Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan left Cloud Saint City apothecaries and alchemists with spirit herbs to treat Han Bingning, while she began recovering and he cultivated. Their destruction of the Great Yun Dynasty alarmed powers across the Azure Cloud Domain, and an ice-law woman in the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain discovered that Han Bingning was in the lower realm and summoned attendants.

• Ye Xuan reassured the apothecaries and alchemists, entrusted them with spirit herbs, and warned them not to waste or steal the medicine.
• Ye Xuan held Han Bingning as he channeled Spiritual Qi into her, and she secretly felt comforted by his concern.
• Han Bingning activated the Immortality Sacred Herb's residual power, retreated to heal, and told Ye Xuan to cultivate on his own.
• Han Bingning's injuries improved while Ye Xuan advanced his cultivation, and news of their defeat of the Great Yun Dynasty spread across the Azure Cloud Domain.
• The Myriad Phenomena Sect, the Xu Clan, Tyrant Gate, the Great Sword Sect, the Great Cang Dynasty, and other powers gathered resources to contact Upper Realm experts.
• In the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain, an ice-law woman learned Han Bingning was in the lower realm and summoned her attendants.

A woman in the Upper Realm sensed Bingning in the Azure Cloud Domain and sent the Fifth Guardian to retrieve her. Meanwhile, two Saints and six young cultivators arrived in the Azure Cloud Domain and demanded that Ye Xuan and his master come to the Great Cang Dynasty; Ye Xuan considered hunting more Half-Saints but rejected the idea of devouring people who had not wronged him.

• The woman ordered the Fifth Guardian to go to the Azure Cloud Domain and bring Bingning back, while she remained behind to cultivate.
• More than a dozen Half-Saints gathered at the Upper Realm entrance and welcomed eight arrivals, including two Saints and six young cultivators.
• The leading Saint ordered the group to go to the Great Cang Dynasty and summon Ye Xuan and his master.
• Half-Saint Cang sent messengers to Cloud Saint City, expecting Ye Xuan and his master to come pay their respects.
• After two months of cultivation, Ye Xuan advanced from the Origin Mansion Realm second level to the seventh layer and considered devouring more Half-Saints before deciding against targeting people who had not wronged him.

Ye Xuan signed in for the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, whose arrival stirred a ten-thousand-sword phenomenon and whose casual swing destroyed part of the hall. Han Bingning revealed that Saints had descended and that she came from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain, leaving Ye Xuan facing a dangerous departure from the Azure Cloud Domain.

• Ye Xuan signed in and obtained the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, an ancient divine sword that unleashed overwhelming Sword Intent and boosted his combat strength.
• Han Bingning was astonished by the sword and by Ye Xuan's ability to produce it from an unknown storage space.
• The sword's arrival made swords across the region fly toward Cloud Saint City, drawing countless cultivators there as Ye Xuan's casual swing reduced part of the hall to rubble.
• Han Bingning repaired the hall, told Ye Xuan she had recovered from her injuries, and warned that a powerful Upper Realm cultivator and other Saints had descended upon the Azure Cloud Domain.
• Han Bingning revealed that she had awakened memories of coming from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain, and Ye Xuan asked whether she was leaving.

Ye Xuan confronted Cang Yunhai, a Half-Saint delivering an oral decree from an Upper Realm Saint Venerable that ordered Ye Xuan and Han Bingning to go to the Great Cang Dynasty. Ye Xuan attacked and humiliated the messenger, leaving the two of them in the midst of a violent confrontation.

• Ye Xuan and Han Bingning discussed how difficult it would be for them to part, though Han Bingning could not promise she would stay if doing so endangered him.
• Cang Yunhai appeared over Cloud Saint City and announced the Saint Venerable's decree summoning Ye Xuan and Han Bingning to the Great Cang Dynasty.
• Ye Xuan flew out to confront Cang Yunhai after the Half-Saint rudely demanded that he and his master appear.
• Ye Xuan used the Power of Rules to suppress Cang Yunhai's cultivation and charged at him despite his claim that a Saint backed him.
• Ye Xuan repeatedly slapped Cang Yunhai, rebuking him for insulting Han Bingning and wasting one of Ye Xuan's uses of the rules.

Ye Xuan killed Cang Yunhai after the Half-Saint tried to summon him, while a sword phenomenon in Cloud Saint City drew the Upper Realm Saints and prodigies away from the imperial palace. After learning of Cang Yunhai’s death, Xia Yuan set out to confront Ye Xuan and his master.

• Ye Xuan beat Cang Yunhai, killed him, took his storage ring, and returned to Han Bingning.
• At the Great Cang Dynasty’s imperial palace, Xia Yuan assured Half-Saint Cang and the other Half-Saints that Ye Xuan and his master could not escape his summons.
• A messenger reported that ten thousand swords had bowed and rung in unison near Cloud Saint City, and Pang Qing left to investigate with the Upper Realm prodigies.
• A maid reported that Cang Yunhai’s soul jade tablet had shattered, revealing that Ye Xuan had killed him.
• Xia Yuan declared that he would personally go to Ye Xuan and his master, and Half-Saint Cang and the others followed.

After the divine-sword phenomenon drew powerful cultivators to Cloud Saint City, Ye Xuan and Han Bingning fled to avoid the Saint sent by the Great Cang Dynasty. They encountered two Saints on the way, and Han Bingning spotted a group of Half-Saints approaching, asking Ye Xuan whether he wanted to fight them.

• Cultivators flocked to Cloud Saint City after a brief divine-sword phenomenon, while rumors spread that Ye Xuan and Han Bingning had taken the sword.
• Han Bingning warned Ye Xuan that a Saint would come after him for killing Cang Yunhai, and Ye Xuan decided to flee before wiping out the Great Cang Dynasty and pursuing the Yin Lineage's vengeance.
• Han Bingning carried Ye Xuan out of Cloud Saint City and hid them from a Saint rushing toward the city in search of the divine sword.
• Han Bingning and Ye Xuan concealed themselves again as a second Saint passed nearby, leaving Ye Xuan alarmed by the power of his enemies.
• After more than two hours of flight, Han Bingning detected Half-Saints from the Great Cang Dynasty, the Tyrant Gate, and the Xu Clan, and asked Ye Xuan whether he wanted to deal with them.

Ye Xuan ambushed the peak Half-Saints racing toward Cloud Saint City, suppressing their cultivation before killing all eighteen. He collected their resources and escaped with Han Bingning.

• Ye Xuan activated his rule power and charged out to confront the approaching experts.
• Half-Saint Cang and the other peak Half-Saints realized Ye Xuan's rule power had suppressed their cultivation to the Origin Mansion Realm seventh layer.
• Ye Xuan appeared before them with his cultivation enhanced to the Divine Emperor Realm and rejected their pleas and threats.
• Ye Xuan summoned eighteen Thunder Emperor Seals and killed Half-Saint Cang and the other seventeen peak Half-Saints.
• Ye Xuan collected the fallen experts' resources and fled with Han Bingning.

Ye Xuan killed eighteen peak Half-Saints, prompting the remaining Half-Saints to abandon their journey to Cloud Saint City. There, Pang Qing discovered that Ye Xuan and his master had already left, and he and Xia Yuan realized they were responsible for the deaths.

• Nearby cultivators found the remains of Half-Saint Cang, Xu Qingyun, Ba Wudi, and fifteen other Half-Saints, then gathered the valuable flesh and blood.
• More than twenty Half-Saints learned that eighteen Half-Saints had died and fled rather than continue toward Cloud Saint City.
• Pang Qing searched Cloud Saint City for the divine sword but found no trace of it.
• A cultivator told Pang Qing that Ye Xuan and his master had been in the city; when another cultivator could not say when they left, Pang Qing killed him with holy light.
• Pang Qing and Xia Yuan saw eighteen stars perish and realized Ye Xuan and his master had killed the Half-Saints; Pang Qing departed, while Xia Yuan raged at Ye Xuan.

Xia Yuan pursued Ye Xuan and Han Bingning after they escaped, while Ye Xuan cultivated during their flight to seek a way to survive the Saints. He broke through to the Origin Mansion Realm Eighth Layer, but Han Bingning sensed that a Saint had caught up with them again.

• Xia Yuan vowed to kill Ye Xuan and pursued him into the void, stirring thunder with his Saint's power.
• Han Bingning changed direction after Ye Xuan sensed Saints following them, then withdrew her protection so she could fly faster.
• Ye Xuan endured the astral winds and cultivated with the energy he had absorbed from eighteen peak Half-Saints, hoping to refresh his system check-ins.
• Ye Xuan broke through to the Origin Mansion Realm Eighth Layer in less than an hour, and Han Bingning sensed a Saint drawing near again.

Ye Xuan used a system check-in reward to transfer the Ice Sacred Body to Han Bingning as Pang Qing pursued them. Han Bingning began fusing with it, while Pang Qing stopped in shock at her sudden awakening.

• Ye Xuan received the transferable Ice Sacred Body from his refreshed system check-in.
• Pang Qing caught up and threatened Ye Xuan and Han Bingning, so Han Bingning stopped and prepared to hold him off.
• Ye Xuan told Han Bingning not to resist and used the Ice Sacred Body on her.
• Ice-type phenomena filled the surrounding area as Han Bingning recognized the gift and began comprehending the ice rules.
• Ye Xuan heard that Han Bingning's fusion had reached 80%, while Pang Qing halted in disbelief at her Sacred Body awakening.

Han Bingning used her Ice Domain to hinder Pang Qing while merging with her Ice Sacred Body, and Ye Xuan charged out to hold the Saint off. Pang Qing was shocked by Ye Xuan’s cultivation-raising divine ability and sword technique, and his greed grew.

• Pang Qing attacked Han Bingning before her Ice Sacred Body could awaken, but she raised walls of ice to block his strike.
• Han Bingning told Ye Xuan to flee and warned that her defenses would not last, then confirmed that her Ice Domain could suppress part of Pang Qing’s cultivation.
• Ye Xuan told Han Bingning to focus on merging with her Ice Sacred Body and charged at Pang Qing to buy her time.
• Ye Xuan used the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art to reach the Divine Emperor Realm third layer, manifested his Sacred Armor, and attacked Pang Qing with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and Primordial Unity Second Form.
• Pang Qing recognized Ye Xuan’s cultivation-raising divine ability and divine ability sword technique, then became consumed by greed for Ye Xuan’s and Han Bingning’s powers.

Ye Xuan discovered that his sword could drain Pang Qing’s cultivation even before killing him, while Pang Qing became obsessed with Ye Xuan’s treasures and attacked again. The chapter left Ye Xuan eager to keep farming cultivation from the Saint.

• Pang Qing shattered Ye Xuan’s sword strike with a punch, but Ye Xuan’s Sacred Armor protected him, and the punch’s Dao resonance was devoured by the black-clad woman in his consciousness.
• Pang Qing recognized Ye Xuan’s Sacred Armor and resolved to kill him for his treasures before Xia Yuan arrived.
• Ye Xuan attacked Pang Qing with Slay an Immortal with One Sword, cutting deeply into his arm.
• Pang Qing rejoiced at the power of Ye Xuan’s sword, but failed to react seriously when his Dao resonance and cultivation began to drain away.
• Ye Xuan realized his sword could devour Pang Qing’s cultivation without physical contact or a killing blow and saw him as an EXP mob to farm.

Ye Xuan relentlessly attacked Pang Qing, draining his cultivation and Dao resonance while his Sacred Armor let him withstand the Saint’s blows. Han Bingning completed her Ice Sacred Body fusion, and as her lightning tribulation descended, she charged at Xia Yuan, threatening to drag him into it.

• Ye Xuan used Pang Qing as a source of cultivation while testing and refining his sword techniques, then stopped dodging and attacked him without restraint.
• Xia Yuan arrived and watched in shock as Pang Qing struggled against Ye Xuan, but Pang Qing demanded that he join the fight.
• Ye Xuan pierced Pang Qing with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and attacked again with Thunder Emperor Seal and Deadly Sword Strike, further weakening him.
• Xia Yuan unleashed his Saint domain and charged at Ye Xuan to help Pang Qing.
• Ye Xuan received confirmation that Han Bingning’s Ice Sacred Body fusion had reached 100 percent as her lightning tribulation descended.
• Han Bingning rose and charged at Xia Yuan, apparently intending to pull him into her tribulation.

Han Bingning and Xia Yuan were caught in her Sacred Body lightning tribulation while Ye Xuan fought Pang Qing. Ye Xuan killed Pang Qing with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger and devoured his Dao resonance, while Xia Yuan remained under the tribulation’s assault.

• Han Bingning attacked Xia Yuan with her Ice Fist as her Sacred Body lightning tribulation began, and the lightning struck them both.
• Xia Yuan was badly wounded by the tribulation lightning, while Han Bingning focused on resisting it.
• Ye Xuan wounded Pang Qing, who grew fearful and tried to flee as his cultivation and Dao resonance were devoured.
• Ye Xuan pursued Pang Qing and mocked him as Pang Qing vowed revenge without turning to fight.
• Ye Xuan killed Pang Qing with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger and devoured his Dao resonance as a brilliant star fell.

An old man and young man from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain arrived in the Azure Cloud Realm as Han Bingning’s Ice Sacred Body emerged and a Saint fell. Ye Xuan killed the weakened Xia Yuan with True Solar Fire, then Han Bingning whisked him away just before the visitors arrived.

• Kun Hai welcomed the two visitors from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain, and the young man dismissed him while the old man told him not to worry about their visit.
• Kun Hai witnessed the Ice Sacred Body’s emergence and a Saint’s star fall, then fled without investigating.
• The old man and young man recognized Han Bingning’s Ice Sacred Body and went to find it.
• After the lightning tribulation ended, Xia Yuan demanded that Ye Xuan kneel and tried to strike him.
• Ye Xuan used True Solar Fire to kill Xia Yuan and absorb his cultivation.
• Han Bingning carried Ye Xuan away, and the visitors arrived as the old man recognized the True Solar Fire.

After Han Bingning merged with the Ice Sacred Body, she fled with Ye Xuan until they stopped to face their pursuers. Li Tian and Gai Nie recognized her as their young mistress and demanded she return to the Lineage, while Gai Nie threatened Ye Xuan.

• Li Tian sensed that True Solar Fire had appeared and pursued Han Bingning and Ye Xuan with Gai Nie.
• Cultivators from the Azure Cloud Domain arrived at the ruined battlefield but found no trace of the Ice Sacred Body.
• Ye Xuan told Han Bingning to stop running, and she kissed his cheek before urging him to stay alive.
• Li Tian and Gai Nie caught up and bowed to Han Bingning as their young mistress.
• Han Bingning denied her identity and used her blood essence to warn the two men not to act against her.
• Li Tian ordered Han Bingning to return to the Lineage, while Gai Nie pressed his Venerable Domain against Ye Xuan and threatened to kill him.

Ye Xuan struck Gai Nie down after Gai Nie threatened him, crippling his cultivation and forcing Li Tian to stand aside. Han Bingning left with Li Tian and Gai Nie, while Ye Xuan told Han Bingning to wait for him before preparing to leave; then someone appeared before him.

• Ye Xuan kissed Han Bingning’s cheek to provoke Gai Nie, and Han Bingning warned Gai Nie that she would kill him if he touched Ye Xuan.
• Gai Nie threatened Ye Xuan as he prepared to leave, but Ye Xuan attacked with the Thunder Emperor Seal and defeated him with one palm.
• Ye Xuan stomped Gai Nie into the ground, destroyed his Dao foundation, and kicked him toward Li Tian.
• Li Tian recognized the Thunder Emperor Seal and asked whether Ye Xuan was Sage Xuanyuan’s successor, while Ye Xuan told Han Bingning to wait for him.
• Han Bingning warned Li Tian not to harm Ye Xuan and left with him and the crippled Gai Nie; a figure then appeared before Ye Xuan.

Kun Hai urged Ye Xuan to leave the Azure Cloud Domain for the Upper Realm and gave him a token to join the Great Saint Sect as an outer disciple. He prepared to send Ye Xuan away, while Ye Xuan grew suspicious after Kun Hai assured him that the Ancient Desolate Holy Land was safe.

• Ye Xuan tried to flee from Kun Hai, but Kun Hai remained exactly one thousand meters away, so Ye Xuan stopped and asked who he was.
• Kun Hai urged Ye Xuan to leave for the Upper Realm, citing his Chaos Sacred Body, the dangers of remaining in the Azure Cloud Domain, and the need to find his master and Yin Tianjiao.
• Kun Hai gave Ye Xuan a token that would let him bypass assessments and join the Great Saint Sect as an outer disciple, and Ye Xuan accepted it.
• Kun Hai warned that the forces behind Pang Qing and Xia Yuan would investigate their deaths and said he would send Ye Xuan away.
• Ye Xuan asked whether the Ancient Desolate Holy Land in the Eastern Wasteland would be safe, and Kun Hai assured him it would be before abruptly stopping himself from saying more.

Ye Xuan crossed the dangerous passage into the Yuanqing Realm, where the dense Spiritual Qi triggered an uncontrollable breakthrough. After enduring a lightning tribulation, he teleported away before nearby cultivators could reach him.

• Ye Xuan entered the vortex passage after asking Kun Hai to look after the Eastern Wasteland, and his body absorbed the laws that struck him.
• Ye Xuan emerged at the passage’s far side, spotted the barrier formation and its spirit-stone grooves, then hurried toward the Yuanqing Realm to avoid pursuit.
• Ye Xuan crossed the Yuanqing Realm marker and struggled to suppress his cultivation as its dense Spiritual Qi poured into him.
• Ye Xuan reached a valley, broke through to the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Origin Mansion Realm, and endured a lightning tribulation as nearby cultivators rushed toward him.
• After more than two hours, Ye Xuan survived the tribulation, teleported twenty thousand meters away, and fled using Wandering Dragon Steps.

After arriving in Bright Moon City, Ye Xuan saw how powerful the Yuanqing Domain’s cultivators were and decided to buy maps to learn about the region and find the Great Saint Sect. He left the shop attendant stunned by readily agreeing to pay twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones.

• Cultivators arrived at the valley where Ye Xuan had undergone his lightning tribulation; sect-backed cultivators left to report their discovery, while rogue cultivators stayed to cultivate amid the lingering resonance.
• Ye Xuan reached Bright Moon City and was startled by the strength of its cultivators, including a Saint Realm expert entering the city.
• Ye Xuan concealed his presence with his Supreme Mortal Bone and entered Bright Moon City to find a map of the Yuanqing Domain and the major powers.
• A shop attendant offered Ye Xuan detailed maps and warned him that traveling to the Great Saint Sect would be dangerous with his cultivation.
• The attendant quoted a price of twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones, and Ye Xuan immediately handed over a storage ring and said he would buy it.