Chapter Summaries

Xu Yeming revealed his identity and joined forces with Huang Xin and Han Daoxuan to turn against Xuanyuan Zixi after defeating five Chaos Realm cultivators. When Xu Yeming demanded to know who was secretly backing Xuanyuan Zixi, Zixi unleashed a strange, Nine Yin Cold Qi-like power.

• Xu Yeming summoned a Qilin and a Divine Phoenix to stop five cultivators from attacking him, while Xuanyuan Zixi, Huang Xin, and Han Daoxuan struck from behind and crushed all five.
• Xuanyuan Zixi praised the alliance with the Xu Clan and offered Xu Yeming a deal to obtain the Sun and Moon Token, but Xu Yeming revealed himself as Xu Yeming rather than Xu Luo.
• Xu Yeming called on Huang Xin and Han Daoxuan to help attack the injured Xuanyuan Zixi, explaining that he wanted to deal with him before the others.
• Xu Yeming demanded that Xuanyuan Zixi expose the person behind him and reveal his plan, but Zixi denied knowing what he meant.
• Xuanyuan Zixi admitted that Xu Yeming's discovery left him no choice and released a power like Nine Yin Cold Qi, forming intricate ice-blue patterns around his body as Xu Yeming began drawing in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Xu Yeming and his allies fought Xuanyuan Zixi, who unleashed Nine Yin Cold Qi and a jade pendant bearing the Xuanyuan Clan patriarch’s power. Xu Yeming’s own jade pendant summoned his master, who defeated the patriarch’s phantom and warned Xu Yeming to leave no traces and beware of cutting the weeds out by the roots.

• Xuanyuan Zixi merged Nine Yin Cold Qi with his Sword Intent and argued that absolute power justified making his Sword Dao submit.
• Xu Yeming told Huang Xin and Han Daoxuan to attack while he used the Classic of Mountains and Seas to summon a Divine Phoenix.
• The Divine Phoenix Fire destroyed Xuanyuan Zixi’s cold-moon slash and surged toward him as Huang Xin and Han Daoxuan attacked.
• Xuanyuan Zixi used a jade pendant to summon the Xuanyuan Clan patriarch’s phantom, whose Realm God Realm pressure stopped everyone’s attacks.
• Xu Yeming used his own jade pendant to summon a white-robed man, who destroyed the patriarch’s phantom with a single sword strike.
• Xu Yeming asked his master to leave Xuanyuan Zixi to him, and his master warned him not to leave traces or cut the weeds out by the roots before disappearing.

Xu Yeming captured Xuanyuan Zixi and used silver needles coated with poison to torture him for information while Xu Chen watched. Xuanyuan Zixi finally agreed to talk, but Xu Yeming reflexively drove in more needles, leaving everyone horrified.

• Xu Yeming severed Xuanyuan Zixi's tendons, destroyed his Dantian, and suppressed his soul to prevent him from resisting or self-detonating.
• Xu Yeming called Xu Chen over to hear the information and decide whether to support him or expose his identity.
• Xu Yeming pricked Xuanyuan Zixi with poison-coated silver needles, escalating the torture as Xuanyuan Zixi refused to talk.
• Xuanyuan Zixi agreed to reveal what he knew when Xu Yeming threatened to replace the needles with larger ones.
• Xu Yeming reflexively stabbed Xuanyuan Zixi with more needles, making Xu Chen, Huang Xin, and Han Daoxuan stare at him in horror.

Xu Yeming interrogated Xuanyuan Zixi and learned that a hidden group sought control of the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan, with a person from the Divine Realm apparently involved. After Xuanyuan Zixi died from a planted divine soul restriction, Xu Chen agreed to cooperate, and Xu Yeming prepared to claim the Sun and Moon Token.

• Xu Yeming questioned Xuanyuan Zixi, who revealed that his group aimed to keep the clans' direct descendants from obtaining the Sun and Moon Token and ultimately seize control of both clans.
• Xuanyuan Zixi said he had seen someone from the Divine Realm at a gathering point, but he did not know the leader or the gathering point's location.
• Xu Yeming removed the talisman, triggering a restriction that destroyed Xuanyuan Zixi's divine soul and sea of consciousness.
• Huang Xin and Han Daoxuan agreed to inform only their sect masters, while Xu Yeming warned them that their sects might contain other spies.
• Xu Chen agreed to keep Xu Yeming's identity secret after Xu Yeming said he would target only those who had framed his parents, then accepted a Divine Soul Restriction.
• Huang Xin, Han Daoxuan, and Xu Chen yielded the Sun and Moon Token, and Xu Yeming said he would take it.

After learning that rebels within the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan were plotting together, Xuanyuan Che agreed to help Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng expose them. He then challenged Ye Qiubai to test their swordsmanship, but the Azure Cloud Sword overwhelmed the Xuanyuan Sword’s Human Emperor sword intent.

• Mu Fusheng played Xuanyuan Che Xu Yeming’s confession about the conspiracy, and Xuanyuan Che decided to report it to the Xuanyuan Clan head.
• Xuanyuan Che agreed to cooperate with Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng to find the conspirators and clear Xu Canghai’s name.
• Ye Qiubai declined to compete for the Sun and Moon Token, while Ji Yang stepped aside and Mu Fusheng deterred Xuanyuan Che with his talismans and formation scrolls.
• Xuanyuan Che gave up competing for the token and asked Ye Qiubai to spar with him, drawing the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Ye Qiubai summoned his Sword Domain to resist the Xuanyuan Sword’s Human Emperor sword intent, then drew the Azure Cloud Sword and suppressed it.

Ye Qiubai defeated Xuanyuan Che in a sword duel, overpowering him despite Xuanyuan Che’s higher cultivation. Xuanyuan Che accepted the loss, while the chapter hinted that Hong Ying and Xiao Hei faced less harmonious situations elsewhere.

• Ye Qiubai put away the Azure Cloud Sword and drew the Cloud Azure Sword as Xuanyuan Che chose a Domain Divine Realm longsword for their duel.
• Ye Qiubai’s Sword Domain suppressed Xuanyuan Che, but Xuanyuan Che used his Human Emperor Sword Intent to break through it and launch an attack.
• Ye Qiubai countered Xuanyuan Che’s strike and followed with the Three Origins Transforming into Purity Sword, forcing Xuanyuan Che to trade blows.
• Ye Qiubai formed hundreds of swords from the Sword Domain’s rules, disrupted Xuanyuan Che’s attacks, and pursued him across a river of Sword Qi.
• Ye Qiubai seized an opening and held his sword to Xuanyuan Che’s neck; Xuanyuan Che admitted defeat and said he had learned from the fight.
• Mu Fusheng noted that the fight was over, while the narration contrasted their harmonious situation with those of Hong Ying and Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei charged toward the Sun and Moon Token, prompting Qi Wu and Bi Yan to join him against six other trial survivors. As Su Heng challenged them to fight, Xiao Hei declared that he would take on the remaining opponents after his two allies each chose one.

• After the eight survivors stalled over how to compete for the Sun and Moon Token, Xiao Hei charged toward it and drew the others after him.
• Qi Wu and Bi Yan overtook the six pursuers and stood beside Xiao Hei, backing his recklessness and willingness to fight.
• Su Heng questioned why the Four Great Beast Clans were helping a human, while Cen Yue mocked Qi Wu and Bi Yan.
• Qi Wu and Bi Yan threatened Yin Yang Valley over Cen Yue's insults, and Su Heng stepped in to defend her.
• Su Heng proposed a fight, and Xiao Hei told Qi Wu and Bi Yan to each pick one opponent and leave the rest to him.

Xiao Hei seized Cen Yue and challenged Su Heng to defeat him if he wanted to save her. Su Heng’s Su Immortal Claw struck Xiao Hei’s fist, but Xiao Hei stood firm and dismissed the attack as unimpressive.

• Su Heng and Cen Yue mocked Xiao Hei, so he vanished and grabbed Cen Yue by the neck before anyone could react.
• Xiao Hei taunted Cen Yue and told Su Heng to defeat him if he wanted her released.
• Su Heng attacked Xiao Hei with the Su Immortal Claw as Qi Wu and Bi Yan engaged two of the other opponents.
• Xiao Hei met Su Heng’s claw with his fist, endured the strike without retreating, and said, “That’s it?”

Xiao Hei fought Su Heng, who escalated to a devastating Su Immortal Art after Xiao Hei mocked his strength. Xiao Hei stopped Su Heng’s charge with his fully unleashed Eternal Devil Body, leaving Su Heng injured as their battle continued.

• Xiao Hei easily withstood Su Heng’s Su Immortal Claw and forced his fingers out of his fist with a surge of Demonic Intent and Blood Qi.
• Qi Wu and Bi Yan said Xiao Hei was holding back to give Su Heng time to recover for a more satisfying fight.
• Su Heng ignored Cen Yue’s warning that his attack would kill her and gathered power for a move that fractured the space around him.
• Xiao Hei activated his Demon God Armor and bloodline powers, then met Su Heng’s charge head-on; Cen Yue died in the collision.
• Xiao Hei unleashed all nine levels of the Eternal Devil Body and stopped Su Heng’s next charge, while Su Heng spat out blood.

Xiao Hei fought Su Heng, who used a Su Blood Pill to raise his strength and overwhelm him. As Xiao Hei’s Holy Devil Bloodline healed him and made him stronger through the beating, the fight began to turn, ending with nine markings flickering across his body.

• Xiao Hei’s hardened body let him withstand the first clash better than Su Heng, and he sent Su Heng flying.
• Su Heng swallowed a Su Blood Pill, boosting his cultivation to the peak of the Lord Divine Realm and reversing the fight with his speed and strength.
• Su Heng repeatedly battered Xiao Hei, but Xiao Hei’s wounds rapidly healed as threads of blood wound around them.
• Xiao Hei kept meeting Su Heng’s attacks, gradually growing stronger until Su Heng was forced back by a punch.
• Xiao Hei declared that offense and defense had reversed as nine markings began flickering on his body.

Xiao Hei revealed a pill refined by Lu Changsheng and swallowed it, unleashing immense bloody killing intent while retaining his clarity. He overwhelmed Su Heng with a single punch, leaving Su Heng crashed against the hall ceiling and his fate unknown.

• Xiao Hei decided to stop prolonging his fight with Su Heng after taking offense at the others' insults toward his master and the Mortal Realm.
• Qi Wu and Bi Yan hinted that Xiao Hei's trump card could quickly end the fight, though the other cultivators doubted it could match the Su Immortal Sect's resources.
• Xiao Hei produced a pill whose bloody killing aura shocked everyone present, then swallowed it and endured its force without losing his lucidity.
• Xiao Hei punched Su Heng from a distance, and the blood-red Devil God phantom struck with him, breaking Su Heng's arm and hurling him into the vaulted ceiling.
• Xiao Hei questioned why Su Heng had fallen to one punch and revealed that Lu Changsheng had specially refined the Berserk Devil Blood Baleful Intent Pill for him.

Xiao Hei defeated Su Heng and took a Sun and Moon Token, while the other Cottage members also secured tokens. Hong Ying remained in a difficult fight against Nan Tingfeng, with Chu Yan pestering her to become his dao companion as he offered to help.

• After taking the Berserk Devil Blood Baleful Intent Pill, Xiao Hei overpowered Su Heng with two punches and left him unable to fight.
• Xiao Hei challenged the other cultivators, but none dared to face him, so he took the Sun and Moon Token.
• Qi Wu backed down when Xiao Hei approached, while Bi Yan distanced himself from Qi Wu.
• Ning Chenxin, Shi Sheng, Xiao Shitou, Mu Wan'er, Fang Qiong, and Mo Yu obtained Sun and Moon Tokens with little trouble.
• Hong Ying fought Nan Tingfeng for the last Sun and Moon Token while Chu Yan offered to help if she became his dao companion, and she refused.

Hong Ying tested Nan Tingfeng with her Imperial Intent and realized he was concealing his cultivation to probe her strength. Nan Tingfeng yielded the Sun and Moon Token to Chu Yan and left, while Chu Yan hinted that he knew Nan Tingfeng’s secret identity and vowed to meet Hong Ying again.

• Nan Tingfeng challenged Hong Ying to settle their contest quickly, and Hong Ying attacked him with her Imperial Intent and Samsara Divine Spear.
• Hong Ying withdrew after Nan Tingfeng’s invisible barrier stopped her spear, then accused him of concealing his cultivation to test her and inferred that he had ties to her fellow disciples.
• Nan Tingfeng denied knowing Hong Ying’s group, then said he would keep the Sun and Moon Token since she had stopped fighting.
• Chu Yan offered to win the token for Hong Ying if she became his dao companion, and Nan Tingfeng challenged Chu Yan’s confidence.
• Nan Tingfeng gave Chu Yan the Sun and Moon Token rather than reveal his full strength, and Chu Yan implied that he knew Nan Tingfeng was the Listening Wind Pavilion’s master.
• Hong Ying left the ruins, and Chu Yan vowed that she would soon regret refusing him once his plan succeeded.

After the Sun and Moon Token struggle, Ye Qiubai and the others reunited at a Dark Domain base and connected their discoveries to the Divine Realm’s plans. They divided up their investigations and preparations as the Chaos Divine Dynasty’s core region approached, while Ning Chenxin set out to investigate a Buddhist cultivator.

• Ye Qiubai and the others escaped the ruins and gathered at the Dark Domain’s base, where Liu Ziru concluded that the Divine Realm was preparing a major move tied to the Chaos Divine Dynasty’s core region.
• Hong Ying told the group about Chu Yan, while Mu Fusheng raised suspicions about Nan Tingfeng, who had stolen Hong Ying’s Sun and Moon Token; Liu Ziru agreed to investigate both men.
• Xu Yeming said he would continue undercover in the Xu Clan with Xu Chen’s cooperation, and Ye Qiubai said he would enter the Xuanyuan Clan through Xuanyuan Che.
• Liu Ziru assigned everyone their next steps: Hong Ying and Xiao Hei would return to posing as guards, Mu Fusheng would work with the Dark Domain, and the others would cultivate and prepare.
• Ning Chenxin said he wanted to investigate the Buddhist cultivator whose will had recognized him in the ruins, whom he suspected was the Buddhist Sect’s former Buddha Son.

Xu Yeming returned to the Xu Clan disguised as Xu Luo and began investigating whether patriarch Xu Cangyuan was tied to the rebels. He offered his Sun and Moon Token and heir position to any direct descendant who could defeat him, setting up a challenge before the Chaos Divine Dynasty’s core region opened.

• Xu Yeming proposed challenging the Xu Clan’s direct descendants without using his beast-taming abilities or the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• Xu Yeming and Xu Chen told Xu Cangyuan that the Xuanyuan Clan had attacked them in the ruins, and Xu Cangyuan praised their resourcefulness before warning them to stay inside the clan.
• Xu Yeming suspected Xu Cangyuan had benefited from the upheaval that forced Xu Canghai to leave and discussed the possibility that rebels had infiltrated the Xu Clan.
• Xu Yeming entered the training grounds, displayed his Sun and Moon Token, and offered to surrender both the token and his heir position to anyone who defeated him without suppressing their cultivation realm.

Xu Yeming provoked the Xu Clan’s younger descendants into challenging him so he could test their reactions and watch the elders for signs of betrayal. He defeated Xu Huang by combining Qilin and Taotie bloodline powers, then invited more challengers to step forward.

• Xu Qing accused Xu Yeming of insulting the Xu Clan and challenged his confidence in wagering the Sun and Moon Token and heir position.
• Xu Yeming persuaded the second elder to approve his challenge, claiming he needed combat to master an inheritance from the ruins.
• Xu Huang accepted the wager and attacked Xu Yeming at full strength with the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record.
• Xu Yeming used Qilin Bloodline power to withstand Xu Huang’s punch and force him back.
• Xu Yeming merged Taotie and Qilin Bloodline powers, shattered Xu Huang’s leg, and knocked him unconscious off the platform.
• Xu Yeming called for more challengers so he could continue tempering his cultivation method.

Xu Yeming revealed that he could absorb up to eight beast bloodlines without them clashing and offered the cultivation method as a prize to anyone who defeated him. Xu Rulin challenged him, and Xu Yeming used the Golden-Winged Peng Bloodline to evade his powerful opening strike.

• Xu Yeming explained that an inheritance from the ruins let him absorb multiple beast bloodlines safely, then promised to give the method to anyone who defeated him.
• Xu Rulin rushed onto the arena, and Xu Chen warned Xu Yeming that Xu Rulin was a late-stage Lord Divine Realm cultivator who could fight above his realm.
• Xu Rulin said he wanted the inheritance from the ruins and attacked Xu Yeming with a full-moon blade that split space.
• Xu Yeming unleashed the Golden-Winged Peng Bloodline and crossed the platform at great speed to dodge Xu Rulin's strike.

Xu Yeming used the Black Tortoise, Qilin, and Taotie bloodlines to break through Xu Rulin’s Lunar Eclipse Nether Qi and send him flying. Xu Rulin then revealed the same icy-blue markings and presence seen on Xuanyuan Zixi.

• Xu Rulin attacked Xu Yeming with Lunar Eclipse Nether Qi and offered to take his cultivation method and bloodline powers if he won.
• Xu Yeming activated the Black Tortoise Bloodline alongside the Qilin and Taotie Bloodlines, forming armor beneath his skin.
• Xu Yeming met Xu Rulin’s attack head-on, shattered the moon-wheel blades on his armor, and broke his arm before knocking him backward.
• The elders attributed Xu Yeming’s victory across the realm gap to Eight Wastelands Return to the Ruins, and the second elder decided to seek the clan head’s instructions.
• Xu Rulin began to radiate icy-blue energy and markings like Xuanyuan Zixi, making Xu Yeming wary and prompting Xu Chen to look toward the elders.

Xu Yeming defeated Xu Rulin by using the Divine Phoenix Bloodline to suppress his Nine Yin Cold Qi and shatter his full-moon scimitar. As Xu Chen searched the elders for suspicious reactions, he identified the second elder.

• Xu Rulin unleashed Nine Yin Cold Qi, and Xu Chen watched the elders closely for an unusual reaction.
• Xu Rulin formed a full-moon scimitar and slashed at Xu Yeming with his strongest attack.
• Xu Yeming activated the Divine Phoenix Bloodline, dispelled the cold, and shattered the scimitar with a punch.
• The backlash from the broken Lunar Eclipse Nether Record left Xu Rulin badly injured, and Xu Yeming asked whether he could continue fighting.
• Xu Yeming asked Xu Chen whether he had found anything, and Xu Chen replied that the second elder was involved.

Xu Yeming revealed Eight Wastelands Return to the Ruins to expose the rebels’ greed, then secretly followed the second elder. He recognized the voice of the second elder’s contact, who identified the technique as the Cangxuan Guardian Beast Black Lord’s Cultivation Method.

• Xu Yeming defeated the challengers and claimed Eight Wastelands Return to the Ruins required a special physique, forestalling the second elder’s demand for a copy.
• Xu Yeming gave Xu Chen a concealment talisman and chose to watch the second elder himself.
• That night, Xu Yeming infiltrated the second elder’s residence and hid while the elder cultivated.
• The second elder used a prism to contact someone earlier than their agreed time, and Xu Yeming recognized the voice from the courtyard at the center of the lake.
• The contact told the second elder that Eight Wastelands Return to the Ruins belonged to the Cangxuan Guardian Beast, the Black Lord.