Chapter Summaries

After Xie Feng defeated Xuan Mao with a lecture and demanded payment for the damaged training grounds, she returned to the Nether Clan furious and found Changying there to collect the debt. Changying confronted Xuan Mao as Nether Clan guards surrounded her.

• Xie Feng mocked Xuan Mao for her lack of manners and warned her to pay for damaging the Dust Clan's martial training grounds, forcing her to leave in anger.
• Gu Xuan restored the training grounds and warned Xie Feng not to underestimate Xuan Mao, but Xie Feng implied that he had held back in their fight.
• Xuan Mao returned to the Nether Clan, kicked over her cat's food bowl, and reflected that Xie Feng's strength was difficult to fathom.
• A maid told Xuan Mao that a Dust Clan debt collector had arrived, and Xuan Mao stormed out to confront the visitor.
• Changying walked past the Nether Clan guards and demanded that Xuan Mao pay, then accused her of being a deadbeat when Xuan Mao asked whether Xie Feng had sent her.

Changying confronted Xuan Mao at the Nether Clan to collect compensation for damage to the Dust Clan’s martial training ground. After demonstrating her rapidly rising cultivation and threatening to break Xuan Mao’s sword, she obtained forty million Dao Crystals and left, while Xuan Mao vowed to take revenge on Xie Feng at the final showdown.

• Changying demanded payment from Xuan Mao for the martial training ground her mistress had wrecked, while Nether Clan members debated the debt.
• Xuan Mao attacked Changying with the Netherworld Sword, but Changying blocked the strike and advanced from Dao God Realm First Stage to Fourth Stage.
• Changying closed in, seized Xuan Mao’s sword, and threatened to destroy it unless she paid before the Nether Clan’s experts arrived.
• Xuan Mao ordered a clan member to give Changying a gold card containing forty million Dao Crystals, and Changying released her and departed.
• Xuan Mao raged over her cracked sword and threatened to make Xie Feng pay at the final showdown.

Zhou Jin and Mu Lin confronted Jiangxiao and Nu Fengtao as the two kings came to eliminate Mu Lin and seize his territory. With Sushang’s support, Zhou Jin revealed his Emperor Bloodline and fought the pair, but the battle continued as his temporary surge of strength threatened to leave him exhausted.

• Zhou Jin and Mu Lin sensed two powerful Heavenly Dog presences approaching and went to meet Jiangxiao and Nu Fengtao outside the academy.
• Jiangxiao tried to persuade Zhou Jin to kill Mu Lin in exchange for his territory, but Zhou Jin refused, and Nu Fengtao attacked Mu Lin.
• Sushang appeared and used the Void Mysterious Emperor Flame to destroy Nu Fengtao’s saber strike before Jiangxiao attacked Zhou Jin.
• Zhou Jin revealed his giant black dog form, and his Emperor Bloodline suppressed Jiangxiao and Nu Fengtao while boosting his strength to Jiangxiao’s level.
• Jiangxiao and Nu Fengtao joined forces against Zhou Jin as Mu Lin attacked Nu Fengtao, and Sushang shielded Zhou Jin with Emperor Flame.
• The battle continued as Zhou Jin’s golden Emperor Flame formed two flaming tigers, while his temporary bloodline awakening threatened to exhaust him.

Ge Kuangwo and Liang Qian intervened when Nu Fengtao and Jiangxiao attacked Zhou Jin and Sushang, forcing their enemies to retreat. Nu Fengtao then self-detonated in an attempt to kill Zhou Jin, but Zhou Jin survived by using the Great Dao of Time.

• Ge Kuangwo arrived and drove back Jiangxiao, then declared that Sushang and Zhou Jin were under Flame Island’s protection as friends of its honored guest.
• Liang Qian arrived and announced that Zhou Jin, Sushang, and Mu Lin were honored guests of Wuyou College.
• Jiangxiao and Nu Fengtao decided to retreat rather than face Ge Kuangwo and Liang Qian.
• Nu Fengtao suddenly self-detonated and directed his final attack at Zhou Jin.
• Sushang assured everyone that Zhou Jin was safe, and Zhou Jin reappeared after using the Great Dao of Time to escape the blast.

After Ge Kuangwo helped defeat Jiangxiao, Sushang agreed to accompany him to Flame Island to provide healing pills, while Zhou Jin left for Dawn Forest with Mu Lin. Xie Feng remained in Emperor City, immersed in One Lifetime of Samsara.

• Sushang noticed Jiangxiao trying to flee, and Mu Lin and Zhou Jin killed her, ending the battle.
• Ge Kuangwo explained that he had come to help because Xie Feng was Flame Island's honored guest, then asked the absent Xie Feng to meet him when he returned.
• Sushang told Ge Kuangwo she was a sacred-grade pill refiner trained by Xie Feng and agreed to help Flame Island with healing medicine.
• Sushang departed with Ge Kuangwo for Flame Island, while Zhou Jin and Mu Lin left for Dawn Forest.
• Liang Qian worried about how he would explain their departures to Xie Feng, who was contemplating One Lifetime of Samsara in Emperor City.

During his seventh reincarnation, Xie Feng comprehended Vast Righteous Qi and advanced his Literary Dao and Martial Dao cultivation. After returning to his body, he learned about the coming battle between the Dust Clan and the Nether Clan, and Chen Ling asked him to help her kill Netherworld.

• Xie Feng comprehended Vast Righteous Qi at the Sea of Learning and advanced to late literary constitution before suppressing his further growth.
• Xie Feng reflected on Wen Tianxiang and completed his seventh reincarnation, returning with stronger Literary Dao cultivation and a breakthrough to the first tier of the Dao Venerable Realm.
• Chen Ling told Xie Feng that the Dust Clan and Nether Clan would fight a decisive battle the next day and explained the power of the Dao Realm's ten clans.
• Chen Ling revealed that she planned to kill Netherworld while Xie Feng fought Xuan Mao, and asked Xie Feng to lend her the Extreme Dao Sword.
• Xie Feng questioned whether he had any obligation to help, and Chen Ling urged him to name his terms.

Xie Feng agreed to help Chen Ling protect the Dust Clan in exchange for a future favor, and she told him her plan for the battle against Netherworld. That night, a mysterious Heavenly Ranking descended upon the Dao Realm, drawing the attention of cultivators including Lü Yan and Pei Jue.

• Xie Feng asked Chen Ling for land belonging to one of the ten clans as payment, then agreed to help in exchange for a favor from the Dust Clan.
• Chen Ling asked to borrow Changying for the fight, and Xie Feng told her to persuade Changying herself.
• Chen Ling told Xie Feng her plan to kill Netherworld and said the decisive battle would take place at noon on an icy plateau between the Dust Clan and the Nether Clan.
• A vast, blank Heavenly Ranking appeared in the Dao Realm's sky, flooding the world with purple light and fortune.
• Lü Yan watched the Heavenly Ranking from Cloud Cliff before returning to her Jade Qilin Workshop, while Pei Jue observed it from a distant starry expanse.

At the Dust Clan and Nether Clan’s duel, the Heavenly Ranking appeared, and Xie Feng recognized it as a power he had encountered before. He entered the arena to fight Xuan Mao, who offered him a chance to surrender before drawing the Netherworld Sword.

• Netherworld taunted Chen Ling and Xie Feng, and Xie Feng answered him sharply.
• A purple-gold Heavenly Ranking appeared over the snowy mountains, and Xie Feng identified it as a ranking from the Supreme Dao.
• Xie Feng claimed he was an old acquaintance of the Heavenly Ranking and had topped every ranking it had produced.
• Xuan Mao entered the arena and urged Xie Feng to admit defeat, then had a shield thrown to him.
• Xie Feng accepted the duel, and Xuan Mao drew the Netherworld Sword as her Sword Qi disrupted the surrounding Dao laws.

Xie Feng tried to change his duel with Xuan Mao into a contest of wits, but Xuan Mao chose a contest of might and attacked him. As the Heavenly Pride Ranking revealed its upper ranks, Flame Island fought Asura Island, where Sushang healed the wounded before a darkness suddenly covered the sky.

• Xie Feng proposed alternatives to fighting, but Xuan Mao rejected them and thrust the Netherworld Sword at him.
• Chen Ling, Gu Xuan, Liang Qian, and other Dust Clan members hid near the snowy mountain and prepared formations for Chen Ling's signal; Changying came after Chen Ling bribed her with martial arts novels.
• The Heavenly Ranking opened the Heavenly Pride Ranking, named Yi Chen in thirtieth place, and bestowed an Extreme Dao reward on him.
• The ranking advanced to Cheng Liu in eleventh place, prompting discussion of the three great islands and the war between Flame Island and Asura Island.
• Sushang used the Water Dragon Chant to heal Flame Island's wounded, who returned to battle shouting their slogans, before the sky suddenly went dark.

Gu Weiyu was ranked tenth on the Heavenly Ranking, while Xuan Mao took ninth and received a powerful reward. As Xuan Mao attacked Xie Feng, the ranking revealed Sushang in eighth and Yang Lin in seventh, stirring the Dao Realm.

• Asura Island’s five deputy island masters arrived with elite assassins to reinforce the resistance against Flame Island.
• Gu Weiyu saw that she was ranked tenth and became furious when Xuan Mao of the Nether Clan appeared above her in ninth place.
• Xuan Mao received Heavenly Sword Spirit Empowerment and challenged Xie Feng, who said he had too many weapons and techniques to choose from.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Sushang of the Xuanji Sect eighth and Yang Lin of the Pill Clan seventh, surprising onlookers with Sushang’s Dao God cultivation and SSS potential.

The Heavenly Ranking revealed Changying in third place, prompting her to receive the Vast Sea Dao Scroll and break through to the Dao Venerable Realm. Meanwhile, the battle on the snowy plateau continued as Netherworld ordered Xuan Mao to kill Xie Feng and vowed to crush the Dust Clan.

• The Heavenly Ranking announced Zhou Jin and Yu Xuan tied for sixth place, then listed Ming Ji in fifth, Lü Yan in fourth, and Changying in third.
• Changying's ranking astonished Gu Xuan, Liang Qian, and the others, while Changying recalled Mian'er explaining their shared origin as Guixu and the Extreme Dao Sword.
• A green bamboo scroll called the Vast Sea Dao Scroll entered Changying's forehead, and she broke through to the first stage of the Dao Venerable Realm while remaining third on the ranking.
• On the snowy mountain, Xie Feng continued deliberating over which technique or weapon to use as Chen Ling watched Netherworld for a chance to act.
• Netherworld ordered Xuan Mao to kill Xie Feng and vowed to crush the Dust Clan until it sealed itself away.

Xie Feng revealed Solar Zhuzhao and devoured Xuan Mao’s Netherworld Twin Swords, triggering a battle between the Dust Clan and the Nether Clan. As Netherworld and his elders overwhelmed Chen Ling, Xie Feng confronted Netherworld directly.

• Xie Feng summoned Solar Zhuzhao, which swallowed Xuan Mao’s swords and stunned her and the hidden observers.
• Netherworld attacked Xie Feng, but Chen Ling intercepted him as armies from both clans converged on the snowy summit.
• Xuan Mao hid in the bushes with her shield, and Changying mistook her for a ball and kicked her into the air.
• Netherworld and fifteen Dao Master Realm elders cornered Chen Ling, whose formation was threatened as she was wounded by their sneak attack.
• Xie Feng appeared before Netherworld, who mocked him and dismissed his warning that he should be afraid.

Xie Feng used the Extreme Dao Sword to kill Nether Clan elders as the Heavenly Ranking revealed him as its first-place heavenly pride, above Pei Jue. Pei Jue accepted the result calmly, though Xuanji Sect’s name seemed familiar to him, and he left with Xiao Tian after learning his uncle had summoned him.

• Xie Feng manifested the Extreme Dao Sword and killed ten Dao Master Realm Nether Clan elders with one strike.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Pei Jue of the Star Clan second, shocking the mortal world because he was regarded as the strongest heavenly pride.
• The ranking revealed Xie Feng of the Xuanji Sect in first place, with seventh-stage Dao God Realm cultivation and a perfect overall assessment.
• A video of Xie Feng standing on a green mountain appeared, and viewers were overwhelmed by his presence.
• Xiao Tian complained that Xie Feng had taken Pei Jue’s rightful place, but Pei Jue urged him to accept the result and improve himself.
• Pei Jue wondered why Xuanji Sect sounded familiar, then left with Xiao Tian after hearing that his uncle wanted him to return.

Xie Feng used the Extreme Dao Sword to defeat the Nether Clan’s Dao Lord experts and destroy its million-strong army. After Xie Feng killed Netherworld, the remaining Nether Clan members fled as Chen Ling, Changying, Gu Xuan, and the others pursued them.

• Netherworld ordered five Dao Master Realm experts to surround Xie Feng, but Xie Feng killed all five with a single curving strand of Sword Qi.
• Netherworld summoned four fourth-stage Dao Lord Realm experts, and Xie Feng killed one with the Extreme Dao Sword while the other three fled.
• Netherworld unleashed the Nether Clan’s million-strong army, and Xie Feng destroyed it with three strikes of the Extreme Dao Sword.
• Netherworld tried to escape, but Xie Feng split him in two with the Extreme Dao Sword.
• The remaining Nether Clan members fled, and Chen Ling, Changying, Gu Xuan, and the others pursued them.

After the Nether Clan fell, Xie Feng learned that Sushang had gone with Ge Kuangwo to war-torn Flame Island and set out to find her. He encountered Xuan Mao, who returned to find her clan destroyed, and challenged her to consider why she wanted revenge.

• The Extreme Dao Sword scolded Xie Feng for exhausting his mental power, but he said the strain would help temper him.
• Chen Ling thanked Xie Feng for defeating the Nether Clan, then left with Gu Xuan and the others to handle its aftermath.
• Liang Qian told Xie Feng that Sushang had gone with Ge Kuangwo to Flame Island, where Flame Island and Asura Island were at war.
• Xie Feng stopped his punch just short of Liang Qian, said Sushang's departure was not Liang Qian's fault, and headed for Flame Island without mobilizing the Dust Clan's army.
• Xuan Mao arrived and learned that the Nether Clan had been destroyed; when she tried to attack Xie Feng, he warned her and questioned what she hoped to gain from revenge.
• Xuan Mao asked why Xie Feng was explaining this to her, and he replied that her weakness made his own greatness stand out.

Xie Feng met Luo Ling, who had changed how she ran the Treasure Mirror Workshop after taking his advice, and negotiated over more Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng. He agreed to sell it for supplies needed on Flame Island, leaving Luo Ling with a vast order to fulfill within two hours.

• Xuan Mao left after losing to Xie Feng, resolved to become strong enough to challenge him again despite knowing she could never catch up.
• Luo Ling thanked Xie Feng for inspiring her to run the Treasure Mirror Workshop honestly, which gradually brought in more customers.
• Luo Ling asked Xie Feng for three stalks of Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng for a powerful customer who had taken the two she previously pawned.
• Xie Feng raised the price to one hundred million Dao Crystals per stalk, while Luo Ling said her customer demanded goods as tribute and never paid.
• Luo Ling offered ninety-three million for one stalk, and Xie Feng countered with ninety-five million if she supplied healing medicine, food, armor, cloth, spatial carriages, and other necessities for at least three hundred thousand people on Flame Island within two hours.

Xie Feng arranged war supplies for Flame Island and challenged Luo Ling’s powerful guest to meet him at Wuyou Academy. Meanwhile, Asura Island’s assault devastated Flame Island, leaving Sushang and Cheng Liu trapped until an unknown figure intervened as a deputy island master attacked.

• Xie Feng ordered Luo Ling to prepare supplies for three hundred thousand people and refused to wait a month for payment.
• Xie Feng told Luo Ling to invite her powerful guest to meet him at Wuyou Academy in two days to discuss three stalks of heavenly mortal jade ginseng.
• Asura Island’s five deputy island masters attacked Flame Island’s main island while assassins used red nets to capture its flames and slaughter its people.
• Sushang and Cheng Liu found that Flame Island was sealed off, and three manifestations of the Void Mysterious Emperor Flame destroyed a deputy island master’s hurricane attack.
• An Asura Island deputy island master struck at Sushang, but a deep-blue figure summoned a massive blue-flamed Kun and bore down on him.

Ge Kuangwo and Sushang fought Asura Island’s five deputy island lords, who wielded Emperor Swords supplied by the Spirit, Ghost, and Blaze Clans. The attackers seized the Spring and Autumn Life Fire, and Sushang warned them that they would die if they did not hear her out.

• The five deputy island lords revealed Emperor Swords Ghost Remains and Heaven-Scraping and declared that Asura Island would destroy Flame Island.
• Ge Kuangwo summoned the Spring and Autumn Life Fire, revealing Flame Island’s third Emperor Fire.
• Deputy Island Lord B produced the Emperor Sword Heaven-Scorching, and Ge Kuangwo accused the three clans of conspiring against Flame Island.
• The five deputy island lords attacked Ge Kuangwo, while Sushang sent Cheng Liu and the other islanders to find shelter and joined the fight.
• The attackers used a sinister technique to pry the Spring and Autumn Life Fire away from Ge Kuangwo and surrounded him.
• Sushang called out to the five deputy island lords, warning that they would die unless they listened to her.

Sushang tried to buy time for the Holy Cannon Army by tricking five Asura Island deputy island lords into thinking her brother Xie Feng was coming. When Deputy Island Lord D attacked her, a sudden sword strike killed him, leaving the attacker’s killer unidentified.

• The five deputy island lords mocked Sushang after learning her brother was Xie Feng, the top-ranked heavenly pride, and dismissed him as too young to threaten them.
• Sushang learned the Holy Cannon Army would take at least five minutes to arrive and told Ge Kuangwo to help secure the island entrance while she stalled the attackers.
• Sushang pretended to summon Xie Feng with a piece of rice cake, fooling the five deputy island lords until they realized her deception.
• Deputy Island Lord D attacked Sushang, but she countered with the Void Mysterious Emperor Flame before he shattered her shield and moved in to strike her.
• A sword strike descended from the sky and exploded D’s body, killing the fifth-stage Dao Lord Realm cultivator.

Xie Feng arrived on Flame Island and confronted Asura Island’s deputy island lords, but Jiang Fei revealed that she had delivered the strike that killed E. She joined Xie Feng and explained that she had followed him in hopes of finding his Second Senior Brother.

• Xie Feng arrived on Flame Island and reassured Sushang before Ge Kuangwo returned with the Holy Cannon Army.
• Xie Feng revealed that he wielded the Extreme Dao Sword and warned the four deputy island lords of Asura Island to surrender.
• E challenged Xie Feng, and a sword strike cut him apart, though Xie Feng realized he had not swung his own sword.
• Jiang Fei appeared and claimed the fatal strike, leaving the three surviving deputy island lords shaken.
• Xie Feng asked Jiang Fei why she had come, and she said she was following him to find his Second Senior Brother.