Arc 17The Heavenly Vault Realm

Chen Nian led a team into the Heavenly Vault Realm to help Bi Shuang fight its monsters and secure technology for a stable passage between worlds. After saving Lan Jing'er’s mining expedition and earning her trust, Chen Nian learned Mo Yun was threatening her over the crystal negotiations.

  • Chen Nian defeated Beautiful Country in the team battle, stopped a spatial rift from swallowing the arena, and secured compensation and passage through Hawaii.
  • Chen Nian assembled a team, opened a passage into the Heavenly Vault Realm, and learned that Bi Shuang had been arrested by the King Domain.
  • Qin Yu was recognized as the Daughter of Tiankong, and Bi Shuang and Chen Nian traveled to the Crystal Domain to seek help opening a stable passage.
  • Lan Jing'er refused to provide Crystal Domain technology, so Chen Nian joined her mining expedition and saved the miners from a monster tide with his summoned beasts.
  • Lan Jing'er kissed Chen Nian as his condition for helping, and he later dissolved the barrier protecting the Holy Crystal Stone so the miners could collect it.
  • Chen Nian learned that Mo Yun had arrived to buy crystals, while Lan Jing'er refused to sell them and Mo Yun threatened to expose a recording of himself abusing her mother.
Chapters 401–425 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 401Chen Nian's First Battle!

Chen Nian and Yang Wei helped Dragon Country advance through the tournament, while Beautiful Country’s allies tried to wear them down. In the semifinal against Greece, Chen Nian forced his opponent to concede, Yang Wei fought to a draw, and Bi Shuang entered the arena for the decisive third bout.

  • Chen Nian and Yang Wei defeated Maple Country after its first competitor conceded, sending Dragon Country into the second round.
  • Beautiful Country advanced without fighting when all three opponents conceded, and Ye Hongling accused it of trying to exhaust Dragon Country through its allies.
  • Yang Wei defeated Sakura Country and then won a difficult match against Gallic Rooster, leaving Dragon Country in the semifinals.
  • Chen Nian shattered a Greek fighter’s divine hammer and made him concede, while Yang Wei later drew his semifinal bout against another Greek competitor.
  • Bi Shuang walked into the arena to fight the decisive third bout against Greece.

Ch. 402The finals begin! Chen Nian vs. Carlos

Bi Shuang defeated the Nation of Myth's summoner and secured Dragon Country's place in the finals. Chen Nian drew Carlos as his first opponent, and Carlos released the power of Tyr as their fight began.

  • Bi Shuang dodged the Three-Headed Hellhound, hurled it into the air, and destroyed it with her Dragon Arts, earning Dragon Country a place in the finals.
  • Bi Shuang returned to the waiting area, where Yang Wei praised her and Chen Nian thanked her for her effort.
  • After an hour's rest, the finals began, with Chen Nian determined to punish those who had attacked his companions.
  • The system's draw matched Chen Nian against Carlos, who tried to hide his fear and angered at being forgotten and insulted.
  • Carlos released his divinity, summoning the one-eyed Norse God of War, Tyr.

Ch. 403Contractual Oath, divine punishment for violators

Carlos used Tyr’s Contractual Oath to prevent either fighter from attacking, aiming to force a draw, but Chen Nian deliberately broke the oath and survived the resulting Heavenly Punishment. With the contract shattered, Chen Nian prepared to take his turn against a terrified Carlos.

  • Carlos invoked Tyr’s Contractual Oath, binding Chen Nian and declaring that anyone who attacked would suffer Heavenly Punishment.
  • Carlos planned to wait out the match timer and force a draw, while spectators from both countries reacted with anger and anxiety.
  • Carlos taunted Chen Nian and challenged him to attack, and Chen Nian fired a wind cannon at him.
  • Heavenly Punishment struck Chen Nian with divine lightning, but the Shadow Kshana Demon Lion shielded him and then vanished in the sunlight.
  • The contract shattered, and Chen Nian told the shaken Carlos that it was his turn.

Ch. 404Yang Wei, a True Man; Bi Shuang Takes the Stage

Chen Nian defeated Carlos in the opening match, but Yang Wei’s defeat tied the score at one to one. Bi Shuang entered the deciding match against Shi Mu and immediately tripped on flat ground.

  • Chen Nian’s golden-armored divine general shattered Tyr’s Divinity and knocked Carlos unconscious, earning Dragon Country the first match.
  • Yang Wei refused to forfeit against Chi Xiang and endured the bombardment until Chi Xiang’s forbidden follow-up attack was stopped; the referee ruled Yang Wei’s side had lost, tying the score.
  • Spectators applauded Yang Wei for fighting despite his defeat, while Tang Rou helped carry him away.
  • Bi Shuang entered the arena to face Shi Mu in the deciding match, then tripped on flat ground before the stunned crowd.

Ch. 405Dragon's Lament

Bi Shuang awakened her dragon power and defeated Shi Mu, but both fighters collapsed, leaving their match a draw. With Yang Wei and Bi Shuang unable to fight and the opposing team likely to recover its injured members, Chen Nian faced the prospect of fighting three opponents alone in the team battle.

  • Bi Shuang struggled against Shi Mu's reinforced stone giant, dodging its attacks until a stone hand trapped her and threatened to crush her.
  • Bi Shuang revealed her golden dragon eye, summoned her blade, and unleashed Dragon's Lament, breaking free and overpowering Shi Mu's stone defenses.
  • Bi Shuang used Dragon Pierces the Eight Directions to shatter Shi Mu's stone sphere and slash his true body, after which both fighters collapsed.
  • The referees declared the match a draw, leaving both teams with one win, one loss, and one draw before the team battle in an hour.
  • Tang Rou told Chen Nian that Bi Shuang had lost consciousness from exhausting her power, while Yang Wei was also unable to fight, and warned that Chen Nian might face three opponents alone.

Ch. 406Team battle, three against one

During the intermission, Chen Nian was caught in an awkward confrontation with Su Jinyu, Ye Hongling, and Zhao Yixue before heading into a team battle alone against Chi Xiang, Shi Mu, and Carlos. After Carlos restricted divine power with a contract, Chen Nian avoided the opponents’ attacks and moved to target Carlos.

  • Su Jinyu visited Chen Nian before Ye Hongling and Zhao Yixue arrived and exposed the sequence of his visits that night.
  • Zhao Yixue kissed Chen Nian on the cheek and wished him luck before the team battle began.
  • The referee announced that Dragon Country’s other two contestants were unfit to compete, leaving Chen Nian to face three opponents alone.
  • Carlos invoked Tyr and made a contract forbidding both sides from using divine power.
  • Chi Xiang and Shi Mu attacked Chen Nian, but he blocked their assault with Word Spirit, Judgment and evaded Shi Mu’s punch.
  • Chen Nian vanished and moved toward Carlos to break the contract restricting his divine power.

Ch. 407God Descent Technique Shattered, the Demon Blade Appears

Chen Nian fought Carlos, Shi Mu, and Chi Xiang, then broke the Contractual Oath to use the God Descent Technique and endure divine punishment. His golden-armored deity was shattered, but he rose again as the Blood of Immortality’s demonic power took over and he summoned Murasame.

  • Chen Nian struck Carlos, but Shi Mu revealed that Carlos had been protected inside the stone giant and that the body he cut down was a stone clone.
  • Chen Nian caught Chi Xiang’s blazing fist with the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire and wounded him with his saber, but Chi Xiang healed with heavenly fire and merged with the stone giant.
  • Chen Nian activated the God Descent Technique, breaking the Contractual Oath as Carlos, Shi Mu, and Chi Xiang attacked to stop him summoning the Shadow Kshana Demon Lion.
  • Chen Nian used his golden-armored deity to block the attacks and face divine punishment, but the combined assault shattered the deity and left him bleeding.
  • Chen Nian stood up as the Blood of Immortality’s demonic power took over and drew the demon blade Murasame from the void.

Ch. 408Once the Demon Blade Is Drawn, It Must Taste Blood!

Chen Nian used Murasame to defeat the three opponents and secure the Dragon Country’s championship, but Chi Xiang and Shi Mu escaped through a spatial rift. The rift began pulling in the arena, threatening tens of thousands of spectators.

  • Chen Nian cut apart the stone giant and fatally wounded Carlos, Chi Xiang, and Shi Mu with Murasame.
  • Carlos died, and the referee declared the Dragon Country the winner of the International Transcendent Competition.
  • Tang Rou stopped Su Jinyu from approaching Chen Nian because he remained dangerous while wielding the demon blade.
  • Chi Xiang fired crystal bullets that opened a spatial rift, and he and Shi Mu escaped through it.
  • Bi Shuang warned that the unstable rift was devouring the arena and could drag tens of thousands of spectators into deadly spatial turbulence.

Ch. 409Thousand Blades Sever Fleeting Splendor

Chen Nian resisted the demon blade’s influence and destroyed the spatial rift that Tsuchimikado Rika had temporarily sealed, saving the spectators. As the crowd celebrated his championship and rescue, Chen Nian prepared to make Beautiful Country pay.

  • Tsuchimikado Rika used Yin-Yang Infinite Domain and Empty Realm to seal the spatial rift, stopping its suction temporarily.
  • Chen Nian fought off the demon blade’s influence, regained control, and unleashed Thousand Blades Sever Fleeting Splendor against the rift.
  • The spatial rift was annihilated, and exhausted Rika fell into Chen Nian’s arms.
  • Spectators and officials from many countries praised Buyu for winning the championship and saving them.
  • Chen Nian decided that he would make Beautiful Country pay.

Ch. 410Chen Nian's plan

After the competition, Dragon Country’s diplomats forced the Beautiful Country to pay compensation and grant access to the Hawaiian Islands. Chen Nian then offered to send transcendents into the Heavenly Vault Realm to fight its monsters, leaving him to prepare for the journey in ten days.

  • Dragon Country’s diplomat secured twenty billion from the Beautiful Country for the plane crash, then demanded another ten billion over the danger at the competition venue.
  • The Beautiful Country accepted Chen Nian’s demand to allow Dragon Country’s transcendents unrestricted passage through Hawaii, the junction between the two worlds.
  • At the victory banquet, Yang Wei celebrated while Chen Nian met Bi Shuang on a deserted shore and learned that pollution and monsters threatened the Heavenly Vault Realm.
  • Chen Nian proposed sending transcendents into Bi Shuang’s world to hunt monsters in exchange for technology or crystals, and asked her to arrange a stable spatial passage in ten days.
  • Bi Shuang returned to report to the lord of the Dragon Wing Domain, while Chen Nian planned to visit the realm with Jing Feng and his companion and considered whom else to bring.

Ch. 411Tang Rou: Work makes me happy

Bi Shuang and Qin Yu crossed into Chen Nian’s world after Qin Yu asked to join her, while Chen Nian prepared to enter the Heavenly Vault Realm as the fourth calamity. He recruited Tang Rou for the journey and left with plans to find a second teammate.

  • Bi Shuang told Qin Yu that she and Chen Nian planned to connect their worlds in ten days, and Qin Yu asked to travel with her.
  • Bi Shuang agreed to take Qin Yu, and the two entered a spatial rift opened with a crystal bullet.
  • Chen Nian told Jing Feng and Yu Jin about his plan to enter their world as the fourth calamity, then arranged to travel with them the day after tomorrow.
  • Chen Nian recruited Tang Rou for the trip to the Heavenly Vault Realm, persuading her with an ocean-view home in Hawaii.
  • Chen Nian set out to find his second teammate.

Ch. 412The fox demon girls were irresistible!

Chen Nian took Yang Wei to the Dream Pavilion in the God-Demon Capital, where he enjoyed a dream with Meng'er before Haruna interrupted him during an onmyoji raid. He left with Haruna to seek Tamamo-no-Mae's help, threatening to use Haruna as leverage.

  • Chen Nian secretly arranged for Yang Wei to meet him and took him to the Dream Pavilion, telling him not to let Arina find out.
  • The fox demon girls swarmed Chen Nian, while Yang Wei marveled at the place; Chen Nian went upstairs to see Meng'er.
  • Meng'er began weaving a dream for Chen Nian, then secretly kissed his forehead while he slept.
  • Haruna and two onmyoji burst in during their raid, waking Chen Nian and interrupting the dream.
  • Chen Nian declared that onmyoji could visit the Dream Pavilion to relax, then took Haruna away to ask Tamamo-no-Mae for help, threatening to grope her if Tamamo-no-Mae refused.

Ch. 413If You Won't Help, I Will!

Chi Xiang and Shi Mu persuaded the queen of the King Domain to order Bi Shuang’s arrest, and soldiers detained Bi Shuang and Qin Yu when they arrived in the Dragon Wing Domain. In the God-Demon Capital, Chen Nian sought Tamamo-no-Mae’s help, but another personality took control of her body and embraced him.

  • Chi Xiang and Shi Mu accused Bi Shuang of betraying the Seven Great Sky Domains, and the queen ordered her arrest.
  • Qin Yu and Bi Shuang reached the Heavenly Vault Realm, where Bi Shuang explained the floating sky domains and took Qin Yu to the Dragon Wing Domain.
  • Soldiers acting on the queen’s order surrounded Bi Shuang and Qin Yu and arrested them for questioning.
  • Chen Nian brought Haruna to Tamamo-no-Mae and asked for her help, but Tamamo-no-Mae refused after hearing about his visit to the Dream Pavilion.
  • Another personality fought Tamamo-no-Mae for control and took over her body, then threw herself into Chen Nian’s arms.

Ch. 414Departure for the Heavenly Vault Realm!

Chen Nian gained Tamamo-no-Mae’s help for his journey to the Heavenly Vault Realm, though her two personalities’ kisses left him drained and Haruna embarrassed. The next day, Chen Nian organized a voluntary expedition and led his group through the opened passage into the realm.

  • Tamamo-no-Mae’s bodhisattva personality kissed Chen Nian, and the furious Tamamo-no-Mae blasted him away and lifted Haruna into the air with her tails.
  • Chen Nian gave Tamamo-no-Mae golden bells and asked her to help him; she agreed to leave the next day if he closed his eyes for ten seconds, then drained his yang energy in a kiss.
  • Tamamo-no-Mae explained that the bodhisattva personality had sought Chen Nian’s yang energy to gain an advantage in their struggle for control, and Chen Nian caught Haruna after Tamamo-no-Mae dropped her.
  • Chen Nian asked Yang Wei to gather willing Transcendents for the journey to the Island of Hawaii, telling him the world’s wall would open in eight days, and informed Su Jinyu and the others.
  • Chen Nian, Tang Rou, Tamamo-no-Mae, Jing Feng, and Yu Jin reached the unstable spatial point over the sea, where Chen Nian opened a passage and led them into the Heavenly Vault Realm.

Ch. 415Chen Nian Arrived in the Dragon Wing Domain

Chen Nian and Tang Rou arrived in the Dragon Wing Domain, where suspicious soldiers tried to detain them and Chen Nian easily defeated their attack. Jing Feng apologized and revealed that Bi Shuang had been arrested by the King Domain.

  • Chen Nian and the others entered the ruined world, and Tamamo-no-Mae protected Tang Rou from a man-eating demon flower.
  • Chen Nian explained the Seven Great Sky Domains as he led the group toward the Dragon Wing Domain.
  • Dragon Wing Domain soldiers confronted Chen Nian and Tang Rou, then tried to arrest them as outsiders.
  • Chen Nian blasted the soldiers away and caught the garrison officer's crystal greatsword between two fingers.
  • Jing Feng arrived, apologized to Chen Nian, and warned the soldiers that Chen Nian was stronger than an S-Rank Wallbreaker.
  • Jing Feng told Chen Nian that Bi Shuang had been arrested by the King Domain.

Ch. 416Tiankong Hymn

Bi Shuang and Qin Yu were imprisoned in King Domain, while Chen Nian set out with Jing Feng to bring Bi Shuang back. In the prison, Qin Yu sang the Tiankong Hymn to calm a terminally ill patient, provoking the woman leading the singers.

  • The queen ordered Bi Shuang and Qin Yu detained while King Domain investigated the accusations against them.
  • Chen Nian decided to go to King Domain, and Jing Feng agreed to take him by airship while Yu Jin stayed behind with Tang Rou.
  • Bi Shuang told Qin Yu that the prisoners suffered from Madness Disease after exposure to contaminated air on the ground.
  • A group of women sang the Tiankong Hymn, soothing the patients until one terminally ill man began ramming his head against his cell wall.
  • As guards prepared to kill the patient, Qin Yu sang the hymn herself, and the group's leader turned on her in anger.

Ch. 417Qin Yu, Daughter of Tiankong!

Qin Yu’s singing awakened Queen Tiankong’s statue, and the King Domain hailed her as the Daughter of Tiankong. After a domain-wide amnesty allowed Chen Nian and Bi Shuang to leave, they headed for the Crystal Domain to seek help opening a stable spatial passage.

  • Qin Yu sang the Tiankong Hymn and soothed a terminally ill patient, while Queen Tiankong’s statue suddenly lit up.
  • The elders recognized Qin Yu as the Daughter of Tiankong, apologized for imprisoning her, and ordered Bi Shuang released.
  • Chen Nian fought King Domain soldiers while rescuing Bi Shuang, then faced Nan Xing, an S-Rank Wallbreaker, before a general amnesty was announced.
  • Bi Shuang told Chen Nian that Qin Yu had been acknowledged by Queen Tiankong, and Chen Nian concealed his concern.
  • Bi Shuang and Chen Nian set out for the Crystal Domain to seek the Crystal Saintess’s approval and obtain the means to open a stable spatial passage.

Ch. 418The Crystal Leftover Woman (Bonus chapter)

Chen Nian entered the Crystal Domain to persuade Lan Jing'er to help open a passage for Blue Star’s players, but Bi Shuang’s negotiations failed. He disguised himself with a divine mark and joined Lan Jing'er’s surface mining team, leaving him set to meet her during the expedition.

  • Lan Jing'er refused Bi Shuang’s request to use Crystal Domain technology, citing the risk of abandoning neutrality and provoking war.
  • After Bi Shuang reported the failure, Chen Nian decided to approach Lan Jing'er himself despite her hatred of men.
  • Chen Nian used Tamamo-no-Mae’s illusion to obtain a Crystal Domain divine mark and learned that Lan Jing'er was recruiting miners for a surface operation.
  • At the miner selection, Chen Nian’s punch registered 990 after its delayed force struck the testing machine.
  • Chen Nian killed a low-level monster with one punch and secured a place on Lan Jing'er’s mining team.

Ch. 419The Team Sets Out, the Eerie Mine Cavern

Chen Nian joined the Crystal Saintess’s expedition to find crystal ore, and the party discovered a vast vein inside a mountain cavern. As the miners began work, Chen Nian spotted Ghost Cry Flowers hidden overhead, prompting the foreman to realize the cavern was in danger.

  • Chen Nian boarded the miners’ airship as Lan Jing’er led the expedition toward a crystal deposit.
  • Lan Jing’er located a nearby vein, and the guards bombarded the area and swept it for monsters before the ships landed.
  • The armed party protected the miners as they crossed monster-infested ground and entered a mountain mine.
  • The expedition found a cavern filled with crystal ore, and Lan Jing’er ordered the miners to begin mining.
  • Chen Nian used Heavenly Eye to spot Ghost Cry Flowers on the cavern ceiling, and the foreman recognized them as sentries that could attract monsters.

Ch. 420The Devouring Beast Attacks, Chen Nian Makes His Move!

Chen Nian stepped in to protect Lan Jing'er when a powerful Devouring Beast attacked the miners. He stopped its claw with two fingers, leaving his strength revealed as the monster tide overwhelmed the cavern.

  • The foreman and guards discovered Ghost Cry Flowers, and the Crystal Saintess ordered everyone to evacuate before a monster tide arrived.
  • A blood-red giant wolf led monsters into the cavern, while Tianye held the first entrance and Lan Jing'er sent two A-Rank Wallbreakers to defend a second entrance opened by a Demon Python.
  • A Devouring Beast burst through the ceiling, knocked an A-Rank Wallbreaker aside, and advanced on Lan Jing'er and the miners.
  • Chen Nian appeared before Lan Jing'er and stopped the Devouring Beast's claw with two fingers.

Ch. 421Was Her Holiness Acting Cute?

Chen Nian revealed his overwhelming strength by saving Lan Jing'er from a Devouring Beast and summoning two powerful beasts to fight the monster tide. With the battle turning in the defenders’ favor, Lan Jing'er wondered what condition Chen Nian would ask of her.

  • Chen Nian stopped a Devouring Beast’s claw with two fingers and told Lan Jing'er he would handle the crisis if she agreed to one condition.
  • Lan Jing'er agreed, and Chen Nian killed the Devouring Beast instantly with his golden-eyed power.
  • Chen Nian teased Lan Jing'er for acting cute, then summoned a Primordial Divine Ape and an Undead Bone Dragon to attack the monsters at the cave entrances.
  • The summoned beasts cleared the entrances, and Tianye returned to Lan Jing'er as the battle began to turn in the defenders’ favor.

Ch. 422Chen Nian's Unexpected "Condition"

Chen Nian slaughtered the monster tide and gained enough experience to reach level 95, then confronted Lan Jing'er over his promised condition. He dismissed her concerns about the Crystal Domain's neutrality and demanded that she kiss him, leaving her to approach him while everyone else turned away.

  • Chen Nian's summoned beasts killed the monster tide, earning him over a million experience points and raising him seven levels to level 95.
  • Chen Nian ordered the Undead Bone Dragon to burn the monster corpses, then accepted the miners' leader's apology and received thanks from Lan Jing'er.
  • Lan Jing'er said the Crystal Domain could not help open a spatial passage without risking its neutrality, and Chen Nian told her that helping her world was Bi Shuang's plan, not an obligation.
  • Chen Nian named his condition: Lan Jing'er had to kiss him, provoking anger among the Crystal Domain's fighters.
  • Lan Jing'er ordered everyone to look away and walked up to Chen Nian despite their protests.

Ch. 423The Holy Maiden's Kiss Shattered Everyone's Composure

Lan Jing'er kissed Chen Nian, shocking the Crystal Domain men, then explained how her abusive father had made her fear men. The mining crew discovered a crystal barrier hiding Holy Crystal Stone, but an A-Rank man failed to break through it.

  • Lan Jing'er kissed Chen Nian, and the onlookers reacted with heartbreak and envy.
  • Lan Jing'er ordered everyone to stop discussing the kiss and return to mining.
  • Lan Jing'er told Tianye and Chen Nian that her father's abuse had caused her fear of men.
  • The miners uncovered a crystal barrier and learned Holy Crystal Stone lay behind it.
  • An A-Rank man tried to break the barrier to impress Lan Jing'er, but his weapon bounced off.

Ch. 424Breaking Through the Crystal Wall, the Holy Maiden Blushed

Chen Nian helped Lan Jing'er and the Crystal Domain miners obtain the sacred crystal by dissolving the crystal wall that Tianye could not break. Lan Jing'er thanked him and became noticeably more comfortable around him, though she still insisted to herself that she would not be nice to him again.

  • Tianye cracked the crystal wall with her sword, but the sacred crystal's energy quickly repaired it, and she admitted she lacked the strength to break through completely.
  • An A-Rank Wallbreaker asked Chen Nian to help, but Chen Nian said he would only act if Lan Jing'er asked him herself.
  • Lan Jing'er approached Chen Nian and asked what it would take for him to help, and he agreed without making any demands.
  • Chen Nian used his Word Spirit, Origin-Destroying World, to dissolve a hole in the crystal wall.
  • The miners entered to gather the sacred crystal, while Lan Jing'er thanked Chen Nian and spoke to him more naturally than before.

Ch. 425Lan Jing'er: I just hate him!

After returning from the mining expedition, Chen Nian learned that Lan Jing'er's estranged father, Mo Yun, had arrived as an envoy from the Crimson Flame Domain to negotiate for crystals. Lan Jing'er decided to reject the deal, but Mo Yun threatened to expose a recording of himself violating her mother unless she favored him in the negotiations.

  • Lan Jing'er rewarded the miners, who praised Chen Nian for helping them survive and earn a large payday.
  • Chen Nian met Bi Shuang and learned that Mo Yun, Lan Jing'er's biological father, had arrived to buy crystals for the Crimson Flame Domain.
  • Lan Jing'er told her mother that she was willing to trust Chen Nian and help outsiders, but she would never sell crystals to Mo Yun.
  • Mo Yun requested a private meeting with Lan Jing'er, then threatened to reveal a recording of himself violating her mother unless Lan Jing'er considered her mother's welfare during the negotiations.
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Arc 17 of 29