Chapter Summaries

The Charm Sword Guard discovered that Li Celong was leading the Crimson Refinement Princess to the Red Lotus Miasma Fire, and reported back to Chu Kuangren. At the swamp, Li Celong revealed that his master was already refining the fire and told the princess to kill him.

• Leng Ningyu explained the Barren Forbidden Land's regions and the opportunities deeper within to Chu Kuangren and the others.
• The wounded Crimson Refinement Princess discussed Chu Kuangren's strength with Li Celong, who offered to lead her to the Red Lotus Miasma Fire.
• The Charm Sword Guard secretly followed Li Celong and the princess, learned their destination, and sent word to Chu Kuangren.
• Li Celong and the Crimson Refinement Princess entered a poisonous swamp and found the Red Lotus Miasma Fire.
• The Crimson Refinement Princess discovered Li the Daoist beneath the fire, and Li Celong told her to kill him while he was unable to move.

Li Celong betrayed his master, Li the Daoist, so the Crimson Refinement Princess could claim the Red Lotus Miasma Fire, but Chu Kuangren arrived before she could finish absorbing it. The Crimson Refinement Princess gave up the Heavenly Flame and tried to shift the blame onto Li Celong.

• Li Celong urged the Crimson Refinement Princess to kill Li the Daoist and help him take revenge on Chu Kuangren and Leng Ningyu.
• The Crimson Refinement Princess struck Li the Daoist, and Li Celong stabbed his master and helped leave him near death.
• The Crimson Refinement Princess burned Li the Daoist to death, while Li Celong looted his Heaven and Earth Ring and found an Emperor-Grade Light-Escaping Talisman.
• The Crimson Refinement Princess began absorbing the Red Lotus Miasma Fire, but an unknown sword strike severed her arm.
• Chu Kuangren emerged from the miasma with three women and revealed he had tracked Li Celong using the Snow Jade Insect Egg Powder.
• The Crimson Refinement Princess blamed Li Celong for their scheme and offered the Red Lotus Miasma Fire to Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren began refining the Red Lotus Miasma Fire after Li Celong and the Crimson Refinement Princess escaped. The Princess and Li Celong recovered in hiding and plotted to recruit Taboo Heavenly Prides against Chu Kuangren, while he continued to absorb the flame.

• Chu Kuangren attacked the Crimson Refinement Princess, but Li Celong escaped with her using an Emperor-Grade Light-Escaping Talisman.
• Chu Kuangren reached into the Red Lotus Miasma Fire and used his Heaven and Earth Furnace Body to refine its energy as the Charm Sword Guard, Leng Ningyu, and Chi Yue protected him.
• Li Celong expelled the insect powder from his body, then treated the Crimson Refinement Princess's injuries in a guarded cave.
• Li Celong resolved to seek out the Sword Daoist and other Taboo Heavenly Prides to join forces against Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren continued refining the Red Lotus Miasma Fire, whose immense energy filled his Spirit Ruins with spiritual power.

After refining the Red Lotus Miasma Fire, Chu Kuangren condensed a strand of Emperor Qi and led his companions toward the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave. Across the Barren Forbidden Land, Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, and the Sword Daoist also prepared to explore the cave, while the Sword Daoist was summoned to meet Li Celong and the Crimson Refinement Princess.

• Chu Kuangren refined the Red Lotus Miasma Fire, condensed a strand of Emperor Qi, and left the swamp with Leng Ningyu and the others.
• Leng Ningyu told Chu Kuangren that the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave would likely open in a few days, and he decided to head there.
• Bai Hongyu used an Emperor's remnant body to break through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and set out for the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave.
• Wang Quan emerged with an improved Five Elements Divine Wheel and increased cultivation, then headed toward the cave.
• The Sword Daoist finished refining the Sword Emperor Inheritance and took two Emperor Weapons before receiving a Sword Clan signal.
• The Sword Daoist met Li Celong and the Crimson Refinement Princess, then asked whether they needed something from him.

Li Celong persuaded the Sword Daoist to join him and the Crimson Refinement Princess in pursuing Chu Kuangren after revealing that Leng Ningyu was with him. Meanwhile, the Light God Church’s Holy Maiden defeated a powerful beast and prepared to seek opportunities at the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave, hoping to meet her young master there.

• Li Celong told the Sword Daoist that Leng Ningyu was with Chu Kuangren, provoking the Sword Daoist’s fury.
• The Sword Daoist agreed to cooperate with Li Celong and head to the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave, where Chu Kuangren might appear.
• The silver-haired Holy Maiden used Light Judgment to slay a two-headed beast and purified its Spiritual Power crystal.
• The Third Elder told the Holy Maiden that the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave lay ahead, and she agreed to go despite the expected battles.
• The Saint Son praised the Holy Maiden while concealing his jealousy as she wondered whether her young master would be at the cave.

Nangong Huang arrived at the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave, where Taboo Heavenly Prides had gathered for the coming treasure tide. After Tuba identified him as a member of Chu Kuangren’s Mystic Heaven Sect, Bai Hongyu demanded that he leave, and Nangong Huang refused.

• Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, Niu Dali, the Sword Daoist, Sha Wushe, and Tu Heng arrived at the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave as the treasure tide approached.
• The Sword Daoist and Sha Wushe displayed formidable power, drawing the attention of the other gathered Heavenly Prides.
• Tuba recognized Nangong Huang and told Tu Heng that he belonged to the Mystic Heaven Sect led by Chu Kuangren.
• Bai Hongyu ordered Nangong Huang to leave because the Mystic Heaven Sect was unwelcome.
• Nangong Huang refused, saying the ancient cave did not belong to Bai Hongyu.

Bai Hongyu fought Nangong Huang, but Murong Xuan and Shang Qingxue joined him to resist her. When the Sword Daoist intervened and threatened the three with his sword, Chu Kuangren’s Light Aura appeared and he offered to take the three strikes himself.

• Bai Hongyu used her Emperor Weapon and Worship-Heaven Saber Art against Nangong Huang, who survived her attacks but was badly injured.
• Murong Xuan and Shang Qingxue arrived and helped Nangong Huang resist Bai Hongyu, while Shang Qingxue healed him with Earth Vein Essence.
• The three disciples joined forces and briefly pressured Bai Hongyu, whose Emperor Weapon kept her from being defeated.
• The Sword Daoist forced the three back and said he would let them leave if they survived three strikes of his sword.
• Chu Kuangren’s voice and Light Aura appeared as he offered to take the Sword Daoist’s three strikes instead.

Lan Yu arrived with the Light God Church and challenged the Sword Daoist to protect Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, and Shang Qingxue. She endured his three sword strikes and countered his final attack, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Lan Yu arrived as the Light God Church's newly appointed Holy Maiden and declared she would not let the Sword Daoist harm the Mystic Heaven Sect cultivators.
• The Sword Daoist agreed to direct his three promised strikes at Lan Yu, who blocked his first attack and mocked his swordsmanship by comparing him to Chu Kuangren.
• Lan Yu defended against the Sword Daoist's second strike with her Light God Shield, though the attack broke the shield and forced her back several steps.
• The Sword Daoist unleashed his Four Symbols Sword Dao in his final strike, and Lan Yu countered with her Spear of Judgment.
• The clash drove Lan Yu and the Sword Daoist back nearly a hundred zhang.

Lan Yu defended Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, and Shang Qingxue from Feng Mo, the Darkness God Church’s Saint Son, and clashed with him in a battle of light and darkness. When several powerful factions joined forces against her, a sword swept in and an indifferent voice warned them not to harm the people of the Mystic Heaven Sect.

• Lan Yu blocked the Sword Daoist’s three strikes and dared the gathered Heavenly Prides to attack the people she protected.
• Feng Mo arrived and attacked Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, and Shang Qingxue, but Lan Yu intercepted him.
• Lan Yu and Feng Mo exchanged powerful techniques, ending their clash with both attacks dispersing.
• Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, Tu Heng, and the Sword Daoist joined Feng Mo against Lan Yu, while Bai Tianxing hesitated to help her.
• A magnificent sword landed between the sides, forcing the Taboo Heavenly Prides back as an unseen speaker warned them against harming the Mystic Heaven Sect’s people.

Chu Kuangren arrived with Leng Ningyu, Chi Yue, and Charm Sword Guard, then effortlessly defeated Bai Hongyu and Wang Quan and seized Wang Quan’s Emperor Weapon. As the other Heavenly Prides held back, Sword Daoist challenged Chu Kuangren to settle their past, and Chu Kuangren dismissed their history as nothing more than a game.

• Chu Kuangren descended beside the Kunwu Sword and greeted Lan Yu before turning to face Sword Daoist and the other Taboo Heavenly Prides.
• Bai Hongyu attacked Chu Kuangren with her Emperor Technique and Dragon-Phoenix Red Saber, but he defeated her with one streak of Purple Sword Light.
• Wang Quan used his Five Elements Divine Wheel, Five Elements Mountain River Bell, and Five Elements Great Capture, but Chu Kuangren shattered his attack and knocked him into a mountain.
• Chu Kuangren suppressed the Five Elements Mountain River Bell and drew it to himself while Tu Heng and the other Heavenly Prides backed away.
• Sword Daoist unleashed his Sword Dao Rhythm and challenged Chu Kuangren to settle their past grievances, but Chu Kuangren said he had regarded their conflict as a game.

Chu Kuangren faced the Sword Daoist in a contest of swordsmanship, easily breaking every attack despite the Sword Daoist wielding two Emperor Weapons. After the Sword Daoist used an Emperor’s finger bone to unleash one final strike and flee, Chu Kuangren answered with the Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword, leaving the Sword Daoist in its path.

• Chu Kuangren and the Sword Daoist unleashed their Nine-Orifice Exquisite Sword Hearts, drawing the surrounding swords into the air.
• The Sword Daoist wielded the Golden Emperor Divine Sword and the Qingxuan Divine Sword, but Chu Kuangren refused to use an Emperor Weapon against him.
• Chu Kuangren broke the Sword Daoist’s first three attacks and gave him three more moves to prove himself.
• The Sword Daoist’s Four Symbols Sword Dao strike was shattered by Chu Kuangren, who blasted him back nearly three hundred meters.
• The Sword Daoist crushed an Emperor’s finger bone, launched one last Four Symbols attack, and tried to flee.
• Chu Kuangren revealed the Four Symbols Sword Essence and summoned the Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword against the fleeing Sword Daoist.

Chu Kuangren killed the Sword Daoist, claimed his Emperor Weapons, and then used his powers to gather every treasure erupting from the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave. As the Heavenly Prides protested his greed, a second wave of treasures began to emerge, and Chu Kuangren noticed something unusual about Lan Yu.

• Chu Kuangren destroyed the Sword Daoist with the Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword and gave the Golden Emperor Divine Sword and Qingxuan Divine Sword to Murong Xuan and Nangong Huang.
• The Many-Treasure Ancient Cave erupted with treasures, and the Heavenly Prides rushed to seize them.
• Chu Kuangren used Psychic Power and the Space Transport Technique to gather all the treasures before himself and declared that he wanted them all.
• Tu Heng and others protested, but Chu Kuangren challenged them to take the treasures if they could.
• Chu Kuangren scanned Bai Tianxing and Lan Yu with the Eye of Insight, noticed an irregularity in Lan Yu's information, and then the ancient cave erupted with a second round of treasures.

Xiao Jingchen emerged from seclusion with the power of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable Body and challenged Chu Kuangren, while several Taboo Heavenly Prides joined forces to attack. Chu Kuangren sent Lan Yu to collect treasures and faced the converging opponents alone.

• Chu Kuangren used his Space Transport Technique to claim the treasures released by the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave, frustrating the other cultivators.
• Xiao Jingchen emerged after inheriting a Great Emperor's legacy and revealed that his Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable Body had grown far stronger.
• Xiao Jingchen challenged Chu Kuangren over the destruction of the Xuanhuang Divine Palace and attacked him with the Heavenly Venerable Hand and Heavenly Venerable Finger.
• Feng Mo, Tu Heng, Niu Dali, and Sha Wushe agreed to join the fight against Chu Kuangren, hoping to stop him from taking the treasures.
• Feng Mo and Tu Heng forced Lan Yu back when she intercepted their attacks, and Chu Kuangren told her to collect treasures while he faced the opponents.

Chu Kuangren killed Tu Heng and the Dark Saint Son, Feng Mo, before battling Sha Wushe and Xiao Jingchen with his Heavenly Baleful Manifestation. As other Heavenly Prides fought over the treasures from the shaking Many-Treasure Ancient Cave, Chu Kuangren fused the powers of his three Dao Bodies and overwhelmed his opponents’ manifestations.

• Chu Kuangren shattered Tu Heng’s and Feng Mo’s attacks, then killed both of them with swift sword strikes.
• Sha Wushe and Xiao Jingchen summoned their manifestations to interfere with Chu Kuangren’s Space Transport Technique while Niu Dali attacked in his true form; Chu Kuangren sent Niu Dali flying with a punch.
• As the manifestations clashed, Heavenly Prides rushed to seize the treasures spilling from the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave, and Lan Yu struck down a Sword Clan Heavenly Pride trying to take one.
• Darkness God Church cultivators noticed Charm Sword Guard’s fallen darkness body while she competed for treasures.
• Chu Kuangren infused his Heavenly Baleful Manifestation with the powers of Ten Thousand Laws Return to One and his nine-orifice exquisite sword heart, battering Sha Wushe’s manifestation and forcing Xiao Jingchen to use an Emperor Weapon.

Chu Kuangren defeated Xiao Jingchen, drove the Heavenly Prides from the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave, and claimed its treasures. After the cave’s opportunity ended, he found a Heavenly Pardon Order and agreed to give it to Chi Yue for the Seven Emotions Sect.

• Chu Kuangren struck down Sha Wushe and shattered Xiao Jingchen’s Heavenly Venerable Dharma Form before crushing Xiao Jingchen to death.
• Chu Kuangren ordered the Heavenly Prides to leave and gathered the ancient cave’s treasures with Lan Yu and the others.
• The Third Elder asked Lan Yu to secure treasures for the Light God Church, while he and Saint Son Bai Tianxing privately showed resentment toward Chu Kuangren’s influence over her.
• After the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave fell still, Chu Kuangren found a Heavenly Pardon Order among his gains.
• Chi Yue offered her share of the treasures for the token, and Chu Kuangren agreed to give it to the Seven Emotions Sect.

Chu Kuangren rescued Charm Sword Guard and Jian Changfeng from the Sword Clan’s Heavenly Prides, then helped Jian Changfeng take over Jian Yunyang’s body. Jian Changfeng left with a new identity to spy on the Sword Clan.

• Lan Yu told Chu Kuangren how the Light Church made her its Holy Maiden, and Chu Kuangren suspected it was scheming against her by withholding the complete Light Divine Fire Art.
• Jian Changfeng sent Chu Kuangren a plea for help while he and Charm Sword Guard were surrounded by Sword Clan Heavenly Prides led by Jian Yunyang.
• Chu Kuangren broke the Sword Formation, immobilized the Sword Clan Heavenly Prides with Psychic Power, and healed Charm Sword Guard.
• Chu Kuangren used the Soul-Hooking Cord to pull Jian Yunyang’s soul from his body, and Jian Changfeng transferred his soul into the vacant body.
• Jian Changfeng thanked Chu Kuangren and agreed to return to the Sword Clan under Jian Yunyang’s identity to monitor its movements, while Jian Yunyang screamed in terror.

Chu Kuangren continued plundering opportunities in the Barren Forbidden Land while his followers discussed the Darkness God Church. After Leng Ningyu warned him that many forces were gathering to attack, Chu Kuangren dismissed them as a rabble and told her and Chi Yue to leave.

• Chu Kuangren killed Jian Yunyang and the Sword Clan Heavenly Prides who begged for mercy, then let Jian Changfeng leave and heard Charm Sword Guard report that the Darkness God Church wanted her to join.
• Charm Sword Guard said she wanted to join the Darkness God Church and possibly bring it under Chu Kuangren's control, but Chu Kuangren decided they would discuss it if its people approached him.
• Chu Kuangren and his companions seized opportunities across the Barren Forbidden Land, prompting resentment among the Heavenly Prides while Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, and the others collected many treasures.
• Chu Kuangren drew a legendary Cultivation Technique Completion Card while gathered around a campfire with his group.
• Leng Ningyu told Chu Kuangren that the Wang Family, Bai Family, Devil Race, Sword Clan, and many other forces planned to attack him, and he urged her and Chi Yue to leave.

Chu Kuangren negotiated with the Darkness God Church, sending Charm Sword Guard with them as their future Saintess while secretly keeping her loyal through the Soul-Controlling Slave Seal. The Fourth Elder planned to avenge the church’s dead Saint Son, but Charm Sword Guard left intending to protect her master from within the church.

• Chi Yue and Leng Ningyu refused to leave Chu Kuangren despite his warning about the coming battle.
• Chu Kuangren killed a lower Quasi-Emperor from the Darkness God Church when the man threatened him, then heard the Fourth Elder’s offer of information in exchange for Charm Sword Guard.
• Chu Kuangren offered Charm Sword Guard to the church in return for a favor to be requested later, and claimed poison pills controlled her loyalty.
• The Fourth Elder’s companion tested the poison pill and confirmed that seven antidote pills neutralized it, while the Fourth Elder found toxins in Charm Sword Guard’s body.
• The Fourth Elder invited Charm Sword Guard to become the Darkness God Church’s Saintess and vowed to avenge its dead Saint Son.
• Charm Sword Guard accepted the church’s offer while secretly resolving to stop anyone there who tried to harm Chu Kuangren.

Heavenly Prides from across the Barren Forbidden Land gathered near Ancient Dao Lake and formed an alliance to kill Chu Kuangren, expecting him to come for the lake’s Primordial Dao Source. As the treasure emerged, Chu Kuangren arrived, and the assembled Heavenly Prides prepared to attack.

• Wang Quan, Jiu Yan, Bai Hongyu, and other Heavenly Prides discussed whether Chu Kuangren would come, while Yun Luozi and the Formation Daoist Seed described the killing formations laid around Ancient Dao Lake.
• A young man from the Qin Family announced that his older clan brother, the Qin Family’s Taboo and a Great Emperor’s reincarnation, would join them.
• The Primordial Dao Source emerged from Ancient Dao Lake, revealing its powerful energy and Dao patterns, and the Heavenly Prides fought down their desire to seize it.
• Bai Hongyu spotted Chu Kuangren approaching along the mountain path, and Wang Quan ordered everyone to prepare to act.

Chu Kuangren arrived at Ancient Dao Lake to claim a mass of Primordial Dao Source, but rune masters, a formation expert, and a yin-yang thunder wielder tried to stop him. He shattered their attacks and broke the formation, leaving his opponents stunned as he stood before the lake.

• Chu Kuangren approached the Primordial Dao Source and found the area deserted.
• Runes engulfed Chu Kuangren, but he used the Extinguishing Talisman to dismantle them, shocking Zi Wuji.
• Formation Daoist Seed trapped Chu Kuangren in the Earth Prison Formation as Yun Luozi attacked him with Yin-Yang Two Forms Thunder.
• Chu Kuangren countered Yun Luozi’s Heaven-Breaking Thunder God Sword with the Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword and shattered the formation.
• The attack blasted Yun Luozi away and left Formation Daoist Seed and the others stunned by Chu Kuangren’s strength.