Chapter Summaries

Chen Nan discovered that his Immortal Fire was the rare, colorless Primordial Fire and used it to reforge his weapons. After combining and purifying his three flying swords into a far sharper Liuying, he fused Du Hongyu’s daggers into another flying sword, leaving its final capabilities to be tested.

• Chen Nan revealed his colorless Immortal Fire, and Yang Yugan identified it as the exceptionally powerful Primordial Fire.
• Chen Nan used the Primordial Fire to purify Liuying, then fused it with his other two flying swords into a crystal-clear sword named Liuying.
• Chen Nan tested Liuying’s sharpness by dropping it through the marble floor, astonishing Yang Yugan with its power.
• Chen Nan asked Yang Yugan to help refine Du Hongyu’s An Yadi tough steel daggers, and Yang Yugan controlled them above the Primordial Fire.
• Chen Nan purified the melted daggers, fused their material, and shaped it into a single flying sword.

Chen Nan gained the Star Sword and returned to the Chen family estate, where he forced his way past the guards and sent his servants to safety. He prepared to confront the family and begin challenging the Seven Great Families.

• Chen Nan named his newly forged flying sword the Star Sword, linked it to his spiritual sense, and heard Yang Yugan urge him to cultivate the Object Control Technique.
• Yang Yugan supported Chen Nan's plans and reflected that the Nature Masters would soon act against the Transcendents who threatened ordinary people.
• Chen Nan reached the Chen family estate and found the gate guards kneeling because the family had forbidden him to enter.
• Chen Nan used a gust of wind to move the guards aside, broke through the estate's checkpoints, and drove to his courtyard.
• Chen Nan gave Agui and the other two servants his mother's address and sent them away to serve her safely.
• Chen Nan waited for the Chen family to respond and resolved to bring down the Seven Great Families one by one.

Chen Nan confronted the Chen Family disciples who had killed his servants and demanded that their deaths be repaid. After emerging unharmed from Elder Chen Mingli’s ice attack, he faced his surviving younger brother, Chen Jiadong, who tried to appease him by acknowledging his strength.

• Elder Chen Mingli led Chen Jiadong, Chen Jialiang, and Chen Jiacai into Chen Nan’s courtyard, where the three displayed the severed heads of Chen Nan’s servants.
• Chen Jiadong, Chen Jialiang, and Chen Jiacai admitted killing the servants and threatened Chen Nan, who vowed that killing must be repaid with life.
• Elder Chen Mingli froze Chen Nan in a powerful ice attack, but Chen Nan used the Void Transformation Art to escape and killed Chen Jiacai and Chen Jialiang with an unseen method.
• Chen Jiadong begged Chen Nan to spare him and asked Elder Chen Mingli not to interfere, then claimed he would acknowledge Chen Nan as his elder brother because Chen Nan had become stronger.

Chen Nan killed Chen Jiadong and condemned the Chen Lineage’s contempt for ordinary people as the family gathered around him. Chen Shimei was left to face pressure from the family while recognizing that Chen Nan was the son he felt closest to.

• Chen Jiadong pleaded for Chen Nan’s life, but Chen Nan killed him, leaving three Lineage members dead.
• Chen Nan challenged the gathered Lineage disciples over their oppression and killing of ordinary people, and Chen Jianan admitted he saw no mercy in Chen Nan’s actions.
• Elder Chen Mingli sentenced Chen Nan to death, but Chen Nan challenged him to try enforcing the sentence.
• Chen Shiyou, Chen Mingde, and Chen Shimei arrived as Madam Chen and Chen Wan'er mourned Chen Jiadong.
• Madam Chen called ordinary people’s lives worthless, and Chen Nan declared that human lives had no noble or lowly rank and threatened anyone who provoked him.
• Chen Shiyou demanded that Chen Shimei handle Chen Nan, while Chen Shimei reflected on how Madam Chen had turned their children against him and how he felt closer to Chen Nan.

Chen Nan killed Chen Wan'er and confronted Chen Shimei and Chen Shiyou over the Chen Lineage’s betrayal and their vision of a world ruled by Transcendents. The rival factions fought with devastating losses before Chen Nan challenged Chen Shiyou’s ideology, leaving him unable to answer.

• Chen Nan killed Chen Wan'er after explaining that she had repeatedly tried to kill him and had betrayed the nation.
• Chen Nan urged Chen Shimei to judge right from wrong for himself, but Chen Shiyou ordered his men to execute Chen Nan.
• Chen Nan escaped over the crowd and wall to join the Protectorate Faction, and the two Chen Lineage factions began a destructive battle.
• Chen Shiyou halted the fighting after nearly a third of the Chen Lineage’s buildings had been destroyed and both sides had suffered heavy casualties.
• Chen Nan argued that Transcendents had a duty to protect the people and condemned Chen Shiyou’s proposed world of Transcendent rule.
• Chen Shiyou admitted that he wanted such a new order, but Chen Nan invoked the laws of nature and the universe, leaving Chen Shiyou unable to respond.

Chen Nan agreed to a ten-person battle with the Chen Family, then returned to the Nature Masters to prepare. As Chen Shimei left the family and Madam Chen went back to the Zhao Family, Chen Nan devised a continuous-fight format to make up for his shortage of fighters without revealing Yang Yugan's strength.

• Chen Nan accepted Chen Shiyou's proposal for ten fighters to meet at the Grand Arena in Luo Capital in three days, and he led his followers back to his territory.
• Chen Shiyou asked Chen Shimei to fight Chen Nan, but Chen Shimei refused, renounced the Chen Family, and left without being stopped.
• Madam Chen blamed Chen Nan for her losses, returned to the Zhao Family, and resolved to use her natal family's power to kill him.
• Chen Nan counted only seven suitable fighters and decided not to send Yang Yugan, whose strength he wanted to keep hidden.
• Chen Nan planned to demand a continuous battle in which each fighter stayed in the arena until defeated, giving his strongest fighters a chance to face multiple opponents.

Chen Nan prepared his team for a duel against the Chen family and insisted that it be decided by a continuous battle, forcing the family to accept his rules. As the duel began, he discovered that the supposedly random matchups favored the Chen family and secretly tampered with the arena system before the roster appeared.

• Chen Nan assembled ten duelists for his side, including five Chen family experts, Lu Fangliang, and three senior students.
• The Chen family agreed to Chen Nan's continuous-battle rules and selected five Level Ninety fighters for the duel.
• Transcendents across the Qingyang Kingdom gathered at the Luojing Grand Arena, seeing the duel as a test of Chen Nan's ability to lead them.
• Chen Nan urged his team to withdraw if their lives were in danger, while Chen Shiyou demanded that his fighters battle to their last strength.
• Chen Nan infiltrated the arena's network system and found that the initial matchups placed a Level Ninety Chen family fighter against his side's weakest contestant.
• Chen Nan prepared to alter the matchup order before the arena displayed the roster.

Chen Nan secretly changed the match order, and his fighters gained an early advantage against the Chen family. After Lu Fangliang defeated a worn-down Level Eighty-Nine opponent, he faced Chen Mingyu, one of the Chen family’s Level Ninety fighters, while Chen Shiyou believed his side would still win easily.

• Chen Nan’s one-time code delayed the arena computer and replaced the announced match order with his prepared lineup.
• Chen Nan’s first fighter beat the Chen family’s first fighter, and the exchanges continued until the Chen family’s fifth fighter defeated two opponents.
• Lu Fangliang entered the arena and quickly defeated the exhausted Level Eighty-Nine fighter.
• Chen Mingyu faced Lu Fangliang, boasting of his strength and summoning icy armor with his staff.
• Chen Shiyou realized who Chen Nan’s final fighters were and concluded that his five Level Ninety fighters would defeat Lu Fangliang and Chen Nan.

Lu Fangliang killed Chen Mingyu after exploiting his arrogance, then faced Chen Mingju in a second duel. Chen Mingju opened with an explosive fire attack, and the chapter ended as the blast engulfed Lu Fangliang inside the arena.

• Lu Fangliang pierced Chen Mingyu’s ice armor and used sword aura to wound his insides, then killed him with his flying sword.
• Chen Mingju rushed into the arena and accused Lu Fangliang of striking too cruelly, but Lu Fangliang insisted he had followed the duel’s rules.
• Lu Fangliang prepared to test himself against a more cautious Level Ninety opponent and hoped to defeat both Chen family experts.
• Chen Mingju attacked first with a blazing projectile, and Lu Fangliang’s flying sword passed through it without stopping its explosion.
• The arena’s protective barrier held back the towering flames as the blast filled the arena and left Lu Fangliang’s fate unclear.

Lu Fangliang survived Chen Mingju’s devastating fire-core bomb and fought him through a draining battle, eventually piercing his chest. When Chen Shiyou sent another Level Ninety expert to intervene, Chen Nan entered the arena and challenged the opposing side to a new battle.

• Lu Fangliang escaped most of Chen Mingju’s fire-core bomb by using External Manifestation to teleport to his flying sword, then shielded himself from the blast.
• Lu Fangliang attacked with his flying sword while Chen Mingju defended with a flame shield and countered with a space-distorting fireline.
• As both fighters weakened, Lu Fangliang pierced Chen Mingju’s upper left chest, leaving him close to defeat.
• Chen Shiyou sent a third Level Ninety expert into the arena, and the newcomer protected Chen Mingju before attacking Lu Fangliang with ice spikes.
• Chen Nan destroyed the ice spikes, entered the arena, and declared that the reinforcements meant a new battle could begin; someone from his side carried Lu Fangliang away.

Chen Nan fought Chen Minglu, who used armored defenses and a freezing spell to try to overwhelm him in the dueling arena. As Chen Minglu’s Ice Seal Ten Thousand Miles filled the arena with frost and fog, Chen Nan prepared both flying swords to make his final move.

• Chen Minglu challenged Chen Nan and warned that the Nature Masters would suffer if Chen Nan refused to submit.
• Chen Minglu fired waves of ice needles, but Chen Nan dodged them by leaping and riding his flying sword.
• Chen Minglu began casting Ice Seal Ten Thousand Miles, while Chen Nan’s flying sword attacks revealed that his armor was weakest around his feet.
• Chen Nan descended and prepared both flying swords as icy rain covered the arena in frost and fog, prompting staff to clear the protective barrier.

Chen Nan killed Chen Minglu with a precise lightning strike, then faced Chen Mingxuan, whose powerful gauntlets and armor gave him a major advantage. Chen Nan escaped Chen Mingxuan’s force field with his improved Void Dissipation Art and remained poised to continue fighting.

• Chen Minglu collapsed after small swords pierced his feet, and Chen Shiyou and the others failed to revive him.
• Chen Shiyou ordered Chen Mingxuan to kill Chen Nan, while other Lineage experts watched Chen Nan warily.
• Chen Mingxuan explained how Chen Nan had killed Chen Minglu and claimed his armor could withstand Chen Nan’s attacks.
• Chen Mingxuan fired powerful energy beams and trapped Chen Nan in a force field, but the beam passed harmlessly through him.
• Chen Nan sent Liuying and Star Flying Sword to test Chen Mingxuan’s defenses, then escaped the force field and appeared above him.

Chen Nan used an electromagnetically accelerated Star Sword to kill Chen Mingxuan and destroy his equipment before the Chen Family could claim it. Chen Mingqi faced him as the last fighter, and Chen Nan sized up the robed, circuit-patterned opponent before their final battle.

• Chen Nan formed lightning rings into an electromagnetic accelerator and launched his Star Sword through Chen Mingxuan's beam, piercing him from head to toe.
• Zhao Badao recognized that Chen Mingxuan was dead, while Zhao Yunlong reacted in shock.
• Chen Nan ordered Liuying to smash Chen Mingxuan's armor and gauntlets, and Chen Shiyou's men cursed him for destroying the equipment.
• Chen Shiyou pleaded with Chen Mingqi to eliminate Chen Nan, and Chen Mingqi stepped forward as his side's final fighter.
• Chen Nan assessed the advantage of his Primordial Fire-reforged Star Sword and watched Chen Mingqi, who wore a robe patterned with circuit-like designs.

Chen Nan faced Chen Mingqi in a duel that could shape whether the Transcendents continued opposing him or sought cooperation. Chen Mingqi countered Chen Nan’s attacks and pressed him with varied spells, while Chen Nan began filling the arena with mist.

• Chen Nan and Chen Mingqi prepared to fight as the Level Ninety Transcendents watched, weighing the duel’s implications for their future stance toward Chen Nan.
• Chen Nan’s flying swords failed to penetrate Chen Mingqi’s armor and energy shields, and Chen Mingqi trapped him in an ice coffin that Chen Nan escaped using the Void Transformation Art.
• Chen Mingqi used an opposing magnetic field to slow Chen Nan’s flying swords, neutralizing his electromagnetic attack and winning praise from the spectators.
• Chen Mingqi unleashed lightning, frost, and lava attacks while Chen Nan evaded them with help from his AI System.
• Mist spread across the arena, and Zhao Yunlong identified it as Chen Nan’s Mist Concealment Technique, surprising Zhao Badao.

Chen Nan defeated Chen Mingqi by using the dense fog to bypass his defenses, killing a third Level Ninety Transcendent in succession. The duel ended with Chen Nan acclaimed by the crowd and the Chen Lineage weakened, while his larger scheme remained hidden.

• Chen Mingqi attacked continuously through the fog but failed to stop Chen Nan from approaching him.
• Chen Nan transferred his consciousness into the mist, slipped past Chen Mingqi's defenses, and struck his heart with a flying sword.
• Chen Mingqi asked how Chen Nan had done it, then died after Chen Nan explained his technique.
• The crowd cheered Chen Nan, while Chen Shiyou carried Chen Mingqi's body away and mourned the Chen Lineage's losses.
• Chen Nan left the arena with his companions, who admitted they had feared facing the Level Ninety experts.

Chen Nan escaped an ambush after the military intercepted the vehicles pursuing his convoy, and he identified Madam Chen as one of the plotters. Meanwhile, Chen Shiyou sought to protect the Chen Lineage’s holdings by courting the Demonic Orcs, and he prepared to visit one of them.

• Chen Nan used military radar to spot vehicles converging on his convoy and warned Lu Fangliang to hurry back to the training base.
• Chen Nan sent the military the pursuers’ locations, and military vehicles intercepted them before they could surround the convoy.
• Chen Nan recognized Madam Chen among the people behind the attempted ambush and decided to let her suffer before killing her.
• Chen Shiyou considered how the Chen Lineage’s defeat threatened its economic holdings and decided to seek support from the Demonic Orcs.
• Chen Shiyou sent a calling card and gifts to a Demonic Orc acquaintance, secured an audience, and prepared for the visit.

Chen Shiyou sought Demonic Orc support for the weakened Chen Lineage and agreed to buy powerful armor and betroth his son to Susanna. Meanwhile, Chen Nan strengthened his growing faction by forging superior weapons for Path Entry students.

• Chen Shiyou visited Susanna’s father, swore the Chen Lineage’s allegiance to the Demonic Orcs, and asked for help protecting its assets and dealing with Chen Nan.
• Susanna’s father offered the Chen Lineage ten sets of Transcendent Battle Armor, and Chen Shiyou agreed to purchase them after reading the manual.
• Susanna’s father proposed that Susanna marry into the Chen Lineage, and Chen Shiyou agreed to betroth his own son to her.
• More Transcendents and Level Ninety experts gravitated toward Chen Nan after the duel, while Chen Nan focused on strengthening his core forces.
• Chen Nan reforged three flying swords to match Liuying and gave them to three Path Entry students, whose damaged spiritual senses could be restored with pills.

Chen Nan equipped the Nature Master Department’s rising Path Entry cultivators with weapons while cultivating and supporting the group. He learned that the Demonic Orcs were arming the Seven Great Families to target his department, and began planning for the threat.

• Chen Nan counted sixteen people nearing the Path Entry stage and learned he lacked materials to forge weapons for them.
• Chen Shimei offered to secretly fund Chen Nan, who later received enough materials to forge fifteen flying swords and a flute for Lin Xi.
• Chen Nan devoted himself to cultivating and refining pills as the Nature Master Department continued to grow.
• Chen Nan learned that Susanna was marrying the Chen family patriarch’s third son and suspected the alliance was tied to Demonic Orc support for the Seven Great Families.
• On the wedding day, Chen Shiyou distributed ten Transcendent mechas to Level Ninety experts in his faction, while Susanna prepared to monitor the Chen family and the other great families for her father.
• Chen Nan concluded that the Demonic Orcs intended to use the Seven Great Families against the Nature Master Department and considered countermeasures, knowing his new followers were too weak to secure the department’s future.

Chen Nan strengthened the Protectorate Faction and planned to develop both his Nature Master abilities and Transcendent mechs. He began cooperating with the Qingyang Kingdom military, which gave him broad research-network access as they prepared to challenge the Demonic Orcs’ technological advantage.

• Chen Nan set rules and obligations for the Protectorate Faction, helping improve security in Luojing City and win support from ordinary people.
• Chen Nan decided to study Nature Master spells and develop Transcendent mechs for people who could not join the Nature Master Department.
• Chen Nan offered the Qingyang Kingdom military information on Demonic Orc mechs and proposed cooperation on independent mech development.
• The military agreed to protect Chen Nan’s group and provide it with finished mechs, granting him the highest level of access to its research network.
• Chen Nan secured the military network against Demonic Orc hackers and asked the military to keep their mech project secret.

Chen Nan studied which Nature Master spells and magical treasures suited his current Path Entry stage, then began learning the Lesser Teleportation Technique and planning to forge Rune Talismans and Treasure Artifacts. He sent Yang Yugan a list of materials to gather and arranged for Chen Shimei to obtain the metals he needed.

• Chen Nan sorted Nature Master spells by type and cultivation requirements, setting aside advanced techniques like the Great Void Technique and choosing the Lesser Teleportation Technique as a spell he could attempt.
• Chen Nan learned the Lesser Teleportation Technique after a few tries and concluded that he might master the full Teleportation Technique after reaching the Unity stage.
• Chen Nan chose Rune Talismans and Treasure Artifacts over spirit insects because the AI System and Primordial Fire suited his strengths.
• Chen Nan planned to use plants from Yang Yugan's botanical garden and gave Yang Yugan a list of bamboo, wooden tablets, Spirit Medium ingredients, and artifact-refining materials to collect.
• Chen Nan planned to have Chen Shimei prepare metals, including high-quality refined gold, for the metal-based Treasure Artifacts he intended to forge.