Chapter Summaries

Zhao Qi emerged from the Cold Mountain Secret Realm with a terrifying icy aura and a physique beyond the Holy Body. He reunited with Zhao Wanwan, who forgave him, and was appointed a Guest Elder Deacon before being summoned to meet Su Chen.

• An icy aura erupted from the Cold Mountain Secret Realm, drawing the Su Family’s Saints and revealing that a powerful figure was inside.
• Zhao Qi emerged from the secret realm, and Zhao Wanwan recognized him when he called her his sister.
• Zhao Qi told Zhao Wanwan he had endured the cold for decades and had adapted to it; she forgave him and welcomed his return.
• Su Chen ordered Zhao Qi’s appointment as a Guest Elder Deacon, and Su Qingyun offered him the position.
• Zhao Qi accepted the appointment and was told to meet Su Chen at Wangyun Courtyard after catching up with Zhao Wanwan.

After Zhao Qi awakened the Ice Seal Divine Body and reached the Saint realm during his century on Cold Mountain, Su Chen recognized his rare potential and offered him a place in the Su Family. Zhao Qi chose to stay, and Su Chen gave him a Heart of Frost containing a Divine Body inheritance; Zhao Qi offered his Soul Imprint in return.

• Zhao Wanwan rejoiced when Zhao Qi transformed and broke through to the Saint realm.
• Zhao Qi visited Su Chen, who recognized his Ice Seal Divine Body and praised his growth after a hundred years on Cold Mountain.
• Su Chen explained Zhao Qi's Divine Body and asked whether he would remain in the Su Family; Zhao Qi decisively chose to stay.
• Su Chen summoned an Ice Lotus and gave Zhao Qi the Heart of Frost, saying it could advance his Divine Body and help him master it.
• Zhao Qi offered Su Chen his Soul Imprint before accepting the treasure.

Fifteen years after receiving the Ice Lotus, Zhao Qi mastered the Ice Seal Divine Body and reached the Saint King Realm. When an unfamiliar Saint Emperor ambushed him, Zhao Qi survived the attack and prepared to fight back.

• Zhao Qi offered Su Chen his Soul Imprint as proof of loyalty, and Su Chen accepted it before sending him away with the Ice Lotus.
• Su Chen and Ruoxi observed Zhao Qi’s transformation, after which the Su Family’s influence and intelligence network grew during fifteen years of peace.
• Zhao Qi broke through to the Saint King Realm, achieved minor mastery of the Ice Seal Divine Body, and realized the Ice Lotus contained an Immortal Rank inheritance.
• An unfamiliar blue-robed Saint Emperor ambushed Zhao Qi, but Zhao Qi survived the devastating attack and instantly healed his injuries.
• Zhao Qi froze the surrounding land, vanished from his position, and challenged the Saint Emperor as he prepared to retaliate.

Zhao Qi used his icy powers to withstand the blue-clad man’s attacks and gradually overwhelm him despite the man’s Saint Emperor Realm strength. After Zhao Qi defeated him, the man in blue called for a senior to save him.

• Zhao Qi’s ice sword shattered against the man in blue, but its snowflakes spread over him and filled his body with gathering icy power.
• The man in blue unleashed a Saint Emperor-level strike that appeared to destroy Zhao Qi, then turned his attention toward Wangyun Mountain.
• Zhao Qi reappeared unharmed and revealed that the icy terrain was his domain, while more ice needles grew inside the man in blue.
• Zhao Qi covered himself in five-colored ice armor, raised his aura to the Peak Saint King Realm, and defeated the man in blue in their ensuing clash.
• Zhao Qi sent more ice spikes toward the injured man in blue, who panicked and cried out for a senior to save him.

Zhao Qi was attacked by a Saint Emperor and a Saint Venerable who wanted to exploit his powerful constitution and destroy the Su Family. As he prepared to sacrifice himself to warn Su Chen, someone stopped his self-destruction.

• A Saint Venerable appeared and blocked Zhao Qi’s escape after the blue-robed man failed to kill him.
• The old man recognized Zhao Qi’s powerful bloodline and attacked him, repeatedly destroying his body as he regenerated through the Origin Avatar Method.
• The old man declared that the Su Family had to be destroyed, while Zhao Qi realized the attackers had concealed the battle from Su Chen.
• Zhao Qi tried to break through the array by self-destructing so he could warn the Su Family, but a hand landed on his shoulder and quelled his power.
• The person who stopped Zhao Qi told him not to die after so many resources had been spent on him.

Su Chen confronted four Ancient Saints who had lured him into an eighth-grade Saint Rank God Slaying Formation to seize the Eastern Domain and uncover his secrets. As the formation launched its first sword, Su Chen vanished, leaving the outcome of the clash unresolved.

• Su Chen arrived at the ambush site and recognized that the thin old man had deliberately lured him there.
• Four Ancient Saints appeared and surrounded Su Chen with the God Slaying Formation, while people across the Eastern Domain felt its immense pressure.
• The ancestors of the Wuji Sect, Xu Family, Huan Yu Sect, and Mingyang Sect revealed their plan to divide the Eastern Domain and seize the Su Family's treasures.
• The Wuji Old Ancestor declared that the formation's four attacks could severely injure even a Supreme Sage, and the formation formed a giant sword of light.
• Su Chen remained calm, challenged the four Ancient Saints to keep their confidence, and vanished as the first attack began.

Su Chen revealed overwhelming strength when the four Ancient Sages tried to kill him, killing all of them and leaving Zhao Qi wondering whether Su Chen had reached the Emperor Tier. Their deaths triggered the Heavenly Cry across the Eastern Domain.

• Su Chen appeared beside the Wuji Sect Ancestor and revealed pressure beyond the Ancient Sage Realm.
• Su Chen shattered the Wuji Sect Ancestor’s defenses and crushed him to death.
• The other three Ancient Sages fled, but Su Chen imprisoned and annihilated them.
• Four booms sounded across the realm, and golden rain spread over the Eastern Domain as people recognized the Heavenly Cry.
• Zhao Qi watched Su Chen in shock and wondered whether he was an Emperor Tier expert.

After Su Chen killed the invading Ancient Saints, the Xuantian Realm learned that the Eastern Domain had a Supreme Sage, while mysterious forces and a sealed Quasi-Emperor questioned what its sudden rise meant. In the Southern Domain, Ye Qingling remained imprisoned by the Ye Family for refusing to abandon Su Qingtian, and asked her brother for news of Su Chen.

• Su Chen returned to Wangyun Mountain after defeating the Four Great Ancient Sages, and word of his strength spread throughout the Xuantian Realm.
• Mysterious divine senses agreed that Su Chen was an anomaly who must be eliminated because he could disrupt their plans.
• A sealed Quasi-Emperor in the Northern Region wondered whether the Eastern Domain's recovery was a contingency or the work of someone outside the chessboard, and feared the final battle was near.
• Ye Wushang visited Ye Qingling in the Ye Family dungeon and said the clan would release her only if she severed ties with Su Qingtian, including by killing him.
• Ye Wushang told Ye Qingling that he had become an Ancient Saint but lacked enough influence to secure her release or protect the Su Family completely.
• Ye Qingling asked Ye Wushang for news of Su Qingtian and her child, Su Chen, whom she feared might be neglected or bullied.

Ye Wushang told Ye Qingling that the Su Family had risen to power and that Su Chen had become a Supreme Sage, giving her hope of seeing Su Qingtian and her son again. In the Eastern Domain, Su Qingyun ordered the family to publicize Su Chen's recent victories to strengthen the Su Family's rule.

• Ye Wushang told Ye Qingling that Su Chen had reached the Supreme Sage realm and described his destruction of the Guixu Holy Land and his defeat of powerful enemies.
• Ye Qingling struggled to believe the news, then trusted that Su Qingtian would come for her if he could and renewed her hope of seeing him and Su Chen.
• Ye Qingling recalled her happiness with Su Qingtian and gazed out from the dungeon, longing to reunite with him and their son.
• Zhao Qi returned to the Su Family and recounted what had happened, leaving the family stunned by Su Chen's strength.
• Su Qingyun ordered the Su Family to announce Su Chen's deeds throughout the Eastern Domain to reinforce the family's position.

After Su Chen paid his respects at the Nine Cloud Daoist Temple, he briefly encountered a terrifying vision of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate and received the power of four swords. He left with a possible karmic debt in hand, while True Person Ziyang began to reconsider the temple’s inheritance.

• News that Su Chen had killed the Four Great Ancient Sages spread across the Eastern Domain, strengthening the Su Family’s control.
• Su Chen walked with Bai Xiao and Qingshi before visiting the Nine Cloud Daoist Temple to pay respects to the Shangqing Lingbao Heavenly Venerate.
• Su Chen’s vision went dark, and he found himself above still water, where he glimpsed a Daoist on a lotus surrounded by four treasured swords.
• Su Chen returned to the temple and received four sword patterns on the back of his hand, sensing that he could wield or abandon their terrifying power.
• Su Chen decided to keep the power as a life-saving trump card, accepting that using it might create a karmic debt to the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate.
• True Person Ziyang asked about the temple’s inheritance, and Su Chen suggested he might understand its origin if he comprehended the portrait’s artistic conception.

After Su Chen’s advice helped True Person Ziyang break through to the Saint Emperor Realm and gain access to the painting’s inheritance, Su Chen decided to establish the Lingxiao Sect and search for disciples. Five years later, he attended a recruitment gathering in Meng City, hoping to find suitable candidates.

• Su Chen told True Person Ziyang that Tao followed nature and that those who spoke of Tao did not truly know it, prompting Ziyang to understand the painting and break through to the Saint Emperor Realm.
• True Person Ziyang discovered that the painting contained Taoist and Immortal Rank cultivation techniques, then thanked Su Chen, who left the Nine Cloud Daoist Temple.
• Su Chen decided to establish the Lingxiao Sect to take two inheritors and traveled through the Eastern Domain searching for disciples, but found none for nearly five years.
• In Meng City of the Cangyun Empire, Su Chen heard about the upcoming recruitment gathering and the conflict between Lin Yun'er and Mu Qingling, then decided to attend.
• Su Chen arrived early at the crowded gathering and waited as sects began arriving to recruit disciples.

Lin Yun'er confronted Mu Qingling at a disciple-recruitment assembly and threatened the Mu Family, which was already weakened and dependent on Mu Qingling's aging grandfather. Mu Qingling sought protection by joining the Shuiyun Sect, but it and the other major sects rejected her, leaving her and her family without support.

• Lin Yun'er mocked Mu Qingling and warned that no force could accept her without making an enemy of the imperial clan.
• Lin Yun'er demanded that Mu Qingling kneel and kowtow, then threatened to destroy the Mu Family after her grandfather died.
• The Shuiyun Sect arrived, and Mu Qingling approached it hoping to secure protection for her family.
• The Shuiyun Sect rejected Mu Qingling, and several other top sects rejected her as well.

Mu Qingling left the recruitment ceremony fearing that the Mu Family would fall after its old master’s death, but Su Chen approached her and offered her a chance to become his disciple. She brought him back to the struggling Mu Family, hoping his protection could save it.

• Mu Qingling worried that Lin Yun'er would discover the Mu Family's old master had died and move against the family.
• Su Chen revealed himself to Mu Qingling and offered to stay with her for a month to judge whether she could move him to accept her as a disciple.
• Mu Qingling warned Su Chen that taking her as a disciple could make him an enemy of the Cangyun Empire's imperial family, but he dismissed them as ants.
• Mu Qingling agreed to the trial, hoping Su Chen's help would protect the Mu Family.
• Mu Qingling brought Su Chen to the depleted Mu Family, where many servants had already left because of Lin Yun'er's pressure.

Su Chen visited Mu Qingling’s run-down courtyard and watched her demonstrate her self-created sword technique. He showed her how its lack of flexible control made it ineffective against experienced opponents, then left her with guidance on controlling her power.

• Mu Qingling explained that the Mu Family had demoted her and her parents after she defeated Lin Yun'er, then offered Su Chen her own modest courtyard.
• Su Chen asked Mu Qingling to display her sword technique, and she released a powerful Sword Intent she had comprehended herself.
• Su Chen easily dodged Mu Qingling’s attack and told her that her technique was impractical against opponents with combat experience.
• Mu Qingling asked how to fix the flaw, and Su Chen recreated her Sword Intent, made it turn back toward her, and explained that cultivators needed to control their power after releasing it.

Mu Qingling learned to redirect her Spiritual Energy, but Su Chen criticized her plan to face the Mu Family’s crisis and suggested she submit to Lin Yun'er instead. Mu Qingling refused, and Zhao Rong arrived at the courtyard and ordered her men to break Su Chen’s legs.

• Mu Qingling practiced controlling Spiritual Energy and realized she could redirect her Sword Intent.
• Mu Qingling thanked Su Chen, then knelt and bowed three times for his guidance while explaining that she planned to die with the Mu Family rather than abandon it.
• Su Chen told Mu Qingling she could become Lin Yun'er's maid to protect the Mu Family, but Mu Qingling refused because Lin Yun'er was not worthy.
• Zhao Rong entered the courtyard, insulted Su Chen and Mu Qingling, and ordered her men to break Su Chen’s legs and throw him out.

Zhao Rong left the Mu Family after Mu Qingling stopped her from confronting Su Chen. Two days later, the family learned that Old Master Mu’s death had become public, and Mu Qingling faced accusations of betraying them by revealing the news.

• Mu Qingling threatened Zhao Rong and her servants to keep them away from Su Chen, so Zhao Rong left the courtyard and then disappeared from the Mu Family.
• Mu Qingling apologized to Su Chen, who dismissed the incident, and returned to cultivation while worrying about the family’s danger.
• A maid summoned Mu Qingling to a council meeting, where Mu Hua announced that news of Old Master Mu’s death had spread.
• The Mu Family’s members accused Mu Qingling of leaking the news, and Zhao Rong suggested that she had told Su Chen.
• Mu Qingling angrily rebuked Zhao Rong, and Mu Li invoked his authority as Third Elder to accuse Mu Qingling of disrespect and betrayal.

The Mu Family argued over Mu Qingling’s responsibility for its crisis, then began fleeing while she stayed behind as Lin Yun’er’s target. The next morning, Mu Hua learned that Lin Yun’er was occupied by a distinguished visitor from the Jinghong Empire and that the emperor had summoned the Mu Family to Cangyun City, offering a possible chance to survive.

• Mu Qingling confronted Mu Li and Zhao Rong, denied leaking the news, and warned Zhao Rong not to accuse her again.
• Mu Hua ended the argument, defended Mu Qingling, and ordered the family to focus on surviving rather than finding the traitor.
• Mu Qingling offered to remain behind while the rest of the Mu Family fled, and Mu Hua agreed to send important people away.
• More than half the Mu Family escaped; Mu Qingling suspected Mu Li and Zhao Rong had exposed Old Master Mu’s death, but Mu Li eventually left too.
• The next morning, Mu Hua announced that Lin Yun’er was occupied in the Imperial Palace by a distinguished visitor from the Jinghong Empire and that the emperor had summoned the Mu Family to Cangyun City.
• Mu Hua urged Mu Qingling to be humble before the emperor and consider joining the Imperial Family; Mu Qingling agreed but thought of Su Chen instead.

Su Chen agreed to accompany Mu Qingling and the Mu Family to Cangyun City, where he considered taking her as his first disciple. At the imperial palace, Su Yu was counting the empire’s powers when Mu Hua arrived with Su Chen, prompting Su Yu to react with shock.

• Su Chen agreed to travel with Mu Qingling to Cangyun City, and he began to see her reliability as a reason to make her his disciple.
• Mu Hua led the Mu Family to Cangyun City, where they rested in the imperial palace before attending the king’s gathering.
• Su Yu told the Cangyun King that he was inventorying the empire’s powers and learned there were seven Nascent Soul Stage powers and thirty-five Nascent Soul Realm powers.
• Lin Yun'er dismissed the Mu Family as insignificant while privately lamenting that Su Yu’s arrival had disrupted her plan to destroy them.
• Mu Hua entered Mingyang Hall with Su Chen, and Su Yu stood abruptly after noticing the person beside him.

Su Yu recognized Su Chen as the Su Family’s Young Lord during a gathering at the Cangyun Empire’s palace, shocking everyone present. Su Chen asked the gathering to continue without fuss, while Mu Qingling struggled to believe that the man who had offered to take her as his disciple was the Lord of the Eastern Region.

• Lin Yun'er rebuked Mu Hua and his group for entering without permission, but Su Yu ordered her to be quiet when he recognized Su Chen.
• Su Yu knelt before Su Chen and respectfully addressed him as the Su Family’s Young Lord, leaving the hall stunned.
• Su Chen confirmed the token’s Su Family aura, told Su Yu to rise, and asked him to continue with his business.
• Su Yu announced Su Chen’s identity to the hall, and Cangyun King Lin Bao knelt to pay his respects.
• Su Chen sat in an empty seat and told everyone not to mind him, while Mu Qingling stared in disbelief at his identity.

Su Chen’s arrival forced the Cangyun King to treat the Mu Family with deference, and the king soon resolved Lin Yun’er’s grudge with them. Afterward, Su Chen took Mu Qingling away to an unknown mountain, leaving her wondering what he expected of her.

• The Cangyun King recognized the Mu Family’s connection to Su Chen, offered them seats, and worried about Lin Yun’er’s past treatment of them.
• Lin Yun’er realized Su Chen was a powerful figure and no longer dared to target Mu Qingling or the Mu Family.
• Su Yu finished counting the forces in the Cangyun Empire, then left, while Su Chen departed with Mu Qingling and the others.
• The Cangyun King brought Lin Yun’er to apologize to the Mu Family, resolving their conflict, and Mu Hua decided to deal harshly with a traitor in his family.
• Su Chen asked Mu Qingling what she would do to satisfy him, then teleported them from Cangyun City to a lofty mountain.