Chapter Summaries

Youruo and Xie Purou combined seawater and Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning to defeat a horde of monsters, and Ye Chen took them toward the lowest level of the Ashen Extinction Abyss. There, Patriarch Hua’s search party argued over whether to continue seeking a missing clansman until Hua revealed that the man carried the Hua Household’s supreme treasure.

• Youruo flooded the area with seawater, and Xie Purou spread her Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning through it, badly injuring and killing many monsters.
• Ye Chen praised Youruo and Xie Purou for their teamwork, caught them as their strength gave out, and led them toward the lowest level of the Ashen Extinction Abyss.
• Patriarch Hua’s hired helpers complained about the danger and threatened to abandon the search for the missing Hua Household clansman.
• Patriarch Hua warned that leaving would split the group and promised further rewards, persuading the helpers to stay and continue searching.
• When the middle-aged woman asked why the Hua Household had risked so much to find its missing clansman, Patriarch Hua explained that the man carried the household’s supreme treasure.

Patriarch Hua's team recovered the Hua Household's lineage treasure in the Ashen Extinction Abyss, only to be attacked by the supposedly dead Hua Cheng and surrounded by corrupted monsters. With dark-red power invading their bodies and their escape routes blocked, Patriarch Hua prepared the team to fight for survival.

• Patriarch Hua used his compass to find a hidden bead, which he identified as the Hua Household's missing lineage treasure.
• Patriarch Hua ordered the team to leave, but Hua Cheng appeared and attacked them, shocking the Hua Household members who had believed him dead.
• Hua Cheng claimed he had awakened as a Holy Realm being and, after the team fled, summoned dozens of powerful corrupted monsters to pursue them.
• As monsters closed in from all directions, dark-red power began invading the team's bodies and resisted their attempts to repel it.
• A bizarre seven-armed, two-headed ape landed in front of the team and forced them to stop and defend themselves.
• The monsters surrounded the team, and Patriarch Hua prepared to unleash all their strength to survive.

Patriarch Hua used the Hua Household's stone bead to blast a path through the monsters, but its single-use power could not save the party from the overwhelming horde. Just as they prepared to die, Ye Chen and his two disciples appeared, and Ye Chen effortlessly turned every monster in sight to powder.

• The middle-aged woman and Hua Household members fought back against the corrupted monsters while Patriarch Hua charged the stone bead.
• Patriarch Hua unleashed the bead's devastating strike, killing hundreds of monsters and opening a passage, but the treasure could not be used again for a month.
• More monsters surrounded the party, while the strange power continued corrupting their bodies, leaving them with little hope of escape.
• As Patriarch Hua and the others prepared to fight to the death, Ye Chen arrived with Youruo and Xie Purou.
• Ye Chen waved his sleeve, and a gentle force disintegrated every nearby monster into powder.

Ye Chen saved Patriarch Hua and the others, traced the dark red corruption to an earthenware jar, and awakened the being sealed inside it. The being tried to seize Ye Chen’s body, but Ye Chen restrained him with seven-colored chains of law.

• Ye Chen extracted the dark red power from the survivors and reduced Hua Cheng to ashes with a breeze.
• Ye Chen split open the ground, uncovered the earthenware jar, and shattered it, releasing a vast tide of strange power.
• The released power gathered into a towering figure, who revealed that the jar had sealed him and declared his intent to possess Ye Chen’s body.
• Ye Chen caught the figure in seven-colored chains of law, suppressing his power and forcing him to shrink.

Ye Chen questioned a captured Strange Lifeform, who explained that he came from the Foreign Domain, called the Holy Realm, and served the Supreme Heavenly Emperor. By provoking him into an angry outburst, Ye Chen tried to uncover the truth behind the lifeforms’ awakening as Youruo, Xie Purou, and Patriarch Hua’s group listened.

• Ye Chen cowed the Strange Lifeform and demanded to know who he was.
• The Strange Lifeform claimed Holy Realm Lifeforms were liberating the Heavenly Divine Realm by transforming it with Holy Power.
• He identified the Foreign Domain as the Holy Realm and named the Supreme Heavenly Emperor as his leader and the source of their awakening.
• Ye Chen noticed the Strange Lifeform’s hesitation when he claimed to have met the Supreme Heavenly Emperor and questioned him about the awakening.
• Ye Chen provoked the Strange Lifeform by insulting the Supreme Heavenly Emperor, then traded insults with him to draw out information while the others watched.

Ye Chen interrogated a Strange Lifeform, learned that strange power transformed beings and instilled loyalty to the Supreme Heavenly Emperor, then destroyed the invader and cleansed the Ashen Extinction Abyss. He left the Spirit Creek Continent with Youruo and Xie Purou, who realized that their journey might involve cleansing other corrupted places across the Heavenly Divine Realm.

• Ye Chen provoked the Strange Lifeform into revealing that strange power altered beings’ bodies and minds, while his worship of the Supreme Heavenly Emperor came from that power rather than a personal meeting.
• Ye Chen killed the Strange Lifeform and cleared the strange power from the Ashen Extinction Abyss, exterminating beings already transformed into Strange Lifeforms.
• Patriarch Hua and the others escaped the abyss safely, unaware that Ye Chen had killed only the monsters corrupted by strange power.
• Ye Chen told Youruo and Xie Purou that their training on the Spirit Creek Continent was finished and that he had cleansed the continent.
• Xie Purou resolved to train harder so she could fight beside Ye Chen against the Strange Lifeforms.

Youruo and Xie Purou broke through to the Hunyuan Divine King realm in a mountain cave, unleashing immense powers that drew the attention of nearby experts. A kidney-deficient young man, Shiwen of the Moon-Eroding Asura Clan, and a middle-aged scholar on an immortal sword gathered near the mountain as the breakthroughs continued.

• Ye Cheng found a secluded mountain cave for Youruo and Xie Purou to cultivate while he went sightseeing nearby.
• Youruo and Xie Purou absorbed piles of Divine Source and broke through to the early-stage Hunyuan Divine King level, releasing immense blue-water and red-lightning powers.
• The breakthroughs frightened nearby weaker creatures and attracted powerful beings, including a pale-faced young man who arrived with his maidservants.
• The young man recognized Shiwen of the Moon-Eroding Asura Clan, who planned to devour the origins of the two cultivators if they had special physiques.
• A middle-aged scholar riding an immortal sword arrived near the mountain, joining the other observers.

Youruo and Xie Purou completed their breakthroughs to the Middle Stage Hunyuan Divine King and encountered Shiwen, Shen Jianyang, and Young Master Chen waiting nearby. Young Master Chen tried to take them away by force, while Shiwen and Shen Jianyang watched for an opportunity to act.

• Shen Jianyang arrived and exchanged hostile greetings with Shiwen, who remembered how Shen Jianyang had once nearly killed him while exploring ruins together.
• Youruo and Xie Purou emerged from their breakthrough as the mountain was blasted apart, and the three men were shocked by their powerful presences.
• Youruo and Xie Purou noticed the men and said they would deal with them if they courted death, while Young Master Chen lusted after the two women and dismissed his jealous maids.
• Young Master Chen invited the women to a banquet, but Youruo and Xie Purou refused him and warned him off.
• Young Master Chen reached for the women, so Youruo struck his hand back with her deep-blue power; he praised her strength and declared that he wanted to force and conquer them.
• Shiwen and Shen Jianyang stayed back and watched Young Master Chen, waiting for a chance to make their own move.

Youruo fought Young Master Chen after he tried to seize her and Xie Purou, revealing strength that let her withstand his attacks despite her recent breakthrough. The chapter ended with Youruo riding a massive wave forward as their powers remained locked in battle, while Shiwen and Shen Jianyang watched.

• Young Master Chen threatened Youruo and Xie Purou, but they laughed at him and mocked his weakened presence.
• Young Master Chen summoned his colored-glass manifestation and tried to capture the women with a strike sealed by the power of principle.
• Youruo blocked his giant palm with a water dragon, stunning Young Master Chen and forcing Shiwen and Shen Jianyang to reconsider their plans.
• Young Master Chen launched a flaming fist, and Youruo answered with Heavenly River Backflow, bringing their attacks to a stalemate.
• Youruo strengthened her thousand-zhang wave and rode it toward Young Master Chen, who began treating her as a serious opponent.

Youruo fought Young Master Chen with powerful water techniques and began overwhelming his Glazed Mystic Fire Transformation. Shiwen planned to attack her after the battle to steal her physique origin, while Shen Jianyang reconsidered his intentions after suspecting she came from the Formless Divine Kingdom.

• Shen Jianyang recognized Youruo's strength and suspected she belonged to the Formless Divine Kingdom, deciding to seek her favor instead of scheming against her.
• Shiwen coveted Youruo's powerful physique origin and planned to wait until she and Young Master Chen were badly wounded before attacking.
• Youruo formed a blue flood dragon that Young Master Chen destroyed with his Glazed Dharma Manifestation.
• Young Master Chen unleashed Glazed Mystic Fire Transformation, and Youruo countered with Surging waves, overturn the mountains and seas.
• Youruo's waves steadily devoured Young Master Chen's flames and forced his manifestation backward, prompting him to draw on his rage and gather power for another attack.

Youruo defeated Young Master Chen by destroying his glazed dharma manifestation, and Xie Purou stepped in to fight Shiwen when he attacked Youruo. Xie Purou gained the upper hand, while Young Master Chen remained badly injured and alone.

• Youruo battered Young Master Chen's glazed dharma manifestation with successive waves until it shattered, leaving him gravely injured and defeated.
• Shiwen hesitated to attack Youruo, but Young Master Chen called for his help and Shiwen's greed for their physique origins overcame his caution.
• Shiwen launched a blood-colored saber attack at Youruo, but Xie Purou intercepted it and shattered the saber ray with her lightning-charged sword.
• Shiwen unleashed a net of saber rays against Xie Purou, who found a flaw in his technique and struck him hard enough to force him back.
• Xie Purou and Shiwen continued exchanging attacks as she held off his saber technique, while Young Master Chen remained alone and badly injured.

Youruo killed Young Master Chen with her Sea of Orchid, seal technique while Shen Jianyang refused to help him and mocked him. Youruo then watched as Xie Purou continued fighting Shiwen, leaving the sisters to face one opponent each.

• Young Master Chen and Shiwen argued while struggling against Youruo and Xie Purou, who fought with strength beyond their apparent realm.
• After Young Master Chen begged Shen Jianyang for help, Shen Jianyang refused and taunted him, hoping to win the sisters’ favor.
• Youruo trapped Young Master Chen inside a vast sea with her Sea of Orchid, seal technique and crushed his body and divine soul until he died.
• Youruo stood guard while Xie Purou continued fighting Shiwen, and Xie Purou told her senior sister not to interfere.

Youruo’s deadly attack killed Young Master Chen and terrified Shen Jianyang, while Xie Purou continued fighting Shiwen without help. Shiwen unleashed Battle Roar Shakes the Soul, but Xie Purou met it with a massive lightning bolt, and their powers remained locked in a clash.

• Youruo watched as Xie Purou insisted on fighting Shiwen alone.
• Shen Jianyang recalled Youruo killing Young Master Chen and realized she could easily kill him too.
• Shiwen was distracted by Young Master Chen’s death, and Xie Purou drove him back with lightning-charged sword strikes.
• Shiwen unleashed Battle Roar Shakes the Soul, sending a sound wave carrying a soul attack toward Xie Purou.
• Xie Purou answered with a giant lightning bolt that clashed with and began to suppress Shiwen’s sound wave.

Xie Purou overwhelmed Shiwen with her scarlet lightning, but his desperate God-Slaying Incantation forced her to unleash the Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning. The battlefield was engulfed in destructive lightning as their attacks clashed.

• Xie Purou struck Shiwen with a series of lightning-fast attacks, pierced his chest, and pursued him as he fled.
• Shiwen stopped and unleashed the God-Slaying Incantation, sending a blood-colored seal toward Xie Purou.
• Xie Purou countered with Lightning Tribulation Breaks Obstacles, and her lightning sword clashed with the incantation seal.
• Shiwen fed the seal his Essence Blood and remaining power, enlarging it and forcing the lightning sword back.
• Xie Purou unleashed the Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning, which formed a vast lightning net and engulfed the battlefield.

Xie Purou killed Shiwen with her Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning and gauged her strength, while Shen Jianyang tried and failed to become her and Youruo’s servant. As the two searched for Ye Chen, God Emperor Qinghao appeared and declared that they were qualified to become his disciples.

• Xie Purou shattered Shiwen’s God-Slaying Incantation, overcame his counterattack, and killed him with Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning.
• Xie Purou assessed that she could kill a late-stage God King and might match a Peak God King if she risked her life.
• Shen Jianyang praised Youruo and Xie Purou and offered to serve them, but they rejected him and Xie Purou ordered him to leave.
• Youruo and Xie Purou searched for Ye Chen and wondered whether he had gone to meet other women.
• God Emperor Qinghao arrived, announced that Youruo and Xie Purou qualified to become his disciples, and was recognized by the terrified Shen Jianyang.

God Emperor Qinghao tried to take Youruo and Xie Purou as disciples, certain his reputation would win them over, but they ignored and mocked him because they revered only their master, Ye Chen. Qinghao’s pride gave way to anger as Xie Purou openly challenged his authority.

• Shen Jianyang recalled how God Emperor Qinghao had abducted a young woman, drained her bloodline, and left her unable to cultivate, then feared the same fate for Youruo and Xie Purou.
• God Emperor Qinghao admired the girls’ powerful foundations and decided that taking them as disciples would strengthen his standing.
• Youruo and Xie Purou showed no reaction when Qinghao announced his identity and offered to accept them as disciples.
• Qinghao demanded to know whether the girls dared refuse him, but they continued to ignore him because Ye Chen was their master.
• Youruo glanced at Qinghao with contempt, and Xie Purou mocked him for thinking a God Emperor could take them as disciples.

God Emperor Qinghao pressured Youruo and Xie Purou while insisting they become his disciples, but they defended their master Ye Chen and rejected him. When Qinghao mocked Ye Chen for not appearing, Xie Purou erupted in anger and hurled a massive mass of red Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning at him.

• God Emperor Qinghao unleashed his presence, forcing Shen Jianyang, Youruo, and Xie Purou to struggle against his pressure.
• Youruo and Xie Purou resisted with blue and purple light, impressing Qinghao, who renewed his demand to make them his disciples.
• Xie Purou and Youruo insulted Qinghao and declared their loyalty to their master Ye Chen.
• Qinghao mocked Ye Chen for hiding and claimed that his absence proved he was no match for him.
• Xie Purou erupted with red Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning, broke through Qinghao's pressure, and launched a blazing mass of lightning at him.

Youruo and Xie Purou combined water and lightning in a powerful attack against God Emperor Qinghao, forcing him to defend himself and secretly leaving his hands injured. The sisters withdrew after he survived their strike, while Shen Jianyang concluded that they must be high-status figures from the Formless Divine Kingdom.

• God Emperor Qinghao effortlessly neutralized Xie Purou's nine tribulations divine lightning and Youruo's water-formed beast.
• Youruo and Xie Purou recognized that they needed to fight together and fused her lightning with Youruo's waves.
• God Emperor Qinghao split the first wave, then shattered the remaining water and lightning with an enormous azure palm imprint.
• God Emperor Qinghao praised the sisters while hiding his trembling, injured hands, and the sisters retreated warily.
• Shen Jianyang watched the exchange in fear and suspected that Youruo and Xie Purou were powerful young nobles or imperial princesses from the Formless Divine Kingdom.

Ye Chen appeared after watching Youruo and Xie Purou struggle against God Emperor Qinghao, soothed their injuries, and rejected Qinghao’s demand to take them as disciples. Qinghao challenged Ye Chen to a fight, unleashing his pressure as the confrontation began.

• God Emperor Qinghao pressed Youruo and Xie Purou to become his disciples, while the girls called for Ye Chen to appear.
• Ye Chen materialized beside the girls, and they complained that he had left them to be bullied before he comforted them and healed their injuries.
• Ye Chen told God Emperor Qinghao to leave, saying he would overlook his earlier insults.
• God Emperor Qinghao dismissed Ye Chen’s warning and challenged him to prove who was stronger and more qualified to be the girls’ master.
• God Emperor Qinghao released his power and sent a crushing pressure toward Ye Chen.

God Emperor Qinghao attacked Ye Chen with his full strength, determined to overpower him in front of Youruo and Xie Purou. Ye Chen stopped the strike with one finger, leaving Qinghao humiliated and his power fading.

• God Emperor Qinghao resolved to take Youruo and Xie Purou as disciples and looked forward to defeating Ye Chen in front of them.
• Youruo and Xie Purou mocked Qinghao's ignorance of Ye Chen's strength, while Shen Jianyang feared Qinghao's power and hoped Ye Chen would prevail.
• God Emperor Qinghao unleashed the Azure Heaven Profound Art and charged Ye Chen with a devastating palm strike.
• Ye Chen calmly met Qinghao's full-powered attack with one index finger and did not move.
• God Emperor Qinghao felt his Immortal Power and Great Dao runes fading against Ye Chen's finger, then erupted in humiliation at being treated with such contempt.