Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan went to the Great Yan Dynasty’s imperial palace to use the Saint Spirit Pool and broke through to Eight Yuan Nirvana with the help of Spirit Gathering Liquid and the Tribulation Passing Jade. He left Mo Jingtian with a chance to advance and a jade to aid him through his tribulation.

• Chen Xuan arrived at the imperial palace, where Mo Jingtian recognized him as Xuan Ge and respectfully agreed to take him to the Saint Spirit Pool.
• Chen Xuan opened the altar alone and entered the Saint Spirit Pool with Mo Jingtian following him.
• Chen Xuan poured Spirit Gathering Liquid into the energy vortex, entered the pool, and broke through to Eight Yuan Nirvana while avoiding his Nirvana Tribulation with the Tribulation Passing Jade.
• Chen Xuan invited Mo Jingtian to enter the pool and try to break through to Two Yuan Nirvana, saying he would need Mo Jingtian to handle matters for him later.
• Chen Xuan gave Mo Jingtian a Tribulation Passing Jade for his own tribulation.

Mo Jingtian accepted Chen Xuan’s help and pledged loyalty, while Xu Liansheng attacked Eagle Martial Hall and demanded Jiang Xue as his concubine. Jiang Xue and Jiang Yinyin appeared as Jiang Lei lay injured, and Xu Liansheng surrounded them to prevent their escape.

• Chen Xuan gave Mo Jingtian a Tribulation Passing Jade, helping him advance, and Mo Jingtian pledged his life in return.
• Chen Xuan admitted he had destroyed the Huangpu Clan, and Mo Jingtian sent someone to bring Eagle Martial Hall’s people to him.
• Xu Liansheng led Hunting Eagle Martial Hall’s men to Eagle Martial Hall and beat Wu Zhen and the other defenders.
• Xu Liansheng overpowered Jiang Lei and demanded that he agree to Xu Liansheng marrying Jiang Xue as a concubine.
• Jiang Xue and Jiang Yinyin arrived, and Jiang Lei urged them to flee and find Chen Xuan.
• Xu Liansheng ordered his men to surround the hall and declared that Jiang Xue could not leave before entering the bridal chamber with him.

Mo Jingtian and Black Elder rescued Jiang Xue, Jiang Lei, and Jiang Yinyin from Xu Liansheng, revealing they had come on Chen Xuan’s orders. Jiang Lei refused to leave Great Eagle City, so Mo Jingtian left Black Elder to guard the family and destroyed the Hunting Eagle Martial Hall; elsewhere, two figures realized they had gone to the wrong place.

• Xu Liansheng threatened Jiang Xue and taunted Jiang Lei until Mo Jingtian and Black Elder arrived looking for the Eagle Martial Hall’s master.
• Mo Jingtian identified Jiang Xue, then he and Black Elder killed Xu Liansheng and his lackeys.
• Mo Jingtian told the Jiang family that Chen Xuan had sent him to escort them to the imperial city, but Jiang Lei chose to stay in Great Eagle City.
• Mo Jingtian left Black Elder to protect the Jiang family and went to destroy the Hunting Eagle Martial Hall.
• Mo Jingtian wiped out the Hunting Eagle Martial Hall, and news of its destruction spread through Great Eagle City.
• In Huangpu City, a gray-robed man and another figure stood above the Huangpu Clan’s square and realized they had come to the wrong place.

Several powerful sects searched the Huangpu Clan’s square for Chen Xuan, hoping to recruit him and obtain his secret art, but he had already left. Ling Qingzhu arrived afterward and headed toward Yan City to find him, unaware that someone else had been watching and preparing for her arrival.

• Wu Dao and Chen Zhen decided to keep searching the Great Yan Dynasty for Chen Xuan, then encountered visitors from the Sword Sect and Flood and Desolation Hall who were seeking him too.
• Wu Dao argued that the Dao Sect had the advantage, and he and Chen Zhen left to search elsewhere while the two newcomers departed in another direction.
• Other sect representatives, including a red-dressed woman who had once confessed her affection to Chen Xuan and Yuan Gate’s Grand Elder Lu Feng, searched the square but found no sign of him.
• Ling Qingzhu arrived, confirmed that Chen Xuan had been there, and headed toward Yan City, determined to win him back and warn him about the other sects.
• After Ling Qingzhu left, another figure appeared and said he had made preparations.

Chen Xuan forced the Lin Clan to move its competition to an ancient tomb in the Tianyan Mountain Range, while Ling Qingzhu confronted Xuan Su in Yan City and offered her a Creation Martial Art to leave Chen Xuan. The chapter ended with Xuan Su stunned by Ling Qingzhu’s demand.

• Chen Xuan appeared before Lin Fan and ordered him to hold the Lin Clan Competition inside the Ancient Tomb in the Tianyan Mountain Range, threatening to destroy the clan if he refused.
• Lin Fan recognized Chen Xuan as the expert who had saved them in the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet and ordered the clan to obey.
• Lin Langtian and Mu Shi discussed Chen Xuan’s overwhelming strength, and Lin Fan told Lin Langtian to ask Chen Xuan himself if he wanted to know why the competition was being moved.
• Ling Qingzhu arrived at the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Association and asked to see Xuan Su.
• Ling Qingzhu offered Xuan Su a Creation Martial Art to leave Chen Xuan, leaving Xuan Su stunned.

Ling Qingzhu confronted Xuan Su and the other women, offering manuals to persuade them to leave Chen Xuan and claiming she was his wife. Chen Xuan arrived just as Ling Qingzhu attacked them, and she said she had come to warn him.

• Ling Qingzhu offered Xuan Su two manuals and a Ninth-Grade Martial Art to leave Chen Xuan, then revealed that she and Chen Xuan were husband and wife.
• Xuan Su challenged Ling Qingzhu’s claims, and Ling Qingzhu attacked her with a cyan palm strike that the Spiritual Treasure hairpin blocked.
• Ling Qingzhu drove away the onlookers with her Yuan Power and insulted Xuan Su, Xia Zhilan, and Shi Ziyue when they confronted her.
• Ling Qingzhu said she had come to take Chen Xuan back to Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, but Xuan Su questioned why he had left if he wanted to return.
• Ling Qingzhu attacked the three women with a Green Lotus petal, but Chen Xuan appeared and nullified the strike.
• Chen Xuan asked Ling Qingzhu what she was doing there, and she replied that she had come to warn him.

Ling Qingzhu tried to reconcile with Chen Xuan and claimed the Eastern Xuan Region’s Super Sects were hunting him for his strength-boosting secret technique, but he rejected her and demanded that she leave. After she refused his ultimatum, Chen Xuan attacked her with the Tetanus Blade, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Ling Qingzhu warned Chen Xuan that the Eastern Xuan Region’s Super Sects were searching for him to seize his secret technique, but he denied having one and told her to leave.
• Chen Xuan reminded Ling Qingzhu that he had given her a Divorce Letter and said he wanted her to stop bothering him.
• Ling Qingzhu accused Xuan Su and the other two women of keeping Chen Xuan from her, and Chen Xuan defended them while condemning Ling Qingzhu’s actions.
• Ling Qingzhu asked to see Chen Xuan’s supposed secret technique, believing that would make him abandon the divorce, but he threatened to kill her if she did not leave within ten breaths.
• After Ling Qingzhu stayed, Chen Xuan charged at her with the Tetanus Blade.

Chen Xuan confronted Ling Qingzhu and Qin Xiuqing at the Ten Thousand Gold Auction House after learning Ling had lied about killing Lin Dong. Qin Xiuqing tried to persuade him to return to Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, but he refused, and their clash seemed imminent.

• Ling Qingzhu cried to Qin Xiuqing that Chen Xuan had tried to kill her, while leaving out her past actions.
• Qin Xiuqing offered Chen Xuan forgiveness and a choice of women in the palace, but he rejected her offer and challenged Ling Qingzhu’s claim that she had killed Lin Dong.
• Ling Qingzhu admitted she had spared Lin Dong, prompting Qin Xiuqing to realize her disciple had lied.
• Qin Xiuqing demanded that Chen Xuan return to Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and Chen Xuan refused, warning that he would spare Qin but not Ling Qingzhu.
• Qin Xiuqing unleashed her yuan power and flattened the Ten Thousand Gold Auction House as Yan City descended into panic.
• Ling Qingzhu told Qin Xiuqing to let Chen Xuan kill her if it would ease his anger.

Chen Xuan refused Qin Xiuqing’s demand to return to Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and she tried to claim his sword as palace property. Representatives from the Eastern Xuan Region’s super sects arrived to recruit him, but Chen Xuan sent them away and blocked Qin Xiuqing from taking Ling Qingzhu, leaving the confrontation on the verge of a fight.

• Qin Xiuqing offered Chen Xuan another chance to return, but he refused and challenged her with his sword.
• Qin Xiuqing claimed Chen Xuan’s sword belonged to Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and demanded that he hand it over.
• Chen Zhen, Wu Dao, and representatives of the Eastern Xuan Region’s super sects arrived and tried to recruit Chen Xuan.
• Qin Xiuqing agreed to leave Chen Xuan to the other sects, then grabbed Ling Qingzhu and tried to depart.
• Chen Xuan blocked Qin Xiuqing and declared that she could leave, but Ling Qingzhu could not.
• Chen Xuan told the other sects not to interfere as Qin Xiuqing threatened to cripple him and take back the sword.

Chen Xuan fought Qin Xiuqing in Yan City, using the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and a feint to wound her with the rust-streaked blade. As Qin Xiuqing tried to take Ling Qingzhu and flee, Chen Xuan sent Bo Xuan’s soul after them.

• Chen Xuan teleported Xuan Su and the other two away, then used the World King Fist to raise his strength to the Great Completion of Life Profound Realm.
• Chen Xuan exchanged attacks with Qin Xiuqing, was blasted back, and spat blood as the battle destroyed Yan City’s buildings.
• Chen Xuan summoned Bo Xuan’s soul from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, which swallowed Qin Xiuqing’s sword gleams and blocked her attack.
• Chen Xuan feinted at Ling Qingzhu and struck Qin Xiuqing in the neck with the rust-streaked blade, causing her vitality to drain.
• Qin Xiuqing grabbed Ling Qingzhu and tried to leave, but Chen Xuan sent Bo Xuan’s soul rushing after them.

Chen Xuan escaped after wounding Qin Xiuqing, then recovered with Xuan Su, Shi Ziyue, and Xia Zhilan while advancing his cultivation. Qin Xiuqing failed to remove the strange force in her wound and arranged to frame Chen Xuan for colluding with demons and killing Bo Xuan; the accusation reached Darkness Hall.

• Qin Xiuqing escaped with Ling Qingzhu through a green vortex, and Chen Xuan teleported away to safety.
• Chen Zhen and the others realized Chen Xuan had vanished and scattered to search for him and recruit him.
• Chen Xuan reunited with Xuan Su, Shi Ziyue, and Xia Zhilan, whose dual cultivation helped heal him and raised his cultivation to the peak of the Eight Yuan Nirvana stage.
• Qin Xiuqing questioned Ling Qingzhu about Chen Xuan, then ordered her to spread the claim that he had colluded with demons and killed Bo Xuan.
• Qin Xiuqing failed to expel the strange force from her wound and went to seek help from the Supreme Elder of Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace spread the accusation, and news of Bo Xuan's death reached Darkness Hall.

The Darkness Hall decided to investigate the report that its Hall Master had been killed before pursuing revenge. After recovering, Chen Xuan confronted Lin Xiao, Liu Yan, and Lin Qingtan, then gave Lin Qingtan a Nether Yin Pill and ordered her to cultivate.

• The Grand Elder of Darkness Hall ordered an investigation into the reported death of the Hall Master and the loss of the Darkness Ancestral Symbol and Holy Sickle.
• Chen Xuan recovered to the Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm and brought Xuan Su and the other two to the Tianyan Mountain Range, where Xia Wan Jin and Shi Haotian stood guard.
• Chen Xuan restrained Lin Xiao and made Liu Yan choose between Lin Dong's death and Lin Qingtan being violated.
• Chen Xuan gave Lin Qingtan a Nether Yin Pill and told her to reach major completion of the Qi Creation Realm within a month.
• Chen Xuan isolated Liu Yan, touched Lin Qingtan's chin, and told her she would understand his intentions in the future.

Chen Xuan used a Summon Card and brought Yun Yun from the Douqi Continent to the Tianyan Mountain Range. Yun Yun discovered that her Douqi was sealed and that she could not return, while Chen Xuan said he might find a way to send her home someday.

• Liu Yan told Lin Xiao that she suspected Lin Qingtan looked at Chen Xuan like a girl in love, but Lin Xiao dismissed the idea.
• Chen Xuan worried that the Darkness Hall might pursue him for the sacred artifacts and used ten lottery draws to obtain martial arts and a Summon Card.
• Chen Xuan activated the Summon Card, and a woman fell from its energy vortex; he caught her before she hit the ground.
• The woman introduced herself through her memories as Yun Yun and asked how to return to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Chen Xuan explained that Yun Yun was far from the Douqi Continent, and she discovered that she could not use her Douqi.

Chen Xuan explained to Yun Yun that he could not yet return her to the Douqi Continent, but gave her a ring that let her convert douqi into Yuan Power. She settled in the Tianyan Mountain Range, where she tried grilling meat for Chen Xuan and served him skewers that seemed badly wrong.

• Yun Yun confronted Chen Xuan about bringing her to the Tianxuan Continent, and he persuaded her that he meant no harm but could not send her home yet.
• Chen Xuan gave Yun Yun a Spiritual Treasure-grade ring that converted her douqi into Yuan Power, and she tested it successfully.
• Chen Xuan took Yun Yun to the Ancient Tomb, where Xia Wan Jin, Shi Haotian, Xuan Su, and the others welcomed her as though she were Chen Xuan's woman.
• Chen Xuan grilled meat skewers for Yun Yun, who eagerly ate more than a dozen before offering to take over.
• Yun Yun grilled skewers until they were nearly burnt, then handed one to Chen Xuan, who realized something was wrong after two bites.

After Yun Yun accidentally ate Silver Dragon eggs, their effects overwhelmed her, and Chen Xuan took advantage of the situation despite her protests. The next morning, she tried to kill herself, but Chen Xuan stopped her by threatening the Yun Lan Sect and promising to take care of Nalan Yanran; Yun Yun then demanded he keep his promise to return her to the Douqi Continent.

• Chen Xuan discovered that Yun Yun had roasted and eaten two Silver Dragon eggs, whose special effects soon began affecting them both.
• Yun Yun, unable to use Dou Qi and fearing that Chen Xuan would leave her alone in the wilderness, clung to him as the eggs' effects overwhelmed her.
• Yun Yun briefly regained clarity and threatened to kill herself if Chen Xuan touched her, but he formed a barrier and carried her to a nearby rock.
• The next morning, Yun Yun pressed a sword to Chen Xuan's throat and tried to end her life, but he grabbed her wrist and stopped her.
• Chen Xuan threatened to destroy the Yun Lan Sect and take care of Nalan Yanran if Yun Yun died, so she insisted that he return her to the Douqi Continent.

Chen Xuan set his plan in motion for the Lin Clan Competition, while Lin Fan freed Lin Dong from the Mist Forest and redirected him toward the Tianyan Mountain Range. Lin Dong set out seeking revenge on the Di Family and Liu Family, unaware that Lin Fan was watching to ensure he followed the intended route.

• Wang Lei and Qin Zhenfeng asked Mo Jingtian to introduce them to a powerful expert who could help their families take revenge, and Mo Jingtian agreed only to make the introduction.
• Chen Xuan gave Lin Langtian a pill to help him reach Creation Realm Greater Completion and instructed Lin Fan to let Lin Dong grow confident before Lin Langtian struck at the clan competition.
• Lin Fan appeared before Lin Dong in the Mist Forest and used a Jade Talisman to destroy the formations trapping him.
• Lin Fan told Lin Dong that the competition had moved to the Ancient Tomb in the Tianyan Mountain Range, and Lin Dong headed toward the Di Family and Liu Family to seek revenge.
• Lin Fan watched Lin Dong from the sky to make sure he traveled toward the Tianyan Mountain Range.

Qin Xiuqing failed to reach the Reincarnation Stage, named Ling Qingzhu as her successor, and sacrificed her remaining essence power to help Ling Qingzhu sense Tai Shang and rise to the Samsara Stage. After Qin Xiuqing died, Ling Qingzhu vowed to preserve Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and avenge her, then met Darkness Hall elder Xiang Chao, who asked who had killed its hall master.

• Qin Xiuqing announced that Ling Qingzhu would succeed her as Palace Lord because she had failed to break through and had little time left.
• Qin Xiuqing and the elders helped Ling Qingzhu sense Tai Shang, and Ling Qingzhu's cultivation rose from the Five Yuan Nirvana Realm to the Samsara Stage.
• Qin Xiuqing gave Ling Qingzhu her remaining essence power, then died after ordering her to preserve Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, cooperate with Darkness Hall, and avenge her.
• An elder told Ling Qingzhu that a Darkness Hall representative had arrived, and she went to meet Xiang Chao after paying her respects to Qin Xiuqing.
• Xiang Chao asked whether the report that a junior had killed the Darkness Hall hall master was true, and an elder confirmed it before Xiang Chao asked who the killer was.

Ling Qingzhu concealed Chen Xuan’s identity and planned to visit him in the Great Yan Dynasty, while Yuan Gate agreed to hinder Dao Sect. Chen Xuan prepared a staged Lin Clan Competition to take revenge on Lin Dong, and Lin Qingtan mistook his request to cooperate for an invitation to undress.

• Ling Qingzhu cut off an elder before he could identify Chen Xuan, then learned the Lin Clan Competition would be held at the tomb estate in the Tianyan Mountain Range.
• Ling Qingzhu ordered Wu Qun to watch Dao Sect and Yuan Sect while she claimed she would enter seclusion, intending instead to visit Chen Xuan.
• A black-robed figure instructed the Three Giants of Yuan Gate to stop Dao Sect from interfering with an important plan in the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Chen Xuan made Mo Jingtian and his people level a mountain near the Ancient Tomb to prepare an arena for the Lin Clan Competition.
• Chen Xuan told Lin Xiao and his wife to act as though nothing had happened and promised to impersonate Lin Zhentian at the competition.
• Chen Xuan asked Lin Qingtan to act with him at the competition, but she began to undress, thinking he meant something else.

Chen Xuan arranged a scheme around the Lin Clan Competition, disguising people as Lin Dong’s dead relatives while waiting for Lin Dong to arrive. As the competition began, Lin Qingtan faced Lin Feng, who suppressed her and tried to make her submit.

• Chen Xuan left Lin Qingtan after spending two and a half hours with her, then returned to Yun Yun, who recognized the scent on him.
• The Lin Clan Competition began at the Tianyan Mountain Range, drawing crowds and fighters from across the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Lin Fan told Chen Xuan that Lin Dong had arrived, and Chen Xuan vanished to join Lin Xiao and Liu Yan while disguised as Lin Zhentian.
• Chen Xuan’s arranged actors wore masks and posed as Lin Dong’s dead relatives, taunting the Yan City branch family as Chen Xuan waited for Lin Dong to act.
• Lin Qingtan began her match against Lin Feng, who used his superior cultivation to suppress her and offered to ask Lin Langtian to spare her branch family if she submitted to him.

Lin Dong arrived at the Lin Clan competition and defeated Lin Feng and several stronger opponents, carrying the Yan City branch family into the final match. He challenged Lin Langtian, while Little Marten warned that Lin Langtian might have reached Half-Step Creation Realm.

• Lin Dong descended in time to shatter Lin Feng’s attack on Lin Qingtan and sent her to rejoin Lin Xiao and his wife.
• Lin Dong and Little Marten discussed Lin Langtian’s hidden strength, which might have reached Half-Step Creation Realm.
• Lin Dong defeated Lin Feng with one move, then won several matches and brought the Yan City branch family to the finals.
• Lin Dong defeated Lin Mu, whose strength was at Creation Realm Greater Completion, and advanced to face Lin Langtian.
• Lin Dong called on Lin Langtian to come down and fight.