Arc 3Palace Secrets and Demon Invasion

Xu Xuan gained techniques and a Heavenly Wing White Tiger in the Nine-Level Palace before returning to defend the Cloud Azure Territory from the Demon Race. He rescued Yun Qingxue, broke through to the Purple Mansion Realm, and killed the Snake Emperor and his elders, but the Son of the Heavenly Demon escaped after surrendering a treasure.

  • Xu Xuan defeated the palace master’s projection and witnessed a vision of a monk secretly corrupting the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon.
  • Xu Xuan gained powerful techniques in the Nine-Level Palace, resisted a Saint remnant soul’s possession attempt, and received his inheritance and the Heavenly Wing White Tiger he named Little White.
  • Zhao Wuji used Purple Armor to destroy the Crocodile King’s invading forces, while the Son of the Heavenly Demon abducted Yun Qingxue.
  • Zi Yu became Xu Xuan’s sworn brother and arranged for him to enter the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss under a false identity after a month.
  • Xu Xuan returned to the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, reunited with Xu Xiao, and killed the Weasel Spirits before freeing their human captives.
  • Xu Xuan rescued Yun Qingxue in Yulin City, sent her to Xu Xiao with Little White, and waited to confront the Son of the Heavenly Demon.
  • Xu Xuan broke through to the Purple Mansion Realm during battle and killed the Snake Emperor and six elders.
  • Xu Xuan bluffed the Son of the Heavenly Demon into surrendering the Glazed Heavenly Demon Pearl and leaving, then collapsed and sought a place to recover.
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Ch. 51The Palace Master of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace?

Xu Xuan defeated the eighth-level trial’s projection of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace’s palace master after his Chaos Body emerged, then entered a door that led to the Ancient Times. He reunited with Luo Xiaotian in an eerie forest and realized they needed to proceed cautiously.

  • Xu Xuan faced the palace master’s projection, who explained that he had to be defeated within the hourglass’s time limit to reach the ninth level.
  • The projection overpowered Xu Xuan and revealed that cultivation alone was useless in the trial, but Xu Xuan sensed that the projection later held back against him.
  • Xu Xuan’s Chaos Body erupted and blasted the projection away, prompting the young man to recognize the legendary physique and give up resisting.
  • Xu Xuan killed the projection with a slap, and a decaying door appeared where he had vanished.
  • Xu Xuan stepped through the door and arrived in an eerie forest in the Ancient Times, where he found Luo Xiaotian and urged caution.

Ch. 52The Ancient Past of Another World!

Luo Xiaotian showed Xu Xuan a vision of an ancient battle between the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon and a Buddhist monk, while a masked man watched. Xu Xuan noticed darkness hidden within the monk’s holy prayer bead, and the vision ended with the monk questioning whether the masked man had seen his scheme.

  • Luo Xiaotian used a bead to show Xu Xuan the ancient battle site and summon a vision of the monk, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, and a masked man.
  • The Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon attacked the monk, who had expected the masked man to join him, but the masked man refused to intervene.
  • The monk used a prayer bead whose golden light concealed a wisp of darkness, and Xu Xuan noticed it enter the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon.
  • The Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon’s eyes turned dark red, and the monk declared him corrupted before beating him back into human form and subduing him.
  • The monk asked whether the masked man had seen what happened, and the masked man confirmed that he had.

Ch. 53Immortal and Demon Pursue Heaven!

Xu Xuan learned and mastered the powerful Immortal and Demon Pursue Heaven technique from the mysterious masked man’s bead, then continued with Luo Xiaotian toward the three Holy Sons. Zi Yun attacked Xu Xuan but was caught and subdued by Luo Xiaotian’s chains, after which Ye Qin invited the two to proceed with them.

  • Xu Xuan received and mastered the upper-grade earth-tier Immortal and Demon Pursue Heaven technique, then demonstrated its power with Luo Xiaotian nearby.
  • Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian reached Ye Qin, Zi Yun, and Qing Fan, who wondered how Xu Xuan had made it there without reaching the Purple Mansion Realm.
  • Zi Yun revealed that he had sent Lin Ru to eliminate Xu Xuan and charged at Xu Xuan with murderous intent.
  • Luo Xiaotian bound Zi Yun with chains, tightened them until Zi Yun begged for mercy, and then released him.
  • Ye Qin rebuked Luo Xiaotian and invited him and Xu Xuan to move forward together.

Ch. 54The Secret of the Nine-Level Palace

Xu Xuan joined Ye Qin and the others in crossing the Nine-Level Palace’s crushing pressure, and the five fell into a hidden floor where the pressure vanished. After Ye Qin explained the palace’s origins and rules, Xu Xuan teamed up with Luo Xiaotian to search for treasures, while the others went their separate ways.

  • Xu Xuan refused to help Ye Qin without knowing the purpose, but agreed to proceed after she offered to explain the palace’s secrets.
  • Xu Xuan joined Ye Qin, Luo Xiaotian, Qing Fan, and Zi Yun in struggling through the oppressive area until the floor gave way beneath them.
  • Ye Qin explained that the Nine-Level Palace was a supreme treasure containing internal worlds, and that those who reached its ninth floor could seek its secrets under strict rules.
  • Ye Qin announced that everyone would search separately and keep whatever they found, so Xu Xuan asked Luo Xiaotian to team up and split their discoveries.
  • Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian headed north as Ye Qin, Qing Fan, and Zi Yun took different passages; Zi Yun planned to target Xu Xuan after they left.

Ch. 55Cloud Azure Mirror!

Zhao Wuji used Mo Tianji’s token to summon the ninth-heaven Purple Armor puppet and forced the Snake Emperor’s demons to let him and his companions leave. Meanwhile, the Demon Race arrived at the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, where Xu Xiao and the five guardians prepared to face the Crocodile King’s forces.

  • Zhao Wuji summoned Purple Armor with Mo Tianji’s token, and the puppet knelt and acknowledged him as its master.
  • The Snake Emperor yielded to Purple Armor’s overwhelming power, and Zhao Wuji warned the demons not to attack humans before he and his companions departed.
  • A disciple reported that at least a thousand crocodile demons had appeared outside the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, despite its protective screen.
  • After a wounded disciple died warning them that the Demon Race had arrived, Xu Xiao led the sect members outside to confront the invaders.
  • The Crocodile King declared that the Evolutionary Spirit Sect was his target and faced the five guardians with his purple mansion realm strength and his demon forces behind him.

Ch. 56Purple Armor!

The Son of the Heavenly Demon captured Yun Qingxue after discovering her Frost Divine Body, while the Crocodile King’s forces attacked the Evolutionary Spirit Sect. Zhao Wuji arrived with the Purple Armor puppet, which wiped out the demons and saved the sect.

  • The Crocodile King killed a disciple and ordered his demons to slaughter the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, prompting Xu Xiao and the five Dharma Protectors to fight back.
  • Yun Qingxue returned to a devastated city, searched for her father, and was seized by the Son of the Heavenly Demon, who had killed the city’s people and reached the third heaven of the Purple Mansion Realm.
  • The Son of the Heavenly Demon discovered Yun Qingxue’s Frost Divine Body, sealed her cultivation, and carried her away despite her threats and refusal to marry him.
  • Zhao Wuji heard fighting near the Evolutionary Spirit Sect and summoned the Purple Armor puppet to attack the Crocodile Demons.
  • Purple Armor killed the Crocodile King and every demon present, leaving Xu Xiao stunned by its ninth-heaven Purple Mansion Realm strength.

Ch. 57Vast Ten-Thousand-Mile Break!

After spending a month inside the Nine-Story Palace, Xu Xuan awakened to the Saint-level technique Vast Ten-Thousand-Mile Break on the ninth floor. He and Luo Xiaotian began gathering herbs, but a system alert and Luo Xiaotian’s suspicious behavior left Xu Xuan wary.

  • Outside the Nine-Level Palace, Bai Jie worried about Xu Xuan and Zi Yun, while the palace master assured her their lives were safe and Mo Tianji waited calmly.
  • Xu Xuan discovered he was inside a cultivation technique and learned Vast Ten-Thousand-Mile Break, a Saint-level art left behind by a Saint elder.
  • Xu Xuan had the system analyze the Nine-Story Palace and learned it was forged from galaxy and starry sky stones and could connect to rivers of stars beyond the domain.
  • Luo Xiaotian told Xu Xuan he had passed out after touching a glowing stone, then pointed out a valuable herb garden; Xu Xuan rushed in to gather its herbs.
  • The system detected 3,500 Fate Points nearby, and Xu Xuan noticed Luo Xiaotian was no longer wearing the Spatial Ring he remembered seeing, making him suspicious as they collected herbs.

Ch. 58A Saint's Remnant Soul!

Xu Xuan discovered that the person posing as Luo Xiaotian was the Nine-Level Palace’s true master, a Saint’s remnant soul who tried to possess him. After Xu Xuan escaped the furnace, the soul asked him to kill its enemy and offered him a helper, hinting at a white egg in Xu Xuan’s Spatial Ring.

  • Luo Xiaotian gathered spirit herbs, while Xu Xuan collected Primordial Qi Grass and the herbs Luo Xiaotian left behind.
  • Xu Xuan followed the false Luo Xiaotian to a blazing furnace, where the impostor revealed himself and tried to draw Xu Xuan inside.
  • The false Luo Xiaotian said he was the Nine-Level Palace’s true master and planned to possess Xu Xuan’s Chaos Body to return to life.
  • Xu Xuan resisted the furnace’s suction and escaped being drawn inside, leaving the Saint’s remnant soul surprised.
  • The remnant soul revealed his original appearance, asked Xu Xuan to kill his enemy, and said he would provide a helper linked to the white egg in Xu Xuan’s Spatial Ring.

Ch. 59Heavenly Wing White Tiger!

Xu Xuan trusted the Saint remnant soul, learned that his egg held a Heavenly Wing White Tiger, and received the saint’s memories and techniques before the soul faded away. The tiger hatched and recognized Xu Xuan as its master, and the chapter ended with Luo Xiaotian telling him about a Spirit Lake he had discovered.

  • Xu Xuan brought out the egg after the Saint remnant soul promised that only he could hatch it.
  • The saint revealed that the egg contained a Heavenly Wing White Tiger and passed most of his memories, divine abilities, and cultivation techniques to Xu Xuan.
  • The Saint remnant soul enveloped the egg and disappeared as the shell cracked and a white tiger cub emerged.
  • The newborn tiger called Xu Xuan master, and Xu Xuan named it Little White after learning it had reached the Purple Mansion Realm First Heaven.
  • Luo Xiaotian found Xu Xuan and told him that he had discovered a Spirit Lake with dense spiritual energy.

Ch. 60Spirit Lake!

Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian bathed in the Spirit Lake, where Xu Xuan’s Chaos Body reacted and pushed him toward a breakthrough. After the disciples left the Nine-Level Palace, the Palace Master rewarded Qing Fan and asked Zi Yun and Ye Qin to undertake a mission to the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss.

  • Luo Xiaotian showed Xu Xuan the Spirit Lake and offered to split his spirit herbs with him.
  • Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian soaked in the lake, and its spiritual energy triggered a painful reaction in Xu Xuan’s Chaos Body.
  • Xu Xuan felt ready to break through, but Luo Xiaotian stopped him and warned that he should do so outside the lake, preferably during battle.
  • Little White told Xu Xuan to leave the lake, and Luo Xiaotian explained that a thought could take them out of the Nine-Level Palace.
  • Zi Yun, Qing Fan, and Ye Qin emerged from the palace; the Palace Master rewarded Qing Fan and asked Zi Yun and Ye Qin if they dared go to the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss.
  • Ye Qin warned that the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss was a place where almost no one survived.

Ch. 61Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss!

The palace master of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace tasked Ye Qin and Luo Xiaotian with destroying an altar in the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss, a mission meant to stop a catastrophe and uncover a mysterious organization. As the group prepared to leave in a month, Zi Yun objected to Xu Xuan joining them, calling him a burden.

  • The palace master promised Ye Qin a place in a Heaven-Rank Holy Land and asked her to destroy an altar in the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss before it could devastate a quarter of the continent.
  • The palace master explained that a powerful, secretive organization stood behind the altar and told Ye Qin and Zi Yun to set out in a month.
  • Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian emerged from the Nine-Story Palace, and Zhao Xiaolong invited Xu Xuan to meet his master after mistaking a board-game joke for a real martial-uncle relationship.
  • The palace master praised Luo Xiaotian's rapid cultivation and gave him a bead to conceal his strength.
  • Luo Xiaotian agreed to enter the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss and asked for Xu Xuan to accompany him, but the palace master refused and Zi Yun insulted Xu Xuan as a burden.

Ch. 62Grand Elder Zi Yu

Grand Elder Zi Yu summoned Xu Xuan, made him his sworn younger brother, and asked him to enter the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss disguised as a rogue cultivator. After Xu Xuan left, Zi Yu arranged for Zhao Xiaolong to quietly assist him and warn others against harming him.

  • Zi Yu praised Xu Xuan’s Chaos Body and proposed that they become sworn brothers, and Xu Xuan accepted.
  • Zi Yu asked Xu Xuan to enter the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss under a false identity, explaining that entrants had to be below the Purple Mansion Realm and that each faction could send only three people.
  • Zi Yu gave Xu Xuan a fox mask that concealed his appearance and told him to return in a month, adding that Mo Tianji had something to tell him.
  • Zi Yu told Zhao Xiaolong to secretly give Xu Xuan conveniences while he faced Mo Tianji’s trial in the Cloud Azure Territory.
  • Zi Yu ordered Zhao Xiaolong to warn others that Xu Xuan was his younger brother and that anyone who harmed him would face his wrath.

Ch. 63Delighted to Receive a Flying Sword!

Xu Xuan left the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace for the Cloud Azure Territory after Mo Tianji told him to return and take his home back, and a merchant gave him a flying sword that greatly sped up his journey. Meanwhile, the Snake Emperor struggled to keep the Demon Race from provoking the humans while their powerful puppet remained in the territory.

  • Mo Tianji told Xu Xuan to return home and take it back, but gave no further explanation.
  • Xu Xuan left the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace, and Zhao Xiaolong secretly arranged for a merchant to give him a flying sword.
  • Xu Xuan learned to control the flying sword and sped toward the Cloud Azure Territory as Zhao Xiaolong followed.
  • A Demon Race emperor challenged the Snake Emperor’s order to avoid attacking the humans and their Purple Mansion Ninth Layer puppet.
  • The Snake Emperor defended his caution, citing the unknown whereabouts of the Son of the Heavenly Demon and the danger the puppet posed to the Demon Race.

Ch. 64An Unexpected Turn?

The Son of the Heavenly Demon kept Yun Qingxue captive and demanded that she submit to him. In the Cloud Azure Territory, Xu Xuan found Huyan City deserted and headed for the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, where Xu Xiao sheltered refugees and promised that the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace would drive out the Demon Race.

  • The Son of the Heavenly Demon slapped Yun Qingxue, left her sealed and imprisoned in the great hall, and told her he would wait for her to agree to his demands.
  • Xu Xuan found Huyan City empty and hurried toward the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, worried about his father.
  • After Xu Xuan left, the Demon Race General told the demons hiding in Huyan City that Lord Snake Emperor had forbidden them from killing humans and warned them to await further orders.
  • Refugees gathered at the Evolutionary Spirit Sect and begged Xu Xiao to take them in and help them fight the Demon Race.
  • Xu Xiao accepted the refugees and assured them that the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace would send experts to drive out the Demon Race, while Zhao Wuji listened from the shadows.

Ch. 65Return to the Evolutionary Spirit Sect!

Xu Xuan returned to the Evolutionary Spirit Sect and learned that the Demon Race had occupied the Cloud Azure Territory’s eleven cities. After revealing his Heavenly Mansion Realm cultivation, he promised to drive the demons out and began organizing help to reclaim the territory.

  • Xu Xuan returned to the Evolutionary Spirit Sect and reunited with his father, Xu Xiao.
  • Xu Xiao explained that the Demon Race had used Tang Chuan and his son’s deaths as a pretext to threaten the Cloud Azure Territory.
  • Xu Xuan revealed that he had reached the ninth heaven of the Heavenly Mansion Realm and promised to protect the territory.
  • Xu Xuan gave Xu Xiao spiritual herbs to strengthen the sect’s disciples and said he would visit the eleven cities.
  • Zhao Wuji told Xu Xuan that he and six other disciples had been assigned to assist him.
  • Xu Xuan asked Zhao Wuji and the others to secretly investigate the eleven cities without fighting the demons.

Ch. 66Mountain Forest City!

Xu Xuan learned that the Demon Race invaders included a Snake Emperor and several powerful clans, then flew to Mountain Forest City to confront its weasel spirits. He attacked the city lord’s residence with a massive star, leaving the white-haired weasel emperor in danger.

  • Zhao Wuji told Xu Xuan that a Snake Emperor at the Sixth Heaven of the Purple Mansion Realm led the invaders, with the Jackal, Wolf, Tiger, and Leopard Clans among their weaker forces.
  • Xu Xuan asked Zhao Wuji and the other senior brothers to investigate separate cities while he headed to the nearest one, and Xu Xiao encouraged him to defend their country.
  • In Mountain Forest City, the white-haired weasel emperor ordered his followers to wait for the Snake Emperor’s instructions before killing more humans.
  • Xu Xuan sensed the demons below and unleashed a star-based divine ability, drawing the weasel emperor into the sky to confront him.
  • After Xu Xuan accused the Demon Race of starting the conflict, the weasel emperor declared that the weak deserved to be killed, and Xu Xuan sent the star crashing into the city lord’s residence.

Ch. 67Miao Xiaole!

Xu Xuan destroyed the Weasel Spirits’ manor and freed the imprisoned humans, where he reunited with his father’s old friend Miao Xiaole. The chapter ended with Miao Xiaole doubting Xu Xuan’s claim that he had killed the weasels, and Xu Xuan inviting him to look outside.

  • Xu Xuan dodged the furious Weasel Spirit’s attacks, then struck him and burned him and the manor with Heaven-Burning Divine Ability.
  • Xu Xuan checked that no Weasel Spirits had escaped, then followed the system’s notification to the humans imprisoned in the manor.
  • An emaciated boy told Xu Xuan that surviving humans had been enslaved since their cities fell, and Xu Xuan offered to send them to the Evolutionary Spirit Sect.
  • Miao Xiaole recognized Xu Xuan as the son of his old friend and offered to help him escape when food arrived.
  • Xu Xuan told Miao Xiaole he had already killed the Weasel Spirits, but Miao Xiaole doubted him, so Xu Xuan invited him to see the manor for himself.

Ch. 68Yulin City!

After destroying the City Lord's Manor, Xu Xuan saved Miao Xiaole and the survivors, who pledged themselves to him. He learned that the Demon Race's powerful Son of the Heavenly Demon was in Yulin City, then set out there with Little White, whose divine-beast bloodline could make demons submit.

  • Xu Xuan led Miao Xiaole and the survivors out of the collapsed City Lord's Manor and invited them to the Evolutionary Spirit Sect.
  • Miao Xiaole and the survivors pledged allegiance to Xu Xuan, earning him Fate Points and the Heavenly Grade Upper Rank Black Shadow Sword.
  • Miao Xiaole told Xu Xuan that the Demon Race's Son of the Heavenly Demon was in Yulin City and might rival the Snake Emperor in strength.
  • After Miao Xiaole led the survivors away from Shanlin City, Xu Xuan released Little White and learned that his divine-beast bloodline could command demons of lesser lineage.
  • Xu Xuan asked Little White to take him to Yulin City, and Little White grew large enough to carry him into the air.

Ch. 69An encounter with Yun Qingxue!

Xu Xuan rescued Yun Qingxue from a sealed hall in Yulin City after she tried to jump to her death, and learned that the Son of the Heavenly Demon had imprisoned her and slaughtered the city’s people. He sent Yun Qingxue back with Little White and stayed behind to kill the Son of the Heavenly Demon, while news of the weasels’ defeat reached the Snake Emperor.

  • Yun Qingxue broke a window and jumped from the hall, but Xu Xuan caught her before she hit the ground.
  • Yun Qingxue told Xu Xuan that the Demon Race had killed her father and that the Son of the Heavenly Demon had imprisoned her to use her constitution for dual cultivation.
  • Yun Qingxue said the Son of the Heavenly Demon had eaten everyone in Yulin City, and Xu Xuan decided to wait for him and kill him.
  • Xu Xuan sent Little White to take Yun Qingxue to his father’s sect so she could cultivate, then flew back into the hall and vowed not to spare the Son of the Heavenly Demon.
  • The Snake Emperor received news that one person had killed all the weasels.

Ch. 70The Cloudsky Eagle Clan!

The Snake Emperor ordered the demons to free their human captives after learning that a powerful human had destroyed Mountain Forest City, but the Son of the Heavenly Demon overruled him and demanded the demons attend his wedding in Yulin City. When he learned the same human was heading there, he took the Snake Emperor and his clan’s Purple Mansion cultivators to intercept him.

  • A subordinate reported that a young human had destroyed Mountain Forest City with his supernatural abilities, killing every member of the Huang Family, and the Snake Emperor ordered the demons to free their captives.
  • The Cloudsky Eagle Clan’s sovereign and the other clan leaders rejected the Snake Emperor’s order, while the Snake Emperor warned that the demons would become cannon fodder in a war with humanity.
  • The Son of the Heavenly Demon arrived, rebuked the Snake Emperor, declared that the Cloudsky Eagle Clan would lead the demons, and summoned the clan leaders to his wedding in Yulin City three days later.
  • The Son of the Heavenly Demon allowed the demons to keep their captives but warned them not to release anyone, then questioned the little demon about the destruction of Mountain Forest City.
  • After learning that the human was likely heading to Yulin City, the Son of the Heavenly Demon ordered the Snake Emperor and his clan’s Purple Mansion cultivators to join him in an encirclement, and the group departed.

Ch. 71Son of the Heavenly Demon!

Xu Xuan prepared to confront the Son of the Heavenly Demon after cultivating new techniques and learned that Little White’s Divine Beast bloodline had let them pass through the city’s Light Screen. He challenged the Son of the Heavenly Demon, who sent the Snake Emperor to fight in his place, and Xu Xuan agreed before warning that the Son would be next.

  • Xu Xuan cultivated Dragon and Tiger Leave the Mountain and comprehended the Thousand Illusions Sword Technique while waiting for the demons to arrive.
  • The Son of the Heavenly Demon and six other Purple Mansion Realm Great Demons entered Yulin City, puzzled that his Light Screen had not been broken.
  • The Son of the Heavenly Demon found Xu Xuan in the hall and demanded to know where Yun Qingxue had gone and how Xu Xuan had entered.
  • Xu Xuan revealed that he had come to kill the Son of the Heavenly Demon for trying to capture his chosen Dao companion.
  • The Son of the Heavenly Demon ordered the Snake Emperor to fight Xu Xuan, and Xu Xuan accepted, promising the Son would face him if the Snake Emperor lost.

Ch. 72Xu Xuan vs. the Snake Emperor!

Xu Xuan fought the Snake Emperor, the sixth-heaven Purple Mansion Realm leader of the Snake Clan, despite being only at the ninth heaven of the Heavenly Mansion Realm. Just as the Snake Emperor seized control of Xu Xuan’s thousand sword shadows, a giant tiger appeared and pinned him down.

  • The Son of the Heavenly Demon asked Xu Xuan where he came from, then secretly told the Snake Emperor to kill him if possible.
  • Xu Xuan recognized the Snake Emperor as the demon leader responsible for slaughter in the Cloud Cang Mirror and attacked him with his sword.
  • The Snake Emperor shattered Xu Xuan’s sword shadows and attacked with spikes erupting from the ground.
  • Xu Xuan asked his system about his chances, learned they were ten percent, and was told to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm.
  • Xu Xuan unleashed the Thousand Illusions Sword Art, revealing his ninth-heaven Heavenly Mansion cultivation and summoning a thousand sword shadows.
  • The Snake Emperor took control of the sword shadows, but a giant tiger rushed in, pounced on him, and pinned him to the ground.

Ch. 73Breakthrough to the Purple Mansion!

Xu Xuan suppressed the Snake Emperor with Dragon and Tiger Leave the Mountain while breaking through to the Purple Mansion Realm. After the demons failed to stop his breakthrough, Xu Xuan revealed his identity as a human disciple of Mo Tianji and the son of the Evolutionary Spirit Sect’s Sect Master, leaving the Snake Emperor stricken with regret.

  • Xu Xuan’s tiger phantom pinned down the Snake Emperor and weakened his ability to fight.
  • Xu Xuan’s spiritual energy turned purple, and he began breaking through as the Son of the Heavenly Demon ordered the Snake Clan to stop him.
  • A Snake Clan elder’s attack was blocked by Xu Xuan’s Constitution Protection, and the Son of the Heavenly Demon was sent flying when he struck Xu Xuan.
  • The demons recognized Xu Xuan’s Chaos Body as belonging to a human, and the Son of the Heavenly Demon became enraged.
  • Xu Xuan reached the Purple Mansion Realm and identified himself as a disciple of Mo Tianji and the son of the Evolutionary Spirit Sect’s Sect Master.

Ch. 74Slaying the Snake Emperor!

Xu Xuan fought the Snake Emperor and six Snake Clan elders, using his techniques to overcome their greater numbers and strength. After killing the sixth elder and then the remaining five, he left the Snake Emperor facing defeat.

  • The Snake Emperor recognized Xu Xuan and ordered the six elders to surround him, while the Son of the Heavenly Demon refused to join the attack.
  • The Snake Emperor combined his power with the six elders and struck Xu Xuan, who was knocked backward and abandoned a direct contest of strength.
  • Xu Xuan used Dragon and Tiger Birth to suppress the demons’ bloodlines, and the Snake Emperor and six elders transformed into giant pythons.
  • Xu Xuan killed the sixth elder with the Black Shadow Sword, prompting the remaining demons to charge him for revenge.
  • The Snake Emperor and five elders released their demon cores, but Xu Xuan unleashed Vast Ten-Thousand-Mile Break and Heaven-Burning Divine Ability, then beheaded all six remaining pythons with the Thousand Illusions Sword Art.

Ch. 75Constitution Enhancement!

After defeating the seven demons, Xu Xuan intimidated the Son of the Heavenly Demon into retreating and gained a Glazed Heavenly Demon Pearl, then collapsed from exhaustion and sought shelter to recover. At the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, Xu Xiao supported Yun Qingxue’s cultivation while Little White set off to find Xu Xuan.

  • Xu Xuan’s Fate Points triggered a Constitution Enhancement that increased his capacity to store spiritual energy.
  • Xu Xuan bluffed the Son of the Heavenly Demon into believing he remained powerful, and his opponent chose not to fight.
  • Xu Xuan demanded a reward, and the Son of the Heavenly Demon handed him the Glazed Heavenly Demon Pearl before leaving.
  • After the Son of the Heavenly Demon departed, Xu Xuan collapsed, then headed to the City Lord’s Manor to recover his spiritual energy.
  • At the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, Xu Xiao promised cultivation resources to Yun Qingxue so she could avenge her father.
  • Little White flew off to find Xu Xuan.
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