Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mu arrives at the Illusory Immortal Sect and confronts Sect Master Liu Huanxian, who comes with elders and tries to intimidate him with his immortal power. Chen’s invincible domain renders the display useless.
• When Liu demands an explanation for Chen’s attack on the elders, Chen says their greed brought their fate upon them. An elder attacks Chen and is instantly killed, though no one can see how.
• Chen asks whether the sect will submit. The elders and disciples loudly refuse, insisting they would rather die than kneel.
• Chen uses his system to make Liu Huanxian his completely loyal lackey. Liu immediately kneels, names Chen his Master, and declares that Chen will control all sect affairs. Under Liu’s threat, the sect members outwardly agree.
• Chen learns that Ye Xiao, the Heavenly Emperor and the world’s sole god-immortal, has detected him and is coming to eliminate him. Chen uses the system to make Ye Xiao equally loyal.
• Ye Xiao arrives through a spatial portal. The sect members plead for him to punish Chen, but Ye ignores them, kneels before Chen, and calls him Master.

Character developments

• Chen Mu remains confident and in control, using his system to turn powerful opponents into loyal servants rather than relying only on force.
• Liu Huanxian changes abruptly from a threatening sect leader into Chen’s devoted lackey, enforcing Chen’s authority over the sect.
• The sect elders and disciples are bewildered by Liu’s submission. They comply under pressure but remain unconvinced, then quickly seek the Heavenly Emperor’s help.
• Ye Xiao is introduced as the Immortal Realm’s supreme ruler, but his apparent authority is undercut when Chen secretly converts him into a loyal subordinate before he arrives.

Significant themes

• Power and submission: The chapter contrasts the sect’s proud claims of resistance with how swiftly its members yield when their leader does.
• Control through supernatural authority: Chen’s system lets him bypass conflict by altering loyalty itself.
• Appearance versus reality: The sect sees Chen as a threat and Ye Xiao as a potential savior, unaware that both leaders are already under Chen’s control.
• Dramatic irony and comedy: The characters’ desperate appeals to the Heavenly Emperor become ironic when he kneels before Chen instead.

Character interactions

• Chen calmly challenges Liu and the sect to submit, while the sect members loudly defy him.
• Liu’s sudden loyalty shocks his followers; he then orders them to obey Chen and threatens anyone who resists.
• The disciples and elders shift their appeals from submission to Chen toward pleading with Ye Xiao, only for the Heavenly Emperor to ignore them and pay homage to Chen.

Key plot points and events

• After Ye Xiao kneels to Chen Mu, Chen Mu orders him to kill those who had supported Ye Xiao against him. Ye Xiao obeys immediately; the survivors who kneel and plead for mercy are spared.
• Chen Mu has Ye Xiao summon the Immortal Realm’s immortals, who recognize Chen Mu as the true Heavenly Emperor and accept Ye Xiao as his subordinate administrator.
• When the Vast Immortal Sect arrives, its members are shocked by Ye Xiao’s submission. Yang Lan faints after realizing Chen Mu is the person she once mocked. Chen Mu strips her of her cultivation, returning her to mortal status.
• Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng return to Tianyuan Holy Land, where she discovers that Chen Mu has arranged a wedding celebration for them. They exchange vows, and the guests gather for a banquet while the newlyweds retreat to their home.
• Ye Qingcheng soon feels ill. Chen Mu checks her status and learns she is pregnant with boy-and-girl twins. The systems celebrate the news by providing an abundance of rewards and supplies for the future children.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu consolidates his authority with cold decisiveness, punishes Yang Lan for her insults, and then reveals a tender, long-planned desire to marry Ye Qingcheng. His joy at becoming a father becomes the chapter’s emotional focus.
• Ye Xiao accepts a subordinate role under Chen Mu and carries out his orders, marking the transfer of power in the Immortal Realm.
• Ye Qingcheng moves from disappointment at seeing the wedding decorations to overwhelming happiness when she learns they are for her. She eagerly accepts Chen Mu’s proposal and is delighted by the pregnancy.
• Yang Lan suffers the consequence of her earlier contempt for Chen Mu when she loses her immortality.
• The families and guests celebrate the wedding and react with astonishment to the news that both Chen Tianlin and Ye Chengtian are becoming grandfathers. Qin Xuanji and Lin Yuehan share in their happiness, while Chen Juexin enthusiastically joins the celebration.

Significant themes

• Power and consequences: Chen Mu’s authority reshapes the Immortal Realm, and defiance or mockery can bring severe consequences.
• Love and commitment: Chen’s carefully prepared wedding shows his devotion to Ye Qingcheng, who responds with wholehearted affection.
• Family and new beginnings: The twins’ arrival-in-waiting shifts the story from conquest and punishment toward parenthood, shared joy, and the next generation.