Chapter Summaries

Ning Wangshu revealed his true identity as the legendary Ning Xian Zun after effortlessly destroying Bai Yunfei’s artifact, shocking everyone at the tournament. The revelation left Zhao Tian and Xu Wenlong terrified, Wu Yuqian and her companions regretting their missed chance to connect with him, and Liu Yanjun fearing for Liuyun Sect’s future.

• Ning Wangshu revealed his true face, and Bai Yunfei recognized him as Ning Xian Zun.
• The crowd reacted in shock and mocked Zhao Tian and Xu Wenlong for having challenged Ning Wangshu earlier.
• Wu Yuqian and Sister Fei’s companions regretted not building a connection with Ning Wangshu through Qianqian’s cousin.
• The middle-aged beauty realized Wu Yuqian’s ties to Ning Wangshu and Xianxia Sect could protect Guiyuan Sect.
• Liu Yanjun despaired as he realized Ning Wangshu’s connection to Shen Chuxia threatened Liuyun Sect.

Ning Wangshu let Shen Chuxia decide Bai Yunfei’s fate, and she ordered him killed while sparing Star Sea Pavilion. Shen Chuxia then avenged her master by killing Liu Yanjun and Liuyun Sect’s Grand Elders, and she ended the chapter mourning her master.

• Liu Yanjun’s Grand Elders urged him to flee, but he said they could not escape Ning Xian Zun and Shen Chuxia’s vengeance.
• Ning Wangshu asked Shen Chuxia how to deal with Bai Yunfei, and she ordered him killed but asked that Star Sea Pavilion be spared.
• Bai Yunfei publicly accepted blame, urged Star Sea Pavilion not to seek revenge, and destroyed his body and soul.
• Shen Chuxia confronted Liu Yanjun and the Liuyun Sect Grand Elders over her master’s death.
• Shen Chuxia killed Liu Yanjun and the Grand Elders, then wept as she told her master she had avenged him.

After Ning Wangshu helped Shen Chuxia avenge her master, he took her and the others away from Liuyun Sect to catch up. Shen Chuxia revealed that nearly a thousand years had passed for her since they last met, and Ning Wangshu asked if she had spent that time in another world.

• Ning Wangshu comforted Shen Chuxia after her revenge and led her and the others away to talk.
• The people at the venue discussed Liuyun Sect's losses and mocked Zhao Tian and Xu Wenlong for challenging Ning Xian Zun.
• Wu Yuqian's master urged her to keep in touch with her cousin, and they left the venue.
• On a nearby mountain, Liu Qi and the others greeted Shen Chuxia and asked how she had reached the Dividing Soul Stage so quickly.
• Shen Chuxia said nearly a thousand years had passed for her, prompting Ning Wangshu to ask whether she had spent that time in another world before returning to Earth.

Shen Chuxia revealed that she had traveled to a cultivation world after activating a mysterious token, and Ning Wangshu recognized it as the Cangyuan Realm, where he had spent nearly ten thousand years. Their shared connection left them wondering whether they had visited the same world.

• Shen Chuxia was astonished when Ning Wangshu revealed that he had spent nearly ten thousand years cultivating in another world before returning to Earth, where only a little over three months had passed.
• Ning Wangshu explained to Shen Chuxia, Lin Qingzhu, Ning Ruoxuan, Liu Qi, and Zhu Xiyan that he had reached the peak of the Mahayana Stage, ascended through the Immortal Gate, and returned to Earth.
• Shen Chuxia told the group that after escaping the Liuyun Sect, she found and activated a strange token that transported her to a cultivation world with abundant Spiritual Qi.
• Shen Chuxia named the world the Cangyuan Realm, and Ning Wangshu, Lin Qingzhu, and Ning Ruoxuan reacted in shock because Ning Wangshu had traveled to that same world.
• Ning Wangshu confirmed that his other world had also been called the Cangyuan Realm, and Shen Chuxia asked whether he had returned to Earth immediately after ascending.

Shen Chuxia revealed how a strange token had brought her back from the Cangyuan Realm, and Ning Wangshu connected it to the white light that had taken him there. He asked to test whether the token could return him to the Cangyuan Realm.

• Shen Chuxia recognized Ning Wangshu as the Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable, the only person said to have ascended from the Cangyuan Realm in millions of years.
• Ning Wangshu and Shen Chuxia compared their experiences and wondered why the time difference between Earth and the Cangyuan Realm had varied so greatly.
• Shen Chuxia explained that her token had activated and returned her to Earth after she reached the Dividing Soul Stage.
• Ning Wangshu recalled that a white light and possible Array Markings had taken him to the Cangyuan Realm, and suspected that the light had been tied to a similar object.
• Ning Wangshu asked Shen Chuxia to lend him the token so he could test whether it could take him back to the Cangyuan Realm.

Ning Wangshu and Shen Chuxia tried to activate the strange token, but it did not respond, so Ning Wangshu suspected it needed time to recover. He explained why he wanted to return to the Cangyuan Realm and revealed the threat posed by the Extraterrestrial Demons, leaving Shen Chuxia and Liu Qi newly aware of the danger facing Earth.

• Ning Wangshu and Shen Chuxia each tried to activate the token, but it showed no reaction.
• Ning Wangshu concluded that the token might need a long time to recover and asked Shen Chuxia to take him to where she had found it.
• Ning Wangshu explained that he wanted to revisit the Cangyuan Realm, see his old friends, and cultivate there to grow stronger.
• Ning Wangshu told Lin Qingzhu and the others that the Cangyuan Realm might also offer them a refuge and a place to cultivate if they found more tokens.
• Ning Wangshu explained that the Extraterrestrial Demons had weakened the All Heavens Seal and could bring a calamity if they broke it completely.

Ning Wangshu prepared to travel with Shen Chuxia to investigate the mysterious place where she found a token, while giving Liu Qi a cultivation method for his cousin, Wu Yuqian. News of the Liuyun Sect gathering spread, leaving Zhao Tian and Xu Wenlong ridiculed and fueling speculation about Shen Chuxia’s rapid advancement.

• Ning Wangshu gave Liu Qi a cultivation method suited to Wu Yuqian and said goodbye before leaving with Shen Chuxia and the others.
• Liu Qi reflected on Ning Wangshu and Shen Chuxia’s experiences in the Cangyuan Realm and worried about the Extraterrestrial Demons.
• News of the Liuyun Sect gathering spread, and people mocked Zhao Tian and Xu Wenlong for challenging Ning Wangshu.
• People discussed Shen Chuxia’s rise from the Forming Yuan Stage Fourth Level to the Dividing Soul Stage in just over a year.
• Liu Qi returned to Chuzhou and contacted Wu Yuqian, asking her to come see him.

Wu Yuqian learned that Liu Qi had shared a dorm with Ning Wangshu and received a cultivation technique Ning Wangshu had chosen for her. Meanwhile, Ning Wangshu followed Shen Chuxia to the snowy mountains where she had found a strange object, but his immortal sense detected nothing unusual.

• Wu Yuqian asked Liu Qi how he knew Ning Wangshu, and Liu Qi explained that they had been college classmates and dormmates at Jiangnan University.
• Liu Qi told Wu Yuqian that Ning Wangshu had given him, another roommate, and their class monitor cultivation techniques after revealing his identity.
• Liu Qi handed Wu Yuqian a Jade Slip containing a cultivation technique Ning Wangshu had selected to suit her constitution.
• Shen Chuxia led Ning Wangshu and the others to the remote snowy mountains in northwestern Huaxia where she had found a strange object.
• Ning Wangshu searched the mountains with his immortal sense, found nothing unusual, and followed Shen Chuxia deeper into them.

Ning Wangshu and the others searched the abandoned underground palace where Shen Chuxia had found a rare object, but Little Dot reacted to a collapsed stone statue and was enveloped in its light. Little Dot fell into a deep sleep, and the group resumed searching while awaiting its awakening.

• Shen Chuxia led Ning Wangshu and the others to the snow-covered cave entrance, and Ning Wangshu cleared the snow so they could descend to the abandoned palace.
• Ning Wangshu lit the tunnel and told the group to search the palace for the rare object Shen Chuxia had found before.
• Little Dot flew from Zhu Xiyan's pocket and hovered before the collapsed stone statue, which then shone and sent beams of light toward it.
• The statue's light enveloped Little Dot, and after it faded, Little Dot remained asleep and faintly glowing.
• Ning Wangshu examined Little Dot, told Zhu Xiyan to keep it safe, and said it might change when it woke.
• Ning Wangshu found nothing unusual about the statue and directed the others to continue searching the palace.

After finding no other portal-like token in the palace, Shen Chuxia accepted Ning Wangshu's invitation to travel with his group and stay with them in Jiangnan City. She gave Ning Wangshu her token, and he prepared everyone for the possibility that it might one day send him to the Cangyuan Realm.

• Ning Wangshu and his companions searched the palace but found no strange object besides Shen Chuxia's token.
• Ning Wangshu invited Shen Chuxia to travel with the group and return with them to Jiangnan City, and she agreed.
• Shen Chuxia handed the token to Ning Wangshu, who accepted it and said it might take him to the Cangyuan Realm.
• Ning Wangshu told Lin Qingzhu and the others what to do if he disappeared, including seeking help from his Wizard Clan Avatar or summoning his Dharma Body.
• Ning Wangshu proposed changing the group's appearances before they returned to Chuzhou, while Shen Chuxia said she would change her own appearance.

After returning to Chuzhou City and visiting Liu Qi, Ning Wangshu and his companions resumed their travels and arrived at the Yuzhong Xie family’s home. They reunited with Wang Zhiqiang and Xie Ting, and began catching up.

• Ning Wangshu and his companions met Liu Qi in Chuzhou City, then continued traveling and sightseeing for half a month while Little Dot remained asleep.
• Ning Wangshu brought the group to the Yuzhong Xie family’s home and told them his old friend Wang Zhiqiang lived there with Xie Ting.
• Wang Zhiqiang and Xie Ting came to meet the visitors but did not recognize them until Ning Wangshu dispelled the magic hiding their appearances.
• Shen Chuxia revealed herself, and Wang Zhiqiang recognized her as another old friend.
• Wang Zhiqiang and Xie Ting welcomed the group inside, where Ning Wangshu learned they had been doing well and explained that he had come to visit during a trip.

Wang Zhiqiang told Ning Wangshu and the others about a Five-clawed Golden Dragon spotted near Yuzhong City, with several people riding on its back. Ning Wangshu suspected the dragon and its riders might have come from Taihuang Huangzeng Heaven.

• Wang Zhiqiang described the dragon sighting near Yuzhong City and showed Ning Wangshu a phone photo.
• Ning Wangshu identified the dragon as a Five-clawed Golden Dragon and explained the True Dragon Clan’s hierarchy and power.
• Ning Wangshu said the dragon was stronger than his current cultivation level but claimed he could defeat it or protect himself with his techniques.
• Ning Wangshu pointed out that people appeared to be riding the proud Golden Dragon and reasoned they were likely even more powerful than it.
• Lin Qingzhu asked whether the dragon and its riders came from Taihuang Huangzeng Heaven.

Ning Wangshu explained that immortals from the Thirty-Three Heavens might be behind the Five-clawed Golden Dragon and described how the All Heavens Seal and the Extraterrestrial Demons were connected. He revealed that he sought tokens to reach the Cangyuan Realm as a refuge if the demons returned, leaving Wang Zhiqiang and Xie Ting stunned by the revelations.

• Lin Qingzhu suggested the visitors might have come from Taihuang Huangzeng Heaven, and Ning Wangshu said they could also have come from elsewhere in the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Ning Wangshu explained that the Mysterious Immortal Palace had taken Anran to Taihuang Huangzeng Heaven and described how the All Heavens Seal blocked travel between the heavens and the Human World.
• Ning Wangshu told Shen Chuxia, Wang Zhiqiang, and Xie Ting that the Extraterrestrial Demons were reviving and that the weakened seal could eventually fail.
• Ning Wangshu admitted he could not face a Taiyi Golden Immortal and said he sought tokens to reach the Cangyuan Realm so they could escape if the demons returned.
• Ning Wangshu and Shen Chuxia briefly explained the Cangyuan Realm to Wang Zhiqiang and Xie Ting, who were left stunned.

Ning Wangshu and his companions traveled back to Linchuan, where he and Ning Ruoxuan revisited their childhood home and spent the night there. The next morning, they planned to visit their old high school, while Little Dot remained asleep.

• Ning Wangshu and his companions said goodbye to Wang Zhiqiang and Xie Ting, then visited Ma Junfan and Tong Rui in Qinghe City; Ning Wangshu taught Tong Rui a Cultivation Method.
• Ning Wangshu's group returned to Linchuan, visited Lin Anguo and Lin Qingzhu's family, and shared a meal with them.
• Ning Wangshu and Ning Ruoxuan returned to their old home, cleaned it with a spell, and spent the night there; Ning Wangshu slept peacefully in his childhood room.
• Ning Wangshu woke at dawn, reflected on how deeply the old house felt like home, and greeted Laifu.
• Ning Wangshu invited Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan to visit their old high school, and they agreed to go after breakfast and ask Shen Chuxia and Lin Qingzhu to join them.
• Little Dot remained asleep more than a month after falling asleep, and Ning Wangshu continued waiting for it to wake.

Ning Wangshu and his companions visited Linchuan Thirteenth High School during its fiftieth-anniversary celebration, where students recognized him as their legendary alumnus, Immortal Venerable Ning. He and Lin Qingzhu told the curious students that Ning Wangshu had been an ordinary student whose grades were only around the school’s top fifty.

• Ning Wangshu and his companions arrived at Linchuan Thirteenth High School and learned from Zhou Zhilin that the school was celebrating its fiftieth anniversary.
• Zhou Zhilin led the group toward the sports field and asked which year Ning Wangshu had graduated.
• When Ning Wangshu said he graduated in 2021, Zhou Zhilin and the other students realized he had been in the same year as the legendary Senior Ning.
• Ning Wangshu admitted that he had known Senior Ning well, then explained that Ning had been an ordinary student with decent but unremarkable grades.
• Lin Qingzhu confirmed that Ning Wangshu had generally ranked around the school’s top fifty.

Ning Wangshu and Lin Qingzhu talked with junior students from their former high school, who recounted their classmates’ achievements and praised Ning Wangshu as a legendary alumnus. The juniors said many alumni would attend the school anniversary, where Ning Wangshu’s reputation had helped make the school Linchuan’s top high school.

• Ning Wangshu explained that his sudden disappearance during senior year had disrupted his grades before he studied hard and earned the province’s seventh-highest College Entrance Examination score.
• Zhou Zhilin confirmed that her homeroom teacher, Qin Feng, had taught Ning Wangshu and Lin Qingzhu as well.
• Zhou Zhilin and the other girls described how Xu Yingying, Jiang Xuezhi, Zhou Zekai, Pan Liqun, and Yang Jian had succeeded in business, cultivation, or government.
• Ning Wangshu said he knew the alumni they mentioned and had seen Xu Yingying recently, though he had not seen most of the others in years.
• Zhou Zhilin told Ning Wangshu that several former classmates were expected at the anniversary celebration and that his fame had helped make Linchuan Thirteenth High School the city’s top school.

Ning Wangshu and Lin Qingzhu visited their old high school and learned how it had changed since Ning Wangshu’s identity as an immortal became known. They spotted former classmates but chose not to reveal themselves, while Zhou Zhilin was asked to escort the returning alumni to the auditorium.

• Zhou Zhilin explained that the school had received more funding and opened cultivation classes because Ning Wangshu had graduated from there.
• A teacher called Zhou Zhilin and the other students over, and Ning Wangshu and Lin Qingzhu recognized Yang Jian, Jiang Xuezhi, Wang Jinxuan, and Wei Junjie.
• Ning Wangshu told Ning Ruoxuan that the alumni were his and Lin Qingzhu’s former classmates, but he decided not to approach them because they would not recognize him.
• Teacher Fang asked Zhou Zhilin and the girls to escort the alumni to the grand auditorium while she went to help Teacher Qin.
• The girls told Yang Jian and Jiang Xuezhi that Teacher Qin praised their diligence and professional achievements.

Yang Jian, Jiang Xuezhi, and Wei Junjie told Zhou Zhilin and the other schoolgirls about their current positions and encouraged them to pursue cultivation. Zhou Zhilin then pointed out a group of visiting seniors who said they knew the alumni and Ning Xian Zun.

• Yang Jian and Jiang Xuezhi introduced Wei Junjie as the new deputy captain of Linchuan's Hidden Dragon Squad, and Wei explained his rank and cultivation.
• Jiang Xuezhi introduced Wang Jinxuan as an inner sect disciple of the Moonlight Sword Sect.
• Wang Jinxuan and Wei Junjie encouraged the schoolgirls to aim for Huaxia Cultivation University, and the girls vowed to work hard.
• Zhou Zhilin told the seniors that another group of Class of 21 graduates, former students of Teacher Qin, claimed to know them and Ning Xian Zun, then pointed out the group walking away.

Yang Jian and his companions wondered whether Ning Wangshu and Lin Qingzhu were their former classmates, while Ning Wangshu’s group waited at Thirteenth High School for Xu Yingying. Xu Yingying arrived and learned that Shen Chuxia was the mysterious cultivator who had attacked the Liuyun Sect.

• Zhou Zhilin pointed out Ning Wangshu’s group, and Wei Junjie said the man and woman walking ahead looked familiar.
• Lin Qingzhu called Xu Yingying, who said she was on her way to Thirteenth High School.
• Ning Wangshu, Lin Qingzhu, Shen Chuxia, and the others waited for Xu Yingying in a campus pavilion and reminisced about high school.
• Xu Yingying arrived, recognized Ning Wangshu despite his changed appearance, and greeted the group.
• Ning Wangshu introduced Shen Chuxia as his university classmate and revealed she was the mysterious woman who had taken revenge on the Liuyun Sect.
• Xu Yingying reacted with shock and said she had been curious about Shen Chuxia’s connection to Ning Wangshu.

Ning Wangshu and his companions reunited with Xu Yingying at their old high school and arranged to meet at the Blue Mountain Club. Xu Yingying learned that Wei Junjie had become deputy captain of Linchuan’s Hidden Dragon Squad after inheriting an ancient cultivator’s legacy, then answered his call.

• Shen Chuxia told Xu Yingying that Wangshu had helped her survive an attack by the Liuyun Sect and said her cultivation story could be explained by Wangshu and the others.
• Ning Wangshu explained that the group had returned to Linchuan the previous day and visited their old high school, where they learned Xu Yingying was a celebrated alumna.
• Xu Yingying invited the group to attend the anniversary celebration, but Ning Wangshu declined and arranged to meet her at the Blue Mountain Club instead.
• Xu Yingying said Wei Junjie had become deputy captain of the Hidden Dragon Squad after finding an ancient cultivator’s legacy and being recruited by a senior member.
• Lin Qingzhu said Wei Junjie was at the school with Yang Jian, Jiang Xuezhi, and Wang Jinxuan, and Xu Yingying answered his call.