Chapter Summaries

Qing Shuang explained how the Qing Branch risked losing its last seats on the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan’s Elder Council at the All Veins Martial Meet. To guarantee a victory, Elder Qing Xuan proposed that Zhao Chen pretend to be Qing Shuang’s boyfriend so he could qualify to defend the branch’s seats.

• Qing Shuang told Zhao Chen that the Xuan and Mo Branches had taken three Qing Branch elder seats through past All Veins Martial Meets, and another loss would strip the Qing Branch of its main-branch status.
• Qing Ling explained that the Qing Branch needed two victories among its three arena defenses to retain its seats, while Qing Xuan was guiding Mu Chen and could not rely on him in time.
• Qing Ling revealed that Qing Xuan wanted Zhao Chen to pose as Qing Shuang’s boyfriend so he would count as a Qing Branch member and be allowed to compete.
• Qing Shuang blushed and lowered her head, while Nine Nether, Wu Yingying, and Su Xuan looked bewildered by the proposal.

Zhao Chen agreed to follow Elder Qing Xuan's plan and pose as Qing Shuang's boyfriend so the Qing Branch could preserve its Elder seats without provoking a direct clash with the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan. The group prepared to pursue victory at the All Veins Martial Meet, while Qing Shuang's new relationship with Zhao Chen received Nine Nether's acknowledgment.

• Zhao Chen argued that rescuing Qing Yanjing could secure the Qing Branch's standing, but Qing Shuang explained that doing so would risk a fierce confrontation with the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan.
• Qing Shuang proposed that the Qing Branch retain or seize Elder seats at the All Veins Martial Meet, then use an Elder Council vote to free Qing Yanjing.
• A sign-in mission appeared, tasking Zhao Chen with helping the Qing Branch retain its Elder seats and seize at least one more.
• Zhao Chen agreed to follow Elder Qing Xuan's plan, and Qing Shuang thanked him for accepting her choice.
• Qing Ling urged Qing Shuang to greet Zhao Chen's companions as his girlfriend, and Nine Nether welcomed her as a good sister.

Zhao Chen attended the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan’s All Veins Martial Meet to help the declining Qing Branch retain its seat. When the Xuan and Mo Branches joined forces to target the Qing Branch, Zhao Chen appeared as its third participant, leaving the gathering stunned by Qing Tian’s announcement that he was Qing Shuang’s fiancé.

• Fu Tu Xuan opened the All Veins Martial Meet as Zhao Chen watched from the Asura Godly Court’s pavilion.
• Qing Shuang explained that Xuan Guang and Mo Tong led rival branches whose leaders could become clan chief by reaching the Saint Grade.
• The Xuan Branch and Mo Branch sent three Heavenly Sovereigns to attack Qing Tian and Elder Qing Xuan, aiming to eliminate the Qing Branch first.
• Zhao Chen appeared beside Qing Tian and Elder Qing Xuan, taking the Qing Branch’s vacant place on the platform.
• Qing Tian introduced Zhao Chen as Qing Shuang’s fiancé and the Qing Branch’s representative, shocking the clan members and observers, including Yao Chen and Lin Diao.

Zhao Chen’s appearance at the All Veins Martial Meet alarmed the Mo and Xuan Branches, who learned he was the God Emperor of the Asura Godly Court. The chapter ended with Xuan Guang deciding they had to force Zhao Chen out, since they could not eliminate the Qing Branch with him present.

• Qing Tian Branch Leader defied Mo Gu and revealed that Zhao Chen was Qing Shuang’s fiancé and would take part in the meet.
• Fu Tu Xuan, Mo Tong, and Mo You recognized Zhao Chen and feared offending the powerful God Emperor.
• Mo Tong ordered Mo Gu to withdraw, and Mo You warned him that he had narrowly avoided the fate Mo You suffered in Saint Abyss City.
• Mo Gu realized Zhao Chen’s connection to Qing Shuang could let the Qing Branch rise again.
• Xuan Guang arrived and said they had to determine whether Zhao Chen was truly Qing Shuang’s fiancé and find a way to force him out of the meet.

Xuan Guang challenged Zhao Chen’s claim that he was Qing Shuang’s fiancé, hoping to block the Qing Branch from regaining influence at the All Veins Martial Meet. Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan demanded proof of the relationship, leaving Zhao Chen to answer before the gathered branches and guests.

• Mo Tong refused to help Xuan Guang target the Qing Branch, warning that Zhao Chen was too powerful to provoke again.
• Xuan Guang led the Xuan Branch elders to confront Qing Tian and questioned whether Zhao Chen was truly Qing Shuang’s fiancé.
• Qing Tian defended the relationship, saying Qing Shuang and Zhao Chen had agreed to it and exchanged tokens.
• Xuan Guang warned Fu Tu Xuan that Zhao Chen might use the marriage claim to gain control of the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan.
• Fu Tu Xuan asked Zhao Chen how he could prove that Qing Shuang was his fiancée.

Zhao Chen proved his engagement to Qing Shuang and showed the Qing Branch Leader Token, securing his right to represent the Qing Branch in the All Veins Martial Meet. After Qing Shuang kissed him publicly, Zhao Chen promised to help the Qing Branch gain another seat and prepared to target the Xuan Branch.

• Qing Tian Branch Leader revealed that he had passed the Qing Branch Leader Token to Qing Shuang and had arranged for Zhao Chen to hold it.
• Qing Shuang arrived, affirmed her engagement to Zhao Chen, and took his hand in front of Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan and the gathered clansmen.
• Zhao Chen displayed the Qing Branch Leader Token, and Fu Tu Xuan approved his participation in the All Veins Martial Meet.
• Qing Shuang kissed Zhao Chen on the cheek, convincing Fu Tu Xuan that their relationship was real and unsettling Xuan Guang Branch Leader.
• Zhao Chen held Qing Shuang's hand and promised to preserve the Qing Branch's seats and help it gain another, beginning with a challenge to the Xuan Branch.

Zhao Chen intervened in the All Veins Martial Meet to help the Qing Branch secure elder seats, prompting Mo Tong to yield a seat and reconcile while Xuan Guang chose to fight. Zhao Chen effortlessly defeated the Xuan Branch’s first three Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns with his spatial technique, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Zhao Chen challenged Xuan Guang after Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan resumed the All Veins Martial Meet.
• Xuan Guang tried to make Mo Tong yield a seat too, but Mo Tong voluntarily offered one to the Qing Branch to settle the Mo Branch’s past grievance.
• Zhao Chen accepted Mo Tong’s offer, and Xuan Guang declared that he would test his strength against the God Emperor.
• The Xuan Branch’s three Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereigns charged Zhao Chen, but an invisible force sent them flying.
• Zhao Chen used spatial power to compress the three Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns and their Supreme Dharma Images into Space Cards, stunning the spectators.

Zhao Chen overwhelmed the Xuan Guang Branch Leader with the Great Luo Divine Light and his mastery of time and space. The Branch Leader conceded defeat, while the spectators realized Zhao Chen’s power had reached the pinnacle of the Saint Grade.

• Zhao Chen returned the three Space Cards, freeing the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, who fled the platform after warning the Xuan Guang Branch Leader to be careful.
• The Xuan Guang Branch Leader attacked Zhao Chen with Xuan Technique Light, but Zhao Chen’s Great Luo Divine Light swept it away.
• The Branch Leader sent a crystalline giant hand at Zhao Chen, and the Great Luo Divine Light erased that attack as well.
• The Branch Leader unleashed hundreds of millions of golden beams with Ten Thousand Lights Shine, but Zhao Chen froze them with time and space and let the passage of time annihilate them.
• The Xuan Guang Branch Leader admitted defeat as the spectators recognized Zhao Chen’s overwhelming Saint Grade combat power.

Zhao Chen helped the Qing Branch secure its status and seats at the All Veins Martial Meet, then accepted Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan’s invitation to discuss matters. A sign-in reward gave him the Great Thousand Holy Tree, which he planted in his Nirvana Bitter Sea to begin cultivating World Power.

• The Qing Branch celebrated keeping its main-branch status and gaining two elder seats, while Xuan Guang Branch Leader apologized to Zhao Chen for provoking him.
• Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan invited Zhao Chen to the main hall, and Zhao Chen agreed, recognizing that the invitation would let the martial meet continue without his further interference.
• Zhao Chen signed in at the Floating Pagoda Realm and received the Great Thousand Holy Tree, discovering that it was a World Tree linked to the Great Thousand World.
• Zhao Chen planted the sapling in his Nirvana Bitter Sea, where it quickly grew and released a wisp of World Power.
• Zhao Chen realized the tree could let him cultivate World Power and gain a home-ground advantage beyond the Saint Grade.

Zhao Chen explained Mu Chen’s origins and extraordinary talents to Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan, revealing that Mu Chen was Qing Yanjing’s son. Fu Tu Xuan learned that the young man he had not recognized was connected to the clan’s long-standing scandal, while Zhao Chen received a mission to rescue Qing Yanjing and support Qing Shuang’s bid to become Young Clan Leader.

• Fu Tu Xuan questioned Zhao Chen about his intentions toward the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan and Mu Chen’s arrival.
• Zhao Chen revealed that he and Mu Chen came from the remote Northern Spiritual Realm on the Hundred Spirits Continent.
• Zhao Chen described Mu Chen’s Earth Supreme Realm Great Perfection cultivation, mastery of war formations and spiritual arrays, and two Divine Meridians.
• Fu Tu Xuan wondered who Mu Chen’s parents were as he connected the boy’s Eight Divine Meridian to Qing Yanjing’s lost meridian.
• Zhao Chen told Fu Tu Xuan that Mu Chen was Qing Yanjing’s son.

Zhao Chen pressured Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan to free Qing Yanjing and proposed closer ties between the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan and the Asura Godly Court. Fu Tu Xuan agreed in principle but ended by questioning Zhao Chen’s relationship with Qing Shuang.

• Fu Tu Xuan was shocked when Zhao Chen revealed that Mu Chen was Qing Yanjing’s son.
• Zhao Chen used World Power to suppress Fu Tu Xuan and urged him to restore Qing Yanjing’s freedom.
• Fu Tu Xuan defended the clan’s punishment of Qing Yanjing and explained that she had given her Eight Divine Meridian to Mu Chen.
• Zhao Chen argued that Qing Yanjing had served her punishment and proposed strengthening ties between the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan and the Asura Godly Court.
• Fu Tu Xuan agreed to free Qing Yanjing if Zhao Chen answered one question, then asked whether he and Qing Shuang were truly only pretending.

Zhao Chen negotiated with Fu Tu Xuan over Qing Yanjing’s freedom and Qing Shuang’s claim to become the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan’s Young Clan Leader. He offered to retrieve the Eight Divisions Floating Pagoda from the Ancient Saint Abyss, while Fu Tu Xuan warned him that the danger was not worth risking his life.

• Fu Tu Xuan explained that he wanted to protect Qing Shuang’s standing and demanded an explanation if her relationship with Zhao Chen proved false.
• Zhao Chen assured Fu Tu Xuan that his concerns would not come to pass, and Fu Tu Xuan agreed to raise Qing Yanjing’s release and the selection of a sole Young Clan Leader at an Elder Council meeting.
• Fu Tu Xuan said Mu Chen could not compete for Young Clan Leader because he did not meet the clan’s rules, and Zhao Chen accepted this.
• Zhao Chen recalled that the candidate who returned the Eight Divisions Floating Pagoda from the Ancient Saint Abyss would win the contest for Young Clan Leader.
• Fu Tu Xuan said retrieving the peerless divine power would make Qing Shuang’s succession nearly certain, but warned Zhao Chen against entering the dangerous abyss.
• Zhao Chen privately reflected that he could return with both the Eight Divisions Floating Pagoda and the Floating Pagoda Old Ancestor.

Zhao Chen offered the Eight Divisions Floating Pagoda as Qing Shuang’s betrothal gift, but said the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan could reclaim it only after she mastered it. Fu Tu Xuan welcomed the marriage alliance and promised the clan would support Qing Shuang, declaring she would become its Young Clan Leader.

• Zhao Chen revealed that he could condense a Saint Floating Pagoda and asked Fu Tu Xuan whether he could enter the Ancient Saint Abyss as ruler of the Saint Abyss Continent.
• Zhao Chen presented the Eight Divisions Floating Pagoda as Qing Shuang’s betrothal gift, and Fu Tu Xuan realized he intended to marry her.
• Fu Tu Xuan celebrated the return of the clan’s Peerless Divine Power and thanked Zhao Chen for making it possible.
• Zhao Chen clarified that the Eight Divisions Floating Pagoda would return to the clan only after Qing Shuang completed her cultivation of it.
• Fu Tu Xuan promised to devote the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan’s resources to Qing Shuang and declared that she would definitely become Young Clan Leader.

The All Veins Martial Meet ended with the Qing Branch gaining five elder seats as the Xuan and Mo Branches remained locked in conflict. Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan called an Elder Council meeting to consider freeing Qing Yanjing and choosing a Young Clan Leader, then stunned everyone by voting first to restore her freedom.

• The Qing Branch increased its elder seats to five, while the Xuan Branch held six and the Mo Branch held five after their fierce struggle.
• Xuan Guang Branch Leader resented Mo Tong Branch Leader and envied Qing Shuang for winning Zhao Chen's support.
• Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan appeared in high spirits, and fireworks marked the end of the All Veins Martial Meet.
• Xiao Xiao told Lin Jing, Yao Chen, and Lin Diao that Zhao Chen intended to support Qing Yanjing's release, and she guessed he was Qing Yanjing's son.
• Fu Tu Xuan convened an Elder Council meeting to discuss restoring Qing Yanjing's freedom and selecting a Young Clan Leader, then raised his hand in approval first.

At the Elder Council meeting, Fu Tu Xuan and the branch leaders agreed to free Qing Yanjing and revoke her charges, allowing the Qing Branch to rise again. Fu Tu Xuan then proposed Qing Shuang as the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan’s Young Clan Leader, stunning the other branches.

• Fu Tu Xuan raised his hand in favor of restoring Qing Yanjing’s freedom, surprising the clan elders.
• Mo Tong Branch Leader and Xuan Guang Branch Leader each declared their branch’s agreement to release Qing Yanjing.
• Fu Tu Xuan announced that Qing Yanjing was free and that all charges against her were revoked.
• Fu Tu Xuan convened another Elder Council meeting to discuss the Young Clan Leader position.
• Fu Tu Xuan recommended Qing Shuang for the position, leaving Xuan Guang Branch Leader stunned.

Grand Elder Fu Tu Xuan proposed Qing Shuang for the Young Clan Leader position, drawing objections from the Xuan and Mo Branches and calls for a contest among the three candidates. Qing Shuang revealed she had reached the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm, leaving her rivals stunned and making her the clear favorite.

• Mo Tong Branch Leader and Xuan Guang Branch Leader objected to Fu Tu Xuan naming Qing Shuang Young Clan Leader and proposed that the three young masters duel.
• Qing Tian Branch Leader warned that Qing Shuang might struggle to command support if she received the position without proving herself.
• Fu Tu Xuan asked whether Xuan Luo and Mo Xin were still at Earth Supreme Realm Great Perfection, prompting Mo Tong Branch Leader to suspect Qing Shuang had surpassed them.
• Mo Tong Branch Leader asked whether Qing Shuang had reached the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm, stunning Xuan Guang Branch Leader and the clan members.
• At Zhao Chen's encouragement, Qing Shuang released her Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign aura and demonstrated that her Fake Heaven and Man United was nearing the true state.
• Xuan Luo and Mo Xin fell silent as the clan recognized Qing Shuang as the leading candidate for Young Clan Leader.

The Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan named Qing Shuang its Young Clan Leader after crediting her with returning the Eight Divisions Floating Pagoda. Zhao Chen then brought Qing Shuang to Qing Yanjing’s prison, where she learned that her freedom had been restored and Mu Chen had returned to the Qing Branch.

• Fu Tu Xuan announced that Qing Shuang had brought the Eight Divisions Floating Pagoda back to the clan.
• The Qing Branch and the two other main branches supported Qing Shuang, and Fu Tu Xuan declared her the new Young Clan Leader.
• Zhao Chen asked Qing Shuang to take him to see Qing Yanjing, and they went to the ancient tower where she was imprisoned.
• Qing Shuang told Qing Yanjing that the Elder Council had restored her freedom and revoked the charges against her.
• Qing Shuang told Qing Yanjing that Mu Chen had returned to the Qing Branch, and Qing Yanjing burst into tears.

Qing Yanjing reunited with Mu Chen after Zhao Chen freed her from the ancient tower, and Zhao Chen gained the Slaughter Floating Pagoda Sword Art. With Zhao Chen urging her to take responsibility for her clan, Qing Yanjing claimed the position of clan leader and pledged the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan’s loyalty to him.

• Qing Yanjing emerged from the ancient tower and reunited with Mu Chen, who thanked her for the sacrifices she had made for him and Mu Feng.
• Zhao Chen received the Slaughter Floating Pagoda Sword Art, which let him create sword puppets from the remnants of those he killed.
• Mu Chen introduced Zhao Chen to Qing Yanjing, and Zhao Chen offered to help her return to the Northern Spiritual Realm.
• Zhao Chen urged Qing Yanjing to let bygones be bygones and assume the clan leadership to carry on her father's will.
• Qing Yanjing declared herself clan leader of the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan and pledged that the clan would stand with Zhao Chen through life and death.

After returning from the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan, Zhao Chen gave Mandala the Saint Grade Peerless Sacred Object Binding God Whip and discussed the rising threat from the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. With multiple top Heavenly Demon Emperors expected to attack the Saint Abyss border, Zhao Chen decided to go there and prove his Dao by slaying demons.

• Zhao Chen gave the women Hongmeng Heaven Spirit Pills and continued guiding them in their Heavenly Sovereign cultivation.
• Mandala reproached Zhao Chen for his trip to the Floating Pagoda Ancient Clan, his engagement to a Qing Branch Young Master, and his gift of the Eight Divisions Floating Pagoda.
• Zhao Chen presented Mandala with the Saint Grade Peerless Sacred Object Binding God Whip, which delighted her.
• Mandala warned Zhao Chen that the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's attacks had intensified and that several top Heavenly Demon Emperors might target the Saint Abyss border.
• Zhao Chen decided to head to the Saint Abyss Continent and prepare to break through to the Saint Grade while fighting the demons.

The Ancient Heavenly Emperor defended Saint Abyss Pass against an invasion by the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. He destroyed three Heavenly Demon Emperors and their army with one sword, leaving the pass standing in sunlight.

• The Extraterritorial Evil Clan gathered a vast army outside Saint Abyss Pass, but the Saint Grade Great Grandmaster Spirit Array blocked their advance.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor arrived and faced the invasion, confident that Saint Abyss Pass would hold against Heavenly Demon Emperors.
• The Corpse Demon Clan’s Devouring Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, the Heart Demon Clan’s Heartless Heavenly Demon Emperor, and the Dark Demon Clan’s Dark Sword Heavenly Demon Emperor appeared before the pass.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor strengthened the barrier with purple divine light and drew his Heavenly Emperor Sword.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor used Immortal Emperor Sword to obliterate the three Heavenly Demon Emperors and turn the invading army to ash.