Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen encountered Mei Lanyu, whose mysterious abilities and Savage Wilderness-era artifact-refining knowledge could have helped with the Jade Radiance Lock. He entered the valley to open the complete lock himself, while Mei Lanyu and the others watched skeptically.

• Mei Lanyu appeared at the Yaoguang Holy Land, and the Third Holy Maiden identified her as a renowned cultivator from West Qi Mountain.
• Yang Zhen traded flirtatious taunts with Mei Lanyu, while Shameless Cat warned that there was something familiar and dangerous about her.
• Luo Jin and Jin Chanzi revealed that Mei Lanyu knew artifact-refining techniques from the Savage Wilderness era and could aid Yang Zhen with the Jade Radiance Lock.
• Mei Lanyu's presence rippled through the space after Yang Zhen called her half-baked, but she relented when he insisted he could open the lock himself.
• Yang Zhen entered the valley and faced the complete Jade Radiance Lock, while Mei Lanyu, Luo Jin, and Jin Chanzi watched him with doubt.

Yang Zhen entered the Jade Radiance Lock and turned its devastating Blazing Sun Radiance into a small earthworm-like light. He used the light and special metal to forge a whip for the Third Holy Maiden, leaving Mei Lanyu startled by its power.

• Yang Zhen told Mei Lanyu he was powerful and entered the Jade Radiance Lock despite the Third Holy Maiden's concern.
• The Jade Radiance Lock unleashed the Blazing Sun Radiance, and the Yaoguang Holy Lord urged Yang Zhen to escape.
• Yang Zhen cast more than a hundred restrictions and transformed the Blazing Sun Radiance into a tiny, harmless-looking light.
• Yang Zhen used the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and Savage Wilderness Artifact Refining Technique to forge the light and soft metal amid an artifact-refining celestial phenomenon.
• Yang Zhen gave the finished whip to the Third Holy Maiden, and Mei Lanyu recoiled after briefly taking it.

Yang Zhen refined a Natal Sacred Treasure for the Third Holy Maiden, leaving Luo Jin furious and the others amazed. Despite his depleted Qi, Yang Zhen activated the entire Jade Radiance Lock and vanished inside as the Third Holy Maiden and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace rushed to him.

• Yang Zhen revealed that he had refined a Natal Sacred Treasure for the Third Holy Maiden, shocking the crowd and enraging Luo Jin.
• Jin Chanzi and Mei Lanyu doubted Yang Zhen could hold open the Jade Radiance Lock after exhausting himself, and the Yaoguang Holy Lord urged him to recover first.
• Yang Zhen said he was not going to hold the Jade Radiance Lock open, then activated the entire treasure.
• The Jade Radiance Lock engulfed Yang Zhen in a chaotic presence, and he disappeared from view.
• The Third Holy Maiden and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace rushed toward the Jade Radiance Lock, leaving Luo Jin stunned.

Yang Zhen stopped the Jade Radiance Lock and let the rescuers discover him casually rinsing his mouth inside its domain. He claimed he had refined the artifact, but its sudden mechanical clicking left everyone fearing it might activate again.

• Luo Jin watched the Yaoguang Holy Lord, Mei Lanyu, and others rush into the Jade Radiance Lock to save Yang Zhen.
• The group found the Jade Radiance Lock quiet and Yang Zhen sitting beneath it, drinking spring water and rinsing his mouth.
• Yang Zhen said he had stopped the Jade Radiance Lock, leaving the Yaoguang Holy Lord and the others stunned.
• The Jade Radiance Lock began clicking as Yang Zhen stood, alarming everyone inside and Jin Chanzi and Luo Jin outside.
• Yang Zhen told the group he had refined the Jade Radiance Lock.

Yang Zhen refined the Jade Radiance Lock, and the Yaoguang Holy Lord made him the new Holy Lord. After Yang Zhen gave the inheritance and control of the lock to the Third Holy Maiden, a terrifying Savage Wilderness presence emerged as she entered it.

• Luo Jin and Mei Lanyu examined the Jade Radiance Lock and confirmed that Yang Zhen had refined it.
• Mei Lanyu questioned Yang Zhen about his background, and he flirted with her.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord declared Yang Zhen the new Holy Lord of the Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Yang Zhen gave the Jade Radiance Lock and Savage Wilderness inheritance to the Third Holy Maiden and taught her how to control the lock.
• The Third Holy Maiden entered the Jade Radiance Lock, and a powerful Savage Wilderness presence erupted from beneath it.

Yang Zhen broke through Heaven and Earth's Fury to rescue the Third Holy Maiden, then made the heavenly force vanish with a shout. A figure appeared from the stele, and the Yaoguang Holy Lord recognized him as Yaoguang Holy Land's founding ancestor.

• Yang Zhen tried to enter the Jade Radiance Lock, but its force repelled him as Mei Lanyu warned that the Third Holy Maiden was in danger.
• Yang Zhen forced his way inside the Jade Radiance Lock, unleashing his Ninth Dragon Elephant power against the force surrounding it.
• Yang Zhen entered the lock and found the Third Holy Maiden surrounded by lightning dragons identified as Heaven and Earth's Fury.
• Yang Zhen shouted at the lightning dragons to get lost, and Heaven and Earth's Fury vanished.
• Yang Zhen rescued the exhausted Third Holy Maiden and asked what Heaven and Earth's Fury was.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord and the people of Yaoguang Holy Land knelt as an old man appeared from the stele, and the Holy Lord recognized him as their founding ancestor.

The Yaoguang Ancestor revealed that Gods and Devils had once existed and that opening the Void Rock Realm was necessary to restore the world’s Principles. Before he could finish naming the person who could guide them there, black lightning erased him, leaving everyone staring at Yang Zhen.

• The Yaoguang Ancestor appeared inside the Jade Radiance Lock, and Mei Lanyu recognized his presence as that of the Savage Wilderness Great Emperor.
• The Yaoguang Ancestor explained that Gods and Devils had existed in High Antiquity and vanished after the Great Destruction.
• The Yaoguang Ancestor told the Yaoguang Holy Land’s descendants to find the Void Rock Shuttle and the soul of the person who had entered the Void Rock Realm with him.
• The Yaoguang Ancestor warned that opening the Void Rock Realm was necessary to return to the Savage Wilderness world and complete the Principles of Heaven and Earth.
• The Yaoguang Ancestor began to reveal that person’s name as Yang, but black lightning struck and made him vanish.
• Everyone beneath the Jade Radiance Lock turned to look at Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen rejected the idea that he was the divine soul of a mysterious figure and urged the Yaoguang Holy Land to investigate the Void Rock Shuttle. As rumors spread that the shuttle might be the Savage Wilderness’s supreme treasure, Yang Zhen stayed to feast while the others struggled to make sense of the revelations.

• Yang Zhen left the inheritance site with the Third Holy Maiden, while Shameless Cat questioned him about the Void Rock Realm and the mysterious figure.
• Yang Zhen denied being the figure’s divine soul and told the Yaoguang Holy Lord to send people to search for the Void Rock Shuttle.
• Yang Zhen asked about the Savage Wilderness’s supreme treasure, and the group realized it might be the Void Rock Shuttle.
• Yang Zhen considered the mysteries surrounding the Void Rock Realm and decided he must prevent Chen Xiaotian from disrupting events.
• Yang Zhen gave the Devil Pattern Origin to the Empress of Su Emperor Palace, then settled down to eat and drink at the Yaoguang Holy Land with Shameless Cat.

Yang Zhen delayed setting out while the Western Region Holy Assembly gathered allies, then received the Su Emperor Palace delegation and learned that Han Yan’er’s power was awakening. The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers arrived, and Yang Zhen learned that ten thousand people had come looking for him.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat discussed when to leave, and Yang Zhen said he was waiting for the Western Region Holy Assembly to organize its people.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace, Granny, the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, and Mei Wuhua arrived, and the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable told Yang Zhen that something inside Han Yan’er was awakening.
• Yang Zhen reassured himself that Feng Yu and the Holy Maiden would protect Han Yan’er, then said he was waiting for someone else before setting out.
• The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers arrived, thanked Yang Zhen for restoring his youth with the Heavenly Mystery Essence-Transferring Formation, and promised to fight at his direction.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord told Yang Zhen that ten thousand people had come looking for him, and Yang Zhen said to let them into the Holy Land.

Yang Zhen gathered the people he had rescued from the Demon Sect’s Purgatory, who hailed him as Holy Lord Yang, and learned that Devil Qi had appeared at the Western Region Holy Assembly. He reached the assembly with Shameless Cat and set out toward Mount Xiyuan, where they encountered a fairy-like figure.

• More than ten thousand people Yang Zhen had rescued from the Demon Sect’s Purgatory gathered around him and called him Holy Lord Yang.
• Yang Zhen’s Power of Faith grew as the rescued cultivators rallied behind him.
• A messenger reported Devil Qi at the Western Region Holy Assembly, so Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat headed there.
• A scout told Yang Zhen that Jin Chanzi, Luo Jin, and other seniors had paused their attack on the Demonic Sect after an unusual celestial phenomenon appeared near Mount Xiyuan.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat slipped out early to investigate Mount Xiyuan and saw a fairy-like figure ahead.

Yang Zhen escaped the Empress of Su Emperor Palace and the Third Holy Maiden, then disguised himself as a Devil Cultivator to approach two members of the Devil Cultivators. He gained their trust and learned that they were digging a tunnel to get past the Western Region Alliance’s defenses.

• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace confronted Yang Zhen, but he joked about marrying her before vanishing with Shameless Cat.
• The Third Holy Maiden joined the Empress of Su Emperor Palace, and the two women walked back together while discussing Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat appeared on a mountaintop and spotted two Devil Cultivators in the mountains.
• Yang Zhen disguised his presence as that of a Devil Cultivator and persuaded the pair that he was one of them.
• The triangular-eyed Devil Cultivator revealed that the group was digging a tunnel to bypass the Western Region Alliance’s defenses.

Yang Zhen tricked two Devil Cultivators into revealing that Chen Xiaotian’s people had dug an entrance near Nine Dragons’ Mouth, then headed with Shameless Cat toward the Western Region Holy Assembly. They found a concealed route into the alliance, but someone appeared above the cliff and asked how they planned to stir things up.

• Yang Zhen befriended Triangle Eyes and Brother Ma, learned where the hidden entrance was, and marked them so they could meet again.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat left to find Luo Jin and Jin Chanzi, traveling toward the Western Region Alliance without encountering anyone along the way.
• After two days, Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat reached Mount Xiyuan and approached the Western Origin Mountain Mirror, where the alliance was based.
• Yang Zhen found a cliffside route that concealed their presence and began climbing with Shameless Cat toward the heart of the alliance.
• A person suddenly appeared over the cliff and asked Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat how they wanted to stir things up.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat encountered Lin Ruchu in a cliffside ravine, where Yang Zhen warned her that the Savage Wilderness supreme treasure would appear in three days. Lin Ruchu sealed his Dantian but brought him along, leaving Dong Ci suspicious and resentful.

• Yang Zhen fell from the cliff with Shameless Cat, then appeared behind Lin Ruchu and claimed he wanted to expose Chen Xiaotian's plans.
• Yang Zhen told Lin Ruchu that the Savage Wilderness supreme treasure would appear in three days, and she sealed his Dantian and threatened to kill him if he was wrong.
• Lin Ruchu introduced herself, then called Yang Zhen a passerby when Dong Ci and several cultivators arrived.
• Dong Ci ordered his men to take Yang Zhen for interrogation, but Lin Ruchu rebuked him and told Yang Zhen to come with her.
• Dong Ci watched Lin Ruchu leave with Yang Zhen and muttered that she would have to explain herself at the alliance's upcoming grand competition.

Yang Zhen accompanied Lin Ruochu to her temporary palace, where he learned her group was preparing for a competition tied to the Savage Wilderness’s supreme treasure. The chapter ended with Lin Ruochu explaining that their opponent was a Saint Venerable Realm body-refining cultivator.

• Yang Zhen admired the arrays in Lin Ruochu’s temporary palace and met Elder Guo and three young men.
• Lin Ruochu introduced Yang Zhen as someone who knew the Savage Wilderness’s supreme treasure would emerge in three days, and Yang Zhen gave his name as Yang Tianxiu.
• Yang Zhen claimed Chen Xiaotian had told him about the treasure after they fought for three days and three nights, but the others doubted his story.
• Elder Guo asked about Lin Ruochu’s preparations for the competition, and she said her group was one person short of qualifying for the summit of Mount Xiyuan.
• Elder Guo offered to join the competition, but Lin Ruochu said he was unsuited to head-on combat because their opponent was a Saint Venerable Realm body-refining cultivator.

Yang Zhen learned that Lin Ruochu’s faction needed to contest control of Mount Xiyuan’s summit against a powerful rival group, which included the Saint Venerable body cultivator Yang Tiehe. At the summit, Guangchengzi volunteered to face Yang Tiehe in Lin Ruochu’s place, just as Yang Tiehe appeared and hurled a huge beast to the ground.

• Yang Zhen mocked Guangchengzi when he challenged him to a fight, then asked Lin Ruochu where he would stay.
• Lin Ruochu ordered her attendants to arrange a room for Yang Zhen in the West Palace, despite Guangchengzi’s objections.
• Yang Zhen learned that the competition would decide who guarded Mount Xiyuan’s summit, where a Savage Wilderness supreme treasure might appear.
• Yang Zhen found out that their opponents had more than ten Saint Venerable cultivators, including the formidable body cultivator Yang Tiehe.
• At the summit, Guangchengzi objected to Lin Ruochu fighting Yang Tiehe and offered to face him himself.
• A huge beast crashed to the ground after Yang Tiehe threw it, startling Yang Zhen and the others.

Yang Zhen grew jealous when Yang Tiehe brought in a Saint Venerable Realm Gale Sheep, then walked toward the powerful body cultivator after mistaking his provocative look as a personal insult. He left everyone bewildered by insisting he was acting only because he disliked Yang Tiehe's face.

• Yang Tiehe carried in a Saint Venerable Realm Gale Sheep he had killed barehanded, shocking the crowd and alarming Lin Ruochu's group.
• Lin Ruochu insisted she would face Yang Tiehe, despite Elder Guo and Guangchengzi warning that he could badly injure her and ruin their chances at Mount Xiyuan's summit.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat decided Yang Tiehe was provoking them, and Yang Zhen started walking toward him.
• Lin Ruochu and Guangchengzi tried to stop Yang Zhen, warning that he was only at the Saint Realm and could not match Yang Tiehe.
• Yang Zhen rejected the idea that he was acting for Lin Ruochu and said he simply disliked the look of Yang Tiehe.

Yang Zhen challenged Yang Tiehe after they argued over whose roasted sheep leg was bigger, while Lin Ruochu tried to protect Yang Zhen and give up their chance to fight for Mount Xiyuan. Yang Zhen accepted the fight anyway, and the chapter ended as Yang Tiehe unleashed his power and prepared to crush him, with Guangchengzi appearing to share Yang Tiehe’s satisfaction.

• Yang Tiehe approached Lin Ruochu’s group, and Lin Ruochu stepped in front of Yang Zhen to face him.
• Yang Tiehe and Yang Zhen argued over their sheep legs, and Yang Zhen traded insults with one of Yang Tiehe’s companions.
• Yang Tiehe offered Yang Zhen the chance to decide what happened if he won, but Lin Ruochu declared that her group would give up the opportunity.
• Guangchengzi argued with Lin Ruochu about their fallen companions, then volunteered to fight Yang Tiehe and was dismissed.
• Yang Zhen accepted Yang Tiehe’s challenge despite Lin Ruochu’s warning, and Yang Tiehe released a blast of power as Guangchengzi and Yang Tiehe both smiled.

Guangchengzi betrayed Lin Ruochu and joined Yang Tiehe’s side, but Yang Zhen refused to follow and revealed his overwhelming body-forging strength. After killing Guangchengzi with one punch, Yang Zhen struck Yang Tiehe and sent him flying.

• Guangchengzi abandoned Lin Ruochu’s side because he wanted the Savage Wilderness’s supreme treasure and urged Lin Ruochu to join Yang Tiehe.
• Lin Ruochu gave up the contest, and Yang Tiehe invited Yang Zhen to join him, but Yang Zhen refused and challenged both Yang Tiehe and Guangchengzi.
• Guangchengzi unleashed his power and attacked Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen instantly punched his head apart.
• Yang Zhen revealed that he was a body-forging cultivator and launched himself at Yang Tiehe.
• Yang Zhen struck Yang Tiehe with a punch and sent him flying.

Yang Zhen defeated Yang Tiehe in a contest of strength, clearing the way for the group to climb Mount Xiyuan. Applause interrupted them, and Yang Zhen recognized the newcomer as Luo Jin.

• Guangchengzi fled after seeing Yang Zhen send Yang Tiehe flying with one punch.
• Elder Guo realized Yang Zhen had attained sainthood through body forging, while Yang Tiehe returned eager to fight him.
• Yang Tiehe and Yang Zhen exchanged punches, and Yang Zhen revealed that he had used only ten percent of his strength.
• Yang Zhen shattered Yang Tiehe's fists and asked whether anyone would stop the group from climbing Mount Xiyuan.
• Luo Jin appeared, and Yang Zhen greeted him as an old acquaintance, surprising Lin Ruochu.

Yang Zhen reached the summit of Mount Xiyuan with help from Luo Jin, where cultivators awaited the emergence of a supreme treasure of the Savage Wilderness. As a sinister wind and traces of Devil Qi appeared, Yang Zhen anticipated that Luo Jin’s forces would face trouble.

• Luo Jin and Jin Chanzi found Yang Zhen, and Luo Jin offered to arrange his journey to the summit.
• Yang Zhen and Lin Ruochu’s group arrived at the barren summit, where Lin Ruochu discussed Luo Jin’s plan to confront Chen Xiaotian and the Devil Cultivators.
• Yang Zhen joked that Luo Jin’s several thousand followers could turn the tide, while Shameless Cat suspected Yang Zhen was expecting trouble.
• That night, Yang Zhen explained the idea of the atmosphere and outer space to Shameless Cat as cultivators awaited the next day’s events.
• A sinister wind swept across Mount Xiyuan, faint Devil Qi spread through the air, and Yang Zhen warned that Luo Jin might be in trouble before heading to investigate with Lin Ruochu’s group.