Chapter Summaries

Li Xuancang arrived in Jingzhou to oversee the secret realm as the gathered factions fought over the best positions. He reunited with his younger sister Li Ling'er and brought her to his tent to hear about her years in the Profound Heart Sect.

• Li Xuancang ordered Sun Ya to evacuate civilians within a thousand li of the secret realm.
• Rival factions began fighting over land near the secret realm, and Li Xuancang told Duanmu Lei not to intervene unless the Imperial Court's people were harmed.
• Jian Liuyun led the Profound Heart Sect delegation, including Li Ling'er and Elder Qingxuan, to greet Li Xuancang.
• Li Ling'er rushed to embrace Li Xuancang, and he thanked Elder Qingxuan for looking after her.
• Li Xuancang took Li Ling'er to his tent, where she told him that her years in the Profound Heart Sect had been safe and comfortable.

Li Ling'er asked Li Xuancang to return Zhang Cuier's deed of sale as repayment for saving her, then decided to enter the secret realm and train. When the Grassland People attacked the other forces, Li Xuancang intervened and overwhelmed their thirteen Profound Connection Realm experts with one punch, leaving the crowd stunned by his strength.

• Li Ling'er asked Li Xuancang to return Zhang Cuier's deed of sale, and he agreed.
• Li Ling'er said she wanted to enter the secret realm to gain combat experience, and Li Xuancang agreed to arrange protection for her.
• The Grassland People seized the front positions and slaughtered the forces that resisted while the others retreated or watched.
• Li Xuancang struck the Grassland People with a powerful fist that killed several hundred of them.
• Langya and Mosu led the thirteen Profound Connection Realm experts in a combined attack against Li Xuancang, but he defeated them with one punch and emerged unharmed.

Li Xuancang overwhelmed the Grassland People, killing two of their experts before the secret-realm rules stopped him from continuing. When the Barbarians arrived and urged the factions to unite against him, Li Xuancang declared that both groups would enter the secret realm last.

• Li Xuancang formed a dragon and phoenix from his Blood Qi Force, which battled the Grassland People until they weakened.
• Li Xuancang killed one Profound Connection Realm expert with a punch and threw Barry into the air, where Barry exploded.
• Langya challenged Li Xuancang over the rule against fighting while the secret realm was open, and Duanmu Lei confirmed the rule.
• Dongfang Xiong arrived with the Barbarians and tried to persuade the other factions to unite against Li Xuancang.
• Li Xuancang defended his actions, warned that no one could run rampant in Great Yan, and ordered the Grassland People and Barbarians to enter the secret realm last.

Li Xuancang restrained the Grassland people and Barbarians, then arranged for his followers to protect Li Ling'er inside the secret realm. As the entrance appeared, Xu Zinian's Northern Liang cavalry charged into a melee with the gathered factions, leaving his forces under pressure and Xu Zinian vowing revenge.

• Li Xuancang confronted the Grassland people and Barbarians, who swallowed their anger rather than risk a costly fight.
• Li Xuancang introduced Li Ling'er to Zhang Tianhu, Bai Meng, and the others, ordering them to prioritize her safety in the secret realm.
• The secret realm's entrance formed as a great black iron gate, and the Northern Liang Royal Residence's cavalry charged toward it without stopping.
• The gathered factions attacked the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry, while people with personal grudges joined the chaotic battle.
• The old woman warned Xu Zinian that his impulsiveness had caused trouble, and Xu Zinian vowed to slaughter his enemies after recovering his previous life's cultivation.

Li Xuancang attacked Qian Sihai during the standoff between the Northern Liang Royal Residence and the Star Palace, defeating him with a single punch and pressing the assault. An old woman saved Qian Sihai from a killing blow, but Li Xuancang shattered her defense and pinned Qian Sihai’s saber beneath his foot.

• Qian Sihai emerged from the war chariot and used his Late Profound Connection Realm aura to silence the battlefield.
• Su Dingshan confronted Qian Sihai, who offered to end the conflict before the secret realm opened, and Su Dingshan prepared to accept.
• Li Xuancang suddenly attacked Qian Sihai and wounded him with a single punch.
• Li Xuancang pursued Qian Sihai, dodged his saber strike, and prepared to hit his exposed back.
• An old woman blocked Li Xuancang’s punch with a dharma seal, but Li Xuancang shattered it and forced her back.
• Li Xuancang stepped on Qian Sihai’s long saber, leaving Qian Sihai unable to pull it free.

Li Xuancang destroyed Xu Zinian’s war chariot and attacked him, but Xu Zinian escaped death by vanishing just before Li Xuancang’s final blow landed. Li Xuancang resolved to kill him the next time they met.

• Li Xuancang destroyed the war chariot, exposing Xu Zinian to the battlefield.
• Li Xuancang summoned a giant hand to crush Xu Zinian, whose jade pendant briefly shielded him as the old woman and Qian Sihai intervened.
• Xu Zinian fled while more than ten thousand iron cavalry charged Li Xuancang, who killed many of them and forced the old woman and Qian Sihai to retreat.
• Li Xuancang caught Xu Zinian and struck him into a crater, shattering the jade pendant that had blocked a fatal blow.
• Xu Zinian vanished before Li Xuancang’s final punch landed, leaving the onlookers to believe he was dead.
• Li Xuancang recognized that Xu Zinian had escaped through life-preserving methods and vowed to kill him another time.

Li Xuancang killed Qian Sihai and the old woman after failing to kill Xu Zinian, while his forces repelled an attack on his family’s residence. Two months later, news of the Northern Liang Royal Residence’s losses had spread, and the story left with factions waiting to see whether the Northern Liang King would challenge Li Xuancang.

• Li Xuancang caught Qian Sihai and the old woman, then destroyed both of them body and soul.
• At the Guard Commander's Estate, Ouyang De and Zhang Tianlong protected Li Xuancang’s family from Xu Yanbing, who withdrew when he could not defeat them.
• Ouyang De and Zhang Tianlong sent Li Xuancang a report, and he grew furious but concealed the attack from Li Ling'er.
• Two months later, news of Li Xuancang killing Xu Zinian and three Northern Liang experts had spread across the Human Race’s lands.
• The Northern Liang King’s possible response became a subject of speculation, and people placed bets on whether Li Xuancang could survive him.

The Prison Tiger Bureau prepared to destroy the Northern Liang Royal Residence and considered asking Li Xuancang for help, while Li Xuancang waited to grow strong enough to face the Northern Liang King. When the Celestial Origin Secret Realm opened, Great Yan’s forces entered first under Li Xuancang’s command.

• Lei Tianjue decided to attack the Northern Liang Royal Residence, assigning two Supreme Elders to the battle while he used the Prison Tiger Mirror to guard the Demon-Suppression Cave.
• The Prison Tiger Bureau agreed to have Shen Qingshan contact Li Xuancang for help, then prepared to attack while other factions were distracted by the secret realm.
• Nangong Zhan told Li Xuancang that Xu Yanbing had ambushed the Guard Commander's Estate, and Li Xuancang vowed to exterminate the Northern Liang Royal Residence once he was strong enough to challenge the Northern Liang King.
• The Celestial Origin Secret Realm opened, and the gathered cultivators surged toward its entrance until powerful experts stopped them.
• Li Xuancang ordered Great Yan’s forces and allied factions to enter first, while Bai Meng and the others escorted Li Ling'er and promised to protect her.
• Li Xuancang guarded the entrance as factions unaffiliated with the Imperial Court waited outside, resentful but unwilling to challenge him.

Li Xuancang kept the Grassland and the Barbarians from entering the Celestial Origin Secret Realm until everyone else had gone in, then remained outside to oversee events. When Shen Qingshan told him the Prison Tiger Bureau was preparing to attack the Northern Liang Royal Residence, Li Xuancang left in secret to join the assault, while civilians in Northern Liang City suffered under the ruling forces.

• Li Xuancang let the Imperial Court and Profound Heart Sect enter the secret realm first, then blocked the Grassland and the Barbarians until the other factions had entered.
• The Celestial Origin Secret Realm closed for half a year, and Li Ling'er and her companions explored its abundant resources while Bai Meng's group protected her.
• Shen Qingshan told Li Xuancang that the Prison Tiger Bureau had infiltrated the Northern Liang Royal Residence and was ready to attack, so Li Xuancang agreed to join the operation.
• Li Xuancang secretly left with Shen Qingshan and arranged for Nangong Zhan to make others believe he was still at the military camp.
• In Northern Liang City, soldiers accompanying a luxurious war chariot struck civilians and dragged away women, ignoring an old man's plea to spare his two daughters-in-law.

Li Xuancang joined the Prison Tiger Bureau experts in Northern Liang City and agreed to lead the assault on the Northern Liang Royal Residence while the Supreme Elders targeted the Northern Liang King. He launched an attack on the residence, where a power beyond the Profound Connection Realm emerged to confront him.

• A Northern Liang soldier beat an old man and took his family away on Chu Xuanshan's orders, while nearby Prison Tiger Bureau disciples restrained themselves from intervening.
• Li Xuancang and Shen Qingshan arrived in Northern Liang City and met more than thirty Prison Tiger Bureau experts, including Supreme Elder Chen and Supreme Elder Shen.
• Supreme Elder Chen said he and Supreme Elder Shen would risk their lives to kill the Northern Liang King, while Li Xuancang promised to handle the other battlefields.
• The Prison Tiger Bureau group decided to attack at once, hoping to stop the Northern Liang King and his son from harming more commoners.
• Li Xuancang approached the Northern Liang Royal Residence and struck at several Profound Connection Realm defenders, but an overwhelming power emerged and crushed his attack.

Li Xuancang fought the Northern Liang King and proved strong enough to withstand the Divine Repository Realm expert and his heaven-grade saber. After Supreme Elder Chen and Supreme Elder Shen joined the fight, Li Xuancang headed below and broke the Northern Liang Royal Residence's grand formation, leaving its people exposed.

• Li Xuancang shattered the Northern Liang King's pressure with a punch and began fighting him head-on.
• The Northern Liang King wounded Li Xuancang with the Northern Liang Saber, but Li Xuancang's wounds healed as he continued attacking.
• Supreme Elder Chen and Supreme Elder Shen led the Prison Tiger Bureau members in an assault on the Northern Liang Royal Residence and moved to encircle the Northern Liang King.
• Supreme Elder Chen told Li Xuancang to deal with the battlefield below, so Li Xuancang charged down toward the Royal Residence.
• Li Xuancang destroyed the Royal Residence's grand formation with one punch, and the Prison Tiger Bureau members charged in.

Li Xuancang massacred the Northern Liang Royal Residence’s Artificial Demons while Supreme Elder Chen and another Prison Tiger Bureau member held off the Northern Liang King. The two elders trapped the king in the Heaven-and-Earth Same-Lifespan Formation, accepting that they would perish alongside him.

• Li Xuancang crippled Xu Yanbing and tore Chu Xuanshan apart when they attacked him.
• Li Xuancang slaughtered the Artificial Demons as Prison Tiger Bureau members condemned the Northern Liang Royal Residence for creating them through mass murder.
• The Northern Liang King tried to stop Li Xuancang, but Supreme Elder Chen and another man kept him occupied.
• After Li Xuancang killed the last Demon, Supreme Elder Chen stopped him from joining the fight and activated the Heaven-and-Earth Same-Lifespan Formation around himself, the other man, and the king.
• The Northern Liang King recognized the formation and realized that Supreme Elder Chen and his companion intended to die with him.

Li Xuancang watched Supreme Elder Chen and another elder sacrifice themselves to trap the Northern Liang King, but the Six-Eyed Great Demon attacked before he could intervene. Li Xuancang fought the Divine Repository Realm demon alone, leaving the Prison Tiger Bureau stunned by his strength.

• An elder explained to Li Xuancang that Heaven and Earth Share Longevity was nearly impossible to stop, and Li Xuancang grieved over Supreme Elder Chen and the other elder's sacrifice.
• The Six-Eyed Great Demon arrived at the Northern Liang Royal Residence and charged at Li Xuancang with a crushing hoof.
• Li Xuancang told the Prison Tiger Bureau members to retreat and blocked the demon's strike, while the collision razed the Northern Liang Royal Residence and shook Northern Liang City.
• The Six-Eyed Great Demon was shocked that Li Xuancang could contend with him, and Li Xuancang attacked again to vent his anger.
• Li Xuancang and the Six-Eyed Great Demon exchanged brutal blows in midair as the Prison Tiger Bureau members watched in disbelief.

Li Xuancang and the Prison Tiger Bureau defeated the Northern Liang Royal Residence but failed to kill the Northern Liang King after the Six-Eyed Great Demon intervened. The King escaped under the Demons’ protection, and Li Xuancang was warned that the Demon Race and Blood Race could threaten both Northern Liang and his family.

• Li Xuancang fought the Six-Eyed Great Demon while the Prison Tiger Bureau formed the Demon-Slaying Array, and the Northern Liang King and Supreme Elder Chen were left near death.
• The Six-Eyed Great Demon broke through the array’s barrier with a blood cloud, allowing the Northern Liang King to escape.
• Li Xuancang killed Xu Yanbing, rescued Supreme Elder Chen and the other man, and fled as the Prison Tiger Bureau detonated the array to cover their escape.
• A beautiful woman emerged from the demonic clouds and ordered the Demons to treat the Northern Liang King, while the surviving Demons chose not to pursue Li Xuancang’s group.
• Supreme Elder Chen warned Li Xuancang that the Northern Liang King could unleash the Demon Race and Blood Race, and urged him to move his family to the Prison Tiger Bureau for protection.

Three Hundred Herbs Sect experts attacked the Guard Commander's Estate to seize Li Xuancang’s family, while Zhang Tianlong and Ouyang De fought to protect them. The family escaped before the attackers arrived, and the wounded sect elders retreated from Yu Prefecture City.

• Li Xuancang returned to Jingzhou after parting from Supreme Elder Chen and the others.
• Three Hundred Herbs Sect experts attacked the Guard Commander's Estate, and Zhang Tianlong and Ouyang De fought them with high-grade earth-rank divine weapons.
• Zhang Yuanxiong escorted Li Xuancang’s family out of the estate while the Blacksteel Camp covered their escape.
• Mu Lingshan sent Elder Zhao to capture the family, while Zhang Tianlong and Ouyang De risked destroying their foundations to stop the attackers.
• Elder Zhao found the estate empty and killed a servant while demanding to know where the Li Family had gone.
• After Elder Sun was gravely wounded and Mu Lingshan was injured, the three Hundred Herbs Sect experts fled, leaving Zhang Tianlong and Ouyang De relieved that the family was safe.

After the Hundred Herbs Sect attacked Li Xuancang’s residence, he vowed to retaliate and began planning how to better protect his family. Before the factions could digest the attack, news broke that the Prison Tiger Bureau had nearly destroyed the Northern Liang Royal Residence, with Li Xuancang taking part.

• Zhang Yuanxiong returned to the residence with the Li Family, while Zhang Tianlong and another wounded defender reported the attack to the Marquis.
• Mu Lingshan refused Elder Zhao’s suggestion to return and attack again, and led the injured survivors back to their sect for treatment.
• Li Xuancang read Zhang Tianlong’s report, flew into a rage at the Hundred Herbs Sect, and considered strengthening his family’s defenses and restoring his wounded subordinates.
• The factions learned that the Hundred Herbs Sect had attacked Li Xuancang’s family and reacted with alarm, criticism, or satisfaction.
• News spread that the Prison Tiger Bureau had attacked the Northern Liang Royal Residence, critically wounded the Northern Liang King, and involved Li Xuancang in the battle.

After the Northern Liang Royal Residence was accused of creating Demons, Great Yan and other factions prepared to attack it, while the Imperial Court also moved against the Hundred Herbs Sect. As the secret realm’s end approached, powerful and sinister groups gathered outside it, including the Corpse-Driving Sect.

• The Prison Tiger Bureau accused the Northern Liang Royal Residence of slaughtering people and creating Demons, prompting the Great Yan Imperial Court to break its marriage agreement and the Great Li Dynasty to begin a campaign against Northern Liang.
• The Emperor ordered the arrest of Hundred Herbs Sect members in Great Yan, ended cooperation with the sect, and sent Lin Fengxian to seize its Cloud-Linked Mountains.
• Qin Huaiyuan urged the Emperor to reclaim Northern Liang, and the Emperor ordered Zhu Xuanye to gather one hundred thousand troops while waiting for the other factions to move.
• As the secret realm neared its end, the Nine Great Bandits arrived, followed by Blood Butcher, who nearly strangled a righteous elder with a shadow snake.
• The Corpse-Driving Sect arrived aboard a bone ship, its flute causing cultivators to bleed and scream as the crowd retreated in fear.

Li Xuancang arrived at the secret realm entrance as notorious factions gathered to seize the treasures of those who emerged. After the cultivators returned, he stopped Blood Butcher with a single strike and kept the factions at bay until Li Ling'er came out safely.

• Mulin Stockade and the Life-Taking Old Man's Rogue Cultivators arrived, threatening the gathered factions as they waited for the secret realm to close.
• Li Xuancang arrived with the Imperial Court's forces and occupied the secret realm entrance without opposition.
• Three days later, cultivators emerged carrying treasures, and the crowd prepared to attack them.
• Blood Butcher lunged for a Nine-Leaf Lingzhi, but Li Xuancang struck him back and ordered everyone not to act rashly.
• Li Ling'er emerged unharmed with Bai Meng and the others, and Li Xuancang relaxed when he saw her safe.

After surviving the Celestial Origin Secret Realm, Li Xuancang brought Li Ling'er and the others home, where they reunited with their families and rested. Once their family visits ended, Bai Meng, Zhang Tianhu, Zhang Tianbao, and others prepared to enter seclusion and pursue breakthroughs.

• After Li Xuancang left the battlefield with the Profound Heart Sect, the remaining factions slaughtered one another and plundered the secret-realm survivors.
• Li Xuancang learned that Li Ling'er, Bai Meng, and Su Xinghai had gained inheritances and advanced their cultivation, while the Zhang Tianhu brothers had also grown stronger.
• The secret realm closed, the surviving factions departed, and Li Xuancang returned to Yu Prefecture with Li Ling'er and their companions.
• Li Ling'er reunited with Father Li, Mother Li, and their eldest sister, then met Du Ruomei as the family welcomed her home.
• Su Xinghai, Bai Meng, Ouyang Meng, Ouyang De, and the Zhang Tianlong brothers reunited with their families, while Li Xuancang gave everyone fifteen days with their loved ones.
• After the fifteen days, Bai Meng, Zhang Tianhu, Zhang Tianbao, and others announced that they intended to enter seclusion and attempt breakthroughs.

The allied Human Race army advanced into Northern Liang and prepared to storm Northern Profound Pass, intent on killing the Northern Liang King before he could call on the Blood Race. As the factions committed to battle, their leaders reflected on the Human Race’s fragile future and the hope offered by its younger generation.

• Zhu Xuanye led an allied army of one hundred thousand into Northern Liang, where they found no civilians or resistance until reaching Northern Profound Pass.
• Supreme Elder Qin warned the faction leaders that the Northern Liang King might invite the Blood Race to invade, prompting them to commit their full strength to a swift attack.
• Supreme Elder Qin, Wei Dongling, Shen Tianyi, and Xing Wuhen discussed the two Divine Repository Realm Demons beside the king and the limited experts available to the Human Race.
• Shen Tianyi, Xing Wuhen, and Wei Dongling lamented the Human Race’s precarious position and hoped the younger generation would grow strong enough to shoulder its burden.
• Zhu Xuanye and the other faction leaders led their troops in an assault on Northern Profound Pass.