Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan crippled Gu Rufeng after defeating him, provoking Yun Lie and the four rival powers. Yun Lie revealed that he had recruited Ye Xuan and Han Bingning, but Ye Xuan denied ever agreeing to join and mocked him, prompting Yun Lie to attack.

• Ye Xuan trampled Gu Rufeng and challenged the other geniuses, but none dared step forward.
• After Yun Lie told Ye Xuan to release him, Ye Xuan kicked Gu Rufeng away, crippled his cultivation, and took his storage ring.
• Yun Lie blamed Ye Xuan for endangering the Great Yun Dynasty, then admitted he had recruited Ye Xuan and Han Bingning.
• The four Venerable Realm experts demanded Ye Xuan be handed over, and Yun Lie offered him up while urging Han Bingning to leave with him.
• Ye Xuan said he and Han Bingning had never agreed to join the Great Yun Dynasty and mocked Yun Lie for assuming they had.
• Enraged, Yun Lie unleashed his Venerable Domain and sent a gigantic palm toward Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan used Rule Suppression to reduce Yun Lie and every cultivator in the area above the Heavenly Position Realm First Level to that level, while his Sacred Armor protected him from Yun Lie’s initial attack. After confirming the rule’s lower limit, Ye Xuan charged at Tyrant Lord, who met him in midair.

• Yun Lie struck at Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan invoked Power of Rules and blocked the palm with his Sacred Armor.
• Yun Lie discovered his cultivation had fallen to the Heavenly Position Realm First Level, and the other Venerable Realm Peak Stage cultivators questioned him.
• Ye Xuan suppressed everyone present above the Heavenly Position Realm First Level, including Yin Tianjiao and Han Bingning.
• Ye Xuan tested Rule Suppression on Yun Lie and confirmed it could not reduce anyone below his own true cultivation level.
• The four other Venerable Realm Peak Stage cultivators threatened Ye Xuan, and he charged at Tyrant Lord.
• Tyrant Lord charged back, and the two exchanged a powerful blast of fist wind in midair.

Ye Xuan defeated Tyrant Lord and faced a joint assault from the five great powers, while Han Bingning and Yin Tianjiao were targeted. Ye Xuan lifted the suppression on the two women and killed Yun Lie, the first Venerable Realm peak stage cultivator to fall.

• Ye Xuan shattered Tyrant Lord's punch, struck him in the chest, and slammed him into the ground, but Tyrant Lord survived and vowed revenge.
• Yun Lie ordered the Divine King Realm cultivators to attack Ye Xuan, while Yun Huangshan sent weaker cultivators after Han Bingning and Yin Tianjiao.
• Ye Xuan lifted the rule suppression on Han Bingning and Yin Tianjiao as he charged Yun Lie and Yun Huangshan.
• Yin Tianjiao crushed the heaven's chosen who attacked her, while Han Bingning froze and shattered the cultivators who approached her.
• Ye Xuan pierced Yun Lie's throat with a sword, killing the first Venerable Realm peak stage cultivator.

Ye Xuan used Rule Suppression to overwhelm the attackers and kill their strongest fighters, then charged through their combined assault with his bare body. He left seven or eight more cultivators dead, while the remaining experts continued fighting for their lives.

• Ye Xuan killed Yun Lie and then killed Yun Huangshan with the Yaoguang Sword.
• Ye Xuan rushed the other suppressed cultivators, killing more than ten with swift sword strikes.
• Tyrant Lord pretended to be dead rather than join the battle, while the remaining attackers panicked and tried to stop Ye Xuan.
• The three Venerable Realm peak-stage cultivators and the others attacked Ye Xuan together, hoping to end Rule Suppression.
• Ye Xuan put away the Sacred Armor and tore through their attacks with his flesh, killing seven or eight cultivators with his charge.

Ye Xuan slaughtered the cultivators who had besieged him, then turned his attention to the terrified prodigies. He left the white tiger alive to roast and ended the chapter with the prodigies kneeling and begging for mercy.

• Ye Xuan killed Xu Qingfeng, Xiang Tong, Cang Yan, and the other cultivators who had attacked him, ignoring their pleas and threats.
• Ye Xuan descended to Tyrant Lord, who had been pretending to be dead, and killed him when he begged for his life.
• Ye Xuan beat the white tiger nearly senseless and set him over a fire to roast.
• The terrified prodigies from the various factions fell to their knees and offered their status, wealth, and service in exchange for their lives.

Ye Xuan spared the kneeling geniuses of the Five Great Lineages and captured them to demand resources from their factions, while warning that Linfeng City would belong to him. He led the captives to the Xian Lineage and recognized Xian Nan upon arrival.

• Ye Xuan killed the stubborn cultivators who refused to surrender and told the others that the Five Great Lineages were finished and Linfeng City was his.
• Ye Xuan ordered the rogue cultivators to spread his demands: the captured geniuses could be exchanged for resources, and no one could guard the domain entrance or hunt Eastern Wasteland cultivators.
• Yin Tianjiao warned Ye Xuan that the major factions would retaliate, then left; Ye Xuan collected the geniuses' resources and set out for the Xian Lineage with Han Bingning and the captives.
• Ye Xuan's group arrived at the Xian Lineage, where Ye Xuan spotted Xian Nan.

Ye Xuan and Han Bingning purged the Xian Lineage from Linfeng City, then plundered the estates of the five great lineages and settled in to cultivate. After escape attempts were punished and news of the takeover spread, transcendent forces across the Azure Cloud Domain reacted with fury.

• Ye Xuan confronted Xian Nan and Xian Hu, and Han Bingning killed both before the Xian Lineage members either crippled their cultivation or died resisting.
• Ye Xuan took over the Xian Lineage estate, made the young prodigies eat roasted Venerable Realm white tiger, and warned them not to leave.
• Ye Xuan and Han Bingning plundered the Xian, Yun, Mo, Xing, and Zhao estates, then returned to cultivate with their new resources.
• Several young prodigies and surrendered lackeys tried to escape, but Ye Xuan killed them and hung their corpses outside Linfeng City.
• News of what happened in Linfeng City spread across the Azure Cloud Domain, enraging numerous transcendent forces.

Yun Tianyang sent Yun Chen and other Half-Saint experts toward Linfeng City after learning Ye Xuan and Han Bingning had killed a Great Yun Dynasty cultivator and detained its prodigies. While the captives complained about Ye Xuan’s lax treatment, he broke through to Heavenly Position Realm second level, and the system announced further martial-art breakthroughs.

• Yun Tianyang ordered Yun Chen to go to Linfeng City and bring back the Eastern Wasteland offenders, while Half-Saint experts from other powers also set out there.
• Rumors spread across the Azure Cloud Domain that seven or eight Half-Saints were heading to Linfeng City to punish Ye Xuan and his disciple.
• The detained prodigies grumbled that Ye Xuan neither imprisoned nor questioned them, and some young women lamented that he gave them no chance to win him over.
• Ye Xuan broke through to Heavenly Position Realm second level, prompting the prodigies to marvel at his cultivation speed and Chaos Sacred Body.
• The system told Ye Xuan that the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art had reached its fifth layer, his Primordial First Form comprehension was perfected, and his sign-in attempts had refreshed.

Ye Xuan cultivated the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger and demonstrated its power by defeating Lang Hao with one strike, despite Lang Hao’s higher cultivation. Outside Linfeng City, cultivators confirmed Ye Xuan and his master were at the Xian Lineage and planned to capture them by attacking before Ye Xuan could suppress their cultivation.

• Ye Xuan checked in and cultivated the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger for an hour.
• Ye Xuan emerged from the palace and selected Lang Hao for a spar, promising a ten-percent discount if Lang Hao endured one finger strike.
• Lang Hao used the Tyrant Gate’s Cloud-Piercing Palm, but Ye Xuan’s finger strike pierced through it and sent Lang Hao flying.
• Ye Xuan asked Lang Hao which faction he belonged to, learned he was from the Tyrant Gate, and returned to the palace.
• Outside Linfeng City, a thin cultivator reported to a black-clad female cultivator that Ye Xuan and his master were at the Xian Lineage, and the group planned to capture them with a surprise attack.

A woman in black from the Saber Sect infiltrated Linfeng City and weighed how to capture Ye Xuan before he could use Rule Suppression. Meanwhile, Ye Xuan learned that someone was hunting his followers, stayed inside the Xian Lineage estate, and went to check on Han Bingning.

• The woman in black entered Linfeng City disguised as a rogue cultivator and considered whether to storm the Xian Lineage estate or wait for Ye Xuan to leave.
• Ye Xuan cultivated for several days and advanced to the middle stage of the heavenly position realm second level.
• A short, thin cultivator told Ye Xuan that five of his people had been mysteriously killed by an infiltrator.
• Ye Xuan suspected the killer might be trying to lure him out, decided to remain inside, and went to visit Han Bingning.

Ye Xuan learned that Han Bingning had recovered and could face the Saber Sect Venerable who was targeting him. He and Han Bingning trapped the intruder in his palace, and Ye Xuan ordered her captured for the Saber Sect to ransom.

• Ye Xuan visited Han Bingning, who confirmed she had taken the Immortality Sacred Herb and recovered, and she said she could handle the Venerable from the Saber Sect.
• The woman in black infiltrated the Xian Lineage estate at night and entered Ye Xuan's palace, believing she would find him in bed.
• Ye Xuan revealed himself and provoked the woman in black until she attacked him, but his golden protection left him unharmed.
• Han Bingning struck the woman in black from behind with an ice sword, wounding her and knocking her to the ground.
• Ye Xuan ordered his people to cripple the captive and leave her for the Saber Sect to collect, but Han Bingning told him to do it himself.

Ye Xuan defeated Mo Huamei, humiliated her in front of the imprisoned prodigies, and falsely claimed she had entered his room with improper intentions. After using her resources to advance his cultivation, he considered the Saber Sect a rich target and examined a scroll called Saber Refinement, Nine Slashes.

• Ye Xuan beat Mo Huamei, severed half her meridians, and carried her out of the palace as a prisoner.
• Xu Ruhua recognized Mo Huamei, and Ye Xuan threw her down before the other imprisoned prodigies.
• Ye Xuan told the prodigies that Mo Huamei had entered his room with improper intentions, making the women wary of him.
• Mo Huamei silently wiped away tears as her reputation was ruined, while several days passed in Linfeng City.
• Ye Xuan used Mo Huamei's spirit stones and medicinal herbs to break through to Heavenly Position Realm Third Level, then examined the Saber Refinement, Nine Slashes scroll.

Ye Xuan mastered Saber Refinement Nine Slashes before eight Half-Saint experts arrived in Linfeng City to confront him and Han Bingning. As the imprisoned geniuses celebrated their rescuers, Ye Xuan prepared to collect his “harvest,” and the Half-Saints demanded that he and Han Bingning come out and pay their respects.

• Ye Xuan mastered Saber Refinement Nine Slashes in an hour, then returned to cultivating.
• Half-Saint experts and renowned geniuses gathered in Linfeng City, while Ye Xuan and Han Bingning remained at the Xian Lineage.
• Eight Half-Saints arrived above Linfeng City, and the imprisoned geniuses recognized the presences of their rescuers.
• Ye Xuan sensed the Half-Saints’ arrival and walked out of the palace, calling them a harvest of valuable geniuses.
• The eight Half-Saints appeared above the Xian Lineage and called on Ye Xuan and Han Bingning to come out and pay their respects.

Ye Xuan used the Rule Suppression Disc to reduce eight Half-Saint experts to the Heavenly Position Realm and knocked them down. He demanded payment from Yun Chen for four young prodigies, but after discovering Yun Chen's ring held too little, he ordered the prodigies to beat him; the other seven Half-Saints then attacked Ye Xuan.

• Ye Xuan confronted the eight Half-Saints and activated the Rule Suppression Disc, reducing their cultivation to the Heavenly Position Realm third level.
• Yun Chen attacked Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan shattered his palm strike and knocked all eight Half-Saints from the sky.
• Ye Xuan kicked Yun Chen into submission, identified Yun Xiyue and three other young prodigies, and demanded five billion high-grade spirit stones.
• Ye Xuan took Yun Chen's storage ring, found only 3.8 billion spirit stones, and ordered the young prodigies to beat him for the shortfall.
• The other seven Half-Saints hid their rings and charged Ye Xuan together.

Ye Xuan fought seven Half-Saints whose cultivation had been suppressed, overpowering several of them with his martial arts and movement techniques. As five continued their attack, he wounded two with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger.

• The seven Half-Saints charged Ye Xuan, but he struck one with a punch and sent him crashing into a house.
• Ye Xuan teleported behind a Half-Saint from the Tyrant Gate and hit him with the Thunder Emperor Seal, sending him flying.
• Five Half-Saints surrounded Ye Xuan and attacked from both sides, but he dodged their strikes with Divine Eyes, Absolute Domain, and Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Ye Xuan used the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger to punch bloody holes through two Half-Saints and send them flying while they screamed in pain.

Ye Xuan defeated the seven Half-Saints and forced them to submit, while Han Bingning revealed power strong enough to seize them. He demanded that the captives identify their factions and say how many spirit stones they had prepared.

• Ye Xuan used the Yaoguang Sword’s perfected Primordial First Form to defeat three Half-Saints with one strike, while the other two stayed too intimidated to challenge him again.
• Ye Xuan sat in a golden chair and ordered all seven Half-Saints to come closer so they could talk.
• When the Half-Saints refused to move, Ye Xuan called on his master, and Han Bingning’s seven palms seized them and slammed them at his feet.
• Ye Xuan asked the seven Half-Saints which factions they belonged to and how many spirit stones they had prepared, while Yun Chen hid nearby and prayed not to be noticed.

Ye Xuan forced the young geniuses to beat Yun Chen, then stripped the seven Half-Saints of their hidden resources and ordered the captives to punish them. As the onlookers began to disperse, a golden-haired young man challenged Ye Xuan to a fair fight without Rule Suppression or his master’s help.

• Ye Xuan ordered Yun Xiyue and the other young geniuses to beat Yun Chen, and they attacked while he endured without resisting.
• Ye Xuan demanded the first Half-Saint’s identity and wealth, then took both of Wu Ming’s storage rings and ordered the Myriad Phenomena Sect geniuses to beat him.
• Ye Xuan had the remaining Half-Saints stripped of their resources and handed over to the captive young geniuses for beatings.
• Ye Xuan told the watching cultivators to disperse, and most of them retreated.
• A golden-haired young man stepped forward and challenged Ye Xuan to fight without Rule Suppression or relying on his master.

Ye Xuan faced down Ao Chitian, matched his cultivation without using his rule-suppression power, and defeated and crippled him with a single punch. He then forced the other challengers to surrender their resources and leave.

• Ao Chitian confronted Ye Xuan and accused him of relying on underhanded rule suppression to win.
• Ye Xuan raised his cultivation to the Origin Mansion Realm peak stage with the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art and promised not to suppress Ao Chitian.
• Ye Xuan shattered Ao Chitian's axe attack, punched him into the ground, and destroyed his dantian and spiritual meridians.
• Ye Xuan took Ao Chitian's storage ring and challenged Zhang Muyu, Yue Fenghua, and the other prodigies to attack him together.
• Zhang Muyu, Yue Fenghua, and the others surrendered their rings to Ye Xuan and left.

After Ye Xuan defeated eight Half-Saints and claimed their spoils, the major forces in the Azure Cloud Domain formed an alliance to eliminate him. In Phoenix City, Yin Tianjiao learned that the alliance planned to use her against Ye Xuan, and the chapter ended as more than ten Half-Saints broke through the city's barrier and arrived.

• Ye Xuan sorted the Half-Saints’ spoils and offered Han Bingning the cultivation resources she needed, then asked whether she had reached Half-Saint.
• News of Ye Xuan’s defeat of eight Half-Saints spread, prompting the major forces to form an alliance and plan to eliminate him.
• Yin Tianjiao learned that the allied forces intended to threaten Ye Xuan through her, while some Yin Lineage elders proposed handing her over.
• Yin Fengyun refused to sacrifice his daughter and urged her to leave Phoenix City for her safety.
• More than ten Half-Saint experts arrived outside Phoenix City and shattered its protective barrier formation.

Seventeen Half-Saints arrived in Phoenix City and targeted the Yin Lineage, seeking Yin Tianjiao. Yin Fengyun refused to surrender his daughter, rallied his lineage, and launched a battle against the invaders.

• Seventeen Half-Saints descended on Phoenix City, broke its barrier formation, and headed toward the Yin Lineage while four rushed to the city gates.
• Yin Fengyun used a talisman to send Yin Tianjiao away and told her to leave the Azure Cloud Domain or find Ye Xuan.
• When an elder urged him to hand over Yin Tianjiao, Yin Fengyun argued that she had done nothing wrong and killed the elder for undermining the lineage.
• Yin Fengyun rallied the Yin Lineage to stand together and fight, and its members agreed to face the approaching Half-Saints.
• Yun Qiankun demanded that Yin Fengyun surrender his daughter and tried to turn the lineage against him, but Yin Fengyun ordered an attack, starting the battle.