Chapter Summaries

Nan Xunran returned to the Nan Clan after disabling a mechanism that concealed its palace, then went to the Council Hall when summoned. He greeted several elders there, leaving the chapter with the meeting underway.

• Nan Xunran used the Flowing Cloud Fan to clear the miasma and disabled a mechanism, revealing the palace.
• The Nan Clan summoned Nan Xunran to the Elders' Hall, and clan members praised his growing strength after he departed.
• Nan Xunran greeted the guards outside the Elders' Hall, who welcomed him as their Divine Son.
• In the Council Hall, Nan Xunran encountered the Eighth Elder and greeted the First, Second, and Fifth Elders.

Nan Xunran recounted how he killed a Child of Destiny, destroyed his lineage, and retrieved the Samsara Mirror from the lower realm. Back in the Sacred Domain, he presented the mirror to the Nan Clan elders, who acknowledged its power without making a fuss over it.

• Nan Xunran killed a Child of Destiny and his mysterious master, then wiped out their lineage and associated lineages.
• Nan Xunran entered ancient ruins, obtained the Samsara Mirror, and returned to the Sacred Domain.
• Nan Xunran reflected on the system that had called him the world's invincible main villain and predicted his lineage's destruction.
• Nan Xunran placed the Samsara Mirror on the table and told the elders it could show the past and future.
• The Great Elder praised Nan Xunran, while the Fifth Elder and Second Elder discussed the mirror's abilities and the Nan Clan's lack of concern.

After the Samsara Mirror plunged Nan Xunran into darkness and trembled, the elders warned him to use it cautiously and discussed protecting him. They decided the First Elder would ask the Thirteenth Ancestor to become Nan Xunran’s Dao protector.

• Nan Xunran tested the Samsara Mirror, experienced surrounding darkness, and told the elders about its violent trembling.
• The elders admitted they did not understand the mirror’s reaction and urged Nan Xunran to proceed with caution.
• After Nan Xunran left, the elders worried that the mirror’s behavior might foretell misfortune and agreed he needed a stronger Dao protector.
• The Fifth Elder recalled that the Thirteenth Ancestor had once wanted to protect Nan Xunran, and the First Elder decided to ask him.
• Nan Xunran returned to Divine Son Hall, where the guards greeted him.

Shangguan Xieyue slaughtered a disciple in Ghost Valley to seize a spirit medicine for Nan Xunran. The crowd identified her as a fearsome genius of the Shangguan Family and learned that the name A-Xun referred to the revered divine son of the Nan Family.

• A servant told Nan Xunran that Shangguan Xieyue had sent him a letter and gone to Ghost Valley to find a spirit medicine for him.
• Shangguan Xieyue killed an Aristocratic Clan disciple and took the spirit medicine he was holding.
• Shangguan Xieyue left the clearing, promising to return to A-Xun, while the gathered disciples waited until she was gone before speaking.
• An Aristocratic Clan disciple identified Shangguan Xieyue as the Shangguan Family's third young miss and a legendary talent of Senluo Hall.
• The disciples warned one another that A-Xun's name was taboo because Shangguan Xieyue killed anyone who spoke it.
• Voices from the void revealed that A-Xun was the divine son of the Longevity Nan Family, whom the crowd feared and revered.

Jiang Ruxi reported that the Nan Clan and its Dao Children were safe, then helped Nan Xunran bathe at the Glazed Moon Spring. Nan Xunran fell asleep while she cared for him, trusting her completely because of the Slave Mark binding them.

• Jiang Ruxi told Nan Xunran that everything in the Lineage was as usual and the academy's Dao Children were safe.
• The chapter explained that Jiang Ruxi, an imperial princess of the Chaos Dynasty, had been sent to the Nan Clan and became Nan Xunran's maid, securing her dynasty's protection.
• Nan Xunran told Jiang Ruxi he wanted to bathe, and she prepared the Glazed Moon Spring for him.
• Jiang Ruxi undressed Nan Xunran and massaged his head as he rested in the spring.
• Nan Xunran relaxed and fell asleep, relying on Jiang Ruxi because the Slave Mark bound her fate to his.

Nan Xunran returned and reunited with Jiang Ruxi and his younger sister Nan Luoning. Nan Luoning told him about her training and the Dao Child selection at the Crimson Plume Sacred Land.

• Nan Xunran woke and gave Jiang Ruxi a radiant object as a small gift.
• Jiang Ruxi helped Nan Xunran dress after he rose from the spring, then followed him outside.
• Nan Luoning rushed to embrace Nan Xunran and told him how much she had missed him.
• Nan Luoning told Nan Xunran she had entered the Dao Child selection at the Crimson Plume Sacred Land and grown stronger through cultivation.

Nan Luoning reunited with Nan Xunran and excitedly shared stories of her cultivation, but he soon left. Jiang Ruxi followed him, resolving to try to get closer despite believing he was indifferent even to those close to him.

• Nan Luoning told Nan Xunran how much she had missed him and described her progress and experiences at the Crimson Plume Sacred Land.
• Nan Xunran listened attentively, praised Nan Luoning, and reminded her not to slack off in cultivation.
• Nan Xunran ended their conversation and walked away, leaving Nan Luoning watching him go.
• Jiang Ruxi followed Nan Xunran and reflected that only Nan Luoning seemed able to see the real him.
• Jiang Ruxi felt bitter about Nan Xunran's indifference but resolved to pursue a chance to get closer to him.

Nan Xunran went to the Exotic Beast Hall to retrieve the Xuan Ice Spirit Dragon and learned that a branch-family disciple had breached the hall’s former formation while trying to steal the Wind-Thunder Beast. After reuniting with the dragon, he wondered whether the intruder was another Son of Destiny.

• Nan Xunran discovered that his Divine Son Token could not open the Exotic Beast Hall because its formation had recently been replaced.
• The hall master explained that a branch-family disciple had broken into the hall and tried to steal the Wind-Thunder Beast, prompting the new formation.
• Nan Xunran suspected the disciple had extraordinary abilities, an inheritance, or a hidden master that had helped him breach the old formation.
• The hall master led Nan Xunran through the formation to the Xuan Ice Spirit Dragon’s habitat.
• The Xuan Ice Spirit Dragon rushed to Nan Xunran, nuzzled him affectionately, and reunited with him.
• Nan Xunran thanked the hall master for caring for the dragon and prepared to take it back.

Nan Xunran left the Exotic Beast Hall with Nan Xiaoxiao, the young Black Ice Spirit Dragon who had followed him since he saved her. Back at the Divine Son Hall, he began examining the system rewards he had earned for killing the Son of Heaven's Mandate.

• Nan Xunran thanked the Exotic Beast Hall's hall master and left with Nan Xiaoxiao.
• The narration revealed that Nan Xunran had found the injured Nan Xiaoxiao in a secret realm two years earlier and brought her back to the Nan Clan.
• Nan Xiaoxiao had insisted on taking Nan Xunran's surname and remained devoted to him.
• Nan Xiaoxiao shrank herself and slipped into Nan Xunran's embrace, and he continued on with her held close.
• Nan Xunran returned to the Divine Son Hall and released the system from his inner world to inspect his rewards.

Nan Xunran kept the system sealed in his inner world, leaving it unable to control him despite upgrading itself. The system prompted him to claim the reward for killing a Son of Heaven's Mandate, and a detailed status panel appeared.

• Nan Xunran recalled that he had sealed the system inside his inner world after examining it.
• The system complained about its imprisonment and revealed that it had upgraded itself while accumulating debt, but still could not escape.
• The system urged Nan Xunran to begin missions, fearing the main system would eradicate it if it could not control him within a month.
• Nan Xunran flicked the distracted system and reminded it to give him the reward for killing a Son of Heaven's Mandate.
• The system displayed Nan Xunran's reward and status panel, listing his cultivation, abilities, possessions, and 6,300 Kill Points.

Nan Xunran received his first mission rewards, including a Memory Fragment, and learned that recovering his missing memories would gradually restore his younger personality. He used Kill Points to advance to the middle stage of the True God Realm, then discovered that his influence was already diminishing the fortune of a Child of Destiny within the Nan Clan.

• The system granted Nan Xunran new abilities, a Windrider Qilin, a realm breakthrough to the Early True God Realm, and a Memory Fragment tied to his lost childhood memories.
• The system explained that collecting Memory Fragments would restore Nan Xunran's missing memories and gradually bring his personality closer to how it was when he was young.
• Nan Xunran opened the system mall, spent Villain Points converted from Kill Points, and advanced to the middle stage of the True God Realm.
• The system told Nan Xunran that the nearest Child of Destiny was inside the Nan Clan and had already lost 250 Heaven's Mandate Points.
• The system explained that Nan Xunran's luck could affect those around him and devour the luck of Children of Destiny, prompting him to smile faintly.

Nan Xunran learned that Nanyang from the branched household was the Son of Heaven's Mandate and went to find him. At the martial arts arena, Nanyang attacked Nan Fei, and Nan Xunran intervened with his coercive pressure, intending to use Nan Fei to suppress Nanyang over time.

• Nan Xunran learned from the system that Nanyang's Heaven's Mandate Points had fallen after he stole a Wind-Thunder Beast, and decided to visit the branched household.
• Jiang Ruxi attended to Nan Xunran through the night and the following morning as he prepared to leave.
• Nan Xunran asked the system to locate Nanyang, learned he was at the branched household's martial arts arena, and went there.
• Nan Fei confronted Nanyang in public over the stolen Wind-Thunder Beast, and Nanyang responded by punching at him.
• Nan Xunran saw Nanyang's attack, unleashed a powerful coercive pressure, and decided to use Nan Fei to suppress Nanyang and reduce his Heaven's Mandate Points.

Nan Xunran exposed Nanyang as the branch-household member who had tried to steal the Wind-Thunder Beast and used his coercion to force him to the ground. The chapter ended with Nan Xunran intensifying the pressure on Nanyang and silencing the crowd with a gesture.

• The system identified Nanyang as the Child of Destiny and revealed his inheritance and family connections.
• Nan Xunran's coercion forced the crowd to the ground, and Nanyang eventually collapsed beneath it.
• Nan Xunran questioned Nanyang about attempting to steal the Wind-Thunder Beast, and Nanyang admitted it.
• A branch-household elder pleaded for mercy, but Nanyang rejected the plea and insulted Nan Xunran.
• Nan Xunran unleashed even stronger coercion on Nanyang, then silenced the crowd with a shushing gesture.

Nan Xunran subdued Nanyang and summoned Shadow Night, then used the branch household’s disorder and Nanyang’s conduct to turn the crowd against him. The Second Attendant struck his grandson and begged Nan Xunran for forgiveness, leaving Nanyang stunned and the branch household’s fate uncertain.

• Nan Xunran dispelled the pressure on Nanyang, and Jiang Ruxi conjured a luxurious seat for him.
• Shadow Night’s seven members appeared, knelt before Nan Xunran, and Dubhe brought Nanyang to his feet.
• Nanyang insulted Nan Xunran, who explained that he had come to inspect the branch household’s disorder; the crowd recalled Nanyang’s theft of the Wind-Thunder Beast, and the system reported that Nanyang lost 50 Heaven’s Mandate Points.
• Nanyang demanded that the Second Attendant punish Shadow Night, but the Second Attendant slapped him and warned that defying the Divine Child could doom the entire branch.
• The Second Attendant apologized to Nan Xunran and asked him to forgive his failure to manage Nanyang.

Nan Xunran ordered an investigation into rumors about the main family and proposed a shared training ground for branch and main family disciples. After agreeing to lead the Crimson Plume Sacred Land’s secret realm trial, he summoned the elders to discuss matters, but the meeting had only begun as Nan Yue arrived.

• Nan Xunran ordered Alioth to investigate the rumors about the main family and report back the next day, while the Second Attendant agreed to send Nanyang to the Discipline Hall.
• Nan Xunran told Nan Xiao he wanted to establish a training ground where branch and main family disciples could compete, and Nan Xiao gave him his support.
• Nan Xiao told Nan Xunran that the Crimson Plume Sacred Land’s secret realm trial was in two days and asked him to lead the group; Nan Xunran agreed to set out the next day.
• Nan Xiao discovered that Nan Xunran had reached the True God Realm, and Nan Xunran said he had broken through after gaining insight the day before.
• Nan Xunran summoned the elders to the Meeting Hall, where Nan Yao, the Fifth Elder, the First Elder, and the Second Elder arrived before Nan Yue appeared.

Nan Xunran secured the elders’ support for a training ground where disciples from the main and branch families could compete, and learned that the Thirteenth Ancestor would protect his Dao until he surpassed him. Before returning to the Holy Land, he went to the Discipline Hall and found Nanyang chained in the dungeon.

• Nan Xunran proposed a training ground for main- and branch-family disciples, and the elders supported the plan.
• Nan Yue agreed to work with the Lian Clan to create a separate space for the training ground.
• The First Elder told Nan Xunran that the Thirteenth Ancestor had agreed to protect his Dao until Nan Xunran surpassed him.
• Nan Xunran decided to deal with Nanyang before returning to the Holy Land and went to the Discipline Hall.
• The hall master led Nan Xunran to the dungeon, where he silently watched the chained Nanyang.

Nan Xunran killed Nanyang in the dungeon and destroyed his soul, earning a system reward for slaying the Son of Destiny. The system granted him Kill Points and several items and abilities.

• Nan Xunran broke into Nanyang’s cell and dragged him forward with an invisible force.
• Nan Xunran pinned Nanyang to the wall with nails formed from soil and crippled his dantian.
• Nan Xunran broke Nanyang’s neck, seized his fleeing soul, and made it dissipate.
• The system rewarded Nan Xunran with 9,872 Kill Points and items and abilities, including Impervious to All Laws.

Nan Xunran bought the Sacred Domain’s Heavenly Dao Seed and made Nanyang’s corpse appear to show signs of Blood Sacrifice, framing him as an evil cultivator. At the Discipline Hall, he questioned Nan Fei about Nanyang’s sudden rise in strength and turned his attention to the Second Attendant.

• Nan Xunran learned that the Heavenly Dao Seed was linked to the Sacred Domain and bought one from the system shop for 10,000 Villain Points.
• Nan Xunran used Nanyang’s blood to stage the signs of Blood Sacrifice, then summoned the Discipline Hall members and ordered the Second Attendant’s branch brought in.
• The Discipline Hall members saw the staged scene and suspected Nanyang had been an evil cultivator, while the hall master confirmed Nan Xunran was unharmed.
• Nan Xunran questioned Nan Fei, who said Nanyang’s strength had suddenly increased three months earlier despite his severed meridians and inability to cultivate.
• Nan Fei revealed that the Second Attendant had deliberately concealed Nanyang’s change, and Nan Xunran asked the Second Attendant if that was true.

Nan Xunran punished the branch family for Nanyang’s attempt on his life, then returned to the Divine Son Hall, where Shangguan Xieyue confronted his maid Jiang Ruxi. The chapter left Nan Xunran reading while Shangguan Xieyue and Jiang Ruxi’s hostility remained unresolved.

• The Discipline Hall Master showed the Second Attendant Nanyang’s fate, and the Second Attendant’s branch pleaded for mercy.
• Shangguan Xieyue arrived, beheaded the Second Attendant, and urged Nan Xunran to kill the others, but he sent her back to the Divine Son Hall.
• Alioth reported the branch family’s other misconduct, so Nan Xunran ordered the Discipline Hall Master to investigate them and warned him to keep the clan in order.
• Shangguan Xieyue tended to Nan Xunran’s headache and said she would return to the Holy Land before his secret realm trial.
• Shangguan Xieyue threatened Jiang Ruxi outside Nan Xunran’s room, but a noise inside interrupted their confrontation, and Jiang Ruxi returned to find Nan Xunran reading.

Nan Xunran returned to Crimson Plume Sacred Land aboard the Nan Clan’s Thundercloud Chariot on the eve of the trial. Pei Ziheng told him that the trial would take place in the dangerous Chaos Tribulation Purgatory, where only the sacred lands’ Dao Sons would enter.

• Jiang Ruxi held Nan Xunran’s hand to her cheek, then left after he told her to sleep.
• The Nan Clan’s Thundercloud Chariot arrived at Crimson Plume Sacred Land, and disciples welcomed the returning Holy Son.
• Nan Xunran met Pei Zimo and the other disciples, and Pei Zimo reported that he had handled matters while Nan Xunran was away.
• Pei Ziheng told Nan Xunran that the next day’s trial would take place in the Chaos Tribulation Purgatory.
• Pei Ziheng explained that Nan Xunran’s Chaos Divine Body would resist the realm’s chaotic power and that only the Dao Sons would enter.