Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen watched the Azure Luan Saintess and the Black Lotus Saintess prepare to compete in perfecting their Dao hearts while pretending to be an uninformed bystander. When Mei Xiang threatened Qi Yunling, Yang Zhen saw Han Yan'er and the little girl arrive and made himself the center of attention.

• The Black Lotus Saintess arrived, and Qi Yunling explained that she competed with the Azure Luan Saintess and that Yang Zhen's Dao Intent might help protect the Azure Luan Saintess's Dao heart.
• The Azure Luan Saintess and the Black Lotus Saintess agreed to compete over who would first perfect her Dao heart.
• Mei Xiang challenged Qi Yunling, asking whether the Azure Luan Sect would defend her if he killed her.
• Yang Zhen spotted Shameless Cat, the little girl, and Han Yan'er in the crowd, then slapped Mei Xiang on the back of the head and told him to move.
• Mei Xiang roared at Yang Tieniu and accused him of courting death.

Yang Zhen provoked Mei Xiang and Hei Qiu while the Nether Luan intervened to protect him. The confrontation paused when an unfamiliar voice arrived and suggested that Yang Zhen run if he could not handle Hei Qiu.

• Yang Zhen taunted Mei Xiang, who unleashed his Black Lotus Gang Qi and charged at him.
• The middle-aged woman from the Azure Luan Sect tried to stop Mei Xiang, but the Nether Luan dispersed his Qi and warned him off.
• After an old man ordered Mei Xiang back, Yang Zhen slapped him again and mocked the old man, Hei Qiu.
• Qi Yunling warned Yang Zhen that even the Nether Luan feared Hei Qiu, whose murderous aura silenced the gathering.
• An unfamiliar voice arrived, admired the Nether Luan, and asked Yang Zhen whether they should run from Hei Qiu.

Yang Zhen reunited with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, then guarded them as they cultivated under the Dao Severing Holy Light. As the Black Lotus Saintess and Azure Luan Saintess began cultivating too, Yang Zhen provoked Hei Qiu with a mocking song.

• Qi Yunling recognized Yang Zhen and asked him to help the Azure Luan Saintess, but he said she did not need help yet.
• Hei Qiu demanded Yang Zhen hand over what he had gained in the Gate of Heavenly Void, and Yang Zhen mocked him before going to protect Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.
• Qi Yunling joined the Azure Luan Saintess as her protector, while the Black Lotus Saintess began cultivating under Hei Qiu's protection.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er began cultivating, and Yang Zhen sang a taunting song that called Hei Qiu a worm.

Yang Zhen protected Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er inside the Dao Severing Holy Light, openly provoking Hei Qiu as the Half-Step Great Saint threatened to break his Dao Heart. As Hei Qiu’s fury filled the sky, Yang Zhen dismissed the danger and prepared to barbecue.

• Yang Zhen entered the Dao Severing Holy Light with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er and teased the Azure Luan Saintess with a mangled song.
• Hei Qiu erupted in fury and threatened Yang Zhen as violent blood waves and killing intent spread through the sky.
• Yang Zhen declared that he repaid kindness and punished harm, then warned Hei Qiu not to provoke him.
• Hei Qiu explained that using True Essence could disrupt those perfecting their Dao Hearts and threatened to break Yang Zhen’s Dao Heart instead.
• Qingguan and True Person Shengquan explained how the Dao Severing Holy Light worked, while Qingguan warned that Hei Qiu was targeting the Azure Luan Saintess and the two women.
• Yang Zhen said Hei Qiu could not break his Dao Heart, then pulled out a charcoal grill to cook meat as Shameless Cat drooled.

Hei Qiu attacked Yang Zhen with a Horned Dragon Dao Intent while Yang Zhen cooked, but Yang Zhen's Qiongqi Heavenly Void effortlessly destroyed it. He left Hei Qiu stunned and went back to tending his fire.

• Hei Qiu stayed beside the Black Lotus Saintess and summoned a blood-lit Horned Dragon to destroy Yang Zhen's Dao heart without disturbing her cultivation.
• Shameless Cat mocked Hei Qiu for using a Horned Dragon against Yang Zhen, then asked Yang Zhen to save him some barbecue.
• Hei Qiu sent the Horned Dragon diving at Yang Zhen and revealed that the attack had originally been meant for the Azure Luan Saintess.
• Yang Zhen told the Azure Luan Saintess to count the favor toward her tab as a gigantic black-and-gold beast appeared behind him.
• The beast, identified by onlookers as the Qiongqi Heavenly Void, slapped the Horned Dragon out of existence while Yang Zhen kept tending the fire.
• Hei Qiu demanded to know what Yang Zhen had summoned, but Yang Zhen said his tiny flame had gone out and promised to light it any moment.

Yang Zhen tried to protect Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er as they pursued the Dao while fighting Hei Qiu of the Black Lotus Holy Land. With Hei Qiu and Mei Xiang closing in, Yang Zhen challenged the entire Black Lotus group to attack him together.

• Yang Zhen started a barbecue while Hei Qiu confronted him, and the Shameless Cat asked to share the food.
• Hei Qiu manifested two enormous Horned Dragons that overwhelmed Yang Zhen's Qiongqi Heavenly Void and disturbed the women pursuing the Dao.
• Qingguan and True Person Shengquan discussed whether to help Yang Zhen and worried that the Black Lotus Holy Land's traveling palace might conceal another powerful figure.
• Hei Qiu summoned two more Horned Dragons to wear down Yang Zhen and disrupt the Azure Luan Saintess, Hua Youyue, and Han Yan'er.
• Mei Xiang charged into the Dao Severing Holy Light to help Hei Qiu, and Yang Zhen pulled out bottles and jars before inviting the entire Black Lotus Holy Land to attack him together.

Yang Zhen summoned Shadow Clones that created four savage-beast phantoms, then assigned three to protect Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and the Azure Luan Saintess. He kept the strange Second Battalion Commander's Italian Cannon to face the charging Horned Dragons and savage bird, preparing to demonstrate Mystic Principle Technology.

• Yang Zhen told everyone to attack together and vowed to protect the Azure Luan Saintess while she perfected her Dao heart.
• The Azure Luan Saintess offered to give up her chance to perfect her Dao heart to keep the Black Lotus Holy Land from harming Yang Zhen.
• Mei Xiang entered the Dao Severing Holy Light and summoned a savage-bird phantom alongside Hei Qiu's Horned Dragons.
• Yang Zhen snapped his fingers, and two Shadow Clones appeared behind him before summoning phantoms of a Qiongqi Heavenly Void, a Heaven-Swallowing Hou, a Chiding Dragon, and a strange cannon.
• Yang Zhen sent the Qiongqi Heavenly Void to Hua Youyue, the Heaven-Swallowing Hou to Han Yan'er, and the Chiding Dragon to the Azure Luan Saintess, keeping the Italian Cannon for himself.
• The Second Battalion Commander's Italian Cannon began charging as Yang Zhen faced the three attacking savage beasts.

Yang Zhen drew the Dao Severing Holy Light toward his grill and obliterated Hei Qiu and Mei Xiang’s summoned beasts while cooking skewers. When the Black Lotus Holy Land’s Half-Step Great Saints attacked, Yang Zhen remained at his grill and revealed a mass of powerful Shadow Clones, leaving Hei Qiu to realize he had misjudged the danger.

• Hei Qiu and Mei Xiang unleashed their blood-made horned dragons and giant bird against Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen fanned his grill and drew the Dao Severing Holy Light toward it as his attack wiped out the summoned beasts.
• Shameless Cat identified the aroma as New Orleans-flavored skewers, while Hei Qiu accused Yang Zhen of destroying the holy light and ordered the Black Lotus Holy Land to attack him.
• More than ten Half-Step Great Saints charged Yang Zhen, who said he would not move from his grilling spot.
• The onlookers saw a multitude of Yang Zhen figures appear, and Hei Qiu realized the Dao Severing Holy Light gave Yang Zhen the advantage.

Yang Zhen drove Hei Qiu and the Black Lotus Holy Land disciples into a rout beneath the Dao Severing Holy Light, then faced a Saint Realm expert who intended to stop him from helping Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and the Azure Luan Saintess. The chapter ended with Yang Zhen preparing to challenge the old man despite the danger.

• Yang Zhen unleashed his Shadow Clones and chased Hei Qiu and the Black Lotus Holy Land disciples through the sky, striking them down with an enormous palm.
• The Black Lotus Saintess realized Yang Zhen had never ignored her out of disdain; he simply had not noticed her.
• A Saint Realm expert emerged from the Black Lotus Holy Land's palace and ordered Yang Zhen to show mercy.
• Yang Zhen returned to his barbecue grill and told the old man he wanted to help Hua Youyue and Little Dao Addict perfect their Dao hearts.
• The old man declared that he would not let Yang Zhen succeed, and Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and the Azure Luan Saintess to move away before agreeing to fight.

Yang Zhen faced Yuan Tianyu, a Saint Realm expert from the Black Lotus Holy Land, after the Azure Luan Saintess, Hua Youyue, and Han Yan'er offered to fight beside him. The chapter ended with Yang Zhen revealing the power of his roasting rack and raising a greatsword to challenge Yuan Tianyu’s Dao.

• The Azure Luan Saintess offered to withdraw, but Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er emerged from their enlightenment and vowed to help Yang Zhen.
• The Azure Luan Saintess joined them, and Yuan Tianyu agreed to face all four of them inside the Dao Severing Holy Light.
• True Person Shengquan identified the Saint Realm expert as Yuan Tianyu, the Black Lotus Left Heavenly Venerable, also known as the Blood-Faced Buddha.
• Yuan Tianyu summoned a vast Buddha from the sea of blood, but Yang Zhen told the others to wait because Yuan Tianyu could not yet kill him inside the Dao Severing Holy Light.
• Yang Zhen released golden light and Heaven and Earth True Runes from his roasting rack, then raised a greatsword and challenged Yuan Tianyu’s Dao.

Yang Zhen formed a colossal Great Deficiency Sword from Heaven and Earth patterns and Dao Severing Holy Light, then struck at Yuan Tianyu’s bloody attack. The clash scattered the sea of blood, and Yuan Tianyu laughed as the crowd waited to learn who had won.

• Yuan Tianyu unleashed a sea of blood and sent a giant Buddha’s bloody hand crashing toward Yang Zhen.
• The Azure Luan Saintess tried to help Yang Zhen, but Hua Youyue stopped her, warning that she would be caught in the crossfire.
• Yang Zhen’s Heaven and Earth patterns blazed with fire and void-like force, joining the Dao Severing Holy Light to form a colossal Great Deficiency Sword.
• Yuan Tianyu recognized that Yang Zhen was using at least three kinds of Heaven and Earth Origin to control the Dao Severing Holy Light and attacked again.
• Yang Zhen invoked the Heavenly Void True Rune and shouted, “First sword, Shattering Shadow!” as he struck Yuan Tianyu’s bloody hand.
• The clash scattered the sea of blood and sent cultivators fleeing, then Yuan Tianyu laughed and claimed Yang Zhen’s strike was nothing special.

Yang Zhen survived Yuan Tianyu’s attack and used the Samsara Bell’s heavenly might to refine his barbecue grill into a sacred treasure that collected Dao Severing Holy Light. He struck down Yuan Tianyu, who challenged him from the ground, and Yang Zhen answered by daring him to come back up.

• Yuan Tianyu’s first attack left Yang Zhen battered but failed to destroy him, and Yang Zhen revealed that the giant Buddha in the sea of blood had vanished.
• Yuan Tianyu summoned a weaker giant Buddha and attacked Yang Zhen again, while the Samsara Bell’s heavenly might filled the sky.
• Yang Zhen tapped his barbecue grill and drew the Dao Severing Holy Light into it as purple lightning refined it into a powerful treasure.
• Yang Zhen charged Yuan Tianyu and smashed the giant Buddha’s blood-red hand out of existence with the grill.
• Yang Zhen struck Yuan Tianyu on the back of the head, sending him crashing down, then challenged him to come up if he had the guts.

Yang Zhen stalled Yuan Tianyu while waiting for the Samsara Bell to appear, then planned with Shameless Cat to avoid the ensuing battle and scavenge afterward. Hua Youyue revealed that she needed the Samsara Bell to prove her Dao, leaving Yang Zhen stunned as the struggle for the treasure began.

• Yang Zhen kept Yuan Tianyu from attacking by provoking him, while the gathered cultivators urged Yuan Tianyu not to disrupt the Dao Severing Holy Light.
• Yang Zhen offered a skewer to the Black Lotus Saintess and provoked Yuan Tianyu again, prompting Black Lotus Holy Land disciples to rush toward him.
• The Samsara Bell appeared above Enlightenment Pavilion Mountain, drawing the cultivators into a fierce rush for the treasure.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat decided to seek a safe place and wait for a chance to scavenge after the fighting.
• Hua Youyue told Yang Zhen that she needed the Samsara Bell to prove her Dao.

Yang Zhen rushed toward the Samsara Bell because Hua Youyue needed it, hoping to snatch it without endangering himself. When he saw ranks of Half-Step Great Saints gathering before the bell, Shameless Cat warned him that something was about to happen, and the pair fled to the side as it began.

• Yang Zhen decided to try to take the Samsara Bell for Hua Youyue, and she insisted on going with him but urged him not to risk his life.
• Yang Zhen entered the crowd and learned that the bell’s vast manifestation had to be broken before anyone could claim it.
• A burly cultivator recognized Yang Zhen and advised him to charge toward the front once the Saint Realm experts broke the manifestation.
• Shameless Cat found Yang Zhen chatting and pointed out the dense ranks of Half-Step Great Saints gathered before the Samsara Bell.
• Shameless Cat sensed the commotion was beginning, and Yang Zhen ran with him away from the crowd.

Yang Zhen realized that the gathered Half-Step Great Saints were triggering a change in the heavens and fled with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er as Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts descended. Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang then appeared in the sky amid the chaos.

• Yang Zhen returned to Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, Azure Luan Saintess, and Black Lotus Saintess and warned them that something big was about to happen.
• Hua Youyue recognized that the Half-Step Great Saints had unstable foundations and were provoking a change in the heavens.
• Shameless Cat spotted the danger and urged Yang Zhen to flee, so Yang Zhen led the group away as Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts attacked the Half-Step Great Saints.
• The Half-Step Great Saints fought the beasts, but many were killed or injured as lightning and the ensuing destruction battered the crowd.
• Yuan Tianyu appeared beneath the Samsara Bell's shadow and reached out while the beasts left him alone.
• Elder Wang appeared in midair, and Azure Luan Saintess greeted him as he told Yuan Tianyu to move aside.

Yang Zhen charged toward the Samsara Bell to help Hua Youyue refine it, despite the danger posed by Heavenly Punishment and two Saint Realm experts. As Yuan Tianyu moved to attack him, the Samsara Bell’s manifestation erupted with light, and Shameless Cat laughed at the jeering Half-Step Great Saints.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat searched for Nine Dragons, but he did not appear from the Gate of Heavenly Void.
• Hua Youyue told Yang Zhen to activate the Samsara Bell’s Qi signature so she could refine it, and he agreed to risk his life.
• Yang Zhen grabbed Shameless Cat and shot toward the Samsara Bell, shouting at the Half-Step Great Saints to move aside.
• Yuan Tianyu threatened to kill Yang Zhen, while Elder Wang warned that someone else would protect him.
• Yuan Tianyu leaped toward the Samsara Bell’s manifestation, which burst forth with a beam of light as the Half-Step Great Saints jeered at Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen became the target of an intensifying heavenly upheaval, drawing a colossal azure Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast into the lightning sea. As onlookers fled or watched in disbelief, Yang Zhen charged at the beast with a massive sword.

• Yang Zhen joked with Shameless Cat about swimming across the sea of lightning while the Half-Step Great Saints doubted he could survive it.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er trusted Yang Zhen, while the Black Lotus Saintess questioned how he could face the heavenly punishment with his low cultivation.
• Countless Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts surged toward Yang Zhen as the thunderclouds grew violent, revealing that heaven and earth were reacting to him.
• A colossal azure Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast appeared and charged at Yang Zhen, while Yuan Tianyu sat back to watch and Elder Wang wondered how Nine Dragons had found such an unusual youth.
• Yang Zhen charged at the enormous beast with a door-sized sword, prompting Elder Wang to warn him not to fight it head-on.

Yang Zhen charged into Heavenly Punishment and survived the azure Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast’s first attack, revealing his formidable body-tempering cultivation. He defeated the beast and walked away, then taunted Yuan Tianyu.

• Yang Zhen rushed at the azure Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast while Yuan Tianyu and the Half-Step Great Saints doubted how long he could endure.
• The beast struck Yang Zhen into a crater, and Yuan Tianyu declared him dead and threatened to kill him himself.
• Yang Zhen emerged from the crater uninjured, astonishing Elder Wang, Yuan Tianyu, and the surrounding cultivators.
• The Azure Luan Saintess, the Black Lotus Saintess, and others recognized Yang Zhen’s body-tempering method and his path of Physical Body Sanctification.
• Yang Zhen charged at the beast again, destroyed it, and walked down from the air with his sword on his shoulder before gesturing at Yuan Tianyu.

Yang Zhen entered the tribulation clouds, and the Heaven and Earth Origin vanished after the Evil Shadow Black Taotie secretly consumed it. As Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang challenged the Samsara Bell’s manifestation, Yang Zhen headed for the bell, and Hua Youyue declared that she would refine it.

• Yuan Tianyu rushed at Yang Zhen, but Elder Wang warned that he would claim the Samsara Bell if Yuan Tianyu attacked, so the two Saint Realm experts raced to break its manifestation.
• Yang Zhen leaped into the tribulation clouds, and the Half-Step Great Saints discovered that the Heaven and Earth Origin had disappeared after the Evil Shadow Black Taotie devoured it.
• Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang attacked the Samsara Bell’s manifestation, and Yang Zhen put the Evil Shadow Black Taotie into the Great Deficiency Sword before moving toward the bell.
• The Black Lotus Saintess asked Hua Youyue whether she still trusted Yang Zhen, and Hua Youyue walked toward the summit and said she would refine the Samsara Bell.

Hua Youyue believed Yang Zhen would break through the Samsara Bell's dharma manifestation, but a hidden restriction blasted Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang away. Yang Zhen challenged their doubts and placed his hands against the manifestation to break the restriction himself.

• Hua Youyue told Han Yan'er that Yang Zhen would break through the Samsara Bell's dharma manifestation before she reached it.
• The Samsara Bell released a powerful force that repelled Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang, and Yuan Tianyu discovered a restriction on its manifestation.
• Elder Wang said breaking the restriction would take him about ten days, while Yuan Tianyu claimed he could do it in five.
• Yang Zhen mocked Yuan Tianyu's estimate, promised Hua Youyue he would break the restriction quickly, and pressed both hands against the manifestation.