Chapter Summaries

After the Situ Household was annihilated, powers across the Central Continent prepared to seize its resources, and the White Feather Sect considered claiming the amethyst mine. Ancestor White Feather stopped the sect from acting rashly, warning that Ancestor Situ was still missing and revealing that he had once sensed Ancestor Situ nearing the Hundun Saint Emperor realm.

• News of the Situ Household's destruction spread across the Central Continent, and major powers secretly moved to claim its holdings.
• The White Feather Sect's disciples discussed exploiting the Situ Household's fall, while the sect's leaders gathered to plan their response.
• The White Feather Sect Master ordered the sect to seize the Situ Household's resources, especially its amethyst mine.
• Ancestor White Feather appeared in the council hall and ordered the sect members not to act rashly while Ancestor Situ remained unaccounted for.
• Ancestor White Feather recalled that he had lost to Ancestor Situ by one move and sensed that Ancestor Situ was approaching the Hundun Saint Emperor realm.

The White Feather Sect and Divine Wind Sect held back from attacking the Situ Household, fearing Ancestor Situ might be pursuing a breakthrough. Meanwhile, the supposedly missing Ancestor Situ traveled toward his lineage with Young Master Shangguan, having traded a descendant with a mutated Ethereal Immortal Body for Shangguan’s favor and a Sun Origin-Returning Pill.

• Ancestor White Feather suspected Ancestor Situ was in secluded cultivation and ordered the White Feather Sect to wait and observe.
• Ancestor Divine Wind stopped the Divine Wind Sect’s leaders from seizing the Situ Household’s resources, warning that Ancestor Situ might reach the Hundun Saint Emperor realm.
• Members of the Situ Household fled Situ City after learning that their patriarch and the lineage’s other elites had been annihilated.
• Ancestor Situ arrived aboard a warship from beyond the world and met Young Master Shangguan, who demanded that his descendant satisfy him.
• Ancestor Situ explained that his descendant had a mutated Ethereal Immortal Body and offered her to Young Master Shangguan in exchange for a Sun Origin-Returning Pill and a chance to gain the Shangguan Household’s favor.

Ancestor Situ and Young Master Shangguan rushed back to the Situ Household after sensing its destruction, each fearing the ethereal immortal body had been lost. Ancestor Situ arrived to find his surviving clansmen in terror, and his return gave them hope.

• Young Master Shangguan insisted that Ancestor Situ take him directly to the ethereal immortal body, while Ancestor Situ sensed that disaster had struck his lineage.
• Ancestor Situ realized that most of the Situ Household's elites were dead, and Young Master Shangguan demanded to know whether the ethereal immortal body had survived.
• Ancestor Situ and Young Master Shangguan hurried toward the Situ Household, both filled with killing intent and anxiety.
• The surviving Situ clansmen feared an attack, believing their absent ancestor was their only hope.
• A black flying warship appeared inside the lineage's territory, frightening the clansmen until Ancestor Situ stepped out.
• The clansmen recognized Ancestor Situ and cheered, believing his return would save them.

Ancestor Situ returned to find the Situ Household Lineage devastated and learned that Situ Xiaoqin, the descendant with the ethereal immortal body, had been killed. He joined Young Master Shangguan aboard the flying warship to hunt the murderer, while the clan members poured out of their grounds, convinced their ancestor would avenge them.

• Ancestor Situ searched the surviving clanspeople for Situ Xiaoqin and learned she had been killed by the person who provoked the lineage.
• Young Master Shangguan emerged from the flying warship and threatened to torture Situ Xiaoqin’s killer for ten thousand years.
• Ancestor Situ called himself Young Master Shangguan’s old slave and promised to capture the murderer for him.
• Ancestor Situ and Young Master Shangguan departed aboard the flying warship for the city where the murderer was staying.
• The Situ Household Lineage opened its clan-protecting formation, poured out of its grounds, and chanted for Ancestor Situ to avenge their blood feud.

Ancestor Situ returned and gathered the Situ Household to confront the person who had killed its senior figures. He arrived at Cloud Crane Tower demanding Ye Chen, but Youruo flew out to challenge him before Ye Chen appeared.

• The White Feather Sect and Divine Wind Sect decided Ancestor Situ had probably not reached the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm and set out to witness the confrontation.
• The Situ Household loudly announced its ancestor’s return, drawing a crowd that followed them toward Cloud Crane Tower.
• Ye Chen and his two disciples remained at Cloud Crane Tower despite the tower master’s concerns, and Youruo said they could deal with Ancestor Situ when he arrived.
• Ancestor Situ reached the city aboard a flying warship, released a crushing presence, and demanded that Ye Chen come out to accept death.
• Ancestor Situ called the Master of Cloud Crane Tower into the sky and ordered him to hand over the person inside.
• Youruo flew out of Cloud Crane Tower and told Ancestor Situ that he had come to court death.

Xie Purou confronted Ancestor Situ, who attacked her to avenge the Situ Household, but Ye Chen effortlessly neutralized his strike and appeared before him. Ancestor Situ recognized Ye Chen as the killer of his clan and launched another attack.

• Ancestor Situ tried to kill Xie Purou with Immortal Power after learning her master had destroyed most of the Situ Household.
• Ye Chen spoke from the void and instantly nullified Ancestor Situ's attack without disturbing Xie Purou.
• The Master of Cloud Crane Tower withdrew from the scene, deciding the conflict no longer concerned him.
• Ancestor Situ realized Ye Chen's strength matched his own and eagerly challenged him.
• Ye Chen appeared before Xie Purou, and Ancestor Situ immediately attacked him with greater force.

Ye Chen effortlessly neutralized Ancestor Situ’s Eight Desolations Wind-Sweeping Kill with a breath, shocking the watching cultivators. Enraged, Ancestor Situ summoned a half-finished Hundun Saint Emperor-level purple gourd, leaving Ancestor White Feather and Ancestor Divine Wind wary of its power.

• Ancestor Situ’s probing Immortal Power vanished before reaching Ye Chen, and the crowd’s mockery and Young Master Shangguan’s threat pushed Ancestor Situ to attack seriously.
• Ancestor Situ unleashed Eight Desolations Wind-Sweeping Kill, forming a gigantic blue-black palm that descended toward Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen blew a breath that shattered the palm, stunning Ancestor Situ, the Master of Cloud Crane Tower, and the watching cultivators.
• Ancestor Situ summoned a purple-gold gourd, which Ancestor White Feather and Ancestor Divine Wind recognized as a half-finished Hundun Saint Emperor-level treasure.

Ancestor Situ unleashed the purple gourd, a half-finished Hundun Saint Emperor weapon, against Ye Chen, but Ye Chen effortlessly erased its storm with sound waves. Ancestor Situ launched an even stronger beam, draining much of his power, while Ye Chen remained calm as the attack raced toward him.

• Ancestor Situ summoned the purple gourd and unleashed a vast purple storm at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen spoke, forming golden sound waves that overwhelmed and completely dispersed the storm without making him move.
• The crowd and Ancestor Divine Wind and Ancestor White Feather learned the gourd had been forged by a Hundun Saint Emperor and wondered whether Ye Chen had reached that realm.
• Ancestor Situ rejected the defeat, poured more than half his Immortal Power into the gourd, and fired a purple beam three times thicker than before at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen calmly watched as the deadly beam approached, while onlookers retreated in fear.

Ye Chen seized Ancestor Situ’s half-finished Saint Emperor weapon and prepared to kill him, but Young Master Shangguan intervened and demanded that Ye Chen serve him. After learning Shangguan belonged to a powerful clan tied to the Formless Divine Kingdom’s imperial court, Ye Chen remained unimpressed, while the onlookers grew wary of Shangguan’s influence.

• Ye Chen blocked Ancestor Situ’s purple beam, took the purple gourd, and left Ancestor Situ badly injured.
• Ancestor Situ pleaded for his life and invoked Young Master Shangguan, his powerful backer.
• Young Master Shangguan emerged from his flying warship with four formidable guards and ordered Ye Chen to spare Ancestor Situ and serve him.
• Ye Chen withdrew his killing attack, then mocked Shangguan’s offer to take him as an underling.
• Young Master Shangguan revealed that his clan held offices in the Formless Divine Kingdom’s court, including a second-rank official, alarming the assembled factions.

Young Master Shangguan tried to recruit Ye Chen, but Ye Chen openly declared that even the Formless Saint Emperor would not dare speak to him that way. Young Master Shangguan ordered his guards to kill Ye Chen, and they surrounded him with a barrage of sabers.

• Young Master Shangguan invoked his household’s ties to the Formless Divine Kingdom and demanded that Ye Chen join his camp.
• Ye Chen mocked the Shangguan Household and declared that even the Formless Saint Emperor would not dare speak to him that way.
• Young Master Shangguan abandoned his attempt to recruit Ye Chen and said he would kill him for his treasonous words.
• Ancestor Situ urged Young Master Shangguan to execute Ye Chen, hoping to avenge the destruction of his lineage.
• Young Master Shangguan ordered his guards to kill Ye Chen, and the guards surrounded him and brought their sabers down.

Ye Chen endured the combined assault of Ancestor Situ and the guards without a scratch, then killed them all with a snap of his fingers. Ancestor Divine Wind, Ancestor White Feather, and the other witnesses wondered if Ye Chen had reached the Hundun Saint Emperor level.

• Ancestor Situ joined the guards’ attack on Ye Chen with his Lunar Eclipse Severs Vitality technique as distant ancestors and the city’s commoners watched.
• The attackers exhausted most of their Immortal Power, but Ye Chen remained silent and showed no signs of injury.
• Ye Chen emerged from the dissipating smoke completely unharmed and said he had enjoyed the fight.
• Ye Chen snapped his fingers, and the guards and Ancestor Situ vanished into vapor before they could beg for mercy.
• Ancestor Divine Wind, Ancestor White Feather, the Master of Cloud Crane Tower, and the commoners reacted in shock as they considered Ye Chen’s immense strength.

After Ye Chen killed Ancestor Situ and Young Master Shangguan’s guards, Young Master Shangguan relied on a protective Saint Emperor Armament and challenged him to break through its barrier. Ye Chen calmly pointed at him, and a tremendous force suddenly shook the city and surrounding land.

• Ye Chen killed Ancestor Situ’s guards, leaving Young Master Shangguan and the watching crowd stunned.
• Young Master Shangguan invoked the Shangguan Household Clan’s name, but Ye Chen dismissed the threat and prepared to kill him.
• Young Master Shangguan activated a golden ring that formed a protective barrier, which Ancestor White Feather, Ancestor Divine Wind, and the Master of Cloud Crane Tower identified as a genuine Saint Emperor Armament.
• Young Master Shangguan taunted Ye Chen from behind the barrier while the crowd doubted that Ye Chen could break it with a casual point.
• Ye Chen raised a finger toward Young Master Shangguan, and a deafening force suddenly shook the city, cracked the ground, and sent rocks tumbling from distant mountains.

Ye Chen shattered Young Master Shangguan’s protective treasure with a touch and erased its devastating shock wave before it could harm the onlookers. As Ye Chen prepared to kill the helpless Young Master Shangguan, an ancient presence began emerging from the cracked ring on his finger.

• Young Master Shangguan’s golden barrier cracked under Ye Chen’s power, then shattered in a blast that sent nearby experts fleeing.
• Ye Chen quelled the golden shock wave with a pale blue-green halo, saving the trapped cultivators.
• Young Master Shangguan was left trembling and helpless after his treasure broke and his Immortal Power was depleted.
• Ye Chen gathered Immortal Power to kill Young Master Shangguan, but sensed an ancient presence appearing beside him.
• Golden wisps began drifting from the cracked ring on Young Master Shangguan’s finger.

Shangguan Yan emerged from Young Master Shangguan’s protective ring and recognized that Ye Chen was likely a Hundun Saint Emperor. He tried to settle the dispute peacefully, but Ye Chen dismissed his offer and refused to let Shangguan Yan interfere.

• Shangguan Yan appeared from the cracked ring, and Young Master Shangguan clung to him and begged him for protection.
• Shangguan Yan inspected the broken ring and realized Ye Chen had the strength of a Hundun Saint Emperor.
• Shangguan Yan rebuked Young Master Shangguan for crying and silenced him when he accused Ye Chen.
• Shangguan Yan scrutinized Ye Chen, failed to recognize him, and offered to discuss their grievance rather than fight.
• Ye Chen rejected Shangguan Yan’s attempt at peace and told him he could kill whoever he wanted.

Ye Chen rejected Shangguan Yan’s peace offer and challenged him to attack, prompting Shangguan Yan to reveal that he had manifested only a wisp of his divine soul. Ye Chen shattered Shangguan Yan’s divine soul spear, and Shangguan Yan responded by summoning a massive talisman to suppress him.

• Ye Chen rejected Shangguan Yan’s goodwill, and Shangguan Yan declared the Shangguan Household Clan his mortal enemy.
• Ye Chen challenged Shangguan Yan to kill him directly, exposing that Shangguan Yan was only a divine soul wisp rather than his true body.
• Shangguan Yan formed a divine soul spear and attacked Ye Chen, while the pressure forced the surrounding God Emperors to the ground.
• Ye Chen summoned a pale-golden divine soul sword that broke Shangguan Yan’s spear and injured his true body.
• Shangguan Yan gathered his remaining divine soul power into a massive talisman and sent it crashing down toward Ye Chen.

Ye Chen overpowered Shangguan Yan’s soul fragment, froze him and Young Master Shangguan with a word, and killed them both. Shangguan Yan’s true body sensed the fragment’s destruction and awakened in the Shangguan Household Clan, filled with fury and dread.

• Shangguan Yan unleashed a suppressive talisman and fled with Young Master Shangguan toward a spatial gate.
• Ye Chen said “Freeze,” taking control of the laws and immobilizing Shangguan Yan, Young Master Shangguan, the talisman, and the gate.
• Shangguan Yan recognized Ye Chen’s overwhelming command of the Principles as Ye Chen approached him.
• Ye Chen touched Shangguan Yan’s head and destroyed his soul fragment, then killed Young Master Shangguan with his presence.
• Shangguan Yan’s true body opened his eyes in the clan’s grand hall and rose from his lotus throne, sensing the fragment’s destruction.

After Ye Chen destroyed Shangguan Yan’s soul fragment, Shangguan Yan feared that even his true body could not defeat him. Shangguan Qing learned of the threat and, believing Ye Chen might be an outsider in the Formless Divine Kingdom, urged the clan to investigate before acting.

• Shangguan Yan realized Ye Chen had effortlessly immobilized and destroyed his Hundun Saint Emperor-level soul fragment, and he decided not to confront Ye Chen with his true body.
• Shangguan Yan’s agitation disturbed the Shangguan Household Clan, awakening Shangguan Qing from secluded cultivation in his Pill Furnace.
• Shangguan Qing confronted Shangguan Yan, who recounted the killing of Young Master Shangguan and the destruction of his soul fragment by an unknown expert.
• Shangguan Qing was shocked by Ye Chen’s use of Words Become Law and worried that the Shangguan Household could face retaliation from a superior enemy.
• Shangguan Yan said he had never seen or heard of Ye Chen, and Shangguan Qing suggested he might be an outsider before deciding to investigate his identity and purpose.

Shangguan Qing, Shangguan Yan, Shangguan Lian, and Shangguan Jing decided to hire Beast God Hall to test Ye Chen’s strength. Shangguan Jing traveled to the organization’s remote base, where a gigantic beastlike figure emerged from a dead star.

• Shangguan Yan told Shangguan Lian and Shangguan Jing how Ye Chen had killed a Shangguan member and dispersed Shangguan Yan’s soul fragment with a single word.
• Shangguan Lian urged the household to avoid provoking Ye Chen, but Shangguan Jing proposed hiring outsiders to kill him.
• Shangguan Jing suggested Beast God Hall, and Shangguan Qing agreed to have them probe Ye Chen while the Shangguan Household prepared further plans.
• Shangguan Jing took responsibility for contacting Beast God Hall and left the Shangguan Household through a spatial rift.
• Shangguan Jing reached Beast God Hall’s base among lifeless stars, where a colossal, crawling creature emerged from the shadows.

Shangguan Jing arrived at the Beast God Hall and hired it to kill a target for a large payment. The Hall accepted the mission and assigned the Thousand-Eyed Witch renegade to work with Chi Jue, whose name frightened him.

• Shangguan Jing clashed with a Thousand-Eyed Witch renegade guarding the Beast God Hall until the Hall Master ordered them to stand down.
• Shangguan Jing offered the Beast God Hall thirty thousand Hundun origin crystals upfront and another seventy thousand upon completing the assassination.
• The Hall Master accepted the mission and promised to send hunters within three days.
• After Shangguan Jing left, the renegade asked who would be assigned to the hunt.
• The Hall Master ordered the renegade to partner with Chi Jue, and the renegade protested that she was even fiercer than he was.

Ye Chen killed Shangguan Yan and warned the Shangguan Household Clan against provoking him again, then continued traveling through the sea of stars with Youruo and Xie Purou. Their journey was interrupted by a gang of God Emperor bandits, just as a gigantic fugitive from the Thousand-Eyed Witch Lineage appeared.

• Ye Chen's power left the witnesses stunned after he suppressed and destroyed Shangguan Yan's divine soul while protecting the city from harm.
• Youruo and Xie Purou praised Ye Chen, and he said he would destroy the Shangguan Household Clan if it continued making trouble.
• Ye Chen and his disciples resumed their travels, spending about half a month crossing the sea of stars aboard a flying pleasure boat.
• More than a dozen God Emperor bandits surrounded the boat and prepared to attack Ye Chen and his disciples.
• The bandit leader recognized a gigantic figure approaching as a fugitive from the Thousand-Eyed Witch Lineage in Beast God Hall, a Hundun Saint Emperor.