Chapter Summaries

Li Xian dealt with Shen Zangxing’s death, visited Hongyu, and returned to his mountain, where he named it Mysterious Light Peak and learned of Nangong Feixu’s work managing its resources. Nangong Feixu understood that Li Xian hoped she would remain by his side for the long term, and she resolved to keep cultivating so she could keep pace with him.

• After Li Xian left Xingtian Hall, Luo Baiyi ordered Wei Ruhai to investigate Demon Race sleeper agents at Flame Furnace Fortress, and Wei Ruhai vowed to reopen cases involving Cheng Wanli and Wang Xiangdong.
• Li Xian crossed the Rainbow Bridge during the sect’s new disciple intake, encouraged the young disciples, and continued toward Zhuzhao Peak to find Hongyu.
• Li Xian found Hongyu with Murong Ying, heard why she had chosen her own path rather than seeking his help, and told her she could contact him or Nangong Feixu if she later changed her mind.
• Li Xian returned to his mountain, told Nangong Feixu that he had personally killed Shen Zangxing, and named the renovated mountain Mysterious Light Peak.
• Nangong Feixu reported that she had earned 140 million merit points by lending out the mountain’s funds, and Li Xian let her keep the profits.
• Nangong Feixu realized Li Xian hoped she would remain with him over the long term and resolved to cultivate hard enough to keep pace with him.

Yi Yuanshi learned that Li Xian had become powerful enough to rival an Eight-Mark True Lord, but welcomed the challenge of their future duel. Meanwhile, Li Xian traveled toward Immortal Wandering Island as bait, while Lord Xuandu and allies from the God Clan and Nirvana Ancient Temple prepared to ambush him.

• Chu Jinghong told Yi Yuanshi that Li Xian had killed Gu Qianfan and was believed to rival an Eight-Mark True Lord.
• Yi Yuanshi welcomed Li Xian’s rapid rise and resolved to keep training for their duel in two or three years.
• Li Xian boarded a supply Heavenly Ark toward Immortal Wandering Island, intending to lure Lord Xuandu into attacking while refining treasures to strengthen his Fuli True Body.
• A God Clan expert told Lord Xuandu that the Great Luo Immortal Sect had used Dragon Whales as bait and that Li Xian was now headed toward the Endless Sea.
• Lord Xuandu agreed to join the God Clan expert and a Nirvana Ancient Temple monk in surrounding and killing Li Xian.

Li Xian explored Immortal Wandering Island, investigated ancient artifacts connected to Lingxu, and learned that two powerful experts had appeared near the Endless Sea. He sent Wei Ming to alert the sect and flew toward the reported coordinates to investigate.

• Lingkong delayed Li Xian's journey to Flame Furnace Fortress, so Li Xian toured Danxia Immortal City with Qin Yi.
• Li Xian bought a magic-artifact sword and learned its patterns resembled ancient artifacts, then traveled to Earthcore Island to question High Person Xinyan about its materials.
• Li Xian found that the million-year-old materials came from Lingxu's era, while Lingxu resisted his suggestion to ask Xuanling about its origins.
• Wei Ming told Li Xian he had seen a powerful God Clan expert and a devilish figure near the Falling Star Sea and the Endless Sea.
• Li Xian instructed Wei Ming to report the sighting to the sect, then flew toward the coordinates Wei Ming had provided.

Li Xian confronted Xuandu, Gus, and a Nirvana Ancient Temple monk alone at the passage between the Falling Star Sea and the Endless Sea. After repelling the monk’s mental attack and matching Xuandu’s Heavenly Demon Dharma Body, Li Xian was caught in the three experts’ coordinated assault and vowed to kill them all.

• Xuandu, Gus, and the monk waited in hiding for Li Xian, confident that they could kill him and any protector who accompanied him.
• Li Xian appeared alone, and the three experts recognized his newly cultivated Divine Sense before launching their attacks.
• The monk struck Li Xian’s mental world with Buddhist chanting, but Li Xian’s perfected Candlelight Sword Intent formed a Black Sun that swallowed the attack.
• Li Xian’s Primordial Unity Fuli True Body collided with Xuandu’s Heavenly Demon Dharma Body, and Li Xian recovered first and pursued him.
• Gus bombarded Li Xian with golden beams while the monk rang his Ancient Bell and Xuandu attacked again.
• Li Xian endured the coordinated assault, charged into Xuandu’s Dharma Body once more, and declared that he would kill all three if they failed to kill him.

Li Xian overwhelmed the three attackers with his Fuli True Body, perfected Sword Intent, and mastery of void, chaos, devouring, and time. After killing Gusi Divine Lord and pursuing Xuandu Devil Master with Void Sword Escape, he left Xuandu’s fate unresolved.

• Xuandu Devil Master, Gusi Divine Lord, and the Nirvana Ancient Temple monk coordinated their attacks, but Li Xian endured them and revealed the strength of his Fuli True Body and Sword Intent.
• Gusi Divine Lord’s Spear of Judgment nearly struck Li Xian’s head, but Li Xian used Void Stagnation to stop it, then destroyed it and dismantled much of Xuandu’s Heavenly Demon Dharma Body.
• Li Xian countered the monk’s Heavenly Dragon Roar with Candlelight Sword Intent, killing the monk as their clash of mental powers unfolded dozens of times in a distorted instant.
• Gusi and Xuandu tried to flee, but Li Xian froze Gusi with Void Stagnation, overwhelmed him with Candlelight Sword Intent, and crushed him.
• Xuandu escaped ten thousand li with a Great Shift Talisman, but Li Xian followed using Void Sword Escape and Void Translocation, appearing a hundred li ahead of him.

Li Xian defeated Xuandu Devil Master after surviving a fierce battle against three powerful enemies, then collected their treasures. A Primordial Spirit Loose Immortal named Xie Cangyun arrived afterward, explaining that he had come to protect Li Xian, though he had reached him two hours too late.

• Xuandu Devil Master gave up on escaping and burned his golden core to attack Li Xian with his Heavenly Demon Dharma Body.
• Li Xian met Xuandu Devil Master's charge with his Primordial Unity Fuli True Body and won the clash, then spent nearly two hours reviewing the battle.
• Li Xian returned to the battlefield, collected the Nirvana Ancient Temple monk's intact ninth-realm golden bell, and assessed the damaged treasures left by Xuandu Devil Master and Gus.
• Xie Cangyun, a Primordial Spirit Loose Immortal and disciple of Yue Jiuxiao, arrived and said his master had sent him to protect Li Xian from other hostile experts.
• Li Xian pointed out that Xie Cangyun had arrived two hours too late.

Li Xian met Xie Cangyun after killing Gus, Xuandu, and Fayuan, then traveled with him to Flame Furnace Fortress and learned about the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s forces in the Endless Sea. There, Lu Linyuan offered Li Xian a chance to join a mission to surround and kill Devil Master Luo Hou.

• Xie Cangyun learned that Li Xian had killed Gus, Xuandu, and Fayuan, and marveled at his strength.
• Xie Cangyun invited Li Xian to Flame Furnace Fortress, and the two raced there before Xie Cangyun killed a Demon King hiding beneath the sea.
• Xie Cangyun showed Li Xian Flame Furnace Fortress and explained its defenses, stationed forces, and role in the fight against the Demon Race.
• Lu Linyuan introduced Supreme Elder Yue Jiuxiao and another True Immortal to Li Xian and acknowledged his achievement in killing three powerful Dao Realm enemies.
• Lu Linyuan asked Li Xian to join Lueying and several cultivators from the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect in a mission to kill Devil Master Luo Hou and stop him from rebuilding the Dao Palace.

Lu Linyuan explained that Devil Master Luo Hou was hunting prodigies to gather the fortune needed to activate the Purple Heavens Dao Palace, and the sect planned to counter him. Li Xian chose to travel to the Boundless Immortal Dynasty as an ambassador and pursue his own training, while Yue Jiuxiao prepared to investigate the quiet Demon Race in the Endless Sea.

• Lu Linyuan told Li Xian that Luo Hou had become the master of the Purple Heavens Dao Palace and was targeting the four leading prodigies of the Eastern Continent, including Li Xian and Yi Yuanshi.
• Li Xian volunteered to act as bait, but Lu Linyuan warned that the Dao Palace could suppress space and obstruct his escape techniques.
• Li Xian chose to go to the Boundless Immortal Dynasty as an ambassador and work on the Boundless Supreme Power Rankings rather than return to the sect.
• Li Xian gave Lu Linyuan a Storage Ring worth a hundred billion, and Lu Linyuan offered to exchange the bounties on Li Xian's kills for materials to cultivate Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi.
• Lu Linyuan and Yue Jiuxiao discussed Li Xian's pride and the danger of placing him near Chu Yunji, while Lu Linyuan said he had the situation in hand.
• Yue Jiuxiao decided to venture into the Endless Sea to investigate the Demon Race, and Lu Linyuan warned him to be careful.

Li Xian traveled to the Boundless Immortal Dynasty to promote the Boundless Supreme Power Rankings and draw Devil Master Luo Hou into the open. After arriving in the capital, he learned of the dynasty’s political ambitions, began planning publicity for the rankings, and received an invitation from Crown Prince Yun Wuxiu.

• Li Xian left Flame Furnace Fortress with supplies, declined Xie Cangyun’s escort, and discussed the Purple Heavens Dao Palace with Lingxu while traveling toward the Boundless Immortal Dynasty.
• Li Xian passed through Immortal Wandering Island, sold Sixth Realm demons to Qin Yi, and learned that Wei Ming had returned to the sect.
• Li Xian reached the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s capital and was stopped by officials enforcing its speed limit before heading to the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s embassy.
• Li Xian met Deputy Envoy Dongming, learned about the protests outside the embassy and the dynasty’s struggle with the Limitless Star Palace, and reviewed a list of the dynasty’s top Dao Realm cultivators.
• Li Xian ordered Dongming to publicize the rankings and arrange for people to question them before he announced a challenge, then learned Crown Prince Yun Wuxiu had invited him to a welcoming banquet.

Divine Lord Jinyi and Faceless discovered that Li Xian had killed Xuandu Devil Master, Gus, and Fayuan, and concluded that his talent could make him a future Celestial Immortal or even greater. They resolved to arrange Li Xian’s assassination, while Li Xian went to meet the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s crown prince and found Chu Yunji among his companions.

• Divine Lord Jinyi and Faceless used a green lamp and Jinyi’s third eye to reconstruct Xuandu Devil Master’s final battle and confirm Li Xian had killed him, Gus, and Fayuan.
• Jinyi told Faceless that Li Xian had entered the Dao Realm less than ten years earlier and already surpassed the pace of other top prodigies, making him a potential Grotto-Heaven True Immortal.
• Jinyi ordered a plan to lure away Li Xian’s protectors and give Luo Hou Devil Master an opening to kill him, promising to pursue it at any cost.
• Li Xian left the embassy alone and went to the Crown Prince’s Residence to assess the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s crown prince.
• The crown prince greeted Li Xian with formal courtesy, and Li Xian recognized Chu Yunji among the younger-generation prodigies present.

Li Xian confronted the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s leading cultivators and announced a Dao Realm Supreme Ranking that placed himself first, provoking their anger. After he left, Yun Wuxiu and Yun Guantian realized Li Xian intended to build invincible momentum by challenging their entire generation, and Yun Wuxiu wondered whether someone might defeat him and claim that momentum instead.

• Li Xian praised the gathered cultivators, then questioned Yun Wuxiu’s cultivation and suggested that he was far stronger than he admitted.
• Xiao Zhanfeng tried to challenge Li Xian, while Yun Wuxiu attempted to redirect the conversation; Li Xian recognized that they knew about his planned ranking.
• Li Xian declared Yun Wuxiu the acting number one and himself the current first place on the Dao Realm Supreme Ranking, then said everyone present fell short of his strength.
• Chu Yunji and Xiao Zhanfeng objected to Li Xian’s arrogance, but Li Xian said he could hold the entire Boundless Immortal Dynasty in check and revealed a preliminary ranking of 108 people.
• Li Xian left after announcing the ranking would be officially released in three months, and Yun Wuxiu ordered the steward to see him out.
• Yun Wuxiu and Yun Guantian concluded that Li Xian meant to use their generation as stepping stones to forge invincible momentum, while Yun Wuxiu wondered whether someone might defeat him and take that momentum for themselves.

Li Xian and the Limitless Star Palace helped spread a ranking that challenged the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s pride, stirring public pressure for its prodigies to fight him. The chapter left off as Xiao Zhanfeng formally challenged Li Xian and arrived with a huge crowd outside the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s Embassy.

• Li Xian ordered Dongming True Person to spread the ranking by rumor without officially endorsing it.
• Guan Canghai persuaded Xie Qianchou that Li Xian’s rapid growth made him far stronger than the Boundless Immortal Dynasty realized.
• Xie Qianchou ordered the Limitless Star Palace to promote the ranking and have Guan Canghai praise Li Xian, encouraging the dynasty to challenge him.
• The ranking and Guan Canghai’s praise spread across the Boundless Immortal Dynasty, prompting citizens and local governments to demand that its prodigies defeat Li Xian.
• Xiao Zhanfeng formally challenged Li Xian and appeared outside the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s Embassy surrounded by tens of thousands of people.

Li Xian faced Xiao Zhanfeng in a public duel after the Boundless Immortal Dynasty challenged his ranking. Xiao Zhanfeng’s attacks failed to pierce Li Xian’s Fuli True Body, and Li Xian shattered his treasured sword, leaving the battle’s outcome poised to become clear.

• Li Xian and Dongming True Person decided to face Xiao Zhanfeng first and draw Yun Wuxiu into the arena.
• Xiao Zhanfeng arrived at the embassy to challenge Li Xian while cultivators and representatives from several powers gathered to watch.
• Li Xian and Xiao Zhanfeng flew high into the sky, where Xiao began the fight with Instant Void Slash.
• Li Xian blocked Xiao’s first three sword attacks with his dark-golden Fuli True Body, shocking the watching factions.
• Xiao continued attacking despite his worsening position, but Li Xian flicked his sword and shattered it, leaving Xiao stunned.

Li Xian defeated Xiao Zhanfeng and challenged the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s ranked prodigies to face him together. Chu Yunji and Yun Guantian attacked as a pair, but Li Xian swiftly overwhelmed them, then demanded that all 108 ranked cultivators come at him.

• Li Xian shattered Xiao Zhanfeng’s attack and crushed his fighting spirit, leaving the spectators and the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s leaders stunned.
• Yun Wuxiu decided the Crown Prince’s Residence needed another fight to restore confidence and ordered an invitation sent to Director Leng Xing Shu.
• Li Xian challenged the Crown Prince’s Residence to attack together and offered to change the rankings based on who lasted longest against him.
• Chu Yunji and Yun Guantian attacked Li Xian, but his Black Sun disrupted their techniques and he defeated them both in a single exchange.
• Li Xian called for all 108 cultivators on the Dao Realm Supreme Ranking to face him together.

Li Xian overwhelmed Chu Yunji and Yun Guantian, then fought Leng Xing Shu, the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s strongest Dao Realm cultivator. As Leng Xing Shu began to lose, Yun Wuxiu refused to join the fight and secretly decided to use someone else to kill Li Xian.

• Li Xian sent Chu Yunji flying and defeated Yun Guantian, then challenged all 108 cultivators on the ranking to attack him together.
• Leng Xing Shu arrived and accepted Li Xian’s challenge, manifesting a domain spell powered by the constellation of Ursa Major.
• Li Xian and Leng Xing Shu traded attacks, but Li Xian’s Fuli True Body and sword intent gradually wore down Leng Xing Shu’s domain and mental strength.
• Li Xian defeated Leng Xing Shu and called on Yun Wuxiu to join the fight, while the crown prince hesitated under pressure from the watching cultivators.
• Yun Wuxiu refused to gang up on Li Xian, claimed he would fight only after putting his responsibilities in order, and privately resolved to borrow a blade to kill him.

Li Xian defeated Leng Xing Shu, who exhausted his power and fell from the void, then agreed to a life-and-death duel with Crown Prince Yun Wuxiu two months later. Yun Wuxiu secretly intended to use the delay to secure his reputation rather than fight, while Li Xian prepared to strengthen his Fuli True Body.

• Li Xian shattered Leng Xing Shu's starlight and defeated him after Leng Xing Shu exhausted his true essence and magic power.
• Li Xian sent Leng Xing Shu a strand of magic power to help him recover, and Leng Xing Shu departed after thanking him.
• Yun Wuxiu declared that he had hidden his strength and challenged Li Xian, claiming he possessed three Ninth-Realm Dharma Treasures.
• Yun Wuxiu proposed a life-and-death duel in two months, saying he needed time to lay down his duties as crown prince and prepare.
• Yun Wuxiu left for an Imperial Retreat with only Chu Yunji, while Li Xian resolved to cultivate his Fuli True Body to the ninth level before the duel.

Yun Wuxiu secretly arranged with Devil Master Luo Hou to help kill Li Xian, and Luo Hou launched a sudden assassination with powerful artifacts. Li Xian survived the seemingly fatal strike through Nirvana Qi and caught the God-Slaying Spear, leaving the ambush unresolved.

• Yun Wanren told Yun Wuxiu that the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect and Nine Heavens Sacred Ground might support the dynasty if Li Xian were killed, and gave him an access talisman for the Boundless Tribulation-Wave Formation.
• Yun Wuxiu met Devil Master Luo Hou and offered him a talisman that let him move through the Imperial Capital; Luo Hou demanded either control of the formation or that the duel be moved to Ziwu Valley.
• Luo Hou confirmed the talisman was genuine, then infiltrated the Great Luo Immortal Sect's embassy and attacked Li Xian with the Purple Heavens Dao Palace and God-Slaying Spear.
• Luo Hou's spear pierced Li Xian and its destruction power appeared to extinguish his life, so Luo Hou prepared to flee with the weapon.
• Li Xian revived through Nirvana Qi, seized the God-Slaying Spear, and told Luo Hou that he should have aimed for his head.

Li Xian battled Devil Master Luo Hou, using his arts and the Primordial Unity Pearl to survive the God-Slaying Spear and the Purple Heavens Dao Palace’s power. He emerged from the shattered void armed with an Immortal Sword, startling Luo Hou by revealing another high-grade Dao Artifact.

• Devil Master Luo Hou used the Purple Heavens Dao Palace to break Li Xian’s Candlelight Sword Intent and seized the God-Slaying Spear from him.
• Li Xian glimpsed the Dao Palace’s vast mysteries, then fought off Luo Hou’s attacks with the Great Void Art, Great Chaos Art, and his Primordial Unity Fuli True Body.
• Luo Hou drove the God-Slaying Spear toward Li Xian’s head, but Li Xian summoned the Primordial Unity Pearl to devour the spear’s destructive power and restore his defenses.
• Luo Hou used the Dao Palace’s ripples to suppress Li Xian and launched the Heavenly Punishment World-Extinguishing Spear, but Li Xian met it with an Immortal Sword.
• Li Xian strode from the shattered void wearing his Primordial Unity Fuli True Body as armor, with the Primordial Unity Pearl overhead and the Immortal Sword in hand, shocking Luo Hou.

Li Xian used the Voidflow Sword and Primordial Unity Pearl to withstand Devil Master Luo Hou’s assault, then followed Luo Hou after he escaped the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s capital. Li Xian unleashed a true Void Storm and killed Luo Hou, who had expected to become a Resident True Immortal.

• Li Xian used the Voidflow Sword and Primordial Unity Pearl to counter Luo Hou’s Purple Heavens Dao Palace, God-Slaying Spear, and three attacking incarnations.
• Luo Hou escaped the capital with a Ten-Thousand-Mile Trace-Erasing Talisman as Li Xian grasped the karma linking him to the Purple Heavens Dao Palace and pursued him through the void.
• Li Xian followed Luo Hou through three further escapes, then confronted him beyond the capital and broke through the Purple Heavens Dao Palace’s spatial suppression.
• Li Xian’s Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi stirred a true Void Storm as he attacked Luo Hou with the Voidflow Sword.
• The Void Storm overwhelmed Luo Hou’s God-Slaying Spear, destroyed his treasures and defenses, and swallowed him.

After defeating Luo Hou Devil Master, Li Xian recovered and took possession of the Purple Heavens Dao Palace, though it had not acknowledged him as its master. Lu Linyuan arrived with three immortals, helped seal the palace, and confronted the Boundless Immortal Dynasty’s emperor over the affair.

• Li Xian recovered from his battle with Luo Hou Devil Master and told Lingxu that he could reach the peak of the Dao Realm without the Purple Heavens Dao Palace.
• Li Xian discovered he could not refine the Purple Heavens Dao Palace as its master, then carried it away in his Primordial Unity Fuli True Body.
• Lu Linyuan arrived with Yun Wanren, Yun Wanshan, and Wu Ying, froze the turbulent space, and sealed the palace into a pearl-sized orb for Li Xian to keep.
• Yun Wanren and Yun Wanshan reacted with shock to Luo Hou Devil Master's death, while Wu Ying welcomed Li Xian's victory.
• After confirming Li Xian was safe, Lu Linyuan turned to Yun Wanren and demanded, “Do you acknowledge your guilt!”