Chapter Summaries

Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao approached Ye Chen’s pleasure boat while the pirates fled in terror after spotting the Beast God Hall defector. The chapter revealed Chi Jue’s betrayal by the Scarlet Flame Phoenix Clan and the murder of her family, leaving her driven by vengeance.

• The one-eyed pirate recognized Kuang Xiao as a Beast God Hall defector and ordered the pirates to flee, abandoning their attempt to rob Ye Chen’s party.
• After escaping to another galaxy, the pirates feared that Kuang Xiao would reach the pleasure boat and kill the beautiful women aboard.
• Kuang Xiao told Chi Jue to deal with Ye Chen’s party, but she rebuked him and he shrank down and submitted to her.
• Chi Jue’s clan recalled her from the frontier battlefield, where conspirators ambushed her upon her return because they feared she might become the clan’s ruler.
• Chi Jue learned that the conspirators had murdered her parents and other family members, and she abandoned her loyalty to the clan for vengeance.

The chapter recounts how Chi Jue slaughtered the Scarlet Flame Phoenix Clan and became a ruthless Beast God Hall member, then shows her and Kuang Xiao attacking Ye Chen. Kuang Xiao’s Myriad Devil Pupils fail against Ye Chen’s golden immortal sword, which turns on him.

• Chi Jue’s hatred drove her to destroy the Scarlet Flame Phoenix Clan, and even its ancestor could not stop her.
• Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao confronted Ye Chen, who calmly sent Youruo and the other woman inside the flying pleasure boat before protecting it with a golden shield.
• Kuang Xiao unleashed his Thousand-Eyed Witch Lineage technique, Myriad Devil Pupils, and fired eerie green beams at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen exhaled Hundun Qi that formed a golden immortal sword, which cut through the beams and charged at Kuang Xiao.
• Kuang Xiao’s confidence turned to shock as the sword’s Sword Qi locked onto him and forced him onto the defensive.

Ye Chen easily pierced Kuang Xiao’s defenses and then withstood Chi Jue’s powerful flame attacks without apparent effort. As Chi Jue realized he was far stronger than she was, she called on the badly wounded Kuang Xiao for help.

• Kuang Xiao formed a powerful shield, but Ye Chen’s golden immortal sword shattered it and pierced his body.
• Kuang Xiao called for Chi Jue to attack, and she launched her Crimson Phoenix Break at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen crushed Chi Jue’s flame totem and dispersed her phoenix attacks with ease.
• Chi Jue pressed Ye Chen with repeated flame attacks, but he remained unharmed while using the battle to demonstrate combat to his disciples.
• Recognizing Ye Chen’s overwhelming strength, Chi Jue shouted at Kuang Xiao to stop slacking off and help her.

Kuang Xiao and Chi Jue unleashed their strongest attacks against Ye Chen, but he effortlessly destroyed their first assault and then struck Kuang Xiao’s summoned eye with overwhelming force. Kuang Xiao was left grievously wounded as Chi Jue’s fireballs closed in on Ye Chen.

• Kuang Xiao emerged from hiding in his enormous true form and fired over a thousand death rays at Ye Chen with his Thousand-Eye Slaughter technique.
• Chi Jue formed a massive flaming fist and joined Kuang Xiao’s attack, but Ye Chen swept it and the death rays away with his chaotic presence.
• Kuang Xiao summoned and empowered the eye from his forehead while Chi Jue prepared enormous Hundun fireballs for a desperate pincer attack.
• Ye Chen unleashed golden fist radiance that pierced Kuang Xiao’s chaotic currents and shattered the summoned eye.
• Kuang Xiao screamed and staggered back with a bleeding forehead and severe internal injuries.

Ye Chen overwhelmed Chi Jue in battle and killed her after piercing her phoenix form with a golden punch. Kuang Xiao witnessed her death and prepared to flee as Ye Chen turned toward him.

• Ye Chen suppressed and exploded Chi Jue’s fireballs, sending her crashing through a galaxy.
• Chi Jue transformed into her Scarlet Flame Divine Phoenix form and engulfed Ye Chen in a sea of fire.
• Ye Chen walked unharmed through Chi Jue’s flames and pierced her chest with a golden punch.
• Chi Jue’s wound drained her Hundun Origin Power until her body exploded, killing her.
• Kuang Xiao saw Chi Jue die, blamed the Shangguan Household, and began trying to escape when Ye Chen looked at him.

Ye Chen forced Kuang Xiao to reveal that the Shangguan Household Clan had hired the Beast God Hall to kill him, then pursued and killed Kuang Xiao after he fled across galaxies. Back aboard the flying vessel, Ye Chen left Youruo shaken by the terrifying gap between her strength and that of a Hundun Saint Emperor.

• Kuang Xiao begged Ye Chen for mercy and revealed that the Shangguan Household Clan had commissioned the assassination through the Beast God Hall.
• Ye Chen showed no intention of sparing Kuang Xiao, who attacked with his scales and blood before escaping through a spatial rift.
• After Kuang Xiao fled across more than a dozen galaxies, Ye Chen's golden Sword-Ray caught up with him and pierced his defenses.
• The Sword Qi ravaged Kuang Xiao from within and killed him, after which Ye Chen returned to the undamaged flying vessel.
• Youruo and Xie Purou discussed the battle, and Youruo lamented how far she was from the Hundun Saint Emperor realm.

Ye Chen reassured Youruo and Xie Purou that he would deal with the Shangguan Household by targeting its businesses, then playfully punished both girls for teasing and gloating. Far away, the bandits who had fled the earlier battle assumed Ye Chen and the girls had died, until their flying vessel suddenly appeared above them.

• Xie Purou encouraged Youruo to keep striving toward the Hundun Saint Emperor realm, and the two girls vowed to cultivate harder.
• Xie Purou and Youruo urged Ye Chen to punish the Shangguan Household, but he said they would target its businesses rather than attack its headquarters directly.
• Xie Purou called Ye Chen a shameless old thing, so he pulled her over and spanked her; when Youruo cheered him on and tried to flee, Ye Chen bound and spanked her too.
• The one-eyed bandit and his men hid on a rocky planet as distant Saint Emperor-level shock waves shook them, then celebrated when the tremors stopped.
• The one-eyed bandit lamented that Youruo and Xie Purou must have died, but Ye Chen's flying vessel appeared above the bandits, leaving them stunned.

After Ye Chen killed the bandits who threatened Youruo and Xie Purou, the Beast God Hall learned that Kuang Xiao and Chi Jue had died on their mission against the Shangguan Household. The Hall Master assigned the mission to three powerful members: Poison Emperor, Heavenly Prison Devil Master, and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor.

• The one-eyed bandit fled when he sensed danger, but Ye Chen snapped his fingers and killed him and every other bandit.
• Youruo and Xie Purou returned to Ye Chen after condemning the bandits.
• Kuang Xiao's and Chi Jue's thrones vanished at the Beast God Hall, revealing that both had died.
• The Beast God Hall members discussed the deaths and worried that their target was far stronger than expected.
• The Hall Master ordered Poison Emperor, Heavenly Prison Devil Master, and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor to take over the mission.

The Beast God Hall Master ordered the Poison Emperor, Heavenly Prison Devil Master, and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor to work together against Ye Chen. He then told Shangguan Jing and Shangguan Yan that the assassination had failed and that Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao had both died, leaving Shangguan Yan to defend the possibility that Ye Chen had killed them.

• The Poison Emperor, Heavenly Prison Devil Master, and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor each claimed he could kill Ye Chen alone until the Beast God Hall Master forced them to accept the mission together.
• Shangguan Jing and Shangguan Yan arrived at a dead star to meet the Beast God Hall Master, and his immense pressure left them shaken.
• Shangguan Jing asked whether the mission was complete, and the Beast God Hall Master said it had failed.
• The Beast God Hall Master revealed that Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao had both fallen, shocking Shangguan Jing and Shangguan Yan.
• Shangguan Jing suspected the Beast God Hall Master was exaggerating to demand extra payment, and Shangguan Yan shielded him and said Ye Chen might truly have slain two Saint Emperors.

Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Jing agreed to pay the Beast God Hall one million Hundun origin crystals to continue its assassination of Ye Chen. Meanwhile, Ye Chen and his disciples reached Ashen Annihilation City, where a wealthy-looking man took notice of them as they waited to enter.

• Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Jing protested the Beast God Hall Master's rising fee, but he raised the price to one million Hundun origin crystals.
• Unable to abandon their feud with Ye Chen or find a better assassin, Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Jing accepted the price and paid four hundred thousand crystals upfront.
• The Beast God Hall Master took the payment and disappeared, leaving Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Jing hoping the assassination would succeed.
• Ye Chen and his two disciples traveled to the Ashen Annihilation Realm, the Shangguan Household Clan's core territory, and arrived at Ashen Annihilation City.
• Youruo and Xie Purou complained about the strict questioning at the city gate, drawing the attention of a wealthy-looking man in the queue behind them.

Youruo and Xie Purou rejected Cao Jian’s attempts to ingratiate himself, then Xie Purou openly defied Ashen Annihilation City’s guards and declared the city would soon be destroyed. The guards prepared to attack as the crowd scattered, while Cao Jian feared his earlier approach had made him look like their accomplice.

• Cao Jian introduced himself as the heir to the Cao Merchant Association and offered to help Youruo and Xie Purou, but Youruo dismissed him and refused his offer to cover their entrance fees.
• At the city gate, a guard demanded to know where Ye Chen and his two companions came from and why they wanted to enter.
• Xie Purou challenged the guard’s authority, shocking the crowd and causing Cao Jian to retreat and hide behind other cultivators.
• The guards surrounded Ye Chen and his two companions and threatened Xie Purou with death for violating the city’s rules.
• Xie Purou said Ashen Annihilation City would soon be gone, prompting the crowd to flee and leaving Cao Jian terrified that the guards would associate him with them.

Xie Purou fought the City Guard squad captain after he attacked her for defying Ashen Annihilation City's rules. She used her crimson battle armor and Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning to defeat him, leaving the surrounding crowd afraid of the City Guards' likely retaliation.

• The City Guard squad captain drew his sword and attacked Xie Purou, accusing her of defying the city's rules and insulting the Shangguan Household's authority.
• Xie Purou summoned crimson lightning armor that raised her power to the mid Hunyuan Divine Emperor stage, then struck the captain's sword aside and paralyzed half his body with her lightning.
• The captain severed the lightning-ravaged half of his body to survive, but Xie Purou pursued him with her Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning Slash.
• The captain used an ancient jade pendant to form a defensive wall, but Xie Purou's lightning saber destroyed it and wounded him before he fell unconscious.
• The onlookers and remaining City Guards stared at the fallen captain, fearing the consequences of Xie Purou's public attack on the guards.

Xie Purou and Youruo fought the Ashen Annihilation City guards after Xie Purou killed a squad captain at the north gate. They overwhelmed the arriving guards, leaving the gathered spectators stunned by their strength.

• Xie Purou killed the City Guard squad captain, prompting guards across Ashen Annihilation City to race toward the north gate.
• A black-armored commander ordered his guards to seize Xie Purou and Youruo and kill anyone who resisted.
• Xie Purou charged into the guards with Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning while Youruo attacked with her water techniques.
• Youruo battered the guards with the Azure Tide Thousand-Layer Palm, water spikes, and Sea-Overturning Instruction.
• Xie Purou killed guards with lightning, and the two women slaughtered the group together.
• The spectators inside and outside the city watched in shock as the two young women defeated the guards.

Xie Purou fought off Ashen Annihilation City's guards and destroyed the commander's dragon attack with her Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning. As hundreds of reinforcements arrived, a towering commander attacked her under the city's laws.

• Xie Purou and Youruo overwhelmed the City Guard soldiers at Ashen Annihilation City's gate.
• The City Guard commander unleashed a white dragon with his Late God Emperor Stage power, but Xie Purou destroyed it with Thunder Dragon Break.
• Onlookers recognized Xie Purou's Nine Tribulations Immortal Physique, while the defeated commander threatened her.
• Hundreds of reinforcements, including more than a dozen Late God Emperor Stage experts, surrounded Xie Purou and Youruo.
• A skinny cultivator coveted Xie Purou's physique, and the towering brawny commander attacked her with a punch.

Youruo fought off Ashen Annihilation City's generals with her blue armor and water-based techniques, turning their coordinated assault against them and trapping several in a divine soul illusion. After dodging a spear and a giant seal, she stood on a nearby rock as the remaining lucid generals still struggled to harm her.

• Youruo summoned blue armor and used a torrent to repel the burly general, while Xie Purou remained the focus of the enemy’s attention.
• The generals attacked Youruo and Xie Purou together, but Youruo redirected a saber strike into the burly man’s fist, wounding him and provoking an argument with the saber wielder.
• Youruo used Sound of the Eternal Night Tide to trap several nearby generals in an illusion of a dark ocean, while the others tried to resist the divine soul attack.
• A spear-wielding general charged Youruo, but her water flood dragon knocked his spear off course and sent it into a rock.
• A round-faced general summoned a giant Mountain-Suppressing Seal, but Youruo used a whale made of seawater to slow it and escaped its lock-on range.
• Youruo surveyed the battlefield from a rock, recognizing the three generals trapped in her illusion as her best opening.

Youruo killed the bearded general with a soul attack and an immortal sword while Xie Purou fought the remaining generals. Xie Purou broke a spatial attack from a three-winged general and destroyed his follow-up silver net, leaving him unable to overcome her.

• Youruo shattered the bearded general’s soul with Illusory Whale Kill and pierced his chest with an immortal sword, killing him.
• Youruo’s death of their companion enraged the remaining generals, but they struggled to catch her as she darted through the battlefield.
• Xie Purou raced through the enemy ranks in her red lightning armor, evading their attacks.
• A general with three pairs of wings used the Dao of Space to catch Xie Purou and lock her in place beneath a powerful wing strike.
• Xie Purou broke the spatial lockdown with red nine tribulations divine lightning and countered his wings with Divine Lightning Slash, forcing him back and snapping several feathers.
• The winged general sent a silver net of spatial blades at Xie Purou, but her Lightning Radiance Flash broke through and neutralized the attack.

Xie Purou defeated the purple-lightning general’s surprise attack and killed him with her Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning. As she turned toward a new threat, a black spear pierced the space where she had just been standing.

• The purple-lightning general attacked Xie Purou from behind with a lightning dragon, but she sensed the danger and destroyed it with her scarlet lightning dragon.
• Xie Purou retaliated with Lightning Five Consecutive Whips, and the purple-lightning general tried to block her strike with a lightning net.
• Xie Purou’s whip cut through the net and struck the purple-lightning general, cleaving him in two and destroying his vitality with Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning.
• Xie Purou sensed another lethal threat and moved aside just before a black spear pierced the ground where she had been standing.

Several generals trapped Xie Purou in a Five Elements formation and the spear-wielding general launched a surprise attack. Her dark red armor repelled the empowered thrust without a scratch, leaving him to realize that only a coordinated attack might penetrate it.

• The generals formed a Five Elements formation to suppress Xie Purou, but its pressure also immobilized several of their own allies.
• The spear-wielding general ordered the suppressed generals to stand aside and attacked Xie Purou with his Phantom Flowing Light Thrust.
• Runes and scarlet lightning activated across Xie Purou’s armor, dispelling the formation’s pressure and restoring her agility.
• Xie Purou stood still as the spear struck her chest, and her armor blocked the full-force attack without sustaining a scratch.
• The spear-wielding general realized the armor was extraordinarily powerful and considered having all the generals focus their attacks on one point.

Xie Purou used her lightning armor to kill another general despite the suppression formation, leaving the remaining generals too frightened to attack. They chose to stall with evasion and defense while waiting for reinforcements from Ashen Annihilation City.

• Xie Purou struck the spear-wielding general with concentrated crimson lightning, disrupting his Immortal Power and forcing him back.
• Xie Purou blasted the spear-wielding general through his defensive barrier and killed him when he crashed into a distant mountain.
• The generals realized Xie Purou's armor let her resist the formation and overpower them, and they hesitated to attack her.
• Xie Purou mocked the generals for refusing to fight, but they held their encirclement without advancing.
• A burly general declared that they would evade and defend until reinforcements arrived, while another warned that generals from other districts and the city lord would soon come.

Xie Purou and Youruo held off Ashen Annihilation City's commanders while reinforcements gathered, and Ye Chen watched calmly from the crowd. General Black Viper arrived with over a hundred commanders, punished one subordinate for failing to subdue the women, and turned his attention toward the standoff.

• Xie Purou and Youruo kept the commanders at bay after killing several of them, while Ye Chen watched from among the spectators.
• Cao Jian and the crowd feared the women would face overwhelming retaliation for defying Ashen Annihilation City's rules.
• More than a hundred late Hunyuan Divine Emperor commanders arrived at the city gates in response to the fighting.
• General Black Viper scolded the commanders who had failed to defeat Xie Purou and Youruo.
• General Black Viper struck a commander with his tail, sending him crashing into the plaza and silencing the assembled commanders.