Chapter Summaries

Luo Nanchen revealed that the Heavenly Ruins had come to invite Chen Wen after assessing him at the Immortal Seeking Assembly and his life-and-death duel. Chen Wen asked whether joining would preserve his freedom, wanting to investigate the Heavenly Ruins’ possible connection to the Nine Nether Heavenly Prison Hall.

• Luo Nanchen announced that he had come from the Heavenly Ruins specifically for Chen Wen, prompting the Chen and Ye Clans to stand together in his defense.
• Luo Nanchen explained that the Heavenly Ruins had assessed Chen Wen and formally invited him after he proved his talent and strength.
• Jiang Xingwan told Jiang Luoli that she could still grow closer to Chen Wen even if he joined the Heavenly Ruins, since she had also passed the assessment.
• Chen Wen asked Luo Nanchen whether accepting the invitation would allow him to retain his freedom.
• Luo Nanchen said Chen Wen could pursue the Dao and complete assigned tasks without becoming a full member unless he willingly qualified for further assessment.

Chen Wen accepted the Heavenly Ruins Token after the Life-Death Arena, while the Chen and Ye Clans gathered to discuss the aftermath. His victories shook the Archaic Desolate Realm, and rival factions began plotting to kill him through the Heavenly Ruins.

• Chen Wen accepted Luo Nanchen's Token, which would summon someone to take him to the Heavenly Ruins if he activated it within a month.
• Chen Xinghe thanked the gathered factions for attending and for helping the Chen Clan, then invited them to a future feast.
• Jiang Xingwan decided not to meet Chen Wen, and she, Jiang Cangyang, and Liu Ruoshui departed.
• Chen Xinghe invited Ye Changsheng, Chen Wen, and the others to talk about the Nine Nether Heavenly Prison Hall and the Artificial Destiny Base.
• The Dragon Clan's Long Chenyuan and other faction Ancestors agreed to scapegoat people over Artificial Destiny and exploit Chen Wen's invitation to the Heavenly Ruins to target him.
• Chen Wudao entered the Chen Clan's inner hall with a grim expression.

Chen Xinghe explained the investigation into the attacks on Chen Wen and revealed that Chen Dongxing’s soul was incomplete, while Gu Lingyuan had yielded few clues. Chen Wen declined to stay in the Chen Clan, but promised to return, and then met his aunt, Chen Qing'er.

• Chen Xinghe reported that he had destroyed the Artificial Destiny Plan base and eliminated many members of the Nine Nether Heavenly Prison Hall, though Chen Wen’s lifelong targeting remained unexplained.
• Chen Xinghe said Chen Dongxing’s incomplete soul might mean he had separated part of it to escape, and Xian Hongshao explained how twin souls could form.
• Chen Wudao reported that Gu Lingyuan had revealed few clues and had only one breath left, so Chen Xinghe offered to extract her soul for him.
• Chen Wen declined Chen Xinghe’s invitation to stay in the Chen Clan, but said he would return, and Chen Xinghe accepted his choice.
• Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan took Chen Wen and Chen Hongmian to leave, where they met the approaching Chen Qing'er, whom Chen Badao identified as Chen Wen’s aunt.

Chen Wen recovered from the Life-Death Arena and broke through to the seventh level of the Dao Proving Realm. As Chen Badao confronted the prospect of Chen Hongmian leaving, Chen Wen received the newly repaired high-grade Imperial Phoenix Heavenly Fire Armor from Xian Hongshao.

• Chen Qingyi met Chen Wen, praised his performance at the Grand Arena, and gave him a Sound Transmission Talisman before leaving with Ye Chenyan and Chen Badao.
• Chen Wen went to recover, while Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan discussed Chen Hongmian and Chen Badao said he would not agree to what was happening.
• A mysterious voice told Chen Hongmian that she had at most half a month before someone arrived from elsewhere, and she reluctantly accepted the deadline.
• Chen Wen used the Spirit Burning Array and his remaining Extreme Spirit Crystals to break through to the seventh level of the Dao Proving Realm, drawing power from the Mysterious Vein.
• Xian Hongshao gave Chen Wen the repaired high-grade Imperial Phoenix Heavenly Fire Armor.

Chen Wen obtained the three rare spiritual materials Xian Hongshao needed from Chen Qingyi, who grew more certain that he was her nephew. After the exchange, Chen Hongmian summoned Chen Wen to their parents' place.

• Xian Hongshao asked Chen Wen to find three rare spiritual materials to help complete the Eternal Space, and Chen Wen contacted Chen Qingyi through a Sound Transmission Talisman.
• Chen Qingyi arranged to meet Chen Wen in the Everlasting Imperial Domain, probing his identity while he knowingly let her suspect he was Chen Wen.
• After five days, Chen Wen met Chen Qingyi at a Qingyi Tower branch and purchased the three materials for ten billion Top-grade Spirit Crystals.
• Chen Wen checked the materials with Xian Hongshao, completed the exchange, and left the branch as Chen Qingyi watched him go.
• Chen Hongmian contacted Chen Wen and asked him to come to their parents' place, where they were waiting.

Chen Wen encountered a white-robed man whose immense power left him shaken, then returned to the Chen Clan for a family meal arranged by Chen Hongmian. The meal turned tense when Chen Hongmian thanked her parents for giving her a happy home, and a servant interrupted before Chen Wen could taste her fish.

• Chen Wen saw a white-robed man in the marketplace, suffered pain and bleeding after meeting his gaze, and learned from Xian Hongshao that the man was in his twenties and could kill him with a look.
• Chen Wen steadied himself and returned to the Chen Clan, where Chen Hongmian, Chen Badao, and Ye Chenyan were waiting.
• Chen Hongmian suggested that the family cook together, and Chen Wen joined his parents and sister in preparing a meal.
• After they sat down to eat, Chen Hongmian thanked Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan for giving her a happy home, then served them the fish she had made.
• A servant hurried into the room just as Chen Wen was about to taste the fish, and Chen Hongmian's expression changed.

Chen Hongmian said goodbye to the family who had raised her, while Chen Wen promised to bring her home someday. At the clan arena, Chen Wen saw the people who had come for her and learned that she was not the Chen Clan couple’s biological daughter.

• Chen Hongmian told Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan she was leaving, and they tearfully embraced her and wished her well.
• Chen Hongmian said goodbye to Chen Wen, urged him to cultivate carefully, and kept her destination secret.
• Chen Hongmian, Chen Badao, Ye Chenyan, and Chen Wen went to the Chen Clan’s Grand Arena, where a man in white and an elderly woman waited beside a spirit shuttle.
• Chen Wen recognized the man in white from the market and suspected he had come to take Chen Hongmian away.
• Clan disciples discussed Chen Hongmian’s origins, and Chen Wen realized she was not Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan’s biological daughter, meaning she was not his biological sister.

Chen Hongmian left the Chen Clan for the Immortal Ancient Realm after giving Chen Wen an Imperial Phoenix Heavenly Fire Armor and kissing him goodbye. Humiliated by Di Wushang’s contempt, Chen Wen vowed to reach the Immortal Ancient Realm within three years and decided to go to the Heavenly Ruins.

• Chen Hongmian thanked the Chen Clan for raising her, and Chen Wudao told her she could always return home.
• Chen Wen gave Chen Hongmian an Imperial Phoenix Heavenly Fire Armor and asked where she was going so he could find her.
• Chen Hongmian kissed Chen Wen, told him to miss his big sister, and promised to wait for him in the Immortal Ancient Realm.
• Di Wushang warned Chen Hongmian against becoming entangled with people from a different world, then departed with her on the spirit shuttle.
• Chen Wen endured Di Wushang’s soul-deep humiliation, while Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan stood by him.
• Chen Wen told his parents he would go to the Heavenly Ruins within the next few days and promised to bring Chen Hongmian back.

After recovering his injured soul and advancing to the Peak Seventh Level Dao Proving Realm, Chen Wen prepared to leave for the Heavenly Ruins. He spent his remaining time with Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan, while his parents faced the coming chaos and hoped to reunite with him again.

• Chen Wen returned to his residence and used the Heavenly Spirit Soul Nurturing Grass from Chen Badao's Spatial Ring to heal and strengthen his soul over two days.
• Chen Wen refined the Destiny Nirvana Liquid for three days, reaching the Peak Seventh Level Dao Proving Realm but failing to break the sixth Heavenly Mandate shackle.
• Chen Wen contacted Luo Nantian through the Token and was told someone would come for him within three days.
• Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan welcomed Chen Wen, who played chess with his father and shared a meal with his parents before leaving.
• Chen Badao resolved to work hard so the family could spend more time together, while Chen Xinghe urged him to continue the Chen Clan's plan and prepare for the Archaic Desolate Realm's growing turmoil.

Chen Wen left his family and traveled to the Heavenly Ruins, where he reunited with Jiang Luoli and Liu Ruoshui among the selected arrivals. As he boarded the spirit shuttle, Feng Wutian threatened to kill him, and Chen Wen accepted the challenge.

• Chen Wen answered the Entry Token’s call, said goodbye to Chen Badao and Ye Chenyan, and met the woman in white at the mountain gate.
• The woman told Chen Wen that Leng Qingshuang was following him; Chen Wen sent Leng Qingshuang ahead, then used the Entry Token to enter the Xuantian Small World.
• Chen Wen arrived among the five young cultivators bound for the Heavenly Ruins and reunited with Jiang Luoli and Liu Ruoshui.
• Jiang Luoli identified the hostile man in black as Zhao Shengtian of the Heavenly Ruins Hall.
• As Chen Wen boarded Luo Nanchen’s spirit shuttle, Feng Wutian threatened to kill him, and Chen Wen replied that he would be waiting.

Chen Wen and the other selected disciples arrived at the Heavenly Ruins, where they learned that the Newcomer's Baptism would determine their future resources. As elders gathered the newcomers from multiple races at the Grand Arena, Chen Wen drew attention for his age and cultivation, and a black-clad elder remarked on the human newcomers.

• Jiang Luoli offered to bring Chen Wen into the Desolate God Clan's team for protection, but Chen Wen said they could discuss it later.
• Luo Nanchen warned the newcomers that the Newcomer's Baptism would determine their resource tiers, and Chen Wen spent the five-day journey cultivating.
• After arriving, Chen Wen saw that the island's spiritual energy was supported by more than a hundred Spirit Veins and Dragon Veins and a supreme-grade Mysterious Vein.
• Luo Nanchen led the newcomers to the Grand Arena, where Chen Wen saw selected disciples from other races, including members of the Hei Yu Clan.
• A black-clad elder scrutinized the human newcomers and praised them for having a Peak Seventh Level Dao Proving Realm cultivator.

Chen Wen learned how Heavenly Ruins was organized and settled into a residence in the Outer Ruins. Jiang Luoli arranged for her cousin to take him somewhere the next day, while the Newcomer's Baptism remained three days away.

• Luo Nanchen rebuffed Hei Yu Kuang, who challenged the human race’s younger generation ahead of the Newcomer's Baptism.
• Li Qingyun explained Heavenly Ruins’ factions, rules, missions, and paths to joining, then gave Chen Wen and the others their Identity Tokens and residences.
• Zhao Shengtian asked about joining Heavenly Ruins, and Li Qingyun described the upcoming selection assessment and the one-time application option.
• Chen Wen chose a palace left after the others had picked and told Li Qingyun that a better residence would not change the fundamental issue.
• Jiang Luoli contacted Chen Wen and said her cousin could take him over the next day; Chen Wen agreed.

Chen Wen inspected his new residence and cultivated there while six Outer Ruins powers agreed to kill him during the Newcomer's Baptism. He met Jiang Luoshui, who agreed to speak up for him, and the chapter ended with them face-to-face.

• Chen Wen explored his palace and cultivated in its Spirit Formation, finding its spiritual energy nearly as dense as that in his Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array.
• Five Tenth Level Dao Proving Realm cultivators gathered and agreed to join the Six Great Powers in ambushing Chen Wen during the Newcomer's Baptism, with Feng Zhantian promising to keep the Desolate God Clan out of it.
• After a day of cultivation, Chen Wen received Jiang Luoli's message and left to meet her, ignoring Zhao Shengtian's taunts on the way.
• Jiang Luoli told Jiang Luoshui that Chen Wen had killed six Tenth Level Dao Proving Realm cultivators after advancing a Minor Realm in little more than half a month.
• Jiang Luoshui remained cautious but agreed to put in a good word for Chen Wen with her small team, just as Chen Wen arrived before the two women.

Chen Wen met with the Desolate God Clan's Jiang Cangfeng to seek help resolving his conflict with the Heavenly Phoenix Clan and other factions, but rejected their demand that he apologize. He left determined to handle the factions himself, while Jiang Luoli followed him out.

• Jiang Luoshui brought Chen Wen and Jiang Luoli into the Desolate God Clan's main camp and assured Chen Wen that the clan would try to help him.
• Jiang Luoshui introduced Chen Wen to Jiang Cangfeng, who welcomed him and offered tea before discussing his request.
• Jiang Cangfeng said the Heavenly Phoenix Clan and other factions would reconcile if Chen Wen apologized to them, with Jiang Cangfeng acting as intermediary.
• Jiang Luoli objected to the condition, but Chen Wen stopped her and said he would handle the factions himself.
• Chen Wen left the hall, privately resenting Jiang Cangfeng's maneuver, and Jiang Luoli hurried after him.

Jiang Cangfeng refused to risk his group’s safety to help Chen Wen, while Jiang Luoshui challenged his motives and Jiang Luoli apologized to Chen Wen. Two days later, Chen Wen arrived at the Grand Arena for the Newcomer’s Baptism Assembly and approached Liu Ruoshui.

• Jiang Cangfeng said he would not help Chen Wen unless Chen Wen proved his abilities, and Jiang Luoshui left after criticizing him.
• Chen Wen reassured Jiang Luoli that he did not blame her and focused on preparing for the Newcomer’s Baptism.
• Feng Zhantian told his allies that Chen Wen had rejected mediation, and they agreed to proceed with their plan.
• Chen Wen spent two days accumulating Spiritual Energy, then received Ye Feng’s summons to the Grand Arena.
• Chen Wen arrived at the packed Grand Arena, spotted Liu Ruoshui, and approached her; Liu Ruoshui was visibly happy to see him.

At the Heavenly Ruins newcomer initiation, Li Tianyuan announced a ten-day Hunting Competition in which new students had to protect their Tokens and hunt for others while facing thirty powerful veteran students. The new students entered the Hunting Space, where they would have seven days before the veteran students joined the hunt for the final three.

• Chen Wen spoke with Liu Ruoshui, then noticed Jiang Luoli had advanced in cultivation when she arrived.
• Li Tianyuan explained that the initiation had three rounds and that the first was a ten-day Hunting Competition centered on collecting and protecting Tokens.
• Li Tianyuan revealed that thirty veteran students would participate, including five at the Ninth Level Dao Proving Realm, and said they would enter during the final three days.
• Feng Zhantian and his allies watched from the shadows, confident that their veteran fighters could take down Chen Wen.
• Two Formation Masters opened the Hunting Space, and the new students rushed inside after Li Tianyuan gave the order.

Li Tianyuan reviewed the promising new disciples and instructed the elders to avoid killing them during the Newcomer's Baptism. Chen Wen entered an ancient space with five other disciples and provoked two stronger opponents, leaving a fight on the verge of breaking out.

• Li Tianyuan praised Ji Ruxue, Hei Yu Tianfeng, and Qin Shilong, then cautioned that talent alone did not guarantee success.
• Li Tianyuan told Luo Nanchen to urge the old disciples to avoid killing the new disciples when they entered the field.
• Chen Wen arrived in an ancient space, sensed five disciples nearby, and called them out of hiding.
• Mu Yuanqing, a green-robed Eighth Level Dao Proving Realm cultivator, demanded that the others surrender their Tokens alongside his black-clothed companion.
• The black-clothed disciple proposed that the four others join forces, but Chen Wen instead demanded that Mu Yuanqing and his group surrender their Tokens.
• Mu Yuanqing mocked Chen Wen and declared that even surrendering his Token would not save his life.

Chen Wen killed Ji Wushuang and the white-robed man, then spared three others after taking their Tokens and making them swear secrecy. Once they were sent away, he continued marking the Earth Spirit Master seal and found the Secret Treasure Land.

• Chen Wen suppressed Ji Wushuang and killed him with a single finger, despite Ji Wushuang invoking his sister Ji Ruxue.
• Chen Wen killed the white-robed man after he offered his Token and possessions in exchange for his life.
• The black-robed man and two women begged for mercy and offered to serve Chen Wen, but he refused and demanded their Tokens and an oath of silence instead.
• Chen Wen gave the three Soul Severing Pills, took their Tokens after they swore Heavenly Dao Oaths, and watched them leave.
• Chen Wen stored the items and resumed marking the Earth Spirit Master seal, then found the Secret Treasure Land.

Chen Wen found a hidden pool of heavy water above a Secret Treasure Land and endured its crushing force while collecting it. After the heavy water tempered his body and strengthened him, Xian Hongshao prepared the entrance below, leaving Chen Wen ready to enter.

• Chen Wen followed the Earth Spirit Technique into a deep cave and discovered a pool of black heavy water above the Secret Treasure Land.
• Xian Hongshao identified the water and warned Chen Wen that collecting it through the Heaven Concealing Qiankun Array would expose him to immense pressure.
• Chen Wen activated his defensive abilities and endured hours of agony as Xian Hongshao's formation absorbed the heavy water.
• The heavy water revealed the entrance to the Secret Treasure Land, and Chen Wen's body recovered with greater strength after being tempered.
• Xian Hongshao said she would turn the collected water into a new pool and told Chen Wen the entrance was ready, prompting him to look toward it.

Chen Wen explored a hidden space and found the Great Reincarnation Puppet Technique, a fortune of Spirit Crystals, and a map that joined a scroll he already owned. He reached a sealed third chamber and let Xian Hongshao take control so she could handle its troublesome array.

• Chen Wen entered the hidden space, opened a sealed compartment, and found the Great Reincarnation Puppet Technique in a Hidden Martial Stone.
• Xian Hongshao explained that the technique had nearly destroyed an era and warned Chen Wen to hide it carefully.
• Chen Wen combined a newly found beast-hide map scroll with the one he had bought at Qingyi Tower, revealing a map still missing one-third.
• Chen Wen entered a second room and collected a mountain-like pile of top-grade Spirit Crystals.
• Chen Wen found a sealing array on the third chamber's stone door, and Xian Hongshao asked him to relinquish control of his body so she could break it.