Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.