Chapter Summaries

During the prodigy tournament, Ning Shi admitted defeat to Nan Xunran and revealed that he had been killed by Nan Xunran across thousands of reincarnations. Nan Xunran heard about Ning Shi’s mysterious Spacetime Fragment and told him to follow, leaving Ning Shi accepted as his follower.

• Ning Shi was paired against Nan Xunran and admitted defeat, surprising everyone at the tournament.
• Nan Xunran took Ning Shi into his inner world, where Ning Shi begged him to stop killing him and recounted his thousands of reincarnations.
• Ning Shi offered to submit to Nan Xunran, but explained that Nan Xunran had already eliminated the people and opportunities tied to future major events.
• Ning Shi removed his mask and revealed a scar caused by a Spacetime Fragment, which let him reincarnate and had been given to him by a mysterious man above the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Nan Xunran opened a passage and told Ning Shi to follow him, and Ning Shi happily agreed.

Ning Shi declared that he now belonged to Nan Xunran, while Su Zhuyi defeated Jin Jinyu and Qiu Lingxuan defeated Pei Zimo. Nan Xunran then faced Qiu Lingxuan and Su Zhuyi in a three-person match, where Qiu’s plan to team up against him faltered when Nan summoned the No Trace Sword.

• Ning Shi told Pei Ziheng that he now belonged to Nan Xunran.
• Su Zhuyi won her match against Jin Jinyu, and Jin clung to Nan Xunran before Su pulled her away.
• Nan Xunran predicted Qiu Lingxuan would beat Pei Zimo, and the results showed Pei Zimo had lost.
• Qiu Lingxuan suggested that he and Su Zhuyi join forces against Nan Xunran, and Su agreed.
• Qiu Lingxuan and Su Zhuyi charged Nan Xunran together, but Nan summoned the No Trace Sword, alarming Qiu as Su continued forward.

Nan Xunran and Jian Shang overwhelmed Su Zhuyi and Qiu Lingxuan in the arena, revealing that they had barely used any of their strength. Both opponents admitted defeat, and the arena display changed to Yunjiao Zhan.

• Jian Shang emerged from the No Trace Sword and joined Nan Xunran in forcing Su Zhuyi to the edge of the arena.
• Jian Shang fought Su Zhuyi while Nan Xunran attacked Qiu Lingxuan and pierced him with Sword Qi needles.
• Jian Shang's attack cracked Su Zhuyi's protective artifact, but Nan Xunran blocked the Sword Qi with one hand.
• Jian Shang said she had used about a tenth of her strength and Nan Xunran had used even less, stunning Su Zhuyi and Qiu Lingxuan.
• Qiu Lingxuan and Su Zhuyi admitted defeat, and the arena display changed to Yunjiao Zhan.

Su Zhuyi, Qiu Lingxuan, and Jin Jinyu left Nan Xunran, while Jin Jinyu brought him to investigate a menial who claimed to be the Dark Demon Domain’s young master. The chapter revealed that Xiao Chen had awakened in An Jin’s body in the Dark Demon Domain, while An Jin was trapped in Xiao Chen’s body at the Splendid Commerce Association, where he met Jin Jinyu and Nan Xunran.

• Su Zhuyi and Qiu Lingxuan left Nan Xunran, each promising to meet him again.
• Jin Jinyu told Nan Xunran that a Splendid Commerce Association menial had awakened claiming to be the Dark Demon Domain’s young master, and invited him to investigate.
• Xiao Chen woke in the Dark Demon Domain in An Jin’s body and panicked when he saw his unfamiliar face.
• An Ling visited Xiao Chen and told him he was the Dark Demon Domain’s young master, but he stopped her from fetching a physician so she would not discover the truth.
• At the Splendid Commerce Association, An Jin suspected that his soul had swapped bodies with Xiao Chen and went to meet Jin Jinyu and Nan Xunran.
• Jin Jinyu asked whether he was Xiao Chen, and An Jin replied that the body was Xiao Chen’s but he was not.

An Jin asked Nan Xunran and Jin Jinyu to help him return to his original body, but they killed him instead. After Xiao Chen felt the loss of that body, Nan Xunran considered going to the Dark Demon Domain, where a being in a blood pool began murmuring that he was finally coming.

• An Jin told Nan Xunran and Jin Jinyu that he had swapped souls with Xiao Chen and asked them to help him regain his body.
• Nan Xunran and Jin Jinyu appeared at An Jin's residence, where Nan Xunran killed him and Jin Jinyu erased the traces.
• Xiao Chen spat blood in the Dark Demon Domain and suspected something had happened to his body, while An Ling continued to conceal her suspicions and leave him confined.
• Nan Xunran received a notification that Xiao Chen's body had been destroyed and considered traveling to the Dark Demon Domain.
• People in black robes fed their blood into a pool, where a being stirred and murmured, "You... are finally coming."

An Chao learned that the mysterious presence in the Dark Demon Domain’s blood pool had become active, and he used An Jin’s blood to hear its message. The message named Nan Xunran as a guest to bring with Sacred Blood to find him, leaving An Chao shocked and Xiao Chen wondering how the Nan Clan’s divine son was connected.

• A messenger told An Chao that the presence in the blood pool was becoming active, and An Chao rushed to the depths of the Dark Demon Domain.
• An Chao recalled the mysterious figure’s promise that the clan’s mission would end when the presence became active, then heard indistinct words by offering his own blood to the pool.
• An Chao ordered the black-robed man to bring An Jin, whose bloodline was closest to Sacred Blood in generations.
• An Chao cut Xiao Chen’s palm and made him listen to the blood pool, and Xiao Chen heard it name Nan Xunran and call for Sacred Blood to find him.
• An Chao recognized Nan Xunran as the Nan Clan’s divine son and sent Xiao Chen away, while Xiao Chen wondered whether the message explained why An Ling had spared him.

Nan Xunran arrived at the Dark Demon Domain and discovered that the beings beneath its blood pool were eagerly waiting for him. His blood stirred the pool and overwhelmed An Ling with an irresistible desire, leaving her licking the blood from his finger.

• An Chao ordered the clan to watch the mysterious beings and report their movements.
• An Chao welcomed Nan Xunran, who learned that the beings in the Dark Demon Domain wanted to see him.
• Nan Xunran silenced the beings' murmurs and dropped a single drop of blood into the pool, making it churn violently.
• An Ling, overcome by the scent of Nan Xunran's blood, took his hand and licked the blood from his finger.

Nan Xunran entered the blood pool and witnessed a vision revealing how it had been created, then absorbed a drop of blood whose Qi matched his own and recovered a fragment of his memories. An Ling remained in grave danger from absorbing his untreated Sacred Blood, while the blood pool disappeared after Nan Xunran emerged.

• An Ling's cultivation abruptly rose to the King-Sealing Realm, but the power caused her severe pain and left her collapsed as An Chao suspected Nan Xunran had Sacred Blood.
• An Chao urged Nan Xunran to enter the blood pool, and the blood parted to let him through.
• Inside the pool, Nan Xunran saw a mysterious figure's drop of blood destroy several small worlds and transform a pool into the blood pool.
• Nan Xunran found a drop of blood above a mountain of bones, fused it with his own blood, and absorbed it into his brow.
• Nan Xunran recognized the resulting images as a fragment of his memories, then emerged as the blood pool vanished completely.

Nan Xunran took control of the Dark Demon Domain after An Ling awakened with white hair and blue eyes by absorbing his blood. The system identified her as an unforeseen Daughter of Heaven's Mandate whose increasing points would benefit him.

• An Chao pledged the Dark Demon Domain's obedience to Nan Xunran, and An Ling awakened with white hair, blue eyes, and power from the Sacred Blood.
• An Ling apologized to Nan Xunran, while An Chao recognized her as someone who had fully absorbed the Sacred Blood.
• In Lingxiao Hall, Nan Xunran judged the elders too weak and gave An Chao a bead of blood to process for the clan.
• The system identified An Ling as an unforeseen Daughter of Heaven's Mandate and explained that Xiao Chen would have taken her into his harem in her original fate.
• The system told Nan Xunran that An Ling's Heaven's Mandate Points could now increase because of him, and that the extra points would feed back to him.

Nan Xunran confronted Xiao Chen after discovering he possessed a Yellow Springs Illusory Dream Remnant Page, then killed him and obtained several treasures. An Chao recognized the killer’s strength and ordered the witnesses not to ask questions, while the chapter revealed his lack of concern for An Jin because of An Jin’s past abuses.

• Xiao Chen revealed a Yellow Springs Illusory Dream Remnant Page and vowed revenge on the people of the Dark Demon Domain.
• Nan Xunran appeared before Xiao Chen, exposed his identity as a former menial servant, and said An Jin would soon be joined by him.
• Nan Xunran overwhelmed Xiao Chen’s defenses and killed him, gaining the remnant page and several other items.
• An Chao arrived, saw that Xiao Chen had been killed in one blow, and warned those present not to ask questions.
• An Chao recalled that An Jin had abused others and violated even his sister, while the gathered people showed no sorrow over Xiao Chen’s death.

Nan Xunran returned to Divine Son Hall, where Nan Xueqing reported taking first place on the Cloud-Treading Ranking and received a Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm Robe. A sudden commotion led him to Feng Qianshan, whose Great Sage Realm breakthrough exposed him as a Child of Destiny with a Sign-In-Style System, leaving Nan Xunran curious about his fear.

• Nan Xunran departed Lingxiao Hall in the Thundercloud Chariot as An Chao and the female disciples watched him leave.
• Nan Xueqing told Nan Xunran she had taken first place on the Cloud-Treading Ranking, and he rewarded her with a Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm Robe.
• A loud blast and a beast-shaped phantom appeared in the sky, prompting Nan Xunran and Nan Xueqing to leave the hall and investigate.
• At Thousand Crane Hall, Feng Qianshan panicked over the system's unavoidable Great Sage Realm breakthrough effects and tried to flee.
• Nan Xunran confronted Feng Qianshan as an elder with a different surname, saw his Child of Destiny status and system details, and wondered why a Great Sage Realm expert feared him.

Nan Xunran confronted Feng Qianshan, a cautious Great Sage Realm elder of the Nan Clan who had concealed his strength. After learning Feng Qianshan’s loyalty was 95 points, Nan Xunran let him go and reminded him of his duties, while Feng Qianshan offered him a pile of treasures.

• Nan Xunran’s system revealed that Feng Qianshan had a system of his own, which had not detected it.
• Nan Xunran threatened Feng Qianshan when he kept backing away, and Feng Qianshan froze after seeing Nan Xunran touch his power-suppressing earring.
• Feng Qianshan admitted he feared dying, explained that his system had concealed his Great Sage Realm cultivation, and offered his intelligence-gathering skills.
• Nan Xunran checked Feng Qianshan’s loyalty and learned it was 95 points, then decided the elder was no threat and could serve the Nan Clan.
• Nan Xunran told Feng Qianshan to remember his duties, and Feng Qianshan offered him a pile of treasures that Nan Xunran refused.

Nan Xunran learned that Su Yu had attacked the Secret Sound Valley with a powerful Xiangliu Phantom and agreed to save the people trapped there. Meanwhile, Su Yu threatened to kill the valley’s disciples if Yan Lingxue failed to return with help.

• Nan Xunran hid Feng Qianshan’s breakthrough from the elders, then hurried with them toward a commotion at the Nan Clan’s main hall.
• The unconscious Yan Lingxue told Nan Xunran that Su Yu had attacked the Secret Sound Valley and trapped everyone there.
• Nan Xunran learned that Su Yu had recovered his cultivation and summoned a Xiangliu Phantom, then agreed to help Yan Lingxue and bound her at maximum favorability.
• At the Secret Sound Valley, Su Yu ordered the Xiangliu Phantom to kill a disciple who insulted him.
• The Secret Sound Valley Master tried to shield the remaining disciples, while Su Yu said he would spare them only if Yan Lingxue returned with help.

Nan Xunran unleashed the spiritual power hidden within him, overwhelmed Su Yu and the Xiangliu Phantom, and killed them both. After the battle, his strength astonished Jian Shang, and he left the scene with his newly revealed power.

• Nan Xunran removed his earring and released immense spiritual power, causing the Secret Sound Valley disciples to collapse under the pressure.
• Nan Xunran struck the Xiangliu Phantom with spiritual power and pinned Su Yu down until he knocked him unconscious.
• The Xiangliu Phantom poisoned the ground, but Nan Xunran used the No Trace Sword and Nine Heavens Grasp the Moon to destroy it.
• Jian Shang emerged from the No Trace Sword and remarked that Nan Xunran's spiritual power could wipe out the Sacred Domain.
• Nan Xunran used Blazing Fire Burns the Eyes to burn Su Yu to death and erase the poisonous swamp.

After defeating Su Yu and leaving Secret Sound Valley in ruins, Nan Xunran learned about the Treasure Pavilion’s conflict with the Nan Clan and decided to meet its pavilion master, Ji Fanyuan. Ji Fanyuan prepared to trap the Divine Son when he arrived at the pavilion the next day.

• Nan Xunran received rewards for Su Yu’s death, then left Secret Sound Valley after Yan Lingxue thanked him for helping protect it.
• Nan Xiao told the Nan Clan council that he had killed the Treasure Pavilion’s messengers after they approached the clan arrogantly.
• Nan Xunran discovered that Ji Fanyuan was a Child of Destiny whose system made him invincible inside the Treasure Pavilion, and he agreed to visit him in the lower realms.
• Ji Fanyuan’s system warned that it would unbind from him if he failed to open a Sacred Domain branch within two months.
• A subordinate told Ji Fanyuan that Nan Xunran would visit the Treasure Pavilion the next day, and Ji Fanyuan planned to trap him there.

Nan Xunran entered the Treasure Pavilion, where his system erased the consciousness of Ji Fanyuan's system and removed the force suppressing his spiritual power. Nan Xunran crushed Ji Fanyuan, destroyed the Treasure Pavilion, and left Ji Fanyuan watching its ashes.

• Nan Xunran arrived at the Treasure Pavilion in the Thundercloud Chariot after his system expressed a desire to devour Ji Fanyuan's system.
• Nan Xunran entered the Treasure Pavilion, and his system erased Ji Fanyuan's system consciousness and removed the spiritual suppression.
• Ji Fanyuan accused Nan Xunran of disabling his system and tried to attack him, but an attendant held him back.
• Nan Xunran incapacitated the attendant and used overwhelming pressure to collapse the Treasure Pavilion and break Ji Fanyuan's limbs.
• Nan Xunran flung Ji Fanyuan outside for the crowd to see, then burned the Treasure Pavilion to ashes.

Nan Xunran killed Ji Fanyuan, gained new abilities and learned that a Yellow Springs Illusory Dream Remnant Page lay within Burial Soul Cliff. Five days later, strange activity drew cultivators to the cliff as its secret realm prepared to open.

• Nan Xunran killed Liu Yijun and several others, then killed Ji Fanyuan after Ji's protective artifact shattered.
• The system announced Ji Fanyuan's death and awarded Nan Xunran Kill Points, Dream Domain Control, a Void-Breaking Sword, and other rewards.
• Nan Xunran learned that the nearest Yellow Springs Illusory Dream Remnant Page was deep in Nether Abyss Ravine within Burial Soul Cliff, which would open in ten days.
• Five days later, strange lights, shaking earth, and beast roars erupted near Burial Soul Cliff, drawing crowds of cultivators and prominent young talents.

Pei Zimo and the others waited for their master, while several powerful young women arrived hoping to see him. When they learned he would not come for a few days, they decided to leave or wait nearby.

• Qiu Lingxuan asked Pei Zimo and Pei Ziheng whether their master had arrived, and they said he would come in a few days.
• You Qimeng arrived looking for their master, and Qiu Lingxuan told her she would see how popular he was.
• Yan Lingxue arrived with people from Secret Sound Valley and chose to wait for Divine Son Xunran.
• Su Zhuyi came searching for him, learned he was absent, and returned to the Su Clan.
• Jin Jinyu arrived, complained that he was not there, and left, while You Qimeng also departed in poisonous mist.

Pei Zimo and Pei Ziheng learned that Nan Xunran had arrived and went to see him, with Qiu Lingxuan following. At Nan Xunran’s residence, Ning Shi appeared, and Jin Jinyu questioned him about recognizing A-Ran’s presence.

• Yan Lingxue said she would thank Divine Son Xunran in person for saving Secret Sound Valley, then left.
• Qiu Lingxuan followed Pei Zimo and Pei Ziheng, claiming he was going to their inn so he could find Nan Xunran.
• Four days later, Pei Ziheng learned Nan Xunran had arrived because a woman from the Splendid Commerce Association had visited an inn.
• At Nan Xunran’s residence, Xiao Xiao emerged and reacted warily to Ning Shi, who showed a jade pendant Pei Ziheng had given him.
• Nan Xunran explained that the pendant was nothing to worry about and asked Ning Shi where he had gotten it.
• Jin Jinyu entered and asked Ning Shi whether he was familiar with A-Ran’s presence.

Ning Shi arrived first to meet Nan Xunran, but the gathering grew chaotic when Pei Zimo, Qiu Lingxuan, and the others arrived and Xiao Xiao attacked them. After Nan Xunran calmed Xiao Xiao, Jin Jinyu wondered why the creature was friendly only with him.

• Ning Shi remained quiet as Jin Jinyu teased Nan Xunran about having a subordinate with a similar temper.
• Pei Zimo arrived expecting to be second, then grabbed Ning Shi in surprise when he saw him there first.
• Xiao Xiao grew larger and swung its tail at Pei Zimo and the others, striking Qiu Lingxuan after Pei Zimo pulled him into the fray.
• Nan Xunran called Xiao Xiao back, and Pei Ziheng gave Qiu Lingxuan a bottle of pills for his injury.
• Nan Xunran flicked Xiao Xiao's head, and it shrank into his robes as Jin Jinyu tried to tease it and asked why it was friendly only with him.