Chapter Summaries

Su Ming brought Ye Chuxue back to the Canglan Realm to address the Sinister Worms, then attacked the Purple Heaven Sacred Land to draw out the Cunning Insect Progenitor. After killing the possessed Holy Lord and ten Ancestors, Su Ming confronted the Progenitor’s clone, hoping to make it activate the worms inside them.

• Su Ming told Ye Chuxue he would take her back to the Canglan Realm to deal with the Sinister Worm inside her, and she agreed.
• A year later, Su Ming and Ye Chuxue returned to the Canglan Realm and headed for the Purple Heaven Sacred Land to lure out the Abnormal Ancestor.
• Su Ming and Ye Chuxue killed the worm-possessed defenders and cultivators throughout the sacred land.
• The Purple Heaven Holy Lord sacrificed himself to awaken ten Ancestors, but Su Ming killed their leader with Chaos Annihilation Finger and slew the other nine with Heaven Slayer.
• The Cunning Insect Progenitor’s clone appeared, and Su Ming prepared to provoke it into activating the Sinister Worms inside them.

Su Ming and Ye Chuxue used the Primordial Ancient Lamp to destroy the Sinister Worms inside them, then joined forces to kill the Cunning Insect Progenitor's clone. As Su Ming hesitated over whether to go to the Barren Wasteland, a vast Space Rift opened above Central Prefecture, releasing a terrifying aura.

• The Cunning Insect Progenitor's clone attacked Su Ming and Ye Chuxue with its consciousness-seizing power, but Su Ming used the Primordial Ancient Lamp to destroy the Sinister Worm inside himself.
• Su Ming used the Primordial Ancient Lamp to burn the Sinister Worm out of Ye Chuxue's Sea of Consciousness.
• Su Ming and Ye Chuxue combined their powers to destroy the Cunning Insect Progenitor's clone, which vowed to remember them as it vanished.
• The Heavenly Dao watched the clone's defeat and welcomed Su Ming and Ye Chuxue's return, hoping they would keep helping him fight the Cunning Insect Progenitor.
• Su Ming considered whether to go to the Barren Wasteland with Li Changfeng's Breath Condensing Pill, then looked up as a Space Rift opened over Central Prefecture and released a terrifying aura.

Su Ming was trapped in the Canglan Realm when the Immortal Sovereign Cunning Insect Progenitor descended, so he bargained with the Sword Emperor Remnant Soul to take control of his body. After the Sword Emperor gravely wounded the enemy, Su Ming escaped with Ye Chuxue into the Chaos Void.

• The Cunning Insect Progenitor descended on the Canglan Realm and sealed its Spatial Barrier, preventing Su Ming from escaping.
• Su Ming called on the Sword Emperor Remnant Soul and offered to take it to Su Qingyuan, who possessed the Mysterious Sky Glazed Saint Body, in exchange for help.
• The Sword Emperor took control of Su Ming's body, reached the Immortal Sovereign Realm, and gravely wounded the Cunning Insect Progenitor with one sword strike.
• The Sword Emperor's power ran out, and Su Ming regained control as the enemy's weakened Spatial Barrier began to loosen.
• Su Ming used Primordial Dragon Travel to take Ye Chuxue from the Void Realm and escape into the Chaos Void.

After returning to the Vast Immortal Domain, Su Ming planned to enter the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect and seize the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon from the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm to protect the Sword Pavilion. He left for the sect alone, while Zi You resolved to do something to help carry his burdens.

• Su Ming returned to the Sword Pavilion with Ye Chuxue and realized he could use the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm to fulfill his bargain with the Sword Emperor Remnant Soul and protect the Sword Pavilion.
• Su Ming told the Sword Pavilion that the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm would open in six years, and Xuanyuan Tian Ji remembered that she had a Heavenly Emperor Token.
• Su Ming announced that he would enter the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect and use its banner to enter the secret realm; Feng Xi planned to infiltrate another faction instead.
• Zi You worried as Su Ming prepared to leave alone, but he reassured her and departed the Sword Pavilion.
• Zi You watched Su Ming leave and resolved to take action rather than let him shoulder everything alone.

Su Ming infiltrated the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect by posing as a survivor seeking revenge against the Abnormal Clan, then learned that Outer Sect life revolved around earning points. He was assigned a miserable Cave Mansion and concluded that he needed points to improve his circumstances.

• Su Ming disguised himself as an Abnormal Clan attack survivor and persuaded a patrolling Nine Heavens Immortal Sect disciple to help him join.
• The sect accepted Su Ming as an Outer Sect disciple after checking his identity and Heavenly Immortal Realm Mid-stage cultivation.
• Su Ming learned that disciples earned points through missions and could use them to obtain resources, while reaching the Immortal Lord Realm was required to become an Inner Sect Disciple.
• A senior brother brought Su Ming to a damp, rundown Cave Mansion and told him that new disciples without points had to live in such places.
• Su Ming found the Cave Mansion had poor Immortal Qi and almost no furnishings, and decided he needed points to improve his living conditions.

Su Ming sought points at the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect’s Mission Hall and chose a dangerous reconnaissance mission in Meteor God Ravine, hoping to use his Void Concealment ability to earn an unlimited reward and attract the elders’ attention. The elder registering missions questioned Su Ming’s choice after seeing that he was only a mid-stage Heavenly Immortal.

• Su Ming left his cold Cave Mansion and went to the Mission Hall to find a way to earn points.
• Su Ming learned that disciples earned points by recording themselves killing Bizarre Creatures and noticed that most missions required teams.
• Su Ming chose the long-unclaimed Meteor God Ravine reconnaissance mission because its reward had no upper limit and he believed Void Concealment could help him survive.
• Su Ming told the Mission Hall elder he wanted to accept the mission, drawing the attention of nearby disciples.
• The elder recognized the mission’s danger, questioned Su Ming’s choice, and scrutinized his mid-stage Heavenly Immortal cultivation.

Su Ming accepted the dangerous mission to investigate Meteor God Ravine and traveled there, avoiding the nearby Bizarre Sky City. He entered the ravine and emerged in what seemed to be a secret realm.

• Su Ming took the mission record crystal after the old man warned that every previous Immortal Lord Realm disciple sent to Meteor God Ravine had died.
• Su Ming prepared in his Cave Mansion, then left the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect and spent three months traveling while slaying Bizarre Creatures for points.
• Su Ming discovered that Meteor God Ravine lay near the Bizarre Sky City, the true form of a Bizarre Immortal Emperor, and chose to sneak around it.
• Su Ming reached the ravine at the Eastern Sea and concealed himself with Void Concealment before leaping into the fissure.
• Su Ming fell through the darkness and arrived on a dim expanse of land, wondering if he had entered a secret realm.

Su Ming explored the Meteor God Ravine and discovered it was filled with Immortal King Bizarre Creatures, then fled before returning to Nine Heavens Immortal Sect. Elder Wang doubted that Su Ming had completed the mission, so Su Ming presented his recording crystal for inspection.

• Su Ming explored the silent Meteor God Ravine and recorded what he saw, but found no Bizarre Creatures at first.
• Several Immortal King Bizarre Creatures sensed Su Ming, and he fled toward the ravine's exit.
• A powerful voice scolded the Bizarre Creatures for letting Su Ming escape, and Su Ming left the ravine and hurried away from the Eastern Sea.
• After half a year of travel, Su Ming returned to Nine Heavens Immortal Sect and went to the Mission Hall.
• Elder Wang accused Su Ming of avoiding the mission, and Su Ming placed his recording crystal on the table for him to inspect.

Su Ming showed Elder Wang the recording of his trip, earning three hundred points for killing Heavenly Immortal Realm Bizarre Creatures and impressing the disciples at the Mission Hall. He spent two hundred points on a new Cave Mansion at Bamboo Shadow Peak, then heard someone offer to pay Su Chen’s debt.

• Su Ming asked Elder Wang to calculate his points, and the recording of his battles and return from Meteor God Ravine shocked Elder Wang.
• Elder Wang credited Su Ming with three hundred points for his kills and said the sect would assess his Meteor God Ravine mission reward within seven days.
• The disciples gathered in the Mission Hall and reacted with disbelief and awe as Su Ming left.
• Su Ming went to the Bamboo Shadow Peak trading market and bought a Cave Mansion in the lower area for two hundred points; the sect reclaimed his old dwelling.
• A familiar voice offered to pay the points Su Chen owed.

Su Ming learned that Su Qingyuan had paid five hundred points to settle Su Chen’s debt, then joined Su Chen’s mission team to approach him and learn more about her. A month later, the team reached Black Rock Valley and began fighting Bizarre Creatures.

• Su Qingyuan paid two disciples five hundred points to settle Su Chen’s debt after they invoked Xiao Yifei’s name.
• The Sword Emperor Remnant Soul recognized Su Qingyuan but was abruptly silenced before finishing his warning to Su Ming.
• Su Ming decided to approach Su Qingyuan through Su Chen, learned that Su Chen was recruiting a team, and signed up for the mission.
• Three days later, Su Ming joined Su Chen and three other disciples, and the team traveled for a month to Black Rock Valley.
• Su Chen led the team into the valley to hunt Bizarre Creatures, while Su Ming quietly killed weaker creatures with Sword Qi.

Su Ming lured the bizarre creatures from the depths of Black Rock Valley toward Su Chen and the others, leaving them surrounded and desperate. As they searched for a way to survive, Su Ming claimed he knew a little about formations.

• Su Ming entered the core of Black Rock Valley, provoked the bizarre creatures there, and led them toward the outer regions.
• Su Ming concealed his aura and pretended to struggle as waves of Abnormal Aura spread through the valley.
• Su Chen and the others abandoned the fight to mine Immortal Stone lodes, but the creatures from the depths arrived and cut off their escape.
• The short-clothed woman challenged Su Chen to reveal whether he had a way to save them, and he said Su Qingyuan would take at least a month to arrive.
• The burly man offered a Thousand-Year Black Tortoise Shell for a formation, but no one knew how to use it until Su Ming said he knew a little.

Su Ming trapped himself and four others in Black Rock Valley behind a powerful formation, intending to use their ordeal to get closer to Su Qingyuan. After the formation collapsed and no reinforcements arrived, he revealed his strength and asked the others if they wanted to live.

• Su Ming used the Thousand-Year Black Tortoise Shell to create the Grand Star Array of the Heavenly Cycle, shielding the group from the Bizarre Creatures.
• Su Chen said he had contacted Su Qingyuan and claimed reinforcements would arrive within a month, leaving the group shocked by the wait.
• The Bizarre Creatures battered the formation until cracks appeared on the tenth day, while Su Ming watched the others grow desperate.
• On the twentieth day, the formation and its core shattered, and the Bizarre Creatures rushed into the valley.
• Su Ming revealed his strength, summoned the Immortal Sword of Great Void, and destroyed more than a dozen Bizarre Creatures with Heaven-Slaying Slash.
• Su Ming turned to the stunned survivors and asked whether they wanted to live.

Su Ming demanded payment from Su Chen and the other disciples in exchange for protecting them, then fought off the Bizarre Creatures in Black Rock Valley for three days. Xiao Yifei arrived and cleared the valley, leaving Su Ming to recognize the newcomer.

• Su Ming demanded one hundred points from each disciple to save their lives, and Su Chen agreed to pay by asking Su Qingyuan to cover his share later.
• The short-haired woman and the other two disciples transferred one hundred points each to Su Ming.
• Su Ming discovered he had received only one hundred points for his mission at Meteor God Ravine and suspected someone had withheld part of the reward.
• The Bizarre Creatures launched a coordinated assault, and Su Ming used Sword Emperor Phantom to fight them back.
• For three days, Su Ming battled the Bizarre Creatures until they feared him and tried to overwhelm him with reinforcements.
• Xiao Yifei arrived in Black Rock Valley and quickly wiped out the Bizarre Creatures, while Su Ming recognized him.

Su Chen returned to the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect with Su Ming after Xiao Yifei dismissed him, then told Su Qingyuan that Su Ming had saved the group from hundreds of Bizarre Creatures in Black Rock Valley. Shocked, Su Qingyuan headed to the Registry Hall to find Su Ming's residence, while Su Ming settled into his new Cave Mansion on Bamboo Shadow Peak.

• Xiao Yifei rebuked Su Chen and went toward the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect's mountain gate, and Su Chen followed him with Su Ming and the others.
• Su Qingyuan waited at the mountain gate, scolded Su Chen for acting recklessly, and left when he chased after her.
• Su Ming reminded Su Chen that he owed him points, and Su Chen reluctantly confirmed that he would repay them.
• Su Chen told Su Qingyuan he owed Su Ming a hundred points and explained that Su Ming had held off hundreds of Bizarre Creatures in Black Rock Valley.
• Su Qingyuan decided to repay Su Ming herself, then flew to the Registry Hall to look up his Cave Mansion.
• Su Ming arrived at his new residence in a lower-level Cave Mansion on Bamboo Shadow Peak.

Su Ming returned to the Mission Hall and submitted proof that he had killed a hundred Heavenly Immortal Realm Bizarre Creatures, breaking his own record and earning a thousand points. After exchanging the points for cultivation resources, he returned to his Cave Mansion and found Su Qingyuan waiting outside.

• Su Ming realized his token held only five hundred points and went to the Mission Hall to submit his latest mission record.
• Su Qingyuan examined Su Ming's records at the registration hall, learned of his achievements and origins, and headed for his Cave Mansion on Bamboo Shadow Peak.
• Elder Wang verified that Su Ming had killed a hundred Heavenly Immortal Realm Bizarre Creatures and credited him with a thousand points.
• Su Ming exchanged the thousand points for cultivation resources and returned to his Cave Mansion.
• Su Ming found Su Qingyuan waiting outside his Cave Mansion.

Su Ming unsettled Su Qingyuan by hinting that he knew her secret physique, then began a simulation while anticipating the Immortal King’s attention. After cultivating in seclusion, he sought a place in the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm and learned that information about it was restricted to core disciples.

• Su Qingyuan repaid Su Chen’s one hundred points to Su Ming, who hinted that he knew about her Mysterious Sky Glazed Saint Body and warned her about the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect’s hidden dangers.
• After Su Qingyuan left, Su Ming worried that the Immortal King in the shadows would notice him and began his remaining simulation.
• In the simulation, Su Ming cultivated in seclusion for two years and neared the late stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• With the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm set to open soon, Su Ming visited the Mission Hall and asked Elder Wang for a spot.
• Elder Wang revealed that knowledge of the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm was restricted in the sect and asked how Su Ming had learned about it.

After Elder Wang refused to give him a place in the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm, the protagonist revealed his ability to wield ten conceptions and convinced the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect’s Great Elder to add him to the expedition. The Great Elder tasked him with ensuring the Primordial Ancient Lamp remained in the sect’s hands.

• The protagonist told Elder Wang that his destroyed former sect had possessed a Heavenly Emperor Token, but that it had been lost when the sect fell.
• Elder Wang said the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect had already assigned all ten places in the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm and refused to give the protagonist a spot.
• The protagonist claimed he could seize the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon and demonstrated sword intent and ten different conceptions, stunning Elder Wang.
• Elder Wang brought the protagonist to the sect’s hidden core area to meet the Great Elder.
• The Great Elder ordered the protagonist added to the secret realm expedition and told him to keep the Primordial Ancient Lamp in the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect’s hands.

The protagonist secured a place in the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm by promising to retrieve the Primordial Ancient Lamp, then warned Su Qingyuan that the sect might know about her Mysterious Sky Glazed Saint Body. More than a year later, he entered the realm with the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect team and arrived at the Trial Hall, anticipating a reunion with the Sword Pavilion.

• The Great Elder awarded the protagonist five hundred points and ordered him to retrieve the Primordial Ancient Lamp from the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm.
• A month later, Su Qingyuan asked the protagonist how he had discovered her Mysterious Sky Glazed Saint Body, and he questioned why the sect restricted her movements and barred her from the secret realm.
• The protagonist sent Su Qingyuan away to think over his questions and continued cultivating, cautious of the hidden Immortal King behind her.
• More than a year later, Xiao Yifei activated the Heavenly Emperor Token, and the protagonist entered the secret realm with the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect team.
• The protagonist followed the team to the Trial Hall, where the other nine entrants treated him coldly because he had taken the final spot.

Su Ming obtained the Primordial Ancient Lamp in the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm, but the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect's Great Elder attacked him to seize it. The Sword Emperor Remnant Soul tried to defend Su Ming, but the Great Elder devoured it and killed him, ending the simulation.

• Su Ming passed the Weapon Storage Pavilion trials, took the Primordial Ancient Lamp, and carried it into the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum.
• Xiao Yifei and the other disciples were shocked to see Su Ming with an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, and other sects left the secret realm to report the news.
• Su Ming secretly told Xuanyuan Tian Ji about Ye Chuxue before returning to the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect with Xiao Yifei.
• Elder Wang brought Su Ming to the Great Elder, who tried to take the Primordial Ancient Lamp by invading Su Ming's Sea of Consciousness.
• The Sword Emperor Remnant Soul resisted the Great Elder but was devoured, and Su Ming died as the simulation ended.

After a simulation showed that the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect might target him, Su Ming decided to leave with Su Qingyuan before the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm opened. To gather resources before leaving, he took a dangerous mission to collect Immortal Stones in the Qingming Mountains.

• Su Ming realized the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm was too dangerous and decided he had to take Su Qingyuan away before it opened.
• Su Ming resolved to exploit the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect for resources before leaving.
• At the Mission Hall, Su Ming selected a mission to collect Immortal Stones from a vein in the Qingming Mountains.
• Elder Wang warned Su Ming that an Immortal Lord-level Bizarre Creature occupied the area, but Su Ming insisted he could avoid it.
• Elder Wang accepted Su Ming's choice and explained that he could keep the Immortal Stones or hand them over to the sect.