Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan and Shen Yao tracked the Carefree Holy Land geniuses through the Mystic Origin Mountain Range and encountered Jian Qingshan, a renowned sword prodigy. Jian Qingshan attacked Ye Xuan with a sword formed from Spiritual Qi, leaving their clash about to begin.

• Zang Xingtian gathered six companions and led them to hunt more than twenty disciples of the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, still frustrated that he had not found Ye Xuan.
• Shen Yao sensed that Zang Xingtian and other Carefree Holy Land geniuses had passed nearby, and Ye Xuan followed their trail.
• Ye Xuan sensed and retrieved a qualification jade token concealed underground using his Absolute Domain.
• Ye Xuan and Shen Yao encountered Jian Qingshan, whom Shen Yao identified as a sword prodigy comparable to Zang Xingtian and Zhou Wushuang.
• Jian Qingshan's phantom sword struck Ye Xuan's eyes but shattered, after which Jian Qingshan attacked him with a sword condensed from Spiritual Qi.

Ye Xuan defeated and killed Jian Qingshan, then discovered two quota jade tokens in his storage pouch. A wounded disciple named Zhang Yuan collapsed before Ye Xuan and Shen Yao after warning that Zang Xingtian was hunting Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples and asking Ye Xuan to avenge them.

• Ye Xuan shattered Jian Qingshan's Spiritual Qi sword with a punch and caught his next sword strike between two fingers.
• Ye Xuan threw Jian Qingshan aside, then killed him with a slash from the Yaoguang Sword.
• Ye Xuan took Jian Qingshan's storage pouch and found two quota jade tokens, bringing his total to nine.
• Zhang Yuan fled toward Ye Xuan and Shen Yao while Zang Xingtian pursued him and repeatedly wounded him.
• Zhang Yuan warned them that Zang Xingtian was hunting Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples, asked them to tell Ye Xuan to avenge the disciples, and died.

After finding Zhang Yuan dead and learning that Zang Xingtian was nearby, Ye Xuan flew into a fury and raced to confront him. He arrived just as Zang Xingtian was about to finish off three Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples.

• Ye Xuan learned from a pursuing cultivator that Zang Xingtian was thirty li away, then killed the cultivator and buried Zhang Yuan.
• Ye Xuan flew east at full speed while Shen Yao tried and failed to catch up.
• In a canyon, Zang Xingtian and five Carefree Holy Land companions overwhelmed the Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples, while three Nascent Soul cultivators fought a stronger Carefree Holy Land expert.
• Zang Xingtian badly wounded Senior Brother Luo and two other disciples, but the Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples refused to flee.
• As Zang Xingtian moved to finish the wounded disciples, Ye Xuan struck from the air and appeared before him, brimming with killing intent.

Ye Xuan arrived to save the battered Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples and confronted Zang Xingtian. He crushed Zang Xingtian’s attack in one move, leaving the Carefree Holy Land disciples stunned.

• The Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples welcomed Ye Xuan, while the wounded urged him to flee from the Carefree Holy Land’s Nascent Soul Peak expert.
• A female disciple warned Ye Xuan that Zang Xingtian had killed four of their disciples and gravely wounded three others.
• Zang Xingtian admitted to the killings and attacked Ye Xuan with the Heavenly Dipper Fist.
• Ye Xuan met Zang Xingtian’s punch head-on and shattered his attack.
• Ye Xuan sent Zang Xingtian crashing to the ground, destroying his right arm and part of his body.

Ye Xuan slaughtered the Carefree Holy Land disciples after gravely injuring Zang Xingtian, avenging the Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples they had killed. He told Zang Xingtian that he had also killed Zhou Wushuang and Jian Qingshan, then finished him off.

• Ye Xuan rebuked Zang Xingtian and charged at the five remaining Carefree Holy Land disciples.
• Ye Xuan killed three Carefree Holy Land disciples with his palms and a punch.
• Ye Xuan pursued the two fleeing disciples, killing one with a kick and the other with an iron fist.
• Ye Xuan told Zang Xingtian that Zhou Wushuang and Jian Qingshan were already dead.
• Ye Xuan killed Zang Xingtian.

After Ye Xuan killed Zang Xingtian and the other Carefree Holy Land prodigies, Qiu Zheng attacked him in fury. Ye Xuan survived Qiu Zheng’s powerful strike, then joined three Ancient Desolate Holy Land elders in a fierce battle that left Qiu Zheng under pressure and ready to fight at any cost.

• Qiu Zheng broke past three Ancient Desolate Holy Land Nascent Soul cultivators and confronted Ye Xuan over the deaths of the Carefree Holy Land prodigies.
• Qiu Zheng unleashed a powerful strike at Ye Xuan, and the three elders rushed to protect their Holy Son.
• Ye Xuan met Qiu Zheng’s attack with a saber strike, was knocked back and slightly injured, but blocked the blow without being seriously harmed.
• The three elders and Ye Xuan surrounded Qiu Zheng and fought him with reckless attacks, neutralizing several of his killing moves.
• Qiu Zheng, frustrated by the group’s resistance, decided to slaughter all four of them even at great cost.

Ye Xuan killed Qiu Zheng by disrupting his focus with Azure Dragon Roar and striking him with Blazing Flame Mad Saber, then aided the surviving Ancient Desolate Holy Land elders and disciples. After the group gathered more allies and qualification jade tokens, they heard a battle nearby and Ye Xuan led everyone toward it.

• Ye Xuan used Azure Dragon Roar to stun Qiu Zheng and struck him three times with Blazing Flame Mad Saber, leaving him mortally wounded.
• Qiu Zheng died after Ye Xuan mocked him, and Ye Xuan burned away his Nascent Soul and took his storage pouch.
• Ye Xuan gave healing pills to the surviving elders and disciples, shared the spirit stones, and gave Luo Yuan three qualification jade tokens for those who lacked one.
• The Ancient Desolate Holy Land group buried their fallen, traveled together, and grew to more than fifty people as Ye Xuan's collection of qualification jade tokens reached thirty-nine.
• Ye Xuan heard a large battle nearby and led the group toward the commotion.

Shen Yao had Yan Ji save Qiu Yue from Zhuge Cheng’s ambush and invoked her standing in the Jade Lake Holy Land to stop him from escalating the dispute. As the battle for quota jade tokens continued, Shen Yao spotted Ye Xuan approaching with a procession.

• Zhuge Cheng attacked Qiu Yue, but Yan Ji intercepted his strike after Shen Yao asked him to intervene.
• Zhuge Cheng accused Yan Ji and the Jade Lake Holy Land of siding with the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, and Shen Yao declared she had saved Qiu Yue because she owed her a favor.
• Qiu Yue thanked Shen Yao, who told her to thank Ye Xuan instead.
• Ancient Desolate Holy Land elders returned to protect Qiu Yue while the others resumed fighting over the quota jade tokens carried by the demonic beasts.
• Shen Yao reflected on leaving Ye Xuan when he went to rescue people, then noticed Ye Xuan approaching with a procession.

Ye Xuan arrived with the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s forces, learned that Zhuge Cheng of the Carefree Holy Land had ambushed Qiu Yue, and ordered his people to attack. As the battle raged, Ye Xuan turned to seize the quota jade tokens, drawing the attention of two Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Ye Xuan arrived with over fifty Ancient Desolate Holy Land elders and disciples, including eight Nascent Soul peak experts, and noticed the unclaimed quota jade tokens.
• Qiu Yue thanked Ye Xuan, while Shen Yao greeted him; after Qiu Yue explained that Shen Yao had saved her from an ambush, Ye Xuan thanked Shen Yao.
• Qiu Yue identified Zhuge Cheng as the Carefree Holy Land attacker, and Ye Xuan ordered the Ancient Desolate Holy Land forces to kill the Carefree Holy Land members before competing for the tokens.
• Ye Xuan killed a Carefree Holy Land disciple who challenged him to a duel, then left the battle to seize a quota jade token from a demonic beast.
• Two Nascent Soul cultivators abandoned their fight and focused on Ye Xuan after he took the token.

Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to evade the furious cultivators and seize every qualification jade token in the valley. After collecting 137 tokens, he found himself surrounded by nearly a hundred cultivators, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Two Nascent Soul cultivators abandoned their fight and attacked Ye Xuan after he took a qualification jade token, but he dodged and made them strike a demonic beast instead.
• Ye Xuan swiftly stole more tokens from other demonic beasts, drawing the anger of cultivators across the valley.
• Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to evade attacks and lead his pursuers into striking demonic beasts while he collected tokens.
• Shen Yao, Qiu Yue, and the others watched in shock as Ye Xuan collected 137 qualification jade tokens and the demonic beasts retreated.
• Nearly a hundred cultivators, including five at Nascent Soul Peak, closed in around Ye Xuan at the deepest part of the valley.

Ye Xuan refused to surrender his qualification jade tokens as more than a hundred cultivators surrounded him, and he ordered the Ancient Desolate Holy Land members to leave. Shen Yao stepped forward to repay his earlier kindness, and Ye Xuan angrily told her to get out of his way.

• Yan Ji refused to let the Jade Lake Holy Land intervene, while Qiu Yue and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land members stood by Ye Xuan.
• A leading cultivator demanded that Ye Xuan hand over a hundred qualification jade tokens, but Ye Xuan mocked the crowd and refused.
• Shen Yao and Qiu Yue urged Ye Xuan to surrender some tokens, but he rejected their advice and the surrounding cultivators prepared to attack.
• Ye Xuan ordered the Ancient Desolate Holy Land members to withdraw, and they reluctantly obeyed.
• Shen Yao chose to fight beside Ye Xuan to repay his kindness, but Ye Xuan furiously told her to leave.

After driving Shen Yao away, Ye Xuan faced a hundred-odd cultivators demanding his entry-slot jade tokens. As they attacked, he activated a defensive talisman and remained untouched inside its barrier while the attackers waited for the dust to clear.

• Ye Xuan insulted Shen Yao, who left in anger, and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples had already departed.
• A Nascent Soul Peak cultivator demanded that Ye Xuan hand over the entry-slot jade tokens, but Ye Xuan refused and provoked the group.
• The cultivators launched a combined attack against Ye Xuan, unleashing a storm that devastated the valley and killed or injured some of their own.
• Ye Xuan activated a translucent, ice-colored talisman that formed a barrier, which withstood the attacks without wavering.
• The attackers assumed Ye Xuan had died and began worrying about the consequences of killing the Ancient Desolate Holy Land's treasured holy son, just as something unexpected happened.

Ye Xuan survived the cultivators’ combined attack and killed several pursuers while forcing his way out of the valley. As he opened a path through the Golden Core cultivators, a terrifying presence swept toward him from behind.

• Ye Xuan burst from the rubble, killed a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, and destroyed a Nascent Soul Peak cultivator’s dantian and Nascent Soul.
• Ye Xuan ignored the other Nascent Soul Peak cultivators and fled toward the valley’s exit as they pursued him.
• Ye Xuan killed a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator with the Blazing Flame Mad Saber Triple Slash empowered by True Solar Fire.
• Ye Xuan cut down several Golden Core cultivators and opened a bloody path through the group.
• Ye Xuan sensed a terrifying attack sweeping toward him from behind and felt his body go cold with dread.

Ye Xuan survived a devastating attack from a half-step Heavenly Position cultivator and fled, badly injured, while the pursuer continued after him to seize his quota jade token. Shen Yao, Qiu Yue, and Luo Yuan worried about him, and Han Bingning sensed that he had used his defensive talisman and feared he faced mortal danger.

• Ye Xuan unleashed his full strength and used Azure Dragon Roar to briefly disrupt the Nascent Soul Peak cultivator before dodging the man's crushing palm.
• The attack destroyed the ground, killed nearby cultivators, and mangled Ye Xuan's left arm, but he swallowed healing pills and escaped without using his Sacred Armor.
• The Nascent Soul Peak cultivator resumed his pursuit, determined to kill Ye Xuan and take his quota jade token.
• Several dozen li away, Shen Yao and Qiu Yue worried about Ye Xuan, while Luo Yuan decided to return and help him.
• Outside the Mystic Origin Mountain Range, Han Bingning sensed that Ye Xuan had used his defensive talisman and wondered whether he was in mortal danger.

Ye Xuan cultivated in a cave and began breaking through to the Wheel Sea Realm Seventh Layer while Lin Yue and her Lin Clan party mistook him for a rogue cultivator worth recruiting. Zhou He arrived to kill Ye Xuan, revealed his identity, and charged into the cave as Ye Xuan’s breakthrough continued.

• Ye Xuan consumed spirit stones and pills as he attacked the barrier to the Wheel Sea Realm Seventh Layer, while his left-arm wound rapidly healed.
• Lin Yue and her Lin Clan companions found the cave and waited outside, believing a powerful rogue cultivator was breaking through.
• Zhou He arrived, identified the cultivator in the cave as Ye Xuan, and warned Lin Yue not to interfere with his attempt to kill him.
• Lin Yue realized Ye Xuan was the enemy who had killed Lin Clan cultivators and humiliated its prodigies, then watched Zhou He break the cave entrance and rush inside.

Ye Xuan broke through to the Wheel Sea Realm ninth layer, gained a new sign-in reward, and clashed head-on with Zhou He. He escaped using his improved Wandering Dragon Steps, leaving Zhou He and Lin Yue furious.

• Ye Xuan broke through three cultivation layers in a row, reaching the Wheel Sea Realm ninth layer.
• His Wandering Dragon Steps reached minor accomplishment, and he signed in to obtain the Primordial Three Swords technique.
• Zhou He stormed into the cave and attacked Ye Xuan, who met him with a punch that halted his charge despite being sent flying.
• Lin Yue and the others watched in shock as Ye Xuan emerged uninjured from the clash.
• Ye Xuan mocked Zhou He and thanked Lin Yue for buying him time before escaping with Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Lin Yue realized she had helped her clan's enemy and cursed Ye Xuan in fury.

Ye Xuan began cultivating the Primordial First Form, Star Shatter, while continuing to hunt Carefree Holy Land disciples during the contest. As the contest ended, Qiu Yue and the others mistakenly believed he had died, while Ye Xuan headed for the exit and thought of reuniting with his master, Little Hanhan.

• Ye Xuan realized that, despite reaching the Wheel Sea Realm ninth layer, he could not defeat Zhou He without the Spiritual Qi surge that had powered his earlier attack, so he decided to cultivate the Primordial Three Swords.
• Ye Xuan witnessed the Primordial First Form, Star Shatter, in a vision and began training the strike, though the next two forms did not appear.
• Qiu Yue, Shen Yao, and Luo Yuan found the devastated battlefield, failed to find Ye Xuan's remains, and concluded that he had died; Shen Yao vowed to avenge him.
• Several days later, Ye Xuan had seized more qualification jade tokens but still had not reached the beginner level in Star Shatter, though he discovered that Primordial Qi strengthened his techniques.
• When the contest ended and a gateway appeared, Ye Xuan headed toward it, wondering how many cultivators had survived and whether Little Hanhan had missed him.

Ye Xuan killed six cultivators who tried to steal his qualification jade tokens and reached the exit portal. There, he encountered Jin Hu, the man who had repeatedly pursued him, and prepared to settle their feud in a final battle.

• Six cultivators demanded Ye Xuan’s qualification jade tokens, but he killed them all with one strike of Primordial First Form, Star Shatter.
• Ye Xuan continued to the portal without further obstruction and prepared to leave the Mystic Origin Mountain Range.
• Jin Hu arrived, and Ye Xuan recognized the man who had tried to kill him before and during their journey through the range.
• Jin Hu mocked Ye Xuan to provoke him into fighting instead of escaping through the portal.
• Ye Xuan declared that he would use Jin Hu as a sacrifice to his sword and stepped forward to face him.

Ye Xuan fought Jin Hu, a Nascent Soul Realm Seventh Level cultivator, and repeatedly matched and humiliated him despite being in the Wheel Sea Realm. After Ye Xuan drew the Yaoguang Sword, Jin Hu burned part of his Nascent Soul and charged at him with greatly increased strength.

• Ye Xuan attacked Jin Hu with Thunder God Palm, and their clash sent both men retreating more than a dozen steps.
• Ye Xuan mocked Jin Hu, then met his Eight Crushing Fists with Emperor Formula and forced him back again.
• Ye Xuan drew the Yaoguang Sword and declared that Jin Hu would die beneath his blade.
• Jin Hu burned part of his Nascent Soul and lunged at Ye Xuan with a surge of power.

Ye Xuan killed Jin Hu with the Primordial First Form, Star Shatter, and fully comprehended the technique’s beginner level before leaving the Mystic Origin Mountain Range. Outside the portal, Qiu Yue and the others told Han Bingning that Ye Xuan was dead, leaving her shaken.

• Jin Hu set his Nascent Soul ablaze and attacked Ye Xuan with Eight Crushing Fists.
• Ye Xuan countered with the Primordial First Form, Star Shatter, split Jin Hu’s body in two, and comprehended the technique to the beginner level.
• Ye Xuan took Jin Hu’s storage pouch and exited through the portal.
• Han Bingning asked Qiu Yue and the others whether they had seen the Holy Son, and they fell to their knees and said Ye Xuan was dead.
• Han Bingning trembled and turned deathly pale at the news.