Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng met with Qu Shang and learned that Chu Qianqian’s awakened Wanfa Immortal Physique would be nurtured by the True Immortal Pavilion. When Young Master Beichen barged in and threatened Qin Yanzhi, Chen Zheng slapped him and forced Qin Qi to kneel after he recognized Chen Zheng’s robes.

• Cultivators gathered at the abandoned courtyard after five-colored immortal light appeared, but Daoist Wunian’s descendants had already vanished; Young Master Nine Spirits suspected the light signaled a powerful Dao physique awakening.
• Chen Zheng told Qu Shang that Chu Qianqian had awakened the Wanfa Immortal Physique, and Qu Shang agreed to raise and teach her at the True Immortal Pavilion.
• Young Master Beichen forced his way into the hall, ogled the women, and reached for Qin Yanzhi, who froze him with her frost power.
• After Qin Qi thawed Beichen, Beichen threatened Qin Yanzhi, and Chen Zheng slapped him twice, leaving his face badly beaten.
• Qin Qi recognized Chen Zheng’s immortal robes as a sign of Jinxiu and knelt, identifying himself as commander of the True Immortal Pavilion’s immortal guards.

Chen Zheng’s Three Immortal Garment forced Qin Qi to kneel, and Lin Tongzhou’s divine sense avatar also bowed when summoned. Lin Tongzhou punished his son Beichen for offending Chen Zheng, then left the hall on his knees.

• Qin Qi explained that Chen Zheng’s garment was one of Jinxiu’s Three Immortal Garments and forced Young Master Beichen to kneel before him.
• Qin Qi revealed that Beichen was Elder Lin Tongzhou’s son, and Chen Zheng ordered Lin Tongzhou to come see him.
• Lin Tongzhou arrived as a golden immortal’s divine sense avatar and knelt before Chen Zheng.
• Beichen demanded that Lin Tongzhou kill Chen Zheng, but Lin Tongzhou struck his son and sent him flying from the hall.
• Lin Tongzhou, Qin Qi, and their servants bowed and retreated on their knees after Chen Zheng dismissed them.

Chen Zheng explained the Seven Kills Secret Realm and helped Qianqian awaken the power of her Wanfa Immortal Physique. The secret realm appeared above Zhoutian City, and Qin Yanzhi arrived to ask whether Chen Zheng would enter.

• Qu Shang told Chen Zheng that factions had gathered in Zhoutian City because the Seven Kills Secret Realm was expected to appear there.
• Meng Xi revealed that she had reached the True Immortal Realm without triggering a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Zheng taught Qianqian about her Wanfa Immortal Physique, and she summoned powerful lightning with a shout.
• The Seven Kills Secret Realm appeared above Zhoutian City, and hundreds of cultivators entered through its gate.
• Qin Yanzhi arrived and asked Chen Zheng whether he was going into the secret realm.

Thousands of cultivators entered the Seven Kills Secret Realm, where Chen Zheng and Qin Yanzhi arrived at the first trial, Soldier Killing. Young Master Sheng challenged Chen Zheng to test the formation, but Chen Zheng sent Zhuge Qingniu ahead, and Zhuge was struck down by the Seven Tribulations Hand.

• Thousands of cultivators entered the Seven Kills Secret Realm after its gate opened in Zhoutian City.
• Chen Zheng left Qianqian in Meng Xi's care and entered the realm with Qin Yanzhi.
• Zhuge Qingniu explained that the first trial, Soldier Killing, unleashed ice and beast souls against anyone who crossed the boundary.
• Young Master Sheng claimed his earlier failure was only a warm-up and challenged Chen Zheng to face the formation.
• Chen Zheng asked Zhuge Qingniu to try first, and Zhuge crossed the boundary before the Seven Tribulations Hand blasted him down.

Chen Zheng took Qin Yanzhi through the Soldier-Slaying Formation and passed the first trial of the Seven Kills Secret Realm with ease. Young Master Nine Spirits resolved to pursue the Seven Kills Dao Lord’s legacy, while Uncle Bai promised to kill anyone who challenged him.

• Zhuge Qingniu tested the Soldier-Slaying Formation and warned the cultivators that even a seventh-grade True Immortal could not sneak through it.
• Young Master Nine Spirits provoked the crowd into demanding that Chen Zheng try the first trial, and Chen Zheng took Qin Yanzhi by the hand as they stepped into the formation.
• The Soldier-Slaying Formation’s soldier souls and beast souls shattered and opened a path for Chen Zheng and Qin Yanzhi, allowing them to cross safely.
• Chen Zheng suggested that the master of the Seven Kills Secret Realm wanted him to pass, while Little Bone taunted the cultivators before the white mist hid them.
• Young Master Nine Spirits asked Uncle Bai about Chen Zheng’s method, then said the Seven Kills Dao Lord’s legacy was his last chance; Uncle Bai vowed to kill his rivals.

Chen Zheng led Qin Yanzhi and Little Bone through the wasteland trial, where the Shadow Immortal ambushed them. Chen Zheng exposed the assassin’s true body and killed him with a blood-colored weapon, while the wasteland’s skeletal claws dragged away the corpse.

• Chen Zheng stepped into the shifting wasteland formation and stopped its deadly winds with a breath after Qin Yanzhi was attacked by skeletal claws.
• Chen Zheng explained that the wasteland was a formation and said the Seven Kills Secret Realm had only three true trials.
• The Shadow Immortal attacked Chen Zheng from concealment, but Chen Zheng erased the formation and invited him to reveal his assassination swordsmanship.
• The Shadow Immortal sent twelve illusory figures at Chen Zheng, who found his true body and struck him with a blood-colored supreme-grade immortal artifact.
• The Shadow Immortal died, the skeletal claws dragged his corpse underground, and Qin Yanzhi suspected Chen Zheng’s weapon was a Dao Artifact.

Chen Zheng faced Li Xuantang, who entered the Seven Kills Secret Realm seeking revenge for Junior Sister Bilian and summoned a Heavenly Sword. As the sword phantom revealed Profound Immortal-level combat power, Qin Yanzhi watched to see whether Chen Zheng could overcome it.

• Qin Yanzhi questioned Chen Zheng’s identity, and Little Bone said powerful figures called him Ancestor Chen.
• Li Xuantang arrived after surviving the first trial and vowed to kill Chen Zheng, while Chen Zheng destroyed the wasteland’s formation and invited him to attack.
• Li Xuantang launched a third-rank immortal sword at Chen Zheng, who shattered it with a casual point of his finger.
• Li Xuantang explained the Heavenly Gate’s Heavenly Sword legacy and summoned a sword phantom with Profound Immortal combat power.
• Little Bone compared the phantom with Big Sister An Jing’s Heavenly Sword, while Qin Yanzhi wondered whether Chen Zheng would prevail.

Chen Zheng’s hidden sword forced Li Xuantang’s borrowed Heavenly Sword phantom to kneel, then kill its wielder. Qin Yanzhi learned that Chen Zheng’s cultivation recovered slowly despite his immense power, while Little Bone urged her to stay with him.

• Li Xuantang summoned the True Dragon Heavenly Sword phantom to attack Chen Zheng, but it halted and bowed when a sword cried out from within Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng warned that his hidden sword had been ready to attack the Heavenly Gate’s ancestral grounds, and Li Xuantang challenged him to destroy the True Dragon Heavenly Sword’s true body.
• The Heavenly Sword phantom pierced Li Xuantang’s heart, took his primordial spirit, and vanished after bowing to Chen Zheng.
• Little Bone invited Qin Yanzhi to stay with Chen Zheng and praised his abilities, leaving Qin Yanzhi speechless.
• Qin Yanzhi asked why Chen Zheng’s True Essence remained at the Spirit Transformation Stage, and he explained that restoring it might require consuming all the spiritual energy in a Great Thousand World.
• Chen Zheng jokingly suggested trying the Black-Yellow Great World, and Qin Yanzhi silently rolled her eyes.

Chen Zheng and Qin Yanzhi reached the end of the wasteland as more cultivators entered the Seven Kills Secret Realm. The Dragon of Profound Yin appeared to announce the second trial and revealed that the Seven Kills Dao Lord had left behind the Life-Slaughtering Sword and the Time Treasure Vase, stirring the cultivators’ greed.

• Young Master Nine Spirits and the others found Li Xuantang’s corpse at the wasteland entrance and suspected Chen Zheng and Qin Yanzhi had killed him.
• Hundreds of cultivators arrived, and Zhuge Qingniu realized that thousands of people were screaming in the first trial as he crossed the wasteland.
• Zhuge Qingniu greeted Chen Zheng at the chasm, while Young Master Nine Spirits and others challenged Chen Zheng to lead them through the second trial.
• The Dragon of Profound Yin emerged from the chasm and explained that passing its test would clear the second trial.
• The Dragon of Profound Yin revealed the Life-Slaughtering Sword and described the Time Treasure Vase, prompting the cultivators to covet the treasure.
• Little Bone joked that the Time Treasure Vase would let Chen Zheng repeat wedding nights with young women, drawing everyone’s attention.

The Dragon of Profound Yin began the Nether Killing Formation, where resurrected dead attacked the cultivators, but Chen Zheng devoured its power and destroyed the formation. The cultivators were teleported to the next trial, while the Dragon secretly gave Chen Zheng most of his own power to help prevent the Seven Kills Dao Lord’s inheritance from falling into someone else’s hands.

• The Dragon of Profound Yin sealed the chasm and started the Nether Killing Formation, warning that every cultivator inside was an enemy.
• The cultivators encountered resurrected dead, including Li Xuantang, as the formation’s power drove them into deadly battles.
• The Dragon of Profound Yin sent Shadow Immortal and Li Xuantang to attack Chen Zheng, but their bodies shattered against him.
• Chen Zheng swallowed nearly all the formation’s slaughter power, collapsing the Nether Killing Formation and turning the resurrected dead to ash.
• Young Master Nine Spirits drew the other cultivators’ attention to Chen Zheng, and the Dragon of Profound Yin teleported everyone to the next trial.
• The Dragon of Profound Yin secretly gave Chen Zheng ninety percent of his own power, hoping he would keep the inheritance from a feared rival.

The cultivators arrived at the Five Fierce Beasts Deathtrap, where the awakened statues slaughtered many of them as they tried to reach the Seven Kills Dao Lord's inheritance. The remaining attackers became trapped with the man-eating Compassionate Monk, while Chen Zheng still refused to act and claimed he had already digested the Dragon of Profound Yin's power.

• The five beast statues awakened and killed more than half the cultivators on the central platform.
• The Dragon of Profound Yin revealed that the Seven Kills Dao Lord's secret art was on the raised platform and urged the cultivators to attack the monk guarding it.
• Young Master Nine Spirits sent Uncle Bai into battle, and Uncle Bai's World-Defying Saber Intent froze the five beast statues.
• Chen Zheng told the Dragon of Profound Yin that he had already digested its power, while Qin Yanzhi grew more convinced of his mysterious nature.
• More than a hundred cultivators attacked the monk, but their secret arts failed; the monk tore off and ate a True Immortal's arm as a barrier trapped the attackers on the platform.

Compassionate Monk devoured hundreds of cultivators and prepared to abandon his cultivation to practice the Seven Kills Immortal Scripture. The Seven Kills Immortal Stele then acknowledged Chen Zheng, while Young Master Nine Spirits crippled his cultivation and ordered Uncle Bai to kill Chen Zheng and seize the scripture.

• Qin Yanzhi recognized Compassionate Monk as a notorious former Golden Immortal, and the Dragon of Profound Yin warned Chen Zheng that the monk was about to practice the inherited secret art.
• Compassionate Monk used Demonic Buddha Devours Heaven and Earth to swallow over a hundred cultivators trapped on the elevated platform.
• The Seven Kills Immortal Stele arrived before Chen Zheng, and the Five Ferocious Colossi bowed to it despite Compassionate Monk's command to attack.
• Qin Yanzhi discovered that the Seven Kills Immortal Scripture conflicted with her cultivation, while Compassionate Monk explained that practicing it required crippling one's cultivation.
• Young Master Nine Spirits shattered his immortal spiritual power, became a mortal, and ordered Uncle Bai to seize the scripture and kill Chen Zheng.
• Uncle Bai attacked Chen Zheng with a saber strike, while Zhuge Qingniu fled and warned Chen Zheng to give up the scripture.

Chen Zheng stood unharmed after breaking the Bai family’s World-Defying Saber Strike and Young Master Sheng’s Immortal Martial Wandering Dragon. The Compassionate Monk then crushed a piece of black jade and invoked the Futu Sect’s Secret Art of Living and Dying Together.

• Qin Yanzhi raised an ice formation to defend against the middle-aged man surnamed Bai, but Chen Zheng pulled her back and faced the strike himself.
• The middle-aged man surnamed Bai unleashed his World-Defying Saber Strike, but Chen Zheng remained unharmed and shattered his snow-white saber with a casual touch.
• Young Master Nine Spirits realized Uncle Bai could not defeat Chen Zheng and hoped the other factions would fight.
• Young Master Sheng attacked Chen Zheng with his Immortal Martial Wandering Dragon, but Chen Zheng tore apart the ten thousand dragon phantoms and remained unscathed.
• Chen Zheng challenged the Compassionate Monk, who crushed a piece of black jade and asked whether anyone knew the Futu Sect’s Secret Art of Living and Dying Together.

Compassionate Monk revealed that he had merged with the Seven Kills Dao Lord’s remnant soul to seize control of the Seven Kills Secret Realm. His attempt to claim the Seven Kills Immortal Stele failed, and the Dao Lord recognized Chen Zheng as his ancestor.

• Compassionate Monk explained that he had used the Futu Sect’s Secret Art of Living and Dying Together and the ancient god black jade to merge with the Seven Kills Dao Lord’s remnant soul.
• Young Master Nine Spirits begged Compassionate Monk for mercy and offered the Bai family and Nine Immortals Sect’s interests in exchange for becoming his sworn younger brother.
• Compassionate Monk repeatedly tried and failed to summon the Seven Kills Immortal Stele, even after awakening the Dao Lord’s remnant soul and demonstrating control of the Seven Tribulations Hand.
• The Seven Kills Dao Lord’s remnant soul said he was grateful to see Chen Zheng again, then bowed and addressed him as Ancestor Chen.

Chen Zheng’s presence turned Compassionate Monk’s attempt to seize the Seven Kills Secret Realm against him, and the Life-Slaughtering Sword killed the enemies it was meant to strike. After the battle, Seven Kills Dao Lord’s remnant soul thanked Chen Zheng before fading away.

• Compassionate Monk used the Secret Art of Living and Dying Together to threaten Seven Kills Dao Lord’s remnant soul, but the Dao Lord said Chen Zheng had given him the Immortal Stele and had already eased his regret.
• Compassionate Monk summoned the Life-Slaughtering Sword and used Seven Kills Dao Lord’s sword move against Chen Zheng as Young Master Sheng and two Profound Immortals attacked.
• The Life-Slaughtering Sword turned on Young Master Sheng and the two Profound Immortals, killing them, while Seven Kills Dao Lord revealed that Chen Zheng had given him the sword.
• The middle-aged man surnamed Bai killed Young Master Nine Spirits and then destroyed his own primordial spirit, while Chen Zheng dispelled Compassionate Monk’s control over the Dao Lord’s remnant soul.
• Seven Kills Dao Lord’s remnant soul directed the Life-Slaughtering Sword to kill Compassionate Monk, then thanked Chen Zheng and shattered away.

Chen Zheng took the Time Treasure Vase after leaving the Seven Kills Secret Realm, sent Little Bone and Zhengyue inside to cultivate, and sealed the realm before departing with Qin Yanzhi. Back in Zhoutian City, the surviving factions realized that their leaders and experts had not returned.

• Chen Zheng spared the remaining cultivators, who swore not to reveal what happened before leaving the Seven Kills Secret Realm.
• The Dragon of Profound Yin brought Chen Zheng the Time Treasure Vase, and Chen Zheng explained that it could provide a hundred years of cultivation inside for each day outside.
• Little Bone entered the vase to cultivate, and Chen Zheng sent Zhengyue in as well; Qin Yanzhi declined his offer to try it.
• Chen Zheng swallowed the secret realm's spiritual and baleful energy, sealed the realm for Seven Kills's future return, and left with Qin Yanzhi.
• The sealed Seven Kills Secret Realm drifted away from Zhoutian City, while the factions there saw Chen Zheng and Qin Yanzhi return alone and wondered what had happened to their missing people.

Qin Yanzhi spent the night with Chen Zheng before returning to the Ice and Snow Divine Palace, where Old Woman Du tried to punish her for breaking the rules. Su Mengxue recognized Chen Zheng as the senior she had once met and took Qin Yanzhi and Chu Shuangshuang back to the Black-Yellow Great World, leaving Old Woman Du overwhelmed and unconscious.

• Qin Yanzhi confessed her feelings to Chen Zheng and spent the night with him before planning to return to the Black-Yellow Great World.
• Old Woman Du accused Qin Yanzhi of disgracing the Ice and Snow Divine Palace and demanded that she be punished under its laws.
• Su Mengxue arrived, and Chen Zheng entered the great hall after Chu Shuangshuang fetched him.
• Su Mengxue recognized Chen Zheng from their encounter involving an immortality herb and bowed to him as her senior.
• Su Mengxue promised that no one in the Ice and Snow Divine Palace would bully Qin Yanzhi, then took Qin Yanzhi and Chu Shuangshuang back to the Black-Yellow Great World.
• Chen Zheng warned Old Woman Du to know her limits, and she spat blood and collapsed after he left.

Chen Zheng brought Meng Xi and Qianqian to the Shadow Sect and demonstrated secret arts while confronting its members. Qianqian learned to destroy a target with a snap, and the Shadow Sovereign was left alone amid the vanished courtyard.

• Meng Xi told Chen Zheng about the Shadow Sect and its three powerful Heavenly Immortals as their carriage traveled to the lowest level of Zhoutian City.
• Chen Zheng arrived at the Shadow Sect's courtyard with Meng Xi and Qianqian, then sealed the area off from outsiders.
• Chen Zheng summoned ten thousand Blood Spirit Dragons to break the Shadow Sect's protective formation and had Qianqian imitate his attack.
• Chen Zheng snapped his fingers and turned everything in the courtyard except the Shadow Sovereign and a little tree to ash.
• Qianqian copied Chen Zheng's snap and destroyed the remaining tree, proudly announcing that she had learned the secret art.

Chen Zheng killed the Shadow Sovereign and Shadow Saint, destroying the Shadow Sect before returning toward the True Immortal Pavilion. He then attacked the Immortal Martial Hall’s Zhoutian City outpost, leaving it in ruins as the chapter ended.

• The Shadow Sovereign and Shadow Saint ambushed Chen Zheng, but their swords could not pierce him, and he killed them both with the blood-colored divine spear.
• Chen Zheng returned to the carriage, while Meng Xi recalled his decisive violence from her past life as Xihe.
• After the barrier fell, witnesses saw the Shadow Sect’s ruined courtyard and sent reports to the Immortal Martial Hall and Heavenly Gate.
• The Immortal Martial Hall’s middle-aged man and old man discussed withdrawing, but Chen Zheng appeared and killed them before they could negotiate or resist.
• Ten thousand Blood Spirit Dragons surged through the hall, reducing the Immortal Martial Hall’s Zhoutian City outpost to ruins.

Chen Zheng brought Qianqian and the True Immortal Pavilion to the city lord's banquet, where Yan Shijiu tried to seize Qianqian after declaring her a jinx. When Yan Shijiu attacked, a strange shadow swallowed him, leaving no trace.

• Qu Shang warned Chen Zheng that the city lord's banquet might be a trap, but Chen Zheng decided to attend.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the diviner's demand for a personal invitation and explained Qianqian's Wanfa Immortal Physique to Meng Xi.
• Yan Shijiu confronted Chen Zheng at the banquet and accused him of breaking Zhoutian City's rules by taking Qianqian and Old Tian from their courtyard.
• The gathered cultivators learned that Qianqian had the Wanfa Immortal Physique, and Chen Zheng pointed out that the city lord had only called her a jinx the previous day.
• Yan Shijiu attacked Chen Zheng and reached for Qianqian, but a strange black shadow swallowed him.