Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan transferred an ice Dao divine ability to Han Bingning, then trapped Shi Chong and fought him in a contest of physical strength. After gaining the upper hand and crushing Shi Chong’s confidence, Ye Xuan drove him to flee.

• Ye Xuan transferred a profound ice Dao divine ability suited to Han Bingning, and she began absorbing it.
• Shi Chong attacked Ye Xuan after Ye Xuan dismissed his challenge, so Ye Xuan used Draw the Ground as a Prison to trap him.
• Ye Xuan entered the prison and clashed with Shi Chong using only their physical strength, with both initially sent staggering backward.
• As Ye Xuan adapted to his newly strengthened body, he gained the advantage and sent Shi Chong flying thousands of meters.
• Ye Xuan declared that he could easily kill Shi Chong if they were in the same realm, then struck him hard enough to cave in his chest and shatter his confidence; Shi Chong recovered and fled.

Ye Xuan defeated Shi Chong and let him leave after taking his spatial ring, at Han Bingning’s request. He then set out with Han Bingning for Devil City to challenge Mo Gaishi, hoping to grow stronger along the way.

• Shi Chong realized Ye Xuan was adapting to his strength, but Ye Xuan knocked him around inside the barrier until he begged to surrender.
• Ye Xuan stopped when Han Bingning asked him to spare Shi Chong, then demanded and took Shi Chong’s spatial ring before opening the barrier.
• Han Bingning explained that sparing the straightforward Shi Chong could help Ye Xuan avoid making too many enemies.
• Ye Xuan decided to travel with Han Bingning to Devil City and challenge Mo Gaishi, planning to sweep through cities on the way.

After Ye Xuan and Han Bingning left Dragon Whisker City, news of his victory over Shi Chong alarmed Mo Gaishi and other young geniuses, some of whom resolved to kill him. The pair defeated an ambush of thirty-six Peak Saint Realm cultivators and continued onward with their spoils.

• Ye Xuan and Han Bingning left Dragon Whisker City, and news of Ye Xuan's victory over Shi Chong spread across Heavenly Void Divine Island.
• Mo Gaishi learned that Ye Xuan had left with Han Bingning and worried that Ye Xuan might threaten his position as number one on the Divine Ranking.
• Many young geniuses considered killing Ye Xuan, with some motivated by their desire for Han Bingning.
• Thirty-six masked Peak Saint Realm cultivators confronted Ye Xuan and demanded that he leave Han Bingning; Han Bingning froze the surrounding area with her Ice Domain.
• Ye Xuan killed all thirty-six cultivators with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, then shared some of their spoils with Han Bingning.

Ye Xuan and Han Bingning traveled toward Divine Mechanism City, where Ye Xuan hoped to gain enough resources to reach the Saint Realm. Meanwhile, Ji Xuan and six other Divine Ranking prodigies conspired to kill Ye Xuan, recruiting a Half-Emperor servant of the Sha Clan to help them.

• Han Bingning fought demonic beasts and hostile cultivators along the way while Ye Xuan cultivated and let her temper herself in battle.
• Han Bingning told Ye Xuan that Ji Xuan, the monstrous genius stationed in Divine Mechanism City, was a dangerous fire-type fighter ranked eighty-ninth on the Saint Ranking.
• Ye Xuan continued toward Divine Mechanism City, nearly out of resources and close to reaching the Saint Realm.
• Ji Xuan met with Feng Qinglong and five other Divine Ranking prodigies, who agreed to attack Ye Xuan together before he became a Saint.
• Feng Qinglong revealed that he had enlisted Sha Yong's loyal Half-Emperor old servant, and Ji Xuan welcomed the old man's help.

Ji Xuan and seven other Divine Ranking experts prepared an ambush for Ye Xuan in Divine Mechanism City, while Han Bingning warned him of danger. Ye Xuan entered the city alone, evaded their search, and decided to answer their underhanded tactics with his own.

• Ji Xuan and the others agreed to kill Ye Xuan and leave Han Bingning to Old Zhu.
• Han Bingning sensed danger as she and Ye Xuan approached Divine Mechanism City, but Ye Xuan urged her to remain outside so she would not be targeted by Emperor Realm experts.
• Han Bingning accepted Ye Xuan's plan and promised him a reward if he returned safely.
• Ye Xuan teleported into Divine Mechanism City and concealed his aura as Ji Xuan and seven other Divine Ranking experts arrived.
• The eight experts searched the surrounding area but could not find Ye Xuan, even with Old Zhu hidden nearby.
• Ye Xuan watched them from a teahouse and resolved to use stealth and schemes against the ambush.

Ye Xuan avoided a confrontation with the eight monstrous geniuses and their Half-Emperor backers, then decided to infiltrate the City Lord’s Manor. He left the chapter disguised as a slain Half-Saint gate guard, poised to hunt the prodigies inside.

• Ye Xuan weighed the danger of fighting the eight geniuses and their Half-Emperor guardians, while Han Bingning prepared to intervene if he faced mortal danger.
• Ji Xuan and the others searched Divine Mechanism City for Ye Xuan, failed to find him, and left while Old Zhu continued watching from hiding.
• Ye Xuan decided to target the geniuses for their resources and slipped away from his fishing platform toward the City Lord’s Manor.
• Ye Xuan observed the manor’s guards, used Teleportation to ambush and kill a Half-Saint at the entrance, then took his clothes and appearance.
• The returning guard failed to notice the substitution, leaving Ye Xuan disguised at the manor gate.

Ye Xuan infiltrated the City Lord's Manor and killed Ji Xuan before moving on to attack the other Divine Ranking prodigies. The chapter ended as Feng Qinglong sensed danger and searched for the intruder.

• Ye Xuan entered the City Lord's Manor, sensed the hidden Emperor Realm experts, and located Ji Xuan and the other seven prodigies with his spiritual sense.
• Ye Xuan teleported into Ji Xuan's room and trapped him with Draw the Ground as a Prison.
• Ji Xuan tried to escape with a talisman, but Ye Xuan overwhelmed him, tore off his arm, and killed him with the Thunder Emperor Seal and flames.
• Ye Xuan threatened the woman in Ji Xuan's room, marked her body, took Ji Xuan's storage ring, and teleported away.
• Ye Xuan entered Feng Qinglong's room as Feng Qinglong cultivated, and Feng Qinglong sensed danger and demanded to know who was there.

Ye Xuan killed Feng Qinglong and escaped back to his room in Divine Mechanism City, while the Half-Emperors sealed the city and began searching for him. As he blended in with the guards ordered to patrol, Han Bingning noticed the city was being sealed and wondered what had happened.

• Ye Xuan trapped Feng Qinglong with Draw the Ground as a Prison and killed him with Slay an Immortal with One Sword.
• Ye Xuan took Feng Qinglong's storage ring and teleported away before Wan Tiandao, Ji Yun, and the other Half-Emperors arrived.
• Wan Tiandao and Ji Yun ordered the City Lord's Manor and Divine Mechanism City sealed, and Ji Yun ordered guards to watch Han Bingning.
• Ye Xuan returned to his room, changed clothes, and joined the guards when they were ordered to patrol in teams of five.
• Han Bingning opened her eyes outside Divine Mechanism City after sensing the city being sealed and wondered what had happened.

Mo Gaishi ordered the Devil forces to help Divine Mechanism City and intercept Ye Xuan, while Han Bingning tried to enter the city and was blocked by Huang Feng. Inside Dragon Whisker City, Ye Xuan joined a patrol squad and assessed the tracking bracelets, confident his disguise remained undiscovered.

• A subordinate told Mo Gaishi that Ye Xuan had attacked Divine Mechanism City and killed Ji Xuan and Feng Qinglong, so Mo Gaishi sent the thirty-six Devil Generals and ordered the four Devil Masters to set ambushes.
• Han Bingning rushed toward Divine Mechanism City, but Aunt Rong warned her not to interfere and threatened anyone who attacked her; Han Bingning insisted on helping her disciple and continued toward the city.
• Huang Feng and more than a dozen cultivators blocked Han Bingning, and she attacked them with ice swords before unleashing her Ice Domain against Huang Feng.
• Ye Xuan joined a five-person patrol squad inside Dragon Whisker City and recognized that the squad's jade bracelets tracked their presence and alerted the authorities if tampered with.
• Ye Xuan concluded that the bracelets were meant to prevent impersonation, but believed the city would not realize he had already infiltrated it.

Han Bingning overwhelmed Huang Feng at the city gate while Ye Xuan weighed whether to break through and how to deal with the tracking bracelet. After Huang Feng fell, a powerful voice barred Emperor Realm cultivators from intervening, and Ye Xuan vanished toward the gate.

• Han Bingning relentlessly attacked Huang Feng with her Ice Domain and forced him onto the defensive.
• Ye Xuan explored the City Lord's Manor with four cultivators, considered removing his tracking bracelet, and debated breaking through to the Saint Realm.
• Ye Xuan sensed Han Bingning fighting at the city gate and then felt a powerful presence disappear as Huang Feng was slain.
• Half-Emperors and monstrous geniuses rushed toward the gate, while Ye Xuan prepared to go help Han Bingning.
• A fire dragon appeared, and an authoritative voice warned Emperor Realm cultivators against acting before a Half-Emperor exploded and Ye Xuan vanished.

Ye Xuan ambushed the Divine Ranking prodigies at the City Lord's Manor while Han Bingning's Aunt Rong killed a Half-Emperor at the city gates. After Ye Xuan slew several prodigies and escaped, Han Bingning and Aunt Rong departed, leaving the furious Half-Emperors unable to find him.

• Aunt Rong killed a Half-Emperor at the city gates, then rebuked the others for blaming her after he had attacked a junior.
• Ye Xuan stormed the City Lord's Manor and killed two of the three monstrous prodigies with his Three Primordial Unity Forms and close-range attacks.
• Ye Xuan trapped and killed the third prodigy with Imprison God and Cage before fleeing as two Half-Emperors arrived.
• Han Bingning sent Aunt Rong a voice transmission, and the two left the city gates as the Half-Emperors rushed toward the manor.
• Ye Xuan appeared behind two more monstrous prodigies and struck them down before taking their storage rings and vanishing again.
• Aunt Rong blocked the Half-Emperors with a sword strike and left with Han Bingning, while the Half-Emperors failed to locate Ye Xuan.

After escaping Divine Mechanism City, Ye Xuan learned that Devil City had sent Devil Generals and Devil Masters to kill him, then cultivated until he broke through to the Saint Realm. He set out to defeat them and Mo Gaishi, while his disappearance left his pursuers waiting in vain.

• The Half-Emperors who had failed to kill Ye Xuan decided to go to Devil City and try again.
• Ye Xuan left for Devil City with the spoils from killing eight prodigies, and Han Bingning warned him that thirty-six Devil Generals and four Devil Masters were hunting him.
• Han Bingning explained that Devil Generals needed ten consecutive arena victories to earn their title, Devil Masters needed a hundred, and Mo Gaishi was rumored to have won eight hundred matches in a row.
• News of Ye Xuan's killings spread, while the Devil Generals, Devil Masters, and Mo Gaishi failed to find him.
• Ye Xuan broke through to the Saint Realm and resolved to defeat the Devil Generals and Devil Masters, then kill Mo Gaishi and claim the final opportunity.

After breaking through to the Saint Realm, Ye Xuan entered Devil City to challenge Mo Gaishi and gathered information from a timid little girl. Their conversation was interrupted when someone insulted the girl and drove her to her feet in fear.

• Ye Xuan tested his new Saint Realm strength, then set off for Devil City to take down Mo Gaishi.
• Ye Xuan arrived in Devil City, where many cultivators had gathered because Mo Gaishi controlled the city and Ye Xuan was expected to challenge him.
• A little girl offered to help Ye Xuan find lodging and told him that rooms were scarce because cultivators were flocking to the city.
• Ye Xuan brought the girl into a restaurant to ask about the experts gathered in Devil City.
• A shrill voice insulted the girl as a beggar, and she stood up trembling in fear.

Ye Xuan killed Tuoba Hao and a City Lord's Manor cultivator after they threatened him over the little girl. He revealed his identity as Ye Xuan of the Eastern Wasteland, forcing the remaining cultivators to retreat, and told the girl to leave while he faced what came next.

• The little girl told Ye Xuan that Tuoba Hao had killed her grandfather, then tried to leave so she would not draw Ye Xuan into trouble with the City Lord's Manor and Mo Gaishi.
• Ye Xuan told the girl to stay and warned Tuoba Hao to stop provoking him, but Tuoba Hao invoked his backing and challenged Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan killed Tuoba Hao with a fist strike, leaving the restaurant stunned.
• A golden-armored cultivator from the City Lord's Manor attacked Ye Xuan, who killed him with Wandering Dragon Steps and declared that he was Ye Xuan of the Eastern Wasteland.
• The other cultivators recognized Ye Xuan and retreated, while Ye Xuan told the little girl to leave and said her survival depended on her own fortune.

Ye Xuan's arrival in Devil City and his challenge to Mo Gaishi stirred the city, prompting Mo Gaishi to summon the Four Great Devil Masters. When one Devil Master demanded that Ye Xuan prove himself, Ye Xuan vanished from his seat.

• The little girl thanked Ye Xuan for saving her and quickly left the restaurant as news of his arrival and challenge spread through Devil City.
• Mo Gaishi learned that Ye Xuan had reached the city, grew furious, and ordered the Four Great Devil Masters and Thirty-Six Great Devil Generals to bring Ye Xuan to him.
• Ye Xuan stayed at the crowded restaurant, accepted the owner's hospitality, and used his Absolute Domain to watch for danger.
• The Four Great Devil Masters entered Devil City, drawing cultivators toward the restaurant where Ye Xuan was waiting.
• One Devil Master confronted Ye Xuan and said he must prove he was qualified to challenge Mo Gaishi; Ye Xuan vanished just as the Devil Master nodded.

Ye Xuan killed the Four Great Devil Masters in Devil City after they challenged his right to face Mo Gaishi, then announced he would wait three days before storming the City Lord's Manor. Mo Gaishi, shaken by Ye Xuan's strength, sent an old servant to severely injure him.

• Ye Xuan struck down one Devil Master with his fists, then killed him by crushing his head when he attacked again.
• Ye Xuan drew the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and killed the remaining three Devil Masters with one sweep, demanding to know whether he was now qualified to challenge Mo Gaishi.
• Ye Xuan told Mo Gaishi to appear within three days or he would storm the City Lord's Manor, then returned to his seat and continued drinking.
• Mo Gaishi smashed through a palace after hearing the news, but admitted he was less willing to fight Ye Xuan after seeing his strength.
• An old servant offered to kill Ye Xuan, and Mo Gaishi ordered him to severely injure Ye Xuan instead.

Ye Xuan was trapped in an illusion realm by a sinister old man who claimed to serve Mo Gaishi and attacked him with overwhelming force. Ye Xuan realized he was facing an Emperor-level opponent, and the fight continued with him at a severe disadvantage.

• Ye Xuan waited in the tavern while peak Saint Realm cultivators gathered to see whether Mo Gaishi would respond to his challenge.
• A sinister wind swept through the tavern, and Ye Xuan suddenly found himself in a boundless, desolate illusion realm.
• An old man appeared and accused Ye Xuan of guilt, then said Mo Gaishi disdained fighting him directly.
• Ye Xuan recognized the old man’s illusion realm and stayed alert, but the man struck him with a massive palm that sent him flying.
• The old man called Ye Xuan an ant before an Emperor and raised his hand to attack again.

Ye Xuan fought a late-stage half-emperor’s illusionary palm with a series of powerful techniques, weakening it but failing to destroy it. He survived the blow with Draw the Ground as a Prison, then wounded the old man with True Solar Fire.

• The old man summoned an enormous palm that descended to crush Ye Xuan inside his illusionary world.
• Ye Xuan struck the palm with three Primordial sword forms, Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger, and Slay an Immortal with One Sword, weakening it by half.
• Ye Xuan used Draw the Ground as a Prison to shield himself from the palm’s impact.
• The old man attacked the cage, but True Solar Fire erupted from his body and sent flesh and blood flying.
• The old man recognized the fire as True Solar Fire and stared at Ye Xuan in shock.

Ye Xuan broke free of Mo Tianyi’s illusion and exposed the Half-Emperor’s attack in the restaurant. A mysterious figure who seemed to be the system appeared and overwhelmed Mo Tianyi, leaving Ye Xuan stunned.

• Ye Xuan escaped Mo Tianyi’s illusion by punching through it and returned to the restaurant, where he vomited blood.
• Ye Xuan accused an unseen Half-Emperor of ambushing him and challenged Mo Gaishi to face him openly.
• Mo Tianyi, Mo Gaishi’s Dao Protector, tumbled into view injured, confirming Ye Xuan’s accusation.
• A mysterious woman appeared and attacked Mo Tianyi, forcing the peak Half-Emperor to stagger and bleed.
• Ye Xuan recognized the woman’s voice as the system’s and stared at her in bewilderment.

A mysterious woman inside Ye Xuan appeared and easily killed Mo Tianyi after he attacked Ye Xuan. After she vanished into Ye Xuan’s divine palace, Ye Xuan flew toward the city lord’s manor and challenged Mo Gaishi.

• The mysterious woman attacked Mo Tianyi, overwhelmed his laws, and devoured his Dao resonance while the restaurant watched in shock.
• Ye Xuan urged the woman to kill Mo Tianyi, but she called Ye Xuan useless for failing to defeat a Peak Half-Emperor himself.
• The woman blasted Mo Tianyi apart, warned Ye Xuan to handle such opponents next time, and vanished into his divine palace.
• Ye Xuan flew toward the city lord’s manor and challenged Mo Gaishi, causing an uproar throughout Devil City.