Chapter Summaries

Qi Wuyan ranked tenth on the Heavenly Ranking, revealing that she belonged to the obscure Xuanji Sect, while Zhou Ran marked her as an enemy. As the ranking continued, Ye Haoying appeared in ninth place, and the announcement of sixth through eighth began.

• The Heavenly Ranking named Qi Wuyan tenth, listing her nine-foot heavenly calculation and affiliation with the Xuanji Sect.
• Yu Fengbo accepted his ranking below Qi Wuyan, while Zhou Ran suspected she had thwarted him and vowed to kill her.
• Qi Wuyan reflected that she had intervened against Yu Fengbo because he had probed Xuanji Mountain, Xie Feng's territory.
• Heavenly Master Qi congratulated his daughter, and Qi Wuyan told him that the Xuanji Sect's master had restored her health and would soon astonish the world.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Ye Haoying of the Haoying Sect ninth, then began announcing the placements from sixth through eighth.

The Heavenly Ranking revealed Sushang in eighth place and awarded her, Ye Yuan, and Lu Xiuluo insights and treasures. As Lu Xiuluo tried to absorb the sage’s fortune surrounding Sushang, a powerful Sword Qi erupted from the crystal coffin, leaving him facing an unseen attacker.

• The Heavenly Ranking named Sushang eighth, Ye Yuan seventh, and Lu Xiuluo sixth, then sent each their reward.
• Ye Yuan worried that his reward would expose him in the Lost Immortal Temple, but Meng Wuqu pointed out that Lu Xiuluo would be exposed too.
• Lu Xiuluo and Blood Devil entered the Emperor Hall, where Blood Devil lured the Illusory Spirit White Tiger away from Sushang’s crystal coffin.
• Lu Xiuluo broke open the coffin and used the Eternal Devil Dragon Staff to absorb the sage’s fortune surrounding Sushang.
• A golden sword and powerful Sword Qi burst from the coffin, forcing Lu Xiuluo back as a cold voice accused him of trying to kill its speaker.

Sushang completed her inheritance and drove Lu Xiuluo from the Emperor Hall with help from the Fleeting Life Umbrella. After returning to her thirteen-year-old form, she met Empress Jialuo, who asked whether she knew a man with a wooden sword.

• Sushang emerged in her adult battle form and attacked Lu Xiuluo, wounding him and knocking away his Eternal Devil Dragon Staff.
• The Fleeting Life Umbrella appeared and sent storms against Lu Xiuluo, who summoned Blood Devil to take the blow before escaping through a spatial passage.
• Blood Devil collapsed from his injuries, then vanished as the Blood Tathagata Beads around his neck briefly glowed.
• Sushang received her Great Dao reward and shrank back to her thirteen-year-old appearance.
• Empress Jialuo recognized Sushang as a member of the Xuanji Sect and asked whether she knew a man who wielded a wooden sword.

Jiang Fei left the Lost Immortal Temple after questioning Sushang, and the Heavenly Ranking revealed that several powerful figures belonged to the Xuanji Sect. Zhou Ran ordered an investigation after learning that Zhou Jin and Xu Chengming were with the sect, while the Heavenly Dog Clan questioned Xu Chengming’s loyalty.

• Jiang Fei asked Sushang whether anyone in the Xuanji Sect wore blue, then departed after Ye Yuan told her to leave.
• Ye Yuan complained to Meng Wuqu that Jiang Fei had mocked his social anxiety, but Meng Wuqu refused to take his side.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Tun Chen, an Immortal Ascension Realm Eighth Stage cultivator affiliated with the Xuanji Sect, as fifth place.
• The ranking named Xu Chengming, the Heavenly Dog Clan’s Grand Heavenly Venerable, as fourth place and Zhou Jin as third, both affiliated with the Xuanji Sect.
• Members of the Heavenly Dog Clan debated whether Xu Chengming had betrayed them after seeing his ranking affiliation.
• Zhou Ran ordered Lie Feng to investigate the Xuanji Sect after learning that Zhou Jin was alive and Xu Chengming had joined it.

The Heavenly Ranking revealed Changying as second and Yan as first, shocking the world with his unmeasurable cultivation. At Lost Immortal Temple, Xie Feng explained that Yan was his name, concealed by Great Dao laws, and Changying proposed they go find the little girl.

• The Heavenly Ranking named eighteen-year-old Changying of Guixu second, with Human Immortal Tenth Stage cultivation and the Wine Domain as her reward.
• Changying worried that her revealed strength would draw unwanted attention, then joked with Xie Feng at Lost Immortal Temple.
• The Heavenly Ranking named twenty-one-year-old Yan of Xuanji Sect first, listing his cultivation as beyond the world's standards and granting him Sacred Fortune Mountain Peak.
• People across the world speculated about Yan's identity and power, wondering how he had surpassed Changying, Zhou Jin, and Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng told Changying that Yan was him and that Great Dao laws from Su Lin's Saint will had concealed part of his name.
• Changying celebrated her Wine Domain reward and invited Xie Feng to find the little girl.

After the Heavenly Pride Ranking announced the upcoming Factions Ranking, the Marquis of Northern Nether sent Mu You and Lie Hun to hunt Sushang, who had returned to the Nameless Domain with Xie Feng and Changying. At the Xuanji Sect, Xie Feng met the fifteen recruited children and introduced himself as their sect master.

• The Heavenly Ranking announced that the Factions Ranking would be released in two years, exciting people across the three thousand worlds.
• The Marquis of Northern Nether learned that a white tiger was in Eternal Night and ordered Lie Hun to track down Sushang and capture her alive, with Mu You ready to enlist the Wei Clan's subordinate factions.
• Xie Feng, Sushang, and Changying returned to the Xuanji Sect with the inheritance's power and found Anping and Mo Lin teaching fifteen young recruits.
• Tun Chen knocked Xu Chengming unconscious with purple powder, but Xu Chengming revived himself with a pill and recorded a note.
• Mo Lin presented the children to Xie Feng, and they greeted him as their sect master, excited to meet the world's strongest person.

Xie Feng organized the newly established Xuanji Sect, welcomed its recruits, and assigned its elders and facilities. After the sect began operating, Qi Wuyan told him that Yan Fei and Chu Shanjun were waiting to meet him at the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

• Xie Feng praised Anping and Mo Lin for recruiting disciples and experts, then assessed Xu Chengming's ties to Zhou Jin and learned how Tun Chen had been injured and rescued.
• Xie Feng met the children recruited from surrounding continents and heard their food-inspired names; he rejected Zhou Jin's offer to rename them and let Mo Lin choose instead.
• Xie Feng assigned the eastern peaks to disciple and elder quarters and basic facilities, while reserving the main peak for himself and important resources.
• Sushang chose to remain a maidservant and Anping chose to remain a manservant; Xie Feng appointed Zhou Jin, Xu Chengming, Tun Chen, and Qi Wuyan as elders responsible for teaching.
• Qi Wuyan told Xie Feng that Yan Fei and Chu Shanjun were waiting at the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and Xie Feng said he would visit after handling sect affairs.
• Xie Feng entrusted construction of the quarters to Zhou Jin so the disciples could take part and build cohesion.

The Xuanji Sect continued its expansion as Xie Feng planned a mountain-protecting formation. Zhou Jin agreed to return to the Heavenly Dog Clan with Xu Chengming to depose Zhou Ran and claim the throne, pending the sect master's permission.

• Xie Feng watched Anping lead the children in cultivation and decided that the sect needed a mountain-protecting grand formation.
• Xu Chengming urged Zhou Jin to return to the Heavenly Dog Clan and explained why he believed Zhou Jin could overthrow Zhou Ran.
• Xu Chengming reminded Zhou Jin that they had once braved life and death together, and Zhou Jin was moved by their battlefield bond.
• Xu Chengming proposed that Zhou Jin return, depose the emperor, quell turmoil, soothe the people, and proclaim himself emperor.
• Zhou Jin agreed to seek the sect master's permission before returning to the clan.
• Xie Feng prepared to inscribe a defensive mountain-protecting formation and considered the different formation types and grades.

Xie Feng used Xuanji Mountain’s abundant luck to create an immortal-grade mountain-protecting formation. Meanwhile, Zhou Jin and Xu Chengming flew toward Yingzhou on a runaway paper kite with Tun Chen aboard, leaving Xu Chengming to add another poisoning to his notebook.

• Xie Feng let Zhou Jin and Xu Chengming return to the Heavenly Dog Clan and lent them a paper kite that belonged to Second Senior Brother.
• The paper kite sped out of the Nameless Domain with Tun Chen secretly aboard, and Xu Chengming shouted at him to get off.
• Tun Chen poisoned Xu Chengming with gray sand, and Xu Chengming recovered with his detoxification pill before recording the attack in his notebook.
• Zhou Jin refused to interfere in their grudge and steered the paper kite toward Yingzhou.
• Xie Feng gathered Xuanji Mountain’s replenishing luck to power his formation, which appeared as an illusory sphere surrounded by two deep-blue rings of light.

Xie Feng established an immortal-grade mountain-protecting formation for the Xuanji Sect while Zhou Jin traveled south with Xu Chengming and Tun Chen. Lie Feng and Ji Zhi ambushed them with the King-Trapping Formation, but Zhou Jin dismissed the threat.

• Xie Feng created a mid-tier immortal-grade formation around Xuanji Mountain, then told the disciples to return to their tasks.
• Xu Chengming repeatedly questioned Zhou Jin during their journey until Zhou Jin asked for peace and quiet.
• Xu Chengming sensed danger, and Zhou Jin confirmed that several figures were following them before turning the paper kite around.
• Lie Feng of the Heavenly Dog Clan confronted Zhou Jin and Xu Chengming alongside Ji Zhi of the Golden Lion Clan.
• Lie Feng activated the King-Trapping Formation to capture Zhou Jin, but Zhou Jin calmly said the group was not enough to threaten him.

Xu Chengming defeated Lie Feng and his companions, while Zhou Jin revealed his return to the Heavenly Dog Clan as a probe of Zhou Ran and the court. As the paper kite continued north, Zhou Jin resolved to stop enduring his brother’s persecution and fight back; the chapter then shifted to Xie Feng sorting Eldest Senior Brother’s cultivation techniques at the Xuanji Sect.

• Lie Feng attacked Zhou Jin’s group with the Golden Lion True Formation, but Xu Chengming countered with his Heavenly Dog Devours the Moon art and destroyed the formation.
• Xu Chengming’s yellow dog phantoms killed Ji Zhi and the others, then mauled Lie Feng until Zhou Jin ordered him to stop.
• Zhou Jin sent the injured Lie Feng back to tell Zhou Ran that he had returned, intending to test the court, public opinion, and Zhou Ran’s reaction.
• Zhou Jin recalled how Zhou Ran had suspected and framed him, then decided he would no longer endure the persecution and would fight his elder brother.
• At the Xuanji Sect, Xie Feng sorted the cultivation techniques Eldest Senior Brother had collected in the Cultivation Technique Tower.

Sushang was angered by rumors about the Xuanji Sect, but Xie Feng urged her to ignore them, and Changying introduced her to Rosy Cloud Brew. Meanwhile, Devil Emperor Lu Xiuluo approached Zhou Ran to propose joining forces against Xie Feng, Sushang, and Zhou Jin, then hinted that Zhou Ran could use someone from the Fierce God Pool.

• Sushang told Xie Feng that people were spreading rumors about the Xuanji Sect and Yan, but Xie Feng advised her to let them talk.
• Changying offered Sushang a sniff of Rosy Cloud Brew, and Sushang pushed it away after recalling that one sip had made her unconscious.
• Xie Feng left Changying to sort the cultivation techniques and went with Sushang to the top floor.
• Zhou Ran brooded over his armies’ failures against the Devil Wolf Clan and Meiba Clan.
• Lu Xiuluo arrived at the Heavenly Dog Clan’s palace and sought Zhou Ran’s cooperation against Xie Feng and Sushang, also naming Zhou Jin as an enemy.
• Lu Xiuluo suggested that Zhou Ran use someone in the Fierce God Pool, shocking the emperor.

Lu Xiuluo persuaded Zhou Ran to revive Zhou Zhulu, the Heavenly Dog Clan’s ancient guardian turned devil, while Zhou Jin returned to the imperial city to challenge the accusations against him. The chapter ended with Zhou Ran confronting Zhou Jin before a growing crowd whose confidence in the official story was wavering.

• Lu Xiuluo offered the Ancestral Buddha Relic to revive Zhou Zhulu, and Zhou Ran agreed, hoping to use him against Zhou Jin.
• Lie Feng reported that Zhou Jin had returned to the clan after defeating the group that tried to capture him.
• The Third Heavenly Venerable told Zhou Ran that Zhou Jin was in the imperial city, so Zhou Ran rushed there.
• Zhou Jin, Tun Chen, and Xu Chengming arrived in the imperial square, where the clanspeople argued over whether Zhou Jin was a traitor.
• Zhou Ran and his allies accused Zhou Jin of plotting against the sovereign, while Xu Chengming challenged the charge and the crowd began to doubt the imperial family’s account.

Zhou Jin used the Great Dao of Time to show the clansmen proof that he had survived the Eternal Loyalty and Treachery Formation, turning public opinion against Zhou Ran. Meanwhile, Lu Xiuluo dropped the Ancestral Buddha Relic into the Fierce God Pool to begin resurrecting Zhou Zhulu.

• Xu Chengming challenged Zhou Jin to prove he had passed through the Eternal Loyalty and Treachery Formation, and the clansmen demanded evidence.
• Zhou Jin used the Great Dao of Time to project a record of himself enduring the formation and surviving its three thousand strikes.
• The clansmen believed Zhou Jin had been framed and called for Zhou Ran to abdicate, while Zhou Ran secretly ordered Lie Feng to summon the army.
• Lu Xiuluo and Blood Devil entered the Fierce God Pool cave and found Zhou Zhulu restrained beneath the water by soul-suppressing chains.
• Lu Xiuluo dropped the Ancestral Buddha Relic into the Fierce God Pool as he prepared to resurrect Zhou Zhulu.

Zhou Zhulu broke free from his hundred-thousand-year imprisonment beneath Fierce God Pool and returned as an Earth Immortal, grieving that his friend Old Worm was gone. At the imperial capital, Lu Xiuluo used his request to send Zhou Zhulu against Zhou Jin, and Zhou Zhulu unleashed his power on the city before appearing before Zhou Jin.

• Lu Xiuluo and Blood Devil watched as Zhou Zhulu emerged from Fierce God Pool after the chains, pool, and sealing formations shattered.
• Zhou Zhulu remembered how Old Worm had abandoned ascension to become a devil alongside him, then learned that a hundred thousand years had passed and Old Worm was no longer alive.
• Zhou Zhulu broke through to the Earth Immortal Eighth Stage and appeared above the imperial capital, where the people and Zhou Jin felt his overwhelming pressure.
• Zhou Jin accused Zhou Ran of releasing Zhou Zhulu, while Zhou Ran bowed to the ancestor and asked him to kill Zhou Jin.
• Zhou Zhulu accepted Lu Xiuluo's request and unleashed destructive power across the imperial capital before appearing directly in front of Zhou Jin.

Sushang arrived on the purple bamboo to protect Zhou Jin, turning the battle against Zhou Ran’s forces. Zhou Ran and his allies were defeated, while Zhou Zhulu withdrew after the fight.

• Zhou Zhulu nearly killed Zhou Jin and attacked the Heavenly Dog Clan until the purple bamboo blocked his strike.
• Sushang appeared atop the purple bamboo and told Zhou Jin that her Master had sent her to back him up.
• The purple bamboo struck Zhou Zhulu into the air, and Lu Xiuluo and Blood Devil fled as Zhou Ran’s side lost its advantage.
• Zhou Jin, Xu Chengming, Tun Chen, and the Heavenly Dog clansmen fought Zhou Ran’s supporters, killing the Second Heavenly Venerable, the Third Heavenly Venerable, Lie Feng, and the others.
• Tun Chen poisoned Zhou Ran as he tried to take Zhou Jin down with him, and Zhou Ran died; Zhou Zhulu turned to leave.

After Zhou Jin defeated Zhou Ran and Zhou Zhulu lost his memory, Zhou Jin became emperor and Sushang returned toward the Xuanji Sect. Lu Xiuluo attacked her on the way, but a mysterious devil killed him with one slash and left with his head as a pledge of allegiance.

• Sushang's bamboo leaves struck Zhou Zhulu down, and he woke with his memory lost and cultivation sealed.
• Zhou Jin called Zhou Zhulu his Royal Uncle and became emperor after Zhou Ran's death and the end of the clan's internal strife.
• Sushang rode her paper kite away from Yingzhou, but Lu Xiuluo and Blood Devil appeared and blocked her path.
• A mysterious devil riding a dragon killed Lu Xiuluo with one slash, while Blood Devil fled through space.
• The mysterious devil wrapped Lu Xiuluo's head as a tribute and said he wanted to join a powerful sect before flying away; Sushang asked his name.

Sushang thanked the mysterious man who helped her before he vanished, while Blood Devil returned to the Devil Grotto with Lu Xiuluo’s corpse and weapons. At the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Yan Fei met Xie Feng and asked to join the Xuanji Sect so he could become strong enough to pursue freedom.

• Sushang watched the man vanish into the clouds, thanked him, and rode away on her paper kite.
• Blood Devil returned, took Lu Xiuluo’s corpse and Eternal Devil Dragon Staff, removed his Zai Slaughter Devil Armor, and went back to the Devil Grotto.
• Qi Wuyan told Yan Fei and Chu Shanjun that Xie Feng was coming, and they nervously prepared to meet him.
• Xie Feng arrived with Changying, greeted Chu Shanjun, and heard Yan Fei ask to join the Xuanji Sect.
• Yan Fei explained that he wanted to reach the Mahayana Realm within five years so he could pursue freedom, and Xie Feng asked whether that was his purpose.

Yan Fei joined the Xuanji Sect and was astonished by its powerful spiritual providence and young disciples. Xie Feng appointed Changying a guest elder, while the sect’s members continued cultivating and attending to their duties.

• Xie Feng invited Yan Fei to join the Xuanji Sect, and Yan Fei accepted by bowing and declaring himself the Sect Master’s disciple.
• Xie Feng, Changying, Qi Wuyan, Yan Fei, and Chu Shanjun returned to Xuanji Mountain, where Yan Fei and Chu Shanjun marveled at its abundant providence and gifted child disciples.
• Xie Feng asked Qi Wuyan to show Yan Fei and Chu Shanjun around, then assigned Changying to manage registration at the cultivation technique tower and offered her a guest elder position, which she accepted.
• Yan Fei devoted himself to cultivation as the disciples and elders of the Xuanji Sect advanced; Sushang and Tun Chen returned, while Zhou Jin continued fighting the Heavenly Dog Clan with Xu Chengming’s help.
• Tun Chen taught poison arts to fifteen disciples but found none suited to them, so he often relaxed around the sect grounds.

Xie Feng reviewed the young disciples’ progress and personally taught Mo Beichen to refine a Qi-Nourishing Pill, but Mo Beichen blew up the cauldron and admired the explosion. After Xie Feng scolded him and sent him to practice, Mo Beichen grasped a new insight and advanced to second-rank intermediate-grade alchemist.

• Xie Feng reviewed the disciples’ cultivation progress, noted Mo Beichen’s and Cang Shanhu’s achievements, and sent the group away to cultivate and study.
• Xie Feng kept Mo Beichen behind and began teaching him how to refine a second-rank intermediate-grade Qi-Nourishing Pill.
• Mo Beichen refined the ingredients in a king-grade pill cauldron, but the cauldron exploded, and he called the blast spectacular.
• Xie Feng rescued Mo Beichen, warned him about the danger of exploding cauldrons, and sent him away to practice until he was proficient.
• Mo Beichen reflected on the refining process, gained a sudden insight, and advanced first to second-rank beginner grade and then to second-rank intermediate grade.