Chapter Summaries

Su Chen captured Saint Guixu and learned that the plot against the Su Family had been arranged by Saint Guixu's master, who came from the Southern Domain. After Saint Guixu died, Su Chen left the Luoyun Sect, while Su Yuze led its disciples away to find a new home.

• Su Chen pulled the fleeing Saint Guixu back and restrained him, leaving the witnesses and Su Family members stunned by his strength.
• Su Chen demanded to know who was behind the attack, and Saint Guixu revealed that his master from the Southern Domain had arranged it before a force within him caused his death.
• Su Chen considered his clues about Ye Qingling and chose not to search for her yet, leaving the task for Su Qingtian to undertake himself.
• Su Chen released the Luoyun Sect disciples he had protected and disappeared, while True Person Ziyang reflected on owing him another favor.
• Su Yuze led the Luoyun Sect disciples away because the battle had destroyed the terrain and its Spirit Vein.

After the Su Family’s victory shook the Eastern Domain, Su Chen strengthened the Wangyun Blessed Land and investigated why the Heavenly Dao was weakening. True Person Ziyang revealed that the Nine Cloud Daoist Temple’s cultivation came largely from contemplating a painting formed from karma.

• News spread that Su Chen had killed a Saint King Realm expert, making the Su Family a force that stunned the Eastern Domain.
• Su Chen placed two Dao Yuan Crystals in the Wangyun Blessed Land, doubling its size, improving its laws, and increasing its Spiritual Energy production nearly tenfold.
• Su Yunqian and other cultivators at the peak of the Body Integration Realm broke through to the Guiyuan Realm as the Blessed Land changed.
• Su Chen noticed that the Heavenly Dao had weakened over the decades and feared the Xuantian Realm would eventually enter the Age of Dharma's End.
• Su Chen visited the Nine Cloud Daoist Temple and asked True Person Ziyang how the Daoists advanced their cultivation.
• True Person Ziyang explained that the temple’s cultivators gained strength by contemplating a painting formed from the Power of Karma, which could not be taken by outsiders.

Su Chen discovered that the Nine Cloud Daoist Temple’s ancient portrait bore Blue Star Small Seal Script reading “Highest Clarity,” raising questions about the temple’s origins. After Daoist Ziyang admitted he knew nothing about the portrait, Su Chen offered him and Daoist Yuhua Enlightenment Tea, which gave Ziyang insight into a possible breakthrough.

• Su Chen sensed terrifying karma around the portrait and spotted the Small Seal Script characters above it.
• Su Chen read the characters as “Highest Clarity” and wondered whether the portrait was connected to Lord Tongtian from Blue Star myths.
• Daoist Ziyang told Su Chen that the temple’s inheritance was at least five hundred thousand years old, but its records had been lost and he knew nothing about the portrait.
• Su Chen withheld his knowledge of Blue Star and asked Daoist Ziyang what he knew about the portrait’s origins.
• Su Chen brewed Enlightenment Tea for Daoist Ziyang and Daoist Yuhua, and Ziyang felt the tea bring him close to breaking through to the late Saint King stage.

Su Chen asked True Person Ziyang about the Era of Emperor Fall and learned that Great Emperor Wushi had allegedly killed Ziyun Great Emperor before being hunted by forces across the Xuantian Realm. The account deepened Su Chen’s suspicions about what truly happened, and he resolved to investigate as he prepared to travel beyond the Eastern Domain.

• True Person Yuhua left the hall after drinking tea to digest its power, leaving Su Chen and True Person Ziyang alone.
• Su Chen asked True Person Ziyang about the Era of Emperor Fall, and Ziyang explained that his master had witnessed it as a Saint.
• True Person Ziyang said Great Emperor Wushi had killed Ziyun Great Emperor, slaughtered powerful forces, and been hunted until he and another Great Emperor disappeared.
• True Person Ziyang advised Su Chen to seek further information in the Southern Domain and Western Continent, where forces involved in the siege still existed.
• Su Chen questioned whether Great Emperor Wushi had truly fallen into demonic corruption and connected the mystery to the weakened Heavenly Dao.
• Su Chen resolved to investigate the Xuantian Realm’s secrets, checked his vast stored cultivation, and bowed before a portrait he believed depicted Shangqing Lingbao Heavenly Venerate.

After Su Chen’s rise to sainthood, the Jinghong Empire, the Qianyu Empire, and other nearby forces submitted to the Su Family. Lin Yimeng struggled with the widening gap between herself and Su Chen, then resolved to pursue strength; thirteen years later, the Su Family had grown stronger, though its progress slowed at the Dao Entry Realm and above.

• Su Chen left True Person Ziyang’s temple, and the young Daoist in a portrait briefly raised his eyes to watch him depart.
• The Jinghong Empire and Qianyu Empire pledged allegiance to the Su Family, followed by other nearby forces that the Su Family accepted as vassals.
• After learning that Su Chen was a Saint, Lin Yimeng wept over her inability to catch up to him, then resolved to train harder and left Jinghong City to gain experience.
• Lin Jin heard that Lin Yimeng had left and chose not to interfere, though he doubted she could catch up to Su Chen.
• Thirteen years later, the Su Family had grown rapidly, with Su Hongyuan reaching the Mid Dao Entry Stage and Su Qingtian and others nearing breakthroughs; Su Chen noted that cultivation became slower at higher realms.

Three Meng Family Saints tracked An Qinglian to Wangyun Mountain and confronted the Su Family, coveting its treasures and demanding submission. Su Chen caught Su Hongyuan as the leading elder forced him down, then asked the visitors why they had come.

• Meng You used the Kongming Pearl to confirm that An Qinglian was near Wangyun Mountain, and the Meng Family party set out to capture her.
• The three Meng Family Saints arrived near Wangyun Mountain and assumed An Qinglian had helped the Su Family build its strength.
• Meng Jin appeared above the Su Family and unleashed his pressure, prompting Su Hongyuan and the family elders to emerge.
• The Meng Family elders noticed the Su Family's blessed land and a giant insect with a pure dragon bloodline, then demanded that Su Hongyuan kneel.
• The leading elder's pressure drove Su Hongyuan toward the ground, but Su Chen caught him and asked the three why they had come.

Yuan Meng and An Qinglian confronted Meng Jin and his companions over the Kongming Pearl, and Meng Jin unleashed his Saint-level power on Wangyun Mountain. Su Chen appeared, effortlessly seized Meng Jin, and erased all three intruders, leaving the Su Family celebrating his strength.

• The old man prepared to kill Su Chen, but Yuan Meng’s powerful aura made him stop.
• An Qinglian emerged from Yuan Meng’s ring, and Meng Jin realized that both women possessed the Kongming Sacred Body.
• Meng Jin accused An Qinglian of taking the Meng Family’s Kongming Pearl, and she said it was compensation for the Meng Family destroying her family.
• Meng Jin’s Saint-level pressure shook Wangyun Mountain, but Su Chen appeared and grabbed him by the neck.
• Su Chen erased Meng Jin, the old man, and Meng You, and the Su Family members cheered for their Young Master.

After Su Chen killed the three Saints threatening the Su Family, he summoned An Qinglian to Wangyun Courtyard and asked how she would repay him. She chose to stay at the top of Wangyun Mountain and maintain the neglected grounds for a thousand years.

• The Su Family saw Su Chen kill the three Saints and regarded him as their guardian deity and king.
• Su Chen summoned An Qinglian to Wangyun Courtyard, where she nervously waited for him to address her.
• Su Chen told An Qinglian that she could not have defeated the three Saints and asked how she would repay his help.
• An Qinglian mistakenly thought Su Chen was making a romantic advance and struggled to decide how to respond.
• Su Chen offered An Qinglian a choice between serving the Su Family for a thousand years or maintaining Wangyun Mountain's summit for the same period.
• An Qinglian chose to stay at the summit, where she would continue living near the Su Family.

Su Chen decided to make the Su Family more aggressive and unify the Eastern Domain as it grew its influence through Wangyun City. He chose to keep developing Wangyun Mountain and prepared to plant a Phoenix God Tree, which could strengthen the world’s Heavenly Dao Laws and spiritual energy.

• An Qinglian beautified the summit of Wangyun Mountain, built a small house, and brought gentle Demonic Beasts into its forest.
• After another ten peaceful years, Su Chen reviewed the Eastern Domain’s forces and decided the Su Family should submit the powerful King-Tier and Saint-Tier forces to secure more territory and resources.
• The Su Family established Wangyun City, whose rapid growth brought in businesses and forces from across the region and generated substantial tax income.
• Su Chen chose to continue developing Wangyun Mountain rather than move elsewhere.
• Su Chen summoned a Phoenix God Tree, also known as the World Tree, whose growth could strengthen the Heavenly Dao Laws and increase the world’s Spiritual Energy.

Su Chen used the Phoenix God Tree to strengthen the Xuantian Realm and discovered that evil qi from the Era of Emperor Fall had corrupted its Heavenly Dao. With the tree beginning to counter the corruption, he turned to unifying the Eastern Domain and ordered its King Tier forces to meet with the Su Family.

• Su Chen planted the Phoenix God Tree in the void, and it absorbed chaotic forces while rapidly increasing the spiritual energy and strength of the Heavenly Dao around Wangyun Mountain.
• The power of the Heavenly Dao pulled Su Chen into a lifeless space filled with evil qi, where he saw the Phoenix God Tree’s golden light drive the corruption back.
• Su Chen realized that evil qi had weakened the Xuantian Realm by contaminating its Heavenly Dao and believed the Phoenix God Tree could gradually repair the damage.
• Su Chen instructed Ruoxi to summon every King Tier force in the Eastern Domain to the Su Family in half a month, warning that those who refused would face the consequences.
• Ruoxi carried out Su Chen’s order and returned to serve him as he relaxed on Wangyun Mountain.

Su Qingtian discovered that Su Chen had greatly increased Wangyun Mountain’s Spiritual Energy, which was still spreading outward, and imagined the Su Family’s rise. Meanwhile, the Eastern Domain’s Saint Tier factions gathered to decide how to answer Su Chen’s summons and set out for the Su Family with Tianlang Holy Lord leading them.

• Su Qingtian learned Su Chen had transformed Wangyun Mountain and sensed its Spiritual Energy growing denser and spreading beyond the mountain.
• Su Qingtian felt hopeful about the Su Family’s future and resolved to bring Ling'er back one day.
• Qingran Ancestor and the other faction leaders discussed Su Chen’s strength and whether to attend his gathering at the Su Family.
• Xuanyin Holy Lord suggested Su Chen might only want to take Guixu Holy Land’s territory, easing some of the leaders’ concerns.
• Qingran Holy Lord appealed to Tianlang Holy Lord’s pride, and Tianlang Holy Lord agreed to lead the group toward the Su Family to display Tianlang Holy Land’s backing.

Su Chen received the Eastern Domain’s Saint experts at the Su Family hall and killed Tianlang Holy Lord after his arrogant conduct. He revealed a pressure that made the remaining guests fear he was at least a Saint Venerable, then told them to sit.

• Su Qingtian escorted the Saint experts to the Su Family hall, where Su Chen waited with Su Hongyuan, Su Yunqian, and Ruoxi.
• Tianlang Holy Lord introduced himself as Yang Liang and invoked his connection to the Tiansheng Sect, but Su Chen remained seated and ignored him.
• Zhou Yunlong respectfully greeted Su Chen, causing the assembled experts to reconsider opposing him together.
• Su Chen struck Tianlang Holy Lord with his pressure, sending him ten thousand miles away and killing him.
• Su Chen released a greater aura that terrified the remaining experts and led several Saints to kneel.
• Su Chen withdrew his pressure and told everyone to sit.

Su Chen demanded that the Eastern Domain’s major forces submit to the Su Family, and his overwhelming strength left them with little choice. They agreed to pay tribute, bringing the entire domain under the Su Family’s control.

• Su Chen told the assembled leaders that the Su Family intended to unify the Eastern Domain and demanded their submission.
• Su Chen called on Qingran Holy Lord to state his position, and Qingran Holy Lord agreed to make the Qingran Holy Land a vassal of the Su Family.
• Su Chen set the tribute at twenty percent of each force’s annual earnings or a specified quantity of heavenly treasures.
• Zhou Yunlong and the other leaders agreed to submit, while Su Hongyuan and the other Su Family members realized the major forces across the Eastern Domain now served their family.

Su Chen consolidated the Su Family’s control over the Eastern Domain while the Phoenix God Tree gradually increased Wangyun City’s Spiritual Energy and prosperity. After five years, he went out for a stroll with Ruoxi and encountered an old man fishing in the Xuanming Empire.

• Su Chen left the assembled Eastern Domain factions to discuss their submission with Su Hongyuan, while he held back from confronting the Dark Sentinel.
• The factions pledged loyalty to the Su Family and agreed to pay annual tribute, and news spread that Su Chen was a Saint Venerable who had unified the Eastern Domain.
• Su Chen made protective jade talismans for important Su Family members, each holding an avatar capable of mid Saint battle power.
• Five years later, the Phoenix God Tree had grown over ten zhang tall, Spiritual Energy had increased around Wangyun Mountain and Wangyun City, and the city had expanded to nearly five times its original size.
• Su Chen and Ruoxi traveled to the Xuanming Empire, where an old man recognized Su Chen and asked if he had come to fish again.

Su Chen and Ruoxi followed He Yun to Pingshui Town after learning that people had gone to his home. He Yun’s enemies demanded the He Family’s treasure and threatened his granddaughter He Ling, leaving her in Yang Xuan’s hands as Su Chen arrived to help.

• Su Chen met He Yun while fishing, and they shared roasted fish with Ruoxi.
• A neighbor warned He Yun that people had gone to his home, so Su Chen and Ruoxi followed him.
• He Yun found He Ling bound in his courtyard and confronted He Liao, who demanded the Heaven Rank Cloud-Severing Sword and its sword technique.
• He Liao ordered Yang Xuan to take He Ling away, and Yang Xuan beat He Yun down before carrying her toward a room.

He Liao threatened He Yun and He Ling until He Yun agreed to surrender the item in exchange for He Ling’s protection. Su Chen and Ruoxi intervened, and Ruoxi’s Void Refinement Stage strength overwhelmed He Liao; Su Chen then sent four lights tearing through the void, leaving their targets’ fate unclear.

• He Liao threatened He Yun with He Ling’s humiliation, and He Yun agreed to hand over the item if He Liao swore to protect her and give her a quick death.
• He Liao established a Heavenly Dao Oath, binding himself not to violate He Ling or allow anyone else to do so.
• Su Chen and Ruoxi arrived, but He Yun urged them to leave because He Liao belonged to the powerful He Family of Xuanming City.
• He Liao attacked Su Chen with ice blades, and Ruoxi countered with a sword strike that sent He Liao flying and blasted the others away.
• Su Chen shielded He Yun and He Ling from the aftershock, then released four rays of light that tore through the void and shook the earth in four distant impacts.

Su Chen protected He Yun and He Ling, gave them a Su Family token, and accepted He Yun’s dangerous family treasures before returning to Wangyun Mountain. After decades of quiet, Su Hongyuan reached the pinnacle of the Dao Entry Realm and prepared to undergo Three-Corpse Severing.

• Su Chen gave He Ling a Su Family token to protect her and He Yun from future trouble.
• He Yun gave Su Chen a jade pendant containing a Heaven Rank cultivation technique and a weapon, then planned to take He Ling to the Jinghong Empire.
• Su Chen returned to Wangyun Mountain with three fish and released them into the pond, where Ruoxi noted that the mountain was growing livelier.
• Bai Xiao, the dog raised by An Qinglian, had become a second-rank demon beast through the spiritual energy on Wangyun Mountain.
• Seventy years passed peacefully before Su Hongyuan reached the pinnacle of the Dao Entry Realm and prepared for Three-Corpse Severing, with Su Chen ready to intervene if necessary.

Su Hongyuan visited the former Qingfeng Gang site in Qingfeng City as he neared completing Three-Corpse Severing, while Su Chen watched over him. Their visit was interrupted when a Devil Race expert trapped the city and revealed that a Saint-led invasion threatened the Eastern Domain.

• Su Hongyuan searched Qingfeng City for traces of the Qingfeng Gang, and his obsession gradually faded as he drew close to completing Three-Corpse Severing.
• Su Chen noticed a change in the sky as a black barrier sealed Qingfeng City and demonic qi split the ground beneath it.
• Qingfeng City's City Lord, Duan Shan, tried to break the barrier but was repelled by a black-robed Devil Race expert in the Dao Entry Realm.
• Duan Shan realized the invasion could include a Saint-level expert and threaten the entire Eastern Domain.

Su Chen broke the barrier over Qingfeng City and easily defeated the Devil Race guide who had summoned three Demon Kings. The citizens fled as Su Chen prepared to refine the guide’s Demon Race Origin Essence and strengthen the Su Family.

• The Devil Race guide announced that the barrier between the Yin-Yang Realms was weakening and revealed that he had summoned three Demon Kings.
• The guide trapped Qingfeng City’s residents behind a barrier and threatened to use them as food for the Demon Kings’ descent.
• Su Chen broke the barrier, appeared beside the guide, and struck him down into Qingfeng City.
• The citizens fled the city while the wounded Duan Shan watched Su Chen defeat the guide.
• Su Chen prepared to refine the guide’s Demon Race Origin Essence and planned to use the Origin Essence of arriving Devil Race experts to strengthen the Su Family.

Su Chen let the Devil Race man sacrifice himself to speed the arrival of three Demon King Realm experts through the Void Rift. The Three Great Demon Kings entered the Yang Realm, leaving Duan Shan despairing and the Eastern Domain on alert as Su Chen prepared to face them.

• Su Chen overwhelmed the Devil Race man, who self-destructed and sent his demonic energy into the Void Rift to hasten his king’s arrival.
• Su Chen sensed three powerful auras in the rift and planned to refine the experts’ Origin Power for the Su Family.
• Dark clouds and demonic energy spread across the Northern Wind Empire, prompting Void Refinement experts and the King of Northern Wind to flee.
• Three Demon Kings emerged from the rift, and Duan Shan despaired at the prospect of facing three Saint Venerables.
• The Three Great Demon Kings fully entered the Yang Realm, and experts across the Eastern Domain sensed their terrifying auras.