Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng arranged to challenge Chen Zhixing at the Eastern Sea Coast in seven days, insisting the duel would be fair and settle their past. Though cultivators expected Chen Zhixing to refuse, he accepted, and the news sent the Eastern Xuan Region into an uproar as crowds headed for the coast.

• Li Changsheng asked the Sikong Family to announce his seven-day duel challenge to Chen Zhixing, declaring that only the victor would return by sea.
• Li Changsheng warned Si Kong Xuanji not to interfere or lay traps, and resolved to settle everything with a fair fight.
• The Sikong Family spread news of the challenge across the Eastern Xuan Region, where cultivators mocked Li Changsheng for challenging a younger opponent who was still undergoing tribulation.
• Chen Zhixing accepted the challenge through a proclamation from Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, shocking cultivators who took his response as proof that he had entered the Nirvana Realm.
• Countless cultivators set out for the Eastern Sea to witness Chen Zhixing's first battle after his breakthrough.

Chen Zhixing traveled ahead of his duel with Li Changsheng to Fubo City, wary that the Sikong Family might have laid an ambush. On the ship, he met three travelers from the Nanping Sword Sect, whose conversation turned to his coming fight with Li Changsheng.

• Chen Zhixing boarded a protected ship bound for Fubo City six days before his Duel Challenge with Li Changsheng.
• He considered whether the Sikong Family might be plotting against him, while believing Li Changsheng would not resort to assassination.
• A lively young woman from the Nanping Sword Sect asked to sit beside Chen Zhixing, followed by her senior sister and their old crone companion.
• The Nanping Sword Sect disciples admired the Eastern Sea scenery and began discussing the upcoming duel between Chen Zhixing and Li Changsheng.

Chen Zhixing traveled toward Fubo City, where a duel between him and Li Changsheng was about to take place. A Nanping Sword Sect elder predicted Li Changsheng would win, while Xu Qingqing and Chen Zhixing backed Chen Zhixing.

• Mu Jianping and Xu Qingqing discussed who would win the coming duel between Chen Zhixing and Li Changsheng.
• The Black-Clothed Old Woman argued that Li Changsheng's caution, battle record, cultivation, and Heavenly Devil Body made him certain to win, and said she had bet her fortune on him.
• Xu Qingqing grew dispirited at the prediction, but perked up when Chen Zhixing said he believed Chen Zhixing would win.
• The Black-Clothed Old Woman rebuked Chen Zhixing for challenging her judgment and warned Xu Qingqing not to talk to dubious strangers.

Chen Zhixing reached Fubo City ahead of Li Changsheng’s duel and secretly arranged safeguards against interference, while the city filled with spectators and wagers. On the fifth day, Li Changsheng and the Sikong Family arrived in a Nine-Dragon Golden Carriage, setting the city abuzz.

• Chen Zhixing disagreed with the black-haired old woman’s dismissal of his chances, then traveled with her group to Fubo City.
• Tang Long met the Nanping Sword Sect group, bragged about his family’s ties to the Chen Clan, and offered to bring Mu Jianping and Xu Qingqing to the front of the duel.
• Chen Zhixing reunited with the Nether Duo and Shadow Division in a secluded alley, where Master Tianyezi confirmed the battlefield had been inspected to prevent interference.
• Chen Zhixing told his allies to guard against anyone influencing the duel, then returned to Fubo City in disguise.
• Cultivators poured into Fubo City as the duel approached, and the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s betting house drew crowds.
• On the fifth day, Li Changsheng and the Sikong Family arrived outside Fubo City in a Golden Carriage drawn by Nine True Dragons.

Fubo City’s shore crossing filled with spectators as Li Changsheng arrived for his duel with Chen Zhixing. After keeping the crowd waiting, Chen Zhixing appeared, and Li Changsheng met his arrival with fierce battle intent.

• Xu Qingqing, Mu Jianping, and the Black-Clothed Old Woman arrived at the crowded shore crossing with Tang Long, who said he had secured their place near the front through his ties to Ziwei’s Chen Clan.
• Li Changsheng appeared far out at sea, sitting beneath a bamboo hat and freezing the water around him with Pale Cold Qi.
• Si Kong Xuanji asked why Chen Zhixing had not arrived, and Elder You told him to wait until the young master had slept enough.
• Chen Zhixing walked through the crowd as the Shadow Division cleared a path, drawing the attention of spectators including Xu Qingqing and Mu Jianping.
• Li Changsheng looked toward Chen Zhixing and released a fierce surge of battle intent.

Chen Zhixing and Li Changsheng fought a devastating battle over the Eastern Sea, each displaying power at the Nirvana Realm. The chapter leaves Chen Zhixing in peril as Li Changsheng unleashes three peerless arts against him at once.

• Chen Zhixing arrived at the Eastern Sea and attacked Li Changsheng, killing a Nirvana Realm Sea Beast King with one hand.
• Chen Zhixing and Li Changsheng exchanged blows that shattered the frozen sea and sent an apocalyptic wave toward Fubo City, which the Faction Lords stopped with a barrier.
• Chen Zhixing summoned a Primordial Ice Dragon to meet Li Changsheng's mountain-sized ice fist, then the two fighters rose from beneath the sea into the sky.
• Chen Zhixing unleashed Icefire Scorching Heavens, combining Pale Cold Qi and Divine Fire against Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng revealed his Yin Yang Dao, Glacier Dao, and Wood Dao, bringing a life-and-death diagram, a vast glacier, and a towering divine tree to bear on Chen Zhixing.

Chen Zhixing was overwhelmed by Li Changsheng’s hundred-path divine wheel, but he healed and prepared to reveal his own law before the watching world. The chapter ended as Chen Zhixing invited the world and its million inhabitants to witness his power.

• Chen Zhixing fought off Li Changsheng’s three divine arts, but the Yin Yang Life and Death Diagram badly wounded him.
• Li Changsheng summoned the Heavenly Evolution Divine Wheel, combining the powers and Great Daos of his deceased descendants into a hundred-path manifestation.
• The watching factions and spectators believed Chen Zhixing was about to lose, while Ming Lao prepared to intervene if he faced mortal danger.
• Chen Zhixing recovered with Nirvana Force, recalled his final battle during the Nirvana Limit Breaking Tribulation, and declared that he would reveal his law to the world.

Chen Zhixing unveiled his Chaos Dao, forged from the union of the nine paths, and used its Chaos Sword to overwhelm Li Changsheng. Li Changsheng survived by repeatedly resurrecting, and Chen Zhixing prepared to strike again.

• Chen Zhixing recalled how his Nirvana Limit Breaking Tribulation had helped him fuse the nine paths and form his own method.
• Chen Zhixing summoned the Profound Yellow Great Cauldron, drew out a Nine-Colored Ancient Sword, and announced that he had united the nine paths into one Chaos Sword.
• Chen Zhixing's sword tore open the Nine Heavens and shattered Li Changsheng's halo of world-shocking diagrams.
• The sword repeatedly cleaved Li Changsheng apart until its force faded, and Li Changsheng finally reformed from a drop of blood, severely weakened.
• Chen Zhixing questioned how many times Li Changsheng could resurrect and drew another Nine-Colored Ancient Sword from the cauldron.

Li Changsheng sacrificed his life to unleash the Heavenly Devil Body’s Curse Killing Technique against Chen Zhixing, hoping to take him down with him. Chen Zhixing emerged unharmed and revealed that he possessed the Heavenly Devil Body as well.

• Li Changsheng praised Chen Zhixing’s strength, then transformed with the Heavenly Devil Body and invoked a sacrificial curse meant to suppress him forever.
• Li Changsheng spent his blood, vitality, and lifespan to weave a vast scarlet net around Chen Zhixing, shocking the cultivators watching in Fubo City.
• The blood net closed into a sphere around Chen Zhixing as Li Changsheng and the onlookers believed the curse had decided the battle.
• Chen Zhixing tore through the sphere unharmed, revealed the Demon Marks on his hand, and said that he also had the Heavenly Devil Body.

Chen Zhixing defeated and killed Li Changsheng, then gained a massive Fortune increase and new abilities from the system. He tossed Li Changsheng’s severed head before the Golden Carriage and challenged whoever was inside to face him next.

• Li Changsheng accepted his defeat, reflected on reuniting with his family, and died as his body fell into the Eastern Sea.
• The crowd celebrated Chen Zhixing’s victory, while the leaders of the major powers recognized his rise as a true mighty figure.
• Chen Zhixing received 1,000% additional Fortune, the title Myriad Creations, an opportunity to grow his Pure Land Dao Field, and two new abilities.
• Chen Zhixing retrieved Li Changsheng’s corpse, severed his head, and threw it before the Golden Carriage.
• Chen Zhixing gestured contemptuously at the Golden Carriage, signaling that its occupant was next.

After defeating Li Changsheng, Chen Zhixing returned to Fubo City, where Si Kong Xuanji fled rather than accept his challenge. Chen Zhixing reunited with Xu Qingqing and revealed he remembered her from their earlier encounter, while Chen Daoyan prepared to leave on a dangerous mission with only three months of curse suppression.

• Chen Zhixing challenged Si Kong Xuanji, who ordered the Golden Carriage to flee without answering him.
• Chen Zhixing returned to the Chen Family elders and Shadow Division members, then agreed to go home.
• Xu Qingqing called out to Chen Zhixing, who approached her and said he had come to find her, not Tang Long.
• Chen Zhixing reminded the Black-Clothed Old Woman that she had misjudged him before, and she recognized him from the passenger ship.
• Chen Daoyan told the Chen Family Apex Old Ancestor he had decided to go alone, and the Ancestor warned that he could suppress Chen Daoyan's curse for only three months.

After leaving Fubo City, Chen Zhixing returned to Ziwei Mountain, where news of his victory over Li Changsheng had made him one of the Eastern Xuan Region’s leading figures. The Ancestor summoned him to discuss Dao Yan, leaving Chen Zhixing uneasy about what had happened to the Family Head.

• Chen Zhixing rode out of Fubo City after leaving Xu Qingqing and Mu Jianping behind, and a procession followed him as the Seal was lifted.
• Elder You teased Chen Zhixing about being small and cute, so Chen Zhixing struck him into the earth and warned him to stop.
• The White Horse transformed into a White Dragon and carried Chen Zhixing away, while the Black-Clothed Old Woman celebrated her disciples’ prospects.
• Several days later, word of Chen Zhixing’s battle with Li Changsheng spread across the Eastern Xuan Region, and people recognized Chen Zhixing as a top figure of his age.
• A Red-Robed Boy led Chen Zhixing to the Ancestor, who said he had summoned him to speak about Dao Yan.

Chen Tianyuan transferred the Ziwei Treasure Seal to Chen Zhixing, making the sixteen-year-old the Fifth Master and Family Head of Ziwei's Chen Clan. As preparations began for the Heaven Worship Ceremony, Chen Zhixing learned that his grandfather, Chen Daoyan, had gone to Floating Sky Mountain in the Northern Land.

• Chen Tianyuan asked Chen Zhixing why Chen Daoyan had never reached the Apex Realm, but Chen Zhixing said he did not know.
• Chen Tianyuan offered Chen Zhixing the Ziwei Treasure Seal and asked him to become the clan's fifth Family Head.
• Chen Zhixing swore to guard and revive the clan, and the Treasure Seal absorbed his blood and sent a black light and Ziwei Flower into the sky.
• Chen Tianyuan proclaimed Chen Zhixing the Fifth Master of Ziwei and announced a Heaven Worship Ceremony for three days later, drawing attention from powerful figures across the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Chen Zhixing sensed his new connection to the clan's grounds, formation, and longevity weapon, then asked where Chen Daoyan had gone.
• Chen Tianyuan told Chen Zhixing that Chen Daoyan was at Floating Sky Mountain in the Northern Land.

Chen Zhixing returned to Ziwei's Chen Clan as the clan prepared to make him Ziwei Master, while forces across the Eastern Xuan Region reacted to the announcement. Meanwhile, Chen Zhaosheng learned the Chancellor had revived and that they would soon awaken the Hundred Thousand Heroic Spirits, as Chen Daoyan vowed to kill an Absolute Peak and Chen Zhixing's imprisoned parents wondered about their son.

• Chen Zhixing learned that Floating Sky Mountain had made his grandfather wary, then returned to the Third Peak and found the clan awaiting his ascension ceremony.
• The announcement that Chen Zhixing would become Ziwei Master three days later stirred hidden tensions among the Eastern Xuan Region's major forces.
• Chen Zhaosheng told Number Seven he hoped to return to the past, and Number Seven revealed that the Chancellor had revived and wanted them to awaken the Hundred Thousand Heroic Spirits in the Northern Desert.
• Chen Daoyan looked toward the Northern Land and vowed to kill an Absolute Peak as a congratulatory gift for Chen Zhixing.
• In the Snow Prison, Chen Zhixing's parents wondered whether their sixteen-year-old son had suffered in the clan and whether he had forgotten them.

The Chen Clan’s change of masters drew congratulations from more than half the Eastern Xuan Region, including three Immortal Dao Lineages. As the crowds gathered at Ziwei Mountain, Chen Zhixing dressed for the Ascension Ceremony and stepped out to face them.

• Factions from across the Eastern Xuan Region arrived at Ziwei Mountain with lavish gifts, forming a ten-li line of flying artifacts.
• Qin Tianzhong explained that Skywave Holy Land’s generous gifts were for its divine son, Chen Zhixing, and Chen Tianchen escorted the guests inside.
• Lu Yuan arrived with his pregnant daughter Lu Ying and reflected on how much Chen Zhixing had changed in six years.
• Three figures emerged from Immortal Gates and announced that Heavenly Saint Palace, Ascension Immortal Sect, and Great Luo Dao Land had come to witness the ceremony.
• Bi Luo dressed Chen Zhixing in a Dragon Robe and Twelve-Tassel Crown, and he walked out of the hall as the crowds awaited the Ascension Ceremony.

Chen Zhixing completed his ascension as Ziwei Chen Family Head and declared war on the Sikong Family, winning the support of his clan and Skywave Holy Land. The campaign was set to begin in three days, and the next morning Chen Zhixing prepared to upgrade the Training Ground.

• Chen Zhixing performed the Heaven Worship ceremony, and the ancestor Chen Xuanfeng appeared to approve him as the fifth-generation lord.
• Chen Zhixing declared that the Ziwei Chen Family would march on Huai Province and flatten the Sikong Family in three days.
• The Ziwei Chen Family disciples pledged to follow Chen Zhixing into battle, and Qin Tianzhong committed Skywave Holy Land to the campaign.
• Faction envoys left the ceremony to respond to the coming war, and news of Chen Zhixing’s declaration spread across the Eastern Xuan Region.
• The next morning, Chen Zhixing sat in the Main Peak Great Hall and decided to upgrade the Training Ground.

As Ziwei's Chen Clan prepared to invade Huai Province and attack the Sikong Family, Chen Zhixing inspected the clan's hurried preparations and insisted every fighter receive defensive Treasure Artifacts. He then activated an upgrade to the Training Ground, causing a surge of time power to spread across Ziwei Mountain.

• Chen Tianchen reported that 537 Chen clan cultivators at the Profound Clarity Realm or above would join the campaign, alongside the Apex Realm Ancestor and forces from Skywave Holy Land.
• The Eighth Peak Master warned Chen Zhixing that there was not enough time to equip every fighter with both offensive and defensive Treasure Artifacts, but Chen Zhixing ordered the clan to spare no cost on defensive gear.
• Chen Zhixing observed alchemists refining pills, Ou Yezi training disciples in killing formations, and cultivators striving to break through before the battle.
• Chen Zhixing told Chen Tianchen that the clan should strike before its enemies could prepare, and insisted the campaign would end in victory rather than heavy losses.
• Chen Zhixing crossed from the Eighth Peak to the Third Peak and upgraded the Training Ground, unleashing a tide of Profound Yellow Light and the Power of Time across Ziwei Mountain.

Chen Zhixing amplified Ziwei Mountain’s Training Ground, accelerating time and strengthening its effects, which transformed the clan and helped many members break through. After two days of preparations, the Chen Clan assembled its forces and set out to attack the Sikong family.

• Chen Zhixing activated the Training Ground’s Strengthening and Time Flow skills, boosting Ziwei Mountain’s spiritual energy and slowing time within its grounds.
• Chen Tianyuan and numerous other cultivators broke through, while the clan’s disciples, alchemists, and artifact refiners made rapid progress.
• Chen Zhixing noted that the skills would last only five days and require a year before they could be used again, then prepared for the coming battle.
• After two days, the clan reported its completed weapons, elixirs, and formations, along with hundreds of True Self and Spirit Travel cultivators ready to fight.
• Chen Zhixing ordered the clan to march and demanded victory over the Sikong family.

Chen Zhixing led Ziwei's Chen Clan toward Huai Province, revealing an army with nearly one hundred True Self Realm experts. Skywave Holy Land learned that the clan had departed early and prepared to follow, aiming to join the campaign against the Sikong Family.

• Chen Zhixing ordered Ziwei's Chen Clan to mobilize, and its army set out for Huai Province beneath the Chen Banner.
• Cultivators who witnessed the fleet realized it carried nearly one hundred True Self Realm experts and feared the Sikong Family was doomed.
• An elder from Ziwei's Chen Clan's Forbidden Ground followed the army in secret.
• At Skywave Holy Land, Qin Tianzhong received word that Ziwei's Chen Clan had departed and announced that their forces would set out as well.
• Skywave Holy Land's disciples and elders welcomed the early deployment, eager to share in the resources gained from defeating the Sikong Family.

Gai Rong joined Qin Tianzhong’s expedition as the Ziwei Chen Clan prepared to attack the Sikong Family. Chen Zhixing’s army reached Yanbian City, where its defenders were overwhelmed by the scale of the approaching force.

• Gai Rong asked Qin Tianzhong to let him join the battle, saying that he and Chen Zhixing had once formed a bond through fighting.
• Qin Tianzhong accepted Gai Rong and led the disciples away aboard a flying artifact shaped like a heavenly river.
• At Yanbian City, Si Kong Qingpu boasted that the Sikong Family had enough Nirvana and True Self Realm experts to defeat Chen Zhixing.
• Chen Zhixing arrived with the Ziwei Army and ordered it to charge through Yanbian City and kill any cultivators who resisted.
• Si Kong Qingpu and the braided old man saw that more than fifty True Self Realm experts led the advancing army and were horrified.