Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren killed the Heavenly Ice Cold Python with his sword and an Emperor-Grade Thunder Talisman, then kept its horn for Shang Qingxue. After Leng Ningyu failed to obtain the horn, Chu Kuangren left, and her encounter with him unsettled her Unfeeling Dao.

• Chu Kuangren fought the Heavenly Ice Cold Python and wounded it with the Kunwu Sword as its cold air froze the surrounding lands.
• Chu Kuangren summoned a Thunder Dragon from the Emperor-Grade Thunder Talisman, and its attack left the python dying.
• Chu Kuangren severed the python's horn and kept it as a treasure for Shang Qingxue.
• Leng Ningyu of the Seven Emotions Sect asked to exchange for the horn, but Chu Kuangren refused and departed.
• Leng Ningyu felt her emotions stir after Chu Kuangren left, spat blood, and realized her Unfeeling Dao had developed a problem.

Chu Kuangren followed the Sword Daoist to the White Spirit Divine Fruit and seized it before the Sword Daoist could claim it. The Sword Daoist confronted Chu Kuangren in fury after recognizing him.

• Chu Kuangren gave Shang Qingxue the Heavenly Ice Cold Python's horn and learned from Jian Changfeng that the Sword Daoist was heading southeast.
• The Sword Daoist told Jian Changfeng that a Sword Clan senior had left a map to the White Spirit Divine Fruit, then followed its safe route through a restricted mountain range.
• Chu Kuangren and his companions followed Jian Changfeng's spirit-source markers to track the Sword Daoist without alerting him.
• The Sword Daoist found the ripe White Spirit Divine Fruit beside a pond of spirit liquid and reached to pick it.
• The fruit flew away, and Chu Kuangren caught it after knocking the Sword Daoist back with a strike of Sword Qi.
• The Sword Daoist recognized Chu Kuangren and angrily demanded to know why he was there.

Chu Kuangren took the White Spirit Divine Fruit from the Sword Daoist, who recovered by absorbing spirit liquid and later an Emperor-grade Spirit Medicine. The Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven then shook and revealed a vast wood attribute Spiritual Qi Vein filled with spirit medicines, Spirit Fruits, and green crystals.

• Chu Kuangren defeated the Sword Daoist, took the White Spirit Divine Fruit, and left him injured beside the Spirit Tree’s remaining spirit liquid.
• The Sword Daoist absorbed the spirit liquid, swore revenge on Chu Kuangren, and left with Jian Changfeng to search for more opportunities.
• Chu Kuangren learned of the Sword Daoist’s movements through Jian Changfeng and told Shang Qingxue he had left the spirit liquid to encourage his rival.
• Two days later, the Sword Daoist absorbed an Emperor-grade Spirit Medicine, bringing his clone’s strength close to his true body’s.
• The Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven shook as a pillar of green light and mist emerged from a fissure, revealing a vast wood attribute Spiritual Qi Vein filled with treasures.

The appearance of a spiritual qi ley line drew cultivators and several Taboo Heavenly Prides, who claimed vast sections of it and fought off challengers. As Tuba prepared to gather treasures, a fierce wind carrying a piercing aura swept across the ley line.

• Cultivators rushed toward the ley line, but Bai Hongyu claimed an eight-hundred-li area and killed one who trespassed.
• The Sword Daoist, Wang Quan, and Tu Heng each claimed territory, while Jiu Yan claimed fifteen hundred li for himself.
• Supreme Heavenly Prides claimed the remaining sections, and dissatisfied cultivators joined forces to fight them for treasures.
• Bai Hongyu and Xiao Jingchen searched for Chu Kuangren, while Tuba warned Tu Heng that Chu Kuangren had foiled the Demon Realm's plan to descend upon Firmament.
• Tuba prepared to gather Spirit Medicines and Spirit Fruits, but a fierce wind with a piercing aura swept across the ley line.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the spiritual qi leyline and claimed the entire area, daring the gathered Heavenly Prides to challenge him. After the Sword Daoist refused to fight and Chu Kuangren wounded Wang Quan, he challenged all the Taboo Heavenly Prides to attack him together.

• Chu Kuangren appeared amid the Nine Heavens Sword Prison and announced that he would take the entire spiritual qi leyline.
• Wang Quan challenged Chu Kuangren, while the Sword Daoist refused to fight after Chu Kuangren pressed him to make a move.
• Chu Kuangren blocked Wang Quan's Five Elements, Metal Rend with a punch and shattered his Mountains and Rivers Shield.
• Wang Quan unleashed Five Elements Great Capture, but Chu Kuangren drew Kunwu and split the attack, badly wounding Wang Quan's right palm.
• Chu Kuangren challenged all the gathered Taboo Heavenly Prides to fight him together.

Chu Kuangren challenged the Taboo Heavenly Prides and fought Jiu Yan, overpowering the Nine Infants’ formidable physique with his own before breaking Jiu Yan’s water-fire attacks. He remained in control as the onlookers wondered what Dao he followed.

• Chu Kuangren invited all the Taboo Heavenly Prides to attack him together, and Jiu Yan challenged him after learning he had killed another Nine Infants.
• Jiu Yan struck with water-fire power, but Chu Kuangren cut through it with his sword and then put Kunwu away to fight with his physique.
• Chu Kuangren battered Jiu Yan with a punch and a kick, sending him crashing into a cliff and stunning the watching Heavenly Prides.
• Jiu Yan unleashed his Flame Serpent supernatural power, but Chu Kuangren shattered most of it with the Sorrowful Heaven Palm.
• Jiu Yan summoned a fiery python and water tiger, and Chu Kuangren and his Sword Qi Clone broke both attacks with sword strikes.

Chu Kuangren faced Jiu Yan and four other Taboo Heavenly Prides who joined forces to defeat him and claim the earth vein. He overwhelmed their attacks and left the Sword Daoist defeated, then Tu Heng unleashed the Fallen Demon Eye against him.

• Jiu Yan struggled against Chu Kuangren, who called on Wang Quan, Bai Hongyu, Tu Heng, and the Sword Daoist to attack together.
• Wang Quan, Bai Hongyu, Tu Heng, and the Sword Daoist joined Jiu Yan in attacking Chu Kuangren, while Chu Kuangren countered Wang Quan and sent his Sword Qi Clone to fight Jiu Yan.
• Chu Kuangren used the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra to repel Bai Hongyu's Worship-Heaven Saber Art and blocked the Sword Daoist's Sword Wind with a Runes Barrier.
• Chu Kuangren sent a flood of Runes Swords at the Sword Daoist and blasted him into the ground with one move.
• Tu Heng summoned the Fallen Demon Eye and fired a beam of purple demonic light at Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Taboo Heavenly Prides’ attacks and forced everyone to abandon the Spiritual Qi Vein. He collected its treasures for himself while the others could only watch.

• Tu Heng unleashed Fallen Demon Eye, but Chu Kuangren’s Heavenly Baleful Manifestation shattered the demon eye and its attack.
• Chu Kuangren dismissed the Taboo Heavenly Prides’ strength, while his Sword Qi Clone defeated Jiu Yan and left him badly wounded.
• Chu Kuangren demanded the entire Spiritual Qi Vein’s treasures, and the other cultivators retreated under his pressure.
• Wang Quan and the Sword Daoist challenged Chu Kuangren’s claim, but he warned them to leave or die.
• The Taboo Heavenly Prides withdrew, and Chu Kuangren used his spirit thought to gather the vein’s treasures into his Heaven and Earth Ring.

Chu Kuangren collected the treasures in the Spiritual Qi Vein while the other Heavenly Prides watched warily. Three more Taboo Heavenly Prides arrived, and Leng Ningyu’s unusual attention to Chu Kuangren left the Sword Daoist consumed with jealousy.

• The Sword Daoist and the other Heavenly Prides watched Chu Kuangren claim the Spiritual Qi Vein’s treasures, unable to challenge his overwhelming strength.
• Niu Dali, Zi Wuji, and Leng Ningyu arrived, and Niu Dali asked Jiu Yan what was happening.
• The Sword Daoist approached Leng Ningyu, but she greeted him coolly and kept looking toward Chu Kuangren.
• Leng Ningyu told the Sword Daoist that Chu Kuangren had saved her life and continued to regard him with an unusual expression.
• The Sword Daoist grew jealous, while the other Heavenly Prides speculated that Chu Kuangren’s looks had moved Leng Ningyu despite her Supreme Unfeeling Dao.

Chu Kuangren discovered a massive mass of Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence in the Spiritual Qi Vein, drawing the greed of the Heavenly Prides. As they prepared to challenge him, Niu Dali tested Chu Kuangren in a clash of fists and found his strength matched his own.

• The Spiritual Qi Vein trembled again, revealing a huge mass of Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence beneath a dragon vein.
• Jiu Yan charged at the essence, but Chu Kuangren froze him with a Space Condensing Character Talisman and blasted him away with a palm strike.
• The Sword Daoist urged the other Heavenly Prides to join forces against Chu Kuangren, while Niu Dali questioned whether they really needed to gang up on him.
• Niu Dali attacked Chu Kuangren with a punch, and Chu Kuangren met it head-on, creating a massive crater and shocking Niu Dali with his physical strength.

Chu Kuangren fought off the Taboo Heavenly Prides who sought the Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence, then shattered Zi Wuji’s Space Condensing Character Talisman and overwhelmed their combined attacks. He left the gathered foes badly injured and terrified, while the Sword Daoist’s clone was destroyed.

• Chu Kuangren traded blows with Niu Dali, then blocked Bai Hongyu’s Worship-Heaven Seal and countered attacks from the Sword Daoist and Wang Quan.
• Chu Kuangren repelled Tu Heng’s Fallen Demon Eye and seized Niu Dali in his demonic bull form, hurling him into the charging Jiu Yan.
• Leng Ningyu refused to join the battle, while Zi Wuji attacked Chu Kuangren with a Space Condensing Character Talisman.
• The Taboo Heavenly Prides launched their attacks together after the talisman locked down the space around Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren broke the talisman and unleashed a Purple Sword Light that shattered their attacks and sent the attackers flying, severely injured.
• Chu Kuangren’s Sword Qi Clone severed the Sword Daoist’s arm and then cleaved his clone in half, leaving the remaining Taboo Heavenly Prides terrified.

Chu Kuangren agreed to settle his clash with Zi Wuji through runic techniques, wagering the Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence against a rubbing of the Myriad Runes Catalog. Zi Wuji unleashed a series of powerful runes, but Chu Kuangren calmly countered them with his Runes Swords.

• Chu Kuangren challenged Zi Wuji’s confidence in his runic techniques and agreed to their proposed duel.
• Chu Kuangren demanded the Myriad Runes Catalog as his prize, and Zi Wuji offered a rubbing of it instead.
• Zi Wuji and Chu Kuangren agreed to wager the rubbing against the Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence.
• Zi Wuji attacked with runes that created fire, wind, lightning, frost, and other natural forces.
• Chu Kuangren blocked Zi Wuji’s attacks with Runes Swords while remaining composed, astonishing the watching Heavenly Prides.

Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Zi Wuji in a duel of runes, first breaking his copied techniques and then unleashing an uncopiable Runes Mystery. He left Zi Wuji with no choice but to concede.

• Zi Wuji used his Purple Talisman Demon Eyes to copy Chu Kuangren’s Runes Sword and Mountains and Rivers Talisman, but Chu Kuangren shattered his attacks.
• Zi Wuji trapped Chu Kuangren in World Tree Runes that continually regenerated their vines using the abundant wood attribute spiritual qi.
• Chu Kuangren used the Extinguishing Talisman, a Runes Mystery whose profound Daoist rhyme Zi Wuji could not copy, to dismantle the World Tree Runes.
• Chu Kuangren filled the sky with countless natural-force runes, and Zi Wuji conceded when he could not copy them fast enough.

Chu Kuangren defeated Zi Wuji with runes, claimed the Myriad Runes Catalog and the Wood Attribute vein essence, and accepted Leng Ningyu’s invitation to visit the Seven Emotions Sect. After rewarding Jian Changfeng and instructing him to monitor the Sword Clan, Chu Kuangren gathered with Shang Qingxue and Murong Xuan to celebrate their haul.

• Zi Wuji conceded defeat, and Chu Kuangren took the Myriad Runes Catalog rubbing copy from him.
• Chu Kuangren collected the Wood Attribute vein essence and other treasures from the vein as the other Heavenly Prides left.
• Leng Ningyu thanked Chu Kuangren for saving her and invited him to visit the Seven Emotions Sect, and he accepted.
• Chu Kuangren rewarded Jian Changfeng with an Emperor-grade Spirit Medicine and told him to monitor the Sword Clan, especially the Sword Daoist.
• Chu Kuangren summoned Shang Qingxue and Murong Xuan, and the three discussed how to make use of their gains after leaving the Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven.

Chu Kuangren left Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven with the treasures he had seized, while the defeated Taboo Heavenly Prides contacted their factions to retaliate. Outside the grotto-heaven, cultivators eyed his immense haul with greed.

• Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, Tu Heng, and the Sword Daoist each contacted their backing factions after Chu Kuangren defeated them and took their treasures.
• As Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven began to close, Chu Kuangren gave Murong Xuan and Shang Qingxue leyline essence and spirit medicines, then sent them ahead to temper themselves without him.
• Murong Xuan and Shang Qingxue left the grotto-heaven, and Chu Kuangren followed when the remaining cultivators had mostly departed.
• Outside the grotto-heaven, cultivators discussed their gains and whispered about Chu Kuangren's treasures and strength as he appeared among them.

The Dragon Mountain Seven attacked Chu Kuangren to seize his treasures, but he shattered their combined strike and left them defeated. The Sword Clan then surrounded him with elders and more than ten thousand Sword Attendants, while Chu Kuangren hinted that other Daoist Traditions would join them.

• Dragon Mountain Boss confronted Chu Kuangren over his monopoly of a Spiritual Qi Vein and declared his intention to steal Chu Kuangren's treasures.
• Dragon Mountain Boss and the Dragon Mountain Seven combined their Spiritual Power to attack Chu Kuangren, but he destroyed their assault with a single palm strike and badly wounded them.
• The surrounding cultivators abandoned their plans to target Chu Kuangren after witnessing his strength.
• Sword Clan elders and more than ten thousand Sword Attendants arrived and surrounded Chu Kuangren over his destruction of the Sword Clan Daoist Seed's clone and seizure of the Sword Daoist's opportunity.
• Chu Kuangren taunted the Sword Clan for not bringing the Sword Daoist, then said other Daoist Traditions should be present as another streak of light arrived.

Chu Kuangren faced a coalition of powerful forces on the Emperor Road, including the Bai Family, Wang Family, Devil Race, and Sword Clan, and declared that he was his own greatest backer. When the Sword Clan attacked, he countered with the Emperor Weapon Spring Thunder and killed several of their cultivators.

• Bai Tianque, Balha, and the Wang Family Matriarch arrived with their forces and demanded Chu Kuangren's death.
• Bai Tianque offered to spare Chu Kuangren if he surrendered the Spiritual Qi Vein treasures or married into the Bai Family, and Chu Kuangren insulted the offer.
• Chu Kuangren rejected the gathered factions' claims that he had no connections or backer, unleashing a tremendous presence that overwhelmed many cultivators.
• The Sword Clan Elder attacked Chu Kuangren, and Chu Kuangren's azure Thunder Light shattered the elder's sword strike and battered more than a dozen Sword Clan cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren revealed the Emperor Weapon Spring Thunder and played a note that blasted apart several Sword Clan cultivators who had approached him.

Chu Kuangren used the Emperor Weapon Spring Thunder and the Gods and Devils Eight Tones to slaughter the attackers surrounding him. When Bai Tianque, Balha, the Wang Family matriarch, and the Sword Clan elders joined forces against him, he unleashed the final piece, Great Sound Has No Sound, and their attacks collided in a massive explosion.

• Chu Kuangren played Boundless Heaven and Earth to stop a Sword Clan elder’s fire attack, then used the Gods and Devils Eight Tones to kill and repel many cultivators.
• The Sword Clan elder struck with Fire Meteor, but Chu Kuangren countered with Swallowing Ten Thousand Miles and shattered the attack.
• The Sword Clan elder urged Balha, Bai Tianque, and the Wang Family matriarch to join the fight.
• Bai Tianque’s Worship-Heaven Seal began breaking under Chu Kuangren’s Heaven and Earth Double Resonance.
• Balha, the Wang Family matriarch, and the Sword Clan elders launched their strongest attacks together, and Chu Kuangren answered with Great Sound Has No Sound.
• The opposing powers collided in a vast explosion that sent cultivators flying and engulfed the fighters in the impact.

Chu Kuangren faced four near-Emperor opponents wielding four Emperor Weapons and countered them with his own Emperor Weapons and sword techniques. The battle continued as Bahar clashed with him and coveted his weapons.

• The Wang Family Matriarch revealed the Five Elements Mountain River Bell, while the Sword Clan elder drew the Golden Emperor Divine Sword and attacked Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren donned the Heavenly Baleful Armor and wielded Golden Que, unleashing the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art with his nine-orifice exquisite sword heart.
• Bai Tianque used a defensive Emperor Weapon to shield the group from Chu Kuangren's sword qi.
• Bahar attacked Chu Kuangren with a dark-red Emperor Weapon saber, and their weapons clashed, driving both fighters back.
• Bahar recognized that Chu Kuangren possessed several Emperor Weapons and eyed them greedily.

Chu Kuangren escaped the forces that tried to kill him at the Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven, then gained a legendary healer’s inheritance. His enemies turned their attention to the Barren Forbidden Land while he left with new medical skills.

• The Wang Family Matriarch and other leaders attacked Chu Kuangren for his treasures, but lightning from his talismans killed many of their cultivators and gave him time to escape with the Space Transport Technique.
• The Sword Clan Elder and the others agreed to hunt Chu Kuangren and considered finding a Heavenly Pardon Order in the Barren Forbidden Land to free Emperor-Class cultivators from their restrictions.
• Bai Hongyu, Xiao Jingchen, Tu Heng, and the other Taboo Heavenly Prides looked forward to entering the Barren Forbidden Land to find opportunities and a way to challenge Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren drew a legendary-grade healer’s inheritance and absorbed extensive medical knowledge and water-qi techniques.
• Chu Kuangren reflected on how his healing abilities complemented his Pill Master inheritance, then departed.