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Shock! I, the Divine Son, Am Actually a Villain
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Ch. 22The Comeback-Type Son of Destiny

Nan Xunran learned that He Chuan, the new seventh Dao child, had risen quickly and was provoking him, then discovered He Chuan and his followers were bullying Xu Tian. Pei Zimo beat them and, at Nan Xunran’s order, prepared to bring them before the Holy Lord.

  • Pei Ziheng told Nan Xunran that He Chuan had joined the Crimson Plume Sacred Land from the lower realm, advanced rapidly, defeated Xu Tian for the seventh Dao child position, and challenged Nan Xunran.
  • Pei Zimo said he had already beaten He Chuan once, while Pei Ziheng revealed he had secretly tracked He Chuan because he planned to kill him.
  • Nan Xunran went with Pei Zimo and Pei Ziheng to the training ground, where a disciple reported that He Chuan and his followers had been harassing Xu Tian and driving other disciples away, protected by Zhong Yun'er.
  • Nan Xunran told Pei Zimo to do as he wished, and Pei Zimo swiftly beat He Chuan and his followers without striking their vital points.
  • Nan Xunran ordered Pei Zimo to take them to the Holy Lord Hall because the Discipline Hall had failed to act.
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Ch. 23The Enraged Saint Lord, He Chuan Crippled

Nan Xunran brought Xu Tian to the Holy Lord Hall and exposed He Chuan’s abuses, prompting Wan Huaishan to punish He Chuan and Zhong Yun’er. Before the next day’s trial, Wan Huaishan replaced He Chuan with Xu Tian on the list and gave Nan Xunran protective items, then discovered that Nan Xunran had reached the True God Realm.

  • Pei Zimo invited Xu Tian to become Nan Xunran’s follower, and Xu Tian immediately agreed.
  • Nan Xunran took Xu Tian and the others to the Holy Lord Hall and explained what He Chuan had done.
  • Wan Huaishan learned the truth from a disciple, stripped He Chuan of his Dao Child position, expelled him, and confined Zhong Yun’er to Pill Peak for ten years.
  • Wan Huaishan changed the trial list so Xu Tian replaced He Chuan and gave Nan Xunran a Dream Shadow Ring and a talisman.
  • Wan Huaishan examined Nan Xunran and was shocked to learn that he had reached the True God Realm.
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Ch. 24The Trial Begins

After having He Chuan stripped of his position, Nan Xunran ordered Merak to kill him and Zhong Yun'er, then prepared Xu Tian to take part in the trial. Nan Xunran and the Dao Sons traveled to the Chaos Tribulation Purgatory, where the other sacred lands' disciples awaited them, anxious about competing against him.

  • Nan Xunran ordered Merak to kill He Chuan and Zhong Yun'er so they could not become future threats.
  • Nan Xunran confirmed that Xu Tian would remain the Seventh Dao Son and bring him to the trial.
  • Nan Xunran met Mu Fengzhi and Lin Hongyu at the Wind and Cloud Hall, where Shangguan Xieyue delivered him a jade bottle of pills.
  • Nan Xunran led the Dao Sons through a teleportation formation to the Chaos Tribulation Purgatory.
  • At the trial entrance, Zhou Ren'an and elders from other sacred lands discussed Nan Xunran's participation, and the arriving disciples worried about competing against him.
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Ch. 25The Reincarnation Supreme's Inheritance, He Chuan's Death

Nan Xunran entered the secret realm after Zhou Ren'an arrived to protect him and his companions. Separated from the others inside, Nan Xunran learned that He Chuan’s death had earned him the Reincarnation Supreme’s inheritance.

  • Zhou Ren'an warned Nan Xunran to be careful and agreed to support him in the secret realm.
  • The secret realm opened, and Nan Xunran led Pei Zimo and the others toward its entrance.
  • Nan Xunran’s pressure cleared a path through the disciples, and he stepped through the stone gate with his companions following.
  • Inside, Nan Xunran found that everyone had been separated, and the system announced He Chuan’s death and awarded him 15,870 Kill Points along with several rewards.
  • The system explained that He Chuan had been destined to claim the Reincarnation Supreme’s inheritance, but Nan Xunran had gained it instead.
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Ch. 26Accepting the Inheritance

Nan Xunran found an ancient inheritance in a spatial rift, received its Reincarnation Law insights, and rescued the remnant soul with Soul-Nourishing Jade. After escaping the collapsing space, he came upon Secret Sound Valley disciples battling a ferocious beast.

  • Nan Xunran entered a hidden space in the spatial rift and found an ancient corpse with a remnant soul carrying an inheritance.
  • Nan Xunran learned that the inheritance's intended recipient was dead, then opened his sea of consciousness and received the remnant soul's knowledge of the Reincarnation Law.
  • Nan Xunran offered the remnant soul a Soul-Nourishing Jade, and the remnant soul entered it after revealing that he had once fought the Longevity Nan Family's ancestor.
  • Nan Xunran left the hidden space as it collapsed, cut open a passage through the void, and emerged at a random location in the secret realm.
  • Nan Xunran found Secret Sound Valley disciples struggling against a ferocious beast after it struck down their senior sister.
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Ch. 27"Could We Follow You?"

Nan Xunran saved Yan Lingxue and the disciples of Secret Sound Valley, then allowed them to follow him through the trial. As his pressure drew the other participants toward him, Pei Zimo arrived first and learned who the newcomers were.

  • Nan Xunran destroyed a ferocious beast threatening the disciples of Secret Sound Valley and gave them Return Spring Pills to revive Yan Lingxue.
  • After waking, Yan Lingxue decided her group should seek Nan Xunran, and they followed the trace of his presence.
  • Nan Xunran released his pressure from a mountaintop, drawing Pei Zimo, the other Dao Children, and disciples from other sacred lands toward him.
  • Yan Lingxue asked to follow Nan Xunran until the trial ended, and he agreed because of the Nan Clan's promise to Secret Sound Valley.
  • Pei Zimo arrived first, celebrated being the first Dao Child there, and asked Nan Xunran who Yan Lingxue and her companions were.
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Ch. 28Sun-Moon Diagram

Xu Tian and Shangguan Xieyue presented Nan Xunran with herbs and ferocious beast heads as the Dao Children gathered. With spatial rifts becoming dangerous at night, Nan Xunran brought the group into the Sun-Moon Diagram to rest, then entered its inner palace.

  • Xu Tian gave Nan Xunran the herbs he had gathered, and Nan Xunran stored them away.
  • Shangguan Xieyue presented a tower of ferocious beast heads and asked Nan Xunran about Yan Lingxue and the other Secret Sound Valley disciples; he forbade her from fighting them.
  • Outside the secret realm, the elders warned that spatial rifts would endanger disciples as night fell and ferocious beasts emerged.
  • Nan Xunran opened the Sun-Moon Diagram and led the group inside because it was unaffected by spatial rifts.
  • Nan Xunran let the others choose bedrooms outside the inner palace, then went into the inner palace himself.
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Ch. 29Breaking Through to the True God Realm Peak

Nan Xunran used the system lottery and exchanged Villain Points to reach the True God Realm Peak, briefly overwhelming everyone outside with his pressure. He later joined them for roasted meat as Yan Lingxue and the Secret Sound Valley disciples thanked him for saving her.

  • Nan Xunran used his ten free lottery draws and received Heavenly Dao Seeds, memory fragments, pills, talismans, and Villain Points.
  • Nan Xunran exchanged Villain Points to advance to the True God Realm Peak, and his unleashed pressure forced everyone outside the palace to the ground.
  • Pei Zimo, Lin Hongyu, and Xu Tian realized Nan Xunran had broken through, and Nan Xunran withdrew his pressure.
  • Nan Xunran left the inner hall and accepted roasted meat from Pei Zimo as Shangguan Xieyue and Xu Tian took seats beside him.
  • Yan Lingxue and the Secret Sound Valley disciples thanked Nan Xunran for saving her life.
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Ch. 30Strength Beyond Imagination

Nan Xunran left the Sun-Moon Diagram after sensing trouble and confronted the rampaging Redflame Shadow Luo Beast King. He killed it effortlessly, leaving the others stunned by his strength.

  • Shangguan Xieyue prepared meat for Nan Xunran, while Yan Lingxue and the others watched in disbelief at her devotion to him.
  • A red beam alerted the elders outside the secret realm that the Redflame Shadow Luo Beast King was active, but Zhou Ren'an urged them to wait because it was near Ran'er.
  • Nan Xunran sensed an unusual fluctuation inside the Sun-Moon Diagram and led Pei Ziheng and the others outside.
  • The group found the Redflame Shadow Luo Beast King rampaging among fallen disciples, and Nan Xunran ordered everyone else to stand back.
  • Nan Xunran pinned down the Beast King, severed its hind legs, slammed it into a pit, and killed it with a final swipe.
  • Shangguan Xieyue picked up Nan Xunran's bloodstained cloak as the onlookers stared in shock at his power.
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Ch. 31He Was Saying, "Welcome"

Nan Xunran entered the mysterious Burial Ground of the Ancient Gods after it appeared inside the secret realm and seemed to welcome him. Inside the divine hall, a shadowy figure confirmed the place’s name but said Nan Xunran need only act according to his own wishes.

  • Nan Xunran had the injured disciples sent out of the secret realm while the elders outside realized he had reached the True God Realm.
  • A divine hall shrouded in Chaos Power appeared, and Zhou Ren'an identified it as the legendary Burial Ground of the Ancient Gods.
  • Nan Xunran followed a whisper into the divine hall, and an inexplicable force transported everyone else outside the secret realm.
  • Zhou Ren'an told Pei Zimo and Pei Ziheng that the burial ground had chosen an agent before who became the era’s sole Immortal Emperor, and wondered if it had chosen Nan Xunran.
  • Inside the hall, a shadowy figure called Nan Xunran chosen by the burial ground and told him to do nothing but act according to his own wishes.
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Ch. 32[First Seat—Law of Life]

Nan Xunran received the First Seat’s authority over life and was returned from the secret realm as Chaos Tribulation Purgatory vanished. The Sacred Domain learned he had been chosen as the proxy of the Burial Ground of the Ancient Gods, and the Yin Clan ancestor began plotting to kill him.

  • The dark figure granted Nan Xunran the authority to resurrect and create worlds and life, naming him the First Seat—Law of Life.
  • The dark figure sent Nan Xunran out of the secret realm and said they would meet again when the Second Seat awakened.
  • Chaos Tribulation Purgatory disappeared, while the First Seat—Law of Life appeared across the Sacred Domain and drew the great clans’ ancestors toward the disturbance.
  • Zhou Ren'an and Wan Huaishan rushed to check on Nan Xunran, and he told them he was unharmed.
  • An elder revealed that the Burial Ground of the Ancient Gods had appeared and chosen Nan Xunran as its proxy.
  • The Yin Clan ancestor decided to look for an opportunity to arrange an accident for Nan Xunran.
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Ch. 33Mastery of Life and Death, Unconscious

Nan Xunran revealed his power over life and death, alarming the great clans and drawing the Yin Clan ancestor’s killing intent. As the group traveled to the Nan Clan, Nan Xunran suddenly collapsed into unconsciousness.

  • Nan Xunran demonstrated how he could make vegetation and butterflies flourish and then wither, and named his ability Mastery of Life and Death.
  • Nan Xunran said he could destroy even the Sacred Domain if his cultivation became sufficient, while the great clan ancestors considered the threat and avoided provoking the Nan Clan.
  • The Yin Clan ancestor sent killing intent toward Nan Xunran, who noticed it and showed interest in handling the matter himself.
  • Wan Huaishan took Nan Xunran, Pei Zimo, Yan Lingxue, and the others aboard a Red Plume flying boat bound for the Nan Clan because the teleportation array was damaged.
  • Nan Xunran suddenly became dizzy and lost consciousness as Pei Zimo, Wan Huaishan, and others rushed to help him.
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Ch. 34The Nan Clan's Ninth Ancestor

Nan Xunran woke after his body struggled to adapt to a vast influx of power, leaving his spiritual power unstable and his senses painfully sensitive. Nan Qingyuan temporarily suppressed the power and helped him recover, though she warned that the relief would not last.

  • Nan Yushan told Nan Xiao that Nan Xunran needed rest because his body could not yet handle the power he had received.
  • Nan Xunran woke half a day later, and his heightened sensitivity made everyone’s voices unbearable.
  • Nan Qingyuan examined Nan Xunran and said his spiritual power was running wild, then ordered Nan Xiao to find Nan Yushan.
  • Nan Qingyuan entered the inner hall alone and used her spiritual power to temporarily suppress Nan Xunran’s instability.
  • Nan Xunran thanked Nan Qingyuan and said he felt fine, while she reminded him that the treatment was temporary.
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Ch. 35Rebuild Your Body and Work for Me

Nan Yushan gave Nan Xunran an artifact that suppressed his spiritual power, and Nan Xiao rushed off to arrange a celebration banquet. Nan Xunran then offered to rebuild Yun Yi’s body in exchange for Yun Yi working for him.

  • Nan Yushan entered the hall and gave Nan Xunran an earring to keep his spiritual power at the peak of the True God Realm.
  • Nan Qingyuan put the earring on Nan Xunran, who confirmed that his spiritual power had been completely suppressed.
  • Nan Xiao embraced Nan Xunran and announced a banquet, then left to prepare the guest list.
  • Nan Xunran learned that Shangguan Xieyue had returned to her family and that the Saint Lord was with the people from Secret Sound Valley.
  • Nan Xunran summoned Yun Yi from the Soul-Nourishing Jade and offered to rebuild his body in exchange for his service.
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Ch. 36Prodigies Gather

Nan Xunran gave Yun Yi a new body and bound him with a Slave Mark before Yun Yi departed. After Nan Xunran’s mother visited him, the Sacred Domain’s clans gathered at the Nan Clan for a banquet, where numerous prodigies arrived.

  • Nan Xunran formed a body for Yun Yi, who entered it, and placed a Slave Mark on his soul before Yun Yi disappeared into the void.
  • The great clans received invitations from Nan Xiao, and the Bai Clan learned that Nan Xunran had fallen into a coma.
  • Bai Wanying hurried to the Nan Clan, reunited with Nan Xunran, and received the Thousand-Illusion Buyao from him.
  • Bai Wanying left Nan Xunran to meet Nan Xiao and reminded him to rest before the banquet.
  • The Sacred Domain’s clans arrived for the banquet, and the gathered guests recognized prodigies including Shen He’an, Shen Xinyue, and Su Zhuyi.
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Ch. 37Child of Fortune, Regressor

Nan Xunran attended the banquet as the Nan Clan’s Divine Son and discovered that Lin Zong was a regressor with Heaven’s Mandate Points. The Azure Moon Sword Immortal, Su Zhuyi, challenged him to a match, leaving the gathering poised to see how their strengths compared.

  • Shen Xinyue wanted to fight the Nan Clan’s Divine Son, but Shen He'an warned her against provoking him.
  • Su Zhuyi called the other heavenly talents weak and said she wanted to spar with Nan Xunran because he was strong.
  • Jiang Ruxi dressed Nan Xunran in moon-white robes, and he entered the banquet hall to join Bai Wanying.
  • After Lin Zong muttered that Nan Xunran’s good looks were worthless, Nan Xunran noticed through the system that Lin Zong was a regressor with 870 Heaven’s Mandate Points.
  • Lin Zong’s patriarch threatened to expel him if he spoke again, while Lin Weiwei stared at Nan Xunran and Su Zhuyi grew eager to fight him.
  • At the banquet, Shen Xinyue and other guests toasted Nan Xunran, then Su Zhuyi challenged him to a match.
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Ch. 38Lin Zong's Miserable State

Lin Zong challenged Nan Xunran, but his arrogance provoked the other prodigies and led him into a fight with Cheng Peng. After Nan Xunran rescued Cheng Peng and crushed Lin Zong under his power, he stopped only when the Lin Clan head begged for mercy, leaving Lin Zong gravely injured.

  • Lin Zong challenged Nan Xunran and insulted those who relied on their Lineages, angering the gathered prodigies and prompting the Lin Clan head to rebuke him.
  • Cheng Peng stepped forward to challenge Lin Zong, who unleashed a powerful punch that shattered Cheng Peng's protective barrier.
  • Nan Xunran appeared in front of Cheng Peng and stopped Lin Zong's punch with one hand.
  • Lin Zong refused to fight Nan Xunran and tried to leave, but Nan Xunran pressed him to the ground and broke his limbs.
  • The Lin Clan head begged Nan Xunran to show mercy, and Nan Xunran stopped after leaving Lin Zong severely injured.
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Ch. 39A Sword Contest: "Teach Me Swordsmanship"

Nan Xunran defeated Su Zhuyi in a sword contest, then found out Lin Zong had 210 Heaven's Mandate Points left and a fortuitous encounter waiting in the Heavenly Spring Realm. He decided to visit the lower realm, while Su Zhuyi's attempt to follow him ended with her gone from the outer hall.

  • Su Zhuyi challenged Nan Xunran to a sword contest, and he defeated her with a wooden sword.
  • Su Zhuyi followed Nan Xunran and asked him to teach her swordsmanship, but he refused and let her watch him practice.
  • Nan Xunran told Jiang Ruxi to have the Su Clan elder take Su Zhuyi away, then asked the system about Lin Zong.
  • The system reported that Lin Zong had 210 Heaven's Mandate Points remaining and that his fortuitous encounter in the Heavenly Spring Realm would open in three days.
  • Nan Xunran decided to visit the lower realm, and when he emerged from the inner hall, the outer hall was empty.
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Ch. 40The Cloud-Treading Ranking: A Dispute Between the Branch and Main Families

Nan Xunran intervened when main family disciples bullied Nan Xueqing, the second-ranked disciple on the Cloud-Treading Ranking. After he urged her to stand up for herself, she defeated her opponent and challenged the main family disciples to submit, then resolved to train for first place.

  • Nan Xunran saw Nan Xueqing ranked second on the Cloud-Treading Ranking and found main family disciples bullying her.
  • Nan Xunran urged Nan Xueqing to fight and prove branch family disciples were no weaker than the main family.
  • Nan Xueqing kicked her opponent off the platform in one move, prompting branch family disciples to cheer.
  • Nan Xueqing threw the defeated disciple back onto the platform and beat him until he submitted, then challenged the other main family disciples.
  • Nan Xunran praised Nan Xueqing and said she could find him at the Divine Son Hall if she reached first place.
  • Nan Xueqing watched Nan Xunran leave and hurried back to cultivate for the top ranking.
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Ch. 41Dealing with Lin Zong, a God King Realm Puppet

Nan Xunran killed Lin Zong remotely and received several rewards, including a God King Realm puppet. Meanwhile, the Lu Clan prepared for Nan Xunran to descend to the lower realm and stay with them.

  • Nan Xunran told Nan Xiao he would go to the lower realm, and Nan Xiao arranged a temporary protector for him.
  • Nan Xunran used the Soul-Chasing, Spirit-Seizing Needle to kill Lin Zong from afar.
  • Lin Weiwei discovered Lin Zong's death aboard the Lin Clan's flying vessel, and the Lin Clan head ordered everyone to stay together until they returned home.
  • The system rewarded Nan Xunran with Kill Points, a memory fragment, artifacts, a Chaos Demon Seed, and a God King Realm puppet, which he gave the Blood Demon Art to practice.
  • The Lu Clan's ancestor told Lu Mingzhou that Nan Xunran would descend to the lower realm and stay with the clan, prompting Lu Mingzhou to summon everyone home.
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