Chapter Summaries

Ziwei's Chen Clan broke through Yanbian City's defenses and massacred its Sikong Family defenders before pushing deeper into Huai Province. At the Sikong Family's clan land, Si Kong Xuanji and his elders remained confident as an urgent messenger approached.

• Si Kong Qingpu activated Yanbian City's City Protecting Grand Formation and ordered Elder Braid to use the Teleportation Array to warn the Family Head.
• A little girl from the Shadow Division smashed the formation apart with her Giant Hammer, and Chen Tianchen led Ziwei's Chen Clan into the city.
• The attackers killed Si Kong Qingpu, the old man with braided hair, and the other Sikong Family defenders, then planted the Chen Clan banner atop the City Lord's Manor.
• After Yanbian City fell, the Chen Clan army continued toward the Sikong Family's clan land in Huai Province.
• Si Kong Xuanji and the Sikong Family elders discussed Chen Zhixing's invasion without showing concern, until hurried footsteps sounded outside the hall.

Chen Zhixing’s army swept through Huai Province and advanced on the Sikong Family after smashing its city defenses, while Sikong Zaichao rallied his clan and sought help from other powers. The opposing forces met outside the Sikong clan grounds, poised for a decisive battle.

• Ziwei’s Chen Clan marched early, rapidly captured the Sikong Family’s cities, and killed their garrison generals, while a hammer-wielding girl shattered their protective formations.
• Si Kong Zaichao revealed that Chen Zhixing’s army included three first-level Nirvana Realm cultivators and over a hundred True Self Realm cultivators, then ordered Si Kong Xuanji to summon nearby powers and Si Kong Xuanying to appeal to Great Luo Dao Land.
• Si Kong Zaichao led the Sikong Family’s elders to face the invading army and declared that the clan must fight to survive.
• Elder You captured Lei Huatian, and Chen Zhixing ordered that he be used as a sacrifice when the battle began.
• Chen Zhixing slowed the march so his troops could take Origin Nurturing Pills and prepare, then arrived at the Sikong clan grounds with his army.
• Chen Zhixing’s forces and the Sikong Family’s assembled cultivators stopped a hundred li apart, their clashing auras filling the sky before the battle began.

Ziwei's Chen Clan launched a full-scale attack on the Sikong Family, while Chen Tianyuan and Chen Zhixing drew the family's Nirvana Realm fighters into battles in Heaven Beyond Heaven. The fighting spread across Huai Province, where Qin Tianzhong blocked reinforcements and fought seven Nirvana Realm experts to protect Chen Zhixing.

• Chen Tianyuan and Si Kong Zaichao clashed and vanished into Heaven Beyond Heaven, while Si Kong Xuanji ordered the Sikong Family to attack.
• Chen Zhixing ordered the Ziwei Chen Clan to charge, and the two armies collided as the Nether Duo, Chen Tianchen, and the clan's battle formations joined the fight.
• Dugu Ni arrived to challenge Azure Swan Venerable over the destruction of the Dugu Clan, and the two began fighting amid the battle.
• Si Kong Xuanji led four Nirvana Realm experts into the fray, but Chen Zhixing intercepted them and carried all five into Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Qin Tianzhong refused to let the allied factions pass through Huai Province, then fought seven Nirvana Realm experts as Tuoba Zhenyi and other Skywave Holy Land elders joined him.

Chen Zhixing led the Chen Clan’s assault on the Sikong Family while Elder You and Ming Lao struggled against four Nirvana Venerables. In Heaven Beyond Heaven, Chen Zhixing faced Si Kong Xuanji and the other four peak Nirvana experts alone, and their battle began with Kirin Venerable and Mystic Bone Venerable attacking him.

• Chen Tianchen and the Chen Clan’s formations crushed Sikong cultivators, while the eldest of Chen Daoyan’s four brothers cut down True Self opponents.
• Elder You summoned his Asura Corpse Ghost Host, and Ming Lao transformed into an Azure Roc to help them fight the four Venerables.
• Chen Zhixing told Si Kong Xuanji and the other Nirvana experts that Chen Daoyan would not take part in the battle.
• Kirin Venerable attacked Chen Zhixing with Kirin True Fire, but Chen Zhixing shattered the flames with his True Dragon Divine Fist.
• Mystic Bone Venerable sent ten White Bone Skulls toward Chen Zhixing, who gathered thunder into a Divine Punishment Thunder Spear.

Chen Zhixing overwhelmed Mystic Bone Venerable and fought Kirin Venerable in the starry sky, unleashing the full force of his nine Great Dao Seeds. Kirin Venerable fled in terror and cried out for Tian Luo to save him.

• Chen Zhixing pierced Mystic Bone Venerable's skulls with a Divine Punishment Thunder Spear and blasted apart half of his body.
• Kirin Venerable mocked Chen Zhixing's strength in comparison with Chen Daoyan, but Chen Zhixing closed in and shattered his arm and half his body with a punch.
• Chen Zhixing traded blows with Kirin Venerable, then released his Chaos Force and shattered Kirin Venerable's Nirvana body with the Chaos Divine Fist.
• Kirin Venerable lost his will to fight, fled from Chen Zhixing, and screamed, "Tian Luo, save me!!"

Chen Zhixing overwhelmed the Nirvana experts attacking him in Heaven Beyond Heaven and resumed his assault on Kirin Venerable. The chapter left Kirin Venerable gravely injured, with his bones broken and Dao Foundation nearly shattered.

• Kirin Venerable cried for Tian Luo to save him, while the Nether Duo used the distraction to keep the Sikong Family experts occupied.
• Si Kong Xuanji, Venerable Flood Dragon, and Mystic Bone Venerable attacked Chen Zhixing together, but he shattered Si Kong Xuanji's halberd strike, burned the Bone Giant, and hurled Venerable Flood Dragon through the starry sky.
• Chen Zhixing pursued Kirin Venerable, who fled in his true form, and caught up with him after a thousand li.
• Chen Zhixing battered Kirin Venerable with a relentless barrage of punches, breaking his bones, shaving off his horn, and nearly destroying his Dao Foundation.

Chen Zhixing fought the five top Nirvana experts, but their teamwork and Heaven Net Venerable’s interventions gradually left him battered and close to defeat. As they launched their finishing attacks, Chen Zhixing drew the Azure Pheasant Ancient Sword and unveiled the killing move he had prepared for a year: Open Chaos.

• Chen Zhixing overwhelmed Si Kong Xuanji, Mystic Bone Venerable, Venerable Flood Dragon, and Kirin Venerable, until Heaven Net Venerable joined the battle.
• Heaven Net Venerable and the other four Nirvana experts attacked Chen Zhixing together, and he countered their techniques with his Chaos Force before being driven into a prolonged battle against all five.
• The five experts supported one another and repeatedly prevented Chen Zhixing from killing any of them, while their combined attacks left him covered in wounds.
• Chen Zhixing lowered his arms as if giving up, and Heaven Net Venerable struck at him with the God Slaying Mace as the five prepared to finish him.
• Chen Zhixing closed his eyes, unleashed the Heaven-Earth Killing Game, drew the Azure Pheasant Ancient Sword, and named his long-prepared sword strike Open Chaos.

Chen Zhixing unleashed the Azure Pheasant Sword’s true power and overwhelmed five Nirvana Realm Venerables with Chaos Sword Light. After killing Kirin Venerable, Mystic Bone Venerable, and Venerable Flood Dragon, he turned his renewed assault on Si Kong Xuanji and Heaven Net Venerable.

• Chen Zhixing drew the Azure Pheasant Sword, revealed its true form, and filled the starry sky with Chaos Sword Light.
• Chen Zhixing’s sword qi killed Kirin Venerable, whose body was split apart and whose Great Sun fell from the sky.
• Chen Zhixing’s Chaos Sword Light destroyed Mystic Bone Venerable and then stripped Venerable Flood Dragon to bone.
• Venerable Flood Dragon begged Chen Zhixing to spare him and offered to serve as his mount, but Chen Zhixing refused and killed him.
• Chen Zhixing replenished his strength with pills and unleashed another strike against Si Kong Xuanji and Heaven Net Venerable.

Chen Zhixing and the five Nirvana Venerables continued their battle as his Chaos Sword Light overwhelmed them. As Si Kong Tian Luo burned his Dao Foundation to reach the Apex Realm, Chen Zhixing spent his life force to unleash Ten Thousand Swords Return to One, summoning a Peerless Sword Immortal who grasped the Azure Pheasant Divine Sword.

• Si Kong Xuanji used the Sikong Family Head Token to withstand Chen Zhixing’s Chaos Sword Light, while Heaven Net Venerable’s body was destroyed and reformed with his Dao Foundation and soul damaged.
• Chen Zhixing spat blood but swung again, trapping Heaven Net Venerable in Chaos Sword Light as he feared Chen Zhixing’s growing power.
• Heaven Net Venerable self-destructed the God Slaying Mace to break the sword-light trap, then burned his Dao Foundation to temporarily enter the Apex Realm.
• Chen Zhixing used the Life and Death Conversion Art to turn his life force into Chaos Force, rapidly aging as his power surged.
• Chen Zhixing invoked Ten Thousand Swords Return to One, and a Peerless Sword Immortal emerged from the Chaos Mist and seized the Azure Pheasant Divine Sword.

Chen Zhixing unleashed a devastating Chaos Sword Rainbow against Heaven Net Venerable, destroying his defenses and nearly killing him. The Purple-Gold King intervened and ordered Chen Zhixing to stop, but Chen Zhixing intensified his attack, leaving the King furious and ready to strike.

• Chen Zhixing's Chaos Sword Rainbow tore through the starry sky and began obliterating the Great Star where Heaven Net Venerable stood.
• Heaven Net Venerable used Tian Luo Myriad Laws Evergreen to form a green shield, but Chen Zhixing's sword shattered it and began destroying his body.
• Si Kong Xuanji cried out for help as Heaven Net Venerable faced death, and the Purple-Gold King appeared to halt the battle.
• The Purple-Gold King defended the lower realm's interference as a privilege of the powerful and asked Chen Zhixing to spare Heaven Net Venerable.
• Chen Zhixing intensified his sword attack despite the King's order, splitting Heaven Net Venerable's body, and the enraged Purple-Gold King prepared to suppress him.

Chen Zhixing killed Heaven Net Venerable and Si Kong Xuanji after Heavenly Saint Palace’s Su Xin intervened to protect him from the Purple-Gold King. The five Nirvana experts who had joined the assassination were dead, and the witnesses below erupted in shock.

• Chen Zhixing ignored the Purple-Gold King’s Golden Dharma Seal and used the Azure Pheasant Divine Sword to destroy Heaven Net Venerable’s body and Primordial Spirit.
• Su Xin and Mo Qingyue arrived, and Su Xin shattered the Golden Dharma Seal before the Purple-Gold King could strike Chen Zhixing.
• Chen Zhixing turned his sword on Si Kong Xuanji and broke through the Family Head Token protecting him.
• Su Xin restrained the Purple-Gold King as Chen Zhixing killed Si Kong Xuanji, destroying his body, Dao Foundation, and divine soul.
• The five Nirvana experts who had attacked Chen Zhixing lay dead, and the onlookers erupted into an uproar.

Chen Zhixing’s victory over the Sikong Family’s five Nirvana Venerables turned the battle in Ziwei’s favor and forced the remaining enemies to retreat. Elsewhere, Qin Tianzhong prepared to claim Skywave Holy Land’s fortune, while the clash between the wielders of the Bronze Ancient Mirror and Ziwei Ancient Lamp continued in the River of Time.

• Chen Zhixing’s defeat of five Sikong Venerables, including one at Nirvana Great Perfection, sent the Ziwei cultivators into celebration and left the Sikong forces too demoralized to resist.
• Ming Lao reflected that Chen Zhixing’s victory had saved Ziwei’s Chen Clan from likely extermination despite its weaker foundation.
• Qin Tianzhong confronted seven Nirvana experts after they sensed the Sikong Family’s defeat, and the Faction Lords withdrew while warning him about Chen Zhixing’s future ambitions.
• Qin Tianzhong dismissed their concerns, then led the people of Skywave Holy Land toward what he called their good fortune.
• In a void beyond the Eastern Xuan Region, the figures holding the Bronze Ancient Mirror and Ziwei Ancient Lamp continued their battle through the River of Time, and golden blood flowed from the mirror-bearer’s mouth.

Chen Tianyuan and Old Ancestor Sky Ripple defeated Si Kong Zaichao as the Sikong Family’s defeat became clear. In Heaven Beyond Heaven, Chen Zhixing thanked Su Xin for her aid, then grew uneasy when she brought up his refusal of the Immortal Dao Lineages’ invitation.

• Si Kong Zaichao realized the Sikong Family had lost and blamed the three Immortal Dao Lineages for its decline, while Chen Tianyuan said Heaven’s Mandate favored the Chen Clan.
• Si Kong Zaichao tried to flee, but Chen Tianyuan stopped him and Old Ancestor Sky Ripple emerged to block his way.
• Chen Tianyuan and Old Ancestor Sky Ripple joined forces against Si Kong Zaichao, and after half an hour he roared in despair as they emerged from the void.
• Chen Zhixing thanked Su Xin for helping him, while the Purple-Gold King departed after promising to report the events to the Dao Lord.
• Su Xin teased Chen Zhixing about refusing the Immortal Dao Lineages’ invitation, leaving him worried she had come to hold him accountable.

After defeating the Sikong Family, Chen Zhixing ordered its complete extermination to prevent future retaliation, while Su Xin Palace Master offered Ziwei's Chen Clan protection through an invitation to Heavenly Saint Palace. The purge ended with Chen Tianxiong gone and Elder You once again making an outrageous request of Chen Zhixing.

• Su Xin Palace Master gave Chen Zhixing an invitation to Heavenly Saint Palace's gathering and left with Mo Qingyue, signaling her support for Ziwei's Chen Clan.
• Chen Zhixing learned that Ziwei's Chen Clan had won with no deaths, then stopped Elder You from exaggerating his injuries to claim rewards.
• Chen Tianyuan returned with the Bronze Ancient Mirror, confirming that Si Kong Zaichao had died, and Chen Zhixing ordered the Sikong Family exterminated; he also had Azure Swan Venerable's cultivation crippled for Dugu Ni.
• Over three days, Chen Tianyuan killed the Sikong bloodline and allied sects, while Chen Zhixing defended the purge to Chen Tianchen as necessary to protect the Chen Clan's descendants.
• Chen Tianchen said Chen Tianxiong had left to establish himself elsewhere, and Elder You entered afterward to complain about the deaths of Si Kong Xuanji's concubines, prompting Chen Zhixing to shout at him to get out.

Chen Zhixing and Chen Tianyuan decided to abandon Huai Province after stripping it of the resources they could carry, hoping rival forces would fight over the territory and the Anti-Chen Alliance would fracture. The Chen Clan departed with its spoils, leaving Huai Province behind.

• Chen Zhixing struggled with the burdens of leading the Sikong Family and told Chen Tianyuan he hoped to return the position to his grandfather when he came back.
• Chen Zhixing asked Chen Tianyuan how to handle Huai Province, and Chen Tianyuan warned that other forces were secretly forming an alliance against the Chen Clan.
• Chen Tianyuan proposed vacating Huai Province so rival forces would scramble for its resources and split apart, giving the Chen Clan time to grow.
• Over the following month, Chen Zhixing led the Chen Clan in stripping the Sikong Family and collecting resources from Huai Province's ruins and small worlds.
• Chen Zhixing and Chen Tianchen confirmed they had gathered everything worth taking for now, then Elder Zhaoguang led the Chen Clan's fleet of flying boats and chariots away.

After returning to Ziwei's Chen Clan, Chen Zhixing spent a year strengthening the clan, recruiting talent, and searching for the remaining Destined Protagonists. The chapter ends with news that Elder Dugu Ni had entered the Nirvana Realm and Grand Elder Chen Daoshan was preparing to break through.

• In Jiang Province, Qin Tianzhong thanked Chen Zhixing for sharing the spoils and urged him to recruit outside talent; Chen Zhixing confronted Gai Rong, whose hostile reaction revealed their relationship had changed.
• Chen Zhixing returned to Ziwei's Chen Clan, and over the following year he advanced to Nirvana Fifth Level while the clan grew stronger and the battle for Huai Province continued.
• Chen Zhixing opened the clan to outside recruits, prepared for coming threats from the Embers Organization and the three great Immortal Dao Lineages, and planned to avenge the ambush on Immortal Suspension Mountain.
• Chen Zhixing had the Shadow Division search for the remaining three Destined Protagonists, but none of the supposed hidden talents he found proved to be one.
• A young servant reported that Elder Dugu Ni had reached the Nirvana Realm with the Nirvana Divine Flower and that Grand Elder Chen Daoshan was preparing to break through.

Chen Daoshan emerged from Secluded Death Meditation after breaking through to Nirvana, and Chen Zhixing showed him how much Ziwei's Chen Clan had prospered. Daoshan was overwhelmed by the clan's cultivators and treasures, then discovered that Dugu Ni had also reached Nirvana.

• Chen Zhixing and Chen Tianchen visited Grand Elder Chen Daoshan after he broke through to Nirvana and passed the Limit Breaking Tribulation.
• Chen Daoshan asked to see the clan, and Chen Zhixing led him through its grounds.
• Chen Daoshan learned that the clan had over a hundred True Self Realm cultivators and marveled at its treasures, including the Void Heaven Divine Vine.
• Chen Daoshan was shocked to see children casually using top-grade Spirit Replenishing Pills, and Chen Tianchen told him times had changed.
• Chen Daoshan mistook Dugu Ni for a dangerous intruder, then learned that Dugu Ni had reached Nirvana using Chen Zhixing's Nirvana Divine Flower.

Chen Zhixing reviewed the Chen Clan’s new elders and teachers, then learned that its reputation was attracting mostly infamous recruits. Elsewhere, a group fled across Yan Province with the gravely wounded Little One, whose Longevity Bone had been stolen, and struggled to find anyone willing to shelter him.

• Chen Tianchen introduced Dugu Ni, Hua Linghou, Ou Yezi, and the alchemists to Chen Daoshan as new Chen Clan teachers and elders.
• Chen Zhixing kicked Elder You away after catching him teaching disciples the Bedroom Arts Secret Technique, then warned him not to mislead the younger generation.
• Chen Zhixing sent Chen Daoshan home with a Nirvana Divine Flower, and Chen Daoshan wept with joy at the Chen Clan’s strength.
• Chen Tianchen told Chen Zhixing that the clan’s notorious reputation was drawing mostly evildoers despite its recruitment drive.
• A middle-aged man carried the wounded Little One across Yan Province while an old man vowed revenge on the woman who had dug out the child’s Longevity Bone.
• The fugitives feared that the Yu Family and Profound Heaven Holy Land would be too powerful for any other faction to shelter them.

Fifth Master and Ji Bu decided to take Little One to join Ziwei's Chen Clan, while Wang Lin learned that his Fourth Uncle planned to recommend him for the clan's disciple recruitment. The chapter left Wang Lin facing a chance to pursue cultivation.

• Ji Bu urged Fifth Master to take Little One to Ziwei's Chen Clan, arguing that its reputation for evil was exaggerated and that it was their safest refuge.
• Fifth Master agreed to bring Little One to Ziwei's Chen Clan rather than risk being captured and returned to the Yu Family.
• Wang Lin, called Er Zhu in his village, yearned to cultivate after hearing that Ziwei's Chen Clan was recruiting disciples.
• Wang Lin's wealthy Fourth Uncle visited his family, offered to bring Wang Lin's parents back to the Wang Family, and said he would use his final recommendation spot to let Wang Lin try to join Ziwei's Chen Clan.

Wang Lin persuaded his parents to let him try for a cultivation opportunity and left the village for the test. Meanwhile, Chen Zhixing learned that Ziwei's Chen Clan had attracted many applicants, but its attempt to recruit powerful cultivators had drawn mostly notorious criminals.

• Father Wang dismissed Wang Lin as too untalented for the costly opportunity, but Wang Lin knelt and pleaded to be allowed to try.
• Mother Wang and Fourth Uncle supported Wang Lin, and Father Wang agreed to let him go on the condition that he return to farm if he failed.
• Wang Lin left the village by carriage, determined to cultivate and give his parents a better life.
• Chen Tianchen told Chen Zhixing that thousands of youths were heading to Ziwei's Chen Clan after it opened recruitment.
• Chen Tianchen reported that the cultivators seeking to join were mostly infamous criminals and traitors, with no decent candidates among them.