Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan bought maps in Bright Moon City, drawing the attention of Yan Gao and Yuan Long, two notorious cultivators who targeted him for murder and plunder. After they followed him outside the city and blocked his path, Yuan Long launched an attack, leaving Ye Xuan facing the pair.

• Ye Xuan paid twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones for three maps and left the shop.
• Yan Gao and Yuan Long bribed the shop attendant for information, then pursued Ye Xuan to rob him.
• Ye Xuan left Bright Moon City so he could deal with his pursuers without breaking the city's rules.
• Yan Gao and Yuan Long confronted Ye Xuan outside the city and questioned his calmness.
• Yuan Long released his Spiritual Qi and charged at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan killed Yuan Long and Yan Gao after they tried to attack him, then continued traveling, unaware that Bright Moon City had been sealed off in a search for him. Two months later, he finally felt safer far from the realm entrance.

• Yuan Long attacked Ye Xuan, who overwhelmed him with a punch and killed him with an ordinary finger strike.
• Yan Gao activated a grade-three talisman to flee, but Ye Xuan used Absolute Domain's Teleportation and killed him with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger.
• Ye Xuan took the two men’s spatial rings and left, dismissing them as too weak to be useful as EXP mobs.
• Fei Kai received holy decrees from major powers, sealed Bright Moon City, and began searching for a peak Divine King Realm cultivator after learning the man had survived the Divine King Supreme Extreme Realm lightning tribulation in Lethe Valley.
• Unaware of the search and city lockdown, Ye Xuan traveled for two months and felt safer once he was far from the realm entrance.

The Mountain and Sea Sect sent Luo Han and Fei Lie to investigate Pang Qing and Xia Yuan’s deaths, but Kun Hai warned them that Li Tian from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain had killed the pair. They left without pursuing the matter, while Ye Xuan studied a map that showed the daunting journey to the Great Saint Sect.

• The Mountain and Sea Sect’s sect master ordered peak Saint Realm cultivators Luo Han and Fei Lie to investigate Pang Qing and Xia Yuan’s deaths in the lower realm.
• Luo Han and Fei Lie confronted Kun Hai at the Azure Cloud Domain entrance and demanded to know how the two Saints had died.
• Kun Hai claimed that Li Tian from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain had killed Pang Qing and Xia Yuan, and the pair departed in alarm rather than seek revenge.
• Kun Hai believed Li Tian had taken the blame for Ye Xuan, who remained unaware of the investigation and continued studying his map.
• Ye Xuan learned that reaching the Great Saint Sect required crossing three continents, a sea, and many mountain ranges, a journey likely safe only for Saint Realm cultivators.

Ye Xuan studied the Yuanqing Domain maps and decided to travel to Kunyu City to seek transportation toward the Great Saint Sect and a temporary backer. As he cultivated on the way, he heard Chu Xue being threatened by Jing Jun.

• Ye Xuan learned that the Yuanqing Domain was vast and dangerous, with ten great powers ruling its territories and forbidden regions feared even by them.
• Ye Xuan decided to head to Kunyu City to look for a teleportation array or flying ship, while avoiding the Mountain and Sea Sect and refusing to truly join another power.
• Ye Xuan cultivated and fought demonic beasts along the way, bringing his Origin Mansion cultivation close to its peak.
• Ye Xuan heard Jing Jun threaten Chu Xue, who warned that her Chu Clan would not forgive him.

Ye Xuan came across Jing Jun and two lackeys threatening Chu Xue, but refused to play the hero and said he would not interfere. Jing Jun and his men realized they could not let Ye Xuan leave after witnessing them.

• Ye Xuan heard a commotion and went to watch, finding Jing Jun and two lackeys cornering Chu Xue.
• Jing Jun taunted Chu Xue and revealed that her father, Chu Xiong, was gravely poisoned and her sister, Chu Yu, was missing after the Chu Clan’s enemies acted against them.
• Jing Jun lunged at Chu Xue, but a twig snapped beneath Ye Xuan’s foot and alerted everyone to his presence.
• Chu Xue begged Ye Xuan to save her, while Jing Jun and his lackeys dismissed him as a weak cultivator.
• Ye Xuan said he was only passing through and would not interfere, leaving Chu Xue stunned and prompting Jing Jun’s group to decide they could not let him go.

Jing Jun ordered his lackeys to cripple Ye Xuan, then tried to seize Chu Xue, but Ye Xuan quickly defeated the men and incinerated Jing Jun. Chu Xue mistook Ye Xuan's impatience for a threat and pleaded for her life.

• Jing Jun ordered his two lackeys to attack Ye Xuan while he grabbed Chu Xue.
• Jing Jun struck Chu Xue and sent her flying as his lackeys tried to seize and cripple Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan caught the lackeys' arms, broke their limbs, and tossed them to the ground.
• Jing Jun realized Ye Xuan had defeated his men and begged for mercy, offering Chu Xue in exchange.
• Ye Xuan flicked a finger and burned Jing Jun to ash with a fire dragon.
• Chu Xue closed her eyes and told Ye Xuan she would not resist, believing he meant to harm her.

Ye Xuan reached Kunyu City seeking a route to the Great Saint Sect and learned that merchant ships could take him toward the Hundred Leaves Kingdom, but their service had paused. Meanwhile, Chu Xue returned to find the Chu Clan destroyed and fled from a pursuer, while Ye Xuan left the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower without buying a ticket.

• Chu Xue followed Ye Xuan toward Kunyu City and explained that he could travel to the Great Saint Sect's territory via the Hundred Leaves Kingdom's imperial capital.
• Chu Xue told Ye Xuan that Kunyu City had eight Saints, including the Jing Family's ancestor, and Ye Xuan escorted her to the city's outskirts before entering alone in disguise.
• Chu Xue returned to the Chu Clan estate, found it razed and its members slaughtered, and fled when a pursuer appeared beside her.
• Ye Xuan sensed the bloodshed and tension in Kunyu City, then went to the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower to seek passage.
• Ye Xuan learned that the flying ships had stopped running for at least three days and that a ticket cost one million high-grade spirit stones, so he left without buying one.

Ye Xuan watched Wang Ran and Jing Hao abuse Chu Xue and Chu Qing, then killed both men with sword strikes and rescued Chu Xue. He left the crowd wondering who had wielded the sword as he vanished with her.

• Jing Hao humiliated Chu Qing and crushed his dantian while demanding to know where his brother Jing Jun was.
• Wang Ran brought the injured Chu Xue to Jing Hao and demanded ten thousand high-grade spirit stones to reveal what had happened to Jing Jun.
• Chu Xue announced that Jing Jun was dead but refused to reveal who had killed him, even as Wang Ran threatened and assaulted her.
• Ye Xuan killed Wang Ran and Jing Hao with sudden sword strikes.
• Ye Xuan took Chu Xue away, leaving the gathered cultivators terrified and searching for the attacker.

Ye Xuan rescued Chu Xue from Kunyu City after an unknown sword cultivator killed Jing Hao and Wang Ran, prompting the Jing Family to launch an investigation. Outside the city, Chu Xue told Ye Xuan about a way to buy a merchant-ship ticket and asked him to take her to the imperial capital of the Hundred Leaves Kingdom.

• Cultivators fled after Jing Hao and Wang Ran were killed, while the wounded Chu Qing struggled away, resentful that the rescuer had saved Chu Xue but not him.
• Jing Huacai arrived with Jing Family reinforcements, learned that an unseen sword cultivator had killed Jing Hao and Wang Ran, and ordered the Lineages to investigate.
• Outside Kunyu City, Chu Xue thanked Ye Xuan for rescuing her and explained that she had no safe place left in the city.
• Chu Xue told Ye Xuan that people in Kunyu City resold dangerous bottom-hold tickets for merchant ships bound for the imperial capital of the Hundred Leaves Kingdom.
• Chu Xue asked Ye Xuan to take her along, offering to part ways with him once they reached the capital.

Ye Xuan witnessed the Lineage factions cruelly punishing people connected to the fallen Chu Clan and decided to intervene because they had been implicated in his killing of Jing Hao and Wang Ran. His resolve strengthened his Dao heart and revealed that he could break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, while his gift of a Supreme Azure Pill drew the attention of the mounted cultivators.

• Ye Xuan saw cultivators linked to the Chu Clan crippled, bound, and dragged through Kunyu City as the Lineage factions searched for the killer of Jing Hao and Wang Ran.
• A mounted cultivator whipped a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator for standing too close to the street, and Ye Xuan grew angry at the abuse of the powerless.
• Ye Xuan resolved to act as a guardian and cut down the injustice, causing his Dao heart to strengthen and revealing his barrier to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Xuan gave the injured cultivator a high-grade Supreme Azure Pill, and the mounted cultivators stopped after sensing it.

Ye Xuan admitted that he had killed Jing Hao and Wang Ran, then revealed his true cultivation and attacked the Seven Great Lineage cultivators. He killed Jing Wuchen instantly, leaving the other cultivators facing a Divine Emperor Realm Fifth Layer Rogue Cultivator.

• The returning cultivators surrounded Ye Xuan and the injured man after the man accepted Ye Xuan's Supreme Azure Pill.
• Jing Wuchen accused Ye Xuan of being connected to the deaths of Jing Hao and Wang Ran and ordered him to come along for questioning.
• Ye Xuan admitted that he had killed Jing Hao and Wang Ran and rescued Chu Xue, then said he had no powerful background and was a Rogue Cultivator.
• Ye Xuan's cultivation surged from the Origin Mansion Realm Peak Stage to the Divine Emperor Realm Fifth Layer, shocking the crowd.
• Ye Xuan charged Jing Wuchen and killed him with a single punch.

Ye Xuan killed Jing Wuchen and six peak Divine King Realm cultivators after they tried to threaten him, drawing the Seven Great Lineage’s attention. When Jing Qiongji, a Half-Saint, arrived with two Venerables, Ye Xuan realized no Saint Realm expert had come and smiled at the chance to reap a harvest.

• Ye Xuan killed Jing Wuchen with one punch, shocking the onlookers and revealing that he had hidden his cultivation.
• Ye Xuan charged the six remaining peak Divine King Realm cultivators despite their threats, and they fled while one sent up a signal flare.
• Ye Xuan used his Absolute Domain and Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword to kill all six, then collected their storage rings.
• Jing Qiongji and two Venerables arrived, and the spectators expected Ye Xuan to be killed.
• Ye Xuan noted that no Saint Realm expert had come and smiled, seeing an opportunity to reap a harvest.

Ye Xuan let the Seven Great Lineage gather around him, then used the Rule Suppression Disc to suppress their cultivation and charged to kill them. At the Jing Family, a powerful man abruptly opened his eyes.

• Jing Qiongji confronted Ye Xuan over the deaths of the Seven Great Lineage cultivators and demanded to know his identity and backing.
• Ye Xuan claimed the cultivators had tried to seize his divine pills, while secretly waiting for more experts to arrive.
• Three more Half-Saints and dozens of other experts joined Jing Qiongji’s group, surrounding Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan declared that they would all die together and activated the Rule Suppression Disc, suppressing the cultivation of everyone within two hundred li.
• Ye Xuan rushed at the weakened experts to kill them, while a man cultivating at the Jing Family suddenly opened his eyes.

Ye Xuan used his rule power to kill Jing Qiongji and the Seven Great Lineage cultivators, then fled Kunyu City as Jing Shuangdi attacked. Chu Xiong appeared to stop Jing Shuangdi and warned the Seven Great Lineage that he would fight his way back as long as he lived.

• Ye Xuan suppressed Jing Qiongji with his domain and killed him with a single palm strike.
• Ye Xuan slew the surrounding Seven Great Lineage cultivators with his palm imprints and Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, collected their storage rings, and fled.
• Jing Shuangdi pursued Ye Xuan and struck the city with a giant palm, killing many bystanders as Ye Xuan escaped Kunyu City.
• Chu Xiong appeared and suppressed Jing Shuangdi's domain, then blasted him back with a fist strike.
• Chu Xiong told Jing Shuangdi to warn the other six old bastards that he would fight his way back while he remained alive, then vanished.

After Chu Xiong’s appearance drew the Seven Great Lineage Saints away from Kunyu City, Ye Xuan returned in disguise and bought two cheap ship tickets to escape. As he left to prepare for the journey, an arrogant cultivator and his companion blocked him and demanded the tickets.

• Chu Xiong withdrew after striking Jing Shuangdi, and Saints from the Wang Family and Shen Family joined Jing Shuangdi in pursuing him.
• Ye Xuan doubled back to Kunyu City, reasoning that the Seven Great Lineage would focus on Chu Xiong, and used his Supreme Mortal Bone to conceal his identity.
• Ye Xuan joined a queue of Rogue Cultivators and bought the last two bottom-hold tickets for a merchant ship to the imperial city of the Hundred Leaves Kingdom.
• A male cultivator and a female cultivator caught up with Ye Xuan, demanded his tickets, and threatened to kill him if he refused.

Ye Xuan killed Xue Yu and his wife after they tried to take his ticket, then returned to Kunyu City and advanced to Spirit Transformation. While cultivating a newly obtained divine ability, he triggered a storm of lightning and hurriedly stopped.

• Ye Xuan attacked and killed Xue Yu and his wife, then burned their bodies with True Solar Fire and took their storage rings.
• Nearby cultivators arrived, recognized Xue Yu and his wife, and were shocked by the lingering heat and Ye Xuan's power.
• Ye Xuan went to meet Chu Xue but could not find her, then returned to Kunyu City and began cultivating in a tavern.
• After three days, Ye Xuan broke through to Spirit Transformation, condensed a divine soul, and discovered a golden divine palace in his sea of consciousness that he could not enter.
• Ye Xuan used his refreshed sign-in and received the divine ability Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown, then began cultivating it.
• Black clouds gathered over the city and lightning struck toward the tavern, so Ye Xuan abruptly stopped cultivating.

Ye Xuan’s lightning divine ability drew a mob to the Transcend Immortals Restaurant, where cultivators clashed with the staff in a chaotic battle. Ye Xuan used the fighting to kill several Venerable Realm cultivators and loot their storage rings before teleporting out of the restaurant and fleeing the city.

• Cultivators spotted lightning striking the Transcend Immortals Restaurant and rushed inside, eager to obtain Ye Xuan’s divine ability.
• The restaurant’s stewards and attendants tried to block the intruders, but the cultivators made excuses and forced their way forward.
• When the stewards threatened to kill anyone who broke the restaurant’s rules, the cultivators attacked, killing one steward and wounding several others.
• Ye Xuan left his room, teleported into the battle, killed several Venerable Realm cultivators, and took their storage rings.
• Ye Xuan shouted that he was fighting to visit a senior while continuing to attack, then teleported away and quickly left the city.

Jing Shuangdi and Zhuo Wushang arrived at the ruined Transcend Immortals Restaurant and learned that cultivators had fought over someone practicing a lightning divine ability. Jing Shuangdi pursued the guest from Room A7, while Zhuo Wushang slaughtered the surviving attackers and left.

• Jing Shuangdi and Zhuo Wushang arrived at the Transcend Immortals Restaurant and found it wrecked, with its stewards and workers down.
• A restaurant worker explained that cultivators had come to seize a guest’s lightning divine ability and fought each other, killing the restaurant stewards.
• Jing Shuangdi sensed the lightning resonance and learned that the guest was likely staying in Room A7.
• Jing Shuangdi vanished to pursue the guest, while Zhuo Wushang attacked the cultivators who had caused the disturbance.
• Zhuo Wushang killed the dozens of cultivators, rebuked them, and then vanished from the restaurant.

Jing Shuangdi realized the cultivator with the lightning divine ability had escaped and pursued him to a departing Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower ship. He stopped the boarding passengers and asked Deacon Xue to cooperate with an inspection, while Ye Xuan remained among the bottom-hold passengers.

• Jing Shuangdi found Room A7 empty and concluded that the cultivator who had displayed a lightning divine ability had fled.
• Jing Shuangdi remembered that a merchant ship was about to depart Kunyu City and rushed to intercept it, followed by Zhuo Wushang.
• Ye Xuan joined the bottom-hold passengers boarding the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower ship and kept a low profile as their deacon warned them to obey the rules.
• Jing Shuangdi appeared above the boarding area, silenced the crowd with his Saint domain, and asked Deacon Xue to let him inspect the ship for the fugitive.

Ye Xuan passed Jing Shuangdi’s inspection without being discovered and boarded the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower’s ship, where he settled into a corner of the crowded bottom hold. Three Divine Kings then asserted their dominance, and one ordered Ye Xuan to surrender his spot.

• Xue Zhaohai agreed to let Jing Shuangdi inspect the cultivators boarding the ship.
• Jing Shuangdi scanned the cultivators and their belongings with his Saint’s domain but failed to find the lightning divine ability or its owner.
• After Jing Shuangdi left, Xue Zhaohai ordered the cultivators to board, and Ye Xuan took a corner in the bottom hold.
• The deacon said the ship would reach the Hundred Leaves Kingdom’s imperial city in three months, then shut the hold’s door.
• Three Divine Kings released their pressure, and one stepped in front of Ye Xuan and demanded his spot.