Chapter Summaries

Kunlun moved the Genius Battle venue outside the Holy Land so the public could watch the remaining matches, beginning with Chi Xuntian against Mu Yan. As Chi Xuntian took the arena and drew strength from his cheering supporters, he prepared to cripple Mu Yan.

• Kunlun elders announced that the remaining Genius Battle matches would be held publicly outside the Holy Land.
• Immortal Emperor Leigang and the Ancient Profound Immortal Emperor moved the enormous battle venue outside Kunlun, where cultivators gathered to watch.
• Chi Xuntian arrived at the arena amid loud cheers from his devoted supporters.
• Chi Xuntian secretly regarded his supporters as tools whose admiration strengthened him and vowed to cripple Mu Yan.

Mu Yan arrived at the Genius Battle just as spectators began to suspect he had avoided facing Chi Xuntian. Chi Xuntian unleashed a powerful attack, while Mu Yan watched calmly, leaving their fight poised to begin.

• Spectators wondered whether Mu Yan was too afraid of Chi Xuntian to appear, while Kunlun's disciples remained confident he would come.
• Mu Yan descended into the arena with his enormous black ruler and faced Chi Xuntian.
• Chi Xuntian recognized Mu Yan as a worthy opponent and released a presence that shook the arena.
• The Purple Tenuity Holy Son estimated Mu Yan had a forty percent chance of winning, and the Scarlet Heart Holy Son agreed.
• Chi Xuntian sent a blazing sun crashing toward Mu Yan, who watched without dodging and praised the move.

Mu Yan effortlessly caught Chi Xuntian’s Scarlet Heart Burns the Heavens, then overwhelmed Chi Xuntian’s flame divine general by revealing his full cultivation. The spectators discovered that Mu Yan had already reached the Mahayana Realm.

• Chi Xuntian unleashed Scarlet Heart Burns the Heavens, while the Scarlet Heart Holy Son and Purple Tenuity Holy Son judged that neither could withstand the attack without serious injury.
• Mu Yan caught the blazing scarlet sun with one hand, compressed it into a small ball, and flicked it into the sky, where it exploded.
• Mu Yan asked Chi Xuntian if that was all he had, prompting Chi Xuntian to summon a towering flame divine general and attack with its giant sword.
• Mu Yan unleashed his cultivation presence, which shattered the flame divine general and blasted Chi Xuntian away without Mu Yan using a technique.
• The prominent figures in the stands stood up and announced that Mu Yan had reached the Mahayana Realm.

Mu Yan revealed that he had reached the Mahayana realm second level, stunning the arena and decisively winning against Chi Xuntian. The crowd celebrated as the next match, between Gu Yun and Gu Yingluo, was announced.

• The spectators discovered that Mu Yan had reached the Mahayana realm second level and marveled at his cultivation.
• Shen Cangsheng, the Purple Tenuity Holy Son, the Sky-Splitting Holy Son, and Lei Wuji despaired at the gap between themselves and Mu Yan.
• Chi Xuntian's supporters began to recognize his hypocrisy and suspected that he had bewitched them.
• The overseeing elder declared Mu Yan the winner, and the Kunlun disciples cheered.
• The elder announced the next match between Gu Yun and Gu Yingluo.

Gu Yingluo effortlessly defeated Gu Yun, demonstrating that Kunlun's direct disciples were far stronger than the Immortal Emperors' sons. Su Jian then faced Prince Nine Tribulations, and the chapter ended as they began fighting, with spectators divided over whether Su Jian could win despite his lower cultivation realm.

• Gu Yingluo neutralized Gu Yun's attacks with two flicks of her finger and sent him flying, prompting him to concede defeat.
• Spectators and powerful figures marveled that Gu Yingluo, like Mu Yan, had reached the Mahayana Realm's second level.
• Su Jian entered the arena to face Prince Nine Tribulations, son of Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor.
• Su Jian revealed he was at the Body Integration Realm fourth level, while Prince Nine Tribulations disclosed he was at the seventh level and vowed to fight seriously.
• Spectators debated Su Jian's chances as he and Prince Nine Tribulations moved to begin their match.

Su Jian defeated Prince Nine Tribulations in a fierce battle, overcoming his higher cultivation with transcendent swordsmanship and the technique Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source. After the victory, the tournament announced Zixing’s match against the Sky-Splitting Holy Son.

• Prince Nine Tribulations attacked Su Jian with the Tribulation Emperor Hand, but Su Jian countered with his sword and pushed him back with the Void and Luminous Nirvana Sword.
• Su Jian’s adaptable swordsmanship kept Prince Nine Tribulations on the defensive, impressing the spectators and alarming the Nine Tribulations Imperial Dynasty’s ancestors.
• Prince Nine Tribulations unleashed the life-draining secret technique Ten Thousand Tribulations Beyond Redemption to turn the fight around.
• Su Jian summoned Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source and pierced through Prince Nine Tribulations’ attack, gravely wounding him before the match elder intervened.
• The elder declared Su Jian the winner, and the next match was announced between the Sky-Splitting Holy Son and Kunlun’s fourth direct disciple, Zixing.

Kunlun's Zixing and the other direct disciples overwhelmed their opponents, while Luo Feng was paired against the far stronger Immortal Emperor's son Lei Wuji. Lei Wuji expected an easy victory, and the chapter ended before their fight began.

• Zixing shattered the Sky-Splitting Holy Son's strongest technique with one whip strike and defeated him, revealing that she had reached body integration realm fifth level.
• Ziyue, Qin Haoran, Chen Xuanbei, Han Li, and Ye Fan also decisively defeated their opponents, with Chen Xuanbei reaching mahayana realm fifth level and Ye Fan reaching mahayana realm second level.
• The elder announced that Lei Wuji would fight Kunlun's eleventh direct disciple, Luo Feng.
• Luo Feng said he was only at body integration realm first level, while Lei Wuji had reached body integration realm seventh level, and Lei Wuji became confident of winning.
• Chi Xuntian and Gu Yun discussed Lei Wuji's favorable match, and the spectators expected Luo Feng to become the first Kunlun direct disciple to lose.

Luo Feng transformed into a golden horned beast and defeated Lei Wuji in a fierce battle despite their vast cultivation gap. The spectators celebrated Luo Feng’s victory, while Immortal Emperor Leigang accepted that his son had been outmatched.

• Immortal Emperor Leigang predicted that Lei Wuji would defeat Luo Feng, while the Ancient Profound Immortal Emperor warned him not to underestimate a Kunlun disciple.
• Lei Wuji attacked with lightning, but Luo Feng revealed his golden horned beast form and countered his speed and techniques with spatial powers.
• Lei Wuji compressed his lightning into a powerful sphere with Hundun Divine Thunder and hurled it at Luo Feng.
• Luo Feng unleashed Absolute Space, Tear the Heavens and Rend the Earth, shattered Lei Wuji’s lightning sphere, and struck him unconscious, though Luo Feng was also gravely injured.
• Luo Feng returned to human form and left the arena as the spectators cheered, while Immortal Emperor Leigang acknowledged his son’s deserved defeat.

Kunlun's disciples swept the top ten of the Desolate Immortal Genius Ranking, and Youruo placed eighteenth after defeating a stronger holy maiden, prompting accusations that the competition was rigged. After eyewitness accounts confirmed the results, Ye Chen rewarded his disciples and opened the system space to inspect his mission rewards.

• Youruo defeated a Body Integration Realm Third Level holy maiden, and the final rankings placed Kunlun disciples in the top ten while Youruo took eighteenth place.
• Contestants and spectators accused Kunlun of manipulating the rankings, but other holy lands, an imperial dynasty, and eyewitnesses explained the disciples' victories and Youruo's upset win.
• Ye Chen congratulated his eleven personal disciples, gave them rewards, and warned them not to become complacent.
• After his disciples left, Ye Chen opened the system space to inspect the mission rewards, and the system assured him they were generous.

Ye Chen fused with the Desolate Immortal Great World's origin and discovered he could reshape the world with a thought. He also examined the Heavenly Demon Pearl, uncovering the Otherworldly Demons Clan's scheme to use it to steal the world's origin.

• Ye Chen opened the system treasure chest and received a World Origin Core, a Heavenly Demon Pearl, summoning cards, Jianmu Divine Tree nutrients, and heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
• Ye Chen fused with the Desolate Immortal Great World's origin and gained control over its world and Principles.
• Ye Chen created and erased a towering mountain, bewildering millions of cultivators who gathered to investigate it.
• Ye Chen considered pursuing the origins of other great worlds after completing their strongest sect quests.
• Ye Chen examined the Heavenly Demon Pearl and learned the Otherworldly Demons Clan had buried it in the Desolate Immortal Great World to repair it using the world's origin.
• Ye Chen activated the Heavenly Demon Pearl and found its power could easily kill an Immortal Emperor.

Ye Chen used nourishment to accelerate the Jianmu Divine Tree’s World Gates and gathered Mu Yan and his other disciples to travel to the Immortal Spirit Great World. The group passed through a gate and arrived above the Jade-Scaled Mermaid Clan, where Youruo joyfully reunited with her familiar homeland.

• Ye Chen gave the Jianmu Divine Tree a bottle of special nourishment, causing five World Gates to form and mature.
• Chen Xuanbei recognized the tree as the Jianmu Divine Tree, explained its ability to connect worlds, and Ye Chen confirmed that its gates led to other great worlds.
• Ye Chen summoned Mu Yan and the others and announced that they would challenge the super geniuses of the Immortal Spirit Great World.
• Ye Chen led the disciples through the World Gate, shielding them from the unpleasant passage between worlds.
• The group arrived above the Jade-Scaled Mermaid Clan, and Youruo changed into her mermaid form as she saw her familiar clan below.

Ye Chen returned to the Jade-Scaled Mermaid Clan with Youruo and reunited with Hai Ying, whose expanded clan had grown powerful under her leadership. When two disrespectful Immortal King attendants challenged him, Ye Chen revealed his Immortal Emperor power and killed them, leaving the clan’s younger members to benefit from their essence Qi.

• Youruo changed back into her mermaid form, and Ye Chen led his companions back to the Jade-Scaled Mermaid Clan.
• Hai Ying greeted Ye Chen eagerly and told him how she had managed the clan and established the Kunlun Branch Sect in his absence.
• Cheng Zhi and Shang Wei mocked Ye Chen and challenged him, prompting Hai Ying to suppress them until Ye Chen stopped her.
• Ye Chen offered Cheng Zhi and Shang Wei the chance to fight him together and told Hai Ying not to intervene.
• Cheng Zhi and Shang Wei attacked Ye Chen, but his Immortal Emperor pressure crushed them before he snapped his fingers and killed them.

Ye Chen visited the Kunlun Branch Sect, where he revealed himself as its true sect master and used system rewards to transform its cultivation facilities and surroundings. The branch sect and the Jade-Scaled Mermaid Clan surged in strength, while Shuang'er watched him with renewed affection.

• Ye Chen rebuked Hai Ying for recruiting disrespectful people, then arrived with her and his companions at Shuang'er's Kunlun Branch Sect.
• Ye Shuang'er greeted Ye Chen with resentment, then reported that she had established the branch sect and recruited many geniuses.
• Shuang'er introduced Ye Chen to the branch sect's disciples and elders as the sect master from headquarters.
• Ye Chen placed a Trial Tower at the sect and installed a formation that increased Spiritual Qi across the sect and the Jade-Scaled Mermaid Clan twentyfold.
• Many clan members and branch sect disciples broke through to higher cultivation realms as Ye Chen added enlightenment steles, a battle arena, a scripture pavilion, and other facilities.
• Ye Chen's improvements expanded the branch sect's territory fivefold, and Shuang'er looked at him with passionate affection.

Ye Chen completed the Kunlun Branch Sect’s facilities and summoned a hundred peak Immortal King elders to manage it, leaving the sect dramatically stronger and its disciples eager to cultivate. As Ye Chen departed with Shuang'er and Hai Ying, Nie Chi challenged the newcomers to a spar, and Ziyue, Youruo, and Luo Feng accepted.

• Ye Chen summoned a hundred Immortal King elders and appointed them to manage the branch sect, astonishing its original disciples with their peak-level strength.
• Shuang'er acknowledged that she wanted Ye Chen to solve her problem, and Ye Chen invited Hai Ying to come with them.
• The branch sect’s disciples flocked to its new cultivation facilities, while Mu Yan, Su Jian, and Luo Feng discussed how its best experts might train at headquarters.
• Nie Chi approached Mu Yan’s group and challenged them to spar, claiming he was one of the branch sect’s five strongest disciples.
• Mu Yan chose Ziyue, Youruo, and Luo Feng to face Nie Chi’s group, whose members grew angry as news of the challenge drew a crowd.

Luo Feng, Youruo, and Ziyue faced the branch sect’s top experts in the arena, overturning the crowd’s expectations with overwhelming victories. The chapter ended after Ziyue sent all eight of her opponents flying with a burst of holy light.

• Luo Feng defeated Nie Chi in a single exchange, stopping his attack just before it could kill him.
• Youruo defeated Yu Xiaoman despite being at a lower cultivation realm, leaving the branch sect’s disciples stunned by two consecutive losses.
• Ziyue challenged the remaining experts to attack her together, and all eight took the arena against her.
• Ziyue released her cultivation power, and the golden holy light sent all eight opponents flying and left them spitting blood.

Mu Yan and the other personal disciples of Ye Chen were sent from the Kunlun Branch Sect to challenge the Immortal Spirit Great World’s supreme geniuses, while their victories began spreading Kunlun’s name. As the challenges continued, Luo Feng gained an unwanted follower in Holy Maiden Duan Siqi, and news of more Kunlun victories reached the Central Continent.

• A newly appointed elder revealed that Mu Yan and the others were Ye Chen’s personal disciples from Kunlun Holy Land’s headquarters, then ordered them to travel the Immortal Spirit Great World and challenge its supreme geniuses.
• Mu Yan invited the branch sect’s outstanding disciples to join the journey, and they set out to gain combat experience and spread Kunlun Holy Land’s name.
• Han Li defeated Flying Rainbow Holy Land’s Holy Son in one move, while Luo Feng also defeated another Holy Son and found that Holy Maiden Duan Siqi insisted on following him.
• Luo Feng allowed Duan Siqi to travel with his group, despite the branch sect disciples’ lewd suggestions and her secret plan to uncover his strength.
• At Ruyi Pavilion, guests discussed the string of Holy Son defeats, including Ye Fan’s victory over Gen Mountain Holy Land’s Holy Son by unleashing his presence.

Qin Haoran of the Kunlun Holy Land drew a crowd to Tian Yuan Valley by challenging every expert under fifty, then defeated the Yang Household’s eldest son and the Holy Dragon Holy Son with barely a movement. After six more Holy Sons arrived and hesitated to fight, Qin Haoran provoked them into attacking him together.

• Qin Haoran meditated in Tian Yuan Valley while a crowd gathered to watch his challenge to experts under fifty.
• The Yang Household’s eldest son tried to confront Qin Haoran, but Qin knocked him unconscious with a surge of spiritual power without moving.
• The Holy Dragon Holy Son attacked Qin Haoran with the Holy Dragon Instruction, but Qin shattered his techniques with two streaks of purple radiance and sent him crashing into his disciples.
• Fairy Yingying arrived in a flower-adorned sedan chair, and six Holy Sons gathered in the surrounding void without immediately accepting Qin Haoran’s challenge.
• Qin Haoran told the six Holy Sons to attack together, insulted them when they hesitated, and finally provoked all six into charging him.

Qin Haoran defeated six Holy Sons at once, then beat Gao Jie, a Mahayana Realm peak expert, in a direct fight. His many unrelated Emperor Grade method formulas drew the greed of powerful figures, who closed in on him as Gao Jie warned him to be careful.

• The six Holy Sons attacked Qin Haoran together, but he used Purple-Gold Divine Dragons to repel their techniques and send all six flying.
• With no younger challenger willing to step forward, Gao Jie declared that he was forty-nine and challenged Qin Haoran.
• Gao Jie unleashed his Mahayana Realm peak cultivation and fought Qin Haoran with the Origin-Returning Ruyi Palm, but Qin Haoran gradually overwhelmed him with powerful techniques.
• Qin Haoran defeated Gao Jie with a palm strike, while spectators realized he possessed method formulas from at least five Immortal Emperors.
• Gao Jie warned Qin Haoran to take care, then powerful figures openly closed in, coveting his techniques and Dragon Clan bloodline.

Qin Haoran escaped a crowd of powerful elders who sought to seize his emperor-grade Method Formulas, while Yingluo and Su Jian also fled forces trying to claim them. Kunlun’s disciples continued causing upheaval across the Immortal Spirit Great World as they defeated elite geniuses and attracted pursuit.

• Qin Haoran played the elders from the Water Balance Holy Land, the Su Household, and the Cloud Mist Holy Land against each other, then escaped their blockade aboard a flying Law Treasure.
• Yingluo was intercepted by Shangguan Household experts who demanded she marry into their clan, but she broke through their encirclement with a gourd Law Treasure and fled.
• Su Jian fled the Divine Sword Pavilion after its experts pursued him, hoping to make him the Holy Lord’s direct disciple.
• Kunlun’s direct disciples faced pursuit across the Immortal Spirit Great World after defeating top geniuses, with some hunted for their abilities and others targeted for marriage or recruitment.

Kunlun’s personal disciples reunited after months of pursuit, then drove back the gathered factions with a barrage of talismans and treasures. As their hidden Dao protector prepared to take them home, he annihilated everyone who stepped forward to stop them.

• Qin Haoran, Su Jian, Yingluo, Mu Yan, and the other Kunlun disciples reunited at a hidden teleportation formation and compared how much their strength had grown.
• Experts from many factions converged on the mountain range and declared which Kunlun disciples they wanted to seize or recruit.
• Mu Yan and the others unleashed their Law Treasures, formations, and talismans, killing or maiming many attackers and frightening off the survivors.
• A Dao protector appeared and told the disciples their training expedition was over and it was time to return to the sect.
• When the factions threatened to block their departure, the Dao protector warned them to step forward only if they wanted to die; those who advanced were instantly turned to ashes.