Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren used powerful runic sword techniques to defeat Yuan Xian, Zheng Miao, and their allies without showing any Spiritual Power. He challenged the forces that had besieged the Mystic Heaven Sect, declaring that he would settle accounts with them.

• Zheng Miao demanded that Chu Kuangren return Yellow Springs Manor’s Blood Dragon Claw and Nine Profound Heavenly Fire Cover, and Chu Kuangren invited him and Yuan Xian to attack together.
• Chu Kuangren blocked Zheng Miao’s skeletal claw with golden runes and struck down Yuan Xian’s Soul Spirit beasts with the Gengjin Sword.
• Yuan Xian summoned his Green-Eyed Striped Tiger and two Saints summoned their Mountain-Sea Origin Souls, while Zheng Miao unleashed the Yellow Springs Eye; Chu Kuangren shattered their attacks with the Five Elements Sword.
• Chu Kuangren used runic Sword Qi to kill Zheng Miao, Yuan Xian, and the two Saints despite warnings from two Saint Kings’ Spirit Thoughts.
• Chu Kuangren challenged the forces that had besieged the Mystic Heaven Sect and said he would visit them personally, while Mountain-Sea Tower and Yellow Springs Manor vowed they could not coexist with him.

After Chu Kuangren announced his revenge against the six great Daoist Traditions, their leaders arranged a bounty rather than confront him directly. He traveled to Seven-Terrace Mountain to claim an Emperor’s opportunity, where he found the Greenwater Sword Sect guarding a portal to a Secret Realm after its restriction had been removed.

• The leaders of the six great Daoist Traditions met and agreed to place a bounty on Chu Kuangren, while spreading word that he could not use his two Emperor Weapons.
• Chu Kuangren drew the god-tier Space Transport Technique and realized the Heavenly Punishment Seal would likely take another month to break.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu traveled to Seven-Terrace Mountain to claim the Emperor’s opportunity Yin Li had discovered.
• Chu Kuangren remembered that the Greenwater Sword Sect had once submitted to the Mystic Heaven Sect before severing ties during the siege of the Mystic Heaven Palace.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu slipped past the Greenwater Sword Sect’s blockade and found that the restriction protecting the Secret Realm had already been removed.

In the Emperor’s Secret Realm, Immortal Fairy Lü Yan and Xue Lingzi betrayed Gui Wuchou after using his Restriction-Breaking Talisman to reach an Emperor Scripture and other treasures. Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu arrived as Lü Yan turned on Xue Lingzi, and Lan Yu took Lü Yan outside to fight.

• Gui Wuchou claimed the Emperor Scripture and two Emperor-grade Spirit Medicines, but Immortal Fairy Lü Yan and Xue Lingzi weakened him with Sorrowful Softening Wind and attacked.
• Gui Wuchou and Xue Lingzi exchanged powerful techniques, leaving both severely injured.
• Lü Yan stabbed Xue Lingzi and revealed she had only feigned love to use him and planned to keep the treasures for herself.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu entered the palace, where Lü Yan recognized Chu Kuangren and threatened revenge for past humiliations.
• Lan Yu seized Lü Yan and carried her outside, where their fight began.

Chu Kuangren entered the Emperor’s palace, killed Gui Wuchou and Xue Lingzi, and joined Lan Yu outside as she defeated Fairy Lü Yan. Fairy Lü Yan tried to ambush Chu Kuangren with her secret technique, but Lan Yu struck her down and claimed the right to kill her.

• Gui Wuchou and Xue Lingzi attacked Chu Kuangren, but his runic barrier repelled them and his runic swords killed them.
• Chu Kuangren gathered the palace treasures and walked outside, where Lan Yu had beaten Fairy Lü Yan.
• Fairy Lü Yan begged Chu Kuangren for mercy, then tried to subdue him with her Sorrowful Weakening Wind.
• Chu Kuangren resisted the technique and sent Fairy Lü Yan flying with a runic sword.
• Fairy Lü Yan fled toward the Secret Realm’s exit, but Lan Yu’s spear pierced her and pinned her to a cliff.
• Lan Yu told Chu Kuangren she would kill Fairy Lü Yan herself, and he agreed.

After Lan Yu killed Lü Yan Fairy at Seven-Terrace Mountain, Chu Kuangren left the Greenwater Sword Sect unharmed and continued toward Mountain-Sea Tower despite a bounty on his life. In Tianji City, Tianjizi sensed Chu Kuangren’s arrival at the Heavenly Secret Pavilion and sent Haoyue to welcome him.

• Lan Yu killed Lü Yan Fairy, while the Greenwater Sword Sect elders and disciples knelt before Chu Kuangren and begged for mercy.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu left Seven-Terrace Mountain without punishing the Greenwater Sword Sect, as the six top Daoist Traditions placed a bounty on Chu Kuangren and word spread that he possessed two Emperor Weapons.
• Chu Kuangren continued openly toward Mountain-Sea Tower and entered Tianji City with Lan Yu, drawing the attention of powerful cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu arrived at the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, where Chu Kuangren mocked the Hidden Dragon List that ranked him first.
• Tianjizi sensed Chu Kuangren’s arrival and ordered Haoyue to welcome him, surprising the boy and onlookers who knew Tianjizi rarely received visitors.

Chu Kuangren visited Tianjizi at the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, where they discussed the Heavenly Punishment Seal and secrets about the world. After Chu Kuangren left, more than a dozen Saints ambushed him, and he killed one with a single runic sword strike before they attacked together.

• Haoyue welcomed Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu into the Heavenly Secret Pavilion to meet Tianjizi.
• Tianjizi recognized the Heavenly Punishment Seal as a blessing for Chu Kuangren and shared information about the Nine Heavens, Hell, and Taboo Heavenly Prides.
• Tianjizi told Haoyue he was leaving after three years at the pavilion, then vanished into the void.
• More than a dozen Saints confronted Chu Kuangren outside the pavilion and demanded his Emperor Weapons.
• Chu Kuangren killed a Saint with one runic sword strike, and a Great Saint urged the others to attack him together.

Chu Kuangren slaughtered the Saints who attacked him and announced that he would destroy the Mountain-Sea Tower in two days. After his rune gift exploded into a blood-red character for “war” inside the Tower, its Master ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

• Chu Kuangren blocked more than a dozen Saints’ attacks with Saint-grade runes, then killed them with a rain of Runes Swords while sparing one Mountain-Sea Tower Saint.
• Chu Kuangren sent the surviving Saint back with a rune and a warning that he would come to exterminate the Mountain-Sea Tower in two days.
• Xiao Lintian arrived in Tianji City and vowed to defeat Chu Kuangren publicly, while Chu Kuangren heard information about the Mountain-Sea Tower from Qian Fugui.
• The rune inside the surviving Saint caused him to explode in the Mountain-Sea Tower’s great hall, forming a blood-red character for “war.”
• The Mountain-Sea Tower Master ordered every disciple to prepare for battle and rebuked a newly ascended Saint who underestimated Chu Kuangren.

Xiao Lintian challenged Chu Kuangren in Tianji City, but Lan Yu went out to fight him in her master's place. Their clash began as Chu Kuangren continued eating hot pot inside the restaurant.

• Chu Kuangren arrived at the Four Seas Restaurant with Lan Yu and ordered hot pot despite the snow and his genuine lack of cultivation.
• Xiao Lintian challenged Chu Kuangren across Tianji City, and Lan Yu left the restaurant to answer him.
• Xiao Lintian declared his intent to defeat Chu Kuangren, while Lan Yu said she was enough to face him and taunted him for relying on the Heavenly Punishment Seal.
• Xiao Lintian attacked Lan Yu with a Quasi-Emperor Technique, but her own light-attributed technique and Rune-enhanced armor withstood the blow.
• Lan Yu launched another attack, and the two Heavenly Pride Quasi-Saints continued fighting amid the snow.

Lan Yu fought Xiao Lintian and used a Quasi-Emperor Weapon to withstand his attacks while she waited for Chu Kuangren. Chu Kuangren arrived through the snow, and Xiao Lintian mocked him for seeming like a powerless mortal.

• Lan Yu and Xiao Lintian clashed with their Dao Bodies as cultivators, including the World Walkers, gathered to watch.
• Xiao Lintian struck Lan Yu with his Heavenly Venerable Dharma Form, but her Quasi-Emperor Weapon protected her and she countered with a spear.
• Lan Yu rebuked Xiao Lintian for challenging Chu Kuangren while he was under the Heavenly Punishment Seal.
• Chu Kuangren arrived holding an umbrella, and Lan Yu took it from him to shield him from the snow.
• Xiao Lintian laughed at Chu Kuangren and mocked him as a worthless mortal.

Chu Kuangren used his mastery of runes to unleash a massive Wind and Snow Sword against Xiao Lintian, despite his sealed cultivation. After Xiao Lintian died frozen and shattered, Chu Kuangren left for Mountain-Sea Tower.

• Xiao Lintian attacked Chu Kuangren, but a barrier of runic light stopped his punch.
• Chu Kuangren intensified the blizzard and formed a gigantic Wind and Snow Sword from runes.
• Changqin Saint King's Spirit Thought avatar tried to block the sword but was destroyed, while Xiao Lintian's Heavenly Venerable Dharma Form froze and broke apart.
• Xiao Lintian escaped the sword's direct strike but froze in the runic blizzard and shattered into ice shards.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu departed for Mountain-Sea Tower, leaving the onlookers terrified.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu arrived at the Mountain-Sea Tower, where Chu Kuangren effortlessly broke through its Mountain-Sea Formation. He reached the summit surrounded by countless Runes Swords and declared that he had come to wipe out the sect.

• Changqin Saint King ordered the Xuanhuang Divine Palace to monitor Chu Kuangren as he headed for the Mountain-Sea Tower.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu arrived at the Mountain-Sea Tower, where its disciples and elders prepared to face them.
• Chu Kuangren’s Kunwu Sword and a golden greatsword destroyed the Mountain-Sea Origin Souls, clearing a path through the Mountain-Sea Formation.
• Chu Kuangren climbed toward the summit as Mountain-Sea Tower disciples watched, and a new Runes Sword formed with every step.
• Chu Kuangren reached the summit surrounded by countless Runes Swords and announced that he had come to wipe out the Mountain-Sea Tower.

Chu Kuangren attacked the Mountain-Sea Tower with a sky full of Runes Swords and overwhelmed its disciples, Saints, and Tower Master. He remained protected by Lan Yu’s Quasi-Emperor Weapon and stood ready to finish the battle, defying the world to oppose him.

• Chu Kuangren unleashed his Runes Swords and slaughtered the Mountain-Sea Tower’s disciples and a Saint.
• The Mountain-Sea Tower’s Saints and Tower Master surrounded Chu Kuangren, empowering their Mountain-Sea Origin Souls with secret medicine.
• Chu Kuangren combined his Runes Swords into a Nature Sword and shattered the empowered Soul Spirits.
• Lan Yu used a Quasi-Emperor Weapon to block the Saints’ attacks while Chu Kuangren clashed with the Tower Master’s Four Fiends.
• Chu Kuangren repelled the Tower Master and declared that he would not tolerate a world that refused to tolerate him, leaving the watching cultivators silent.

The Mountain-Sea Tower Master summoned Zheng, a genuine ancient ferocious beast Soul Spirit, to kill Chu Kuangren. Their battle remained at a stalemate after Zheng’s soul-seizing roar opened a gap in Lan Yu’s defenses, but Chu Kuangren’s runic barrier held, and Zheng did not roar again.

• The Mountain-Sea Tower Master praised Chu Kuangren’s talent, then declared that they were fated to fight and awakened a hidden power within the tower.
• Zheng emerged as a genuine ferocious beast Soul Spirit, and Chu Kuangren identified it as a Saint King-level beast with power rivaling a fifth-step Saint King.
• The Mountain-Sea Tower Master sent Zheng against Chu Kuangren, while Zheng’s flames and the Master’s attacks struck the black gauze barrier and Chu Kuangren countered with Runes Swords.
• Zheng’s soul-seizing roar briefly affected Lan Yu, allowing the Mountain-Sea Tower Master and the Saints to break through the barrier and attack Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren blocked their attacks with a runic barrier, unaffected by Zheng’s roar, while Lan Yu restored the black gauze barrier and guarded against another roar.

Chu Kuangren used Space Runes to devastate Mountain-Sea Tower, killed its Master, and declared that five more Daoist Traditions remained. Afterward, he looted the treasury and found a chest of Origin Soul Seeds.

• Chu Kuangren trapped Mountain-Sea Tower’s forces with Space Runes and unleashed a storm of Runes Swords across the grounds.
• The bombardment killed nearly all of Mountain-Sea Tower’s Saints and destroyed the Zheng Beast, leaving the wounded Mountain-Sea Tower Master facing Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren rejected the Master’s curses, blamed Mountain-Sea Tower for its own destruction, and killed him with two Runes Swords.
• Chu Kuangren murmured that five more Daoist Traditions remained, alarming the watching factions.
• Chu Kuangren looted Mountain-Sea Tower’s treasury and discovered a chest of Origin Soul Seeds, which he planned to bring back for Nangong Huang and the others.

After Chu Kuangren destroyed Mountain-Sea Tower, he disappeared with Lan Yu, while Xiao Jingchen emerged from seclusion in the Xuanhuang Divine Palace and survived a seven-colored heavenly tribulation to become a Saint. His ascension stirred other Heavenly Prides across Firmament Star to prepare to catch up.

• Chu Kuangren annihilated Mountain-Sea Tower, then vanished with Lan Yu instead of immediately seeking revenge against another Daoist Tradition.
• Changqin Saint King worried about Chu Kuangren’s strength as a powerful aura spread from the Xuanhuang Divine Palace.
• Xiao Jingchen emerged from seclusion and faced a seven-colored heavenly tribulation, using an Emperor Weapon to survive its final bolt.
• Xiao Jingchen became a Saint outright, prompting disciples and cultivators to compare his power with Chu Kuangren’s.
• A burly young man, a woman wearing a Metal Mask, and a young man in Black Armor each reacted to Xiao Jingchen’s ascension and resolved to advance or become Saints themselves.

After becoming a Saint, Xiao Jingchen learned that Chu Kuangren had killed Xiao Lintian and resolved to challenge him after consolidating his cultivation. Meanwhile, Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu entered the Ancient Battlefield's Core Region to find the missing White-Robed General, where a blood-robed man sensed their arrival.

• Changqin Saint King told Xiao Jingchen that Xiao Lintian had died after challenging Chu Kuangren, and Xiao Jingchen became intent on defeating Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu crossed the desert toward the Ancient Battlefield, and Chu Kuangren tried unsuccessfully to contact the White-Robed General.
• Chu Kuangren searched the Ancient Battlefield's Core Region, found a palace that blocked his Spirit Thought, and entered it with Lan Yu.
• A powerful baleful spirit mentioned another living person before Chu Kuangren killed him and collected the heavenly baleful qi he left behind.
• A blood-robed man inside the palace sensed Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu approaching and questioned who they were.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu entered the Blood Baleful Hall to find the White-Robed General, and Chu Kuangren killed the Blood Baleful Saint King. After taking a mysterious altar filled with Heavenly Baleful Qi, Chu Kuangren found the White-Robed General imprisoned underground and having his Heavenly Baleful Qi drained.

• Chu Kuangren demanded that the Blood Baleful Saint King reveal where the White-Robed General was, and the Saint King said he was imprisoned in the palace.
• Chu Kuangren used Runes Swords, a Quasi-Emperor Weapon, and a Space Condensing Character Talisman to defeat and kill the Blood Baleful Saint King.
• Chu Kuangren found a black altar bearing four pillars filled with Heavenly Baleful Qi and placed the entire altar into his Heaven and Earth Ring.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu went to the palace’s other restricted area and found the White-Robed General bound in an underground cell as black Heavenly Baleful Qi was drained from his body.

Chu Kuangren broke into the Blood Baleful Palace dungeon, killed its guards, and rescued the weakened White-Robed General after defeating the Blood Baleful Saint King. The Baleful Daoist Seed returned to find his Heavenly Baleful Qi Altar missing and ordered the Ancient Battlefield sealed off to search for it.

• The Baleful Spirits taunted the imprisoned White-Robed General as they slowly extracted his heavenly baleful qi.
• Chu Kuangren entered the dungeon, killed the Baleful Spirits, freed the White-Robed General, and removed the iron spike from his back.
• Chu Kuangren took the bottle of heavenly baleful qi and led the White-Robed General out of the dungeon.
• The Baleful Daoist Seed and the Giant Baleful Saint King returned to the Blood Baleful Palace and discovered that the Heavenly Baleful Qi Altar was gone, the White-Robed General had escaped, and the Blood Baleful Saint King was missing.
• The Baleful Daoist Seed ordered the Ancient Battlefield sealed off and sent the Baleful Spirits to search for the altar and Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren used an Extinguishing Talisman to weaken the Ancient Battlefield's restriction on the White-Robed General and learned how the Baleful Daoist Seed had taken control of the Core Region. The group left the cave to face the Baleful Daoist Seed and his army, with Chu Kuangren cutting a path through the baleful spirits.

• Chu Kuangren brought the White-Robed General into a cave and used Extinguishing Talismans to weaken the Ancient Battlefield's restraints on him.
• The White-Robed General told Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu that the Baleful Daoist Seed had conquered the Core Region, subdued the Giant Baleful Saint King and Blood Baleful Saint King, and built a Heavenly Baleful Qi Altar.
• Chu Kuangren gave the White-Robed General the Blood Baleful Saint King's spear and told Lan Yu to watch over the gravely wounded general.
• Chu Kuangren, Lan Yu, and the White-Robed General left the cave and confronted the Baleful Daoist Seed and his gathered army of baleful spirits.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed thousands of Runes Swords, tore through the baleful spirit army, and advanced with Lan Yu and the White-Robed General behind him.

Chu Kuangren rescued the White-Robed General from the Baleful Daoist Seed using runes and escaped with Lan Yu aboard the Mirage Tower. The Baleful Daoist Seed slaughtered his own baleful spirit army to gather heavenly baleful qi, while Chu Kuangren turned to treating the White-Robed General and confronting his own weakening seal.

• Chu Kuangren used a Space Rune to restrain the baleful spirits, then escaped with Lan Yu and the White-Robed General while Runes Swords delayed the Baleful Daoist Seed.
• The Baleful Daoist Seed’s pursuit was disrupted by Chu Kuangren’s runic traps, so he gave up chasing them.
• The Baleful Daoist Seed used the Heavenly Baleful Bell to kill the Giant Baleful Saint King and the other baleful spirits, absorbing their heavenly baleful qi.
• Chu Kuangren’s spirit thought returned to him aboard the Mirage Tower as he departed the Ancient Battlefield with Lan Yu and the White-Robed General.
• Chu Kuangren dismissed the Baleful Daoist Seed’s threat and resolved to treat the White-Robed General’s injuries as the seal within him neared breaking.