Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan broke through to the Divine King Realm and used his newly expanded Absolute Domain and Aura Concealment Technique to hide from the Venerable. The chapter left him teleporting behind his pursuer and striking with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword.

• Ye Xuan successfully broke through from the Spirit Transformation Realm to the Divine King Realm.
• The Venerable attacked, but Ye Xuan used his increased speed to evade him and hide behind a tree.
• Ye Xuan secretly expanded his Absolute Domain and discovered the Venerable could not detect it, even where their domains overlapped.
• The Venerable searched and threatened Ye Xuan, unaware that he had stepped inside Ye Xuan's Absolute Domain.
• Ye Xuan teleported behind the Venerable and unleashed the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword's Primordial Unity Second Form.

Ye Xuan killed a Venerable with the Primordial Unity Second Form, then used Yue Mei as a decoy while he concealed himself and ambushed more Venerables on the way to the imperial city. After several days of fighting, he still could not use several of his abilities or sign in, while the barefoot woman in black watched and said he needed to be tempered.

• Ye Xuan used the Primordial Unity Second Form to kill a Venerable in one strike and flatten the surrounding ground.
• Ye Xuan found Yue Mei hiding in a pit and asked her to lead the way to the imperial city.
• Ye Xuan had Yue Mei travel ahead as a target while he followed under the Aura Concealment Technique, planning to ambush anyone who approached.
• Ye Xuan realized he could not sign in or use the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art, the Power of Rules, or the Sacred Armor.
• The barefoot woman in black watched from the divine palace and said Ye Xuan needed to be tempered, while wondering why the Saint Realm cultivators had not appeared.
• Over several days, Ye Xuan ambushed and killed more Venerables, and Yue Mei collected a slain cultivator’s spatial ring and praised him.

Duan Tianxiong led eight Saint Realm cultivators into the strange region to search for the missing Yong Xiaoyi and pursue Ye Xuan. Meanwhile, Huang Jingshan confronted Yue Mei, who recognized him and froze in fear.

• Yue Mei continued leading Ye Xuan onward, now eager for powerful enemies and the resources they might yield.
• Duan Tianxiong and eight Saint Realm cultivators worried that Yong Xiaoyi had been killed by Ye Xuan and sensed a strange force drawing them into the region.
• Duan Tianxiong ordered the group to enter together and search for Yong Xiaoyi, warning them not to split up.
• Huang Jingshan suddenly appeared before Yue Mei and demanded that she kneel, while wondering whether Ye Xuan had already been killed.
• Yue Mei recognized Huang Jingshan as the merchant ship's second deacon and panicked, unsure what to do.

Ye Xuan watched as Huang Jingshan and the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s fighters mistook each other for enemies, then secretly attacked one of the Venerables to ignite a battle. The chapter left the surrounding experts fighting while Yue Mei remained caught between them.

• Ye Xuan prepared to intervene when Huang Jingshan confronted Yue Mei, but held back when seven more fighters arrived.
• The newcomers surrounded Huang Jingshan, and their early Half-Saint leader mistook him for Ye Xuan and warned that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s experts were coming.
• Huang Jingshan tried to get Yue Mei to identify him, but she could not bring herself to help him; he then refused to hand her over to the leading Half-Saint.
• Ye Xuan sent the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword underground and killed one of the Venerables with a surprise attack, triggering a great battle.

Huang Jingshan was blamed for a Venerable's sneak-attack death and fought off the cultivators who gathered to kill him. After a Half-Saint self-destructed and two more attacked him, a sudden sword strike pierced Huang Jingshan between the brows.

• A Half-Saint and five Venerables charged at Huang Jingshan, who insisted he had not launched the sneak attack.
• Huang Jingshan killed two Venerables with two punches while Yue Mei escaped from the battle.
• More cultivators joined the fight, and Huang Jingshan killed over eight Venerables as he battled the Half-Saints.
• The early Half-Saint, with his arms shattered, abandoned his defenses and charged at Huang Jingshan to self-destruct.
• Two Half-Saints struck Huang Jingshan from behind as the explosion blasted him away and left him grievously wounded.
• As Huang Jingshan prepared to attack the two Half-Saints, a sudden sword strike pierced his brow.

Ye Xuan killed Huang Jingshan and fled, while a mysterious woman in black ambushed and killed the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s Saint Realm expert Nangong Hong. Ye Xuan then found Nangong Hong’s corpse and storage ring without knowing how they had appeared before him.

• Ye Xuan killed Huang Jingshan with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, took his storage ring, and escaped as two Half-Saints watched.
• A Thousand Leaves Merchant Association Saint Realm expert identified the dead man as its steward Huang Jingshan and pursued Ye Xuan and Yue Mei.
• Nangong Hong encountered a strange, half-illusory woman in black, whose finger strike destroyed him and devoured his Dao resonance.
• Ye Xuan felt a sudden stabbing pain in his head and found Nangong Hong’s corpse and storage ring before him.

Ye Xuan fled after an unknown force killed Saint Mu Ming, while Duan Tianxiong’s group discovered the death and chose to summon a stronger elder. Ye Xuan caught up with Yue Mei, but an old Saint suddenly appeared in their path.

• Ye Xuan absorbed Mu Ming’s cultivation and hurried away, fearing the other Saints would hunt him down.
• Duan Tianxiong and eight companions arrived, found Mu Ming dead, and used a secret art to view the killing.
• The group saw an unseen attacker kill Mu Ming with a single finger, so Duan Tianxiong suspended the search and sent word to the eighth elder.
• Ye Xuan caught up with Yue Mei, and they continued fleeing together through Beast Gorge Ridge.
• An old man appeared before Ye Xuan and Yue Mei, laughing that he had finally found them.

Ye Xuan discovered he could use the Power of Rules again and confronted a late Half-Saint who threatened him and Yue Mei. He reduced the old man's cultivation to the Divine King Realm and killed him, but another man watching the fight suddenly moved.

• A late Half-Saint appeared, leered at Yue Mei, and demanded Ye Xuan's concealment technique while sealing off their escape.
• Ye Xuan realized he could use the Power of Rules again and taunted the old man, who mistook Ye Xuan's Divine King cultivation for weakness.
• The old man charged, and Ye Xuan used the Power of Rules to reduce him to the Divine King Realm.
• Ye Xuan struck the old man with one punch, sent him crashing through a mountaintop, and stomped him to death.
• A man who had watched the fight suddenly moved.

Yong Xiaoyi ambushed Ye Xuan, but a mysterious woman emerging from a divine palace in Ye Xuan’s mind killed him with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger. Ye Xuan fled with Yue Mei while trying to understand what had happened, and Duan Tianxiong and the others arrived to find Yong Xiaoyi dead.

• Yong Xiaoyi found Ye Xuan after escaping an entrapment formation and attacked him by surprise.
• The mysterious phantom appeared from a divine palace in Ye Xuan’s mind and killed Yong Xiaoyi with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger.
• Ye Xuan collected Yong Xiaoyi’s spatial ring, seized Yue Mei, and fled as he wondered who the phantom was.
• Yue Mei mistook Ye Xuan’s confusion for brain damage, but he told her to be quiet and continued on.
• Duan Tianxiong and the other seven arrived and discovered that Yong Xiaoyi had died.

After leaving Beast Gorge Ridge, Ye Xuan watched Yue Mei test herself against a Half-Saint demonic beast before he killed it and continued cultivating. He broke through to divine king realm fourth level, triggering a system mission and restoring his ability to check in.

• Duan Tianxiong and the surviving Thousand Leaves Merchant Association experts decided to leave Beast Gorge Ridge, and the Eighth Elder set out from the imperial capital after learning two Saint Realm experts had died.
• Ye Xuan and Yue Mei emerged from Beast Gorge Ridge, where Yue Mei showed how much her combat skills had improved through their deadly journey.
• Yue Mei attacked a Half-Saint demonic beast but was badly injured, so Ye Xuan killed it with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
• Ye Xuan advanced from divine king realm third level peak to divine king realm fourth level after cultivating for a day in a cave.
• The system announced that Ye Xuan's check-in count had refreshed and a system mission had been triggered.

Ye Xuan checked in and received three uses of the Sealing Realm, then learned that the system wanted him to kill the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s remaining eight Saints and eventually destroy the entire association. He set out with Yue Mei to find the eight experts, but after a long walk without encountering anyone, he wondered whether the association had stopped pursuing them.

• Ye Xuan checked in and obtained the Sealing Realm, which could trap everyone in a thousand-li radius and lower Saints’ cultivation, but required him to kill every hostile being inside to escape.
• The system assigned Ye Xuan missions to kill the eight remaining Saints of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association and to destroy the association and kill its two heads.
• Ye Xuan considered the danger of the missions and complained that the system’s three uses of the Sealing Realm were not enough.
• Ye Xuan left the cave with Yue Mei and told her he was heading to find the eight Saints; Yue Mei reluctantly followed him despite fearing they would die.
• After walking for over ten minutes without meeting cultivators or demonic beasts, Ye Xuan asked Yue Mei whether the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association had called off its pursuit.

Ye Xuan learned that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association had many Saint Realm experts and that its Eighth Elder was likely coming to Black Stone Town. He headed there to confront the eight Saints and their important guest, while Yue Mei stayed behind, and arrived as Duan Tianxiong and the others waited in the town.

• Yue Mei told Ye Xuan that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association had about thirty Saint Realm cultivators and that its Eighth Elder was likely at the peak Saint Realm.
• Ye Xuan beat a Venerable Realm cultivator who came to investigate and learned that Duan Tianxiong and seven others had gone to Black Stone Town to welcome an important figure.
• Ye Xuan killed the Venerable after Yue Mei gave him directions to Black Stone Town, then set out with her.
• Ye Xuan guessed the important figure was the Eighth Elder and dismissed Yue Mei's concerns about facing nine Saint Realm cultivators.
• Ye Xuan told Yue Mei to hide rather than accompany him, then reached Black Stone Town, where Duan Tianxiong and the other seven were staying.

Duan Tianxiong and seven other Saints waited in Black Stone Town for the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s Eighth Elder, fearing the mysterious expert in Beast Gorge Ridge. Ye Xuan entered town intending to investigate before attacking, but the eight Saints appeared overhead, drawing his hostile attention.

• Duan Tianxiong dismissed the possibility that an Emperor Realm expert had appeared in Beast Gorge Ridge and led the others to welcome the Eighth Elder.
• Ye Xuan entered Black Stone Town and considered how he might fight the Saints after their cultivation was suppressed by the Sealing Realm.
• Eight Saints from the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association flew over Black Stone Town, and the townspeople recognized them.
• Ye Xuan identified the eight as his targets and grew angry at their showy arrival, vowing to beat them.

Ye Xuan concealed his cultivation and appeared before the Eighth Elder and Duan Tianxiong’s group, pretending to be an overwhelmingly powerful expert. He left them stunned by calling them ants and demanding that they admit their guilt.

• The Eighth Elder arrived in a blaze of golden light, and his presence and greeting injured or killed many cultivators below.
• The Eighth Elder snorted at Duan Tianxiong and the others, frightening them and causing more cultivators to die from the sound.
• Ye Xuan rose into the sky in dazzling golden radiance and confronted the Eighth Elder, whose Saint Realm Domain could not detect him.
• Ye Xuan used his Aura Concealment Technique and Supreme Mortal Bone to hide his cultivation while enduring the pressure of the nine Saint Realm experts.
• Ye Xuan called the Eighth Elder and his companions ants and little bugs, claimed to be an Emperor, and demanded that they admit their guilt.

Ye Xuan pretended to be an Emperor Realm powerhouse to intimidate the Eighth Elder and Duan Tianxiong, then used Sealing Realm to suppress their cultivation when the Eighth Elder prepared to attack. The Eighth Elder saw through the bluff after sending Ye Xuan flying, and Ye Xuan faced the charging Saints while realizing he was badly outmatched.

• Ye Xuan claimed to be an Emperor Realm powerhouse and demanded that the Eighth Elder and the others kneel.
• The Eighth Elder challenged Ye Xuan, so Ye Xuan activated Sealing Realm and suppressed the Saints to Half-Saint cultivation.
• Ye Xuan tried to use Rule Suppression as well, but it failed to suppress them further.
• The Eighth Elder recognized that Ye Xuan was not an Emperor Realm powerhouse and charged him; Ye Xuan used Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Formula and met the attack with Thunder Emperor Seal.
• The Eighth Elder's strike blasted Ye Xuan backward, and he called on Duan Tianxiong and the others to attack together.
• Ye Xuan realized that he could not match the Saints and might be killed if he made a wrong move.

Ye Xuan fled from nine Saint Realm cultivators after they discovered he was not an Emperor Realm expert, then used concealment and teleportation to ambush and kill one of them. The Eighth Elder ordered the marketplace sealed and searched for Ye Xuan, while the stunned cultivators witnessed the Saint’s death.

• Ye Xuan escaped into the marketplace as the Eighth Elder and eight other Saints pursued him, then concealed himself among the crowd.
• The Eighth Elder ordered everyone in the marketplace to stay still and sent the others to search for Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan tracked an early Saint Realm cultivator with his Absolute Domain and teleported behind him to launch a sword strike.
• The Saint evaded the sword but was unable to escape Ye Xuan’s follow-up finger attack, which pierced his brow and killed him.
• Ye Xuan teleported away as the pursuing Saints blasted the spot where he had stood, and the marketplace cultivators reacted in shock to the Saint’s death.

Ye Xuan killed another Saint Realm cultivator, enraging the Eighth Elder, who tried to expose him by suppressing everyone’s movements and spiritual essence. Ye Xuan concealed even his Spiritual Qi with the Supreme Mortal Bone and approached another Saint Realm cultivator to prepare a surprise attack.

• Ye Xuan vanished after killing a Saint Realm cultivator, and the Eighth Elder and Duan Tianxiong struck only his afterimage.
• The Eighth Elder threatened the gathered cultivators and ordered Duan Tianxiong and the others to sense Ye Xuan’s Spiritual Qi fluctuations.
• Ye Xuan used the Supreme Mortal Bone to conceal both his presence and Spiritual Qi, evading the Eighth Elder’s search.
• Ye Xuan approached another early Saint Realm cultivator, calculating that his combined techniques might kill the target before the Eighth Elder could respond.

Ye Xuan killed Nie Yuan with a sudden sword attack and escaped, leaving the eighth elder and the other Thousand Leaves Merchant Association experts unable to locate him. Enraged, the eighth elder ordered a massacre of the fleeing cultivators.

• Nie Yuan sensed Ye Xuan’s attack, but Ye Xuan restrained and disoriented him before striking him with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
• Ye Xuan killed Nie Yuan, took his storage ring, and teleported away as another star exploded.
• The eighth elder arrived to find Nie Yuan dead and Ye Xuan gone, then considered whether to kill everyone in the market to find him.
• Duan Tianxiong asked whether they should kill the cultivators below, and a bystander shouted for everyone to flee.
• The eighth elder crushed cultivators below the Divine King Realm with his pressure, while Duan Tianxiong and the other experts killed those below the Half-Saint Realm.

Ye Xuan used the chaos caused by the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s massacre to ambush and kill another Saint Realm cultivator. As he tried to escape, the Eighth Elder struck him down and closed in.

• The Eighth Elder and the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s powerhouses slaughtered cultivators across the marketplace to flush out Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan unleashed Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown, forcing the Eighth Elder and the others to retreat from the lightning.
• Ye Xuan ambushed a Saint Realm cultivator with True Solar Fire, then appeared behind him and killed him with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger.
• Ye Xuan took the dead cultivator’s storage ring and tried to escape with Teleportation, but the Eighth Elder struck him and sent him flying.
• The Eighth Elder charged at the injured Ye Xuan, vowing not to let him escape.

Ye Xuan fought the Eighth Elder but could not overcome his overwhelming strength, so he escaped by combining Teleportation with a lightning divine ability. As the Eighth Elder and the surviving Thousand Leaves Merchant Association experts reeled from the losses, Ye Xuan began using the cultivation he had devoured to break through.

• The Eighth Elder struck Ye Xuan, who defended himself with the Wilds Body Refining Technique and Thunder Emperor Seal but was badly overpowered.
• Ye Xuan absorbed two supreme-grade spirit stones and attacked with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, but the Eighth Elder crushed his strike with two punches.
• Ye Xuan used Absolute Domain and Teleportation to flee as the Eighth Elder sensed his spatial fluctuations and pursued him.
• Ye Xuan unleashed a lightning divine ability that devastated the marketplace and struck the Eighth Elder and the others, allowing Ye Xuan to escape.
• The Eighth Elder realized the lightning was not a tribulation and saw that only five of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association's original nine Saint Realm experts remained.
• Ye Xuan began drawing on the cultivation he had devoured to break through.