Chapter Summaries

Xu Changxing explored the ruins, tested the Sword Tomb and the sealed Heavenly Gate, then returned to cultivate rather than confront Tian Zhu before he was ready. Forty years later, he reached the Late Mahayana Stage and welcomed Li Changge after his ascension.

• Xu Changxing provoked the broken swords in the Sword Tomb, sensed their formidable power, and left after suspecting Tian Zhu had lured him there for a purpose.
• Xu Changxing examined the jade mountain concealing the Heavenly Gate but could not open it with immortal essence.
• Xu Changxing explored the ruins and considered using the Domain Formation to suppress the Sword Tomb and fight Tian Zhu.
• Xu Changxing returned to Demon-Suppressing Mountain and cultivated in seclusion for forty years, advancing to the Late Mahayana Stage.
• Xu Changxing went to the place where he had ascended and congratulated Li Changge when he appeared.

After ascending to the Upper Realm, Li Changge reunited with Xu Changxing and traveled to Demon-Suppressing Mountain. There, he learned how dramatically Xu Changxing had changed the balance between humans and the Demon Race, and the chapter left him stunned by his junior brother’s rapid rise toward another ascension.

• Li Changge reunited with Xu Changxing, who invited him to rest and cultivate at Demon-Suppressing Mountain.
• As they flew to the mountain, Li Changge saw humans living openly and wondered whether the Demon Beasts were as dangerous as he had heard.
• Li Changge sensed Ji Feiyu’s immense blood energy, then learned that the powerful young man was Xu Changxing’s granddisciple and had reached the Void-Breaking Realm.
• Ji Feiyu explained that Xu Changxing had slain two Heavenly Demons and that Demon-Suppressing Mountain had helped the Human Race rise to power.
• Li Changge asked whether Xu Changxing was nearing another ascension, then reacted in disbelief when Xu Changxing said he still needed time to prepare.

Xu Changxing completed a Domain Formation across the world and forced it into the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm, preparing to challenge Tian Zhu at the Sword Tomb. The chapter ended with Tian Zhu questioning why Xu Changxing had gone to such lengths when finding his true body would be enough to pass the trial.

• Xu Changxing asked Li Changge to help subdue a troublesome sword spirit as the core of a formation needed to open the world's path to ascension, and Li Changge agreed.
• Xu Changxing mapped and linked the world's earth veins into a Domain Formation, reaching the peak of Mahayana in the process, while Li Changge advanced to late-stage Void Refinement.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge studied the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art and found no hidden flaws in it.
• Xu Changxing organized martial artists from Demon-Suppressing Mountain to stabilize the Domain Formation's nodes.
• Xu Changxing forced open the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm and extended the Domain Formation through it, crushing its monsters of killing intent everywhere except near the Heavenly Gate and Sword Tomb.
• Xu Changxing approached the Sword Tomb, where Tian Zhu asked why he had built the formation instead of finding Tian Zhu's true body.

Xu Changxing confronted Tian Zhu about his interference in the Tianyan Pearl’s simulations and learned that Parallel Plane versions of him were only projections. Tian Zhu attacked by invoking a supposed flaw in Xu Changxing’s cultivation technique, but Xu Changxing struck him down and insisted he had repeatedly checked himself for hidden dangers.

• Xu Changxing questioned Tian Zhu about killing previous Tianyan Pearl Successors and manipulating Xu Changxing’s simulated selves.
• Tian Zhu admitted he had stolen some Tianyan Pearl Authority and explained that Parallel Plane versions of Xu Changxing were projections he could influence.
• Xu Changxing decided he would not run another simulation until he reclaimed all of the system’s authority.
• Tian Zhu warned that he might have tampered with the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art and unleashed a storm of sword intent.
• Xu Changxing dispelled the attack with his own sword intent and struck Tian Zhu into the Sword Tomb.
• Tian Zhu threatened to detonate a hidden danger in Xu Changxing’s body, while Xu Changxing said he had repeatedly examined himself and found no problem.

Xu Changxing confronted Tian Zhu in the Sword Tomb and repeatedly destroyed his re-forming avatars while Tian Zhu sent more broken swords into the secret realm. As Tian Zhu threatened to wear down Xu Changxing’s immortal essence, Xu Changxing revealed he had another reserve and cleaved through the secret realm, sending millions of sword lights across the heavens.

• Xu Changxing explained that the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art had come from the Tianyan Pearl and that Tian Zhu had given it to him to sow doubt.
• Xu Changxing attacked the broken swords in the Sword Tomb, prompting Tian Zhu to mobilize them against him.
• Xu Changxing cut Tian Zhu apart with immortal sword light, but Tian Zhu re-formed by using avatars refined from other sword spirits.
• Tian Zhu summoned broken swords from spatial rifts and spread them through the Domain Formation, hoping Xu Changxing would exhaust his immortal essence.
• Xu Changxing cleaved through the Tianyan Sect's secret realm and sent millions of streaks of sword light across the heavens, where his figure appeared in a vast screen of light.

Xu Changxing rallied martial artists across the domain to help Li Changge channel their Qi and Blood against Tian Zhu's Sword Tomb. Xu Changxing then used Tian Zhu's breach of the world's barrier to locate and seize his true body, leaving Tian Zhu stunned.

• Xu Changxing asked martial artists throughout the world to help suppress the great demon, and tens of millions gathered to channel their Qi and Blood into the earth veins.
• Li Changge used the gathered power to unleash Qi and Blood Sword Flight against the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm, briefly matching the Broken Swords in the Sword Tomb.
• Tian Zhu dismissed the formation's strength, but Xu Changxing plunged a sword light into a spatial rift and brought back a damaged divine sword.
• Xu Changxing revealed that he had used Tian Zhu's breach of the world's barrier to locate his true body, then asked whether the encounter had passed Tian Zhu's test.
• Tian Zhu realized Xu Changxing had gained increased access to the Tianyan Pearl and had used its aura to deduce where the true body was hidden.

Xu Changxing shattered Tian Zhu and ended the threat in the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm, while Li Changge and the Human Race learned of the victory. The system confirmed its stolen authority would return but began a ten-year upgrade, leaving Xu Changxing without its help to locate Wan Ren.

• Xu Changxing broke the Broken Sword, causing the swords across the Sword Tomb and Tian Zhu himself to shatter and vanish.
• Li Changge reflected on Tian Zhu's strength and realized how vast the gap was between him and Xu Changxing.
• Martial Artists at the Earth Vein nodes learned that Xu Changxing had slain the Great Demon, and Demon-Suppressing Mountain Disciples gave Qi-Blood Pills to those who had contributed Qi and Blood.
• Xu Changxing sensed the Tianyan Pearl's change, and the system confirmed Tian Zhu's death before announcing a ten-year upgrade that would suspend all functions.
• Xu Changxing realized he would have to find the sealed Wan Ren without the system's divination assistance.

Xu Changxing waited for the Greenwood Sword to strengthen in Tian Zhu’s Sword Tomb while the system completed its upgrade. After locating Wan Ren and discovering that Tian Zhu had devoured him, Xu Changxing took the broken Immortal Sword to a fierce earthfire, intending to melt it down as material for the Greenwood Sword.

• Xu Changxing sent the Greenwood Sword into Tian Zhu’s Sword Tomb and used an Immortal Essence Stone to help it withstand the killing intent.
• Over several years, the Greenwood Sword grew sharper but repeatedly failed to transform, and cracks appeared in its Sword Pellet.
• The system upgrade completed, allowing Xu Changxing to sense a direction and retrieve a broken Immortal Sword from another plane.
• Xu Changxing realized Tian Zhu had devoured Wan Ren, then noticed Wan Ren’s immortal aura could help improve the Greenwood Sword.
• Xu Changxing flew to a place with powerful earthfire and prepared to use the Domain Formation to intensify it enough to melt Wan Ren.

Xu Changxing fused an Immortal Sword Embryo into the Greenwood Sword, allowing it to become an Immortal Sword. Seeing its sword intent from afar rekindled Li Changge's resolve, and he began forcing open a Sword Dao in the Demon Realm, where a fissure appeared in the laws of heaven and earth.

• Xu Changxing fused the melted Sword Embryo into the Greenwood Sword's Sword Pellet, which smoothly transformed into an Immortal Sword.
• Li Changge sensed the sword light from ten thousand miles away and realized Xu Changxing had raised the Sword Pellet he once gave him to Immortal Sword grade.
• The sight stirred Li Changge's sword heart, and he resolved to carve out a Sword Dao rather than follow behind Xu Changxing.
• Li Changge's Sword Pellet shone as he slashed toward the heavens, while Xu Changxing prepared to save him from the laws' backlash.
• A faint cracking sound revealed that Li Changge's will had opened a fissure in the laws of heaven and earth.

Xu Changxing helped Li Changge establish the Sword Dao in their world, then entered the Heavenly Gate to ascend to the Immortal Realm. In the strange space beyond it, he discovered illusory bubbles that appeared to be parallel planes but could not reach them.

• Xu Changxing lent Li Changge the Greenwood Sword, letting him disperse the tribulation clouds and establish the Sword Dao as a Great Dao.
• Li Changge broke through to void refinement and Dao integration, while Xu Changxing spent years cultivating and condensed another Immortal Essence Stone.
• After Li Changge stabilized his realm, Xu Changxing said he planned to ascend and promised to scout the Immortal Realm ahead of his senior brother.
• Xu Changxing entered the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm, shattered the immortal jade sealing the Heavenly Gate, and stepped into the spatial fissure.
• Xu Changxing found himself in a silent, starry space filled with bubble-like parallel planes, but his divine sense could not enter any of them.

Xu Changxing crossed into the Immortal Realm and advanced to Origin Immortal before testing the upgraded simulation. The simulation revealed the Immortal Realm’s vastness and showed him settling as a rogue cultivator near the Longevity Immortal Sect.

• Xu Changxing used the Tianyan Pearl to cross countless planes and pass through the immortal gate into the Immortal Realm.
• The Immortal Realm’s qi transformed Xu Changxing’s immortal essence, raising him to Origin Immortal and greatly strengthening his body and primordial spirit.
• Xu Changxing started a simulation after the system warned that its virtual Immortal Realm might differ from reality.
• Xu Changxing guided his simulated self to travel farther afield, reaching a prosperous city with cultivators and disciples from several sects, including the Longevity Immortal Sect.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self settled as a rogue cultivator and learned that Origin Immortal was only the beginning of the immortal path.

Xu Changxing used the Tianyan Pearl to learn about the Immortal Realm’s cultivation levels and resources, then resumed the simulation and watched his avatar settle in an immortal town and struggle to cultivate. The chapter left him guarding a nearly mature spirit plant as a fleeing immortal called him junior brother and urged him to set up a formation against a pursuer.

• Xu Changxing paused the simulation and used the Tianyan Pearl to learn about immortal realms, immortal essence stones, and cultivation techniques before resuming the simulation.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing’s avatar escaped an attack by a third-layer Origin Immortal and traveled to a distant immortal town to settle.
• Xu Changxing’s avatar sold half his resources for ten lower-grade immortal essence stones, then spent them cultivating without breaking through.
• Xu Changxing’s avatar discovered an immortal-grade spirit plant in a valley and waited for it to mature.
• As two powerful immortals fought closer, the fleeing one spotted Xu Changxing’s avatar and called him junior brother, telling him to set up the formation.

Xu Changxing’s simulation recounted his troubled years in the Immortal Realm, from losing an immortal plant and fleeing Purple Cloud Mountain’s pursuit to breaking through to the Origin Immortal second stage. It ended with him dying after a newly ascended demon cultivator recognized him during a battle over a Seven Star Island immortal estate.

• Xu Changxing fled a battle between two immortals, losing the immortal plant he had guarded, then entered secluded cultivation.
• A newly ascended demonic cultivator attacked Xu Changxing, and a Purple Cloud Mountain expert pursued him until he escaped and recovered.
• Xu Changxing sold his materials for eleven lower-grade immortal essence stones and used them to break through to the Origin Immortal second stage.
• Xu Changxing learned that Seven Star Island had issued bounties on Purple Cloud Mountain disciples, then returned to seclusion.
• When an immortal estate appeared, a Seven Star Island True Immortal and a Purple Cloud Mountain True Demon clashed, and the demon cultivator recognized Xu Changxing as his former attacker.
• The True Demon targeted Xu Changxing, whose resistance failed, and Xu Changxing died.

After Xu Changxing concluded that his repeated use of authority had distorted his luck in the simulation, he chose a cultivation reward and reached the second level of Origin Immortal. He traveled to Star Moon City to sell mortal-world treasures, where he learned that Leisurely Cloud Valley’s demand had doubled the price of body-tempering materials.

• Xu Changxing received the simulation results, suspected his use of authority had interfered with his luck, and chose cultivation at the second level of Origin Immortal as his reward.
• After several days of transformation, Xu Changxing reached the second level of Origin Immortal and flew to Star Moon City.
• Xu Changxing asked a grand immortal materials shop to exchange five Storage Rings of mortal-world treasures for Immortal Essence Stones.
• The shopkeeper offered Xu Changxing twenty Lower-Grade Immortal Essence Stones, twice what he had received in the simulation.
• The shopkeeper explained that Leisurely Cloud Valley was paying premium prices for body-tempering materials to train disciples for a Secret Realm that suppressed spell arts.

Xu Changxing sold body-tempering materials for immortal essence stones, bought a courtyard, and simulated years of cultivation until he reached the Origin Immortal Third Stage. The simulation left him watching the conflict between Seven Star Island and Purple Cloud Mountain continue to escalate, though no immortals had yet died.

• Xu Changxing sold more body-tempering materials and received a total of forty-five lower-grade immortal essence stones.
• Xu Changxing bought a courtyard residence and used two immortal essence stones to begin a simulation.
• Xu Changxing exhausted his immortal essence stones, condensed eighteen more, and broke through to the Origin Immortal Third Stage.
• Xu Changxing learned that Seven Star Island and Purple Cloud Mountain had become enemies after an Origin Demon was mysteriously killed following a visit to Seven Star Island.
• Xu Changxing learned that the fighting had spread to mortal cultivators and that a trapped Origin Demon had been rescued, while no immortals had died.

Xu Changxing’s simulated self joined Seven Star Island’s fight against Purple Cloud Mountain to earn resources and advance his cultivation. After reaching Origin Immortal Fourth Stage and defeating Su Yuanzhou, he withdrew from the battlefield to avoid drawing too much attention.

• Xu Changxing observed tensions between Purple Cloud Mountain and Seven Star Island, then returned to cultivating in seclusion.
• After the sects’ immortals began fighting, Xu Changxing accepted Seven Star Island’s offer to guard a trading hub for generous compensation.
• Xu Changxing fought off a Purple Cloud Mountain Origin Demon, joined two Seven Star Island immortals to wound him, and received a reward of twenty Immortal Essence Stones.
• Xu Changxing fought several battles, earned more than two hundred lower-grade immortal essence stones, and broke through to Origin Immortal Fourth Stage.
• Xu Changxing defeated Su Yuanzhou in a duel, gained a reputation, and left the battlefield to avoid attracting further attention.

Xu Changxing gained Origin Immortal Fourth Stage cultivation from the simulation reward, stabilized his foundation, and started another simulation. The new simulation ended with him securing three immortal-grade Spirit Fruits and agreeing to give an Immortal Marketplace half the pills made from them.

• Xu Changxing chose Origin Immortal Fourth Stage cultivation as his reward and broke through twice before spending three months stabilizing his cultivation.
• Xu Changxing examined his stronger cultivation, paid eight Immortal Essence points, and began another simulation.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self found an immortal-grade Spirit Plant, waited for its fruits to ripen, and safely collected all three.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self decided to refine the Spirit Fruits into Immortal Essence Pills and agreed to give an Immortal Marketplace half of the resulting pills.

Xu Changxing used Immortal Essence Pills to reach the fifth stage of Origin Immortal, then negotiated with Seven Star Island for the Immortal Essence Pill formula. After studying it and obtaining ingredients, he began refining pills and improved his results in his second year of attempts.

• Xu Changxing absorbed three bottles of Immortal Essence Pills and broke through to the fifth stage of Origin Immortal.
• Xu Changxing sought an Immortal Essence Pill formula and agreed to fight for Seven Star Island for a year in exchange for it.
• Xu Changxing helped Seven Star Island immortals repel an attack by Origin Demons from Purple Cloud Mountain.
• Xu Changxing received the Immortal Essence Pill formula and studied it until he understood its complex refining process.
• Xu Changxing chose medicinal herbs as payment and tried refining pills, producing only three inferior pills in his first batch of attempts.
• Xu Changxing refined nine pills the following year, including one that barely qualified as an ordinary Immortal Essence Pill.

Xu Changxing paused the simulation to memorize the Immortal Essence Pill recipe, then resumed it and watched his simulated self die amid the conflict between Seven Star Island and Purple Cloud Mountain. The simulation offered him Origin Immortal fifth stage cultivation, and he reflected that his remaining immortal essence stones would let him run another simulation afterward.

• Xu Changxing chose to pause the simulation and used the Tianyan Pearl to trace back and memorize the Immortal Essence Pill recipe.
• Xu Changxing resumed the simulation, where a pill furnace explosion killed a medicine attendant and angered the attendant's Origin Immortal great-grandfather.
• Xu Changxing's simulated self escaped an ambush with the Greenwood Sword, but an Origin Immortal he had gone to rescue was killed.
• Seven Star Island cut Xu Changxing's pay, and a True Demon killed him as he left the city.
• The simulation offered Xu Changxing Origin Immortal fifth stage cultivation, and he decided his thirty-five lower-grade immortal essence stones could fund another simulation.

Xu Changxing reached the fifth level of the Origin Immortal realm and struggled to refine usable Immortal Essence Pills, then used a simulation to develop his alchemy skills and acquire better equipment. The simulation ended with him at the sixth level, earning pills efficiently with an Immortal-Grade Alchemy Furnace.

• Xu Changxing broke through to the fifth level of the Origin Immortal realm and consolidated his cultivation.
• Xu Changxing bought an alchemy furnace and ingredients, but his first four attempts produced only inferior Immortal Essence Pills.
• Xu Changxing simulated guarding and selling three immortal-grade Spirit Fruits, then used the proceeds to buy ingredients and practice alchemy.
• Xu Changxing improved his success rate, sold usable pills to fund more ingredients, and saved enough to buy an Immortal-Grade Alchemy Furnace.
• Xu Changxing used the new furnace to refine pills more efficiently and reached the sixth level of the Origin Immortal realm through cultivation.