Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren uncovered the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear, a Saint King Artifact hidden beneath the Mountain River Sect, and broke the restriction protecting it. After killing cultivators who were driven mad by the spear, he suppressed its demonic power and claimed it.

• Chu Kuangren used the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art to cut a deep fissure into the Mountain River Sect, where a restriction blocked his strikes.
• The Mountain River Daoist Seed identified the restriction, and Chu Kuangren shattered it with the Human Mountain Seal Art.
• The Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear emerged, and its demonic aura drove cultivators to rush for it.
• Chu Kuangren froze and killed the attackers with the Nine Heavens Sword Prison, then slew a Battle King who challenged him.
• Chu Kuangren took hold of the spear and suppressed it with the Four Supreme Foundations.

After obtaining the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear, Chu Kuangren announced that he had it and used it to lure Demon Cultivators to a nearby mountain range, intending to face them alone while his people continued helping refugees. As the people praised him and condemned the other sky-prides, Ao Cang persuaded them to wait for Chu Kuangren to fail so they could intervene and claim the credit.

• Chu Kuangren took the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear and told the Shanhe Daoist Seed to spread news that anyone who wanted it could come find him.
• Chu Kuangren refused to ask the other sky-prides for help and left Mountain River City for a nearby mountain range to face the Demon Cultivators alone.
• The other sky-prides waited for Chu Kuangren to seek their help, then grew restless as Demon Cultivators began heading toward the city.
• Refugees and ordinary citizens praised Chu Kuangren for aiding them, while public opinion turned against the other sky-prides and their Dao Traditions.
• Ao Cang urged Lin Batian, Fang Tian, Yuan Hong, and the others to wait for Chu Kuangren to fail before stepping in to save the people and reclaim prestige.

A young man and his gray-robed teacher plotted to take the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear from Chu Kuangren, while demonic cultivators across Northern Ridge Dao Province converged on his location. Chu Kuangren, having reached perfected Void Insight, prepared to face them alone and asked his Dao Protectors to hold off the strongest attackers.

• The gray-robed old man revealed that he and the young man had destroyed the Mountain River Sect and planned to help the young man seize the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear from Chu Kuangren.
• Demonic cultivators from the Elysium Sect, Asura Sect, Corpse Refining Sect, and other powers rushed toward Mountain River City to kill Chu Kuangren and claim the spear.
• Chu Kuangren reached perfected Void Insight but suppressed his cultivation so he could build an unsurpassed foundation in the Battle King Realm.
• Lan Yu captured an Elysium Sect scout, and Chu Kuangren let him confirm that the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear was in his possession before sending him back to report.
• Chu Kuangren told the Seventh Ancestor and the other Dao Protectors to hold off cultivators above the Venerable Realm while he fought the rest, leaving the remaining demonic cultivators to Junior Brother Nangong and the others.

Chu Kuangren faced a vast gathering of Demon Cultivators in the mountains near Mountain River City, while the city’s residents watched through the Li Family’s Heaven-Gazing Mirror. The chapter left the assembled crowd believing Chu was risking his life to protect the Northern Ridge Dao Province and urging everyone to remember his deeds.

• The Elysium Sect, Asura Sect, Corpse Refining Sect, and other Demon Cultivators converged on the mountains after learning Chu Kuangren had set no traps.
• Chu Kuangren recognized the Asura Sect as its cultivators surrounded him, then the Elysium Sect’s red-robed woman arrived and offered to take him away in exchange for the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear.
• The Corpse Refining Sect and scattered Demon Cultivators joined the gathering, bringing the forces around Chu Kuangren to at least a hundred thousand.
• The Li Family Head activated the Heaven-Gazing Mirror and projected images of Chu Kuangren surrounded by Demon Cultivators onto a screen above Mountain River City.
• The Li Family Head told the city that Chu Kuangren was fighting for the Northern Ridge Dao Province and called on everyone to pray for him, remember him, and praise his deeds.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu faced a hundred thousand Demon Cultivators seeking the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear while the Seventh Ancestor and other experts fought off demonic path Venerables. Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu remained unharmed as they slaughtered waves of attackers, and the battle continued.

• Lin Batian and Ao Cang planned to exploit Chu Kuangren's death to shape public opinion, while the gathered Heavenly Prides expected him to be killed.
• The Seventh Ancestor fought a gray-robed Supreme Being who revealed himself as the King of the Turning Wheel of the Netherworld.
• Qinglan Supreme Being and the old woman from the Qingyun Dynasty intercepted other demonic Venerables.
• Chu Kuangren presented the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear to the gathered Demon Cultivators and challenged them to take it.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu unleashed their powers against the attackers, killing many and surviving the hundred thousand Demon Cultivators' assault without injury.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu fought off a hundred thousand Demon Cultivators, with Chu Kuangren protected by the White Lotus Purification of the World Chapter as he slaughtered his enemies. The Demon Cultivators decided to exhaust his spiritual power, while Ao Cang and other Heavenly Prides chose to let the attack continue, leaving the Shanhe Daoist Seed to depart in anger.

• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu fought the Demon Cultivators for two hours, and Chu Kuangren used the battle to deepen his understanding of the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art.
• Experts from the Asura Sect, Elysium Sect, and Corpse Refining Sect attacked Chu Kuangren, but their techniques and Battle King Domains could not penetrate the white lotuses.
• The Demon Cultivators changed tactics and tried to wear Chu Kuangren down until his spiritual power ran dry.
• Ao Cang and Lin Batian recognized the plan and expected Chu Kuangren to die once his spiritual power was exhausted.
• The Shanhe Daoist Seed urged Ao Cang and the others to help, but they refused to act immediately, and the Shanhe Daoist Seed left in anger.
• Fang Tian, Lin Batian, and other Heavenly Prides expressed jealousy and hoped Chu Kuangren would die.

Chu Kuangren continued fighting the Demon Cultivators as Lan Yu rested, then used the Taotie Technique to replenish his spiritual power from the corpses around him. Kuuteng Venerable damaged the White Lotus Purification while trying to claim the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear, and a young man claiming to be the Demon Venerable’s descendant sought his help.

• Chu Kuangren told Lan Yu to recover while he held off the remaining Demon Cultivators.
• Kuuteng Venerable revealed the Limitless Demon Venerable’s hand bone, which resonated with the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear, and attacked Chu Kuangren.
• Kuuteng Venerable’s strike damaged the outer layer of Chu Kuangren’s White Lotus Purification, prompting the Demon Cultivators to intensify their assault.
• A young man approached Kuuteng Venerable, claimed to be the Demon Venerable’s descendant, and asked to borrow the hand bone so he could obtain the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear.
• Chu Kuangren activated the Taotie Technique and absorbed flesh-and-blood essence from the corpses, rapidly restoring his spiritual power and leaving the Demon Cultivators stunned.

Chu Kuangren slaughtered the Demon Cultivators trapped in the Nine Heavens Sword Prison after Zhao Wuji briefly claimed the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear. Zhao Wuji escaped with a spatial talisman, and Chu Kuangren stood victorious over the battlefield as the battle ended.

• Zhao Wuji took the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear using the Limitless Demon Venerable's hand bone, prompting the Three Demonic Sects' cultivators to turn on him.
• Chu Kuangren struck Zhao Wuji down, reclaimed the demon spear, and prevented him from taking it back.
• Chu Kuangren sealed the Demon Cultivators inside the Nine Heavens Sword Prison and killed the Asura Sect's Battle King and the Elysium Sect's woman.
• Kuuteng Venerable failed to escape or defeat Chu Kuangren and was slain as the remaining Demon Cultivators panicked.
• Zhao Wuji escaped through the barrier with a spatial talisman, while Chu Kuangren killed the last Demon Cultivators and ended the battle.

After Chu Kuangren slaughtered the hundred thousand Demon Cultivators, he absorbed their essence and other powerful resources to break through to the Battle King Realm. He condensed a nine-pearl crown, adding a fifth supreme foundation, while the surviving Demon Cultivators fled and his allies came to congratulate him.

• Citizens of Mountain River City celebrated Chu Kuangren’s victory, while Ao Cang, Fang Tian, and their allies bitterly watched their plans fail.
• The Seventh Ancestor, Qinglan Supreme Being, and others learned that Chu Kuangren had killed all hundred thousand Demon Cultivators and praised him.
• Chu Kuangren used the Taotie Technique to absorb the Demon Cultivators’ flesh-and-blood essence as Lan Yu guarded him, beginning his breakthrough to the Battle King Realm.
• Chu Kuangren raised his crown to eight Dao Pearls by absorbing the Blacklight Saint’s corpse, then swallowed Quasi-Saint-grade Spirit Medicine to form the ninth pearl.
• Chu Kuangren reached the Battle King Realm with five supreme foundations, and the remaining Demon Cultivators abandoned the Heavenly Desolate Demon Spear and fled.
• The Seventh Ancestor and his companions hurried to Chu Kuangren, and the Seventh Ancestor praised him.

After Chu Kuangren resolved the Demon Calamity, Northern Ridge Dao Province's people honored him, and he drew the Longevity Emperor Scripture while discovering his Undying Body had reached its second level. The legendary diviner Tianjizi visited him, saying he had come out of curiosity.

• Chu Kuangren returned to Mountain River City, where the citizens and cultivators knelt to thank him for resolving the Demon Calamity, while Ao Cang and the other Heavenly Prides watched resentfully.
• Chu Kuangren drew the Longevity Emperor Scripture from the Fantasy Roulette and learned it contained the Longevity Emperor's insights into the Dao, techniques, alchemy, and runes.
• Chu Kuangren found that his Undying Body had advanced to its second level, granting him the ability to regenerate lost limbs, but decided against testing it on himself.
• Lan Yu straightened Chu Kuangren's collar before he went to meet his visitor, Tianjizi, the head of the Guigu Physiognomy Lineage.
• Tianjizi said he had come because he was curious about Chu Kuangren.

Tianjizi told Chu Kuangren that forty-nine strands of Xuanhuang Emperor Qi would appear in half a month, ushering in the Great Age of Strife and awakening ancient Heavenly Prides. After Chu Kuangren decided training had little left to offer him, the Demon Calamity in Northern Ridge Dao Province was nearly eradicated, and his deeds became the subject of reverence and legend.

• Tianjizi said he could not see Chu Kuangren in the river of time and predicted Lan Yu might rival the ancient Great Emperors.
• Tianjizi revealed that the Great Dao would manifest in half a month and produce forty-nine strands of Xuanhuang Emperor Qi, while ancient Heavenly Prides awakened.
• Chu Kuangren said he would return to the Mystic Heaven Sect in a few days because no Heavenly Pride could withstand one strike from his sword.
• Two days later, Chu Kuangren's forces had nearly eliminated the Demon Calamity in Northern Ridge Dao Province, as demonic cultivators fled in fear of him.
• People called the mountain where Chu Kuangren slew a hundred thousand Demon Cultivators Demon-Crying Mountain, and his deeds inspired books, biographies, and shrines.

Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect in triumph and began studying the Longevity Emperor Scripture in seclusion. As he immersed himself in the Great Emperor’s Dao, ancient Heavenly Prides awakened across Firmament Star and the first strand of Xuanhuang Emperor Qi appeared.

• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect with the disciples who had helped eradicate the Demon Calamity, and a hundred thousand disciples welcomed them.
• Venerable Xuanqi asked Chu Kuangren about Xuanhuang Emperor Qi, and Chu Kuangren said he would contend for it but hoped to become an Emperor through his own strength.
• Chu Kuangren visited Xiao Bing, learned she had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and then entered seclusion in Ling Tian Dao Palace.
• Chu Kuangren opened the Longevity Emperor Scripture and began comprehending the Longevity Great Emperor’s insights into the Dao.
• During Chu Kuangren’s half-month seclusion, natural disasters struck Firmament Star, ancient Heavenly Prides awakened, and the first strand of Xuanhuang Emperor Qi appeared.

As ancient Heavenly Prides awakened and the forty-nine strands of Xuanhuang Emperor Qi went to a new generation of Young Emperors, Chu Kuangren spent three years in closed-door cultivation and faded from public memory. Lan Yu remained loyal to him and refused the Featherfolk’s calls to return; the chapter ended as a surge of Daoist Rhyme shook the Mystic Heaven Sect, signaling Chu Kuangren’s imminent emergence.

• Ancient Heavenly Prides awakened across Firmament Star, and the first Xuanhuang Emperor Qi went to the Thunder Falcon Clan’s ancient Heavenly Pride.
• Over the following years, new and ancient Heavenly Prides claimed the forty-nine strands of Emperor Qi, while Chu Kuangren did not appear and was widely thought to have been left behind by the times.
• Lan Yu gained fame after obtaining Emperor Qi, and Tianjizi appraised her as having the potential to rival the ancient Great Emperors.
• Lan Yu refused repeated requests from the Featherfolk to return, telling Xiao Bing that she had no ties to them beyond her identity and that she would stay where Chu Kuangren was.
• As Lan Yu and Xiao Bing discussed Chu Kuangren’s fading reputation, a surge of Daoist Rhyme burst from the room where he was cultivating, shaking the sect and prompting its disciples to expect his return.

After three years of seclusion, Chu Kuangren emerged with his Sword Dao Rhythm surpassing Venerable Xuanqi’s and learned how the search for Emperor Qi had reshaped the world. He concluded that the era’s fortune belonged to the younger generation of Heavenly Prides, leaving the path to becoming Emperor open to them rather than the Saints.

• Chu Kuangren’s emergence from seclusion stirred the Mystic Heaven Sect, and disciples, Daoist Seeds, elders, and Venerable Xuanqi gathered at Ling Tian Dao Palace to welcome him.
• Venerable Xuanqi sensed that Chu Kuangren’s Sword Dao Rhythm had surpassed his own, and Chu Kuangren stepped out to greet everyone after three years away.
• Chu Kuangren told Venerable Xuanqi that his seclusion had brought substantial progress in Daoist Law and could eventually help him raise the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art to the level of an Emperor Technique.
• Nangong Huang and Murong Xuan told Chu Kuangren that thirty-eight Young Emperors had emerged from the forty-nine strands of Xuanhuang Emperor Qi, while Saints had barred cultivators above the Venerable level from competing for it.
• Chu Kuangren inferred that the fortune of the era belonged to younger Heavenly Prides, not the Saints, and that only a Heavenly Pride could become Emperor.

After emerging from three years of seclusion, Chu Kuangren declined Lan Yu’s Xuanhuang Emperor Qi and offered to guard her while she fused with it. News of his return drew several newly empowered Young Emperors toward the Mystic Heaven Sect, while Princess Linglong reaffirmed that she would not break her engagement to him.

• Lan Yu offered Chu Kuangren the Xuanhuang Emperor Qi she had obtained for him, but he told her to keep it and promised to guard her as she fused with it.
• Lin Batian and Ao Cang welcomed news of Chu Kuangren’s emergence and vowed to challenge him after becoming stronger.
• Gu Changge urged the Qingyun Ruler to let him break Princess Linglong’s engagement to Chu Kuangren, but Linglong objected and the ruler upheld her choice.
• The Qingyun Ruler ordered Gu Changge to prepare gifts and visit the Mystic Heaven Sect, and Linglong obtained permission to go with him.
• Rumors spread that Ao Cang, Lin Batian, Yuan Hong, Wuchenzi, and Gu Changge were heading to the Mystic Heaven Sect, stirring anticipation across the Azure Dragon Domain.

Chu Kuangren drew the super-god-level Luck Halo while Lan Yu merged with the Xuanhuang Emperor Qi and broke through to Battle King with a nine-pearl crown. After his next draw yielded a Starlight cultivation technique, Chu Kuangren went to meet Gu Changge and Princess Linglong, who had come to visit the Mystic Heaven Sect.

• Chu Kuangren tested Xiao Bing's Heavenfall Sword Art and drew the Luck Halo after three years without using the Fantasy Roulette.
• Lan Yu merged with the Xuanhuang Emperor Qi, broke through to Battle King, and condensed a nine-pearl crown with help from the Staff of Light.
• Chu Kuangren wondered whether the Luck Halo had helped Lan Yu and drew the Starlight cultivation technique Floating Light and Shadow the next day.
• Lan Yu told Chu Kuangren that Gu Changge and Princess Linglong were visiting, and he went with her to meet them.
• Princess Linglong saw Chu Kuangren arrive and admired that he still looked as handsome as before.

After Chu Kuangren emerged from three years of seclusion, Gu Changge challenged him, and several other Heavenly Prides and Young Emperors arrived to do the same. Chu Kuangren agreed to face them, while Venerable Xuanqi watched to see how strong he had become.

• Gu Changge greeted Chu Kuangren and challenged him to a fight, and Chu Kuangren accepted.
• Gu Changge released his Dragon Might against the gathered disciples, but Nangong Huang and Chu Kuangren countered it.
• Lin Batian, Ao Cang, and Yuan Hong arrived one after another, each declaring that they had come to defeat Chu Kuangren.
• Wuchenzi arrived to discuss the Dao with Chu Kuangren, who told him to wait behind the other challengers.
• Venerable Xuanqi let the challengers proceed because he wanted to see Chu Kuangren's current strength.

Chu Kuangren used Floating Light and Shadow and the Human Mountain Seal Art to defeat five Young Emperors with one palm strike each. He left the Mystic Heaven Sect disciples stunned by his overwhelming strength.

• Lin Batian attacked Chu Kuangren with his Sacred Flame, but Chu used Floating Light and Shadow to appear behind him and blast him away with a palm strike.
• Gu Changge launched his Dragon-Killing Fist, but Chu shattered it, struck him in the chest, and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Yuan Hong used the Wanfa Sect's Heaven-Walking Wind-following Art and attacked with a palm technique, but Chu caught up to him and knocked him away.
• Ao Cang raised the Mountain God Shield, but Chu shattered it with a palm strike and sent him flying.
• Chu struck Wuchenzi and blasted him away, while the Mystic Heaven Sect disciples watched in awe and praised their eldest senior brother.

Chu Kuangren effortlessly defeated the Young Emperors who had challenged him after three years of cultivation. He left them humbled and despairing after overwhelming their combined attacks and domains.

• Lan Yu, Princess Linglong, Venerable Xuanqi, Elder Ruyan, Nangong Huang, and the other disciples watched Chu Kuangren suppress the Young Emperors with palm strikes.
• Ao Cang, Gu Changge, Yuan Hong, Wuchenzi, and Lin Batian attacked Chu Kuangren together with their ultimate techniques, but he repelled them with a slash from Kunwu.
• The five Young Emperors unleashed their Battle King Domains to restrain Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren’s domain overpowered theirs, pinned all five to the ground, and suppressed their spiritual power.
• Chu Kuangren released them and reminded them that Xuanhuang Emperor Qi had not made them his equals, leaving them dejected.

After emerging from three years of seclusion, Chu Kuangren defeated five Young Emperors and once again drew the world's attention. A month later, he used a trial card to become a Grandmaster Alchemist and went to the Mystic Heaven Sect's Pill Pavilion to try refining a pill.

• Chu Kuangren defeated five Young Emperors, astonishing Venerable Xuanqi, Elder Ruyan, and the other Mystic Heaven Sect elders.
• Ao Cang, Lin Batian, and the other defeated Young Emperors left the sect with their confidence shaken, and news of Chu Kuangren's victory spread across the world the next day.
• Chu Kuangren saw Princess Linglong off at the sect gates, then stayed at the Mystic Heaven Sect for a month.
• Chu Kuangren drew and used a Permanent Alchemist Trial Card, instantly gaining the knowledge and skill of a Grandmaster Alchemist.
• Chu Kuangren went to the Pill Pavilion, learned that the Fifth Elder had gone to invite Grandmaster Gu Jiang, and asked for an alchemy chamber.
• Chu Kuangren gave the Pill Pavilion deacon a formula for the Heartbreak Pill and began preparing to refine it with costly herbs.