Chapter Summaries

Chen Nan wondered why the Demonic Orcs had targeted him while returning Lin Xi to the academy, unaware that Susanna’s father had arranged the attack as part of his spy work for the Demonic Beast Kingdom. The chapter ended with Lin Xi fearing the dangers ahead and Chen Nan acknowledging that survival now depended on strength.

• Chen Nan left the noodle shop with Lin Xi after driving off the Demonic Orcs and paying for their meal.
• Susanna’s father waited anxiously for news from the five Demonic Orcs he had sent to attack Chen Nan.
• The chapter revealed that Susanna’s father was a spy who had used his daughter to gather intelligence on Qingyang Kingdom for the Demonic Beast Kingdom.
• Susanna’s father had arranged for Susanna to date Chen Nan to learn about him and the Nature Master Department.
• Chen Nan returned Lin Xi to the academy, where she worried that killing the Demonic Orcs would bring trouble.
• Chen Nan told Lin Xi that, with order collapsing, people needed strength to survive.

Chen Nan returned to the training base and considered how to strengthen the Nature Master Department, while Father Su learned that Chen Nan had defeated five powerful Demonic Orcs and reported the threat to the Demonic Beast Kingdom. Its leaders decided to use Qingyang Kingdom’s own traitorous Transcendents against the Nature Master Department, and Father Su accepted responsibility for the operation.

• Chen Nan realized he needed to stockpile artifact-refining materials and eventually develop his own Immortal Fire to equip and support the Nature Master Department.
• Father Su investigated the noodle shop attack, watched footage of Chen Nan defeating all five Demonic Orcs, and recognized that he had badly underestimated Chen Nan.
• Father Su contacted Qin Shou and Qin Wanli and learned that Chen Nan and Yang Yugan had become formidable because of their Nature Master abilities.
• Father Su reported the Nature Master Department’s growth to the Demonic Beast Kingdom, whose leaders debated whether to attack directly or act through Qingyang Kingdom’s traitorous Transcendents.
• The Demonic Beast Kingdom’s command headquarters ordered Father Su to lead the effort against the Nature Master Department, with allied forces offering support, and he accepted.

Susanna learned that Chen Nan had rejected her and, with Father Su’s guidance, began plotting revenge by gathering intelligence and manipulating the descendants of the Seven Great Families. She started with Jiang Wenming and uncovered rumors about Chen Nan’s connection to the Chen family.

• Susanna watched a viral video of Chen Nan fighting demons and blamed Lin Xi for their breakup, while Father Su urged her to seek revenge.
• Father Su advised Susanna to investigate Chen Nan and exploit conflicts among the Seven Great Families, then sent her back to the academy to learn espionage.
• Susanna apologized to Lin Xi and tried to question her about Chen Nan, but Lin Xi stayed wary and withheld information.
• With Father Su’s guidance, Susanna decided to target the Nature Master Department and Lin Xi by indirectly using male descendants of the Seven Great Families.
• Susanna pursued Jiang Wenming, became his girlfriend, and entered his social circle, where she heard rumors that Chen Nan might be an illegitimate son of the Chen family.

Father Su engineered a paternity test to confirm that Chen Nan was Chen Shimei’s son, then reported the result to the Beastmen Allied Forces, which ordered the Chen family eliminated as a potential threat. As danger mounted, Chen Nan gathered refined gold and rapidly learned artifact forging from Yang Yugan, ending the chapter by volunteering to forge the remaining nine flying swords himself.

• Father Su spread rumors that Chen Nan was Chen Shimei’s illegitimate son and arranged for Susanna to give Chen Wan’er Chen Nan’s hair for testing.
• Father Su placed informants in Luojing City’s paternity testing agencies and learned that Chen Nan and Chen Shimei were father and son.
• The Beastmen Allied Forces Command Headquarters ordered potential threats eliminated after Father Su reported the result and Chen Shimei’s differing views on Qingyang Kingdom’s invasion.
• Chen Nan obtained enough refined gold for about fifteen flying swords and began learning artifact forging and alchemy from Yang Yugan.
• With the AI System’s help, Chen Nan quickly surpassed Yang Yugan’s artifact-forging ability and offered to forge the remaining nine flying swords himself.

Chen Nan rapidly mastered artifact forging under Yang Yugan’s guidance, producing flying swords that surpassed Yang Yugan’s work. Yang Yugan recognized Chen Nan’s extraordinary talent and resolved to teach him everything he could, while Chen Nan later reinforced fifteen swords and hoped to reforge his own.

• Chen Nan used the Heaven and Earth Profound Fire and his understanding of nature’s principles to forge a flying sword independently.
• Chen Nan forged successive swords faster and improved their quality until they were far smaller and more powerful than Yang Yugan’s swords.
• Yang Yugan recovered from his shock, embraced Chen Nan as a rare treasure, and decided to teach him artifact forging and pill refinement without holding back.
• Chen Nan returned and, guided by Yang Yugan’s Immortal Fire, strengthened all fifteen flying swords until they were nearly perfect within their material limits.
• Chen Nan hoped to reforge his own flying sword.

Chen Nan learned he could not safely reforge his spiritually bound flying sword, then began studying Nature Master knowledge with Yang Yugan. In Wu City, Madam Chen revealed that Li Yunfeng was Chen Nan’s mother and persuaded her to go with the Chen family so Chen Nan could enter its genealogy and gain protection.

• Yang Yugan explained that Chen Nan could not refine his flying sword again without harming his spiritual consciousness, and began teaching him Nature Master knowledge.
• Madam Chen arrived at Jiang Lili’s home with an entourage and asked Li Yunfeng to confirm her identity.
• Madam Chen revealed that her husband, Chen Shimei, had fathered Chen Nan with Li Yunfeng, who confirmed the story and explained why she had left Chen Nan at an orphanage.
• Madam Chen offered to take Li Yunfeng back to the Chen family and bring Chen Nan into its genealogy, arguing that the family could protect him from his enemies.
• Li Yunfeng agreed to leave with Madam Chen for Chen Nan’s sake, and Jiang Lili called Li Nanchao after the group departed.

After Li Nanchao warned Chen Nan that his family faced deadly danger, Chen Nan flew to Wu City on Liuying to help them. Qingyang Kingdom’s military intercepted him, learned his identity, and let him continue while deciding to investigate the Nature Master Department.

• Jiang Lili and Li Nanchao argued over her confrontation with Madam Chen, and Li Nanchao called Chen Nan for help.
• Chen Nan summoned Liuying and flew from the training base toward Wu City, while Yang Yugan and Lu Fangliang stayed behind to guard the students.
• After adjusting to flying, Chen Nan accelerated above the clouds and drew the attention of Qingyang Kingdom’s military.
• Two military officers intercepted Chen Nan, who identified himself and explained that his family had urgently asked him to come to their aid.
• Ground command ordered the officers to let Chen Nan pass and gave him a communicator for avoiding aircraft.
• The military discussed Chen Nan’s abilities and decided to investigate the Nature Master Department and pursue a possible alliance.

Li Nanchao chose to protect Jiang Lili and the others when six powerful Transcendents attacked them, despite knowing he was badly outmatched. As the pursuers launched their final assault, the group braced for death together.

• Li Nanchao spotted six Transcendents outside and hurried to get Jiang Lili, Feng Wu, Chen Yun, and Little Black Ox out of the building before the attackers destroyed it.
• Li Nanchao led the group toward the street, where he stood between them and the six pursuers.
• The six Transcendents bombarded Li Nanchao with attacks, and he fought to hold them off as they retreated.
• Jiang Lili praised Li Nanchao for standing his ground and promised to die with him, while Li Nanchao told her to change her temper in their next life.
• The pursuers laughed at the group's farewells and sent six attacks at them at once.

Chen Nan shielded Li Nanchao and the others from six Transcendents’ combined attack, then stayed behind to fight their attackers. He killed three and pressed the remaining three with Liuying, leaving them badly wounded.

• Chen Nan blocked the six Transcendents’ attack and told Li Nanchao to lead the others to safety.
• After Li Nanchao and the others retreated, Chen Nan introduced himself and attacked the six with the Four Elements Tube and Liuying.
• The Four Elements Tube’s assault concealed Liuying, which killed three of the six attackers.
• One survivor pleaded for mercy and offered compensation, but Chen Nan refused and blamed the person who sent them.
• Chen Nan fired the Four Elements Tube’s final shot and used Liuying to overwhelm the three remaining attackers, leaving them covered in wounds.

Chen Nan killed the three Transcendents who had attacked him and reunited with Li Nanchao and the others, where he learned the truth about his origins. Troubled by the danger Madam Chen posed to Sister Li, he called Yang Yugan for advice and heard that a Nature Master's actions should follow their state of mind.

• Chen Nan killed the fleeing Transcendent and the two who attacked him, then went to find Li Nanchao and the others.
• Jiang Lili told Chen Nan how Madam Chen had revealed that Li Yunfeng was his mother and Chen Shimei was his father.
• Chen Nan considered whether to acknowledge his parents and worried that Madam Chen would mistreat Sister Li.
• Chen Nan called Yang Yugan, who advised him that a Nature Master should follow their natural state of mind.

Chen Nan decided to enter the Chen Family to address Sister Li’s situation and the threats facing the Nature Master Department. At the family meeting, Chen Shimei announced he would step down as head and introduce Chen Nan as his illegitimate son.

• Chen Nan told Jiang Lili he would visit the Chen Family to protect Sister Li, while saying he did not care whether Chen Shimei was his biological father.
• Chen Nan and the others left Wu City and reached Luojing three days later, where Jiang Lili and her companions took over logistical duties at the Nature Master Department.
• Chen Nan received the Chen Family’s letter inviting him to acknowledge his ancestors and drove to the family residence for its meeting.
• Chen Nan met Chen Wan'er, who said she hated him even more after learning they shared a father.
• Chen Shimei announced that he would resign as Chen Family head and introduce Chen Nan as his illegitimate son, and Chen Nan stepped forward.

Chen Shimei resigned as Chen Lineage Head, acknowledged Chen Nan as his son, and helped him enter the Chen genealogy. After Chen Shiyou won the election, Chen Nan returned to the residence with his family, where Sister Li found relief at seeing him.

• Chen Shimei asked the Chen Lineage to stop targeting the Nature Master Department, stepped down, and told Chen Nan he hoped his son would not hate him.
• Chen Nan and Chen Shimei watched Chen Shiyou win the Lineage Head election, leaving Chen Wan'er and Chen Jiadong troubled by their loss of status.
• Chen Shiyou promised that the Chen Lineage would not trouble the Nature Master Department, and Chen Shimei told Chen Nan that Yang Yugan should prepare a generous gift.
• Chen Shimei took Chen Nan and his other children back to the residence, where Sister Li greeted Chen Nan after enduring Madam Chen's oppressive presence.

Chen Nan reunited Li Yunfeng with Chen Shimei’s household and openly warned Madam Chen by recounting how her timely intervention had saved his mother from the attack in Wu City. The family sat down to an uneasy dinner, where Li Yunfeng struggled with the formal meal and Chen Nan served her.

• Chen Nan greeted Li Yunfeng as his mother, while Chen Shimei remembered their past relationship and Madam Chen hid her jealousy.
• Madam Chen praised Chen Nan, and Li Yunfeng complimented Chen Jiadong and Chen Wan'er, making Madam Chen bristle.
• Chen Nan told the family that Madam Chen had brought Li Yunfeng to safety before Transcendents destroyed the building where she had been staying.
• Chen Nan implied that the attackers had deserved their deaths, leaving Madam Chen unable to respond as Chen Shimei reassessed his son.
• Chen Shimei led everyone to dinner, where Chen Jiadong and Chen Wan'er joined them after Madam Chen insisted.
• Li Yunfeng struggled to use the utensils, and Chen Nan served her food while Madam Chen watched with disgust.

After Chen Nan agreed to live at the Chen residence and enter the family register, he considered how the collapsing world forced him to rely on lethal force while using the Chen family’s rules for protection. At Li Yunfeng’s courtyard, he killed a servant who insulted her and ordered the remaining servant to clean up and arrange attendants.

• Chen Shimei told Chen Nan and Li Yunfeng to stay at the residence while he arranged Chen Nan’s entry into the family register, and Chen Nan agreed to live there.
• Chen Nan reflected that persecution had become open and deadly, and resolved to answer future threats with killing while relying on the Chen family’s status and rules.
• Chen Shimei, Madam Chen, and the others accompanied Li Yunfeng and Chen Nan to Li Yunfeng’s quiet courtyard, where they praised the residence and then departed.
• Two servants entered the house, and one mocked Li Yunfeng for having a young man with her.
• Chen Nan struck the mocking servant dead after he claimed that insulting him was equivalent to insulting Madam Chen.
• Chen Nan ordered the surviving servant to clean the courtyard, stay to serve him, and bring two maids to attend Li Yunfeng.

Madam Chen confronted Chen Nan over his killing of her servant, while Chen Nan calmly framed the act as something done for her sake. The chapter ended as he prompted her to consider her own words about Li Yunfeng and parental responsibility.

• The servant escaped from Chen Nan's courtyard and reported what had happened to Madam Chen.
• Madam Chen recalled Chen Nan's threat and the deaths of her assassins, then decided to confront him without telling Chen Shimei.
• Li Yunfeng worried about Madam Chen's retaliation, but Chen Nan reassured her as they waited for their visitor.
• Madam Chen arrived at Li Yunfeng's residence and accused Li Yunfeng of failing to raise Chen Nan properly.
• Chen Nan claimed that killing the servant had been for Madam Chen's sake and asked whether the servant had represented her.

Chen Nan used his argument about Madam Chen’s servant to secure the man’s obedience and establish his authority among the servants. At the Chen Family ceremony, Chen Nan was entered into the genealogy but learned that he would be treated as a collateral member, expected to serve the main line and even die to protect its heirs.

• Chen Nan argued that Madam Chen’s servant had insulted her dignity, and Madam Chen left after warning Chen Nan to watch himself.
• The servant begged Chen Nan for forgiveness, and Chen Nan kept him while warning him that leaving would mean certain death.
• Chen Nan went with Chen Shimei to the Chen Family ancestral hall for the ceremony to enter the genealogy.
• Chen Nan read the genealogy oath and learned that, as an illegitimate child, he would not belong to the main line.
• Chen Nan’s oath required him to contribute to the Chen Family without receiving equal treatment and to risk his life protecting main-line disciples.

After completing his Chen Family genealogy ceremony, Chen Nan returned to the Nature Master Department's training base with Li Yunfeng, while considering how to exploit the family's divisions. Madam Chen then urged Chen Jiadong and Chen Wan'er to find a way to kill Chen Nan and offered to help them.

• Chen Nan completed the Chen Family ceremony, including adding his blood to the genealogy, but the branch disciples kept their distance from him.
• Chen Nan took Li Yunfeng to Chen Shimei, received permission for her to leave, and brought her back to the Nature Master Department's training base.
• Jiang Lili and the others welcomed Li Yunfeng and Chen Nan back with joy and teasing.
• Madam Chen grew furious that Li Yunfeng had left the Chen Mansion and told Chen Jiadong and Chen Wan'er to kill Chen Nan.
• Chen Wan'er warned Chen Jiadong that Chen Nan's strength made him difficult to challenge, so Madam Chen offered powerful assistants and suggested they enlist their third uncle and the Zhao Family.

After joining the Chen family, Chen Nan returned to Luojing Transcendent Academy to see Lin Xi and seek out the Seven Great Families' disciples. He agreed to attend their ball in three days, where he planned to turn their invitation into an opportunity to settle old conflicts.

• Chen Nan received basic support from the Chen family and considered using his allowance to help the Nature Master Department, which he effectively sustained.
• Chen Nan returned to the academy to gather news and check on Lin Xi, whose physical and mental condition had improved.
• Chen Nan pushed Lin Xi's wheelchair around campus and told her about recent events while she urged him to be open-minded toward his parents.
• Zhao Yunlong, Chen Wan'er, Qin Shou, and the others approached Chen Nan and invited him to a ball for disciples of the Seven Great Families.
• Chen Nan said he hoped the ball could help them let bygones be bygones, and Qin Shou announced it would take place in three days.

Chen Nan accepted an invitation to a ball and chose Lin Xi to accompany him, then persuaded her to move into the Nature Master Training Base so he could help her cultivate. They arrived at the base, where Chen Nan’s followers welcomed them as the training ground continued to gather people seeking his protection.

• Chen Nan agreed to attend the ball and told Jiang Wenming that he had already chosen a girl to bring, making Susanna visibly jealous.
• Chen Nan invited Lin Xi to the ball, and she agreed despite worrying that her disability would prevent her from attending.
• Chen Nan asked Lin Xi to move to the Nature Master Training Base, where he planned to teach her a modified cultivation method and music-related spells.
• Lin Xi agreed to stay long-term after notifying a dormmate that she would not return that night.
• Chen Nan brought Lin Xi and her wheelchair to the training base, where Qi Shan and the others welcomed them.

Chen Nan and Lin Xi attended a high-end ball hosted by descendants of the Seven Great Families, where the guests treated them with disdain. When Zhao Yunlong and Ye Zixin’s attempts to provoke Chen Nan failed, they mocked his background and challenged him to perform a lewd tune.

• Chen Nan taught Lin Xi the Myriad Laws Universe Art for three days before taking her to the Camille Grand Hotel for an appointment.
• Chen Nan and Lin Xi arrived at the ball and met Zhao Yunlong and the other descendants of the Seven Great Families.
• The guests coldly excluded Chen Nan and Lin Xi, but the two spent the ball chatting, eating, and listening to music together.
• Zhao Yunlong and several others approached Chen Nan and tried to draw him onto the dance floor, but he refused to leave Lin Xi alone.
• Ye Zixin mocked Chen Nan for being a wild man from the Wu City Orphanage, and the guests taunted his musical training as lewd.
• Ye Zixin challenged Chen Nan to perform a piece for everyone.