Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Sword Elder attacked Zhao Qinghe, an enforcer from Shangqing Palace, and crushed his treasured mirror before dragging him out of the sky. The onlookers realized Zhao Qinghe was no match for Heavenly Sword Elder, who had reached the peak of the Tribulation Stage.

• Zhao Qinghe summoned a treasured mirror to defend himself from Heavenly Sword Elder’s giant palm.
• Jiang Shengjie and the others doubted Heavenly Sword Elder could defeat Zhao Qinghe, believing he was no stronger than Ning Wangshu.
• Heavenly Sword Elder shattered the mirror’s protective barrier and sent it flying away.
• Heavenly Sword Elder bound Zhao Qinghe with the giant palm and slammed him into a crater beside him and Ning Wangshu.
• Jiang Shengjie and the others stared in disbelief as the wounded Zhao Qinghe lay helpless before Heavenly Sword Elder.

Heavenly Sword Elder captured Shangqing Palace enforcer Zhao Qinghe, stunning students and teachers across Jiangnan University. He dismissed Zhao Qinghe’s threat of retaliation and claimed Shangqing Palace would have to submit to him or be destroyed.

• Jiang Shengjie and the watching students struggled to believe Heavenly Sword Elder had subdued Zhao Qinghe while Ning Wangshu remained unharmed.
• Shen Chuxia recognized Heavenly Sword Elder as the founder of Godly Sword Pavilion and wondered how he had grown from Peak Golden Core to such overwhelming strength in ten years.
• Students and teachers across Jiangnan University rushed toward the place where Zhao Qinghe had been dragged from the sky.
• Ning Wangshu chose not to attack Heavenly Sword Elder, judging that he could defeat him easily whenever he wished.
• Heavenly Sword Elder mocked Zhao Qinghe for questioning his attack and threatened that Shangqing Palace must submit or be wiped out.

Heavenly Sword Elder dismissed Shangqing Palace’s threat and claimed his power surpassed Tribulation Stage cultivators, then killed Zhao Qinghe. He turned to Ning Wangshu and demanded submission, leaving Ning Wangshu facing his ultimatum.

• Zhao Qinghe threatened Heavenly Sword Elder with Shangqing Palace’s leader and Grand Elders, but Heavenly Sword Elder boasted that he could defeat even Mahayana Realm figures.
• Heavenly Sword Elder crushed Zhao Qinghe with a wave of his hand, killing him and turning him into blood mist.
• Jiang Shengjie and the surrounding onlookers watched Zhao Qinghe’s death in terror, while Jiang Shengjie feared Heavenly Sword Elder might kill him too.
• Heavenly Sword Elder dismissed Zhao Qinghe as an ant, then ordered Ning Wangshu to submit, offer his primordial spirit, and accept a control mark or be destroyed.

Ning Wangshu rejected Heavenly Sword Elder’s demand to submit, provoking him to unleash his sword aura and threaten Ning and Shen Chuxia. Ning remained confident, rose to face him, and vowed to kill him and destroy Godly Sword Pavilion.

• Ning Wangshu mocked Heavenly Sword Elder, who erupted with a cutting aura and hovered above the ground, preparing to attack.
• Ning Wangshu’s classmates feared he could not defeat Heavenly Sword Elder, while Jiang Shengjie secretly celebrated his predicament.
• Shen Chuxia offered herself for the Blood Sacrifice in exchange for Heavenly Sword Elder sparing Ning, but he refused and said he would kill Ning first.
• Ning Wangshu reassured Shen Chuxia that Heavenly Sword Elder was no threat and rose into the sky to confront him.
• Ning Wangshu warned that he would kill Heavenly Sword Elder and destroy Godly Sword Pavilion for pursuing Shen Chuxia.

Ning Wangshu revealed his cultivator abilities by rising into the air at Jiangnan University, astonishing students and teachers as they speculated about his strength. Lin Qingzhu confirmed to her roommates that he was her boyfriend and an Immortal cultivator, then hurried to him, while Ning Ruoxuan also rushed to the scene.

• Ning Wangshu rose into the air after Heavenly Sword Elder, shocking Jiang Shengjie, his classmates, and people across Jiangnan University.
• Students and teachers who recognized Ning Wangshu realized that he was an Immortal cultivator.
• Lin Qingzhu's roommates recognized Ning Wangshu and asked whether he was her boyfriend.
• Lin Qingzhu confirmed that Ning Wangshu was her boyfriend and an Immortal cultivator, then hurried toward him.
• Ning Ruoxuan spoke briefly with Lin Jia and Li Wei before hurrying to Ning Wangshu.

Ning Wangshu revealed that he was an Immortal and unleashed his Immortal Might against Heavenly Sword Elder, crushing the elder’s vast torrent of Sword Qi. Heavenly Sword Elder used his Supreme Sword Body and Nine Revolutions Slaughter God Sword to resist, while Ning Wangshu prepared to strike again and the onlookers watched in disbelief.

• Ning Wangshu’s instructors and the people below stared in shock as he rose into the air.
• Heavenly Sword Elder unleashed a vast sea of Sword Qi at Ning Wangshu.
• Ning Wangshu declared that he was already an Immortal and released Immortal Might that annihilated the Sword Qi.
• Heavenly Sword Elder used his Supreme Sword Body and Nine Revolutions Slaughter God technique to hold back Ning Wangshu’s Immortal Might.
• Ning Wangshu recognized the power of Heavenly Sword Elder’s Half Immortal Artifact and raised his right hand as the crowd watched in astonishment.

Jiang Shengjie and the students realized Ning Wangshu was a true celestial after he effortlessly suppressed Heavenly Sword Elder. Enraged and unwilling to accept defeat, Heavenly Sword Elder launched his strongest sword technique against Ning Wangshu.

• Jiang Shengjie felt humiliated as he recalled mocking Ning Wangshu, while Liu Qi, Ma Junfan, Shen Chuxia, and the other students reacted with shock to Ning Wangshu's revelation.
• Ning Wangshu pressed down with his hand, destroying the sword intent around Heavenly Sword Elder's Flying Sword and making the elder spit blood.
• Heavenly Sword Elder refused to accept defeat and vowed to slay Ning Wangshu even if he was a celestial.
• Heavenly Sword Elder enlarged his Flying Sword into a massive blade and unleashed the Nine Revolutions of the Sword Body with nine connected Divine Swords.
• Heavenly Sword Elder formed another hand seal and began chanting, "Bing—"

Heavenly Sword Elder used the Bing Word Secret Technique to raise the Nine Revolutions Slaughter God Sword to Immortal Artifact-level power and tear through Ning Wangshu’s Immortal Might. Ning Wangshu recognized the technique as one of the Nine Secrets, planned to take it from Heavenly Sword Elder, and answered the sword’s advance with a flick of Immortal Force.

• Heavenly Sword Elder blessed the Nine Revolutions Slaughter God Sword with mysterious runes, greatly increasing its power and crushing the students below with its pressure.
• Ning Wangshu recognized the secret technique as the weapon technique among the Nine Secrets and decided to search Heavenly Sword Elder’s soul for it and learn the location of the Godly Sword Pavilion.
• Heavenly Sword Elder sent the empowered Nine Revolutions Slaughter God Sword tearing through Ning Wangshu’s Immortal Might and declared that he could fight back against an immortal.
• Ning Wangshu mocked Heavenly Sword Elder’s confidence, then flicked a wisp of Immortal Force toward the oncoming Nine Revolutions Slaughter God Sword.

Ning Wangshu effortlessly defeated Heavenly Sword Elder’s empowered Nine Revolutions Slaughter God Sword, even after Heavenly Sword Elder burned his soul and fused with it. The sword crashed into a crater, while the people below watched in shock and Ning Wangshu’s companions celebrated his victory.

• Ning Wangshu shattered the Nine Revolutions Slaughter God Sword’s sword aura and seals with an immortal rainbow, damaging the sword and wounding Heavenly Sword Elder.
• Ning Wangshu mocked Heavenly Sword Elder, who recovered from his despair and used the Soul Burning Great Law to merge with his sword.
• Heavenly Sword Elder attacked Ning Wangshu with the burning Nine Revolutions Slaughter God Sword and threatened to die fighting him.
• Ning Wangshu summoned a Giant Sky-Propping Palm and swatted the sword into the ground, leaving a huge crater.
• The crowd and Ning Wangshu’s classmates stared in shock, while Liu Qi and Ma Junfan celebrated and Shen Chuxia relaxed.
• Lin Qingzhu and Ning Ruoxuan stopped to watch Ning Wangshu after seeing him defeat Heavenly Sword Elder.

Ning Wangshu defeated Heavenly Sword Elder and searched his soul to obtain the Bing Word Secret Technique and learn the location of the Godly Sword Pavilion. After killing Heavenly Sword Elder, he left Jiangnan University, telling his friends he was returning to the Villa at Yuxi Youting.

• Ning Wangshu found Heavenly Sword Elder crippled in the crater after his desperate attack failed.
• Ning Wangshu searched Heavenly Sword Elder's soul and learned the Bing Word Secret Technique, including its powers over Magic Artifacts and weapons.
• Ning Wangshu considered using the Bing Word Secret Technique to combine Susanoo-no-Mikoto's wing, the Xuantian Divine Fire Furnace, and Solar True Fire.
• Ning Wangshu killed Heavenly Sword Elder, whose body crumbled into dust.
• Ning Wangshu told Lin Qingzhu and Ning Ruoxuan he was returning to the Villa at Yuxi Youting, then flew away from Jiangnan University.

After Ning Wangshu left Jiangnan University, videos of him killing a Shangqing Palace master and claiming to be an immortal set off a nationwide online furor. His classmates regretted not befriending him, while Jiang Shengjie argued that Ning Wangshu would never share his cultivation techniques with them.

• Ma Junfan, Liu Qi, and Shen Chuxia heard Ning Wangshu's voice transmission and left, while Lin Qingzhu and Ning Ruoxuan went to find him at his villa.
• Jiangnan University students posted accounts and videos of the incident, and the news spread across the internet as people accepted that Ning Wangshu had killed a Shangqing Palace master and claimed to be an immortal.
• Jiang Shengjie and his classmates discussed Ning Wangshu's power and regretted missing the chance to get close to him or learn from him.
• Jiang Shengjie sneered that Ning Wangshu would not teach them immortal techniques, pointing out that Ma Junfan and Liu Qi had followed him for ages without receiving any.

Ning Wangshu returned home after killing the Godly Sword Pavilion Old Ancestor and explained the fight and its consequences to Lin Qingzhu and Ning Ruoxuan. He accepted that he could no longer attend college, while Lin Qingzhu planned to keep attending for now unless rumors about her relationship with him made it impossible.

• Ning Wangshu checked the mysterious coffin, found it unchanged, and waited for Lin Qingzhu and Ning Ruoxuan to arrive.
• Ning Wangshu explained that the Godly Sword Pavilion Old Ancestor's sword body and Weapon Technique had made him one of the strongest beneath the immortals, though Ning Wangshu had defeated him.
• Ning Wangshu told Lin Qingzhu and Ning Ruoxuan that his public revelation as an immortal meant he had to give up on finishing college as he had hoped.
• Lin Qingzhu worried that she might also have to leave school after revealing her cultivation to her roommates.
• Ning Wangshu advised Lin Qingzhu to keep attending unless her roommates had spread rumors that she was his girlfriend, and Lin Qingzhu agreed to try going to class for now.

Lin Qingzhu’s classmates recognized Ning Wangshu as her boyfriend and learned that she was a cultivator, leading her to decide to leave university and cultivate with him. Ning Wangshu destroyed the Godly Sword Pavilion, then returned to the villa to practice his Lie Technique before receiving a call from Bai Jingchuan.

• Lin Qingzhu’s classmates identified Ning Wangshu as her boyfriend, and her roommates confirmed the relationship and revealed that Lin Qingzhu was a cultivator.
• Lin Qingzhu showed Ning Wangshu the class group messages and agreed to stay with him and focus on cultivation instead of returning to university.
• Ning Wangshu told Lin Qingzhu to stay at the villa and Ning Ruoxuan to attend school, then flew to the Godly Sword Pavilion and destroyed it with a single palm strike.
• Ning Wangshu worried that the owners of two Immortal senses might discover he had killed Susanoo-no-Mikoto, and considered relying on the mysterious coffin and mastering his Lie Technique.
• Ning Wangshu returned to the villa, resumed practicing the Lie Technique, and received a call from Bai Jingchuan.

After confirming his ascension with Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei, Ning Wangshu cut off outside signals and began cultivating. Meanwhile, Xuan Yuan Jingxiu and the Xuanyuan Clan elders concluded that Ning Wangshu’s combat strength might surpass the Mysterious Immortal realm.

• Ning Wangshu confirmed to Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei that he had become an immortal, then sealed his room against outside signals.
• Ning Wangshu invited Ma Junfan, Liu Qi, and Shen Chuxia to meet him at the Yuxi Yueting villa the next day before beginning to cultivate.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu failed to reach Ning Wangshu and discussed his recent battle with the old man and two Xuanyuan Clan elders.
• The Xuanyuan Clan elders judged Susanoo-no-Mikoto powerful enough to challenge them, even without the All Heavens Seal’s suppression.
• The elders concluded that Ning Wangshu’s techniques and Fan Tian Seal could let him crush ordinary immortals and possibly exceed the Mysterious Immortal realm.

Ning Wangshu cultivated in seclusion while news of his victory over the Heavenly Sword Elder spread through the mortal and cultivation worlds, revealing that he was a true immortal and a Jiangnan University student. Ling Daoyi learned the truth and accepted that his defeat by Ning Wangshu had been no disgrace.

• People discussed how Ning Wangshu had killed the Heavenly Sword Elder after the latter slapped Zhao Qinghe to death, and some began reconsidering Shangqing Palace's recruitment examination.
• The Cultivation World reacted with shock as people realized Ning Xian Zun was a genuine immortal who had previously concealed his strength when fighting powerful cultivators.
• Yu Jing'an told Ling Daoyi that Ning Wangshu was a living immortal, leaving Ling Daoyi stunned and silent.
• Ling Daoyi reflected on his past defeat by Ning Wangshu and concluded that being defeated by a true immortal was an honor.
• Ling Daoyi recalled that Ning Wangshu had also defeated powerful figures and survived an ambush involving two immortal artifacts, then shook his head with a bitter smile.

After learning that Ning Wangshu was a true immortal, the Three Immortals Sect and Wang Xuanyang resolved to stay cautious. At Shangqing Palace, Grand Elder Kong Yanhua learned that Zhao Qinghe had been killed and demanded to know what happened.

• Yao Wenyuan and the Three Immortals Sect elders discussed the Jiangnan University news and agreed to keep their sect hidden and avoid provoking powerful figures.
• Wang Xuanyang felt relieved that he had yielded to Ning Wangshu and handed over the Body Outside of Body technique.
• News of Ning Wangshu and the late Heavenly Sword Elder spread through the world, alarming cultivators and secret-realm Immortal Gates.
• Kong Yanhua and the Shangqing Palace elders planned to return to the secret realm and report that their mountain gate was complete.
• Shangqing Palace disciples reported that Zhao Qinghe had been killed, and Kong Yanhua erupted in fury and demanded an explanation.

Kong Yanhua and the Shangqing Palace elders watched videos revealing that Ning Wangshu was a True Immortal who had killed the Heavenly Sword Elder. They then learned Ning Wangshu had also killed Elder Chen and his group, leaving them terrified and resigned to losing the Locking Demon Tower.

• Shangqing Palace disciples showed Kong Yanhua and the elders videos of the Heavenly Sword Elder’s death and Ning Wangshu’s overwhelming power.
• Kong Yanhua and the elders were horrified to learn that Ning Wangshu was a True Immortal and realized Shangqing Palace could not challenge such figures in the Outside World.
• A disciple reported that Elder Chen and his group had been killed, and Kong Yanhua demanded to know who had done it.
• The disciple identified Ning Wangshu as the killer, shocking Kong Yanhua and the elders into abandoning any hope of recovering the Locking Demon Tower.

Kong Yanhua learned that Chen Zongru and the others had ambushed Ning Wangshu without knowing he was an immortal, and he decided to report the danger to Shangqing Palace’s Sect Master before taking action. Meanwhile, Jiangnan University remained captivated by Ning Wangshu’s identity, while Jiang Shengjie worried that Shangqing Palace had forgotten him and watched classmates turn their attention to Ning Wangshu’s friends.

• A disciple told Kong Yanhua that Chen Zongru and the others had joined forces with the Supreme Immortal Gate to ambush Ning Wangshu, unaware that he was a true immortal.
• Kong Yanhua ordered Shangqing Palace’s elders to avoid provoking Ning Wangshu and left for the Shangqing Secret Realm to report to the Sect Master.
• A day after the incident at Jiangnan University, public attention centered on Ning Wangshu, while Shangqing Palace still had not come to fetch Jiang Shengjie.
• Jiang Shengjie grew jealous as classmates crowded around Ma Junfan, Liu Qi, and Shen Chuxia, hoping to get close to Ning Wangshu through them.
• Ma Junfan, Liu Qi, and Shen Chuxia left campus at noon to visit Ning Wangshu at Yuxi Yueting.

Ning Wangshu taught Ma Junfan, Liu Qi, and Shen Chuxia cultivation techniques after deciding he could no longer return to school. He planned to teach Xu Yingying and Shen Anran as well, and to bring inheritances to the Xiao family as the threat from the Extraterrestrial Demons loomed.

• Ma Junfan, Liu Qi, and Shen Chuxia visited Ning Wangshu at his villa, where he told them he would not return to school.
• Ning Wangshu used Imparting Dharma by Pouring to teach each of them a suitable cultivation technique.
• Shen Chuxia, then Ma Junfan and Liu Qi, absorbed their techniques and asked Ning Wangshu to explain what they did not understand.
• Ning Wangshu told the three to cultivate diligently and said they could ask Shen Chuxia or message him with questions before they left.
• Ning Wangshu and Lin Qingzhu waited for Xu Yingying, whom Ning Wangshu planned to teach, and he also intended to teach Shen Anran and deliver inheritances to the Xiao family.

After Ning Wangshu gave Ma Junfan, Liu Qi, and Shen Chuxia cultivation techniques, Ma Junfan and Liu Qi returned to class and revealed the news to their classmates. The others envied their connection to Ning Wangshu, while Jiang Shengjie worried that Shangqing Palace might reject him after Zhao Qinghe’s death.

• Ma Junfan, Liu Qi, and Shen Chuxia returned to the university, grateful that Ning Wangshu had passed cultivation techniques to them.
• Classmates questioned Ma Junfan and Liu Qi about Ning Wangshu, and Jiang Shengjie mocked them as insignificant lackeys.
• Ma Junfan and Liu Qi defended their friendship with Ning Wangshu, while Liu Qi pointed out that Zhao Qinghe had died trying to bring Jiang Shengjie to Shangqing Palace.
• Liu Qi announced that Ning Wangshu had given him and Ma Junfan cultivation techniques, and said Ning Wangshu had described them as top-tier.
• Their classmates envied Ma Junfan and Liu Qi and regretted not befriending Ning Wangshu, while Shen Chuxia listened without speaking.