Arc 19Huang Ze’s Tomb

Shi Lan advanced to the Heavenly Human Realm, entered Huang Ze’s tomb, and survived a confrontation with the Divine Phoenix by drawing Heavenly Punishment. After returning to Immortal Martial City and settling her grudge with Yuhong, she learned Qing Lan had opened a passage to the Lan Clan’s ancestral lands.

  • Shi Lan claimed her quest reward, reshaped the Qiong Luo Realm as a refuge for its survivors, and imposed Tianyan Sect rule over Yunyan Star.
  • Shi Lan endured her tribulation, entered the Heavenly Human Realm, and hurried to the Phoenix Marsh Mausoleum after Chu Hanzhou called her back.
  • Spatial turbulence scattered Shi Lan and Tian Bai in Huang Ze’s tomb, where Shi Lan fought native beings and found a floating island and palace beyond the firmament.
  • Shi Lan and three human Heavenly Lords battled the Divine Phoenix Clan at the palace, and Shi Lan wounded its leader before the palace swallowed the Divine Phoenix and she entered inside.
  • Huang Ze bound Shi Lan and demanded that she become her emissary, but Shi Lan escaped by unleashing Supreme Being essence blood and triggering Heavenly Punishment that shattered the palace and island.
  • Shi Lan recovered underground, then returned with the surviving expedition members while Qing Lan memorized the Divine Phoenix Immortal Scripture and prepared to lead willing Lan Clan members out of Lingyang.
  • Shi Lan killed Yuhong in Immortal Martial City to settle their grudge, then returned to Shi Mansion and learned that Qing Lan had opened a passage to the Lan Clan’s ancestral lands.
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Ch. 457Bloodline

After the Qiong Luo Realm was transformed by the collapse of its Heavenly Dao, Shi Lan collected the Supremes’ remains and surveyed her spoils. She claimed the reward for her mission to kill Samsara Hall members, and the system began calculating it.

  • The Qiong Luo Realm’s laws changed, its land was reshaped, and its surviving inhabitants sheltered on a desolate plain.
  • Shi Lan absorbed some Supreme remains, gaining less than four units of nine-star energy and collecting several bloodlines and rare materials.
  • Shi Lan stored six Supremes’ remains and left the rest of the battlefield’s spoils for Li Canglan to sort later.
  • Shi Lan reviewed her completed quest for killing Samsara Hall members and decided to claim its reward.
  • The system began calculating Shi Lan’s quest reward.

Ch. 458Heavenly Might

After completing her mission, Shi Lan received the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation diagram and restored the Qiong Luo Realm for its surviving inhabitants. Returning to Lingyang, she drew Heavenly Punishment because of the Supremes’ remains in her storage bracelet, then learned the four royal clans had gathered at Mount Jinding to confront her.

  • Shi Lan received two advanced lottery draws and the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation diagram, which included instructions for refining formation flags.
  • Shi Lan promised the surviving Hundred Clans of the Qiong Luo Realm a place to recover, then reshaped the world’s terrain and set aside a continent for them.
  • Shi Lan hid tens of thousands of treasures from the Samsara Hall’s army throughout the Qiong Luo Realm, and the rune masters and white tiger bowed to her as Heaven.
  • When Shi Lan returned to Lingyang, Heavenly Punishment targeted the Supremes’ bloodlines and remains in her storage bracelet, so she threw it into the Qiong Luo Realm until the tribulation subsided.
  • Li Canglan told Shi Lan that the four great royal clans had gathered more than twenty powerful experts at Mount Jinding and invited her to discuss establishing their branch headquarters.
  • Shi Lan dismissed the royal clans’ display as a sign that they were bringing about their own destruction, while the Qin family’s Ancestor watched the darkened sky from Mount Jinding.

Ch. 459Sweep the Universe Clean

Shi Lan arrived at Golden Summit Mountain for a gathering with Yunyan Star’s royal clans and revealed a strength that overturned their expectations. After killing a King-realm expert who harbored murderous intent, she declared her intention to make the Heaven-Severing Sect Yunyan’s sole ruler and sweep away every aristocratic clan.

  • Families across Yunyan Star gathered at Golden Summit Mountain as rumors about Shi Lan’s power and the royal clans’ challenge spread.
  • Shi Lan arrived above the summit, identified Qin Liang, and faced the King-realm experts.
  • Qin Liang sensed Shi Lan’s near-perfect unity with the laws of heaven and earth and cautiously raised the matter of building a Heaven-Severing Sect branch.
  • A King-realm expert developed killing intent toward Shi Lan, and she killed him with red lotus karmic fire before collecting his origin crystal.
  • Shi Lan condemned Yunyan Star’s human clans for prejudice and hoarding, then announced that she would make the Heaven-Severing Sect the sole ruler and sweep away every aristocratic clan.

Ch. 460Mission Complete

Shi Lan forced Yunyan Star’s lineages to surrender resources or become subordinate schools of the Tianyan Sect, while the Zhao family chose to withdraw. After the system awarded her an Immortal Mountain Cave Abode and set a new, more difficult quest, she summoned the reward in the Qiong Luo Realm.

  • Shi Lan demanded that Yunyan Star’s lineages hand over their territories, mines, and spirit-herb gardens to the Tianyan Sect.
  • Shi Lan offered the lineages a chance to retain some resources if they became subordinate schools and opened their mountain gates, while Tianyan Sect inspectors would ensure they taught outsiders.
  • Qin Liang and three of the Four Great Royal Clans accepted Shi Lan’s decree, while the Zhao family gave up most of its resources and retreated to a remote corner.
  • News of Shi Lan’s actions spread across Yunyan Star, and common people celebrated her for giving them a chance to rise.
  • Shi Lan collected the main quest reward, received an Immortal Mountain Cave Abode, and saw that the next quest required the Tianyan Sect to reach the peak of second grade in the Lingyang Realm.
  • Shi Lan summoned the Immortal Mountain Cave Abode, and a vast shadow descended from the clouds.

Ch. 461First Meeting

Shi Lan explored the immortal mountain and its grotto-heaven, then helped organize the Tianyan Sect and prepared to leave Yunyan Star for her tribulation. On the way, she encountered the demon prodigy Di Luosha, who escaped the Human Emperors and left Shi Lan measuring her own strength against her rival.

  • Shi Lan discovered a hidden grotto-heaven within the immortal mountain, filled with rich spiritual qi, precious herbs, and a jade pool beside a defaced stone stele.
  • Li Canglan reorganized the former clan armies and helped establish the Tianyan Sect’s rule over Yunyan Star, while Shi Lan opened a boundary gate to the Qiong Luo Realm and moved disciples there.
  • Shi Lan brought artifact-forging masters into the Qiong Luo Realm to gather materials for her Zhou Tian Star Formation, and Zhu Xiyang gave her Violet Spirit Liquid to help her prepare for tribulation.
  • Shi Lan left Yunyan Star with Tian Bai to find a secluded place for her tribulation and encountered Di Luosha near the edge of the Illusion Star Domain.
  • Several Human Emperors attacked Di Luosha, but she used her mirror to hold them off and escaped into the black mist beyond the star domain’s array patterns.
  • Shi Lan recognized Di Luosha as Lingyang’s top-ranked young prodigy and realized she would need to survive her tribulation to have a chance of matching her.

Ch. 462Crossing the Tribulation

Shi Lan prepared her True Martial Indestructible Body for the Heavenly Human Realm tribulation and faced a devastating storm of heavenly lightning over the sea. After enduring twenty-four bolts without finding the vitality needed to open a world, she realized the tribulation was not behaving as expected.

  • Di Luosha left the Illusory Star Domain with several Devil Lords and said she had noticed an interesting human.
  • Shi Lan used the origin crystal from the King Realm expert she killed on Yunyan Star to advance her True Martial Indestructible Body to its third stage.
  • Shi Lan chose a remote stretch of sea and began her tribulation while Tian Bai watched from beyond the tribulation clouds.
  • The heavenly lightning repeatedly destroyed Shi Lan's body and damaged her Primordial Spirit, forcing her to use spiritual resources and immortal plants to recover.
  • After enduring twenty-four lightning bolts, Shi Lan saw that the tribulation clouds remained and found no sign of the vitality needed to open a world.

Ch. 463Ancient Survivors

Shi Lan survived the heavenly tribulation with the help of mysterious immortal radiance and entered the Heavenly Human Realm, then recovered on a remote island inhabited by ancient survivors. As she prepared to leave, a gigantic beast appeared outside her hut.

  • After more than sixty bolts of tribulation lightning, Shi Lan faced a lethal strike, but rosy immortal radiance shielded her and the tribulation clouds dispersed.
  • Tian Bai carried the injured Shi Lan away, and a giant hand brought them to a remote island far from the Lingyang Continent.
  • Shi Lan recovered from her bodily injuries and learned that she had entered the Heavenly Human Realm, though her Primordial Spirit still needed time to heal.
  • At the Phoenix Emperor's Hall, Feng Yichuan set the number of places for the Divine Phoenix Clan and other factions to enter Huang Ze's tomb, while Qing Lan worried about the danger awaiting her true body.
  • Shi Lan told Tian Bai they would leave within two days and rejected more spiritual fruit from Rui Tu.
  • A mountain-sized beast resembling a Heavenly Wolf appeared outside Shi Lan's hut.

Ch. 464Offspring

After reaching the Heavenly Human Realm, Shi Lan prepared to return to Lingyang and thanked Ruixuo for rescuing her and Tian Bai. Ruixuo asked Shi Lan to leave behind a bloodline for her daughter Rui Tu, but Shi Lan refused to offer her own offspring and instead proposed giving Rui Tu a drop of blood essence.

  • Shi Lan explained that her new strength let her draw on the Qiong Luo Realm and that she could advance without undergoing the Lingyang Realm's Heavenly Tribulations.
  • Shi Lan offered Ruixuo an immortal ginseng and said she planned to return to Lingyang within a few days.
  • Ruixuo asked Shi Lan to leave behind a bloodline for Rui Tu, who emerged from the forest and nervously greeted Shi Lan.
  • Shi Lan offered Rui Tu a peerless drop of blood essence, but Rui Tu said she wanted it only if it came from Shi Lan herself, then fled into the forest.
  • Ruixuo stopped pressing Shi Lan and offered to escort her out of the sea when she was ready to leave.
  • Shi Lan thought about the approaching opening of the Mausoleum of Huangze and the worlds left behind by fallen Supremes.

Ch. 465Hidden Secrets

Shi Lan studied the ancient records of the Lingyang Realm, then left Ruosuo’s island and headed toward the Central Heaven Domain after Chu Hanzhou urgently summoned her to the opening of the Phoenix Marsh Mausoleum. Meanwhile, Yang Zun heard Dongfang Yunqi’s vision of the heavens collapsing, though a spark of life remained beneath the ruins.

  • Yang Zun thanked Dongfang Yunqi for warning him, and Dongfang Yunqi revealed that he had foreseen the heavens and myriad worlds collapsing within a few hundred thousand years or less.
  • Shi Lan discovered that the Lingyang Continent had shrunk since the Primordial Era as the Boundless Sea rose and swallowed land.
  • Ruosuo carried Shi Lan and Tian Bai away from Bìtiān, and Shi Lan learned about the sea’s powerful races before parting ways with Ruosuo.
  • Chu Hanzhou sent Shi Lan urgent messages that the Phoenix Marsh Mausoleum was about to open and ordered her to return to the Central Heaven Domain.
  • Shi Lan replied to Chu Hanzhou, suppressed her Primordial Spirit injuries, and hurried southwest toward the fief of King Xuan.

Ch. 466Opening

Shi Lan arrived at Xuan King's palace and received a quota to enter the tomb of Demon Emperor Huang Ze, while Qing Lan gathered with Feather Emperor's forces in the Demon Domain. The chapter left the expedition's participants assembled as the search for the tomb's coordinates continued.

  • Xue Tian welcomed Shi Lan and Tian Bai in Xuan King's imperial carriage and escorted them to the palace.
  • Shi Lan entered the great hall and revealed that she had advanced to the Heavenly Human Realm, startling the assembled powerful figures.
  • Chu Hanzhou distributed entry quotas and granted one to Tian Bai after noticing him with Shi Lan.
  • A Heavenly Lord from an Imperial Clan objected to Tian Bai receiving a quota, but Chu Hanzhou's rebuke made him apologize.
  • At Feather Emperor Hall, the Divine Phoenix Race awaited the phoenix-shaped clasp to find the tomb's coordinates, while Qing Lan stood protected by ten Heavenly Demons.
  • An azure-clad woman from another powerful demon race noticed Qing Lan and walked toward her.

Ch. 467Tu Shan Clan

Shi Lan entered Huang Ze's tomb realm, became separated from Tian Bai, and set out to find him while Qing Lan and the Celestial Demons searched for the tomb. The demons discovered that humans were also searching for Huang Ze's tomb and scattered to find its entrances first.

  • Tu Shan Yuqi suggested that Qing Lan might resemble someone in the Demon Emperor's Palace, prompting the Celestial Demons to suspect she was related to the Demon Emperor.
  • Feng Yichuan opened a passage to Huang Ze's tomb, and the Celestial Demons and human Heavenly Monarchs entered it.
  • Spatial turbulence scattered Shi Lan and Tian Bai, so Shi Lan contacted him through the Lan Clan's ancestral mark and headed toward his approximate location.
  • The Celestial Demons gathered around Qing Lan and agreed to search for Huang Ze's tomb, while Tu Shan Yuqi offered to travel with her and Qing Lan refused.
  • The Celestial Demons clashed with human Heavenly Monarchs, then discovered Huang Ze's tomb had other entrances and scattered to search for them.

Ch. 468The Attack

Tu Shan Yuqi confronted Qing Lan about the Lan Clan’s connection to the deaths of her family, but Shi Lan ambushed her and took her immortal herbs. As human and Demon Race forces clashed in Emperor Huangze’s tomb, its native guardians began targeting every outsider.

  • Tu Shan Yuqi asked Qing Lan about the Lan Clan and the human imperial weapon that had killed her relatives, but Qing Lan denied having anything to tell her.
  • Shi Lan attacked from the sky with a battle halberd, drove off Tu Shan Yuqi’s Heavenly Demons, and forced Tu Shan Yuqi to hand over her immortal herbs.
  • Tu Shan Yuqi broke down sobbing as Qing Lan stood over her and told the gathered Demon Race Great Venerables that she was only the Lan Clan’s leader.
  • Shi Lan reflected that she had ambushed Tu Shan Yuqi after the Great Venerable left and that she wanted the treasure-seeking beast as well as the herbs.
  • As the human-Demon conflict intensified, Huangze’s tomb guardians began killing outsiders from both races.

Ch. 469Native Beings

Shi Lan refined an immortal herb and then was repeatedly pursued by the native beings of Huang Ze's world. The chapter ended as she fought hundreds of them, including their scythe-wielding leader, after drawing on the Qiong Luo Realm for power.

  • Shi Lan swallowed a crimson immortal herb in a magma lake, strengthening her cultivation and restoring part of her Primordial Spirit.
  • After hearing from Qing Lan that Tu Shan Yuqi had found more immortal herbs, Shi Lan left seclusion to search for them and planned to find Tian Bai later.
  • The native beings, a fire-born race hostile to outsiders, had repeatedly hunted the Divine Phoenix Race demons because they could sense their bloodline.
  • Tu Shan Yuqi and her companions were robbed again, while Qing Lan considered Tu Shan Yuqi a potential threat to the Lan Clan.
  • Several hundred native beings surrounded Shi Lan, and she fought back against their leader's scythe and the attackers.
  • Shi Lan opened the Qiong Luo Realm and unleashed its power as the battle escalated.

Ch. 470Perceiving

Shi Lan defeated the native beings attacking her and joined three human Heavenly Lords as she searched for Huangze's mausoleum. Elsewhere, a Divine Phoenix Clan Venerable discovered a fragment of the Undying Divine Phoenix Sutra and began breaking through toward the imperial domain.

  • Shi Lan used the power of heaven and earth to slay the native beings and found an iron fragment engraved with an obscure Demon Race scripture.
  • Nie Lin'an, Yun Zhen, and Tianxuan Jing arrived, introduced themselves, and invited Shi Lan to travel with them; she accepted.
  • After hearing that no one had found Huangze's mausoleum, Shi Lan suspected it might be in the sky rather than on the ground.
  • Seventeen Divine Phoenix Clan Heavenly Demons fought thousands of native beings, and two of them had already fallen.
  • A Divine Phoenix Clan Heavenly Demon found a black iron fragment inscribed with the Undying Divine Phoenix Sutra and passed it to a red-clad Venerable, whose aura surged toward the imperial domain.

Ch. 471Discovery

A red-robed woman of the Divine Phoenix Clan used her Emperor's Domain to slaughter native creatures and recover a fragment of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Scripture, then ordered their extermination to complete it. Meanwhile, Shi Lan and the Heavenly Lords discovered a hidden world above the sky, where Huang Ze's golden palace awaited them.

  • The red-robed woman unleashed her Emperor's Domain, killing thousands of native creatures and forming an iron wall from their blood and light.
  • The Heavenly Demons recognized the iron wall as a fragment of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Scripture, and the red-robed woman ordered them to exterminate every native in the realm.
  • Shi Lan led Nie Lin'an, Daoist Yunzhen, and Tian Xuanjing toward the sun, despite their warnings about the heat and distance.
  • Shi Lan broke through a hidden barrier with her Divine Phoenix blood, revealing a floating island and golden palace beyond the firmament.
  • Tian Xuanjing discovered that the palace was built entirely from the rare immortal metal Red Nether Gold.

Ch. 472The Cicada Behind the Mantis

Shi Lan and three Heavenly Lords planned to lure the divine phoenixes to Huang Ze’s tomb and ambush them, but the leader proved to be a newly ascended Demon Emperor. As the phoenixes began opening the palace gates, Shi Lan swallowed rare herbs to awaken her power and prepared to fight.

  • Shi Lan discovered that the palace gates required a living divine phoenix with a sufficiently pure bloodline, and the group agreed to lure the phoenixes there rather than force entry.
  • Shi Lan used Qing Lan to send word to the divine phoenixes, prompting their leader to take eight heavenly demons toward Huang Ze’s tomb.
  • Shi Lan and the three Heavenly Lords hid near the palace as nine divine phoenixes arrived, and their leader transformed and began opening the gates.
  • Tian Xuanjing urged the group to summon help after sensing that the phoenix leader had reached the Tribulation Realm, but Shi Lan said she would fight her.
  • Shi Lan swallowed a Yin Spirit Flower and Sunfire Grass, drew the Crimson Crow War Halberd, and began awakening her Primordial Spirit golden body.

Ch. 473Reinforcements

Shi Lan consumed the Nine Sun Grass and fought the Divine Phoenix Clan’s emperor while the human Celestial Lords battled the other demons. As reinforcements arrived, Shi Lan pinned the woman in red with her halberd, but the palace’s light swallowed her and she vanished.

  • Daoist Yunzhen warned Shi Lan that swallowing the Nine Sun Grass could make her qi and blood run backward and destroy her body.
  • Shi Lan poured her surging qi and blood into the Crimson Crow War Halberd, summoned her Primordial Spirit Golden Body, and charged into the Divine Phoenix Clan’s imperial domain.
  • Nie Lin'an trapped three divine demons with a starry diagram, Daoist Yunzhen blocked two more, and Tian Xuanjing killed a Sixth Tribulation divine demon with his five-colored sword.
  • Shi Lan fought the Divine Phoenix emperor and wounded her, while the human Celestial Lords burned their minor worlds under pressure from the battle.
  • Six divine demons and more than a dozen others arrived; Shi Lan pierced the woman in red with her halberd, but palace light swallowed her and she disappeared, leaving the weapon behind.

Ch. 474Anomaly

Shi Lan entered Huang Ze’s golden palace while the humans and demons continued fighting outside, and Samsara warned that a living Supreme was within. She followed a hidden presence through the palace and found the defeated woman in red lying on a phoenix throne.

  • Shi Lan drove back the Divine Phoenix Clan’s Heavenly Demons and entered the palace before its doors closed.
  • Human Heavenly Lords arrived, and a battle between the human and demon forces erupted in the sky.
  • Qing Lan watched the fighting and began to realize that the universe extended beyond the Lingyang Realm.
  • Samsara sensed a living Supreme inside the palace, and Shi Lan followed the trace of its presence.
  • Shi Lan encountered the woman in red lying nearly motionless on a golden phoenix throne.

Ch. 475The Unyielding Spirit

Shi Lan confronted Huang Ze in the golden palace and escaped her attempt to recruit or consume her by provoking Heavenly Punishment with the blood of an otherworldly Supreme Being. As the tribulation struck the palace and forced everyone to flee, Shi Lan emerged to find Tian Xuanjing lingering on the floating island to pry up its golden bricks.

  • Huang Ze bound Shi Lan, tasted her blood, and offered to spare her if she became her emissary, but Shi Lan refused.
  • Shi Lan unleashed Supreme Being essence blood, drawing Heavenly Punishment and escaping while Huang Ze recognized it as the blood of an otherworldly Supreme Being.
  • Heavenly Punishment shattered the golden palace's protective formation and drove the gathered Heavenly Beings and Heavenly Demons to flee.
  • Tian Xuanjing stayed behind to pry Scarlet Nether Gold bricks from the floating island as Shi Lan kicked through the palace gates and found him there.

Ch. 476Heavenly Might

Shi Lan and Tian Xuanjing escaped as the Divine Phoenix faced the Heavenly Punishment, while the survivors searched the ravaged realm for the missing portion of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Scripture. The Divine Phoenix Clan found the scripture but lacked a fragment, and Qing Lan secretly memorized the text as the deadline neared.

  • Tian Xuanjing took more Crimson Nethergold and fled after Shi Lan raced beyond the tribulation clouds.
  • The Heavenly Punishment shattered the floating island, destroyed nearby heavenly beings and demons with Divine Phoenix True Flame, then pinned and pierced the Divine Phoenix with lightning.
  • Shi Lan wondered whether the Divine Phoenix had died, and Samsara said it could likely be reborn through nirvana; Shi Lan then hid underground to heal her injuries.
  • The surviving heavenly beings and demons avoided another battle while the Divine Phoenix Clan wiped out the realm's remaining natives and recovered a red iron stele bearing most of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Scripture.
  • Qing Lan memorized the scripture, while the Divine Phoenix Clan searched for the missing fragment before the month-long deadline.

Ch. 477The Azure Cloud

Qing Lan found Huang Ze’s ruined remains but discovered no Dao-Extinguishing Flower or usable blood qi, then reunited with Shi Lan and Tian Bai after a month. As Shi Lan prepared to leave the realm, Qing Lan decided to take the Lan Clan beyond the domain and declared herself its master.

  • Qing Lan searched Huang Ze’s charred corpse for the Dao-Extinguishing Flower and traces of his aura, but found nothing.
  • The Divine Phoenix Clan buried Huang Ze’s remains, while its Heavenly Demons searched unsuccessfully for the flower and mourned the clan’s losses.
  • A month later, Shi Lan emerged from seclusion and learned that Chu Hanzhou was ready to bring them back.
  • Shi Lan found Qing Lan and Tian Bai, then considered how the Lan Clan could leave Lingyang without provoking another world’s Heavenly Dao.
  • Samsara explained that worlds beyond the Great Thousand Worlds tolerated outsiders but guarded their source power, and Shi Lan resolved to take the Lan Clan to one without touching that power.
  • Shi Lan left with Tian Bai, while Qing Lan looked at the shattered sky and declared herself master of the Lan Clan.

Ch. 478Frankly Speaking

Shi Lan returned from the shattered realm, reported Huangze’s appearance to Chu Hanzhou, and prepared to travel to Immortal Martial City to heal her Primordial Spirit and build a passage to the Demon Domain. Meanwhile, Qing Lan told Feng Yichuan she planned to leave Lingyang Realm, and he warned her that she would miss coming opportunities.

  • Shi Lan returned to the great hall and found that only fifteen of the forty expedition members had survived, including Tian Xuanjing but not Nie Lin'an or Daoist Yun Zhen.
  • Shi Lan and the other Celestial Lords presented some of their gains, and the Human Emperors traded for the rarest treasures; Tian Xuanjing exchanged Emperor Huangze’s divine feather and Red Nether Gold for two top-grade spirit veins.
  • Chu Hanzhou gave Shi Lan materials to repair her Primordial Spirit, asked about Nie Lin'an, and heard her account of Huangze and the Heavenly Punishment before leaving to report to the Celestial Master.
  • Shi Lan left with Tian Bai and accepted Xue Tian’s escort to Chengtian Domain, Immortal Martial City.
  • Qing Lan told Feng Yichuan that she intended to leave Lingyang Realm because it rejected outsiders, and he cautioned her that she would miss the realm’s coming opportunities.

Ch. 479Old Debts

Qing Lan arranged with Feng Yichuan to take willing members of the Lan Clan beyond the domain, while he agreed to divert the great clans’ attention. In Immortal Martial City, Shi Lan arrived at the Jade Heavenly Lord’s Manor, where Yu Hong feared she might uncover his past attempt to kill her.

  • Qing Lan told Feng Yichuan she would take only Lan Clan members who chose to leave and would destroy the passage after they crossed beyond the domain.
  • Feng Yichuan agreed to handle matters behind the scenes and urged Qing Lan to choose her moment to depart.
  • Yu Hong asked Young Master Lan for protection and offered to seek a rare life-prolonging immortal medicine for the Lan family’s ancestor.
  • Yu Hong recalled that he had secretly arranged to intercept and kill Shi Lan, and feared her rapid rise would lead her to expose him.
  • Shi Lan’s carriage broke through Immortal Martial City’s aerial-restriction formation and hovered above the Jade Heavenly Lord’s Manor.
  • Shi Lan stepped out of the carriage and looked down at the manor with a cold gaze.

Ch. 480Settling the Score

Shi Lan confronted Yuhong over the ambush he had arranged and killed him with a single touch, settling their old score. She left in her imperial carriage as Yuhong’s relatives watched with killing intent.

  • Heavenly Human Realm experts recognized Shi Lan as a Heavenly Lord, while Luo Xiuhan watched from a teahouse and wondered if she was the great terror.
  • Yuhong tried to deny responsibility for the ambush, but the young man beside him distanced himself from Yuhong.
  • Shi Lan warned Yuhong that she had come to settle their grudge and offered him a chance before threatening his clan.
  • Yuhong accepted her challenge, and an old man urged them to fight in the Martial Arena to protect the city.
  • Shi Lan suppressed Yuhong with her laws, touched his brow, and declared their grudge settled as his body crumbled into ashes.
  • Shi Lan ignored the killing intent from Yuhong’s possible descendants and entered her imperial carriage.

Ch. 481Returning Home

Shi Lan returned home after entering the Heavenly Human Realm and rising to the top of the Prodigy Ranking, then told Shi Tianlu she planned to venture beyond the domain after reaching Emperor Grade. After resting with her family, she received word from Qing Lan that the passage to the Lan Clan’s ancestral lands was ready.

  • Shi Lan’s rise to the Heavenly Human Realm and victory over a newly ascended Demon Emperor spread across the three races, placing her first on the Prodigy Ranking.
  • Shi Lan arrived quietly at Shi Mansion, where Shi Tianlu worried that her fame could endanger her family.
  • Shi Lan considered helping Su Lanyue extend her lifespan gradually, while learning that Shi Qinghu was away training and Shi Yiming had joined the Holy Spirit Academy.
  • Shi Lan told Shi Tianlu she intended to go beyond the domain after reaching Emperor Grade, and he warned her not to let affection cloud her judgment.
  • After resting at home for several days, Shi Lan heard from Qing Lan that a spatial passage to the Lan Clan’s ancestral lands was open.
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