Chapter Summaries

Lin Haotian entered Eaglefall Cliff with eleven strands of Heavenly Radiance and headed for Mount Sumeru, apparently carrying the Sumeru Seal. Onlookers realized he could enter the mountain’s core while Yang Zhen and the other Heaven-Favored People might be shut out, and Lin Haotian suddenly demanded that someone come out.

• Lin Haotian arrived at Eaglefall Cliff, where Jade Pool Holy Lord and Yue Qian praised his talent and predicted he could reach the Saint Realm before thirty.
• Cultivators learned Lin Haotian had already reached the Heavenly Cycle Realm and watched him head directly toward the mountaintop ruins.
• Onlookers suspected Lin Haotian possessed the Sumeru Seal, which, together with the Third Holy Maiden’s Heavenly Star Mystic Art, allowed entry to Mount Sumeru’s core.
• The crowd concluded that Lin Haotian’s entry could leave Yang Zhen and the other Heaven-Favored People unable to enter, and criticized the Jade Pool Holy Land for abandoning them.
• Lin Haotian stopped on his way to the ruins, turned toward someone, and ordered them to get out.

Lin Haotian killed Tuoba Hai with one strike and seized his tokens before heading toward Mount Sumeru in pursuit of Yang Zhen. He caught up with Yang Zhen and his companions, and Yang Zhen learned Lin Haotian seemed to be coming after him despite not knowing why.

• Lin Haotian killed Tuoba Hai instantly, took his six tokens, and used the Sumeru Seal to set his course toward Mount Sumeru.
• Lin Haotian defeated Heaven-Favored People he encountered along the way, taking their tokens as he advanced.
• The Shameless Cat worried that Yang Zhen might not be able to face Lin Haotian after the two came within sight of each other.
• Yang Zhen, Wan Jian, and Yue Yazi discussed Lin Haotian’s reputation as the unrivaled talent of the Western Region and his Heavenly Cycle Realm cultivation.
• Luo Guangcheng pointed out that Lin Haotian seemed to be targeting Yang Zhen, who protested that he had never offended him.

Yang Zhen faced Lin Haotian, who challenged him out of jealousy, and pretended to praise him until Lin walked away. The Third Holy Maiden watched Yang Zhen with growing curiosity while Yue Gan mocked her choice of a Heaven-Favored Person.

• Yang Zhen learned that Lin Haotian was coming for him, and his companions warned him not to provoke the powerful cultivator.
• Yun La and the others joined Yang Zhen, while Lin Haotian said he would prove himself superior to Yang Zhen in every field.
• Yang Zhen praised Lin Haotian as far above him, prompting Lin to push past him and head toward Mount Sumeru.
• Yang Zhen warned Lin to watch his step on the uneven mountain path as Lin walked away.
• In the Jade Pool Holy Hall, Yue Gan mocked the Third Holy Maiden for seeking Yang Zhen, but she continued watching him with curiosity.

Yang Zhen followed Lin Haotian toward Mount Sumeru as the other Heaven-Favored People feared Lin Haotian’s power and worried for Yang Zhen. When Lin Haotian used the Sumeru Seal to locate the mountain, Yang Zhen smiled, confident that he would not back down from a contest of strength.

• The crowd discussed Lin Haotian’s powerful backing, master, and extraordinary talent as he headed toward Mount Sumeru with Yang Zhen following.
• Mo Shuiyan warned Yang Zhen not to act rashly, and Lin Haotian revealed that the Jade Pool Holy Land’s Heaven-Observing Mirror and seniors from other continents were watching.
• The crowd suspected Lin Haotian planned to ruin Yang Zhen’s reputation, while Yun La, Wu Tao, and Mo Shuiyan watched over Yang Zhen.
• Lin Haotian used the Sumeru Seal to find Mount Sumeru, making Yang Zhen’s own method seem inferior.
• Wu Tao promised not to let Yang Zhen be killed, and Yang Zhen reassured her that he was difficult to kill.
• Lin Haotian entered a strange state as the group approached Mount Sumeru, and Yang Zhen watched him with a playful smile, ready to test his strength.

Lin Haotian and Yang Zhen entered Mount Sumeru, where a restriction suppressed everyone’s True Essence. Lin Haotian challenged Yang Zhen to a body-tempering race up the mountain path, and onlookers noticed the ground shifting beneath his feet.

• Yang Zhen entered Mount Sumeru, followed by Yun La, Wu Tao, Mo Shuiyan, Luo Guangcheng, Wan Jian, and the other Heaven-Favored People.
• Yang Zhen discovered that Mount Sumeru’s restriction had suppressed everyone’s True Essence, while Wu Tao warned him that Lin Haotian excelled at body tempering.
• Lin Haotian taunted Yang Zhen and proposed a race to the summit using only their body-tempering abilities.
• Lin Haotian sprinted up the mountain path at astonishing speed, and the onlookers noticed the ground moving beneath his feet.

Lin Haotian fell twice while trying to climb Mount Sumeru, despite the crowd’s belief that he would succeed. After Yang Zhen loudly warned him not to fall, Lin Haotian crashed into a stone club and landed in front of him again, leaving everyone suspicious of Yang Zhen.

• The crowd noticed Lin Haotian slowing down as he climbed Mount Sumeru, while Yang Zhen cheered him on and warned him not to fall.
• Pits appeared unpredictably in the mountainside, causing Lin Haotian to stumble and plummet in front of Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen pretended to be bewildered and praised Mount Sumeru’s restrictions as he helped Lin Haotian up; Lin Haotian vowed to try again.
• Mo Shuiyan told Yang Zhen his feigned admiration was too exaggerated, and Yang Zhen said he would make his acting more convincing.
• Lin Haotian climbed again and gained confidence, but after Yang Zhen warned him not to fall, a stone club appeared and he crashed into it, landing in front of Yang Zhen once more.

Yue Qian demanded an explanation for the strange restrictions that had thwarted Lin Haotian on Mount Sumeru, while Elder Jian and the Jade Holy Palace Master invented a story about omens to conceal what they knew. Yang Zhen offered to climb next, then charged through the mountain’s brutal obstacles as Lin Haotian and the crowd watched in disbelief.

• Yue Qian questioned the Jade Pool Holy Lord about the restrictions after Lin Haotian twice fell on Mount Sumeru.
• The Jade Holy Palace Master claimed to have seen strange omens, and Elder Jian declared they foretold the Heavenly Star Stele’s full activation.
• Lin Haotian angrily demanded to know who had caused his falls, while Yang Zhen pretended to suspect deliberate sabotage.
• Yang Zhen offered to try climbing Mount Sumeru, and Lin Haotian ordered him to go.
• Yang Zhen ran faster than Lin Haotian and blasted upward through pits, nails, and clubs of earth and stone, loudly denouncing the person responsible.

Yang Zhen endured Mount Sumeru’s violent restrictions, reached the summit, and cleared the way for the others, humiliating Lin Haotian. As the group headed toward the mountain’s heart, a strange presence affected their minds, and Yang Zhen urged Lin Haotian to try entering a difficult-to-access opening first.

• Yang Zhen was battered by Mount Sumeru’s clubs and nearly fell, but used one club to spring back up and continued climbing.
• Yang Zhen reached the summit while Lin Haotian failed, leaving Lin humiliated before the crowd.
• Yang Zhen announced that he had removed the restrictions, allowing the others, including Lin Haotian, to climb Mount Sumeru safely.
• The Heaven-Favored People followed Yang Zhen toward the mountain’s heart, where Yun La warned them of a presence that could affect their minds.
• Yang Zhen released ten strands of Heavenly Radiance, found what seemed to be an entrance, and asked Lin Haotian to go in first.

Yang Zhen provoked Lin Haotian with shameless flirtation as they reached Mount Sumeru’s core entrance, where Lin Haotian was repelled by an invisible restriction. Observers outside the Heaven-Observing Mirror realized Yang Zhen had secretly tampered with the entrance, and Yue Qian reacted furiously.

• Yang Zhen fawned over Lin Haotian and pretended to profess romantic feelings, leaving the people on the mountaintop stunned.
• Lin Haotian threatened Yang Zhen and drew his sword, but then turned toward the core entrance instead of attacking him.
• The Sumeru Seal failed to get Lin Haotian past an invisible force that pushed him away from the entrance.
• The people on Mount Sumeru looked to Yang Zhen to try the entrance, while Mo Shuiyan suspected Lin Haotian had spared him to test dangers first.
• Viewers in the Jade Pool Holy Hall realized Yang Zhen had buried more black objects at the entrance, and Yue Qian smashed a table in anger.

Yang Zhen pretended to decipher the restriction at Mount Sumeru’s core while secretly leading Lin Haotian toward his trap. When Yang Zhen identified the site as a Land of Three Yin Lacking Yang and said the restriction required the fire of righteousness, Yue Qian rushed to Mount Sumeru.

• Yang Zhen buried pitch-black objects around the entrance to Mount Sumeru’s core while Yue Qian watched with suspicion.
• Elder Jian and the Third Holy Maiden recognized Yang Zhen’s cunning and wondered whether he could survive Lin Haotian.
• Yang Zhen claimed he had deciphered the entrance restriction and called it a Land of Three Yin Lacking Yang, astonishing the Jade Pool Holy Hall.
• Lin Haotian said he had been testing Yang Zhen’s basic cultivation knowledge, and Yang Zhen eagerly asked whether his claim was true.
• The Third Holy Maiden described Yang Zhen’s unusual knowledge and skills, prompting Yue Qian to set off for Mount Sumeru.
• Yang Zhen said the restriction required burning the rocks and earth with the fire of righteousness, and Yue Qian suddenly vanished.

Yang Zhen tested the entrance to Mount Sumeru's core, first causing Lin Haotian to be blasted into the air and then startling him with two kinds of Companion Heavenly Fire. Yang Zhen ultimately walked through the entrance with ease, leaving Lin Haotian stunned.

• Lin Haotian used his Companion Heavenly Fire at the entrance, triggering a huge explosion that sent him flying and left him badly injured.
• Yang Zhen tried to calm Lin Haotian and said he would break the restriction, then approached the entrance.
• Yang Zhen shouted about Companion Heavenly Fire and unleashed two streams of flame, making Lin Haotian flee in terror.
• Yang Zhen asked whether he should begin and stepped through the entrance in a single stride, leaving Lin Haotian unable to believe what he had seen.

Yang Zhen astonished everyone by entering Mount Sumeru’s core, leaving Lin Haotian humbled and bewildered. The chapter ended with Yue Qian of the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land arriving in a murderous rage and demanding that Yang Zhen come out.

• Yang Zhen entered Mount Sumeru’s core effortlessly, while Lin Haotian’s attempt had failed.
• The Jade Pool Holy Land elders and disciples praised Yang Zhen, and Nanny Hu considered him a better choice than Lin Haotian.
• Yue Qian suddenly appeared beneath the Heaven-Observing Mirror and shouted for Yang Zhen to come out.
• Elder Geng identified Yue Qian as a Heavenly Cycle Realm expert who had once wiped out a holy land after Lin Haotian was injured.
• The onlookers on and beneath Mount Sumeru feared Yue Qian would kill Yang Zhen.

Yue Qian threatened to kill Yang Zhen’s loved ones unless Yang Zhen came out of Mount Sumeru and accepted death. Yang Zhen stepped out with the Great Deficiency Sword and vowed to destroy the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land if Yue Qian harmed them, then unleashed a terrifying presence.

• Yue Qian arrived and accused Yang Zhen of playing Lin Haotian, while Lin Haotian struggled to understand what had happened.
• Yang Zhen realized Yue Qian could not enter the core of Mount Sumeru and chose to remain inside.
• Yue Qian threatened to kill everyone close to Yang Zhen if he refused to come out.
• Yang Zhen agreed to leave the entrance, and the Jade Pool Holy Lord and Elder Jian reacted in shock.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Great Deficiency Sword, threatened the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land, and released a powerful presence.

Yang Zhen emerged from the restriction and challenged Yue Qian, revealing overwhelming power as he defeated Lin Haotian with a single kick. He then confronted Yue Qian, who vowed to kill him, and the two prepared to fight.

• Yang Zhen ignored the Third Holy Maiden’s warning and challenged Yue Qian to come at him.
• Yang Zhen unleashed his power, shocking Yue Qian, Lin Haotian, and the onlookers with his overwhelming presence.
• Lin Haotian attacked Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen evaded the strike and kicked him off Mount Sumeru into Eaglefall Cliff.
• Yang Zhen approached Yue Qian and declared that he would die, while the Jade Pool Holy Lord tried to prevent a fight.
• Yue Qian vowed that Yang Zhen would die, and Yang Zhen declared that Yue Qian could not be saved as they faced off.

Yang Zhen challenged Yue Qian despite the vast difference in their strength, enduring Yue Qian’s attacks before using his clones and Buddha’s Wrathful Fire Lotus to strike him. The chapter ended with Yue Qian driven into the rock as the stunned crowd watched.

• Yang Zhen declared that he wanted to kill Yue Qian, while Lin Haotian still had not returned after Yang Zhen kicked him away.
• Yue Qian unleashed his overwhelming presence and blasted Yang Zhen underground with a wave of Qi, then sent Heavenly Fire into the dust.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord assured the Third Holy Maiden that Yang Zhen was still alive.
• Yang Zhen emerged carrying the Great Deficiency Sword and forming Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus in his palm.
• Yang Zhen used Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement to send countless clones at Yue Qian, then struck him in the face with the lotus and drove him into the rock.

Yang Zhen faced Yue Qian’s full power on Mount Sumeru, revealing his formidable body-tempering realm and deliberately using the sword net’s wounds to unleash Desolate Heaven Sacrifice. He broke beyond the Spirit Transformation Realm and formed a black-and-red fire lotus, prompting Jin Heng to flee.

• Yue Qian unleashed his terrifying Momentum and a vast net of sword blades against Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen’s golden body revealed the realm of Sage Comprehension, and he charged through Yue Qian’s sword net despite being badly wounded.
• Yang Zhen used Desolate Heaven Sacrifice to absorb heaven and earth True Essence and break beyond the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Yang Zhen combined his red-gold and pale-gray flames into a black-and-red fire lotus above Mount Sumeru.
• Jin Heng recognized the fire lotus’s danger and shouted for everyone to run.

Yang Zhen chased Yue Qian across Mount Sumeru with a terrifying Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus and destroyed his physical body, while Yue Qian's soul escaped. Yang Zhen then raised a golden longbow, leaving the onlookers wondering what he would do next.

• Jin Heng and the others fled when they recognized the danger of Yang Zhen's Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus.
• Yang Zhen pursued the fleeing Yue Qian across Mount Sumeru, taunting him as the crowd watched in disbelief.
• Yang Zhen tricked Yue Qian, smashed the fire lotus into his face, and destroyed Mount Sumeru in the resulting blast.
• Yue Qian's soul escaped and vowed revenge, while Elder Jian and the Jade Pool Holy Lord discussed the loss of his physical body.
• Yang Zhen laughed and produced a golden longbow, alarming everyone as he said he wanted to shoot something.

Yang Zhen killed Yue Qian with a bow and arrow, then claimed to be an inheritor of a Primordial Era sect when the Jade Pool Holy Lord questioned his origins. Wang Yuxuan introduced herself as the Third Holy Maiden and asked Yang Zhen to help break the seal on the Heavenly Star Stele.

• Yang Zhen shot Yue Qian with an arrow formed from heaven and earth's primal Qi, killing him despite Yue Qian's attempt to flee.
• Yang Zhen searched for Lin Haotian, but Lin Haotian had already escaped when Yue Qian ran.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord warned Yang Zhen that killing Yue Qian would bring trouble, then asked which inheritance Yang Zhen belonged to.
• Yang Zhen claimed his sect was a secret Primordial Era inheritance and described its Scripture Pavilion as a form of punishment.
• Wang Yuxuan introduced herself to Yang Zhen and asked him to help break the seal on the Heavenly Star Stele.

Yang Zhen agreed to enter the Heavenly Star Stele with Wang Yuxuan, while the Jade Pool Holy Land hoped they would fully activate it before three powerful elders from the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land arrived. As Yang Zhen prepared, Shameless Cat warned him about the threat, but Yang dismissed the elders as easy opponents.

• Wang Yuxuan explained that the Heavenly Star Stele required two people to comprehend and activate it, and the Jade Pool Holy Lord arranged for her and Yang Zhen to enter it together.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord suggested they might become the first people to fully activate the stele, shocking Elder Jian and the others with the prospect of surpassing a legendary figure’s achievement.
• News spread that the three Ninth Heaven elders of the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land were heading to the Jade Pool Holy Land to confront Yang Zhen.
• Wang Yuxuan decided she would undo all the seals on her body to enter the stele, despite Elder Jian’s warnings that she would be vulnerable around Yang Zhen.
• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that the Heavenly Star Stele benefited the entire Western Region and warned him not to underestimate the three elders.
• Yang Zhen brushed off the warning and joked with Shameless Cat about sharing Erguotou with Flirtatious Chicken.

Yang Zhen and the Third Holy Maiden entered the Heavenly Star Stele’s first layer, where Yang Zhen quickly found the passage to the second layer and sensed a mysterious presence. He rushed away from the passage and announced that he had found something, leaving the Third Holy Maiden confused.

• Yang Zhen complimented the Third Holy Maiden as they surveyed the strange, empty world inside the Heavenly Star Stele.
• The Third Holy Maiden explained that they were in the stele’s first layer and encouraged Yang Zhen to comprehend its mysteries.
• Yang Zhen used his divine sense and soul power to locate the entrance to the second layer within moments.
• Yang Zhen sensed a mysterious presence that the Third Holy Maiden said no one had ever found or understood.
• Yang Zhen ran away from the second-layer entrance, stopped abruptly, and told the bewildered Third Holy Maiden, “Found it!”