Chapter Summaries

Chu Sheng's illusion defeated Xuan Hei's illusion almost instantly, then overwhelmed Xuan Hei with its attacks. Chu Sheng left Xuan Hei facing the illusion's sword-drawing technique and entered a new area, where several people noticed his strength.

• Xuan Hei took Chu Sheng's advice to look for an opening in physical combat and entered the illusion challenge with him.
• Chu Sheng's illusion swiftly destroyed Xuan Hei's illusion, then attacked Xuan Hei before he could recover.
• Xuan Hei defended himself with a crimson Buddhist bead and several treasures, while Chu Sheng warned that the illusion was about to unleash a powerful sword-drawing technique.
• Chu Sheng left the battle platform and passed through the opened stone doors, leaving Xuan Hei to face the illusion.
• Chu Sheng appeared in an empty expanse, where several people noticed his aura and fixed their gazes on him.

Chu Sheng entered the secret realm and asked how to become its master, then revealed overwhelming strength by attacking a snake-clan expert who threatened him. He blinded the expert and, despite warnings about the powerful Scarlet Blood Elder, killed him with Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss.

• The blue-robed middle-aged man and the woman in the water-green skirt considered recruiting Chu Sheng, but dismissed him as too weak to help against the three nonhumans.
• Chu Sheng asked how to become the secret realm's master, and the snake-clan expert mocked him and threatened to kill him.
• Chu Sheng shattered the snake-clan expert's giant rock shield and gouged out both of his eyes.
• The blinded expert threatened Chu Sheng with the Scarlet Blood Elder, a fifth-level Cave Profound Realm True Monarch, and the woman in the water-green skirt warned Chu Sheng about the elder.
• Chu Sheng ignored the warning and cut the snake-clan expert in half with Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss.

Chu Sheng collected elemental materials from four cultivators and learned that the secret realm was the remnant of an ancient sect destroyed by a notorious Demonic Path fiend. He suspected the fiend might be connected to someone he knew and asked whether the rumors revealed the fiend’s origins or age.

• Chu Sheng asked four Myriad Manifestations Realm cultivators for their techniques, but they explained that restrictions made sharing them fatal.
• The two nonhuman cultivators offered Chu Sheng elemental materials, and he demanded more before collecting offerings from the two human cultivators as well.
• Chu Sheng asked why Cave Profound Realm cultivators had come to the secret realm, and the azure-robed man said it was the ruins of an ancient sect that had once held a Universe Realm expert.
• The aqua-green-dressed woman recounted a rumor that a Demonic Path fiend killed the sect’s elders and Universe Realm expert, then destroyed the blessed land’s earth-vein core.
• Chu Sheng asked whether the rumors mentioned the fiend’s origins or age, and the woman began to answer, “No, but—”

Chu Sheng learned that Profound Pearls could repair flaws in his Dao Foundation, then swiftly killed a peak Myriad Phenomena Realm cultivator and flew toward the secret realm’s main peak hall. Outside the realm, an old man deduced that the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion was targeting Chu Sheng over a secret connected to Murong Xi and planned to profit by handing him to Old Monster Lei.

• The aqua-green-dressed woman explained that Profound Pearls from Profound Beasts could repair a martial artist’s Dao Foundation, while the group revealed they had not found any yet.
• A white-haired peak Myriad Phenomena Realm cultivator threatened Chu Sheng’s group, and Chu Sheng killed him with one slash.
• Chu Sheng asked for directions to the main peak hall, learned that Profound Pearls had to be refined inside the realm, and flew toward the distant peak.
• The group left behind worried that Chu Sheng might return and hold them responsible for misleading him.
• Outside the secret realm, an old man questioned a Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion deputy about why two True Lords were waiting to capture Chu Sheng.
• The old man linked Chu Sheng to the item Murong Xi had taken from the realm and proposed handing Chu Sheng to Old Monster Lei in exchange for a reward.

Chu Sheng decided to seek the Secret Realm’s hidden resources rather than slowly collect Profound Beasts, while Ma Kubi and his companions were cornered by three powerful cultivators demanding their Profound Pearls. A Dao Observation Realm figure, whom the attackers dismissed as too weak to matter, suddenly turned toward them.

• Chu Sheng assessed his Myriad Manifestations Embryos, then chose to explore the secret chamber beneath the main sect hall for its possible resources.
• Ma Kubi and his companions defeated a Profound Beast and prepared to give its Profound Pearl to his injured junior sister, who needed it to obtain an antidote for their poison.
• A peak Myriad Manifestations Realm man and two eighth-stage women confronted the group and demanded all their Profound Pearls.
• Ma Kubi's junior sister pleaded that surrendering the pearls would leave them unable to get the antidote, but the woman in the moon-white shirt refused to care about their fate.
• The black-robed man dismissed a fast-moving figure as merely Dao Observation Realm, but the figure abruptly changed course and flew toward them.

Chu Sheng arrived as Ma Kubi and three others were being robbed, but initially stepped aside to let the robbers continue. When they turned their greed toward him, he declared that he was robbing them instead, and the Black-Robed Middle-Aged Man attacked with his strongest saber technique. The chapter ended as Chu Sheng activated Heavenly Descent of Justice.

• Chu Sheng arrived while the Crimson-Attired Woman and three Black-Robed Middle-Aged Men were robbing Ma Kubi and his companions.
• Ma Kubi urged Chu Sheng to leave, and Chu Sheng stepped back and told the robbers to continue.
• The Black-Robed Middle-Aged Man took the group's Profound Pearls and inspected their Storage Rings, then joined the women in eyeing Chu Sheng's treasures.
• Chu Sheng declared a robbery of his own and demanded their Profound Pearls, ninth-tier materials, and pills.
• The Black-Robed Middle-Aged Man recognized Chu Sheng's Black Saber and unleashed Xuanyuan Sky-Splitting Slash.
• Chu Sheng activated Heavenly Descent of Justice rather than directly endure the attack.

Chu Sheng killed the three attackers and took their storage rings and the four Profound Pearls he had recovered from Ma Kubi and his companions. After learning that the group had been extorting people in Profound Fiend Valley, he agreed to go there and asked how to reach it.

• Chu Sheng used Heavenly Descent of Justice to kill the middle-aged man in black, then pursued and killed the Crimson-Attired Woman and the Moon-White Cross-Collar Shirt Woman.
• Chu Sheng collected the attackers' storage rings and kept the four Profound Pearls that belonged to Ma Kubi and the other three survivors.
• The junior sister knelt and explained that her group had been forced to hand over Profound Pearls to survive, but Chu Sheng initially refused to help further.
• Ma Kubi told Chu Sheng that the extortionists had hoarded many more Profound Pearls in Profound Fiend Valley, prompting Chu Sheng to agree to go there.
• Ma Kubi pointed out the direction of Profound Fiend Valley and said it would take a day and a night to fly there, or until that evening by spirit boat.

Zhao Heshan’s gang extorted Profound Pearls from martial artists in Profound Fiend Valley under the protection of the true monarch Chixue. When a crimson-gold-eyed youth demanded an antidote, Chixue struck him down, leaving him stunned to realize his attacker was a True Monarch.

• Zhao Heshan used poison and threats to force martial artists to pay him Profound Pearls, while selling the surplus and hiring Chixue as protection.
• A youth and a pale woman arrived at Zhao Heshan’s camp and offered the required Profound Pearls in exchange for an antidote.
• Zhao Heshan refused to hand over the antidote and demanded more Profound Pearls, then his subordinate threatened the youth.
• The youth revealed his Myriad Phenomena Realm peak strength and confronted Zhao Heshan, but a red beam from the camp pierced his chest.
• The wounded youth looked toward the attacker and recognized a True Monarch.

The Blazing Sun Holy Son revealed his identity to Crimson Blood True Lord, who realized the danger and fled. As Zhao Heshan tried to force a woman to kill the Holy Son, the Holy Son prepared to subdue them and await the Papal Knights, but a sharp sound came from behind.

• Crimson Blood True Lord doubted the Blazing Sun Holy Son's identity until he saw the Holy Radiance Seal, then learned the Holy Son had been poisoned and fled to avoid the Radiant Church's vengeance.
• The Blazing Sun Holy Son pretended to fear the poison while Zhao Heshan and the others realized how powerful the church was.
• Zhao Heshan asked the woman to kill the Holy Son in exchange for the antidote, but she refused, so he grabbed her and tried to force her hand.
• The Blazing Sun Holy Son prepared to capture Zhao Heshan and his group, confident the Papal Knights were coming after receiving his signal.
• A sharp sound came from behind, surprising the Blazing Sun Holy Son because he expected the knights to be far away.

Fiona raced toward the Blazing Sun Holy Son, while Chu Sheng arrived at Profound Fiend Valley and mistook the Holy Son's performance for genuine self-sacrifice. Chu Sheng severed the Holy Son's arm and Storage Ring, and the wounded Holy Son revealed his identity and warned that the Radiant Church would avenge him.

• Fiona and her guard headed for the Bloodmist Marsh after receiving the Holy Son's signal, and Fiona resolved to punish those who had offended him.
• Chu Sheng arrived at Profound Fiend Valley with Ma Kubi and three others, and Zhao Heshan offered them the antidote if they attacked the foreigner on the ground.
• The Blazing Sun Holy Son pretended to accept death for the others' sake, hoping Chu Sheng and the group would decide to kill him.
• Chu Sheng charged and slashed off the Blazing Sun Holy Son's arm, leaving his Storage Ring behind.
• The Blazing Sun Holy Son revealed that he was the Radiant Church's Holy Son and warned that the Church would sense his death and pursue his killer; the woman beside him said Zhao Heshan had set a trap.

Chu Sheng killed the Blazing Sun Holy Son, Zhao Heshan, and Zhao Heshan’s family and recovered the antidote. On the Radiant Church’s spirit vessel, Fiona learned the Holy Son was dead and vowed to punish the killer and everyone in the secret realm.

• Chu Sheng ignored the woman’s plea and killed her and the Blazing Sun Holy Son with a single blade strike.
• Zhao Heshan tried to deceive Chu Sheng about the antidote, but Chu Sheng saw through him and killed him by throwing Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss at his true body.
• Zhao Heshan’s wife threatened to destroy the antidote, but Chu Sheng killed her and her son, then used Heavenly Descent of Justice against the fleeing people.
• Ma Kubi and the others found the intact antidote and expressed relief and gratitude to Chu Sheng.
• Fiona saw that the sacred mark on her necklace had gone dark, realized the Blazing Sun Holy Son was dead, and vowed to send everyone in the secret realm to meet God.

After defeating the villains at the sentry post, Chu Sheng took their antidote and examined the Blazing Sun Holy Son’s unrestricted Storage Ring, discovering extraordinary treasures inside. When two poisoned men arrived to claim the antidote, Chu Sheng demanded four Profound Pearls from each, leaving them and Ma Kubi stunned.

• Ma Kubi gave Chu Sheng the antidote, and the group found three abused women alive in the sentry post and arranged clothes for them.
• Chu Sheng explored the Blazing Sun Holy Son’s Storage Ring and found a silver spirit boat, abundant supplies, and two objects his divine sense could not penetrate.
• Ma Kubi told Chu Sheng about the three women, but Chu Sheng dismissed him and said to save them if possible.
• Two poisoned men arrived with five Profound Pearls each, hoping to trade for the antidote, and Ma Kubi told them Chu Sheng had killed the villains.
• Chu Sheng told the men he would give them the antidote for four Profound Pearls each, with no bargaining.

Chu Sheng charged two rescued men four Profound Pearls each for antidotes, then discovered they planned to gather other poisoned people against him. After defeating newly appeared Profound Beasts, he learned they had been created through torture and that their captors planned to kill those seeking antidotes, leaving Chu Sheng determined to raise his price.

• Chu Sheng accepted eight Profound Pearls from the two men and gave them antidote pills.
• After leaving, the tall, skinny man persuaded his companion to recruit poisoned people to attack Chu Sheng and seize his Profound Pearls.
• Chu Sheng sensed the men’s hostile intent but let them scheme while they remained within range of his Heavenly Descent of Justice.
• Chu Sheng destroyed two Profound Beasts that suddenly appeared at the outpost and collected the Profound Pearl they formed.
• A rescued woman warned that her captors had tortured people to create Profound Beasts and intended to kill everyone who came for antidotes.
• Chu Sheng concluded that he had charged too little and declared that the price must go up.

Ma Kubi told four poisoned warriors that Senior Chu demanded five Profound Pearls each for the antidote, and they joined a group planning to attack him. Chu Sheng overheard their scheme and killed the tall, skinny leader, who had mistakenly been identified as the cultivator of Adamantine Vajra Body Art.

• Ma Kubi explained that Zhao Heshan and the others had never intended to give the four warriors an antidote, but they refused to pay Senior Chu five Profound Pearls each.
• The blue-clad man led the four away and joined the poisoned warriors gathered outside the valley, where the tall, skinny man planned an ambush on Chu Sheng.
• The tall, skinny man assigned roles to the group, including asking Brother Zhang to use his seventh-level Adamantine Vajra Body Art to hold Chu Sheng back.
• Chu Sheng appeared behind the crowd and mocked them for planning to attack him while calling him Senior Chu.
• Chu Sheng sent the Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss through the tall, skinny man's protective glow and chest, killing him after the man said he was not the one with Adamantine Vajra Body Art.

Chu Sheng left Ma Kubi and his companions behind and set sail aboard the Blazing Sun Holy Son’s Spirit Boat. Fiona detected the stolen vessel and ordered the Radiant Church to pursue and capture Chu Sheng inside the Secret Realm.

• Chu Sheng told Ma Kubi and the others that they were parting ways, then summoned the Blazing Sun Spirit Boat from his Storage Ring.
• Ma Kubi and his companions hesitated to leave until Chu Sheng assured them he could pilot the boat and warned them about the Church.
• Chu Sheng struggled with the controls, eventually setting the Blazing Sun moving while its music continued to play.
• Fiona detected the Blazing Sun Holy Son’s Spirit Boat with an induction crystal and angrily ordered her guards to pursue Chu Sheng, even though their boat was slower.

True Lords gathered in the ancient sect’s grand hall as a Celestial Pivot Division evaluator arrived to prepare for an update to the True Lord Ranking. Li Yizhi hid his identity among them until the Radiant Church’s Spirit Boat arrived, and he recognized the figure who stepped off it.

• A Celestial Pivot Division evaluator told the gathered True Lords that he had come to prepare for the upcoming True Lord Ranking update, but refused to reveal whom he was tracking.
• Li Yizhi joked that he might be ranked, and the crowd laughed at the apparent first-layer Cave Profound Realm drunkard.
• A man threatened Li Yizhi and lunged at him, but stopped when solemn music began playing outside the hall.
• A glowing Spirit Boat bearing the Radiant Church’s arrival appeared, and a gray-robed man warned that the Church had powerful True Lords and a Universe Realm Pope.
• Li Yizhi recognized the Spirit Boat as belonging to the Blazing Sun Holy Son, then sharpened his gaze when the Holy Son landed.

Chu Sheng accepted Li Yizhi’s plan to pose as the Radiant Church’s Holy Son, using the identity to command the hall while seeking the secret realm’s origin. Crimson Blood True Lord then learned Chu Sheng had killed the Blazing Sun Holy Son and left relieved that he could shift the blame for the death.

• Li Yizhi introduced Chu Sheng as the Radiant Church’s Holy Son, and Chu Sheng reinforced the claim by slapping him and ordering him away.
• The gray-robed man and the others accepted that Chu Sheng might be the Holy Son, while the old man from the Celestial Pivot Division recognized Li Yizhi’s scheme to use the identity for access to the secret chamber and its treasures.
• Chu Sheng asked how to become the secret realm’s master, and Li Yizhi explained that the Blessed Land Origin was likely behind the stone door.
• Crimson Blood True Lord approached Chu Sheng, said he would not expose him, and asked how the Blazing Sun Holy Son had died.
• Chu Sheng admitted that he had killed the Blazing Sun Holy Son, and Crimson Blood True Lord thanked him and went to join Li Yizhi.

Chu Sheng’s Storage Ring released a wisp of spiritual light that opened the secret realm’s sealed stone door, and he rushed inside as the other cultivators crowded after him. The chapter left Chu Sheng entering the unknown while Li Yizhi, Crimson Blood True Lord, and the rest pursued the treasure.

• Chu Sheng noticed that many people in the hall harbored killing intent toward him and reflected on his need to level up.
• Chu Sheng tried saying “Open sesame” to the stone door, drawing bewildered reactions from the gathered cultivators.
• Crimson Blood True Lord mocked Chu Sheng, and Chu Sheng slapped him before a wisp of spiritual light emerged from Chu Sheng’s Storage Ring.
• The spiritual light touched the stone door, causing its patterns to glow and a crack to open.
• Chu Sheng slipped through the opening, and the people in the hall surged after him.

Chu Sheng entered the Ancient Sect’s secret chamber and met its Universe Realm ancestor, who recognized his resemblance to Chu Sheng’s past life and learned that his ancestor had reached the Ascension Realm. Their conversation was interrupted by Fiona, who demanded to know who had killed the Blazing Sun Holy Son.

• Chu Sheng entered the vast hall with the other seekers and found a golden orb instead of the expected treasures.
• The orb formed a white-robed phantom, and the Ancient Sect’s ancestor focused on Chu Sheng, mistaking him for someone from his past.
• Chu Sheng said he was descended from the ancestor he planned to hunt down, then revealed that the ancestor had reached the Ascension Realm.
• The ancestor asked about the token Chu Sheng carried, and Chu Sheng explained that he had taken it from Murong Xi after killing her in self-defense.
• Fiona arrived and demanded to know who had killed the Blazing Sun Holy Son.

Fiona attacked Chu Sheng, but the Vast Qi Sect’s remnant-soul elder sent her away and offered Chu Sheng the sect’s inheritance and Blessed Land. As Han Feiyu blocked their escape and moved to seize the treasure, Chu Sheng reached for the elder and told him to enter his safe house.

• Fiona recognized the Vast Qi Sect elder as a remnant soul and attacked Chu Sheng, but the elder teleported her away and warned she would return soon.
• The elder chose to entrust the Vast Qi Sect’s Storage Ring and Blessed Land to Chu Sheng, who accepted the offer.
• Han Feiyu abandoned the Celestial Pivot Division and charged at Chu Sheng to take the inheritance and Blessed Land.
• The elder tried to send Chu Sheng out of the Secret Realm, but Han Feiyu used a talisman to block the Blessed Land’s power and stop the escape.
• Chu Sheng told the elder to get into his safe house as Han Feiyu approached.