Chapter Summaries

Su Chen left the Li Family with Li Moheng, then returned to the inn and found He Ming bullying the shopkeeper and demanding tribute. He Ming’s men surrounded Su Chen, and Xiao Tian came downstairs to confront him.

• Su Chen told Li Moheng to accept Huang Yan, while Li Moheng thanked Su Chen for helping him meet her.
• Su Chen and Li Moheng ate at Come Every Day before Su Chen returned to the inn.
• Su Chen saw He Ming threatening the shopkeeper and chose not to interfere until He Ming stopped him from entering.
• He Ming kicked the shopkeeper to the ground and demanded that Su Chen come over.
• Xiao Tian came downstairs, called He Ming a dog, and mocked his strength and dependence on the He Family.

Li Moheng stepped in to protect Xiao Tian from He Ming and overwhelmed the He Family’s men, but He Lishan arrived and tried to take He Ming away. Xiao Tian then unleashed Imperial Authority, forcing both He Family members to their knees and stopping their departure.

• He Ming ordered his servants to attack Xiao Tian, but Li Moheng arrived and revealed himself as a personal disciple of the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• He Ming challenged Li Moheng, who struck down a True Immortal guard and wounded He Ming with a single attack.
• Li Moheng sent lightning toward He Ming, but He Lishan intervened and demanded that Li Moheng stop.
• He Lishan conceded defeat and attempted to leave with He Ming, but Xiao Tian’s Imperial Authority forced them both to their knees.

Xiao Tian slaughtered the He Family members who threatened Su Chen and destroyed the family, earning the gratitude of Wanlin City’s residents. Li Moheng realized Su Chen had an extraordinary background but remained on friendly terms with him, and Su Chen later continued traveling through the Qingxuan Empire.

• Xiao Tian killed He Lishan, injured He Ming, and then killed the He Family Head when he arrived to retaliate.
• Li Moheng learned Xiao Tian was Su Chen’s servant and heard Huang Yan warn that Xiao Tian was a powerful Immortal Lord with a terrifying beast bloodline.
• Li Moheng thanked Su Chen for his friendship and left without changing his attitude toward him.
• The restaurant’s shopkeeper treated Su Chen to a lavish dinner, and the destruction of He Family relieved many people in Wanlin City.
• Su Chen spent the evening with his two maids, then resumed traveling around the Qingxuan Empire.

Su Chen spent thousands of years searching the Central Continent for the mysterious aura while Yelan, Bai Yulan, and Tongtian grew much stronger. With no sign of the aura, he entered the Haoran Sect as a disguised Earth Immortal and was accepted as one of its new direct disciples.

• Over three thousand years, Yelan and Bai Yulan reached Seven-Tailed, Tongtian regained Immortal Emperor strength, and Su Chen advanced by absorbing Divine Crystals.
• Su Chen searched the Central Continent for nearly another thousand years but found no trace of the aura, then decided to wait for it to appear again.
• Su Chen reached the Haoran Sect and disguised himself as a low-ranked Immortal Body with Earth Immortal cultivation.
• Su Chen passed the Haoran Sect's aptitude and character tests without standing out, and joined the seventy-two new direct disciples.

Su Chen, Li Yang, and Sun Qiyun became disciples of the Haoran Sect’s Great Elder and learned that Qiudao Peak prized intelligence, restraint, and hiding one’s abilities over exceptional talent. After settling into their new residences, they began to see how unusual the peak’s low-profile practices were.

• The Great Elder accepted Su Chen, Li Yang, and Sun Qiyun as his disciples, then disappeared after outlining Qiudao Peak’s simple rules.
• Su Chen discovered that the Great Elder was an Immortal King and that Senior Disciple Brother Xia Yan and Second Senior Sister were Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Xia Yan explained that the Great Elder had chosen the three because they had hidden their abilities during the examination and valued restraint over talent.
• Xia Yan showed the three around Qiudao Peak and introduced Yang Hao, who could refine cultivation techniques into pills, and Li Yaoguang, who had written a guide to staying unnoticed.
• The three received residences and identity jade tokens, then were left free to explore Qiudao Peak’s strange customs.

Su Chen studied Li Yaoguang’s Thirty-Six Moves of Low Profile and spent a century making himself seem ordinary at the Haoran Sect. When the Three Sect Grand Competition began, he raised his cultivation to Heavenly Immortal so he could take part, while the rival sects warned their disciples to beware of inconspicuous opponents.

• Su Chen read Li Yaoguang’s guide to blending in and decided to practice its methods at the Haoran Sect.
• Su Chen spent thirty years cultivating an ordinary appearance, then another seventy years passed before the Three Sect Grand Competition arrived.
• Su Chen raised his cultivation to the Heavenly Immortal realm so he could participate in the competition.
• The Haoran Sect hosted the competition, and disciples from the Yan Yue Sect and Jinyang Sect arrived.
• The Yan Yue Sect and Jinyang Sect leaders warned their disciples to quickly defeat opponents who seemed inconspicuous, while their own sects’ prodigies aimed to stop Haoran Sect from winning again.

Haoran Sect prepared for the Three Sect Grand Competition as Yun Mo learned that Yan Yue Sect and Jinyang Sect had formidable prodigies. The contest began the next day with both rival Sect Masters taunting Yun Mo, who concealed his concerns.

• Huang Bingyan warned Pang He to defeat Haoran Sect and be wary of Jinyang Sect’s prodigy, but Pang He declared he could beat both rivals.
• Haoran Sect’s elders discussed the two rival prodigies, whose powerful Immortal Bodies gave them combat strength at least at the True Immortal Late Stage.
• The Great Elder admitted Qiudao Peak had little chance of winning, while the elders worried that Haoran Sect might lose its long record of victories.
• Yun Mo’s rivals greeted him at Haoran Sect’s Martial Arena, and Huang Bingyan and the Jinyang Sect Master mocked his confidence in his disciples.

Su Chen competed for Haoran Sect in the Three Sect Grand Competition, where Haoran Sect’s poor results let the rival sects mock Yun Mo. After the first two trials, the story left Haoran Sect’s leaders enduring the taunts in silence.

• Yun Mo explained the three trials, and the sect masters sent the ninety participants into the Ghostly Shadow Maze using a Spatial Formation.
• Su Chen escaped the Ghost Forest with a little over an hour remaining, following Li Yaoguang’s advice not to stand out.
• Su Chen barely made the top thirty in the Zhou Tian Secret Realm, while only six Haoran Sect disciples advanced.
• Huang Bingyan and the Jinyang Sect Master mocked Yun Mo over Haoran Sect’s poor showing, and Yun Mo and the elders stayed silent to avoid further humiliation.

The final trial of the Three Sect Grand Competition began, and Haoran Sect was reduced to two remaining disciples while Yan Yue Sect and Jinyang Sect dominated. The next draw paired Haoran Sect’s Sun Shan against Jinyang Sect’s Duan Yunlin, leaving Haoran Sect’s chances of advancing in jeopardy.

• Mo Yan suspected Su Chen had hidden strength but doubted he could defeat Yan Yue Sect and Jinyang Sect’s prodigies.
• The final trial began with thirty contestants drawing lots, and spectators expected Haoran Sect to lose the championship.
• After the first round eliminated fifteen contestants, only Su Chen and Sun Shan remained from Haoran Sect.
• The Jinyang Sect Master taunted Yun Mo over Haoran Sect’s poor showing, while Huang Bingyan occasionally joined in.
• The second-round draw matched Sun Shan of Haoran Sect against Duan Yunlin of Jinyang Sect, exciting the spectators who wanted to see Haoran Sect’s strongest disciple defeated.

At the Three Sect Grand Competition, Haoran Sect faced mockery while Su Chen advanced automatically after drawing a blank lot. Duan Yunlin overwhelmed Sun Shan with the Xuan Yang Immortal Body and shattered Sun Shan’s strongest attack, leaving the battle’s outcome all but decided.

• Jinyang Sect Master and Huang Bingyan taunted Yun Mo about Haoran Sect’s weak disciples, leaving him furious but unable to respond.
• Su Chen drew the blank lot and advanced directly to the next round, while the other sects dismissed him as no threat.
• After two matches between Yan Yue Sect and Jinyang Sect, Sun Shan faced Duan Yunlin in the anticipated battle.
• Duan Yunlin revealed the Xuan Yang Immortal Body and grabbed Sun Shan’s Blade Qi barehanded, healing his injured palm almost instantly.
• Sun Shan unleashed the Fourth Revolving of Arrogant World Nine Revolving Blades, but Duan Yunlin scattered the attack with a single strike.

Duan Yunlin defeated Sun Shan effortlessly, deepening the Haoran Sect’s humiliation as Li Yaoguang calmly recorded more advice on keeping a low profile. Su Chen faced Zhou Xiaoqin in the next round and appeared close to defeat.

• Duan Yunlin crushed Sun Shan with one move, leaving the Haoran Sect’s disciples dispirited.
• Li Yaoguang added advice to the second edition of his book and reflected on caution, luck, and surviving by keeping a low profile.
• The host drew the next matches, pairing Pang He with Li Xiu and Su Chen with Zhou Xiaoqin.
• Pang He defeated Li Xiu in three moves without revealing his trump cards.
• Su Chen and Zhou Xiaoqin fought for hundreds of moves, but Su Chen fell behind and seemed about to lose.

Su Chen advanced to the semifinals by defeating Zhou Xiaoqing with a shameful trick, then faced Duan Yunlin, who vastly underestimated him. Duan Yunlin’s punch struck through the dust-covered arena, leaving Yun Mo and the spectators unsure whether Su Chen had survived.

• Su Chen defeated Zhou Xiaoqing by reaching for her chest, drawing condemnation from the crowd and disgust from Yun Mo.
• Duan Yunlin and Wei Wu won their battles for Jinyang Sect, and Su Chen drew Duan Yunlin in the semifinals.
• Su Chen acted frightened and challenged Duan Yunlin, while Li Yaoguang watched his performance with satisfaction.
• Duan Yunlin attacked Su Chen with a powerful punch, and the impact shattered the arena as Yun Mo prepared to intervene.
• The Great Elder told Yun Mo to wait and see what had happened.

Su Chen defeated Duan Yunlin in a single move, leaving the sect leaders and spectators convinced that Haoran Sect might have cheated. After they removed the divine sense barrier and found nothing unusual about Su Chen, Sect Master Shi demanded an explanation from Yun Mo.

• Su Chen stood unharmed as Duan Yunlin lay severely injured, shocking the spectators and sect leaders.
• Jinyang Sect Master Shi accused Yun Mo of interfering in the match, but Yun Mo denied helping Su Chen.
• Huang Bingyan proposed removing the divine sense barrier and allowing Su Chen to enter the final match so the sects could investigate his strength.
• Angry Jinyang Sect disciples accused Haoran Sect of cheating and threatened to boycott future competitions.
• Yun Mo and the other sect leaders removed the barrier, but their divine senses revealed only that Su Chen was an ordinary Heavenly Immortal Early Stage.
• Sect Master Shi demanded that Yun Mo explain how Su Chen had defeated Duan Yunlin.

After Haoran Sect denied that anyone had helped Su Chen defeat Duan Yunlin, Su Chen challenged the remaining opponents to prove his strength. He effortlessly crushed Wei Wu with his bare hand, leaving Pang He and the spectators stunned.

• Yun Mo asked the Haoran Sect elders to identify anyone who had interfered, and the Great Elder insisted that Su Chen had defeated Duan Yunlin through his own hidden strength.
• Sect Master Shi accepted the explanation but said he wanted to see Su Chen demonstrate the same power in the next round.
• Su Chen challenged Pang He and Wei Wu to face him together, but Pang He sent Wei Wu onto the arena first.
• Wei Wu charged Su Chen with his spear, but Su Chen shattered it with his bare hand and struck Wei Wu down with a palm.
• Su Chen told Pang He that he had wasted his chance to fight two against one, while Pang He and the spectators stared at Su Chen in shock.

Su Chen defeated Pang He with two punches at the Three Sect Grand Competition, making his strength and Qiudao Peak’s reputation the talk of the region. Five hundred years later, after Su Chen reached the Heavenly Immortal Late Stage, Haoran Sect officials struggled to choose a suitable mission for him.

• Su Chen’s display of overwhelming physical strength silenced the crowd, and Yun Mo challenged the Jinyang Sect Master’s doubts about cheating.
• Pang He entered the arena and focused on defense, but Su Chen struck him twice and defeated him.
• Su Chen became famous as the leading figure among the younger generation, and Haoran Sect began providing him with resources.
• Over five hundred years, Su Chen advanced to the Heavenly Immortal Late Stage, while Qiudao Peak’s habit of pretending to be low-key spread through Haoran Sect.
• Kaiyun Hall officials debated which mission to assign Su Chen because his registered cultivation was far below the strength they believed he possessed.

Su Chen accepted a True Immortal-level mission to find and kill the Demonic Path cultivator who had slaughtered two lineages in Chaos Stone City. He traveled there with Qin Ran, and after finding no trace of the culprit, decided they would gather information first.

• Su Chen left Qiudao Peak for the mission, unnoticed by everyone around him, while the Great Elder realized Su Chen could interfere with his attention and wondered whether he had comprehended a mysterious Dao.
• Su Chen coordinated with the steward at Kaiyun Hall and met Qin Ran, the disciple assigned to accompany him.
• Su Chen and Qin Ran crossed the void to Chaos Stone City, where the city appeared prosperous despite the recent massacre.
• Su Chen found no trace of the Demonic Path's aura and proposed entering the city to gather information.

Su Chen and Qin Ran investigated the massacre of three families in Chaos Stone City, where clues pointed toward the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult. Su Chen suspected the cult was still nearby and began searching for a connection to the families’ prodigies.

• Qin Ran asked where they should begin investigating the Demonic Cult, and Su Chen treated the mission as a sightseeing trip rather than worrying about completing it.
• Qin Ran explained that the Nine Stars Empire had two major Demonic Cults, the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult and the Tongyou Divine Cult, and that people suspected the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult was behind the massacres.
• Su Chen read the mission report and noticed that the Sun, Zhou, and Gongsun families had each produced a prodigy in recent years.
• Su Chen found it strange that almost no one in Chaos Stone City discussed the families’ destruction, despite the ongoing Boulder Convention and the city’s crowds.
• Su Chen sent a black shadow into the sealed Sun family compound, where it found bloodstains, a lingering bloody smell, and abandoned limbs.
• Su Chen concluded that the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult might still be near Chaos Stone City because it would need time to refine the victims’ blood.

Su Chen investigated the destruction of the three great Lineages and traced the attackers to a location in central Chaos Stone City. After the culprit sent him a gruesome warning, Su Chen followed the trail toward a textile mill, believing he had found their hideout.

• Su Chen searched the Sun family, the Zhou family, and the Gongsun Family, then questioned a fool outside the Gongsun Family by probing his memories.
• Su Chen learned that black-clad figures had attacked the Gongsun Family three days earlier and fled toward the center of Chaos Stone City.
• Su Chen and Qin Ran received a wooden box containing the fool’s eyes and hands, revealing that someone had noticed their investigation.
• Su Chen used a mechanical bird to follow an ordinary-looking young man to a textile mill in central Chaos Stone City.
• Su Chen told Qin Ran they had found the culprit and set out for the textile mill.

The Bloodthirsty Divine Cult revealed that it had lured Su Chen to Chaos Stone City as part of a long-running plan to capture him and harvest his blood. The Elder intended to use the city’s gathered cultivators for an even larger ritual, leaving the Cult poised to spring its trap.

• Bloodthirsty Divine Cult members discussed their recent killings and their plans to target young prodigies at the Boulder Convention.
• A young man reported that the Cult had obtained what it needed to target Su Chen, whom the members hoped to keep captive as spiritual medicine.
• The masked Elder arrived, ordered the lamps lit and the door opened, then confirmed that Su Chen had been lured to the Half Moon Inn.
• The Elder explained that Su Chen’s mission was a scheme to capture him and harvest his blood for the Cult’s cultivation.
• The Elder revealed that he planned to refine all of Chaos Stone City and make the Nine Stars Empire remember the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult.

Su Chen uncovered the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult's conspiracy in Chaos Stone City and overwhelmed its leaders with the Nine Cloud Puppet. After discovering the cult's connection to the city lord, he told Qin Ran to capture the defeated enemies and advised him to conceal his strength and methods.

• Su Chen entered the underground cavern, caught a Late Profound Immortal Branch Master, and blocked the elder's escape with the Nine Cloud Puppet.
• The Nine Cloud Puppet struck the Daluo Golden Immortal elder unconscious, and Su Chen used it to defeat the other Branch Masters.
• A mechanical mouse shared its observations with Su Chen, revealing that the conspiracy had targeted him.
• Su Chen found the Chaos Stone City Lord's token on the elder and realized the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult controlled the city.
• Su Chen asked Qin Ran to cripple the captured cultists and bring them back to the sect, then advised him to keep multiple layers of strength and methods concealed.