Chapter Summaries

Han Bingning learned that Ye Xuan had died in the Mystic Origin Mountain Range and waited at the exit for those responsible, while news of his death spread among the factions. The chapter ended when Ye Xuan suddenly emerged from the gateway, leaving everyone convinced they had seen a ghost.

• Qiu Yue and the others told Han Bingning that Ye Xuan had died, and she ordered them to wait for the cultivators who came out of the mountain range.
• Shen Yao confirmed Ye Xuan's death to a woman from the Jade Lake Holy Land, who warned her not to discuss it further.
• Ge Tian celebrated Ye Xuan's reported death, and news of it spread through the gathered factions.
• Han Bingning watched the gateway, while Ge Tian grew anxious because Jian Qingshan, Zhou Wushuang, and Zang Xingtian had not emerged.
• Ye Xuan flew out of the gateway, and the onlookers stared at him in shock as if he were a ghost.

Ye Xuan emerged alive, exposing the false report of his death and provoking Ge Tian. Han Bingning confronted Ge Tian for slandering Ye Xuan and sent an enormous ice sword at him as the Sixth Old Ancestor moved to protect him.

• Ye Xuan appeared alive, delighting his allies and shocking the watching cultivators.
• Ge Tian angrily killed the young man who had reported Ye Xuan's death.
• Ye Xuan mocked Ge Tian for declaring him dead and asked what price he would pay for slandering him.
• Ge Tian unleashed his Heavenly Position Realm pressure, injuring nearby cultivators and drawing rebukes from other powerful figures.
• Han Bingning froze Ge Tian in place, declared that she would kill him, and sent an enormous ice sword toward him.
• The Sixth Old Ancestor stepped in front of Ge Tian and challenged Han Bingning to stop.

Han Bingning crushed the Sixth Ancestor of the Carefree Holy Land and killed Ge Tian despite the arrival of five more ancestors. She challenged them to fight, while Ye Xuan realized she had acted to strengthen his standing in the Ancient Desolate Holy Land.

• The Sixth Ancestor of the Carefree Holy Land ambushed Han Bingning, but she shattered his attack and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Han Bingning advanced toward the badly injured Ge Tian as the other five ancestors of the Carefree Holy Land arrived and accused her of provoking a war.
• Han Bingning declared that anyone who threatened the Ancient Desolate Holy Land's Holy Son would die, then killed Ge Tian with a single palm strike.
• Ye Xuan watched in awe and understood that Han Bingning had acted to emphasize his importance within the holy land.
• Han Bingning faced the five ancestors and challenged them to step forward and fight.

The Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s ancestors arrived and forced the Carefree Holy Land to back down, though both sides avoided an all-out battle. Ye Xuan then defended Han Bingning’s honor, demanded an apology from the Carefree Holy Land’s Fifth Ancestor, and ended by challenging its younger geniuses to a deathmatch.

• The Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s five ancestors appeared, and the Carefree Holy Land’s ancestors withdrew rather than risk a battle.
• Ye Xuan confronted the Carefree Holy Land’s Fifth Ancestor and demanded an apology for insulting Han Bingning.
• The Fifth Ancestor restrained himself, ignored Ye Xuan, and left with the other Carefree Holy Land ancestors.
• Ye Xuan announced that, as a Wheel Sea Realm Ninth Layer cultivator, he would fight any Carefree Holy Land genius below Nascent Soul in a deathmatch.

Ye Xuan challenged the Carefree Holy Land’s prodigies after its Fifth Old Ancestor insulted Han Bingning, and he slaughtered everyone who accepted. He revealed that he had also killed Zhou Wushuang, Jian Qingshan, and Zang Xingtian, then faced Zhuang Hai’s demand that he fight a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator.

• Ye Xuan refused to let the Carefree Holy Land’s insult to Han Bingning go unanswered and offered to withdraw his challenge if they apologized.
• A Golden Core Realm Ninth Level disciple accepted Ye Xuan’s challenge, but Ye Xuan killed him before he could finish introducing himself.
• More than a dozen Carefree Holy Land disciples charged Ye Xuan together, and he killed them all in an instant.
• The Carefree Holy Land disciples invoked Zhou Wushuang, Jian Qingshan, and Zang Xingtian, but Ye Xuan said he had already slaughtered all three in the Mystic Origin Mountain Range.
• Zhuang Hai accused Ye Xuan of picking on Golden Core cultivators and challenged him to fight someone at the Nascent Soul Early Stage.

Ye Xuan accepted the Carefree Holy Land’s challenge to fight a Nascent Soul cultivator and crippled Zhu Tao with one punch. As he stood over the stunned crowd, his expression suddenly changed.

• Zhuang Hai challenged Ye Xuan to fight a Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator, and Ye Xuan agreed while mocking the Carefree Holy Land for sending someone so weak.
• Zhu Tao, a Nascent Soul realm third-level cultivator, stepped forward to fight Ye Xuan as the crowd argued over the challenge.
• Zhu Tao charged at Ye Xuan, who met him with a single punch and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The crowd realized Zhu Tao had been crippled beyond the Carefree Holy Land’s ability to heal, and Ye Xuan stood proudly before his expression suddenly changed.

Ye Xuan refused to stop provoking the Carefree Holy Land, prompting Han Bingning to question his strength and warn him to hold back. When Zhou He emerged from the Mystic Origin Mountain Range and tried to flee, Ye Xuan ordered the gathered cultivators to stop him, and Zhou He angrily accused him of bullying.

• Han Bingning told Ye Xuan not to provoke the Carefree Holy Land further, but he boasted that he could fight Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators and had killed opponents at Nascent Soul Peak and Nascent Soul Realm Seventh Level.
• Qiu Yue left after hearing Ye Xuan call Han Bingning “Little Han.”
• Ye Xuan searched for Zhou He and watched the gateway, knowing Zhou He might still emerge.
• Zhou He appeared and tried to fly away, so Ye Xuan shouted for someone to stop him.
• Nangong Dai and other cultivators blocked Zhou He, and Zhou He demanded to know whether Ye Xuan intended to bully him.

Ye Xuan exposed Zhou He’s attempt to portray himself as a victim, then ordered him killed for having pursued and tried to kill him in the Mystic Origin Mountain Range. The head of Zhou Lineage offered Ye Xuan a gift and begged him to spare the lineage; after accepting, Ye Xuan watched the portal close as the remaining cultivators finished returning.

• Zhou He accused the Ancient Desolate Holy Land of bullying him, and some minor factions voiced support for his complaint.
• Ye Xuan revealed that Zhou He had joined others in trying to kill him in the Mystic Origin Mountain Range and had pursued him afterward.
• After Zhou He argued that their actions had followed the rules of the contest, Ye Xuan ordered an elder to kill him and take his storage pouch.
• Zhou Changsheng, head of Zhou Lineage, offered Ye Xuan a spatial ring and promised to expel Zhou He from the lineage.
• Ye Xuan accepted the gift and said the matter was settled, and Zhou Changsheng withdrew in relief.
• As fewer cultivators emerged, the sun set and the portal disappeared into mist.

After the slot contest ended, the Ancient Desolate Holy Land mourned its dead and counted its meager haul of jade tokens. Ye Xuan revealed that he had obtained 501 tokens, leaving everyone stunned as Han Bingning calmly called the amount barely passable.

• Han Bingning reported that 315 of the 1,000 Ancient Desolate Holy Land cultivators had died, including eighteen Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Luo Yuan and Qiu Yue handed over their extra tokens, bringing the Ancient Desolate Holy Land's total to seventy-six.
• Qiu Yue prompted Han Bingning to ask Ye Xuan how many tokens he had obtained, and the others tried to reassure him when he seemed unsure.
• Ye Xuan produced a heap of tokens and counted out 501, astonishing the Ancient Desolate Holy Land cultivators.
• Han Bingning collected the tokens, gave Ye Xuan one, and called his total barely passable while the Carefree Holy Land seethed with killing intent.

After suffering catastrophic losses in the quota contest, the Carefree Holy Land's patriarchs vowed revenge on Ye Xuan and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land and planned to attack their allies for more tokens. Meanwhile, Ye Xuan's group returned to the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, while Zhou Changsheng prepared to leave Xuanyuan City and was stopped by an approaching procession.

• The Carefree Holy Land's patriarchs learned that fewer than five hundred of their two thousand entrants survived and that they had won only fifty-seven quota tokens, while Zhou Wushuang, Zang Xingtian, and Jian Qingshan had also died.
• The second patriarch blamed Ye Xuan and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, then proposed seizing more tokens from factions that supported them, beginning with the Nangong Lineage and pressuring the Lin Clan to choose sides.
• The factions returned to Xuanyuan City after tallying their gains, and Ye Xuan and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land's group headed back to their holy land with the tokens they had collected.
• Zhou Changsheng packed up the Zhou Lineage's eight quota tokens and prepared to return home, but a large procession arrived and blocked their way out of the lodgings.

Zhuang Hai demanded that the Zhou Lineage become a vassal of the Carefree Holy Land and threatened to destroy it if it refused. After Zhou Changsheng resisted, Carefree Holy Land experts killed several Zhou cultivators, and Zhuang Hai gave the Lineage one day to decide.

• Zhuang Hai arrived at the Zhou Lineage and forced Zhou Changsheng to host him and his Carefree Holy Land entourage.
• Zhuang Hai demanded that the Zhou Lineage become a vassal, but Zhou Changsheng asked to consult the other elders.
• Zhuang Hai threatened to erase the Zhou Lineage if it refused, and Zhou cultivators angrily challenged the Carefree Holy Land.
• Zhuang Hai struck Zhou Changsheng while two Carefree Holy Land experts killed the cultivators who had spoken out.
• Zhuang Hai gave Zhou Changsheng one day to accept or face destruction, and Zhou Changsheng collapsed after spitting blood.

The Carefree Holy Land forced Lin Chengtian to pledge the Lin Clan's allegiance, then led the Zhou Lineage and Lin Clan against the Nangong Lineage. Nangong Dai tried to settle the accusation against her peacefully, but Zhuang Hai ordered the attackers to kill everyone.

• The Carefree Holy Land's Sixth Ancestor threatened to destroy the Lin Clan unless Lin Chengtian submitted, and Lin Chengtian agreed when the deadline passed.
• A girl warned Nangong Dai that the Zhou Lineage, Lin Clan, and Carefree Holy Land had arrived at the Nangong residence.
• Nangong Dai confronted Zhou Changsheng, Lin Chengtian, and Zhuang Hai and asked why they had come.
• Zhuang Hai accused Nangong Dai of helping Ye Xuan kill Zhou He and rejected her offer of an apology and compensation.
• Zhuang Hai ordered the attackers to kill the Nangong Lineage without leaving survivors.

The Carefree Holy Land massacred the Nangong Lineage and two of its vassal Lineages, leaving the Eastern Wasteland fearful of a major upheaval. At the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, Ye Xuan sensed Han Bingning’s unusual killing intent and asked what had happened.

• Zhuang Hai ordered the Carefree Holy Land’s experts to slaughter the Nangong Lineage, while Lin Chengtian killed Nangong Dai.
• The Carefree Holy Land wiped out everyone in the Nangong Lineage’s compound, and news of the bloodbath spread through Xuanyuan City.
• Over the next two days, the Carefree Holy Land annihilated the Nangong Lineage’s main clan and two vassal Lineages of the Ancient Desolate Holy Land.
• Ye Xuan sensed Han Bingning’s intense killing intent when she appeared before him, and he asked why something seemed wrong.

After learning that the Carefree Holy Land had slaughtered the Nangong Lineage and two other lineages, Ye Xuan blamed himself for Nangong Dai’s death and vowed revenge. He joined Han Bingning’s forces as they set out for the Meng Clan, the first target in their retaliation.

• Han Bingning told Ye Xuan that the Carefree Holy Land had destroyed the Nangong Lineage and two lineages subordinate to the Ancient Desolate Holy Land.
• Ye Xuan learned that Nangong Dai had been killed by Lin Chengtian because she had helped him, and he vowed to kill everyone who attacked the three lineages.
• Ye Xuan insisted on joining Han Bingning’s expedition despite the danger, and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s cultivators departed for the Meng Clan.
• At Meng City, cultivators complained about the Meng Clan’s doubled entry fee and its oppressive rule.
• Ye Xuan arrived above Meng City atop Kunpeng with the approaching force, his expression cold and murderous.

Ye Xuan led experts from the Ancient Desolate Holy Land into Meng City after the Meng Clan helped the Carefree Holy Land destroy an affiliated Lineage. Finding the Meng Clan celebrating its victory, he ordered its extermination, and the Holy Land’s experts launched their attack.

• Ye Xuan and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s experts entered Meng City while the Meng Clan guards fled to warn their clan head.
• At the Meng Clan’s victory banquet, Meng Tuoxiu praised Elder Wu for helping destroy the affiliated Lineage and offered him the dancers.
• Meng Clan cultivators reported that Ye Xuan and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land had fought their way into the city.
• Ye Xuan confronted Meng Tuoxiu and condemned the clan for celebrating the destruction of a Lineage.
• Ye Xuan ordered his experts to spare only the maids and servants and raze the Meng Clan.
• The Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s experts surged forward to attack Meng Tuoxiu and the others.

Ye Xuan watched the Ancient Desolate Holy Land massacre the Meng Clan, then fought the clan members who blamed him for its downfall. He slaughtered their attackers with ease and left the survivors terrified.

• Meng Tuoxiu tried to charge Ye Xuan, but an Ancient Desolate Holy Land expert blocked him as the battle erupted and Meng Clan experts fell.
• Elder Wu attempted to flee, but another Ancient Desolate Holy Land expert intercepted him, while cultivators outside the estate celebrated the Meng Clan’s destruction.
• Meng Clan cultivators confronted Ye Xuan and accused him of causing their clan’s annihilation; he dismissed his guard and charged at them alone.
• Ye Xuan killed a late Golden Core young man with a casual palm, then overwhelmed Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators with his fists and feet.
• Ye Xuan taunted the remaining Meng Clan members and killed several more; Nascent Soul middle- and late-stage cultivators then charged at him in fury.

Ye Xuan faced five late-stage Nascent Soul experts from the Meng Clan and quickly incapacitated one of them. As the remaining four attacked together, Ye Xuan evaded their strikes and appeared behind another seventh-level Nascent Soul cultivator, preparing to strike.

• The five Meng Clan experts charged Ye Xuan, but he told the Ancient Desolate Holy Land elder not to intervene and rushed at them with Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Ye Xuan struck a seventh-level Nascent Soul cultivator twice, sending him crashing to the ground barely alive.
• The remaining four Meng Clan experts recovered from their shock and attacked Ye Xuan together with fist imprints, palm strikes, and a whip kick.
• Ye Xuan activated Absolute Domain, evaded the four attacks, and appeared behind another seventh-level Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Ye Xuan mocked the cultivator and struck at him with his palm.

Ye Xuan killed Meng Feng through his Nascent Soul defensive barrier, then stopped a Nascent Soul Realm Eighth Level cultivator's attack and mocked him. As the two surviving opponents regarded him with apprehension, a powerful presence began awakening deep within the Meng Clan.

• Ye Xuan killed a Nascent Soul Realm Seventh Level cultivator with a palm strike, leaving three Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators alive.
• The two Nascent Soul Realm Eighth Level cultivators split up, with one attacking Ye Xuan and the other moving to protect Meng Feng.
• Ye Xuan reached Meng Feng first and shattered his defensive barrier with a Primordial Qi punch, killing him instantly.
• Ye Xuan kicked the Nascent Soul Realm Eighth Level cultivator who was trying to protect Meng Feng, interrupting his attack and forcing him backward.
• Ye Xuan mocked the injured cultivator, while the other Nascent Soul Realm Eighth Level cultivator looked on in apprehension.
• A powerful presence began awakening deep within the Meng Clan, unnoticed by the crowd.

Meng Guiyi broke through to the Divine Emperor Realm and emerged from seclusion as Ye Xuan fought the Meng Clan. Ye Xuan killed two Nascent Soul Realm Eighth Level cultivators with one sword strike, and Meng Guiyi appeared in the sky, fixing his gaze on Ye Xuan and the others.

• Meng Guiyi’s presence surged as he drew in Spiritual Qi, and the Meng Clan members realized their ancestor was about to break through.
• The wounded Meng Tuoxiu and the surviving Meng Clan disciples rejoiced, while two Nascent Soul Realm Eighth Level cultivators renewed their attack on Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan dismissed their hopes, then used the Primordial First Form to kill both cultivators with a single sword strike.
• Ye Xuan collected the spoils and prepared to withdraw, but Meng Guiyi announced that he had reached the Divine Emperor Realm.
• Meng Guiyi rose into the sky, released his Divine Emperor Realm presence, and stared imperiously at Ye Xuan and the others.

Meng Guiyi emerged from seclusion as the Meng Clan faced destruction and attacked Ye Xuan, but a powerful protector revealed Ye Xuan’s status as the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s Holy Son. The chapter ended with Ye Xuan ordering the protector to kill Meng Guiyi.

• Meng Guiyi emerged from seclusion, saw the Meng Clan’s dead and wounded, and demanded to know who had attacked his clan.
• Ye Xuan mocked Meng Guiyi’s recent breakthrough and dismissed his threats.
• Meng Guiyi unleashed his Divine Emperor pressure on Ye Xuan, injuring distant spectators as Ye Xuan prepared to defend himself.
• A hemp-robed old man appeared, shattered Meng Guiyi’s pressure, and wounded him with his own Divine Emperor Realm Third Layer presence.
• The hemp-robed old man addressed Ye Xuan as the Holy Son, and Ye Xuan ordered him to kill Meng Guiyi.