Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuan killed the mutated beasts pursuing Tian Ling, but the enormous Poison Mist Beast’s lingering stench drove him through a hidden passage into a strange world. After Qing Lan showed him a supposed exit, iron gates trapped him in a cave as the clan chief confronted her.

• Zhang Xuan slaughtered the mutated animals and five leaders pursuing him, then killed the towering Poison Mist Beast.
• The beast’s poisonous, foul-smelling mist pursued Zhang Xuan across a desolate island and into a cave, where he broke through a stone wall into a lush, strange world.
• The strange world’s fragrance dispelled the mist, and Zhang Xuan met Qing Lan, who warned him that outsiders faced capture and Nether Prison.
• Wu Ming sensed an unfamiliar aura and foul odor, then hurried to report that an Outer Spirit had entered.
• Qing Lan led Zhang Xuan to a waterfall and told him to follow a cave passage to its exit, but iron gates dropped and trapped him inside.
• The cyan-haired clan chief arrived with young men in green robes and demanded that Qing Lan answer for her crime; she admitted she was guilty.

Zhang Xuan and Qing Lan were condemned to the Frost Punishment, where they were frozen and subjected to unbearable pain. Zhang Xuan regained his freedom by activating the system through a Nether Passage Beast corpse, rescued Qing Lan, and warmed her in a strange ice cave, where she awoke and found herself against him.

• Zhang Xuan and Qing Lan were bound and sent through a phantom gate to the Frost Prison.
• The Frost Punishment froze them as statues, then caused agonizing pain with corrosive snow; Zhang Xuan remained conscious while Qing Lan's awareness repeatedly shut down.
• Zhang Xuan moved his foot onto a black patch and triggered his system, gaining Nether Passage and Spirit Manipulation talents, Yin You Attribute, and returned rewards.
• Zhang Xuan used his Yin You talent and Void Splitting Blade to free himself and break Qing Lan out of her ice statue, then carried her to a heated ice cave.
• Zhang Xuan placed Qing Lan on a heat-emitting crystal and used his own heat to help restore her body.
• Qing Lan awoke against Zhang Xuan, screamed at finding herself naked, and called him a lecher.

Zhang Xuan killed four Ice Nether Beasts, then used his Puppet Manipulation talent to control the prison's white-haired overseer and escape with Qing Lan. At the cave exit, Qing Lan refused to leave because her home was in the Nether Prison.

• Zhang Xuan left Qing Lan in the ice cave and lured four Ice Nether Beasts away before killing them and gaining Ice Resistance.
• Zhang Xuan and Qing Lan searched the White Expanse for an exit, but found nothing until Qing Lan asked what lay beneath it.
• Zhang Xuan melted through the ice and summoned a white-haired old man, then used Puppet Manipulation to make him open a rift and guide them out.
• Zhang Xuan, Qing Lan, and the old man passed through the prison levels and reached the waterfall cave without being stopped.
• Zhang Xuan entered the cave, but Qing Lan stayed behind, telling him that her home was in the Nether Prison.

Zhang Xuan rescued Qing Lan from the red-robed cultivators and fought a colossal Ink Lizard Giant Beast that split into two when cut. He led Qing Lan and Bi Youqing through the waterfall passage back to a desolate island, where he froze and shattered a group of green-robed cultivators.

• Qing Lan refused to leave her home, but Zhang Xuan chased after her and found red-robed cultivators attacking her.
• Bi Youqing appeared, defeated the cultivators, and executed them before Qing Lan agreed to leave with Zhang Xuan.
• Zhang Xuan fought the colossal beast at the waterfall, defeated its two split forms with his ice and fire skills, and gained the Split talent and Fission Avatar skill.
• Zhang Xuan carried Qing Lan through the passage behind the waterfall, and Bi Youqing followed them through the gateway to a desolate island.
• Green-robed cultivators emerged from the Void and surrounded them, so Zhang Xuan froze and shattered them with Heaven Freezing Earth Shattering.

Zhang Xuan reunited with Tian Ling, returned to the Island Villa, and then traveled with her to the mainland to search for his mother and Green Lotus. The chapter ended with a lead pointing to the Lotus Light Grand View and He Clan Old Ancestor He Qing.

• Zhang Xuan reunited with Tian Ling on the Desolate Island, where she explained her Intent Realm cultivation and her Intent Beasts.
• Tian Ling said she had not seen Zhang Xuan's mother or Green Lotus, and Zhang Xuan concluded they were on the mainland.
• Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling returned to the Island Villa and found Zhu Xiaoxiao and the others safe after they had gone searching for him.
• Zhang Xuan left for the mainland, and Tian Ling joined him as they traveled to a bustling city.
• Zhang Xuan beat a playboy who harassed Tian Ling, and the trouble that followed led them to a clue about Green Lotus involving Lotus Light Grand View and He Clan Old Ancestor He Qing.

Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling discovered that a hunched old man was drawing mutated animals to Lotus Light Grand View and followed him after he used a glowing orb to kill them. They lost sight of him at a high-rise building, where a poised woman in a red cheongsam called out to them as they were leaving.

• Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling flew to Lotus Light Grand View, where mutated animals had devastated the manor and trapped He Qing and his family in a castle.
• Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling chose to leave without intervening, but Zhang Xuan spotted a hunched old man who drew the animals toward himself.
• The old man used a blue-glowing orb to kill the mutated animals, then drained their corpses before leaving the manor.
• Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling secretly followed the old man by taxi to a high-rise building, where they lost sight of him.
• As Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling left the building, a poised woman in a red cheongsam called for them to wait.

Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling joined the Survivor Alliance to look for news of Green Lotus and Mother, then joined a rookie squad sent to hunt in a dense forest. When the jealous Captain tried to use Mutant Gray Wolves to attack Zhang Xuan, the elegant woman protected him, and Zhang Xuan finally stopped pretending as the Captain struck at him.

• Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling met the Survivor Alliance’s leader, signed up under the names Xuan Cheng and Ling Qing, and received alliance tokens.
• The old man assigned Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling to a rookie squad led by the young man who fawned over Hong Ling.
• The squad hunted animals in the dense forest, where Hong Ling protected Zhang Xuan and the Captain grew jealous of their closeness.
• When Mutant Gray Wolves attacked, the Captain lured them toward Zhang Xuan and abandoned him, prompting Hong Ling to rush to his aid.
• The Captain brought more wolves toward Zhang Xuan, then attacked him with his blade; Hong Ling blocked the strike, and Zhang Xuan released her from his embrace.

Zhang Xuan revealed his strength, killed Qian He Feng and the mutated beast leader, and returned to the Alliance with the survivors. The old man summoned him to his office, while Tian Ling teased Chu Hong Ling about her feelings for Zhang Xuan.

• Zhang Xuan killed Qian He Feng and wiped out the gray wolves, taking control of the survivor team.
• Zhang Xuan and Tian Ling killed the mutated beast leader, completing the mission and earning Zhang Xuan a thousand Strength attributes.
• Chu Hong Ling asked how Zhang Xuan would explain killing Qian He Feng to the Alliance, but Zhang Xuan said he had his own plans.
• The survivors returned to the Alliance, where the hunched old man addressed them and then called Zhang Xuan into his office.
• Tian Ling stopped Chu Hong Ling from following Zhang Xuan and teased her about worrying over him and possibly becoming another sister.

Zhang Xuan killed the hunched old man after surviving his Thunder Punishment, then accepted He Qing’s invitation and returned to the hotel with Tian Ling and Chu Hong Ling. The next day, he rushed to Lotus Light Grand View to confront a giant beast attack.

• The hunched old man used Thunder Punishment against Zhang Xuan, but Zhang Xuan emerged unharmed and killed him with the Void Splitting Blade.
• Zhang Xuan returned to the hotel with Tian Ling and Chu Hong Ling, then went with them to meet He Qing at Lotus Light Grand View.
• He Qing asked Zhang Xuan for protection from mutated animals, and Zhang Xuan reassured him before leaving for the hotel.
• Tian Ling encouraged Chu Hong Ling to be bold with Zhang Xuan, and the three spent the night together.
• The He family steward woke Zhang Xuan with news that giant beasts were attacking Lotus Light Grand View.
• Zhang Xuan flew to the manor and attacked the giant beasts with the Void Splitting Blade.

Zhang Xuan saved the He Family from a herd of giant beasts at Lotus Light Grand View Manor and discovered that the woman they had been sheltering was Green Lotus, his wife. He helped her recover with a Flame Bead, and she asked whether they could return to their world; Zhang Xuan confidently said they could.

• Zhang Xuan arrived at the manor and killed the attacking giant beasts, including the enormous Mutated Blue Ape Leader, earning attribute returns from the system.
• He Qing invited Zhang Xuan into the castle to thank him, but their visit was interrupted when an elderly servant announced that the unconscious woman had awakened.
• Zhang Xuan recognized the woman as Green Lotus, reunited with her, and explained the situation in this world.
• Green Lotus asked if they could return, and Zhang Xuan said they could before giving her a Flame Bead that restored her and strengthened her physique.
• He Qing asked Zhang Xuan how he was related to Green Lotus, and she answered that he was her husband.

Zhang Xuan took over the Survivor Alliance and prepared for a new half-year mission against Spirit Beast invasions while continuing to search for his mother. As the invasion approached, he gathered his family on the island and readied himself to fight.

• Zhang Xuan told the Alliance that he had killed the Old Man, explained the Old Man's crimes, and took over as Alliance Leader.
• Zhang Xuan gave the Old Man's magic orb to Chu Hong Ling, who later became Vice Alliance Leader and took charge of the Alliance's affairs.
• The ethereal voice announced that Spirit Beast invasions would begin the next day and continue for half a year, prompting the Alliance to recruit members.
• Zhang Xuan returned to the island with Tian Ling and Green Lotus, reassured Zhu Xiaoxiao and the others that the Alliance's worldwide recruitment might reach his mother, and prepared a feast to strengthen his family.
• Zhang Xuan stayed awake through the night, then watched the sunrise and declared that the Spirit Beasts would face his Void-Splitting Blade Qi.

Zhang Xuan and his beast allies survived two waves of Spirit Beast Incursion, and the system rewarded him with new attributes and a powerful sword. After defeating the Blue Light Ghost Pig leader, he returned to the villa hungry.

• Blood Rain transformed animals across the Survival World, and giant Green Poison Spirit Worms emerged around Zhang Xuan's island.
• Zhang Xuan and his evolved birds fought the worms until ocean Spirit Beasts arrived to help, and the battle ended at midnight.
• Zhang Xuan touched the largest worm's corpse and gained system rewards, including Corrosion and Split talents, before his Void Splitting Blade shattered from his increased strength.
• The next day, Zhang Xuan and his allies fought off Blue Light Ghost Pigs, then defeated their leader.
• Zhang Xuan obtained the Spirit Sword Heaven Severing and returned to the villa when hunger struck.

Zhang Xuan reunited with his mother at the Survivor Alliance after she survived the Southern Border invasion by awakening a Talent that let her control Spirit Beasts. He brought her to the Island Villa and planned to build his strength before confronting the Backstage Manipulator and finding a way back to the Original World.

• In the Southern Border, Zhang Xuan's mother survived a giant beast attack and joined Survivors who brought her to the Alliance.
• Zhang Xuan defeated an invading Spirit Beast wave, then took Tian Ling to the inland Survivor Alliance.
• A Southern Border Captain introduced Zhang Xuan's mother to Chu Hong Ling, who accepted her into the Alliance for her Psychic Will Control Talent.
• Zhang Xuan recognized his mother in the Alliance hall, and they embraced before he brought her, Chu Hong Ling, and Tian Ling into the office to talk.
• Zhang Xuan learned how his mother had awakened her Talent and flew with her and Tian Ling to the Island Villa to reunite her with Zhu Xiaoxiao and the others.
• At the villa, Zhang Xuan decided to hide his intentions from the Backstage Manipulator while he raised his strength.

Zhang Xuan defeated a Thunder Lizard Dragon, gained an Immortal Body and Thunder Descent, then followed the Azure Turtle into the Great Trench and was pulled into Qing Lan’s clan’s Secret Realm. While investigating the clan’s possible role in controlling the Survival World, he drank the innkeeper’s tea and suddenly lost control of himself.

• A Thunder Lizard Dragon emerged from the Azure Heaven, but Zhang Xuan severed its wing and killed it with the Slaying Sky Sword.
• The system transformed Zhang Xuan’s Spirit Body into an Immortal Body and awakened his Thunder Strength and Thunder Descent talent.
• Zhang Xuan cooked Thunder Dragon Meat for everyone, and the others gained strength and entered states of enlightenment.
• The Azure Turtle led Zhang Xuan to the Great Trench, where a force inside a reef wall pulled him into the Secret Realm near Qing Lan’s clan.
• Zhang Xuan evaded the clan’s strengthened patrols, entered a tavern, and knocked out the innkeeper after she tried to raise an alarm.
• After drinking warm tea in the innkeeper’s room, Zhang Xuan’s eyes reddened and he pounced toward the bed as green smoke spilled from his mouth.

Zhang Xuan uncovered the Evil Charisma Young Master's plot, killed him, and then encountered Long Sanhe, who claimed to have survived as a clone. Suspecting Long Sanhe was lying, Zhang Xuan pretended to trust him and decided to take him to the island he kept asking about.

• Zhang Xuan restrained the proprietress after waking from a night under the influence of drugged tea, and she explained that the Evil Charisma Young Master had delivered the tea.
• The Evil Charisma Young Master broke into the proprietress Hong Yin's room, and Zhang Xuan struck him dead before leaving the inn.
• Hong Yin asked Zhang Xuan's name, and he gave her only "Xuan" before disappearing through the window.
• Zhang Xuan slipped into a central hall and discovered that its remaining occupant was Long Sanhe, whom he believed had died.
• Long Sanhe claimed that a clone had died in the beach disaster and that he had split into ten clones to search for the others.
• Zhang Xuan feigned trust when Long Sanhe pressed him about the island and resolved to take him there.

Zhang Xuan exposed and killed the impostor posing as Long Sanhe, who revealed himself as the Blazing Soul Servant. The system awakened Zhang Xuan’s first-rank Immortal Realm, and he discovered it connected to the Survivor World.

• Zhang Xuan led the false Long Sanhe from the Secret Realm to the island where Long Sanhe’s remains were buried.
• Zhang Xuan uncovered the skeleton and attacked the impostor, whose wounds revealed that he was not human.
• The impostor transformed into the Blazing Soul Servant and attacked Zhang Xuan with Nether chains, freezing air, and phantom skeletons.
• Zhang Xuan broke free, countered with his Fire Attribute talent and Heaven Severing, and destroyed the Blazing Soul Servant.
• The system awarded Zhang Xuan the Yin Nether Talent and activated his first-rank Immortal Realm after his Immortal Attribute exceeded one thousand.
• Zhang Xuan found that the Immortal Realm connected to the Survivor World and wondered whether the world belonged to the person behind everything.

Zhang Xuan infiltrated the Secret Realm by passing the attendant assessment and joining the Dragon Holding Hall, hoping to uncover clues about the Heaven Token. After an elder offered to teach him how to open an Immortal Realm, he asked her what an Immortal Realm was.

• Zhang Xuan returned to the Secret Realm, reunited with Hong Yin, and spent the night with her before heading to the Floating Great Hall to investigate.
• Zhang Xuan entered the Nether Prison Passage for the attendant assessment and cleared its first ten levels with ease.
• Zhang Xuan registered under the name Xuan, received an attendant uniform and token, and was assigned to the Dragon Holding Hall’s Left Attendant Hall.
• The White Skirt Woman brought Zhang Xuan before the Dragon Holding Hall’s master, who assigned him to the Left Attendant Hall.
• A white-haired elder dismissed the disciples and propositioned Zhang Xuan, offering to teach him how to open a Profound Rank Immortal Realm; Zhang Xuan asked what an Immortal Realm was.

Tantai Ru Yue revealed her beautiful true form and helped Zhang Xuan awaken and test his Immortal Realm. His realm reached the top of the Immortal Testing Pillar, drawing the attention of Supreme experts who tried to recruit him, but Zhang Xuan said he had already joined the Dragon Holding Hall.

• Tantai Ru Yue revealed her true body and told Zhang Xuan about Immortal Realm grades and the Immortal Testing Pillar.
• Tantai Ru Yue used eight rune stones to awaken Zhang Xuan's Immortal Realm.
• Zhang Xuan pressed his palm to the Immortal Testing Pillar, and golden light climbed all the way to its top.
• The gathered Daoists recognized Zhang Xuan's result as a Universe Grade Immortal Realm and rushed over to recruit him.
• Qing Xu, Chief Elder of the Hall Leader Hall, offered to take Zhang Xuan as his disciple, but Zhang Xuan said he had joined the Dragon Holding Hall.

Zhang Xuan became Ye Lan’s First Seat Disciple and received the Dragon Holding Hall’s inheritance, which the system transformed into the Long Ao Primordial Divine Technique. After advancing his cultivation, he met his senior disciples, and Ye Lan summoned them to discuss the Profound Dragon Holding Path.

• Ye Lan appeared at the Immortal Testing Pillar, took Zhang Xuan to the Dragon Holding Great Hall, and accepted him as her disciple.
• Ye Lan passed down the Dragon Holding Immortal Technique, which the system transformed into the Long Ao Primordial Divine Technique.
• Ye Lan moved Zhang Xuan into the Dragon Holding Hall, where he began cultivating and quickly advanced to the Fifth Rank of the Profound Rank.
• Ye Lan reported that the envoy had been missing for many days to the Venerated God, who told her to keep everything as usual.
• Zhang Xuan met his senior disciples after Ye Lan summoned him, then asked her what the Profound Dragon Holding Path was.

Zhang Xuan joined the Dragon Holding Hall’s beast-release trial and sent powerful Divine Dragons into the Survivor World. The dragons annihilated a Survivor Alliance squad before the passage pulled them back.

• Ye Lan sent Zhang Xuan and the other disciples through a portal to the Profound Realm Path, where they used their Immortal Realms to create beasts for the Survivor World.
• Zhang Xuan studied the altar’s process, then began circulating the Dragon Holding Immortal Technique after Ling Yao warned him that Ye Lan was watching.
• A golden-scaled Hua Xia Divine Dragon formed in Zhang Xuan’s Immortal Realm, and its pressure frightened the beasts emerging from the other disciples’ realms.
• Zhang Xuan repeatedly sent Divine Dragons through the passages, unleashing a calamity on the Survivor World.
• In the Tar District, Divine Dragons crushed a Survivor Alliance squad and devastated the surrounding mountain range before the passage summoned them back at noon.