Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen identified a safe route through the sealed-off domain guarding the secret treasure ruins, but Holy Son Lin entered ahead of him after claiming to have deciphered its restrictions. Holy Son Lin then rushed back out of the mist, shouting for everyone to run.

• After the red light killed many cultivators and severed Holy Son Lin's arm, Yang Zhen offered to lead the crowd into the ruins.
• Yang Zhen headed for the sealed-off domain with Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken, confident he had found its gate of life.
• Holy Son Lin claimed he had seen through the restrictions and persuaded the crowd to let him enter first.
• Holy Son Lin crossed the restrictions without being struck by red light, and white mist gradually obscured him.
• As the crowd rushed to follow Holy Son Lin's footsteps, he suddenly spun around and raced back, shouting, "Run!"

Holy Son Lin fled the ruins as a swarm of Death Zhi erupted, forcing the cultivators outside to fight back with fire. Yang Zhen realized the Death Zhi might be edible and flew out in his Iron Armor to catch some, prompting Holy Son Lin to accuse him of breaking his promise.

• Holy Son Lin charged out of the ruins in terror, and a vast swarm of Death Zhi surged from the mist after him.
• Cultivators fled toward their flying boats as the Death Zhi swallowed many of them, until one cultivator discovered that fire could kill the creatures.
• Holy Son Lin and the other fire-wielding cultivators used waves of flame to hold off the Death Zhi while Yang Zhen stayed hidden aboard the Heavenly Peak.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat suspected the Death Zhi could be cooked, so Yang Zhen activated his Iron Armor and flew out to catch them.
• Holy Son Lin saw Yang Zhen’s Iron Armor and shouted that Yang Zhen had promised not to refine any more.

Yang Zhen wore an improved Iron Armor that let him move among the Death Zhi, while Holy Son Lin and the Second Clan Elder charged into the swarm. After discovering the creatures contained energy he could absorb and refine, Yang Zhen rushed to hunt them himself.

• Yang Zhen insisted his Iron Armor Version 1.0 was not really Iron Armor, but Holy Son Lin realized it was an improved version and charged at him.
• Yang Zhen dodged Holy Son Lin, who plunged into the Death Zhi, and the Second Clan Elder followed him into the swarm.
• Yang Zhen accidentally crushed a Death Zhi and sensed a trace of pure energy similar to the Void Power seed in his body.
• Yang Zhen realized he could absorb and refine the energy, then shouted at the cultivators to leave the Death Zhi to him.
• Yang Zhen unleashed his Half-Life Heavenly Fire and chased the startled Death Zhi across the sky, leaving Shameless Cat astonished.

Yang Zhen burned through Death Zhi and absorbed the pure energy containing the Power of the Void, drawing the attention of the crowd and the Ba Clan's Supreme Elder, Lu Qiju. The chapter ended with Lu Qiju confronting Yang Zhen and demanding that he reveal how to refine Death Zhi.

• Yang Zhen burned Death Zhi to ash, releasing pure energy that he absorbed as the crowd suspected it contained the Power of the Void.
• The crowd recalled Yang Zhen's earlier attempt to refine the Power of the Void in the ice palace and debated whether he had succeeded.
• Lu Qiju, the Ba Clan's Mahayana Realm Supreme Elder, flew up to confront Yang Zhen as Elder Qian judged Yang had little chance of surviving against him.
• Hua Youyue stopped Han Yan'er from intervening and assured her that Yang Zhen would be fine.
• Yang Zhen absorbed the last trace of the pure energy, and Lu Qiju demanded that he reveal the method for refining Death Zhi.

Yang Zhen faced pressure from Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi to reveal how he refined Death Zhi and its Power of the Void. He appeared to agree, then challenged Old Ghost Qi by asking who he thought he was.

• Lu Qiju demanded that Yang Zhen reveal the method for refining Death Zhi, then argued that the gathered cultivators deserved a share of the method.
• Han Yan'er bristled at the crowd’s criticism of Yang Zhen, while Hua Youyue watched tensely and Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken wrestled.
• Lu Qiju urged Yang Zhen to share the method with the nearly ten thousand cultivators, but Elder Qian called him shameless and opposed him.
• Old Ghost Qi burned countless Death Zhi with a fire dragon and joined Lu Qiju in asking Yang Zhen to reveal the method.
• Yang Zhen said he had one question for Old Ghost Qi, then asked who the hell he thought he was.

Yang Zhen provoked Old Ghost Qi and offered to reveal the method for absorbing the Power of the Void if Lu Qiju guaranteed his safety. After Yang Zhen whispered to Lu Qiju, he exposed Lu Qiju’s supposed misunderstanding as a shameless act, leaving Lu Qiju furious and attacking him.

• Yang Zhen taunted Old Ghost Qi and challenged him to make his cultivation methods and martial techniques public.
• The crowd joined Yang Zhen in urging Old Ghost Qi to reveal his methods, while Elder Qian asked him to consider it.
• Yang Zhen asked Lu Qiju to guarantee his safety in the Mo North Abyss in exchange for the method, and Lu Qiju agreed.
• Yang Zhen whispered to Lu Qiju, who then claimed he had not heard the method clearly, prompting Yang Zhen to accuse him of acting.
• Lu Qiju accused Yang Zhen of tricking him, and Yang Zhen told the crowd that Lu Qiju planned to kill him and keep the method for himself.
• Lu Qiju blasted fire toward Yang Zhen, who shouted that Lu Qiju was killing him to silence him.

Yang Zhen’s attempt to turn Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi against each other failed, leaving him cornered by the two Mahayana Realm experts. He then claimed he would reveal the method for absorbing the Power of the Void after demonstrating another method he had just comprehended.

• Lu Qiju’s blast struck toward Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen survived behind Elder Qian and Old Ghost Qi and accused Lu Qiju of trying to kill him.
• Old Ghost Qi refused to let Lu Qiju kill Yang Zhen before learning the method for absorbing the Power of the Void, and Lu Qiju proposed they seize and interrogate him together.
• The crowd realized Yang Zhen had not told Lu Qiju the method and cursed him for deceiving them.
• Elder Qian could not protect Yang Zhen from Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi, who agreed to restrain him and demand the method.
• Yang Zhen stepped forward and offered to reveal the method after demonstrating another technique he had comprehended, astonishing Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi.

Yang Zhen revealed that he had another method and used his Divine Sense, infused with the Power of the Void, to connect with the Death Zhi. He succeeded in entering their strange, vast world, leaving Old Ghost Qi and the Sealed Land observers stunned.

• Yang Zhen ignored Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju and approached the Death Zhi to demonstrate his other method.
• Inside the Sealed Land, Bai Xian, Hong Qiu, and a blue-scaled man watched Yang Zhen and debated whether he could survive.
• Yang Zhen sent his Divine Sense toward the Void seed, which lent a trace of the Power of the Void to his Divine Sense.
• Yang Zhen used that trace to connect with successive Death Zhi and entered their strange world.
• Old Ghost Qi shouted at Yang Zhen as a wave of air rolled before him, while Bai Xian cried out in surprise.

Yang Zhen used his power over a vast swarm of Death Zhi to challenge Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju, forcing the two Mahayana Realm experts to reconsider fighting him. They proposed setting aside their grudge to enter the Sealed Land, and Yang Zhen demanded that they swear not to attack him.

• Yang Zhen revealed that he could control a huge swarm of Death Zhi, astonishing the crowd and the scaled people trapped in the Sealed Land.
• Bai Xian, Qing Lin, and Hong Qiu realized Yang Zhen’s control might help them escape, though Qing Lin stopped Hong Qiu from rushing out to aid him.
• Yang Zhen formed insulting characters from the Death Zhi and launched the swarm at Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju, declaring he would fight them both.
• The crowd retreated as Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju recognized that the swarm could wear them down, and they asked Yang Zhen to wait.
• Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju proposed postponing their feud so they could enter the Sealed Land, while Yang Zhen demanded they swear not to attack him.

Yang Zhen secured oaths from Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi not to attack him in the Mo North Abyss, then announced that he would reveal how to enter the Sealed Land because he sensed danger inside. As he prepared to break the formation with the gathered crowd, Hong Qiu, Bai Xian, and Qing Lin watched from within and anticipated heavy losses.

• Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi swore soul oaths not to attack Yang Zhen in the Mo North Abyss, and thunder confirmed that the oaths had taken effect.
• Yang Zhen recalled the Death Zhi and explained that Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi had accepted the truce because they needed him to reach the Sealed Land.
• Two sneaky figures returned carrying an arm from the Iron Armor while Yang Zhen reunited with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.
• Yang Zhen said he would show everyone how to enter the Sealed Land, citing his foreboding sense that a great danger awaited inside.
• Elder Qian offered the elders’ help once they entered, and Yang Zhen declared that he would break the formation before privately vowing to scam Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi.
• Inside the Sealed Land, Hong Qiu, Bai Xian, and Qing Lin watched the outsiders and predicted that more than half might perish trying to enter.

Yang Zhen examined the Sealed Land and asked Han Yan'er to use her Star Technique Chapter to investigate it. She discovered that anyone leaving the formation would lose one ethereal soul and one corporeal soul, and Yang Zhen prepared to demonstrate how a true genius could break it.

• Yang Zhen studied the Sealed Land and claimed that entering was easy but leaving carried a hidden danger.
• Qing Lin mocked the idea that Yang Zhen could break the formation, while Hong Qiu warned him against trying to gnaw open the emperor's tomb.
• Yang Zhen called Han Yan'er over to examine the formation, and she used her Star Technique Chapter to reveal ghostly souls inside the Sealed Land.
• Han Yan'er explained that the formation stripped one ethereal soul and one corporeal soul from anyone who left, including Holy Son Lin.
• Yang Zhen rose before the crowd and announced that he would show them what a true genius was.

Yang Zhen tried to break the Sealed Land’s restriction by loudly boasting about his looks and cursing at it, and his words caused its formation hubs to explode. The chapter ended as Qing Lin and the others were buried beneath the collapsing mountain while Yang Zhen pointed toward another one.

• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er stood beside Yang Zhen with their Saint Weapons ready as he faced the Sealed Land.
• Yang Zhen shouted insults and boasts at the restriction, startling Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and the watching cultivators.
• The restriction revealed countless deadly red beams, and Yang Zhen’s curses caused a distant mountain to explode.
• Yang Zhen pointed at the mountain where Qing Lin and Bai Xian stood, causing it to burst apart as they tried to flee.
• Qing Lin and the others were buried beneath falling rocks while Yang Zhen began taunting another mountain.

Yang Zhen rushed into the newly opened Sealed Land, then ignored a commotion that drew the other cultivators and instead dug a hole with Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken. Qing Lin planned to use the human cultivators to break a dangerous formation, while Yang Zhen hinted that the real treasure was elsewhere.

• Yang Zhen entered the Sealed Land after the red light and its pressure began to fade, then dashed into the ruins and left Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken to follow.
• The cultivators realized Yang Zhen had tricked them and charged into the ruins, where Qing Lin and the others had just emerged from the rubble.
• Hong Qiu wanted to summon the Scale Clan to attack, but Qing Lin told him to notify the clansmen while he lured the humans toward a dangerous place to use their strength against a formation.
• Bai Xian asked where Yang Zhen had gone, and Qing Lin left as a powerful True Essence presence erupted nearby and drew the cultivators toward it.
• Shameless Cat urged Yang Zhen to investigate the commotion, but Yang Zhen kept digging and said he could not enter that place, then hinted that the real good stuff was elsewhere.

Yang Zhen and his companions discovered a purple crystal deposit and began digging furiously. Elsewhere, Qing Lin and Hong Qiu watched human cultivators gather at a glowing altar until a surge of Qi made them collapse and erupted from the structure.

• Yang Zhen found a purple crystal after the Shameless Cat complained that one had hit him, and the Evil Shadow Black Taotie used the Great Deficiency Sword to dig out another.
• The Shameless Cat and the Flirtatious Chicken joined the digging, and Yang Zhen rushed in when they started gathering the crystals.
• Qing Lin met Hong Qiu near the mountaintop ruins, learned that he had alerted their clanspeople, and warned him to prepare to escape the Sealed Land.
• A wave of Qi swept through the altar site, causing human cultivators to fall one after another as Qing Lin watched in alarm.
• The altar unleashed a violent burst of Qi.

Yang Zhen and his companions dug up the purple crystal mine and were transported into a primordial world of chaotic Qi. Recognizing the Qi as connected to the Desolate Heaven Technique, Yang Zhen found the Desolate Heaven True Rune, while his companions were left back in the mine.

• Yang Zhen reassured Shameless Cat that the disturbance near Miss Hua and Little Dao Addict was no cause for concern, then continued digging with his companions.
• Yang Zhen and the others uncovered the entire purple crystal mine, and tapping the last stone caused a force to pull them away.
• Yang Zhen found himself in a chaotic world filled with boundless Qi and recalled encountering the same Qi in the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda and on Ten Thousand Flowers Island.
• Yang Zhen recognized the Qi as that of the Desolate Heaven Technique, and the world transformed into a primeval realm where the Desolate Heaven True Rune appeared.
• Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and the Great Deficiency Sword tumbled back into the purple crystal mine and realized Yang Zhen had found the rune.

Yang Zhen grasped the true essence of the Desolate Heaven Technique and plunged into the Desolate Heaven True Rune to claim it, enduring immense pain as it refined his body. Meanwhile, the formation’s hidden power sealed the souls of many cultivators, and Qing Lin learned Bai Xian was searching for a human cultivator she liked.

• Yang Zhen studied the Desolate Heaven Technique beneath the Desolate Heaven True Rune and realized it could draw on the origin power of all things when used with the rune.
• Yang Zhen charged into the Desolate Heaven True Rune, suffering terrible pain as its power washed over and cleansed his body.
• Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and the Great Deficiency Sword watched in alarm as Yang Zhen endured the rune’s power.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er found that a third of the cultivators had fallen, and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits discovered their three souls and seven spirits had been sealed by a strange power.
• Qing Lin learned that Bai Xian had refused to return and was searching for a human cultivator she had taken an interest in.

Yang Zhen absorbed the Desolate Heaven True Rune, weakening the altar’s seal just as a Mahayana Realm expert attacked it. The altar broke open and released a terrifying Spirit Transformation Realm creature, leaving everyone facing the threat.

• Yang Zhen absorbed the Desolate Heaven True Rune and asked Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and the Great Deficiency Sword to guard him while he recovered.
• A Mahayana Realm expert charged the altar, and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits warned everyone to retreat.
• The altar’s protective power vanished, prompting Elder Qian, Qing Lin, Hong Qiu, and the others to rush to stop the attacker.
• The altar cracked open, releasing black light and eerie laughter as Bai Xian hurried toward the formation core.
• A thin, black creature emerged from the hole and identified the gathered people as humans.
• Elder Qian and the others recognized the creature as a Spirit Transformation Realm expert.

The sealed Black Death clansman revealed himself as a Spirit Transformation Realm expert, terrifying the Scale Clan and the gathered cultivators. When Fang Jielin attacked, the clansman destroyed his Heavenly Vault Ghost Eagle and killed him instantly, leaving Elder Qian, Old Ghost Qi, and Lu Qiju closing in on the deadly expert.

• Qing Lin explained that the Scale Clan had been trapped in the Sealed Land and revealed that the sealed figure belonged to the legendary Black Death Clan.
• Hong Qiu said the Scale Clan possessed an item that could make a Black Death clansman grant them one condition, but Qing Lin doubted the expert would honor it.
• Fang Jielin unleashed his Heavenly Vault Ghost Eagle against the Black Death clansman, while Elder Qian, Old Ghost Qi, and Lu Qiju moved closer to join the fight.
• The Black Death clansman shattered the Heavenly Vault Ghost Eagle with one grasp, then seized Fang Jielin and snapped his neck.
• The Black Death clansman grinned at Elder Qian, Old Ghost Qi, and Lu Qiju as they approached.

The Black Death Clan expert effortlessly killed Fang Jielin and Old Ghost Qi, then turned his attention to Hua Youyue, intrigued by her divine soul. As he reached for her and held Han Yan'er by the throat, Yang Zhen's voice suddenly rang out.

• The Black Death Clan expert killed Old Ghost Qi and drained much of the flesh and blood from his and Fang Jielin's corpses.
• Elder Qian drew the Soul-Slaying Saber while Lu Qiju unleashed his thunder power and attacked the Black Death Clan expert.
• The Black Death Clan expert snuffed out Lu Qiju's thunder dragons and approached Hua Youyue, claiming her divine soul could restore his strength.
• Han Yan'er attacked the Black Death Clan expert, but he seized her by the throat, and Hua Youyue demanded that he let her go.
• As the Black Death Clan expert reached for Hua Youyue, Yang Zhen called out and threatened him for touching his woman.

Yang Zhen confronted the Black Death clansman to save Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, challenged him to risk his life for someone, and charged despite the vast gap in their strength. After a black-light strike sent him crashing into a mountain, Yang Zhen emerged apparently unhurt, leaving the crowd astonished.

• Yang Zhen made a swaggering entrance with Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken, then mocked the Black Death clansman while Shameless Cat supplied his requested BGM.
• Yang Zhen challenged the Black Death clansman to fight him, and the clansman released Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er before locking down the surrounding space.
• Yang Zhen asked whether the clansman had ever risked his life for someone, unleashed his power, and charged at him with the Great Deficiency Sword.
• The Black Death clansman struck Yang Zhen with a beam of black light, sending him crashing into a mountain as Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er rushed to help.
• Yang Zhen burst out from the rubble with black light flickering along the Great Deficiency Sword, apparently unharmed, and stunned the watching cultivators.