Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan accepted Lin Hai’s battle-to-the-death challenge after Lin Hai insulted him, then killed him in a brief exchange. After warning off any challengers who were not prepared to die, Ye Xuan faced Xiao Tian, a peak Wheel Sea prodigy from the Carefree Holy Land.

• Lin Hai demanded a battle to the death, and Ye Xuan agreed after Lin Hai called him a coward and trash.
• Lin Hai attacked Ye Xuan with his fiery-red saber, but Ye Xuan dodged and broke both of Lin Hai’s arms with one punch.
• Ye Xuan smashed Lin Hai’s head before the Carefree Holy Land elder could call for surrender.
• Ye Xuan told the Carefree Holy Land that Lin Hai had brought his death upon himself, then swept his corpse off the platform.
• Ye Xuan invited further challenges and warned challengers to declare whether they intended to fight to the death.
• Xiao Tian stepped forward and landed on the martial platform with his killing intent at its peak.

Ye Xuan faced Xiao Tian of the Carefree Holy Land in a battle to the death, exposing the vast difference in their cultivation while mocking his opponent. After their opening clash left both fighters staggered, Ye Xuan activated his Divine Eyes and charged through Xiao Tian’s saber storm with a Deadly Sword Strike.

• Xiao Tian announced a battle to the death, and Ye Xuan made him disclose that he was at the Wheel Sea Realm Ninth Layer while Ye Xuan was at the Essence Condensation Realm Sixth Layer.
• Xiao Tian attacked with a powerful saber strike, but Ye Xuan met it head-on with Yaoguang, and both fighters staggered back.
• Ye Xuan mocked Xiao Tian, who renewed his assault with a storm of saber light across the martial platform.
• Ye Xuan activated his Divine Eyes, charged through the saber waves, and unleashed a Deadly Sword Strike at Xiao Tian.

Ye Xuan killed Xiao Tian with one sword strike, shocking the gathered holy lands and damaging the Carefree Holy Land’s reputation. He challenged another Wheel Sea Realm ninth-layer genius to a fight to the death, but a burly young man from the Carefree Holy Land objected and called on him to challenge a stronger opponent instead.

• Ye Xuan killed Xiao Tian with a single sword strike, stunning the crowd and drawing the attention of Lin Xue and Shen Yao.
• The Carefree Holy Land’s elders and powerful figures reacted angrily to Xiao Tian’s death and the blow to their reputation.
• Ye Xuan taunted the Carefree Holy Land and challenged another of its Wheel Sea Realm ninth-layer geniuses to a fight to the death.
• The crowd recognized that accepting Ye Xuan’s challenge could cost the Carefree Holy Land another genius, while refusing would bring further humiliation.
• A burly young man in black from the Carefree Holy Land accused Ye Xuan of challenging the weak and urged him to challenge a stronger opponent instead.

Huang Sha returned from the Asura Battlefield and challenged Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan turned the challenge around by pointing out the disparity in their cultivation and inviting stronger Ancient Desolate Holy Land experts to fight Huang Sha. The chapter left Huang Sha facing a crowd of increasingly powerful challengers and unsure whether to accept.

• The gathered crowd recognized Huang Sha, a feared Carefree Holy Land genius who had returned alive after a year in the Asura Battlefield.
• Huang Sha revealed that he was still at the Golden Core first layer and invited Ye Xuan to challenge him.
• Ye Xuan asked a Heavenly Position third-layer elder from the Ancient Desolate Holy Land to fight Huang Sha, arguing that Huang Sha was two realms above him.
• Ye Xuan offered to find Huang Sha an opponent at the fifth level of Nascent Soul, leaving Huang Sha unable to refute his reasoning.
• Ancient Desolate Holy Land experts volunteered to fight Huang Sha at Nascent Soul and Golden Core levels, while the crowd waited to see whether he would accept.

Ye Xuan challenged all Carefree Holy Land disciples in the Meridian Opening and Essence Condensation Realms to fight him to the death, and the Carefree Holy Land agreed after deciding his potential made the cost worthwhile. The chapter ended with its elder asking Han Bingning and the ancestors to guarantee that the Ancient Desolate Holy Land would not retaliate if Ye Xuan died.

• Ye Xuan taunted Huang Sha for refusing to fight and challenged every Carefree Holy Land disciple in the Meridian Opening and Essence Condensation Realms to face him together.
• The Carefree Holy Land's leaders exchanged voice transmissions and decided to accept the challenge, intending to enlist other factions against Ye Xuan.
• Han Bingning and the ancestors worried that Ye Xuan's challenge would lead the Carefree Holy Land to sacrifice many disciples to kill him.
• Ye Xuan realized the Carefree Holy Land had accepted but remained confident in his strength, resources, and system.
• A Carefree Holy Land elder asked Han Bingning and the ancestors to promise that the Ancient Desolate Holy Land would not retaliate if Ye Xuan died in the arena.

Ye Xuan agreed to face a hundred Essence Condensation Realm peak cultivators after Han Bingning secured a no-interference pact from the gathered factions. As the challengers began climbing onto the platform, Ye Xuan struck first and killed several of them, prompting the Carefree Holy Land elder to order the rest to surround and kill him.

• Ye Xuan urged Han Bingning to accept the challenge, and she agreed on the condition that neither side pursued the matter if its fighters died.
• Han Bingning made the Carefree Holy Land elder promise that his side would accept the same terms and warned everyone not to interfere in the battle.
• A hundred peak Essence Condensation Realm cultivators from thirty-six factions stepped forward to fight Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan mocked the challengers, charged the fighters already on the platform, and swiftly killed several with Yaoguang.
• The Carefree Holy Land elder sprang up and ordered the remaining challengers to surround and kill Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan slaughtered the Essence Condensation Realm peak cultivators who had challenged him, overwhelming their numbers with his sword and fists. Fewer than twenty remained standing, and they had lost the will to fight as he stood untouched on the martial platform.

• Ye Xuan cut down more than a dozen attackers with a single sword strike, leaving the rest of the hundred cultivators stunned.
• The Carefree Holy Land elder urged the remaining fighters to attack, and Han Bingning threatened to kill him if he interfered again.
• Ye Xuan broke through the encircling attackers, killing and crippling cultivators with sword strikes and punches.
• Ye Xuan shattered Zhuo Yao’s dantian, leaving the Carefree Holy Land prodigy terrified and questioning his own strength.
• Ye Xuan battered the attackers until fewer than twenty remained standing, their confidence replaced by despair and fear.

Ye Xuan crushed the remaining prodigies in the hundred-man challenge and dared the Carefree Holy Land and its allies to send stronger opponents. He ordered the survivors to cripple their cultivation or die, and killed one who protested.

• Ye Xuan advanced on the remaining prodigies, mocked the Carefree Holy Land elder, and killed another dozen with a sword strike.
• Ye Xuan challenged the factions to send anyone below Golden Core and declared that he would defeat them all.
• The Carefree Holy Land elder proposed sending Wheel Sea cultivators, but the thirty-six factions’ magnates worried about further losses.
• Ye Xuan ordered the surviving cultivators to cripple their own cultivation or die.
• One cultivator protested that Ye Xuan was going too far, and Ye Xuan killed him with a sword strike.

After slaughtering or forcing the crippling of nearly all the challengers, Ye Xuan waited out the time limit and then called Huang Sha onto the martial platform. Huang Sha accepted the challenge, and the two prepared to fight.

• Ye Xuan killed a challenger who protested and told the remaining challengers to cripple their own cultivation and leave; only about a dozen of the hundred survived.
• Ye Xuan invited anyone below Golden Core to challenge him, but no one stepped forward during the allotted time.
• Huang Sha resented that Ye Xuan faced no punishment for killing challengers, while the crowd admired Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan singled out Huang Sha and challenged him because Huang Sha had wanted to kill him.
• Huang Sha accepted Ye Xuan's challenge and approached the martial platform with killing intent.

Ye Xuan challenged Huang Sha and fought him on the martial platform, using his speed and swordsmanship to put Huang Sha in danger. The chapter ended with Ye Xuan's sword aimed at Huang Sha's throat, while Huang Sha believed Ye Xuan could not strike fast enough to kill him.

• Huang Sha approached the martial platform, building his murderous presence as the Ancient Desolate Holy Land's ancestors worried and Han Bingning vowed to save Ye Xuan if necessary.
• Huang Sha stepped onto the platform and declared that Ye Xuan would pay for challenging him.
• Ye Xuan launched a fierce barrage of punches, and the two fighters clashed; although the crowd thought Ye Xuan had gained the upper hand, he had been suppressed and was shaking off force from his arms.
• Huang Sha pressed his attack, but Ye Xuan dodged his strike and countered with a long saber and Sword Qi.
• Huang Sha retreated from the Sword Qi and found Ye Xuan's sword pointed at his throat, but he believed Ye Xuan was not fast enough to cut him.

Ye Xuan broke through to the seventh layer of Essence Condensation and killed Huang Sha during the Holy Son investiture ceremony, stunning the gathered factions. He returned to the Holy Son Hall, gave Xiang'er and the other maids cultivation pills, while Han Bingning gathered the elders and former Holy Son candidates in the Holy Lord Hall.

• Ye Xuan broke through during his fight with Huang Sha, reached the seventh layer of Essence Condensation, and pierced Huang Sha's throat with his sword.
• Ye Xuan kicked Huang Sha's corpse off the martial platform, then left as the shocked factions watched and the investiture ceremony ended.
• At the Holy Son Hall, Ye Xuan met the maids assigned to serve him and gave Xiang'er twelve Meridian Opening Pills to distribute among them.
• Han Bingning presided over a gathering in the Holy Lord Hall with ten holy land elders and the ten former Holy Son candidates, including Huo Qingyi.

After Han Bingning allowed disciples to continue competing for the Holy Son position, Ye Xuan practiced the newly acquired Wandering Dragon Steps. As Xiang'er and the other chore disciples cultivated outside Holy Son Hall, Zhao Long arrived, jealous of Ye Xuan’s status and comforts.

• Huo Qingyi and the other disciples and elders asked Han Bingning to let them keep competing for the Holy Son position, and she agreed as long as they stayed within three cultivation realms of Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan ate pills from his system sign-ins and received the movement technique Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Ye Xuan practiced Wandering Dragon Steps for a day, reached minor accomplishment, and suspected his cultivation realm limited his progress.
• Xiang'er and the other chore disciples cultivated outside Holy Son Hall with Meridian Opening Pills and abundant Spiritual Qi.
• Zhao Long approached Holy Son Hall and, after Xiang'er greeted him, grew jealous of Ye Xuan’s residence, cultivation conditions, and attendants.

Zhao Long beat Xiang'er and the other maids for refusing to let him see Ye Xuan, then claimed he had acted on Qi Yao's orders. Ye Xuan confronted him and left him reeling under a flurry of slaps.

• Zhao Long slapped Xiang'er and knocked the other maids to the ground when they blocked his way into the Holy Son Hall.
• Zhao Long insulted the maids and claimed the Holy Son would not defend them, until Ye Xuan came out of the hall.
• Ye Xuan demanded to know why Zhao Long had attacked his people, and Zhao Long said he had come to deliver a challenge on Qi Yao's orders.
• Ye Xuan rejected Zhao Long's excuse and struck him repeatedly, slapping him more than a dozen times.

Ye Xuan punished Zhao Long for bullying Xiang'er and the other maidservants, then made them beat Zhao Long before sending him away humiliated. Zhao Long returned to his cave abode furious, where Qi Yao arrived and asked what had happened.

• Ye Xuan beat Zhao Long, crushed both his legs, and reprimanded him for humiliating Xiang'er and the others.
• Ye Xuan told Xiang'er and the others to strike Zhao Long back, and they attacked him while he screamed.
• Ye Xuan sent Zhao Long flying naked from Holy Son Mountain, where disciples gathered to laugh at him.
• Ye Xuan gave Xiang'er and the others Zhao Long's spirit stones and healing medicine, telling them to seek him if anyone bullied them again.
• Zhao Long returned to his cave abode and vowed to kill Ye Xuan and the maidservants, then Qi Yao arrived and asked what had happened.

Qi Yao grew furious after Zhao Long blamed Ye Xuan for his humiliation and issued Ye Xuan a challenge. Ye Xuan rejected Qi Yao’s status and dismissed the challenge, insisting the candidates should fight the Carefree Holy Land instead.

• Zhao Long told Qi Yao an embellished account of how Ye Xuan had broken his legs and stripped him, and Qi Yao believed enough of it to become enraged.
• Qi Yao gave Zhao Long a bottle of pills and left to confront Ye Xuan.
• News of Zhao Long’s punishment spread through the holy land, where most disciples sided with Ye Xuan and condemned Zhao Long.
• Ye Xuan cultivated for several days, advancing from the Essence Condensation Realm Seventh Layer to the Ninth Layer.
• Xiang'er brought Ye Xuan Qi Yao’s challenge letter and explained that Qi Yao was one of the ten Holy Son candidates and stronger than Huang Sha.
• Ye Xuan told Xiang'er to send Qi Yao away, declaring himself the holy land’s only peerless talent and urging the candidates to attack the Carefree Holy Land instead of fighting among themselves.

Ye Xuan accepted Qi Yao’s challenge after learning that Han Bingning had approved it, and Han Bingning warned him that he would need to grow stronger to keep his position as Holy Son. The challenge stirred excitement across the Ancient Desolate Holy Land as everyone awaited their duel.

• Qi Yao challenged Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan initially refused to meet him and told Xiang'er he had no time.
• Qi Yao said the Holy Lord had approved the challenge and claimed Ye Xuan had no reason to refuse unless he surrendered his position as Holy Son.
• Xiang'er reported Qi Yao’s claim, and Ye Xuan agreed to accept the challenge within a month.
• Han Bingning visited Ye Xuan, explained that she had approved the challenge to put pressure on him, and warned that losing could cost him his position or his life.
• News of Ye Xuan’s acceptance spread throughout the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, where disciples eagerly anticipated the duel.

Ye Xuan received Gods and Devils Essence Blood and the Wilds Body Refining Technique from a system sign-in, then used them to strengthen his body and reach the Supreme Extreme Realm. After enduring eighteen bolts of tribulation lightning, he stabilized his cultivation and left the Holy Son Hall.

• Ye Xuan wondered why he could not break through to the Supreme Extreme Realm and signed in when the system refreshed.
• The system awarded Ye Xuan ten drops of Gods and Devils Essence Blood and the Wilds Body Refining Technique, which he used to strengthen his body.
• After refining all ten drops, Ye Xuan triggered a heavenly phenomenon, and Han Bingning sealed off the area to obscure it from others.
• Ye Xuan drew in the tribulation lightning to temper his body and endured eighteen bolts while Han Bingning watched in shock.
• Several days later, Ye Xuan stabilized his cultivation and walked out of the Holy Son Hall.

Ye Xuan entered the back mountain to test his newly advanced cultivation against Golden Core Realm demonic beasts, while his enemies arranged to spy on or target him. He killed a first-level Golden Core Realm rhinoceros with one punch, as Han Bingning ordered that anyone who revealed themselves be left alive no longer.

• Ye Xuan left Holy Son Mountain and headed into the back mountain to practice before his coming battle with Qi Yao.
• Qi Yao sent Tu Wu to test Ye Xuan's strength, while Huo Qingyi and the other Holy Son candidates also dispatched followers to watch him.
• Yang Kaitai learned Ye Xuan had entered the back mountain and sent word to someone in the Carefree Holy Land to arrange an attack.
• Han Bingning told the Eighth Old Ancestor that anyone who showed themselves against Ye Xuan should be killed.
• Ye Xuan reached the Golden Core Realm demonic beasts' territory and killed a charging first-level Golden Core Realm rhinoceros with one punch.

Ye Xuan hunted powerful demonic beasts to hone his skills before Tu Wu ambushed him in the mountain forest. Ye Xuan killed Tu Wu and left, while Holy Land disciples arrived to find the body.

• Ye Xuan killed more than twenty Golden Core demonic beasts and ventured deeper to seek beasts at the Golden Core Realm Seventh Level.
• Ye Xuan sensed Tu Wu's killing intent and confronted him in the forest.
• Tu Wu attacked Ye Xuan with his saber, but Ye Xuan dodged repeatedly to practice Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Ye Xuan struck Tu Wu's saber aside and killed him with a punch to the chest.
• Ye Xuan took Tu Wu's resources and left, and a group of Holy Land disciples arrived to discover the corpse.

After Ye Xuan killed Tu Wu, the Holy Son candidates’ followers withdrew, but ten masked black-robed cultivators arrived to assess him. Ye Xuan continued hunting Golden Core Realm seventh level demonic beasts, unaware that the Blazing Flame Bear had charged at him while enemies watched nearby.

• Ye Xuan’s followers stopped probing him and fled after Tu Wu’s death, while ten masked black-robed Golden Core cultivators appeared and examined Tu Wu’s body.
• The black-robed cultivators concluded Ye Xuan had killed Tu Wu with a single blow after a prolonged fight, then hurried away to finish their mission before the Ancient Desolate Holy Land noticed them.
• Ye Xuan killed a Golden Core Realm seventh level demonic beast after a two-minute fight, treated his serious wound, and took its demonic core.
• The ten black-robed cultivators found the dead beast but could not determine its cultivation level, while Ye Xuan sensed them and continued hunting.
• Ye Xuan killed a second Golden Core Realm seventh level demonic beast in one minute, then faced a powerful Blazing Flame Bear and hesitated to fight because enemies were following him.
• The Blazing Flame Bear roared and charged straight at Ye Xuan.