Chapter Summaries

Chu Luo faced expulsion for trespassing in the Forbidden Sect’s forbidden grounds, but his master Yin Ya emerged from seclusion as a newly advanced Great Emperor and defended him. After learning Chu Luo had mastered all one thousand forbidden techniques at the cost of most of his lifespan, Yin Ya urged him to compete for the sect’s top disciple position and prepared to confront the elders.

• Second Elder Zhao Sheng demanded that Chu Luo be expelled for entering the forbidden grounds, while Chu Luo argued that he had teleported there by mistake.
• Yin Ya’s voice shook the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and visions announced that a new Great Emperor had emerged from the Forbidden Sect.
• A dark-robed old man and a black-haired youth decided to visit the Forbidden Sect so the youth could challenge its direct disciples and compete in the Sequence Disciple selection.
• Yin Ya appeared in the hall, learned Chu Luo had only two and a half years to live, and discovered that Chu Luo had practiced all one thousand forbidden techniques.
• Yin Ya asked Chu Luo to seek the Number Zero Sequence Disciple position and become junior sect master, then vowed to prevent the elders from expelling him.
• Chu Luo received 10,000 Apprentice-Protection Points from his system.

Yin Ya returned from seclusion as a Great Emperor and defended Chu Luo after Zhao Sheng sought to have him punished for entering the Forbidden Ground. Sect Master Lin Feng went to ask the ancestors for a ruling, leaving Yin Ya and Zhao Sheng trading threats in the hall.

• Chu Luo recalled how he had mastered all one thousand Forbidden Secret Arts while unable to earn apprentice-protection points, and realized Yin Ya's breakthrough had earned him ten thousand points.
• Yin Ya's imperial pressure forced the disciples and elders to their knees as he confronted Zhao Sheng for threatening to expel Chu Luo.
• Yin Ya withdrew his pressure and berated Zhao Sheng, while Lin Feng tried to settle the dispute over Chu Luo's accidental entry into the Forbidden Ground.
• Zhao Sheng demanded that the ancestors judge Chu Luo's punishment, so Yin Ya punched him and sent him flying with a black eye.
• Lin Feng isolated the disciples and left to seek the ancestors' judgment, while Yin Ya and Zhao Sheng continued threatening each other's disciples.
• Lin Feng returned to the hall.

Yin Ya declined promotion to ancestor so he could personally train Chu Luo and guard his path for the upcoming sequence contest. Their plans were interrupted when Ancient Saint Flame Lord arrived at the Forbidden Sect with Han Wujie, apparently to challenge Bai Yun, who was in seclusion.

• Lin Feng announced that the ancestors had pardoned Chu Luo’s accidental entry into the forbidden grounds and offered Yin Ya promotion to ancestor.
• Yin Ya declined the promotion and said he would train Chu Luo and help him prepare for the sequence contest.
• A disciple reported that Ancient Saint Flame Lord of Crimson Flame Valley had arrived with a disciple, prompting the Forbidden Sect’s elders to suspect a challenge over Han Wujie’s earlier defeat by Bai Yun.
• Lin Feng had Ancient Saint Flame Lord and Han Wujie brought into the hall, where the disciples recognized Han Wujie as a fifth spirit soul realm prodigy.
• Lin Feng asked Ancient Saint Flame Lord why he had come as Yin Ya and Zhao Sheng watched him solemnly.

Han Wujie came to the Forbidden Sect to challenge Bai Yun, but with Bai Yun and the other direct disciples in seclusion, he defeated a string of core disciples in the arena. Chu Luo decided he could not let Han Wujie keep humiliating the sect and checked his system.

• The Flame Lord Ancient Sage brought Han Wujie to challenge Bai Yun, but Zhao Sheng said Bai Yun was in seclusion, and Han Wujie asked to fight the sect’s other prodigies instead.
• Lin Feng explained that the other direct disciples were also in seclusion, and Han Wujie dismissed a core disciple’s challenge as beneath him.
• Lin Feng allowed the core disciples to fight Han Wujie, and Yin Ya used his Great Emperor power to move everyone from the hall to the arena square.
• Wang Hao challenged Han Wujie but was quickly knocked down, and Han Wujie then defeated each core disciple who came forward.
• Seeing the Forbidden Sect disciples lose heart, Chu Luo decided to act and opened his system status panel.

Chu Luo bought a Lifespan Pill before stepping onto the arena to challenge Han Wujie, alarming the Forbidden Sect disciples who feared for him. Just as the fight was about to begin, Yin Ya returned with a saint-grade Life-Giving Grass, and Zhao Sheng rushed away in fury.

• Chu Luo spent 300 Apprentice-Protection Points on a Lifespan Pill that could restore 300 years of life.
• Chu Luo caught a disciple who had been knocked off the arena, then stayed on the platform despite the other disciples urging him to come down.
• Chu Luo declared that he would defeat Han Wujie and take his place on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, prompting Han Wujie to offer to fight with one hand.
• Yin Ya appeared on the platform carrying a saint-grade Life-Giving Grass, and Flame Lord Ancient Sage recognized it.
• Zhao Sheng recognized the Life-Giving Grass, hurried toward his mountain peak, and roared furiously from a distance.

Chu Luo replenished his lifespan with the Life-Giving Grass, then unleashed the Forbidden Sect’s Great Void Maitreya Palm against Han Wujie. The attack destroyed the arena and injured Han Wujie, while Yin Ya hinted that Chu Luo had mastered many more Forbidden Secret Arts.

• Yin Ya gave Chu Luo the Life-Giving Grass and extracted its medicinal potency, restoring Chu Luo’s lifespan to a thousand years.
• Yin Ya urged Chu Luo not to hold back against Han Wujie, and Chu Luo began the fight by warning his opponent before attacking.
• Chu Luo summoned the Great Void Maitreya Palm, astonishing the Forbidden Sect’s disciples and forcing Han Wujie to defend himself with his Blazing Flame Spear.
• Two senior elders sealed the arena as the palm struck, destroying the arena and leaving Han Wujie injured amid the rubble.
• Yin Ya told Lin Feng and the elders that Chu Luo had more surprises, as Han Wujie stood amid the flames with fury in his eyes.

Chu Luo spent his remaining apprentice-protection points to reach the peak of the Beginningless Realm and unleashed three Forbidden Secret Arts, defeating Han Wujie. Ancient Sage Flame Lord rescued Han Wujie, whose soul was being devoured by Chu Luo’s attack, while Yin Ya and the Forbidden Sect elders protected Chu Luo.

• Han Wujie manifested his Blazing Saint Physique and attacked Chu Luo with the Blazing Flame God-Suppressing Spear.
• Chu Luo used all his remaining apprentice-protection points to raise his cultivation five minor stages to the peak of the Beginningless Realm.
• Chu Luo unleashed the Blood-Colored Pagoda Finger, Nine Nether Cold Bone Finger, and Soul-Devouring Evil God Eye, blocking Han Wujie’s spear and striking his soul.
• Ancient Sage Flame Lord intervened before Chu Luo’s attacks could hit Han Wujie, while Yin Ya, Lin Feng, and the elders shielded Chu Luo.
• Lin Feng explained that Han Wujie had been struck by the Soul-Devouring Evil God Eye and that only a Great Emperor might be able to remove its effect.
• Yin Ya told Ancient Sage Flame Lord to take Han Wujie back to Crimson Flame Valley for treatment.

After Chu Luo defeated Han Wujie, the Forbidden Sect stood against Ancient Sage Flame Lord and celebrated Chu Luo’s new standing. The Heavenly Prodigy Ranking named Chu Luo in Han Wujie’s place, and Ancient Sage Qingdan appeared to congratulate the sect.

• Ancient Sage Flame Lord demanded an explanation for Han Wujie’s injuries, but Yin Ya and Lin Feng threatened him for directing killing intent at Chu Luo.
• Chu Luo realized he could earn Apprentice-Protection Points by defeating ranked prodigies and making their elders intervene, while Lin Feng warned him that the Forbidden Secret Arts consumed more lifespan as his cultivation grew.
• Ancient Sage Flame Lord took Han Wujie and left after warning Lin Feng that Crimson Flame Valley’s ancestors would come seeking answers.
• The Heavenly Prodigy Ranking replaced Han Wujie at rank 150 with Chu Luo of the Forbidden Sect, and Chu Luo welcomed the fame as a way to draw challengers.
• Lin Feng and the elders noticed someone watching from the void, and Ancient Sage Qingdan of the Pill Sect emerged to congratulate them on gaining a prodigy.

After defeating Han Wujie, Chu Luo agreed to lead a team into a Great Emperor’s secret realm with Yin Ya at his side. Back at Summer-Memorial Peak, he decided to seek a Saint Physique or Divine Physique before pursuing further cultivation.

• Yin Ya introduced Chu Luo to Ancient Sage Qingdan, who gave Chu Luo vitality-restoring pills as a welcoming gift.
• Ancient Sage Qingdan explained that the Pill Sect wanted help recovering two lost Emperor Pill formulas from a Great Emperor’s secret realm in Desolate Heaven Province, and offered sixteen saint-grade pills and one Emperor Pill in return.
• When the Forbidden Sect’s personal disciples proved unavailable, Ancient Sage Qingdan proposed that Chu Luo lead the team; Chu Luo agreed on the condition that Yin Ya accompany him.
• Ancient Sage Qingdan planned to leave with Chu Luo the next day, while Chu Luo’s victory over Han Wujie earned him praise throughout the Forbidden Sect.
• At Summer-Memorial Peak, Chu Luo found that his apprentice-protection points had risen to 35,000 and decided he needed a Saint Physique or Divine Physique.

Chu Luo resolved to save Apprentice-Protection Points for the Longevity Body so he could use forbidden ultimate moves without losing lifespan. As he departed for the Great Emperor Secret Realm without his absent master, Han Wujie received an emperor-grade technique and vowed to kill him.

• Chu Luo discovered that the system shop offered the Longevity Body, decided to save the two million Apprentice-Protection Points it cost, and began cultivating the Forbidden Primal Chaos Art.
• At Crimson Flame Valley, an ancestor sealed most of the strange power in Han Wujie and gave him an emperor-grade combat technique to use against Chu Luo.
• News spread that a Great Emperor Secret Realm would appear in Desolate Heaven Province, drawing powers from across the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Chu Luo gathered with the core disciples at the void ship and learned that his master had left, asking Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi to protect him.
• Chu Luo boarded the void ship with Zhao Sheng, Qin Yi, and the disciples, and they departed for the Northern Plains Realm.

Chu Luo advanced the Forbidden Primal Chaos Art to its fourth level and broke through to the Divine Soul Second Realm with Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi’s help. The void warship then reached the Pill Sect, where Chu Luo encountered a hostile young disciple.

• Chu Luo cultivated the Forbidden Primal Chaos Art and advanced from its third level to its fourth.
• Chu Luo attempted to break through to the Divine Soul Realm, and Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi supplied him with over a million high-grade spirit stones.
• Chu Luo absorbed the spirit stones and advanced straight to the Divine Soul Second Realm, then thanked Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi.
• The void warship emerged from the spatial passage and arrived at the Pill Sect.
• Chu Luo noticed a young Pill Sect disciple staring at him with hostility and resentment.

Chu Luo met the Pill Sect delegation and was asked by Great Emperor Yaoming to help lead its disciples through the secret realm. Dan Chenzi challenged Chu Luo to prove he deserved that role, and Chu Luo agreed to fight him.

• The Forbidden Sect's disciples arrived at the square, where Ancient Sage Qingdan learned Great Emperor Yin Ya had sent Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi in his place.
• Great Emperor Yaoming arrived, praised Chu Luo, and told the Pill Sect disciples to follow his instructions in the secret realm.
• Dan Chenzi objected to Chu Luo leading the group and asked to spar with him, while Ancient Sage Qingdan warned that Dan Chenzi was no match.
• Great Emperor Yaoming permitted the challenge and promised to intervene if Chu Luo put Dan Chenzi in danger.
• Chu Luo accepted the duel and beckoned Dan Chenzi to attack, prompting Dan Chenzi to draw his spirit sword.

Chu Luo let Dan Chenzi unleash the full power of his Wood Spirit Body and Myriad Forest Swordfall before answering with the Forbidden Sect’s Eternal Void-Splitting Sword. Their colossal sword phantoms collided, leaving Dan Chenzi deathly pale and stunned.

• Dan Chenzi attacked Chu Luo with his spirit sword, but Chu Luo dodged every strike and urged him to show his full strength.
• Dan Chenzi activated his Wood Spirit Body, summoning pursuing vines and preparing his Myriad Forest Swordfall.
• Dan Chenzi sent a colossal sword phantom wreathed in emerald leaves crashing toward Chu Luo.
• Chu Luo unleashed the Eternal Void-Splitting Sword, astonishing Zhao Sheng, Qin Yi, and Great Emperor Yaoming.
• Chu Luo and Dan Chenzi’s sword phantoms collided, and Dan Chenzi turned deathly pale in disbelief.

Chu Luo defeated Dan Chenzi’s forbidden sword attack, earned his respect, and traveled with the Forbidden Sect and Pill Sect to the Great Emperor Secret Realm in Fallen Heaven Ravine. As more arrivals disturbed the sky, Chu Luo sensed a familiar aura and looked toward it with a cold laugh.

• Dan Chenzi’s sword phantom shattered against Chu Luo’s golden sword phantom, and Great Emperor Yaoming intervened before the attack could kill him.
• Great Emperor Yaoming gave Chu Luo a pill that restored the lifespan he had spent on his forbidden technique.
• Dan Chenzi admitted defeat, apologized to Chu Luo, and agreed to follow his commands while promising to challenge him again someday.
• Zhao Sheng took the disciples aboard a void warship to Fallen Heaven Ravine, where factions from across the Three Thousand Great Worlds had gathered at the Great Emperor Secret Realm’s entrance.
• Elder Qin Yi explained that the secret realm was the fallen Great Emperor’s inner world and would destroy anyone at the Nirvana Realm or above who entered.
• As more spatial disturbances appeared, Chu Luo sensed a familiar aura, looked toward it, and gave a cold laugh.

Top factions gathered above the Great Emperor Secret Realm, where Flame Lord Ancient Sage covertly attacked Chu Luo and sparked a confrontation between the Forbidden Sect and Crimson Flame Valley. Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi prepared to fight Flame Lord and Netherflame Ancient Sage as the gathered factions watched.

• Void warships carrying experts from several top factions arrived, and Chu Luo noticed that each had sent Ancient Sages, Great Sages, and young disciples.
• Flame Lord Ancient Sage secretly attacked Chu Luo, but Zhao Sheng intervened and dispelled the force while Qin Yi condemned Flame Lord.
• The other factions learned that Chu Luo had defeated Han Wujie, and Flame Lord claimed he had only wanted to test Chu Luo.
• Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi struck at Flame Lord, who counterattacked with Netherflame Ancient Sage, and their clash shattered Crimson Flame Valley's warship.
• Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi readied their weapons as Qin Yi threatened to kill the two Crimson Flame Valley elders, bringing an Ancient Sage battle to the brink.

Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi nearly clashed with Crimson Flame Valley’s Ancient Sages after Flame Lord Ancient Sage threatened Chu Luo, but the factions stood down after mediation. When the Great Emperor Secret Realm entrance stabilized, Chu Luo entered with Dan Chenzi and the others, while Crimson Flame Valley’s prodigies followed with plans to kill him.

• Lan Qing and Ling Kong mediated between the Forbidden Sect and Crimson Flame Valley, and Zhao Sheng agreed to postpone the conflict until after the secret realm.
• Chu Luo provoked Flame Lord Ancient Sage and Han Wujie, while Netherflame Ancient Sage told Du Sheng and Zhao Tianyu to kill him inside the secret realm.
• Dan Chenzi warned Chu Luo about Du Sheng and Zhao Tianyu, and Chu Luo decided to kill any Crimson Flame Valley disciples he encountered.
• Zhao Sheng assured Chu Luo that the elders would protect him and told him not to fear killing Crimson Flame Valley’s prodigies.
• The Great Emperor Secret Realm entrance stabilized, and Chu Luo entered with Dan Chenzi and the other disciples.
• Du Sheng, Zhao Tianyu, and Han Wujie followed Chu Luo into the secret realm with dozens of Crimson Flame Valley disciples.

After entering the secret realm, Chu Luo and six Forbidden Sect disciples found a vast field of spirit herbs growing in spirit soil. When Liu Feng and the Heavenly Gate Sect tried to seize half the treasure, Chu Luo faced Liu Feng’s attack and unleashed a forbidden secret art.

• Chu Luo and six disciples were separated from their companions upon entering the secret realm and discovered a medicinal herb field filled with spirit soil.
• Chu Luo ordered the six disciples to collect the herbs and dig up all the spirit soil.
• Liu Feng and nine Heavenly Gate Sect disciples arrived, and Chu Luo warned them to leave because the Forbidden Sect had found the field first.
• Liu Feng demanded half the spirit soil, then ordered his disciples to attack while he charged at Chu Luo.
• As Liu Feng struck at Chu Luo, Chu Luo dropped his frightened act and invoked the God-Slaying Heavenly Poison.

Chu Luo killed Liu Feng with God-Slaying Heavenly Poison and plundered the Medicine Field with the Forbidden Sect disciples. Outside the secret realm, Liu Daoyuan confronted Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi over his son’s death, while Chu Luo received unexpected system notifications.

• Chu Luo poisoned Liu Feng with God-Slaying Heavenly Poison, and Liu Feng died after the poison spread through his body.
• The six Forbidden Sect core disciples killed the nine Heavenly Gate Sect disciples and joined Chu Luo in looting the Medicine Field.
• Chu Luo ate vitality-rich spirit herbs to recover the lifespan consumed by the Forbidden Secret Art while the disciples dug up herbs and spiritual soil.
• The Heavenly Prodigy Ranking replaced Liu Feng’s name with Chu Luo’s, prompting shock among the factions waiting outside the secret realm.
• Liu Daoyuan learned that Liu Feng had died and demanded an explanation from the Forbidden Sect, but Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi challenged him to fight before he left.
• After finishing the plunder, Chu Luo received notifications that Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi had each granted him 5,000 Apprentice-Protection Points.

Chu Luo and the Forbidden Sect disciples entered a battle between the Cloudmist Sacred Land and the Spiritclear Sect, while Chu Luo used the chaos to steal a heaven-grade soul-nourishing flower. The chapter ended with Luo Yu noticing Chu Luo beside the flower and threatening him.

• Chu Luo led six core disciples toward a battle in a valley and spotted a heaven-grade soul-nourishing flower.
• After learning Yun Qianqian was Bai Yun's beloved, Chu Luo ordered the Forbidden Sect disciples to help her and the Cloudmist Sacred Land.
• The Forbidden Sect and Cloudmist Sacred Land disciples counterattacked the Spiritclear Sect, while Luo Yu knocked Wang Sheng back with a spear strike.
• Chu Luo secretly appeared beside the soul-nourishing flower and took it, roots and soil included, into his storage ring.
• Luo Yu noticed Chu Luo by the flower and attacked him.

Chu Luo confronted Luo Yu over the Soul-Nourishing Flower after Luo Yu attacked the group, and the two unleashed powerful techniques against each other. Chu Luo met Luo Yu’s charge with a blood-red sword technique, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Luo Yu’s golden spear attack blasted away part of the mountainside, but Chu Luo appeared unharmed behind the Forbidden Sect and Cloudmist Sacred Land disciples.
• Luo Yu demanded the Soul-Nourishing Flower, while Yun Qianqian urged Chu Luo to surrender it because she was injured and feared he was no match for Luo Yu.
• Chu Luo refused to hand over the flower and told Luo Yu to leave, provoking Luo Yu to unleash the Myriad Dao Divine Spear.
• Yun Qianqian stepped forward to block Luo Yu, but Chu Luo borrowed her Spirit Sword and rushed to meet him.
• Chu Luo smeared blood on the sword and summoned a terrifying blood-red sword intent and vision as Luo Yu roared and prepared to strike.