Chapter Summaries

General Black Viper attacked Youruo after suspecting she and Xie Purou had come to Ashen Annihilation City to provoke the Shangguan Household Clan. Her armor protected her from his strike, and Black Viper transformed into his true form as he prepared to fight in earnest.

• General Black Viper examined Youruo and Xie Purou's armor and suspected they were backed by a powerful clan opposed to the Shangguan Household Clan.
• General Black Viper lashed Youruo with his tail, immobilizing her with the gulf in their strength and hurling her through dozens of mountains.
• Youruo emerged from the rubble unharmed, and the onlookers realized her blue armor had withstood Black Viper's full-force attack.
• General Black Viper vowed that Youruo and Xie Purou would not leave Ashen Annihilation City or the realm, then transformed into his upright, humanoid snake-demon true form.
• Black Viper's growing presence frightened the officers, who realized he was getting serious.

General Black Viper attacked Xie Purou and Youruo, but their armor protected them from his powerful blows. When Youruo claimed their master was watching, the commanders searched the crowd, and Cao Jian realized Ye Chen had been with the two women all along.

• General Black Viper vanished from sight and struck Xie Purou, shattering her lightning defense and sending her flying, though her armor kept her from being injured.
• Xie Purou steadied herself and vowed to defeat her enemies through her own strength rather than relying on armor.
• General Black Viper confronted Youruo and neutralized her water attack, then mocked the two women’s strength without their armor.
• Youruo taunted General Black Viper by claiming their master would soon act, prompting him to search the crowd for the hidden expert.
• The commanders and spectators examined the crowd, while Cao Jian recognized Ye Chen as the quiet man who had arrived with Youruo and Xie Purou.

Ye Chen revealed himself as the master of Youruo and Xie Purou and effortlessly destroyed General Black Viper’s serpent attack with a breath. General Black Viper then charged and threw a devastating punch at Ye Chen, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Ye Chen rose into the air, and the generals of Ashen Annihilation City realized he was the women’s master.
• General Black Viper challenged Ye Chen and unleashed Ten Thousand Serpents Devour the Heavens, sending a vast swarm of black snakes toward him.
• Ye Chen exhaled a gale that cut apart every snake and left the watching generals stunned.
• General Black Viper responded with fury and battle intent, gathered his power into his fist, and charged at Ye Chen.
• General Black Viper’s punch shattered the space before him as it reached Ye Chen.

Ye Chen casually traced a pale golden Sword-Ray that shattered General Black Viper’s ultimate attack and killed him. The soldiers were left frozen in shock, having witnessed Ye Chen’s overwhelming strength.

• General Black Viper unleashed his full power in a devastating punch aimed at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen calmly traced a pale golden Sword-Ray that sliced through Black Viper’s fist and pierced his chest.
• Black Viper realized the Sword-Ray was destroying his meridians and suspected Ye Chen was a Hundun Saint Emperor.
• Countless Sword-Rays burst from Black Viper’s body, killing him and scattering his remains across the battlefield.
• The soldiers stared in stunned silence at Black Viper’s death and Ye Chen’s effortless victory.

Ye Chen killed General Black Viper with a casual Sword-Ray, leaving Ashen Annihilation City’s officers convinced he might be a Hundun Saint Emperor. As Ye Chen reunited with Xie Purou and Youruo, the city lord emerged from the City Lord’s Mansion to confront the killer.

• Ye Chen killed General Black Viper with a single Sword-Ray, shocking the gathered soldiers and officers.
• Ashen Annihilation City’s officers feared Ye Chen was a Hundun Saint Emperor and stayed motionless rather than risk provoking him.
• Youruo and Xie Purou joined Ye Chen, and he reminded Xie Purou that her armor was meant to protect her rather than make her reckless.
• The City Lord’s Mansion erupted into turmoil over Black Viper’s death, and the city lord vowed that the killer would face its wrath.
• The lord of Ashen Annihilation City flew out of the great hall in blue-black armor and headed into the sky.

The Lord of Ashen Annihilation City and two Shangguan Household Clan experts rushed to confront Ye Chen after he killed General Black Viper. Their arrival revived the city's soldiers' hopes, but the possibility that Ye Chen was a Hundun Saint Emperor left them fearing the three might not be able to defeat him.

• The Lord of Ashen Annihilation City prepared to attack Ye Chen, but a woman and an elder warned him not to act rashly against someone who had killed General Black Viper.
• The three Shangguan Household Clan experts agreed to attack together and flew to face Ye Chen above the city gate.
• The city lord and his companions released their combined pressure, frightening the soldiers while restoring the city's morale.
• The soldiers celebrated the arrival of the three experts and assumed they would defeat Ye Chen.
• A young commander pointed out that Ye Chen might be a Hundun Saint Emperor, and the soldiers' hope gave way to renewed fear.

The Lord of Ashen Annihilation City tried to invoke the Shangguan Household Clan’s power and negotiate peace with Ye Chen, but Ye Chen dismissed him and claimed even Shangguan Yan would not dare speak to him that way. The city lord recognized Shangguan Yan as his clan’s ancestor, lost his composure, and charged at Ye Chen.

• The Lord of Ashen Annihilation City confronted Ye Chen, wary of his apparent strength, and asked why he had come to the Shangguan Household Clan’s territory.
• Ye Chen mocked the clan, prompting the city lord to offer to treat the conflict as a misunderstanding and make peace.
• Ye Chen said Shangguan Yan would not dare speak to him that way, shocking the city lord and his two companions when they realized he meant their Saint Emperor ancestor.
• The city lord accused Ye Chen of using Shangguan Yan’s name to bluff and declared that he would fight Ye Chen himself.
• The Lord of Ashen Annihilation City charged at Ye Chen with his crescent-bladed halberd.

The City Lord of Ashen Annihilation attacked Ye Chen with his full strength, but Ye Chen stopped his crescent halberd with two fingers. Even when the city lord and two allies joined forces, they could not move Ye Chen, who prepared to end the fight with a casual wave.

• The City Lord of Ashen Annihilation struck at Ye Chen with his crescent halberd, but Ye Chen caught it between two fingers.
• The city lord unleashed the power of his armor and halberd, shaking the world, yet he still could not force Ye Chen to budge.
• Two others from the City Lord's Mansion joined the attack with Saint Emperor-forged treasures, but their combined assault had no effect.
• Ye Chen said he had no time to play around and waved his hand, sending an invisible force toward all three attackers.

Ye Chen effortlessly defeated the Lord of Ashen Annihilation City and his two companions, destroying their weapons and reducing much of the city to ruins. The three Shangguan Household Clan members died, and Ashen Annihilation City's soldiers knelt to beg Ye Chen for mercy.

• Ye Chen's power shattered the Lord of Ashen Annihilation City's armor and halberd, then blasted him and his two companions through Ashen Annihilation City.
• The city’s generals and soldiers feared the three had died as they saw the vast furrows and rubble they had left behind.
• The Lord of Ashen Annihilation City crawled from the ruins, acknowledged Ye Chen's overwhelming strength, and died; his two companions had already perished.
• Ashen Annihilation City's generals and soldiers knelt before Ye Chen and begged him to spare their lives.
• Ye Chen showed no interest in the kneeling soldiers, while the spectators marveled at the Hundun Saint Emperor's might.

After Ye Chen killed the City Lord's Mansion's three people, the onlookers feared he would slaughter them too, while Cao Jian dreaded punishment for flirting with his disciples. Ye Chen spared the crowd and seized the mansion's entire treasure trove, leaving everyone astonished by its vast wealth.

• Cao Jian knelt in terror, regretting that he had tried to chat up Xie Purou and Youruo, but Ye Chen paid him no attention.
• The crowd gradually believed Ye Chen would spare them, until Xie Purou joked about destroying the city and the world, frightening several people into fainting.
• Youruo said they should take all the City Lord's Mansion's resources, and Ye Chen agreed.
• Ye Chen summoned the mansion's stored treasures, including Divine Source, Immortal Crystals, heavenly materials, and Hundun Crystals, and pocketed them.
• The crowd and Cao Jian stared in shock at the enormous treasure trove.

Ye Chen collected the City Lord's Mansion's vast treasury and opened a spatial gate whose profound Space Principle fluctuations astonished the onlookers. The cultivators crowded beneath it to improve their comprehension, leaving the female cultivators trapped in the crush.

• Cao Jian and a senior member of the Cao Merchant Association marveled at the City Lord's Mansion's wealth, which they said could buy their entire association and more.
• Ye Chen gathered the treasury's treasures so they would not fall into the hands of the Shangguan Household.
• Ye Chen, Xie Purou, and Youruo prepared to leave through a spatial gate that appeared before Ye Chen.
• The people below sensed the gate's profound Space Principle and recognized that its passage could span countless galaxies.
• Cultivators crowded beneath the gate, hoping its fluctuations would help them break through, while the female cultivators found themselves squeezed in the crush.

In the crush around the spatial gate, Fu Shou'er accused the men pressed against her of groping her, and a scrawny cultivator attacked her after recognizing her notorious reputation. The dagger failed to pierce her thick fat, and as Fu Shou'er prepared to retaliate, the surrounding male cultivators turned on her.

• Fu Shou'er berated the male cultivators packed around her and accused them of taking advantage of the crowd.
• The scrawny cultivator behind Fu Shou'er cursed her for insulting men and threatened to kill her.
• The scrawny cultivator drew a decorated dagger and stabbed Fu Shou'er in the lower back.
• Fu Shou'er’s fat stopped the dagger from reaching her kidney, and she activated her cultivation method to fight back.
• The surrounding male cultivators recognized Fu Shou'er and watched her with predatory excitement.

Fu Shou'er’s human disguise fell away, revealing her true form as a White-Haired Demon Boar whose slander had ruined the lives of many cultivators. The male cultivators recognized her and attacked her in a furious mob.

• A man punched Fu Shou'er, denting her head and causing her human skin to peel away.
• Fu Shou'er transformed into a huge, hideous White-Haired Demon Boar.
• A scrawny man identified Fu Shou'er’s clan, and the crowd learned of its reputation for seducing and draining male victims.
• The male cultivators discovered that Fu Shou'er had spread false rumors that ruined the reputations and lives of fairies and men.
• The male cultivators swarmed Fu Shou'er and beat the fat pig to death.

Ye Chen sensed three powerful figures approaching and changed course with Youruo and Xie Purou, while the spatial gate they left behind vanished and ended the crowd’s cultivation insights. The pursuers were revealed as three Hundun Saint Emperors from the Beast God Hall, including the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor and the Poison Emperor, who argued as they raced toward Ye Chen.

• Youruo and Xie Purou mocked Fu Shou'er after seeing the crowd beat her to death, then urged Ye Chen to leave for another world.
• Ye Chen detected three powerful figures in the distant starry expanse and led Youruo and Xie Purou through a spatial gate toward a new destination.
• The spatial gate closed behind them, ending the crowd’s sudden opportunity to gain cultivation insights and prompting many to rush into seclusion.
• The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, Poison Emperor, and a third Hundun Saint Emperor raced through the starry expanse to hunt Ye Chen.
• The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor disparaged his companions, and the Poison Emperor warned him not to underestimate his poison of Principles.

The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, Poison Emperor, and Heavenly Prison Devil Master traveled together to hunt Ye Chen, trading insults as they neared his location. The chapter ended with the Poison Emperor confident that their target would soon fall into their hands.

• The chapter recounted how the Poison Emperor had killed two lower-realm Hundun Saint Emperors with his deadly poison and forced a higher-realm one to retreat and spend millennia purging it.
• The Poison Emperor had boasted publicly about that battle, provoking the higher-realm Hundun Saint Emperor to threaten revenge without acting on it.
• The Heavenly Prison Devil Master joined the Poison Emperor in rebuking the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, revealing that the three had been dispatched by the Beast God Hall Master to hunt Ye Chen.
• The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor resisted attacking his fellow members, despite their insults, and warned them to prove their strength when they arrived.
• The three approached the world where Ye Chen was believed to be, and the Poison Emperor predicted they would capture him.

The Poison Emperor, the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, and the Heavenly Prison Devil Master arrived to confront Ye Chen, who appeared before them with his disciples Youruo and Xie Purou. The disciples mocked the three Saint Emperors, leaving them stunned as they prepared for a fight.

• The Beast God Hall's intelligence network led the Poison Emperor, the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, and the Heavenly Prison Devil Master to Ye Chen's location.
• Ye Chen sensed the three pursuers and used spatial distortion to appear before them with Youruo and Xie Purou.
• Youruo recognized the arrivals as Saint Emperors and remarked that the Beast God Hall had sent three this time.
• Xie Purou and Youruo called the three Saint Emperors stinkbugs and said they should be swatted before the group continued traveling.
• The three Saint Emperors focused on Ye Chen, sensing danger from him, then reacted with shock and anger when his disciples insulted them.

The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor attacked Youruo and Xie Purou with a massive Sword Qi Torrent, but their armor protected them until Ye Chen effortlessly shattered the attack. The three Saint Emperors recognized Ye Chen’s strength and grew more wary of him.

• The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor flew into a rage over Youruo and Xie Purou’s insults and unleashed a Sword Qi Torrent at them.
• Youruo and Xie Purou fell into despair under the attack, but their armor activated and shielded them with Saint Emperor-level power.
• Ye Chen casually sent out a translucent ripple that shattered the Sword Qi Torrent before it could reach the two girls.
• The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor realized Ye Chen had neutralized his probing attack without apparent effort, while the Poison Emperor and Heavenly Prison Devil Master grew tense.

Ye Chen taunted the Poison Emperor, the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, and the Heavenly Prison Devil Master, then let the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor’s attack strike his eye without harm. The three coordinated their assault, and Ye Chen met the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor’s Heaven-Devouring Sword Instruction with a sword technique formed by his fingers.

• Ye Chen mocked the three Beast God Hall members and challenged them to attack together.
• The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor fired a Sword-Ray at Ye Chen’s eye, but the attack shattered against his uninjured body.
• The Poison Emperor welcomed the chance to use poison against Ye Chen, while the Heavenly Prison Devil Master proposed coordinating their attacks and trapping Ye Chen’s powers.
• The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor drew a plain black longsword and unleashed the Heaven-Devouring Sword Instruction.
• Ye Chen formed a sword with two fingers and easily neutralized the incoming Sword Qi.

Ye Chen overwhelmed the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor’s sword attacks, forcing the Emperor and the Heavenly Prison Devil Master to combine their defenses. The Devil Master then charged Ye Chen with a sealing-powered punch, and the two collided head-on.

• The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor unleashed Stars: Return of Ten Thousand Swords, but Ye Chen’s Sword-Rays shattered the sword meteors and drove toward him.
• The Heavenly Prison Devil Master used True Devil Sealing and Entrapment Technique to help block Ye Chen’s remaining Sword-Rays, and their combined defense exhausted the attack.
• The Starry Firmament Sword Emperor admitted that Ye Chen’s swordsmanship surpassed his own, leaving him troubled by Ye Chen’s complex aura.
• The Heavenly Prison Devil Master charged Ye Chen and struck with a star-sized, sealing-powered fist.
• Ye Chen met the Devil Master’s punch with his own, and their clash unleashed a destructive shockwave across the cosmic expanse.

Ye Chen fought the Heavenly Prison Devil Master and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor while the Poison Emperor prepared a poison attack. Ye Chen overwhelmed his two attackers, and the chapter ended with the Heavenly Prison Devil Master unnerved by Ye Chen’s smile as his sealing techniques failed.

• Ye Chen struck the Heavenly Prison Devil Master with a punch that shattered his fist radiance and sent him crashing through several stars.
• Starry Firmament Sword Emperor attacked Ye Chen with his black iron sword, while Heavenly Prison Devil Master tried to restrain Ye Chen with Heavenly Devil Prison.
• Poison Emperor lit a finger-sized wooden stick and released green poisonous smoke, hoping to weaken Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen knocked Starry Firmament Sword Emperor’s black iron sword away and slashed him in two, forcing him to reconnect his body.
• Heavenly Prison Devil Master’s sealing techniques failed to stop Ye Chen, whose faint smile left him terrified.