Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen pretended he could not open the Samsara Bell’s restriction, then the Dharma manifestation shattered and showered Enlightenment Pavilion Mountain with golden light. As Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat gathered an enormous share, Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang realized Hua Youyue was refining the Samsara Bell and rushed toward her.

• Yang Zhen pressed his hands to the Samsara Bell’s Dharma manifestation as the crowd watched and Yuan Tianyu studied his technique.
• Yang Zhen suddenly withdrew his hands and said he could not open the restriction, making Yuan Tianyu blow a snot bubble and angrily attack him.
• A great clang shook Enlightenment Pavilion Mountain, and the Dharma manifestation broke apart, raining golden light across the crowd.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat accumulated thousands of golden lights while Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang collected only dozens.
• Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang saw Hua Youyue refining the Samsara Bell and charged toward her.

As Hua Youyue began refining the Samsara Bell, Yang Zhen blocked Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang from interfering, then confronted Yuan Tianyu with the Dao Severing Holy Light. The clash escalated into a contest of roars as Yang Zhen summoned the Heaven-Swallowing Hou to face Yuan Tianyu’s blood Buddha.

• Hua Youyue began refining the Samsara Bell while Elder Wang and Yuan Tianyu rushed to stop her.
• Yang Zhen intercepted the two Saint Realm experts and used the Dao Severing Holy Light to challenge Yuan Tianyu.
• Yuan Tianyu manifested a towering blood Buddha, and Yang Zhen countered with the Qiongqi Heavenly Void.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Heaven-Swallowing Hou and taught it the Nine-Character Mantra as it inhaled the air around them.
• Yuan Tianyu prepared to pit the blood Buddha’s soul-shaking roar against the Heaven-Swallowing Hou while Elder Wang quietly moved away.

Yang Zhen unleashed a sword strike containing Saint Realm power and clashed with Yuan Tianyu to keep him from taking the Samsara Bell or harming Hua Youyue. After the battle destroyed Enlightenment Pavilion Mountain, Yang Zhen caught Yuan Tianyu off guard, but Hua Youyue emerged injured.

• Yang Zhen used the Heaven-Swallowing Hou’s roar to shatter Yuan Tianyu’s giant Buddhas, then brought out the Dao Severing Holy Light.
• Yuan Tianyu revealed a green Saint Weapon and challenged Yang Zhen to survive his sword strike.
• Yang Zhen met Yuan Tianyu’s sword with the Great Deficiency Sword, unleashing the Saint Realm power of a single strike and shattering Enlightenment Pavilion Mountain.
• Yuan Tianyu mistook Yang Zhen’s fall for defeat and rushed toward Hua Youyue, but Yang Zhen struck him away with a huge slab.
• Hua Youyue opened her eyes and spoke, blood trickling from her mouth, alarming Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen fought Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang while Hua Youyue refined the Samsara Bell, enduring their combined attacks so she could continue. When Heavenly Punishment descended because of their gathered Qi signatures, he realized the two Saint Realm experts had deliberately trapped them and vowed to make them pay.

• Yang Zhen rushed to Hua Youyue after she was injured, protected her with his Dao Severing Holy Light, and urged her to keep refining the Samsara Bell.
• Yuan Tianyu attacked Yang Zhen, and Elder Wang joined him despite Shameless Cat and Han Yan'er protesting their two-against-one assault.
• Yang Zhen used the Desolate Heaven Sacrifice to withstand their sword strikes, while Hua Youyue continued refining the Samsara Bell despite her distress.
• Heavenly Punishment descended, and Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang revealed that their Qi signatures and Yang Zhen's had made the tribulation dangerous for Hua Youyue.
• Yang Zhen ordered Han Yan'er to get down, faced the thunderclouds, and accused Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang of deserving death.

Yang Zhen protected Hua Youyue as she continued refining the Samsara Bell, then faced the Lightning Punishment Heavenly Palace alone. He charged toward it with the Great Deficiency Sword, leaving everyone stunned by his defiance.

• Shameless Cat revealed that Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang had drawn down Violet Firmament Heavenly Punishment by releasing Saint Realm Qi signatures.
• The Lightning Punishment Heavenly Palace appeared above Enlightenment Pavilion Mountain, and the onlookers fled in terror.
• Yang Zhen learned Hua Youyue had faced the Heavenly Palace in a past life, then shielded her and gave her his Heaven and Earth Qi and Blood, Dao Severing Holy Light, and Dharma Aspect Golden Light.
• Yang Zhen emerged from the mist radiating holy light, while Shameless Cat sensed a trace of Half-Step Great Saint Qi signature in him.
• Yang Zhen raised the Great Deficiency Sword and charged toward the Lightning Punishment Heavenly Palace.

Yang Zhen repeatedly charged the Violet Firmament Immortal Palace’s Heavenly Punishment to shield Hua Youyue, suffering devastating injuries each time. As the onlookers’ mockery gave way to stunned silence and tears, he kept getting back up, with his fate still uncertain.

• Yang Zhen asked the crowd whether his stand against the Violet Firmament Immortal Palace for Hua Youyue had looked handsome, then was struck by its purple lightning.
• Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang declared Yang Zhen doomed and expected to claim the Samsara Bell after the palace’s punishment ended.
• Despite his injuries and weakened ability to recover, Yang Zhen repeatedly rose and charged back in front of Hua Youyue.
• Yang Zhen entered a mysterious state as the Heavenly Punishment intensified and wondered about Hua Youyue’s Three Flowers’ reincarnation and the Violet Firmament Immortal Palace.
• Han Yan'er wept as the Azure Luan Saintess and Black Lotus Saintess watched Yang Zhen continue to protect Hua Youyue, while the crowd fell silent.

Yang Zhen endured the Violet Firmament Heavenly Punishment while Hua Youyue neared completion of refining the Samsara Bell, but Yuan Tianyu charged in to stop her. Yang Zhen unleashed the Heaven-Ascending Token and pulled Yuan Tianyu into the swelling immortal palace, leaving everyone uncertain whether he would survive.

• Yang Zhen endured the lightning as Hua Youyue refined the Samsara Bell, while Han Yan'er urged him to hold on.
• Hua Youyue staggered under the strain, and Yuan Tianyu charged toward her with a Saint Weapon despite the crowd's protests.
• Yang Zhen laughed at Yuan Tianyu and declared that he would kill him, then revealed the Heaven-Ascending Token.
• Yang Zhen used the token's two-step power to reach Yuan Tianyu, grabbed him, and drew them both into the swelling immortal palace.
• The Shameless Cat, Han Yan'er, and the crowd watched the roaring Violet Firmament Heavenly Palace, unsure whether Yang Zhen could survive.

Hua Youyue refined the Samsara Bell while Yang Zhen emerged from the Violet Firmament Heavenly Palace badly injured, claiming Yuan Tianyu had died inside. As Yang Zhen and his companions disappeared, news of a Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivator killing a saint stirred the Central Court into turmoil.

• Hua Youyue rushed toward the Violet Firmament Heavenly Palace, but Yang Zhen called out from inside and emerged alive with his head flattened and his body bleeding.
• The Black Lotus Saintess asked about Yuan Tianyu, and Yang Zhen said Yuan had died after being struck by lightning inside the palace.
• Shameless Cat explained that Yang Zhen's suppressed cultivation and strong foundation had helped him endure the heavenly punishment, but Yang then collapsed from his injuries.
• The Azure Luan Saintess told Elder Wang to follow Yang Zhen's group and protect them if other Saint Realm experts tried to seize the Samsara Bell.
• Saint Realm experts arriving at Enlightenment Pavilion Mountain heard that Hua Youyue had refined the bell and Yang Zhen had killed Yuan Tianyu, then began searching for Yang and his companions.

Yang Zhen woke after using the Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token and learned that a powerful Great Saint had rescued and escorted his companions. The chapter left him alarmed after Han Yan'er revealed that Senior Mei had taken her sister away.

• Yang Zhen woke in a thatched hut and confirmed that Han Yan'er and the Shameless Cat had survived.
• Han Yan'er explained that a Great Saint had driven away their pursuers and escorted them to safety.
• The Shameless Cat explained that true Great Saints had fully mastered Saint Realm power, unlike Yuan Tianyu and Elder Wang.
• Yang Zhen learned that the Great Saint had looked at him like a son before leaving.
• Han Yan'er told Yang Zhen that Senior Mei had taken her sister away, and Yang Zhen demanded to know where they had gone.

After learning that Hua Youyue had left with Senior Mei for the Three Flowers Holy Land, Yang Zhen worried about her safety and set out to find her. When Shameless Cat recalled that Flowerless Great Saint had directed Yang Zhen to Qianyuan Ridge instead, Yang Zhen shouted a challenge to draw out someone who could give them directions.

• Han Yan'er explained that Hua Youyue was the Three Flowers Holy Maiden reborn and had gone with Senior Mei to the Three Flowers Holy Land after the original soul of the Three Flowers Holy Maiden perished.
• Yang Zhen decided he would not feel at ease until he saw Hua Youyue and set off with Han Yan'er and Shameless Cat for the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that people in the Central Court were searching for him, but Yang Zhen remained determined to find Hua Youyue.
• Shameless Cat remembered that Flowerless Great Saint had told Yang Zhen to go to Qianyuan Ridge instead of the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Yang Zhen shouted a challenge to attract someone who could point out Qianyuan Ridge, and several figures rushed toward them.

Yang Zhen learned that Qianyuan Ridge would host a treasure appraisal gathering and deliberately claimed he was heading elsewhere. After others reported his supposed plans, he and Han Yan'er still searched for directions, but Han Yan'er returned without an answer after beating two cultivators.

• Yang Zhen asked a group of travelers where Qianyuan Ridge was and learned that a treasure appraisal gathering there would draw attention because everyone was searching for him and Holy Maiden Hua.
• Yang Zhen pretended he was going to the Northern Region, but the old man flew off to warn the Yaoguang Holy Land, while the young pair discussed reporting him and a Rogue Cultivator spread the alarm.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat admitted they still did not know where Qianyuan Ridge was, so Yang Zhen sent Han Yan'er to ask approaching cultivators for directions.
• Han Yan'er returned after beating two Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivators who had asked intrusive questions, and Yang Zhen angrily tried to defend her before she stopped him.

Yang Zhen, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat traveled toward Qianyuan Ridge while considering whether its treasure appraisal gathering was a trap targeting Yang Zhen and Hua Youyue. At a teahouse, they heard that Hua Youyue had arrived with Flowerless Great Saint and that Yaoguang Holy Son Li Chengyu was trying to approach them, leaving Yang Zhen delighted and suspicious of Li Chengyu.

• Yang Zhen flew toward Qianyuan Ridge with Han Yan'er and Shameless Cat after learning Hua Youyue was headed there.
• Han Yan'er and Shameless Cat warned that the treasure appraisal gathering might be a trap or an attempt to seize the Samsara Bell, and Yang Zhen vowed to protect Hua Youyue.
• The group disguised themselves and questioned the locals, learning that the Black Lotus Holy Land's experts were waiting for Yang Zhen and that Yaoguang Holy Son Li Chengyu wanted to meet him.
• Yang Zhen and his companions heard that Flowerless Great Saint had brought Hua Youyue to Qianyuan Ridge and that Li Chengyu had been trying to get close to them.
• Yang Zhen added Li Chengyu to his mental list of enemies and ordered the teahouse waiter to bring fine tea because he was happy to hear news of Hua Youyue.

Yang Zhen learned that the treasure appraisal gathering was connected to opening Holy Maiden Tianxuan’s hidden treasure, which held her ice coffin and required the Heavenbreaker Shuttle. As a powerful disturbance shook the teahouse, Chu Liuhua urged Yang Zhen not to look at whoever had arrived.

• Yang Zhen posed as Yang Pipi and asked Chu Liuhua about the treasure appraisal gathering, while Han Yan'er twisted his leg when he called her his wife.
• Chu Liuhua shared rumors that Yang Zhen was an Evil Cultivator who ate people and that Hua Youyue had become a Holy Lord and joined Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Chu Liuhua revealed that the gathering was meant to open Holy Maiden Tianxuan’s hidden treasure, whose ice coffin could be opened with the Heavenbreaker Shuttle.
• Yang Zhen realized Hua Youyue was likely at Yaoguang Holy Land to help win recognition from the Heavenbreaker Shuttle, and thought the title Yaoguang Holy Son sounded tacky.
• A rumble shook the teahouse, and Chu Liuhua warned Yang Zhen not to look at the people who had arrived.

Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er waited in a teahouse as Holy Maiden Qingquan and Holy Son Qingchen arrived to debate the Dao with other powerful cultivators. When the gathering turned toward visiting the Flowerless Great Saint, Yang Zhen asked where he was staying and drew everyone's attention.

• Yang Zhen hid Shameless Cat and quietly drank tea as powerful figures gathered in the teahouse.
• Holy Maiden Qingquan arrived with three floating Saint Weapon swords and two Saint Realm elders, while Chu Liuhua explained that the Three Mountains Holy Land regularly debated martial arts there.
• Holy Son Qingchen entered through a window and greeted Holy Maiden Qingquan, who noted that he had emerged from seclusion.
• A voice proposed postponing the debate to visit the Flowerless Great Saint, and Yang Zhen asked where he was staying.
• Chu Liuhua moved away as Holy Son Qingchen and Holy Maiden Qingquan turned their curious attention to Yang Zhen.

At the Qianyue Teahouse, Yang Zhen was caught in a debate on the Dao as several experts used strands of Dao Rhyme and Divine Sense to examine his powers. Yang Zhen secretly turned their technique back on them and realized that their scrutiny could benefit him, though the experts gained more; the examination continued.

• Yang Zhen arrived with Han Yan'er and was warned that speaking during the Qianyue Teahouse’s treasure appraisal gathering was inappropriate.
• Holy Son Qingchen sent Dao Rhyme into Yang Zhen’s body, but could not understand his diverse powers.
• The red-faced elder and several others, including Holy Maiden Qingquan, added their own strands of Dao Rhyme and Divine Sense to examine Yang Zhen.
• The red-faced elder criticized Yang Zhen’s varied cultivation and asked him to release his Dao Intent.
• Yang Zhen spread his Dao Rhyme throughout the teahouse and secretly used the strands to examine the experts in return.
• Holy Son Qingchen resumed the examination, and Yang Zhen realized that enduring it could bring him benefits while helping the examiners more.

Yang Zhen pretended to seek advice while studying the Saint Realm experts and learning from the way their powers worked. He discovered that Holy Maiden Qingquan and the others had serious problems of their own, and Qingquan asked whether he had noticed something.

• Holy Maiden Qingquan judged Yang Zhen's mixed powers too jumbled for him to defeat even a Celestial Phenomenon Realm First Heavenly Layer cultivator, and Yang Zhen eagerly agreed.
• Holy Son Qingchen identified Yang Zhen's Heaven and Earth True Runes and explained that he lacked their origins, while Yang Zhen studied how Qingchen combined his powers.
• The red-faced Saint Realm expert suggested Yang Zhen use the Saint Realm power in his body to make up for the imbalance in his cultivation.
• Yang Zhen discovered that Saint Realm power was consuming Holy Maiden Qingquan's True Essence and noticed that Qingchen and the other experts also had problems.
• Chu Liuhua and others criticized Yang Zhen for staring at Qingquan instead of listening to the experts, but Qingquan asked him whether he had noticed something.

Yang Zhen endured Holy Son Qingchen’s punishing Dao Rhyme while Holy Maiden Qingquan helped him counter it. He used the debate to expose Qingchen’s private problem with the Heavenly Origin Array, then admitted he had been messing with him.

• Holy Maiden Qingquan asked Yang Zhen whether he had noticed anything, while Yang joked with her and provoked Holy Son Qingchen.
• Holy Son Qingchen unleashed his Qingchen Dao Intent on Yang, causing him pain, and Holy Maiden Qingquan taught Yang methods to resist it.
• Qingchen added departing water to disrupt Qingquan’s method, and she gave Yang another technique to counter the new danger.
• Yang pointed out that the Three Talents Formation concealed a cold yin Heavenly Origin Array that could leave someone unable to have descendants.
• Yang described symptoms matching Qingchen’s condition, and, when Qingchen demanded to know whether he was messing with him, Yang grinned and said yes.

Yang Zhen recognized that Luo Qingchen and Holy Maiden Qingquan were suffering from problems with their Saint Realm power, and he claimed he could treat them. Their conditions also gave Yang Zhen new ideas for integrating the powers within himself and advancing toward Half-Step Great Saint.

• Luo Qingchen attacked Yang Zhen after realizing the crowd understood his ailment, but stopped his sword when Yang Zhen suggested he could help.
• Yang Zhen asked Holy Maiden Qingquan whether she trusted Luo Qingchen, then identified her damaged innate essence and unstable Saint Realm power.
• Holy Maiden Qingquan asked Yang Zhen for a solution, but he briefly remained silent while considering how her methods might help him integrate his own powers.
• Yang Zhen declared that he could solve Qingquan's problem, leaving her and the teahouse stunned.

Yang Zhen claimed he could cure Holy Maiden Qingquan’s ailment and insisted he needed to place a hand on her Dantian to diagnose it. Qingquan agreed, and when Yang Zhen touched her abdomen, light blazed from her body.

• Holy Son Qingchen lowered his sword but remained certain Yang Zhen could not cure Qingquan.
• Yang Zhen said he could solve Qingquan’s problem, but needed to place his palm on her Dantian to trace the Saint Realm power.
• Holy Son Qingchen and the crowd accused Yang Zhen of being lecherous, while Han Yan’er questioned whether the touch was necessary.
• Yang Zhen claimed he was a thousand percent confident and began to leave, but Qingquan called him back and agreed to his diagnosis.
• Yang Zhen placed his hand on Qingquan’s abdomen, and her body shuddered as light blazed from her.

Yang Zhen triggered the ice dragon’s Saint Realm power inside Holy Maiden Qingquan and began guiding her cultivation to help refine it. The chapter ended with Qingquan warning that his attempt would kill him as the surrounding experts urged him to stop.

• Yang Zhen touched Holy Maiden Qingquan and unleashed the Saint Realm power within her, which erupted as an ice dragon before the Saint Realm experts contained it.
• Yang Zhen manipulated Qingquan’s Nascent Soul and told her to circulate the Pure Heart Everlasting Spring Sutra against the current along her three yin meridians.
• Yang Zhen poured his True Essence into Qingquan as she ran the Saint-grade cultivation method at full speed.
• Yang Zhen began to refine the Saint Realm power, and Qingquan warned him that even her Great Saint master had failed and that he would die.
• Holy Son Qingchen and the other observers urged Yang Zhen to stop, warning that he could also endanger Qingquan.