Chapter Summaries

Lu Nan and the Ouyang siblings chose to continue Ouyang Tian’s inheritance trials, and Lu Nan teamed up with Jin Feng’s powerful group to clear the sixth trial’s team duels. Ouyang Tian then began the next trial, sending ninety-nine contestants into hiding while the others hunted them for nine days, with Ouyang Fu and Ouyang Yu'er marked as protected lucky ones.

• Ouyang Tian revealed himself as an ancestor of the Ouyang Family and told Ouyang Fu and Ouyang Yu'er to continue the trials and stay close to Lu Nan.
• Ouyang Fu and Ouyang Yu'er chose to continue, and Lu Nan agreed to accompany them despite the danger ahead.
• Jin Feng joined Lu Nan’s team with twelve Mortal Transformation Divine Humans, and the team advanced through the sixth trial by winning or prompting opponents to concede.
• Ouyang Tian gathered the top hundred teams and selected ninety-nine contestants, including Lu Nan and the Ouyang siblings, to evade capture for nine days.
• Ouyang Tian ordered the remaining contestants to capture the ninety-nine, warned that failure to catch even one would kill the hunters, and marked Ouyang Fu and Ouyang Yu'er as two people the hunters could not harm.

Lu Nan survived Ouyang Tian’s nine-day trial by hiding and sleeping, then joined the next round of the inheritance challenge. After the trial exposed the danger of the path ahead, Ouyang Tian revealed himself as a Saint and accepted Lu Nan as his disciple, sending Lu Nan and the Ouyang siblings out of the secret realm with gifts.

• Lu Nan hid in an earthen mound and slept through the nine-day trial while Ouyang Tian secretly watched him and the Ouyang siblings.
• After the contestants returned, Ouyang Tian distributed rewards from seventy-two Jade Slips and took thirty-six people, including Lu Nan and the Ouyang siblings, into a palace to claim treasures.
• Lu Nan selected three spirit plants, then stayed behind with Ouyang Yu'er, Ouyang Fu, Jin Feng, and a few others instead of rushing along the road of light; giant fish devoured the contestants who entered it.
• Ouyang Tian offered the remaining group a choice between entering a vortex and leaving; Jin Feng and the others chose to leave, while Ouyang Tian recognized Ouyang Fu’s potential and offered him a chance to receive the inheritance later.
• Ouyang Tian revealed that he was a Saint and offered to take Lu Nan as his disciple because Lu Nan possessed the Myriad Dao Body; Lu Nan accepted after hearing about the Shenxiao Holy Land.
• Ouyang Tian gave Lu Nan a Great Power artifact and his waist token, gave the Ouyang siblings cultivation techniques, and sent all three out of the secret realm.

After emerging from the Tianlan Secret Realm, Lu Nan rejected Zhan Tai Xing’s claim that he was his disciple and accepted the Ouyang Imperial Family’s protection, traveling with them to the Tianlan Imperial Capital. The Ouyang Family learned that their ancestor Ouyang Tian had become a Saint and taken Lu Nan as his disciple, and the chapter ended with Lu Nan attending a banquet hosted by Ouyang Yan.

• Zhan Tai Xing learned from a returning Divine Human that Ye Nan had dominated the Secret Realm’s trials and killed powerful opponents, then saw Lu Nan emerge with Ouyang Fu and Ouyang Yu'er.
• Ouyang Fu and Ouyang Yu'er stopped Zhan Tai Xing from taking Lu Nan, and Lu Nan denied being his disciple; Ouyang Kuangnan then helped secure Lu Nan’s friends and escorted the group toward the imperial capital.
• Ouyang Fu told Ouyang Yan that Ouyang Tian was a Saint and Shenxiao Holy Land elder who had taken Lu Nan as his disciple, prompting Ouyang Yan to warn the Zhan Tai Family and arrange protection for Lu Nan.
• Ouyang Yan informed the Ouyang Family’s ancestral forebears about Ouyang Tian’s return and Lu Nan, and two Dao Comprehension experts volunteered to protect Lu Nan.
• Three days later, Ouyang Yan hosted a banquet for Lu Nan, thanked him for protecting Ouyang Fu and Ouyang Yu'er in the Secret Realm, and proposed that they drink together.

At a banquet, Lu Nan impressed Heavenly Billows’ elders with his cultivation and concealed abilities, then took Ouyang Yu'er into the capital for a night of food and fun. The next morning, Ouyang Yan appointed two elders as Lu Nan’s Dao protectors, while Ouyang Fu received one of his own, and the siblings took Lu Nan to breakfast.

• Ouyang Yan tested Lu Nan with Heavenly Radiance Frostwine, and Lu Nan refined its energy in moments, astonishing the banquet guests.
• Three hidden elders praised Lu Nan’s talent and concealment, then watched him transform Ouyang Yu'er into a little white tiger so they could leave the palace unnoticed.
• Lu Nan and Ouyang Yu'er explored the capital, where she ate candied hawthorn, chose a hairpin, and told him she had been happy before returning to the palace.
• Ouyang Yan introduced Ouyang Di, Ouyang Huan, and Ouyang Wu, appointing the first two as Lu Nan’s Dao protectors and the third to protect Ouyang Fu.
• Ouyang Yan granted Lu Nan access to the Imperial Family’s resources and set Ouyang Fu the goal of reaching Seed Dao Peak within ten years.
• Ouyang Fu and Ouyang Yu'er joined Lu Nan and headed to Yipin Xuan for breakfast.

Lu Nan learned that the Feng Family had been attacked, the Drunken Immortal Tower destroyed, and Zui Hong gravely injured, then killed Zhan Tai Xing and restored Zui Hong with Ninth-grade Life Creation Pills. The Feng Family survivors and Zui Hong remained at Yipin Xuan as Lu Nan prepared to help them recover.

• Ouyang Fu told Lu Nan that the Feng Family had been destroyed and the Drunken Immortal Tower had fallen, leaving Zui Hong crippled.
• Lu Nan reunited with Zui Hong and learned that the Zhan Tai Family had captured Xiao Bai and Frost Moon, while Feng Xuan assured him the Feng Family's calamity was not his fault.
• Ouyang Di took Lu Nan to the dungeon, where Lu Nan confronted Zhan Tai Xing and Ouyang Di killed him.
• Lu Nan refined several batches of five-pattern pills, impressing Ouyang Di and Ouyang Huan, who identified him as a Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• Lu Nan gave Zui Hong a Life Creation Pill, and Zui Hong regrew his right arm and leg before Lu Nan urged him to rest.

Lu Nan and Ouyang Di and Ouyang Huan destroyed the Ge Family and Zhan Tai Family after rescuing Xiao Bai and Frost Moon, then returned to Heavenly Billows. He arranged for the survivors and allies to settle in the imperial capital and promised to help Zui Hong advance, while preparing to leave after handling his remaining affairs.

• Lu Nan gave Feng Xuan and Feng Mengzhu five-pattern Healing Pills, then left with Ouyang Di and Ouyang Huan to attack the Ge Family.
• Lu Nan slaughtered the Ge Family, then confronted the Zhan Tai Family and recovered the badly wounded Xiao Bai and Frost Moon; Ouyang Huan destroyed the clan while Ouyang Di pursued its fleeing ancestor.
• Ouyang Huan took Lu Nan and the rescued beasts to the Linyuan Imperial Palace, where an old man invited them for tea before Ouyang Di returned and brought them back to Heavenly Billows.
• Lu Nan nursed Xiao Bai and Frost Moon back to health, let Ouyang Yu'er take Frost Moon out, and learned Xiao Bai wanted to keep following him.
• Zui Hong swore loyalty to Lu Nan after Lu Nan promised to seek a pill that could help him reach the Mortal Transformation Realm.
• Lu Nan offered to find Feng Xuan a plot of land in the Heavenly Billows imperial capital so the Feng Family could rebuild there.

Lu Nan learned how to summon his accumulated lightning tribulations and endured the terrifying Heavenly Punishment in the Ten-Thousand-Li Barren Mountains, devouring its power and surviving all eighty-one strikes. After returning to the imperial capital, he learned that survivors of Heavenly Punishment had become Supreme-level experts or even immortals, and he sensed the Mortal Shedding tribulation awaiting him.

• Ouyang Fu explained how to summon the lightning tribulation, and Lu Nan triggered the five accumulated tribulations from the Fifth through Ninth Tribulations.
• Lu Nan flew to the Ten-Thousand-Li Barren Mountains as the thunderclouds spread across ninety thousand li, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
• The tribulation transformed into Heavenly Punishment, and Lu Nan endured its strikes while devouring the power and defeating the beasts and scarlet figure it produced.
• After Lu Nan survived all eighty-one bolts, the clouds sent down a blessing that strengthened and healed him before dispersing.
• Lu Nan sensed the Mortal Shedding tribulation but returned to the imperial capital without summoning it, where Ouyang Fu told him that survivors of Heavenly Punishment could become immortals.

Lu Nan learned about the Mortal Transformation Lightning Tribulation and the three methods for helping Venerables reach the Mortal Transformation Realm, then refined Tribulation Pills and shared them with Zui Hong. He also secured land in the imperial capital for Feng Xuan, leaving Feng Xuan to build his own future.

• Ouyang Fu explained the four kinds of Mortal Transformation Lightning Tribulation and the three methods for reaching the Mortal Transformation Realm, and Lu Nan chose to refine Tribulation Pills for his friends.
• Lu Nan obtained the Tribulation Pill formula and ingredients, overcame several furnace explosions, and successfully refined top-quality pills as a Spirit Grade alchemist.
• Lu Nan rewarded Xiao Ye with a top-quality Tribulation Pill, which she exchanged for resources that could support her cultivation to the Venerable Realm.
• After refining more Tribulation Pills, Lu Nan gave a large supply to Zui Hong so he could safely comprehend lightning tribulation power.
• Lu Nan asked Ouyang Fu to provide land and storefronts in the imperial capital for Feng Xuan, then encouraged Feng Xuan to rely on himself from there on.

Feng Xuan secured a new estate and shops for the Feng Family, while Zui Hong joined Ye Nan’s followers and received a token for himself and Feng Xuan. Ye Nan entered seclusion, then began his mortal-shedding tribulation, whose immense lightning clouds drew powerful cultivators from across Black Water Province.

• Feng Xuan chose a lakeside estate for the Feng Family and entrusted the Seventh Prince’s merchants with arranging two shops.
• Feng Xuan told Feng Chi that he intended to follow Ye Nan, then led the Feng Family to their new home and invited Zui Hong to join them.
• Zui Hong sought Ye Nan’s permission to move in with the Feng Family and take Feng Xuan as his disciple; Ye Nan gave him communication jade and tokens for Zui Hong and Feng Xuan.
• Ye Nan entered seclusion for seven days, then traveled to the mountains east of the Imperial Capital to undergo his mortal-shedding lightning tribulation.
• Ye Nan’s lightning clouds spread across 99,990,000 li, alarming Ouyang Di and Ouyang Huan and attracting sect masters and Saints.
• Ouyang Huan rushed back toward the Imperial Capital to summon help, while Ouyang Di flew toward Ye Nan.

Lu Nan faced an immense Transcendence Thunder Tribulation, drawing Ouyang Tian, Flame Supreme Liuli Yan, and other Supremes to his side as rival forces gathered. After enduring the first wave, Lu Nan was struck by a strange lightning bolt that plunged him into a vision of his former life and a dead loved one, before he awoke beneath the clouds.

• Ouyang Di urged Lu Nan to summon Ouyang Tian and warned that the enormous tribulation had attracted powerful figures.
• Ouyang Tian arrived through a Protective Talisman, stalled the gathering tribulation, then sought help from Flame Supreme Liuli Yan and the Shenxiao Holy Land.
• Liuli Yan and Mo He reached Lu Nan, drove away nearby onlookers, and faced other Supremes who contested Shenxiao's claim to him.
• Ouyang Tian told Lu Nan to begin the tribulation, and Lu Nan endured a prolonged barrage of lightning before rising with a greatly strengthened body.
• A small gray bolt struck Lu Nan's glabella and transported him into a vision of his former life, where he reunited with a young woman before seeing her tombstone.
• Lu Nan slammed his head into the tombstone in the vision and abruptly awoke beneath the thunderclouds.

Lu Nan endured the terrifying Chaos Heaven and Earth Tribulation, defeated its successive imprints, and survived a final attack from three powerful figures before emerging at Transcending Mortal Peak. After he recovered, Flame Supreme Liuli Yan claimed him as her chief disciple and announced that he would accompany her to Shenxiao Holy Land.

• Lu Nan fought through waves of Heavenly Dao imprints as the tribulation grew stronger, while Mo He Supreme and Liuli Yan identified it as the legendary Chaos Heaven and Earth Tribulation.
• The final three conscious imprints healed Lu Nan, revealed that they had not fallen, and attacked him at peak Mortal Transcendence; after noticing his Immortal Material, they raised their strikes to Seed Dao Peak and swallowed him in a blast.
• Observers believed Lu Nan had died, but the black clouds transformed into white clouds and released a violet-gold lightning pillar that held his figure for nine hours.
• Lu Nan emerged alive, reached Transcending Mortal Peak, and reappeared in his handsome original form after putting on a white robe.
• Liuli Yan introduced herself as Flame Supreme of Shenxiao Holy Land, made Lu Nan her chief disciple, and said he would accompany her to Shenxiao.

After surviving his tribulation, Lu Nan accepted Liuli Yan as his master and agreed to return to Shenxiao for the Holy Land Grand Tournament in three years. In the Mysterious Space, he discovered the Indestructible Heaven Art, cultivated its Indestructible Body and Undying Soul, and began assessing his new techniques and rewards.

• Lu Nan chose Liuli Yan of Shenxiao Holy Land over the other Supremes who tried to recruit him, and she gave Ouyang Tian three Saint Pills and made the Ouyang Family a subordinate force of Shenxiao.
• Liuli Yan allowed Lu Nan to remain with the Ouyang Family for a hundred years and told him to return to Shenxiao in three years for the Holy Land Grand Tournament; she gave him her waist token, a Jade Sword, and a Storage Ring.
• Ouyang Tian became the Ouyang Clan's Supreme Elder, shared a Great Saint Realm cultivation art with the family, and taught the gathered elders his cultivation insights.
• Lu Nan inspected himself in the alchemy chamber, discovered his body had improved and that he could wield Heavenly Punishment Power, then stabilized his cultivation over three days.
• Lu Nan entered the Mysterious Space, learned the Indestructible Heaven Art, and cultivated a beginner-stage Indestructible Body and Undying Soul.
• Lu Nan comprehended the Supreme-grade Extinguishing Finger and examined Liuli Yan's gifts, finding abundant resources, pills, and a Hierarch Grade longsword in the Storage Ring.

Lu Nan prepared to leave Black Water Province for the Demon Continent, learned more about the Three Lands and One Heaven and the Barren Continent’s seal, and helped Zui Hong pass his Nine Tribulations Venerable tribulation. As Lu Nan prepared to guard Zui Hong through the next ordeal, dark clouds gathered for a Yin Yang Luan Immortal Tribulation.

• Lu Nan created the Sword Drawing Technique, then told Ouyang Di and Ouyang Huan he planned to visit the Demon Continent and gave them Heaven-grade pills in thanks for guarding his Dao.
• Ouyang Tian explained the Three Lands and One Heaven, the centuries-long war with the Otherworldly Land, and how the Barren Continent had once been Azure Wasteland Prefecture before an upheaval and a seal caused its decline.
• Lu Nan accepted Ouyang Tian’s family token and resolved to break the Barren Continent’s seal, then spent the day with Ouyang Yu'er and agreed to witness Feng Xuan and Feng Mengzhu’s wedding in three days.
• Lu Nan gave Zui Hong a Five Elements Sword Formation to help him undergo his stacked lightning tribulation, and Zui Hong passed all sixty-three bolts to become a Nine Tribulations Venerable.
• Lu Nan told Zui Hong he was leaving Black Water Province and urged him to reach Transcendence; as Zui Hong began summoning the Transcendence Lightning Tribulation, Lu Nan formed a thirty-six-sword Earth Fiend Spirit Sword formation and recognized the approaching Yin Yang Luan Immortal Tribulation.

After Zui Hong completed his breakthrough and Feng Xuan married Feng Mengzhu, Lu Nan quietly left Heavenly Billows with Xiao Bai and Frost Moon for the Demon Continent. Ouyang Yu'er discovered his departure the next morning and grieved, while Ouyang Fu urged her to cultivate so she could find him someday.

• Zui Hong completed the Yin Yang Luan Immortal Tribulation, reached the Divine Human Realm, and told Feng Xuan he planned to leave after the wedding.
• Feng Xuan married Feng Mengzhu, and Lu Nan gave them two pills before sharing a farewell drink with Feng Xuan and Zui Hong.
• Lu Nan told Ouyang Tian he was leaving for the Demon Continent, received a map and a Divine Thought Clone token, then departed quietly with Xiao Bai and Frost Moon.
• Ouyang Yu'er found Nan Hall empty, learned from Feng Xuan that Lu Nan had likely left Heavenly Billows, and wept as she returned to the palace.
• Ouyang Fu comforted Ouyang Yu'er and told her to cultivate seriously so she could find Lu Nan in the future.

Lu Nan saved Jiang Le and Xu Yue from the Yingui Sect, learned about the Nether Sword Secret Realm, and settled in the Jiang Family estate while waiting for its keys to appear. After a month of quiet, he met Jiang Mingyue, the family’s little girl, and won her trust with a medicinal pill.

• Lu Nan killed the giant serpent threatening Frost Moon, then encountered Jiang Le and Xu Yue fleeing the Yingui Sect and defeated their pursuers, including Yin Feng.
• After learning the Nether Sword Secret Realm required nine keys and might contain Earth Fiend Spirit Swords, Lu Nan accepted Jiang Le’s invitation to stay with his family in Mountain City.
• Jiang Le told Jiang Hua that Lu Nan had saved him and Xu Yue, then admitted he had brought Lu Nan home in hopes of protecting Sister Fu and improving the Jiang Family’s position.
• Jiang Le urged Xu Yue to return to the Snow Sword Sect, but she left for an inn to wait for him; he later hesitated to confess his family’s troubles to Lu Nan.
• A month later, Jiang Mingyue wandered into Lu Nan’s courtyard, and he gave her a medicinal pill after persuading her he was like an older brother.

Lu Nan killed Jin Hong when he tried to take Jiang Yu and Jiang Mingyue away, then left Jiang Le to comprehend his sword technique, Scorching Sun. Afterward, Jiang Le came to Lu Nan seeking to become his disciple, but Lu Nan refused and asked how much of the technique he had understood.

• Lu Nan comprehended a new sword technique, named it Blazing Sun, and accidentally scorched his courtyard while practicing.
• Jin Hong arrived at the Jiang Family to take Jiang Yu and seized Jiang Mingyue after discovering her Spirit Moon Physique, while Jiang Le tried to fight him and was badly injured.
• Jiang Yu arrived and agreed to leave with Jin Hong to protect Jiang Mingyue, but Jiang Le begged Lu Nan to intervene.
• Lu Nan killed Jin Hong with Blazing Sun, rescued Jiang Yu and Jiang Mingyue, and left Jiang Le to comprehend the technique.
• Jiang Hua and the Jiang Family Ancestor discussed the Jin Family’s likely retaliation, and the Ancestor went to meet Lu Nan, who said he was only waiting for the Spectral Sword secret realm.
• Jiang Le came to Lu Nan’s courtyard and declared himself Lu Nan’s disciple, but Lu Nan refused and asked how much of Scorching Sun he had comprehended.

Lu Nan protected the Jiang Family from Jin Hong, killing him with Scorching Sun, while Jiang Le began learning the technique. Nine years later, Lu Nan created the Four Seasons Gold Sword Formation and learned that the Nether Sword Secret Realm was nearing its opening, leaving him to await the final secret key and watch for threats.

• Jiang Le demonstrated his grasp of Scorching Sun, and Lu Nan praised him before Jiang Mingyue arrived to eat a medicinal pill and play with him.
• Jin Hong demanded that the Jiang Family surrender Jiang Mingyue, but Lu Nan refused and killed him with a single Scorching Sun strike; Jiang Le comprehended the sword technique as he watched.
• Lu Nan later completed Frost and combined his Four Seasons techniques with the Five Elements to create the Four Seasons Gold Sword Formation.
• Nine years later, Lu Nan continued guiding Jiang Mingyue while Jiang Le, now a Six Tribulations Venerable, reported that eight secret keys to the Nether Sword Secret Realm had appeared and the ninth was expected soon.
• Jiang Le warned Lu Nan that the Yingui Sect was heading toward Mountain Prefecture and that the Jin Family had grown close to the Hu Family; Lu Nan told him to monitor the final key and report when the realm appeared.

Lu Nan and Jiang Le traveled to Youjian Peak after all nine Secret Keys appeared, where Lu Nan killed a Great Ability who tried to seize Jiang Le’s key and opened the Youjian secret realm with the other key holders. Inside, Lu Nan befriended Xue Wu and warned Jin Kewu to stop troubling Jiang Yu.

• Jiang Le told Lu Nan that the Jin Family had found the ninth Secret Key and that the key holders would gather at Youjian Peak to open the secret realm.
• A sect leader arrived at the Jiang Family, took Jiang Le’s Secret Key, then returned it to Lu Nan after Lu Nan showed Ouyang Tian’s Jade Slip and named Shenxiao Holy Land.
• Lu Nan and Jiang Le reached Youjian Peak, where Lu Nan killed a black-robed middle-aged man who tried to take Jiang Le’s Secret Key, and the nine keys opened the realm.
• Lu Nan revealed his late-stage Transcendent Mortal strength to the elders blocking the entrance, then entered the realm with Jiang Le and met Xue Wu and the other key holders beside a great river.
• Jin Kewu apologized to Jiang Le for their past dealings, while Lu Nan warned Jin Kewu against causing trouble for Jiang Yu.

Lu Nan crossed the great river of sword intent with Jiang Le, then guided him into the forest and pushed him to grow stronger by fighting demonic beasts. After Jiang Le rescued Lin Wan, she followed him and revealed that she could track anything; Jiang Le allowed her to accompany him.

• Lu Nan crossed the river of sword intent, and Jiang Le followed after comprehending a scorching sword intent; Lu Nan then led him into the forest.
• Lu Nan left Jiang Le to fight a swarm of Human-faced Demonic Spiders, and Jiang Le defeated three Seven Tribulations spiders with Scorching Sun before Lu Nan healed him.
• Lu Nan tasked Jiang Le with hunting a hundred Ninth Tribulation demonic beasts and one initial-stage Mortal Transformation beast, promising to teach him Green Wood if he succeeded.
• Jiang Le hunted demonic beasts for several days, then rescued Lin Wan from a powerful beast; she followed him despite his efforts to shake her off.
• Lin Wan introduced herself as a First Tribulation Venerable from the Lin Family of Youhai Commandery and said she could track all things; Jiang Le agreed to let her accompany him.

Jiang Le fought a powerful Demon Tiger, and Lu Nan helped him survive before allowing Lin Wan to travel with them. The group reached a stone forest formation, passed through it, and emerged into a grassland full of attacking demonic beasts, where Lu Nan noticed Lin Wan’s group had caught up.

• Jiang Le searched for powerful demon beasts, fought a mid-stage Transcendence Mortal Demon Tiger with Scorching Sun, and collapsed after apparently defeating it; Lu Nan secretly finished the beast when it recovered.
• Lu Nan healed Jiang Le and agreed to let Lin Wan join them, then led the group deeper into the forest while handling the stronger demon beasts himself.
• Lu Nan and Jiang Le reached a stone forest that he identified as an Illusion Formation, found its hidden exit, and passed through it.
• Lin Wan reunited with her second brother, Lin Fan, and guided the Lin Family through the stone forest after she described Jiang Le and Lu Nan’s strength.
• Lin Fan’s group emerged into a grassland and was surrounded by demonic beasts; Lin Wan sensed a route east with weaker auras, and the family fought to break through.
• Lu Nan watched Jiang Le fight through the grassland’s demonic beasts, then told him that Lin Wan’s group had caught up.