Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen confronted the terrified City Guards and Lieutenant General Yan Li, who had threatened to execute him. When Ye Chen appeared in front of Yan Li, the lieutenant general died of fright, leaving everyone convinced Ye Chen had killed him with an unknown power.

• Yan Li and the remaining City Guards feared Ye Chen after witnessing his killings and realizing his reach had no apparent limit.
• Ye Chen asked Yan Li why he would not carry out his earlier threat to execute him, and Yan Li trembled too much to answer.
• Ye Chen said he would go to Yan Li and suddenly appeared in front of him.
• Yan Li convulsed and died while Ye Chen stood nearby without attacking him.
• Ye Chen realized Yan Li had scared himself to death, while Zhou Long remained too frightened to move.

Ye Chen killed Yan Li and continued slaughtering Cloud Dream City's guards, leaving the shopkeeper terrified. When the city's great general arrived and attacked, Ye Chen shattered his saber strike with a breath and killed him, leaving the city's defenders in despair.

• The shopkeeper trembled as he watched Ye Chen kill Yan Li, his greatest backer.
• Ye Chen's killings left Cloud Dream City's guards and residents fearing for their lives.
• The great general arrived on an exotic beast and attacked Ye Chen with a thousand-zhang saber strike.
• Ye Chen blew out a gale that shattered the great general's blade light and swept him away.
• The gale turned the great general into bloody mist, killing him.

Ye Chen killed the Great General and most of Cloud Dream City's guards after they tried to enforce the city’s rules against him. The City Lord emerged, submitted to Ye Chen, and was tasked with handling the remaining matters before killing the shopkeeper.

• Ye Chen killed the Great General with a breath, leaving the City Guard and onlookers in shock.
• Ye Chen snapped his fingers and killed the guards who had shouted against him, sparing only a handful of survivors.
• The City Lord came out of hiding and fawned over Ye Chen, then knelt and declared that Ye Chen and his companions had been wronged.
• Ye Chen ordered the City Lord to deal with the aftermath and accepted his offer to host the three visitors.
• The City Lord killed the shopkeeper, blaming him for bringing turmoil to Cloud Dream City.

After Ye Chen killed most of Cloud Dream City's City Guards, residents celebrated him as a hero and corrupt merchants began behaving honestly. As Ye Chen, Youruo, and Xie Purou enjoyed the city, the two women bought an enormous amount of Cloud Gauze clothing, leaving the shopkeeper and other customers stunned by the bill.

• News of Ye Chen's slaughter of the City Guards spread through Cloud Dream City, and residents who had suffered under them called him a hero.
• Cloud Dream City's unscrupulous merchants feared Ye Chen and stopped fleecing their customers.
• Ye Chen, Youruo, and Xie Purou spent the next few days wandering around the city while the two women gained experience in the mortal world.
• Youruo and Xie Purou bought nearly every garment in a Cloud Gauze shop as wealthy customers whispered that they might not be able to pay.
• The shopkeeper calculated their total at one hundred and eighty million Immortal Crystals, stunning everyone in the shop.

Xie Purou and Youruo faced mockery from wealthy young ladies after their clothes came to a total of 180 million immortal crystals. Youruo accepted a bet that she would kneel and bark like a dog if she could not pay, and Ye Chen produced a spatial Law Treasure for the shopkeeper to check.

• The shopkeeper tactfully offered Xie Purou and Youruo a chance to return another day, but Youruo insisted they were there to do business.
• Nearby wealthy young ladies mocked Youruo and pressured her to buy all the clothes she had tried on.
• Youruo challenged the women over whether they could afford 180 million immortal crystals, and the most overbearing girl proposed a bet involving kneeling and barking like a dog.
• Youruo accepted the bet, and the girl stipulated that the full amount had to be paid at once.
• Ye Chen handed the shopkeeper a spatial Law Treasure containing the payment, leaving the shopkeeper and the wealthy young ladies doubtful as he began checking it.

Ye Chen proved he had the hundred and eighty million Immortal Crystals needed to buy the shop’s treasure, confirming that Youruo had won her wager against the fierce heiress. The heiress refused to kneel and bark, and the crowd recognized her as Lai Yuejing of the powerful Lai Household, raising the stakes of Youruo’s demand.

• The shopkeeper inspected Ye Chen’s spatial Law Treasure and counted exactly a hundred and eighty million Immortal Crystals inside.
• Lai Yuejing checked the treasure herself, then fell silent when she saw the mountains of Immortal Crystals.
• Youruo demanded that Lai Yuejing fulfill their wager and kneel and bark like a dog, but Lai Yuejing refused and threatened her.
• Onlookers crowded into the shop and recognized the heiress as Lai Yuejing of the powerful Lai Household, making them wary of getting involved.

Youruo confronted Lai Yuejing after Lai Yuejing refused to honor their wager, then used her Peak God Lord Stage cultivation to force her down. Lai Yuejing’s protective Law Treasures blocked the initial pressure, and she summoned the Lai Household’s elders before Youruo launched another attack.

• Lai Yuejing threatened Youruo with the power of the Lai Household, but Youruo dismissed the household and demanded that Lai Yuejing kneel and bark as agreed in their wager.
• Youruo unleashed her Peak God Lord Stage cultivation, crushing Lai Yuejing with waves of pale blue Qi.
• Lai Yuejing’s necklace, bracelet, and jade pendant activated and shielded her from Youruo’s pressure.
• Lai Yuejing crushed a jade pendant to summon the Lai Household’s elders, who rushed toward her.
• Youruo dismissed Lai Yuejing’s reliance on protective treasures and struck at her with a surge of pale blue power.

Youruo broke Lai Yuejing’s protective treasures, forced her to bark like a dog, and left her feigning unconsciousness. A furious elder of the Lai Household arrived in Cloud Dream City, and Youruo prepared to face him rather than flee.

• Youruo shattered Lai Yuejing’s three protective Law Treasures and forced her to kneel and bark to honor the wager.
• Lai Yuejing barked in terror before Youruo withdrew her power, after which Lai Yuejing pretended to faint.
• An elder of the Lai Household rushed to the street, injuring bystanders with the winds from his passage.
• The Lai Household elder confronted the crowd and threatened whoever had attacked Lai Yuejing.
• The shopkeeper urged Youruo to escape, but Youruo refused and challenged the Lai Household.

Ye Chen confronted the Lai Household elder in Cloud Dream City after dragging Lai Yuejing into the street, then effortlessly pulled the elder from the sky and smashed him into the paving stones. When the elder praised the Killing God who had recently defied the city, Ye Chen claimed that the man could not compare to him, and the elder angrily insisted the Killing God was invincible.

• Ye Chen dragged Lai Yuejing into the street as the Lai Household elder shouted that he would kill them all.
• Ye Chen ordered the elder down, and an invisible force dragged him from the sky into a crater in the street.
• The elder realized Ye Chen was far stronger than him and threatened him in the name of Cloud Dream City.
• Ye Chen mentioned the man who had recently killed City Guards and household generals without facing consequences.
• The elder dismissed Ye Chen's comparison to the Killing God and warned that the senior was an invincible powerhouse.

A Lai Household elder tried to provoke Ye Chen into drawing the feared killing god into a fight, unaware that Ye Chen was the very person he praised. Ye Chen accepted the challenge, and as more Lai Household experts appeared, one attacked him with a cane transformed into a ferocious beast.

• A Lai Household elder praised the killing god, then tried to turn Ye Chen against him by provoking him with insults.
• Ye Chen claimed he could crush the killing god with one finger, while Youruo and Xie Purou knew he was speaking about himself.
• The onlookers expected the killing god to appear, and the Lai Household elder rejoiced that his scheme seemed to have worked.
• More Lai Household experts arrived and attacked Ye Chen; an old man transformed his cane into a lion-headed flood-dragon beast and sent it lunging at him.

Ye Chen annihilated the Lai Household experts with a single finger, destroying their Law Treasure and killing every clansman who attacked him. The surviving elder realized the Lai Household had lost its position as Cloud Dream City's overlord and faced ruin.

• The Lai Household elder watched as Ye Chen destroyed the beast sealed in his walking stick with a finger tap.
• The elder ordered the Lai Household experts, including several God Emperors, to attack Ye Chen together.
• Ye Chen tapped the air, suppressing the attackers' powers and killing them all in an instant.
• The residents of Cloud Dream City realized the Lai Household had lost its top experts and would likely lose its dominance.
• The sole surviving Lai Household elder regretted that his clansmen had attacked before he could stall for time.

The city lord of Cloud Dream City recognized Ye Chen as the powerful fiend who had slaughtered the City Guard and bowed to thank him for sparing the city. After the city lord killed the last Lai Household expert at Ye Chen’s command, Ye Chen and his two companions vanished, leaving the city lord unsure whether they had left Cloud Dream City.

• The city lord emerged from the shadows and approached Ye Chen while the crowd expected him to enforce the city’s rules.
• The city lord bowed to Ye Chen and thanked him for showing mercy and sparing Cloud Dream City.
• A bystander recognized Ye Chen as the fiend who had killed many City Guard members, and the Lai Household’s surviving senior realized he had been speaking to the very person he hoped to lure into a fight.
• Ye Chen told the city lord to handle the remaining Lai Household expert, and the city lord killed him in one stroke.
• The city lord turned to report to Ye Chen but found him and the two girls gone, and wondered whether they had left Cloud Dream City.

After the Lai Household’s leaders were killed, Cloud Dream City’s powerful families seized its assets while ordinary residents welcomed its downfall. Ye Chen and his two disciples had already left the city, and their journey ended with them encountering a fleeing princess and her pursuers.

• The Cloud Dream City lord remained anxious, unsure whether Ye Chen had left the city for good.
• The other great Lineages stripped the weakened Lai Household of its assets, while the surviving members abandoned thoughts of revenge.
• Cloud Dream City’s residents celebrated the Lai Household’s ruin, while other major powers hid in fear of Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen, Youruo, and Xie Purou traveled by cloud over a distant primeval forest and discussed the chaos they had left behind.
• A huge six-winged beast carrying a frightened princess and several companions flew toward them as the princess asked General Li whether they could survive.

The princess of the Flowing Cloud Kingdom fled with General Li after the Jade Water Kingdom conquered their capital and killed her father. As they approached three strangers on a cloud, pursuers caught up from behind.

• The princess recalled how the Jade Water Kingdom had risen from the Jade Water Sect and steadily defeated the Flowing Cloud Kingdom.
• The Jade Water Kingdom won the final battle in the Flowing Cloud Kingdom's capital, killing the ruler and driving the princess to flee with General Li.
• General Li reassured the princess that they could escape the Spirit Creek Continent, while the survivors watched for pursuers.
• General Li spotted three people on a cloud ahead and warned the group to be careful.
• A large group of experts caught up from behind just after General Li told the princess they were safe.

General Li’s party was surrounded by Peng Shan and his Jade Water Kingdom pursuers, and General Li prepared to fight to protect the princess. He tried to keep Ye Chen, Youruo, and Xie Purou out of the conflict, but Peng Shan noticed the two women and became fixated on their beauty.

• Peng Shan and his experts caught up with General Li’s party and sealed off their escape.
• General Li vowed to fight and told the princess that he and his men would open a path for her to flee.
• Peng Shan threatened the princess, prompting General Li to shield her and threaten to kill Peng Shan.
• General Li pointed out Ye Chen and the two women as innocent passersby and warned Peng Shan that they might have powerful backing.
• Peng Shan noticed Youruo and Xie Purou and became captivated by their beauty.

Peng Shan threatened to seize Youruo and Xie Purou after dismissing Ye Chen, while General Li prepared to sacrifice himself to protect them. Ye Chen and Youruo calmly declared Peng Shan would die, leaving General Li to wonder whether Ye Chen had the strength to save the Flowing Cloud Kingdom’s refugees.

• Peng Shan became obsessed with Youruo and Xie Purou and invited them to drink with him, intending to claim them after completing his mission.
• General Li warned Peng Shan not to provoke powerful people, but Peng Shan dismissed him and prepared to eliminate him and the princess of the Flowing Cloud Kingdom.
• Ye Chen told Peng Shan that he had chosen a path to death, and Peng Shan threatened to deal with him after his mission.
• General Li decided to fight Peng Shan even at the cost of his life to protect the princess and the innocent people.
• Youruo called Peng Shan annoying, and Ye Chen said he was already a corpse; General Li began to hope Ye Chen could save the refugees.

General Li and the princess hoped Ye Chen could help them survive Peng Shan’s attack, but Ye Chen killed the Jade Water Kingdom assassins with a drop of wine. The chapter ended with Peng Shan fleeing and the bloodied drop of wine still moving among the fallen men.

• General Li told the princess that Ye Chen might be their chance to survive, and she agreed that he seemed extraordinary.
• Peng Shan threatened Ye Chen and the women, then ordered his underlings to attack.
• General Li called on Ye Chen to join forces, but Ye Chen said Peng Shan had lived long enough and flicked a drop of wine at the assassins.
• The drop of wine pierced several assassins’ heads in succession, killing them despite their attempts to defend themselves.
• Peng Shan fled as the Jade Water Kingdom assassins fell, while General Li and the princess watched in shock.

Ye Chen killed Peng Shan and the Jade Water Kingdom’s assassins by flicking a single drop of wine, saving the princess of the Flowing Cloud Kingdom and her companions. Peng Shan died unable to escape, while the survivors thanked Ye Chen for rescuing them.

• Peng Shan used forbidden techniques and a pill that consumed his life force in a desperate attempt to outrun Ye Chen’s wine drop.
• The wine drop caught Peng Shan and pierced him, draining his last vitality before he died.
• General Li, the princess of the Flowing Cloud Kingdom, and the others watched in shock as Ye Chen’s attack wiped out the assassins.
• The princess of the Flowing Cloud Kingdom and General Li thanked Ye Chen for saving their lives.

Ye Chen learned that the Jade Water Kingdom’s sudden rise was tied to a dark red Strange Power that could infect and control people. Recognizing it as the foreign force threatening the Heavenly Divine Realm and the Myriad Realms of the Heavens, he decided to investigate the kingdom himself.

• General Li warned Ye Chen that killing Peng Shan, a great general of the Jade Water Kingdom, could bring the kingdom’s vengeance.
• Xie Purou said that Ye Chen and his companions were not afraid of the Jade Water Kingdom, even if it came after them.
• General Li described how the Jade Water Kingdom’s leaders wielded a dark red power that could invade bodies, drive people mad, and turn them against their allies.
• Ye Chen connected the power to the Strange Power spreading through the Heavenly Divine Realm and the Myriad Realms of the Heavens.
• Ye Chen resolved to visit the Jade Water Kingdom and investigate the Strange Power, even if its people did not come looking for him.

After Ye Chen killed Peng Shan and the Jade Water Kingdom’s assassins, he vanished with Youruo and Xie Purou, leaving General Li and the princess to marvel at his strength. General Li sent the princess toward safety while deciding to stay behind and pursue his own plan.

• Ye Chen dismissed General Li’s warning and vanished with Youruo and Xie Purou.
• General Li and the princess confirmed that Ye Chen’s group had been real by looking at the assassins’ bodies, then speculated about his power.
• General Li ordered the remaining soldiers to escort the princess off the Spirit Creek Continent to escape the Jade Water Kingdom’s pursuit.
• The soldiers and princess urged General Li to leave with them, but he insisted he was staying for a purpose, not to throw his life away.