Chapter Summaries

The narrator learned that a mentor had been killed and drew the Immortal Emperor toward the Immortal Array Bureau, where he trapped him with a prepared array. He drained the Immortal Emperor’s power and broke through from the Immortal Attainment stage to the Spirit Nurturing stage.

• The narrator received screams after replying to a mentor, learned the mentor and an accompanying adjutant had been killed, and warned the other mentors.
• Yudai told the narrator that someone nearby could complete the array modification and that she would distract the enemy in the dangerous central region.
• The narrator lured the Immortal Emperor to the Immortal Array Bureau and joined Yun Tianmu, who transformed into a thorn whip.
• The narrator activated the prepared array, suppressing the Immortal Emperor’s power and binding him with golden energy chains.
• The narrator used the Spirit Touch Art to absorb the Immortal Emperor’s power and advanced to the Spirit Nurturing stage.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The protagonist, having reached the peak of the Spirit Nurturing Stage, confronts and defeats the Immortal Emperor, who was at the same cultivation level.
• The Immortal Emperor surrenders after realizing it can't resist and fears losing its realm.
• The protagonist implants a curse mark into the Immortal Emperor's soul and erases its memories to ensure obedience.
• The protagonist discovers a True Immortal Core in the Immortal Meridian's core, which awakens a woman who claims to be the True Immortal.

Character Developments

• The protagonist demonstrates immense power and ruthlessness, defeating the Immortal Emperor with ease and erasing its memories.
• The Immortal Emperor shows cowardice and a low bottom line, surrendering to avoid losing its realm.
• The True Immortal in the core awakens and reveals her stunning beauty but remains serious and guarded.

Significant Themes

• Power and its consequences: The Immortal Emperor's excessive ruthlessness led to its suppression and the destruction of the Immortal Kingdom.
• Obsession and its revival: The True Immortal's obsession revived despite the disregard of time, hinting at the power of unfulfilled desires.
• The cycle of life and death: The Immortal Emperor's defeat and the True Immortal's awakening suggest a new era beginning after the old one ends.

Character Interactions

• The protagonist and the Immortal Emperor: The protagonist shows no mercy, defeating and enslaving the Immortal Emperor.
• The protagonist and the True Immortal: The protagonist demands information and control of the Formation Core, while the True Immortal is guarded and serious, hinting at a potential power struggle.
• The protagonist and Cloud Sky Curtain: Though not present in this chapter, their dynamic is one of mutual respect and understanding, with Cloud Sky Curtain questioning the protagonist's need for her presence.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bei Mu, an Immortal Lord, was revived by the protagonist, Dao Tian, after being devoured by a Demon Lord.
• Dao Tian revives Bei Mu using the power of a top-tier Immortal Meridian and the Demon Lord's heart, which had absorbed Bei Mu's consciousness.
• Dao Tian takes control of Bei Mu's life and death, but grants her freedom otherwise.
• Dao Tian tasks Bei Mu with helping him control the Central Pivot and connect it to the grand formation outside, linking the Immortal Kingdom ruins with the Spirit Realm.

Character Developments

• Bei Mu: Initially a wisp of consciousness, she regains her physical form and becomes grateful to Dao Tian for reviving her. She agrees to serve him but is not taken as a subordinate.
• Dao Tian: He demonstrates his immense power and knowledge, reviving Bei Mu with ease and controlling the Central Pivot with her assistance.

Significant Themes

• Power and Control: Dao Tian's power allows him to revive Bei Mu and control her life, demonstrating his dominance.
• Revitalization and New Beginnings: Bei Mu's revival symbolizes a new start after ten thousand years of suffering.
• Trust and Loyalty: Despite being controlled, Bei Mu chooses to serve Dao Tian out of gratitude and respect.

Character Interactions

• Dao Tian and Bei Mu: Dao Tian revives Bei Mu and tasks her with helping him, while Bei Mu agrees to serve him out of gratitude.
• Dao Tian and Wei Geng/Qun Qing: Although not present in this chapter, their interactions are mentioned as they decide to make Dao Tian the new Academy Head.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi proposes and initiates missions to clear Demonic Beasts and find lost treasures in the Immortal Kingdom's secret realm.
• The academy relocates students to the new campus, and students begin exploring and clearing the Central Pivot area, discovering Immortal Soldiers and rare treasures.
• Lin Yi oversees the reactivation of the Immortal Logistics Department and Force Fields, protecting the new campus from Demonic Beasts.
• Lin Yi visits the Immortal Administration Department again and discovers the Immortal Kingdom Seal, a powerful artifact capable of wide-range suppression.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi continues to demonstrate his abilities, transcending racial barriers and earning the trust of Wei Geng and the branch deans.
• Yun Tian Mu and Bei Mu accompany Lin Yi when he encounters the Immortal Kingdom Seal, showing their loyalty and support.

Significant Themes

• Power and Authority: The Immortal Kingdom Seal's power and Lin Yi's ability to control it symbolize his growing authority and influence.
• Adaptability: Characters adapt to the new campus and the changes brought by Lin Yi's actions, demonstrating their resilience and willingness to change.

Character Interactions

• Lin Yi and Wei Geng: Wei Geng shows trust in Lin Yi, agreeing to his proposals despite initial reservations.
• Lin Yi and the Immortal Kingdom Seal: Lin Yi interacts with the Immortal Kingdom Seal, trying to gain control over it, showcasing his assertiveness and determination.
• Yun Tian Mu and Bei Mu: They accompany Lin Yi and support his actions, demonstrating their loyalty and teamwork.

The narrator transformed the Nation-Guarding Seal into a stronger Academy-Guarding Seal and brought it to the academy’s new main hall. The ten great academies were preparing a cautious assault, leaving the academy to decide how to respond.

• The narrator rewrote the Nation-Guarding Seal’s immortal patterns, bargaining with its artifact spirit to secure its obedience and strengthen it.
• After three days, the narrator revealed the renewed emerald-and-gold seal and named it the Academy-Guarding Seal; its artifact spirit had become a little girl.
• The narrator, Beimu, and Yun Tianmu returned the artifact spirits to the new main hall, where Beimu’s array procedures controlled entry and security.
• Wei Geng reported that the ten great academies had built more than a hundred temporary teleportation arrays and were waiting until they were fully prepared.
• The narrator suggested that the ten great academies were wary of the Nation-Guarding Immortal Weapon, and Yun Tianmu looked pleased.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The National Seal is obtained and will become one of the three treasures of Qiongwen Academy, making it invincible in the plane.
• The Ten Great Academies, led by the Demon Suppressing Academy, approach Sky Curtain Academy (now Qiongwen Academy) with a massive force.
• The envoys from the Ten Great Academies arrive for negotiations.

Character Developments

• The academy deans, including Wei Geng and Qun Qing, display confidence and excitement about the newfound power and potential of Qiongwen Academy.
• The Academy Head (the protagonist) remains calm and strategic, focusing on the future and the potential of the Immortal Kingdom Combat Technique Tournament.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and the struggle for dominance among academies.
• The pursuit of the Hero's Blood and the Immortal Kingdom Combat Technique Tournament as driving forces for the characters' actions.

Character Interactions

• The Academy Head interacts with the deans, assigning responsibilities and discussing strategies.
• The deans discuss the potential of the academy and their future plans.
• The Academy Head interacts with Yu Dai and Bei Mu, who are both attached to him, causing some tension between them.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Negotiations between the Ten Great Academies and the Immortal Kingdom's envoys fail.
• The Immortal Kingdom demands surrender, resource handover, and exile of Sky Curtain Academy.
• The Immortal Kingdom attacks without waiting for a response, signaling the start of the battle.
• The National Seal artifact spirit is activated, forming a colossal gravity-based seal in the sky.

Character Developments

• Academy Head (Mentor) remains calm and composed amidst the tense situation.
• Wei Geng and Qun Qing show concern for the Academy Head's safety and express anger at the Immortal Kingdom's demands.
• Yu Dai questions the Immortal Kingdom's double standards regarding Immortal Tier resources.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and the lack of equality in negotiations.
• The consequences of challenging authority and the potential backlash.
• The importance of preparedness and strategic thinking in the face of adversity.

Character Interactions

• The Academy Head, Wei Geng, Qun Qing, and Yu Dai discuss the negotiation's outcome and the Immortal Kingdom's demands.
• The Academy Head reassures everyone and decides to engage with the enemy leader.
• Cloud Sky Curtain and Bei Mu express their discomfort with the Academy Head's plan to rewrite them.

The Nation-Guarding Seal devastated the invading forces while Yun Tianmu destroyed several academy strongholds, but Yun Cangran struck a hidden weakness and disintegrated the seal. The chapter ended with Wei Geng panicking as Yun Cangran turned toward the narrator.

• The Nation-Guarding Seal crushed many invaders, while the Demon-Suppressing beast and tower tried to withstand its gravity attack.
• Yun Tianmu broke the Demon-Suppressing Tower and reduced Qiongwen Pavilion and other buildings to ruins before Yue Canxin intercepted him with Dalu.
• Qun Qing joined the fight against Yue Canxin, while the Qiongwen dean wrapped the Nation-Guarding Seal in pages from his immortal book and rallied his forces to attack.
• The Nation-Guarding Seal began breaking through the pages, and the Qiongwen dean called for Yun Cangran to find its weakness.
• Yun Cangran emerged from the Immortal Repository Tower and struck the Nation-Guarding Seal's weak point, causing it to vanish.
• Wei Geng panicked after Yun Cangran destroyed the seal, while she turned her gaze toward the narrator.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yun Cangran, the true identity of the protagonist, breaks the National Seal, revealing her identity as the future ruler.
• Dao Tian (the protagonist's current identity) confirms Yun Cangran's identity and engages in a battle with her.
• Dao Tian threatens the remaining academies, causing them to retreat except for National Suppressing Academy and Qiongwen Academy.
• Dao Tian unleashes the National Seal's final attack, destroying the two academies and turning the site into a flat, porcelain-like surface.

Character Developments

• Yun Cangran: Confirms her identity as the future ruler, shows concern for her former teacher at Lu Zang Academy, and demonstrates her prowess in battle.
• Dao Tian: Reveals his true identity to Yun Cangran, showcases his strength and strategic thinking, and demonstrates his ruthlessness in dealing with the remaining academies.

Significant Themes

• Power and Rulership: Yun Cangran's identity as the future ruler is confirmed, and Dao Tian's actions highlight the power dynamics between the academies and the consequences of defiance.
• Identity and Transformation: Dao Tian's true identity is revealed to Yun Cangran, and he continues to grapple with his new identity as a demon slave.
• Consequences of Actions: The destruction of the two academies serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of underestimating Dao Tian and defying his warnings.

Character Interactions

• Dao Tian and Yun Cangran: Engage in a battle that serves as a reunion of sorts, with Yun Cangran acknowledging Dao Tian's identity and Dao Tian provoking Yun Cangran to test her resolve.
• Dao Tian and the Dean of Lu Zang Academy: Dao Tian dismisses the Dean as "amusing" but acknowledges his role in caring for Yun Cangran.
• Dao Tian and the remaining academies: Dao Tian's threat and subsequent action cause the academies to retreat, demonstrating his influence and power.

Dean Daotian defeated the grand scholars and forced the rival academies at Tianmu Academy to surrender their belongings in exchange for a chance to use the Dao Inquiry Stone. Lucang Academy joined the surrender while securing favorable treatment through its ties with Tianmu Academy.

• Du Zhen and Linyue threatened Dean Daotian, but he subdued Linyue and sent her into custody.
• Du Zhen attacked Dean Daotian, whose Spiritual Touch technique caused Du Zhen's body to explode and ended the others' resistance.
• Dean Daotian ordered the rival academies to leave their storage bags behind or accept compensation with one use of the Dao Inquiry Stone, while warning them not to resist.
• Thousands of students surrendered their belongings, and most chose to use the Dao Inquiry Stone instead of accepting compensation.
• Yun Cangran asked whether Lucang Academy had to surrender its belongings, and Dean Daotian persuaded her and Dean Zhang to hand them over while promising each member a chance to use the Dao Inquiry Stone.

The narrator welcomed Dean Lu Cang and Yun Cangran to Skyveil Academy’s new campus and discussed the Immortal Kingdom’s interests, the upcoming tournament, and Yun Cangran’s offer to give her mentor an Ageless Fruit. Dean Lu Cang eagerly accepted the offer and asked to tour the inner academy.

• The narrator invited Dean Lu Cang and Yun Cangran to visit the inner academy, and Dean Lu Cang admired the campus in the sky.
• Yun Cangran told the narrator that Dean Lu Cang had cared for her since she descended, while Dean Lu Cang learned more about her origins and the narrator’s status.
• Dean Lu Cang warned the narrator that the Immortal Kingdom might have designs on Skyveil Academy and its immortal-grade relics.
• The narrator and Dean Lu Cang discussed moving the Immortal Kingdom Combat Tournament to Skyveil Academy and the importance of building ties with its delegation.
• Yun Cangran offered to send Dean Lu Cang an Ageless Fruit to restore his youth, and he eagerly accepted before asking whether the Dao Inquiry Stone was on the new campus.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dean Lu Cang and Yun Cangran visit the new Sky Curtain Academy campus via a teleportation gate.
• They discuss the possibility of merging secret realms for campus expansion, but Yun Cangran dismisses the idea due to risks involved.
• They explore the new campus, and Dean Lu Cang expresses envy of its grandeur.
• I ask Dean Lu Cang to help with the Immortal Kingdom Combat Technique Tournament and offer to let visitors use the Dao Seeking Stone.
• Yun Cangran decides to stay and help with the tournament preparations.
• They discuss their experiences since arriving in the mortal realm and their feelings for each other.
• They work together on campus construction and conclude that Hero's Blood will appear when Destiny calls for it, likely alongside Demon Spirits.

Character Developments

• Dean Lu Cang: Shows envy of Sky Curtain Academy's resources and is eager to help with the tournament to gain favor.
• Yun Cangran: Demonstrates her expertise in campus design and expresses her growing feelings for the protagonist.
• Protagonist: Shows generosity in offering the Dao Seeking Stone to visitors and discusses his plans to suppress Demon Spirits from the root.

Significant Themes

• Destiny: The theme of Destiny is emphasized, with the protagonist and Yun Cangran believing that Hero's Blood and Demon Spirits will appear when Destiny calls for it.
• Ambition: Dean Lu Cang's envy of Sky Curtain Academy highlights the theme of ambition, as he seeks to improve his own academy.

Character Interactions

• Dean Lu Cang and Yun Cangran: Their master-disciple relationship is shown, with Dean Lu Cang being doting and eager to please Yun Cangran.
• Yun Cangran and Protagonist: Their relationship deepens as they work together, share their experiences, and express their feelings for each other.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Immortal Kingdom's envoy delegation arrives at Sky Curtain Academy, led by Immortal Official Lan Yun.
• The delegation is impressed by the academy's infrastructure, particularly the Low-grade Immortal Meridian.
• The acting deans of the Ten Great Academies request the return of their captured deans and vice-deans.
• Lan Yun asks Dao Tian to show leniency, but Dao Tian hesitates.

Character Developments

• Dao Tian: Shows political acumen and assertiveness in dealing with the Immortal Official and the acting deans.
• Lan Yun: Demonstrates her status and influence, acting as a mediator between Dao Tian and the acting deans.
• Acting Deans: Display their desperation and willingness to negotiate for the return of their captured colleagues.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and politics within the academies and the Immortal Kingdom.
• The consequences of abrupt changes in power structures.
• The value of captured individuals and the potential for negotiation.

Character Interactions

• Dao Tian and Lan Yun: Engage in polite but firm negotiations, with Dao Tian maintaining his stance despite Lan Yun's request.
• Dao Tian and the Acting Deans: Dao Tian subtly taunts the acting deans about the upcoming Combat Technique Tournament, highlighting Sky Curtain Academy's newfound power.
• Wei Geng and the Acting Deans: Wei Geng expresses disdain for the acting deans' change in attitude, from imposing to pleading.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Sky Curtain Academy's Dean Dao Tian demands compensation from other academies for the trauma caused to their students and teachers.
• He requests top-tier secret realm teleportation arrays from Demon Suppressing and Qiongwen Academies, and mid-tier from others, to release their captives.
• Dao Tian offers Immortal Patterns to Immortal Officials, who accept eagerly, and later offers to craft ancestral Dao Seeking Stones for academies that provide demon crystals similar to his academy's.

Character Developments

• Dean Dao Tian demonstrates his ambition, cunning, and generosity, aiming to secure his academy's future and avoid potential conflicts.
• Immortal Official Lan Yun shows greed and eagerness when presented with powerful Immortal Patterns.
• Representatives from other academies exhibit desperation to retrieve their people and secure their academies' futures.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and ambition among academies and immortals.
• The value of resources and secret realms in maintaining and advancing one's power.
• Greed and its influence on decision-making.

Character Interactions

• Dean Dao Tian interacts with Immortal Officials and academy representatives, using gifts and promises to secure their cooperation.
• Immortal Officials and academy representatives interact with each other, expressing their eagerness to secure their academies' futures and their resentment towards Sky Curtain Academy's demands.

The narrator and Yun Cangran departed for the Immortal Kingdom after distributing Dao Inquiry Stones and strengthening the academies. The narrator realized demon spirits threatened worlds across the Three Thousand Dao Attainment Heavens and resolved to find a way to eradicate their aberrant laws.

• The smaller academies contributed demon crystals and secret realms, and Wei Geng allocated realms among the institutes while the narrator prepared to distribute Dao Inquiry Stones.
• The narrator and Yun Cangran selected resources to strengthen the academy as the combat tournament concluded and students were chosen to travel to the Immortal Kingdom.
• The narrator and Yun Cangran said farewell to the academy, left treasures for its leaders, and the narrator distributed Dao Inquiry Stones among the academies.
• The narrator took Beimu aboard Lan Yun's warship and recognized that demon spirits might have infected worlds throughout the Three Thousand Dao Attainment Heavens.
• The narrator told Yun Cangran he planned to develop a response to aberrant laws and find a way to cleanse their source.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The lone island enters the Immortal Realm, revealing a vast and ethereal world with lush vegetation and strange beasts.
• Lan Yun invites Yun Cangran and the protagonist to become instructors in the Immortal Kingdom to guide military training.
• The Immortal Kingdom's top priority is to find an upward passage to escape the Immortals and Demons Battlefield, as the Immortal Realm is facing imminent destruction due to demonic energy eroding immortal energy.

Character Developments

• Lan Yun: Shows concern for the Immortal Realm's fate and desperation to find the upward passage. She is impressed by the protagonists' lack of fear and sees them as a glimmer of hope.
• Yun Cangran: Maintains her composure and confidence, reassuring Lan Yun that she and the protagonist will open the upward passage.

Significant Themes

• Desperation and hope: The Immortal Realm is facing desperate circumstances, but the arrival of the protagonists brings hope for a better future.
• The struggle between Immortals and Demons: The ongoing battle between these two factions is causing the Immortal Realm's destruction.
• The search for the upward passage: This is the Immortal Kingdom's top priority, as it is the only way to escape the Immortals and Demons Battlefield.

Character Interactions

• Lan Yun and Yun Cangran: Lan Yun is impressed by Yun Cangran's calm demeanor and sees her as a potential savior of the Immortal Realm. Yun Cangran reassures Lan Yun that she and the protagonist will open the upward passage.
• Lan Yun and the protagonists: Lan Yun is curious about the protagonists' background and knowledge, trying to probe them for information. The protagonists remain vague but confident in their abilities.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The group arrives at the Immortal Kingdom, greeted by Immortal Officials.
• Instructor Lu Jian receives them, displaying arrogance and disdain for the students.
• Students are tested for their immortal power to determine their tier and subsequent treatment in the military academies.

Character Developments

• Lan Yun shows concern for the students' welfare but is powerless to help once she hands them over to Lu Jian.
• Lu Jian reveals his corrupt nature, expecting bribes and attempting to manipulate the testing process.

Significant Themes

• Corruption: Lu Jian's behavior highlights the corruption within the Immortal Kingdom's system.
• Aptitude and Opportunity: The testing process underscores the importance of aptitude and the opportunities it brings, with Upper-Tier students receiving better resources and treatment.

Character Interactions

• Lan Yun and Lu Jian: Lan Yun's concern contrasts with Lu Jian's arrogance and disdain.
• Students and Lu Jian: Lu Jian's harsh words and manipulation cause fear and resentment among the students.
• Students from different academies: The students' test results create a sense of competition and camaraderie among those from the same academy.

Heavenly Canopy Academy’s students earned superior ratings, but Lu Jian halted testing and used the district’s limited academy quotas to demand a bribe before arranging additional placements. Daotian confronted Lu Jian privately and asked how much he wanted, leaving Lu Jian caught off guard.

• Heavenly Canopy Academy’s students received superior ratings, and instructors confirmed their immortal transformation gave them strong prospects.
• Lu Jian stopped testing and announced that the district’s limited superior and average academy places would force excess students into lower ranks.
• Daotian challenged Lu Jian’s placement policy and asked whether students could be assigned to vacancies in other academic districts.
• Lu Jian implied that he would need a bribe to contact other chief officers, and Daotian agreed to speak with him privately.
• Daotian met Lu Jian on a mountain and directly asked what kickback he wanted, startling him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The instructor, Lu Jian, demands more than ten auxiliary Immortal Patterns for his services.
• The protagonist offers only ten, leading to a negotiation breakdown.
• Lu Jian attacks the protagonist, who retaliates with nine Withered Leaf Sabers, piercing Lu Jian's Immortal Body.
• Lu Jian's Feather Infant escapes, and he flees.
• The protagonist asks the remaining instructors if bribing them is against Immortal Kingdom rules.

Character Developments

• Lu Jian: Reveals his greed and underestimates the protagonist, leading to his retreat.
• Protagonist: Demonstrates his strength and ability to control multiple Immortal Soldiers, intimidating Lu Jian and the other instructors.

Significant Themes

• Greed and its consequences (Lu Jian's overreaching leads to his retreat).
• Power dynamics and respect (the protagonist's display of strength earns him respect from the instructors).
• Bribery and its potential consequences (the protagonist questions the instructors about the rules regarding bribing them).

Character Interactions

• Protagonist vs. Lu Jian: The protagonist outmaneuvers Lu Jian, leading to the latter's retreat.
• Protagonist vs. Instructors: The protagonist intimidates the remaining instructors, who are unsure how to proceed.
• Yun Cangran and the protagonist: Yun Cangran expresses concern about the potential fallout from the protagonist's actions.

Instructor Daotian bribed Skyveil Academy’s instructors and officials with immortal patterns and Dao Inquiry Stones, claiming to be a descendant of the Primordial Immortal Emperor. The district director arrived, amazed by the supposed legacy, while the students’ aptitude testing continued with striking results.

• Instructor Daotian gave immortal pattern plaques to the instructors and persuaded them to help complain about Lu Jian to their superiors.
• Instructor Daotian offered more gifts for the campus director and claimed he and Yun Cangran were descendants of the Primordial Immortal Emperor.
• Instructor Daotian explained that the gifts included immortal-grade Dao Inquiry Stones that could strengthen the Immortal Kingdom.
• The instructors continued testing students, and nearly all Skyveil Academy students received superior aptitude ratings.
• The district director arrived with officials, examined a seal-shaped block, and asked Instructor Daotian and Yun Cangran about the primordial legacy.