Chapter Summaries

Chen Wen carved “Protect” onto the Immortal Seeking Stone and unknowingly received a sealed Chaos Immortal Seed, while faction leaders competed to recruit him as Ye Chen. After a day of trials, Chen Wen, Xu Bingyue, and Feng Diyu took the top three places, and the final rewards were announced.

• Chen Wen carved “Protect” onto the Immortal Seeking Stone, and a talisman entered his body as the stone fell silent.
• Xian Hongshao told Chen Wen that the talisman was a sealed Chaos Immortal Seed that would absorb his Chaos Qi and awaken once it broke its restrictions.
• Feng Wutian and the other faction leaders argued over recruiting Chen Wen, whom they believed was Ye Chen, while Liu Ruoshui said she could not decide which faction he joined.
• Chen Wen sat waiting as Feng Diyu and the other contenders resumed competing for the remaining places and rewards.
• After a day, Chen Wen placed first, Xu Bingyue second, and Feng Diyu third, while Jiang Cangyang missed the final reward.
• A voice announced that the final victors would receive rewards, leaving Chen Wen and the others eager to learn what they were.

Chen Wen entered the third level of the Immortal Seeking Palace, where the lingering thought of its founder revealed the existence of Ancient Immortal Remnants and warned of their hidden schemes. He received an incomplete Immortal Artifact and left the palace, where Feng Duyu confronted him for the item.

• The Immortal Seeking Assembly sent Chen Wen to the palace's third level, while Xu Bingyue and Feng Duyu watched him with killing intent.
• The lingering thought introduced himself as Xian Wushang, founder of the Immortal Seeking Sect, and told Chen Wen that Ancient Immortal Remnants existed beyond the Great Emperor Realm.
• Xian Wushang warned Chen Wen that an external force linked to the Ancient Immortal Remnants had helped destroy the Immortal Seeking Sect and cautioned him about pursuing a realm beyond the Great Emperor Realm.
• Xian Wushang gave Chen Wen an incomplete Immortal Artifact sword, which stirred in response to Chen Wen's immortal seed but resisted his probing.
• Chen Wen left the palace and found Xu Bingyue and Feng Duyu waiting; Feng Duyu demanded the item and threatened him, and Chen Wen told him he did not have to die.

Chen Wen defeated and beheaded Feng Diyu, a Dao Proving Realm expert, during the Immortal Seeking Assembly. Feng Wutian exposed Chen Wen's identity, leaving the leaders of the Nine Great Powers stunned and furious.

• Feng Diyu attacked Chen Wen with Dao Resonance, but Chen Wen shattered it with a punch and launched a counterattack.
• Chen Wen's Heaven Shaking Double Strike broke Feng Diyu's defense and blasted him into the ground.
• Chen Wen followed with a fused attack and then beheaded Feng Diyu with One Sword Flies Immortal.
• The assembly's observers and power leaders were shocked that a Supreme Realm cultivator had killed a Dao Proving Realm cultivator.
• Feng Wutian recognized Chen Wen from his techniques and revealed his identity, provoking fury among the leaders, including Zhao Qingchen.
• Liu Ruoshui stared in shock as Chen Wen stood inside the restriction barrier.

Chen Wen revealed his overwhelming strength against Feng Duyu, who used Nirvana Rebirth after Chen Wen's first attack killed him. Feng Duyu unleashed his strongest sword technique against Chen Wen's Guardian Slash, and their collision left the battle's outcome unresolved.

• An onlooker realized that Ye Chen was the Chen Wen she had admired for saving his sister from the Heavenly Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Duyu revived through Nirvana Rebirth, and Chen Wen challenged him and Xu Bingyue to fight him together.
• Feng Duyu attacked with a Heavenly Phoenix claw, but Chen Wen's Heavenly Emperor Fist shattered it and wounded his arm.
• Chen Wen struck Feng Duyu with the Twentyfold Chaos Killing Tribulation, forcing Feng Duyu to burn his bloodline power to break free.
• Chen Wen used Guardian Slash with the Chi Chu Sword, while Feng Duyu answered with his strongest Emperor technique, Heaven Slaying Sword Technique.
• Chen Wen and Feng Duyu's sword strikes collided, leaving the crowd waiting to see who would prevail.

Chen Wen defeated and killed Feng Duyu, while Xu Bingyue fled after witnessing his strength. After confronting Feng Wutian and vowing to destroy the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, Chen Wen walked toward Xian Wubei, leaving the reason unclear.

• Chen Wen overwhelmed Feng Duyu with his sword, and Xu Bingyue fled rather than face him.
• Chen Wen killed Feng Duyu, revealed his identity, and obtained a drop of Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Chen Wen left the exit and dismissed Feng Wutian’s threats as he confronted him before the gathered powers.
• Feng Wutian threatened Chen Wen and everyone connected to him, and Chen Wen vowed to destroy the Heavenly Phoenix Clan within one to three years.
• Chen Wen ignored Feng Wutian and walked toward Xian Wubei, who watched him with interest.

Chen Wen stood up to Xian Wubei and defended his right to claim his reward, which Xian Wubei ultimately granted after rejecting Feng Wutian's objections. The Xuanzang Secret Realm would open in ten days, and the chapter ended with Xian Wubei asking Chen Wen to join the Immortal Palace.

• Chen Wen challenged Xian Wubei's pressure and insisted that he qualified for the reward because he had won fairly.
• Xian Wubei praised Chen Wen for showing mercy to Xu Bingyue and revealed that Chen Wen could have prevented her escape if he had fought all out.
• Feng Wutian, Zhao Qingchen, and Tang Taifeng argued that Chen Wen was disqualified, while Liu Piaopiao and Jiang Taixu defended him.
• Xian Wubei ruled that the established rules should be followed, gave Chen Wen two reward boxes, and said the Xuanzang Secret Realm would open in ten days.
• Xian Wubei asked Chen Wen whether he wanted to join the Immortal Palace, stunning the crowd.

Chen Wen refused Xian Wubei’s invitation to join the Immortal Palace, returned to the Liu Household, and cultivated until he reached the peak Tenth Layer Supreme Realm. After receiving an invitation from Jiang Xingwan to visit the Desolate God Clan, he agreed to go after leaving the Xuantian Secret Realm.

• Chen Wen declined Xian Wubei’s offer to join the Immortal Palace and left the Immortal Seeking Assembly.
• Liu Ruoshui brought Chen Wen back to the Liu Household, where he entered the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array to cultivate.
• Xu Bingyue persuaded Sun Wushuang and nine other Sons of Heaven to help kill Chen Wen, proposing they use the Ten Directions God Suppressing Array in the Xuantian Small World.
• After three days of cultivation, Chen Wen reached the peak Tenth Layer Supreme Realm, though he did not break through to the Dao Proving Realm.
• Jiang Xingwan invited Chen Wen to visit the Desolate God Clan, and he agreed to meet Clan Head Jiang after coming out of the Xuantian Secret Realm.

Chen Wen left for the Immortal Palace with Liu Ruoshui’s help, but an ambush led by Xu Bingyue trapped him in the Ten Directions God Suppressing Array. The chapter ended as Chen Wen unleashed his full power against the eleven Sons of Heaven.

• Chen Wen told Liu Ruoshui he was leaving and accepted her offer to arrange a direct flight to the Immortal Palace, giving her an ice-element cultivation technique as a parting gift.
• Three days into the journey, Xu Bingyue’s sword strike split the flying spirit beast apart, and Chen Wen sent the wounded Liu Dong away before confronting the attackers.
• Xu Bingyue appeared with ten other Sons of Heaven and activated the Ten Directions God Suppressing Array, which Xian Hongshao explained could only be broken by killing its Formation Eye.
• Chen Wen unleashed his full power, revealing four Chaos Great Worlds, the Heavy Prison Domain, and countless Heavy Thunder, frightening Xu Bingyue and the others.

Chen Wen fought Xu Bingyue, who used the formation and the Sons of Heaven’s power to reach peak Fifth Level Dao Proving Realm, and she eventually overwhelmed him with successive sword strikes. The group found no trace of his Spatial Ring and suspected it had fallen into the Exotic Space, though Chen Wen’s apparent death left that possibility unresolved.

• Xu Bingyue drew power from the formation and the Sons of Heaven, rose to peak Fifth Level Dao Proving Realm, and cleaved apart Chen Wen’s four Chaos Great Worlds.
• Chen Wen and Xu Bingyue traded sword attacks; Xu Bingyue broke through his Heaven Slaying Sword Strike, and their clash sent Chen Wen flying and left him spitting blood.
• Chen Wen used Soul Needles to distract Xu Bingyue, struck her with the Primordial Chaos Heaven-Opening Palm, and nearly killed her with One Sword Flies Immortal, but she dodged the fatal blow.
• Xu Bingyue unleashed two sword strikes that appeared to turn Chen Wen into blood mist, and the Sons of Heaven believed he was dead.
• Xu Bingyue searched for Chen Wen’s Spatial Ring but found nothing; Sun Wushuang suggested it might have fallen into the Exotic Space.

Xu Bingyue and her allies believed they had killed Chen Wen and planned to use proof of his supposed death to claim his place in the Xuantian Secret Realm. Chen Wen survived through a Death Substitution Talisman, while Liu Piaopiao learned of the attack and headed for the Immortal Palace intent on confronting Xu Bingyue.

• Tian Jizi used the Blood Seeding Technique and told Xu Bingyue and the others that Chen Wen was dead.
• Xu Bingyue proposed using an Image-Recording Stone to secure Chen Wen's place in the Xuantian Secret Realm, and the group agreed to swear Heavenly Dao Oaths before drawing lots.
• After the group left, Chen Wen revealed that a Death Substitution Talisman had taken the fatal blow and that he had escaped through the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array, though he was badly injured.
• Liu Dong told Liu Ruoshui that Chen Wen had been surrounded and attacked, and Liu Ruoshui failed to reach Chen Wen by Sound Transmission Talisman.
• Liu Ruoshui informed Liu Piaopiao of the attack, and Liu Piaopiao traveled to the Thunder Cloud Mountain Range before rushing toward the Immortal Palace with killing intent.

Xu Bingyue told Liu Piaopiao that Chen Wen was dead, then worked with Xu Jiuliang to claim his place in the Xuantian Secret Realm. Chen Wen recovered and headed for the Immortal Palace, where the secret realm opening began with Xu Bingyue expecting to take center stage.

• Liu Piaopiao confronted Xu Bingyue, who admitted to killing Chen Wen, but Xu Jiuliang intervened and protected his daughter.
• Xu Bingyue recounted Chen Wen's supposed death and asked Xu Jiuliang to help her take his Xuantian Secret Realm spot; he agreed.
• Liu Piaopiao told Liu Ruoshui that Chen Wen was likely dead but might still appear for the secret realm opening, then headed to the Nine Heavens Profound Gate.
• Chen Wen awakened after recovering, found himself close to the Dao Proving Realm, and left the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array for the Immortal Palace.
• The leaders of the Nine Great Powers gathered at the Immortal Palace as the Xuantian Secret Realm opening began, while Xu Bingyue confidently anticipated becoming its protagonist.

Xu Bingyue revealed that Chen Wen had been killed and argued that his Xuantian Secret Realm spot should pass to the next-ranked person. The Nine Great Powers largely supported her, leaving her confident that she would claim the spot.

• As Chen Wen failed to appear, Feng Wutian demanded that his qualification be revoked, but Xian Wubei ruled that he had until the end of the day to arrive.
• Xu Bingyue asked whether Chen Wen’s spot could be taken back if he was dead, then showed an Image-Recording Stone recording of his death.
• Liu Ruoshui and Liu Piaopiao watched the recording in grief, while Feng Wutian and Zhao Qingchen celebrated Chen Wen’s death.
• Xu Jiuliang asked to revoke Chen Wen’s spot, but Xu Bingyue argued that it should pass to the next person in rank because she had killed him.
• The Nine Great Powers, including Feng Wutian, supported passing on the spot, and Xu Bingyue felt her plan had succeeded.

Chen Wen returned to the gathering and killed Xu Bingyue before the assembled powers, refusing Xian Wubei’s plea to spare her. He then confronted Xu Jiuliang and turned his attention to Sun Wushuang and the others.

• Chen Wen arrived just as Xian Wubei was about to postpone his place, and Xian Wubei resumed the proceedings as usual.
• Chen Wen charged Xu Bingyue, shattered her Magic Artifact and Spirit Body, and slammed her into the ground.
• Xu Jiuliang called on the ten Sons of Heaven to save Xu Bingyue, but they hesitated under Chen Wen’s pressure.
• Chen Wen refused Xian Wubei’s request for mercy and crushed Xu Bingyue’s head, gaining a drop of Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Xu Jiuliang raged at Chen Wen, who challenged him and then turned toward Sun Wushuang and the others.

Chen Wen rejected the Eight Great Powers’ threats and killed Sun Wushuang and the other Sons of Heaven, with Ye Kuang promising his family’s full support. The chapter ended with Yao Ji Mei and the others furious as Chen Wen challenged them to come after him.

• Yao Ji Mei warned Chen Wen that killing the Sons of Heaven would bring the Eight Great Powers’ retaliation, but Chen Wen called Ye Kuang for advice.
• Ye Kuang told Chen Wen that his family would support him unconditionally and dared the powers to attack.
• Chen Wen ignored Yao Ji Mei’s protests and struck Sun Wushuang and the others with his four Chaos Great Worlds, crushing their Spirit Bodies.
• Chen Wen cut off the Sons of Heaven’s heads with his Flying Sword and obtained ten drops of Destiny Nirvana Liquid.
• Yao Ji Mei and the others roared at Chen Wen, who told them to come at him if they refused to accept what he had done.

After killing Xu Bingyue and winning the right to enter the Xuantian Secret Realm, Chen Wen confronted the Nine Great Powers and forced them to honor their rules. He entered the realm after Jiang Taixu assured him the opening was safe, while Xu Jiuliang departed with unknown intentions.

• Chen Wen defended killing Xu Bingyue and claimed the Xuantian Secret Realm as the reward he had won by the rules.
• Chen Wen turned to leave, and Xian Wubei conceded that the Nine Great Powers could give him the realm entry.
• Jiang Taixu and the other leaders used their tokens to open the Xuantian Secret Realm, and Jiang told Chen Wen he would have three days inside.
• Chen Wen asked Jiang Taixu whether the entrance was safe, received his assurance, and stepped into the realm.
• Feng Wutian and the other leaders watched with killing intent as Xu Jiuliang left the assembly grounds.

Chen Wen chose the fourth entrance and absorbed its Black Lightning, strengthening his body and the World-Shattering Heavy Thunder Pearl. He then entered the fifth entrance, found the Space-Time God-Shaping Fluid, and opened a way inside it.

• Chen Wen chose the fourth of the nine entrances after Xian Hongshao advised him to follow his instincts.
• Chen Wen used the World-Shattering Heavy Thunder Pearl to absorb the Black Lightning, then entered the Thunder Sea to temper his body with its power.
• Chen Wen’s five-colored streams of light grew brighter, and the Heavy Thunder Pearl formed its Thunder Patterns before he left the fourth entrance.
• Chen Wen entered the fifth entrance and learned from Xian Hongshao that the Space-Time God-Shaping Fluid could accelerate cultivation and improve his body.
• Chen Wen merged his Spiritual Energy with the fluid’s surface, formed an entrance in his palm, and sank inside.

Chen Wen absorbed the God Sculpting Fluid, broke through to the First Level Dao Proving Realm, and began stabilizing his cultivation. At the Immortal Palace, Xiao Ye of the Heavenly Ruins arrived to collect Xu Bingyue, learned that she had been killed by Chen Wen, and demanded to know where he was.

• Chen Wen cultivated inside the liquid space, absorbing the God Sculpting Flow as Xian Hongshao told him that time passed ten times faster there.
• Chen Wen shattered his realm bottleneck, reached the First Level Dao Proving Realm, and formed a Dao Fruit from the Path of Limitlessness.
• Chen Wen assessed his new strength and resumed cultivation to stabilize his realm.
• Xiao Ye arrived at the Immortal Palace in a Spirit Carriage pulled by a Dao Proving Realm flying spirit beast and said he had come to take Xu Bingyue to the Heavenly Ruins.
• Xu Jiuliang told Xiao Ye that Xu Bingyue had been killed, and Xiao Ye demanded to know who had killed her.
• Xu Jiuliang named Chen Wen, and Xiao Ye demanded to know where he was.

Xiao Ye waited for Chen Wen to emerge from the Xuantian Secret Realm, intending to kill him, while Chen Wen found and subdued the True Phoenix Soul. After collecting it and leaving the inner spaces, Chen Wen headed for the exit, unaware that a crowd had gathered to meet him.

• Xu Jiuliang told Xiao Ye that Chen Wen was inside the Xuantian Secret Realm, and Xiao Ye decided to wait one day for him.
• Liu Ruoshui worried about Chen Wen's chances against Xiao Ye, while Liu Piaopiao said she could not judge the outcome but urged her not to underestimate Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen entered the ninth entrance and found the True Phoenix Soul, which Xian Hongshao confirmed could be used to forge his Imperial Phoenix Heavenly Fire Armor.
• Chen Wen endured the True Phoenix Soul's powerful resistance and used his Soul Power to subdue and collect it.
• Xian Hongshao began preparing the True Phoenix Soul, and Chen Wen left the inner spaces through a newly appeared exit.
• Chen Wen approached the exit without knowing that a crowd had gathered outside, waiting for him.

Chen Wen emerged from the secret realm to face Xiao Ye, a powerful Son of Heaven from the Heavenly Ruins who demanded that he kneel and die. Chen Wen crushed Xiao Ye’s sword of momentum with one hand, leaving the arena stunned and the powerhouses’ confidence shaken.

• Chen Wen left the secret realm after its entrances closed, having gained the True Phoenix Soul and advanced his body and Cultivation Level.
• Xiao Ye waited at the Immortal Palace Grand Arena, confident that he could kill Chen Wen for killing Xu Bingyue.
• Chen Wen emerged and confronted Xiao Ye, refusing to kneel or show deference when Xiao Ye threatened him.
• Xiao Ye unleashed a massive sword of momentum at Chen Wen.
• Chen Wen shattered the sword of momentum with one hand and called Xiao Ye’s attack a petty trick.

Chen Wen overwhelmed Xiao Ye in the Grand Arena and killed him despite his bloodline techniques and protective spirit seal. Xiao Ye died after warning that his brother, Xiao Xuan, would come for Chen Wen, leaving the spectators stunned and Chen Wen’s enemies alarmed by his growing power.

• Chen Wen unleashed his full strength, shattered Xiao Ye’s Primordial Era Dragon Elephant Body, and battered him with successive attacks.
• Xiao Ye summoned a bloodline Colossal Shadow to counter Chen Wen, but Chen Wen’s five fused great worlds crushed the shadow and pinned Xiao Ye beneath the ruins of the Grand Arena.
• Chen Wen rejected Xiao Ye’s pleas and warnings, broke the Bloodline Spirit Shield, and crushed Xiao Ye into blood mist.
• Chen Wen received one drop of Golden Destiny Nirvana Liquid from the refinement.
• The arena crowd stared in shock at Xiao Ye’s death, while Feng Wutian and the others feared Chen Wen would become a threat.