Chapter Summaries

An Wushuang revealed his strength and eliminated the Third Elder and An Hefeng, securing the steward’s position in the Treasure Seeking Merchant Guild. An Ruoxuan was rescued but lost the opportunity tied to her order, leaving her devastated.

• The Great Elder rejected An Hefeng’s claim to the steward’s position and ordered him to release An Ruoxuan or die.
• An Wushuang and the Fifth Elder confronted the wounded Third Elder, revealed their alliance, and killed him.
• An Ye realized An Wushuang had outmaneuvered everyone, while An Wushuang became certain to take the steward’s position and the valuable order.
• An Hefeng was assassinated, and An Ruoxuan was rescued and offered one hundred thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals to keep the order secret.
• An Ruoxuan accepted the crystals and grieved that she could no longer fulfill her promise to personally deliver the goods to Senior Su.

An Wushuang delivered Su Chen’s goods to the Xuantian Realm and received payment, while Su Chen decided to recruit An Ruoxuan. The chapter left the Divine Court consolidating its power and preparing to grow stronger before expanding.

• An Wushuang, accompanied by the head of the An Family and the Great Elder, brought the Treasure Seeking Merchant Guild’s goods to Wangyun Mountain.
• Su Chen paid An Wushuang nine hundred million top-grade Immortal Crystals and accepted the goods, including a gift worth five million top-grade Immortal Crystals.
• An Wushuang warned his companions not to reveal what they had learned about the Divine Court or its Lord.
• Su Anshan reported that the Black Gold Domain and the Tianling Domain were nearly under control, and Su Chen ordered the Divine Court to focus on strengthening itself.
• Su Chen told Su Anshan to ask An Ruoxuan whether she would serve the Divine Court.

Han Li followed a group of cultivators into a Daluo Golden Immortal’s cave mansion, where they fought over its Dao Fruit. After letting the others exhaust and betray one another, Han Li seized the genuine Dao Fruit and killed Zhang Wenli with a trap.

• Su Chen watched as Han Li and more than ten cultivators entered the cave mansion in search of a Daluo Golden Immortal’s Dao Fruit.
• Han Li hid his cultivation and stayed back while the group advanced; after the others began fighting, he entered the secret chamber and collected their corpses’ spatial rings.
• Wang Shou revealed his Half-step Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation and allied with Zhang Wenli, who then revealed that he had concealed the same cultivation and killed Wang Shou.
• Han Li tricked Zhang Wenli with a fake Dao Fruit and a decoy, then trapped him in formations and obliterated him while escaping with the genuine Dao Fruit.

After Han Li escaped with the Grand Unity Golden Immortal's Dao Fruit, the Su Family spent millennia cultivating and expanding its influence. When Su Chen reached a million years of survival, the system rewarded him with the World Heart, which he activated to begin nurturing a world within himself.

• Han Li gathered his clones outside the cave mansion, concealed what had happened, and sought a place to consume the Dao Fruit and break through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Su Chen watched Han Li's operation, judged his disciple's methods and character, and then saw Mu Qingling relaxing at a tavern.
• The Su Family cultivated in seclusion for three thousand years, during which Su Hongyuan and Su Qingtian reached the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Over the following ten thousand years, the Divine Court, Su Anshan's Startling Swan organization, and Lin Yimeng's Chenmeng Chamber of Commerce expanded their influence, while An Ruoxuan joined the Su Family.
• After surviving one million years, Su Chen received the World Heart as a system reward and activated it, learning that it had entered Stage One: Mortal Realm.

Su Chen watched the World Heart grow into an expanding inner world while the Divine Court gained territory and power. When the Heavenly Spirit Domain Lord neared an Immortal King breakthrough, the Northern Nether Immortal Lord arrived and shattered his opportunity, leaving the Domain Lord helpless before him.

• Su Chen learned that the World Heart contained Creation Power, grew into a world within him, and could be entered by a Soul Clone.
• Over tens of thousands of years, Su Chen's inner world expanded, and he celebrated its growth with Han Xi, Ruoxi, Ning Yan, and Yan Wanwan.
• Over the next hundred thousand years, the Divine Court expanded by two domains and grew to nineteen Primordial Origin Golden Immortals, while Su Xiao reached the Late Primordial Golden Immortal stage.
• The Heavenly Spirit Domain Lord began breaking through to Immortal King, as people in Tianling Domain discussed the Divine Court's independence from the Northern Nether Empire.
• The Northern Nether Immortal Lord appeared above the Domain Lord's Estate and destroyed the Heavenly Spirit Domain Lord's breakthrough opportunity.
• The Heavenly Spirit Domain Lord challenged the newcomer, but the Northern Nether Immortal Lord's overwhelming might subdued him.

Northern Nether Immortal Lord confronted Su Chen over the Divine Court’s seizure of his territories, intending to destroy the rapidly growing faction before it produced more Immortal Kings. Su Chen appeared and rejected his demand, leaving the two Immortal Lords on the brink of a fight.

• Northern Nether Immortal Lord watched the Tianling Domain and called for the Divine Court’s Immortal Lord, believing the Divine Court had to be eradicated before it grew stronger.
• Experts across the Divine Court’s territory sensed the threat, and many feared the Northern Nether Empire’s deeper foundations despite the Divine Court’s loyalty and its own Immortal Lord.
• Su Chen appeared before Northern Nether Immortal Lord and asked what he wanted, treating the encounter with calm amusement.
• Northern Nether Immortal Lord demanded that Su Chen surrender the territories and leave the empire, then unleashed the pressure of his Mid-stage Immortal Lord cultivation.
• Su Chen challenged Northern Nether Immortal Lord to finish his threat, startling onlookers who expected him to yield.

Su Chen fought the Northern Nether Immortal Lord, easily neutralizing his sword attacks and revealing overwhelming strength. The Northern Nether Immortal Lord summoned three Divine Blood Sect protectors, and all four charged Su Chen as the Divine Court’s members feared their leader would be overwhelmed.

• The Northern Nether Immortal Lord attacked Su Chen with his swords, but Su Chen emerged unharmed and dismantled his stronger Sword Intent.
• Su Chen declared that the Northern Nether Immortal Lord would die and considered using the fight to establish the Divine Court’s prestige.
• The Northern Nether Immortal Lord summoned allies, and a blood mist revealed three powerful demon-beast protectors from the Divine Blood Sect.
• Su Chen severed one demon beast’s arm with a single sword strike, but it quickly regenerated.
• The Northern Nether Immortal Lord and the three Divine Blood Sect protectors charged Su Chen together, leaving the Divine Court’s members fearing their defeat.

Su Chen revealed that he was an Immortal Venerable when he grievously wounded four powerful Immortal Lords, then killed Northern Nether Immortal Lord and the three Divine Blood Sect guardians. News of the Divine Court’s victory spread through the Northern Nether Empire, while An Wushuang realized the Treasure Seeking Merchant Guild had missed its chance to cooperate with Su Chen.

• At a Divine Court outpost in the Black Gold Domain, Su Kongshan reassured the terrified crowd that the Lord of the Divine Court was invincible.
• Su Chen’s sword strike grievously wounded Northern Nether Immortal Lord and the three Divine Blood Sect guardians, astonishing witnesses who recognized his strength as that of an Immortal Venerable.
• Northern Nether Immortal Lord fled using a forbidden secret art, but Su Chen’s Sword Intent pursued and killed him in the Northern Nether Empire.
• Su Chen killed the three Divine Blood Sect guardians and declared that the Northern Nether Empire belonged to the Divine Court, warning that anyone who resisted would die.
• News of Su Chen’s victory spread through the Northern Nether Empire, and An Wushuang learned that the Lord of the Divine Court was an Immortal Venerable.
• An Wushuang regretted that the Treasure Seeking Merchant Guild had lost its chance to work with the Divine Court after An Ruoxuan left the An Family and joined it.

An Wushuang decided to bring the Treasure Seeking Merchant Guild into the Divine Court’s sphere after realizing he had missed an earlier chance to work with An Ruoxuan. Fifty thousand years later, Su Chen freed Yang Xiao from his soul restriction and gave him a breakthrough opportunity after Yang Xiao chose to remain with the Divine Court.

• An Wushuang accepted that An Ruoxuan would not return to the An Family and resolved to discuss joining the Divine Court with his clan.
• After the Divine Court defeated four Immortal Lords, its reputation and influence across the Northern Nether Empire grew.
• Fifty thousand years later, Su Xiao reached the peak Primordial Golden Immortal realm and entered seclusion to break through.
• Su Chen removed the restriction on the Tianling Domain Lord’s soul and offered him the choice to leave or stay with the Divine Court.
• Yang Xiao chose to remain, and Su Chen granted him the opportunity to break through to Immortal King.

Su Chen oversaw the Divine Court’s rise across the Northern Nether Empire while accumulating cultivation and letting the Su Family grow stronger. After a million years, the Divine Court had more than thirty Immortal Kings, and Su Chen added two towering guardians beside the Southern Heavenly Gate.

• Su Chen reorganized the Northern Nether Empire into three states and assigned Shenzhou, Qitian State, and Wenxian State to Su Qingtian, Su Yunqian, and Su Qingyun.
• Over the following centuries, the Divine Court took control of the empire, while Su Xiao, Su Hongyuan, and Su Qingtian successively reached the Immortal King Stage.
• After a million years, the Divine Court had more than thirty Immortal Kings, and Su Xiao had advanced to the late-stage Immortal King level.
• Su Chen’s Immortal Crystals grew to more than two thousand jing, and the Xuantian Realm became powerful enough to give birth to Immortal Kings.
• Su Chen arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate and summoned two enormous figures, one holding a halberd and the other a spear, to stand beside it.

Su Chen strengthened the Divine Court’s defenses by stationing the Four Heavenly Kings and a powerful Golden-armored Puppet at its gate. Elsewhere, six Immortal Venerables debated whether to attack the Divine Court, suspecting it had gained a valuable opportunity but doubting its connection to the ancient Supreme Divine Court.

• Su Chen awakened four stone statue puppets, each with ninth-grade Immortal Venerable strength, and stationed them at the Southern Heavenly Gate to guard the Divine Court and Xuantian Realm.
• Su Chen placed a three-headed, six-armed Golden-armored Puppet with third-grade Immortal Emperor strength at the gate, then returned to Wangyun Mountain.
• Immortal Venerable Lingyun gathered six major factions’ leaders and proposed eliminating the Divine Court to seize its resources and investigate its possible connection to the Supreme Divine Court.
• Immortal Venerable Crimson Blood warned that a genuine connection to the Supreme Divine Court could make the Divine Court dangerous, while Lingyun privately considered using the others as shields.
• The short, thin old man argued that the Divine Court had no ties to the Supreme Divine Court and had simply gained an opportunity, and the other Immortal Venerables accepted his explanation.

The six major forces hesitated to attack the Divine Court, unsure of its strength and wary of the Immortal Venerable behind it. After learning that Su Chen led the Divine Court, Spirit Sword Mountain’s Immortal Emperor ancestor panicked and fled the Myriad Star Realm, leaving the other forces even less willing to act.

• The six major forces discussed killing Su Chen and destroying the Divine Court but held back because they lacked reliable information and feared the Divine Court’s Immortal Venerable.
• Void Annihilation Immortal Venerable visited Spirit Sword Mountain’s Sword Tomb and told its ancestor what he had learned about the Divine Court.
• When Void Annihilation Immortal Venerable named Su Chen, the Immortal Emperor ancestor recognized him and feared he had come to take revenge on the Immortal Realm.
• The ancestor warned Void Annihilation Immortal Venerable to flee, then vanished with the Sword Tomb.
• Void Annihilation Immortal Venerable evacuated Spirit Sword Mountain from the Myriad Star Realm, prompting the other five major forces to abandon thoughts of attacking the Divine Court.

Su Chen updated the Su Family’s Scripture Repository and gave Su Hao a Space-Time Great Dao stele. Bored with waiting for the Divine Court to develop, he decided to enter the mortal world inside his World Heart with Han Li and have some fun.

• Su Chen sensed an Immortal Emperor’s aura near Spirit Sword Mountain and decided the Divine Court should keep a lower profile.
• Su Chen visited the Scripture Repository, where Su Hao was guarding the collections, and gave him a stele containing the Space-Time Great Dao.
• Su Chen reflected on the World Heart’s developing mortal world, where Inner Force had emerged and Spiritual Energy was still absent.
• Su Chen decided to enter the World Heart and play at conquering its world, then chose Han Li as his companion.

Su Chen brought Han Li into the Xuanhuang Realm and took over the identity of Li Chengan, the disgraced Fifth Prince of the Great Qian Empire. He woke beside Zhu Qiongyao after a night they could not explain and warned her that someone had manipulated events to target her father.

• Su Chen pulled Han Li's consciousness into the Xuanhuang Realm and told him not to use his cultivation among its mortal inhabitants.
• Su Chen chose the identity of Li Chengan, the useless Fifth Prince of the Great Qian Empire, and awoke in bed beside Zhu Qiongyao.
• Zhu Qiongyao accused Li Chengan of taking her chastity and drew her sword, while Su Chen recalled that Li Chengan had been poisoned after drinking the previous night.
• Su Chen suspected that someone had framed them to target Zhu Qiongyao's father, the Minister of Personnel.
• Zhu Qiongyao lunged at Su Chen, but he warned her that killing him could harm her father and said someone had manipulated what happened.

Su Chen calmed Zhu Qiongyao after she tried to attack him, and she left determined to kill him later while keeping the incident secret. Su Chen began looking into the person who had framed them and planned how to build support for his bid for the throne.

• Zhu Qiongyao accused Su Chen of ruining her innocence, threatened him to keep silent, and slipped away from the room.
• Su Chen suspected someone had framed him to target Zhu Qiongyao's father, the Minister of Personnel, and vowed to settle the score with whoever was responsible.
• Han Li, now posing as Su Chen's lackey Han Pinghua, recalled seeing an unfamiliar waiter serve wine at the Hundred Fragrance Tower the previous night.
• Su Chen decided to wait for the framer to make another move and told Han Li that his first objective was to seize the throne.
• Han Li warned Su Chen that someone had watched them, and Su Chen began thinking about how to shed his reputation as a useless prince and recruit court supporters.

The Great Qian Emperor learned that Li Chengan had joined the Martial Arts Exchange Conference and agreed to arrange his appearance last to limit the damage to Great Qian’s reputation. He also discovered that Li Dongyun’s retainers were among the Xinyang bandits and ordered the Second Prince to compensate the civilians.

• Li Dongyun reported that the Prefect of Xinyang supported local bandits, and the Great Qian Emperor approved capturing the prefect.
• The Great Qian Emperor learned that Li Chengan had taken one of Great Qian’s ten slots in the Martial Arts Exchange Conference and summoned him.
• Li Dongyun proposed presenting Li Chengan’s participation as patriotic and scheduling him last, and the Great Qian Emperor approved the plan.
• After Li Dongyun left, Eunuch Liu told the Great Qian Emperor that some Xinyang bandits were retainers of the Second Prince.
• The Great Qian Emperor ordered the losses in Xinyang Prefecture to be calculated and sent to Li Dongyun so he would address the civilians’ suffering.

After learning that Li Chengan had violated Zhu Qiongyao, Zhu Yuntian resolved to wait for a safer chance to make him pay. Meanwhile, the Martial Arts Tournament roster drew scorn for including Li Chengan, until the Great Han Empire’s exceptionally young Martial Dao Grandmaster stunned the onlookers.

• Zhu Qiongyao told her mother what had happened at Hundred Fragrance Tower and said she could no longer bear her situation.
• Zhu Yuntian learned the truth, considered whether Li Chengan had been framed, and forbade his wife from killing the prince for now.
• Zhu Yuntian promised to find a way to make Li Chengan pay while keeping his household safe from the consequences of attacking an imperial prince.
• Onlookers mocked Li Chengan after his name appeared on the Great Qian Empire’s Martial Arts Tournament roster.
• The onlookers saw that the Great Han Empire had entered a twenty-two-year-old Martial Dao Grandmaster and reacted with shock.

The Great Qian Emperor learned that Great Han had secretly entered a young Martial Dao Grandmaster named Jiang Zhan in the Martial Arts Exchange Conference and ordered his guards to find a rival. In Mingyue Hall, Han Li proposed poisoning the Minister of Personnel to place the official under Su Chen’s control.

• The Great Qian Emperor berated his Imperial Guards after learning that Jiang Zhan was a Martial Dao Grandmaster under twenty-five, and ordered them to find a suitable fighter for Great Qian.
• An Imperial Guard explained that Jiang Zhan was Li Aohu’s son and had concealed his cultivation since childhood; the emperor punished the guards with eighty strokes.
• At Mingyue Hall, Han Li told Su Chen that Li Chengan’s remaining forces numbered a little over three hundred and included no Martial Dao Grandmasters.
• Han Li suggested that Su Chen build his forces while the princes weakened one another, then defeat them in turn.
• Han Li proposed poisoning the Minister of Personnel with a toxin and antidote that would let Su Chen control the official’s life and death, and Su Chen recognized how insidious the plan was.

Su Chen learned that he would compete first at the Martial Arts Exchange Conference and attended despite rumors that the Great Han Empire’s genius planned to kill him. After Han Li slapped Zhou Yang and revealed his overwhelming presence, Zhou Yang realized the supposedly useless Fifth Prince had a terrifying protector.

• Han Li told Su Chen that the Great Han Empire’s Martial Dao Grandmaster genius was Li Aohu’s disciple and might try to kill him at the conference.
• Su Chen considered using Han Li’s poison to make the Great Qian Emperor depend on him, then spent the night drinking at Hundred Fragrance Tower.
• At the Martial Arena, spectators mocked Li Chengan for being scheduled to compete first, and the Great Qian Emperor arrived to open the conference.
• Zhou Yang insulted Su Chen, so Su Chen ordered Han Li to slap him, and Han Li sent Zhou Yang sprawling with a single blow.
• When Zhou Yang lunged at Han Li, Han Li released a killing aura that froze him and made him realize Han Pinghua was far stronger than his father.

Su Chen entered the Martial Arts Exchange Conference as Li Chengan, then revealed overwhelming strength by killing Jiang Zhan in a single move. The arena was left stunned as Su Chen called for his next opponent.

• The Great Qian contestants wondered if Li Chengan had been hiding his strength after seeing him act with confidence.
• Su Chen told Han Li that the conference was boring and said he would rather become a god in the mortal world.
• Su Chen appeared on the arena just before the Great General declared a forfeit, startling him and the contestants.
• Su Chen killed Jiang Zhan so quickly that no one could see his attack.
• The Great Qian Emperor and Zhu Qiongyao watched in disbelief as Su Chen called for the next opponent.