Chapter Summaries

Su Chen decided to wait for the Nine Cloud Puppet to grow stronger and considered helping Su Lan, then Elder Su Yuan summoned him over the Shangyun Sect incident. Su Lan intervened when Su Yuan tried to punish Su Chen and promised to deal with the Shangyun Sect if it came after him.

• Su Chen chose not to invest heavily in the Su Family but considered telling Su Lan about the Spirit Testing Stone so she could obtain the Space Great Dao.
• A servant brought Su Chen to Elder Su Yuan, who demanded that he confess his crime over provoking the Shangyun Sect.
• Su Yuan ordered Su Chen to kneel and reached for him when Su Chen tried to leave.
• Su Lan arrived, rebuked Su Yuan, and led Su Chen out of the estate.
• Su Lan reassured Su Chen and said she would wipe out the Shangyun Sect if it came after him.

Su Lan discovered that the Spirit Testing Stone contained a nascent Space Great Dao and accepted it, replacing the Great Dao she had cultivated in her previous life. Though her cultivation fell from Half-step Profound Immortal to Heavenly Immortal, her upper limit rose dramatically.

• Su Chen told Su Lan that the Spirit Testing Stone held treasures left by the Su Family's ancestor and said they would help her at her peak.
• Su Lan returned to the Spirit Testing Stone and mastered all the power of Dao principles within it.
• Su Lan uncovered a Great Dao Embryo formed from interwoven Dao principles and recognized it as the Space Great Dao.
• Su Lan replaced her original Great Dao with the Space Great Dao, causing her cultivation to fall to the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Su Lan began harmonizing with the nascent Space Great Dao and realized it gave her an extraordinarily high upper limit.

Su Lan inherited the Space Great Dao from the Su Family ancestor Su Tianqi, while Su Chen remained confident despite considering a powerful figure connected to the world's spirit. The Shangyun Sect arrived at the Su Family seeking Su Chen, leaving the family facing a Daluo Golden Immortal’s threat.

• Su Lan obtained the Space Great Dao and heard Su Tianqi explain that he had left his lifelong comprehension in the Spirit Testing Stone for a descendant to inherit.
• Su Lan resolved to protect the Su Family in gratitude to its ancestor.
• Su Chen sensed that Su Lan had obtained the Great Dao and reflected on the Time Great Dao, the Creator Spirit, and his confidence in the Nine Cloud Puppet.
• People in Jueyang City feared the Shangyun Sect’s retaliation, while the Moon Family believed its destruction was inevitable.
• Yang Yu, accompanied by Duan Ya and another Shangyun Sect disciple, destroyed the Su Family’s gate and demanded that its members come out.

Su Lan confronted the Shangyun Sect after its elder Yang Yu arrived to avenge a slain disciple, despite the Su Family expecting annihilation. When Yang Yu’s pressure failed to affect her, her silver-white beast unleashed its power, and Li Qing recognized it as an Immortal Lord realm Divine Beast.

• Yang Yu dismissed the Su Family as too weak to threaten the Shangyun Sect, while Jueyang City’s onlookers expected the clan to be destroyed.
• Su Ban Hai panicked and called for Su Lan and the ancestor, but Su Lan arrived and went alone to face the Shangyun Sect.
• Su Lan rebuked the Shangyun Sect for killing her guards, drawing ridicule from the onlookers and surprise from both sides.
• Yang Yu released his pressure and collapsed Su Family buildings, but Su Lan remained unaffected.
• Su Lan’s silver-white beast roared, overwhelmed those present with its bloodline pressure, and attacked Li Qing and the others.
• Li Qing recognized the beast as an Immortal Lord realm Divine Beast.

Su Lan and her silver-white beast defeated and killed Li Qing, an elder of Shangyun Sect, after he attacked the Su Family. She warned Shangyun Sect not to provoke the family again, leaving Jueyang City’s factions to reconsider their allegiance.

• Li Qing tried to block the silver-white beast’s attack, but their clash devastated part of Jueyang City and left him gravely wounded.
• Su Lan’s beast killed Li Qing with three silver needles after he begged Su Lan to spare him.
• Su Lan warned that Shangyun Sect would be destroyed if it attacked the Su Family again.
• Forces in Jueyang City sent messages to Shangyun Sect and weighed whether to switch their support to the stronger Su Family.
• Su Lan left, while the Su Family and the city’s residents remained stunned by her power.

Su Lan’s power and Yinglong companion elevated the Su Family’s standing, while Su Chen worried that her extraordinary destiny might expose him. He secured Tongtian’s vital essence as insurance, and as Jueyang City’s forces courted the Su Family, preparations began for the Su Family Grand Competition.

• The Su Family celebrated Su Lan’s strength, while Su Chen recognized her companion as an Yinglong and wondered how she had gained its submission.
• Su Chen considered whether Su Lan’s destiny might reveal the Space Great Dao in the Spirit Testing Stone and expose him to the Great Dao Will.
• Su Chen obtained a drop of Tongtian’s vital essence and stored it in the System Inventory so he could revive Tongtian if his body died.
• After the Su Family killed Li Qing, forces across Jueyang City sought its favor, the Xu Family acted especially cautiously, and the Shangyun Sect avoided responding.
• Su Chen joined the approaching Su Family Grand Competition, which drew countless outside forces as guests.

Su Chen decided to enter the Su Family’s Coming-of-Age Grand Competition and planned to travel afterward, while Tongtian broke through to the Immortal Stage. The Su Family prepared to host the competition at the Wang Family’s martial arena and establish its dominance in Jueyang City, and Yelan learned she could return to the Hengduan Mountains with Su Chen.

• Su Chen decided to participate in the Coming-of-Age Grand Competition and considered accepting disciples for the Lingxiao Sect.
• Tongtian broke through to the Immortal Stage, and Su Yunfeng sensed his terrifying Sword Intent.
• Su Ban Hai and the Su Family elders agreed to hold the competition at the Wang Family’s martial arena and use it to assert the Su Family’s status in Jueyang City.
• Su Chen told Yelan they would travel after the competition and visit the Hengduan Mountains, and Yelan happily thanked him with a kiss.

As the Su Family's Coming-of-Age Grand Competition began, Su Ban Hai used the gathering to cultivate ties with Jueyang City's other great families. Su Lan and Su Chen prepared to compete, with Su Lan confident she would show her younger brother who was stronger.

• Su Chen spent time with Yelan, and the two became intimate before the competition day arrived.
• Su Ban Hai exchanged flattering words with Wang Yun and the other family heads, who sought to curry favor with the Su Family.
• Spectators discussed the Su Family's strength and speculated about the abilities of its younger generation.
• Nearly forty Su Family juniors gathered to compete, and onlookers were surprised to see Su Lan among them.
• Su Lan challenged Su Chen, who said he would go easy on her, while she believed her strength would let her defeat him.

Su Lan challenged the Su Family’s younger generation at the Coming-of-Age Grand Competition, but none dared face her after Su Ao pretended to be defeated. Su Chen stepped onto the platform and offered to let Su Lan attack him for ten breaths, leaving the spectators stunned by his confidence.

• Su Lan asked Su Chen whether he had hidden his cultivation, and he said he had not.
• Su Lan challenged every young member of the Su Family except Su Chen to fight her together.
• Su Ao stepped onto the arena, then pretended Su Lan had knocked him out before she attacked, and the other young members stayed silent.
• Su Chen walked onto the arena while the spectators and members of the Su Family watched curiously.
• Su Chen told Su Lan she could attack him for ten breaths and win if she managed to injure him.

Su Lan attacked Su Chen at the Su Family's Coming-of-Age Grand Competition after he challenged her to injure him within ten breaths. Su Chen remained unharmed, and Su Lan prepared to unleash her full Immortal King-level strength.

• Su Lan accepted Su Chen's challenge and struck him with speed and power that shocked the spectators.
• Su Chen emerged from the shattered arena without a scratch, and Su Lan realized he had used the power of Great Dao to block her attack.
• Su Lan increased her power to a level that Wang Yun recognized as Primordial Origin Golden Immortal strength, but her attacks still could not touch Su Chen.
• Su Chen counted the breaths aloud as Su Lan warned him that her next attack would use her full strength.
• Su Lan released an Immortal King-level fluctuation, glowing with moonlight as the spectators reacted in terror.

Su Lan revealed Immortal King-level power and attacked Su Chen in the Coming-of-Age Grand Competition, but her Moon Great Dao failed near him. Su Chen overwhelmed her and secretly gave her an inheritance for cultivating the Space Great Dao, leaving her stunned by his claim that it could lead to the Ancient God Realm.

• Su Lan’s Immortal King-level aura shocked the spectators, while Tongtian assured Yelan that Su Chen would win.
• Su Lan unleashed her full power and used the Space Great Dao to rush at Su Chen.
• As Su Lan approached within one meter of Su Chen, her Moon Great Dao dimmed and retreated into her body.
• Su Chen counted to ten, then waved his hand and shattered the arena and surrounding ground while leaving Su Lan unharmed.
• Su Chen told Su Lan to cultivate the Space Great Dao and secretly engraved its inheritance into her Sea of Consciousness.
• Su Chen said that mastering the inheritance could help Su Lan reach the Ancient God Realm, leaving her stunned.

Su Chen overwhelmed Su Lan in their fight, leaving her and the Wang Family’s Martial Arena stunned by his strength. Tongtian recruited Zhao Yuxian into the Divine Court, then asked which faction he belonged to, leaving Zhao Yuxian afraid to name the Shangyun Sect.

• Su Lan realized Su Chen’s strength was beyond her understanding when Yinglong also cowered before him.
• The spectators watched Su Chen defeat Su Lan without suspense, and Zhao Yuxian was shocked by the juniors’ power.
• Zhao Yuxian tried to leave the arena, but Tongtian stopped him and tested his Sword Intent and Dao heart.
• Tongtian invited Zhao Yuxian to work for him, and Zhao Yuxian agreed out of fear.
• Tongtian gave Zhao Yuxian a token and asked which faction he came from, while Zhao Yuxian worried that naming the Shangyun Sect would get him killed.

Zhao Yuxian submitted the Shangyun Sect to Tongtian, who gave him Sword Intent that could help him become an Immortal Lord. After the clan competition, Su Chen and Su Lan’s strength transformed the Su Family’s standing in Jueyang City, where the story left the family firmly in control.

• Zhao Yuxian pledged to serve Tongtian and bring the Shangyun Sect under the Su Family, and Tongtian gave him a token containing Sword Intent to help him break through to Immortal Lord.
• The clan competition ended, leaving the Martial Arena in ruins and shocking Wang Yun, the surrounding clan patriarchs, and the Su Family’s higher-ups.
• News of the competition spread through Jueyang City, raising Su Chen and Su Lan’s reputations and bringing the Su Family close to the Shangyun Sect’s former standing.
• Su Chen told Yelan that she could reach Immortal King and higher realms if she cultivated and absorbed what he had given her.
• Over the following year, Su Ban Hai used the Su Family’s momentum to take control of Jueyang City, and the six great clans came to revere the Su Family.

After Yelan advanced her fox bloodline and reached the True Immortal realm, Su Chen set out with her and Tongtian for the Hengduan Mountains in search of powerful creatures to capture. On the way, they encountered the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group, whose young leader Sun Qian introduced himself to Su Chen.

• Yelan's bloodline broke through, giving her a fourth tail, inherited memories, and the ability to conceal her fox features; she reached the True Immortal realm.
• Three days later, Su Chen left the Su Family with Yelan and Tongtian and headed toward the Hengduan Mountains.
• Su Chen's group traveled leisurely through the wilderness while Yelan explored and shared sweet red fruits with him.
• The Sand Wolf Mercenary Group arrived with a caravan, and its young leader Sun Qian approached Su Chen to learn his name.
• Su Chen calmly introduced himself as Su Chen, and Sun Qian judged that he was not pursuing the group.

Su Chen encountered Sun Qian and the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group twice while traveling toward Duantian City, and decided to assess Sun Qian as a potential recruit for the Lingxiao Sect. When Su Chen questioned the caravan’s cover story, Sun Qian insisted that they really were transporting goods.

• Sun Qian invited Su Chen to travel with his convoy, but Su Chen declined.
• A middle-aged man suggested killing Su Chen and his companions, but Sun Qian warned him not to underestimate them.
• Su Chen noticed Sun Qian’s strong fortune and considered recruiting him into the Lingxiao Sect.
• Less than two days later, Sun Qian met Su Chen again and denied following him.
• Su Chen pointed out that the caravan did not look like it was transporting goods, while the middle-aged man grew wary that Su Chen had detected his cultivation.

Su Chen met Sun Qian, the chatty leader of the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group, and agreed to travel with his convoy toward Duantian City. Sun Qian revealed that rival groups threatened his faction, while Su Chen said he was headed for the dangerous Hengduan Mountains, leaving Sun Qian wondering about his true strength.

• Sun Qian promoted the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group’s many services and gave Su Chen a business card advertising even foot massages, but Su Chen declined to hire them.
• Sun Qian invited Su Chen to travel with his convoy, and Su Chen accepted before setting off in a carriage with Tongtian and Yelan.
• Su Chen noticed the convoy was moving cautiously, and Sun Qian explained that rival mercenary groups were trying to destroy the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group and seize its resources.
• Sun Qian asked Su Chen why he was heading to Duantian City, and Su Chen clarified that he was going to the Hengduan Mountains.
• Sun Qian praised Su Chen’s composure about entering the dangerous mountains, then watched him return to his carriage and briefly wondered about him.

Sun Qian’s caravan heard Luo Yu tell fabricated legends about Nian Xiangsi and Green Snake Mountain as they traveled toward Duantian City. When they reached Green Snake Mountain, a powerful snake demon named Green Snake blocked the road, leaving Zhao Benli shocked that the supposed Green Snake sister was male.

• Luo Yu told the caravan a romantic tale about Nian Xiangsi, then admitted the Many-Treasure Merchant Guild had invented it.
• Luo Yu recounted a White Snake legend at Green Snake Mountain, and Zhao Benli fantasized about marrying Green Snake after saving her.
• Su Chen noticed the caravan’s strange thoughts as an explosion and rumbling announced an approaching figure.
• A green-skinned, half-human, half-snake demon with a Profound Immortal aura demanded valuables from the travelers.
• Zhao Benli asked whether the demon was Green Snake, then stared at Luo Yu in disbelief when the demon claimed to be Green Snake.

Green Snake and three powerful attackers ambushed Sun Qian’s group, and Su Chen watched as the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group was forced into a desperate fight. Sun Qian then revealed that Wang Fei and Wan Mingshan were on his side and ordered them to kill the apparent traitor.

• Green Snake lured Luo Yu away, allowing three Human Race Profound Immortals to ambush Sun Qian’s group and trap them in an array.
• Wang Fei of the Purple Tiger Mercenary Group and two General Mercenary Group cultivators revealed themselves and attacked the survivors.
• Sun Qian’s companions fought back but were overwhelmed, so Sun Qian appealed to Su Chen for help.
• Su Chen challenged Sun Qian to reveal his trump card, and Sun Qian denied plotting against him.
• Sun Qian told Wang Fei and Wan Mingshan to kill the middle-aged man beside them, shocking him with the revelation that the two leaders were on Sun Qian’s side.

Sun Qian revealed that the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group’s apparent weakness and the secret resource exchange were parts of his plan to destroy the Purple Tiger and General Mercenary Groups. After Tongtian crushed Wang Fei with his pressure, Sun Qian apologized to Su Chen, leaving the others terrified of Su Chen’s entourage.

• Wang Fei and Wan Mingshan turned against Zhou Yuhu, while Zhao Benli killed Green Snake and revealed his Half-Step Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal strength.
• Wan Mingshan explained that Sun Qian had staged the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group’s apparent losses, hidden its survivors, and arranged to absorb the two rival groups.
• Luo Yu and Wan Mingshan attacked Zhou Yuhu and killed him as the others watched without concern.
• Wang Fei suggested killing Su Chen’s group, and Tongtian’s pressure forced him to his knees and badly injured him.
• Sun Qian apologized to Su Chen on Wang Fei’s behalf, and Su Chen signaled Tongtian to withdraw the pressure.

Su Chen returned Yelan to Fox Mountain after giving Sun Qian a spiritual imprint to study. Yelan reunited with her clan, but Ye Qiu and Ye Yun suspected Su Chen had abducted her.

• Su Chen gave Sun Qian a spiritual imprint containing knowledge that could lead him to the Immortal Emperor realm and told him they would meet again after he comprehended it.
• Su Chen brought Yelan and the others to the Hengduan Mountains near Fox Mountain, where Yelan eagerly headed home.
• Ye Qiu recognized Yelan and asked why she had stayed away for so long, showing concern for her and her family.
• Yelan introduced Su Chen as her master, but Ye Qiu reacted coldly and Ye Yun drew his sword, accusing Su Chen of abducting her.