Chapter Summaries

Qin Buhui overwhelmed the competitors on Arena Number Sixty-Six, earning the title of Young Immortal King and bringing the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect into the tournament’s spotlight. His victory left Li Chen’s plans in ruins and made Qin Buhui the center of attention across Immortal City.

• Li Chen realized Qin Buhui’s unexpected strength had ruined his scheme to clear the way for his great-grandson to become a disciple of the First Immortal King.
• Ah Hu defeated the geniuses who had attacked him on Arena Number Ninety-Eight, then resolved to hide his strength as Qin Buhui had taught him.
• Qin Buhui’s last opponent fled the arena and conceded, leaving Qin Buhui as the sole victor on Arena Number Sixty-Six.
• The crowd hailed Qin Buhui as the Young Immortal King, and the referee announced his victory for the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect.

Qin Buhui’s overwhelming victory shifted the Heavenly Prodigy Contest and enraged Deputy Hall Master Li Chen, who then tried to recruit him as a disciple. Qin Buhui rejected him, declaring that Li Chen was not qualified to be mentioned alongside his master.

• Qin Buhui’s effortless triumph overshadowed the battles of Fenjin, Fairy Qingyue, Tuoba Xiong, and Zhuo Wuchen, changing how the four prodigies viewed their own struggles.
• Fenjin, Fairy Qingyue, Tuoba Xiong, and Zhuo Wuchen recognized that Qin Buhui had upended Li Chen’s schemes, while Li Chen resolved to kill Qin Buhui and erase the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect.
• Xiao Yan and Zhuge Feng watched the situation unfold as Xiao Yan anticipated that the contest would expose hidden forces.
• An elder reported that no major Immortal Realm force called the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect could be found, and Li Chen concluded Qin Buhui lacked powerful backing.
• Li Chen praised Qin Buhui and offered to take him as a disciple, but Qin Buhui refused and said Li Chen was not worthy of being mentioned alongside his master.

Qin Buhui bluntly rejected Deputy Hall Master Li Chen’s offer and dismissed him as unworthy of comparison with his master, prompting Li Chen to threaten him and his sect. His defiance reshaped the other prodigies’ resolve as they reconsidered the rules and their own paths.

• Qin Buhui refused Li Chen’s offer, saying Li Chen was not qualified to be compared with his master.
• Li Chen concealed his anger behind a calm response, threatened that Qin Buhui would die before completing his immortal path, and resolved to destroy him and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect that night.
• Fenjin decided he would accept defeat if Qin Buhui proved stronger but would not accept losing because of unfair rules.
• Fairy Qingyue rejected the contest’s predetermined arrangements and resolved to stop competing for first place.
• Zhuo Wuchen realized he remained trapped within the contest and resolved to sharpen his Heart Sword, while Tuoba Xiong pushed himself to fight harder.
• The prodigies gained new resolve, and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect entered their thoughts.

Fenjin and Fairy Qingyue avoided fighting when Fairy Qingyue conceded, and Zhuo Wuchen followed with a concession to protest the unfair rules. Qin Buhui’s overwhelming presence reshaped the tournament as the top hundred emerged, while Deputy Hall Master Li Chen became more determined to kill him.

• Fenjin prepared to fight Fairy Qingyue, but she conceded after deciding she no longer wished to compete for victory.
• Zhuo Wuchen conceded to Tuoba Xiong, silently protesting the tournament’s unfair rules and the pressure to wear down other prodigies.
• Ah Hu carefully won Arena No. 98 while hiding his true ability, and Qin Buhui praised him for learning quickly.
• The battles across all one hundred arenas ended, establishing the top hundred and leaving Qin Buhui as the assembly’s dominant force.
• Deputy Hall Master Li Chen focused his killing intent on Qin Buhui and vowed that no one could save him.

After Qin Buhui dominated the arena matches, Deputy Hall Master Li Chen encouraged his great-grandson Li Tianqing to treat Qin as a target for his rise. As the sect prepared to leave, Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen arrived with powerful followers and called out to them.

• Li Chen told Li Tianqing that Qin Buhui would become nourishment for his ascent and urged him to prepare for the ranking matches.
• Qin Buhui and the other arena victors learned that the ranking matches would begin the next day, with rewards and honors for the highest-ranked contestants.
• Qin Buhui returned to the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, where Ah Hu was praised for his arena performance and for understanding when to adapt.
• Qin Buhui warned Ah Hu that true danger often came from beyond the arena, from the human heart.
• Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen approached the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect with their followers and asked them to wait.

Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen offered Qin Buhui protection from Li Chen, but he refused and declared that the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect would face any threat directly. After they departed, Li Chen sent two Six-Ring Immortal Venerables to kill Qin Buhui and take his Immortal Bone.

• Fairy Qingyue, Zhuo Wuchen, Zihua, and a Sword Venerable warned Qin Buhui that Li Chen might target him and invited the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect to stay under their households' protection.
• Qin Buhui thanked them but refused their offer, insisting that neither he nor the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect would flee from Li Chen's schemes.
• Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen gave Qin Buhui jade talismans and left with their clansmen.
• Shi Huang and Gu Qingping remarked that Li Chen's trouble was only beginning as the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect departed.
• Li Chen ordered two Six-Ring Immortal Venerables to kill Qin Buhui and bring back his intact corpse, especially his Immortal Bone.

Li Chen sent Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher to assassinate Qin Buhui, and they appeared to succeed before the gathered experts discovered Qin Buhui was alive. The killers escaped with a head and corpse whose identities remained unknown.

• Li Chen gave Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher rare concealment and evasion treasures and ordered them to kill Qin Buhui without leaving evidence.
• Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher infiltrated Drifting Cloud Residence, mistook a sleeping target for Qin Buhui, and removed his head.
• The Four-Ring Immortal Venerable guardian discovered the attack, while Immortal Venerable Zihua, the Azure-Robed Sword Venerable, Fairy Qingyue, and others rushed to the scene.
• The experts recognized the assassins’ treasures but arrived too late to stop Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher from fleeing with the head and corpse.
• Qin Buhui appeared on a nearby rooftop, leaving everyone wondering whose head the assassins had taken.

Qin Buhui survived Li Chen's assassination through an illusion cast by his martial uncle, deepening the elders’ respect for the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect. As Qin Buhui left with allies and Fairy Qingyue asked to join his sect, Li Tianqing was killed, while Li Chen received what he believed was Qin Buhui’s corpse.

• Qin Buhui explained that his martial uncle had used an illusion to fool the assassins, and Immortal Venerable Zihua and the Azure-Robed Sword Venerable pledged to oppose Li Chen.
• Fairy Qingyue asked to join the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, and Qin Buhui said the Sect Master would have to decide.
• Yuan Heng and the First Elder praised Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen, while Su Bai looked toward the sky and remarked on Xuanwei.
• Li Tianqing brooded over Qin Buhui’s talent and fortune before a black shadow appeared and killed him.
• Li Chen’s assassins returned with a head and corpse, claiming Qin Buhui had been killed beyond the possibility of revival.

Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher returned to Li Chen with what they believed was Qin Buhui’s head and corpse, claiming they had killed him. Li Chen discovered too late that the body was his great-grandson, Li Tianqing, and that Qin Buhui had left them a warning.

• Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher presented the head and corpse to Li Chen and boasted that they had killed Qin Buhui.
• Li Chen mocked the supposed Qin Buhui and crushed the head beneath his foot.
• The guardian burst into the hall and told Li Chen that the assassins had killed Young Master Li Tianqing, whom he had been assigned to protect.
• Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher insisted they had killed Qin Buhui, while Li Chen examined the remains and sensed something was wrong.
• An illusory disguise vanished from the remains, revealing Li Tianqing’s face and leaving Li Chen to realize he had killed his own great-grandson.

Li Chen discovered that Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher had killed his great-grandson instead of Qin Buhui, then unleashed his fury and destroyed them. At the ranking tournament, Qin Buhui taunted Li Chen over a missing qualifier, and Li Chen announced that the rules would change to add another participant.

• Li Chen realized the assassins had brought back his great-grandson Tian Qing's corpse, and Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher understood they had fallen into a trap.
• Li Chen blamed Qin Buhui and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, then killed Shadow Fiend, Soul Butcher, and the guardian in a burst of destructive power.
• The next morning, Qin Buhui and the other qualifiers arrived for the ranking tournament as Li Chen appeared cold and furious.
• The presiding elder reported that only ninety-nine qualifiers were present because Ghostface had not arrived.
• Qin Buhui suggested Ghostface had fled out of fear, and Li Chen crushed the armrests before announcing that an additional participant would join the tournament midway.

Li Chen allowed Ling Jiuxiao, the Northern King’s grandson, to join the ranking matches directly, and the arrogant newcomer challenged Qin Buhui. The chapter ended with the crowd realizing that Ling Jiuxiao was the northern region’s leading prodigy and heir to immense power.

• Li Chen invoked the First Immortal King’s special promotion rule to admit a delayed prodigy directly into the ranking matches.
• Ling Jiuxiao arrived in a lavish chariot that overwhelmed the arena with its spectacle and powerful guards.
• Zhuo Wuchen identified Ling Jiuxiao as the Little Northern King, notorious for his lechery and excess.
• Ling Jiuxiao confronted Qin Buhui, demanded he kneel and become his slave, and claimed the assembly’s first place for himself.
• The crowd recognized Ling Jiuxiao as the Northern King’s biological grandson and the northern region’s leading prodigy.

Li Chen used a loophole to let Ling Jiuxiao challenge Qin Buhui, hoping to trap him politically and force a confrontation. When Ling Jiuxiao threatened Qin Buhui’s senior aunts and sisters, Qin Buhui became furious and vowed to defeat him in one move.

• Li Chen ruled that Ling Jiuxiao could enter the tournament as an exceptional genius and challenge anyone among the top hundred.
• Ling Jiuxiao chose Qin Buhui, and Qin Buhui initially offered to defeat him within ten moves or surrender his place.
• Ling Jiuxiao threatened Qin Buhui and demanded that he send the women of the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect to his bed.
• Qin Buhui warned Ling Jiuxiao not to insult his senior aunts and sisters and declared that he would defeat him in one move.

Qin Buhui unleashed his full killing intent after Ling Jiuxiao threatened the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, then accepted Ling Jiuxiao’s challenge to defeat him in one move. Li Chen persuaded Ling Jiuxiao to rely on his Northern King bloodline and protective treasures, leaving him confident as he displayed his defenses.

• Qin Buhui’s aura cracked the arena and forced Ling Jiuxiao backward, while the onlookers recognized that he was serious.
• Ling Jiuxiao threatened Qin Buhui and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect until Qin silenced him and prepared to strike.
• Li Chen stopped Qin before the match began and framed Ling Jiuxiao’s challenge as a contest Qin had nothing to gain from winning.
• Qin declared that he would defeat Ling Jiuxiao in one move or prove unworthy of the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, and Ling Jiuxiao briefly considered retreating.
• Li Chen reminded Ling Jiuxiao of his Northern King bloodline and protective treasures, then urged him to withstand Qin’s attack and break his Dao Heart.
• Ling Jiuxiao accepted the one-move challenge and revealed the many treasures shielding him, boasting of his Immortal King heritage.

Qin Buhui faced Ling Jiuxiao’s overwhelming defenses after Ling challenged him to land a single blow, while Li Chen hoped the confrontation would provoke a deadly feud with the North King's Lineage. Qin Buhui unleashed his sect-forged move, Heaven's Collapse, and drove his hand down as he commanded Ling Jiuxiao to kneel.

• Ling Jiuxiao boasted that Qin Buhui could not ruffle a hair on his body, while Li Chen and the observers recognized the danger of the challenge.
• Qin Buhui condemned Ling Jiuxiao for relying on his bloodline, treasures, and privileged birth, then began pressing him down with terrifying force.
• Ling Jiuxiao awakened his North King Bloodline, cast Ten Thousand Transformations Ice Prison, and activated more than ten supreme-grade protective treasures.
• Qin Buhui declared that his sect and fellow disciples meant more to him than the All Heavens and said Ling had insulted his masters and profaned his fellow disciples.
• Qin Buhui gathered the arena's immortal energy into his palm and unleashed Heaven's Collapse, ordering Ling Jiuxiao to kneel before his Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect.

Qin Buhui defeated Ling Jiuxiao with one Sky-Tilting Palm strike, shattering his bloodline defenses and forcing him to kneel before the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect. Ling Jiuxiao was left wounded, humiliated, and afraid as the spectators witnessed Qin Buhui fulfill his boasts.

• Qin Buhui unleashed Sky-Tilting Palm, covering the arena with a descending hand that pinned Ling Jiuxiao in place.
• Ling Jiuxiao's North King Bloodline phantom shattered, and the strike disabled his protective treasures one after another.
• Ling Jiuxiao used the Northern King's Divine Fist, but Qin Buhui's palm crushed its giant phantom without slowing.
• Ling Jiuxiao struggled against the palm's pressure until his knees struck the stage, leaving him kneeling in the center of a deep handprint.

Qin Buhui defeated Ling Jiuxiao with one palm and warned the Northern King not to seek revenge. Ling Jiuxiao then invoked a bloodline curse that awakened the Northern King, turning the heavens crimson.

• Qin Buhui forced Ling Jiuxiao to kneel with one palm, shocking the spectators and the assembled cultivators.
• Gu Qingping, Xiao Yan, and Shi Huang praised Qin Buhui, while Li Chen realized his scheme had failed and other observers recognized the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect's strength.
• Qin Buhui told Ling Jiuxiao that his kneeling was punishment for insulting his master's sect and challenged the Northern King to seek revenge if he wished.
• Ling Jiuxiao rose, threatened Qin Buhui and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, then cast a blood-red curse that awakened the Northern King.

Qin Buhui killed Ling Jiuxiao in front of the Northern King’s gaze, turning Li Chen’s plot to summon the Immortal King into an open conflict. The Northern King’s response had yet to come, while the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect’s fighters prepared to face him.

• The Northern King’s gaze descended over Primordial Immortal City, terrifying its countless inhabitants and giving Ling Jiuxiao confidence.
• Ling Jiuxiao appealed to his grandfather to punish the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect and claim its women, while Li Chen celebrated the Northern King’s apparent anger.
• Qin Buhui struck Ling Jiuxiao down with a slap, then killed him with a touch to the brow despite the Northern King watching.
• The crowd reeled at Qin Buhui’s defiance, while Xiao Yan welcomed the prospect of fighting the Northern King and the sect stood ready to face him.

Qin Buhui survived the Northern King’s attack when the First Immortal King intervened and forced the Northern King to withdraw. Before the First Immortal King departed, Qin Buhui challenged him to investigate the Fifth Branch Hall’s unfair tournament rules.

• The Northern King attacked Qin Buhui with a destructive beam, but the First Immortal King’s cold snort shattered it.
• The First Immortal King appeared and ordered the Northern King to end the matter, forcing him to withdraw with Ling Jiuxiao’s corpse.
• As the First Immortal King prepared to leave, Qin Buhui addressed him despite the pressure of his presence.
• Qin Buhui accused the Fifth Branch Hall of changing tournament rules, allowing outsiders into the top hundred, and treating cultivators unfairly.
• Qin Buhui asked the First Immortal King to investigate, while the gathered cultivators waited to see how he would respond.

Qin Buhui challenged the First Immortal King to uphold fairness in the Grand Competition, and the ruler offered to make him his chief disciple. Qin refused in favor of the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, while Su Bai sensed something was wrong with the First Immortal King and vanished.

• Qin Buhui argued that rules should protect cultivators from unfair interference, prompting the crowd to rally behind his words and Li Chen to grow uneasy.
• The First Immortal King praised Qin Buhui’s talent and invited him to become his first chief disciple, promising he could handle the rules as he wished.
• Qin Buhui declined the offer, affirming his loyalty to the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect and declaring that he would not attend the ranking competition if the rules were not upheld impartially.
• Li Chen rejoiced at Qin Buhui’s refusal, while the First Immortal King accepted his choice and departed after remarking that the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect was interesting.
• Su Bai sensed something wrong with the First Immortal King and silently vanished.

After the First Immortal King left without addressing Qin Buhui’s challenge, Qin and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect departed the arena, joined by Ah Hu. Su Bai met the First Immortal King beyond the Nine Heavens and questioned whether he should call him the Eighth Immortal King or the First Immortal King.

• The First Immortal King departed without punishing Li Chen or ruling on Qin Buhui’s accusation, and Qin led the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect away from the arena.
• Ah Hu abandoned his chance to enter the Primordial Grand Hall and joined Qin Buhui’s group as they left.
• The Life Immortal King, Yuan Heng, and the Grand Elder wondered why the deaths of Li Tianqing and Ling Jiuxiao had caused no Spacetime Backlash and questioned the First Immortal King’s identity.
• Su Ling’er learned that Su Bai had left to seek the truth, and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect departed while the arena remained in turmoil.
• Beyond the Nine Heavens, Su Bai confronted the First Immortal King, who did not recognize him, and asked whether he should call him the Eighth Immortal King or the First Immortal King.