Chapter Summaries

Fairy Qin appointed Chen Ning the Holy Son of Immortal Music Palace and warned him that a calamity would soon strike. The warning came true when King Li’s Consort attacked, and the palace master collapsed after confronting her.

• Fairy Qin thanked Chen Ning for showing her memories of the third-generation sect master and asked him to help Immortal Music Palace face an approaching calamity.
• Fairy Qin named Chen Ning the Holy Son and her personal disciple, granting him status equal to the palace master before her divine sense dissipated.
• The palace master and the other women welcomed Chen Ning as Holy Son, while Chen Ning suspected Lan Yuqing’s inherited opportunity had yet to appear.
• An injured Elder Yang returned and revealed that King Li’s Consort had attacked her; King Li’s Consort then declared that the palace’s exits were blocked and its experts captured.
• Chen Ning gave the palace master a high-grade Soul-Returning Pill to save Elder Yang, then the palace master attacked King Li’s Consort with the Great Dao of Music.
• The palace master suddenly spat blood and collapsed in pain.

King Li and King Li's Consort revealed their plot to take over Immortal Music Palace after poisoning the Palace Master and hypnotizing the palace’s experts. As King Li attacked Chen Ning, Chen Ning drew the Moon-Slaying Sword to face him.

• King Li's Consort admitted that Elder Rong had poisoned the Palace Master and was using the Ten Thousand Nights Dream Entry Song to control Immortal Music Palace's experts.
• King Li removed his mask, revealing that he had disguised himself as a woman to infiltrate the palace with his consort.
• Shang Qingya offered to help the Palace Master and Chen Ning escape, but the Palace Master refused to abandon the disciples and offered her life in exchange for theirs.
• Chen Ning stepped between the Palace Master and King Li's Consort, then prepared to fight after King Li revealed his Half-Step Martial Venerable cultivation.
• King Li attacked Chen Ning with his heavy sword, and Chen Ning summoned and drew the Moon-Slaying Sword.

Chen Ning fought King Li with the Moon-Slaying Sword and comprehended his own Sword Intent in the middle of the battle, turning the tide and killing King Li. King Li's Consort fled toward Immortal Music Palace's grand elder, and Lan Yuqing warned Chen Ning that the palace's people, including Su Ling'er, might be in danger.

• Chen Ning used the Moon-Slaying Sword to repel King Li, who recognized the divine artifact and attacked with his Slaughter Sword Intent.
• King Li exploited Chen Ning's shallow sword-path comprehension and pressed him with a relentless assault while the women watched anxiously.
• Chen Ning realized that he and the Exquisite Sword Heart were one with Sword Intent, then unleashed Sword Qi that shattered King Li's black greatsword and wounded him.
• King Li's Consort abandoned him and fled, while Chen Ning pierced King Li with golden Sword Qi and killed him.
• Lan Yuqing warned Chen Ning that King Li's Consort might enlist Immortal Music Palace's grand elder to harm the people in the palace, including Su Ling'er.

Su Ling'er tried to steal Elder Rong's sheet music to stop her from slaughtering Immortal Music Palace, but Elder Rong wounded her. Chen Ning arrived and rescued her, while Elder Rong remained confident that her forbidden song gave her control over the palace.

• Elder Rong prepared to use the Dream-Entering Melody to kill Immortal Music Palace's people after King Li's Consort reported that King Li had been killed and the palace master was poisoned.
• Su Ling'er used Heaven-Stealing Ghost Hand to try to steal Elder Rong's sheet music, but Elder Rong struck her with a murderous note and sent her falling from a tree.
• King Li's Consort recognized Su Ling'er and moved to use her to threaten Chen Ning, but Chen Ning arrived, pulled Su Ling'er to safety, and caught her.
• The Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace accused Rong Yumo of practicing the forbidden technique and conspiring against the palace, but Rong Yumo claimed that everyone there remained under her control.

Chen Ning revealed that he had reached the Fifth Stage of the Great Dao of Music and confronted Elder Rong after she overpowered the Palace Master’s disciples. He began playing the Dazzling Suona as Elder Rong attacked, leaving its power yet to be seen.

• Chen Ning accused Elder Rong of injuring Ling'er, while the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace urged him to retreat as her disciples prepared a combined musical attack.
• Elder Rong’s Ten Thousand Nights Dream Entry Song overwhelmed Shang Qingya and the other six women, and the palace master prepared to sacrifice herself to help Chen Ning and her disciples escape.
• Chen Ning released the Grand Music of the Central Heaven, interrupting the clash and astonishing Elder Rong, the palace master, and King Li's Consort.
• When King Li's Consort asked who Chen Ning really was, he insulted her and resolved to kill her for threatening the little girl.
• Elder Rong attacked Chen Ning with the Ten Thousand Nights Dream Entry Song, and he raised the Dazzling Suona and began to play.

Chen Ning played A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, overwhelming the Immortal Music Palace’s musicians and defeating the enemies who had threatened Su Ling'er. Afterward, he prepared to cure the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace, who revealed that Fairy Qin had left another instruction concerning him.

• Chen Ning received A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix from the system and played it, summoning a divine phoenix that suppressed the power of music throughout the area.
• The Immortal Music Palace elders confronted Rong Yumo, while Chen Ning killed King Li's Consort for attacking Su Ling'er.
• Chen Ning used Heaven-Stealing Ghost Hand to tear apart the gravely injured Rong Yumo, then reassured Su Ling'er that he would protect her.
• Chen Ning prepared to refine a pill for the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace, who told him Fairy Qin had left another instruction.

Immortal Music Palace and the Dragon-Seeking Sect became allies by the founding ancestor’s command, while Chen Ning was recognized as both the sect leader and the palace’s Holy Son. Chen Ning refined Spirit-Awakening Pills that cured the palace master’s poison and helped her reach the Nine-Star Martial Venerable level.

• The palace master announced that Immortal Music Palace and the Dragon-Seeking Sect would remain friends and stand together for generations.
• The palace master revealed Chen Ning’s identity and ordered Immortal Music Palace to obey him as its Holy Son.
• Chen Ning refined nine-marked Spirit-Awakening Pills and sent some to the palace master through Lan Yuqing.
• The palace master swallowed a Spirit-Awakening Pill, recovered from the poison, and broke through to the Venerable Martial Realm Ninth Layer.

Chen Ning cared for Su Ling'er as she recovered, then learned that the Dragon-Seeking Sect and Immortal Music Palace had reconciled. The Yama Holy Lord suspected the Dragon-Seeking Sect was gaining extraordinary fortune.

• Chen Ning bathed Su Ling'er and realized she had already recovered but had pretended otherwise because she wanted his attention.
• Lan Yuqing delivered breakfast, saw Chen Ning beside the sleeping Su Ling'er, and left flustered.
• Su Ling'er recovered fully, and King Li's rebel army collapsed after its leaders died.
• News that the Dragon-Seeking Sect and Immortal Music Palace had reconciled spread through Qian Province.
• The Yama Holy Lord considered the alliance and his past dealings with Chen Ning, concluding the Dragon-Seeking Sect might be blessed with fortune.

The Heavenly Net Emperor dismissed a proposal to visit Immortal Music Palace and instead ordered an invitation sent for a banquet, following Mister Kunmu’s advice. The ministers feared the emperor’s indulgence and Kunmu’s cruelty would provoke Immortal Music Palace and bring disaster to the dynasty.

• A commander reported that the Heavenly Net Dynasty had crushed King Li’s rebellion and retaken its lost cities, and the sleepy Heavenly Net Emperor rewarded everyone without hearing the details.
• The ministers urged the Heavenly Net Emperor to visit Immortal Music Palace and honor its role in ending the rebellion, but he disliked the idea of making the trip.
• Mister Kunmu persuaded the Heavenly Net Emperor to invite Immortal Music Palace’s Palace Master to a banquet, and the emperor ordered an invitation sent for a feast three days later.
• After court, the ministers worried that the emperor’s disregard for Immortal Music Palace could cause trouble and that Mister Kunmu was encouraging his indulgence and abuse of commoners in the spirit beast garden.

Chen Ning accepted a mission to attend a banquet at the Heavenly Net imperial palace and persuaded the Palace Master to accept the invitation. The Heavenly Net Emperor prepared a trap for the banquet while Mister Kunmu waited for Chen Ning to arrive.

• The seal-bearing eunuch invited the Palace Master to an imperial banquet and offered to make Immortal Music Palace the state religion, but she refused.
• Chen Ning received and accepted a mission to attend the banquet, thwart a plot, and obtain the complete Map Lost by the Dwarf Race.
• Chen Ning urged the Palace Master to attend, and she agreed to go in three days after learning his wishes as Holy Son.
• The Heavenly Net Emperor watched people flee from beasts, lost his wager, and ordered a second round with the Sword Spirit Tiger.
• Mister Kunmu saw the returning eunuch and understood that the Palace Master had agreed to attend the trap.

Chen Ning and the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace attended the Heavenly Net Emperor’s banquet, where the emperor drunkenly tried to detain the Palace Master and force her into his bed. Shang Qingya killed the imperial guard commander who attacked, and the courtiers began to realize the banquet had left them in a strange, intoxicated daze as the emperor called for more guards.

• Chen Ning arrived at the palace banquet with the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace, Su Ling'er, Shang Qingya, and Lan Yuqing.
• The Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace sat quietly while Chen Ning searched the banquet for whoever had supposedly set a trap for him.
• The Heavenly Net Emperor approached the Palace Master, made lewd demands, and ordered the guards to block the exits when she tried to leave.
• Shang Qingya and Lan Yuqing summoned their musical instruments, and Shang Qingya killed the imperial guard commander who charged at her.
• The courtiers began to recover from their daze and suspected the wine had affected them, while the Heavenly Net Emperor called on Commander Zheng to seize the visitors.

Mister Kunmu revealed that he had secretly deployed the four Dynasty Attendants and manipulated the Heavenly Net Emperor, while the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace defeated the Attendants in battle. As the emperor collapsed amid the ruins, Mister Kunmu turned his attention to Chen Ning.

• The Palace Master restrained Commander Zheng, and the Heavenly Net Emperor learned that Mister Kunmu had secretly deployed the four Attendants, Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning.
• The Heavenly Net Emperor realized Mister Kunmu had manipulated him and sealed his mouth, leaving him unable to stop the scheme.
• The Palace Master fought the four Attendants, who formed an array and launched their Heaven Crumbles and Earth Collapses attack.
• The Palace Master used Garo Formation-Breaking Melody to shatter their purple-gold hammer, killing two Attendants and leaving the other two mortally wounded.
• The palace collapsed, and the Heavenly Net Emperor knelt in despair while Mister Kunmu escaped with him and fixed his gaze on Chen Ning.

Mister Kunmu revealed that he had engineered the crisis to create an opening to possess Chen Ning’s body, and invaded Chen Ning’s sea of consciousness. While the people outside feared Chen Ning had been possessed, Kunmu said his motive was revenge.

• Mister Kunmu told Chen Ning that he had used the Heavenly Net Emperor and the Palace of Immortal Music to create an opening for possessing Chen Ning’s body.
• Mister Kunmu explained that he had arranged the conflict with the Heavenly Net Emperor and summoned the dynasty’s four guardians, knowing the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace would defeat them.
• Su Ling’er and Lan Yuqing grew alarmed when Chen Ning remained motionless, and the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace said someone had invaded his sea of consciousness and might possess his body.
• The Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace said killing Mister Kunmu’s body would not save Chen Ning because Kunmu’s Divine Sense was already inside him.
• Chen Ning asked Mister Kunmu why he had chosen him, and Kunmu answered that he wanted revenge.

Chen Ning recognized Mister Kunmu as a member of Three Quarters Past Noon and learned that Kunmu sought revenge for his son, whom Chen Ning had killed. Chen Ning destroyed Kunmu’s divine thought with his overwhelming spiritual power and woke to find Su Ling’er crying beside him.

• Chen Ning recognized Mister Kunmu’s token and learned that Kunmu’s son was the man Chen Ning had killed while fighting over the Marrow-Cleansing Divine Fruit.
• Mister Kunmu revealed that he had repeatedly seized other bodies to survive and had set his trap to avenge his son and take Chen Ning’s body.
• Mister Kunmu attacked Chen Ning’s divine thought, but Chen Ning unleashed the Spirit Control Technique and overwhelmed him with spiritual power.
• Chen Ning obliterated Mister Kunmu’s divine thought and regained consciousness.
• Su Ling’er hugged Chen Ning and cried with relief, while the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace looked on in shock.

After completing the banquet task, Chen Ning received a map that opened the Dwarf Realm and accepted a task to help Su Ling'er advance to the Earth Martial Realm. They entered the realm and found its Essence Power scarce, then reached a sturdy dwarf city where outsiders did not seem unusual.

• Chen Ning found Yi Six's token and received cultivation, the Dwarf Realm map, and the Hammer of Appraisal as rewards for completing [Attend the Banquet].
• Chen Ning accepted [Explore the Dwarf Realm], which tasked him with helping Su Ling'er find a breakthrough opportunity and reach the Earth Martial Realm.
• Chen Ning used the map to transport himself and Su Ling'er into the Dwarf Realm, where they discovered that Heaven and Earth Essence Power was extremely thin.
• Chen Ning offered Su Ling'er cultivation resources, but she said her spatial bags were already full.
• Chen Ning and Su Ling'er followed the map to a dwarf city and noticed that its residents seemed accustomed to outsiders.

Chen Ning and Su Ling'er visited Earth Spirit Main City, where they came upon an appraisal competition to choose Master Gu’s disciple. As Shi Tian struggled to identify a weapon’s defect against the favored Lie Tu, Chen Ning received a system choice about recruiting him into the sect.

• Chen Ning and Su Ling'er explored Earth Spirit Main City and went to the eastern square after hearing a commotion.
• A blue-robed dwarf announced that the apprentice appraisers would compete to find defects in three weapons, with the winner becoming Master Gu’s disciple.
• Lie Tu exchanged a discreet signal with the blue-robed dwarf, while Shi Tian resolved to keep competing despite Lie Tu’s insults.
• Shi Tian identified the short blade’s material and quality but could not name its defect, and the other two contestants gave up.
• The system offered Chen Ning a choice to recruit Shi Tian, and Chen Ning summoned the Hammer of Appraisal.

Chen Ning secretly helped Shi Tian appraise three weapons, allowing him to defeat Lie Tu and win the competition. As the crowd celebrated, Master Gu accused Shi Tian of cheating and ordered him disqualified, handing the place to Lie Tu.

• Chen Ning used the Shadow Cloak to transmit the short saber's appraisal details to Shi Tian, who repeated them before the judges.
• The appraisers confirmed Shi Tian's accurate findings, and Lie Tu grew unsettled as Shi Tian gained the crowd's support.
• Chen Ning secretly supplied appraisals for the spear and dagger, and Shi Tian identified both weapons' qualities and flaws.
• The blue-robed dwarf declared Shi Tian the winner, and Chen Ning told him to meet afterward.
• Master Gu stood and accused Shi Tian of cheating, disqualifying him and giving his place to Lie Tu.

Master Gu accused Shi Tian of cheating and stripped him of his apprentice appraiser status, protecting Lie Tu and his own reputation. Chen Ning stepped forward as Shi Tian’s master, challenged the lack of evidence, and confronted the dwarves who questioned his right to speak.

• Master Gu claimed Shi Tian had stolen the appraisers’ prepared results and declared him unfit to become an appraiser.
• Lie Tu praised Master Gu and urged that Shi Tian lose his apprentice status.
• Master Gu stripped Shi Tian of his status after the four appraisers raised no objections.
• Chen Ning called out Master Gu for accusing Shi Tian without evidence, prompting the onlookers to reconsider the verdict.
• Chen Ning identified himself as Shi Tian’s master and challenged the blue-robed dwarf’s authority to silence him.

Chen Ning defended Shi Tian against Master Gu’s accusation that he had stolen appraisal results, then challenged the appraisers to test Shi Tian on every unappraised item. With Chen Ning secretly lending Shi Tian power from the Hammer of Appraisal, Shi Tian appraised the entire collection, leaving Master Gu and the others stunned.

• Chen Ning claimed he was Shi Tian’s master in the Appraisal Technique and proposed testing Shi Tian on new items to disprove the theft accusation.
• Chen Ning demanded that Master Gu apologize publicly if Shi Tian succeeded, and Master Gu accepted the challenge.
• The blue-robed dwarf brought more than a hundred unappraised items, including several high-grade Mystic Artifacts and a top-grade Mystic Artifact.
• Chen Ning secretly transferred a third of the Hammer of Appraisal’s power to Shi Tian, who gained the ability to appraise items by touch.
• Shi Tian rapidly appraised every item, ending with the Heaven-Slaying Sword, a perfect-quality top-grade Mystic Artifact, and leaving the onlookers and Master Gu stunned.

Chen Ning forced Master Gu to kneel and kowtow after Master Gu admitted he had framed Shi Tian for selfish gain. Shi Tian chose to remain Chen Ning's student, and the system rewarded Chen Ning for earning Shi Tian's resolve to follow him.

• Master Gu restored Shi Tian's first-place standing and offered to take him as a disciple, but Shi Tian refused and stayed with Chen Ning.
• Chen Ning used True Essence Power to force Master Gu to kneel, while Su Ling'er wounded the blue-robed dwarf who tried to intervene.
• Lie Tu threatened Chen Ning and left to fetch reinforcements, but Chen Ning insisted Master Gu still had to kowtow and apologize.
• Master Gu confessed that he had framed Shi Tian to win Lie Tu as a disciple and kowtowed before the onlookers.
• The system announced that Shi Tian had resolved to follow Chen Ning and awarded Chen Ning a Super-First-Grade Pill Formula.