Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan refused to surrender his place to Yan Kai and revealed that he was a Divine King, crushing and crippling him in a fight. The steward arrived to investigate while Ye Xuan remained calm and the other cultivators worried about testifying.

• Yan Kai and two other Divine Kings demanded that cultivators give up their places, and the others complied while Ye Xuan refused.
• Yan Kai threatened Ye Xuan and attacked him, but Ye Xuan revealed his Divine King Realm strength and countered with the Emperor Formula.
• Ye Xuan broke Yan Kai's arm, destroyed his dantian, and left him crippled on the floor.
• Ye Xuan asked the surrounding cultivators to testify that Yan Kai had provoked him and attacked first, and they readily agreed.
• The steward arrived to investigate the disturbance as the cultivators feared testifying, while Ye Xuan remained seated with his eyes closed.

Ye Xuan cultivated aboard the merchant ship while steward Xue Zhaohai searched for the cultivator with a lightning divine ability. Xue arranged an exchange gathering and Dao discussion to draw out the unknown cultivator, and the steward entered the lower hold to announce it.

• The steward took the badly injured Yan Kai away without confronting Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan resumed cultivating in the lower hold.
• Ye Xuan spent a month cultivating and reached the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm second level while avoiding drawing attention.
• Xue Zhaohai ordered Zheng Hong to investigate the ship for a cultivator who practiced a lightning divine ability, but the search found no suspicious person among those checked.
• Xue Zhaohai decided to hold an exchange gathering and Dao discussion so the suspected cultivator might reveal himself.
• Ye Xuan reached the Spirit Transformation Realm third level as news of the gathering spread throughout the ship.
• The steward entered the lower hold, and the cultivators looked up at him.

A steward invited Ye Xuan and the other Rogue Cultivators from the bottom hold to a merchant-ship gathering and Dao discussion, where good performances could earn better accommodations. At the lavish event, cultivators mocked and shunned Ye Xuan’s group, leaving Ye Xuan wondering whether to slap them down as he calmly enjoyed the refreshments.

• The steward announced a gathering and Dao discussion, offering free lower- or middle-class cabin accommodations as a possible reward.
• The next day, Ye Xuan and the other Rogue Cultivators followed the steward to a grand hall on the merchant ship’s third floor.
• Several attendees sneered at the Rogue Cultivators’ arrival and insulted them as lowly and dirty.
• The steward led Ye Xuan’s group to a corner and promised the merchant ship would protect them as long as they did not provoke others or strike first.
• Nearby cultivators moved away from Ye Xuan’s group, and Ye Xuan considered whether to retaliate before casually eating the drinks and pastries.

Ye Xuan mocked Feng Ran and Jing Yu after they insulted him, and Jing Yu challenged him on the Dao discussion platform. As they faced off, Xue Zhaohai questioned a bloodied captive who reacted with shock when she saw Ye Xuan.

• Ye Xuan dismissed Feng Ran and Jing Yu as mad dogs, provoking their anger.
• Jing Yu held back from attacking when the Dao discussion was announced, then challenged Ye Xuan from the platform.
• Ye Xuan calmly accepted the challenge and stepped onto the platform opposite Jing Yu.
• Xue Zhaohai asked a bloodied captive whether Jing Yu and Ye Xuan were involved; she showed little reaction to Jing Yu but was shocked by Ye Xuan.
• Jing Yu taunted Ye Xuan to kneel and beg for mercy, threatening not to spare his life.

Ye Xuan revealed his Divine King Realm strength, defeated Jing Yu with one punch, and killed him on the Dao Discussion Platform before challenging Feng Ran and the others. Elsewhere aboard the ship, Xue Zhaohai learned that Ye Xuan had cultivated a lightning divine ability.

• Ye Xuan mocked Jing Yu's demand that he kneel and apologize, then charged at him.
• Ye Xuan's presence surged to the Divine King Realm, and his punch crippled Jing Yu.
• Ye Xuan declared he would kill Jing Yu and beheaded him with a flash of his sword.
• Ye Xuan challenged Feng Ran and the others, then mocked them when they refused to fight.
• Under Xue Zhaohai's interrogation, the woman confirmed that Ye Xuan had cultivated a lightning divine ability, delighting Xue Zhaohai.

Ye Xuan prepared to leave the Dao discussion platform after defeating Jing Yu, but Lin Wu challenged him and vowed to kill him. Ye Xuan stood firm against Lin Wu’s killing pressure, mocked his hypocrisy, and faced his attack.

• Lin Wu rushed onto the platform and challenged Ye Xuan, claiming he would avenge Jing Yu and take Ye Xuan’s life.
• The crowd recognized Lin Wu as a notorious peak Divine King rogue cultivator with a record of killing a Divine Emperor through a trap.
• Lin Wu unleashed his killing pressure, but Ye Xuan remained unmoved and told him to kneel and beg for mercy.
• Ye Xuan called out Lin Wu for condemning Jing Yu’s humiliation while threatening to do the same to Ye Xuan, leaving Lin Wu unable to refute him.
• Lin Wu roared and charged at Ye Xuan to kill him.

Xue Zhaohai ordered Zhao Tong and the other experts to ensure Ye Xuan was captured alive, while Ye Xuan faced Lin Wu on the Dao discussion platform. After his low-grade saber technique and weapon proved inadequate, Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to strike Lin Wu down, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Xue Zhaohai instructed Zhao Tong to capture Ye Xuan regardless of whether Ye Xuan won or lost, and Zhao Tong led the experts away.
• Lin Wu attacked Ye Xuan with Soul-Severing Saber, and Ye Xuan countered with Blazing Flame Mad Saber.
• Ye Xuan’s saber shattered as he used Triple Slash, but Lin Wu cut apart the three saber rays and mocked him.
• Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to close in on Lin Wu and struck his dantian, sending him flying with his body mangled.
• The crowd watched in bewilderment, unsure how Ye Xuan had defeated Lin Wu so quickly.

After killing Lin Wu, Ye Xuan challenged the gathered cultivators, but a middle-aged man with peak Divine King Realm strength stepped forward and attacked him. Ye Xuan killed the man with one sword strike, then a Divine Emperor Realm first-layer expert appeared, making the crowd suspect Ye Xuan was being targeted.

• Ye Xuan killed Lin Wu, took his storage ring, and invited anyone else to challenge him.
• A middle-aged man with a powerful peak Divine King Realm presence stepped onto the Dao Discussion Platform and attacked Ye Xuan with twin curved sabers.
• Ye Xuan knocked away the sabers, evaded the man's close-range assault, and killed him with Deadly Sword Strike.
• Ye Xuan took the middle-aged man's storage ring, but before he could speak, a Divine Emperor Realm first-layer expert leaped onto the platform.

Ye Xuan accepted Sun Yu’s challenge and killed him with a single sword strike, then called for another opponent. In a room, Xue Zhaohai ordered Zhao Tong to fight and demanded that Hu Chuan be summoned if Zhao Tong failed.

• Sun Yu challenged Ye Xuan and tried to provoke him into fighting.
• Ye Xuan warned Sun Yu that challenging him meant risking death, then attacked with Wandering Dragon Steps and Primordial Unity Second Form.
• Sun Yu’s defenses and counterattacks failed, and Ye Xuan killed him with one sword strike before calling for the next challenger.
• Xue Zhaohai ordered Zhao Tong to take the stage and told someone to summon Hu Chuan if Zhao Tong could not defeat Ye Xuan.
• Zhao Tong and the other person trembled when they heard Hu Chuan’s name.

Ye Xuan killed Zhao Tong on the Dao discussion platform and remained to face whoever challenged him next. Hu Chuan, a notorious poison cultivator sent by Xue Zhaohai, arrived and unleashed invisible poison at Ye Xuan.

• Zhao Tong attacked Ye Xuan with a golden halberd, but Ye Xuan overwhelmed him, disarmed him, and pierced his throat with a sword.
• Ye Xuan kicked Zhao Tong's corpse away, took his storage ring, and called for the next challenger.
• Xue Zhaohai ordered Hu Chuan to bring Ye Xuan to him without killing him.
• Hu Chuan put on a mask and approached the Dao discussion platform, alarming the crowd with his sinister presence.
• Ye Xuan recognized Hu Chuan's peak-stage Divine Emperor cultivation and deadly poison, and suspected the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower was behind the attack.
• Hu Chuan mounted the platform and released invisible poison toward Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan killed the poison cultivator Hu Chuan on the Dao discussion platform, forcing Xue Zhaohai to change his plans and lure Ye Xuan to the upper-class cabins. As Ye Xuan prepared to leave, a seductive voice called out to him.

• Hu Chuan unleashed deadly toxins against Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan resisted them and charged through the poisonous mist.
• Ye Xuan killed Hu Chuan with a sword strike, then challenged anyone else to come forward.
• Xue Zhaohai rejected sending more hidden fighters and ordered his deacons to placate Ye Xuan with rewards and take him to the upper-class cabins, where he planned to act personally.
• No cultivators dared challenge Ye Xuan, so he prepared to leave the Dao discussion platform.
• A seductive voice called Ye Xuan senior brother, and its sound left many young cultivators flushed and burning with desire.

Ye Xuan refused the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s attempt to lure him into a first-class cabin, suspecting it was a trap. After he left, the Dao discussion gathering broke up, and Xue Zhaohai flew into a rage over the failed scheme.

• A beautiful cultivator approached Ye Xuan on the Dao discussion platform, and he pointed the Yaoguang Sword at her throat, mistaking her for a challenger.
• The woman explained that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association was offering him a first-class cabin, but Ye Xuan refused and left the platform.
• The woman tried to persuade Ye Xuan to accept the cabin by hinting at her company, but he rejected her as well and returned to the bottom cabins.
• Ye Xuan concluded that the Merchant Association was trying to draw him into a trap, while the gathering ended and word spread about his strength.
• The woman returned to Xue Zhaohai without Ye Xuan, and he erupted in anger as his subordinates nervously asked what to do next.

Xue Zhaohai went to the lower hold to confront Ye Xuan after deciding to enforce the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s will. Ye Xuan sensed Xue Zhaohai’s arrival, but remained seated and calm as the peak Half-Saint fixed his gaze on him.

• Xue Zhaohai left the room and headed to the lower hold to deal with Ye Xuan personally.
• The lower-hold cultivators kept their distance from Ye Xuan, who cultivated while monitoring his surroundings with his Absolute Domain.
• Ye Xuan reflected on his cultivation and his goal of finding Han Bingning, then sensed someone enter his Absolute Domain.
• Xue Zhaohai suppressed Ye Xuan’s Absolute Domain, and Ye Xuan recognized him as a peak Half-Saint deacon of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association.
• Xue Zhaohai entered the lower hold, where the rogue cultivators bowed to him and Ye Xuan alone remained seated, watching him calmly.

Ye Xuan used Rule Suppression and the Sacred Armor to overpower Xue Zhaohai, then killed him despite his pleas and threats. Afterward, Ye Xuan concluded that no Saint Realm cultivator was aboard the merchant ship and returned to his seat, ready to continue his journey.

• Xue Zhaohai attacked Ye Xuan with his Half-Saint Domain, but Ye Xuan activated the Sacred Armor and used Rule Suppression to reduce Xue Zhaohai's cultivation to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Xuan struck Xue Zhaohai, shattered his Half-Saint body, and lifted him by the neck while the rogue cultivators watched in shock.
• Xue Zhaohai offered an apology and compensation, threatening that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association would seek revenge if Ye Xuan killed him.
• Ye Xuan rejected Xue Zhaohai's offer, crushed his neck, and destroyed his escaping soul with a flame before taking his storage ring.
• Ye Xuan returned to his seat and decided that no Saint Realm cultivator was aboard the merchant ship, so he could continue traveling without concern.

After killing Xue Zhaohai, Ye Xuan discovered a fortune in spirit stones and other resources, including rare top-grade spirit stones. He began cultivating with millions of high-grade spirit stones aboard the merchant ship, drawing attention from cultivators throughout the vessel.

• Ye Xuan examined Xue Zhaohai’s storage ring and found more than two billion high-grade spirit stones and other valuable resources.
• Ye Xuan discovered around a hundred top-grade spirit stones, learned how rare they were below the Saint Realm, and stored them in his System Space.
• Ye Xuan planned to disembark before the merchant ship reached the imperial capital and use the journey to advance to the late Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Xuan threw out several million high-grade spirit stones and began absorbing their Spiritual Qi, while the rogue cultivators nearby watched without daring to interfere.
• Cultivators throughout the merchant ship noticed the powerful disturbance and wondered who was cultivating so intensely in the bottom hold.

Ye Xuan cultivated in the lower hold so aggressively that he drained Spiritual Qi from across the merchant ship, prompting angry passengers and anxious deacons to demand action. As the deacons hesitated to face him, they sent Yue Mei to investigate, and she soon returned to the lower hold while Ye Xuan remained unaware of the commotion.

• Cultivators aboard the merchant ship complained that Ye Xuan’s cultivation had drained the ship’s Spiritual Qi and demanded that the deacons intervene.
• The deacons reported the disturbance to Xue Zhaohai’s room, where Zheng Hong worried that Xue Zhaohai had not returned from the lower hold.
• Huang Jingshan ordered Yue Mei to go check on Xue Zhaohai and assess Ye Xuan, disguising the dangerous assignment as a chance to atone and earn a reward.
• Zheng Hong told the others that if Xue Zhaohai had failed to handle Ye Xuan, they would avoid confronting him and notify the imperial city.
• Ye Xuan continued cultivating and felt his strength rising toward the fourth level of the Spirit Transformation realm.
• Ye Xuan frowned when he noticed Yue Mei had come back.

Yue Mei entered the lower hold to ask Ye Xuan about the missing Deacon Xue, and Ye Xuan revealed that Xue was dead. After learning that a woman with an awakened divine eye had exposed his lightning divine ability, Ye Xuan demanded to see her.

• Yue Mei waited nervously while Ye Xuan cultivated, then knelt and explained that Deacon Huang Jingshan had sent her to ask whether he had seen Deacon Xue.
• Ye Xuan told Yue Mei that Xue Zhaohai was dead and asked who was now the strongest aboard the merchant ship and why Xue had targeted him.
• Yue Mei said Zheng Hong was now the strongest, at the peak sixth level of Half-Saint, and that Xue had targeted Ye Xuan because of his lightning divine ability.
• Yue Mei revealed that a woman with an awakened divine eye had seen Ye Xuan's ability and told Xue about it.
• Ye Xuan ordered Yue Mei to take him to the woman immediately.

Ye Xuan discovered that the woman who had identified his lightning divine ability had escaped, then resumed cultivating aboard the merchant ship. As his cultivation drained the ship’s Spiritual Qi and enraged its passengers, a powerful group of cultivators advanced on the lower hold while the deacons watched to gauge his strength.

• Yue Mei led Ye Xuan to the room where the woman had been held, but they found it empty and Ye Xuan sensed that she had escaped using a talisman.
• Ye Xuan returned to the lower hold and resumed cultivating while Yue Mei stayed nearby, afraid to return to Huang Jingshan after betraying him.
• Zheng Hong and Huang Jingshan suspected something had happened to Xue Zhaohai and ordered the deacons not to provoke Ye Xuan while they contacted headquarters.
• Ye Xuan’s cultivation drew Spiritual Qi from the merchant ship, leaving passengers furious as the deacons stalled them and secretly obeyed orders not to interfere.
• One Half-Saint, three Venerables, more than a dozen Divine Emperors, and dozens of Divine Kings marched toward the lower hold, while Huang Jingshan decided to use their confrontation to assess Ye Xuan.

A procession of cultivators confronted Ye Xuan in the lower hold, furious that his cultivation disturbed them. After a Venerable’s shout injured Yue Mei, Ye Xuan ended his cultivation and faced the crowd, his killing intent rising as they challenged him.

• A Half-Saint, Venerables, Divine Emperors, Divine Kings, and a growing crowd headed to the lower hold to denounce Ye Xuan.
• The Rogue Cultivators and Yue Mei felt the ship shake under the approaching cultivators’ power and feared being caught in the confrontation.
• The Half-Saint and his followers entered and found Ye Xuan still cultivating, prompting a Venerable to shout and disrupt his cultivation.
• The Venerable’s voice injured Yue Mei and sent her flying, but Ye Xuan caught her and set her down safely.
• Ye Xuan stood up and questioned the crowd, while the Venerable accused him of disturbing others and locked him in his Venerable Domain.

Ye Xuan confronted a group of cultivators who had injured people in the bottom hold, defeated a Venerable with one blow, and demanded their storage rings. The Half-Saint leading them attacked as Ye Xuan’s presence surged to peak Divine Emperor, leaving their clash about to begin.

• Ye Xuan rejected the cultivators’ claim that his cultivation had disturbed them and accused them of targeting the weak.
• When a Venerable attacked, Ye Xuan shattered his palm strike and slapped him away, stunning the assembled cultivators.
• Ye Xuan demanded that the group hand over their storage rings or leave, but they angrily refused.
• The Half-Saint threatened Ye Xuan and dismissed the idea that Xue Zhaohai would protect him; Ye Xuan challenged him to attack.
• Ye Xuan gave the group ten breaths to surrender, then revealed a peak Divine Emperor presence, prompting the Half-Saint to unleash his domain and charge.