Chapter Summaries

After the Nine Provinces’ Holy Sons were declared dead, Dao Spirit Saint dismissed the grieving leaders, while the Shangguan Clan Chief secretly looked forward to seizing power. Xu Xuan and the survivors returned to the Gu Family Holy Land with Gu Ruoyi and a crippled Shangguan Jiantian, where Xu Xuan warned the elders that the Shangguan Family Lineage had nearly killed them all.

• Dao Spirit Saint said the Holy Sons’ deaths had bought the continent ten thousand years of peace, and Heaven Buddha Saint offered to perform rites for them.
• The Shangguan Clan Chief privately celebrated his son’s success and considered how to bring the other Lineages under his control.
• Xu Xuan, Wang Hao, Wang Shi, Gu Ruoyi, Ye Qin, and Luo Xiaotian arrived at the Gu Family Holy Land with the barely living Shangguan Jiantian.
• Gu Ruoyi reunited with the Gu Family elders, who asked why Shangguan Jiantian had been crippled.
• Xu Xuan admitted he had crippled Shangguan Jiantian and warned that the Shangguan Family Lineage had considerable ambitions and would have killed them all if he had not intervened.

Yun Long and the Yun Family unsealed Qiongqi, pledging to serve him as he demanded three thousand virgin boys and girls. After Qiongqi emerged, a being in the Demon Race Mountains sensed the fiend beast’s return and called for the others to awaken.

• Yun Long used the Yun Family’s formation and a scroll from the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss to summon Qiongqi, while Yunyan watched uneasily and left to gain experience.
• Qiongqi appeared as a phantom, demanded three thousand virgin boys and girls, and made Yun Long accept him as master.
• Yun Long ordered Yun Qiang to gather the children and led Qiongqi back to the Yun Family estate as the seal broke completely.
• A being deep in the Demon Race Mountains opened its eyes, sensed that a fiend beast had emerged, and said it was time for the others to awaken.

Gu Zhen reunited with Gu Ruoyi and met the companions who had survived the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss, but he openly disdained Xu Xuan and tried to send him away. Xu Xuan left with the others, and Gu Ruoyi stormed out after clashing with his father.

• Gu Zhen welcomed Gu Ruoyi back and heard him introduce Wang Hao, Wang Shi, Luo Xiaotian, Xu Xuan, and Ye Qin.
• Gu Zhen showed dissatisfaction with Xu Xuan's humble background, causing Xu Xuan's Fate Points to decrease by 1,000.
• Xu Xuan asked Gu Zhen how he would deal with Shangguan Jiantian, and Gu Zhen left Shangguan Jiantian's fate to Xu Xuan.
• Gu Zhen offered a farewell banquet and made clear he wanted Xu Xuan to leave; Xu Xuan departed, followed by the others.
• Gu Ruoyi rebuked Gu Zhen for his treatment of Xu Xuan, then ran out after Gu Zhen shouted at him.

Xu Xuan led his companions into a busy city to find a way to earn silver, where he discovered a Ghost Lantern being sold by a mysterious old man. After identifying the old man as a Saint carrying a dangerous lantern, Xu Xuan exposed his murderous intent before the crowd.

• Xu Xuan decided that he and his companions would stay in the outside world and earn silver before trying to return to the Taixuan Dao Continent.
• Xu Xuan noticed a crowd around an old man selling a Ghost Lantern for a million taels of silver.
• Xu Xuan sensed the lantern's dense ghostly qi, grabbed the old man, and used Chaos Divine Qi to examine him.
• Xu Xuan privately told the old man he was a Saint who had brought the lantern from a powerful Saint's tomb and been afflicted by it.
• The old man told Xu Xuan to come with him, and Xu Xuan publicly accused him of planning to take him away and kill him.

Xu Xuan confronted a gravely wounded old man who wielded a Ghost Lantern and attacked him with overwhelming power. After Xu Xuan revealed that he had seen through the old man's Formation and manifested the Rune Great Dao, he struck the old man down.

• The old man sized up Xu Xuan and tried to conceal his intentions by chatting with him.
• Xu Xuan recognized the deathly energy covering the old man and said he knew where the Ghost Lantern had come from.
• The old man attacked Xu Xuan with powerful Spiritual Qi, bound him, and began absorbing his power.
• Xu Xuan threatened the old man and revealed that he had seen through the Formation around them.
• Xu Xuan manifested the Rune Great Dao and blasted the retreating old man, sending him crashing to the ground and coughing blood.

After the Heavenly Ghost Saint fled, a burly Saint mistook Xu Xuan for his ally and attacked him. Xu Xuan sent Luo Xiaotian and the others away, then escaped the burly man's killing blow by simulating the Great Dao of Space.

• The Heavenly Ghost Saint fled as his city-wide Magic Array shattered, and the burly man arrived and demanded that Xu Xuan reveal where he had gone.
• The burly man seized Xu Xuan and forced him toward his knees, while Xu Qiang and the other gods urged Xu Xuan to release them; Xu Xuan told them to stay back.
• Xu Xuan invoked Great Dao Runes and seized a Rune Great Dao chain, but lightning struck and shattered the chain.
• Xu Xuan sent Luo Xiaotian and the others away, then enlarged his body and punched at the burly man.
• The burly man struck Xu Xuan and pressed his attack, but Xu Xuan simulated the Great Dao of Space and escaped through a rift.

Xu Xuan escaped after using the Simulation Great Dao, then came across two Chaos Valley disciples in danger and killed their attacker. He left Zhao Yue and Zhao Xin safe, with the sisters impressed by his strength.

• Xu Xuan escaped to a mountain after using the Simulation Great Dao, exhausted by the effort.
• The scarred man cornered Zhao Yue and Zhao Xin at a cliff, and the sisters clung to a tree to avoid falling.
• Xu Xuan appeared and refused Zhao Yue's plea to seek help, choosing to confront the scarred man himself.
• The scarred man attacked Xu Xuan, but Xu Xuan's Black Shadow Sword overwhelmed him and crippled his arm.
• Xu Xuan slit the scarred man's throat, killing him as Zhao Yue and Zhao Xin watched in shock.

Xu Xuan accompanied Zhao Yue and Zhao Xin to Chaos Valley and learned about the infamous Heavenly Ghost Saint. Elsewhere, Heavenly Ghost Old Man began recovering in a ruined city, unaware that the Ghost Lantern’s Core had escaped, while cultivators gathered nearby in fear of the deathly energy.

• Xu Xuan agreed to accompany Zhao Yue and Zhao Xin to Chaos Valley after saving them.
• On the way, Zhao Yue and Zhao Xin described Heavenly Ghost Saint’s past slaughter and his conflict with Primordial Saint.
• After arriving at Chaos Valley, Zhao Yue and Zhao Xin left Xu Xuan to answer an elder’s summons.
• Heavenly Ghost Old Man hid in a ruined city with the Ghost Lantern and vowed to kill Hunyuan once he recovered.
• While Heavenly Ghost Old Man meditated, the Ghost Lantern’s Core slipped away unnoticed and immense deathly energy engulfed the city.
• Nearby cultivators feared the deathly energy, but a white-robed elder admitted he lacked confidence to confront the demon within.

Bai Bufan led a group of disciples toward Shattered Small City to slay Heavenly Ghost Saint, despite Elder Bai’s warnings. Heavenly Ghost Saint’s power faltered at first, but he unleashed a devastating Divine Ability as the disciples arrived, and Bai Bufan fled.

• Elder Bai refused to order an attack on Shattered Small City, warning that anyone below Saint might suffer an unimaginable misfortune.
• Bai Bufan arrived, dismissed Elder Bai’s warning, and led the eager disciples toward the city.
• Heavenly Ghost Saint awoke, sensed the approaching cultivators, and discovered that his injuries weakened him when he tried to attack.
• Bai Bufan and the disciples reached Heavenly Ghost Saint, who summoned a three-hundred-meter evil ghost with Heavenly Ghost Annihilation.
• Bai Bufan realized Heavenly Ghost Saint was a Saint and fled without helping his junior brothers.

The Heavenly Ghost Saint collected the souls of his victims while Xu Xuan encountered the Primordial Saint at Chaos Valley and was mistaken for someone who knew the fugitive’s whereabouts. Unable to escape the Primordial Saint’s pursuit, Xu Xuan used a mysterious light ball to open a passage and vanished inside.

• The wounded Heavenly Ghost Saint used his Ghost Lantern to absorb the souls of those he had killed.
• At Chaos Valley, the Primordial Saint told the gathered disciples that he had gravely wounded the Heavenly Ghost Saint, and Xu Xuan recognized him and tried to flee.
• The Primordial Saint caught sight of Xu Xuan, pursued him, and demanded that he reveal where the Heavenly Ghost Saint was hiding.
• The Primordial Saint used his Primordial Umbrella to seal off the area, preventing Xu Xuan from escaping through simulated space.
• Xu Xuan refused Xu Qiang’s offer to fight and instead activated the lifesaving light ball he had received from the youth who took his Battle Armor Immortal Spirit.
• The light ball opened a passage and pulled Xu Xuan inside before the Primordial Saint could stop him.

Xu Xuan returned to the Endless Sea and remembered his promise to avenge the Saint remnant soul, so he set out for the Gu Family Holy Land. On the way, he rescued Gu Ruoyi after a masked woman stole his essence blood and fled, leaving Gu Ruoyi surrounded by holy land disciples.

• Xu Xuan emerged above the Endless Sea, where the Saint remnant soul tormented him and reminded him to fulfill his promise of revenge.
• Xu Xuan decided to make another trip to the Gu Family Holy Land.
• Gu Ruoyi encountered a masked woman in black, who drew his essence blood and escaped after he struck her with Shattering the Void.
• Several holy land disciples surrounded Gu Ruoyi after the masked woman fled.
• Xu Xuan arrived and severed the arms of four disciples with a ray of golden light, then checked whether Gu Ruoyi was safe.

Xu Xuan rescued Gu Ruoyi by killing the Earth Grade Holy Land disciples pursuing her, then realized their attacks might be tied to enemies of her father. Meanwhile, Xu Xiao guarded the Immortal Palace and reflected on his absent son, who he believed was safe.

• A hidden figure warned its followers that Xu Xuan carried a power strong enough to threaten even it, and ordered them to uncover his origins.
• Xu Xuan defeated and killed the disciples who attacked him while he protected Gu Ruoyi.
• Xu Xuan suggested that Gu Ruoyi’s pursuers might have been backed by someone targeting the Gu Family Holy Land, then left with her.
• Xu Xiao reflected that the Immortal Palace had grown into a major power and that he had reached the True Spirit Realm with Elder Zi Yu’s guidance.
• Xu Xiao asked the Grand Elder whether many people had died, and the Grand Elder told him that Xu Xuan was safe.

Gu Zhen learned that Gu Ruoyi was being hunted by forces led by the Clearwind Holy Land and sent the Gu Family elders to retaliate. As the Primordial Dao Province erupted into turmoil, the Shangguan Family prepared to summon the Yin-Yang and Ouyang lineages.

• Xu Xuan told Gu Zhen that Gu Ruoyi was being hunted by the Clearwind Holy Land and other Earth Grade forces, so Gu Zhen summoned the Six Great Elders and sent them out.
• Gu Zhen agreed to a proposal to coordinate with other holy lands and made the proposer responsible for rooting out dissidents.
• The Gu Family's Third Elder confronted the Clearwind Holy Land, killed one of its elders, and warned it that further provocation would destroy the sect.
• A Clearwind Holy Land elder challenged the Gu Family over its survival while other holy lands' heirs had died, leaving the Gu elders unable to answer.
• The Shangguan Clan Chief ordered Yin-Yang and Ouyang representatives to come to him, and a death-sworn retainer seized Ouyang Quede and gave him half an hour to arrive.

Yin-Yang Tian hurried to the Shangguan Family Lineage’s council hall after receiving a deadly summons, while Gu Zhen’s Gu Family faced a coalition demanding answers for the deaths of their Holy Sons and Holy Maidens. Gu Zhen agreed to lead an investigation, secretly hoping Xu Xuan would bring Gu Ruoyi back safely before the other forces discovered his stalling.

• Yin-Yang Tian set out for the Shangguan Family Lineage’s grand council hall after a warning from its deathsworn.
• The Gu Family’s Third Elder attacked Clearwind Holy Land’s survivors, but an Earth Grade family head intervened and arrived with a coalition of holy lands.
• Gu Zhen joined the Third Elder and confronted the coalition, whose leaders demanded an explanation for the deaths of their Holy Sons and Holy Maidens.
• The coalition demanded that the Gu Family lead an investigation, and Gu Zhen agreed while relying on Xu Xuan to return Gu Ruoyi safely.
• Gu Zhen began searching the mountainside, but a Heaven-Rank Holy Land leader accused him of stalling until Gu Ruoyi returned.

Gu Zhen’s search of the land awakened a powerful invisible force, while Xu Xuan rescued the injured Gu Ruoyi from her pursuers. The chapter ended as a Heaven Martial Realm figure descended beside them.

• Gu Zhen swore to investigate the cause of the Gu Family Holy Land’s declining spiritual power, then searched the surrounding land and glimpsed a flash of golden light.
• An invisible force drove back the other searchers, overwhelmed Gu Zhen, and injured the Six Great Elders when they shielded him.
• Xu Xuan followed Gu Zhen’s compass to Gu Ruoyi and defeated the black-clad pursuers chasing her.
• Gu Ruoyi recognized Xu Xuan’s compass as belonging to the Gu Family, and he carried her to a mountain stream to treat her wounds and cook food.
• A black shadow descended toward Xu Xuan and Gu Ruoyi with the pressure of a Heaven Martial Realm expert.

Xu Xuan killed an assassin who threatened Gu Ruoyi and brought the young master safely back to the Gu Family. Gu Zhen then summoned Shangguan Jian and ordered him to confront Xu Xuan, declaring that the Gu Family would not get involved.

• The Man in Black attacked Gu Ruoyi, but Xu Xuan struck first and killed him with a sword.
• Xu Xuan carried Gu Ruoyi toward the Gu Family Holy Land while Gu Ruoyi continued eating roast meat.
• Gu Zhen confronted the Heaven-Rank Holy Lands and invited them to face the Shangguan Family over the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss.
• Gu Zhen told the Gu Family elders he would avoid leading any confrontation with the Shangguan Family and planned to search for a hidden treasure later.
• Gu Zhen returned to the Gu Family, called for Shangguan Jian, and ordered him to confront Xu Xuan while the Gu Family stayed out of the matter.

Gu Zhen expelled Xu Xuan and the others from the Gu Family estate, then sealed the family behind its protective formation to avoid answering questions about the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss. The Shangguan Family arrived to take Shangguan Jian away, but Xu Xuan exposed that they intended to silence him, turning the crowd against him.

• Gu Zhen ordered Gu Ruoyi confined and had Xu Xuan, Shangguan Jian, and the others thrown out of the Gu Family estate.
• A Gu Family elder claimed the family knew nothing about the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss, then activated the estate’s protective formation.
• The Shangguan Family, Yin-Yang Family, and Ouyang Family arrived and demanded that Shangguan Jian be allowed to return with them.
• Shangguan Jian asserted his status, and the holy land experts let him pass while some publicly defended him.
• Xu Xuan warned Shangguan Jian that the Shangguan Family intended to kill him because his cultivation had been crippled, then admitted that he had crippled it.
• A Shangguan Family figure vanished into the shadows, and the group threatened Xu Xuan’s life.

Xu Xuan tried to escape the Shangguan Family’s attempt to kill him before he could explain what happened in the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss. He pursued Shangguan Jian as the family evacuated him, but Shangguan Jian was suddenly stabbed, leaving everyone to accuse Xu Xuan of killing him to silence a witness.

• Xu Xuan warned the others to flee and dodged a surprise attack from a hidden assassin while the Holy Lands’ cultivators hesitated to intervene.
• The Shangguan Family surrounded Shangguan Jian, and Xu Xuan seized the Shadow Assassin, maiming him and demanding a chance to explain what happened in the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss.
• The Shangguan Family attacked Xu Xuan while escorting Shangguan Jian away, and Xu Xuan used the Simulation Great Dao to shatter space and appear beside him.
• A sword pierced Shangguan Jian as chaos erupted, and the Shangguan Family and the onlookers accused Xu Xuan of killing him to silence a witness.

Xu Xuan accused the Shangguan Family of plotting the deaths in the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss, but the crowd sided against him. The Primordial Saint of Chaos Valley intervened and took Xu Xuan away for questioning, while the Shangguan Family could only watch.

• The Shangguan Family accused Xu Xuan of murdering Shangguan Jian and urged the gathered cultivators to avenge him.
• Elder Wang and other influential figures backed the Shangguan Family, while an old woman demanded Xu Xuan explain what happened in the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss.
• Xu Xuan said Shangguan Jian had caused the deaths of the other prodigies, but the crowd rejected his claim.
• The Primordial Saint of Chaos Valley accused Xu Xuan of colluding with the Heavenly Ghost Saint and ordered him to come to Chaos Valley.
• Xu Xuan agreed to go with the Primordial Saint, and the Shangguan Family reluctantly let them leave.

The Primordial Saint took Xu Xuan toward Chaos Valley and killed two Saints sent by the Shangguan Family to intercept them. He realized the interception had been a diversion and rushed back as Chaos Valley came under attack.

• The Primordial Saint promised the gathered Saints that they could take Xu Xuan after Heavenly Ghost was executed, then warned Xu Xuan not to attempt escape.
• Near Chaos Valley, two Saints demanded that the Primordial Saint hand Xu Xuan over, but he sealed his cultivation and crushed them with a single palm strike.
• The Primordial Saint saw a fiery glow rising from Chaos Valley and realized the attack on him had been meant to divert him from an assault on the valley.
• The Primordial Saint rushed toward Chaos Valley, where masked attackers were slaughtering disciples and Zhao Yue and Zhao Xin stood beside the terrified Valley Master.