Chapter Summaries

Xu Xianning returned to the Sword Sect after reaching Dao Extremity, met her master Xu Xing and her fellow disciple Li Ke, and decided to leave behind her legacy before attempting the Immortal Pass. She offered to train Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu for the Immortal Sect Grand Competition, and the training began with Li Ke attacking Chi Jiuyu.

• Xu Xianning arrived in a dramatic display of power, and Li Ke welcomed her before introducing Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu.
• Xu Xianning offered special training to Chi Jiuyu, who learned that Xu Xianning considered her weak for the Spirit Transformation division.
• Xu Xianning and Li Ke kowtowed to Xu Xing, then Xu Xianning said she would leave behind her legacy after the Grand Competition before attempting the Immortal Pass.
• Xu Xing arranged for Xu Xianning and Li Ke to train Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu, then sent all four into a gray training space.
• Li Ke formed a sword from the mist and immediately attacked Chi Jiuyu with power equal to Chi Jiuyu's early Spirit Transformation cultivation.

Xu Xianning and Li Ke put Chi Jiuyu, Zhang Yunlu, and the Sword Sect’s other Grand Competition contestants through punishing special training. Afterward, Xu Xing and the other leaders discussed Xu Xianning’s plan to attempt the Immortal Pass after the competition, marking a possible beginning for a new generation.

• Xu Xianning killed Zhang Yunlu with the shockwave from her clash with Chi Jiuyu, then revived her and repeatedly defeated her to teach her swordsmanship.
• Li Ke fought Chi Jiuyu, who used her Four Symbols insight in a new punch before Li Ke killed her; Xu Xing recognized the technique’s potential.
• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening watched the training and judged Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu’s progress.
• Chi Jiuyu’s boast about how long she and Li Ke lasted against Xu Xianning angered Li Ke, and Li Ke nearly beat her senseless.
• Xu Xianning spent three days instructing the Sword Sect’s Grand Competition contestants, while Chi Jiuyu spread word of her return.
• Xu Xing told the group that Xu Xianning would attempt the Immortal Pass after the competition, and the leaders reflected that her effort could signal the start of a new era.

As the Immortal Sect Grand Competition approached, Xu Xing considered whether the World Derivation Method could create new timelines, while Chi Jiuyu welcomed the arriving teams at the Sword Sect. The Supreme Dao Sect’s contestants settled in, and Chi Jiuyu provoked Zhao Ruoming by bringing up his innate divine ability.

• The immortals discussed the Dao Slave’s potential as a carrier for the Taixuan Immortal Network, and Sword Ancestor agreed to escort it to Spirit Ancestor for study.
• Xu Xing examined the Taixuan Immortal Network’s crimson node and wondered whether new Time Branches could create an ideal world, but concluded it was too early and thought of bringing Yuan back.
• Zhou Kongming and Chi Jiuyu received the Supreme Dao Sect and Divine Mechanism Artifact Refining Pavilion teams as their impressive flying vessels arrived at the Sword Sect.
• Chi Jiuyu led the Supreme Dao Sect team to its lodgings, where Xiao Yu True Person, Zhao Ruohan, Brother Dog, and the other contestants boarded Flying Shuttles.
• Chi Jiuyu told the visitors they could explore before the competition, then asked Zhao Ruoming whether crying activated his innate divine ability, making him flush with embarrassment.

Zhao Ruoming recalled his defeat by Chi Jiuyu and resolved to win the next Immortal Sect Grand Competition, then became absorbed in messages from Zhiwei and missed Xu Xing as the Supreme Dao Sect team arrived at the Sword Sect. Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan reviewed the scant information on the Xuanxiang World, where the competition would take place, and waited for its rules to be announced.

• Zhao Ruoming remembered losing to Chi Jiuyu in the previous Immortal Sect Grand Competition and vowed that the result would be different next time.
• Zhao Ruoming received a voice message from Zhiwei, while Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan joked about his distracted smile.
• Xu Xing waited for the Supreme Dao Sect team, but Zhao Ruoming walked past him without noticing as he focused on his phone.
• Chi Jiuyu guided the Supreme Dao Sect team to their rooms, while several contestants headed out to gather heaven-and-earth qi from the Sword Sect.
• Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan compared information about the Xuanxiang World and speculated about how its immortal cultivators might relate to the competition.

Xu Xing visited Bie Xuening after failing to meet Zhao Ruoming and learned that the Charm Ancestor had been discussing his Dao Delusion with her. As the Immortal Sects’ competing teams and the Righteous Alliance’s observers gathered at the Sword Sect, the competition drew growing attention.

• Xu Xing visited Bie Xuening at the Sword Venerable Hall and realized she had been chatting with the Charm Ancestor.
• Bie Xuening said the Charm Ancestor had asked about Xu Xing’s Dao Delusion, and Xu Xing suggested they study it after the competition and Immortal Net testing.
• Bie Xuening asked Xu Xing what he thought of her, and he suspected the Charm Ancestor had put her up to it.
• The Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Supporting Sect, World Relief Valley, Joyous Union Sect, and Spirit Sound Workshop arrived, and the Sword Sect assigned each group suitable residences.
• The Spirit Net debated whether Chi Jiuyu’s rapid progress made her the next Saint Emperor Abyss.
• The Righteous Alliance’s observers arrived, led by a Profound Penetration Speaker and accompanied by three Dao Integration cultivators.

Chen Shang met Xu Xing, the Sword Ancestor, and learned that the Sword Sect had rescued the Righteous Alliance from the Heart-Severing Qi crisis. Xu Xing gave him an Ancestral Sword Token to request help, explaining that he was looking after the Alliance because he considered Yuan a friend.

• Chen Shang arrived at the Immortal Sect Grand Competition with three Dao Integration cultivators and was summoned to meet the Sword Ancestor.
• Chen Shang recognized Xu Xing as the Sword Ancestor and realized he had once mistaken him for a young friend.
• Xu Xing reassured Chen Shang that he was not to blame for the Righteous Alliance’s near-disaster and told him not to dwell on his mistake.
• Chen Shang reported that the Alliance was stable and that its star-region defensive deployments would be completed in about two years.
• Xu Xing gave Chen Shang an Ancestral Sword Token and said he would look after the Alliance because he considered Yuan a friend.

Chen Shang told Xu Xing about Yuan’s rise and his ambition to change the world, and Xu Xing said he would bring the Holy Emperor back once everything was settled. At the Sword Sect’s Free Trade Zone, Zhang Yunlu showed Lin Xuanxuan around while Chi Jiuyu accompanied Zhao Ruohan, who planned to set up a stall.

• Xu Xing asked Chen Shang to describe Yuan’s personal history, and Chen Shang recounted Yuan’s rise from a mocked prodigy to a Truth Insight powerhouse who founded the Righteous Alliance.
• Chen Shang said Yuan had explained that he disliked the world as it was and wanted to change it, and Xu Xing agreed with his reasoning while admitting he had failed.
• Xu Xing told Chen Shang he would bring Yuan back after settling all matters, then sent Chen Shang outside the Sword Ancestor Hall.
• Zhang Yunlu warned Lin Xuanxuan that the Free Trade Zone was notorious for scams, but Lin Xuanxuan decided to spend only the dividend from Pure Moon Flying Sword.
• Chi Jiuyu arrived at the Free Trade Zone with Zhao Ruohan, who said she wanted to experience running a stall and did not care whether she made money.

Zhao Ruohan set up a stall with Chi Jiuyu and exchanged valuables for a strange seed, while Zhao Ruoming discovered that Ye Zhiwei might be real but was arrested after trying to find her. After the contestants prepared for the competition, the Immortal Sect Grand Competition began with the Xuanxiang World presented as its trial ground.

• Chi Jiuyu guaranteed Zhao Ruohan's permit to sell items at the Free Trade Zone, where Zhao Ruohan set up a stall beside her.
• Zhao Ruoming told Lin Xuanxuan he was in love with Ye Zhiwei, and Lin revealed that her senior sister Ye Zhiwei had been giving away tea and was competing in the Grand Competition.
• A burly man traded a peculiar seed for two items from Zhao Ruohan's stall, and Zhao Ruoming left to seek Ye Zhiwei.
• Zhao Ruoming was arrested for entering World Relief Valley's contestants' residential area and trying to harass Ye Zhiwei, then was released by True Person Xiao Yu and locked up to keep him out of trouble.
• Chi Jiuyu refined her Four Symbols of Destruction technique while the contestants prepared, and the final three days passed.
• Sword Sect Master Du Ruoheng arrived at the opening venue as the frozen Xuanxiang World was presented as the competition's trial ground.

The Immortal Sect Grand Competition began as the sect leaders and contestants gathered and prepared under special rules for the event. As Du Ruoheng announced the countdown, the Xuanxiang World expanded above the venue, revealing the frozen battlefield where the competition would take place.

• Du Ruoheng welcomed the other sect leaders and Chen Shang, then announced the start of the competition.
• The sect teams reviewed their opponents’ strengths and weaknesses while preparing their limited initial supplies.
• Zhao Ruoming openly stared at a masked, heterochromatic-eyed woman from World Relief Valley, while Zhao Ruohan and True Person Xiao Yu tried to distance themselves from him.
• Chi Jiuyu lamented that her Life-Bound Sword had consumed most of her supply allowance.
• Du Ruoheng announced that the competition would begin in thirty seconds, and the Xuanxiang World expanded above the venue.

The Immortal Sect Grand Competition began, and its participants entered the Xuanxiang World as the world resumed moving after being frozen. Chi Jiuyu arrived with a mysterious Taixuan Immortal Network module, which labeled her the “Most Absurd Prodigy in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.”

• The competition participants vanished in a flash of white light, leaving the sect leaders behind to return to their seats.
• Lin Xingyue led Zi Yue away, leaving Xiao Yu True Person and Gao Wuwang stunned, while Chen Xuanqing recognized that Zi Yue was Lin Zi Yue.
• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening tested the Taixuan Immortal Network as the ancestors discussed its functions and Charm Ancestor installed sticker packs.
• The Xuanxiang World resumed its flow of time, and Xuan Xing sensed that a great upheaval might be coming before dismissing the thought.
• Chi Jiuyu materialized in the mortal realm, connected to the beta Taixuan Immortal Network, and received the Time Balance system with zero points.

Chi Jiuyu explored the spiritual-qi-depleted mortal realm while Zhao Ruoming infiltrated Paper Molting Immortal City by taking control of its protective array. Meanwhile, observers tracked the competitors’ progress and discussed how the Taixuan Immortal Network’s rules could weaken cultivators who had relied on shortcuts.

• Chi Jiuyu mastered the Taixuan Immortal Network’s basic controls, learned that she was in Xuanxiang World’s mortal realm, and flew toward the cultivation world on her sword.
• Zhao Ruoming watched cultivators surrender pieces of skin to enter Paper Molting Immortal City, then used layered concealment measures to approach it.
• Zhao Ruoming infected the city’s grand array with a Spirit Sound Type III Array Virus, seized control, and slipped inside.
• A Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Supporting Sect body cultivator survived a Void Return cultivator’s attack and escaped while demonic and righteous cultivators hunted him for his body.
• Pill Ancestor told the Taixuan Immortal Network group chat that its rules could reduce the realms of Void Return cultivators who had advanced through the Xuanxiang Heavenly Track or the Spirit Herding lineage.

Zhao Ruoming infiltrated Paper Molting Immortal City and discovered that Azure Talisman Hall exploited its disciples by turning their skin into a commodity, while a mysterious bell drained the city's cultivators. Meanwhile, Chi Jiuyu surveyed Cloud Coiling Kingdom and decided to punish its emperor before entering the cultivation world.

• Pill Ancestor praised the stability of the World Derivation Method's Time Branches, and Sword Ancestor said he planned to bring Yuan along for a future project.
• Zhao Ruoming used his World-Viewing True Eyes to see that Paper Molting Immortal City had been made from the remains of a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Zhao Ruoming entered Azure Talisman Hall and watched young disciples cultivate spirit skin by sacrificing their own flesh so they could earn release from the hall.
• Zhao Ruoming saw the hall's stockpiles of harvested skin and discarded, skinless figures, then heard a bell drain spiritual power from the entire city.
• Chi Jiuyu looked down on Cloud Coiling Kingdom's capital and chose to deliver a gift to its corrupt emperor before heading to the cultivation world.

Chi Jiuyu entered the Cloud Coiling Kingdom’s palace, exposed Emperor Pang Ling’s futile and murderous attempts to extend his life, and watched him die. She then crossed into the cultivation world and reached the outskirts of Returnless City, where she encountered a disguised participant who recognized her.

• Chi Jiuyu used her Void-Piercing Golden Pupils to find Emperor Pang Ling and learned that her Time Balance system could weaken older opponents, though it was still only partially unlocked.
• Chi Jiuyu confronted Pang Ling, revealed that his talismans drained his life essence and that his underground formation required the blood of unborn infants, and told him he could not survive or cultivate.
• Pang Ling died after Chi Jiuyu left, and she flew toward the cultivation world across the No-Return Sea.
• Chi Jiuyu passed through the Heavenly Spirit Sect’s barrier and mistook Blood Vajra Temple searchers for people hunting her before hiding in a forest near Returnless City.
• A brawny man disguised as a moss-covered boulder changed back into human form and complained about encountering Chi Jiuyu, but she suddenly addressed him.

Chi Jiuyu eliminated the wounded Zhan Xing, then escaped a Void Return cultivator by using Time Balance to weaken him. After claiming first place and earning a reward choice, she debated her options while remaining drawn to the global announcement.

• Chi Jiuyu attacked the injured Zhan Xing, who fought back with his Soul-Shaking Roar and Yang Extremity Hand, flattening the mountain range in their clash.
• A Void Return cultivator from Returnless City targeted them, so Chi Jiuyu killed Zhan Xing before he could be eliminated by someone else.
• Chi Jiuyu used Time Balance to drain the blood-robed cultivator's cultivation, then fled as he swallowed Spirit-Draining Pills to stabilize himself.
• A hidden Supreme Dao Sect scout observed the battle, destroyed his miniature reconnaissance robot, and left without revealing himself.
• Chi Jiuyu checked her ranking and learned she could choose supplies, unlock part of the Auxiliary Module, or make a global announcement; she hesitated while staring at the announcement option.

Chi Jiuyu unlocked more of her system and fled to avoid drawing attention, while Zhao Ruoming learned that the supposedly righteous Heavenly Secret Palace exploited people in the Xuanxiang World. As the Immortal Sect Grand Competition’s contestants faced the world’s cruelty, Zhao Ruohan arrived in Delusionless Forest and spotted a possible spiritual object.

• Chi Jiuyu decided to seek Spirit Transformation cultivators her age and flew away to avoid attracting Void Return cultivators and Supreme Dao Sect schemers.
• Zhao Ruoming entered the Azure Talisman Hall unnoticed and watched Yan Han cut Gold Talisman Skin from his own arm.
• Zhao Ruoming confronted Yan Han, who explained that Heavenly Secret Palace was one of the three great righteous sects and that debts and cultivation costs drove people to trade away their bodies and senses.
• Yan Han said he limited his demands to skin because he had seen the mortal world and refused to become more cruel, leaving Zhao Ruoming uncertain how to judge him.
• Zhao Ruohan arrived at Delusionless Forest and noticed jade-green vines bearing translucent white blossoms that might be a spiritual object.

Zhao Ruohan uncovered a World Relief Valley alchemist’s trap, and the two fought before withdrawing without a clear victor. As the first safe-zone shrink began, the immortals discussed the contestants and considered personally pressuring those left outside the circle.

• A hidden World Relief Valley alchemist tried to poison Zhao Ruohan with Azure Pearl Mana-Coagulating Powder, but her Myriad Azure Primordial Wood Supreme Immortal Light exposed the ambush.
• The alchemist activated the Power of Nine Pills, while Zhao Ruohan used Time Balance and attacked with a sword formed from her immortal light.
• Chen Shang compared the immortal sect contestants with the Righteous Alliance’s younger generation and considered the potential of the Taixuan Immortal Network.
• The immortals discussed Zhao Ruohan’s performance, Chi Jiuyu’s good fortune, and how differences between worlds could weaken the influence of the Dao.
• Zhao Ruohan and the alchemist withdrew after neither could defeat the other; meanwhile, a Blood Vajra Temple Void Return cultivator set out to hunt Chi Jiuyu.
• The first safe-zone shrink began, and Charm Ancestor proposed that the immortals use avatars to pressure contestants outside the circle during the next shrink.

The Founder Ancestors agreed to enter the Second Time Branch, while Zhang Yunlu and Chi Jiuyu each fought the Blood Vajra Temple’s abuses and faced powerful Void Return cultivators. Sheng Wu and Liu Ming watched Zhang Yunlu’s fight, and Chi Jiuyu recovered after escaping an attack by the Blood Vajra Temple and Heavenly Spirit Sect.

• The Founder Ancestors agreed to enter the competition’s Time Branch after the Sect Masters were informed of their plan.
• Zhang Yunlu destroyed Blood Vajra Temple forces near the No-Return Sea after discovering that the pursuers were far weaker than expected, then faced a powerful blood-cloud enemy.
• Sheng Wu and Liu Ming observed Zhang Yunlu’s battle, and Sheng Wu said he would help her because she had acted against the temple’s cruelty.
• Zhang Yunlu exchanged blows with the blood-red giant hand and escaped as the blood clouds withdrew.
• Chi Jiuyu recovered inside a concealed cave and recalled how she had been attacked by Void Return cultivators from both Blood Vajra Temple and the Heavenly Spirit Sect.

Chi Jiuyu prepared a concealed cave in Xuanxiang World and learned that the first competition round had ended, while Xu Xing, Bie Xuening, and Charm Ancestor entered the world through the Taixuan Immortal Network. Their paths left them poised to explore the realm as new rules sent participants toward an updated safe zone and Hong Sovereign observed Zhao Ruohan enter a Lifespan Fruit Domain.

• Chi Jiuyu activated a concealment formation in her cave and reflected on the Heavenly Spirit Sect’s Seedling Cities and Fruit Domains, which exploited people as resources.
• The first round ended with three participants eliminated and 102 remaining; Chi Jiuyu learned that 52 participants shared her Time Balance System and that those outside the updated safe zone would be hunted after 72 hours.
• Chi Jiuyu discovered that she was already inside the safe zone and began cooking with her Life-Bound Sword while considering whether to seek out the same-realm hunters.
• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening projected themselves into Xuanxiang World through the Taixuan Immortal Network, and Charm Ancestor joined them as they set out to explore.
• Hong Sovereign watched a younger man struggle to draw a Life-Creation Talisman, then saw Zhao Ruohan enter a Lifespan Fruit Domain.

Chi Jiuyu escaped Xuan Feng’s attempt to capture her, then met Ye Zhiwei, who proposed cooperation. Meanwhile, Xu Xing, Bie Xuening, and Charm Ancestor examined how Xuan’s influence was steering the Azure Profound Dynasty’s technological progress before heading toward the cultivation world.

• Chi Jiuyu’s cultivation caused a powerful disturbance, and Xuan Feng sealed the area after spotting her.
• Chi Jiuyu used a High-Frequency Spiritual Energy Oscillator to disrupt Xuan Feng’s Heaven-Binding Cord, then escaped while his cultivation failed to recover.
• Chi Jiuyu collected scattered purple-gold runes and encountered Ye Zhiwei, who asked to cooperate with her.
• Xu Xing, Bie Xuening, and Charm Ancestor observed the Azure Profound Dynasty’s factories and discussed how Xuan’s influence could guide its civilization toward the Cang Race.
• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening left with Charm Ancestor for the cultivation world, but Charm Ancestor teased Bie Xuening about Xu Xing calling Ning Ruo by name and drew a sword strike.

Xu Xing and his companions entered the Xuanxiang cultivation world and observed how its sects harvested mortals to fuel the Heavenly Track ritual. Meanwhile, Chi Jiuyu teamed up with Ye Zhiwei to attack a Soul Power Fruit Domain, where they confronted Heavenly Spirit Sect forces and Mu Yong.

• Xu Xing explained that the Lifespan-Reaping formation drained the city's mortals and that Mu Yong's supposed attempt to save the world would instead advance Xuan's plan to create the Cang Race.
• Chi Jiuyu inspected Ye Zhiwei with her Void-Piercing Golden Pupils, then agreed to help her seize a Soul Power Fruit Domain after learning that Ye Zhiwei's younger sister had been Brother Dog's online romance.
• Immortal Sect Grand Competition participants overwhelmed local sects, while Xuan Xing used spiritual treasures and newly initiated cultivators as bait to hinder them.
• At the Soul Power Fruit Domain's execution platform, Chi Jiuyu killed a Heavenly Spirit Sect figure and burned his body while Ye Zhiwei watched.
• Chi Jiuyu and Ye Zhiwei faced a frightened crowd and bound Seed-level disciples, among them Mu Yong, who was shocked that events were unfolding differently from the future he knew.