Chapter Summaries

Hua Yunfei brought An Ning and the Jue Ming Wan Xie Wheel to meet his master, Feng Qingwu, in the Path of Reincarnation. As they reached its darkened end, the Lord of Reincarnation opened a pair of eyes and greeted Hua Yunfei as an old acquaintance.

• Feng Qingwu welcomed Hua Yunfei, met An Ning and the Jue Ming Wan Xie Wheel, and let Hua Yunfei decide whether Ge Ming could leave the Path of Reincarnation.
• Hua Yunfei freed Ge Ming and explained An Ning’s history, while Feng Qingwu confirmed that An Ning, Duanmu Qingyue, and Hua Yunfei had all been victims of the same being.
• An Ning learned that Dang Jin Tian had died partly because of the Undefeated Immortal Venerable and vowed to seek the truth from Dao Wushuang and pursue the Li Immortal Clan.
• Feng Qingwu told Hua Yunfei that the Lord of Reincarnation knew his Ancestor Master and had sent the Fourth-Step Early Phase Reincarnation Orderer and the Cold King to test him.
• At the end of the Path of Reincarnation, the Lord of Reincarnation opened its eyes and told Hua Yunfei that they had not met for a long time.

Hua Yunfei learned that Feng Qingwu was an avatar of the Lord of Reincarnation, who claimed him as her disciple and promised to support him against Dao Wushuang. The Lord of Reincarnation acknowledged the stakes of Kaoshan Sect’s struggle but urged Hua Yunfei to press on without fear, while Xuan Yetian arrived and confronted her about taking sides.

• The Lord of Reincarnation showed Hua Yunfei an image of a white-clothed youth who saw him across time and told him he would handle everything well.
• The Lord of Reincarnation erased the immense Karma unleashed by the image, then revealed she had once helped Kaoshan Sect because she had taken in a disciple.
• Feng Qingwu explained that her appearance in the Immortal Realm had been arranged and that she was an avatar of the Lord of Reincarnation.
• The Lord of Reincarnation declared Hua Yunfei her disciple and said he could challenge Dao Wushuang without restraint because she would protect him.
• The Lord of Reincarnation warned that Kaoshan Sect’s plan had thrown the world’s order into chaos, but said she believed the Sect was right to act.
• Xuan Yetian appeared before the Lord of Reincarnation, who said she was helping because her disciple had suffered a grievance.

Hua Yunfei discussed his confidence and the pressure surrounding his path with the Lord of Reincarnation and Xuan Yetian. Feng Qingwu revealed that the First Six Swords quest concerned the Reincarnation Ancient Sword, a bonded weapon of the Lord of Reincarnation.

• Xuan Yetian asked whether Hua Yunfei could compare with Dao Wushuang, and the Lord of Reincarnation said she believed in her disciple.
• Feng Qingwu encouraged Hua Yunfei, who vowed to give his all despite the burden of his path.
• Xuan Yetian spoke of the uncertain future, while Hua Yunfei and An Ning admitted they understood little of the larger matter.
• The Lord of Reincarnation called out Xuan Yetian for secretly guiding the Cold King to set a trap for Hua Yunfei, and Xuan Yetian insisted he had acted for Hua Yunfei's good.
• Feng Qingwu asked about the First Six Swords, and the Lord of Reincarnation identified the Reincarnation Ancient Sword as her bonded weapon.

Hua Yunfei received the Reincarnation Ancient Sword from Feng Qingwu, who planned to guide his cultivation for the next hundred years. Before An Ning left to pursue revenge, Feng Qingwu turned Li Feiyu into her obedient reincarnation corpse slave, giving her a chance to make him help destroy the Li Immortal Clan.

• Hua Yunfei refused the Reincarnation Ancient Sword at first, but Feng Qingwu insisted that he needed it and had already earned it through his trials.
• Xuan Yetian suggested giving Hua Yunfei another trial, but Feng Qingwu defended her disciple and sent Xuan Yetian away.
• Feng Qingwu summoned the Reincarnation Ancient Sword, and Hua Yunfei accepted it before agreeing to stay with her for a hundred years of cultivation guidance.
• An Ning prepared to leave to find Dao Wushuang and seek revenge for the Undefeated Immortal Venerable, while the Jue Ming Wan Xie Wheel chose to wander nearby.
• Feng Qingwu gave Li Feiyu to An Ning and refined him into her obedient reincarnation corpse slave; An Ning decided to make him help destroy the Li Immortal Clan.

An Ning revealed that the Li Immortal Venerable had killed her grandfather, Dang Jin Tian, and vowed to avenge him by destroying the Li Immortal Clan. Hua Yunfei and Feng Qingwu reunited with Xi Yue at the Path of Reincarnation, where she began cultivating under her master again.

• Feng Qingwu taught An Ning how to control Li Feiyu's thoughts, and An Ning made him acknowledge her as Master.
• An Ning told Li Feiyu that the Undefeated Immortal Venerable had vanished after fighting Netherworld Emperors and explained that he had killed her grandfather, Dang Jin Tian.
• Li Feiyu pleaded for the Li Immortal Clan, but An Ning refused to spare it, and Hua Yunfei supported her decision to seek revenge.
• The Jue Ming Wan Xie Wheel left the Path of Reincarnation after Hua Yunfei warned him not to cause trouble.
• Feng Qingwu and Hua Yunfei brought Xi Yue to the Path of Reincarnation, where Feng Qingwu promised to help her surpass her former cultivation.

An Ning asked Dao Wushuang to unseal her memories and urged him to stop protecting the Li Immortal Clan, but he ultimately agreed to let events take their course. Dao Wushuang then told her that the Venerable Lord wanted to venture beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens and revealed that the Forbidden Land was far greater than the Beyond-Realm Lands and the Thirty-Three Heavens.

• An Ning returned to the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy with Li Feiyu, now her Corpse Slave, and asked Dao Wushuang to unseal her memories, but he said only the Venerable Lord could do so.
• An Ning confronted Dao Wushuang about protecting the Li Immortal Clan and argued that the clan should pay for the Undefeated Immortal Venerable’s actions.
• Dao Wushuang agreed not to stop An Ning or others from seeking revenge against the Li Immortal Clan, and Li Feiyu objected before An Ning silenced him.
• An Ning asked about the Venerable Lord, and Dao Wushuang said he wanted to venture beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens to fight for his future.
• Dao Wushuang told An Ning about the Beyond-Realm Lands, powerful beings crossing between them and the Thirty-Three Heavens, and the Forbidden Land, which he said was like the ground supporting a basin.

Dao Wushuang told An Ning about the vast and dangerous Forbidden Land, then explained why the conflict between his faction and Hua Yunfei’s could not be reconciled. He left An Ning facing the prospect of losing either her father or her Senior Brother, while revealing that the Venerable Lord intended to explore the Forbidden Land.

• Dao Wushuang explained that the Forbidden Land was countless times larger than the Thirty-Three Heavens and that a being from there had been captured by a powerful faction.
• Dao Wushuang assured An Ning that the Thirty-Three Heavens would resist any threat, but told her the conflict between the High-Level Heavenly Vault and Hua Yunfei’s faction could not be mediated or reconciled.
• An Ning asked if she might have to bury either Dao Wushuang or her father, and Dao Wushuang admitted he would fight Hua Yunfei without holding back and asked An Ning to forgive her father if he won.
• An Ning said she would not forgive either man if he killed the other, and Dao Wushuang asked her to comfort Hua Yunfei if her father survived.
• An Ning learned that the Venerable Lord planned to explore the Forbidden Land, and Dao Wushuang said he had failed to dissuade him.

Dao Wushuang told An Ning that the Beyond-Realm Lands were stirring and that the Venerable Lord intended to use their arrival to reach the Forbidden Land. The Venerable Lord then invited Feng Qingwu to join him, saying he would pursue Mitian there.

• Dao Wushuang explained that the Beyond-Realm Lands might soon probe the Thirty-Three Heavens, and An Ning worried that the Venerable Lord planned to enter the Forbidden Land through them.
• Dao Wushuang told An Ning to seek help from the Jin Tian Immortal Clan with his Token as she pursued revenge against the Li Immortal Clan.
• Mo Wuqie asked Dao Wushuang about choosing a puppet spokesman after the Undefeated Immortal Venerable fell, and Dao Wushuang left the choice to the Ancient Devil Clan.
• The Venerable Lord appeared before Feng Qingwu and invited her to leave the Thirty-Three Heavens for the Forbidden Land, where he intended to pursue Mitian.

The Venerable Lord, Infinite Heaven, decided to enter the Forbidden Land despite Feng Qingwu’s warnings, convinced he could overcome Mitian’s schemes. Mitian and the Witch Ancestor waited there, confident that Infinite Heaven would walk into their trap and never leave.

• Feng Qingwu warned the Venerable Lord that charging into the Forbidden Land could expose him to its native beings and Mitian’s plans.
• The Venerable Lord rejected her caution, saying he would tear away the Forbidden Land’s mystery and challenge Mitian with his spear.
• The Lord of Reincarnation and Feng Qingwu discussed how Mitian had likely provoked Infinite Heaven into coming and prepared to exploit the dangers beyond his realm.
• In the Forbidden Land, the Witch Ancestor asked whether Infinite Heaven would come, and Mitian said his confidence would drive him into the trap.
• Mitian declared that he had paid too much to surpass Infinite Heaven and intended to take the place of the strongest first-generation being.

An Ning visited the Jin Tian Immortal Clan to seek Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren’s help against the Li Immortal Clan, then revealed she was Dang Jin Tian’s granddaughter. Dao Ren blamed her mother, Duanmu Qingyue, for his brother’s death and expelled An Ning, forbidding both of them from ever entering the clan again.

• An Ning arrived at the Jin Tian Immortal Clan with Dao Wushuang’s Token and was courteously escorted to meet Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren.
• An Ning said she wanted to destroy the Li Immortal Clan, but Dao Ren dismissed her because she would not explain her grudge.
• An Ning revealed that she was Duanmu Qingyue’s daughter and Dang Jin Tian’s maternal granddaughter, and named Hua Yunfei as her father.
• Dao Ren accused Duanmu Qingyue of causing the Jin Tian Immortal Clan’s downfall and killing his elder brother, but refused to explain the past.
• Dao Ren sealed An Ning’s ability to speak, sent her outside the clan, and forbade her and Duanmu Qingyue from entering again.

An Ning left the Jin Tian Immortal Clan after Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren rejected her, while Carefree Heavenly Venerable warned that her identity could endanger her and urged Duanmu Qingyue to stay away. Two hundred and fifty years later, the Undefeated Immortal Venerable's Dao vanished, and Pioneering Emperor Venerable celebrated his death.

• An Ning bowed to the Jin Tian Immortal Clan and left after Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren drove her away.
• Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren told Carefree Heavenly Venerable that he would neither protect An Ning nor let his brother's history change his resentment toward Duanmu Qingyue.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerable warned that An Ning's identity could provoke powerful factions and urged Duanmu Qingyue not to appear before the Jin Tian Immortal Clan.
• Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren said he would handle the Li Immortal Clan himself.
• After two hundred and fifty years, the Undefeated Immortal Venerable's Dao disappeared, and Pioneering Emperor Venerable laughed that his senior brother had finally died.

After the Undefeated Immortal Venerable’s Soul Lamp went out, Wang Qiulan prepared to preserve the Li Immortal Clan’s bloodline and seek help from the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy. Before she could reach it, the Pioneering Emperor Venerable and Mo Wuqie ambushed her, intent on destroying the clan.

• Wang Qiulan learned that the Undefeated Immortal Venerable had fallen and told Li Xiaoran to evacuate gifted clansmen and preserve the clan’s bloodline.
• Li Xiaoran proposed seeking help from the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy, and Wang Qiulan set out to meet Li Feiyu there.
• Li Xiaoran contacted Li Feiyu, who claimed to be shocked by the news and agreed to apologize to the Destiny Academy Master.
• The Pioneering Emperor Venerable stopped Wang Qiulan and admitted that he had hated the Undefeated Immortal Venerable and wanted him dead.
• Mo Wuqie appeared and joined the Pioneering Emperor Venerable in moving to capture Wang Qiulan and destroy the Li Immortal Clan.

Mo Wuqie and the Pioneering Emperor Venerable tortured Wang Qiulan, while the Pioneering Emperor Venerable revealed that Li Xiaoran had betrayed the Li Immortal Clan and destroyed its survivors. Li Xiaoran began devouring his own clanspeople to strengthen himself, declaring that he refused to remain beneath others.

• Mo Wuqie seized Wang Qiulan and mocked the Undefeated Immortal Venerable, while the Pioneering Emperor Venerable said Li Xiaoran had killed the clan's surviving seeds.
• The Pioneering Emperor Venerable tore apart Wang Qiulan's body and soul, then had Mo Wuqie restore her so he could continue tormenting her.
• Mo Wuqie suggested humiliating Wang Qiulan as further revenge against the Undefeated Immortal Venerable, and Wang Qiulan demanded to know who he was.
• Li Xiaoran manifested his dharma body and swallowed millions of Li Immortal Clan members.
• Li Xiaoran admitted that he was sacrificing his clanspeople to gain strength and escape his position beneath others.

Li Xiaoran devoured the Li Immortal Clan to seize its bloodline and break through his cultivation shackles, slaughtering even his own family. An Ning and Li Feiyu watched from hiding as the clan fell, and An Ning reflected on how it had been destroyed by the powerhouse it raised.

• Li Xiaoran began devouring the Li Immortal Clan after agreeing to the Pioneering Emperor Venerable’s offer, determined to surpass Li Feiyu.
• Li Xiaoran swallowed his son, and his Dao Companion killed their daughter before offering herself and the girl’s origin to him.
• Li Xiaoran continued consuming the clan until its territory was filled with blood and screams.
• An Ning and Li Feiyu arrived and watched from hiding as the Li Immortal Clan collapsed, while other revenge-seekers hesitated.
• Li Feiyu begged An Ning to let him kill Li Xiaoran, and An Ning observed that the clan had been annihilated by the powerhouse it had raised.

An Ning rejected Li Feiyu’s pleas for mercy and revealed that the Li Immortal Clan was surrounded and doomed. She ordered Li Feiyu to live as her servant and watch Li Xiaoran devour the clan, then join the slaughter afterward.

• Li Feiyu begged An Ning to forgive him and let him suppress Li Xiaoran to spare the Li Immortal Clan.
• An Ning told Li Feiyu that the clan had been surrounded and would perish that day regardless.
• An Ning explained that the Undefeated Immortal Venerable had harmed someone dear to her, and she could not forgive him or his clan.
• An Ning decided to keep Li Feiyu alive as her dog and ordered him to let Li Xiaoran devour every Li clansman before taking part in the final slaughter.
• Powerful figures from the arriving factions watched Li Xiaoran’s rampage and mocked the Undefeated Immortal Venerable and the Li Immortal Clan.

As the Li Immortal Clan faced persecution after the Undefeated Immortal Venerable’s fall, Wang Qiulan was captured and the Pioneering Emperor Venerable prepared to break her will. Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren intervened, claimed Wang Qiulan for himself, and killed the Pioneering Emperor Venerable when he attacked.

• Powerful observers mourned the Undefeated Immortal Venerable and warned that his enemies would not spare the Li Immortal Clan.
• The observers suspected that Wang Qiulan had gone to the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy to plead for the clan, but had been intercepted.
• Li Feiyu feared that Wang Qiulan had been captured and lamented that the Li Immortal Clan was doomed.
• The Pioneering Emperor Venerable rejected Wang Qiulan’s appeal and threatened to wear down her resolve over countless epochs.
• Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren arrived, claimed Wang Qiulan, and blasted the Pioneering Emperor Venerable with a palm strike after he attacked.

Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren tried to take Wang Qiulan from Pioneering Emperor Venerable, but Mo Wuqie intervened and challenged the Jin Tian Immortal Clan. Carefree Heavenly Venerable arrived to support Dao Ren, and Mo Wuqie let them take Wang Qiulan while threatening to destroy their clan if they did.

• Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren approached Wang Qiulan, while Pioneering Emperor Venerable asked Mo Wuqie to stop him.
• Mo Wuqie revealed himself and fought Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren as the two clashed with overwhelming force.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerable arrived and explained that the Jin Tian Immortal Clan would be implicated whether Dao Ren acted alone or not.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerable offered to pay for Wang Qiulan, but Mo Wuqie demanded that the Jin Tian Immortal Clan become the Ancient Devil Clan's dog.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerable argued that he and Dao Ren could seize Wang Qiulan, and Mo Wuqie conceded they could take her while threatening to have the Ancient Devil Clan crush the Jin Tian Immortal Clan.

Mo Wuqie and Ao Chen helped the Pioneering Emperor Venerable keep Wang Qiulan captive after Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren and the Carefree Heavenly Venerable failed to take her away. As the group discussed searching the Li Immortal Clan for the Undefeated Immortal Venerable’s methods, the Undefeated Immortal Sword suddenly struck and severed the Pioneering Emperor Venerable’s head.

• Mo Wuqie treated the Pioneering Emperor Venerable’s injuries and refused to let Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren and the Carefree Heavenly Venerable take Wang Qiulan without the Pioneering Emperor Venerable’s consent.
• The Pioneering Emperor Venerable demanded that Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren and the Carefree Heavenly Venerable kneel and kowtow, and they refused to hand Wang Qiulan over.
• Ao Chen arrived and joined Mo Wuqie in mocking the Jin Tian Immortal Clan, prompting Heavenly Venerable Dao Ren and the Carefree Heavenly Venerable to leave.
• Mo Wuqie planned to take Wang Qiulan to his secluded cultivation grounds, while Ao Chen set off to explore the Li Immortal Clan’s Treasure Vault for the Undefeated Immortal Venerable’s methods.
• An immortal sword flashed in and severed the Pioneering Emperor Venerable’s head, and Mo Wuqie and Ao Chen recognized it as the Undefeated Immortal Sword.

The Undefeated Immortal Sword appeared as Mo Wuqie and Ao Chen tormented Wang Qiulan, and the Undefeated Immortal Venerable emerged from it, revealing that he had never died. He overwhelmed the two clan leaders and destroyed Mo Wuqie with a single sword strike.

• The beheaded Pioneering Emperor Venerable mistook the Undefeated Immortal Sword for the returning Undefeated Immortal Venerable and fled in terror.
• Wang Qiulan asked the Undefeated Immortal Sword to kill her, while Mo Wuqie and Ao Chen dismissed the weapon and moved to seize it.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable stepped out of the sword, and his Origin Immortal Light crushed Mo Wuqie and Ao Chen's Dao.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable punched through Ao Chen's face, then intercepted Mo Wuqie as he tried to escape.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable revealed that he had staged his apparent death and recalled that Mo Wuqie had once barely survived ten moves against him.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable summoned the Undefeated Immortal Sword and used the Undefeated Sword Art to blast apart Mo Wuqie and the Demon Cauldron.

The Undefeated Immortal Venerable crushed Mo Wuqie and Ao Chen, then confronted his treacherous junior brother, the Pioneering Emperor Venerable. When Mo Jiang and Ao Mu arrived and tried to withdraw, he sealed the area and declared that none of them would leave.

• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable shattered Mo Wuqie's body, Soul Sea, and Demon Cauldron, then cut Ao Chen into three pieces when he tried to escape.
• The Pioneering Emperor Venerable begged for his life and appealed to their shared past, but the Undefeated Immortal Venerable began refining his essence.
• Mo Jiang launched a surprise attack, but the Undefeated Immortal Venerable evaded it and overpowered him with the Undefeated Sword Art.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable forced Ao Mu out of hiding after Ao Mu admitted he had hoped to search the Jin Tian Immortal Clan for the Undefeated Immortal Venerable's arts.
• When Mo Jiang and Ao Mu tried to end the confrontation and leave, the Undefeated Immortal Venerable sealed the area with a sword formation and challenged them to stay.