Chapter Summaries

After more than three hundred years, Lu Nan awoke beneath Godfall Land and recovered enough strength to escape the formation. He returned to find Liu Qilan still waiting for him, and she recognized him when he reached her cabin.

• A blood-red fox entered Lu Nan's heart, and its power helped restore his life as the Immortal Material spread through his body.
• Three hundred years later, Liu Qilan rejected Lin Yi's offer to return to Sword Valley and remained beside Godfall Land, while Lin Yi withdrew Sword Valley's guards.
• Lu Nan awoke underground at the first level of Qi Refinement, recovered his cultivation using Tang An's Storage Ring, and escaped through the formation.
• Lu Nan entered the Mysterious Space, found its spirit medicines had grown for hundreds of thousands of years, then learned in Godfall City that over three hundred years had passed.
• Lu Nan approached Liu Qilan's cabin, revealed his true appearance, and reunited with her; Liu Qilan embraced him and took him away from the watching crowd.

After reviving, Lu Nan traveled with Liu Qilan to Sword Valley to visit his deceased master, Miao Feng. He mourned at Miao Feng’s grave and vowed to avenge him before deciding to recuperate.

• Lu Nan told Liu Qilan that he did not know how he had revived and asked to visit Miao Feng’s grave in Sword Valley.
• Liu Qilan took Lu Nan through Two Realms City and across two regions to Sword Valley.
• Lin Yi recognized Lu Nan as revived and escorted him and Liu Qilan to Miao Feng’s grave.
• Lu Nan knelt at Miao Feng’s grave, regretted the trouble he had caused his master, and vowed to make Tang An’s allies pay.
• Lu Nan thanked Lin Yi and said he would recuperate, while Lin Yi offered him access to Sword Valley’s resources.

Lu Nan learned that Ye Hanyan had awakened but forgotten everything about him, and he met her again as she struggled to understand her lingering feelings. He and Liu Qilan agreed to reunite in the Upper Realm later, but Lin Yi then revealed that Qingqiu Mei'er had died three hundred years earlier.

• Liu Qilan told Lu Nan that Ye Hanyan remembered everything except him, and she opened a passage to Holy Maiden Hall so he could see her.
• Ye Hanyan did not recognize Lu Nan, so he introduced himself to her anew before leaving her and Liu Qilan to talk.
• Lu Nan told Liu Qilan he planned to enter the Upper Realm alone, then agreed to take her there after he had secured a foothold and could protect her.
• Lu Nan gave Liu Qilan his insights into formations and asked Lin Yi to summon Qingqiu Mei'er from Green Hill.
• Lin Yi told Lu Nan that Qingqiu Mei'er had fallen three hundred years earlier.

Lu Nan went to Green Hill to learn the truth about Qingqiu Mei'er’s death and received her ashes from Qingqiu Nan, vowing to seek a way to revive her in the Upper Realm. After explaining how he might reach that realm, he agreed to wait while Sword Valley searched for his lost waist token, while Qingqiu Yazhi secretly mobilized Green Hill’s forces to find it.

• Lin Yi brought Lu Nan and Liu Qilan to Green Hill and concealed Lu Nan’s identity before meeting Qingqiu Yazhi.
• Qingqiu Yazhi revealed that Qingqiu Nan kept Mei'er’s ashes, and Lu Nan persuaded Qingqiu Nan to entrust them to him by promising to find a way to revive Mei'er.
• Qingqiu Nan entered life-and-death seclusion to pursue a breakthrough to Tribulation Transcendence.
• Lu Nan told Lin Yi and Qingqiu Yazhi that a being in the White Sword Ruin had given him a waist token that could let him enter the Upper Realm, but the token was lost when his storage space shattered.
• Lin Yi warned Lu Nan that another route to the Upper Realm would make him a slave to its four factions and urged him to keep his survival secret; Lu Nan also revealed he had used his immortal medicine to save a friend.
• After Lin Yi left with Lu Nan and Liu Qilan, Qingqiu Yazhi ordered Green Hill’s one hundred and eight forces to search for the waist token and to grow closer to Sword Valley.

Lu Nan restored his cultivation in Lin Yi’s cave dwelling and recovered the identity token from his Pot Heaven space. After three months, he reached peak Heavenly Human and prepared to depart for the Upper Realm.

• Lin Yi gave Lu Nan his Dao-charm-filled cave dwelling and a thousand low-grade spirit crystals to aid his recovery.
• Lu Nan reopened his sealed Pot Heaven space and found the white identity token he had lost.
• Lin Yi examined the token, learned Lu Nan possessed the Pot Heaven Earth Fiend Divine Ability, and urged him to enter the Upper Realm soon.
• Lu Nan promised to recover for three months, then cultivated with the spirit crystals while Lin Yi returned the identity token to him.
• After three months, Lu Nan reached peak Heavenly Human and told Lin Yi he could face even a late Void Returning cultivator before agreeing to depart.

Lu Nan accepted Elder Feng’s tasks and entered the Upper Realm, where a damaged spatial barrier left him injured and stranded in a village. As he recovered under the care of Chen Chi and Chen Le, he confirmed that he had reached the Upper Realm and began preparing to learn more about his new surroundings.

• Elder Feng explained the Upper Realm’s regions, races, cultivation stages, and powers, then gave Lu Nan a jade hairpin and a token for the Seven Star Sword Sect in exchange for an oath to find a woman surnamed Qi and eventually kill someone.
• Elder Feng sent Lu Nan through a spatial crack and returned Lin Yi to Sword Valley; Liu Qilan learned that Lu Nan had left without saying goodbye.
• Lin Yi and the Sword Valley elders agreed to support Liu Qilan and Ye Hanyan, assigned guards to them, and organized a search for treasures that could restore their dantians.
• When Elder Feng’s barrier began breaking in the spatial passage, Lu Nan found a spatial node and charged through it, then lost consciousness.
• Chen Chi found the injured Lu Nan in the mountains and brought him home; Lu Nan woke with his cultivation reduced to Foundation Establishment and two-thirds of his meridians severed.
• Chen Le brought Lu Nan meat soup, and he shared it with her; after learning about nearby villages and a local who had become an immortal’s disciple, Lu Nan concluded that he had reached the Upper Realm.

While recovering at Chen Chi’s home, Lu Nan grew close to Chen Le and learned that bandits from Zhelong Village were targeting her to complete a quota of one hundred girls. He killed the bandits in the village and at the cottage, then gave Chen Le a cultivation method and a Meridian Opening Pill before leaving their future uncertain.

• Lu Nan spent half a month recovering in Chen Chi’s home, then took Chen Le fishing and caught a large demonic fish.
• On their return, Lu Nan sensed bandits in Chen Family Village and brought Chen Le back to the mountain cottage, where Chen Chi hid her.
• The bandits demanded Chen Le, and Lu Nan overheard them reveal that she was the final girl needed to reach their quota of one hundred.
• Lu Nan killed the bandits waiting outside the cottage and then killed the bandits in Chen Family Village.
• Lu Nan gave Chen Le a cultivation method and a Meridian Opening Pill, and gave Chen Chi several pills to help him condense his qi and blood.

Lu Nan destroyed the Dragon Concealing Bandit Stronghold, trained Chen Le for three months, and then left for Lian Shui Commandery after his cultivation recovered to peak Golden Core. There, he learned from a waiter that the Great Desolate Kingdom was in Black Water Province, but the waiter refused to explain further.

• Lu Nan infiltrated the Dragon Concealing Bandit Stronghold, learned that it was in Lian Shui Commandery of the Great Desolate Kingdom, killed its leaders, and burned the stronghold.
• Lu Nan told Chen Le he would stay for three months, then patiently guided her until she reached Qi Refining second rank.
• Before leaving, Lu Nan urged Chen Le and Chen Chi to move away, remain cautious, and seek protection from a sect; he then departed, and they soon left their home as well.
• Lu Nan traveled to Lian Shui Commandery after recovering to peak Golden Core and reforging his Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment realms.
• In a city restaurant, Lu Nan asked a waiter about the Great Desolate Kingdom and learned it was in Black Water Province, but the waiter said he could not answer questions about the province.

Lu Nan learned about the Great Desolate Kingdom and traveled with Shui Yi’s convoy toward its capital, where he killed the attackers who ambushed them. After reaching the capital, he learned how to reach other provinces and set out by Flying Boat for the Linchi Dynasty, where he recognized someone on deck.

• Lu Nan questioned Shui Yi at the Condensing Water Auction House, learned about the Great Desolate Kingdom and its ties to the Linchi Dynasty, and agreed to travel with her convoy.
• Wang Shi and forces from four families ambushed Shui Yi’s convoy to seize a cultivation technique, but Lu Nan killed the attackers from inside his carriage and then continued toward the capital.
• At the Great Desolate Kingdom’s capital, Lu Nan visited the Ten Directions Hall, learned about routes to other provinces and upcoming events, and booked passage toward the Linchi Dynasty.
• Lu Nan’s first Flying Boat reached Dongshi Commandery, where he paid for a transfer to a larger vessel bound for the Linchi Capital.
• On the new Flying Boat’s deck, Lu Nan spotted an acquaintance who also recognized him.

Lu Nan and Feng Xuan negotiated a deal: Lu Nan would enter the Black Wind Secret Realm and compete in the Heavenly Pride Tournament in exchange for Feng Family Spirit Swords and Spirit Crystals. After arriving in Linchi Capital, Feng Xuan faced hostility from his family, while Lu Nan collected the promised crystals and prepared for the journey.

• Feng Xuan revealed that his Spirit Sword sensed Lu Nan’s matching Earth Fiend Spirit Sword and offered nine swords if Lu Nan helped him with three conditions.
• Lu Nan agreed to enter the Black Wind Secret Realm and compete in the Heavenly Pride Tournament, asking for fifty low-grade Spirit Crystals as well.
• After the Flying Boat reached Linchi Capital, Feng Xuan brought Lu Nan to the Drunken Immortal Tower, where a young man insulted Feng Xuan before leaving under threat.
• Feng Xuan’s father agreed to restrain those above Spirit Transformation, but Feng Feng attacked Feng Xuan and warned him to leave within seven days.
• Feng Mengzhu lent Feng Xuan Spirit Crystals, then accompanied him to meet Lu Nan, who collected the crystals and returned to his room.

Lu Nan, Feng Xuan, and Feng Mengzhu entered the Black Wind Secret Realm, where Lu Nan killed four Spirit Transformation cultivators with his sword intent and led the others to shelter from the night winds. After discovering that his Wind Borrower ability let him control the black winds and trap Wind Beasts, Lu Nan revealed a power that stunned the people watching him.

• Feng Mengzhu insisted on joining Feng Xuan and Lu Nan, while Lu Nan secretly cultivated until he reached peak Nascent Soul.
• Feng Xuan and Lu Nan agreed to proceed with their deal after Feng Xuan gave him nine Earth Fiend Spirit Swords and information about them.
• Feng Xuan explained the Black Wind Secret Realm's dangers and inheritance before the three entered the realm and headed toward its core.
• Lu Nan killed four Spirit Transformation cultivators who tried to rob them, and Feng Xuan and Feng Mengzhu recognized the force of his sword intent.
• Lu Nan found shelter in a cave as the black winds began, then left to investigate the Wind Beasts and used Wind Borrower to control the winds and trap them.

Lu Nan used his control over the black winds to kill cultivators who tried to seize his method, then continued toward the core region with Feng Xuan and Feng Mengzhu. After the winds vanished at dawn, they reached Black Peak, where Lu Nan discovered that the mountain blocked and devoured Divine Sense.

• Feng Xuan and Feng Mengzhu joined Lu Nan in the black winds after he made them safe, and they continued onward.
• Meng Yi offered Lu Nan a Frost Shadow Sword for the method of suppressing the winds, but Lu Nan demanded a hundred mid-grade Spirit Crystals and refused to trade.
• A Middle-aged Man and other cultivators tried to rob Lu Nan, but Lu Nan turned the black winds against them and collected their Storage Rings.
• Meng Yi apologized and gave Lu Nan the Frost Shadow Sword, which Lu Nan passed to Feng Xuan before declining Meng Yi's offer to cooperate.
• At dawn, Lu Nan, Feng Xuan, and Feng Mengzhu reached Black Peak, and Lu Nan asked Feng Xuan to tell him about it after finding that it blocked and devoured Divine Sense.

Lu Nan led Feng Xuan and Feng Mengzhu through Black Peak’s wind wall and across a dangerous river to reach an inheritance hall. After defeating its guardians and opening the hall, Feng Xuan began refining a Life Creation Pill, while the old man’s apparition recognized Lu Nan’s Dao charm and drew his wary questions.

• Lu Nan controlled the black wind wall and guided Feng Xuan and Feng Mengzhu past its Wind Beasts to a river of Profound Origin Heavy Water.
• Feng Mengzhu attempted to cross the crimson chain but was wounded by a Wind Beast, so Lu Nan tested the crossing and then carried Feng Xuan while guiding both companions across.
• Lu Nan and his companions reached a stone gate, where he killed the Wind-Splitting Lion Tiger and Dust Snake and used their crystal beads to open the way to the inheritance hall.
• An old man’s apparition offered the three visitors a choice of one item, and Feng Xuan chose and swallowed the Life Creation Pill as Feng Mengzhu stood guard.
• The old man privately told Lu Nan that he had recognized his Dao charm, prompting Lu Nan to ask how the old man had seen through him.

Lu Nan completed his deal with Feng Xuan, recovered his cultivation with spirit crystals, and entered the Heavenly Pride Tournament as the Feng Family’s representative. The tournament began with rules that barred killing and required competitors to defend arenas before champions fought for rankings.

• The old man sent Lu Nan, Feng Xuan, and Feng Mengzhu out of the Black Wind Secret Realm after Feng Xuan recovered his cultivation, and Lu Nan received three swords from Feng Xuan as payment.
• Feng Mengzhu revealed that Feng Shuo possessed one of the remaining swords, so Feng Xuan returned to the capital, gathered five swords from the family treasury, and Feng Shuo ordered his assassination plotters dealt with.
• Feng Xuan gave Lu Nan the five swords and two hundred mid-grade spirit crystals, while Lu Nan agreed to represent the Feng Family in the Heavenly Pride Tournament.
• Lu Nan cultivated in seclusion until he reached the fifth level of the Celestial Being Realm, then returned to the capital when Feng Xuan notified him that the tournament had begun.
• Lu Nan and Feng Xuan arrived at the tournament plaza, where host Huangfu Yi announced the arena-defending rules and the rankings process.

Lu Nan entered the Heavenly Pride Tournament as Heaven Ninety-Nine and defeated opponent after opponent, drawing the attention of the major powers. His streak ended in a fierce showdown with Ji Wuchuang, whom he defeated by breaking the Five Elements Demon Suppression array.

• Lü Youbai defeated Li Feiyu after Lu Nan predicted her victory, then continued fighting without resting.
• Lu Nan defeated Zhang Yi with a spirit sword and quickly won ninety-three consecutive matches on Heaven Arena Nine.
• The Feng Family head learned from Feng Xuan that Lu Nan was an outside aid and urged Feng Xuan to maintain their friendship while ordering an investigation into Lu Nan.
• Ji Wuchuang challenged Lu Nan, and the two exchanged hundreds of blows before escalating their techniques and weapons.
• Ji Wuchuang trapped Lu Nan in the Five Elements Demon Suppression array, but Lu Nan shattered its Gold-attribute staff and won the match.

Lu Nan continued his arena streak, reached the two-hundred-win threshold, and left the tournament to meet Feng Shuo. Feng Shuo invited him to explore the dangerous Linchi Ancient Land, and Lu Nan left the offer undecided.

• Lu Nan defeated challenger after challenger, then agreed to wager his service and swords against Feng Shuo’s spirit sword and information about three matching swords.
• Feng Shuo stopped Lu Nan with an immobilizing technique, conceded the match, and gave him the sword, rescuing Lu Nan’s agreement with Feng Xuan.
• Lu Nan defeated Meng Yao and reached two hundred consecutive victories, then chose to step down and wait for the finals.
• Feng Shuo’s servant escorted Lu Nan to Drunken Immortal Tower, where Feng Shuo thanked him and asked about his plans after the tournament.
• Feng Shuo told Lu Nan about the Linchi Ancient Land and offered him a place as an ally; Lu Nan said he would think about it.

Lu Nan left the Heaven Grade arena to secure tenth place, completed his transaction with Feng Xuan, and learned about the Linchi Ancient Land and its rumored divine sword. After Feng Xuan returned to the Feng Family and offered him spirit crystals, Lu Nan agreed to refine pills for him and decided to meet Feng Xuan’s father.

• Lu Nan jumped from the Heaven Grade platform, claimed tenth place, and left the other contestants to fight for the remaining rankings.
• Lu Nan met Feng Xuan at Drunken Immortal Tower, confirmed their transaction was complete, and heard that the Linchi Ancient Land contained a rumored divine sword and valuable inheritances.
• The Feng Family Patriarch learned that Lu Nan wanted a set of high-grade spirit swords and told Feng Xuan to seek the swords and draw Lu Nan into the family.
• Feng Xuan returned to the Feng Family, received family resources, and offered Lu Nan two hundred mid-grade spirit crystals in exchange for help advancing his cultivation.
• Lu Nan offered to refine Quenching Spirit Pills and Melting Enlightenment Pills for Feng Xuan, then agreed to visit Feng Xuan’s father after learning his cultivation was at peak Void Refinement.

Lu Nan stayed with the Feng family long enough to obtain spirit crystals and medicinal ingredients, then refined Divine-grade pills and recovered to the third level of Return to Void. He returned to Linchi Capital after an extended seclusion and found the city crowded with powerful cultivators, leaving him wondering what had happened.

• Lu Nan met Feng Chi, declined to stay at Feng Family Manor, and accepted five hundred high-grade spirit crystals in return for his help at the Heavenly Pride Tournament.
• Lu Nan bought detailed information about the Feng family from Ten Directions Studio, then received the spirit crystals and medicinal ingredients Feng Xuan had arranged.
• Lu Nan secretly refined Quenching Spirit Pills and Melting Enlightenment Pills, producing Divine-grade pills with three pill patterns and a complete yield; Feng Xuan agreed to sell two bottles and split the proceeds ninety-ten.
• Lu Nan absorbed the spirit crystals in his cave and recovered to the third level of Return to Void before returning to Linchi Capital.
• Lu Nan noticed many powerful cultivators in the city, then returned to Drunken Immortal Tower, where Yin Rouya welcomed him and sent word of his return to Feng Xuan.

Lu Nan attended the capital’s gathering for the younger generation, where he agreed to team up with Meng Yi and Feng Shuo for the upcoming Linchi Ancient Land. When Ge Yu challenged him to spar, Lu Nan refused and left, with Feng Xuan following him.

• Feng Xuan gave Lu Nan 2,500 high-grade spiritual crystals from the pill sales, and Lu Nan paid him 250 for his work.
• Feng Xuan brought Lu Nan to the gathering at Hundred Flowers Lake, where they were turned away from the pavilion reserved for the Third Prince and sat in a corner instead.
• Meng Yi, Meng Du, Feng Shuo, Huangfu Lanyue, Bai Cha, and Han Wenyan joined Lu Nan, and Meng Yi proposed that they team up in the Linchi Ancient Land and divide their gains according to their contributions.
• The Third Prince invited Lu Nan to sit with him at the center of the gathering, where Ge Yu challenged Lu Nan to spar for a Three-pattern Melting Enlightenment Pill.
• Lu Nan declined the challenge and started to leave, but Ge Yu attacked him with a punch as Feng Xuan hurried after him.

Lu Nan advanced to peak Return to Void, refined nine Earth Fiend Spirit Swords, and returned to Drunken Immortal Tower. He found Ge Yao waiting to confront him, while Feng Xuan remained unconscious from the elder’s earlier attack.

• Lu Nan defeated Ge Yu in a sparring match, then left the Third Prince’s gathering with Feng Xuan and refined nine four-pattern Melting Enlightenment Pills for him.
• Lu Nan entered seclusion in the mountains, while Ge Yao threatened Drunken Immortal Tower and injured Feng Xuan before Zui Hong forced him to withdraw.
• After a month, Lu Nan reached peak Return to Void and refined the nine Earth Fiend Spirit Swords, gaining nine new divine abilities.
• Lu Nan returned to Drunken Immortal Tower, where Yin Yarou urged him to flee from Ge Yao, who had come looking for him.
• Zui Hong declared that Lu Nan was under his protection, and Ge Yao withdrew without leaving the area.
• Lu Nan learned from Yin Yarou that Feng Xuan was still unconscious and demanded to know what had happened.