Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren used the Torch Dragon Power within him to draw countless dragon souls to his side, disrupting other dragons’ attempts to claim their inheritances. He reunited with Yin Honghua and offered her a choice of any dragon soul.

• Chu Kuangren entered the Dragon Soul World with Long Shuijing while the Hongmeng Dragon Clan vowed to make him pay once their elite forces arrived.
• Unable to sense the source he sought among the dragon souls, Chu Kuangren released his Dragon Might to draw it toward him.
• Countless dragon souls, including Monarch Grade souls, abandoned the dragons seeking their inheritances and gathered reverently around Chu Kuangren.
• When a hostile Great Dao Grade dragon charged at Chu Kuangren, the dragon souls forced him to the ground and protected Chu Kuangren.
• Yin Honghua, Ancestral Dragon Wasteland, and the others arrived, and Chu Kuangren told Yin Honghua to pick whichever dragon soul she wanted.

Chu Kuangren let his companions choose dragon soul inheritances, then summoned and devoured countless dragon souls to strengthen his Torch Dragon Power and absorb their knowledge. He reached the limit of what his power could absorb and emerged with profound mastery of the Dragon Clan’s cultivation techniques.

• Chu Kuangren gave Yin Honghua, Ancestral Dragon Wasteland, and the other Pangu Universe dragons the dragon soul inheritances they chose.
• Chu Kuangren gave Long Shuijing a Seven-Colored Heavenly Dragon soul and Hei Xuan a black dragon soul, despite Black Dragon Ya claiming it.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the remaining dragon souls and devoured them, increasing his Torch Dragon Power more than tenfold while absorbing their inheritances.
• Ancestral Dragon Ning recognized Chu Kuangren’s Torch Dragon Power and speculated that it came from the Primordial Torch Dragon.
• Chu Kuangren reached his Torch Dragon Power’s limit and gained mastery of the Dragon Clan’s cultivation techniques.

Chu Kuangren used the Dragon-Slaying Blade to locate the Torch Dragon soul that had drawn him to the Dragon Tomb. When the Dragon Clan tried to stop him from pursuing it, he crushed their attacks and killed or injured many of them.

• At Xiao Ai’s suggestion, Chu Kuangren brought out the Dragon-Slaying Blade to frighten the dragon souls and identify the one that resisted it.
• The Dragon-Slaying Blade’s blood-red dragon resentment sent the surrounding dragon souls fleeing, while a tiny Torch Dragon soul remained.
• The Torch Dragon soul grew to tens of thousands of meters and roared against the blade’s resentment, revealing itself as the source of Chu Kuangren’s resonance.
• Chu Kuangren put away the Dragon-Slaying Blade and chased after the shrinking Torch Dragon soul.
• Ancestral Dragon Ning, Yinglong Wu, Black Dragon Ya, and other dragons attacked Chu Kuangren, but he shattered their techniques with a sweep of his sleeve, killing Black Dragon Ya and killing or injuring more than half of the attackers.

Chu Kuangren subdued the Primordial Torch Dragon’s remnant soul, merging it with his Torch Dragon Power, but taking the soul’s core caused the Dragon Soul World to collapse. He escaped with Yin Honghua, Long Shuijing, and the others as the world crumbled.

• Chu Kuangren used the Time-Space Treasure Mirror and the Gate of Destiny to suppress the Torch Dragon soul after it resisted him with the Power of Time.
• Chu Kuangren recognized the soul as a remnant of the Primordial Torch Dragon and reached out to claim it.
• The Torch Dragon soul merged with Chu Kuangren’s Torch Dragon Power and returned to his body, where the power began transforming.
• The Dragon Soul World shook and cracked apart, and Xiao Ai told Chu Kuangren that the Torch Dragon soul had been its core.
• Chu Kuangren led Yin Honghua, Long Shuijing, and the others out as the Dragon Soul World collapsed and dragon souls scattered through the Dragon Tomb.

After the Dragon Soul World collapsed, Chu Kuangren left with the Torch Dragon soul and Dragon-Slaying Blade while the Dragon Clan assembled a massive force to stop him. He reached the Dragon Tomb's entrance and faced the waiting army, newly empowered at the Great Dao God level.

• Chu Kuangren emerged from the ruined Dragon Soul World with Yin Honghua and the others, then took a warship toward the Dragon Tomb's entrance while cultivating in seclusion.
• The Dragon Clan gathered its elite warriors at the only exit, where six of the Thirteen Dragon Clan Generals waited to kill Chu Kuangren.
• After waiting three years, Ancestral Dragon Qianshan sensed Chu Kuangren's approaching warship and alerted the assembled dragons.
• Yin Honghua and the others saw the vast dragon army and prepared to fight, while Yin Honghua declared she would gladly die beside the King.
• Chu Kuangren appeared beside Yin Honghua, revealed his Great Dao God cultivation, and stepped forward to greet the Dragon Clan's army.

Chu Kuangren fought the Dragon Clan’s six great generals and repeatedly defeated their strongest techniques by using Dragon Clan cultivation arts of his own. The generals were left shocked when he unleashed the secret move Dragon God Battles Heaven and Earth.

• Chu Kuangren used Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve to protect Yin Honghua and the others, then destroyed the Dragon Clan soldiers’ attacks and cut down dragons with Void Heavenly Slash.
• Chu Kuangren repelled the Ancestral Dragon Battle General with Dragon King Claw, matching and overpowering his technique.
• Chu Kuangren countered the Black Dragon General’s Black Dragon Swallows Heaven and the Seven-Colored Heavenly Dragon general’s Seven-Colored Universe, sending both generals flying.
• The six great generals attacked together, but Chu Kuangren countered their moves with Dragon God Battles Heaven and Earth and blasted them all backward, leaving them stunned that he knew the secret technique.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Dragon Clan's battle generals, killing the Seven-Colored Heavenly Dragon Battle General, but the remaining dragons trapped him in the Ten Thousand Dragons Grand Array. As the array overwhelmed him, he unexpectedly dispersed the dragon qi around himself.

• The Dragon Clan battle generals feared Chu Kuangren's mastery of their secret techniques, but he emerged unharmed from their combined attack.
• Chu Kuangren used the Ten Thousand Dragons Roar to Heaven Art to blast all six battle generals away and leave the Seven-Colored Heavenly Dragon Battle General near death.
• Chu Kuangren killed the Seven-Colored Heavenly Dragon Battle General with a punch, while the other dragons completed the Ten Thousand Dragons Grand Array around him.
• The Ancestral Dragon Battle General and the other surviving generals joined the array, whose attacks drove Chu Kuangren back for the first time.
• As the Ancestral Dragon Battle General summoned an enormous Ancestral Dragon phantom to kill him, Chu Kuangren dispersed all the dragon qi around his body.

Chu Kuangren shattered the Ten Thousand Dragons Grand Array with Sword Twenty-Three, killing most of the dragons and battle generals before the Black Dragon King intervened. After provoking the Monarch by invoking King Lan, Chu Kuangren remained defiant as the Black Dragon King threatened to torture him.

• Chu Kuangren unleashed Sword Twenty-Three against the Ancestral Dragon phantom, breaking the array and killing more than half the dragons and three battle generals.
• Chu Kuangren emerged injured but standing, then wounded the Black Dragon General with another sword strike.
• The Black Dragon King entered the Dragon Tomb and knocked Chu Kuangren back with a dragon finger as Chu sensed his new power had finished fusing.
• Chu Kuangren mocked the Black Dragon King by recalling that King Lan had trampled him, provoking the Monarch to threaten him with a torturous death.
• The Black Dragon King claimed no one could enter the Dragon Tomb to save Chu Kuangren, but Chu replied that he had never needed saving and that the King had underestimated him.

Chu Kuangren used the Heaven-Devouring Art to fight the Black Dragon King in the Dragon Tomb, but his opponent’s Monarch power drove him back. When Chu Kuangren unleashed his Torch Dragon power, he transformed into a form resembling the Primordial Torch Dragon, stunning both the Black Dragon King and the Demon King.

• Chu Kuangren absorbed the Dragon Tomb’s energy with the Heaven-Devouring Art and clashed with the Black Dragon King, who sent him flying with Monarch attacks.
• The Demon King sensed Chu Kuangren was in danger inside the Dragon Tomb but decided to watch, confident she could preserve him if necessary.
• Chu Kuangren stopped suppressing his Torch Dragon power, and crimson flames formed a dragon-scale armor and bone mask around him.
• The Black Dragon King recognized the Primordial Torch Dragon’s aura in Chu Kuangren’s transformation and was stunned.
• The Demon King realized why the Primordial Torch Dragon had created the Dragon Tomb and laughed with delight at Chu Kuangren’s transformation.

Chu Kuangren used the Torch Dragon Power and the Dragon Tomb’s Dragon Qi to fight the Black Dragon King, a Monarch, on nearly equal terms. He landed a blow that shook the Black Dragon King’s laws and Monarch Heart, but the Black Dragon King prepared a finishing move.

• Chu Kuangren unleashed his Torch Dragon Power, and its bloodline pressure made the nearby Dragon Clan members and the Black Dragon King tremble.
• Chu Kuangren froze the Black Dragon King’s first attack with the Torch Dragon Eyes, then drew on the Dragon Tomb’s Dragon Qi to clash with him.
• Chu Kuangren used Torch Dragon Fire to destroy the Black Dragon King’s rifts, then answered his powerful attacks with Dragon Clan techniques.
• Chu Kuangren and the Black Dragon King exchanged destructive attacks across the starry sky, shocking the Dragon Clan onlookers.
• Chu Kuangren seized an opening and struck the Black Dragon King in the chest, shaking his Great Dao laws and slightly impacting his Monarch Heart.
• The Black Dragon King declared that his next move would finish Chu Kuangren as his Great Dao Law Power boiled around him.

Chu Kuangren unleashed the Torch Dragon Eye’s Silence of Heaven and Earth, overpowering the Black Dragon King’s Dark Dragon Tide and wounding him. He escaped the Dragon Tomb by trapping the pursuing dragons in a formation, leaving the Black Dragon King furious and unable to follow.

• The Black Dragon King gathered his full power while Chu Kuangren absorbed Dragon Qi with the Heaven-Devouring Art and awakened the Torch Dragon’s supernatural power.
• The Black Dragon King attacked with Dark Dragon Tide, but Chu Kuangren countered with Torch Dragon Eye, Silence of Heaven and Earth, and sent him flying wounded.
• Chu Kuangren left his Torch Dragon state and raced toward the Dragon Tomb’s entrance as the Dragon Clan tried to stop him.
• Chu Kuangren used Primordial Chaos Crystals to form a killing formation that trapped the pursuing dragons, then escaped the Dragon Tomb.
• The Black Dragon King recovered and shattered the formation, but stayed inside the Dragon Tomb rather than risk confronting the Goddess of Light and the Demon King outside.

After escaping the Dragon Tomb with the Dragon-Slaying Blade and injuries from his fight with the Black Dragon King, Chu Kuangren began recovering while the Dragon Clan and Dragon Hunter Lineage reacted to his actions. The Dragon Clan plotted to turn the Dragon Hunters against him, and the Yellow Lineage prepared to confront the Dragon Hunter leader over its dead heir.

• Chu Kuangren concealed himself on a mountain peak, assessed his gains from the Dragon Tomb, put away the unrefined Dragon-Slaying Blade, and began healing.
• The Ancestral Dragon King and the Dragon Clan’s branch leaders watched records of Chu Kuangren’s battle and concluded that his primordial Torch Dragon Power and the blade made him a grave threat.
• The Ancestral Dragon King ordered the Dragon Clan to spread news of Chu Kuangren’s killing of the Dragon Hunters, hoping the two sides would fight over the Dragon-Slaying Blade.
• The Dragon Hunter leader learned that Chu Kuangren had killed the Seven Baleful Venerable and taken the blade, then sent an envoy to negotiate for its return.
• The Yellow Lineage head learned his son had died and declared enmity toward Chu Kuangren before agreeing to meet the Dragon Hunter leader.

After recovering from the Dragon Tomb, Chu Kuangren gained a Super God Artifact Refiner inheritance and made plans for Hei Xuan and the Round Heaven Society. As Chu Kuangren returned toward the Pangu Sect, Jian Shifang spotted him and prepared to face the opponent he had been waiting for.

• The Yellow Lineage Head learned that the Dragon Hunter Leader would not yet help avenge his son and sent subordinates to Ten Thousand Weapons City to monitor Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren recovered, drew the Super God Artifact Refiner Inheritance, and released Yin Honghua and the others from Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve.
• Chu Kuangren asked Hei Xuan to rise within the Demon Clan and report on the Demon King's situation, and Hei Xuan agreed.
• Chu Kuangren prepared to return to the Pangu Sect with Yin Honghua, the others, and Long Shuijing, who planned to contact the Round Heaven Society members.
• Jian Shifang ignored his master's advice to wait before challenging Chu Kuangren and saw Chu Kuangren's warship returning toward Ten Thousand Weapons City.

Jian Shifang confronted Chu Kuangren outside Ten Thousand Weapons City, demanding a duel after waiting for him. As Jian Shifang drew his Hongmeng Supreme Treasure, Chu Kuangren mocked him and refused to draw Kunwu.

• The Sword God Palace Master judged Chu Kuangren beyond ordinary measure and decided to let Jian Shifang face him without help, treating Chu Kuangren as a whetstone.
• Jian Shifang arrived outside Ten Thousand Weapons City and accused Chu Kuangren of avoiding their duel, while Chu Kuangren said he had simply been unwilling to bother with him.
• Jian Shifang condemned Chu Kuangren as unworthy of being a swordsman and drew Dark Heaven Slash, boasting that he had slain thirteen Great Dao Supreme Beings with it.
• Weapon Calamity predicted that Jian Shifang would not survive the encounter and returned to cultivating.
• Jian Shifang challenged Chu Kuangren to draw his Hongmeng sword, but Chu Kuangren said Kunwu would cry if he had to use it against a clown, enraging Jian Shifang.

Chu Kuangren faced Jian Shifang in Ten Thousand Weapons City and endured his increasingly powerful sword techniques without drawing his sword. When Jian Shifang unleashed Sword Twenty-Three, Chu Kuangren answered with Sword Twenty-One and cleaved it apart, leaving Jian Shifang retreating as Chu Kuangren called after him.

• Jian Shifang attacked Chu Kuangren with the Saint Spirit Sword Technique, but Chu Kuangren remained unharmed and protected his warship and companions.
• Jian Shifang used Sword Eighteen, then Sword Nineteen, Sword Twenty, and Sword Twenty-One, but Chu Kuangren shattered the attacks with his Great Dao aura.
• Jian Shifang activated Ten Directions Sword Intent and unleashed Sword Twenty-Two, which Chu Kuangren dismissed without drawing his sword.
• Jian Shifang used the taboo Sword Twenty-Three, but Chu Kuangren countered with Sword Twenty-One and cleaved the sword qi dragon in two.
• Jian Shifang turned to leave, unwilling to risk his life, and Chu Kuangren called after him, asking him to take a strike first.

Chu Kuangren defeated Jian Shifang by breaking the Sword Dao Monarch’s protective sword light with Sword Twenty-Three and killing him. The Sword God Palace Master watched the battle, enraged by Jian Shifang’s death but anticipating a future challenge with Chu Kuangren.

• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Jian Shifang with Sword Twenty-Two, but a protective sword light left by Jian Shifang’s master shielded him.
• Jian Shifang mocked Chu Kuangren and tried to leave, confident that the Sword Dao Monarch’s protection could not be broken.
• Chu Kuangren transformed his attack into Sword Twenty-Three and shattered the protective sword light.
• Chu Kuangren’s sword Qi shredded Jian Shifang into ashes, leaving the gathered swordsmen in awe of his Sword Dao.
• The Sword God Palace Master grew furious at Jian Shifang’s death but resolved to challenge Chu Kuangren when he became a Sword Dao Monarch.

The Dragon Hunter Lineage offered Chu Kuangren treasures and resources in exchange for the Dragon-Slaying Blade, claiming it belonged to them. As Wang Yi negotiated and Chu Kuangren considered the offer, Lu Yun threatened him, provoking a furious rebuke.

• A Sword God Palace disciple reported that Dugu Bupo had reached the Great Dao Supreme Being realm and was heading to the Great World of Hongmeng, where the Sword God Palace Master hoped to see him face Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Pangu Sect after killing Jian Shifang and gave Dark Heaven Slash, a Hongmeng Supreme Treasure, to Ye Zhu.
• Chu Kuangren heard that an Artifact Refiner had challenged Ou Yeruo to a contest for the title of Ten Thousand Weapons City's greatest Artifact Refiner.
• Chu Kuangren practiced wielding the Torch Dragon Power, then went to meet visitors from the Dragon Hunter Lineage.
• Wang Yi offered treasures, ten billion Primordial Chaos Crystals, one hundred million jin of Great Dao Source, and a high-grade Hongmeng Supreme Treasure for the Dragon-Slaying Blade.
• Lu Yun demanded that Chu Kuangren surrender the blade and warned that keeping it would bring harm, prompting Chu Kuangren to rebuke him.

Chu Kuangren rejected the Dragon Hunter Lineage’s demand for the Dragon-Slaying Blade, then watched a secretive artifact refiner defeat Ou Yeruo in a duel at Beacon Fire Mountain. The black-robed refiner’s identity remained unknown as Ou Yeruo’s sword shattered.

• Chu Kuangren refused to return the Dragon-Slaying Blade and had Lan Yu escort Wang Yi and the Dragon Hunters out of the Pangu Sect.
• Wang Yi led the Dragon Hunters to stay in Ten Thousand Weapons City and planned to keep negotiating for the blade.
• Chu Kuangren toured the city with Lan Yu and learned from Xiao Ai that a group watching him belonged to the Dragon Blood Lineage.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu went to Beacon Fire Mountain to watch Ou Yeruo compete against a black-robed Artifact Refiner wielding a Hongmeng Red Sun True Flame.
• The black-robed Artifact Refiner’s saber broke Ou Yeruo’s sword, leaving Ou Yeruo stunned by his defeat.

Dai Tian revealed himself as the first on the Artifact Refining Ranking after defeating Ou Yeruo and tried to take control of Ten Thousand Weapons City. Chu Kuangren asserted his authority and accepted Dai Tian’s challenge to an artifact-refining contest, leaving the contest yet to begin.

• Dai Tian removed his disguise, identified himself as the first on the Artifact Refining Ranking, and declared that Ten Thousand Weapons City should answer to him.
• Ou Yeruo rejected Dai Tian’s claim to control the city, and Chu Kuangren stepped forward and stated that he was in charge.
• Dai Tian questioned Chu Kuangren’s right to lead because he was not an Artifact Refiner, but Chu Kuangren claimed that he could refine artifacts.
• Chu Kuangren’s pressure frightened Dai Tian, while Ou Yeruo and the other Artifact Refiners showed support for Chu Kuangren.
• Dai Tian challenged Chu Kuangren to an artifact-refining contest, and Chu Kuangren accepted.

Chu Kuangren challenged Dai Tian to an artifact-refining contest and wagered Ten Thousand Weapons City against Dai Tian’s Imperial Artifact Seal. The contest began at Beacon Fire Mountain, where Chu Kuangren summoned the mountain’s fire to his borrowed furnace, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Chu Kuangren agreed to compete with Dai Tian, wagering Ten Thousand Weapons City against Dai Tian’s Imperial Artifact Seal.
• Dai Tian revealed the Imperial Artifact Seal, and Chu Kuangren accepted it as the prize if he won.
• Ou Yeruo and the watching Artifact Refiners doubted Chu Kuangren could defeat Dai Tian, while factions across the realm ordered their scouts to report on the contest.
• Chu Kuangren borrowed Ou Yeruo’s furnace and began refining alongside Dai Tian, who used his Hongmeng Red Sun True Fire.
• Chu Kuangren called forth Beacon Fire Mountain’s lava and fire, which formed a flame dragon and poured into his furnace.