Arc 22Across Worlds and War Swords

Yan Kuan defeated the Foreign Realm’s kings, advanced to Emperor Light Immortal King, and traveled through another world with Wanwan and Shi Feixuan. After reaching the Longevity Continent, he uncovered the War Swords, whose emergence ended in the deaths of many powerful figures.

  • Yan Kuan killed Crimson King and Pu Demon King, routed the Foreign Realm’s kings, and seized Qu Chong’s primordial spirit before cleansing the realm of Dark Matter.
  • Yan Kuan entrusted Shi Hao with Crimson King's transformed body and King's Old Body, then investigated the Remnant Hall of Guidance and witnessed the Nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor’s defeat in the Dark Land.
  • Yan Kuan fused his Sixth Secret Realm with his Five Great Secret Realms, reached Emperor Light Immortal King, and entered the Boundary Sea, where he appeared in a war-torn world alongside Wanwan and Shi Feixuan.
  • Yan Kuan traveled with Wanwan and Shi Feixuan through the Nine Provinces, defeated the Azure Lotus Celestial, and reached Forbidden Dragon Island, where Keke hatched from a jade dragon egg.
  • Yan Kuan helped Old First Dragon revive the dragon race and saw the three Dragon Princes emerge, while Keke became a Little Ancestor Dragon and the group later encountered the Demon Ancestor and explored the Dead City.
  • Yan Kuan and his companions left Dragon Island for the Longevity Continent, where he freed the White-Shelled Little Turtle and met Shi Zhixuan, who asked for his help in breaking through illusion.
  • Yan Kuan revealed the Twenty-Four War Swords at Devil Plains, drawing Master Tongtian, the Buddha, and other ancient powers into the passage beneath them.
  • The War Swords killed Master Tongtian, the Buddha, Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning, Daoist Zhunti, Satan, and many other powerful figures, and blood rain spread across the Longevity Continent.
Chapters 545–569 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 545Breaking into the Foreign Realm, First Kill the Red King

Yan Kuan led the Immortal Realm army to Western Sky Gate, opened a passage into the Foreign Realm, and entered alone to attack Crimson King. Their battle began in Crimson King's ancestral land, where Crimson King unleashed a time-based secret art against Yan Kuan.

  • Yan Kuan arrived at Western Sky Gate with the Immortal Realm army and ordered the kings to open the sealed passage while he entered the Foreign Realm alone.
  • The Immortal Realm's kings joined forces to break the seal, and Yan Kuan rode the Golden-haired Hou through the passage toward Crimson King's territory.
  • Yan Kuan reached Crimson King's ancestral land and challenged the recovering Immortal King Giant, whose sealed memories revealed Yan Kuan's ties to Shi Hao and the White-clad Woman.
  • Crimson King attacked with the Red King Furnace, but Yan Kuan's Purple-Gold Imperial Pagoda and command of time and space gave him the advantage.
  • Crimson King retreated and used his secret art, Eternal through all ages, to send blood-stained time symbols slashing toward Yan Kuan.

Ch. 546The Giants Qu Zhong and Demon King Fenpu

Yan Kuan defeated Crimson King, then faced Kun Di, Pu Demon King, and Qu Chong after the Foreign Realm Immortal Kings attacked him. He trapped eight of them in the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and killed Pu Demon King, leaving Kun Di and Qu Chong fighting to survive.

  • Yan Kuan overcame Crimson King's time powers, severed his head, and began refining his primordial spirit in the Emperor Fire Furnace.
  • Kun Di and Pu Demon King attacked Yan Kuan with other Foreign Realm Immortal Kings, but Yan Kuan activated the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and trapped eight enemies inside.
  • Qu Chong identified the formation's limits and joined Kun Di and Pu Demon King in confronting Yan Kuan while Immortal Realm forces attacked the Foreign Realm Kings outside.
  • Yan Kuan used the Immortal Slaughtering Four Swords to pressure Kun Di and Qu Chong, then fought Pu Demon King with his Emperor Fire.
  • Yan Kuan burned Pu Demon King's Dao Symbols, pierced his forehead, and incinerated his body and primordial spirit in the Emperor Fire Furnace.

Ch. 547Gu Zu Turns Against Them, Foreign Realm Suffers a Treacherous Backstab

Yan Kuan and the Immortal Realm pressed their attack into the Foreign Realm, defeating its Immortal Kings and moving toward the Ancient Artifact of Origin. There, Gu Zu revealed that he had secretly killed the temple’s guardians and declared that his long-feigned allegiance to the Foreign Realm was over.

  • Pu Demon King died in Yan Kuan’s flames, and another Immortal King self-destructed to break open the sword formation so Kun Di and the others could escape.
  • The Willow Deity, the Small Pagoda, and the Immortal Realm’s allies ambushed the fleeing Kings while Yan Kuan headed toward the Foreign Realm’s Origin Temple.
  • Yan Kuan and Qi Yu ambushed the Blade King, shattered his Heavenly Blade, and suppressed him after severing his head and tearing apart his body.
  • Kun Di reached the Origin Temple and called for its guardians, but Gu Zu emerged and revealed that he had killed the Dark Demon Dragon, the Fallen Blood Phoenix, and the two guardian Immortal Kings.
  • Gu Zu said he had feigned loyalty to the Foreign Realm for years and had finally acted against it, while the five slain experts’ primordial spirits still struggled to escape.

Ch. 548How Could We Lose with the Flying Dragon on Our Side? We Have the Advantage; The Foreign Realm Falls

Yan Kuan sealed the Foreign Realm’s Ancient Artifact of Origin and cornered its surviving Immortal Kings, who resorted to an Ultimate Blood Sacrifice to summon it. When the artifact failed to harm him, Yan Kuan subdued the weakened kings and killed Qu Chong, capturing his primordial spirit to learn more about the Boundary Sea.

  • Gu Zu charged Kun Di and held him back from the Origin Temple, but Yan Kuan saved him with a Nine-Colored Immortal Pill and placed him in his world to recover.
  • Yan Kuan sealed the Foreign Realm’s Golden Ancient Temple and hid it, preventing the Foreign Realm from using the Ancient Artifact of Origin to turn the battle around.
  • Kun Di gathered the surviving Foreign Realm Immortal Kings and began an Ultimate Blood Sacrifice to retrieve the artifact and perish alongside their enemies.
  • Yan Kuan teleported the allied kings away and faced the summoned Ancient Artifact of Origin, whose light did not affect him because he had studied it in the Burial Zone.
  • Yan Kuan threw the weakened Foreign Realm kings, including Kun Di, into the Emperor Fire Furnace, then disarmed Qu Chong’s Purple-Gold Gourd and killed him.
  • Yan Kuan seized Qu Chong’s primordial spirit, intending to learn more about the Boundary Sea.

Ch. 549Four Swords Suppress Four Realms, Yan Kuan's Arrangements

After destroying the Foreign Realm, Yan Kuan prepared the Four Killing Swords for a future war and sent Shi Hao to nurture one in the Burial Zone. He brought Shi Hao and the Lord of the Forbidden Zone to the Tongtian Grounds, where Shi Hao entered a mysterious Ancient Cave.

  • Yan Kuan sealed the Ancient Artifact of Origin, ordered the execution of the Foreign Realm’s Supreme Realm experts and war participants, and arranged for Emperor Fire to cleanse the world of Dark Matter.
  • Yan Kuan revealed that Gu Zu had infiltrated the Foreign Realm on the orders of the Endless Immortal King and the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King, and declared that the Gu Clan could return after cleansing its Dark Matter.
  • After years in seclusion, Yan Kuan summoned Shi Hao, gave him a Slaughter Sword to place in the Burial Zone, and entrusted him with Crimson King's transformed body and King's Old Body for his next Baptism and trials.
  • Yan Kuan took Shi Hao and the Lord of the Forbidden Zone to the Tongtian Grounds, where the Lord of the Forbidden Zone’s Immortal King's Essence Blood sacrifice opened a passage into an Ancient Cave.
  • Shi Hao encountered grieving Thunder Spirits and the Little Dog Pup mourning the Endless Immortal King, then vanished after a drop of blood appeared from his forehead.

Ch. 550Remnant Hall of Guidance, Suppressing the Nine-Headed Monster

Yan Kuan led the Willow Deity and other experts to the Remnant Hall of Guidance to suppress the dangerous beings hiding in the Uninhabited Region. After defeating the nine-headed monster’s strongest attacks, he launched an assault on the hall’s inhabitants and began studying their primordial spirits.

  • Yan Kuan left Shi Hao’s cultivation in the Lord of the Forbidden Zone’s hands and gathered the Willow Deity, Small Pagoda, Gu Zu, Second Under Heaven, and the Immortal Gold Taoist to investigate the Remnant Hall of Guidance.
  • The Willow Deity attacked the White Tiger Immortal King, who revealed that he had merged with the Golden Crow King before Yan Kuan and his allies confronted the hall’s other inhabitants.
  • Yan Kuan fought off the Three Great Sword Arts and defeated the nine-headed monster’s techniques with his Time Bell, Emperor Fire, and sword art.
  • The nine-headed monster nearly exhausted himself against Yan Kuan, then proposed ending the battle and cooperating, but Yan Kuan refused and called forth nine Emperor Fire incarnations.
  • Yan Kuan’s allies attacked the hall’s inhabitants while Yan Kuan suppressed the weaker monsters and began analyzing their primordial spirits.

Ch. 551Fragments of the Memories of the Emperor’s Flame Soul, the Might of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor

Yan Kuan used the Emperor Fire Soul of a fallen Quasi-Immortal Emperor to view the Ancient Halls of Guidance and the Dark Land, witnessing the Nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor’s defeat by three Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors. After the vision exposed him and left him injured, Yan Kuan fled to the Boundary Sea.

  • Yan Kuan studied the Remnant Hall of Guidance and used Immortal Dao Emperor Fire to reveal that Ancient Halls of Guidance formed routes through the Boundary Sea to the Dark Land.
  • Yan Kuan awakened the fallen Quasi-Immortal Emperor’s Emperor Fire Soul and watched the Nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor travel through the Dark Land, passing the remains of earlier explorers and countless fallen beings.
  • The Nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor reached the source of the Dark Land and confronted three Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
  • The three Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors defeated the Nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and Yan Kuan saw his bloodied Emperor Spear before the vision harmed him and revealed his presence.
  • Yan Kuan sent Spiritual Light to the Willow Deity, erased traces of the vision, and crossed to the Boundary Sea Embankment to escape pursuit.

Ch. 552Yan Kuan's Path from King to Emperor—Who in This World Can Live Forever and Never Die

Yan Kuan attempted to break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm by fusing his Sixth Secret Realm with his body, using the Emperor Pill and Quasi-Immortal Emperor Fire Soul to survive the violent transformation. He gained Emperor Light but remained an Immortal King, then entered the Boundary Sea to continue transforming and pursue his path.

  • Yan Kuan used the Emperor Pill and Quasi-Immortal Emperor Fire Soul to stimulate his breakthrough and began merging his Sixth Secret Realm with his Five Great Secret Realms.
  • Yan Kuan endured the destructive fusion, gained Emperor Light, and advanced to the level of an Emperor Light Immortal King without reaching the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.
  • Yan Kuan refused to pause his transformation, stepped onto the Embankment, and confirmed that the Nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's footprints held a faint imprint.
  • Yan Kuan charged into the Boundary Sea to continue transforming, witness different Laws, reclaim his Alternate Selves, and conceal his past traces from the three Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
  • In an ancient mortal world, a shooting star crossed the sky as a mangled figure on a battlefield opened his eyes again.

Ch. 553Eternal Heavens, Demonesses, and Saintesses

Yan Kuan, reborn as a low-ranking soldier in the Sui-era Human Realm, encountered Wanwan and discovered that his body could not be harmed. After provoking and resisting the Heavenly Devil Palace Lord, he was about to be captured when another woman arrived.

  • Yan Kuan pieced together that he had entered a war-torn world resembling Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, where Wanwan and Shi Feixuan led opposing factions.
  • Yan Kuan found the sleeping Wanwan in a flower sea and attempted to kiss her, but she woke and knocked him away.
  • Wanwan questioned Yan Kuan about returning to life after death, then found she could neither strangle nor injure him.
  • Wanwan tried to beguile Yan Kuan, but he stayed unmoved and made her massage his legs before he attempted to leave.
  • Wanwan bound Yan Kuan with a white ribbon, but a voice called out, asking what Senior Sister Wanwan was doing.

Ch. 554Two Peerless Beauties Travel Together Across the Nine Provinces

Yan Kuan clashed with Wanwan and Shi Feixuan, revealing that he could withstand their attacks and hinting at his ability to revive the dead. He invited both women to travel with him through the Nine Provinces, and they followed as he began exploring the Human Realm.

  • Wanwan captured Yan Kuan, but Shi Feixuan intervened, and the two peerless beauties fought while Wanwan used him as a shield.
  • Yan Kuan resisted both women's attacks, grabbed Wanwan's feet, and slapped her before announcing that he would leave.
  • Wanwan demanded to know how Yan Kuan had returned from death and whether he could revive someone she cared about; he said he could not do so yet.
  • Yan Kuan invited Wanwan and Shi Feixuan to join his travels, and both women followed him through the turbulent Nine Provinces.

Ch. 555Exploring the Nine Provinces Seal and the Immortal Gates of the Overseas Islands

Yan Kuan examined the Nine Provinces Seal by awakening the Ancestral Dragon beneath the Yellow River and studying the Heavenly Stele, then led Wanwan and Shi Feixuan overseas. After plundering an immortal island, the three entered a Space Gate and arrived in an Immortal Soil.

  • Yan Kuan visited Zulong Village, received the Xiao Family's Violet Jade Bracelet, and left it with his incarnation's elder brother by sealing a mark inside it.
  • Yan Kuan awakened the Ancestral Dragon at the Yellow River estuary, sealed the surrounding area, and examined the Heavenly Stele and its cultivation diagram.
  • Yan Kuan restored the Dragon Soul and Heavenly Stele, then took Wanwan and Shi Feixuan across the overseas islands, where they found the spiritual energy greatly strengthened their cultivation.
  • Yan Kuan and his companions entered Shu Mountain Immortal Island, uprooted a Heavenly God Tree, and plundered its spiritual treasures.
  • Yan Kuan led Wanwan and Shi Feixuan through a Space Gate, and the three arrived in a breathtaking Immortal Soil.

Ch. 556A Heavenly Maiden in the Green Lotus; Returning to Mount Lu in Jiuzhou

Yan Kuan and Wanwan and Shi Feixuan entered a hidden space and found the Twelfth-Grade Lotus Platform and Tongtian Death Bridge, where the Azure Lotus Celestial attacked them. Yan Kuan defeated her, seized her treasures, and set off with the two women for Mount Lu.

  • Yan Kuan showed Wanwan and Shi Feixuan the Twelfth-Grade Lotus Platform and Tongtian Death Bridge in a sealed space.
  • The Azure Lotus Celestial emerged from the lotus and tried to make Wanwan and Shi Feixuan follow her, but Yan Kuan destroyed her avatar and challenged her for her treasures.
  • The Azure Lotus Celestial attacked Yan Kuan with four War Swords and the lotus platform, while their battle tore open the pocket space and devastated the sea around it.
  • Yan Kuan took control of the nine Green Lotus Divine Leaves, the four War Swords, and the Twelfth-Grade Lotus Platform, then defeated the Azure Lotus Celestial.
  • Yan Kuan seized the Tongtian Death Bridge, invited Wanwan and Shi Feixuan onto the lotus platform, and flew with them toward Mount Lu.

Ch. 557Ascending to the Realm of Immortality, the Forbidden Dragon Island, the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon

Yan Kuan brought Wanwan and Shi Feixuan through a passage from Mount Lu to the Forbidden Dragon Island in the Eternal Life Realm, where their cultivation was suppressed. After the women arrived amid a public shattering of the Void, the three explored the island and encountered the legendary Eight-Armed Evil Dragon.

  • Yan Kuan showed Wanwan and Shi Feixuan the Forbidden Dragon Island and told them to return home to settle their affairs before ascending.
  • Wanwan and Shi Feixuan announced their departure, drew a vast crowd to Mount Lu, and shattered the Void before Yan Kuan opened a passage and brought them to Dragon Island.
  • The island suppressed Wanwan and Shi Feixuan's cultivation, and Yan Kuan explained their power would return when they left.
  • A deathly Ancient Castle and Sea of Bones appeared above the island, spread a chilling aura across it, then receded into the distant sky.
  • Yan Kuan, Wanwan, and Shi Feixuan landed on the island's shore, where an enormous Eight-Armed Evil Dragon crawled from the sea and confronted them.

Ch. 558Exploring Dragon Island, Suspected Birth of a Dragon Prince

Yan Kuan, Wanwan, and Shi Feixuan explored Dragon Island, built a bamboo house, and discovered that many royal dragons were carrying eggs. The chapter left them suspecting that a Dragon Prince was about to be born as they spotted more rare dragons and befriended two Celestial Horses.

  • Wanwan subdued the charging Eight-Armed Evil Dragon, and Yan Kuan noticed it was about to lay eggs, so the group released it and continued into the forest.
  • After hearing a Thunder Dragon roar, Yan Kuan speculated that several dragons were laying eggs and that Dragon Island might be preparing to produce a Dragon Prince.
  • Yan Kuan, Wanwan, and Shi Feixuan found a riverside clearing, built a bamboo house, and spent the stormy night there.
  • The next morning, the group encountered two Celestial Horses, which approached Wanwan and Shi Feixuan and seemed to memorize their auras.
  • Yan Kuan spotted an Ancient Tyrant Dragon and a Lion King Dragon and concluded that many rare royal dragons were carrying offspring, suggesting a Dragon Prince was near.

Ch. 559The Sacred Tree of the Dragon Clan, the Little Beast Keke

Yan Kuan, Wanwan, and Shi Feixuan discovered a seven-colored Sacred Tree and a sealed dragon egg on the broken Tongtian Divine Tree stump. Yan Kuan helped the egg hatch, and the snow-white little beast bonded with him, ate the Sacred Tree’s energy and roast meat, and showed off its extraordinary abilities.

  • Yan Kuan, Wanwan, and Shi Feixuan found the broken Tongtian Divine Tree and a seven-colored Sacred Tree growing beside a jade dragon egg.
  • Yan Kuan infused the egg with the Sacred Tree and Earth Dragon qi, causing it to hatch into a snow-white little beast.
  • The little beast clung to Yan Kuan and eagerly sucked energy from the Sacred Tree while Wanwan and Shi Feixuan watched.
  • Yan Kuan and Shi Feixuan prepared dinner, and the little beast later snatched roast meat from Wanwan and tossed her into the air with its powers.
  • After eating its fill, the little beast rested on the Divine Tree stump and gazed at Yan Kuan.

Ch. 560The Dragon Clan’s Sacred Mountain; A Conversation with the Ancestral Dragon

Yan Kuan and his companions climbed the Dragon Holy Mountain, where they met the dying Old First Dragon and linked Yan Kuan’s Violet Jade Bracelet to the Progenitor Dragon. Old First Dragon revealed the dragon race’s curse and the defeat of the Nine Provinces, leaving Yan Kuan with the chance to help the dragons rise again.

  • Yan Kuan carried Keke toward the Dragon Holy Mountain after seeing powerful dragons and beasts gather at its base.
  • Yan Kuan led Wanwan and Shi Feixuan up the mountain and found young dragons fighting to evolve into Dragon Kings in a hidden oasis.
  • Old First Dragon called Keke over and allowed the Seven-Colored Sacred Tree’s energy to revive him.
  • Yan Kuan showed Old First Dragon the Violet Jade Bracelet, and its connection to the Progenitor Dragon extended Old First Dragon’s lifespan.
  • Yan Kuan promised to help the dragon race rise again, and Old First Dragon revealed that the Nine Provinces had been defeated and made an experimental ground by the other world.

Ch. 561Ancestral Dragons Never Meet in Pairs; a Hundred Dragons Emerge, and the Dragon Kings Appear

Old First Dragon transformed Keke into a Little Ancestor Dragon and revealed how the dragon race’s Curse had repeatedly caused dragon breeds to be exterminated. Yan Kuan agreed to help the dragons, and after a mass hatching and battle, three young Dragon Kings emerged, with Keke riding atop the Snow Dragon Prince.

  • Old First Dragon transformed Keke into a seven-colored Little Ancestor Dragon and explained the history of the dragon race’s Curse and Keke’s cursed lineage.
  • Keke resisted his new form, while Yan Kuan reassured Old First Dragon that Keke and the dragon race would be fine.
  • Yan Kuan agreed to help the dragon descendants, and Old First Dragon brought him and several young dragons to the Dragon Holy Mountain.
  • Old First Dragon baptized more than a hundred dragon eggs and young dragons, while Yan Kuan summoned life-infused rain to help them hatch.
  • The newly hatched dragons fought to establish their status and advance, and the Azure Dragon Prince, Violet Dragon Prince, and Snow Dragon Prince emerged as the three victors, with Keke riding the Snow Dragon Prince.

Ch. 562Ancestor of the Demonic Cult, Resurrected

Yan Kuan and his companions discovered the Demon Ancestor, who sought to borrow Keke’s Sacred Tree to return to life. Keke lent him the tree in exchange for Ice God Jade and a promise of repayment, and the Demon Ancestor sealed himself inside a snow mountain for a year.

  • Keke found a giant snow lotus, which Yan Kuan stored for it after it could not eat more.
  • Yan Kuan’s group uncovered two ice coffins containing nearly identical old human skins and met the pale young man who bore the same birthmark.
  • The young man asked to borrow Keke’s Sacred Tree, explaining that it could help revive him and that he had escaped from the Dead City.
  • Wanwan recognized the young man as the legendary Demon Ancestor, though he had forgotten his past.
  • The Demon Ancestor offered treasures, and Keke eagerly took an Ice God Jade and let the Sacred Tree absorb it before agreeing to lend out the tree.
  • The Demon Ancestor froze himself inside a snow mountain for a year, while Keke mourned the Sacred Tree and then went treasure-hunting with Yan Kuan and the others.

Ch. 563Weird Dead City, Heavenly Stele Suppresses the Isolated Island

On the Ghost Festival, Yan Kuan led Wanwan and Shi Feixuan into the Dead City as the Dragon race attacked it from outside. At the city’s core, the Heavenly Stele suppressed the Demonic Well, but Yan Kuan declared that he would refine them both.

  • The Dead City appeared beneath a storm of blood rain, and Yan Kuan led Wanwan and Shi Feixuan toward its gates.
  • The Dragon race attacked the city, while Yan Kuan burned away the ghosts and other dangers along their route.
  • Yan Kuan’s group reached the central plaza, where Wanwan and Shi Feixuan studied the mysterious carvings on the Heavenly Stele.
  • The Heavenly Stele inscribed with “eternal suppression of the Isolated Island” sealed the Demonic Well as the Dragon race’s assault shook the Dead City.
  • Yan Kuan gathered his flames around the city and announced that he would refine both the Heavenly Stele and the Demonic Well.

Ch. 564Leaving Dragon Island, the Undying Sect of the Southern Wasteland

Yan Kuan and his companions left Dragon Island aboard the First Dragon Ship, crossed the forbidden sea, and reached Longevity Continent. They learned they had arrived in the Southern Wasteland, where the Undying Sect founded by Shi Zhixuan had risen to prominence.

  • Yan Kuan burned away the Dead City’s ghosts and returned with his companions to Dragon Holy Mountain.
  • After Chi You emerged from seclusion, Yan Kuan and the others prepared to leave Dragon Island, and the three little Dragon Princes summoned the First Dragon Ship.
  • Keke brought a pile of fruit aboard the ship, and the dragons and young beasts bid farewell to Dragon Island as the ship departed.
  • Keke’s Seven-Colored Sacred Tree absorbed divine power from the forbidden sea and grew new leaves and a golden bud during the voyage.
  • The First Dragon Ship carried Yan Kuan, Wanwan, Shi Feixuan, and the young beasts across the forbidden sea to Longevity Continent.
  • Wanwan gathered information that they had arrived in the Southern Wasteland, home to the rising Undying Sect founded by Shi Zhixuan.

Ch. 565Keep the Music Playing, Keep the Dance Going—Old Dragon of the Southern Wastelands' Brother

Yan Kuan stayed at Cloistered Moon, Ashamed Flower Hall, where he and Wanwan gathered intelligence about the Eternal Life Realm. After learning that the White-Shelled Little Turtle was the brother of the Southern Wastelands Dragon King, Yan Kuan suggested that the old dragon could help Wanwan establish connections.

  • Yan Kuan spent the day enjoying music, food, and the company of courtesan queens at Cloistered Moon, Ashamed Flower Hall, while Wanwan joined him.
  • Wanwan learned that Shi Zhixuan might appear at the Undying Sect's succession ceremony in three months.
  • Yan Kuan received secret histories about ancient places in the Eternal Life Realm and news that the White Jade Turtle had been found in Heavenly Emperor City.
  • Keke played with the White-Shelled Little Turtle, and Wanwan noticed that its ancient chain bore Dragon clan Divine Script.
  • Yan Kuan revealed that the turtle was the brother of the Southern Wastelands Dragon King and said the old dragon could provide Wanwan with useful connections.

Ch. 566Youchao Heavenly Palace in the Central Lands, Relics of the Nine-Part Stone Person

Yan Kuan freed a sealed Dragon King, recruited him to help reclaim the Southern Wastelands dragon race, and then led his group into the Central Lands. In Sky Net Nation, Yan Kuan took several relics from the Heavenly Palace of Ancestor God Youchao for study.

  • Yan Kuan freed the White-Shelled Little Turtle and learned that its Purple-Gold Ginseng King could restore its lost strength.
  • Keke began eating the Purple-Gold Ginseng King, but Yan Kuan persuaded the White-Shelled Little Turtle to serve him and returned the ginseng so it could recover its power.
  • The Dragon King transformed into a man in white, revealed that he had once reached the Half-Ancestor realm, and agreed to retake control of the Southern Wastelands dragon race.
  • Yan Kuan and his group traveled through the southwestern frontier into the Central Lands and set out for the plains of Sky Net Nation.
  • Yan Kuan summoned the Heavenly Palace of Ancestor God Youchao and took a stone dagger, a stone sphere, and a stone arm belonging to the Nine-Part Stone Person.

Ch. 567Illusory Reality, Dreamlike Empty Blossoms—Shi Zhixuan’s Shocking Words

Yan Kuan returned to the Southern Wasteland with Wanwan and Shi Feixuan to meet the newly returned Shi Zhixuan, who revealed that many celebrated Half-Ancestors and even their world might be illusions. Yan Kuan rejected the need to fear that possibility, insisting that strength could make them real, and left Shi Zhixuan’s claims unresolved.

  • Yan Kuan used the stone dagger to take Wanwan and Shi Feixuan from the coast to the Undying Sect after learning that Shi Zhixuan had returned.
  • Yan Kuan found Shi Zhixuan in the sect’s ancient hall, where Shi Zhixuan struggled to distinguish reality from illusion and revealed that he had become a Half-Ancestor.
  • Shi Zhixuan guided Wanwan and Shi Feixuan through visions of sleeping beings, legendary figures, and a bloody catastrophe, then claimed that many famous Half-Ancestors were illusory beings.
  • Shi Zhixuan argued that Hongjun was an illusory being who had become real, and said he hoped to shatter illusion with Yan Kuan’s help.
  • Yan Kuan questioned whether ruins and bones proved the Ancestor Gods were real, then told Shi Zhixuan that anyone strong enough to shatter everything could become the origin point and be real.

Ch. 568The Demon Plains’ Battle Sword Rises; Half-Ancestors and False Gods Emerge

Yan Kuan examined the Nine Lamps and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors before traveling to Devil Plains, where he summoned the Twenty-Four War Swords. Their emergence drew powerful figures from across the Eternal Life Realm, including Primal Celestial Venerable, Buddha, and Master Tongtian.

  • Yan Kuan left Wanwan and Shi Feixuan to recover on their own, then studied the stone artifacts and the Nine Lamps in Heavenly Emperor City.
  • Yan Kuan saw the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors through the flames and communicated with them about their plans and ideals.
  • Yan Kuan traveled to Devil Plains and used an array to reveal the Twenty-Four War Swords, while an unseen sword wielder traced an array around them.
  • The War Swords’ appearance awakened the battlefield’s skeletons, which gathered before the swords as powerful figures arrived.
  • Great Saint Kong Xuan, the legendary Daoist Zhunti’s treasure, and the Immortal Slaughtering Four Swords appeared at Devil Plains.
  • Primal Celestial Venerable, Buddha, and Master Tongtian arrived, with Master Tongtian confronting the other two as the Twenty-Four War Swords stood revealed.

Ch. 569Earth-Shaking Portents: Demigods and False Gods Must All Be Slain

The Twenty-Four War Swords shattered into Sword Heart essence and opened a passage that drew ancient powers into the Devil Plains. War Swords then began slaughtering Half-Ancestors and false gods, leaving the Longevity Continent shaken by the deaths of its greatest figures.

  • Kong Xuan, Master Tongtian, Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning, and the Buddha tried to claim the Twenty-Four War Swords, but an otherworldly expert made them shatter and release Sword Heart essence.
  • Kong Xuan, Master Tongtian, Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning, the Buddha, and other ancient powers entered the passage revealed beneath the swords.
  • Master Tongtian used his Immortal Slaughtering Four Swords to suppress one War Sword as more swords emerged and the experts fought to seize them.
  • War Swords slew Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning, the White Tiger Sage Emperor, Master Tongtian, the Buddha, Daoist Zhunti, Satan, and numerous other Half-Ancestors and false gods.
  • Heavenly thunder and rain of blood spread across the Longevity Continent as people realized that many Supreme Figures had fallen.
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