Chapter Summaries

After Sky-Derivation Ancestor died while divining the Chen Family, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion announced its submission to the family, shocking the Great Desolate Realm. The Pavilion Master accepted the order as the only way to protect the pavilion.

• Ouyang Longfei learned that Sky-Derivation Ancestor had died and warned the others to leave the Blood God Palace ruins alone.
• The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion sent a realm-wide order declaring that its members would submit to the immortal Chen Family and treat it as supreme.
• Powers across the Great Desolate Realm reacted with shock and began speculating about the Chen Family’s hidden strength.
• The Ascension Divine Emperor discussed the order with his minister and grew wary of the Chen Family.
• The Pavilion Master stood beside Sky-Derivation Ancestor’s corpse and shattered mirror, concluding that his grandmaster had died from a backlash while divining the Chen Family.

After the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion submitted to the Chen Family, Chen Changqing accepted its surrender and headed with Lin Wan'er toward the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty. There, reincarnated as the dynasty’s powerful Ninth Prince, Su Chen celebrated his new advantages and challenged Chen Changqing to come for him.

• The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's leader ordered its elders to obey his dying master's command and submit to the Chen Family.
• Chen Haotian learned of the submission and contacted Chen Changqing, who guessed that the pavilion had feared the Chen Family after he destroyed the Blood God Palace; Chen Haotian accepted his decision to take them in.
• Chen Changqing told Chen Haotian he was heading to the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty, then set off with Lin Wan'er.
• Su Chen awoke as the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty's Ninth Prince, a thirteen-year-old with the Azure Dragon War-King Physique and Dharma Form Realm cultivation.
• Su Chen recalled that Chen Changqing had killed him in his previous life and, confident in his Quasi-Emperor grandfather and prodigious sister, dared Chen Changqing to come after him.

Su Chen had just reincarnated as the Ninth Prince of the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty when Chen Changqing arrived to settle a debt, leaving the dynasty facing a powerful confrontation. Qin Qinghuang claimed responsibility for destroying the Lin Family and challenged Chen Changqing to decide the matter.

• Su Chen recognized Chen Changqing's overwhelming aura and feared his new life would end before he could enjoy being the Ninth Prince.
• Chen Changqing announced that he had come to the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty to settle an old debt.
• Qin Zhantian raised the dynasty's protective formation and confronted Chen Changqing and Lin Wan'er, wary of Lin Wan'er's Quasi-Emperor Realm aura.
• Chen Changqing told Qin Zhantian to ask his daughter about the dispute.
• Qin Qinghuang admitted she had ordered the destruction of the Lin Family and challenged Chen Changqing, offering to accept the consequences if she lost.

Chen Changqing killed Qin Qinghuang despite her Nine-Heavens Divine Phoenix Physique and its Phoenix Nirvana ability. Her father Qin Zhantian was left mourning her death.

• Qin Qinghuang challenged Chen Changqing, while Su Chen watched from the imperial city's bedchamber and hoped she could stop him.
• Chen Changqing crushed Qin Qinghuang with a casual palm strike, turning her into bloody mist before she could attack.
• Qin Qinghuang revived through Phoenix Nirvana, but Chen Changqing used his Life-Seizing divine ability to drain her life force.
• Qin Qinghuang vanished without reviving again, and Qin Zhantian cried out in grief.

After Chen Changqing killed Qin Qinghuang, Qin Zhantian unleashed the Nine-Dragon State-Guarding Jade Seal and the royal forces on him and Lin Wan'er. Lin Wan'er shattered their attacks and the Nine-Dragon Heaven-Sealing Formation, leaving the Emperor Weapon cracked.

• Qin Zhantian summoned the Nine-Dragon State-Guarding Jade Seal and formed the Nine-Dragon Heaven-Sealing Formation around Chen Changqing and Lin Wan'er.
• Qin Zhantian and dozens of royal retainers attacked Chen Changqing and Lin Wan'er with the formation and their treasures.
• Lin Wan'er asked Chen Changqing for permission to fight, and he let her handle the attackers.
• Lin Wan'er summoned the Heaven's Will Four-Phenomena Light-Splitting Sword and destroyed the incoming attacks, shattering the retainers' Saint-tier treasures and knocking them back.
• Lin Wan'er broke the Nine-Dragon Heaven-Sealing Formation with one sword strike, dispersing its dragon phantoms and cracking the Nine-Dragon State-Guarding Jade Seal.

Qin Xiaoyao used the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty’s national fortune to raise his power to the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven Realm and challenged Chen Changqing to gamble their dynasties’ fortunes. Chen Changqing comprehended Qin Xiaoyao’s method and answered with the Greater Divine Ability, Qi-Severing Fortune-Seizing Technique.

• Lin Wan'er struck Qin Zhantian with her Ultimate Sword Dao and cracked the Nine-Dragon State-Guarding Jade Seal.
• Qin Xiaoyao emerged from the imperial palace’s forbidden grounds and recognized Chen Changqing as the greater threat.
• Qin Xiaoyao explained that Qing Huang’s death had destroyed the future he hoped for and severed his Dao.
• Qin Xiaoyao drew on the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty’s national fortune, boosting his strength to the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven Realm.
• Qin Xiaoyao challenged Chen Changqing to wager their respective dynastic fortunes, and Lin Wan'er’s sword could not pierce his fortune barrier.
• Chen Changqing comprehended the Nine-Dragon Dynastic Fortune Method and struck at Qin Xiaoyao with the Qi-Severing Fortune-Seizing Technique.

Chen Changqing used the Qi-Severing Fortune-Seizing Technique to strip Qin Xiaoyao of the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty’s fortune and refine his nine Fortune Golden Dragons. Qin Xiaoyao’s cultivation fell to Saint Emperor Realm First Heaven, while the dragons strengthened the Chen Family’s Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net.

• Chen Changqing seized the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty’s fortune from Qin Xiaoyao, leaving him unable to resist.
• Qin Xiaoyao shattered the Nine-Dragon State-Guarding Jade Seal and unleashed nine Fortune Golden Dragons at Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing refined the nine dragons into golden spheres and merged them into the Chen Family’s Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net.
• Qin Xiaoyao suffered backlash from losing his dynasty’s fortune, and his cultivation fell from Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven Realm to Saint Emperor Realm First Heaven.
• Qin Xiaoyao stared at Chen Changqing in disbelief and wondered whether he was one of those people.

Chen Changqing destroyed the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty’s last escape plan and exterminated the Qin Clan bloodline, leaving the dynasty’s fate sealed. He then turned his attention to the supposed Immortal Artifact in its treasure vault.

• Qin Xiaoyao burned his cultivation to attack Chen Changqing and ordered Qin Zhantian to flee with the others.
• Qin Zhantian activated the imperial palace’s hidden spatial formation, and Lin Wan'er failed to break through its defenses.
• Su Chen entered a teleportation array, but Chen Changqing pulled him back before he could escape.
• Chen Changqing used Words Become Law to kill every member of the Qin Clan bloodline across the realm.
• Qin Xiaoyao died after realizing the scale of Chen Changqing’s power, and Chen Changqing used the Treasure-Gathering Art toward the dynasty’s supposed Immortal Artifact.

Chen Changqing used the Treasure-Gathering Art to draw the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty’s treasures to him and found the rusted iron tower from Xue Wuyou’s memories. He awakened its Immortal Dao Law enough to identify it as the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower, an artifact that could mete out heavenly calamities in place of Destiny.

• Chen Changqing unleashed the Treasure-Gathering Art, gathering the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty’s treasures around him.
• Chen Changqing selected a rust-covered iron tower from the treasure flood, and Lin Wan'er recognized it from Xue Wuyou’s memories as Qin Qinghuang’s powerful defensive artifact.
• Chen Changqing’s divine sense could not penetrate the tower’s ancient barrier, so he infused it with Longevity Dao Resonance.
• The tower cracked and released Immortal Dao Law power, which Chen Changqing analyzed to decipher its name and purpose.
• Chen Changqing told Lin Wan'er that the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower had nine restrictions and could mete out calamities in place of Destiny.

Chen Changqing learned that the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower needed the remains of nine Destiny Emperors to replace Destiny, and Lin Wan'er revealed that the Great River Sword Sect possessed a Destiny Emperor Corpse. After hearing how the sect had used it to trap her and steal her Extreme Sword Intent, Chen Changqing vowed to destroy the sect.

• Chen Changqing explained that the tower could control tribulations and eventually replace Destiny after devouring nine Destiny Emperor corpses.
• Lin Wan'er said she knew where Chen Changqing might find a Destiny Emperor Corpse: the Great River Sword Sect's Sword-Washing Pool.
• Lin Wan'er recounted how the sect had trapped her in a hidden killing formation and unleashed its founding Sword Emperor's corpse against her.
• Lin Wan'er revealed that the Great River Sword Sect had targeted her Extreme Sword Intent to preserve its Sword Enlightenment Pool and inheritance.
• Chen Changqing grew furious and declared that the Great River Sword Sect should disappear from the world.

After destroying the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty, Chen Changqing refined its treasures and broke through to the Eighth Layer of the Great Sage Realm before setting out with Lin Wan'er for the Great River Sword Sect. Meanwhile, Su Chen lamented losing his accumulated reincarnation points and decided to spend none of his remaining points on his next life.

• Lin Wan'er asked whether they should call for backup before visiting the Great River Sword Sect, and Chen Changqing said he needed none.
• Chen Changqing absorbed the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty's treasures and advanced to the Eighth Layer of the Great Sage Realm.
• Chen Changqing contacted the Chen Clan Ancestor and asked the clan to take control of the dynasty's territory.
• Chen Changqing and Lin Wan'er set off for the Great River Sword Sect in the Azure Profound Dao Domain.
• Su Chen reviewed his failed reincarnation, lamented losing 63,000 saved points, and resolved to spend no points on his next life.

Su Chen began his fourteenth reincarnation with no investments, while Chen Changqing and Lin Wan'er encountered the fading phantom of the Purple Dawn Sword Venerable, who sought an heir. Chen Changqing revealed a sword technique that surpassed the old man's, and Su Chen reincarnated as a gray rabbit on the mountain his Sword Qi transformed.

• Su Chen spent no Reincarnation Points on his fourteenth life, hoping to avoid meeting Chen Changqing again.
• In the Dark Land, a furious hidden figure sent Number Five to investigate who had taken the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty's fortune.
• Chen Changqing and Lin Wan'er found a purple jade pendant in turbulent void currents, and the Purple Dawn Sword Venerable's phantom appeared from it.
• The Purple Dawn Sword Venerable demonstrated his technique by destroying a Heavenly Tribulation with one sword strike and asked Chen Changqing to become his disciple.
• Chen Changqing answered with a sword strike that transformed a mountain and everything on it into Purple Radiance Sword Qi.
• Su Chen reincarnated as a gray rabbit on that mountain, felt the Sword Qi assimilating him, and recognized Chen Changqing's voice.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed the Purple Dawn Sword Venerable with a transformed version of his sword art, then offered to teach him and heal his damaged soul. Yan Chixia immediately became Chen Changqing’s disciple, leaving Chen Changqing curious whether he knew Nie Xiaoqian.

• Su Chen died again less than three minutes after reincarnating, killed by Chen Changqing.
• The Purple-Clad Elder watched Chen Changqing’s sword strike transform the mountain range and was stunned by its power.
• Chen Changqing repeated the Purple Dawn Sword Venerable’s earlier offer to take him as a disciple, and Lin Wan'er struggled to hide her laughter.
• The Purple Dawn Sword Venerable declined at first because his fragmented soul was near dissipation, but Chen Changqing offered to heal it.
• Yan Chixia knelt before Chen Changqing and declared himself his disciple.
• Chen Changqing recognized Yan Chixia’s name and asked whether he knew Nie Xiaoqian.

Chen Changqing accepted Yan Chixia as his disciple and used a Divine Ability Method to restore his damaged soul and cultivation. He set out for the Great River Sword Sect, where Yan Chixia warned that something terrifying was sealed beneath its Sword Enlightenment Pool, and asked Lin Wan'er what she had discovered there.

• Chen Changqing made Yan Chixia his disciple, and Yan Chixia gratefully accepted despite his earlier embarrassment.
• Chen Changqing restored Yan Chixia's soul, cultivation, bloodline, root bone, and flesh with a Divine Ability Method.
• Yan Chixia thanked Chen Changqing for granting him a new life, then resumed his cheeky manner as Lin Wan'er teased him about becoming the disciple instead.
• Chen Changqing told Yan Chixia to accompany them to the Great River Sword Sect.
• Yan Chixia warned that the Great River Sword Sect had deep foundations and that something ancient and terrifying was sealed beneath its Sword Enlightenment Pool alongside the Emperor Corpse.
• Chen Changqing showed interest in the sealed presence and asked Lin Wan'er whether she had discovered anything about it.

Chen Changqing learned that Lin Wan'er had also nearly died at the Great River Sword Sect, then set out with her and Yan Chixia to visit the sect. Meanwhile, the Great Desolate Realm learned that the Chen Family had destroyed the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty and claimed its territory, leaving other powers questioning the family’s strength.

• Lin Wan'er told Chen Changqing she had sensed only the Emperor Corpse at the Great River Sword Sect and had noticed nothing else beneath the Sword Enlightenment Pool.
• Yan Chixia learned that Lin Wan'er had also been left with only a remnant soul by the Great River Sword Sect before Chen Changqing restored her.
• Yan Chixia celebrated his shared grudge with Lin Wan'er, and Chen Changqing led them toward the Great River Sword Sect in the Azure Profound Dao Domain.
• News spread that the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty and its imperial family, including Quasi-Emperor Qin Xiaoyao, had been destroyed.
• Scouts discovered the Chen Family was taking over the dynasty’s territory, leading powers across the Great Desolate Realm to suspect the family had hidden Quasi-Emperor experts.

After the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty fell, factions across the Great Desolate Realm grew wary of the Chen Family, while Number Five suspected Chen Changqing might have reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm. On the way to the Great River Sword Sect, Yan Chixia comprehended a powerful greater divine ability, and the chapter ended as a new inner disciple began a simulation.

• Ancient sects across the Great Desolate Realm ordered their disciples to avoid the Chen Family and treat its members with courtesy.
• Number Five examined the ruined imperial capital, recognized the traces of Fortune Dragon Transformation, and detected chaos qi that led him to suspect the Chen Family's Evergreen Divine Son was a Quasi-Emperor.
• Number Five left to report to his master that the Chen Family, especially its Divine Son, needed close attention.
• During the journey to the Azure Profound Dao Domain, Chen Changqing taught Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia the principles of the Divine Ability Method.
• Yan Chixia comprehended a greater sword divine ability that erased a lifeless star, and Chen Changqing praised its potential to become an origin divine ability.
• Chen Changqing, Lin Wan'er, and Yan Chixia neared the Great River Sword Sect as a newly promoted inner disciple began a simulation.

Yang Lin used the Future Divine Stone to simulate the day he became an inner sect disciple, but his uneventful trip through the Great River Sword Sect turned into a catastrophic attack on the sect. The simulation ended with Yan Chixia destroying the protective formation and killing sect master Dugu Yijian instantly.

• Yang Lin began a Future Divine Stone simulation on the day he received his Heaven-rank sword art and became an inner sect disciple.
• Yang Lin found nothing unusual as he toured the Great River Sword Sect and headed toward the sect gate.
• Yan Chixia appeared above the mountain gate and shattered the Great River Sword Sect's protective sword formation with his attacks.
• Dugu Yijian led the sect's elders to confront Yan Chixia, while Yang Lin noticed a man and a woman standing behind the old man.
• Yan Chixia killed Dugu Yijian with a single sword strike, leaving Yang Lin terrified in the simulated scene.

Yan Chixia defeated the Great River Sword Sect’s elders and overwhelmed its thirteen Quasi-Emperors, prompting them to awaken their ancestral Emperor Corpse. Chen Changqing’s young companion then summoned the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower and ordered it to refine the corpse.

• Yan Chixia annihilated the Great River Sword Sect elders who attacked him with his Purple Radiance Divine Sword.
• More than a dozen peak Saint Emperor elders and thirteen Quasi-Emperors emerged from the sect’s depths.
• The thirteen Quasi-Emperors formed a sword array, but Yan Chixia’s Purple Radiance Heaven-Slaying shattered their sword intent and suppressed them.
• The Quasi-Emperors summoned the Great River Sword Sect’s ancient Emperor Corpse from the sealed Sword Enlightenment Pool.
• The young man raised his hand and commanded the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower to refine the Emperor Corpse.

The young man captured the Great River Sword Sect’s ancestral Emperor Corpse with an ancient tower, then annihilated the sect with a single Purple Radiance Sword slash. Yang Lin stayed back and watched as the sect and its more than a hundred thousand cultivators became purple sword-energy particles.

• The young man summoned an ancient tower that froze the ancestral Emperor Corpse, captured it, and returned the tower to his palm.
• The white-haired elder ordered the Great River Sword Sect’s twelve other Quasi-Emperor experts and its disciples to attack the young man and reclaim their ancestor’s remains.
• Yang Lin resisted the urge to join the attack and remained pressed against the stone wall.
• The young man swept his fingers through the air, sending Purple Radiance Sword Qi across the sect’s overwhelming torrent of sword energy.
• The Purple Radiance Sword Qi transformed the Great River Sword Sect, its buildings, and more than a hundred thousand cultivators into glowing particles, annihilating them all.

Yang Lin repeatedly used the Future Divine Stone to test ways to survive after seeing a young man destroy the Great River Sword Sect with one sword strike. His latest attempt to disguise himself and flee in the opposite direction ended with the young man confronting him and asking whether he was deliberately avoiding him.

• Yang Lin awoke from a simulation in which a young man’s sword strike annihilated the Great River Sword Sect, and decided he had to escape before the three visitors arrived.
• Yang Lin simulated fleeing the sect, but the three caught him in midair, identified him as a Great River Sword Sect disciple, and killed him.
• Yang Lin concluded that the three intended to destroy the sect and tried to escape in the opposite direction, but worried they could track him.
• Yang Lin simulated changing his clothes, disguising himself, and escaping by flying boat, but the young man appeared and asked whether he was deliberately avoiding him.