Chapter Summaries

Lin Yang sent eight Golden Core cultivators to block Ye Xuan from entering the city unless he apologized. Ye Xuan attacked Lin Yang’s group and killed one of the cultivators with a single Thunder God Palm, while the remaining seven kept charging at him.

• Lin Yang summoned eight late-stage Golden Core cultivators and threatened to stop Ye Xuan from entering the city unless he apologized.
• Ye Xuan refused to back down, and Lin Yang mocked him and insisted that he apologize.
• Ye Xuan charged at Lin Yang, who retreated and ordered the eight cultivators to stop him.
• Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to evade the attackers and struck one with Thunder God Palm, killing him with a single blow.
• The remaining seven cultivators were shaken by Ye Xuan’s power but continued charging at him.

Ye Xuan slaughtered six Lin Clan Golden Core cultivators after they tried to stop him, declaring that the Lin Clan would pay for disrespecting the Ancient Desolate Holy Land. He then charged at the two remaining Golden Core Ninth Level cultivators, while the Lin Clan’s hidden Nascent Soul cultivator held back from intervening.

• Ye Xuan evaded the Lin Clan cultivators’ attacks and killed a Golden Core Seventh Level cultivator with a single punch, bringing his total kills to two.
• He struck down another Golden Core Seventh Level cultivator and two Golden Core Eighth Level cultivators, then destroyed the dantian of a third Eighth Level cultivator.
• Ye Xuan challenged the Lin Clan to send all its Golden Core cultivators against him and warned that attacking with Nascent Soul cultivators could bring the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s retaliation.
• The Lin Clan’s Nascent Soul cultivator chose not to attack, and the two surviving Golden Core Ninth Level cultivators feared Ye Xuan’s speed and strength.
• Ye Xuan announced that he would kill the remaining two cultivators and charged at them.

After Ye Xuan drove his opponents into retreat, he mocked Lin Yang and verbally cornered Bai Feng for claiming to speak for the Lin Clan. Zhou Wushuang then confronted him, and Ye Xuan challenged him to fight to the death, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Lin Yang and another opponent shouted that they conceded and fled into the city at tremendous speed, while Ye Xuan stopped pursuing them.
• Ye Xuan taunted Lin Yang for asking him to apologize and for trying to stop him from entering the city.
• Bai Feng invoked the Lin Clan and the Carefree Holy Land, but Ye Xuan mocked him and challenged him to fight; Bai Feng did not dare accept.
• Zhou Wushuang spoke up from inside the city and warned Ye Xuan against bullying a disciple of the Carefree Holy Land.
• Ye Xuan identified Zhou Wushuang as a leading contender for the Carefree Holy Land's Holy Son position and challenged him to a fight to the death.

At Xuanyuan City, Lin Chengtian, Ge Tian, and Zhuang Hai mocked Ye Xuan for being stopped at the gates, then learned he had killed six Lin Clan Golden Core cultivators. Outside the city, Ye Xuan demanded a deathmatch with Zhou Wushuang and taunted him for hesitating.

• Lin Chengtian told Zhuang Hai and Ge Tian that Ye Xuan had arrived and was being stopped from entering Xuanyuan City.
• A Golden Core cultivator reported that Ye Xuan had killed six Lin Clan Golden Core cultivators outside the city.
• Lin Chengtian headed to the city gate with Ge Tian and Zhuang Hai to see what had happened.
• Ye Xuan challenged Zhou Wushuang to fight to the death, but Zhou Wushuang protested that Ye Xuan was not as formidable as he claimed.
• Ye Xuan mocked Zhou Wushuang for being a Golden Core Realm Peak cultivator who would not fight someone in the Wheel Sea Realm.

Ye Xuan fought Zhou Wushuang in Xuanyuan City and gained the upper hand, provoking Zhou Wushuang to prepare for a deadly clash. Before they could continue, a powerful presence emerged from the city and the Lin Clan Head angrily confronted Ye Xuan over the deaths of Lin Clan members.

• Zhou Wushuang challenged Ye Xuan and attacked him, but Ye Xuan met his fist in midair and mocked his Stele-Splitting Fist.
• Ye Xuan interrupted Zhou Wushuang and struck his palm with a lightning-wrapped attack that broke through Zhou Wushuang’s palm and hit his chest.
• Ye Xuan taunted Zhou Wushuang, who grew furious and declared that he would kill Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan spread his Absolute Domain and stirred the True Solar Fire within his dantian as Zhou Wushuang prepared to fight seriously.
• A vast pressure spread from Xuanyuan City, and a voice accused Ye Xuan of killing Lin Clan members and showing contempt for the Lin Clan.

Ye Xuan confronted Lin Chengtian over the Lin Clan’s attempt to bar and kill him, then provoked Ge Tian into attacking so the Ninth Ancestor could strike him down. The Ninth Ancestor warned everyone against bullying Ancient Desolate Holy Land juniors, while he and Han Bingning anticipated greater pressure on Ye Xuan in the coming secret-realm contest.

• Ye Xuan challenged Lin Chengtian for targeting him while allowing other holy lands and lineages into the city, and Lin Chengtian’s killing intent made Ye Xuan fear for his life.
• Ge Tian arrived and criticized Ye Xuan, who insulted him and reminded him of his past attempts to kill him.
• Ge Tian unleashed his killing intent, and Ye Xuan pretended to be injured and flew backward while shouting that he had been ambushed.
• The Ninth Ancestor struck Ge Tian with a massive palm, sending him crashing through buildings and leaving him severely injured.
• The Ninth Ancestor warned that anyone who bullied an Ancient Desolate Holy Land junior would be killed, and Lin Chengtian and the crowd fell silent.
• The Ninth Ancestor and Han Bingning discussed the strike and predicted that Ye Xuan would face greater targeting in the secret-realm contest.

Ye Xuan settled into Xuanyuan City after the Ninth Ancestor injured Ge Tian, and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s show of force frightened clans that had been considering an alliance with the Carefree Holy Land. Ge Tian vowed to kill Ye Xuan in the mystic realm slot competition, while Zang Xingtian volunteered to face him; Ye Xuan remained unaware and cultivated quietly at his inn.

• Ye Xuan entered Xuanyuan City after the Ninth Ancestor slapped Ge Tian, then found a luxurious inn and kept a low profile.
• News of Ye Xuan’s clash with Zhou Wushuang and the Ninth Ancestor’s attack on Ge Tian spread, causing wavering clans to hesitate about allying with the Carefree Holy Land.
• Ge Tian raged over his injuries and blamed Ye Xuan, while Zhuang Hai reported that the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s intervention had frightened their prospective allies.
• Zang Xingtian entered the hall and promised to deal with Ye Xuan if he competed for the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm slots.
• Ye Xuan continued cultivating in his room, unaware of the Carefree Holy Land’s plans against him.

The Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s prodigies arrived in Xuanyuan City aboard a Kunpeng, but Ge Changhong attacked them and clashed with the Ninth Ancestor. After a fierce battle, the Ninth Ancestor killed Ge Changhong and warned the Carefree Holy Land against harming their juniors.

• The Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s prodigies arrived in Xuanyuan City on a Kunpeng while Ye Xuan remained at the tavern.
• Ge Changhong attacked the Kunpeng, and the Ninth Ancestor intervened to protect Holy Maiden Qiu Yue and the other prodigies.
• The Ninth Ancestor fought Ge Changhong as other ancestors from both holy lands clashed nearby.
• Ye Xuan left the tavern and watched the battle, sensing his own insignificance and the pressure his presence had brought.
• After more than an hour, the Ninth Ancestor killed Ge Changhong, then threatened to slaughter the Carefree Holy Land if it attacked the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s juniors again.

After the Carefree Holy Land and Ancient Desolate Holy Land became bitter enemies, Ye Xuan prepared for the Mystic Origin Mountain Range and its contest for entry slots. As the mist parted and the gateway appeared, a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator named Jin Hu pursued him with killing intent.

• Ye Xuan recognized the Ninth Ancestor's voice and resumed cultivating, anticipating a deadly conflict with the Carefree Holy Land.
• Han Bingning assured Ye Xuan that the ancestors were safe and gave him an attack talisman and a defensive talisman before the Mystic Origin Mountain Range opened.
• Ye Xuan traveled to the mountain range, where tens of thousands of cultivators gathered to compete for two thousand entry slots.
• Ye Xuan used his Divine Eyes to see fiery-red demonic beasts inside the mist, then sensed Jin Hu approaching behind him with killing intent.
• As Jin Hu pursued Ye Xuan, the mist dispersed, a gateway appeared, and the gathered cultivators rushed toward it.

Ye Xuan entered the Mystic Origin Mountain Range, escaped Jin Hu’s attack, and fought his way past the beasts guarding the entrance. After fleeing for two hours, he found a glowing jade-white token beside a stream.

• Ye Xuan dodged Jin Hu’s attack outside the gateway using Wandering Dragon Steps, while Jin Hu vowed to hunt him inside the mountain range.
• A Carefree Holy Land ancestor ordered his forces into teams to seize qualification tokens and hunt Ancient Desolate Holy Land geniuses, promising rewards for whoever killed Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan entered the mountain range and killed two fiery-red demonic beasts that attacked him, then saw hundreds of cultivators already dead amid the chaos.
• Ye Xuan fled the area to avoid Jin Hu and the Carefree Holy Land forces, while Jin Hu entered the mountain range and continued his pursuit.
• After traveling for two hours, Ye Xuan reached a stream and spotted a glowing jade-white token beside it.

Ye Xuan seized a quota jade token, then fought Lin Tian and his Nascent Soul Realm Third Level servant when they tried to take it from him. He bypassed the servant and reached Lin Tian, whose plea about his father did not stop Ye Xuan from attacking.

• Ye Xuan took the quota jade token and dodged Lin Tian's fiery-red saber strike.
• Lin Tian threatened Ye Xuan and attacked, but Ye Xuan shattered his blade beam with a punch and struck at him with Thunder God Palm.
• Lin Tian's Nascent Soul Realm Third Level servant pulled him out of danger and clashed with Ye Xuan, who was forced back.
• Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to bypass the servant and charge at Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian begged for his life and invoked his father, but Ye Xuan dismissed the threat and punched toward Lin Tian's head.

Ye Xuan killed Lin Tian and then defeated Zhou Qi, a Nascent Soul Realm Third Level cultivator, using the True Solar Fire and Deadly Sword Strike. After collecting their belongings and burning their corpses, he fled before a group led by Zhou Wushuang arrived.

• Ye Xuan killed Lin Tian with a punch, took his saber and storage pouch, and evaded Zhou Qi's attack.
• Zhou Qi charged Ye Xuan with the Blazing Flame Mad Saber, but Ye Xuan's True Solar Fire destroyed the saber light.
• Ye Xuan used a dragon-like roar to distract Zhou Qi, then pierced his head with Deadly Sword Strike.
• Zhou Qi's Nascent Soul tried to escape, but Ye Xuan's True Solar Fire caught and destroyed it.
• Ye Xuan took Zhou Qi's storage pouch, burned both corpses, and left as Zhou Wushuang and nine others arrived.

Ye Xuan looted Lin Tian’s and Zhou Qi’s storage bags, mastered the Blazing Flame Mad Saber, and tested its power by destroying a forest. When Zhou Wushuang and nine others arrived to investigate, Ye Xuan hid nearby and prepared to hunt them.

• Ye Xuan found little of value in Lin Tian’s and Zhou Qi’s storage bags but took all their supplies and discovered the Blazing Flame Mad Saber in Lin Tian’s bag.
• Ye Xuan mastered all three forms of the Blazing Flame Mad Saber in two hours and unleashed them with Lin Tian’s saber, flattening a forest and igniting it.
• Ye Xuan sensed Zhou Wushuang and nine others approaching through his Absolute Domain, then hid behind a boulder.
• Zhou Wushuang examined the destruction and recognized the Blazing Flame Mad Saber, while he and the others were shocked that someone had perfected all three forms.

Ye Xuan ambushed Zhou Wushuang’s group in the Mystic Origin Mountain Range and killed him before escaping. Zhou Wushuang’s companions were left shaken and unsure who had attacked them.

• Zhou Wushuang called out to the hidden Lin Clan cultivator, then led his group toward the boulders when no one answered.
• Ye Xuan waited until the group came within ten meters, then used wind, dust, and stones to blind and disorient them.
• Ye Xuan appeared beside Zhou Wushuang and killed him with the Blazing Flame Triple Slash.
• Ye Xuan took Zhou Wushuang’s storage bag and fled as dust and stones attacked the rest of the group.
• The Nascent Soul Peak cultivator and the Carefree Holy Land prodigies found Zhou Wushuang burned to nothing and feared their unknown attacker.

Ye Xuan killed Zhou Wushuang and used Han Bingning’s attack talisman to destroy the pursuing Elder Wu. He then turned back toward the remaining Carefree Holy Land members, while Elder Zhao and the others waited uneasily for Elder Wu to return.

• Ye Xuan searched Zhou Wushuang’s storage pouch and found spirit stones and a qualification jade token.
• Elder Wu caught up with Ye Xuan, recognized him, and fled instead of attacking.
• Ye Xuan activated Han Bingning’s attack talisman and froze Elder Wu into shards of ice.
• Han Bingning sensed that Ye Xuan had used her talisman and grew deeply unsettled.
• Elder Zhao reassured the Carefree Holy Land geniuses as they waited for Elder Wu, then decided they would leave if he had not returned in two hours.
• After night fell, Ye Xuan watched Elder Zhao and the geniuses from nearby.

Ye Xuan ambushed Elder Zhao and the Carefree Holy Land group, then used Blazing Flame Triple Slash empowered by True Solar Fire to kill the Nascent Soul Realm Fifth Level elder. The seven surviving prodigies were left at his mercy as he demanded they choose between suicide and death at his hands.

• Ye Xuan attacked Elder Zhao and the seven Carefree Holy Land prodigies from the shadows.
• Elder Zhao blocked Ye Xuan’s first three saber strikes but was forced back and injured by True Solar Fire.
• Ye Xuan repeatedly unleashed Blazing Flame Triple Slash until he overwhelmed Elder Zhao and killed him.
• True Solar Fire destroyed Elder Zhao’s Nascent Soul before it could escape.
• Ye Xuan faced the seven surviving prodigies and demanded that they kill themselves or let him kill them.

Ye Xuan killed seven Carefree Holy Land prodigies, then cultivated until he reached the Wheel Sea Realm Sixth Layer. As he set out to seize qualification jade tokens, Shen Yao of the Jade Lake Holy Land ran to him for protection, but he did not recognize her.

• Ye Xuan killed the seven Carefree Holy Land prodigies and took their resources.
• Ye Xuan cultivated in a secluded canyon, advancing from the Wheel Sea Realm Fourth Level to the Sixth Layer over fifteen days.
• Ye Xuan left the canyon to seek people carrying qualification jade tokens and sensed several presences approaching.
• Shen Yao fled from five pursuers and hid behind Ye Xuan, asking him to save her.
• Ye Xuan failed to recognize Shen Yao as the Holy Maiden of the Jade Lake Holy Land, leaving her embarrassed as the five pursuers caught up.

Ye Xuan demanded a quota jade token from Shen Yao in exchange for saving her from five rogue cultivators. After she agreed and the men threatened them, Ye Xuan charged into battle.

• The five rogue cultivators mocked Ye Xuan and leered at Shen Yao, who warned him that they were lawless in the Mystic Origin Mountain Range.
• Ye Xuan asked Shen Yao what she could offer in return for his help, and the rogue cultivators mistook his demand for interest in sharing her.
• The leading cultivator suggested that they all assault Shen Yao together, but Ye Xuan rebuked the men and asked whether she had a quota jade token.
• Shen Yao agreed to give Ye Xuan a token, and the five rogue cultivators threatened to kill them both.
• Ye Xuan called the men trash, surged forward, and punched at the nascent soul realm first level cultivator.

Ye Xuan killed two Nascent Soul cultivators, proving the power of his physical strength and the Wilds Body Refining Technique. As three Golden Core cultivators fled, Shen Yao charged after them to vent her anger.

• Ye Xuan shattered a Nascent Soul Realm First Level cultivator's arm, destroyed his dantian, and burned up his nascent soul.
• Ye Xuan attacked the Nascent Soul Realm Third Level Peak cultivator using only the Wilds Body Refining Technique and killed him with a single palm strike.
• The three surviving Golden Core Realm Ninth Level cultivators panicked and ran from Ye Xuan.
• Shen Yao chased after the fleeing cultivators as her suppressed anger erupted.

Ye Xuan hunted the Carefree Holy Land’s chosen with Shen Yao’s help, collecting qualification jade tokens across the Mystic Origin Mountain Range. After more than fifty of their people were killed, Zang Xingtian’s group discussed the mysterious attacker and the Lin Clan saber technique he used.

• Shen Yao warned Ye Xuan that the qualification-token struggle was beginning, and he demanded payment for protecting her or help finding Carefree Holy Land cultivators.
• Ye Xuan killed a Black-Stripe Leopard that had attacked from the darkness, then persuaded Shen Yao to lead him to the Carefree Holy Land’s chosen.
• Ye Xuan killed a lone Golden Core Realm Eighth Level cultivator from the Carefree Holy Land with a saber strike and took his resources.
• With Shen Yao’s help, Ye Xuan killed fifty-three Carefree Holy Land chosen over several days and obtained three more qualification jade tokens, bringing his total to six.
• At a bonfire, a young man told Zang Xingtian that more than fifty members of their group had been killed and their resources and tokens taken, while the attacker used the Lin Clan’s Blazing Flame Mad Saber.