Chapter Summaries

Yang Chen learned that Jade Rabbit had made him Human Hall Master to block the other Hall Masters from challenging her position as Palace Master, and she explained that a mysterious figure had prophesied he would resolve Cold Moon Palace’s future crisis. He settled into Human Hall and began his resurrection mission by checking in.

• The Hall Master of Earth Hall congratulated Yang Chen and left, while the Hall Masters of Heaven Hall and Spirit Hall watched him in silence.
• Jade Rabbit brought Yang Chen to Human Hall and admitted she had appointed him as a shield against the other Hall Masters seeking her position.
• Jade Rabbit explained that a mysterious figure had foretold Cold Moon Palace’s future chaos and that her master, now in the third-level universe, might know more about him.
• Jade Rabbit left Yang Chen to settle in Human Hall, promising the other Hall Masters would not attack him while she was there.
• Yang Chen entered Human Hall, began his resurrection mission by checking in, and received ten years of cultivation.

Yang Chen advanced to the peak of First-Turn Gods and Devils through five days of check-ins, while the Spirit Hall Master arranged for Outer Sect disciples to provoke him. Wang Hao and the others gathered outside Human Hall and loudly challenged Yang Chen, drawing a crowd.

• Yang Chen reached the peak of First-Turn Gods and Devils after five days of check-ins and learned about the Great Tang Dynasty's ranks of sects.
• Yang Chen relaxed outside Human Hall, enjoying the quiet life of cultivation and daily check-ins.
• The Spirit Hall Master agreed to let a young disciple stir up Outer Sect disciples against Yang Chen in exchange for the chance to join Spirit Hall.
• Wang Hao and several Outer Sect disciples went to Human Hall, hoping to make Yang Chen lose face and win places in Spirit Hall.
• Wang Hao shouted insults outside Human Hall, and passing disciples gathered to watch.

Yang Chen emerged from Human Hall after Wang Hao and other disciples tried to provoke him, then crushed Wang Hao and killed a Spirit Hall disciple to warn the other halls. He returned to Human Hall after ordering the frightened crowd to leave, leaving his threat against Spirit Hall unanswered.

• Wang Hao and disciples from the other halls taunted Yang Chen outside Human Hall, but he did not respond.
• Wang Hao struck Human Hall's doors and was thrown back by the hall's protective barrier.
• Yang Chen came out and asked whether Wang Hao had attacked the doors.
• Yang Chen crushed Wang Hao's chest underfoot and seized a third-turn Gods and Devils disciple from Spirit Hall.
• Yang Chen killed the Spirit Hall disciple and warned Spirit Hall's Hall Master that he would overturn the hall.
• Yang Chen kicked Wang Hao aside, ordered the crowd to scram, and returned to Human Hall.

Yang Chen crushed a third-turn Gods and Devils cultivator from Spirit Hall, then returned to cultivating as the Spirit Hall Master and Heaven Hall Master plotted to uncover his strength and assassinate him. The chapter ended with the two Hall Masters believing Earth Hall would join their plan because its leader needed power amid the crisis facing Great Tang.

• Outer Sect disciples and Spirit Hall disciples fled or begged for mercy after Yang Chen killed Brother Ye with one hand.
• Yang Chen assessed his cultivation, resolved to grow strong enough to contend with fifth-turn Gods and Devils cultivators, and began cultivating the Great Wilderness Heaven-Devouring Art.
• The Spirit Hall Master heard reports of Yang Chen's strength, and a young adviser proposed waiting until recruitment to see what Yang Chen could do.
• The Spirit Hall Master met the Heaven Hall Master and proposed joining with Ice God Hall to assassinate Yang Chen after recruitment and take control of Human Hall.
• The Heaven Hall Master worried Earth Hall's leader would refuse to help, but the Spirit Hall Master argued that the crisis in Great Tang would force him to join them.

Jade Rabbit persuaded Yang Chen to recruit one disciple for Human Hall, and Yang Chen agreed before continuing to grow stronger through sign-ins. When Cold Moon Palace’s recruitment began, Yang Chen headed there, but the other hall masters appeared without him, leaving the new disciples wondering where the Human Hall Master had gone.

• Jade Rabbit told Yang Chen that Cold Moon Palace’s annual recruitment was approaching and persuaded him to accept one disciple for Human Hall.
• Yang Chen agreed to recruit one person of his choosing, then signed in and reached the peak of Second Revolution Gods and Devils.
• Three days later, Yang Chen signed in again, advanced to the Third Turn of Gods and Devils, and received a system mission to accept one disciple.
• Yang Chen set out for Cold Moon Palace’s recruitment after the system offered him a Chaos Physique and a Nine Heavens Purgatory Array as rewards.
• Jade Rabbit addressed the recruits alongside the other three hall masters, and the recruits noticed that Yang Chen was absent.

Yang Chen attended the Four Halls selection ceremony, where the other Hall Masters displayed their cultivation and the Spirit Hall Master mocked Human Hall as a weak mascot. Yang Chen brushed past the provocation and announced that he was about to show off, leaving his strength unrevealed.

• A disciple claimed Yang Chen was only a three-turn Gods and Devils expert, and the gathered disciples discussed his rumored weakness.
• Yang Chen arrived at the ceremony and greeted Jade Rabbit, surprising the crowd when they realized he was the Human Hall Master.
• Jade Rabbit invited disciples above the second-turn Gods and Devils realm to choose a hall, and the Spirit Hall Master proposed that the Hall Masters display their strength.
• The Spirit Hall Master revealed fifth-turn cultivation, the Earth Hall Master revealed sixth-turn cultivation, and the Heaven Hall Master showed an even stronger aura at the same realm.
• The Spirit Hall Master mocked Yang Chen and Human Hall, but Yang Chen walked past him and said he was about to show off.

Yang Chen revealed that he could briefly reach the Fifth-Revolution Gods and Devils realm, then watched the other halls take nearly all the new disciples. He went to see a mortal who had been kneeling at Cold Moon Palace’s gate for two days and two nights, and found him refusing to accept that he lacked cultivation aptitude.

• Yang Chen activated the Fifth-Revolution Gods and Devils Aura, shocking the Spirit Hall Master, Jade Rabbit, and the disciples who had doubted him.
• Jade Rabbit began the hall selections, but the Heaven Hall Master invoked the rules to pick first, and the Spirit Hall Master took all the remaining disciples.
• Yang Chen learned that a mortal aspirant had knelt at the valley entrance for two days and two nights despite failing the entry test.
• Yang Chen flew to the valley entrance and found the young man blaming his lack of aptitude for disappointing his father and insisting that he refused to accept it.

Yang Chen accepted Zhang Xiaofan as the first disciple of Human Hall after testing his resolve to cultivate. The system rewarded Yang Chen with the Chaos Body and the Nine Heavens Purgatory Formation Foundation, and he planned to transfer the Chaos Body to Zhang Xiaofan and nurture powerful experts for Cold Moon Palace.

• Yang Chen questioned Zhang Xiaofan about the dangers of cultivation, and Zhang Xiaofan declared that he would not regret pursuing strength.
• Yang Chen invited Zhang Xiaofan to join Human Hall, making him its first disciple despite the other halls' reluctance to accept him.
• The system announced that Yang Chen had completed his mission and received the Chaos Body and the Nine Heavens Purgatory Formation Foundation.
• Yang Chen learned that he could transfer the Chaos Body to someone else and brought Zhang Xiaofan to Human Hall.
• Yang Chen showed Zhang Xiaofan his new room and told him to return afterward to learn cultivation methods.

Yang Chen gave Zhang Xiaofan the Chaos Heaven-Devouring Art and helped him awaken the Chaos Body, transforming his cultivation. Zhang Xiaofan rose from the Heaven Ascension Realm to the Immortal Venerable Realm and thanked Yang Chen.

• Yang Chen examined the Chaos Body and reflected on its immense power and his decision to give it to Zhang Xiaofan.
• Yang Chen warned Zhang Xiaofan that Human Hall would test his resolve and taught him the Chaos Heaven-Devouring Art.
• Yang Chen imparted the art to Zhang Xiaofan, helping him break through from the Heaven Ascension Realm to the True Immortal Realm.
• After Yang Chen offered him the chance to receive a supreme sacred body, Zhang Xiaofan chose to accept it.
• Yang Chen used the system to extract the Chaos Body into Zhang Xiaofan, who endured intense pain as his cultivation surged to the Immortal Venerable Realm.

Yang Chen gave Zhang Xiaofan cultivation resources, only to learn that Zhang Xiaofan’s Chaos Body cultivated by absorbing chaos on its own. While Zhang Xiaofan trained his body beneath a waterfall, Yang Chen deployed the Nine Heavens Purgatory Array around Human Hall, drawing the attention of Jade Rabbit and nearby disciples.

• Yang Chen offered Zhang Xiaofan a Space Ring, True Origin, pills, and access to Human Hall’s Scripture Repository, but Zhang Xiaofan explained that his Chaos Body did not need those resources.
• Yang Chen regretted giving away the items, then let Zhang Xiaofan cultivate according to his own plan.
• Zhang Xiaofan went to the back mountain and repeatedly threw himself into a law-formed waterfall to temper his body and master the Chaos Body.
• Yang Chen deployed the Nine Heavens Purgatory Array beneath Human Hall’s small world, transforming it with violent energy and strange phenomena.
• Jade Rabbit sensed the formation’s power and warned the disciples who hurried over not to approach.

A terrifying power erupted from the Human Hall after Yang Chen tested a cultivation technique, prompting the other hall masters to demand an inspection. Yang Chen opened the way into the small world and challenged the Spirit Hall Master to enter; the Heaven Hall Master stepped forward instead.

• The anomaly at the Human Hall alarmed Cold Moon Palace's elders, and Jade Rabbit ordered disciples to stay at least ten li away.
• Yang Chen emerged and claimed he had been testing a cultivation technique, while the Spirit Hall Master and Heaven Hall Master demanded to inspect the Human Hall's small world.
• The Earth Hall Master proposed that Yang Chen let the Spirit Hall Master inspect it, and the Spirit Hall Master agreed after the Heaven Hall Master urged him to seek any treasure inside.
• Yang Chen challenged the Spirit Hall Master to enter the small world, revealing a realm filled with terrifying thunder and flames that made the hall masters wary.
• The Spirit Hall Master hesitated, so the Heaven Hall Master stepped forward to investigate the power himself.

Yang Chen let the Heaven Hall Master enter the Human Hall’s minor world, where the Nine Heavens Purgatory Array injured him and ultimately hurled him out. After the Spirit Hall Master paid Yang Chen one-tenth of his hall’s resources, the Heaven Hall Master asked Yang Chen to build a Gods and Devils formation for each of the four halls, and Yang Chen turned back with an icy expression.

• Yang Chen invited the Heaven Hall Master into the Human Hall’s minor world, where the Nine Heavens Purgatory Array attacked him.
• The Heaven Hall Master recognized the array and tried to break through it, but a firebird spirit struck him and sent him flying.
• Jade Rabbit asked Yang Chen about the array and whether it would kill the Heaven Hall Master, and Yang Chen assured her it would not.
• The Heaven Hall Master was thrown out of the minor world, then admitted he had found no unorthodox cultivation arts and ordered the Spirit Hall Master to pay Yang Chen.
• The Spirit Hall Master gave Yang Chen a storage ring containing one-tenth of his hall’s resources.
• The Heaven Hall Master asked Yang Chen to set up a Gods and Devils formation in each of the four halls, and Yang Chen turned toward him with icy menace.

Yang Chen rejected the Heaven Hall Master's demand to share the Nine Heavens Purgatory Array and declared that he would occupy Human Hall for ten years, while Jade Rabbit withdrew into seclusion. After receiving a mission to take in a disciple for the Demon-Suppressing Sacred Body, Yang Chen left to find one in Cloudsoar City.

• The Heaven Hall Master accused Yang Chen of selfishly withholding the Nine Heavens Purgatory Array, but Yang Chen rejected his demands and entered Human Hall.
• Yang Chen announced he would occupy Human Hall for ten years and kill anyone who provoked him.
• Jade Rabbit refused to revoke Yang Chen's position unless the Heaven Hall Master reclaimed Human Hall, then entered seclusion and left Cold Moon Palace's affairs to the three Hall Masters.
• Yang Chen received a mission to take in a disciple, with the Demon-Suppressing Sacred Body as its reward.
• Yang Chen gave Zhang Xiaofan the foundation of the formation to defend Human Hall, then left for Cloudsoar City to find a disciple.

Yang Chen received a one-day deadline to take in a disciple, and the system identified Su An of the Su Clan as a candidate with the potential for Immortality. He visited the Su Clan to meet Su An, but the Clan Head revealed that his son was now a cripple.

• Yang Chen abandoned his plan to visit the Spirit Treasure Pavilion after the system imposed a one-day deadline to take in a disciple.
• Yang Chen checked the system's information and learned that Su An was 22 years old, had Heaven Ascension Realm cultivation, and possessed the potential for Immortality.
• Yang Chen went to the Su Clan and introduced himself to the Clan Head as Cold Moon Palace's Human Hall Master.
• Yang Chen asked to meet Su An, and the Clan Head hesitated before explaining that his son had become a cripple.

Yang Chen discovered that Su An, whom the Su Clan considered a cripple, possessed extraordinary hidden potential and learned that he had changed after returning from an adventure three years earlier. After agreeing to take Su An as his disciple, Yang Chen confronted him and saw him reveal a powerful sword strike, leaving them to talk about their intentions.

• The Su Clan Head reported that Su An had drunk himself unconscious, and Yang Chen went with him to the side courtyard.
• Yang Chen learned that Su An had become dispirited after returning from an adventure three years earlier and asked the Su Clan Head to let him take Su An as his disciple.
• Yang Chen used the system to uncover Su An's past, then waited beside him until nightfall.
• When Su An awoke, he mistook Yang Chen for someone from the Imperial City and warned him to stay away.
• Yang Chen tested Su An with a palm strike, but Su An drew a dark longsword and shattered the attack.
• Yang Chen and Su An realized they had each misunderstood the other's identity, sat down, and began to talk.

Yang Chen suppressed Su An and discovered that a seal was harming his cultivation, then offered him medicine and claimed he could protect him from the Ye Clan and imperial family. Su An remained wary but learned Yang Chen intended to take him as a disciple, and Yang Chen ended by boasting that even Nine-Revolution Gods and Devils could not threaten his protection.

• Yang Chen struck Su An with the Four Seas Dragon-Seizing Hand and forced him to kneel, whereupon Su An coughed up blood from the seal's backlash.
• Yang Chen examined Su An's wrist, warned that the seal could permanently ruin his cultivation, and offered him a bottle of top-grade Nirvana Pills.
• Su An returned the pills, refusing charity, and Yang Chen reconsidered his judgment of Su An's temperament.
• Yang Chen said he had intended to take Su An as his disciple and asked whether he wanted to know why Ye Linger had left him.
• Yang Chen identified himself as the Hall Master of the Human Hall of Cold Moon Palace and promised to protect Su An from the Ye Clan and the imperial family.
• Su An questioned Yang Chen's claim and warned him about his enemies, but Yang Chen declared he could protect Su An even from Nine-Revolution Gods and Devils.

Yang Chen broke the seal suppressing Su An’s cultivation, restored him to the Half-Step Gods and Devils Realm, and persuaded him to become his disciple. After Su An pledged himself to Yang Chen, the system rewarded Yang Chen with a sacred body and a disciple-taking gift pack, and Yang Chen equipped Su An with a sword and a powerful sword canon.

• Yang Chen dismissed Su An’s worries and promised to protect him, then shattered the seal on Su An’s arm and restored his cultivation to the Half-Step Gods and Devils Realm.
• Su An warned Yang Chen that the Ye Clan and the imperial family might retaliate, but Yang Chen insisted he could protect Su An and Cold Moon Palace.
• Su An’s confidence returned, and he knelt before Yang Chen and accepted him as his master.
• The system rewarded Yang Chen with the Demon-Suppressing Sacred Body and a gift pack containing the Nine Heavens Sword Canon and Heaven Feather Sword.
• Yang Chen gave Su An the Saint-Slaying Sword and taught him the Nine Heavens Sword Canon, then watched as Su An began cultivating.

Su An recovered his cultivation and became Yang Chen’s second disciple before returning with him to Human Hall. There, Zhang Xiaofan overwhelmed Su An in a spar, leaving Su An eager to keep improving.

• Su An thanked Yang Chen for helping him recover and was named Yang Chen’s second disciple.
• Yang Chen brought Su An to Cold Moon Palace, then took him into Human Hall’s small world.
• Su An met his senior brother Zhang Xiaofan, whose unassuming appearance hid his strength.
• At Yang Chen’s suggestion, Su An challenged Zhang Xiaofan with the Saint-Slaying Sword.
• Zhang Xiaofan’s punch blasted Su An into the ground, and Yang Chen encouraged him to keep training.

Yang Chen continued training Su An in the Human Hall’s small world, where Su An gained enlightenment about his sword heart. After a messenger from the Heaven Hall Master arrived, Yang Chen learned that Cold Moon Palace wanted him to join an upcoming disciple tournament.

• Yang Chen praised Su An for mastering the Nine Heavens Sword Canon and taught him that a sword heart could take many forms, revealing that his own sword heart was to embrace all things.
• Su An gained enlightenment from Yang Chen’s words, while Yang Chen reflected on his cultivation and the power of the Demon-Suppressing Sacred Body.
• Yang Chen signed in for a Level Nine Gathering Array and added it to the Human Hall’s small world, increasing its Dharma Form power.
• Yang Chen sensed someone trapped in the illusion formation and found a chubby messenger sent by the Heaven Hall Master.
• The messenger told Yang Chen that Cold Moon Palace was preparing a disciple tournament and wanted him to participate.

Yang Chen refused to join Cold Moon Palace’s disciples’ tournament, but a little fatty persuaded Zhang Xiaofan to participate instead. After Su An discovered Zhang Xiaofan was missing, Yang Chen explained that he had been tricked and told Su An not to interfere.

• Yang Chen rejected the little fatty’s request to join the tournament and flew back to Human Hall.
• The little fatty persuaded Zhang Xiaofan to enter by promising honor and increased cultivation resources for Human Hall.
• Su An searched for Zhang Xiaofan, failed to find him, and went to ask Yang Chen for cultivation advice.
• Yang Chen advised Su An about the Nine Heavens Sword Canon and revealed that Zhang Xiaofan had gone to the tournament after being tricked.
• Su An wanted to help Zhang Xiaofan, but Yang Chen told him to let Zhang Xiaofan learn from the experience.