Chapter Summaries

Chen Yu defeated the Golden-Winged Little Peng King and shattered the Old Peng King’s weapon, then captured the young peng and threatened the Old Peng King with death if he refused to make amends. The Old Peng King bowed to Chen Yu’s power, and Yan Ruyu released his grandson; the defeated Little Peng King learned his opponent was an emperor’s son and began to accept his loss.

• Chen Yu shattered the Golden-Winged Little Peng King’s swords, tore apart his wings and fighting diagram, and destroyed the Great Wilderness Halberd with the Void Mirror.
• Chen Yu sealed the Golden-Winged Little Peng King’s divine power and ordered him taken to the dungeon, while warning that the Old Peng King would be killed if he refused to show proper respect.
• The Crow Daoist and Peacock King defeated the Old Peng King with the Chaos Green Lotus, and the Peacock King persuaded him to bow his head to protect the Heavenly Peng Clan.
• The Old Peng King came to the Ageless Hall and knelt to beg forgiveness, and Yan Ruyu released the Golden-Winged Little Peng King after three days.
• The Old Peng King told his grandson that Chen Yu was an emperor’s son, and the Golden-Winged Little Peng King found some relief in understanding his defeat.

The Old Peng King chastised the Golden-Winged Little Peng King for provoking someone stronger, then left with him after the young Peng accepted his defeat. Chen Yu left the Azure Emperor Lineage to seek a chance to undergo a tribulation, while Yan Ruyu stayed behind to handle the Thirteen Great Bandits’ alliance overtures.

• The Old Peng King told the Golden-Winged Little Peng King that his mistake was acting arrogantly without enough strength, and ordered him to cultivate in seclusion.
• The Old Peng King took the chastened Golden-Winged Little Peng King away, and Chen Yu told Yan Ruyu she could decide how to handle the matter.
• Pang Bo vowed to defeat the Golden-Winged Little Peng King after reaching the Four Extremes Realm, and Chen Yu gave him a drop of Azure Emperor’s essence blood.
• After cultivating in seclusion, Chen Yu invited Yan Ruyu to leave with him, but she stayed to handle the Thirteen Great Bandits’ attempts to form an alliance.
• Chen Yu set out on foot toward the Holy City, seeking a chance to undergo a tribulation and cultivating by sensing the land’s veins and Dao resonance.

Chen Yu, traveling under the identity of Source Master Jiang Yu, drew the attention of Great Xia’s prince Xia Yiming and Buddhist nun Xia Yilin because of his profound Buddhist resonance. The Yaoguang Holy Son invited him to a banquet, where Xia Yilin questioned him about his Buddhist cultivation, but Chen Yu denied having studied Buddhist scriptures.

• Chen Yu learned that the Jade Lake Holy Maiden was expected to arrive and observed Xia Yiming and Xia Yilin entering the city.
• Xia Yilin sensed strong Buddhist resonance around Chen Yu, while Xia Yiming took note of him.
• Chen Yu met the Yaoguang Holy Son at the Yaoguang stone workshop and accepted an invitation to a banquet.
• At the banquet, Xia Yilin recognized Chen Yu and told Xia Yiming that she believed he had a deep connection with Buddhism.
• Xia Yilin asked Chen Yu whether he had cultivated Buddhist scriptures, and he denied it, saying he practiced the Dao Scripture.

Xia Yilin’s Buddhist talisman triggered the Bodhi Divine Tree within Chen Yu, filling the hall with a light of enlightenment that brought everyone into a state of Dao comprehension. After the brief enlightenment ended, Xia Yiming and the Yaoguang Holy Son competed to recruit Chen Yu, who privately wondered whether Yaoguang would grant him access to two coveted arts.

• Xia Yilin sensed powerful Buddhist resonance around Chen Yu, and he showed her several ancient Buddhist artifacts from Mars.
• Xia Yilin placed a golden talisman on Chen Yu, awakening the Bodhi Divine Tree’s resonance and filling the hall with a radiant light of enlightenment.
• The people in the hall entered a profound state of Dao comprehension, but the enlightenment ended when the talisman burned to ashes.
• Xia Yiming offered Chen Yu entry into the Great Xia Dynasty and access to the Taihuang Scripture.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son invited Chen Yu to Yaoguang and offered access to its scriptures, while Chen Yu privately considered whether he might obtain the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art.

Chen Yu declined the Yaoguang Holy Son’s invitation and Xia Yilin’s offer to join Buddhism, then demonstrated his Source Arts and traded treasures with the others. The Yaoguang Holy Son described his defeat by the Azure Emperor Lineage’s highness before inviting Xia Yiming to investigate the Nine Secrets in Licheng, and Xia Yiming agreed.

• Chen Yu refused to join Yaoguang or enter the Buddhist order, telling Xia Yilin he had a wife waiting at home.
• Chen Yu opened five stones with his Source Arts, revealing Divine Source, a Primordial Royal Clan corpse, and precious medicines.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son exchanged Dragon-Patterned Black Gold for the corpse, while Xia Yiming traded Immortal Gold for a lifespan-extending medicine.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son told Xia Yiming that the Azure Emperor Lineage’s highness had defeated him and likely suppressed Yao Xi; Chen Yu listened as they praised his own battle record.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son invited Xia Yiming to explore the Nine Secrets in Licheng, and Xia Yiming accepted.

Chen Yu declined the Yaoguang Holy Son’s invitation to seek the Nine Secrets, then survived an ambush by the Holy Son’s forces on his way to the Holy City. At the Tianxuan Stone Workshop, Wei Yi recognized Chen Yu as the Void Emperor’s son and offered to help him.

• Chen Yu refused to join the Yaoguang Holy Son and Xia Yiming in searching for the Nine Secrets, knowing that the clues led to Purple Mountain and Saint Cliff.
• After Chen Yu left the city, disguised Four Extremes cultivators among a band of robbers attacked him, but he defeated one with a flying sword and escaped the other with a Source Formation.
• Chen Yu reached the Holy City and went directly to the dilapidated Tianxuan Stone Workshop.
• Chen Yu revealed his identity as a descendant of the Void Emperor to the old man, Wei Yi, who saw the Void Emperor’s bloodline in him and realized he was the Emperor’s son.
• Wei Yi offered to leave seclusion and resolve Chen Yu’s troubles.

Chen Yu asked Wei Yi to protect him when he advanced to the Four Extremes, and revealed his Divine Sacred Body and the Void Ancient Mirror. After Chen Yu gave Wei Yi the Tianxuan Inheritance and an Earth Life Fruit, Wei Yi agreed to serve as his Dao protector and took him outside the Holy City to undergo his tribulation.

• Chen Yu told Wei Yi about his Divine Sacred Body and asked him to wield an Emperor Weapon if heaven and earth obstructed his Four Extremes breakthrough.
• Wei Yi examined Chen Yu’s constitution and learned that he possessed the Void Ancient Mirror.
• Chen Yu gave Wei Yi the Tianxuan Inheritance, which could help restore the missing portions of Tianxuan’s legacy.
• Chen Yu presented Wei Yi with an Earth Life Fruit, and Wei Yi agreed to protect him whenever needed.
• Wei Yi took Chen Yu to a remote place outside the Holy City where he could undergo his tribulation.

Chen Yu endured the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation and entered the second stage of the Four Extremes Realm, while his Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda was tempered alongside him. When heaven and earth formed an Innate Dao Diagram to obstruct him, the Divine Sacred Body’s source power destroyed it.

• Chen Yu began his tribulation in a deserted land while Wei Yi stood by with the Void Mirror.
• Chen Yu endured the first eight layers of the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation with his physical strength, using the Immortal Divine Medicines to help regenerate as the lightning injured him.
• Chen Yu used the God King Rebirth Technique to withstand the ninth layer, while the Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda was also tempered by the tribulation.
• Chen Yu entered the Four Extremes Realm and immediately advanced to its second stage.
• An Innate Dao Diagram descended toward Chen Yu, but his Divine Sacred Body’s source power tore it apart as Wei Yi watched.

After overcoming his Four Extremes tribulation, Chen Yu returned to Holy City with Wei Yi and began cutting stones in the holy lands’ workshops. He uncovered a Qilin Seed and refused to sell it, prompting the gathered buyers to pressure him.

• Wei Yi told Chen Yu that he could soon advance toward the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm and offered to help him, while Chen Yu considered asking for his support at Saint Cliff.
• Chen Yu visited the holy lands’ stone workshops, spent lavishly on Heaven-tier stones, and impressed onlookers by cutting out rare treasures.
• Chen Yu uncovered a Qilin Seed, identified as a seed of the Kirin Immortal Medicine, and gathered representatives of the Desolate Ancient Families and holy lands rushed to bid for it.
• Yao Yuekong asked Chen Yu to let the Heavenly Demon Palace auction the seed, but Chen Yu said he planned to plant it and harvest its fruit in the future.
• An old man and the other onlookers pressured Chen Yu to sell the Qilin Seed and the other treasures he had found.

Chen Yu defeated those who tried to seize the Qilin Seed, revealing that a Saint protected him, then resumed cutting stones in Holy City. He uncovered Emperor Zun's damaged Human-shaped Immortal Medicine and wondered whether Fortune Jade Liquid could restore it.

• Chen Yu struck down an elder who challenged him in the holy land's stone workshop, and the guardian ordered everyone to stop fighting there.
• Several Mighty Figures secretly attacked Chen Yu outside the workshop, but a Saint's power killed them all; the remaining onlookers backed down, and Chen Yu collected the dead men's treasures.
• After several days of secluded rest, Chen Yu returned to cutting stones as crowds followed him and wondered what he was seeking.
• Chen Yu uncovered the damaged roots and stem of Emperor Zun's Human-shaped Immortal Medicine, rejected an offer of a hundred thousand jin of Source, and considered using Fortune Jade Liquid to save it.

Chen Yu sold life-prolonging treasures to the gathered cultivators and revealed more rare medicines for the Heavenly Demon Palace auction. Back in seclusion, he revived the humanoid Immortal Medicine with Fortune Jade Liquid and considered how to provide better care for the medicines in his Bitter Sea.

• Chen Yu offered life-prolonging treasures for sale, and the gathered cultivators bought them, including a Little Medicine King for four hundred thousand jin of source.
• Chen Yu revealed three Human Origin Fruits and two more Little Medicine Kings, then invited the cultivators to consign divine materials in exchange for life-prolonging treasures.
• Chen Yu returned to his cultivation residence and used one drop of Fortune Jade Liquid to restore the humanoid Immortal Medicine.
• Chen Yu placed the restored medicine in his Bitter Sea with the other divine medicines, where they gathered around the Qilin Seed and helped it begin to sprout.
• Chen Yu realized he needed special soil and more divine spring water to support the medicines in his Bitter Sea.

Chen Yu spent his Source on rare treasures at the Heavenly Demon Palace auction, then left the Holy City for Licheng to investigate the Nine Secrets. He arrived just as Duan De led Ye Fan and the Ji siblings to a suspected tomb, and suggested their chosen site was not the ancient family's burial ground.

• Chen Yu kept the Immortal Divine Medicine with him, then bought Immortal Tear Green Gold, a Stone Gall, and other treasures at the auction while selling Human Origin Fruits and Little Medicine Kings.
• Chen Yu visited Wei Yi at the Tianxuan Stone Workshop before leaving the Holy City, and Wei Yi gave him an imprint that could summon his incarnation.
• Chen Yu headed for Licheng, where the search for the Nine Secrets had brought many holy sons close to their target.
• Duan De led Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, Ji Haoyue, and the others to another suspected burial site, but Chen Yu arrived and said it was not the ancient family's burial ground.

Chen Yu joined Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, Ji Haoyue, and Duan De to locate an ancient tomb, impressing Duan De with his knowledge of tombs and feng shui. After the tomb unleashed a flood of Yin Qi and drew nearby cultivators seeking the Nine Secrets, Chen Yu left, while Ji Haoyue warned Ji Ziyue that he was a dangerous demon-race figure, unaware that Chen Yu was actually an ancestor of the Ji Family.

• Chen Yu revealed his identity to Ye Fan and greeted Ji Ziyue and Duan De, then corrected Duan De's assessment of the tomb's location.
• Duan De praised Chen Yu's expertise and wondered whether he had inherited the Underworld's teachings; Chen Yu teased him about raiding tombs before marking the correct site on a map.
• Chen Yu led the group to the location, where they dug down and uncovered a gateway that released dense Yin Qi and a terrifying force field.
• Cultivators from nearby holy lands rushed toward the strange manifestations, believing the Nine Secrets had appeared, while Chen Yu left, knowing the Wushi Imperial Palace would take longer to find.
• Ji Haoyue warned Ji Ziyue that Chen Yu was a dangerous demon-race prodigy; Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue kept Chen Yu's true identity secret.

Chen Yu entered the underground palace with Ye Fan and the Black Emperor, where he learned about Great Emperor Wushi’s palace and the chaos stone containing the Nine Secrets scroll. When the Azure-Robed Little Flood Dragon King recognized him in the Hall of Light, he identified Chen Yu as Fairy Yan’s husband and an imperial son-in-law of the demon race, leaving the gathered holy land elites curious about his true identity.

• After the holy lands opened the burial grounds, Chen Yu joined Ye Fan and the Black Emperor in the underground palace and received an Evil-Warding Divine Garment through a check-in.
• Chen Yu and his companions headed toward Great Emperor Wushi’s palace, where the Black Emperor explained that a chaos stone and the Nine Secrets scroll lay inside.
• Chen Yu entered the Hall of Light with Ye Fan and the Black Emperor, drawing the attention of Ji Haoyue, the Yaoguang Holy Son, and other gathered elites.
• The Azure-Robed Little Flood Dragon King recognized Chen Yu, and, at the others’ urging, revealed that he was Fairy Yan’s husband and an imperial son-in-law of the demon race.

Chen Yu advanced toward the Chaos Stone, killing the Five Elements Hall's reserve Holy Son and defeating Eastern Wasteland prodigies with single palm strikes. He reached the leading Holy Sons, Holy Maidens, and heirs of great families, where the Great Evolution Holy Son attacked him with the Great Evolution Divine Sword.

• The Five Elements Hall's reserve Holy Son insulted Chen Yu, and Chen Yu killed him with one palm strike.
• Chen Yu defeated another prodigy and continued forward as the Yaoguang Holy Son told the Great Evolution Holy Son that Chen Yu had once beaten him while still in the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
• Most of the prodigies withdrew, while Ye Fan watched Chen Yu's advance and resolved to bring his Sacred Body to major completion.
• Chen Yu approached the Chaos Stone and faced the remaining top prodigies, including Ji Haoyue, the Yaoguang Holy Son, the Jiang Family's Divine Body, and several Holy Maidens.
• The Great Evolution Holy Son attacked Chen Yu with the Great Evolution Divine Sword.

Chen Yu defeated the Great Evolution Holy Son and the Dao Yi Saintess with overwhelming physical strength, revealing silver-gold blood and a presence that combined the origins of a Sacred Body and a Divine Body. The Black Emperor concluded that Chen Yu possessed a new hybrid physique and jokingly urged Ye Fan to marry a Divine Body.

• Chen Yu shattered the Great Evolution Holy Son’s full-strength Great Evolution Divine Sword with his palm, leaving only a tiny wound before walking on.
• Chen Yu defeated the Dao Yi Saintess in three palm strikes after his blood and Qi broke through her trapping art and defenses.
• The Jiang Family Divine Body asked whether Chen Yu was an Eastern Wasteland Divine Body after sensing his presence.
• The Black Emperor and Ye Fan recognized that Chen Yu’s origins carried both Sacred Body and Divine Body traits, and the Black Emperor proposed that the two physiques had combined into a new one.
• The Black Emperor told Ye Fan to try marrying a Divine Body and see whether they could produce a monster like Chen Yu.

Chen Yu defeated Ji Haoyue and revealed that his physique combined a divine body with a sacred body, while the Yaoguang Holy Son began coveting his power. After treating Ji Haoyue’s injuries, Chen Yu faced the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, who invited him to the upcoming Yaochi Grand Gathering.

• The Black Emperor urged Ye Fan to marry Divine Bodies and father powerful heirs, then became excited when Ye Fan suggested Chen Yu could father an even stronger heir with the Purple Mansion Saintess.
• Chen Yu refused to explain his physique unless someone could defeat him, and Ji Haoyue attacked with the Void Great Hand Seal.
• Chen Yu broke Ji Haoyue’s attack and dissolved his Bright Moon Rises over the Sea phenomenon, leading the Yaoguang Holy Son and others to identify Chen Yu’s physique as a union of a divine body and a sacred body.
• Chen Yu defeated Ji Haoyue, then used a drop of his silver-gold blood essence to stabilize Ji Haoyue’s injuries.
• The Jade Lake Holy Maiden said she would not stop Chen Yu and invited him to the Yaochi Grand Gathering to handle several unusual stones.

Chen Yu accepted the Jade Lake Holy Maiden’s invitation to the Yaochi Grand Gathering, then defeated the Eastern Wasteland’s challengers, including the Yaoguang Holy Son, the Purple Mansion Saintess, and the Jiang Family Divine Body. The Jiang Family discovered his powerful Hengyu Bloodline and assumed he was descended from Jiang Taixu or another Divine King, while Chen Yu continued toward the Chaos Stone and felt its suppressive power.

• The Jade Lake Holy Maiden invited Chen Yu to the Yaochi Grand Gathering, and he agreed.
• Chen Yu defeated the Yaoguang Holy Son with Nine Secrets: Dou, then stopped his fight with the Purple Mansion Saintess and sent her away.
• Chen Yu shattered the Jiang Family Divine Body’s attacks, including Eight Gods Barbarian Strength, by reproducing its techniques with Nine Secrets: Dou.
• After Chen Yu revealed his Hengyu Bloodline, the Jiang Family elder insisted he must descend from one of their Divine Kings, despite Chen Yu denying a special connection to Jiang Taixu.
• Chen Yu ignored the Jiang Family’s speculation and approached the Chaos Stone, where its force field made him feel as if a divine mountain weighed on him.

Chen Yu used his Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda to reach the Chaos Stone, obtained Chaos Immortal Stone, and used the Lihuo Divine Furnace to take the Chaos Stone. As the surrounding forces attacked Ye Fan and Chen Yu for their treasures and the Nine Secrets scrolls, the Black Emperor hurried to finish preparing a teleportation platform.

• Chen Yu brought out the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda, whose Mother Qi let him approach the Chaos Stone and successfully check in for Chaos Immortal Stone.
• Chen Yu examined the ancient scrolls and tried to absorb the Chaos Stone with his pagoda, but its unusual force resisted him.
• Chen Yu summoned the Lihuo Divine Furnace, prompting the Jiang Family to assume he belonged to them because of his imperial blood and connection to Emperor Hengyu.
• The Black Emperor brought Ye Fan forward, and Ye Fan revealed himself with the Cauldron of All-Things Mother Qi as the surrounding crowd turned its greed toward him.
• Chen Yu used the Lihuo Divine Furnace to take the Chaos Stone, ending its protective field and prompting the assembled forces to attack him and Ye Fan for the treasures and Nine Secrets scrolls.
• Ye Fan urged the Black Emperor to finish setting up the teleportation platform while attackers swarmed toward them.

Chen Yu helped Ye Fan and the Black Emperor escape Licheng, then guided them toward a new opportunity at the ruins of the Ice and Snow Palace. The chapter ended with Ye Fan sensing something unusual beneath the ruins.

• The Jiang Family elders held back the pursuing factions while Chen Yu awakened the Lihuo Divine Furnace, killed several Dragon Transformation elders, and shared his insights with the Jiang Family.
• The Black Emperor activated the Profound Jade Platform, teleporting Chen Yu, Ye Fan, and their companions away; Ye Fan left Duan De holding the map to draw the pursuers after him.
• After escaping, Ye Fan revealed that his scroll contained clues to Saint Cliff rather than the Nine Secrets, and Chen Yu explained that Ye Fan’s pure Sacred Body still faced heaven-and-earth suppression.
• Ye Fan decided to visit Holy City to gamble on source stones and gather resources for cultivation, while Chen Yu offered to take him to another opportunity.
• Chen Yu led Ye Fan and the Black Emperor to the ruins of the Ice and Snow Palace, where Ye Fan sensed something unusual beneath the site.