Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan reached the eighteenth step and found himself surrounded by nearly thirty powerful cultivators who had been promised rewards for capturing him. As Xue Chen and Wu Qiu led reinforcements toward the group, Ye Xuan charged the burly green-haired man who blocked his way.

• Ye Xuan reached the eighteenth step with little apparent difficulty, drawing the attention of the cultivators there.
• Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and Devil Moon urged the experts on the step to stop Ye Xuan and promised rewards for capturing him.
• Nearly thirty experts surrounded Ye Xuan, but he warned that he could kill many of them and briefly released a presence they could not identify.
• A burly green-haired emperor realm expert challenged Ye Xuan, while Xue Chen and Wu Qiu led dozens of cultivators toward the step.
• Ye Xuan told the burly man to get out of the way, then charged at him to attack.

Ye Xuan killed four cultivators who tried to block his way on the Heaven-Ascending Steps, then discovered that the step's pressure could kill his opponents even when his own attack failed. Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and the others stopped in alarm as they realized the pressure did not affect Ye Xuan.

• Ye Xuan used the Wandering Dragon Steps and Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger to kill an Emperor Realm First Layer cultivator who blocked him.
• Ye Xuan drew the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and killed two peak half-emperors with Slay an Immortal with One Sword.
• Ye Xuan's next sword failed to kill an old man, but the pressure on the eighteenth step crushed the old man to pieces.
• Ye Xuan realized the step's pressure could kill his enemies and declared that he would show them no mercy.
• Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and the others stopped on the sixteenth step after seeing Ye Xuan ignore the pressure and kill his opponents.

Ye Xuan used the Heaven-Ascending Steps’ pressure and his teleportation technique to kill Xue Chen and Wu Qiu after they pursued him. As nearly two hundred experts gathered on the eighteenth step, he teleported toward the nineteenth to avoid being surrounded.

• Xue Chen and Wu Qiu decided to pursue Ye Xuan and planned to summon their clan elders.
• Ye Xuan taunted the experts chasing him up the eighteenth step, using their anger to make them easier to kill.
• Ye Xuan teleported in front of Xue Chen, struck him with a palm, and beheaded him with a sword strike.
• Ye Xuan killed Wu Qiu with a punch followed by a sword strike.
• Ye Xuan left the growing crowd behind and raced toward the nineteenth step.

Ye Xuan taunted the cultivators below the nineteenth step while secretly cultivating toward the eighth level of the Saint Realm. He demonstrated his strength by killing an Emperor Realm second layer cultivator in one punch, leaving the others hesitant to attack.

• Ye Xuan reached the nineteenth step, warned the five cultivators there not to attack him, and taunted the experts on the eighteenth step.
• Ye Xuan secretly absorbed Immortal Crystals as he tried to break through, while Xue Tu challenged him from below.
• Ye Xuan vanished and killed an Emperor Realm second layer cultivator with a single punch before returning to his spot.
• The cultivators on the eighteenth step fell silent, and those below the Emperor Realm second layer hesitated to charge at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan taunted the three great powers from the Heaven-Ascending Steps and killed cultivators who dared challenge him. As he climbed toward the twentieth step, Xue Tu headed after him, while news of the slaughter drew crowds and powerful experts to the steps.

• Ye Xuan mocked the three great powers and dared them to come up, boasting that he had killed Elder Xue Huo's granddaughter.
• When cultivators threatened him, Ye Xuan slashed down from the nineteenth step, killing one and crushing two others with his Sword Intent.
• Ye Xuan climbed toward the twentieth step while the five cultivators sharing the nineteenth step chose not to attack him.
• Xue Tu, Xue Chen's elder, set off for the Heaven-Ascending Steps, determined to kill Ye Xuan.
• Cultivators in Starry Sky City rushed toward the steps after hearing that Xue Chen and Wu Qiu had fallen, and late emperor realm experts from the three great powers were summoned from cultivation.

Ye Xuan reached the twenty-first step of the Heaven-Ascending Steps and began breaking through to the Eighth Level of the Saint Realm. As he cultivated in front of the stunned crowd, Elder Xue Huo charged toward him with killing intent.

• Outraged by Ye Xuan’s killings, three Late Emperor Realm experts led their groups toward the Heaven-Ascending Steps.
• Ye Xuan reached the twentieth step, sensed a breakthrough approaching, and continued toward the twenty-first step while the other cultivators kept their distance.
• Ye Xuan ascended to the twenty-first step and sat down to break through to the Eighth Level of the Saint Realm.
• As Ye Xuan absorbed Immortal Spiritual Qi and his aura rose, Elder Xue Huo charged out from the eighteenth step, shouting for him to be killed.

Elder Xue Huo ambushed Ye Xuan on the twenty-first Heaven-Ascending Step while Ye Xuan remained absorbed in cultivation. As Elder Xue Huo reached him and unleashed a blood-colored attack, Ye Xuan’s fate was left uncertain.

• Elder Xue Huo revealed that he had secretly climbed among the three major factions’ cultivators, intending to avenge his granddaughter by killing Ye Xuan.
• Elder Xue Huo charged up to the twenty-first step and struggled against its immense pressure.
• Elder Xue Huo saw Ye Xuan cultivating through the pressure but continued toward him.
• Elder Xue Huo closed in on Ye Xuan and summoned a huge blood-colored hand above his head, shouting, “Die!”

Ye Xuan survived Elder Xue Huo’s attack and revealed that it had helped him break through. He overpowered Xue Huo on the staircase, but just as he moved to finish him, Xue Tu arrived and charged at him.

• Elder Xue Huo struck Ye Xuan with a blood-red palm, believing he had killed him.
• Ye Xuan emerged unharmed and thanked Xue Huo for helping him break through.
• Ye Xuan charged at Xue Huo and sent him flying with Emperor Formula.
• Xue Huo launched a concealed blood sword at Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan shattered it and pursued him with Absolute Domain and Teleportation.
• Ye Xuan summoned a golden finger to suppress Xue Huo, who called for help as Xue Tu arrived and charged at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan killed Xue Huo and Xue Tu when they attacked him, then climbed the Heaven-Ascending Steps farther than almost anyone present. He reached the thirty-fourth step before stopping after the divine palace in his mind trembled.

• Ye Xuan ignored Xue Tu's attack and killed Xue Huo with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger.
• Xue Tu struck Ye Xuan without harming him, and Ye Xuan grabbed his fist and killed him with the Thunder Emperor Seal.
• Ye Xuan mocked the three major factions, took the two men's spatial rings, and began climbing the Heaven-Ascending Steps.
• Ye Xuan quickly passed the twenty-second, twenty-fifth, and thirty-first steps, then slowed as the pressure increased.
• Ye Xuan reached the thirty-fourth step and stopped when the divine palace in his mind trembled, but he could not examine it.

Ye Xuan climbed the Heaven-Ascending Steps, breaking the record as he reached the forty-first step. The divine palace in his mind released immense Immortal Spiritual Qi, and a nearly decayed skeleton stirred at the summit.

• Ye Xuan realized that pressure grew stronger as he approached each next step, even before he stepped onto it.
• Ye Xuan reached the thirty-ninth step, tying the previous record and astonishing the cultivators below.
• Ye Xuan climbed to the forty-first step and broke the record, triggering a tremor in the divine palace in his mind.
• Ye Xuan was struck by immense pressure and Immortal Spiritual Qi, then sat down to absorb the Qi and strengthen himself.
• The woman in black urged Ye Xuan to reach the summit, while the skeleton at the top stirred and sat upright.

Ye Xuan reached the forty-sixth step of the Heaven-Ascending Steps and broke through to the ninth layer of the Saint Realm while the three major factions arrived to kill him. When he climbed to the forty-seventh step, a world-destroying Lightning Tribulation appeared.

• Ye Xuan absorbed Immortal Spiritual Qi as he climbed and advanced from the eighth level to the ninth layer of the Saint Realm.
• Tian Gu and the leaders of the other two major factions arrived, but they stopped below after seeing Ye Xuan on the unreachable forty-sixth step.
• Ye Xuan ignored the factions and climbed onto the forty-seventh step.
• Lightning Tribulation erupted across the sky, leaving Ye Xuan and the watching cultivators stunned.

Ye Xuan resisted a devastating Lightning Tribulation on the forty-seventh step of the Heaven-Ascending Steps, but its power overwhelmed his defenses and tore his body apart. As he neared his limit, a surge of dark-yellow energy appeared.

• A massive Lightning Tribulation descended toward Ye Xuan on the forty-seventh step, terrifying the cultivators who watched below.
• Ye Xuan used Lightning, come! to gather lightning resonance, then unleashed Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown to weaken the bolt.
• Ye Xuan used Draw the Ground as a Prison, but the barrier shattered and the weakened lightning struck him, making him spit blood.
• Ye Xuan circulated the Wilds Body Refining Technique and the Supreme Profound Scripture while True Solar Fire helped absorb and refine the energy, but his flesh kept bursting apart faster than it could heal.
• As Ye Xuan approached his limit, a surge of dark-yellow energy abruptly appeared.

Ye Xuan endured a terrifying Lightning Tribulation on the forty-seventh Heaven-Ascending Step as Primordial Qi repeatedly repaired his battered body. The observers assumed he had died, but he remained alive after the tribulation finally dissipated.

• Primordial Qi emerged within Ye Xuan and rapidly repaired his ravaged body.
• The people below watched the lightning and believed Ye Xuan had been killed by the tribulation and the steps' pressure.
• Tian Gu and Chi Long regretted that Ye Xuan's secrets had been lost, while Mo Tian and Devil Moon also concluded he had probably perished.
• Mo Tian reminded Devil Moon that Xue Chen and Wu Qiu had died at Ye Xuan's hands, and she feared she would have met the same fate if she had fought him.
• Ye Xuan endured his body being destroyed and reconstructed repeatedly, growing stronger while suffering unbearable pain.
• The Lightning Tribulation finally dissipated, leaving Ye Xuan on the forty-seventh step.

Ye Xuan survived the lightning tribulation, recovered with precious resources, and sensed that his fifth bodily shackle was close to breaking. He taunted the cultivators below, especially the three major factions, inviting them to challenge him as the weakened skeleton at the top wondered what kind of foe Ye Xuan was.

• Ye Xuan reappeared alive after the lightning tribulation and used rare resources to recover, angering members of the factions whose loot he had taken.
• Ye Xuan sensed that his fifth bodily shackle was close to breaking and decided to delay climbing to the forty-eighth step until he was stronger.
• The flesh-covered skeleton at the top of the Heaven-Ascending Steps spat blood and was shocked that its full-power tribulation had failed to kill Ye Xuan.
• After recovering, Ye Xuan considered killing Emperor Realm cultivators to gather Primordial Qi and make more use of the Three Primordial Unity Forms.
• Ye Xuan challenged the cultivators below, taunting the three major factions to come up and seek revenge while no one answered.

Ye Xuan baited Tian Gu, Chi Long, and Mo Tian into believing he was trapped on the Heaven-Ascending Steps despite his low cultivation. The three men prepared to attack him together, while Ye Xuan watched their plan with a mocking smile.

• Ye Xuan taunted Tian Gu from the Heaven-Ascending Steps and walked down to the tenth step.
• Ye Xuan revealed that he was only at the ninth layer of the Saint Realm, shocking the assembled cultivators.
• Tian Gu secretly proposed that he, Chi Long, and Mo Tian attack Ye Xuan together, and the other two agreed.
• Tian Gu assigned Chi Long to the eleventh step, Mo Tian to the ninth, and himself to the tenth to block Ye Xuan’s escape.
• Ye Xuan noticed their scheme, and the three men vanished from below as they began their attack.

Ye Xuan fought off Tian Gu on the Heavens-Ascending Steps, using the pressure of the tenth step, True Solar Fire, and his sword to keep the stronger cultivator at bay. After taunting Tian Gu, Mo Tian, and Chi Long, he provoked Chi Long into joining the battle.

• Tian Gu attacked Ye Xuan, but struck only an afterimage as Ye Xuan reappeared behind him.
• Ye Xuan opened his meridians, unleashed True Solar Fire, and used Imprison God, but Tian Gu broke through the attack.
• Ye Xuan boosted his cultivation to Peak Saint Realm and attacked with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger, forcing Tian Gu back.
• Tian Gu, Chi Long, and Mo Tian became interested in Ye Xuan's treasures as Ye Xuan continued to taunt them.
• Ye Xuan challenged Chi Long and Mo Tian to attack together, and Chi Long charged at him in anger.

Ye Xuan outmaneuvered Tian Gu, Chi Long, and Mo Tian on the Heaven-Ascending Steps, evading their attempts to kill or trap him. After slaying several Half-Emperors from their factions and taking their spatial rings, he reappeared behind Tian Gu with four sword lights poised to strike.

• Chi Long charged Ye Xuan on the tenth step with the Divine Dragon Art, but Ye Xuan countered with the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art and kicked him back.
• Ye Xuan teleported to the thirteenth step, leaving Mo Tian unable to stop him, and taunted the three experts to come up after him.
• When Ye Xuan vanished again, he appeared at the foot of the steps and killed several Half-Emperors from the three major factions, taking their spatial rings before disappearing.
• Tian Gu, Chi Long, and Mo Tian shook the space to disrupt Ye Xuan's Teleportation, but he appeared behind Tian Gu and unleashed four sword lights.

Ye Xuan injured Tian Gu, then continued climbing the Heaven-Ascending Steps and reached the fifty-fifth step, where he sensed an imminent breakthrough to the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Saint Realm. The voice he had thought was his system offered to guard his breakthrough and urged him to reach the top.

• Ye Xuan shattered Tian Gu’s attack with four beams of sword light and wounded him, then rebuked him and left to resume climbing.
• Ye Xuan advanced from the forty-seventh step to the fifty-first without another Lightning Tribulation, while the cultivators below watched in fear and confusion.
• Ye Xuan reached the fifty-fifth step and sensed that he was about to break through to the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Saint Realm.
• The voice in Ye Xuan’s mind told him to focus on his breakthrough, promised to guard him from probing divine senses, and urged him to reach the top.

Ye Xuan endured a three-day Lightning Tribulation on the fifty-fifth step and broke through to the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Saint Realm. Tian Gu and the others withdrew, while the skeleton at the top of the Heaven-Ascending Steps sensed something familiar and dangerous about Ye Xuan.

• Tian Gu, Chi Long, and Mo Tian decided to withdraw rather than summon their leaders, since they could not reach Ye Xuan while his spiritual sense was blocked.
• Thirty-six bolts of Lightning Tribulation struck as Ye Xuan focused on breaking through on the fifty-fifth step.
• After enduring the tribulation for three days, Ye Xuan reached the Supreme Extreme Realm and broke his fifth shackle.
• The cultivators below were astonished that Ye Xuan had survived, and Tian Gu, Chi Long, and Mo Tian departed.
• The skeleton at the top recognized Ye Xuan's realm and wondered if it could seize his body, but sensed something familiar and dangerous about him.

Ye Xuan reached the final step of the Heaven-Ascending Steps and discovered a secluded paradise where a mysterious woman lived. She claimed her father had disappeared and said she did not know how to reach the Heavenly Domain, then offered Ye Xuan a cup of powerful tea.

• Ye Xuan climbed from the sixty-first step to the eighty-ninth step over three months without encountering a Lightning Tribulation.
• After another three months, Ye Xuan reached the final step and found a secluded paradise filled with dense Immortal Spiritual Qi.
• A voice invited Ye Xuan inside, though his Absolute Domain could not detect anyone in the wooden cabin.
• The skeleton transformed into a young woman and greeted Ye Xuan with an innocent manner that made him wary.
• The woman said she was alone, her father had gone out and never returned, and she did not know what the Heavenly Domain was.
• The woman took out tea and invited Ye Xuan to drink a cup whose fragrance seemed to make his cultivation rise.