Chapter Summaries

Han Xuanji revealed the Azure Heavens and Yellow Springs Brew to Gu Chen and the wine house owner, then received a new immortal wine through a sign-in at the Ten Thousand Immortals Wine Cellar. The chapter ended with Han Xuanji obtaining a pot of Great Dream Immortal Brew, which let its drinker cultivate in a thousand-year dream while only a moment passed in reality.

• Han Xuanji told the wine house owner that the Thousand-Year Dream was unfinished, and Gu Chen emerged to question him about his discerning taste.
• Han Xuanji opened his gourd and released the fragrance of the Azure Heavens and Yellow Springs Brew, prompting Gu Chen to recognize it and apologize for doubting him.
• Gu Chen asked Han Xuanji for a few drops of the brew in exchange for a Dao oath, and Han Xuanji agreed to give him ten drops without an oath.
• Gu Chen led Han Xuanji through concealed restrictions into the Ten Thousand Immortals Wine Cellar, where Han Xuanji signed in and received a pot of Great Dream Immortal Brew.

Han Xuanji drank the Great Dream Immortal Brew, gained profound insights, and advanced to the Fourth Layer of the True Immortal Realm. Thirteen years later, he watched the Pill Lineage Grand Competition begin and noticed a certain figure in the stands.

• Han Xuanji gave Gu Chen ten drops of Great Dream Immortal Brew, then returned to the Myriad Phenomena Garden with a whole pot of it.
• Han Xuanji drank the brew and experienced a thousand years of dreams and insights, advancing to the Fourth Layer of the True Immortal Realm.
• Thirteen years later, Han Xuanji had reached the Sixth Layer of True Immortal as the Pill Lineage Grand Competition began.
• Su Ming, Zhao Yuan, Ji Tianxing, and the other contestants took their pill-refining platforms for the first trial.
• Su Ming and Zhao Yuan demonstrated impressive control while refining spiritual materials, and Han Xuanji noticed a certain figure among the spectators.

Han Xuanji discovered that Immortal Lord Sacred Forest had been secretly corrupted by the Free Heavenly Devil and reported the danger to Immortal Lord Yunmiao. Meanwhile, Su Ming won the Third-Transformation Alchemist group, and Yunmiao took responsibility for investigating the grave accusation.

• Han Xuanji realized Immortal Lord Sacred Forest was unknowingly serving as an insider for the Free Heavenly Devil, possibly explaining how Jiang Hao’s Immortal King Bone was stolen.
• Su Ming refined three top-grade Purple Extreme Spirit-Nourishing Pills and narrowly won first place among the Third-Transformation Alchemists, while Zhao Yuan placed seventh.
• Su Ming told Zhao Yuan that Han Xuanji’s instruction had helped him win, prompting Zhao Yuan to reconsider his earlier misunderstanding of his master’s intentions.
• Han Xuanji contacted Immortal Lord Yunmiao and reported his discovery, explaining that he had used a method other than his Double Pupils.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao told Han Xuanji to keep the matter secret and promised to handle it himself, while Han Xuanji resolved to stay cautious and grow stronger.

After Han Xuanji warned Immortal Lord Yunmiao that Immortal Lord Sacred Forest's mind might have been invaded, Yunmiao reported the danger to Immortal Venerable Yuheng and the Spirit Void Palace. The Heaven-Illuminating Mirror confirmed a hidden devilish thought in Sacred Forest's soul, and the venerables ordered an investigation of everyone on Sacred Forest Peak.

• Immortal Lord Yunmiao believed Han Xuanji's warning and sent a report to the Spirit Void Palace before seeking Immortal Venerable Yuheng.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao told Immortal Venerable Yuheng that Immortal Lord Sacred Forest might have had his mind invaded by a Heavenly Devil.
• Immortal Venerable Tianji, Immortal Venerable Yuxuan, and Immortal Venerable Changgeng discussed the report with Immortal Venerable Yuheng and agreed to use the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror.
• The four venerables summoned the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror and saw a faint wisp of devilish thought wrapped around Immortal Lord Sacred Forest's soul.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng ordered an investigation of everyone on Sacred Forest Peak, while Han Xuanji calmly sensed the direction of the peak from the Myriad Phenomena Garden.

The Law Enforcement Lineage sealed Sacred Forest Peak and summoned Immortal Lord Sacred Forest to the Spirit Void Palace, while Zhao Yuan returned to find the peak under investigation. Su Ming and Han Xuanji discussed Immortal Lord Sacred Forest’s fall and the consequences of exposing his demonic influence.

• Elder Tianquan and another Golden Immortal elder arrived at Sacred Forest Peak under the Immortal Venerable’s decree and took Immortal Lord Sacred Forest to the Spirit Void Palace.
• The Law Enforcement Lineage sealed the peak, ordered its disciples and elders to assemble, and began inspecting everyone.
• Zhao Yuan returned from the Pill Lineage Grand Competition and was identified by an Adjudication Guard, then ordered to join the assembly.
• Zhao Yuan saw that the Peak Master’s hall was empty and feared that Immortal Lord Sacred Forest’s troubles would implicate the disciples.
• Su Ming told Han Xuanji that Sacred Forest Peak had been caught up in Immortal Lord Sacred Forest’s case and that the Jiang Household had demanded an explanation.
• Han Xuanji reflected that exposing Immortal Lord Sacred Forest’s demonic influence might have saved his life.

After Han Xuanji’s insight exposed the hidden danger at Sacred Forest Peak, the Immortal Venerables rewarded him and Immortal Lord Yunmiao. The sect then ordered Yunmiao to have Han investigate everyone in the Heavenly Palace, and Yunmiao delivered Han’s rewards while concealing his worries about the consequences.

• Immortal Lord Yunmiao told the Immortal Venerables that Han Xuanji deserved credit, and Immortal Venerable Yuheng granted Han three days in the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool and a hundred years at the Seeking the Dao Cliff.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng also rewarded Yunmiao with Dao-Evolving Purple Gold Pills and ordered him to have Han investigate everyone in the Heavenly Palace for the Free Heavenly Devil’s thought-seeding technique.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao agreed to the Immortal Venerables’ decree, then worried that the investigation could bring Han misfortune.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao returned to the Myriad Phenomena Garden, where Su Ming recounted how Sacred Forest Peak’s disciples had fled and the sect was investigating Immortal Lord Sacred Forest’s disciples.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao gave Han Xuanji the Myriad Laws Dao Source Token and told him that his disciple token had been granted a hundred years at the Seeking the Dao Cliff.

Han Xuanji entered the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool and used a hundred saved check-ins to obtain a haul of Chaos treasures, a bloodline trait, and powerful techniques. He set aside the rewards he could not yet use and began cultivating the Chaos Body-Tempering True Instruction during his three-day stay.

• A Golden Immortal elder guided Han Xuanji into the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool, where he absorbed its dense Chaos Qi and gained clearer insights into cultivation.
• Han Xuanji checked in at the seven-star location and received the Chaos Dao Embryo, then spent his saved check-ins until the system barred further attempts.
• Han Xuanji counted his hundred rewards, including ninety-seven innate wonders, seven Chaos Divine Crystals, numerous Chaos Dao Fruits, the Chaos Tree Seed, and other treasures.
• Han Xuanji gained the Immortal Emperor Descendant trait, which strengthened him and gave him a blood-burning secret method capable of briefly raising his combat power to the Mystic Immortal level.
• Han Xuanji decided not to accept the difficult Chaos Divine Light inheritance or use the Chaos Tree Seed yet, and chose to study the Chaos Body-Tempering True Instruction in the pool.

Han Xuanji fused the Chaos Dao Embryo in the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool, reaching Perfected True Immortal and gaining a supreme aptitude that could let him be reborn in chaos. After three days of tempering his body, he left the pool and returned to the Myriad Phenomena Garden to receive a Great Firmament Divine Ability inheritance.

• Han Xuanji fused the Chaos Dao Embryo, and his cultivation surged from Sixth Layer of True Immortal to Perfected True Immortal.
• Han Xuanji discovered that his Immortal Embryo Dao Bone trait had become Chaos Dao Embryo, granting him supreme aptitude and the potential to be reborn in chaos.
• Han Xuanji cultivated the Chaos Body-Tempering Instruction in the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool for three days while the guarding elders sensed a commotion but did not enter.
• Jiang Hao arrived at the pool seeking to repair his damaged Dao foundation, studied Han Xuanji as he left, and wondered who the seemingly unfathomable disciple was.
• Jiang Hao entered the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool and vowed not to be defeated, while Han Xuanji returned to the Myriad Phenomena Garden to receive a Great Firmament Divine Ability inheritance.

Han Xuanji received the Chaos Divine Light inheritance, gaining profound insights but finding he could not yet activate the Great Firmament Divine Ability. He checked in at the Seeking the Dao Cliff and entered sudden enlightenment, where Ji Tianxing, Jiang Yuan, and the other Pill Lineage True Disciples later spotted him.

• Han Xuanji accepted the inheritance and wandered through primordial chaos, witnessing the birth and destruction of the universe and gaining insights into its Principles.
• Han Xuanji formed a Chaos Divine Light seed in his Purple Mansion Dantian but could not activate it with his current True Immortal cultivation.
• Han Xuanji went to the Seeking the Dao Cliff and used his system check-in reward to enter sudden enlightenment.
• Several days later, Ji Tianxing, Jiang Yuan, Li Qianluo, and the other Pill Lineage True Disciples arrived and recognized Han Xuanji beneath the cliff.

Han Xuanji cultivated at Seeking the Dao Cliff while Jiang Hao reforged his Immortal King Bone into a more powerful immortal bone. The Immortal Venerables decided to hold the Seven Lineages Martial Competition a hundred years early and invite other forces to expose hidden Devil Race spies.

• Jiang Yuan, Zhao Yuan, Li Qianluo, and Su Ming saw Han Xuanji at Seeking the Dao Cliff and wondered how he had obtained enough contribution points to cultivate there.
• Han Xuanji continued comprehending the Great Dao Principles, while Zhao Yuan kept his distance and felt wary of him.
• Jiang Hao used the Nirvana Samsara Scripture and the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool to reforge his Immortal King Bone and awaken the Divine Light of the Ruins of Return.
• Jiang Hao left the pool resolved to announce his return and eventually challenge Su Ming and the mysterious heaven's chosen he had met.
• Immortal Venerable Tianji, Immortal Venerable Yuheng, Immortal Venerable Yuxuan, Immortal Venerable Creation, and Immortal Venerable Nine Cosmoses agreed to hold the Seven Lineages Martial Competition a hundred years from then and invite outside forces to help identify Devil Race spies.

Han Xuanji reached the Mystic Immortal realm at the Seeking the Dao Cliff and decided he would try to avoid taking part in the Seven Lineages Martial Competition. As he continued stabilizing his cultivation, Su Ming broke through again, while the departing disciples discussed the competition’s unprecedented scale.

• Han Xuanji completed his breakthrough to the Mystic Immortal realm after half a year of cultivation and gained greater power over the Principles around him.
• Han Xuanji read Immortal Lord Yunmiao’s message asking him to enter the Seven Lineages Martial Competition and help investigate Devil Race spies, then resolved to avoid competing if possible.
• Han Xuanji resumed stabilizing his realm and pondered how to form his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Su Ming broke through again at the Seeking the Dao Cliff, astonishing Jiang Yuan, Zhao Yuan, Ji Tianxing, and the others.
• Jiang Yuan, Zhao Yuan, and the other visitors left the cliff as their allotted time ended and discussed the competition’s outside factions, scrutiny, and Ten Great True Disciples selection.

Su Ming and Li Changsheng set out to eliminate devils in a dangerous lower-realm world, prompting Han Xuanji to check on the Great Void Spirit Realm and foresee a greater devil calamity. Back at the Seeking the Dao Cliff, Han Xuanji discovered that the Chaos Divine Crystal could nourish and transform his Ninth-Grade Azure Lotus, strengthening his soul.

• Su Ming invited Li Changsheng to join him on a sect mission to wipe out devils in a small world, and Li Changsheng agreed despite the danger.
• After Su Ming left, Han Xuanji used the Heavenly Divination Technique to see that the Great Void Spirit Realm was thriving, but foresaw a more perilous devil calamity ahead.
• Han Xuanji remembered the Chaos Divine Crystal and examined it, whereupon the Ninth-Grade Azure Lotus in his sea of consciousness reacted to it.
• Han Xuanji brought the crystal to his brow, and the Azure Lotus absorbed its chaos Qi, growing stronger and sending vital force into his soul.

After a hundred years at Seeking the Dao Cliff, Han Xuanji comprehended the fourth level of the Extreme Heaven Sword Dao and advanced to the eighth layer of the Mystic Immortal Realm. He returned to Purple Firmament Peak for the Seven Lineages Martial Competition and reunited with Su Ming.

• Han Xuanji nurtured the growing Azure Lotus and continued cultivating and studying the Sword Dao at Seeking the Dao Cliff.
• After a hundred years of study, Han Xuanji reached the Return to the Ruins Realm, the fourth level of the Extreme Heaven Sword Dao, and advanced to the eighth layer of the Mystic Immortal Realm.
• Han Xuanji's Ninth-Grade Azure Lotus had grown into a Twelfth-Grade Azure Lotus, and he decided to leave Seeking the Dao Cliff because his allotted time was up and the sect had assigned him a task for the Seven Lineages Martial Competition.
• Han Xuanji returned to Purple Firmament Peak while disciples discussed the competition and the powerful outsiders expected to attend.
• Su Ming visited Han Xuanji after a hundred years apart, having reached the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Su Ming visited Han Xuanji after surviving a century of battles in the lower realm and shared a red stone containing an ancient Dao-comprehension inheritance. After Han Xuanji taught him the method, Li Changkong arrived as a newly advanced True Immortal and challenged Han Xuanji to draw his sword.

• Su Ming recounted how he and Li Changsheng had slain a True Immortal devil and obtained a Golden Immortal inheritance in the lower realm.
• Su Ming gave Han Xuanji a mysterious red stone, and Han Xuanji used his Double Pupils to uncover its hidden inheritance imprint.
• Han Xuanji activated the stone and learned the Scripture of Dao Comprehension in the Great Void.
• Han Xuanji passed the sacred method to Su Ming, who absorbed it and thanked him before leaving to prepare for the Seven Lineages Martial Competition.
• Han Xuanji heard rumors that the Heavenly Emperor of High Antiquity would return and that reincarnated Heavenly Court experts were gathering to rebuild it.
• Li Changkong arrived after breaking through to the True Immortal realm and challenged Han Xuanji to draw his sword.

Li Changkong tested his improved sword Dao against Han Xuanji and was swiftly defeated, then gained new insight from Han Xuanji’s explanation of the sword’s relationship to the Great Dao. As the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace filled with powerful guests for the martial competition, Jiang Yuan wondered whether Han Xuanji would take part.

• Li Changkong unleashed his sword strike, but Han Xuanji’s simple counter stopped it before his brow and forced him to admit defeat.
• Han Xuanji explained that the highest sword principle came from understanding the workings of heaven and the Great Dao, leaving Li Changkong deeply shaken and enlightened.
• Powerful guests arrived at the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, including the Myriad Laws Holy Son, the Buddhist Son Shengxin, the Jade Pool Holy Maiden, and Jiang Lingxiao.
• Jiang Yuan observed the gathering prodigies and wondered whether Han Xuanji would make a move, sensing that Han Xuanji far surpassed him.

Han Xuanji watched the Seven Lineages Martial Competition begin while detecting powerful figures whose plans revealed that many factions were maneuvering behind the contest. The Immortal Venerables reflected on the coming age of prodigies and the possibility of attaining Daluo.

• Han Xuanji declined to compete, while Immortal Lord Yunmiao reflected on his disciple’s calm and detachment from the sect.
• Han Xuanji detected several powerful cultivators affected by devil thoughts and learned that Jin Yuntian was guarding Golden Crow prodigy Jin Zizai, who sought to help establish a Demon Race Heavenly Court.
• Han Xuanji identified Daoist Ten Thousand Stars as a Taiyi Golden Immortal of the Star Palace searching for Sovereign Ziwei’s reincarnation and stellar-destined prodigies.
• The Seven Lineages Martial Competition began, and Su Ming told Han Xuanji he would not let him lose face before departing to compete.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng and Immortal Venerable Tianji discussed the rise of prodigies across the Upper Realm and the possibility that this age could produce a Daluo.

Jiang Hao revealed that his Immortal Bone had been reborn through nirvana when he defeated Crown Prince Xiyuan and announced his return as a powerful prodigy. After the Heavenly Immortal Realm matches, Su Ming and Jiang Hao stood to compete for a place in the final, while Immortal Lord Yunmiao wondered whether he had failed Han Xuanji as a master.

• Jiang Hao faced Crown Prince Xiyuan, whose mockery and overwhelming physical power led the crowd to expect an easy victory.
• Jiang Hao met Crown Prince Xiyuan's punch head-on and revealed his restored, strengthened Nirvana Immortal Bone.
• Jiang Hao fought Crown Prince Xiyuan in a fierce contest and defeated him with a powerful fist seal.
• Su Ming affirmed to Han Xuanji that he was confident and would not waste his senior brother's guidance.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao reflected that he had taught Han Xuanji little and began doubting himself as a master.
• After the Heavenly Immortal Realm matches, Su Ming and Jiang Hao became the finalists competing for a place in the final.

Su Ming defeated Jiang Hao in a fierce contest by using Gods and Devils Visualization to suppress the Divine Light of the Ruins of Return and land a decisive sword strike. As the crowd celebrated, a gentle voice told Han Xuanji that his fate was unusual.

• Jiang Hao and Su Ming exchanged attacks, with Jiang Hao relying on his powerful body and Su Ming evading him with profound swordsmanship and movement.
• Jiang Hao unleashed the Divine Light of the Ruins of Return from his Nirvana Immortal Bone, dimming Su Ming’s sword light and threatening to overwhelm him.
• Su Ming summoned Gods and Devils Visualization to suppress Jiang Hao’s Divine Light of the Ruins of Return, then pierced through it with Extreme Heaven One Sword, break the law.
• Jiang Hao admitted defeat, and the presiding elder declared Su Ming the winner after Jiang Hao acknowledged that Su Ming had held back his final strike.
• A gentle voice spoke beside Han Xuanji’s ear, saying that his fate was unusual.

Daoist Ten Thousand Stars invited Han Xuanji to join the Star Palace because of his Big Dipper Star Fate, but Han declined and accepted a jade talisman instead. As the Seven Lineages Martial Competition reached its final day, the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace struggled in several realms, and its leaders discussed the purpose of the event and Han Xuanji’s absence from the competition.

• Daoist Ten Thousand Stars praised Han Xuanji’s Big Dipper Star Fate and invited him to study the Dao of Stars, but Han refused to leave his sect.
• Daoist Ten Thousand Stars gave Han Xuanji a powerful jade talisman with no obligation attached, then departed.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao explained the Star Palace’s ancient origins and warned Han Xuanji to judge its entanglements for himself.
• The Seven Lineages Martial Competition reached its final day, with the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace taking three of the top four places in the Heavenly Immortal realm but losing many True Immortal and Mystic Immortal matches.
• The Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s senior figures said the competition was meant to reveal the outside forces’ plans, and the head of the Talisman Lineage asked why Han Xuanji had not competed.

The Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s Immortal Venerables agreed to name Han Xuanji their Dao Child and devote resources to his growth. After the Seven Lineages Martial Competition, Han Xuanji met the seven lineage heads and began revealing the Devil Race’s infiltrators.

• The Immortal Venerables praised Han Xuanji’s talent and agreed to name him the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s Dao Child.
• The Seven Lineages Martial Competition ended, and disciples discussed the outside talents who had outperformed the palace’s own competitors.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao summoned Han Xuanji to the Spirit Void Palace to report what he had learned at the competition.
• Han Xuanji paid his respects to the seven lineage heads and described how the Devil Race had secretly infiltrated sects and lineages.
• Han Xuanji identified Daoist Cangyan and other figures whose souls had been assimilated by devil thoughts.