Chapter Summaries

The World Children tried to gauge Chu Kuangren through a discussion of the Dao, but his lecture left the Academy convinced of his extraordinary understanding. Lü Zi invited him to become the Academy's Chief Disciple and tested him at chess, only to discover Chu Kuangren's calculations were beyond human.

• Chu Kuangren lectured the World Children on the Dao, producing heavenly phenomena and astounding the students and Master Teacher Pavilion.
• Bai Rui brought Chu Kuangren to meet Lü Zi, who asked him to become the Academy's Chief Disciple, and Chu Kuangren accepted.
• Lü Zi challenged Chu Kuangren to a game on the Cloud Sea Chessboard while discussing the offer.
• Chu Kuangren asked Xiao Ai to analyze the game and began defeating Lü Zi with calculated moves.
• Lü Zi ended the games, concluding that Chu Kuangren's intelligence and breadth of vision surpassed human limits.

After defeating the World Children, Chu Kuangren was appointed Hundred Schools Academy’s Chief Disciple, but he decided to strengthen his standing with an open lecture. His profound discourse won over even students who had planned to undermine him, leaving his position firmly supported.

• News spread that Chu Kuangren had defeated the World Children, and Lü Zi issued a decree appointing him Chief Disciple.
• King Heaven-Sinking, Li Wangchen, Zhao Fangfei, and other students supported Chu Kuangren, while Qinglan Academy celebrated his appointment.
• Chu Kuangren arranged an open lecture to build his prestige across Hundred Schools Academy.
• Students from Peach Blossom Academy planned to find fault with Chu Kuangren’s lecture and use it to challenge his position.
• Chu Kuangren delivered a profound lecture that left the would-be critics speechless and earned the students’ respect.
• The white-robed Peach Blossom Academy student abandoned his plan to cause trouble and vowed to oppose anyone who made an enemy of Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren witnessed the first Chaos Demon God emerge in his Portable World and begin splitting the chaos into stars and galaxies. In the Immortal Realm, the Fengdu Netherworld surfaced from ancient ruins, drawing the attention of powerful forces.

• Chu Kuangren observed life stirring in the chaos and saw a Chaos Demon God emerge from the egg he had once touched.
• The Chaos Demon God formed a black-and-white sword and split the chaos, creating rivers of stars and galaxies under her Heaven's Will to open the heavens.
• The Chaos Demon God rested after her labor, while Chu Kuangren returned his consciousness to his body and pondered whether the real universe had also been created by such beings.
• Cultivators in Immortal Ancient ruins watched Earth Qi erupt and an ancient city rise from underground, filled with death qi and wandering souls.
• The cultivators identified the city as the Fengdu Netherworld, and news of its emergence spread, prompting the Immortal Realm's forces to take action.

After gaining the Reincarnation Immortal Physique, Chu Kuangren led the Academy's World Children to investigate the Fengdu Netherworld, where he discovered powerful dead souls and an invisible thread controlling one of them. The group pressed deeper into Fengdu as Chu Kuangren began to suspect someone was manipulating its dead souls.

• Chu Kuangren obtained the Reincarnation Immortal Physique and agreed to Lü Zi's request to lead World Children on a trial in the Fengdu Netherworld.
• Chu Kuangren, Lan Yu, Chu Hong, Little Fox, and the Academy's World Children arrived at Fengdu and learned that its incomplete barrier was nearing capacity with dead soul energy.
• Li Wangchen and Wang Heaven-Sinking helped break through the first storm of dead souls as the group ventured farther into Fengdu.
• Lu Ming struck the mountain-of-flesh dead soul, but Chu Kuangren intervened and split it apart with a sword strike.
• Chu Kuangren noticed an invisible thread retracting from the dead soul and suspected that an unknown technique was controlling it.

Chu Kuangren destroyed a horde of departed souls with his fused Phoenix and Karma Fire, while a hidden black-robed cultivator took note of his strength. A powerful resonance drew Chu Kuangren and the other explorers to Shentu Palace, where Little Zhurong attacked the ancient structure and the gathered cultivators prepared to enter.

• Chu Kuangren burned away the departed souls and their resentful qi with his Golden-Red Fire Lotus, impressing Lu Ming, Li Wangchen, and the others.
• A black-robed young man watched the flames fade, lamented losing his captured departed souls, and noted that someone from the Hundred Charms Lineage was in the Academy.
• Chu Kuangren and the others explored the Fengdu Netherworld until a powerful fluctuation led them to the ancient Shentu Palace, whose death qi carried the Way of Reincarnation.
• Chu Kuangren recognized Shentu Palace as the former residence of Ghost Emperor Shentu and sensed that something inside resonated with his Reincarnation Immortal Physique.
• Little Zhurong struck Shentu Palace with his Zhurong Fire, then decided to investigate it, prompting the other cultivators to move toward the entrance as well.

Cultivators entered Shentu Palace and found the Reincarnation Emperor Seal, whose power stirred greed and clouded their judgment. As Little Zhurong fought World Children from the Xingtian Sacred Gate and the Three Purities Daoist Gate, a shadow reached for the Seal, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Chu Kuangren entered Shentu Palace with the World Children and sensed something strange about the lack of wandering souls.
• The Ghost King of Fengdu surrounded Shentu Palace with wandering souls and waited for the cultivators to bring out the Emperor Seal.
• Cultivators discovered the Reincarnation Emperor Seal, and its influence drove them to fight over it.
• Chu Kuangren recognized the Seal's effect on their Dao hearts and awakened the World Children.
• Little Zhurong fought the World Children of the Xingtian Sacred Gate and the Three Purities Daoist Gate, forcing them back.
• A shadow slipped toward the Reincarnation Emperor Seal and reached out to take it.

Chu Kuangren overcame the Reincarnation Emperor Seal’s death qi and claimed it, then used his Reincarnation Immortal Physique to kill the Netherworld Lineage youth. After discovering an invisible thread connecting the youth to someone else, he sent Sword Qi along it, leaving its target unknown.

• A black-robed youth tried to seize the Reincarnation Emperor Seal, but the Ghost Emperor’s aura blasted him back, and Zhurong identified him as a successor of the Netherworld Lineage.
• The black-robed youth proposed joining forces against Little Zhurong, but Chu Kuangren refused and blocked the World Children’s combined attacks with his Sword Qi.
• Chu Kuangren reached the seal, whose death qi collapsed against the power of his Reincarnation Immortal Physique, allowing him to claim it and sense the consciousness of Shentu within.
• When Little Zhurong and the others demanded the seal, Chu Kuangren challenged them to defeat him and struck the black-robed youth with reincarnation power, turning him into blood mist.
• Chu Kuangren discovered an invisible thread inside the youth’s Immortal Soul and sent Sword Qi along it.

Chu Kuangren identified the Netherworld successor as a puppet of the Soul Controller, then discovered that the group had been lured into a siege by countless souls. A white-robed female ghost revealed True Immortal-level power and demanded the Reincarnation Emperor Seal, while Chu Kuangren prepared to face her.

• The Soul Controller survived Chu Kuangren’s distant sword strike and vowed to continue their game.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that the Netherworld successor had been controlled by a successor of the Soul Controlling Lineage.
• Little Zhurong and the World Children of the Xingtian Sacred Gate and Three Purities Daoist Gate left Shentu Palace, only to be surrounded by countless powerful souls.
• The Three Purities Daoist Gate’s World Child used a Golden Light Divine Sword Talisman, but the white-robed female ghost shattered it with a finger and killed him.
• The white-robed female ghost demanded the Reincarnation Emperor Seal, and Chu Kuangren told his companions to leave her to him.

Chu Kuangren faced the White-Clothed Female Ghost, who demanded that he surrender the Reincarnation Emperor Seal. After the seal repelled her and stirred the Fengdu Netherworld, the cultivators realized it might have chosen Chu Kuangren as its master and marked the birth of a new Ghost Emperor.

• A cultivator revealed that Chu Kuangren had the Reincarnation Emperor Seal, and Chu Kuangren killed the informants with Sword Qi.
• The White-Clothed Female Ghost offered to spare Chu Kuangren if he handed over the seal, but he refused and challenged her to leave.
• Chu Kuangren prepared to use Beiming's Gods and Devils Qi, but a voice urged him to activate the Reincarnation Emperor Seal with his Reincarnation Immortal Physique.
• The Emperor Seal rose into the air, shattered the White-Clothed Female Ghost's death qi, and blasted her dozens of kilometers away.
• The Emperor Seal's power made the departed souls kneel, and the cultivators suspected it had acknowledged Chu Kuangren as its master and made him a new Ghost Emperor.

Chu Kuangren accepted Ghost Emperor Shentu’s request to rebuild reincarnation and summoned the Six Paths of Reincarnation Gate in the ruined Fengdu Netherworld. He began repairing its formation and ordered the white-robed female ghost to expel those unrelated to the Academy.

• The Reincarnation Emperor Seal acknowledged Chu Kuangren as its master, giving him authority over the departed souls in Fengdu.
• Ghost Emperor Shentu revealed himself within the seal and asked Chu Kuangren to rebuild reincarnation.
• Chu Kuangren agreed, declaring that he would rebuild reincarnation after becoming ruler of the Immortal Realm, and received Shentu’s knowledge and techniques.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the Six Paths of Reincarnation Gate and found its Dao Patterns damaged, causing departed souls to remain stranded in Fengdu.
• Chu Kuangren began repairing the formation and ordered the white-robed female ghost to lead the departed souls in expelling everyone unrelated to the Academy.

Chu Kuangren restored the Six Paths of Reincarnation Gate, brought order to the Fengdu Netherworld, and appointed White Mei to help manage it. Three months later, the rebuilt Netherworld began its first reincarnation ceremony.

• The Six Paths of Reincarnation Gate began operating normally, dispelling the Resentful Qi and awakening the souls in the Fengdu Netherworld.
• Chu Kuangren told the souls they were dead and promised to provide them homes before arranging their reincarnation.
• Chu Kuangren appointed the white-clad female ghost to manage the Netherworld, named her White Mei, and assigned her powerful souls to help.
• Chu Kuangren established agencies to maintain order and guide souls toward reincarnation as White Mei led the Netherworld’s reconstruction.
• Three months later, the Fengdu Netherworld was in order and its first reincarnation ceremony began.

Chu Kuangren oversaw Fengdu’s first reincarnation ceremony, then prepared to search for the other Reincarnation Emperor Seals. He parted ways with the Academy’s World Children, and Zhao Fangfei embraced him before they went their separate ways.

• Chu Kuangren began the first reincarnation ceremony, and nether soldiers forced a rebellious departed soul into the Hell Path to serve his sentence.
• Chu Kuangren resolved to seek the other eight Reincarnation Emperor Seals and gave White Mei and the others ghost-path cultivation techniques.
• Chu Kuangren used the Reincarnation Emperor Seal to send Fengdu into the Underworld, then told the World Children he would not return to the Academy yet.
• Wang Heaven-Sinking, Li Wangchen, and the others chose to temper themselves elsewhere, while Zhao Fangfei warned Chu Kuangren about the Demonic Dao and Soul Controlling Lineage.
• Zhao Fangfei revealed that Chu Kuangren had known she was the Hundred Charms Successor and bit his earlobe before they parted ways.

Chu Kuangren faced Little Zhurong and three other Immortal Court World Children, who trapped him in the Four Symbols Immortal-Slaying Array to seize the Reincarnation Emperor Seal. After he countered their attacks, they summoned the array’s four divine forms, and Chu Kuangren prepared to respond with the power of his Reincarnation Immortal Physique.

• Chu Kuangren decided to visit the Three Purities Daoist Gate to seek the missing portion of the Jade Purity Primordial Beginning Scripture and visit Honghua.
• Little Zhurong and the World Children of the Thunder, Wind, and Water divisions appeared and challenged Chu Kuangren over the Reincarnation Emperor Seal.
• The four World Children activated the Four Symbols Immortal-Slaying Array, and Chu Kuangren used Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve to move Lan Yu, Chu Hong, and Little Fox out of danger.
• Chu Kuangren split Little Zhurong’s flaming spear attack with sword qi and broke the other World Children’s attacks with Red Lotus Phoenix Fire.
• Little Zhurong ordered the four World Children to unleash Four Symbols Wrath, manifesting the Fire God, Wind God, Water God, and Thunder God dharma forms.
• Chu Kuangren activated his Reincarnation Immortal Physique and released a vast wave of reincarnation.

Chu Kuangren used the Reincarnation Immortal Physique and his two manifestations to defeat the Four Symbols Immortal-Slaying Array and kill the Immortal Court’s four World Children. He left with Lan Yu and the others, considered whether his two physiques could fuse, and eventually reached the Three Purities Daoist Gate, where he met Gong Yue and Yin Honghua.

• The powerful figures watching recognized Chu Kuangren’s Reincarnation Immortal Physique as he faced Little Zhurong and the other World Children.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the Four Symbols Immortal-Slaying Array with Reincarnation Tribulation Light, forcing Little Zhurong to use an elixir to break into the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Chu Kuangren empowered Reincarnation Tribulation Light with the Hundred Schools of Thought and Snow Mountain Literary Heart manifestations, killing Little Zhurong and the other three World Children.
• Chu Kuangren released Lan Yu and the others, then wondered whether his Reincarnation Immortal Physique and Chaos Gods and Devils Physique could fuse and eventually strengthen his Unique Origin Body.
• Chu Kuangren and his companions traveled for several months before reaching the Three Purities Daoist Gate and meeting Gong Yue and Yin Honghua.

Chu Kuangren visited the Three Purities Daoist Gate to see Yin Honghua and learned that she had been severely injured after being bullied and framed by a World Child. He vowed to kill whoever had hurt her.

• Chu Kuangren arrived at the Three Purities Daoist Gate and wondered about the origins of its founder, Daoist Miaoqing, and the three Immortal Scriptures.
• Gong Yue welcomed Chu Kuangren and took him to her humble residence, where he noticed her low standing in the Daoist Gate.
• Yin Honghua came to meet Chu Kuangren, and he discovered that her injuries were severe despite her claim that they were minor.
• Yin Honghua explained that a World Child had used his elder relative's influence to suppress her after she defeated him, then bullied her and arranged for her to be grievously injured during a trial.
• Chu Kuangren reprimanded Yin Honghua and Gong Yue for hiding what happened, then declared that whoever had injured Honghua must die.

Chu Kuangren healed Yin Honghua after learning how badly the Three Purities Daoist Gate’s World Child Hu Qing had injured her, then declared war on the sect and challenged its World Children. He killed Hu Qing with one sword strike, prompting Hu Qing’s grandfather and other senior members to confront him.

• Chu Kuangren used his Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram and medical arts to heal Yin Honghua completely.
• Chu Kuangren declared war on the Three Purities Daoist Gate, carved a battle arena from a mountain peak, and challenged its World Children.
• Cheng Yun attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren effortlessly shattered his Sword Qi.
• Chu Kuangren recognized Hu Qing as the World Child who had injured Yin Honghua and severed his head with one sword strike.
• Hu Qing’s grandfather and other senior members arrived, and his grandfather accused Chu Kuangren of killing his grandson.

Chu Kuangren exposed the Ninth Elder’s abuse of power against Yin Honghua, prompting the elder to attack him. Beiming appeared and killed the Ninth Elder despite a Great Golden Immortal’s order to stop, then Chu Kuangren pretended he had heard nothing.

• Chu Kuangren accused the Ninth Elder of helping Hu Qing suppress the truth about Yin Honghua’s defeat and oppress her, stirring outrage among the disciples.
• The Ninth Elder threatened to subdue Chu Kuangren and attacked him with Golden Immortal power.
• Chu Kuangren’s gray mist repelled the Ninth Elder, and Beiming emerged from it to confront him.
• Beiming shattered the Ninth Elder’s Jade Void Finger and struck him with the Beiming Palm, destroying his body and Immortal Soul.
• A Great Golden Immortal called for Beiming to stop, but Beiming ignored the order and asked Chu Kuangren whether he had heard it; Chu Kuangren denied hearing anything.

Chu Kuangren refused Beiming’s offer to take him away and accepted Daoist Qingling’s promise to investigate Yin Honghua’s case. Ye Zhu emerged from seclusion as a Heavenly Immortal and challenged Chu Kuangren, who stepped onto Battle Character Peak to fight him.

• Beiming’s strand of Gods and Devils Qi killed a Golden Immortal, and Daoist Qingling arrived to face him.
• Beiming offered to take Chu Kuangren away and return with his true body to destroy the Three Purities Daoist Gate, but Chu Kuangren declined.
• Daoist Qingling promised to investigate Yin Honghua’s matter and give her an answer.
• Ye Zhu emerged from seclusion, having broken through to the Heavenly Immortal realm, and the Daoist Gate’s disciples celebrated their strongest World Child’s advancement.
• Ye Zhu challenged Chu Kuangren, and Chu Kuangren accepted before stepping onto Battle Character Peak.

Chu Kuangren battled Ye Zhu on Battle Character Peak, suppressing him while both fought at ninth-grade Earth Immortal strength and revealing mastery of the complete Shangqing Lingbao Scripture. Ye Zhu then unleashed his full Heavenly Immortal cultivation and drew Green Bamboo, prompting Chu Kuangren to draw Kunwu for their next exchange.

• Ye Zhu offered to restrict his cultivation to the ninth-grade Earth Immortal Realm, but Chu Kuangren urged him to use his full strength.
• Chu Kuangren overpowered Ye Zhu with sword qi, and Daoist Qingling stabilized Battle Character Peak as their clash shook the mountain.
• Chu Kuangren's sword qi revealed a complete Shangqing Lingbao Scripture, purer than Ye Zhu's, and injured Ye Zhu when he blocked it.
• Ye Zhu accepted that he could not match Chu Kuangren as an Earth Immortal and unleashed his full Heavenly Immortal cultivation inside Daoist Qingling's barrier.
• Ye Zhu's Bamboo Staff shattered to reveal Green Bamboo, and Chu Kuangren drew Kunwu after agreeing to fight with his sword.

Ye Zhu unleashed his full Heavenly Immortal cultivation against Chu Kuangren, then opened his incomplete Azure Leaf Sword Eyes when his sword techniques failed. As Ye Zhu prepared to finish the battle with the Grass Sword Art, Chu Kuangren revealed that he had another Immortal Physique besides the Reincarnation Immortal Physique.

• Ye Zhu fought Chu Kuangren with the Green Bamboo Sword, but Chu Kuangren's more complete Shangqing Lingbao Scripture suppressed Ye Zhu's Immortal Essence.
• Ye Zhu used the Green Duckweed Peerless Sword and Nine Heavens Thunder Sword, but Chu Kuangren broke both attacks with his swordsmanship and Reincarnation power.
• Ye Zhu withdrew his sword qi and opened his incomplete Azure Leaf Sword Eyes, unleashing a torrent of sword qi across Battle Character Peak.
• Ye Zhu's Azure Leaf Sword Eyes strengthened his sword qi, and he challenged Chu Kuangren with the Grass Sword Art, an innate supernatural power.
• Chu Kuangren declared that an Earth Immortal could defeat a Heavenly Immortal and hinted that he possessed another Immortal Physique besides the Reincarnation Immortal Physique.