Chapter Summaries

The white-robed young man found the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele in the Star-Pattern Stone Ants' nest and fought its ant king. Chen Changming arrived, defeated the ant king, and confronted the white-robed young man, who recognized his formidable strength.

• The white-robed young man entered the ant nest, found the aging ant king and the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele, and fought the ant king when it attacked him.
• Chen Changming heard the distant battle and flew to the ant nest, where he found the white-robed young man beside the stele.
• The white-robed young man ordered the ant king to attack Chen Changming, but Chen Changming shattered its acid spray and sent it flying with a punch.
• The white-robed young man concealed the stele's text and remarked that Chen Changming's combat strength rivaled a first-layer Spirit Transformation Realm body cultivator.

Chen Changming questioned a white-robed stranger and learned that he was a clone of the Immortal Hall Master, who had come to claim the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele. They fought to a standstill, and the chapter ended with the stranger startled by Chen Changming’s close-quarters swordsmanship.

• Chen Changming probed the white-robed young man, who claimed to come from the Cultivation Continent and sought the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele.
• The white-robed young man revealed that he was a clone of the Immortal Hall Master, whose Immortal Hall commanded the righteous and demonic paths across the Cultivation Continent.
• The Immortal Hall Master attacked Chen Changming with powerful body cultivation, but neither man could gain a clear advantage after over a hundred exchanges.
• Chen Changming taunted the Immortal Hall Master, prompting him to summon a top-grade Spirit Treasure black saber.
• Chen Changming drew the Slaughter Demon Sword and knocked the black saber away, shocking the Immortal Hall Master with his close-quarters swordsmanship.

Chen Changming fought the white-robed young man, who seized the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele and tried to escape the Starstone Grotto-Heaven. The Sky-Touching Palace’s closed gates trapped him, and he turned back to attack Chen Changming.

• Chen Changming used the Slaughter Demon Sword Art to break through the white-robed young man’s saber defenses and fifth-grade talismans.
• The white-robed young man pulled the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele from the ground and wielded it against Chen Changming, but their clash sent both of them flying.
• The white-robed young man fled toward the Sky-Touching Palace with the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele, while Chen Changming pursued him.
• The white-robed young man found the Sky-Touching Palace gates shut and failed to break through their formation with the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele.
• Chen Changming caught up and called the white-robed young man a turtle trapped in a jar, provoking him to charge at Chen Changming.

Chen Changming used the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment to gain the advantage over the white-robed young man and pursued him until his talismans ran out. He killed the Immortal Hall's master’s avatar and then went to inspect the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele.

• The white-robed young man attacked Chen Changming, hoping to capture him and use him to threaten the Sky-Touching Palace's formation spirit.
• The Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment came to Chen Changming's aid, weakening the white-robed young man with its gravity as Chen Changming unleashed Annihilate All Spirits.
• The white-robed young man fled repeatedly, using talismans to escape and restore his magical power, while Chen Changming pursued him through the Starstone Grotto-Heaven.
• After a day of pursuit, the white-robed young man's talismans ran out, and Chen Changming destroyed his body and soul with Annihilate All Spirits.
• At the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment's suggestion, Chen Changming went to examine the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele.

Chen Changming learned from the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele that the Ancient Immortals came from the Spirit Star Realm and had helped the Heavenly Dao attack the Six Ancients. After binding the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment as Xiao Yuan, he exterminated the Star-Pattern Stone Ants and discovered many cultivators had died; Xiao Yuan warned that the white-robed young man’s master would investigate his missing clone.

• Chen Changming read the stele’s account of the Ancient Immortals’ origins, their enslavement in the Starstone Grotto-Heaven, and their role in the Heavenly Dao’s attack on the Six Ancients.
• Chen Changming offered his blood to the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment, which recognized his connection to the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art and accepted him as its master; he named it Xiao Yuan.
• Chen Changming decided to eliminate the Star-Pattern Stone Ants and spent six days hunting them throughout the Starstone Grotto-Heaven.
• Chen Changming and Xiao Yuan returned to the Sky-Touching Palace’s central control space and saw that at least a third of the cultivators had been killed by the ants.
• Xiao Yuan warned Chen Changming that the white-robed young man’s master, the hall master of Great Jin’s Immortal Hall, would investigate when his clone failed to return.

Chen Changming and the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment decided to destroy the Sky-Touching Palace to hide the death of the Immortal Hall master's avatar. After returning to Heaven-Reaching Snow Mountain, Chen Changming discovered Profound Origin Spirit Marrow and resolved to conceal himself and grow stronger before facing the Immortal Hall master.

• The Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment explained the Sky-Touching Palace's purpose and proposed destroying it before the Immortal Hall master discovered his avatar was dead.
• Chen Changming agreed, and the Fragment began preparing the Sky-Touching Palace to detonate in three days.
• The Fragment carried Chen Changming through the void to Heaven-Reaching Snow Mountain, where he reunited with his true body.
• Chen Changming had Gu Tianxie remove the spiritual imprint from a Storage Ring and found three bottles of Profound Origin Spirit Marrow inside.
• Gu Tianxie explained that a mouthful of the marrow could refill the spiritual power in a cultivator's Dantian, and Chen Changming put the bottles away.
• Chen Changming resolved to return to Eastern Jin, keep his true body concealed, and cultivate until he could challenge the master of the Immortal Hall.

Chen Changming arranged to evacuate the Ice and Snow Palace from the Illusion Star Sea before the Sky-Touching Palace self-destructed, then escaped to Eastern Jin with Yuan Jingyang. The group arrived safely, and Chen Changming asked where they could establish a home in a region blanketed by snow.

• Chen Changming warned Gu Huaibei that the Immortal Hall master's strength rivaled a Void Refinement Realm cultivator, and she agreed to evacuate the Ice and Snow Palace disciples within four hours.
• Gu Huaibei secretly told the disciples they were going out to gain experience, while Chen Changming refined Spatial Spirit Treasures to carry them.
• Chen Changming moved the disciples into the treasures, and Gu Huaibei destroyed the Ice and Snow Palace buildings to make it seem the sect had been wiped out.
• Chen Changming took Gu Huaibei into the Universe Pagoda, recruited Mo Lengyao, and told Yuan Jingyang that he had killed the Immortal Hall master's clone.
• Chen Changming and Yuan Jingyang used the Medicine Sect's hidden teleportation array to reach Eastern Jin, where Yuan Jingyang named the Eastern Wasteland Snowfield as a place covered in snow.

Chen Changming and Yuan Jingyang reached Eastern Arrival Divine Province and settled in Eastern City while the Immortal Hall Lord discovered the destruction of the Sky-Touching Palace. Ten years later, Chen Changming's avatar reached the second level of Spirit Transformation, and Fan Feichen called him in to discuss the approaching ranking tournament of the ten great sects.

• Chen Changming and Yuan Jingyang traveled to Eastern Arrival Divine Province in disguise, choosing to hide in Eastern City before going to the Eastern Wasteland Snowfield.
• Chen Changming cultivated the Slaughter Demon Sword Art while Yuan Jingyang settled into a cave residence.
• The Sky-Touching Palace exploded, and the Immortal Hall Lord later concluded that its destruction had also destroyed the Starstone Grotto-Heaven and the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele.
• Chen Changming's avatar cultivated the Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art and Mountain-Suppressing Sword Formula, reaching the second level of Spirit Transformation in ten years.
• Fan Feichen summoned Chen Changming to the Sect Master Hall and told him the ranking tournament of the ten great sects was approaching.
• Chen Changming asked Fan Feichen whether he could represent the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect in the tournament at his current cultivation level.

Fan Feichen chose Chen Changming to represent the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect in the ranking tournament and planned to take him to the Eastern Arrival Divine Province for training. Meanwhile, Chen Changming took Gu Huaibei to the Eastern Wasteland Snowfield to cultivate, where they found a region crowded with powerful ice-cultivating sects and Spirit Transformation cultivators.

• Fan Feichen explained the ranking tournament rules and selected Chen Changming as the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect’s entrant, then told him they would leave for the Eastern Arrival Divine Province the next day.
• Chen Changming prepared to use the journey to pass the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Formula and Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art to his true body for cultivation.
• Gu Huaibei urged Chen Changming to take her to the Eastern Wasteland Snowfield, and he agreed after deciding the Immortal Hall Master was unlikely to notice them.
• Chen Changming disguised himself and Gu Huaibei, traveled with her to the snowfield, and flew deeper into the region in search of a secluded place to cultivate.
• Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei saw many ice-element sects and Spirit Transformation cultivators in the snowfield’s depths, prompting Gu Huaibei to remark on their numbers.

Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei searched the Eastern Wasteland Snowfield for a place to settle when a lecherous cultivator threatened them. After Chen Changming killed him and captured his companions, he learned of the Ice God Secret Realm and decided to seek it for Gu Huaibei, while Gu Tianxie reacted with unexpected familiarity to its name.

• Chen Changming comforted Gu Huaibei about the Ice and Snow Palace's prospects and recounted his difficult path from Wilderness Island as they flew through the Eastern Wasteland Snowfield.
• Qiu He spotted Gu Huaibei and tried to claim her as his dao companion, but Chen Changming revealed his strength, killed Qiu He, and seized his Storage Ring.
• Chen Changming subdued Qiu He's two companions, who told him they were searching for the Ice God Secret Realm and described its rumored opportunities and dangerous ice Demon Kings.
• Chen Changming imprisoned the two cultivators in the Universe Pagoda and agreed with Gu Huaibei to search for the secret realm.
• Chen Changming summoned Gu Tianxie and mentioned the Ice God Secret Realm, prompting Gu Tianxie to feel an inexplicable familiarity with its name.

Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie searched for the Ice God Secret Realm while Chen Changming sensed his approaching clone and received two Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect cultivation arts. Gu Tianxie located the realm’s concealed entrance, and after Chen Changming defeated the cultivators guarding it, Gu Tianxie concluded that the Ice Ancient Gods had built the secret realm.

• Chen Changming asked Gu Tianxie to search for the Ice God Secret Realm, and Gu Tianxie led the Immortal Boat while Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei cultivated.
• Chen Changming sensed his clone approaching the Eastern Arrival Divine Province and later received the Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art and Mountain-Suppressing Sword Formula through their connection.
• Gu Tianxie spotted a likely entrance to the Ice God Secret Realm in a gorge where four Spirit Transformation cultivators had killed a level-twelve Demon King.
• Chen Changming descended to the gorge, caught and returned a cultivator’s Spirit Treasure, then crushed all four cultivators and collected their belongings and the Demon King’s corpse.
• After examining the concealed location, Gu Tianxie told Chen Changming that the Ice God Secret Realm had been created by the Ice Ancient Gods.

Chen Changming guarded the entrance to the Ice God Secret Realm while Gu Tianxie worked to open its formation. He killed two cultivators who discovered the entrance and confronted three more groups, leaving their leaders injured and begging for mercy.

• Chen Changming sent Gu Huaibei into the Universe Pagoda and killed two Sixth Layer Spirit Transformation cultivators who discovered the secret realm's entrance.
• Chen Changming considered establishing the Ice and Snow Palace inside the secret realm so Gu Huaibei could cultivate there with its disciples.
• Three groups of Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived and discussed dividing the secret realm's treasures while ignoring Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming blasted the newcomers with a palm strike, dragged them before him, and revealed strength far beyond what they expected.
• The burly leader admitted they were wrong and begged Chen Changming for mercy.

Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie entered a hidden Ice God Secret Realm and discovered that it could serve as the Ice and Snow Palace’s new home. They found eighteen Ice God Towers that could form a powerful frost formation, which Gu Tianxie said could help Chen Changming temper his body and advance his cultivation.

• Chen Changming killed the cultivators who tried to seize his opportunity and took their Storage Rings.
• Gu Tianxie opened and sealed the secret realm’s entrance, then he and Chen Changming explored its snowy landscape and found Ice Beasts for the Ice and Snow Palace’s disciples to train against.
• Chen Changming summoned Gu Huaibei, and the three flew deeper into the secret realm on the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow.
• Chen Changming drove off several Demon Kings without killing them, intending for them to guard the Ice and Snow Palace.
• The trio reached eighteen Ice God Towers, and Gu Tianxie explained that they could form a Great Frost Formation around the ice lake.
• Gu Tianxie told Chen Changming that the formation’s intense cold could temper his body and speed his cultivation.

Chen Changming brought the Ice and Snow Palace disciples to the Ice God Secret Realm and began tempering his body and enhancing the Mountain-Suppressing cultivation arts. He left the disciples under Gu Huaibei’s care and started cultivating the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Formula after improving the Primordial Unity Art once.

• Gu Tianxie activated the Cold Ice Grand Formation around the frozen lake, and Chen Changming summoned the Ice and Snow Palace disciples from spatial Spirit Treasures.
• Gu Huaibei explained that they had reached the Ice God Secret Realm in Eastern Jin, and the disciples were astonished by its dense spiritual energy and cultivation prospects.
• Gu Huaibei warned the disciples about powerful Ice Beasts in the secret realm, arranged their affairs, and then entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Chen Changming entered the formation to temper his body, sensed his clone’s connection, and began cultivating the Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art.
• After nearly a day, Chen Changming enhanced the Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art to one hundred times and began cultivating the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Formula to strengthen his clone before its training in the War God Ancient Tower.

Chen Changming arrived in Donglai City with Fan Feichen and the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect to train in the War God Ancient Tower before the tournament of the ten great sects. He entered the tower after challenging an arrogant Enlightenment Dao Sect disciple, while members of that sect arrived outside.

• Chen Changming reflected that his strengthened techniques had greatly increased his combat strength and that he hoped to strengthen one again before the tournament.
• Fan Feichen brought Chen Changming and six core elders to the War God Ancient Tower, where local cultivators mocked the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect's low ranking until Fan Feichen warned them.
• An Enlightenment Dao Sect disciple emerged from the tower and entered the War God Ranking, and Fan Feichen paid five million Spirit Stones for Chen Changming's entry.
• An Enlightenment Dao Sect youth complained that Fan Feichen had taken the tower's next entry and planned to bring Senior Brother Bai, but Chen Changming told him Bai would rank behind him and entered the tower.
• Enlightenment Dao Sect cultivators arrived, and a white-haired elder greeted Fan Feichen.

Chen Shan entered the War God Ancient Tower and earned tenth place, prompting Fan Feichen to defend his disciple against sect masters who trusted their Saint Spirit Root geniuses more. Chen Shan then declared he could reach the top three in a month, and a Purple Sky Sect disciple entered the tower to challenge his result.

• Xie Huaian told Fan Feichen that seven sects had Saint Spirit Root geniuses, but Fan Feichen insisted they were not invincible.
• The sect masters of the Purple Sky Sect and Taiji Dao Palace arrived with Saint Spirit Root disciples and questioned Fan Feichen's confidence in Chen Shan.
• Chen Shan appeared tenth on the War God Rankings, and Fan Feichen celebrated his disciple's achievement.
• A Purple Sky Sect youth mocked Chen Shan's promise to reach the top three, and Chen Shan said he could do it in a month.
• The Purple Sky Sect youth entered the War God Ancient Tower after Zhou Zichuan supplied it with Spirit Stones.

Chen Changming promised to enter the War God Ranking’s top three within a month or abandon sword cultivation, then declared he would defeat the Saint Spirit Root geniuses and lead the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect to the top. He arrived at Mountain-Suppressing Manor in Donglai City and began preparing to cultivate.

• Chen Changming vowed to Zhou Zichuan and Qin Poxiao that he would reach the top three in a month or give up sword cultivation, and Fan Feichen left with him and the sect elders.
• The War God Ranking updated with a Purple Sky Sect genius in sixth place, and the purple-robed young man asked where Chen Shan had gone before vowing to await his challenge.
• Chen Changming told the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect elders that he had held back during his tower trial and aimed to defeat the Saint Spirit Root geniuses and make the sect number one.
• Fan Feichen led the group to Mountain-Suppressing Manor, where an old man in green gave Chen Changming a formation token and arranged a quiet courtyard for him to cultivate.

Chen Changming refined more natal flying swords and strengthened his cultivation techniques before heading to the War God Ancient Tower with Fan Feichen. Outside the tower, sect leaders argued over Chen Changming’s chances in the ranking tournament, and his arrival surprised those who had doubted him.

• Chen Changming refined seventy-six Magic Treasure-level flying swords while cultivating the Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art and strengthening it and the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Formula.
• After raising twenty flying swords to low-grade Spirit Treasures, Chen Changming decided to visit the War God Ancient Tower and left with Fan Feichen and several core elders.
• He Changkong claimed Chen Shan could not reach the top three on the War God Ranking, and Li Zizai angrily defended him.
• He Changkong threatened to seize Li Zizai after the tournament, but Xie Huaian invoked the Immortal Hall Master to calm the dispute.
• Fan Feichen and the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect arrived, and Ye Xuanji and He Changkong were shocked that Chen Changming had reached the second layer of Spirit Transformation.
• A young man from the Purple Sky Sect mocked Chen Changming for daring to attend the tournament.

Chen Changming entered the War God Ancient Tower to prove his claim that he would rank among the top three. He took first place, leaving the gathered sect masters and geniuses stunned.

• He Changkong challenged Chen Changming’s boast and proposed taking him into the Beast Taming Immortal Sect if he failed, but Fan Feichen vowed Chen Changming would make the top three and staked his position as sect master on it.
• Chen Changming entered the War God Ancient Tower while the gathered sect masters waited outside.
• The War God Ranking appeared with Chen Shan in first place, shocking Ye Xuanji, He Changkong, and the other onlookers.
• Li Zizai celebrated Chen Shan’s victory with Su Qingwan, while Fan Feichen accepted congratulations from the other sect masters.
• Chen Changming emerged from the tower, having used 108 Natal Flying Swords to defeat the puppets and claim the top spot.

Chen Changming took the top spot on the War God Ranking and encouraged Fan Feichen to declare that the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect would win the ranking tournament. The Enlightenment Dao Sect arranged a three-month delay so Bai Shenyu could grow stronger, and Chen Changming learned that the Immortal Hall master would attend.

• Chen Changming told Fan Feichen he still had strength in reserve, and Fan Feichen boasted that the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect would take first place.
• He Changkong and Qin Poxiao doubted the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect, while Chen Changming urged Fan Feichen to claim the tournament crown.
• Xie Huaian reported Chen Changming's rise to Han Daoming, who insisted Chen Changming must be a saint spirit root genius and said Bai Shenyu had not used his full strength.
• Han Daoming told Xie Huaian that the Immortal Hall master would attend the tournament and that he had arranged to postpone it by three months so Bai Shenyu could reach the fifth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• During the delay, Chen Changming upgraded his remaining lifebound flying swords to low-grade Spirit Treasures and enhanced the Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art again.
• Fan Feichen summoned Chen Changming and told him the ranking tournament had been postponed by three months and that the Immortal Hall master would attend.