Chapter Summaries

After defeating the Ji Family’s army, Chu Kuangren reunited with the Academy and introduced Gu Linglong as his wife. He then led the Academy’s forces, alongside Master Zhang, to counterattack the Ji Family, whose leaders learned of their defeat.

• With Ji Wuming dead, the Ji Family’s army lost morale, and Chu Kuangren’s sword strike destroyed fleeing warships.
• A young man carrying the Kongtong Seal watched Chu Kuangren from afar, then vanished; Chu Kuangren sensed he was from the Immortal Court.
• Chu Kuangren reunited with Cao Yun, Wang Heaven-Sinking, and the others, and openly introduced Gu Linglong as his wife.
• Master Zhang agreed to help Chu Kuangren confront the Ji Family’s Dao Integration cultivator, and the Academy set out to attack the Ji Family while Lü Zi stayed behind to guard their base.
• The seven fleeing Ji Family generals returned and reported their defeat, throwing the Ji Family into an uproar.

Chu Kuangren led the Academy’s counterattack against the Ji Family, destroying its Eight Hundred Feudal Lords Formation with one sword strike. He seized Jiang Zilang and vowed to raze the Ji Family to the ground.

• Jiang Zilang reassured the Ji Family that the Immortal Court’s Four Heavenly Kings and an army of eighty million were coming to reinforce them.
• Master Zhang attacked the Ji Family, and its Dao Integration elder fought him above the estate.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Sword’s Final Form and shattered all eight hundred barriers of the Ji Family’s formation.
• Chu Kuangren’s sword strike split the Ji Family estate and killed more than thirty percent of its members.
• Jiang Zilang attacked Chu Kuangren with the God-Striking Whip, but Chu Kuangren was unharmed and seized him with an invisible hand.

Chu Kuangren killed Jiang Zilang and shattered the Investiture of the Gods, freeing the souls bound within it. As the Four Heavenly Kings attacked him and the Academy fought the Ji Family, nine imperial dao true dragons appeared around Chu Kuangren.

• Chu Kuangren crushed Jiang Zilang, took the God-Striking Whip and Investiture of the Gods, then destroyed the Investiture with the Heaven-Settling Sword and freed its bound souls.
• The Four Heavenly Kings arrived and surrounded Chu Kuangren, launching coordinated attacks with their weapons and the Flower-Fox Marten.
• Chu Kuangren repelled the Four Heavenly Kings' first wave of attacks, while Cao Yun, Wang Heaven-Sinking, and the Academy's others clashed with the Ji Family's senior members.
• As the Four Heavenly Kings prepared to attack again, nine imperial dao true dragons soared into the sky around Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren used the Imperial Dao True Dragons to overwhelm the Immortal Court's Four Heavenly Kings as he continued his assault on the Ji Family. When eighty million Immortal Court troops arrived, he summoned his own forces, including the Purple Tenuity Star army, Netherworld Soldiers, and Qin Huang Yong Soldiers.

• Chu Kuangren's nine Imperial Dao True Dragons destroyed Mo Lishou's Flower-Fox Marten and blasted Mo Lishou backward.
• Chu Kuangren wounded Mo Liqing, snapped the strings of Mo Lihai's Jade Pipa, and tore open Mo Lihong's Primordial Chaos Umbrella with his sword.
• Chu Kuangren declared the Four Heavenly Kings nothing special and prepared to kill them, but the Four Divisions Army and Spirit-Ruling Army arrived with eighty million troops.
• Mo Liqing demanded Chu Kuangren surrender, but Chu Kuangren reaffirmed that he would destroy the Ji Family.
• Chu Kuangren summoned Jue Wushen's Purple Tenuity Star forces, the Netherworld Soldiers, and a million Qin Huang Yong Soldiers under Meng Yi.

Chu Kuangren’s Underworld and Purple Tenuity Star forces battled the Two Immortal Courts at the Ji Family, as Yin Honghua and Jue Wushen joined the fight. Hua Wuai and the Desire Flower intervened against the Immortal Court’s great perfection cultivators, leaving the battle raging with Chu Kuangren’s allies gaining powerful reinforcements.

• Chu Kuangren ordered his forces to attack the Ji Family, and the armies of the Two Immortal Courts clashed with the Underworld and Purple Tenuity Star forces.
• Yin Honghua arrived and joined Jue Wushen, helping him repel an Immortal Court great perfection cultivator’s attack.
• Hua Wuai emerged from the Ghost Gate and used reincarnation power to disperse the thunder dragon sword attack aimed at Yin Honghua and Jue Wushen.
• Hua Wuai challenged the Immortal Court cultivator and threatened to make him die once.
• A Wind Division great perfection cultivator moved to assist, but the Desire Flower appeared and blocked his path with its vines.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Immortal Court army, killed the Four Heavenly Kings, and survived a Dao Integration strike before the Immortal Court retreated and abandoned the Ji Family. After the Ji Family was annihilated, rival factions worried that Chu Kuangren would soon dominate the Immortal Realm.

• Hua Wuai and the Desire Flower helped the Underworld and its allies destroy the Immortal Court’s eighty-million-strong army.
• Chu Kuangren killed Mo Liqing and the other three Heavenly Kings with his sword.
• Wu Ming Immortal Emperor attacked Chu Kuangren, but Beiming intervened and Chu Kuangren withstood the remaining Dao Integration strike unharmed.
• Wu Ming Immortal Emperor ordered the Immortal Court to retreat, abandoning the Ji Family after the Investiture of the Gods was destroyed.
• Chu Kuangren sent the Netherworld Soldiers to annihilate the Ji Family and the Immortal Court troops left behind.
• The Dragon Palace, Soul Forbidden Zone, Great Thunderclap Temple, and Sin Tathagata’s side feared Chu Kuangren’s growing power and possible rise to Lord of the Immortal Realm.

After destroying the Ji Family, Chu Kuangren learned of a secret realm at Qishan and set out to claim it. Meanwhile, the Fuxi Heir gathered the Human Emperor heirs and declared that the Ten Divine Artifacts were key to dealing with Chu Kuangren.

• Yin Honghua reunited with Gu Linglong and introduced her to the Netherworld Soldiers as Chu Kuangren’s Dao Companion and the Firmament Empire’s Empress.
• White Mei gave Chu Kuangren a jade slip about Qishan, a secret realm the Ji Family had been developing, and he decided to visit it.
• Beiming and Master Zhang returned after Master Zhang’s fight with the Ji Family’s Dao Integration cultivator, who had escaped.
• Hua Xi received a message from the Fuxi Heir and joined him, the Xuanyuan Heir, and the Shennong Heir.
• The Fuxi Heir said he could not divine a way to defeat Chu Kuangren, but declared that the Ten Divine Artifacts were the key to dealing with him.

The Fuxi Heir gathered holders of the Ten Divine Artifacts to plan how to use their combined power against Chu Kuangren. After revealing the Heaven and Earth Divine Artifact Ten Directions Formation, he left the group ready to hear how it would work.

• The Fuxi Heir told Hua Xi that he had contacted other Divine Artifact holders and planned to use their artifacts against Chu Kuangren.
• The Eastern Emperor Divine Son and Great Fate Goddess arrived, followed by the Longevity Young Imperial Guard, who revealed he had obtained the Kongtong Seal after Chu Kuangren killed Ji Wuming.
• The Fuxi Heir said the Haotian Young Imperial Guard would join later, then Long Xuan arrived carrying the Pangu Axe.
• Shi Jiuqiao arrived with the Kunlun Mirror, which he had taken from Lan Yu, and the group gathered to discuss their plan.
• The Fuxi Heir revealed the Heaven and Earth Divine Artifact Ten Directions Formation as their weapon against Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren and Gu Linglong traveled to Qishan to seek the Nirvana Creation Spring, where they found Chu Hong fighting Wind and Thunder Tribulation and Blazing Fire Tribulation. Chu Kuangren suppressed both Ten Tribulations with his Great Encompassment Intent and captured them.

• Fuxi's successor revealed that the Demon Refining Pot was in Qishan and said he would handle obtaining the Fuxi Qin from Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren and Gu Linglong set out for Qishan, where Chu Kuangren planned to find the Nirvana Creation Spring for Gu Linglong.
• Chu Kuangren and Gu Linglong encountered Chu Hong fighting Wind and Thunder Tribulation and Blazing Fire Tribulation.
• Wind and Thunder Tribulation recognized Chu Kuangren and tried to flee with Blazing Fire Tribulation.
• Chu Kuangren used his time-space Great Encompassment Intent to restrain the pair, then seized them with an enormous hand of Immortal Essence.

Chu Kuangren killed Blazing Fire Tribulation and used soul-searching on Wind and Thunder Tribulation, but a mysterious power killed her before he could learn much. He reunited with Chu Hong and Gu Linglong, then headed toward the revealed Nirvana Creation Spring, where Lan Yu was fighting Shi Jiuqiao.

• Chu Kuangren killed Blazing Fire Tribulation and tried to search Wind and Thunder Tribulation’s memories, but a powerful soul force killed her and resisted his intrusion.
• Chu Hong reunited with Chu Kuangren and met Gu Linglong, explaining that she and Lan Yu had come to Qishan seeking a gift for Gu Linglong.
• The Nirvana Creation Spring appeared with the Phoenix Cries at Mount Qi phenomenon, and Chu Kuangren sensed that the Ji Family’s trial had also been activated.
• Chu Kuangren, Chu Hong, and Gu Linglong went to the spring, where they found eight hundred barriers guarded by soldiers, including a powerful figure in the final formation.
• Lan Yu fought Shi Jiuqiao above the Nirvana Creation Spring.

Lan Yu and Shi Jiuqiao fought over the Kunlun Mirror while Wutian battled Shi Ying near the Nirvana Creation Spring. Chu Kuangren arrived, causing the Eastern Emperor Divine Son to abandon his plan to intervene and leaving Shi Jiuqiao unlikely to keep the mirror.

• Lan Yu repeatedly attacked Shi Jiuqiao, who tried to persuade her to stop fighting and claim the Nirvana Creation Spring.
• Shi Jiuqiao offered Wutian help with the spring and a Śarīra in exchange for dealing with Lan Yu, and Wutian agreed.
• Shi Ying interrupted Wutian's attack on Lan Yu and fought him with her lotus and dew techniques.
• Cultivators challenged the Eight Hundred Feudal Lords Formation while the Eastern Emperor Divine Son decided to protect Shi Jiuqiao and the Kunlun Mirror.
• Chu Kuangren arrived, and the Eastern Emperor Divine Son held back, fearing he could not defeat him or risk losing his Eastern Emperor Bell.

Chu Kuangren killed Shi Jiuqiao and Wutian in the Qishan Secret Realm, while the Gods and Devils lineage kept the Heavenly Spirit Forbidden Zone’s Dao Integration cultivators from intervening. The Great Fate Goddess escaped with the Kunlun Mirror and the Eastern Emperor Divine Son, and Chu Kuangren let them go because he had another plan in motion.

• Shi Jiuqiao attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren cracked his body with a punch and disrupted his attempt to escape with the Kunlun Mirror.
• Shi Jiuqiao used his strongest technique, but Chu Kuangren’s Immortal-Slaying Sword strike destroyed him and left the Heavenly Spirit Forbidden Zone unable to retaliate under the Gods and Devils’ warning.
• Chu Kuangren froze Wutian’s escape, trapped him with the Desire Vine, and killed him as Sin Tathagata vowed to remember the debt.
• The Great Fate Goddess retrieved the Kunlun Mirror and fled with the Eastern Emperor Divine Son, while Chu Kuangren stopped Lan Yu from pursuing them.
• Chu Kuangren said the piece was already in place and looked forward to seeing how the contest would unfold.

Chu Kuangren reunited with Lan Yu and Gu Linglong before breaking most of the Eight Hundred Feudal Lords Formation to reach the Nirvana Creation Spring. He revealed himself as the Human Emperor and fought Ji Fa, the first Son of Heaven, with King Zhou’s Scarlet Blood Sword, and their final attacks collided.

• Chu Kuangren reunited with Lan Yu, who embraced him, and Lan Yu greeted Gu Linglong after realizing she had hugged him in front of her.
• Chu Kuangren warned everyone to leave, then used the Heaven-Settling Sword to shatter most of the Eight Hundred Feudal Lords Formation.
• Chu Kuangren confronted Ji Fa, the first Son of Heaven, and declared that he had destroyed the Ji Family and was the Human Emperor.
• Ji Fa gathered the formation’s remaining aura and challenged Chu Kuangren, who drew King Zhou’s Scarlet Blood Sword and vowed to end the rule of the Sons of Heaven.
• Chu Kuangren and Ji Fa exchanged their sword arts, culminating in a clash between Zhou’s Sword, Wu Dao and the Heavenly Son Sword Art, All Under Heaven and the State.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Ji Family's First-Generation Son of Heaven and claimed the Nirvana Creation Spring for Gu Linglong, then refused the Fuxi Heir's offer to trade the Precious Lotus Lantern for the Fuxi Qin. Gu Linglong emerged greatly strengthened, while Hua Xi and Long Xuan found the Demon Refining Pot, leaving the Fuxi Heir to seek another lamp for the trade.

• Chu Kuangren defeated the Ji Family's First-Generation Son of Heaven, dispersing the Eight Hundred Feudal Lords Formation.
• Chu Kuangren let Gu Linglong cultivate in the Nirvana Creation Spring, which she used to reach the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm and improve her aptitude.
• The Fuxi Heir offered Chu Kuangren the Precious Lotus Lantern for the Fuxi Qin, but Chu Kuangren demanded another lamp and refused to promise he would trade.
• Chu Kuangren dismissed the Fuxi Heir, who left after vowing to find another lamp and cursing Chu Kuangren's arrogance.
• Hua Xi and Long Xuan found the Demon Refining Pot, completing the collection of the Ten Divine Artifacts, and Hua Xi guessed that Chu Kuangren had snubbed the Fuxi Heir.

The Fuxi Heir gathered the Acquired Five Lamps and traded the Fuxi Qin to Chu Kuangren, who secretly planned to draw the Ten Divine Artifacts from his enemies. Fahai joined the plot against Chu, and the artifact wielders began practicing their formation.

• The Fuxi Heir and the others decided to seek Fahai and his Vulture Peak Palace Lantern rather than attack Chu Kuangren before their formation was ready.
• Fahai agreed to lend the lantern and join their plan to defeat Chu Kuangren.
• After returning to the Hundred Schools Academy, Chu Kuangren traded the Precious Lotus Lantern and Vulture Peak Palace Lantern for the Fuxi Qin.
• Chu Kuangren told Lan Yu he had let the Fuxi Heir take the qin so he would eventually bring him all Ten Divine Artifacts.
• The Ten Divine Artifact wielders, including Fahai, gathered to practice the Heaven and Earth Divine Artifact Ten Directions Formation.
• Several months later, the formation erupted with immense power, and the gathered wielders emerged with their Divine Artifacts.

The Shanhai Battlefield appeared as the final stage of the World Child Contest, drawing factions and powerful contenders across the Immortal Realm. The Fuxi Heir planned to confront Chu Kuangren there with the Ten Divine Artifacts, while many rivals set out for the battlefield.

• The Fuxi Heir decided to wait until the final moment of the contest to defeat Chu Kuangren and ordered the Ten Divine Artifact holders not to face him unless all ten were gathered.
• The Shanhai Battlefield appeared, and the Fuxi Heir and his allies agreed to make it the stage for their planned confrontation.
• Lan Haifang emerged from the Soul Forbidden Zone and set out to settle things with Chu Kuangren.
• The Three-Headed Demon Dragon and the Five-Colored Qilin Son revealed their power and headed toward the battlefield.
• Ye Zhu left the Three Purities Dao Sect, while a Xingtian descendant emerged from Changyang Mountain and Yuan Zhan prepared to seek out Chu Kuangren.
• Little Fox left the Ten Thousand Great Mountains to find her young master as contenders gathered for the final battle.

Chu Kuangren entered the Shanhai Battlefield and found Ye Zhu fighting the Xuanyuan Heir over a Sword Intent. After Ye Zhu defeated the Xuanyuan Heir and Hua Xi intervened, both Human Emperor heirs fled when Chu Kuangren arrived, and he reunited with Ye Zhu.

• Chu Kuangren sensed the Shanhai Battlefield had appeared and led Wang Heaven-Sinking and the others there.
• Ye Zhu fought several cultivators for a Sword Intent, then faced the Xuanyuan Heir, Ji Wu, who demanded that he surrender it.
• Ye Zhu used his Azure Leaf Sword Eyes, Zhu Xian Sword Qi, and Green Duckweed Sword to overpower Ji Wu and send him flying.
• Hua Xi attacked Ye Zhu with her Heaven-Replenishing Hand, but both of them were knocked back.
• Hua Xi spotted Chu Kuangren approaching and warned Ji Wu to leave, prompting both Human Emperor heirs to flee.
• Chu Kuangren reunited with Ye Zhu, who greeted Gu Linglong as his friend's wife.

Chu Kuangren and his companions went to an Origin Creation at a mountain lake, where Little Fox fought for an Origin Creation Treasure Pill. She was outmatched by Lan Haifang, but Chu Kuangren appeared behind her as Lan Haifang prepared to strike again.

• Chu Kuangren met Yuzhi and Shi Ying, and they invited him to see an Origin Creation with them.
• Tens of thousands of Heavenly Prides gathered at a lake, where Origin Creation Pills emerged along with a powerful Origin Creation Treasure Pill.
• Little Fox fought off the cultivators around the treasure pill and moved to claim it.
• Lan Haifang of the Soul Forbidden Zone attacked Little Fox, and their powerful moves left Little Fox injured and Lan Haifang seemingly unshaken.
• A white-clad Chu Kuangren suddenly appeared behind Little Fox, shocking the gathered cultivators and enraging Lan Haifang.

Chu Kuangren defeated Lan Haifang and claimed the Origin Creation Treasure Pill site, then began refining the Treasure Pill while his companions gathered the other pills. The Immortal King Platform appeared in the Shanhai Battlefield, signaling that the World Child Contest’s final battle would decide who became Lord of the Immortal Realm.

• Lan Haifang used her Soul-Burning Secret Art and unleashed her Shadow of Death and Purple Pupil against Chu Kuangren, but he overcame her attacks and killed her with the Light of Destruction.
• Chu Kuangren praised Little Fox, and Gu Linglong, Lan Yu, and the others joined them at the Origin Creation Pill site.
• Lan Yu told the other cultivators to leave, and they departed without being forced to surrender the pills they had already won.
• Chu Kuangren decided to refine the Origin Creation Treasure Pill while his companions collected the other Origin Creation Pills.
• The Immortal King Platform appeared, and the World Children learned that the contest’s winner would become the Lord of the Immortal Realm.

The Immortal King Platform opened the final battle of the World Child Contest, and powerful contenders began fighting for the Immortal King Position. While Chu Kuangren continued refining his treasure pill and suppressed the Immortal Realm Will urging him to join, Chu Hong and the others reached the platform, where she faced the Five-Colored Qilin Son.

• Yuan Zhan defeated Feng Xiao on the Immortal King Platform, stripping him of his Immortal Realm Will, then fought Xing Wangu in an evenly matched battle.
• Lan Yu gave her Immortal Realm Will to Yin Honghua and stayed behind to guard Chu Kuangren, while Chu Hong and Ye Zhu joined Yin Honghua in heading to the platform.
• Chu Kuangren continued refining the Creation Origin Treasure Pill and suppressed the restless Immortal Realm Will inside him.
• Yuan Zhan and Xing Wangu discussed Chu Kuangren's strength as their battle continued without a victor.
• Chu Hong arrived at the platform and challenged anyone to fight; the Five-Colored Qilin Son stepped forward to face her.