Chapter Summaries

Shen Changchuan recognized Shi Mengting among the participants in the Ancient Inheritance Assessment and weighed his chances against her after their previous battle. He then observed the representatives of the other top forces and noticed that the Ancient Moon Divine Dynasty’s participant seemed strangely familiar.

• Shen Changchuan recalled how he had defeated Shi Mengting at the Elephant Mountain Sect mountain gate Ruins by using the Void Escape Gu and his Master's Jade Talisman, and judged that she remained far stronger than him.
• Shi Mengting noticed Shen Changchuan aboard the black flying vessel, and her silent, faint smile reminded him that their old grudge would likely bring them into conflict again.
• Shen Changchuan considered using the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu, an Ascending Origin Pill, and his other trump cards to narrow the gap between himself and Shi Mengting.
• Shen Changchuan observed the veiled participant from Hundred Flowers Immortal Valley and the green-robed youth from Divine Wood Sect.
• Shen Changchuan saw the black-robed participant from the Ancient Moon Divine Dynasty and wondered why the young man seemed familiar and had reacted with surprise upon seeing him.

Shen Changchuan joined the other participants as the six factions opened the Ancient Inheritance Assessment and sent them through a powerful spatial force. He landed in a hazy white realm, where the others struggled with dizziness, and concealed how easily he had recovered while wondering whether he had an unknown advantage.

• Shen Changchuan wondered whether the black-clothed young man was someone he had met before, then set the question aside and recalled the other top factions.
• The six peak Spirit Wandering realm cultivators brought out their tokens and opened the assessment.
• Shen Changchuan joined the participants as a beam of light and a tremendous spatial force pulled them into the assessment realm.
• Shen Changchuan recovered quickly in the white, hazy space, while the other participants appeared too dizzy to fight.
• Shen Changchuan pretended to be suffering like the others and wondered whether he had a special resistance to the disorienting spatial force.

Shi Mengting attacked Shen Changchuan to avenge their previous encounter, but he unleashed his full strength and struck first. The chapter ended as his punch rushed toward her.

• After the prodigies recovered, they discussed the mysterious assessment and agreed to wait for it to begin.
• Shi Mengting announced that she would settle her grievance with Shen Changchuan and erupted with her peak Out of Body Stage aura.
• Shi Mengting accused Shen Changchuan of nearly killing her at the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins and revealed she had ordered Devil Cultivators to hunt him.
• Shen Changchuan activated the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu and raised his cultivation aura to the late ninth level of the Out of Body Stage.
• Shen Changchuan charged Shi Mengting and drove a punch toward her head, making her sense imminent danger.

Shen Changchuan and Shi Mengting clashed using Space Power, each convinced their techniques had the advantage. Their collision shattered the space around them and unleashed devastating shockwaves, leaving the nearby prodigies shaken.

• Shen Changchuan attacked Shi Mengting with a punch infused with Space Power, alarming the prodigies watching nearby.
• Shi Mengting recognized Shen Changchuan's technique and recalled how it had defeated her at the Elephant Mountain Sect mountain gate Ruins.
• Shi Mengting used her reforged Sky Control Bracelet to cloak her palm in Space Power and form a massive mana vortex.
• Shi Mengting met Shen Changchuan's punch head-on with her palm, confident that her strengthened bracelet would overcome him.
• Their collision cracked space and released destructive shockwaves that swept outward.

Shen Changchuan and Shi Mengting clashed with Space Power, unleashing a force that shocked the watching prodigies. Their exchange ended evenly, and both recognized how much the other had improved, leaving Shi Mengting determined to kill Shen Changchuan before he grew stronger.

• The collision between Shen Changchuan and Shi Mengting tore through space and forced Monk Wu Hua, the Divine Wood Sect youth, the Ancient Moon Divine Dynasty youth, and the Hundred Flowers Immortal Valley fairy to retreat.
• Shen Changchuan and Shi Mengting were blasted back over a thousand zhang, and their exchange ended in a draw.
• Shen Changchuan noticed that Shi Mengting's Space Power had become far stronger than it had been a year earlier.
• Shi Mengting realized Shen Changchuan had reached the peak of the Out of Body Stage eighth level and had greatly refined his mastery of Space Power.
• Shi Mengting concluded that Shen Changchuan's talent made him a future threat and let her killing intent toward him grow.

The black-clad young man from the Ancient Moon Divine Dynasty stopped Shen Changchuan and Shi Mengting from resuming their fight, insisting they protect the Ancient Inheritance Assessment. When the assessment began, the others climbed the white jade steps, leaving Shen Changchuan and the black-clad young man behind.

• The black-clad young man from the Ancient Moon Divine Dynasty intervened between Shen Changchuan and Shi Mengting and warned them not to disrupt the assessment.
• Shi Mengting weighed the danger of confronting Shen Changchuan and the black-clad young man, then asked the stranger his identity with a sweet smile.
• A black fissure opened in the white space, and white jade steps appeared as a voice ordered everyone to begin the assessment.
• The youth from the Divine Wood Sect climbed the steps first, followed by Shi Mengting, Monk Wu Hua, and the cold white-clad woman from the Hundred Flowers Immortal Valley.
• Shen Changchuan and the black-clad young man remained at the starting point after the others departed.

Shen Chong revealed himself to Shen Changchuan and explained why he had taken the Zhou Family’s place in the Ancient Inheritance Assessment. As they climbed the white jade stairs, he told Shen Changchuan that the assessment held an Opportunity for Transcendence, leaving them to continue toward the inheritance.

• Shen Chong changed from his black-clad disguise into his true appearance and greeted Shen Changchuan.
• Shen Chong explained that he had taken the assessment spot the Zhou Family had secured and said he intended to make them pay for the harm First Madam had caused him.
• Shen Chong and Shen Changchuan set aside their questions about the Zhou Family and climbed the white jade stairs toward the Ancient Inheritance Assessment.
• Shen Chong told Shen Changchuan that the assessment was created to select a successor and contained an Opportunity for Transcendence beyond Becoming Immortal and ascending.
• Shen Chong explained that the assessment was tied to the feud between Tianmo Sect and Yuqing Immortal Sect, the destruction of Elephant Mountain Sect, and the opportunity his teacher had once gained there.

Shen Changchuan calmed himself after learning that the ancient inheritance was connected to ascension and the Opportunity for Transcendence, then focused on completing the assessment. He entered an unchosen gateway, while Shen Chong stayed behind to pay respects to a senior in the void.

• Shen Changchuan reflected on Shen Chong's revelations about Becoming Immortal, ascension, and the ancient sects' enmity, then set aside his speculation to focus on the assessment and upcoming competition.
• Shen Changchuan and Shen Chong reached a platform with six Space Vortex gateways, four of which were dimmed.
• After the assessment's voice instructed them to choose a gateway, Shen Changchuan entered a pale blue gateway that no one else had chosen.
• Shen Chong straightened his clothes, bowed toward the empty void, and announced that outer disciple Shen Chong paid respects to Senior.

During the Ancient Inheritance Assessment, Shen Changchuan found himself in a cowherd’s body in a seemingly real rural world. He recognized the place as an illusion, returned his consciousness to his own body, and shocked the wooden puppet waiting in the white space.

• Shen Changchuan woke as an impoverished cowherd and received unfamiliar memories of the boy’s hungry family.
• He meditated to test whether he had transmigrated and discovered his Progress Bar Panel still showed his spells.
• Shen Changchuan concluded that only his consciousness had entered the assessment’s illusion and focused on finding his way back to his body.
• He followed a tremor in the depths of his consciousness and escaped the illusion.
• Shen Changchuan returned to the white space, where the wooden puppet gaped at him in disbelief.

Shen Changchuan passed the Ancient Inheritance Assessment and met the sentient puppet, which revealed that he had bypassed the Amnesia of the Womb and was chosen to inherit its master's legacy. The puppet identified its master as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor and left Shen Changchuan learning the identity of the powerful figure whose inheritance he had gained.

• Shen Changchuan greeted the puppet after returning from the assessment, and it questioned how he had passed through the Amnesia of the Womb.
• Shen Changchuan described recognizing the assessment illusion and trying to find a way out, astonishing the puppet.
• The puppet said Shen Changchuan was a better candidate for its master's inheritance than Xuan Daoji, whom it had planned to wait for.
• Shen Changchuan realized Xuan Daoji was the Yuqing Immortal Sect's Daozi and resolved to face him without fear.
• The puppet solemnly revealed that its master, Shen Changchuan's future master, was the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor, a towering figure at the peak of the Immortal Realm.

Shen Changchuan learned that the inheritance came from the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor, a supreme figure in the Immortal Realm, and questioned why it had appeared in his world. The puppet explained the risks of the Great Dao of Reincarnation, leaving Shen Changchuan to face the revelation that failed reincarnations permanently cost the cultivator a portion of their soul origin.

• Shen Changchuan was shocked to hear that the inheritance belonged to the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor, but questioned why it had appeared in his world and chosen him.
• The puppet said it did not know its master's reasons and explained that Shen Changchuan was special because he had evaded the Amnesia of the Womb.
• The puppet explained that practitioners of the Great Dao of Reincarnation sent fragments of divine consciousness into other worlds to cultivate, then reclaimed them if they transcended.
• The puppet explained that reincarnated fragments lost their memories and had to rebuild their cultivation from nothing, making it difficult to return.
• The puppet revealed that practitioners split off part of their soul origin for each reincarnation, and lost that portion forever if the fragment failed to transcend.

The puppet explained to Shen Changchuan the severe risks and immense cost of losing soul origin through reincarnation, including the long recovery and damage to cultivation. It left him reflecting on how even extraordinary figures and their successors had climbed to the summit over countless lifetimes and fallen prodigies.

• The puppet explained that Shen Changchuan’s damaged soul origin could take thirty to fifty years to heal and could hinder his cultivation breakthroughs.
• The puppet described how rare treasures that restored soul origin could strengthen Spiritual Sense and permanently improve aptitude, making them coveted by powerful cultivators.
• Shen Changchuan reflected on how difficult it was for ordinary cultivators to reach the pinnacle, recalling the repeated reincarnations of Fang Han and the Jade Emperor.
• The puppet agreed that the path was paved with fallen prodigies and said countless Peerless Prodigies had died along the master’s road of reincarnation.

The puppet explained that the examination had simulated reincarnation in an Illusionary Realm and that no candidate before Shen Changchuan had transcended it. It declared Shen uniquely suited to inherit the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor’s legacy because he had retained his memories and cultivation knowledge, though how he had done so remained unexplained.

• The puppet explained that the Illusionary Realm simulated reincarnation, sealing candidates’ memories and strength while requiring them to transcend to qualify for the inheritance.
• The puppet said no one had ever completely transcended the Illusionary Realm until Shen Changchuan forcibly escaped it despite the Amnesia of the Womb.
• Shen Changchuan suggested that the Illusionary Realm might have malfunctioned, but the puppet assured him it had no loophole and would obey a qualified inheritor.
• The puppet concluded that Shen Changchuan was the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor’s most suitable disciple because he could reincarnate with his memories, cultivation foundation, and knowledge intact.
• The puppet explained that retaining his memories would give Shen Changchuan a vastly greater chance of transcending and ascending in another world.

Shen Changchuan learned that Xuan Daoji had nearly ascended within the Illusionary Realm while still at the Qi Induction realm, then celebrated becoming the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor’s successor and expecting to claim the inheritance’s treasures. Bagong revealed that the inheritance stores had already been emptied, leaving Shen Changchuan furious and demanding an explanation for treasures obtained by others.

• Bagong explained that the Great Dao of Reincarnation was an exceptionally difficult path and began treating Shen Changchuan as his Little Master.
• Bagong told Shen Changchuan that Xuan Daoji had reached the end of the Illusionary Realm and come within one step of ascension during the assessment.
• Shen Changchuan reassured himself that his special talent made him no less promising than Xuan Daoji and imagined claiming the inheritance’s treasures.
• Bagong told Shen Changchuan that the inheritance stores had been emptied after years of assessments and a break-in roughly three thousand years earlier.
• Shen Changchuan angrily demanded to know how the Elephant Mountain Sect’s Enlightenment Stone and Xuan Daoji’s secret art could exist if the stores were empty.

Shen Changchuan learned from Bagong that the inheritance space had no treasury and almost no World Origin Power left, so it could no longer provide substantial rewards. Bagong showed him the image of the white-clothed woman who had depleted the space, and Shen Changchuan recognized her with shock.

• Shen Changchuan accused Bagong of withholding the inheritance’s supposed treasure, but Bagong explained that rewards had been created from candidates’ experiences using World Origin Power.
• Bagong told Shen Changchuan that a white-clothed woman had shattered space-time thousands of years earlier and taken nearly all the remaining World Origin Power.
• Bagong explained that a later candidate had used the breach to create an Enlightenment Stone, leaving only scraps of power and no prospect of further rewards.
• Shen Changchuan accepted the loss, apologized for losing his temper, and reminded himself that the inheritance still gave him a powerful path forward.
• Bagong said the woman was likely a figure at or above the True Immortal realm from the Upper Realm, then showed Shen Changchuan her image.
• Shen Changchuan recognized the woman and reacted with shock.

Shen Changchuan recognized the woman in white as the nameless Female Corpse he had seen revive in Jinfeng Valley nearly ten years earlier. Realizing she might be an Upper Realm True Immortal or an even greater being secretly residing in the Southern Great Domain, he resolved to grow stronger against the danger her presence could pose.

• Bagong asked whether Shen Changchuan knew the woman in white, and Shen Changchuan said he had seen her before.
• Shen Changchuan recalled rescuing Senior Sister Wei in Jinfeng Valley and witnessing the nameless Female Corpse awaken as thunder and lightning descended from the heavens.
• Shen Changchuan recognized the woman in white as that same Female Corpse and wondered how an Upper Realm True Immortal had come to be associated with the Corpse Refining Sect.
• Shen Changchuan feared that a battle involving the woman and other supreme experts could destroy the Tiannan Domain and nearby regions.
• Shen Changchuan set aside his pride in his cultivation and resolved to become stronger.

Shen Changchuan set aside the mysteries surrounding the White-Clad Female Corpse and focused on becoming stronger. He arranged for Shen Chong to receive a secret-art reward, then asked Bagong to send him back into the Illusionary Realm so he could master Space Power.

• Shen Changchuan resolved to grow strong enough to control his own fate after reflecting on the dangers of the Cultivation World.
• Shen Changchuan asked Bagong how many more secret arts it could make real and told it to cancel the other assessment rewards.
• Shen Changchuan made an exception for the black-clothed young man, ordering Bagong to make one secret art real for him as a reward.
• Bagong explained that the young man was connected to a past assessment participant who had survived for over ten thousand years by repeatedly taking new bodies.
• Shen Changchuan wondered about links between the Elephant Mountain Sect and the Corpse Refining Sect, then dismissed the questions for now.
• Shen Changchuan asked Bagong to send him into the Illusionary Realm again so he could comprehend Space Power and use World Origin Power to make it real.

After spending more than a century cultivating in the Illusionary Realm, Shen Changchuan returned to reality having truly mastered Space Power. His techniques advanced alongside it, and he left the chapter eager to test his greatly increased strength.

• Shen Changchuan returned from the Illusionary Realm exhausted after experiencing more than a hundred years of cultivation in just over a month.
• Shen Changchuan recalled that he had stopped raising his illusory cultivation because making it real would require more World Origin Power than he possessed.
• Shen Changchuan used his Spirit Wandering realm apex cultivation and the Enlightenment Stone's aura to master Space Power in the Illusionary Realm.
• Shen Changchuan contacted Bagong and used the remaining World Origin Power to make his Space Power and comprehension real.
• Shen Changchuan completed Treading Air Steps and the Space Golden Thorn Technique, while his progress toward creating Space Slash surged.
• Shen Changchuan formed a space-cutting edge at his fingertip and estimated that he could defeat his month-earlier self within thirty to fifty moves.

Shen Changchuan completed his comprehension of Space Power in the Illusionary Realm, then used an Ascending Origin Pill to break through to the Out of Body Stage ninth level. He emerged from seclusion with his cultivation close to the ninth level’s middle stage.

• Shen Changchuan recognized that his grasp of Space Power was still shallow and could not protect him against stronger Spirit Wandering realm cultivators.
• Shen Changchuan decided further Space Power training would yield little before he reached the Spirit Wandering realm, and he accepted that the Enlightenment Stone’s aura had been exhausted.
• Shen Changchuan swallowed the Ascending Origin Pill and refined its medicinal power over several days.
• Shen Changchuan broke through the bottleneck at the peak of the Out of Body Stage eighth level and continued refining the pill’s remaining power.
• Shen Changchuan finished his seclusion three days later with his cultivation near the ninth level’s middle stage.

After mastering Space Power, Shen Changchuan reached the ninth level of the Out of Body Stage and planned to build his strength before attempting the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor’s inheritance. He learned that other candidates had made very different progress in the Illusionary Realm and decided the inheritance assessment space had to keep operating to avoid drawing the attention of powerful observers.

• Shen Changchuan reached the ninth level of the Out of Body Stage and planned to pursue the Joint Grand Competition before attempting the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor’s inheritance.
• Shen Changchuan considered accumulating knowledge and skills across many disciplines to strengthen his reincarnated divided soul in another world.
• Bagong told Shen Changchuan that two candidates had been eliminated, one youth had become a martial alliance leader near the end of his life, and Shen Chong and a Tianmo Sect woman had begun cultivating immortality.
• Shen Changchuan considered removing candidates from the Illusionary Realm and taking the inheritance space, but feared that doing so would alert the Mysterious Pill realm Supreme Experts.
• Shen Changchuan decided the inheritance assessment space had to continue operating to conceal that he had obtained its inheritance.