Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren challenged the Immortal Seeds to make him move one step, promising to give up the Immortal Artifact if they succeeded. He remained rooted in place as he effortlessly dismantled their combined attacks, and Gong Yue realized he was testing their strength.

• Chu Kuangren shattered Yuan Xu’s sword attack, then repelled attacks from Lin Yan and the Red Dragon Young Master with purple sword light.
• The Immortal Seeds unleashed their combined Immortal Arts, but Chu Kuangren emerged completely unharmed.
• Chu Kuangren offered to forfeit the Immortal Artifact if the Immortal Seeds could make him move one step, enraging them.
• The Immortal Seeds attacked together with weapons, formations, illusions, poison, and every other means they could muster.
• Chu Kuangren stood his ground and countered every attack with his Thousand Lotus Sword Intent, leaving the Immortals watching stunned.
• Gong Yue concluded that Chu Kuangren was playing and testing how much strength the Immortal Seeds could unleash.

Chu Kuangren defeated every Immortal Seed in the arena, then stopped the Red-Haired Dragon Immortal from taking the Dragon-Binding Rope and killed him. He claimed the True Immortal Artifact while the stunned cultivators watched.

• Lin Yan, the Red Dragon Young Master, Yuan Xu, and the other Immortal Seeds unleashed their strongest attacks, but Chu Kuangren blocked them all.
• Chu Kuangren used Sword Qi Weaves the Heavenly Net to defeat the Immortal Seeds without moving from his original spot.
• The Red-Haired Dragon Immortal rushed to seize the Dragon-Binding Rope, but Chu Kuangren appeared in the cave abode to stop him.
• Chu Kuangren blasted the Red-Haired Dragon Immortal back, then killed him with Thousand Lotus Sword Intent.
• Chu Kuangren took the Dragon-Binding Rope and put the True Immortal Artifact away.

Chu Kuangren learned that the Immortal Realm Will within the Heaven's Will Children might be vulnerable to his Heaven-Swallowing Divine Dao Art, but he chose to wait and observe. The group reached an ancient Immortal's Dao Enlightenment Ground, where the meditation cushion tested their Dao Hearts, and Lin Yan and other Immortal Seeds struggled to press on.

• Chu Kuangren used Xiao Ai to analyze Yin Honghua and learned he could potentially devour the fragments of Immortal Realm Will within the Heaven's Will Children, though not the complete Will.
• First Sir led the group toward the place on Penglai Island with the densest Immortal Qi.
• The group discovered a golden Immortal Tree and a meditation cushion at an ancient Immortal's Dao Enlightenment Ground, and the Immortals rushed to claim the cushion.
• The cushion's power suppressed the Dao Hearts of approaching Immortals, and Gong Yue identified it as a test.
• The Immortal Seeds were pushed down even sooner, a result they connected to the blow Chu Kuangren had dealt them.
• Lin Yan and several unwilling Immortal Seeds forced themselves up and continued toward the meditation cushion.

Chu Kuangren faced the meditation cushion’s test of the Dao Heart and advanced where even powerful immortals had failed. He overcame illusions and reached the cushion beneath the Immortal Tree, leaving the witnesses stunned by his strength.

• Gong Yue and the other immortals and Immortal Seeds failed to approach the meditation cushion, while Chu Kuangren walked toward it without difficulty.
• Chu Kuangren passed Yuan Xu, the academy’s Sirs, and Gong Yue, becoming the person closest to the cushion.
• Chu Kuangren rejected illusions of destruction and worldly sovereignty, then endured a dark vision of Sword Qi and evil ghosts.
• Chu Kuangren declared that his heart was a bright lamp, dispelled the darkness, and reached the meditation cushion beneath the Immortal Tree.
• Lan Yu, Yin Honghua, Little Fox, Gong Yue, and the others praised Chu Kuangren’s unbreakable Dao Heart.

Chu Kuangren used the meditation cushion, an epiphany card, and Divine Enlightenment Wine to create an origin of his own, aided by the lingering Immortal Consciousness of Jiejiao’s master. His new origin shook the universe, leaving him as a being beyond the control of the Great Dao.

• Chu Kuangren sat on the meditation cushion and gathered hundreds of origins as he tried to create an origin rooted in his self-strengthening way of invincibility.
• Chu Kuangren used his God-Level Epiphany Card and Divine Enlightenment Wine, but still could not grasp the insight he needed.
• A voice offered to help Chu Kuangren, and the immortal tree absorbed Penglai Island’s spiritual qi before sacrificing its essence to condense a drop of dew.
• Gong Yue recognized the dew as containing the lingering Immortal Consciousness of Jiejiao’s master, and it fell onto Chu Kuangren’s head.
• Chu Kuangren completed his self-strengthening and invincible origin as the hundreds of origins merged into it and his power spread across the universe.
• The universe’s Great Dao and Immortal Realm Wills trembled at Chu Kuangren’s birth as an origin beyond their control, while powerful Immortals suffered backlash trying to divine what had happened.

Chu Kuangren created his own self-strengthening and invincible origin on Penglai Island, gaining an inheritance from the Lord of Jiejiao and returning to the Academy with great rewards. Meanwhile, the Sword Crown challenged the Blade Crown again but was defeated, dealing another blow to the Sword World.

• Chu Kuangren completed his origin by drawing on Penglai Island's resources and the Lord of Jiejiao's Immortal consciousness, then left the island with the Academy's group.
• Gong Yue and Yin Honghua traveled with Chu Kuangren back to the Academy, while the Immortal Realm's Daoist traditions prepared amid the ongoing Heaven's Will Strife.
• The Sword Crown arrived at the Burial Sword Sea, defeated a black-robed saber wielder, and called the Blade Crown out to fight.
• The Sword Crown and Blade Crown confronted each other, while Caiyi watched with sorrow and recalled her connection to Juexin.
• The Sword Crown and Blade Crown fought for three days and nights, and the Sword Crown was defeated again.

After the Blade Crown defeated the Sword Crown and humiliated the Sword World, Chu Kuangren learned that the Sword Crown had been imprisoned and set out to confront the Burial Sword Sea. His purple Sword Qi reached the sect as its Blade Immortals emerged to meet it.

• The Blade Crown defeated the Sword Crown, imprisoned him, and displayed his broken Azure Lotus Immortal Sword with an insult at the Burial Sword Sea entrance.
• Chu Kuangren cultivated his Self-Strengthening and Invincible Origin, drew a Three-Day Immortal Ascension Pill, and learned of the Sword Crown’s defeat.
• Chu Kuangren told Lan Yu he would go to the Burial Sword Sea to help the Sword Crown, then sent a strand of Sword Qi toward it.
• The dean told Gong Yue that Chu Kuangren would definitely defeat the Burial Sword Sea, while Gong Yue doubted he could match the Blade Crown.
• The Burial Sword Sea’s blade cultivators celebrated the Sword Crown’s defeat until Chu Kuangren’s purple Sword Light approached and its Blade Immortals emerged.

Chu Kuangren devastated the Burial Sword Sea with a purple lotus of Sword Qi and announced that he would visit in seven days to challenge the Blade Crown. As rival factions prepared to exploit the battle, Chu continued cultivating at the Academy and studied the Shangqing Lingbao Scripture, drawing closer to becoming an Immortal.

• Chu Kuangren's Sword Qi broke through the saber Immortals' defense, ravaged the Burial Sword Sea, and declared his visit in seven days.
• The Blade Crown called Chu Kuangren the true pinnacle of the Sword Dao, and news of their coming battle spread throughout the Qinglan Immortal Realm.
• The Divine Flame Illuminati, the Spear Crown, Divine Dragon Island, and the Demon Court made plans to target Chu Kuangren or seize his treasures during the battle.
• Chu Kuangren remained at the Academy, where he cultivated the Shangqing Lingbao Scripture alongside the Yaochi Immortal Scripture.
• Chu Kuangren's origin power grew stronger as he worked toward mastering the Self-Empowerment Invincible Origin and entering the realm of Immortals.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the Burial Sword Sea to face the Blade Crown, rejecting the sword cultivators’ demands that he fight on their behalf. He began a tense confrontation with the Blade Crown, declaring that he would avenge the Sword Crown.

• Chu Kuangren left Lan Yu and Little Fox behind, sensing that bringing them to the Burial Sword Sea could put them in danger.
• The Blade Crown cultivated among the swords in the lake and sensed Chu Kuangren’s approach.
• Chu Kuangren appeared before the waiting crowd as ten thousand swords resonated with his Sword Dao Immortal Physique.
• When sword cultivators demanded that he win honor for them, Chu Kuangren blasted them away, killed one who insulted the Sword Crown, and said the world’s sword cultivators had nothing to do with him.
• The Blade Crown challenged Chu Kuangren to show the heights of his Sword Dao, and Chu Kuangren formed a sword gesture and unleashed Thousand Lotus Sword Intent.

Chu Kuangren battled the Blade Crown at the Burial Sword Sea, overpowering his attacks with the Thousand Lotus Sword Intent. The Blade Crown then revealed the Three Sabers of the Avici Path, and Chu Kuangren prepared to meet his strongest technique.

• Chu Kuangren blocked the Blade Crown's Dragon-Roar Slash with the Thousand Lotus Sword Intent and countered his Overlord Saber with Purple Sword Light.
• The Blade Crown and Chu Kuangren traded attacks at close range as spectators watched their saber and sword techniques clash.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the Blade Crown's saber silhouette and sent him flying, drawing blood from his mouth.
• The Blade Crown announced that defeating Chu Kuangren could advance his Saber Dao to the Earth Immortal realm.
• The Blade Crown unleashed the Three Sabers of the Avici Path, surrounding himself with sword resentment qi, malicious ghosts, and asuras.
• Chu Kuangren formed a sword gesture and declared that he would remain invincible even if Avici Hell descended.

Chu Kuangren battled the Blade Crown, countering his forbidden saber techniques with the Azure Lotus Immortal Sword and his Immortal Arts. After Chu Kuangren gained the upper hand, the Blade Crown activated the Burial Sword Sea’s Myriad Blades Heaven-Extinguishing Formation, leaving Chu Kuangren surrounded by its myriad sabers.

• The Blade Crown unleashed the Three Sabers of the Avici Path, but Chu Kuangren met his attacks with the Thousand Lotus Sword Intent and the Azure Lotus Immortal Sword.
• Chu Kuangren revealed forty-six Seals of Dharma Verification and withstood the Blade Crown’s final forbidden strike without injury, while the Blade Crown was badly wounded.
• Chu Kuangren pressed his advantage and overwhelmed the Blade Crown, shocking the Burial Sword Sea’s saber cultivators and the observing Immortals.
• The Blade Crown plunged his saber into the ground and activated the Myriad Blades Heaven-Extinguishing Formation, drawing countless sabers into the air around Chu Kuangren.
• The Blade Crown claimed the formation could slay even an Earth Immortal, and an Immortal watching the battle said he was not confident he could break it.

Chu Kuangren turned the Burial Sword Sea’s Myriad Blades Heaven-Extinguishing Formation against the Blade Crown by summoning millions of discarded swords from Sinking Sword Lake. The battle between the rusty swords and the formation’s new blades was still raging when the chapter ended.

• The Blade Crown activated the Myriad Blades Heaven-Extinguishing Formation, while nearby Immortals doubted Chu Kuangren could survive it.
• Commander Mo Ya and the Golden Crow Guards watched, planning to take Chu Kuangren’s corpse and Azure Luan Mirror if he could not be captured alive.
• Chu Kuangren used his Immortal Consciousness and Immortal Physique to resist the formation and draw swords toward himself.
• Chu Kuangren summoned millions of discarded swords from Sinking Sword Lake, and they tore open the formation before gathering around him.
• The Blade Crown unleashed the formation’s full power, and Chu Kuangren sent the rusty swords against its new blades.

Chu Kuangren killed the Blade Crown by overwhelming the Myriad Blades Heaven-Extinguishing Formation with the Sword Resentment Qi of a million rusty swords. He then challenged the watching Immortals, but the Spear Crown attacked, and Chu Kuangren was forced back several steps.

• The Blade Crown unleashed his strongest attack, but Chu Kuangren answered with Ten Thousand Ghosts' Resentment and destroyed the saber phantom.
• Myriad vicious ghosts overwhelmed the Blade Crown and killed him, while the Myriad Blades Heaven-Extinguishing Formation collapsed.
• Chu Kuangren declared that anyone who wanted to kill him could come forward, and the Sun-Sinking Immortal demanded the Dragon-Binding Rope and the method for using Phoenix Fire.
• Chu Kuangren challenged all the Immortals to attack together, while the Spear Crown stepped forward to avenge Wu Ji.
• The Spear Crown thrust at Chu Kuangren, and Chu Kuangren met the strike with his sword fingers but was driven back several steps.

Chu Kuangren was surrounded by Immortals from several Daoist Traditions while the Academy’s leaders were kept from helping him. As the attackers launched their assault, Chu Kuangren used the Nine Heavens Ringed Pendant and suddenly ascended to Immortality.

• The Lord of the Demon Court and the Azure Dragon Lord stopped the dean and Gong Yue from going to Chu Kuangren’s aid, while other Immortals held back the Academy’s teachers.
• The Spear Crown, a Golden Mountain Temple Arhat, and the Sun-Sinking Immortal attacked Chu Kuangren, as Demon Beasts, Burial Sword Sea saber cultivators, Holy City Enforcers, and Dragon Immortals closed in around him.
• Elder Azure Dragon told Chu Kuangren that the Sword Crown was imprisoned and that the Dragon Lord and Demon Lord had trapped the Academy, leaving him without help.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the Nine Heavens Ringed Pendant and used his Psychic Power and the guqin to break the first attacks and destroy the charging saber cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren swallowed a pill, restored his Origin Power, and transformed it into Immortal Essence, causing nearby cultivators to burst apart as he ascended to Immortality.

After taking the Three-Day Immortal Ascension Pill, Chu Kuangren ascended to immortality and massacred the forces that had surrounded him with his guqin music and sword techniques. Commander Mo Ya’s Blood Crow’s Eye failed to affect him, and Chu Kuangren dismissed the soul attack as a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

• Chu Kuangren ascended to immortality and used Gods and Devils Eight Tones-Ambush on Ten Sides to trap and slaughter the surrounding cultivators and demons.
• The immortals of the various factions attacked together, but Chu Kuangren shattered their Immortal Arts with Gods and Devils Eight Tones-Heaven and Earth Double Resonance, killing several powerful immortals.
• When fleeing immortals tried to escape, Chu Kuangren sealed their retreat with Sword Qi Weaves the Heavenly Net and killed them with Thousand Lotus Sword Intent.
• Commander Mo Ya struck Chu Kuangren with the Blood-Eyed Crow supernatural power Blood Crow’s Eye, but Chu Kuangren remained unaffected and killed the attacking immortals with Great Sound Has No Sound.
• Chu Kuangren called Mo Ya’s soul attack a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

Chu Kuangren wiped out the Immortals at the Burial Sword Sea and killed Elder Azure Dragon, then left to pursue the Divine Flame Illuminati and Holy City. Meanwhile, Caiyi died after freeing the Sword Crown, leaving him grieving as Chu Kuangren departed.

• Chu Kuangren used his soul power and zither music to defeat the remaining Immortals as Elder Azure Dragon fled.
• Chu Kuangren bound Elder Azure Dragon with the Dragon-Binding Rope, killed him, and stored his body in his Heaven and Earth Ring.
• The dean, Gong Yue, the Azure Dragon Lord, and the Demon Lord sensed the battle's outcome, and the Demon Lord and Azure Dragon Lord withdrew.
• Caiyi released the Sword Crown from the dungeon and spoke of the life they might have shared before she succumbed to a force corroding her heart meridians.
• The Sword Crown mourned Caiyi, and Chu Kuangren said he could not revive her before leaving the Sword Crown to arrange her funeral.

Chu Kuangren killed the Blade King and claimed the Curse Resentment Crystal, then left the Burial Sword Sea with the Sword Crown to retaliate against the forces that had besieged him. He destroyed the Holy City's defenses and killed its deputy city lord, declaring that the city would cease to exist.

• Chu Kuangren found the Blade King at Sinking Sword Lake and killed him before taking the Curse Resentment Crystal.
• Xiao Ai identified the crystal as a treasure that produced resentful qi, and Chu Kuangren concluded that refining it could let him ascend to immortality.
• The Sword Crown joined Chu Kuangren, while Daoist Dragon's Cry agreed to keep managing the Dragon's Cry Sword Sect.
• Chu Kuangren left the Burial Sword Sea with the Sword Crown and said that their business was not finished.
• Chu Kuangren arrived at the Holy City, shattered its defensive formation, killed the deputy city lord, and declared the city would cease to exist.

Chu Kuangren destroyed the Holy City and then attacked Golden Mountain Temple, defeating its Abbot and shattering the Skanda Manifestation. The battle opened a deep fissure beneath the temple, where strange blood-colored light emerged.

• Chu Kuangren annihilated the Holy City, killing its Immortals and most of its cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren and the Sword Crown traveled to Golden Mountain Temple, where his arrival caused the temple buildings and Buddha statues to collapse.
• The Abbot of Golden Mountain Temple rallied nearly a hundred thousand monks and used the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage Formation to attack Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren overpowered the Abbot’s Great Brahma Heaven Palm, but the Abbot continued fighting by summoning the Skanda Manifestation.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed his invincible law and destroyed the Skanda Manifestation, blasting the Abbot away and splitting the ground beneath Golden Mountain Temple.
• Chu Kuangren noticed strange blood-colored light flowing from the deep fissure.

Chu Kuangren uncovered Golden Mountain Temple’s secret Resentful Buddha Demon Pestle and defeated its abbot, whose use of the artifact drove the monks into a deadly frenzy. After the temple fell, a blood-robed monk emerged from the blood river and declared himself the Blood Buddha Son.

• Chu Kuangren discovered that Golden Mountain Temple had hidden the Resentful Buddha Demon Pestle beneath the temple and secretly fed it blood essence to restore it.
• Golden Mountain Temple’s abbot seized the pestle, unleashed its power, and caused the resentful qi to drive the monks into attacking one another.
• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed the abbot with a sword strike, took the demon pestle, resisted its illusions, and killed him.
• Chu Kuangren left for the Divine Flame Illuminati, while the monks’ slaughter left Golden Mountain Temple nearly destroyed.
• A blood-robed monk emerged from the underground blood river, named himself Blood Buddha Son, and his birth drew the attention of powerful figures across the Immortal Realm.

Lin Yan left the Divine Flame Illuminati with an ancient bronze furnace, vowing to defeat Chu Kuangren, while Chu Kuangren destroyed the sect and killed its leader. Afterward, Chu Kuangren’s temporary Immortal Realm power began to fade, revealing that he had not truly become an Immortal.

• Chu Kuangren sensed an evil aura near Golden Mountain Temple but continued toward the Divine Flame Illuminati.
• The Divine Flame Leader gave Lin Yan the sect’s ancient bronze furnace and urged him to leave and uncover its secret; Lin Yan vowed to avenge the sect and defeat Chu Kuangren.
• The Divine Flame Leader confronted Chu Kuangren and unleashed the sect’s divine flames, but Chu Kuangren countered with the Nine Heavens Ringed Pendant and the Gods and Devils Eight Tones.
• Chu Kuangren’s zither music killed the Divine Flame Leader and many disciples, while the Sword Crown cut down those who tried to flee; the Divine Flame Illuminati was destroyed.
• Chu Kuangren decided to return to the Academy to become a true Immortal before challenging stronger opponents, and observers realized his Immortal Realm power had been temporary.