Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan hid in an abandoned shop to heal his injuries and prepare to break through, while the Eighth Elder and his allies searched for him. The Eighth Elder discovered they were sealed within a thousand-li radius and ordered the group to hunt Ye Xuan and kill everyone nearby.

• Ye Xuan fled more than a hundred li, hid in an inconspicuous shop, and began healing while concealing his Spiritual Qi fluctuations.
• Ye Xuan assessed the damage to his Sacred Body and vowed to settle matters with the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association and the Eighth Elder.
• The Eighth Elder and four allies spread their Saint Realm Domains across the area, crushing or frightening nearby living beings.
• The Eighth Elder realized his Domain could not extend beyond a thousand li and suspected they had been sealed inside the area.
• Duan Tianxiong asked what would happen if Ye Xuan had escaped, but the Eighth Elder insisted Ye Xuan could not leave and ordered them to search for him.

While the Eighth Elder’s forces massacred the marketplace and searched the sealed area for Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan broke through to Divine King Realm fourth level and found his Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art could raise him to Venerable Realm seventh layer. He left the ruined shop and prepared to target Duan Tianxiong and the others, while the Eighth Elder’s group remained trapped and feared Ye Xuan might still strike.

• The Eighth Elder ordered Duan Tianxiong and the others to slaughter the surviving cultivators, turning the marketplace into a city of corpses.
• Ye Xuan used the cultivation he had devoured from four Saint Realm cultivators, along with his resources, to break through from Divine King Realm third level to fourth level.
• Ye Xuan circulated the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art and raised his cultivation to Venerable Realm seventh layer, then planned to kill Duan Tianxiong and the other three.
• Ye Xuan left the shop and saw that the marketplace had been destroyed by the massacre.
• The Eighth Elder and his companions searched the sealed thousand-li area for Ye Xuan, with Duan Tianxiong and the others splitting up as they feared they were being used as bait.

Ye Xuan hunted the Saint Realm experts scattered through the Sealing Realm and killed one of them to draw out the Eighth Elder. As the Eighth Elder and the others surrounded him, Ye Xuan charged toward another early Saint Realm expert.

• Ye Xuan searched the ravaged Sealing Realm and found four Saint Realm experts acting separately, while the Eighth Elder remained hidden.
• Ye Xuan chose the weakest target, an early Saint Realm expert, and raised his cultivation to the Venerable Realm seventh layer with the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art.
• Ye Xuan used Absolute Domain, Teleportation to get behind the expert and killed him with Deadly Sword Strike.
• The Eighth Elder, Duan Tianxiong, and the other two rushed in and surrounded Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan dismissed the threat and charged toward another early Saint Realm expert with the Wandering Dragon Steps.

Ye Xuan fought the Eighth Elder’s remaining Saints and killed Rui Sanyi and Nie Yaohai despite suffering severe injuries. After absorbing spirit stones to recover, he faced the Eighth Elder and Duan Tianxiong and vowed to kill them before destroying the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association.

• Ye Xuan charged Rui Sanyi and killed him with Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger, True Solar Fire, and the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
• The Eighth Elder struck Ye Xuan’s shoulder, but Ye Xuan teleported beside Nie Yaohai and killed him after using Azure Dragon Roar and Imprison God.
• The Eighth Elder and Duan Tianxiong attacked Ye Xuan, worsening his injuries as Duan Tianxiong began to fear he would be next.
• Ye Xuan absorbed Spiritual Qi from spirit stones and healed most of his injuries.
• Ye Xuan told the Eighth Elder and Duan Tianxiong he would kill them and then wipe out the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association.

Ye Xuan fought the Eighth Elder and Duan Tianxiong while recovering, then used Imprison God to trap Duan Tianxiong and kill him. He absorbed the energy from Duan Tianxiong's death and vanished, leaving the Eighth Elder as his next target.

• Ye Xuan tricked the Eighth Elder and Duan Tianxiong with a fake Saint-Extinguishing Sword strike, then absorbed spirit stones to recover.
• The Eighth Elder and Duan Tianxiong charged together, but Duan Tianxiong stayed close to the Eighth Elder to avoid being targeted alone.
• Ye Xuan endured the Eighth Elder's fist and Duan Tianxiong's spear, then trapped Duan Tianxiong with Imprison God.
• Ye Xuan killed Duan Tianxiong with One Sword, Extinguish Immortals while the Eighth Elder could not intervene.
• Ye Xuan absorbed the energy from Duan Tianxiong's death, vanished, and taunted the Eighth Elder.

After Ye Xuan’s attacks left the Eighth Elder afraid to search for him, the deaths of Saint Realm cultivators drew the attention of the Hundred Leaves Kingdom and several major powers. In Saber Saint City, Huan'er and Xue'er were sent west to settle their obsessions with an enemy who had arrived in the Yuanqing Domain.

• The Eighth Elder waited for Ye Xuan after he vanished, afraid to hunt him for fear of another ambush.
• The emperor of the Hundred Leaves Kingdom failed to divine what had happened at Beast Gorge Ridge, suffered a backlash, and ordered an investigation.
• Experts from the Hundred Flowers Alliance, the Great Sword Sect, and Saber Saint City also investigated the unprecedented deaths of Saint Realm cultivators.
• Gai Wudi learned that Duan Tianxiong and the others were dead, then went to investigate the disaster himself.
• Huan'er and Xue'er left Saber Saint City after being told their enemy was in the west and that settling their obsessions would prepare them to enter the Saint Realm.

Ye Xuan recovered from his injuries while the Eighth Elder waited for him for three days in the Sealing Realm. Ye Xuan finally attacked with a barrage of lightning and charged at the furious elder, beginning their final confrontation.

• The Eighth Elder waited in the void for Ye Xuan, growing increasingly furious when he failed to appear.
• Ye Xuan stayed within a hundred li of the Eighth Elder and cultivated until his injuries healed.
• Ye Xuan noticed the elder was still waiting and decided to attack him.
• Ye Xuan struck the Eighth Elder with dense lightning, humiliating him despite causing little harm.
• Ye Xuan mocked the Eighth Elder and charged at him with Wandering Dragon Steps.

Ye Xuan fought the eighth elder head-on, growing stronger as his Wilds Body Refining Technique advanced and his Chaos Sacred Body recovered. As the battle continued, Gai Wudi, a Half-Emperor and vice president of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association, arrived outside the Sealing Realm.

• Ye Xuan traded dozens of punches with the eighth elder, taking severe wounds while refusing to back down.
• Ye Xuan sensed imperial Dao resonance as he fought, alarming the eighth elder with his unexpected comprehension.
• Ye Xuan's Wilds Body Refining Technique advanced to the thirty-sixth level, rapidly repairing his body and strengthening his major-attainment Chaos Sacred Body.
• The eighth elder's Dao resonance vanished when it struck Ye Xuan, leaving the two to battle through physical strength and Spiritual Qi.
• Gai Wudi arrived outside the Sealing Realm.

Gai Wudi arrived outside the Sealing Realm but could not enter or locate the expert who had trapped the eighth elder. Inside, Ye Xuan ignored the elder’s plea for rescue and killed him, then concealed himself and escaped by teleportation.

• Gai Wudi sensed that the Sealing Realm was sealed, and his attempts to contact its creator received no answer.
• Gai Wudi spread his Emperor Realm Domain across the surrounding area but found no trace of the mysterious expert.
• Gai Wudi asked the unseen senior to spare the eighth elder and offered compensation on behalf of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association and Caesar Palace.
• The eighth elder heard Gai Wudi’s voice and threatened Ye Xuan, claiming an Emperor Realm expert had arrived to save him.
• Ye Xuan attacked the wounded eighth elder with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and cleaved him in two.
• Ye Xuan absorbed the eighth elder’s cultivation, took his storage ring, concealed his presence, and escaped through several teleports.

Ye Xuan escaped before the Sealing Realm vanished, leaving Gai Wudi unable to find the killer of the eighth elder. He received his mission reward and began recovering in a secluded cave as powerful factions gathered at Beast Gorge Ridge.

• Ye Xuan fled at full speed, keeping his distance from Gai Wudi as the Sealing Realm disappeared.
• Gai Wudi found the eighth elder dead and discovered that his Dao resonance and cultivation had been stripped away, but his domain detected no trace of Ye Xuan.
• Gai Wudi vowed that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association would pursue the killer, then failed to find any of the enemy’s blood.
• Ye Xuan entered a secluded cave and received a disc of hundred-year spirit spring water from the System for completing the first mission.
• Ye Xuan entered the spirit spring to recover, while experts from the Hundred Leaves Kingdom, Saber Saint City, and other factions arrived at Beast Gorge Ridge.

After the fall of eleven Saints at Beast Gorge Ridge, Gai Wudi hurried back to warn the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association that hostile forces might seek a holy war. Meanwhile, Ye Xuan emerged from a month of cultivation at the Divine King Realm seventh layer and considered how he could complete his mission to destroy the association.

• Experts gathered at Beast Gorge Ridge to investigate the fallen Saints and search for a treasure, while Gai Wudi chose not to silence them and returned to alert the Holy Lord.
• Gai Wudi worried that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association could face a holy war over the deaths of eleven Saints, including the peak Saint Realm Eighth Elder.
• Ye Xuan advanced through the Divine King Realm fifth and sixth layers to the seventh layer after bathing in hundred-year spirit marrow spring water.
• Ye Xuan considered how to destroy the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association, whose two Emperor Realm experts seemed beyond his ability to defeat.
• Ye Xuan wondered whether the Sealing Realm could suppress an Emperor Realm expert and whether Yue Mei, still outside, could help.

Yue Mei despaired as she waited in hiding for Ye Xuan, who emerged from seclusion and set out to find her before heading to the Hundred Leaves Kingdom’s capital. On the way, Ye Xuan provoked a royal party and attacked the ninth prince.

• Yue Mei treated her wounds in a cave and worried that Ye Xuan had forgotten or been killed, though she believed he had slain the Eighth Elder and his group.
• Ye Xuan emerged from seclusion and went to look for Yue Mei before pursuing the mission to destroy the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association.
• A group of cultivators led by the ninth prince confronted Ye Xuan, and he claimed to be Xuan Ye of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association to stir up hostility toward it.
• The ninth prince identified himself and challenged Ye Xuan, who responded by drawing the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and slashing at him.

Ye Xuan killed the Ninth Prince and fought off the imperial family's experts, blaming them for the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association's losses. After slaughtering three Venerable Realm attackers, he turned his gaze toward the terrified survivors as they began to flee.

• Ye Xuan ignored the Ninth Prince's pleas and cut him down, prompting the imperial family's experts to charge at him.
• Ye Xuan used the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art to raise his cultivation and cleaved the Venerable Realm First Layer saber wielder in two.
• Ye Xuan shrugged off the Venerable Realm Fourth Layer woman's steel needles and smashed her head with a punch.
• Ye Xuan shattered the Venerable Realm Seventh Layer elder's attack and killed him with a golden palm strike.
• The remaining young people panicked when Ye Xuan looked toward them, and one shouted for them to split up and flee.

Ye Xuan impersonated a Thousand Leaves Merchant Association genius, killed the ninth prince and other cultivators, and let the fleeing survivors spread his name. As the factions blamed the association, Shen Junlin gave Gai Wudi three days to capture the killer.

• Ye Xuan let the young Tianjiao flee after killing the ninth prince, intending to direct suspicion toward the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association.
• Ye Xuan continued searching for Yue Mei and killed several groups of cultivators who attacked or challenged him, including Half-Saints.
• News spread that Xuan Ye had slaughtered dozens of cultivators from more than three factions in Beast Gorge Ridge.
• At the imperial palace, Shen Junlin demanded that Gai Wudi explain whether Xuan Ye belonged to the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association.
• Gai Wudi denied knowing Xuan Ye, but agreed to Shen Junlin's demand to capture the killer within three days.

Ye Xuan continued killing cultivators in Beast Gorge Ridge while pretending to be Xuan Ye of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association, escalating the panic and confusion among the major factions. As Yue Mei heard the rumors, she wondered whether Xuan Ye was Senior Brother Ye.

• Ye Xuan mocked three Half-Saints from the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association, suppressed them with his rules, and knocked them back with his golden staff.
• Ye Xuan claimed their fight would prove he was not one of the association’s geniuses, then fled and left the Half-Saints to be blamed by a black-robed observer.
• The black-robed man accused the three Half-Saints of staging the encounter to protect Xuan Ye and departed before they could explain.
• Rumors of Xuan Ye’s killings spread through Beast Gorge Ridge, prompting weaker cultivators to flee as major factions sent powerful cultivators and Tianjiao to hunt him.
• Yue Mei heard the rumors from inside a secluded cave and wondered whether Xuan Ye was Senior Brother Ye.

Yue Mei reunited with Ye Xuan in Beast Gorge Ridge as powerful enemies from across the Hundred Leaves Kingdom gathered to hunt him. Despite her warnings, Ye Xuan set out with her for the imperial capital, dismissing the threats and vowing to kill anyone who stood in his way.

• Yue Mei worried that Ye Xuan had made enemies of the Hundred Leaves Kingdom's major powers and feared leaving her hiding place alone.
• Ye Xuan appeared silently in Yue Mei's cave, pushed her away when she embraced him, and told her they were leaving.
• Yue Mei warned Ye Xuan that Saint Realm cultivators were hunting them, but he said he would kill anyone who attacked and continued toward the imperial capital.
• Ye Xuan and Yue Mei heard that the fifth prince, Qian Xunyi, Fairy Qing Shang, and two women from Saber Saint City had entered Beast Gorge Ridge to confront him.
• Yue Mei warned Ye Xuan that Qian Xunyi had fought Half-Saints and possessed ways to survive encounters with Saint Realm cultivators.

Ye Xuan learned that Yue Mei could disguise them and decided to impersonate Qian Xunyi to provoke the factions and deepen the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s troubles. The pair left the valley in disguise and continued toward the imperial capital.

• Ye Xuan dismissed the threat from the fifth prince and his allies, then hurried toward the Hundred Leaves Kingdom’s imperial capital with Yue Mei.
• Ye Xuan asked Yue Mei what Qian Xunyi looked like, and she sketched his appearance for him.
• Yue Mei offered to disguise Ye Xuan and herself, and Ye Xuan asked her to make him look like Qian Xunyi.
• Ye Xuan took Yue Mei into a nearby valley, where she disguised him as Qian Xunyi and herself as a young man.
• Ye Xuan decided to use Qian Xunyi’s appearance to kill people and further implicate the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association.

Disguised as Qian Xunyi, Ye Xuan killed cultivators who insulted Xuan Ye and intimidated a Saint Realm expert. He continued through Beast Gorge Ridge with Yue Mei and was confronted by Jian Qi of the Great Sword Sect.

• Qian Xunyi killed several cultivators for insulting Xuan Ye and dismissed a Saint Realm expert who challenged him.
• Ye Xuan returned to Yue Mei, then continued onward, hoping to encounter the Fifth Prince and Fairy Qing Shang.
• Ye Xuan and Yue Mei passed a group from the Great Sword Sect, whose members made Yue Mei feel oppressed.
• Jian Qi stopped Ye Xuan and called him Qian Xunyi, and Yue Mei quietly identified Jian Qi.

Ye Xuan, posing as Qian Xunyi, accepted Jian Qi’s challenge and killed him with a single strike. The Great Sword Sect cultivators were left facing Jian Qi’s death after he had demanded a fight to the death.

• Yue Mei recognized Jian Qi, and Ye Xuan remembered killing another Jian Qi in the past but gave no sign of recognition.
• Jian Qi blocked Ye Xuan’s path and demanded a duel, insisting he could defeat him.
• Ye Xuan warned Jian Qi that the loser would die, and Jian Qi agreed to the stakes.
• Ye Xuan matched Jian Qi’s Venerable Realm Seventh Layer cultivation and let him strike first.
• Jian Qi attacked with a fierce sword technique, but Ye Xuan drew Yaoguang and pierced his throat with one strike.

Ye Xuan used his Qian Xunyi identity to kill Jian Qi, provoking the Great Sword Sect, while Jian Jiu retaliated against the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association. As Beast Gorge Ridge descended into chaos, Qing Shang warned Xuan Ye and Qian Xunyi not to harm the Hundred Flowers Alliance.

• Ye Xuan killed Jian Qi in a duel, and the Great Sword Sect cultivators angrily threatened him but did not dare attack.
• Ye Xuan left with Yue Mei, continued killing cultivators as Qian Xunyi, and also used his Xuan Ye identity to commit killings.
• Jian Jiu attacked members of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association and vowed to kill more of them until Qian Xunyi appeared.
• Qing Shang warned that she would show no mercy if Xuan Ye or Qian Xunyi harmed anyone from the Hundred Flowers Alliance, then departed.