Chapter Summaries

Gu Yingluo and Mu Yan used Ye Chen’s powerful pebble-sealed Method Formulas to destroy the Gold and Jade Sect after its sect-protecting formation trapped everyone inside. Mu Yan killed Jin Ruitian and searched the sect until no survivors remained.

• Gu Yingluo hurled pebbles that unleashed a barrage of Method Formulas, killing many Gold and Jade Sect members and throwing the sect into chaos.
• The sect-protecting formation blocked the fleeing cultivators, and Jin Ruitian ordered the survivors to attack Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo.
• Gu Yingluo and Mu Yan used more pebbles to wipe out the attackers, including one Void Refinement Realm expert, while another hid in the crowd.
• Jin Ruitian used sect members as human shields, but Mu Yan’s pebbles killed them and left Jin Ruitian gravely wounded.
• Jin Ruitian begged for mercy, but Mu Yan killed him and said he intended to cut out the roots of the threat.
• Mu Yan searched the Gold and Jade Sect for half a day, killing anyone who had survived until the sect fell silent.

Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo destroyed the Gold and Jade Sect, and news of the massacre spread through nearby cities. Their actions brought relief to the sect’s victims and elevated the Gu Household’s standing, while Ye Chen received notice that the mission rewards had doubled.

• Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo left the ruined Gold and Jade Sect after completing their task, and Mu Yan slapped a barking dog as they departed.
• People who investigated the sect discovered its destruction and spread news that a young man and woman might have been responsible.
• Residents of nearby cities celebrated the sect’s fall and recalled the abuses its members had inflicted on them.
• The Gu Household Head suspected Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo had destroyed the sect through the power of their master, and other Lineages came to seek favor with the Gu Household.
• Ye Chen received a system notification that Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo had exceeded the mission requirements and doubled the rewards.

Ye Chen received rewards for Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo’s successful mission and prepared to use them to expand Kunlun Holy Land. He restored the Falling Moon Holy Lord’s power but forced her to serve as his maid, and Xiao Yue discovered that Kunlun’s spiritual energy was unusual.

• Ye Chen received an Alchemy Pavilion, pill-refining materials, Illusion Steps, and a Heavenly Mandate Stele as rewards for the mission exceeding its target.
• Ye Chen planned to use the Illusion Steps and Heavenly Mandate Stele to screen and recruit future disciples.
• Ye Chen revealed that he could read the Falling Moon Holy Lord’s thoughts, then removed her seal after she challenged him.
• Ye Chen warned the Falling Moon Holy Lord that she would die if she failed as his maid, and she agreed to serve him as Xiao Yue.
• Xiao Yue considered whether Immortal Lord Siming could find and rescue her, unaware that his divinations had failed, then noticed Kunlun’s spiritual energy differed from the outside world.

Xiao Yue discovered that the Kunlun Holy Land’s spiritual energy surpassed even the best grounds in the Falling Moon Holy Land, and she struggled to understand how thoroughly her status had changed. Bailong revealed that he was an Immortal King and led her to the rear mountains to pick tea, where she froze upon seeing the tea tree.

• Xiao Yue sensed the Kunlun Holy Land’s dense spiritual energy and wondered whether she had been taken to another great world.
• Bailong introduced himself, told Xiao Yue that they were still in the Desolate Immortal Great World, and explained that he had come to take her to pick tea.
• Xiao Yue tried to probe Bailong’s cultivation, but he told her he was an Immortal King.
• Bailong led Xiao Yue to the rear mountains, where she was astonished by the even denser spiritual energy and questioned why the Sect Master grew tea there.
• Xiao Yue saw the tea tree and froze in shock.

Xiao Yue discovered that Kunlun Holy Land had a vast Dao Comprehension Tea Tree, whose aura helped her resolve cultivation problems and glimpse a path to the Immortal Lord realm. After picking tea leaves, she also found a seemingly boundless Spirit Plant garden filled with scarlet blood immortal soil.

• Xiao Yue approached Kunlun Holy Land’s Dao Comprehension Tea Tree and gained sudden insights that explained what had blocked her progress toward the Immortal Lord realm.
• Bailong interrupted Xiao Yue’s contemplation and reminded her to pick tea leaves for the sect master.
• Xiao Yue picked tea leaves under Bailong’s guidance and questioned how Kunlun Holy Land had a Dao Comprehension Tea Tree when she knew of only one elsewhere in the Desolate Immortal Great World.
• Bailong dismissed her concerns, saying the sect master could obtain such a tree, and Xiao Yue noticed Kunlun’s tree was taller and more luxuriant than the one she had seen before.
• Xiao Yue examined the red soil in the Spirit Plant garden and recognized it as scarlet blood immortal soil, then was shocked by how far it extended beyond her view.

Bailong showed Xiao Yue Kunlun Holy Land’s extraordinary resources, and she accepted her new place there as Ye Chen’s maid. After learning about Divine Pill Holy Land, Ye Chen left to obtain more alchemists, while Xiao Yue secretly drank his leftover Dao Comprehension Tea and felt closer to the Great Dao.

• Bailong told Xiao Yue that Kunlun Holy Land possessed one million mu of scarlet blood immortal soil, and she abandoned her thoughts of escaping.
• Xiao Yue brewed Dao Comprehension Tea for Ye Chen and explained that Divine Pill Holy Land trained alchemists and had far-reaching connections.
• Ye Chen said he would spare a few alchemists from Divine Pill Holy Land and tore open the void to leave.
• Xiao Yue worried that Ye Chen would provoke Divine Pill Holy Land, then secretly drank the leftover Dao Comprehension Tea.
• Xiao Yue finished the tea and felt that she had drawn closer to the Great Dao of heaven and earth.

Xiao Yue savored the unusually potent Dao Comprehension Tea leaves left behind by Ye Chen. At Divine Pill Holy Land’s Alchemist Assembly, Ye Chen entered unnoticed and asked who its best alchemist was.

• Xiao Yue was astonished by the strength of Kunlun Holy Land’s leftover Dao Comprehension Tea and chewed the leaves from the teapot.
• The Alchemist Assembly drew alchemists from across the Desolate Immortal Great World with prizes and recruitment opportunities.
• The Nine Li Imperial Lord, the Fallen Star Holy Lord, and the Rending Sky Holy Lord discussed promising alchemists with the Divine Pill Holy Lord.
• The Divine Pill Holy Lord was revealed to be a seventh-grade immortal alchemist, while Divine Pill Holy Land’s highest-ranked alchemists were eighth grade.
• Ye Chen entered Divine Pill Holy Land without triggering its protective formation and asked who its best alchemist was.

Ye Chen appeared undetected inside the Divine Pill Holy Land and demanded that the Divine Pill Holy Lord hand over several of its finest Alchemists. The four holy lords prepared to fight, while Ye Chen remained calm and insisted they not act rashly.

• The Divine Pill Holy Lord told the others that his best Alchemists were cultivating in seclusion when Ye Chen's voice interrupted them.
• Ye Chen appeared in the sky, startling the Divine Pill Holy Lord, the Rending Sky Holy Lord, the Nine Li Imperial Lord, and the Fallen Star Holy Lord.
• The four holy lords unleashed their Profound Immortal auras, disrupting the Alchemist gathering and ruining many pill-refining attempts.
• The Divine Pill Holy Lord demanded to know how Ye Chen had entered the holy land, and Ye Chen asked him to send over his best Alchemists so he could take them away.
• The Divine Pill Holy Lord threatened Ye Chen, while the other holy lords wondered whether his concealed strength surpassed their own; Ye Chen urged them to stay calm.

Ye Chen demanded that the Divine Pill Holy Land surrender several skilled Alchemists, then effortlessly seized the Divine Pill Holy Lord’s Qilin Amethyst Flame when the Holy Lord attacked him. The Divine Pill Holy Lord was badly injured and left unable to fight, while the gathered Alchemists and Holy Lords stared at Ye Chen in shock.

• Ye Chen told the Divine Pill Holy Lord that he intended to take a few skilled Alchemists and would not harm the holy land.
• The Divine Pill Holy Lord summoned the Qilin Amethyst Flame and transformed it into a giant qilin to attack Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen raised one hand and compressed the flame qilin into a fist-sized creature in his palm.
• The Divine Pill Holy Lord suffered severe backlash after Ye Chen stripped away his lifebound flame and fell into the pavilion, unable to fight.
• The Alchemists and the other Holy Lords reacted with shock as they realized Ye Chen had defeated the Divine Pill Holy Lord in a single move.

Ye Chen effortlessly defeated the Divine Pill Holy Lord and three other Holy Lords, then faced twelve Immortal Lord powerhouses who gathered to confront him. As they prepared to attack, an aged voice from the depths of the Divine Pill Holy Land ordered everyone to stand down.

• Ye Chen seized the Divine Pill Holy Lord’s Qilin Amethyst Flame with ease, alarming the Nine Li Imperial Lord, the Rending Sky Holy Lord, and the Fallen Star Holy Lord.
• Ye Chen called everyone present trash, prompting the three Holy Lords to unleash their strongest attacks against him.
• Ye Chen shattered all three attacks with a casual wave and sent the three Holy Lords flying into floating islands.
• Ye Chen warned the four wounded Holy Lords that he had come to talk reason but would kill them if they insisted on fighting.
• Twelve Immortal Lord powerhouses surrounded Ye Chen, but an aged voice from the Divine Pill Holy Land’s depths ordered them to stop and stand down.

Ancestor Wuhen emerged from seclusion to confront Ye Chen at the Divine Pill Holy Land, expecting to suppress the white-robed intruder. Ye Chen’s gaze revealed his overwhelming power, leaving Wuhen convinced he faced an Immortal Emperor.

• Ancestor Wuhen appeared from the depths of the Divine Pill Holy Land and ordered the twelve Immortal Lord experts to withdraw.
• The Divine Pill Holy Lord and other elders recognized Wuhen as the legendary Immortal King who had vanished after fighting the Otherworldly Demons.
• Ye Chen asked Wuhen to provide several seventh- or eighth-grade immortal Alchemists.
• Wuhen warned Ye Chen to leave and unleashed his power, but Ye Chen’s gaze made him sense imminent death.
• Wuhen realized Ye Chen was a genuine Immortal Emperor and panicked because he knew he could not defeat him.

Ancestor Wuhen feared that fighting Ye Chen would destroy the Divine Pill Holy Land, so he agreed to let Ye Chen take two Immortal Lords despite the outrage. He silenced the protests with his Immortal King aura, leaving Jingyu and Heng Cheng under Ye Chen’s arrangements.

• Ancestor Wuhen hesitated to attack Ye Chen while the Holy Land’s disciples assumed he was giving Ye Chen a chance to repent.
• When the Divine Pill Holy Lord urged him to punish Ye Chen, Ancestor Wuhen rebuked him and slapped him from a distance.
• Ancestor Wuhen weighed the cost of battling Ye Chen and offered to establish friendly relations with him instead.
• Ancestor Wuhen ordered Jingyu and Heng Cheng to follow Ye Chen’s arrangements, prompting both alchemists and the Holy Land’s people to protest.
• Ancestor Wuhen declared his decision final and released his Immortal King presence, silencing the crowd.

Ye Chen forced the Divine Pill Holy Land to surrender four immortal alchemists and three thousand alchemists, then left for Primordial Divine Mountain to recruit two geniuses. After he departed, Ancestor Wuhen summoned the holy land’s senior members to explain his decision.

• Ancestor Wuhen silenced the holy land’s objections with his Immortal King presence, and Ye Chen demanded more alchemists.
• Ye Chen bound two more Immortal Lord alchemists and took them, then returned the Qilin Amethyst Flame before snatching it away again and causing the Divine Pill Holy Lord to faint.
• Ye Chen selected three thousand alchemists for the Kunlun Holy Land and left the Divine Pill Holy Land with his group.
• After receiving a system prompt about two Immortal Grade geniuses at Primordial Divine Mountain, Ye Chen headed there instead of returning to Kunlun.
• Ancestor Wuhen ordered the Divine Pill Holy Land’s senior members to gather in the main hall after Ye Chen left.

Ancestor Wuhen revealed that Ye Chen was an Immortal Emperor whose power exceeded even Immortal Emperor Luoyuan’s, and warned the Divine Pill Holy Land against underestimating the Kunlun Holy Land. Ye Chen reached Primordial Divine Mountain to rescue two prospective disciples, while the pill-refining immortal masters discovered they could not escape his restrictive formation.

• Ancestor Wuhen told the Divine Pill Holy Land’s leaders that Ye Chen was an Immortal Emperor and that his pressure had surpassed Immortal Emperor Luoyuan’s.
• Ancestor Wuhen warned everyone to be cautious around members of the Kunlun Holy Land, though he did not know what kind of force it was.
• Ye Chen brought his group to Primordial Divine Mountain, where he said the forbidden zone did not look special and then descended to rescue two disciples with powerful physiques.
• Heng Cheng urged the pill-refining immortal masters to escape while Ye Chen was away, and they tried to leave.
• The pill-refining immortal masters found that a powerful restrictive formation in the floating cloud trapped them, and their attacks could not break it.

Elder Lei planned to transplant the Immortal Spirit Physique and Holy Light Physique of the twin sisters Zixing and Ziyue into his granddaughter Lei Ting. After weakening the sisters inside Primordial Divine Mountain, he entered the forbidden zone to retrieve them.

• Four Immortal Lords and three thousand alchemists failed to break Ye Chen's confinement and hoped Primordial Divine Mountain would kill him.
• Elder Lei told Lei Ting that he intended to transplant the twins' physiques into her and make her a peerless genius.
• Zixing and Ziyue struggled through Primordial Divine Mountain, with Zixing refusing to abandon her younger sister.
• Onlookers watched as the ominous presence eroded the sisters' origin essence and discussed Elder Lei's transplant method.
• Elder Lei entered Primordial Divine Mountain and mocked the sisters for crawling farther inside.

Ye Chen entered Primordial Divine Mountain, restored Zixing and Ziyue after the ominous presence nearly killed them, and took the twins as his disciples. Elder Lei and the onlookers were left stunned by Ye Chen’s immunity and the sisters’ recovery.

• Elder Lei entered the outskirts of Primordial Divine Mountain as an unfamiliar figure suddenly appeared deep inside it.
• Ye Chen found the near-death Zixing and Ziyue and restored their strength by replenishing their physiques’ origins.
• Ye Chen asked the awakened sisters to become his disciples, and Zixing and Ziyue accepted.
• Ye Chen remained unaffected by the ominous presence while Elder Lei and the others watched in disbelief.

Ye Chen saved Zixing and Ziyue from the ominous presence and promised to protect them from Elder Lei and the Purple Tenuity Holy Land. As they headed out of Primordial Divine Mountain, a sacred fruit ripened in its deepest reaches, astonishing everyone.

• Immortal Lord Hengcheng, Immortal Lord Jingyu, and the other pill masters wondered how Ye Chen had saved the girls and agreed they would help as much as they could.
• Elder Lei vowed to confront Ye Chen, while Lei Ting demanded that her grandfather kill him for ruining her chance to take the girls' physiques.
• Elder Lei threatened Ye Chen and ordered him to return Zixing and Ziyue to the Purple Tenuity Holy Land.
• Zixing and Ziyue begged Ye Chen not to send them back, and Ye Chen reassured them that he would protect them.
• As Ye Chen led the girls toward the exit, a fruit tree in the depths of Primordial Divine Mountain bore bright red fruit, and the onlookers cried that the sacred fruit had ripened.

Cultivators and powerful sect leaders gathered outside Primordial Divine Mountain as its sacred fruits ripened, and Elder Lei entered with the Nether-Penetrating Umbrella to claim them. Ye Chen took Zixing and Ziyue by the hand and led them deeper into the mountain, leaving the onlookers convinced they were walking to their deaths.

• Cultivators gathered outside Primordial Divine Mountain to admire the sacred fruits and discuss their legendary power.
• The hall master of Golden Dragon Hall, the sect master of the Long River Sect, and the Dragon Elephant Sect's grand elder challenged Elder Lei to compete without relying on Purple Tenuity Holy Land's status.
• Elder Lei opened the Nether-Penetrating Umbrella and entered the mountain, while the other leaders activated their own defenses and followed.
• Ye Chen asked Zixing and Ziyue if they wanted fruit, and the two girls eagerly agreed while offering to leave most of it for him.
• Ye Chen took Zixing and Ziyue deeper into Primordial Divine Mountain, prompting the onlookers to speculate that they were trapped or foolishly seeking the sacred fruits.

Ye Chen and the two girls reached the sacred fruit despite the ominous presence that forced Elder Lei and the other powerful figures to retreat. Ye Chen dismissed the sacred fruit as tasteless and threw it away after one bite, leaving the onlookers furious and stunned.

• The Dragon Elephant Sect's grand elder, the Long River Sect's sect master, the Golden Dragon Hall's hall master, and Elder Lei all failed to approach the sacred fruit and retreated.
• The onlookers spotted Ye Chen, Zixing, and Ziyue climbing the mountain unharmed, while Elder Lei secretly summoned Elder Zhou for help.
• Ye Chen brought Zixing and Ziyue to the summit and reached the sacred fruit as the people below watched in disbelief.
• Ye Chen gave one sacred fruit each to Zixing and Ziyue, took a bite of another, called it tasteless, and tossed it away.

Ye Chen fed Zixing and Ziyue sacred fruits, uprooted the sacred fruit tree from Primordial Divine Mountain, and left with his disciples. When Elder Lei and the others surrounded them to seize the tree, Ye Chen killed Elder Lei with a single palm strike.

• Ye Chen discarded a sacred fruit he disliked and urged Zixing and Ziyue to eat more.
• After eating two sacred fruits each, Zixing and Ziyue glowed with Dao-law runes and felt their bodies growing stronger.
• Ye Chen uprooted the sacred fruit tree and led Zixing and Ziyue down Primordial Divine Mountain.
• Elder Lei and the other onlookers plotted to seize the tree and confronted Ye Chen as he emerged from the mountain.
• Ye Chen told the crowd to leave, then struck Elder Lei with an enormous palm and crushed him to death.