Chapter Summaries

Nan Xunran and his companions went to the Splendid Commerce Association’s Delicacies Pavilion for Spirit Meat, where Spirit-Treasure Venerable Lingxian had prepared a lavish banquet. Lingxian welcomed Divine Son Xunran and Jin Jinyu at the pavilion.

• Xiao Xiao snuggled inside Nan Xunran’s clothes until Jin Jinyu teased them, prompting Xiao Xiao to shrink and coil around his wrist.
• Pei Zimo urged the group to visit the Delicacies Pavilion for its new Spirit Meat, and Jin Jinyu led them there with Nan Xunran.
• Jin Jinyu’s comment about sending Spirit Meat to Nan Xunran angered Qiu Lingxuan, and Pei Zimo teased him before Qiu Lingxuan punched him.
• Lingxian recognized Jin Jinyu’s presence and ordered the attendant to prepare Spirit Meat before the group arrived.
• The group found a lavish banquet waiting upstairs, and Pei Ziheng told Pei Zimo that their host was Spirit-Treasure Venerable Lingxian.
• Lingxian greeted Jin Jinyu, then solemnly bowed to Nan Xunran and addressed him as Divine Son Xunran.

Nan Xunran and Jin Jinyu dined upstairs while the others ate the spirit meat, which had been raised on spirit pills. Downstairs, Gao Yanxi learned that all the spirit meat had gone upstairs and decided to seek Nan Xunran, despite an attendant’s warning not to disturb him.

• Jin Jinyu offered Nan Xunran spirit meat, and he used his spiritual power to feed a piece to her.
• Qiu Lingxuan learned the meat came from a rabbit raised on spirit pills and began eating eagerly; Pei Zimo joined him to keep the rest from being eaten.
• Gao Yanxi asked Pei Xuan to get her spirit meat, but an attendant told him it had all been sent upstairs.
• Gao Yanxi learned Nan Xunran was upstairs and ignored the attendant’s warning that disturbing him could cost her life.
• Gao Yanxi urged Pei Xuan and the other disciples to go find Nan Xunran for some meat, while one male disciple warned that provoking him could bring trouble.

Gao Yanxi and Pei Xuan entered the room where Nan Xunran was staying, claiming they wanted to see the Spirit Meat, but their intrusion led to a confrontation. Jin Jinyu subdued them, and Nan Xunran left Pei Xuan unconscious after the latter glared at him.

• Gao Yanxi led the Willow Union Academy disciples upstairs, and Pei Xuan knocked out a guard who tried to stop them.
• Pei Zimo and Pei Ziheng confronted the group, and Pei Zimo kicked them into Nan Xunran's room after Gao Yanxi said they had come to see the Spirit Meat.
• Nan Xunran's notifications identified Pei Xuan and Gao Yanxi, while Gao Yanxi tried to attract Nan Xunran's attention and Jin Jinyu laughed at her.
• Jin Jinyu's pressure knocked Gao Yanxi down and then forced Pei Xuan to the floor despite his resistance.
• Pei Xuan glared at Nan Xunran, and Nan Xunran split Pei Xuan's skin with a light tap, knocking him unconscious.

Jin Jinyu exposed Gao Yanxi’s ambition to become the Nan Clan’s young madam and killed her at Nan Xunran’s command. Ling Xian apologized for the breach of security and agreed that the branch pavilions needed a thorough cleanup.

• Jin Jinyu used pink mist to make Gao Yanxi confess that she wanted to attach herself to Nan Xunran and become the Nan Clan’s young madam.
• Nan Xunran ordered Gao Yanxi killed, and Jin Jinyu gave her a blade that she used to cut her own throat.
• Gao Yanxi died, and the system announced that her Heaven’s Mandate value had fallen to zero and Jin Jinyu’s Kill Points had increased by 203,816.
• Ling Xian erased the traces of blood and apologized, explaining that an attendant had disclosed the honored guests’ location without authorization.
• Jin Jinyu called for a thorough cleanup of the branch pavilions, and Ling Xian agreed.

Pei Ziheng attacked Pei Xuan with his twin scimitars, Severing Love, after Nan Xunran gave him permission. Pei Xuan’s grief over Gao Yanxi briefly restored his strength, but Nan Xunran overwhelmed him and killed him.

• Pei Ziheng asked Nan Xunran whether he could punish the unconscious Pei Xuan, and Nan Xunran agreed.
• Pei Ziheng struck Pei Xuan with Severing Love, waking him and leaving one of his hands limp.
• Pei Xuan saw Gao Yanxi’s body, cried out in grief, healed his injuries, and charged Pei Ziheng.
• Pei Ziheng’s scimitars wounded Pei Xuan and shattered his saber, but Pei Xuan used artifacts to keep blocking them.
• Nan Xunran intervened, sent Pei Xuan crashing to the ground, cut his face, and split his head in two.

After killing Pei Xuan, Nan Xunran exchanged Kill Points for the Words Become Law ability. The next day at Burial Soul Cliff, he met Yan Sha of the Yan'e Clan, who said his elder sister wanted to meet him.

• Nan Xunran killed Pei Xuan, and Pei Zimo and the others finished off the remaining unconscious people.
• Nan Xunran received system rewards and exchanged 800,000 Kill Points for Words Become Law.
• Xiao Xiao fell asleep curled around Nan Xunran's arm.
• A powerful presence erupted from Burial Soul Cliff, and a Yan'e Clan man killed a man who rushed toward the cliff.
• Yan Sha introduced himself to Nan Xunran and said his elder sister wanted to meet him.

Yan Sha revealed that Yan Hua would meet Nan Xunran when the time was ripe, then vanished. At the bottom of Burial Soul Cliff, the group found the Spirit Marrow in a ruined palace, where a guardian willow attacked them.

• Yan Sha told Nan Xunran that his sister, Yan Hua, said they would meet when the time was ripe, then disappeared into black mist.
• Nan Xunran and the others descended to the bottom of Burial Soul Cliff, where blood-sucking vines bound everyone except Nan Xunran.
• Jin Jinyu cut through a vine, and Pei Zimo cleared a path through the flower buds for the group.
• The group reached a ruined palace and spotted the Spirit Marrow in a pool beneath an ancient willow tree.
• Qiu Lingxuan approached the pool, triggering the willow's branches to attack him and then the group.

Nan Xunran used Words Become Law to wither the regenerating willow tree, then the group discovered that a guardian beast protected the spirit medicine in the pool. Pei Zimo retrieved the bottle and received it from Nan Xunran, who had no need for the medicine.

• Xiao Xiao froze and shattered the willow tree's branches, but they rapidly regrew and attacked again.
• Nan Xunran said, "Wither," and the willow tree withered; Xiao Xiao then struck it apart into motes of light.
• Nan Xunran led the group to the pool, and Pei Zimo plunged in to retrieve the bottle.
• Pei Ziheng recognized the pool's stones as a guardian beast, and Pei Zimo emerged with the bottle after the water turned red.
• Nan Xunran opened the bottle, saw that it held enough spirit medicine for two people, and handed it to Pei Zimo.

Pei Zimo and Pei Ziheng absorbed Spirit Marrow and reached the King-Sealing Realm before a staircase appeared where the pool had been. On the steps, Nan Xunran met Yan Hua, the Remnant Visage Saint Shaman, who offered to lead the group onward.

• Pei Zimo absorbed Spirit Marrow, reached the King-Sealing Realm, and thanked Nan Xunran.
• Pei Ziheng also absorbed Spirit Marrow, broke through, and thanked Nan Xunran.
• The pool vanished and a seemingly endless staircase covered in blood-red, blade-edged flowers rose into view.
• Qiu Lingxuan cut his finger on a flower, which eagerly absorbed his blood, and Pei Ziheng warned everyone not to touch the flowers.
• Nan Xunran halted when a woman carrying a giant scythe approached through the mist.
• Yan Hua identified Nan Xunran as the Nan Clan's divine son and offered to guide the group along the path.

Yan Hua tried to win Nan Xunran’s favor by offering her knowledge of the Yellow Springs Illusory Dream Remnant Page and a hidden route into Nether Abyss Ravine. Nan Xunran went with her into the depths, leaving their companions behind.

• The system told Nan Xunran that Yan Hua had learned the plot from a transmigrator and that his appearance had disrupted it.
• Pei Zimo and Qiu Lingxuan wondered why Yan Hua seemed to know Nan Xunran so well.
• Yan Hua recalled that Nan Xunran was destined to destroy her clan and resolved to raise his favorability to prevent it.
• Yan Hua told Nan Xunran that the remnant page was in Nether Abyss Ravine and that she knew a hidden entrance and the path inside.
• Yan Hua took Nan Xunran by the sleeve and led him down the stone steps as their companions watched them disappear.

Nan Xunran obtained the genuine Yellow Springs Illusory Dream Remnant Page with Yan Hua, while Xu Lin attacked Nan Luoning in Trial Valley. Nan Xunran saw Nan Luoning’s distress through the Divine Son Token and learned that Xu Lin possessed the God-Control Art.

• Qiu Lingxuan failed to retrace the route that had revealed the hidden entrance and waited with Pei Zimo.
• Yan Hua guided Nan Xunran to the genuine Yellow Springs Illusory Dream Remnant Page, and he took it after she retrieved it.
• A guardian beast roared, and Yan Hua grabbed Nan Xunran’s hand to escape; her affection for him increased by 10 points.
• Xu Lin ordered her followers to seize Nan Luoning and the other disciples, while Nan Luoning fought back after using her blood on the token.
• Nan Xunran received a vision of Nan Luoning fighting and learned that Xu Lin was a former beggar with the God-Control Art.

Nan Xunran broke into Trial Valley and stopped Xu Lin’s mind control, then let Nan Luoning confront her. When Xu Lin disappeared, he froze time across the valley to prevent her escape.

• The system told Nan Xunran that Xu Lin was a new Daughter of Heaven's Mandate who could control people's minds and was in Crimson Plume Sacred Land's Trial Valley.
• Nan Xunran shattered Trial Valley's restrictions with the Chaos Bell and entered, freezing everyone except Xu Lin in place.
• Nan Xunran killed the aristocratic family disciples who had been attacking Nan Luoning, covering her in blood before she cleaned herself with a talisman.
• Nan Luoning asked to kill Xu Lin herself, but returned moments later after Xu Lin vanished.
• The system revealed that Xu Lin was still in Trial Valley, so Nan Xunran stopped time throughout the valley while allowing Crimson Plume Sacred Land's disciples to move.

Nan Xunran rescued Nan Luoning from Xu Lin, who died after exhausting her escape methods. Outside Trial Valley, Wan Huaishan killed the elder responsible for letting Xu Lin in, compensated Nan Luoning, and Nan Xunran prepared to leave for other business.

• Nan Luoning returned after killing Xu Lin, and the system reported Xu Lin's death and awarded Nan Xunran 198750 Kill Points.
• Nan Xunran healed Nan Luoning's wounded arm and learned that Xu Lin's magical artifact had injured her while she tried to escape.
• At Trial Valley's exit, a disciple explained the incident to Wan Huaishan and the gathered elders, who grew furious that Nan Luoning had been attacked.
• Wan Huaishan questioned the elder on duty, learned he had let Xu Lin enter, and killed him with a blast of force.
• Wan Huaishan gave Nan Luoning pills and told the elders to explain the deaths truthfully to the noble families.
• Nan Xunran told Wan Huaishan he still had things to do, and Nan Luoning asked whether he was leaving.

Nan Xunran exchanged points to advance to the Mid Stage of the Heavenly God Realm and glimpsed a mysterious vision of himself among countless worlds and seven dark figures. After awakening, he confronted a female ancient elf and received a god's Authority, leaving him named Second Seat—Voidbreaker.

• Nan Luoning hugged Nan Xunran and said goodbye before he returned to the Nan Clan.
• Nan Xunran spent 150,000 Villain Points to reach the Mid Stage of the Heavenly God Realm and saw a vision of himself destroying small worlds beside seven dark figures.
• A female dark figure arrived and called for Shengyi, while the system orb revealed that Nan Xunran's Impervious to All Laws had prevented her spell from working.
• The figure said she was an ancient god, explained that her true body was in a palace inside a spatial rift, and said restrictions prevented her from revealing her name.
• The ancient elf bestowed a god's Authority on Nan Xunran, and the words Second Seat—Voidbreaker appeared above the Divine Son Hall.

Nan Xunran survived the appearance of a second Authority, while the Bai Clan confronted its past mistreatment of him and decided to seek reconciliation. Bai Wanying sent him an invitation, and she resolved to change the clan’s course as its hidden strength continued to grow.

• Nan Qingyuan, Nan Yushan, Nan Xiao, and the elders rushed to the Divine Son Hall, where Nan Qingyuan and Nan Xiao confirmed Nan Xunran was unharmed after the shadowy figure vanished.
• Pei Zimo and Pei Ziheng recognized the new Authority as Nan Xunran’s, prompting an uproar throughout the Crimson Plume Sacred Land.
• Bai Wanying ordered an attendant to send Nan Xunran an invitation to the Bai Clan’s upcoming ceremony.
• Bai Wanying reminded the Bai Clan elders that they had prejudged Nan Xunran after the Xiezhi feared him during his childhood visit, and the grand elder urged them to make amends.
• Bai Wanying reflected that the Bai Clan’s public image of weakness concealed its powerful fighters and decided the clan needed changes.

Feng Yi prepared to meet Nan Xunran at the Bai Clan ceremony, while Nan Xunran questioned his system and decided to attend. At the ceremony, Nan Xunran arrived to sit beside Bai Wanying as the selection began.

• Feng Yi ordered an attendant to find out whether Nan Xunran would attend the Bai Clan ceremony and looked forward to meeting him.
• Nan Xunran pressed the system, Shengyi, about its restrictions and guessed that he had created it.
• Jiang Ruxi delivered the Bai Clan's invitation, and Nan Xunran told her to reply to Bai Wanying that he would attend.
• Bai Wanying waited at the ceremony as guests discussed Nan Xunran's relationship with the Bai Clan.
• Nan Xunran arrived, greeted Bai Wanying, and silenced the elders with a glance.
• Bai Wanying began the ceremony, and a xiezhi appeared as the participating disciples stepped forward.

Nan Xunran learned that Feng Yi was working with other clans and a remnant Heavenly Dao Consciousness to target him and seek a suitable vessel. Feng Wei passed the Bai Clan’s test and infiltrated its ranks as Bai Wei, while Bai Wanying and Nan Xunran recognized the deception; the chapter ended with Nan Xunran acknowledging An Ling across the gathering.

• Nan Xunran discovered that Feng Wei, an undercover disciple of the Feng Clan, had entered the Bai Clan as Bai Wei.
• Nan Xunran learned from the system that Feng Yi was the Heavenly Dao Consciousness’s chosen Child of Destiny and that the remnant consciousness wanted Nan Xunran’s body as its vessel.
• The system revealed that Feng Yi had allied with minor clans to target the Nan Clan and was trying to strike at people around Nan Xunran.
• Feng Wei passed the Xiezhi’s test, and Bai Clan elders eagerly accepted him as a disciple.
• Nan Xunran told Bai Wanying that Bai Wei was from the Feng Clan, and she said the elders would no longer exist after that day.
• Bai Wanying noticed An Ling watching them, and Nan Xunran silently acknowledged An Ling when she raised her cup.

Nan Xunran quietly directed An Ling and An Chao to act against several aristocratic families, while Feng Yi celebrated Feng Wei’s entry into the Bai Clan. The chapter ended with Feng Yi receiving an urgent letter that enraged him.

• Feng Yi proposed that An Chao join forces with the Dark Demon Domain, but An Chao denied agreeing and said the domain belonged to its master.
• An Ling approached Nan Xunran, used her pressure to clear the crowd, and listened as he named several aristocratic families.
• An Ling promised Nan Xunran that those families would die that night, then whispered instructions to An Chao before they left.
• Bai Wanying realized the Dark Demon Domain had likely changed masters, and she praised Nan Xunran.
• Feng Yi celebrated Feng Wei’s entry into the Bai Clan until an attendant delivered an urgent letter, which made him smash an object in anger.

Feng Yi learned that the Heavenly Dao Consciousness had awakened and condemned his failed schemes, then discovered that Feng Wei was dead. As the Bai Clan launched an invasion, Bai Wanying declared that the Feng Clan would fall and the Bai Clan would rise.

• Feng Yi realized the Dark Demon Domain had wiped out the small clans he had recruited, ruining his plans against Nan Xunran.
• The Heavenly Dao Consciousness took control of part of Feng Yi, berated him, and warned that Feng Wei might not survive three days at the Bai Clan.
• Feng Yi ordered an attendant to summon Feng Wei, but learned that Feng Wei's life tablet had shattered.
• Feng Yi shouted Nan Xunran's name, then heard that the Bai Clan was attacking.
• Bai Wanying appeared before Feng Yi amid the Bai Clan's warships and declared that the Feng Clan's destruction would forge the Bai Clan's rise.

Nan Xunran captured the Heavenly Dao Consciousness and killed it after returning to the Nan Clan, while Bai Wanying eliminated Feng Yi and ordered the Feng Clan’s remaining members killed. The Heavenly Dao Consciousness vanished, leaving Nan Xunran with fifty Heavenly Dao Seeds.

• Feng Yi learned that the Feng Clan’s fighting forces had been wiped out, and Bai Wanying revealed herself as a Quasi-Supreme before killing him.
• Bai Wanying caught the Heavenly Dao Consciousness as it fled, and Nan Xunran bound it and brought it back to the Nan Clan.
• Nan Xunran received rewards for the deaths of Feng Yi and Feng Wei, then left Bai Wanying to destroy the Feng Clan’s remaining members.
• The Heavenly Dao Consciousness accused the Nan Clan of defying the Heavenly Dao and offered to serve it, but Nan Xunran extracted its origin and destroyed it.
• The system awarded Nan Xunran fifty Heavenly Dao Seeds because the consciousness had been only a remnant.