Chapter Summaries

Xie Changsheng repeatedly died and returned in the mining grounds, growing stronger while slaughtering every overseer until he reached the Mahayana stage. After the True Immortals killed him and the loop began again, he eventually defeated them at peak Tribulation Transcendence and headed toward a bustling Market, convinced everyone would return tomorrow.

• Xie Changsheng used his repeated deaths to learn the mine tunnels and kill the overseers, steadily advancing from Spirit Transformation to Integrated Body late stage.
• On his ten thousandth run, Xie Changsheng killed 127 overseers and left the mining grounds, but three True Immortals killed him outside.
• After countless further cycles, Xie Changsheng reached peak Tribulation Transcendence and dispersed the red-faced man's flaming attack.
• Xie Changsheng caught and killed the red-faced man, then bound and killed the black-robed elder and the woman in white.
• Xie Changsheng smiled at the distant Market and walked toward it, believing everyone would come back to life the next day.

After countless time rewinds drove Xie Changsheng to despair, he slaughtered everyone in the Market and declared his Dao Heart broken. Si Chen, Luo Hongyi, and Gray Gray arrived at the time-distorted mining star to find him, while Zhao Wumian watched in alarm.

• Xie Changsheng steadied his mind by recalling his companions and affirmed that he was a disciple of the Mysterious One Dao Gate.
• When the purple-robed cultivator ordered his men to seize Xie Changsheng for a Soul Search, Xie Changsheng resolved to kill them because they would return to life the next day.
• After countless reincarnations, Xie Changsheng killed everyone in the Market and concluded that his Dao Heart had collapsed.
• Zhao Wumian watched the mining star's temporal disturbance for three months, unable to divine its secrets or enter it.
• Si Chen, Luo Hongyi, and Gray Gray arrived aboard a Sky-Patrolling Class Starship, and Si Chen said he was looking for someone.
• Despite Zhao Wumian's warning about temporal turbulence, Si Chen led Luo Hongyi and Gray Gray through the barrier and onto the mining star.

Si Chen, Luo Hongyi, and Gray Gray found Xie Changsheng atop a mountain of corpses in a massacred city, his Dao Eyes turned blood red and his mind overtaken by murderous madness. Xie Changsheng challenged Si Chen to a fight to determine who was the Eastern Region's strongest, claiming neither of them could truly die there.

• Si Chen followed a mark to a desolate mining star, where he and his companions found a city littered with bodies.
• The group discovered Xie Changsheng sitting atop a heap of corpses, drenched in blood and changed by his red Dao Eyes.
• Xie Changsheng attacked Si Chen, but Si Chen caught his sword between two fingers and briefly helped him regain clarity.
• Xie Changsheng warned them that people who died in the city returned the next day, then lost control of himself again.
• Xie Changsheng challenged Si Chen to fight and settle who was truly the Eastern Region's number one.

Si Chen confronted Xie Changsheng, whose Dao Eyes trapped him in endless rebirths and drove him to challenge Si Chen. After defeating him and stopping his heart, Si Chen reset the slaughtered city and found Xie Changsheng again in the mine, where his cycle had begun.

• Si Chen identified Xie Changsheng's Dao Eyes as the source of the time anomaly, then formally accepted his challenge.
• Xie Changsheng summoned an eight-armed demonic idol and attacked with eight laws, but Si Chen countered with the same powers and shattered the idol.
• Xie Changsheng used his Dao Eyes, an Immortal Artifact, and every technique he knew against Si Chen, but Si Chen repeatedly defeated him.
• After Xie Changsheng collapsed, Si Chen told him to sleep and pressed a hand to his forehead, causing him to stop breathing.
• Si Chen sent golden light to Luo Hongyi and Gray Gray, then reversed time and restored the city and its people.
• Xie Changsheng awoke again in the mine, and Si Chen crouched before him and said he had found him.

Si Chen freed Xie Changsheng from his time loop by repeatedly knocking him unconscious and having Little Lei strike him with heavenly lightning, helping him absorb the Law of Time and become a True Immortal. Meanwhile, Zhou Yan failed in another escape attempt from Miss Murong’s residence and was caught by Nanny Wang and two maids.

• Si Chen repeatedly used Firefly on Xie Changsheng until Xie Changsheng learned to dodge and begged him to stop.
• Si Chen summoned Little Lei and had it strike Xie Changsheng with heavenly lightning to help him claim the Law of Time in his Dao Eyes.
• Xie Changsheng’s time loop shattered, and he awakened as a True Immortal with silver-glowing Dao Eyes.
• Si Chen welcomed Xie Changsheng back, and the two shared a warm reunion despite Xie Changsheng’s charred, unruly hair.
• Zhou Yan tried to escape Miss Murong’s residence while she was away, but Nanny Wang and two maids caught him in the back garden.

After transcending his tribulation and becoming a true immortal, Xie Changsheng collected his unpaid wages from the mine overseers and reunited with Luo Hongyi and Gray Gray. Their reunion was interrupted by a group of true immortals investigating the tribulation, and Si Chen revealed that Zhao Wumian had been watching them.

• Xie Changsheng demanded 7,760 low-grade immortal crystals in back wages, and Si Chen forced the mine overseers to pay him.
• Xie Changsheng and Si Chen left the mine and reunited with Luo Hongyi and Gray Gray.
• Xie Changsheng and Luo Hongyi compared their changed appearances, and the group laughed together before deciding to find somewhere to eat.
• Dozens of true immortals surrounded the group to investigate Xie Changsheng's tribulation.
• Si Chen called out Zhao Wumian, who emerged from hiding, and the true immortals knelt to greet the Immortal King.

Si Chen and his companions left the mine after Zhao Wumian backed down, then reunited aboard the Black Jade Starship and worried about their missing friends. The chapter ended with Zhou Yan caught by Nanny Wang in the Murong Residence and fearing he would be forced into marriage.

• Zhao Wumian sensed the danger in Si Chen's gaze, abandoned his claim to the opportunity, and warned his subordinates to keep the encounter secret.
• Si Chen, Xie Changsheng, Luo Hongyi, and Gray Gray boarded the Black Jade Starship and shared a meal together.
• Si Chen teased Luo Hongyi about earning the title of the Ball-Shattering Fairy, and the companions toasted their reunion.
• Xie Changsheng and Luo Hongyi asked about their missing companions, and Si Chen confirmed that their life marks were still intact.
• Zhou Yan tried to tell Nanny Wang he had come out to admire the moon, but she bound him with an Immortal-Binding Rope.

Si Chen revealed that he could send his friends back to the Lower Realm, but Luo Hongyi and Xie Changsheng chose to remain in the Immortal Realm and search for their companions. As the Starship continued its journey, Si Chen warned Xie Changsheng not to meddle with karma using his newly gained Law of Time.

• Xie Changsheng learned that Si Chen was an Immortal King, then heard that Si Chen could send them back to the Lower Realm.
• Luo Hongyi refused to return, and Xie Changsheng chose to stay until they found Song Chi, Zhou Yan, and the others.
• Si Chen, Luo Hongyi, Xie Changsheng, and Gray Gray agreed to travel through the Immortal Realm together and pursue their Eastern Region Villain Group goal.
• During the Starship journey, Luo Hongyi trained toward Body Integration while Xie Changsheng studied the Law of Time.
• Xie Changsheng used the Law of Time to rot the fruit in Gray Gray's mouth, and Gray Gray sulked at him for a day.
• Si Chen warned Xie Changsheng not to interfere with karma before he understood the consequences, leaving Xie Changsheng to ponder the warning and placate Gray Gray.

Zhou Yan tried to escape marriage to Miss Murong by claiming he was impotent, but Nanny Wang examined him and declared him healthy. Miss Murong set the wedding for seven days later, leaving Zhou Yan despairing over his impending life as a live-in son-in-law.

• Miss Murong returned to the Murong Residence and confronted the bound Zhou Yan, who claimed he had tried to leave to protect her from unusual moonlight.
• Miss Murong proposed marrying Zhou Yan the next day, and he objected that the wedding was too rushed.
• Zhou Yan claimed a cultivation injury had made him impotent, but Miss Murong said she would marry him regardless.
• Nanny Wang examined Zhou Yan with the maids’ help and concluded that his supposed ailment was not real.
• Miss Murong moved the wedding to seven days later, while Nanny Wang warned Zhou Yan not to resist further.

Si Chen, Xie Changsheng, and Luo Hongyi learned that Jade Qiong Heaven was hosting a lavish wedding for the Murong Aristocratic Clan’s only daughter. Following the mark they sought led them to the Murong Residence, leaving them wondering how the person they were looking for was connected to the wedding.

• Si Chen noticed that many travelers were heading to Jade Qiong Heaven, so he and his companions asked a nearby cultivator what was happening.
• The cultivator told them that the Murong patriarch’s daughter was marrying the next day and that the clan had opened a hundred days of wedding banquets.
• The group landed on Jade Qiong Heaven’s main star and followed the mark through the crowded, festively decorated city.
• Si Chen’s mark led the group to the Murong Residence, where they realized the person they sought was inside.

Si Chen, Xie Changsheng, and Luo Hongyi entered the Murong Residence for its wedding ceremony and discovered that the groom was Zhou Yan, who had been restrained and forced into the marriage. As the ceremony reached the couple’s final bow, Si Chen stood and called for everyone to wait.

• Si Chen refused to enter the Murong Residence before the celebration and led the group to buy congratulatory gifts for the next day.
• Luo Hongyi bargained for a jade pendant, and the group prepared three gifts to gain admission to the residence.
• Si Chen, Xie Changsheng, Luo Hongyi, and Gray Gray entered the wedding celebration and watched the ceremony begin.
• The group recognized Zhou Yan as the groom and realized he was bound, unable to speak, and being forced through the wedding ceremony.
• As Zhou Yan silently pleaded for help, Si Chen stood up and stopped the ceremony before the newlyweds could bow to each other.

Si Chen approved Zhou Yan’s forced marriage and gave the Murong family a True Sun Crystal, saying Zhou Yan should consummate the marriage first. When Li Sheng interrupted the ceremony and exposed Miss Murong’s scarred face to humiliate the Murong family, Zhou Yan recoiled, and the chapter ended with the Murong patriarch recalling his daughter’s past.

• Si Chen surprised Zhou Yan by approving the marriage and presenting the Murong family with a True Sun Crystal as a wedding gift.
• Si Chen told Xie Changsheng and Luo Hongyi that the marriage would benefit Zhou Yan and that he should consummate it first.
• Li Sheng arrived with two powerful elders and pulled off Miss Murong’s bridal veil, exposing her scarred face to the guests.
• Miss Murong’s father shielded her as Li Sheng mocked the Murong family and accused them of forcing Zhou Yan into marriage.
• Miss Murong asked her father to let the guests leave, while Zhou Yan struggled with his reaction and looked to Si Chen for help.
• The Murong patriarch closed his eyes and remembered that his daughter Li'er had not always been this way.

Murong Li's prophecies foretold disaster, while her attempts to enjoy life brought misfortune; after a True Immortal Tribulation left her disfigured and with shattered memories, she waited for the man she had foreseen as her last chance. More than a century later, that man crashed through her roof and landed in her bathtub.

• Murong Li's prophecies repeatedly came true, including her warning that Uncle Zhong would die, while misfortune followed whatever she tried to do.
• Murong Yuan searched for a way to help Murong Li, but experts could not understand her fate or lift her curse.
• Before her True Immortal Tribulation, Murong Li told Murong Yuan she would become a monster and lose her memories, but that a man from beyond the heavens would offer her a chance to survive.
• Murong Li survived the tribulation but was left disfigured and with a child's mind, remembering only that she had to wait for the man from beyond the heavens.
• More than a hundred years later, a man fell through Murong Li's roof and landed in her bathtub, where he awkwardly asked whether she would believe he was just passing through.

At Murong Li's wedding feast, Zhou Yan defied Li Sheng's humiliation of her and spoke up for the Murong family despite having been kidnapped and forced into marriage. Xie Changsheng publicly approved of the marriage, leaving Zhou Yan worried that his friend had stirred up even more trouble.

• Li Sheng and his allies insulted Murong Li and provoked Murong Yuan, while Murong Li begged her father to leave rather than fight.
• Zhou Yan broke free enough to speak and condemned Li Sheng for publicly humiliating Murong Li, declaring that he would settle his own grievances with the Murong family himself.
• Zhou Yan's defense stunned the guests, Murong Yuan, and Murong Li, while Si Chen watched with quiet approval.
• Li Sheng accused Zhou Yan of being irrational for defending his kidnappers, but Zhou Yan retorted that Murong Li had never spoken so cruelly to anyone.
• Xie Changsheng cheered Zhou Yan and announced that he approved of the marriage and accepted Murong Li as his sister-in-law, while Zhou Yan privately cursed his friend's timing.

At his wedding, Zhou Yan awakened the Star River Chessboard’s predictive power and turned the battle against Li Sheng’s forces. Protecting Murong Li loosened a mysterious soul shackle between them, and Zhou Yan led the Murong family in a coordinated counterattack.

• Li Sheng ordered his Golden Immortal elders and hidden fighters to attack Murong Yuan and Murong Li, turning the wedding banquet into a battlefield.
• When a Gray-Robed Elder attacked him, Zhou Yan instinctively unfolded the Star River Chessboard, which dispersed the elder’s first strike.
• Murong Li stepped onto a star position, allowing Zhou Yan to see his enemies’ movements and evade the Gray-Robed Elder’s attacks before diverting him into an ally’s blade.
• Zhou Yan used Star Shift to shield Murong Li from a surprise attack, then held her hand; their souls seemed to shed a shackle, and his predictive ability grew stronger with her nearby.
• Zhou Yan guided the Murong elders through enemy attacks, coordinating their counterattacks as Murong Li stayed close behind him and the battle began to turn.

Si Chen revealed Murong Li’s buried past to the gathered guests through a shared vision, then told Zhou Yan that he had already broken her curse. Murong Li regained her memories and her original face, and reunited with her father, while she wondered who Si Chen was.

• Li Sheng and his forces were defeated by Murong Yuan and the Murong elders, ending the battle in the square.
• Si Chen drew everyone into a vision of Murong Li’s childhood, her prophetic curse, and the lightning tribulation that scarred her and erased her memories.
• The guests returned to the undamaged square and realized Si Chen had shown them the truth through an extraordinary dreamlike power.
• Si Chen told Zhou Yan that karma was already in his hands and that Zhou Yan had broken Murong Li’s curse.
• Murong Li’s scars vanished and her memories returned, and she wept as she embraced her father, Murong Yuan.
• Murong Li noticed that Zhou Yan’s cultivation and Si Chen’s presence differed from what she had foreseen, and wondered who Si Chen was.

Murong Li regained her beauty and sentience, thanked Zhou Yan, and offered to continue their wedding, but Xie Changsheng interrupted to oppose it. After Si Chen revealed himself as an Immortal King, the Murong family dealt with Li Sheng and resumed hosting the guests, while Si Chen agreed to stay at the residence.

• Murong Li thanked Si Chen for restoring her and apologized to Zhou Yan, offering to continue their wedding to repay his kindness.
• Xie Changsheng argued that Zhou Yan and Murong Li should not marry out of gratitude, prompting a loud argument with Zhou Yan.
• Murong Yuan and the assembled guests recognized Si Chen as an Immortal King and paid their respects.
• Si Chen left the dispute with Li Sheng to Murong Yuan, whose elders seized Li Sheng and escorted his followers away.
• Murong Yuan apologized to the guests and invited Si Chen to stay at the residence, and Si Chen accepted.

At a feast in the Murong Residence, Zhou Yan’s companions teased him for living comfortably while he was held there. Si Chen revealed that Zhou Yan and Murong Li’s fates were now linked, leaving Zhou Yan to consider staying near her or meeting again every ten years.

• Luo Hongyi and Xie Changsheng mocked Zhou Yan for gaining weight and enjoying a luxurious life at the Murong Residence, while Si Chen confirmed he had gained three jin and two liang.
• Si Chen explained that he had seen Murong Li’s past and curse through unusually vivid heavenly secrets.
• Si Chen told Murong Yuan that Murong Li’s curse was lifted but her fate remained connected to Zhou Yan’s, and distance between them could bring back misfortune and confusion.
• Si Chen offered two ways to maintain their balance: stay close together or meet every ten years; he said severing the bond would require crushing and reshaping both their fates.
• Zhou Yan privately asked whether Murong Li could safely travel with them, and Si Chen said her Fate Perception combined with Zhou Yan’s divination could avoid most trouble, while he would handle the rest.

Murong Li left Jade Qiong Heaven with Zhou Yan's party after Murong Yuan urged her to travel with them for her safety. As the Black Jade Starship headed toward its next destination, Murong Li began to relax among her new companions.

• Murong Yuan persuaded Murong Li to leave with Zhou Yan's party, explaining that traveling with them would keep her safe and might help her resolve her predicament.
• Murong Yuan asked Si Chen to let Murong Li accompany the group, and Zhou Yan agreed to take her along temporarily.
• Murong Li thanked Si Chen and Zhou Yan, then met Luo Hongyi, Xie Changsheng, and Gray Gray as the group prepared to depart.
• Murong Yuan gave his daughter supplies and money before the Black Jade Starship carried her away from the Murong estate.
• Aboard the starship, Zhou Yan and the others teased Si Chen about how he had acquired it, and Murong Li gradually relaxed as she watched them joke together.

Si Chen and his companions defeated a band of starship raiders, bound them in humiliating poses, and took their belongings before continuing their voyage. Elsewhere, two mysterious figures faced off with matching swords and movements, and one praised the other’s style.

• Xie Changsheng spotted bandits attacking a Star-Crossing Raft, and he, Zhou Yan, Luo Hongyi, Murong Li, and Si Chen went to confront them.
• Xie Changsheng overwhelmed the one-eyed True Immortal leader while Zhou Yan, Xie Changsheng, and Si Chen bound the fleeing bandits in bizarre positions.
• The group stripped the bandits of their Storage Rings, Storage Pouches, and Magic Treasures, then left without speaking to the rescued cultivators.
• The Star-Crossing Raft’s passengers wondered whether their rescuers had come to save them or rob the robbers.
• In an unnamed starfield, two black-vapor-shrouded figures drew swords named Late Arrival, circled one another, and one praised the other’s style.