Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuanchen captured the sleeping Abyssal Snapping Turtle and harvested the mature Nine-Orifice Golden Ginseng before returning with Luo Lingshuang and their companions to the Nine Splendor Sword Sect. At the sect’s mountain gate, the elders and Qingming True Lord learned of Luo Lingshuang’s breakthrough and welcomed the group.

• Zhang Xuanchen secretly stored the sleeping Abyssal Snapping Turtle, then arranged for Shuoxing to conceal the Nine-Orifice Golden Ginseng’s aura when it matured.
• Zhang Xuanchen and his companions waited overnight, collected the mature Nine-Orifice Golden Ginseng and its seeds, and set off toward the Nine Splendor Sword Sect.
• Three months later, Great Elder Yang Wei and two other elders intercepted the Azure Cloud near the sect and discovered Luo Lingshuang had reached Golden Core Mid Stage.
• Luo Lingshuang told the elders that Zhang Xuanchen had obtained a breakthrough treasure in the Starry Secret Realm through the Wei Family’s quota.
• Qingming True Lord arrived, confirmed Luo Lingshuang’s foundation was stable, and lifted the group to their feet with his spiritual energy.

At the Nine Splendor Sword Sect, Hua Shisan told Zhang Xuanchen that the Zhang family ancestor, True Person Yaojian, was believed to have died at Sky Scar Apex, and revealed that the Luo Clan had arrived in the Zhang family's territory. Zhang Xuanchen recovered from his grief and vowed to strengthen the family and seek revenge on Feather Immortal Sect; the chapter left him and Luo Lingshuang asking about the Zhang family's safety.

• Zhang Xuanchen asked Hua Shisan about Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass, and Hua Shisan offered to gather the materials needed to awaken Zhang Xuance's Star Radiance Sword Body if Xuance became his disciple.
• Hua Shisan showed Zhang Xuanchen a recording of Zhang Chongxian entering Sky Scar Apex and explained that the major powers believed the ancestor had died there.
• Zhang Xuanchen broke down in grief and blamed himself, while Luo Lingshuang urged him to recover and lead the Zhang family toward revenge against Feather Immortal Sect.
• Zhang Xuanchen regained his resolve and vowed that the Zhang family would grow stronger and avenge Zhang Chongxian.
• Hua Shisan revealed that people from the Luo Clan had arrived, then assured Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang that the Zhang family was safe because Bai Zijing and Yan Ruyu had helped protect it.

Hua Shisan told Zhang Xuanchen about the Zhang Family’s crisis and Luo Yuanhui’s past offense, while Luo Lingshuang vowed to make Luo Yuanhui and Luo Yichen apologize to the Nine Splendor Sword Sect. As Zhang Xuanchen returned to the Zhang Family grieving Zhang Chongxian’s fall, Zhang Xuanming was pursued by Ninglu Sect and allied forces inside the Bihan Secret Realm.

• Hua Shisan explained that the Zhang Family was being besieged by Ninglu Sect, Cloud Mountain Sword Sect, and the Yunmeng Jiang Family, and Zhang Xuanchen thanked him for his help.
• Luo Lingshuang promised to make Luo Yuanhui kneel and apologize to the Nine Splendor Sword Sect, and said her brother Luo Yichen must apologize as well.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang returned toward the Zhang Family aboard the Azure Cloud, while Zhang Xuanchen sat in silence, devastated by Zhang Chongxian’s reported fall.
• Luo Lingshuang stopped Great Sage from disturbing Zhang Xuanchen and resolved to judge Luo Yichen by how he treated her husband.
• Inside the Bihan Secret Realm, Ninglu Sect members and their allies chased Zhang Xuanming across an ice plain and plotted to use his death as a pretext to destroy the Zhang Family.

Zhang Xuanming was cornered by Yuan Ming and the other pursuers until Zhang Xuanbing arrived and revealed his Golden Core Mid Stage cultivation. Zhang Xuanbing killed the pursuers and guarded Zhang Xuanming as he began breaking through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

• After two days of pursuit, Zhang Xuanming was nearly out of spiritual energy, and Yuan Ming ordered the group to keep their distance and attack from afar.
• Zhang Xuanming sensed Zhang Xuanbing approaching and shouted for help, while he mocked the pursuers.
• Zhang Xuanbing arrived, used his Golden Core Mid Stage pressure to pin down the pursuers, and blocked their attacks.
• Zhang Xuanbing gave Zhang Xuanming Thousand-year Stone Milk, helping him break through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, then shielded him with ice.
• Zhang Xuanbing killed all twenty-three pursuers with Ice Swords and sat beside Zhang Xuanming to guard him.
• Zhang Xuanbing recalled that an Ice Crystal had entered his body months earlier, left him unconscious for three months, and helped him reach Golden Core Mid Stage.

Zhang Xuanbing rescued Zhang Xuanming, then searched the Secret Realm for other Zhang Family Disciples while killing members of the three hostile forces. Elsewhere, Bai Zijing and Yan Ruyu discovered an enormous Corpse Mountain, and an evil demon watched them leave; half a month later, a woman realized Zhang Xuanbing was a Golden Core cultivator.

• Zhang Xuanming broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and urged Zhang Xuanbing not to risk their Secret Realm exploration for the other Zhang Family Disciples, but Zhang Xuanbing took him along to search for them.
• Bai Zijing and Yan Ruyu reached the ancient battlefield's core and found a ten-thousand-meter mountain of frozen human and foreign-race corpses emitting ice Baleful Intent qi.
• Bai Zijing and Yan Ruyu left the Corpse Mountain, unaware that an Evil Demon hidden deep within it had watched them depart.
• Zhang Xuanbing and Zhang Xuanming searched the Secret Realm, and Zhang Xuanbing slaughtered cultivators from the Ninglu Sect, Cloud Mountain Sword Sect, and Yunmeng Jiang Family.
• Half a month later, after Zhang Xuanbing killed a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Ninglu Sect elder, a woman recognized that he was Golden Core rather than Foundation Establishment Peak.

Zhang Xuanbing attacked Ling Han after she discovered his secret, but her affectionate reaction unsettled him. Ling Han revealed that a Half-step Nascent Soul Ancestor’s spiritual power incarnation could protect her, leaving Zhang Xuanbing unable to kill her easily.

• Zhang Xuanbing struck Ling Han with his ice sword, breaking her Ice Wall and injuring her.
• Ling Han called Zhang Xuanbing a heartless man, making him recognize her and halt his attack.
• Ling Han confessed her admiration for Zhang Xuanbing, whose strength had turned her earlier goodwill into obsessive love.
• Zhang Xuanbing suspected Ling Han had developed a yandere personality, but decided she still had to die because she knew his secret.
• Ling Han warned Zhang Xuanbing that a Half-step Nascent Soul Ancestor’s spiritual power incarnation could stop him, while insisting he would soon grow strong enough to overcome it.

Ling Han begged Zhang Xuanbing to help her escape an arranged marriage, and he agreed in exchange for her helping the Zhang Family breach Ice Cold Palace’s protective array if needed. A month and a half later, the Secret Realm closed and its explorers were returned to the factions waiting outside.

• Ling Han told Zhang Xuanbing that Ice Cold Palace had forced her to marry Second Elder and that she had ten years before she must submit or die.
• Zhang Xuanbing rejected Ling Han’s offer of marriage but promised the Zhang Family would help her escape if she swore to help them breach Ice Cold Palace’s Sect Protecting Grand Array.
• Ling Han swore the Heavenly Dao Oath, then watched Zhang Xuanbing leave with Zhang Xuanming and privately vowed to win him over.
• Zhang Xuanming questioned Zhang Xuanbing about rejecting Ling Han, and Zhang Xuanbing said he had agreed to help her only for the Zhang Family’s grand plan.
• After a month and a half, the Secret Realm shook and transported its cultivators and demonic beasts outside, where the waiting factions prepared to receive them.

After the Demon Race retreated, the major forces turned their attention to the Zhang Family over the Secret Realm casualties. Lin Wanqing and Zhang Zujun forced the three allied powers to back down, and the Zhang Family prepared to return to the clan.

• Zhang Xuanbing and other leaders gathered their disciples as the Demon Race withdrew to the Purple Cloud Mountain Range and Azure Nether Mountain Range.
• Dou Kun ordered Ice Cold Palace to return to its sect, and other forces began departing while guarding against one another.
• Zhang Shikai and forces from Ninglu Sect, Cloud Mountain Sword Sect, and the Yunmeng Jiang Family demanded that Zhang Zujun explain why so few of their cultivators had returned from the Secret Realm.
• Lin Wanqing defended the Zhang Family and displayed nine Third-tier Spirit Talismans, while the Zhang Family’s remaining clansmen revealed their own talismans to deter an attack.
• Lin Feng persuaded Zhang Shikai not to fight before Zhang Xuanchen returned and Li Qingrou completed her breakthrough, and Zhang Zujun and the Zhang Family mocked Zhang Shikai as they prepared to leave.

The Zhang Family left the confrontation under Zhang Zujun’s protection, winning the loyalty of their Family Generals, while the leaders of the three allied forces argued over their decision to target the family. Jiang Chen regretted the Jiang Family’s choice but, after Jiang Wenbin defended it, resolved to protect the younger generation and return to the clan.

• Luo Yichen left for Yunhua Immortal City with Luo Qinghe and Luo Yuanhui, while Yan Ruyu and her senior brother departed separately.
• Zhang Zujun ordered the Zhang Family to leave for the Penglai Islands, with Lin Wanqing and Zhang Xuanbing guarding the rear; their Family Generals vowed to repay the family’s protection.
• After the Zhang Family departed, Zhang Shikai raged, while Lin Feng and Jiang Chen criticized his loss of composure before the sects withdrew.
• Jiang Chen told Lin Feng he feared the Jiang Family had made the wrong choice and asked whether it could still withdraw, but Lin Feng warned that it had no path back.
• Jiang Wenbin told Jiang Chen that the Jiang Family’s choice was right regardless of the outcome, and Jiang Chen resolved to protect the younger generation before ordering them back to the clan.

Zhang Hongzhan welcomed Zhang Zujun and the survivors back from the Secret Realm, where fourteen clansmen had died. Four months later, Zhang Xuanchen returned at Late Golden Core, and Luo Yichen stopped Luo Yuanhui from intercepting him and Luo Lingshuang before ordering his subordinate to obey without question.

• Zhang Hongzhan waited anxiously for Zhang Zujun's group to return, while Jun Xiaoyao teased him and was threatened with seven days of secluded cultivation.
• Zhang Zujun returned with Lin Wanqing and the survivors, reporting that fourteen of the eighty-seven clansmen who entered the Secret Realm had died.
• Zhang Hongzhan ordered the fallen clansmen buried with honor and required the survivors to hand over forty percent of their treasures to the family.
• Four months later, Jun Xiaoyao sensed Zhang Xuanchen returning at Late Golden Core and predicted that Luo Yichen would suffer if he challenged him.
• Luo Yichen stopped Luo Yuanhui from intercepting Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang, slapped him for questioning the order, and demanded that he obey without offering opinions.

Luo Lingshuang reunited with her brother Luo Yichen and confronted him about the Luo Clan’s failure to help her reach her current cultivation. Luo Yichen acknowledged Zhang Xuanchen’s contributions but challenged him to prove himself, and Zhang Xuanchen prepared to fight as Luo Lingshuang asked him to go easy on her brother.

• Luo Yichen warned Luo Yuanhui not to provoke Luo Lingshuang or Zhang Xuanchen when they arrived, and Luo Yuanhui agreed.
• Luo Yichen and two others appeared before the Azure Cloud and reunited with Luo Lingshuang, who introduced Zhang Xuanchen as her husband and warned her brother not to judge him.
• Luo Lingshuang asked whether the Luo Clan could have helped her form a Great Dao Golden Core and reach Late Golden Core; Luo Yichen admitted it could not.
• Luo Lingshuang credited Zhang Xuanchen with giving her rare resources and inheritances, while members of Horizon Pavilion and the Zhang Family arrived to support them.
• Luo Yichen thanked Zhang Xuanchen for treating Luo Lingshuang well but challenged him to prove his strength, then raised his cultivation and gripped his spear.
• Luo Lingshuang stopped Zhang Xuanchen briefly, then told him to go easy on Luo Yichen because he was her real brother.

Zhang Xuanchen stopped Luo Lingshuang from killing Luo Yuanhui and argued that Luo Yichen was responsible for the conflict. He left Luo Yichen asking him to explain why.

• Zhang Xuanchen reassured Luo Lingshuang that he would go easy on her brother, angering Luo Yichen.
• Luo Yuanhui insulted Zhang Xuanchen, and Luo Qinghe struck him to stop him from provoking Luo Lingshuang further.
• Luo Qinghe pleaded with Luo Yichen and Luo Lingshuang to spare Luo Yuanhui because his parents had died fighting for the clan.
• Luo Yuanhui defended his loyalty to the Luo Clan, knelt, and accepted death; Luo Lingshuang drew her sword to kill him.
• Zhang Xuanchen crushed Luo Lingshuang's Sword Qi, spared Luo Yuanhui, and said the fault lay with Luo Yichen.
• Luo Yichen asked Zhang Xuanchen to explain why he blamed him for Luo Yuanhui's actions.

Zhang Xuanchen defended his decision to save Luo Yuanhui, then revealed his overwhelming cultivation and strength to Luo Yichen and the assembled clans. He left everyone stunned by displaying Late Golden Core cultivation and his Divine Dragon Tyrant Body.

• Zhang Xuanchen said Luo Yuanhui had been placed in the wrong role as Luo Yichen's Dao Protector and argued that the arrangement had put him and the Luo Clan in danger.
• Luo Yuanhui rejected Zhang Xuanchen's help, but Zhang mocked him and explained that he had acted to keep Luo Lingshuang from being stained with her clan's blood.
• Luo Yuanhui released his killing intent, and Zhang Xuanchen proposed fighting Luo Yichen before Luo Yuanhui decided whether to kill him.
• Zhang Xuanchen revealed that his cultivation had reached Golden Core Mid Stage, shocking Luo Yichen and the gathered members of both clans.
• Zhang Xuanchen raised his cultivation to Late Golden Core and activated his Divine Dragon Tyrant Body, overwhelming Luo Yichen with his aura.

Luo Yichen abandoned his plan to test Zhang Xuanchen and apologized after recognizing his extraordinary talent and the power of his cultivation art. He welcomed Zhang and the Zhang Family as allies, and Zhang declared that his family would eventually rise beyond the South Sea Immortal Continent.

• Zhang Xuanchen revealed the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art, and Luo Yichen realized he could not afford to antagonize him.
• Luo Yichen apologized to Zhang Xuanchen and told Luo Qinghe to apologize as well.
• Zhang Xuanchen accepted their apologies and reassured them that they were family.
• Luo Yichen promised the Luo Clan would support Zhang Xuanchen and the Zhang Family in rising to the Central Land Immortal Continent.
• Zhang Xuanchen said the Zhang Family would not stop at the South Sea Immortal Continent and agreed to seek Luo Yichen's help when needed.

Zhang Xuanchen’s talent broke Luo Yuanhui’s confidence, and Luo Yichen asked Zhang to spare him and accepted responsibility for taking him back. Luo Lingshuang refused to return to the Luo Clan, choosing to stay with Zhang Xuanchen as the Zhang family faced danger.

• Luo Yuanhui’s Dao heart shattered after he witnessed Zhang Xuanchen’s talent, and he rapidly aged and lost his strength.
• Luo Yichen sealed Luo Yuanhui to prevent him from dying, then asked Zhang Xuanchen to spare his life and promised the Luo Clan would deal with him.
• Zhang Xuanchen agreed and invited Luo Yichen to visit the Zhang family, but Luo Lingshuang refused to return to the Luo Clan for now.
• Luo Lingshuang warned her family not to scheme against Zhang Xuanchen or the Zhang family, and said she would face any objections herself.
• Luo Yichen gave Luo Lingshuang thirteen Spirit Talismans and said he would return to apologize after handling matters at the Luo Clan.

Luo Yichen agreed to apologize to the Nine Splendor Sword Sect and promised to support Luo Lingshuang and Zhang Xuanchen, then departed with Luo Yuanhui. Zhang Xuanchen thanked the Zhang Family’s allies for protecting them and learned that Horizon Pavilion had invested in him and Zhang Xuanbing with an eye toward the future.

• Luo Lingshuang accepted Luo Yichen’s thirteen Fourth-grade Spirit Talismans and demanded he apologize to the Nine Splendor Sword Sect with Luo Yuanhui kneeling.
• Luo Yichen agreed to apologize, promised to help Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang overcome resistance in the Luo Clan, and left aboard the Luo Clan’s Mysterious Boat with Luo Qinghe and Luo Yuanhui.
• The Zhang Family’s seniors celebrated Zhang Xuanchen’s strength, while Lin Wanqing rebuked Zhang Hongzhan for taking credit for their sons’ achievements.
• Zhang Xuanchen congratulated Zhang Xuanbing on reaching Golden Core Mid Stage, and Zhang Xuanbing vowed to cultivate hard and help shoulder the pressure.
• Zhang Xuanchen thanked Bai Zijing, Yan Ruyu, and the other seniors for protecting the Zhang Family, and Yan Ruyu explained that Horizon Pavilion had invested in both Zhang brothers to build a lasting connection.

Zhang Xuanchen agreed to let Wu Tianlei teach Zhang Wanjun in lightning arts, and Wu Tianlei asked to take Zhang Wanjun with him to the Central Land Immortal Continent. Zhang Xuanchen left the choice to Zhang Wanjun.

• Bai Zijing remarked on Zhang Xuanchen's rapid cultivation and explained that he planned to return to the Central Land Immortal Continent.
• Wu Tianlei asked Zhang Xuanchen for permission to take Zhang Wanjun as his disciple, and Zhang Xuanchen readily agreed.
• Zhang Xuanchen praised Wu Tianlei's expertise in lightning arts and said Zhang Wanjun would benefit from his guidance.
• Wu Tianlei asked to take Zhang Wanjun to the Central Land Immortal Continent and train him at the Thunder Sea.
• Zhang Xuanchen said Zhang Wanjun could go with Wu Tianlei if that was what Zhang Wanjun wanted.

Zhang Wanjun chose to become Wu Tianlei’s disciple and travel to the Central Lands, with Zhang Xuanchen’s blessing. Wu Tianlei welcomed him and gave him a Thunder Spirit Pearl as his first gift.

• Wu Tianlei brought Zhang Wanjun before Zhang Xuanchen, who praised his perfected Qi Refining cultivation and heard how Wu Tianlei had been helping him temper his foundation.
• Zhang Xuanchen agreed that Wu Tianlei should take Zhang Wanjun as a disciple and asked Zhang Wanjun whether he wanted to go to the Central Land Immortal Continent.
• Zhang Wanjun chose to follow Wu Tianlei and see the outside world, hoping to help people who suffered oppression.
• Zhang Xuanchen supported Zhang Wanjun, warned him to be cautious, and urged him to acknowledge Wu Tianlei as his master.
• Zhang Wanjun kowtowed to Wu Tianlei, who accepted him as a disciple and gave him a Third-grade Top-tier Thunder Spirit Pearl.
• Wu Tianlei asked Zhang Xuanchen to call him Big Brother Wu, and Zhang Xuanchen agreed.

Wu Tianlei took Zhang Wanjun as his disciple, and Zhang Xuanchen bid farewell to his departing allies before learning that Zhang Zu'an had died defending the Zhang Family. Enraged, Zhang Xuanchen ordered the Azure Cloud back to Xuanxiao Mountain, while Jun Xiaoyao anticipated the Zhang Family’s reckoning with its enemies.

• Wu Tianlei gave Zhang Xuanchen a protective token and took Zhang Wanjun as his disciple, while Bai Zijing explained he was returning to oversee Horizon Pavilion.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Zhang Wanjun a Storage Ring and a Third-grade Top-tier Spirit Sword, then entrusted him to Wu Tianlei and Bai Zijing.
• Yan Ruyu left with Mu Tianyan and Elder Xu to investigate a Secret Realm in the White Tiger Sea Domain.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Zhang Xuanbing discussed the danger of Zhang Xuanbing’s mutated ice-attribute Spiritual Root and returned to the clan aboard the Azure Cloud.
• Zhang Hongzhan told Zhang Xuanchen that Zhang Zu'an had died defending the younger generation and the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass, prompting Zhang Xuanchen to order the Azure Cloud to Xuanxiao Mountain.
• Jun Xiaoyao lamented that Yan Ruyu and Bai Zijing had taken Mu Tianyan away, then predicted the Zhang Family would take revenge on the Ninglu Sect, Cloud Mountain Sword Sect, and Yunmeng Jiang Clan.

Zhang Xuanchen returned to the Zhang Family and promised to lead an assault against the three great powers within a month. As the clansmen prepared for war, Jun Xiaoyao argued with Li Qing, who continued to dismiss his claims of being a reincarnated emperor.

• Li Qing laughed at Jun Xiaoyao's claim that he was a reincarnated great emperor until the Great Sage appeared on his shoulder and a Flying Boat arrived at the mountain gate.
• Zhang Xuanchen and his companions returned, and the clansmen demanded revenge for the attacks by the Ninglu Sect, Cloud Mountain Sword Sect, and Yunmeng Jiang Clan.
• Zhang Xuanchen promised to mobilize the Zhang Family within a month to flatten the three great powers and ordered everyone to keep the plan secret.
• The clansmen dispersed to prepare life-saving trump cards, while the Great Sage told Li Qing to get ready to join him in battle.
• Jun Xiaoyao called the Great Sage exceptional, but Li Qing dismissed him and refused to curry favor, leaving Jun Xiaoyao sulking.