Chapter Summaries

Ye Yun and Ye Qiu confronted Su Chen, believing he had captured Yelan, but she explained that he had rescued her and helped her bloodline advance. The clan still struggled to accept her human master, so Ye Qiu decided to summon the clan leader to judge the matter.

• Ye Yun and Ye Qiu prepared to attack Su Chen, suspecting he had captured Yelan and forced her into a bond.
• Yelan stepped between them and said Su Chen had rescued her from someone else.
• Yelan revealed her four pink tails, showing that her bloodline had advanced with Su Chen's help.
• Ye Yun and Ye Qiu's killing intent faded, but they still objected to Yelan serving a human.
• Ye Qiu said he would summon the clan leader to decide whether Su Chen could remain Yelan's master.

Yelan returned to Fox Mountain with Su Chen, reunited with Bai Lin, and learned that her parents were recovering from severe injuries. Bai Lin offered Su Chen the choice of leaving or taking the dangerous Nine-Tails Clan trial, but the clan members rejected him until Yelan defended him.

• Bai Lin welcomed Yelan home and noticed that she had grown four tails.
• Yelan asked about her parents, and Bai Lin said they were recuperating in the Myriad Spirit Pool after suffering serious injuries.
• Bai Lin asked Su Chen whether he had helped Yelan grow her tails and rescued her, and Su Chen confirmed both.
• Bai Lin offered Su Chen the choice of leaving or attempting the clan's dangerous trial to become Yelan's true man.
• Huang Shihuai and other clan members opposed letting Su Chen take the trial because he was human and only an Earth Immortal.
• Yelan told the clan that Su Chen had bought her in Jueyang City, treated her well, and helped her return and strengthen her bloodline.

Yelan persuaded the Nine-Tails Clan to let Su Chen attempt their trial, while the elders secretly hoped it would kill him and sever her Root of Affection. Su Chen agreed and followed Bai Yulan toward the trial.

• Yelan's heartfelt defense of Su Chen swayed several clansmen, and the elders decided to use the trial to eliminate him.
• Bai Lin asked Su Chen whether he would take the trial, and Su Chen agreed.
• Bai Yulan, the clan's Third Elder, approached Su Chen and led him away.
• Su Chen felt his desires stir under the Nine-tailed Fox Clan's allure, suppressed them, and followed Bai Yulan while Tongtian remained unaffected.

Su Chen faced the Nine-tailed Fox Clan’s three trials to become Yelan’s master, beginning with the Heart-Questioning Forest. Though the clan expected him to fail, he emerged unharmed in less than ten breaths, leaving them stunned.

• Bai Yulan explained that Su Chen had to pass the Heart-Questioning Forest and Thousand Armor Puppet and climb at least fifty steps of the Heaven-Seeking Stairway to become Yelan’s master.
• Bai Yulan teased Su Chen by saying he could choose anyone in the clan if he climbed all one hundred steps, but a young two-tailed fox rebuked him for entertaining thoughts about her.
• Bai Yulan led Su Chen to the Heart-Questioning Forest and ordered him to enter its mist.
• Huang Shihuai and the other fox clan members predicted that Su Chen would fail, while Bai Lin hoped the trial would prevent him from leaving.
• Su Chen emerged from the Heart-Questioning Forest unharmed in less than ten breaths, shocking the Nine-tailed Fox Clan.

Su Chen cleared the Heart-Questioning Forest in ten breaths, stunning the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, then faced the Thousand Armor Puppet. He destroyed the puppet instantly, leaving Fox Mountain speechless.

• Su Chen emerged from the Heart-Questioning Forest in ten breaths, astonishing the Nine-tailed Fox Clan and Bai Yulan.
• Bai Yulan led Su Chen to the Thousand Armor Puppet and explained that the trial tested strength.
• Bai Yulan awakened the puppet, which charged at Su Chen with enough force to threaten an Earth Immortal.
• Su Chen used invisible spatial blades to slice the Thousand Armor Puppet into pieces, stunning everyone on Fox Mountain.

Su Chen easily destroyed the Thousand Armor Puppet and climbed all one hundred steps of the Heaven-Seeking Stairway, stunning the Nine-tailed Fox Clan. At the top, he claimed the Divine Beast essence blood and demonstrated strength approaching the Immortal Lord realm.

• Su Chen shattered the Thousand Armor Puppet, changing Bai Lin’s view of him and making the clan hope he would help with the demon king of the Hengduan Mountains.
• Yelan confirmed that Su Chen was an Earth Immortal, though the Fox Clan suspected he had concealed his true cultivation.
• Su Chen entered the secret realm and climbed the Heaven-Seeking Stairway with ease as the Fox Clan watched.
• Su Chen reached the hundredth step and took the bottle of Nine-tailed Divine Beast essence blood.
• Su Chen called the trial easy, leaving the Fox Clan stunned by his record-breaking feat.

Su Chen passed the Nine-tailed Fox Clan’s Heaven Seeking Stairway and earned the right to choose two Fox Clan women, while Yelan learned that a powerful new Demon King had taken control of the Hengduan Mountains. The chapter ended with the Great Elder revealing that Qiongqi had demanded Fox Mountain’s complete submission.

• Su Chen reached the top of the Heaven Seeking Stairway, earning the Nine-tailed Fox Clan’s acknowledgment and grand hospitality.
• Bai Lin told Su Chen that clan rules allowed him to choose two unmarried Fox Clan women, but Su Chen postponed his decision.
• Su Chen remembered that he had come to the Hengduan Mountains to look for a powerful mount.
• At the Myriad Spirit Pool, Yelan saw her injured parents, and the Great Elder stopped her from disturbing their recovery.
• The Great Elder told Yelan that Qiongqi, one of the Four Fiends, had killed the former Demon King and ordered Fox Mountain to submit completely.

Su Chen sensed a mysterious aura that seemed connected to his unknown identity, but it vanished before he could investigate. At Fox Mountain, the Darknight Demon King arrived on the Heavenly Monarch’s orders and demanded that the clan submit or face imprisonment and abuse.

• The Great Elder warned Yelan that the Heavenly Monarch would return to Fox Mountain, and Yelan worried about asking Su Chen for more help.
• Su Chen sensed a familiar aura in the distance, but it disappeared before he could reach it; he resolved to investigate its location later.
• The Darknight Demon King arrived at Fox Mountain and knocked Ye Qiu and Ye Yun aside when they challenged him.
• Bai Lin met the Darknight Demon King, who demanded the clan submit to the Heavenly Monarch or be imprisoned and treated as playthings.

The Darknight Demon King pressured Fox Mountain to submit and hand over women, while Bai Wan and the Five Spirits Demon King arrived to oppose him. The Five Spirits Demon King hesitated to risk confronting the Heavenly Monarch, and the chapter ended with the Heavenly Monarch appearing in person.

• The Darknight Demon King demanded that Bai Lin make Fox Mountain submit immediately, and Bai Lin feared the clan could not escape his demands.
• Bai Wan arrived with the Five Spirits Demon King, prompting the Darknight Demon King to warn him against interfering in the Heavenly Monarch's affairs.
• The Five Spirits Demon King weighed defending Bai Wan's home against the danger of facing the Heavenly Monarch, while Bai Lin panicked at the prospect of the Darknight Demon King returning with him.
• The Darknight Demon King turned to leave and report the Five Spirits Demon King's opposition, but the Heavenly Monarch appeared from the mountain forest and received his respectful greeting.

The Heavenly Monarch attacked Fox Mountain and forced Bai Lin to choose between submitting the Nine-tailed Fox Clan or facing his wrath. Just as Bai Lin prepared to surrender, Su Chen arrived and called the pure-blooded Qiongqi a potential mount.

• The Heavenly Monarch’s bloodline pressure weakened the Five Spirits Demon King and injured him, while Bai Wan tried to save him.
• The Heavenly Monarch demanded that Bai Lin submit the Nine-tailed Fox Clan because they had no Six-Tailed member to hand over.
• Bai Lin prepared to kneel, but Su Chen arrived with Yelan and the Seventh Elder and called the Qiongqi a good mount.
• Yelan used her healing ability to preserve the Five Spirits Demon King’s life, while Su Chen noted the Heavenly Monarch’s pure bloodline.

Su Chen subdued Heavenly Monarch, who revealed himself as the Qiongqi fiend, and claimed him as a mount. After killing the fleeing Darknight Demon King, Su Chen rode Qiongqi and ordered him to remain in his true form unless permitted otherwise.

• Heavenly Monarch attacked Su Chen but froze when Tongtian held a sword to his neck, and Su Chen demanded that he become his mount.
• Heavenly Monarch pretended to agree, while the Nine-tailed Fox Clan watched in disbelief and the Darknight Demon King tried to escape.
• Su Chen killed the Darknight Demon King with a Space Slash that destroyed his origin.
• Heavenly Monarch revealed his Qiongqi true form, and Su Chen ordered him to lower his head before climbing aboard.
• Su Chen told Qiongqi that Yelan was his maidservant and forbade him from using a human body without permission.

After subduing the Heavenly Monarch, Su Chen recruited Bai Yulan and set out from Fox Mountain with Yelan, Bai Yulan, and Tongtian. When Tongtian received Zhao Yuxian’s distress signal, Su Chen redirected them to the besieged Shangyun Sect.

• Su Chen invited Bai Yulan to join him, and she agreed to become his attendant alongside Yelan.
• Su Chen left protective Dao charm at Fox Mountain before departing atop the Heavenly Monarch with Yelan, Bai Yulan, and Tongtian.
• Bai Yulan identified their destination as the Central Continent, and Su Chen decided to travel there.
• Tongtian received a distress signal from Zhao Yuxian, so Su Chen ordered the group to go to the Shangyun Sect first.
• Li Lie and two allied Immortal Lords surrounded the Shangyun Sect, while Zhao Yuxian faced them behind the sect-protecting formation.

Li Lie led the Sky Splitting Sect to attack Shangyun Sect, while Zhao Yuxian prepared to defend the sect despite having no Immortal Lord to match Li Lie. After the formation fell, Zhao Yuxian’s World-shattering Sword Strike cracked Li Lie’s Heaven Shaking Bowl, and Li Lie unleashed his fire cultivation art.

• Zhao Yuxian killed several Shangyun Sect disciples who called for surrender and warned the others not to speak of it again.
• Li Lie attacked Shangyun Sect’s protective formation with the Heaven Shaking Bowl while Zhao Yuxian and the sect’s leaders reinforced it with Immortal Energy.
• Zhao Yuxian urged the sect’s leaders to fight once the formation broke.
• Li Lie and the two Sect Masters shattered the formation with their attacks.
• Zhao Yuxian launched a World-shattering Sword Strike that cracked the Heaven Shaking Bowl, prompting Li Lie to put it away and summon his flames with Refining Heaven Three Thousand Arts.

Zhao Yuxian fought Li Lie and the Wuya Sect Master to protect the Shangyun Sect, but Li Lie overwhelmed him with the Refining Heaven Three Thousand Arts. As Li Lie prepared to kill him, Heavenly Monarch, a mid-stage Immortal Lord Qiongqi, arrived carrying Su Chen and the others, and Tongtian admired Zhao Yuxian’s swordsmanship.

• Zhao Yuxian shattered the Wuya Sect Master's staff with a single strike and sent him flying before charging at Li Lie.
• Li Lie's flames burned Zhao Yuxian badly and sent him crashing to the ground, while Zhao Yuxian managed to leave a thin cut on Li Lie's face.
• Li Lie prepared to finish off Zhao Yuxian, but he sensed a frightening presence and looked up as a colossal beast descended.
• Those present recognized Heavenly Monarch as a mid-stage Immortal Lord Qiongqi, and Li Lie realized Su Chen and the others were riding on its head.
• Tongtian observed Zhao Yuxian's swordsmanship and reflected that their principles and strength as Immortal Kings were similar.

Tongtian and Su Chen helped Zhao Yuxian defend Shangyun Sect, and the Heavenly Monarch killed Li Lie. After Su Chen and his companions headed toward the Central Continent, Zhao Yuxian prepared to rebuild the sect and punish those who had fled.

• Zhao Yuxian rejoiced when Tongtian arrived, and Su Chen had the Heavenly Monarch face Li Lie.
• The Heavenly Monarch charged through Li Lie’s flames, battered him, then shattered his origin and absorbed his energy.
• Zhao Yuxian thanked Tongtian, while Su Chen and his companions left Shangyun Sect and traveled toward the Central Continent.
• The Shangyun Sect Master asked Zhao Yuxian about the visitors, and Zhao Yuxian realized his life-or-death crisis had brought him close to breaking through to the Immortal Lord realm.
• Zhao Yuxian ordered the sect to hunt down the elders, stewards, and enforcers who had fled.

Zhao Yuxian dealt with the traitors who had fled Shangyun Sect and forced the Wuya and Quanzhen Sect Masters to submit. Meanwhile, Su Chen and his companions reached the Central Continent, but he could no longer sense the mysterious aura he was tracking.

• Zhao Yuxian decided to kill the management members who had fled Shangyun Sect and close the sect’s gates rather than recruit disciples in large numbers.
• Zhao Yuxian stopped the Wuya Sect Master and Quanzhen Sect Master and demanded that they submit or fight him.
• Zhao Yuxian offered the two sect masters positions as sect protectors, and they knelt and agreed to submit.
• Zhao Yuxian swore a Heavenly Dao Oath, carved Divine Soul Imprints into the two men, and sent them with the Shangyun Sect Master to seize the Sky Splitting Sect’s resources.
• Su Chen and his companions traveled to the Central Continent, where Su Chen searched for the mysterious aura but could not find it.
• Su Chen told Xiao Tian to stop using a demon beast’s body, and Xiao Tian plunged down and crashed onto the earth.

Su Chen brought Xiao Tian, Bai Yulan, and Yelan to Wanlin City in the Central Continent, hoping to find the source of a mysterious aura. While waiting for it to reappear, he stayed with Bai Yulan, whose bloodline improved through their dual cultivation, then went to help Yelan refine her divine beast blood essence.

• Bai Yulan explained that the Central Continent was ruled by three sects, four pavilions, and five nations, and said the group was likely in the Qingxuan Empire or Wushuang Empire.
• Su Chen used spatial power to reach Wanlin City and settled into an inn while waiting for the mysterious aura to appear again.
• Yelan left Su Chen and Bai Yulan alone, and Su Chen spent several days in the room with Bai Yulan.
• Afterward, Bai Yulan noticed that her cultivation had advanced and her bloodline had improved by nearly ten percent, bringing her closer to becoming Five-Tailed.
• Su Chen entered Yelan's room while she refined the Nine-tailed Divine Beast blood essence and offered to help her refine it.

Su Chen broke through in the Dual Cultivation Great Dao and discovered that it strengthened the energy exchanged during cultivation. After his companions made progress in their bloodlines, he went out alone in Wanlin City and met Li Moheng, who sought advice about meeting his arranged fiancée.

• Su Chen refined Divine Beast essence blood with Yelan, then spent half a month cultivating with her and Bai Yulan until he broke through in the Dual Cultivation Great Dao.
• Su Chen discovered that his new Great Dao greatly strengthened the power exchanged with Yelan and made their cultivation more comprehensive.
• Yelan showed signs of reaching the Six-Tailed level, while Bai Yulan broke through to Five-Tailed and went into seclusion.
• Su Chen left their lodging in Wanlin City, entered the crowded Come Every Day tavern, and accepted Li Moheng's invitation to share a table.
• Li Moheng told Su Chen that he had returned from Tianwu Pavilion to meet the woman his parents had betrothed him to, and asked for advice on what to wear, say, and bring.

Su Chen accompanied Li Moheng to meet his fiancée, Huang Youyou, who demanded that their engagement be broken and challenged him to a fight. Li Moheng defeated her, but Huang Youyou remained defiant and refused to call him Dad.

• Su Chen agreed to accompany Li Moheng to his family estate after advising him about relationships.
• Li Moheng and Su Chen arrived as Huang Youyou insisted she would never accept the marriage and wanted to break the engagement.
• Li Moheng refused to accept Huang Youyou's demand and agreed to her challenge when she proposed that the loser concede the engagement.
• Huang Yan used Square Inch Heaven to contain the fight as Li Moheng and Huang Youyou exchanged attacks.
• Li Moheng struck Huang Youyou with Summoning Thunder Palm and secured victory, but Huang Youyou refused to call him Dad.

Li Moheng learned that Huang Yan, not Huang Youyou, was his fiancée, and that Huang Youyou was his daughter because of Huang Yan’s Twin Immortal Body. After discovering Huang Yan was an Immortal Venerable, Li Moheng awkwardly accepted the bond between them, while Huang Youyou remained furious and overwhelmed.

• Li Moheng questioned his mother and learned that Huang Yan was his fiancée rather than Huang Youyou.
• Huang Yan explained that her Twin Immortal Essence had entered Li Moheng and become a fetus, making Huang Youyou their daughter and binding Huang Yan to him.
• Huang Yan revealed that she had reached the Immortal Venerable realm, shocking Li Moheng and everyone in the hall.
• Huang Yan coaxed Li Moheng into calling her Yan'er and told him she was a Rogue Cultivator.
• Huang Youyou grew angrier at the sudden appearance of her father and struggled to accept Huang Yan’s explanation.