Chapter Summaries

At a concealed lake on the border battlefield, Han Heavenly Journey learned that Yao Ze had died and that Ye Canglan’s group was preparing to enter a valuable secret realm. The arrival of Yuan Shanjun, the Little Ape King, revealed the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe’s leading role and hinted that the realm had been created by a Source Venerable Realm expert.

• Han Heavenly Journey discovered that Yao Ze’s life soul token had shattered, and Ye Canglan suspected Gu Chenfeng had received help from Si Mingwei.
• Ye Canglan promised Han Heavenly Journey that exploring the secret realm could bring him a chance to reach the Source Emperor Realm, while Han privately planned to use any opportunity to free himself from the Purple Cloud Sect’s control.
• Han asked Ye Canglan why the Purple Cloud Sect and Golden Ape Tribe were joining forces, and Ye Canglan said they could not claim the secret realm alone.
• A dark ship arrived carrying four late-stage Great Grandmasters, a frail youth, and a towering silver-haired elder whose pressure suggested he was near the Source Emperor Realm.
• Ye Canglan and Kui Gang welcomed the youth as the Little Ape King, and Han recognized him as Yuan Shanjun, the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe chief’s youngest son.
• Han realized the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe was leading the expedition and concluded that the secret realm had been created by a Source Venerable Realm expert.

Yuan Shanjun accelerated preparations to open a secret realm and reclaim his tribe’s lost sacred relic, while Gu Chenfeng hunted increasingly powerful demons on the border battlefield to improve his cultivation. As the secret realm’s opening drew closer, Gu Chenfeng decided to venture deeper into the battlefield and target demon geniuses.

• Yuan Shanjun ordered Kui Gang and Ye Canglan to finish the grand formation within two months so he could reclaim the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe’s sacred relic and find an ancient essence-blood inheritance.
• Yuan Shanjun and the silver-haired elder discussed how the border war created an opportunity to open the secret realm without attracting powerful experts, and noted that Jin Jiuxiao had lost a fight to an unknown human prodigy.
• After half a month of fighting on the border battlefield, Gu Chenfeng absorbed a Source King Realm demon’s essence blood and reached the mid-stage of the Golden Body Realm and Five-Star Source Manifestation Realm.
• Gu Chenfeng recalled how he had advanced from hunting Grandmaster-level demons to Great Grandmasters, using their essence blood to strengthen his body and improve his Azure Dragon Transformation Technique.
• Worried that Ye Canglan, Han Heavenly Journey, and the others might grow stronger inside the secret realm, Gu Chenfeng resolved to move deeper into the battlefield and hunt powerful demon geniuses.

As the Demon Race mobilized to hunt Shadowless Asura after he killed a renowned late-stage Great Grandmaster, Jin Jiuxiao recognized him as the human who had humiliated him and vowed to kill him. Shadowless Asura was actually Gu Chenfeng, who had been hiding and training until his aura reached the peak of the Golden Body Realm and nine-star Source Manifestation Realm.

• The Human and Demon Races' prodigies earned renown in battle while the mysterious Shadowless Asura repeatedly killed demon geniuses and escaped pursuit.
• Shadowless Asura killed a seven-star Source King Realm genius of the Kui Ox Tribe, prompting the demons to organize a large-scale search for him.
• Jin Jiuxiao learned of Shadowless Asura's latest kill and concluded he was the human who had plucked his feathers and pounded his kidneys.
• Jin Jiuxiao ordered the Red-Haired Elder to find Shadowless Asura and vowed to kill him, even if he had to abandon the central battlefield.
• Gu Chenfeng sneezed in his hidden cave abode, then completed his training and reached the peak of the Golden Body Realm and nine-star Source Manifestation Realm.

Gu Chenfeng reached the peak of the Grandmaster Realm after killing a powerful Demon Race genius, but he chose to lie low as the Demon Race’s top prodigies hunted him. A pillar of purple-gold light then erupted on the border battlefield, and Jin Jiuxiao suspected a secret realm had opened while a young man realized his younger brother might be in danger.

• Gu Chenfeng recounted how he killed a Demon Race genius with Ancient Kui Ox bloodline, absorbed his Essence Blood, and broke through to the peak of the Grandmaster Realm.
• Gu Chenfeng weighed hunting Han Heavenly Journey and Ye Canglan but, unable to locate them and wary of Jin Jiuxiao and other Demon Race prodigies, decided to keep cultivating in seclusion.
• A violent rumbling shook Gu Chenfeng’s cave abode, and he saw a vast pillar of purple-gold light rising in the northwest of the border battlefield.
• Warriors from both races and the superpower prodigies, including Jin Jiuxiao, stared at the pillar as Jin Jiuxiao guessed that a secret realm had opened.
• A young man with a golden mark between his brows recognized the pillar’s direction as the place where his younger brother and others were opening a secret realm, and feared something had gone wrong.

The Little Ape King and his allies opened a damaged secret realm and rushed inside to claim its Sacred Relic before other forces arrived. Gu Chenfeng sensed ancient essence blood and Chaos Qi within the realm, recognized its location, and headed there to search for both treasures.

• The Nine Nether Profound Connection Formation triggered a destructive purple-golden pillar that killed several Great Grandmasters before the Little Ape King protected the others with his Golden Mountain.
• The Little Ape King and the Silver-Haired Elder discovered the secret realm’s entrance and feared rival martial artists would arrive after the pillar revealed its location.
• The Little Ape King said he could control most of the realm’s restrictions, then led his forces inside to retrieve the Sacred Relic.
• Kui Gang and Ye Canglan, Han Heavenly Journey, and their companions followed the Little Ape King into the secret realm.
• Thousands of li away, Gu Chenfeng sensed ancient essence blood and Chaos Qi through the Azure Dragon Reverse Scale and Phantom Martial Divine Ruins, and concluded that the secret realm held both.
• Gu Chenfeng decided to take advantage of the coming chaos and flew toward the secret realm.

Gu Chenfeng entered the newly appeared Secret Realm, where he sensed the Ancient Essence Blood and Chaos Qi inside an enormous Ancient Hall. He rescued Gu Qingxuan and the Four Symbols Sect group from demon warriors, then continued toward the hall as they fled the dangerous plaza.

• Warriors from both races rushed into the Secret Realm, and Gu Chenfeng followed the sensations of the Azure Dragon Reverse Scale and Phantom Martial Divine Ruins to enter it.
• Gu Chenfeng saw the Ancient Hall at the Secret Realm's center and sensed that the Ancient Essence Blood and Chaos Qi were deep inside.
• Gu Chenfeng spotted Gu Qingxuan, Yan Cang, Luo Xiangli, and the Four Symbols Sect group fighting demon warriors in the plaza.
• Gu Chenfeng killed the surrounding demon warriors with a palm strike, broke the restrictions on bronze pillars, and gave the seized treasures to Gu Qingxuan and the others.
• Gu Chenfeng urged the group to leave, then flew through the restriction into the Outer Hall while Gu Qingxuan and the others escaped the plaza.

Gu Chenfeng entered the palace’s inner hall, where Human and Demon Race prodigies fought over treasures, and searched for the ancient essence blood and chaos qi. After sensing a familiar aura in one hidden chamber, he was left poised to investigate.

• Gu Chenfeng arrived in the outer hall and found Mo Nancang locked in a fierce battle with an antlered Demon Race Great Grandmaster over an ancient lamp.
• Gu Chenfeng killed the deer demon with a single axe strike, handed the lamp to Mo Nancang, and learned that the superpowers’ experts had entered the inner hall.
• Gu Chenfeng rushed into the inner hall, concealed his aura, and tried to locate the ancient essence blood and chaos qi, but their reactions seemed to come from every direction.
• Gu Chenfeng searched plundered chambers and sensed ongoing battles, including one between Jin Jiuxiao and a top prodigy of the Infinite Sword Sect, but found no trace of the treasures.
• As Gu Chenfeng withdrew his Divine Sense from another chamber, he detected a familiar aura inside.

Human cultivators from the Supreme Dao Sect and Heavenly Sound Pavilion fought three demon factions over ancient treasures in the secret realm's alchemy chamber. When a Nine-Infant Clan youth snatched two women, Shadowless Asura appeared, severed one of his heads, and seized the other.

• The human cultivators fought the Black Tortoise Clan, Nine-Infant Clan, and Heavenly Fox Clan, but the demons gained the advantage and claimed treasures.
• The Nine-Infant Clan youth mocked the human women and singled out a young woman from each human faction.
• The Nine-Infant Clan youth sneaked behind the human fighters and used two python-like heads to seize the women.
• Shadowless Asura suddenly appeared, cut off one of the youth's heads with a crimson-gold axe strike, and grabbed his remaining head.

Gu Chenfeng, the Shadowless Asura, rescued two human women and defeated three powerful Demon Race prodigies in the secret chamber. He then whisked the women into a secluded chamber, where they mistook his intentions until he hinted they were old acquaintances.

• Gu Chenfeng destroyed the Nine-Infant Clan youth’s two blood-formed heads and punched him away after rescuing the two women.
• The Heavenly Fox Clan woman and Black Tortoise Clan man attacked Gu Chenfeng from both sides, but he shattered the Water-Covering Seal and repelled the woman’s bewitching divine sense with the Azure Dragon’s Eye.
• Gu Chenfeng defeated all three Demon Race prodigies, vanished from the chamber, and the demons fled with their injured companions.
• The cultivators of the Supreme Dao Sect and Heavenly Sound Pavilion realized Junior Sister Shangguan and Junior Sister Su had disappeared.
• Gu Chenfeng brought both women to a secluded chamber, where they drew their weapons against him until he said they were old acquaintances.

Gu Chenfeng reunited with Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin in the secret realm, then used their clue about a teleportation array to search for the hidden area holding the Ancient Essence Blood and Chaos Qi. After trying the array’s teleportation points, he encountered Jin Jiuxiao, who recognized him and abandoned a contested treasure to give chase.

• Gu Chenfeng revealed his identity to Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin, who were astonished that he was the Shadowless Asura and had grown so powerful.
• Gu Chenfeng asked the women about anything unusual in the inner hall, and Shangguan Bingxin recalled a teleportation array that connected the secret chambers.
• Gu Chenfeng activated the array and tested its teleportation points, searching for the hidden area and the missing Purple Cloud Sect and Golden Ape Tribe groups.
• After more than twenty attempts, Gu Chenfeng teleported into a chamber where an Infinite Sword Sect prodigy fought Jin Jiuxiao over a secret treasure.
• Gu Chenfeng tried to slip away, but Jin Jiuxiao recognized him, gave the treasure to his opponent, and pursued him using the Golden Peng Evasion Art.

Gu Chenfeng discovered the teleportation array’s hidden point and escaped Jin Jiuxiao, who then began investigating the array. Meanwhile, the Little Ape King, the Silver-Haired Elder, and their companions reached the Purplecloud Divine Peak.

• Gu Chenfeng used the Azure Dragon Reverse Scale and Phantom Martial Divine Ruins to detect and activate a hidden teleportation point just as Jin Jiuxiao attacked.
• Jin Jiuxiao’s strike missed Gu Chenfeng and rebounded from the restricted hall wall, leaving him dazed and furious.
• Jin Jiuxiao searched the teleportation array’s chambers for Gu Chenfeng, then returned to study the array after suspecting a hidden teleportation point.
• The Little Ape King and the Silver-Haired Elder led the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe, the Golden Ape Tribe, and the Purple Cloud Sect through the purple mist under the protection of a golden mountain mystic treasure.
• The group endured crushing pressure inside the violet-gold light and found the colossal peak inscribed with Golden Inscriptions, which the Little Ape King and Silver-Haired Elder identified as the Purplecloud Divine Peak.

The Little Ape King and his allies discovered that a severed arm had suppressed Purplecloud Divine Peak for ten thousand years, then tried to claim the Sacred Relic through the ancestor’s essence blood. As the group struggled under the arm’s pressure, an uninvited guest entered the misty space at the edge of the purple fog.

• The Little Ape King recognized Purplecloud Divine Peak but realized its pressure was coming from a gigantic severed arm hovering above it.
• The Little Ape King concluded that the owner of the arm had likely slain his ancient ancestor and suppressed the Sacred Relic.
• The Little Ape King asked the Silver-Haired Elder, Kui Gang, Ye Canglan, and the others to empower the golden mountain and help him approach the peak.
• The group advanced until the pressure stopped them, while the Little Ape King’s bloodline energy stirred the ancestor’s essence blood and began resonating with it.
• The Little Ape King said he needed at least two more hours to take control of Purplecloud Divine Peak, and the Silver-Haired Elder agreed to hold their position.
• An uninvited guest entered the mist-filled space at the outer edge of the purple fog.

Gu Chenfeng reached the Secret Realm’s core and discovered a Divine Peak containing chaos qi and ancient essence blood, beneath a gigantic severed hand. He found the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe, the Golden Ape Tribe, and the Purple Cloud Sect trying to claim the treasures, but they seemed far more suppressed by the surrounding energy than he was.

• Gu Chenfeng followed the responses from the Azure Dragon Reverse Scale and the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins through the Secret Realm’s traps and entered the purple-lit core.
• Gu Chenfeng crossed the barrier around the Purple-Golden Light Cluster and found a massive Divine Peak, sensing chaos qi within it and ancient essence blood at its summit.
• Gu Chenfeng spotted a dark, severed hand suppressing the Divine Peak and noticed that his blood reacted strangely to it.
• Gu Chenfeng detected familiar auras and used his Divine Sense to identify Han Heavenly Journey, Ye Canglan, the Golden Ape Tribe, the Purple Cloud Sect, and the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe nearby.
• Gu Chenfeng realized the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe was leading the effort to claim the Divine Peak and its essence blood, while a purple-marked young man formed a growing connection to the essence blood.
• Gu Chenfeng noticed that the three groups were heavily suppressed and wondered why the severed hand seemed to affect him far less.

Gu Chenfeng recognized the giant hand suppressing the Purplecloud Divine Peak as the Barbarian God’s arm and used his resistance to the pressure to race toward the ancient essence blood. As the Little Ape King neared control of the peak, Gu Chenfeng reached the summit and stabbed the glowing essence blood with his Blood Soul Spike.

• Gu Chenfeng’s Barbarian Emperor Token reacted to the giant hand, helping him realize it resembled the Barbarian God’s Phantom and that his own Barbarian God’s Essence Blood had protected him from its suppression.
• Gu Chenfeng decided to seize the ancient essence blood before the Little Ape King could control the Purplecloud Divine Peak, then climbed the mountain when its pressure prevented him from flying to the summit.
• The Little Ape King told the Silver-Haired Elder that his bloodline communication was progressing and dismissed his uneasy feeling, while the elder assured him that no one else could reach the Sacred Relic.
• Gu Chenfeng reached the summit as the essence blood grew more active and the Purplecloud Divine Peak began to tremble, then approached it unseen and stabbed the purplegold light with his Blood Soul Spike.
• The Little Ape King received a warning that an intruder was approaching but chose not to disrupt his followers, confident that he would soon gain control of the Purplecloud Divine Peak.

Gu Chenfeng broke through the barrier around the ancient essence blood and absorbed a drop, triggering a vision of an ancient battle between a giant ape and an azure dragon. As the Little Ape King tried to seize control of Purplecloud Divine Peak, the peak’s core rejected him and the entire mountain vanished.

• Gu Chenfeng used the Barbarian Emperor Token to pierce the Purple-Golden Light Cluster, but the token shattered as one drop of ancient essence blood escaped and the Azure Dragon Reverse Scale absorbed it.
• The essence blood’s energy nearly burst Gu Chenfeng’s body apart, and as he circulated the Azure Dragon Transformation Technique, he witnessed a vision of a giant ape battling an azure dragon.
• The Little Ape King sensed a brief fluctuation at the summit but continued penetrating Purplecloud Divine Peak’s restrictions, preparing to claim its core.
• As the Little Ape King approached the core, its crystal lit up and a powerful will seized control of the Divine Peak, expelling his Mind Power and injuring him.
• The Little Ape King and the Silver-Haired Elder discovered that the Purple-Golden Light Cluster had vanished, then watched Purplecloud Divine Peak disappear in a burst of purple light.

The Little Ape King discovered that the Purplecloud Divine Peak had been stolen and ordered a search as the suppressive force faded. A Black-Clad Man attacked Ye Canglan’s group, and Han Heavenly Journey abandoned Ye Canglan to flee as the Little Ape King and others rushed toward the battle.

• The Purplecloud Divine Peak vanished, and the furious Little Ape King realized someone had stolen it and ordered the exit sealed while the others searched.
• As the enormous black hand weakened and the group recovered their strength, Ye Canglan told Han Heavenly Journey and the Purple Cloud Sect experts to protect him rather than become the Little Ape King’s cannon fodder.
• A Black-Clad Man wearing a Ghost-Head Mask appeared behind Ye Canglan’s group and killed two Purple Cloud Sect Great Grandmasters with a surprise attack.
• Ye Canglan fled with Han Heavenly Journey, but Han struck him in the chest and ran away, saying he did not want to be cannon fodder either.
• The Black-Clad Man blasted Ye Canglan apart with an azure blade and struck Han Heavenly Journey, who was relieved to sense the Little Ape King and his men approaching.

Gu Chenfeng fought off the Little Ape King's forces after Purplecloud Divine Peak vanished into the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins, then faced the Silver-Haired Elder's overwhelming half-step Source Emperor attack. As the Golden Mountain bore down on him, Gu Chenfeng drew his Broken Blade and unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique.

• Gu Chenfeng explained that the Azure Dragon Reverse Scale had absorbed the remaining essence blood and the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins had taken Purplecloud Divine Peak, while the loss of the Barbarian God's suppression left him trapped with the Little Ape King’s forces.
• Gu Chenfeng repelled four late-stage Great Grandmasters with a fierce burst of crimson fire strikes and charged at the Little Ape King.
• The Little Ape King used a Mystic Treasure Golden Mountain to block Gu Chenfeng, but Gu Chenfeng battered it back and wounded him through its defenses.
• The Silver-Haired Elder arrived to protect the Little Ape King, stopped the Golden Mountain, and hurled it at Gu Chenfeng with half-step Source Emperor power.
• Gu Chenfeng drew his ancient Broken Blade, gathered his power into it, and invoked the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique against the descending Golden Mountain.

Gu Chenfeng fought off the Silver-Haired Elder and tried to escape the secret realm, but Yuan Hongxiang blocked his way and threatened him. Jin Jiuxiao then arrived, drawing everyone’s attention and leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Gu Chenfeng used the Severing Baleful Intent Sword to block the Silver-Haired Elder’s attack, then fled toward the passage with the Great Evolution Wandering Dragon Art.
• The Silver-Haired Elder failed to catch Gu Chenfeng, who reached the passage and prepared to pass through its restrictions.
• Yuan Hongxiang shattered a restriction and attacked Gu Chenfeng with his Jade Wave Profound Heavy Hammer, trapping him alongside the Silver-Haired Elder and the Little Ape King.
• The Little Ape King told Yuan Hongxiang that Gu Chenfeng had stolen Purplecloud Divine Peak and the ancestral essence blood, and Yuan Hongxiang demanded them back, promising Gu Chenfeng an intact corpse at best.
• Jin Jiuxiao broke through the passage restrictions and entered the space, startling the others with his disheveled appearance and furious state.

Jin Jiuxiao found Gu Chenfeng in the Underground Palace but clashed with Yuan Hongxiang when the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe tried to claim him first. As the two Half-Step Source Emperor Realm experts fought, Gu Chenfeng failed to escape and prepared to face the Silver-Haired Elder.

• Jin Jiuxiao tracked Gu Chenfeng to the Underground Palace and vowed to take him back to the Golden-Winged Great Peng Race for torture.
• Yuan Hongxiang and the Little Ape King blocked Jin Jiuxiao, insisting that the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe would settle its own grudge with Gu Chenfeng first.
• Jin Jiuxiao attacked the Little Ape King, and Yuan Hongxiang intercepted him before the two began a fierce battle.
• Gu Chenfeng tried to flee through the passage, but attacks from the fighters and the Silver-Haired Elder blocked his path.
• Gu Chenfeng realized he had to fight the Silver-Haired Elder and readied the Severing Baleful Intent Sword.

Gu Chenfeng was overwhelmed by the Silver-Haired Elder, who repeatedly buried him beneath attacks while trying to secure the Purplecloud Divine Peak and ancient demon ape essence blood. As the elder prepared to search the crater, black clouds and thunder formed overhead, revealing a Heavenly Tribulation.

• Gu Chenfeng’s Severing Baleful Intent Sword ran out of killing energy, leaving him badly injured and unable to match the Silver-Haired Elder’s Half-Step Source Emperor strength.
• Unable to use the Purplecloud Divine Peak, Gu Chenfeng released the energy from the ancient demon ape essence blood and strengthened his body with the Azure Dragon Transformation Technique.
• The Silver-Haired Elder struck Gu Chenfeng twice with Earth Origin Power, then crushed the crater with a mountain, while the Little Ape King urged him to retrieve the Divine Peak and essence blood.
• As the Silver-Haired Elder began withdrawing the mountain, thunder sounded and black clouds gathered above the underground battlefield.
• The Silver-Haired Elder, the Little Ape King, Jin Jiuxiao, and Yuan Hongxiang sensed the heavenly might and recognized the clouds as a Heavenly Tribulation.