirit with a punch.
• He Xian coughed blood from his damaged essence, and Chi Menghong abandoned Ming Si to attack him.
• He Xian and Chi Menghong exchanged powerful strikes that shattered the space above the battle platform.
• Chi Menghong transformed his body into the Red King Furnace and revealed that he had learned the secret art after entering his clan’s blood pool.

He Xian defeated Chi Menghong despite his Red King Furnace manifesting an Immortal King’s phantom, but his severe Dao injury left him weakened. Ming Si and the other Emperor Clan beings turned their killing intent toward He Xian, who challenged them to attack together.

• Chi Menghong used the Red King Furnace to summon a corpse-born figure that tried to seize He Xian.
• He Xian shattered the furnace and killed the figure, but Chi Menghong restored it and summoned a more powerful phantom wielding a weapon.
• He Xian broke the phantom with his sunlike fists, causing Chi Menghong severe backlash and leaving him defeated.
• Chi Menghong laughed at He Xian’s worsening Dao injury as his own vitality faded.
• Ming Si applauded He Xian’s victories, while the Emperor Clan beings prepared to attack the weakened fighter.
• He Xian suppressed his injury and challenged them to come at him together.

He Xian challenged the Emperor Clan experts to attack him together, hoping to devour them and heal his Great Dao injuries. He fought off Yu Yu and Wu Kun, then faced Suo Gu’s powerful punch.

• He Xian struck Ming Si and sent him flying, then demanded that the Emperor Clan members attack together.
• Wu Kun, Suo Gu, Yu Yu, and Ming Si surrounded He Xian, while He Xian also called on Mo Kun and another Emperor Clan member to join in.
• Yu Yu attacked with the World-Annihilating Palm, but He Xian used a forbidden art and shattered it with his fist.
• Wu Kun struck He Xian with his knife-hand, but He Xian countered and blasted him away.
• Suo Gu attacked with a five-colored punch, enraging He Xian as the Emperor Clan experts took turns testing him.

He Xian fought four Emperor Clan heirs at once, overwhelming their attacks and killing another opponent as the battle shook the arena. Yu Yu, Wu Kun, and Suo Gu finally attacked him together, and Yu Yu unleashed his Heaven-Opening Fist as the fight continued.

• He Xian suppressed Suo Gu, Yu Yu, and Wu Kun in a chaotic melee and challenged them all to attack together.
• Ming Si joined the battle, but He Xian struck him down and mocked his Death Emperor Spider lineage.
• Ming Si unleashed the Spider Demon Seal, but He Xian's Emperor Fist crushed its visions and fatally wounded him.
• He Xian killed an Emperor Clan heir by smashing his head, leaving the watching King Clan cultivators stunned.
• Yu Yu, Wu Kun, and Suo Gu advanced together, and Yu Yu unleashed his Heaven-Opening Fist amid the renewed battle.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.