Chapter Summaries

After a Nirvana Realm assassin attacked Chen Zhixing inside the sealed Ancient Land Small World, the three Immortal Dao Lineages suspected one another while Chen Zhixing fought back. He unleashed his Nine Paths as the battle escalated.

• Chen Daoyan vowed to pursue whoever killed Chen Zhixing, while the three Immortal Dao Lineages debated who had arranged the assassination.
• The Silver-Haired Old Woman told Mo Qingyue that the assassin must have entered the sealed small world before the tournament began and could not be stopped from outside.
• The Purple-Gold Crown Middle-Aged Man demanded the Imperial Jade Seal from Long Fei in exchange for helping her.
• Chen Zhixing used the Eye of Truth and Divine Art · Execution Platform to expose the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man's weakness, but the old man recovered and tore flesh from Chen Zhixing's neck.
• Chen Zhixing blasted the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man with flames, then called out, "Nine Paths Opened," causing his nine Great Dao Seeds to tremble.

Chen Zhixing revealed five Heaven and Earth Dharma Image Diagrams and fought the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man, whose Nirvana power endured their combined assault. The old man recovered from his injuries and prepared to continue attacking, while the author appended a note apologizing for late updates.

• Chen Zhixing opened the Ox Demon Star Ocean Diagram, summoning five hundred and fifty Primal Ox Demons.
• Chen Zhixing opened the Ascension Diagram, drawing on the sword arts of past Sword Dao Grandmasters before their figures merged into a white-robed swordsman resembling him.
• Chen Zhixing revealed the Sky Wave Refining Spirit, Immovable Wisdom King, and Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Attraction diagrams, and the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man recognized the legendary Nine Gods Method.
• The Dirty Soap Robe Old Man attacked, but Chen Zhixing's diagrams struck him with Ox Demon fists, Divine Sense powers, a sword rainbow, and the Immovable Wisdom King's weapon.
• The old man repelled the sword and staff with his Purple-Gold Hammer, then healed his bleeding hand and declared that a True Self cultivator could never kill a Nirvana cultivator in one strike.
• The author apologized for recent late updates and said he would do his utmost to update more.

Chen Zhixing unleashed his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form Diagrams against the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man, overwhelming and freezing him before summoning his eighth manifestation, the Thunder Emperor True Body. The chapter ended as the Thunder Emperor hurled a spear at the wounded old man while all eight manifestations closed in for a killing strike.

• The Dirty Soap Robe Old Man advanced on Chen Zhixing, and observers believed the Nirvana Realm expert could not be defeated while Si Kong Xuanji celebrated Chen Zhixing's apparent doom.
• Chen Zhixing used the Flame Emperor Ling Chen Diagram to crush the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man and the Extreme Cold Sky Illumination Diagram to pin and freeze him with an ice dragon.
• As cracks spread through the ice, Chen Zhixing swallowed spirit pills to replenish his True Essence and activated his eighth diagram, the Thunder Emperor True Body Diagram.
• The Dirty Soap Robe Old Man broke free of the ice, revealed that Chen Zhixing had wounded him, and looked up in rage.
• The Thunder Emperor True Body hurled a Thunder Divine Spear at the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man as Chen Zhixing's other seven Dharma Manifestations charged in to complete a killing trap.

Chen Zhixing’s eight Dharma Manifestations overwhelmed the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man, but his Nirvana ability let him recover from his shattered body. After escaping, Chen Zhixing began condensing his ninth Dharma Manifestation, the Life and Death Reversal Diagram, while preparing to finish his Azure Pheasant Sword’s transformation.

• Chen Zhixing’s eight Dharma Manifestations battered the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man until his body exploded, but the old man revived through Blood Drop Rebirth.
• The Dirty Soap Robe Old Man discovered Chen Zhixing had vanished and swore to kill him if they met again.
• Chen Zhixing fled under the concealment of the Nether Mask and concluded he needed Nirvana-level power to kill the old man.
• Chen Zhixing returned to the Sword Palace and cultivated the Life and Death Great Dao while the Azure Pheasant Sword continued transforming.
• Chen Zhixing summoned the ninth Dharma Manifestation, forming a rotating Life and Death Yin-Yang Diagram in the sky.

Chen Zhixing summoned the Azure Pheasant Sword and overpowered the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man, then used the Life and Death Reversal Diagram to drain his lifespan. He left the old man unable to resist by destroying his Dantian Divine Sea, while testing whether a Nirvana cultivator could survive the loss of lifespan.

• Chen Zhixing waited before the Sword Palace as the land around him repeatedly bloomed with life and withered away.
• The Dirty Soap Robe Old Man attacked Chen Zhixing with his Violet Lightning Hammer, but Chen Zhixing summoned the Azure Pheasant Sword and cut the hammer in two.
• Chen Zhixing tore apart the old man's Nirvana Art and severed his arm and legs, forcing him to kneel.
• Chen Zhixing explained that he would test whether the old man could survive the loss of lifespan, then activated the Life and Death Reversal Diagram to drain his life force.
• The Dirty Soap Robe Old Man tried to use a divine ability, but Chen Zhixing stabbed his Dantian Divine Sea and destroyed his Nirvana Force.

Chen Zhixing fought the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man by stripping away his life force, but the old man’s Dharma Manifestation transferred the same effects to Chen Zhixing. Chen Zhixing drained life from a mountain to survive, killed the Nirvana cultivator, and collapsed with white strands in his hair.

• Chen Zhixing’s Life and Death Great Dao shredded the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man’s dantian and rapidly drained his lifespan, bringing on the Greater Five Signs of Decay of Celestial Beings.
• The Dirty Soap Robe Old Man grabbed Chen Zhixing and used his Dharma Manifestation to transfer the life-draining effects onto him.
• Chen Zhixing accepted the exchange and intensified the death intent, causing both the Greater and Lesser Five Signs of Decay to overtake the Dirty Soap Robe Old Man.
• Chen Zhixing drained life force from a distant mountain to revive his fading flame of life and continue attacking the old man.
• The Dirty Soap Robe Old Man died, triggering the omen of a Nirvana Fall, and Chen Zhixing shattered his corpse before collapsing with white strands in his hair.

Chen Zhixing killed a Nirvana Realm expert while still in the True Self Realm, shocking the cultivators watching through the Profound Light Mirror. As the ancient factions moved to recruit him, Great Luo Dao Land’s Purple-Gold Crown Middle-Aged Man turned on Long Fei.

• Cultivators gathered around Immortal Suspension Mountain watched in disbelief as Chen Zhixing slew the Nirvana Realm expert and a Golden Great Sun omen appeared.
• Lei Huatian feared Chen Zhixing would come after him, while Qin Tianzhong recognized the young cultivator as a potential ally and enemy to the Sikong Family.
• Ziwei's Chen Clan celebrated Chen Zhixing’s victory, and Chen Daoyan finally relaxed and expressed pride in his son.
• The Silver-Haired Old Woman ordered Mo Qingyue to summon the Heavenly Saint Palace Palace Master and recruit Chen Zhixing with the utmost sincerity.
• The Ascension Immortal Sect old man sent word to suspend its plans and take Chen Zhixing in, while Long Fei panicked at Great Luo Dao Land.
• The Purple-Gold Crown Middle-Aged Man seized Long Fei by the throat as she asked what they should do.

After Chen Zhixing killed a Nirvana cultivator, Long Fei used the threat of exposing their conspiracy to keep the Purple-Gold King from killing her, while the Sikong Family prepared a final ambush for Chen Zhixing. As Chen Zhixing recovered under the Azure Pheasant Sword’s protection, Chen Zhaosheng approached him and confronted the astonishing fact that he had slain a Nirvana cultivator as a True Self.

• Long Fei warned the Purple-Gold King that the Medicine King Valley master could expose their assassination plot, then argued that Chen Zhixing might still be killed if the Purple-Gold King obtained the Ancient Era Undying Dynasty’s inheritance.
• Si Kong Xuanji proposed smearing Chen Zhixing’s reputation but decided instead to use the Sikong Family’s Clan-Protecting Longevity Weapon to kill him as soon as he emerged, then prepare for war with Ziwei’s Chen Clan.
• A gray-haired winged figure watched the Profound Light Mirror and vowed to avenge Sanbao.
• Chen Zhixing lay unconscious for five days while the Azure Pheasant Sword protected him from prodigies trying to steal his Immortal Martial Token, and his body gradually recovered.
• Chen Zhaosheng approached Chen Zhixing, dodged the Azure Pheasant Sword’s warning strike, and was allowed closer after Chen Zhixing told the sword to let him pass.
• Chen Zhaosheng looked at the recovering Chen Zhixing and marveled that he had killed a Nirvana cultivator while in the True Self Realm.

Chen Zhaosheng revealed his identity to Chen Zhixing and warned him that the Embers Organization had moved up its plan to kill the Heavenly Prides in the Ancient Land Small World. After staging a public fight to conceal their meeting, Chen Zhixing headed east to hide until the Grand Competition ended.

• Chen Daoyan and the Nether Duo mistook Wu Duolong for Chen Zhaosheng, whom they believed had died years earlier.
• Chen Zhaosheng revealed himself to Chen Zhixing and warned that Embers planned to bury every Heavenly Pride in the Ancient Land Small World at daybreak.
• Chen Zhaosheng gave Chen Zhixing nearly fifty unactivated Immortal Martial Tokens and directed him to hide in a chaotic-mist region to the east.
• Chen Zhaosheng and Chen Zhixing staged a fierce fight, making it appear that Wu Duolong had tried to steal Chen Zhixing's Immortal Martial Token and been defeated.
• Chen Zhixing took his Azure Pheasant Sword and used the Earth Striding Law Step to travel east toward the hiding place.

Chen Zhixing gathered treasures in the Ancient Land Small World and entered its eastern Chaos mist to cultivate. Elsewhere, a strange two-faced figure emerged from a vortex, killed thirteen prodigies, and captured them in a Black Ancient Banner.

• Chen Zhixing sent Flying Flower petals east to check for danger, then used Immortal Martial Tokens to summon more than fifty treasures and several Ancient Divine Methods.
• After confirming nothing had happened, Chen Zhixing collected the treasures and flew to the eastern edge of the Ancient Land Small World.
• Chen Zhixing entered the Chaos mist, intending to cultivate the Great Dao Furnace Scripture and comprehend the Dao of Nirvana.
• Fu Qingxu refused to surrender his Immortal Martial Token while surrounded by prodigies, despite being exhausted from battle.
• A two-faced figure emerged from a glowing vortex, killed the prodigies gathered at the lake, and used a Black Ancient Banner to capture thirteen of them.

Golden-masked black-robed figures from the Embers Organization invaded Immortal Suspension Mountain’s Ancient Land Small World and hunted its Heavenly Prides, prompting fury and demands for an explanation outside. The three contest leaders emerged, and the other two pointed suspicion toward Purple-Gold King, who denied knowing anything about the new attackers.

• Fu Qingxu fled the Weird Two-Faced Figure, who pursued him.
• A golden-masked black-robed figure attacked Peng Nai and Gai Rong, while similar intruders hunted Heavenly Prides throughout the Ancient Land Small World.
• The Profound Light Mirror’s images vanished, and the cultivators outside Immortal Suspension Mountain erupted in alarm as Chen Daoyan recognized the Embers Organization.
• Qin Tianzhong and other leaders demanded an explanation from the three upper sects, whose representatives emerged from the Immortal Gates.
• The Silver-Haired Old Woman and the Ascension Immortal Sect elder directed attention toward Purple-Gold King, who denied knowing why the masked figures had entered.

As the competition’s leaders swore they knew nothing about the Black Robed Figures and promised to take responsibility, Chen Zhixing began cultivating the Great Dao Furnace Scripture in the Chaos Mist. He formed the furnace’s embryonic shape, then noticed a Golden Masked Black Robed Figure hunting Peng Nai nearby.

• Purple-Gold King, the Old Man with Immortal Appearance, and the Silver-Haired Old Woman swore to the Heavenly Dao that they knew nothing about the Black Robed Figures, and promised to take responsibility for the danger in the Ancient Land Small World.
• Chen Zhixing found shelter in the Chaos Mist and began cultivating the Great Dao Furnace Scripture, hoping to merge his Nine Great Daos.
• Chen Zhixing formed the embryonic shape of a Great Dao Furnace in his Dantian Divine Sea.
• A Whip-Wielding Black Robed Figure pursued Peng Nai, identified his Dual-Winged Fallen Sky Devil bloodline, and severely wounded him with a whip.
• Peng Nai charged at the Golden Masked Black Robed Figure but was beaten back, then feared he would be captured like Gai Rong.

Chen Zhixing pulled Peng Nai into the Chaos Mist and saved him from an Embers member marked Eight. After the masked pursuer left, Peng Nai reunited with Chen Zhixing and prepared to explain the situation inside the Ancient Land Small World.

• Chen Zhixing recognized Peng Nai and Embers Number Eight outside the Chaos Mist, but decided not to risk fighting the stronger opponent.
• Number Eight tried to take Peng Nai away, but Peng Nai refused and charged into the Chaos Mist as Number Eight attacked.
• A sudden force dragged Peng Nai into the mist, and Number Eight mistakenly believed a void rift had swallowed him before leaving to search for Chen Zhixing.
• Chen Zhixing revealed that he had pulled Peng Nai to safety, and Peng Nai asked how he could navigate the mist.
• Chen Zhixing asked Peng Nai about the situation inside the Ancient Land Small World, and Peng Nai reacted with intense hatred.
• Outside Immortal Suspension Mountain, faction leaders anxiously pressed the Purple-Gold King, the Silver-Haired Old Woman, and their companion for news.

While faction leaders waited for the Dao Lord to arrive and rescue the trapped Heavenly Prides, Long Fei recognized the Golden Spider Guard and became convinced that her emperor would return. In the Ancient Land Small World, the black-robed group searched for Chen Zhixing, while Peng Nai told him that most of the Heavenly Prides had been hunted down and Gai Rong had been killed.

• The Purple-Gold King told the faction leaders that their Dao Lord would arrive in half a day, and the Huyan Family Head reluctantly held back his anger.
• Long Fei recognized the Golden Spider Guard in the Profound Light Mirror and declared that the Undying Dynasty and her emperor would return.
• The Six-Armed Black Robed Man knocked Chen Chou'er unconscious and pulled him into an ancient banner, unaware that Chen Chou'er was feigning unconsciousness.
• Number Six ordered the black-robed figures to find Chen Zhixing, the Target Spark, before they had to leave the small world in three shichen.
• Peng Nai told Chen Zhixing that more than half of the Heavenly Prides had been hunted down and that Gai Rong had died protecting him.

Chen Zhixing completed the Great Dao Furnace Scripture’s ancient cauldron just as the Grand Competition ended and began returning its participants. Outside Immortal Suspension Mountain, three Immortal Dao Lineage Lords appeared, but Si Kong Xuanji remained determined to kill Chen Zhixing when he emerged.

• Chen Zhaosheng denied leaking information about Chen Zhixing to the organization, clashed with the Weird Two-Faced Figure, and left the Ancient Land Small World with the others as the competition’s time ran out.
• Chen Zhixing completed the bronze ancient cauldron in his Dantian while cultivating the Great Dao Furnace Scripture.
• The Ancient Land Small World shook, and white beams enveloped Chen Zhixing and Peng Nai as they were summoned out.
• Three Immortal Dao Lineage Lords opened the Passage Gate and arrived at Immortal Suspension Mountain in Extraterrestrial Avatars, silencing the gathered crowd.
• Si Kong Xuanji rejected his servant’s advice to abandon the assassination and resolved to kill Chen Zhixing using the Sikong Family’s Clan-Protecting Longevity Weapon.

Chen Zhixing and Peng Nai emerged from the Ancient Land Small World as its only survivors, leaving the powers of the Eastern Xuan Region devastated. Si Kong Xuanji ordered the Sikong Family’s Clan-Protecting Longevity Weapon activated to kill Chen Zhixing, while Chen Daoyan revealed that Ziwei’s Chen Clan had its own weapon.

• Si Kong Xuanji learned that the Sikong Family’s Clan-Protecting Longevity Weapon was ready and ordered it used against Chen Zhixing as soon as he appeared.
• Li Changsheng watched the vortex at Immortal Suspension Mountain and vowed to send Chen Zhixing down to accompany Sanbao.
• Chen Daoyan learned the Sikong Family had moved its Longevity Weapon and told Elder You that Ziwei’s Chen Clan had one too.
• Chen Zhixing and Peng Nai emerged from the vortex, and the vortex vanished without bringing out any other tournament participants.
• The leaders of the great powers realized that all the other participants had died in the small world and mourned their fallen heirs and disciples.
• Si Kong Xuanji reacted to Chen Zhixing’s survival by ordering the Longevity Weapon activated immediately.

Chen Zhixing revealed little about the massacre in the Ancient Land Small World before Si Kong Xuanji attacked him with the Sikong Family’s Longevity Weapon. As the weapon’s strike bore down on Chen Zhixing, his grandfather Chen Daoyan emerged to defend him.

• Chen Zhixing said he had been in seclusion when the Black Robed Figures appeared and invited Peng Nai to explain what happened inside the small world.
• Si Kong Xuanji brought out the Profound Heaven Immortal Mirror, a Longevity Weapon, and announced that Chen Zhixing would die beneath it.
• Si Kong Xuanji unleashed the mirror’s Silent Extinction Divine Light at Chen Zhixing despite the Silver-Haired Old Woman’s warning.
• Chen Zhixing looked toward Ziwei's Chen Clan’s great ship as Chen Daoyan emerged and began forming a purple Immortal Waterfall in front of him.

Chen Daoyan revealed overwhelming power after the Ziwei Emperor Lamp clashed with the Profound Heaven Immortal Mirror, killing Si Kong Xuanji and defeating his servant. He then faced the Sikong Family’s Seven Elders and promised Chen Zhixing he would kill all seven to celebrate his victory in the Eastern Profound Grand Competition.

• The Ziwei Emperor Lamp emerged after the clash with the Profound Heaven Immortal Mirror, revealing that Ziwei's Chen Clan had brought a Longevity Weapon to the battle.
• Chen Daoyan attacked Si Kong Xuanji with the Primal Chaos Divine Fist, shattered his Heavenly Abyss defense, and cleaved him in two with a palm strike.
• Chen Daoyan struck down the old servant in black when he rushed to help Si Kong Xuanji.
• Si Kong Xuanji regenerated and summoned the Sikong Family's Seven Elders, seven Nirvana experts, to stand against Chen Daoyan.
• Chen Daoyan told Chen Zhixing he would slaughter the seven Nirvana experts to celebrate his first-place finish in the Eastern Profound Grand Competition, then summoned a thunder-forged Sky-Opening Great Axe.

Chen Daoyan arrived at Immortal Suspension Mountain and fought Si Kong Xuanji and the Seven Elders to avenge the Chen Clan and protect Chen Zhixing. He overwhelmed the Nirvana experts and advanced toward Si Kong Xuanji, who panicked and raged at the Chen Clan’s continued rise.

• Chen Daoyan appeared above the Nine Heavens, and Qin Tianzhong recalled the Fierce Tiger’s unmatched reputation.
• Chen Daoyan attacked Si Kong Xuanji, and the Bone Bead Old Man confronted him with a Nirvana weapon.
• Chen Daoyan shattered the Bone Bead Old Man’s beads with one axe strike and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• The other six of the Seven Elders attacked Chen Daoyan together, but his Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Slash smashed their powers and sent them flying.
• Chen Daoyan strode toward Si Kong Xuanji and threatened to take his head, while Si Kong Xuanji panicked and resented the Chen Clan’s good fortune.

Chen Daoyan overwhelmed his enemies, but Li Changsheng suddenly attacked Chen Zhixing and was foiled by a Substitute Talisman. Chen Zhixing revealed that he had anticipated the assassination and showed Li Changsheng an image of an elderly woman waiting for him, leaving Li Changsheng enraged.

• Chen Daoyan cleaved six Nirvana experts away with a single axe, inspiring Ziwei's Chen Clan to hope for a powerful future.
• Li Changsheng charged onto the clan's ship and tried to kill Chen Zhixing, while the Nether Duo failed to stop him.
• Chen Zhixing's Substitute Talisman took the blow, and the Nether Duo and Shadow Division surrounded Li Changsheng.
• Chen Zhixing appeared and showed Li Changsheng an image of an elderly woman longing for his return.
• Li Changsheng recognized the woman and roared furiously at Chen Zhixing.