Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan hid in the mountains to recover and planned to use the cultivators hunting him to strengthen his combat skills. After learning that Luo Feng and a group of 158 cultivators were searching nearby, Ye Xuan prepared to ambush them.

• Ye Xuan worried that his rapid cultivation had weakened his foundation and decided to use his Absolute Domain against the cultivators pursuing him.
• Ye Xuan swallowed healing pills and hid in a towering tree while the cultivators searched the mountaintop.
• Luo Feng and Lin Yan discovered that Ye Xuan had absorbed the Dao Rhyme Spirit Water and led the others down the mountain to hunt him.
• Ye Xuan sensed the approaching group through his Absolute Domain and identified 158 cultivators, including eight at the Heavenly Position Realm Ninth Level.

Ye Xuan waited for Luo Feng’s search party to split up, then ambushed Lin Yong’s group. After killing six Nascent Soul cultivators and a Heavenly Position Realm First Level cultivator, he faced Lin Yong, a Heavenly Position Realm Fifth Level cultivator.

• Luo Feng ordered the cultivators to split up and search for Ye Xuan in smaller teams.
• Ye Xuan spotted Lin Clan cultivators among the groups and chose Lin Yong’s team as his first target.
• Ye Xuan attacked Lin Yong, who blocked his first strike but was thrown back dozens of steps.
• Ye Xuan’s follow-up fist images killed the six Nascent Soul cultivators and left the Heavenly Position Realm First Level cultivator near death.
• Ye Xuan killed the injured cultivator with another punch, then turned toward Lin Yong and prepared to fight him.

Ye Xuan defeated and killed Lin Yong in a head-on fight, first overpowering him without martial techniques and then finishing him with the Thunder Emperor Seals. Ye Xuan fled before Luo Feng and three other Heavenly Position Realm Ninth Level cultivators arrived to find the dead men.

• Lin Yong charged Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan’s punch sent him flying and injured him despite Lin Yong’s Heavenly Position Realm Fifth Level cultivation.
• Lin Yong attacked Ye Xuan again, but after three exchanges he spat blood and was driven back.
• Ye Xuan unleashed nine Thunder Emperor Seals, which tore Lin Yong apart and killed him.
• Ye Xuan collected Lin Yong’s storage pouch and vanished from the battlefield.
• Luo Feng and three other Heavenly Position Realm Ninth Level cultivators arrived and froze when they saw the dead men, including Lin Yong.

After Ye Xuan killed Lin Yong and seven others, most of the cultivators abandoned the search, leaving the Carefree Holy Land and the Lin and Luo Clans to pursue him. Ye Xuan approached their remaining group through the forest, intent on fighting despite the danger.

• The cultivators discovered Lin Yong and seven others dead, and Luo Feng and Lin Yan reacted with anger and shock.
• Terrified Nascent Soul Cultivators gave up searching for Ye Xuan and fled, leaving just over thirty people, mostly from the Carefree Holy Land and the Lin and Luo Clans.
• Luo Feng and Lin Yan set off separately to search for Ye Xuan while their remaining allies stayed together.
• Ye Xuan used his Absolute Domain to locate the group of more than twenty cultivators and decided to attack despite the danger posed by their strength.
• Ye Xuan silently followed the cautious group through the forest as they remained unaware of the approaching threat.

Ye Xuan confronted a group searching for him and used his Golden Core Supreme Extreme realm strength to break through their defenses. After killing one Heavenly Position Realm cultivator and slaughtering the Nascent Soul cultivators, he faced the remaining five, who attacked while hoping to hold him until Luo Feng and Lin Yan arrived.

• Ye Xuan appeared before the group, and its members panicked before six Heavenly Position realm cultivators stepped forward to fight him.
• Ye Xuan killed one Heavenly Position Realm Fifth Level cultivator with a single punch and dodged the other five men's attacks.
• Ye Xuan reached the Nascent Soul cultivators and killed them all with a storm of fist shadows.
• The five surviving Heavenly Position realm cultivators formed a simple formation and charged Ye Xuan, hoping to hold him until Luo Feng and Lin Yan arrived.

Ye Xuan fought five heavenly position realm cultivators and killed one with a sudden strike, but their coordinated attacks wounded him. He unleashed the Primordial First Form to kill two more, leaving him injured and still facing the remaining opponents.

• The five heavenly position realm cultivators attacked Ye Xuan together, and he used the Heavenly Star Sword Technique to weaken their strikes before rushing the fifth-level cultivator on the left.
• Ye Xuan killed that fifth-level cultivator with the Deadly Sword Strike, but a sixth-level cultivator’s palm strike caught him as he tried to retreat.
• Two fifth-level cultivators pursued Ye Xuan and burned part of their Nascent Souls before striking him, leaving him injured as he gathered the Primordial First Form.
• Ye Xuan unleashed the Primordial First Form and beheaded both attackers with a single sword strike.

Ye Xuan killed the two remaining Heavenly Position Realm experts before Luo Feng and the others arrived. As several experts withdrew, Ye Xuan launched an attack, then abruptly turned toward Lin Yan.

• Ye Xuan used his Absolute Domain and Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art to kill the remaining Heavenly Position Realm Sixth and Fifth Level experts.
• Luo Feng, Lin Yan, and the other experts arrived and saw the corpses of the cultivators Ye Xuan had slain.
• A Heavenly Position Realm Ninth Level expert left, followed by two more, leaving only Luo Feng, Lin Yan, and two other Ninth Level experts.
• Luo Feng threatened Ye Xuan, who immediately charged at him before abruptly veering toward Lin Yan.

Ye Xuan killed Lin Yan with a rapid chain of martial techniques, leaving Luo Feng as his final opponent. Ye Xuan and Luo Feng charged at each other, while a woman in black approached unseen with a silvery-white longsword.

• Ye Xuan ambushed Lin Yan and killed him with the Azure Dragon Roar, Thunder God Palm, and Primordial First Form.
• The two other Heavenly Position ninth-level cultivators fled, leaving Ye Xuan alone with Luo Feng.
• Ye Xuan swallowed a pill and declared that he would kill Luo Feng, who charged at him in reply.
• Ye Xuan charged forward to meet Luo Feng, while a woman in black approached nearby with a longsword.

Ye Xuan fought Luo Feng, a Heavenly Position Realm Ninth Level cultivator, to the point of exhaustion, then killed him with the Thunder Emperor Seal. After collecting Luo Feng's storage pouch and taking healing pills, Ye Xuan sensed someone ahead as he prepared to leave the mountain.

• Ye Xuan repeatedly clashed with Luo Feng, using the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art to boost his strength while gauging how long it would last.
• Luo Feng grew furious that Ye Xuan was using their battle to practice, but neither fighter gained a decisive advantage as their Spiritual Qi dwindled.
• Ye Xuan decided to end the fight and struck Luo Feng with two powerful martial techniques, including the Thunder Emperor Seal.
• Luo Feng could not dodge or defend against the nine lightning palm imprints and died, while Ye Xuan collected his storage pouch.
• Ye Xuan took healing pills and struggled to his feet, then sensed someone ahead and demanded to know who was there.

Ye Xuan encountered a mysterious woman in black whose power left him shaken, then hurried onward through the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm determined to grow stronger. The woman followed him, revealing that she had finally found him and feared the powerful experts who had entered the realm.

• Ye Xuan used his Absolute Domain but could not discern the woman in black, so he donned his Sacred Armor and prepared Han Bingning's attack talisman.
• The woman in black appeared, silently examined Ye Xuan and his talisman, then vanished without answering his questions.
• Ye Xuan fled down the mountain, alarmed by her strength and the powerful experts who might be inside the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm.
• After Ye Xuan left, the woman in black reappeared and said she had finally found him, praising his rapid growth while worrying about the Divine Emperor Realm experts and the Carefree Holy Land's Holy Lord, Gu Ran.
• The woman in black followed Ye Xuan as he complained about the realm's upheaval and vowed to fight anyone who obstructed his path to greater strength.

Ye Xuan advanced into the Nascent Soul Realm while Jian Qi and Cai Feng rose to prominence through powerful opportunities in the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm. As rumors spread about the two geniuses and Ye Xuan’s disappearance, he overheard the cultivators discussing them and vanished without revealing himself.

• Ye Xuan reached the Nascent Soul Realm after exploring two more lands of opportunity, but his Chaos Sacred Body still had not broken through to minor accomplishment.
• Jian Qi advanced from the Nascent Soul Realm Fifth Level to the Heavenly Position Realm First Level and became famous for killing a Heavenly Position Realm Fifth Level opponent.
• Cai Feng awakened her Phoenix Bloodline, rose from the Nascent Soul Realm First Level to the Heavenly Position Realm Third Level, and killed an opponent at the Heavenly Position Realm Seventh Level.
• Other geniuses gained strength, while cultivators who broke through to the Origin Mansion Realm rampaged through the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm and plundered others’ opportunities.
• A group of cultivators discussed Jian Qi’s latest kill, Cai Feng’s growing fame, and the lack of news about Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan overheard their conversation, showed interest in Jian Qi and Cai Feng, and disappeared without approaching them.

Jian Qi reached the sword palace and instantly killed a seventh-level Heavenly Position Realm cultivator, while Ye Xuan arrived at the mountain’s foot. The chapter left Ye Xuan recognized by the Nascent Soul Cultivators as Holy Son Ye.

• Jian Qi arrived at the sword palace seeking another sword-related opportunity and vowed to kill Ye Xuan, whom he regarded as his heart demon.
• Jian Qi reached the cultivators gathered near the palace and killed a seventh-level Heavenly Position Realm cultivator with one sword strike.
• Jian Qi advanced to within fifty meters of the sword palace as the watching cultivators feared his strength.
• Ye Xuan arrived at the mountain’s foot, and the Nascent Soul Cultivators recognized him as Holy Son Ye.

Ye Xuan reached the Sword Palace and ignored warnings that Jian Qi was there, declaring he would seize the opportunity and kill his rival. After using his Divine Eyes to see inside the palace, he triggered a sudden surge of Sword Intent that sent the nearby cultivators flying and knocked Jian Qi to the ground at his feet.

• Nascent Soul Cultivators warned Ye Xuan that Jian Qi had reached the Heavenly Position Realm and vowed to kill him, but Ye Xuan continued toward the Sword Palace.
• Ye Xuan climbed through the Sword Intent unharmed and reached the Heavenly Position Realm cultivators, who taunted him with news that Jian Qi had killed a seventh-level Heavenly Position expert in one strike.
• Ye Xuan saw Jian Qi approaching the Sword Palace and used his Divine Eyes to look inside it.
• The Sword Intent outside the palace suddenly intensified, sending the nearby cultivators flying and tearing apart the sword light around Jian Qi.
• Jian Qi was hurled backward and crashed to the ground, where he looked up and saw Ye Xuan standing over him.

Ye Xuan confronted Jian Qi in the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm, provoking him over their old grudge and his severed arm. Jian Qi unleashed his strongest sword strike, but Ye Xuan dodged it and mocked his speed and strength.

• Jian Qi recognized Ye Xuan and accused him of causing the attack that had sent cultivators flying.
• Ye Xuan admitted he was behind it and mocked Jian Qi for threatening him despite their past fight.
• Jian Qi swore to cripple Ye Xuan and make him kneel, then charged at him in a fury.
• Jian Qi unleashed his strongest sword strike, but it passed through Ye Xuan's afterimage and struck the ground.
• Ye Xuan appeared suspended in midair and taunted Jian Qi for being slow and weak.

Ye Xuan overwhelmed Jian Qi with one sword strike, shattered his sword heart, and watched him die to the Sword Palace’s defenses. He then approached the Sword Palace, wondering what lay inside and whether he would have to follow the path of a sword cultivator.

• Jian Qi unleashed a river of sword attacks at Ye Xuan, while the watching cultivators feared Ye Xuan would fall.
• Ye Xuan’s presence surged from Nascent Soul Realm First Level to Nascent Soul Realm Ninth Layer, and his sword ray tore apart Jian Qi’s attack.
• Ye Xuan severed Jian Qi’s remaining arm and mocked his swordsmanship, causing Jian Qi’s sword heart to collapse.
• Jian Qi rushed toward the Sword Palace, where its invisible sword intent shredded his body and soul.
• Ye Xuan ignored the stunned onlookers and walked toward the Sword Palace, wondering what awaited him inside.

Ye Xuan endured the Sword Palace’s storm of Sword Qi to temper his body and soul, then broke through to the ninth level of the Wilds Body Refining Technique and attained Minor Accomplishment Sacred Body. He opened the Sword Palace door, ready to discover what lay within.

• Ye Xuan walked toward the Sword Palace, letting its invisible Sword Qi strike him as the Wilds Body Refining Technique strengthened his body and soul.
• The Sword Qi intensified near the palace, injuring Ye Xuan and forcing the distant Heavenly Position Realm cultivators to retreat; two Early Stage cultivators died when the storm surged again.
• Ye Xuan stayed one step from the palace and fired the Yaoguang Sword at it, provoking an even fiercer storm of Sword Qi.
• As the storm battered him, Ye Xuan circulated the Wilds Body Refining Technique and broke through to its ninth level, attaining Minor Accomplishment Sacred Body and healing his wounds.
• Ye Xuan found that the Sword Qi could no longer injure him, then pushed open the Sword Palace door.

Ye Xuan entered the Sword Palace and received the Slay an Immortal with One Sword Technique, then used its Sword Intent to unleash a strike that destroyed the palace. He walked back down the mountain as the cultivators below realized he had survived.

• Ye Xuan was pulled into the Sword Palace, where its creator’s message explained that the Slay an Immortal with One Sword Technique required Sword Heart, Sword Intent, and Sword Force.
• Ye Xuan witnessed an illusory swordsman kill an immortal with a single strike and felt the technique’s terrifying power.
• Ye Xuan comprehended the Sword Intent in the Sword Palace and struck upward with Yaoguang, destroying the palace.
• The Nascent Soul Cultivators below feared Jian Qi had killed Ye Xuan when they saw the Sword Palace collapse.
• Heavenly Position Realm cultivators fled down the mountain, and the Nascent Soul Cultivators saw Ye Xuan walking down unharmed.

After killing Jian Qi, Ye Xuan left the Sword Palace and continued toward the divine palace, reaching Nascent Soul Realm Third Level along the way. He encountered fleeing rogue cultivators being pursued by the Carefree Holy Land.

• Ye Xuan told the Nascent Soul Cultivators that Jian Qi was dead, then departed from the Sword Palace.
• Powerful cultivators and prodigies across the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm formed five major factions and converged on the divine palace.
• Ye Xuan emerged from another site of opportunity at Nascent Soul Realm Third Level and realized all five hundred and one routes in his mind had disappeared.
• Ye Xuan heard that the Carefree Holy Land was hunting rogue cultivators and continued onward as injured cultivators rushed past him.
• A fleeing cultivator warned Ye Xuan that the Carefree Holy Land pursuers were coming, and a dozen or so attackers appeared behind him.

Ye Xuan rescued Wu Ya by killing two Carefree Holy Land cultivators who had attacked them. Wu Ya warned him that Gu Ran and other Origin Mansion Realm experts were in the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm, leaving Ye Xuan facing a more dangerous search for the divine palace.

• Two Carefree Holy Land cultivators attacked Ye Xuan and the injured Wu Ya while the others pursued people ahead.
• Ye Xuan easily struck down the attackers, who realized his identity and were terrified.
• Ye Xuan killed the two cultivators after they asked what he planned to do.
• Wu Ya thanked Ye Xuan and warned him that Gu Ran and Origin Mansion Realm experts were in the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm.
• Wu Ya described the five factions searching for the divine palace and said the Carefree Holy Land and Outside World Cultivator Alliance were also looking for Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan gave Wu Ya a healing pill and resources, then left, alarmed by the danger ahead.

Ye Xuan tracked down the Carefree Holy Land disciples who had killed the rogue cultivators and revealed that he had slain A Hu and his companion. After Nie Yunhai ignored Zhang Xie's warning and attacked, Ye Xuan charged at him to test his newly acquired minor accomplishment sacred body.

• Ye Xuan left Wu Ya behind and set off alone to hunt the Carefree Holy Land disciples for their resources.
• Ye Xuan arrived at a valley and found the Carefree Holy Land group standing over the corpses of the cultivators they had killed.
• Nie Yunhai learned that A Hu and another disciple had not returned, and he prepared to search for them with Zhang Xie and the others.
• Ye Xuan appeared and told Nie Yunhai's group that he had killed A Hu and his companion, then invited them to strike first.
• Zhang Xie warned Nie Yunhai that Ye Xuan had killed Jian Qi and a Heavenly Position Realm Ninth Level expert, but Nie Yunhai attacked anyway.
• Ye Xuan charged at Nie Yunhai without using a martial technique, intending to test his minor accomplishment sacred body.