Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Prides and World Children battled the restrictions surrounding Yuxu Palace as Zhuo Donglai and Yuzhi revealed their power. Chu Kuangren’s group reached the palace safely with Little Fox’s help, but when her strength faltered, Chu Kuangren stepped forward to face the restrictions himself.

• Chizhan, Purple Thunder, and other cultivators pushed through the sea of clouds toward Yuxu Palace, breaking restrictions with their powers.
• Zhuo Donglai and Yuzhi entered the sea of clouds, and Zhuo Donglai’s primordial yang immortal physique shattered the restrictions in their path.
• The Soul Controller hid in the void when Chu Kuangren arrived with several World Children.
• Little Fox used her Moonlight Fox power to guide Chu Kuangren, Chu Hong, and the others through the restrictions without obstruction.
• As the restrictions grew stronger, Little Fox’s moonlight dimmed, and she withdrew her power after Chu Kuangren told her he would take over.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed his immortal essence and unfolded a Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram as the restrictions attacked his group.

Chu Kuangren led his companions through Yuxu Palace’s restrictions and reached its seven meditation cushions, where a trial tested cultivators’ strength and Dao. He outpaced the other cultivators and sat on a cushion, finding himself face-to-face with a white-haired Immortal.

• Chu Kuangren used his Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram to shield his companions and guide them through the restrictions toward Yuxu Palace.
• Cultivators arrived at Yuxu Palace’s Daoist grounds, where many fought over a stalk of Top-Grade Immortal Medicine while Zhuo Donglai and others sought the palace’s greater opportunity.
• Zhuo Donglai and the other cultivators entered Yuxu Palace and struggled against the pressure around its seven meditation cushions, while Chu Kuangren advanced with ease.
• Chu Kuangren sensed that Yuzhi’s Yaochi Immortal Scripture and Immortal Zither resonated with him, causing her to blush and Zhuo Donglai to grow jealous.
• Chu Kuangren reached the seven cushions ahead of everyone else and sat down, entering a boundless white space where a white-haired old Immortal appeared.

Chu Kuangren comprehended the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable’s teachings in Yuxu Palace, then left early to collect opportunities across the Yuxu Daoist Grounds for the Academy. A month later, the other Heavenly Prides emerged and questioned his departure, but Chu Kuangren gave Zhuo Donglai no explanation.

• Chu Kuangren and six other Heavenly Prides entered the white space and listened to the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable expound on the Dao for seven days.
• After comprehending the teachings, Chu Kuangren drew and extracted the Ksitigarbha Sutra, discovering its soul-attacking Ksitigarbha Dharma Mantra.
• Chu Kuangren left Yuxu Palace and took opportunities from competitors across the Yuxu Daoist Grounds, with Wang Heaven-Sinking helping him gather them for the Academy.
• A month later, Lan Yu and the other Heavenly Prides emerged from their Dao-comprehension state and found Chu Kuangren missing.
• Chu Kuangren returned to Yuxu Palace, reunited with Lan Yu, and dismissed Zhuo Donglai’s question about why he had left early.

Chu Kuangren and the others escaped the Yuxu Daoist Grounds through a dangerous, shifting sea of clouds and discovered the Queen Mother of the West's residence. Inside its separate world, Chu Kuangren found Yuzhi fighting a powerful White Tiger and recognized that her Guqin fragment resonated with his Nine Heavens Ringed Pendant.

• Zhuo Donglai and the other Heavenly Prides learned that Chu Kuangren had awakened early and seized most of the Yuxu Daoist Grounds' opportunities.
• Chu Kuangren shielded his companions as they crossed the changed sea of clouds, and the group uncovered the Queen Mother of the West's residence beyond it.
• Yuzhi sensed her connection to the Queen Mother of the West and led the others toward the residence, where spatial power transported them to scattered locations.
• Chu Kuangren entered the residence's hidden world and headed toward its central mountain before spotting Yuzhi battling a gigantic White Tiger.
• Chu Kuangren recognized that Yuzhi's Guqin and his Nine Heavens Ringed Pendant were fragments of the same likely Fuxi Qin, while Yuzhi hoped he would help as the White Tiger attacked again.

Chu Kuangren and Yuzhi killed a White Tiger by combining their zither music, then discovered their instruments were fragments of the Fuxi Qin. As they traveled together, a group of Heavenly Prides and World Children found the Queen Mother's Immortality Medicine on an immortal mountain.

• Chu Kuangren pinned the White Tiger with a Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram, then joined Yuzhi in playing the zither to kill it.
• Yuzhi explained that her Immemorial Antiquity's Legacy Sound and Chu Kuangren's Nine Heavens Ringed Pendant were two fragments of the Fuxi Qin, and named the other fragments Great Saint Thunder Sound and Thunderbolt Dawn.
• Chu Kuangren and Yuzhi traveled toward an immortal mountain, fighting beasts with zither music and refining their duet, which they named the White Tiger Slaying Tune.
• A group of Heavenly Prides and World Children gathered at the immortal mountain and discovered the Queen Mother's Immortality Medicine among the Top-Grade Immortal Medicines.

Chu Kuangren took the Queen Mother's Immortality Medicine after breaking through the assembled cultivators' attack, then unleashed a devastating sword strike that killed a hundred Heavenly Prides and World Children. Yuzhi had stopped Zhuo Donglai from challenging him, and the survivors were left terrified by Chu Kuangren's strength.

• Chu Kuangren and Yuzhi arrived together, prompting Zhuo Donglai to question their closeness, while Yuzhi called Chu Kuangren her friend and stopped Zhuo Donglai from attacking him.
• Chu Kuangren charged for the immortality medicine as the other Heavenly Prides and World Children attacked him together.
• Chu Kuangren used his physiques to repel the combined Immortal Arts, plucked the immortality medicine, and stored it away.
• Chu Kuangren challenged the crowd to withstand one sword strike and unleashed Heaven's Will Like a Sword, killing a hundred Heavenly Prides and World Children.
• A surviving Heavenly Pride trembled as the gathered cultivators realized they had witnessed the power of the Academy's Chief Disciple and Fengdu Ghost Emperor.

Chu Kuangren’s overwhelming sword strike drove the surviving Heavenly Prides and World Children away, and the Tushan Clan revealed a possible clue to Little Fox’s father. As Chu Kuangren explored the immortal mountain with his companions, a strange fragrance drew them into a mist, where Yuzhi disappeared.

• Chu Kuangren’s single sword strike killed over a hundred Heavenly Prides and World Children, prompting Purple Thunder, Chizhan, and others to retreat.
• Tushan Feiyu introduced herself and told Chu Kuangren that Little Fox might be descended from a Tushan Clan elder and that the clan could know her father.
• Chu Kuangren offered to take Little Fox to Tushan after the Kunlun trip, and Tushan Feiyu agreed.
• Chu Kuangren, Lan Yu, Yuzhi, Zhuo Donglai, and the others explored the immortal mountain and followed a faint fragrance into a mist.
• The fragrance clouded the others’ minds, so Chu Kuangren drew Lan Yu and the rest into Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve, but Yuzhi had already vanished deeper into the mist.

Chu Kuangren discovered the Queen Mother of the West’s Jade Pool and bathed in its Immortal Qi, then encountered Yuzhi there. Yuzhi believed he was a perfect gentleman, while privately wondering whether she was attractive to him.

• Chu Kuangren followed the fragrance through the mist and found the Jade Pool, which Xiao Ai identified as a bath of the Queen Mother of the West containing her Immortal Essence Power.
• Chu Kuangren entered the pool and discovered that it was strengthening his body and cultivation, while Xiao Ai detected dormant Immortal Consciousness within it.
• Yuzhi arrived at the Jade Pool, undressed, and entered, unaware that Chu Kuangren was already bathing there.
• Chu Kuangren pretended to be startled by Yuzhi’s arrival and apologized, then moved to the far end of the pool and kept his eyes away from her.
• Yuzhi admired Chu Kuangren’s restraint, then privately wondered if she was not attractive to him and chided herself for the thought.

Chu Kuangren and Yuzhi encountered the Queen Mother of the West’s Immortal Consciousness in the Jade Pool, where Yuzhi received her inheritance and Chu Kuangren collected treasures from the pool’s depths. After Yuzhi emerged from three days of cultivation, they exchanged treasures, each believing the other had shown noble generosity.

• The Queen Mother of the West appeared in the Jade Pool, recognized Yuzhi’s Yaochi Sacred Body and Chu Kuangren’s unusual fate, and offered Yuzhi her inheritance.
• The Queen Mother of the West told Chu Kuangren about treasures at the pool’s bottom, and he collected numerous artifacts, including the Jing Province Cauldron and Yan Province Cauldron, while setting aside a set of armor for Yuzhi.
• Chu Kuangren left the pool and waited while Yuzhi absorbed the inheritance for three days.
• Yuzhi thanked Chu Kuangren for standing guard, and he offered her some of the treasures he had found.
• After they repeatedly urged each other to accept the treasures, Yuzhi kept only the women’s armor, while Chu Kuangren retained the rest; each privately admired the other’s generosity.

Chu Kuangren and his companions returned from the World-in-a-World, divided their gains, and cultivated in seclusion in the Kunlun Secret Realm. After the Academy’s disciples made major breakthroughs, they learned Zhao Fangfei was being hunted and prepared to intervene.

• The Soul Controller invited Zhuo Donglai to join a plan involving Chu Kuangren, and Zhuo Donglai became interested.
• Chu Kuangren and Yuzhi emerged from the mist and returned to the Kunlun Secret Realm with their companions.
• Chu Kuangren distributed their collected treasures, gave Battle Armor to Chu Hong, Lan Yu, and Little Fox, then entered seclusion.
• After six months, Lan Yu reached sixth-grade Heavenly Immortal, Chu Hong reached fifth-grade, and Wang Heaven-Sinking reached fourth-grade.
• Hua Yun told Cao Yun and the other Academy World Children that Zhao Fangfei was being hunted, and they decided to go help her.

Zhao Fangfei was driven into a valley and nearly overwhelmed by the Corpse Devil Successor’s zombies. The Hundred Schools Academy’s World Children arrived as Heavenly Immortals, and Lan Yu joined them to protect her.

• Zhao Fangfei fled the Corpse Devil Successor and his zombies for days, uncertain why he kept her alive.
• The Corpse Devil Successor lured Zhao Fangfei into a valley, where a vast horde of zombies surrounded and attacked her.
• After Zhao Fangfei fought for three days and nearly exhausted her Immortal Essence, Wang Heaven-Sinking, Cao Yun, Chu Hong, Hua Yun, and Fu Shan arrived to shield her.
• The spectators recognized the Academy’s World Children as Heavenly Immortals, and Lan Yu arrived to blast apart the zombies and challenge the Corpse Devil Successor.

Lan Yu and the Academy’s World Children rescued Zhao Fangfei, only to discover that the Demonic Dao had used her as bait to lure Chu Kuangren. The Soul Controller trapped them in a formation and called for Chu Kuangren to come.

• Lan Yu, Cao Yun, and the other Academy World Children defeated the Corpse Demon Successor’s powerful zombies, while Cao Yun suspected the fight was a trap.
• The Corpse Demon Successor revealed that Zhao Fangfei was a successor of the Demonic Dao’s Hundred Charms Lineage, but Wang Heaven-Sinking and the others insisted she was still an Academy student.
• The Corpse Demon Successor summoned the Soul Controller, who raised a black formation barrier around the valley.
• Zhao Fangfei realized she had been used as bait, and the Soul Controller explained that Chu Kuangren was their true target.
• The Soul Controller activated the Thousand-Eyed Formation, weakening Lan Yu and the others as the zombie horde attacked.
• The Soul Controller said he had prepared the killing formation for Chu Kuangren and urged him to come.

Chu Kuangren emerged from seclusion at ninth-grade heavenly immortal great perfection and learned that Lan Yu, Cao Yun, and the others were trapped in a formation. As the Five Officials Successor attacked them, the formation shook from a sudden impact.

• Yuzhi emerged from seclusion as an eighth-grade heavenly immortal and wondered how far Chu Kuangren had advanced.
• Chu Kuangren reached ninth-grade heavenly immortal great perfection, drew the Academy’s Golden Rules Chapter, and learned from Little Fox that Zhao Fangfei, Lan Yu, Cao Yun, and the others were in trouble.
• The Soul Controller and hidden allies waited for Chu Kuangren while Lan Yu and the others fought the zombies inside the Thousand-Eyed Formation.
• The Five Officials Successor revealed himself, attacked Lan Yu, and summoned Netherworld Soldiers and Underworld Generals to kill her group.
• The Netherworld forces looked upward in terror as a tremendous impact shook the formation barrier.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the Soul Controller’s trap and faced an alliance of Heavenly Prides and World Children from multiple factions. After revealing his astonishing rise to Heavenly Immortal Ninth Grade Great Perfection, he stood his ground as the assembled enemies launched their attack.

• Chu Kuangren descended into the valley, destroyed the surrounding undead with Sword Qi, and drew Lan Yu and the others into Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve.
• Purple Thunder, Zhuo Donglai, Chizhan, the ferocious beast World Children, and other factions’ leaders emerged to surround Chu Kuangren.
• The Soul Controller repaired and strengthened the barrier, completing the killing formation around Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that he had reached Heavenly Immortal Ninth Grade Great Perfection in only half a year, shocking his enemies.
• The Soul Controller unleashed the formation’s soul attack, and the gathered Heavenly Prides and World Children charged Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren fought off the assembled Heavenly Prides and World Children, surviving their combined attacks without injury. He then used the authority of the Emperor Seal to break the Netherworld Soldiers’ chains and force them to kneel, leaving only Black and White Impermanence and Ox-Head and Horse-Face unaffected.

• Chu Kuangren killed the charging Qiongqi beast and cut down dozens of Heavenly Prides and World Children with the Grass Sword Art.
• Chizhan attacked Chu Kuangren with his Greatsword, but Chu Kuangren’s sword strike shattered the attack and injured him.
• Purple Thunder and the Immortal Court’s four World Children formed the Four Symbols Immortal-Slaying Array while Chizhan, Zhuo Donglai, and Purple Thunder attacked Chu Kuangren together.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram infused with reincarnation power, destroying the formation and blasting his attackers back while remaining uninjured.
• The Netherworld Soldiers bound Chu Kuangren with chains, but he broke them using the Emperor Seal and commanded the soldiers to kneel.

Chu Kuangren overwhelmed the gathered Heavenly Prides and World Children, even as they unleashed their strongest techniques. He revealed the Academy’s Three Great Phenomena alongside his powerful physiques, then brought down an empowered Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram.

• The Soul Controller ordered Nether Corpse to unleash his peak Heavenly Immortal-level zombies, but Chu Kuangren repelled them with his sword and strength.
• Chizhan, Zhuo Donglai, the Five Officials Successor, Purple Thunder, and other fighters attacked Chu Kuangren with their strongest abilities, but none could injure him.
• Chizhan summoned the Chiyou Devil Shadow, Zhuo Donglai prepared Primordial Yang Divine Light, and Purple Thunder unleashed Purple Radiance at the Extreme.
• Chu Kuangren revealed the Academy’s Three Great Phenomena, stunning the spectators and prompting a mighty figure to call him favored by the Great Dao.
• Chu Kuangren activated his Reincarnation Immortal Physique and Chaos Gods and Devils Physique, forming a Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram empowered by the Three Great Phenomena.

The Soul Controlling successor used the Thousand-Eyed Formation to weaken Chu Kuangren before invading his mindscape to possess his body. He discovered Chu Kuangren had three powerful immortal souls, then faced the Ksitigarbha Dharma Mantra as their soul battle began.

• The Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram crushed the formation’s defenders, leaving more than half the Heavenly Prides and World Children fallen and the rest gravely wounded.
• The Soul Controlling successor revealed his plan to possess Chu Kuangren and entered his mindscape through the Purple-Eyed Demon Light.
• The successor found three golden immortal souls in Chu Kuangren’s mindscape and realized Chu Kuangren’s soul strength approached the Golden Immortal level.
• The successor attacked with soul power, but Chu Kuangren’s Heaven Soul struck him into the mindscape sea.
• The successor emerged unharmed behind a Soul Guarding Talisman and vowed to wear down Chu Kuangren’s soul before taking his body.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the Ksitigarbha Dharma Mantra, manifesting an ancient Buddha image in the mindscape.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Soul Controlling Successor and annihilated the Heavenly Prides and World Children who had laid a killing formation for him. After rescuing Zhao Fangfei, he promised that no one would be able to touch her while he remained the Academy’s Chief Disciple.

• Chu Kuangren used the Ksitigarbha Dharma Mantra to destroy the Soul Controlling Successor’s soul and absorbed fragments of his memories about the Ten Demonic Dao Lineages.
• Chu Kuangren’s Ksitigarbha manifestation scattered the souls of Zhuo Donglai, Purple Thunder, Chizhan, the Five Officials Successor, and the others, then he sealed the Corpse Demon Successor’s spacetime and killed him with sword qi.
• Chu Kuangren collected useful items from the fallen enemies and released Lan Yu and the others from Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve.
• Chu Kuangren healed Zhao Fangfei’s injuries and drove the corpse qi from her body as she explained how she had inherited the Hundred Beauties Sect and been hunted by the Demonic Dao.
• Chu Kuangren told Zhao Fangfei she no longer needed to hide and promised that no one could touch her while he remained the Academy’s Chief Disciple.

Zhuo Donglai learned that the Eastern King Religion had found a lead on something of utmost yin, while the Immortal Court’s Young Imperial Guard of Purple Tenuity took an interest in Chu Kuangren. After strengthening his origin body and acquiring the Wood Refining Puppet Technique, Chu Kuangren left the Kunlun Secret Realm with the Academy’s World Children, only to find Xue Jiuwu leading a hostile blockade outside.

• Zhuo Donglai received word from the Eastern King Religion’s sect leader about a lead on something of utmost yin and resolved to cultivate the two-aspects immortal physique to challenge Chu Kuangren.
• Demonic Dao figures discussed the losses among their lineages and prioritized exploring the Rahula Ancestral Land for Devil Ancestor Rahula’s legacy.
• The Young Imperial Guard of Purple Tenuity learned of Chu Kuangren’s victories and ordered his servant to keep monitoring developments.
• Chu Kuangren analyzed several physiques and bloodlines with the Book of Physiques, strengthened his origin body, and drew the Wood Refining Puppet Technique.
• Chu Kuangren emerged from seclusion and prepared to leave the Kunlun Secret Realm with the Academy’s World Children after they had explored its opportunities.
• Xue Jiuwu led a group of cultivators blockading the Kunlun Secret Realm’s entrance and exit.

Xue Jiuwu and the Evil Immortal Valley cultivators tried to plunder the Tushan Clan outside the Kunlun Secret Realm, using a powerful spatial rune to restrain them. As Tushan Feiyu fought back and onlookers stayed away, a white-clad figure emerged from the realm and stunned the crowd.

• Xue Jiuwu warned his men to retreat if they encountered Chu Kuangren, though they still fantasized about taking his treasures.
• Xue Jiuwu's group surrounded Tushan Feiyu and her companions and demanded the treasures they had gained in the Secret Realm.
• Xue Jiuwu used a rare permanent spatial rune to bind the Tushan Clan and weaken their strength.
• Tushan Feiyu attacked Xue Jiuwu, but he struck her back and threatened her while nearby cultivators refused to intervene.
• A white-clad figure emerged from the Kunlun Secret Realm, and the onlookers fell silent in shock.