Recaps

Ye Xuan rescued a female cultivator by killing the gatekeeper who had tried to assault her, then faced the gatekeeper's comrades. He began cutting through their attack, killing two more cultivators as the fight continued.

• Ye Xuan calmly caught the charging gatekeeper's wrist, shattered his dantian, and crippled him with one move.
• The gatekeeper threatened Ye Xuan, who declared that he dared to kill him and punched his head apart.
• Seven or eight gatekeepers attacked Ye Xuan after he asked whether their comrade deserved to die for trying to defile an innocent woman.
• Ye Xuan dodged a saber strike, smashed the saber-wielding cultivator's head, and kicked the staff-wielding cultivator's temple apart.

Ye Xuan killed the City Lord's Manor guards who had attacked him, then learned that the city lord was a golden core expert. After searching the fallen guards, he headed straight for the City Lord's Manor, intending to kill the city lord and carry out justice.

• Ye Xuan used an iron staff to defeat and kill the gate guards who attacked him.
• The female cultivator he had saved and other bystanders warned Ye Xuan that the city lord was a golden core expert with powerful subordinates.
• Ye Xuan considered the gap between his cultivation and the city lord's, then watched the frightened bystanders hurry away.
• Ye Xuan searched the dead and injured guards for valuables and insulted them when he found little.
• Ye Xuan went directly to the City Lord's Manor, leaving the onlookers shocked.

Ye Xuan stormed the city lord’s residence and defeated its guards, prompting City Lord Zhu Pi to wonder whether the young cultivator was backed by a powerful sect. Zhu Pi was still weighing how to respond when he learned Ye Xuan had fought his way inside.

• Ye Xuan ignored warnings about Zhu Pi’s Golden Core Realm strength and went to the city lord’s residence after hearing of his crimes.
• A gate guard attacked Ye Xuan with a whip, but Ye Xuan evaded it and defeated him with Thunder God Palm in one move.
• The surviving guard fled inside to report the attack, while the onlookers marveled at Ye Xuan’s strength.
• Zhu Pi killed a messenger who could not identify Ye Xuan, then wondered whether Ye Xuan was a young expert from a great sect.
• Another cultivator rushed to Zhu Pi and announced that someone had fought their way into the residence.

Ye Xuan stormed the city lord's manor and defeated Guo Hai and a group of twenty Essence Condensation Ninth Layer cultivators, then challenged Zhu Pi and his forces. As Huo Xiu stepped forward to fight, Ye Xuan launched a sudden attack with the Emperor Formula.

• Zhu Pi gathered the manor's experts and rushed out after learning that an intruder had broken in.
• Ye Xuan evaded Guo Hai's spear technique and knocked him down with one punch.
• Ye Xuan hurled Guo Hai's spear through six cultivators, then swiftly defeated the remaining fighters.
• Zhu Pi arrived with more than a dozen men and ordered Huo Xiu, a Wheel Sea Realm First Stage cultivator, to kill Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan dismissed Huo Xiu and challenged Zhu Pi's group to attack together, then charged Huo Xiu and struck with the Emperor Formula.

Ye Xuan crippled Huo Xiu and fought off the City Lord's Manor's Wheel Sea cultivators while saving his strength for Zhu Pi. He left only Zhu Pi and three Wheel Sea Late Stage cultivators standing.

• Ye Xuan crippled Huo Xiu with a fist and a kick, then charged at Zhu Pi.
• Zhu Pi ordered more than a dozen Wheel Sea cultivators to attack Ye Xuan so he could observe his abilities and trump cards.
• Ye Xuan dodged a Wheel Sea Third Layer cultivator's hammer and crippled him with the Thunder God Palm.
• Ye Xuan overwhelmed two more cultivators, at the Wheel Sea Fourth and Fifth Layers, with a series of kicks.
• Ye Xuan used the Emperor Formula and Thunder God Palm to defeat the remaining early- and mid-stage cultivators, leaving Zhu Pi and three Wheel Sea Late Stage cultivators standing.

Ye Xuan killed another Wheel Sea cultivator, then faced Zhu Pi after the city lord entered the battle himself. Zhu Pi’s Golden Core power began suppressing Ye Xuan, while Han Bingning watched from afar to see whether he could overcome the gap.

• Ye Xuan used the Deadly Sword Strike with a spear to kill a Wheel Sea Seventh Layer cultivator who attacked with poisoned needles.
• The spectators cheered as Ye Xuan’s victories wiped out most of Zhu Pi’s Wheel Sea subordinates.
• Zhu Pi charged Ye Xuan with Golden Core power, and their first clash numbed Ye Xuan’s arm and forced him back.
• Zhu Pi relentlessly attacked, driving Ye Xuan to dodge as his strikes demolished a hall behind him.
• Han Bingning watched from a distant mountain and held back from intervening, waiting to see whether Ye Xuan could kill a Golden Core cultivator.

Ye Xuan used Azure Dragon Roar to daze Zhu Pi, then killed the Golden Core cultivator with Deadly Sword Strike. As the city’s cultivators celebrated Zhu Pi’s death, two of his surviving subordinates attacked Ye Xuan by surprise.

• Zhu Pi repeatedly attacked Ye Xuan, who dodged while waiting for an opportunity to strike.
• When Zhu Pi exposed an opening, Ye Xuan used Azure Dragon Roar to briefly disrupt his consciousness and weaken his attack.
• Ye Xuan followed with Deadly Sword Strike, killing Zhu Pi before he could escape.
• The watching cultivators thanked Ye Xuan and celebrated Zhu Pi’s death.
• Zhu Pi’s two surviving Wheel Sea Realm Seventh Layer subordinates exchanged a glance and lunged at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan defeated two Wheel Sea Realm Seventh Layer cultivators who tried to ambush him, then Han Bingning carried him away before the city’s cultivators could thank him. Back at the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, he advanced to Origin Condensation Fifth Layer as powerful guests and potential enemies gathered for his investiture ceremony.

• Ye Xuan replenished his Spiritual Qi and crippled one Wheel Sea Realm Seventh Layer attacker before killing the other with a Thunder God Palm.
• The city’s cultivators praised Ye Xuan and asked his name, but Han Bingning carried him away before he could answer.
• Ye Xuan clung to Han Bingning during their flight, claiming he was scared, and she nearly lost control in embarrassment.
• Ye Xuan cultivated in the Holy Son Hall and advanced from Essence Condensation First Layer to Origin Condensation Fifth Layer.
• Three days before the investiture ceremony, powerful figures and talented cultivators gathered at the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, including some with ill intentions.

As the Ancient Desolate Holy Land prepared to appoint Ye Xuan as its Holy Son, young geniuses across the Eastern Wasteland questioned his achievements and openly challenged his reputation. Shen Lian and the Holy Son candidates also awaited the ceremony, which was three days away.

• People across the Ancient Desolate Holy Land discussed Ye Xuan’s Chaos Sacred Body and his rise from an orphan with no cultivation to the incoming Holy Son.
• Xiao Tian, a renowned Carefree Holy Land genius, dismissed Ye Xuan’s talent and criticized the cultivators who praised him.
• Other young geniuses publicly doubted Ye Xuan’s reported victory over Yang Xiong and said they wanted to test him at the investiture ceremony.
• At the Jade Lake Holy Land residence, Shen Lian and the other women debated whether Ye Xuan could have reached peak Meridian Opening in under three months.
• Ten Golden Core true disciples known as Holy Son candidates gathered after being summoned back to the Ancient Desolate Holy Land.

As Ye Xuan’s investiture ceremony approached, rival candidates and Carefree Holy Land’s geniuses plotted to challenge or kill him. After advancing to the sixth level of Essence Condensation, Ye Xuan prepared to face them as Han Bingning took him to the ceremony.

• Huo Qingyi urged the other nine Holy Son candidates to challenge Ye Xuan at the investiture ceremony and reclaim the position.
• An elder of the Carefree Holy Land ordered more than twenty geniuses to seize any chance to kill Ye Xuan at the ceremony.
• Ye Xuan advanced to the sixth level of Essence Condensation and resolved to defeat anyone who challenged him.
• Han Bingning arrived to take Ye Xuan to the ceremony, warned him not to disgrace her, and questioned whether he would fight women who challenged him.
• Ye Xuan promised to treat every challenger as an enemy, then asked Han Bingning not to carry him out by the neck.

The Ancient Desolate Holy Land held a grand ceremony to invest Ye Xuan as its Holy Son, drawing major powers and prodigies from across the region. After Ye Xuan arrived in a golden sedan chair and greeted the crowd, the Ninth Ancestor instructed him to don the sacred robes and crown.

• The Jade Lake Holy Land, led by Shen Yao, and the Carefree Holy Land, including Xiao Tian, arrived among a crowd of renowned prodigies and titans.
• The Ninth Ancestor appeared to preside over the ceremony and welcomed the gathered guests.
• The Ninth Ancestor called for the Holy Son, and eight powerful elders escorted Ye Xuan in a golden sedan chair.
• Ye Xuan descended onto the martial platform in white robes and charmed the crowd with his appearance and courteous greeting.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Ye Xuan to put on the sacred robes and crown.

Ye Xuan completed his Holy Son investiture ceremony, then accepted the crowd’s demands for a public challenge while warning them that he had cultivated for only three months. Yuan Chong of the Carefree Holy Land stepped onto the martial platform to face him.

• Nine fairies, including Qiu Yue and Lin Xue, dressed Ye Xuan in his sacred robes and crown, provoking envy among the crowd.
• The Ninth Ancestor declared the ceremony concluded, and an elder of the Carefree Holy Land called for Ye Xuan to display his strength.
• Numerous geniuses, including disciples of the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, demanded the chance to challenge Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan agreed to fight and revealed that he had reached the Essence Condensation Realm sixth layer after three months of cultivation.
• Yuan Chong, a famed Carefree Holy Land disciple at the Essence Condensation Realm sixth layer, stepped onto the martial platform.

Ye Xuan defeated Yuan Chong and Zhang Hao with ease, embarrassing the Carefree Holy Land and its disciples. He accepted the challenge to fight their Wheel Sea Realm cultivators, and another challenger rushed onto the platform.

• Ye Xuan swiftly knocked Yuan Chong off the platform before Yuan Chong could react, prompting the Carefree Holy Land to accuse him of a sneak attack.
• Zhang Hao challenged Ye Xuan from the Essence Condensation Realm Ninth Layer, but Ye Xuan shattered his sword attacks with a kick and sent him off the platform.
• Ye Xuan taunted the Carefree Holy Land, and its elder suggested that Wheel Sea Realm cultivators take the stage instead.
• Ye Xuan accepted the cross-realm challenge to fight Wheel Sea cultivators, and a figure raced onto the platform before a Wheel Sea First Stage cultivator could step forward.

Ye Xuan defeated Song Yu with a single punch, revealing his mastery of the Emperor Formula and shocking the gathered factions. The Carefree Holy Land then sent Lin Hai, a sixth-layer Wheel Sea prodigy carrying clear killing intent, to challenge him.

• Song Yu challenged Ye Xuan over his earlier humiliation, and Ye Xuan taunted him to leave the platform before he was defeated.
• Song Yu revealed he had reached the Wheel Sea Realm Second Stage and attacked Ye Xuan with Crushing Fist.
• Ye Xuan used the Emperor Formula to break Song Yu’s fist and knock him off the platform with one blow.
• The elders recognized that Ye Xuan had perfected the Emperor Formula, and a Carefree Holy Land elder secretly ordered its prodigies to act.
• Lin Hai, a Wheel Sea Realm Sixth Layer prodigy, stepped onto the platform with killing intent to challenge Ye Xuan.

Yang Kaitai challenged Ye Xuan’s worthiness to be Holy Son after Ye Xuan defeated Song Yu, but Ye Xuan exposed the elder’s contradictions and dismissed his authority. Lin Hai then challenged Ye Xuan to a fight to the death, seeking a chance to kill him without interference.

• Yang Kaitai accused Ye Xuan of cruelty toward Song Yu and called for him to be stripped of the Holy Son position.
• Ye Xuan countered that Song Yu had challenged his superior and tried to kill him, and that he had shown mercy by not crippling him.
• Yang Kaitai argued that Ye Xuan had not yet proved himself as Holy Son, but Ye Xuan mocked his lack of authority to decide the matter.
• Ye Xuan turned away from Yang Kaitai as Lin Hai proposed a fight to the death so the Holy Land’s experts could not intervene if Ye Xuan was in danger.

Ye Xuan accepted Lin Hai’s battle-to-the-death challenge after Lin Hai insulted him, then killed him in a brief exchange. After warning off any challengers who were not prepared to die, Ye Xuan faced Xiao Tian, a peak Wheel Sea prodigy from the Carefree Holy Land.

• Lin Hai demanded a battle to the death, and Ye Xuan agreed after Lin Hai called him a coward and trash.
• Lin Hai attacked Ye Xuan with his fiery-red saber, but Ye Xuan dodged and broke both of Lin Hai’s arms with one punch.
• Ye Xuan smashed Lin Hai’s head before the Carefree Holy Land elder could call for surrender.
• Ye Xuan told the Carefree Holy Land that Lin Hai had brought his death upon himself, then swept his corpse off the platform.
• Ye Xuan invited further challenges and warned challengers to declare whether they intended to fight to the death.
• Xiao Tian stepped forward and landed on the martial platform with his killing intent at its peak.

Ye Xuan faced Xiao Tian of the Carefree Holy Land in a battle to the death, exposing the vast difference in their cultivation while mocking his opponent. After their opening clash left both fighters staggered, Ye Xuan activated his Divine Eyes and charged through Xiao Tian’s saber storm with a Deadly Sword Strike.

• Xiao Tian announced a battle to the death, and Ye Xuan made him disclose that he was at the Wheel Sea Realm Ninth Layer while Ye Xuan was at the Essence Condensation Realm Sixth Layer.
• Xiao Tian attacked with a powerful saber strike, but Ye Xuan met it head-on with Yaoguang, and both fighters staggered back.
• Ye Xuan mocked Xiao Tian, who renewed his assault with a storm of saber light across the martial platform.
• Ye Xuan activated his Divine Eyes, charged through the saber waves, and unleashed a Deadly Sword Strike at Xiao Tian.

Ye Xuan killed Xiao Tian with one sword strike, shocking the gathered holy lands and damaging the Carefree Holy Land’s reputation. He challenged another Wheel Sea Realm ninth-layer genius to a fight to the death, but a burly young man from the Carefree Holy Land objected and called on him to challenge a stronger opponent instead.

• Ye Xuan killed Xiao Tian with a single sword strike, stunning the crowd and drawing the attention of Lin Xue and Shen Yao.
• The Carefree Holy Land’s elders and powerful figures reacted angrily to Xiao Tian’s death and the blow to their reputation.
• Ye Xuan taunted the Carefree Holy Land and challenged another of its Wheel Sea Realm ninth-layer geniuses to a fight to the death.
• The crowd recognized that accepting Ye Xuan’s challenge could cost the Carefree Holy Land another genius, while refusing would bring further humiliation.
• A burly young man in black from the Carefree Holy Land accused Ye Xuan of challenging the weak and urged him to challenge a stronger opponent instead.

Huang Sha returned from the Asura Battlefield and challenged Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan turned the challenge around by pointing out the disparity in their cultivation and inviting stronger Ancient Desolate Holy Land experts to fight Huang Sha. The chapter left Huang Sha facing a crowd of increasingly powerful challengers and unsure whether to accept.

• The gathered crowd recognized Huang Sha, a feared Carefree Holy Land genius who had returned alive after a year in the Asura Battlefield.
• Huang Sha revealed that he was still at the Golden Core first layer and invited Ye Xuan to challenge him.
• Ye Xuan asked a Heavenly Position third-layer elder from the Ancient Desolate Holy Land to fight Huang Sha, arguing that Huang Sha was two realms above him.
• Ye Xuan offered to find Huang Sha an opponent at the fifth level of Nascent Soul, leaving Huang Sha unable to refute his reasoning.
• Ancient Desolate Holy Land experts volunteered to fight Huang Sha at Nascent Soul and Golden Core levels, while the crowd waited to see whether he would accept.

Ye Xuan challenged all Carefree Holy Land disciples in the Meridian Opening and Essence Condensation Realms to fight him to the death, and the Carefree Holy Land agreed after deciding his potential made the cost worthwhile. The chapter ended with its elder asking Han Bingning and the ancestors to guarantee that the Ancient Desolate Holy Land would not retaliate if Ye Xuan died.

• Ye Xuan taunted Huang Sha for refusing to fight and challenged every Carefree Holy Land disciple in the Meridian Opening and Essence Condensation Realms to face him together.
• The Carefree Holy Land's leaders exchanged voice transmissions and decided to accept the challenge, intending to enlist other factions against Ye Xuan.
• Han Bingning and the ancestors worried that Ye Xuan's challenge would lead the Carefree Holy Land to sacrifice many disciples to kill him.
• Ye Xuan realized the Carefree Holy Land had accepted but remained confident in his strength, resources, and system.
• A Carefree Holy Land elder asked Han Bingning and the ancestors to promise that the Ancient Desolate Holy Land would not retaliate if Ye Xuan died in the arena.

Ye Xuan agreed to face a hundred Essence Condensation Realm peak cultivators after Han Bingning secured a no-interference pact from the gathered factions. As the challengers began climbing onto the platform, Ye Xuan struck first and killed several of them, prompting the Carefree Holy Land elder to order the rest to surround and kill him.

• Ye Xuan urged Han Bingning to accept the challenge, and she agreed on the condition that neither side pursued the matter if its fighters died.
• Han Bingning made the Carefree Holy Land elder promise that his side would accept the same terms and warned everyone not to interfere in the battle.
• A hundred peak Essence Condensation Realm cultivators from thirty-six factions stepped forward to fight Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan mocked the challengers, charged the fighters already on the platform, and swiftly killed several with Yaoguang.
• The Carefree Holy Land elder sprang up and ordered the remaining challengers to surround and kill Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan slaughtered the Essence Condensation Realm peak cultivators who had challenged him, overwhelming their numbers with his sword and fists. Fewer than twenty remained standing, and they had lost the will to fight as he stood untouched on the martial platform.

• Ye Xuan cut down more than a dozen attackers with a single sword strike, leaving the rest of the hundred cultivators stunned.
• The Carefree Holy Land elder urged the remaining fighters to attack, and Han Bingning threatened to kill him if he interfered again.
• Ye Xuan broke through the encircling attackers, killing and crippling cultivators with sword strikes and punches.
• Ye Xuan shattered Zhuo Yao’s dantian, leaving the Carefree Holy Land prodigy terrified and questioning his own strength.
• Ye Xuan battered the attackers until fewer than twenty remained standing, their confidence replaced by despair and fear.

Ye Xuan crushed the remaining prodigies in the hundred-man challenge and dared the Carefree Holy Land and its allies to send stronger opponents. He ordered the survivors to cripple their cultivation or die, and killed one who protested.

• Ye Xuan advanced on the remaining prodigies, mocked the Carefree Holy Land elder, and killed another dozen with a sword strike.
• Ye Xuan challenged the factions to send anyone below Golden Core and declared that he would defeat them all.
• The Carefree Holy Land elder proposed sending Wheel Sea cultivators, but the thirty-six factions’ magnates worried about further losses.
• Ye Xuan ordered the surviving cultivators to cripple their own cultivation or die.
• One cultivator protested that Ye Xuan was going too far, and Ye Xuan killed him with a sword strike.

After slaughtering or forcing the crippling of nearly all the challengers, Ye Xuan waited out the time limit and then called Huang Sha onto the martial platform. Huang Sha accepted the challenge, and the two prepared to fight.

• Ye Xuan killed a challenger who protested and told the remaining challengers to cripple their own cultivation and leave; only about a dozen of the hundred survived.
• Ye Xuan invited anyone below Golden Core to challenge him, but no one stepped forward during the allotted time.
• Huang Sha resented that Ye Xuan faced no punishment for killing challengers, while the crowd admired Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan singled out Huang Sha and challenged him because Huang Sha had wanted to kill him.
• Huang Sha accepted Ye Xuan's challenge and approached the martial platform with killing intent.

Ye Xuan challenged Huang Sha and fought him on the martial platform, using his speed and swordsmanship to put Huang Sha in danger. The chapter ended with Ye Xuan's sword aimed at Huang Sha's throat, while Huang Sha believed Ye Xuan could not strike fast enough to kill him.

• Huang Sha approached the martial platform, building his murderous presence as the Ancient Desolate Holy Land's ancestors worried and Han Bingning vowed to save Ye Xuan if necessary.
• Huang Sha stepped onto the platform and declared that Ye Xuan would pay for challenging him.
• Ye Xuan launched a fierce barrage of punches, and the two fighters clashed; although the crowd thought Ye Xuan had gained the upper hand, he had been suppressed and was shaking off force from his arms.
• Huang Sha pressed his attack, but Ye Xuan dodged his strike and countered with a long saber and Sword Qi.
• Huang Sha retreated from the Sword Qi and found Ye Xuan's sword pointed at his throat, but he believed Ye Xuan was not fast enough to cut him.