Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhixing killed an innkeeper in Xiongxi City, used a terrified Sikong Family agent to deliver a warning, and traveled to Heaven's Gate City to confront Li Changsheng. After hearing Qing Ji's report that Li Changsheng might not be hostile to him, Chen Zhixing arranged a test that would force Li to choose whether to live or die.

• A Fur Hat Woman recognized Shan Yang and realized Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni were with him, but Chen Zhixing stopped her from leaving and forced her into a bet about his noodles.
• The innkeeper brought noodles without chopped scallions, but Chen Zhixing killed him anyway, saying he disliked beef, then sent the Fur Hat Woman to the Sikong Family with the message "Run."
• Chen Zhixing, Shan Yang, and Dugu Ni left Xiongxi City, and two days later Chen Zhixing arrived in Heaven's Gate City, where he focused on Li Changsheng as his true enemy.
• Chen Chou'er reported that Qing Ji could not get close to Li Changsheng, while Qing Ji told Chen Zhixing that Li seemed to have joined the Sikong Family reluctantly and held no clear malice toward him.
• After receiving word that Elder You and Peak Lord Tuoba were heading to Huai Province, Chen Zhixing ordered Shan Yang to spread a false report that he had been spotted outside Heaven's Gate City, then declared that Li Changsheng's fate depended on his next choice.

Chen Zhixing was confronted outside Heaven's Gate City by Sikong Yuan and Li Changsheng, who attacked him on the Sikong Family's orders. Before Li Changsheng's strike could reach him, reinforcements from Ziwei's Chen Clan and Skywave Holy Land arrived, leaving Sikong Yuan and Li Changsheng facing Chen Zhixing's assembled allies.

• Sikong Yuan ordered Li Changsheng to kill Chen Zhixing, and Li Changsheng left Lu Zhinu to carry out their bargain.
• Sikong Yuan led over a hundred Black Armor Soldiers to surround Chen Zhixing outside Heaven's Gate City and summoned Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng told Chen Zhixing he had to kill him to save Lu Zhinu, then slapped Sikong Yuan for ordering him around and attacked Chen Zhixing with a powerful palm.
• A streak of azure light shattered Li Changsheng's palm as the Shadow Division of Ziwei's Chen Clan arrived to protect Chen Zhixing.
• Tuoba Zhenyi, Li Ran, Guan Tianyu, Gai Rong, Peng Nai, Dugu Ni, Shan Yang, and others arrived, and Elder You and the group gathered behind Chen Zhixing while Sikong Yuan and Li Changsheng faced them.

Chen Zhixing’s forces overwhelmed the Sikong Family’s ambush at Heaven’s Gate City while Dugu Ni confronted Sikong Yuan over the destruction of his family. Elder You began fighting Li Changsheng, whose wives and concubines Elder You declared he would support, and their clash continued to shake the city.

• Elder You revealed Sikong Xuan’s severed head, and Chen Zhixing ordered his forces to kill the Black Armor Guards.
• Peng Nai, Gai Rong, Li Ran, Guan Tianyu, and the Shadow Division broke through the guards’ formation as Sikong Yuan called for a wolf-smoke signal.
• Dugu Ni clashed with Sikong Yuan, who admitted that he had personally killed Dugu Fangzheng during the Dugu Family’s destruction.
• Elder You confronted Li Changsheng and announced that he would provide for Li Changsheng’s wives and concubines.
• Elder You and Li Changsheng exchanged powerful blows that shook Heaven’s Gate City, until Elder You seized Li Changsheng by the shoulders and rose into the sky.

Elder You and Li Changsheng fought in Heaven Beyond Heaven while Chen Chou'er slaughtered the Li Family Residence in Heaven's Gate City. Li Changsheng sensed the attack and rushed back as Chen Zhixing watched the carnage, with Elder You close behind.

• Elder You and Li Changsheng exchanged powerful divine techniques above a barren star, and Elder You summoned an Asura Corpse Demon Horde.
• Li Changsheng used Yi Wood Illuminates the Azure Sky, then sensed that the Li Family Residence was burning and abandoned the fight to rush back.
• Chen Chou'er entered the Li Family Residence and killed its servants, women, and children before killing Li Sanbao.
• Chen Chou'er used Painful Kiss to send Snakes of Pain after Li Changsheng's wives and concubines as Bai Hu'er led Lu Zhinu away.
• Chen Zhixing watched the massacre from a mountain peak, then saw Li Changsheng race toward Heaven's Gate City with Elder You pursuing him.

Li Changsheng reached the Li Family Residence and found his family slaughtered, but rescued Lu Zhinu and escaped with her and Bai Hu'er through a hidden teleportation array. He swore revenge on Ziwei's Chen Clan, while Chen Zhixing remained confident that Li Changsheng could not escape.

• Li Changsheng broke through Heaven's Gate City's protective formation and entered the Li Family Residence as Chen Chou'er left after killing Purple Cloud Fairy.
• Li Changsheng found Li Sanbao and the rest of his family dead, gathered their remains into his Storage Ring, and hurried to find Lu Zhinu.
• Li Changsheng found Lu Zhinu with Bai Hu'er and concealed the massacre from her while thanking Bai Hu'er for protecting her.
• Li Changsheng activated a hidden Teleportation Array and escaped with Lu Zhinu and Bai Hu'er, vowing to destroy Ziwei's Chen Clan.
• Elder You and Tuoba Zhenyi returned without Li Changsheng, but Chen Zhixing said he could not escape as members of the Sikong Family approached.

After suppressing Li Changsheng, Chen Zhixing gained the Myriad Creations title, a Profound Heaven Ice Cold Body, and Ice Great Dao comprehension before leaving Huai Province. Back at Ziwei's Chen Clan, he completed his new physique and discovered the Myriad Creations title held a startling secret.

• Chen Zhixing gained Fortune, the Myriad Creations title, the Profound Heaven Ice Cold Body, and Ice Great Dao comprehension after Li Changsheng's mental collapse, then left Huai Province with his companions by teleportation.
• The Sikong Family's experts arrived too late and found Sikong Yuan's corpse; their Python Robe leader vowed to meet Chen Zhixing again at the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament.
• Three days later, Chen Zhixing absorbed Li Changsheng's Ice Great Dao comprehension in a secret chamber and transformed his body with the Profound Heaven Ice Cold Body.
• Chen Zhixing tested his Extreme Cold Power, froze the secret chamber, and realized that an Ice Dao Art could help him condense an Ice Dao Seed and advance to the True Self Eighth Layer.
• Chen Zhixing examined the Myriad Creations title and was astonished by its description.

Chen Zhixing used the Myriad Creations title to establish a Pure Land Dao Field over Third Peak, granting its inhabitants vast cultivation benefits. As Chen Clan members flocked to the peak and made breakthroughs, Chen Zhixing emerged and declared that holy light would forever shine upon Ziwei's Chen Clan.

• Chen Zhixing chose Third Peak as his Pure Land Dao Field and activated its thousand-zhang radius.
• Shan Yang, Ruan Nanzhu, Bi Luo, Dugu Ni, and Hua Linghou sensed the increased spiritual energy, faster cultivation, clearer thoughts, and healing effects.
• The Pure Land revitalized Third Peak's plants and enlightened Spirit Beasts, while a passing Chen Clan disciple broke through to the Void Transformation Realm.
• Chen Clan disciples and elders crowded Third Peak, where many comprehended the Dao, healed, and broke through, including Elder Zhaoguang and Elder Guichen reaching the True Self Realm.
• Chen Zhixing emerged from his Secret Chamber, faced the gathered Chen Clan members, and said, "The holy light will forever shine upon Ziwei's Chen Clan, and be with you all."

Chen Zhixing rallied Ziwei's Chen Clan, then spent three months strengthening the clan and breaking through to the True Self Eighth Level. With the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament approaching and the Ninth Great Dao still out of reach, he decided to travel to Qianyang Academy, where he would also meet Xu Qingzhou, though he remained uncertain about becoming Dao Companions.

• Guichen and the disciples of Ziwei's Chen Clan pledged to follow Chen Zhixing and strengthen Ziwei, while Chen Daoyan recognized his growing authority.
• Chen Daoyan urged Chen Zhixing to accept responsibility for the clan, then gave him a Marriage Proposal Letter from the Xu Family and asked him to bring Xu Qingzhou back from Qianyang Academy.
• Over the next three months, Ziwei's Chen Clan grew stronger, and Chen Zhixing developed an Ice Dao Art, condensed the Ice Dao Seed, and reached the True Self Eighth Level.
• Chen Zhixing considered his upcoming participation in the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament, wondered why his parents had not returned, and sought a way to obtain a Ninth Great Dao.
• After Chen Daoyan asked when he would leave for Qianyang Academy, Chen Zhixing decided to go in search of the Ninth Great Dao and leave his prospects with Xu Qingzhou to fate.

Chen Zhixing left Ziwei Mountain for Qianyang Academy as extraordinary talents began emerging across the Eastern Xuan Region. In the Southern Frontier, Chen Zhaosheng warned Seven Sins not to target Chen Zhixing, but Seven Sins insisted he would take Chen Zhixing’s body.

• Chen Zhixing agreed to set off for Qianyang Academy, and Chen Daoyan told him to visit Meng Yan there.
• A massive Ziwei Clan ship departed for Qianyang Academy, drawing attention as it traveled toward the academy.
• Black-robed Nineteen told Chen Zhaosheng that powerful figures of many races were preparing for the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament and the return of the road to immortality.
• Seven Sins challenged Chen Zhaosheng over whether he could kill Chen Zhixing, but backed away after Chen Zhaosheng revealed his King Conferring Diagram.
• Chen Zhaosheng warned Seven Sins that Chen Zhixing was too powerful to touch, but Seven Sins declared that he would take Chen Zhixing’s vessel.
• Chen Zhixing read reports of newly emerged Heavenly Prides and powerful beings, then concluded that the Golden Era was beginning.

Chen Zhixing arrived at Qianyang Academy with Xu Dalong, whose rough appearance led students to mistake him for the famed Third Young Master. While the academy gathered at the main gate, Chen Zhixing entered alone through a side entrance and encountered a hand-holding pair.

• Chen Zhixing traveled to Qianyang Academy with Xu Dalong, who had advanced to the peak of Penetrating Clarity and was going there to study the Dao.
• Students recognized the Ziwei Chen clan's banner and rushed to the mountain gate, expecting to see Chen Zhixing.
• Xu Dalong disembarked with Elder Zhaoguang, and the students mistook the bearded, dark-skinned man for Chen Zhixing.
• Tian Xuanzi came to welcome Chen Zhixing, but Elder Zhaoguang explained that he had entered the academy alone through a side gate.
• Chen Zhixing walked through the quiet academy and stopped when he saw a talented man and a beautiful woman approaching hand in hand.

Chen Zhixing met Xu Qingzhou and her partner, Zhang Wanyi, at Qianyang Academy and learned that she had found someone she wanted to marry. He began discussing the Xu Family's Marriage Proposal with her, and she asked to speak privately.

• Chen Zhixing saw Xu Qingzhou and Zhang Wanyi walking hand in hand and overheard them discussing their relationship and his arrival.
• Xu Qingzhou reassured Zhang Wanyi that she would not yield if Chen Zhixing tried to claim her.
• Xu Qingzhou recognized Chen Zhixing and introduced him to Zhang Wanyi, who nervously greeted him.
• Chen Zhixing greeted Xu Qingzhou and said he had come partly to discuss the Xu Family's Marriage Proposal.
• Xu Qingzhou said she had wanted to discuss the matter too and asked Chen Zhixing to speak somewhere private.

Chen Zhixing learned that Embers planned to attack the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament and target him, while Xu Qingzhou ended the marriage proposal and chose Zhang Wanyi. Chen Zhixing accepted her decision and left alone, believing her future with Zhang Wanyi was likely to end badly.

• Xu Qingzhou asked Chen Zhixing whether he had killed Ning Changyu, and Chen Zhixing confirmed that he had.
• Xu Qingzhou warned Chen Zhixing that Embers planned to attack during the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament and had made him its foremost target.
• Xu Qingzhou apologized for the marriage proposal and said she did not want to become Chen Zhixing's concubine or marry someone who did not love her.
• Chen Zhixing accepted Xu Qingzhou's refusal, and she returned to Zhang Wanyi, relieved to have chosen the life she wanted.
• Chen Zhixing saw that Zhang Wanyi's fate pattern could lead him to become arrogant if he rose to power, but decided not to warn Xu Qingzhou and walked away alone.

Chen Zhixing reunited with Chen Mengyan at Qianyang Academy before meeting the academy’s mysterious Dean to seek the Dao. The chapter ended as the Dean asked Chen Zhixing about his reason for coming.

• Chen Mengyan greeted Chen Zhixing and teased him about Xu Qingzhou becoming his sister-in-law.
• A silver-haired elder escorted Chen Zhixing to meet the Dean while Chen Mengyan collected Spirit Stones from female students hoping to become her sister-in-law.
• Xu Qingzhou told Zhang Wanyi that she had spoken with Chen Zhixing, and she gave Zhang Wanyi a Spirit Wandering Pill to help him advance.
• Chen Zhixing entered the Dean’s vine-covered hall, greeted him respectfully, and confirmed that he had come to Qianyang Academy to seek the Dao.

Chen Zhixing visited Qianyang Academy to complete his Ninth Great Dao, and Tian Qianzi warned him that his nine Great Dao Seeds would make his future Nirvana tribulation exceptionally dangerous. Tian Qianzi advised him to cultivate the Life and Death Great Dao and offered a perilous Death Spirit Pill to help him comprehend it, leaving the choice to Chen Zhixing.

• Chen Zhixing met Tian Qianzi, who revealed that Nine Gods True Person had been his student and had died after cultivating only three Great Dao Seeds.
• Tian Qianzi explained that entering the Nirvana Realm required surviving a deadly Life and Death Great Tribulation followed by a period of Nirvana.
• Chen Zhixing said he had come to complete his Ninth Great Dao, but Tian Qianzi warned that the choice would shape the danger of his future tribulation.
• Tian Qianzi urged Chen Zhixing to cultivate the Life and Death Great Dao so he could find a way to survive the tribulation.
• Tian Qianzi offered Chen Zhixing a Death Spirit Pill that could help him comprehend life and death, but warned that failing to awaken from its deathlike state would mean true death.

Chen Zhixing tested the Sealing Yuan Coffin and grew eager to experience its deathly sensation, while new rivals rose ahead of the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament. After learning Lu Bing had entered the realm of Sincere Intention and Righteous Heart during a trip to the Northern Wilderness, Chen Zhixing suspected that journey had begun the path that would one day make Lu Bing a weapon suppressing the Northern Wilderness demons.

• Chen Zhixing accepted Tian Qianzi’s Death Spirit Pill but stored it until his family could verify it, then entered the Sealing Yuan Coffin to experience feigned death.
• Chen Zhixing panicked at the coffin’s suffocating chill, but found the sensation intoxicating and climbed back inside as Tian Qianzi watched approvingly.
• As the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament approached, Wu Duolong, Zui, and the Sword Child rose to second, third, and fourth on the Heavens Pride Immortal Ranking, behind Chen Zhixing.
• Chen Zhixing settled at Qianyang Academy, practiced sensing death intent in the coffin, and read reports about Wu Duolong, whom he recognized as his older brother Chen Zhaosheng.
• Lu Bing returned from the Northern Wilderness and told Chen Zhixing he had entered the realm of Sincere Intention and Righteous Heart; Chen Zhixing suspected the trip had started the path that would lead Lu Bing to suppress the Northern Wilderness demons.

Chen Zhixing encouraged Lu Bing to confess his feelings to Cao Ye, but Lu Bing’s attempt to act bold ended with Cao Ye throwing him into the dirt. Chen Zhixing fled to the sleeping palace while Lu Bing tried to explain himself.

• Chen Zhixing discovered that Lu Bing secretly liked the powerful Martial Path student Cao Ye, whom he called Cao Maiden.
• Lu Bing admitted he was afraid to confess because Cao Ye might beat him, and Chen Zhixing urged him to be direct and domineering.
• Lu Bing approached Cao Ye and led her to a wall, intending to ask whether she liked him.
• When Lu Bing tried to imitate Chen Zhixing’s wall-slam advice, Cao Ye threw him face-first into the dirt and accused him of ambushing her.
• Chen Zhixing covered his face and left for the sleeping palace as Lu Bing tried to explain himself to Cao Ye.

Chen Zhixing took the Death Spirit Pill inside the Sealing Yuan Coffin and fell into a state of true nothingness as the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament approached. While his family prepared for the tournament, Si Kong Xuanji and several top-ranked young fighters planned to kill Chen Zhixing at Immortal Suspension Mountain.

• After confirming the Death Spirit Pill was safe, Chen Zhixing entered the Sealing Yuan Coffin and took it, losing all his senses as he fell into eternal slumber.
• Half a month passed, and the major powers began traveling to Immortal Suspension Mountain for the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament.
• Chen Daoyan learned that Chen Zhixing remained in closed-door cultivation and ordered Elder You to leave him a letter, but Ming Lao reported that Elder You had gone to Paradise City.
• Chen Daoyan angrily ordered Ming Lao to bring Elder You back within an hour, and Ming Lao hurried toward Paradise City.
• At the Sikong Family, Si Kong Xuanji met with Nine Sins, Ye Liancheng, Shen San, and Li Chengfeng to discuss killing Chen Zhixing.
• Nine Sins and the others dismissed the need to recruit Wu Duolong, and Si Kong Xuanji declared that Chen Zhixing must die on Immortal Suspension Mountain.

Li Changsheng completed his Heavenly Devil Body and set out to kill Chen Zhixing at the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament, while Bai Hu'er secretly warned the Chen Clan. As the region’s forces gathered at Immortal Suspension Mountain, Tian Qianzi decided to give the unconscious Chen Zhixing two more days before forcing him awake.

• Li Changsheng absorbed the poisonous miasma, completed his Heavenly Devil Body, and swore revenge on Chen Zhixing for the deaths of his family.
• Li Changsheng told Bai Hu'er he planned to intercept Chen Zhixing at the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament, then flew away to pursue his revenge.
• Bai Hu'er revealed her cold intentions, sent a letter toward Ziwei's Chen Clan, and departed the mountain forest.
• The Eastern Xuan Region’s clans, students, and other powers converged on Immortal Suspension Mountain for the tournament.
• Tian Qianzi sensed Chen Zhixing’s weakening source vitality and resolved to wait two more days before forcefully awakening him.

Chen Zhixing experienced the Life and Death Illusion as Chen Xiaoxing, a boy born into a family of pallbearers, and began to confront what death meant. After carrying his first coffin, he saw a living person become a mound of earth, leaving his first understanding of death.

• Tian Qianzi sent Divine Sense into Chen Zhixing's Sea of Consciousness, drawing him into the Life and Death Illusion.
• Chen Zhixing watched as Chen Xiaoxing was born into the Chen Family, whose generations had worked as pallbearers and funeral providers.
• Chen Xiaoxing argued with his father, Chen Jisheng, about rejecting the family trade to pursue the imperial examinations, and Chen Jisheng slapped him and made him craft paper figures.
• After training to carry coffins, Chen Xiaoxing joined seven experienced pallbearers and carried his first coffin through a storm.
• At the burial, Chen Xiaoxing sealed the coffin and watched earth cover it, understanding death as a person becoming a small mound of earth.

Chen Zhixing briefly grasped the meaning of death through Hang Yazi’s memories, as Hang Yazi mourned his father, built a life with Xiulian, and grew old beside her. The chapter ended with Xiulian dying after a long illness.

• Hang Yazi’s father explained that death was part of life, and Chen Zhixing briefly regained clarity before sinking back into Chaos.
• Hang Yazi buried his father on a snowy hillside, then took over the funeral business and married Xiulian.
• Hang Yazi and Xiulian made a home together, raised a child, and shared decades of life.
• As Hang Yazi and Xiulian grew old, her lung illness worsened despite his efforts to care for her.
• On a clear autumn morning, Xiulian died after her life had stopped the day before.