Chapter Summaries

Han Xuanji learned about the Thousand-Hand Holy Lord’s cooking Dao and was served a Hongmeng Dragon Fish at the Supreme Qian Dao Arena. Eating its spiritual light gave him a flash of insight, and he began breaking through from Eternal True God to Eternal Sage.

• Mo Chenxiao told Han Xuanji about the Thousand-Hand Holy Lord, who cultivated the Dao of cooking to the Holy Lord Realm, and the legendary Snow Cooking Guest.
• Holy Venerable Tianming presented Han Xuanji with a Fish-Dragon Feast made from a Hongmeng Dragon Fish, crediting Wangdao Saint Venerable for helping secure it.
• Han Xuanji invited Leng Qianshuang and Mo Chenxiao to share the fish, and Mo Chenxiao praised its taste.
• Han Xuanji ate a fish eye and the spiritual light from its back, triggering a surge of power and a sudden clarity about the Principles.
• Han Xuanji activated the Unfettered Ultra Instinct Technique and unleashed his accumulated power, beginning his breakthrough into the Eternal Sage Realm as Leng Qianshuang, Mo Chenxiao, Holy Venerable Tianming, and the Immeasurable Saint Emperor watched.

Han Xuanji broke through to the Eternal Sage Realm during the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet, drawing the attention of the gathered cultivators and the Immeasurable Saint Emperor. The stored energy from the fish and dragon feast then pushed him through three Sage layers, where his advancement stopped just short of the fourth.

• Han Xuanji absorbed Spiritual Qi in the Supreme Qian Dao Arena, causing layered phenomena to spread across the arena as he attempted to become a Sage on the spot.
• The Sacred Court hall masters worried that Han Xuanji was acting rashly, while Di Shengtian admired him and Hanguang Dao Lord hoped his breakthrough would fail.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor watched Han Xuanji with satisfaction, believing the Sacred Court needed someone bold enough to step forward.
• Han Xuanji glimpsed the Eternal Divine Tree, reflected on cultivation and the power needed to master the Dao, then shattered his realm barrier.
• Han Xuanji entered the Eternal Sage Realm, and the suppressed energy from the Hongmeng Dragon Fish carried him through the first three layers before his breakthrough slowed near the fourth.
• Leng Qianshuang was stunned that Han Xuanji had reached the third Sage layer after once being below the Eternal True Lord Realm.

After Han Xuanji broke through to the third level of Eternal Sage at the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet, he examined his unprecedented Saint Manifestation and discovered that his system had upgraded. The gathering dispersed, and Han Xuanji prepared to seek out the Immeasurable Saint Emperor and check in at the Eternal Divine Tree Origin Space.

• Leng Qianshuang suppressed her complicated feelings and congratulated Han Xuanji on his breakthrough, while Mo Chenxiao celebrated his disciple's achievement.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor glanced at Han Xuanji and departed, leaving the hall masters to wonder whether he approved of the spectacle.
• Di Shengtian and other young geniuses resolved to pursue the Sage Realm, and Xiaoyao Saint King left with Li Linglong after Wan Zhu slipped away with the Myriad Gods Sect elders.
• Han Xuanji examined his Saint Manifestation and found that it united ten Principles around the Power of Mystic Heaven.
• Han Xuanji read the system upgrade notifications, which increased his daily Eternal Points and unlocked stronger check-in, investigation, concealment, and simulation functions.

After breaking through to the third level of the Sage Realm, Han Xuanji learned that the system’s upgraded functions could help him conceal his secrets and simulate other geniuses. Mo Chenxiao explained that the nine supreme powers were negotiating the Eternal Plan, which could give Han Xuanji access to their greatest inheritances as a divine son.

• Han Xuanji considered the system’s improved concealment and simulation functions and wondered what awaited him in the Eternal Divine Tree’s origin space.
• Leng Qianshuang checked on Han Xuanji, and Mo Chenxiao praised him for advancing three realms and becoming a Sage.
• Han Xuanji used the system’s newly unlocked detection function to learn about Leng Qianshuang’s cultivation, lineage, and decision to reconcile with her Lineage.
• Mo Chenxiao told Han Xuanji that the Eternal Sword Pavilion had invited him to join the Eternal Plan, which offered access to the inheritances of the nine supreme powers.
• Mo Chenxiao explained that Han Xuanji’s place as a divine son would depend on negotiations among the powers, though his achievements and powerful backers gave him an advantage.
• Mo Chenxiao said the Sacred Court and Eternal Sword Pavilion already had a training agreement, so Han Xuanji would not face trouble when visiting the Pavilion.

Han Xuanji agreed to join the Eternal Plan and met with the Immeasurable Saint Emperor after winning the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet. The Saint Emperor explained the plan and offered Han Xuanji the choice to cultivate the Sword Dao, which Han Xuanji saw no reason to reject.

• Mo Chenxiao told Han Xuanji that he was expected to rank first in the Eternal Plan, with Li Linglong likely second, and Han Xuanji agreed to participate.
• Leng Qianshuang thanked Han Xuanji because his championship had helped the Leng Household reconcile with her.
• Lu Mingyan congratulated Han Xuanji and escorted him to meet the Immeasurable Saint Emperor.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor praised Han Xuanji's breakthrough and warned him to stabilize his cultivation after advancing three realms in succession.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor explained that the Eternal Sword Pavilion believed Han Xuanji could become the era's Sword Dao Saint Venerable if he cultivated the Sword Dao, and Han Xuanji said he had no objection.

Han Xuanji accepted the chance to study the Eternal Sword Pavilion’s inheritance, then used the Immeasurable Saint Emperor’s offer of a favor to ask for protection against a coming beast tide in the Heavenly South Desolate Domain. The Saint Emperor agreed to send help if An intervened, leaving Han Xuanji reassured that Thousand Souls City would be protected.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor offered Han Xuanji access to the Eternal Sword Pavilion’s Sword Dao inheritance and encouraged him to pursue the Eternal Plan’s divine-son position.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor told Han Xuanji to request anything within his power after Han Xuanji won the championship.
• Han Xuanji asked how the Sacred Court viewed the Desolate Domains, and the Immeasurable Saint Emperor explained the dangers posed by their Eternal Deities.
• Han Xuanji warned that a beast tide would soon threaten Nine Mysteries Prefecture and asked the Saint Emperor to protect Thousand Souls City and stop An.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor agreed to send Holy Lords and said Mingyan would intervene if An acted, reassuring Han Xuanji.

Han Xuanji told the Immeasurable Saint Emperor that he suspected Wan Zhu was the reincarnation of the Eternal Deity Zhu, and the emperor agreed to investigate while warning him not to pursue the matter himself. After leaving Hunyuan Hall, Han Xuanji signed in at Immeasurable Space and received three rewards, including the Immeasurable Huntian Physique.

• Han Xuanji told the Immeasurable Saint Emperor that he suspected Wan Zhu was Zhu reincarnated through a portion of his true spirit.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor said the Saint Venerables had also suspected Wan Zhu, and told Han Xuanji to keep quiet while he discussed the matter with them.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor told Han Xuanji not to investigate Zhu further and invited him to cultivate at Hunyuan Hall whenever he wished.
• Han Xuanji signed in at Immeasurable Space and received the Immeasurable Huntian Physique, the Immeasurable Ruler, and the Hundred-Turn Immeasurable Instruction.
• Han Xuanji examined the Immeasurable Huntian Physique and considered its potential as a supreme physique for the divine-soul cultivation path.

Han Xuanji received the Immeasurable Huntian Physique, the Immeasurable Ruler, and the Hundred-Turn Immeasurable Instruction, then left Hunyuan Hall with plans to cultivate them. The Immeasurable Saint Emperor set out for the Heavenly South Desolate Domain, while Han Xuanji returned to Nine Mysteries Prefecture and told Leng Qianshuang that the Saint Emperor knew of the coming beast tide.

• Han Xuanji examined the three rewards and considered how the Immeasurable Huntian Physique and Hundred-Turn Immeasurable Instruction could greatly strengthen him.
• After Han Xuanji left, the Immeasurable Saint Emperor viewed a purple pillar in the Heavenly South Desolate Domain through a bronze mirror and departed on a distant journey.
• Han Xuanji met Mo Chenxiao, who proposed a grand banquet in Nine Mysteries City to celebrate Han Xuanji's achievements.
• Han Xuanji and the others returned to Nine Mysteries Prefecture by flying boat and teleportation array.
• Han Xuanji told Leng Qianshuang that the Saint Emperor had agreed to send someone to handle the beast tide, and she wondered whether Zhi knew the Saint Emperor had noticed it.

Zhu summoned Zi, raised him from the Eternal Sage stage to the Holy Lord Realm, and appointed him the tenth Great Guardian of the Heavenly South Desolate Domain. Reflecting on the cultivators’ growing strength, Zhu began reconsidering his long-held neutrality and hoped Zi would surprise him.

• Zi knelt before Zhu, who granted him power enough to break through to the Holy Lord Realm.
• Zhu appointed Zi the tenth Great Guardian and told him he could do as he wished without receiving any specific tasks.
• After Zi left, Zhu recalled the ancient war, Ming’s death, and the peace agreement that had preserved the Heavenly South Desolate Domain.
• Zhu considered how much the cultivators had advanced and decided he could no longer remain bound by his old conservative views.
• Zi returned to his territory, eager to expand his forces and challenge the cultivators.

After emerging from seclusion stronger, Zhou Yuan traveled to the Nine Mysteries Palace to find Han Xuanji, unaware that the city was celebrating Han’s victory at the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet. Han arrived to a grand welcome and reunited with old acquaintances who now regarded him with awe and distance.

• Zhou Yuan left the Ten Directions Saint Realm after reaching the Eternal True God Middle Stage and set out to thank Han Xuanji.
• Zhou Yuan saw the celebrations at the Nine Mysteries Palace and mistakenly assumed he had arrived for a feast welcoming Han Xuanji.
• At the gathering, Zhou Yuan spotted Chi Yuan and Liu Wanxu and watched them warily, but Chi Yuan greeted him without hostility.
• Han Xuanji arrived by flying boat and was welcomed by Li Taiqing, his disciples, old friends, and a cheering crowd.
• Han Xuanji greeted Ling Cang, Zhou Yunhe, and Song Tiancheng, who humbly addressed him as Young Venerable Han and reflected on how far he had surpassed them.

After Han Xuanji’s rise in status, former rivals Chi Yuan and Gu Changfeng apologized and offered gifts, which he accepted while forgiving their past offenses. Their reconciliation showed Nine Mysteries City’s factions that Han Xuanji and those around him were now powerful figures, and the chapter ended with Han Xuanji leaving Mo Chenxiao’s banquet to retreat to the Dustless Palace.

• Han Xuanji realized that Chi Yuan and Gu Changfeng had been ordered by their masters to reconcile with him because his standing in the Sacred Court had changed.
• Chi Yuan and Gu Changfeng apologized to Han Xuanji and presented him with gifts, which he accepted while telling them to let the past go.
• Chi Yuan, Gu Changfeng, and Liu Wanxu expressed gratitude and respect after Han Xuanji forgave them.
• Zhou Yuan learned about Han Xuanji’s new standing, while Nine Mysteries City’s faction leaders urged their people to avoid offending Han Xuanji and his associates.
• Mo Chenxiao held a grand banquet for Han Xuanji, who later left for the Dustless Palace to regulate his breathing and retreat.

Han Xuanji began fusing the Immeasurable Huntian Physique with his Saint Soul Physique, blurring the boundary between his body and divine soul. Meanwhile, the Immeasurable Saint Emperor told the Supreme Council that Zhu had grown restless, prompting suspicion that the Sacred Court planned to attack it.

• Han Xuanji claimed the Immeasurable Huntian Physique and felt it gradually transform his body and Saint Manifestation.
• Han Xuanji realized the Immeasurable Huntian Physique and Saint Soul Physique were resonating and merging their effects.
• Twelve representatives of the Eternal Continent's most powerful forces gathered for a Supreme Council convened by the Immeasurable Saint Emperor.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor announced that Zhu had grown restless, and the council members reacted with alarm.
• Elder Lin suggested that the Sacred Court might be using the news as a pretext to move against Zhu.

The Immeasurable Saint Emperor gathered representatives of the twelve great powers to discuss striking Zhu, but urged them to wait for a better opportunity. Meanwhile, Han Xuanji awakened the Immeasurable Saint Soul Physique and discovered that it had greatly strengthened his body, soul, defenses, perception, and cultivation potential.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor told the gathered powers that Zhu had left the Desolate Domain by reincarnating part of its true spirit as Wan Zhu and had nearly captured Li Linglong.
• The Eternal Sword Pavilion representative proposed joining forces to attack Zhu, while the Artifact Sect and Hundred Herbs Valley offered weapons, formations, and sacred medicines.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor cautioned that Zhu’s hidden trump cards made a premature attack dangerous and said he would summon the powers again when an opportunity arose.
• Han Xuanji awoke in the Dustless Palace after his twelve-star sign-in reward fused the Saint Soul Physique with the Immeasurable Huntian Physique.
• Han Xuanji examined his new Immeasurable Saint Soul Physique and realized his attacks now struck both body and soul, his defenses had improved, and his perception and cultivation potential had risen greatly.

Han Xuanji claimed the Immeasurable Ruler and the Hundred-Turn Immeasurable Instruction, then emerged from more than a century of seclusion with greatly improved soul abilities. Mo Chenxiao summoned him to the Nine Mysteries Hall, where Han Xuanji learned that the nine supreme powers had formally appointed him Divine Son of the Eternal Plan.

• Han Xuanji examined the Immeasurable Ruler and learned it could destroy a top-tier Holy Lord at the cost of exhausting and injuring him.
• Han Xuanji discovered a hidden protective imprint from the Immeasurable Saint Emperor in his transformed soul.
• Han Xuanji claimed and began cultivating the Hundred-Turn Immeasurable Instruction, gaining initial mastery and faster comprehension.
• Han Xuanji emerged from more than a hundred years of seclusion and found he had accumulated several hundred thousand points.
• Mo Chenxiao summoned Han Xuanji to the Nine Mysteries Hall and gave him a Jade Slip announcing his appointment as Divine Son of the Eternal Plan.

Han Xuanji received recognition as the divine son and learned that the supreme factions were offering him access to their inheritances and sacred grounds. Mo Chenxiao also revealed the Saint Emperor’s appointments and gifts, including an executive elder position and Thousand Souls City as Han Xuanji’s fief.

• Han Xuanji read that the Great Dao Society, the Artifact Sect, and Hundred Herbs Valley also recognized him as divine son, and Mo Chenxiao explained that he could choose their inheritances as well as those of the nine supreme factions.
• Han Xuanji considered the sacred grounds open to him and agreed to visit the Eternal Sword Pavilion after learning that a Sword Dao Saint Venerable had invited him.
• Mo Chenxiao gave Han Xuanji a token naming him an executive elder of the Tenth Sacred Hall, appointed personally by the Saint Emperor.
• Mo Chenxiao told Han Xuanji that the Saint Emperor had granted him Thousand Souls City as a private fief, with its revenues and resources belonging to him.

Han Xuanji assigned the Dustless Palace and Thousand Souls City to trusted allies before preparing to cultivate at the Eternal Sword Pavilion. He discovered that someone had erased his memories of the Immortal Realm's Dao Ancestor, then visited the Ten Directions Immortal Hall and told its Spirit that he had fulfilled the Ten Directions Holy Lord's long-held wish by winning the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet.

• Han Xuanji told his disciples and friends that he would cultivate at the Eternal Sword Pavilion, leaving Li Taiqing to manage the Dustless Palace and Hun Qianling to rule Thousand Souls City.
• Han Xuanji asked Taishang and Yuanshi about the Immortal Realm's Dao Ancestor, but they did not understand whom he meant; he realized a powerful being had erased his memories of the figure.
• Han Xuanji traveled to the Nine Mysteries Saint Realm and appeared in the Ten Directions Immortal Hall, where the Spirit of the Sacred Domain sensed that he had become an Eternal Sage.
• Han Xuanji told the Spirit that he had won first place at the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet by defeating Li Linglong, fulfilling the Ten Directions Holy Lord's regret.

Han Xuanji obtained the Ten Directions Seal after suppressing its proud artifact spirit with Immeasurable Power. The chapter ended with Hun Qianxue handing over Thousand Souls City’s leadership to Han Xuanji and appointing Hun Qianling as city lord.

• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain led Han Xuanji to the Return to Origin palace to receive the Holy Lord’s gift.
• The thunder dragon artifact spirit challenged Han Xuanji to withstand one of its strikes before it would accept him.
• Han Xuanji stopped the thunder dragon’s attack and used Immeasurable Power to subdue its consciousness.
• The thunder dragon accepted Han Xuanji as its master, and he took the Ten Directions Seal.
• Hun Qianxue declared that Han Xuanji would be lord of Thousand Souls and that Hun Qianling would serve as city lord.

A group of Sacred Court exchange students arrived at the Eternal Sword Pavilion, where Leng Qianqiu and Ling Cang reflected on their ties to Han Xuanji. The Sword Pavilion’s grand welcome seemed aimed at someone other than the students, and the clouds began to churn as the chapter ended.

• Leng Qianqiu boasted to the other exchange students about seeing Han Xuanji defeat Chen Xin and claimed he could introduce them to him.
• Ling Cang listened from the sidelines and remembered his past fight and misunderstanding with Han Xuanji.
• The exchange students arrived at the Eternal Sword Pavilion and marveled at its sword-filled mountains and grand headquarters.
• The students saw Chen Xin and a gathering of powerful figures waiting on the landing platform, leading Ling Cang to suspect they were welcoming someone else.
• The distant sea of clouds began to churn before the platform’s clamor had died down.

The Immeasurable Sacred Boat arrived at the Eternal Sword Pavilion, and its passengers, Lu Mingyan and Han Xuanji, stunned the gathered cultivators. Han Xuanji’s arrival left Leng Qianqiu scrambling to explain his earlier claim that he was too busy to come, while Ling Cang wondered whether Han Xuanji had recognized him.

• The Immeasurable Sacred Boat descended onto the platform, and Leng Qianqiu recognized it as the Immeasurable Saint Emperor’s personal vessel.
• Lu Mingyan stepped off the boat, followed by Han Xuanji, whose reputation as the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet champion shocked the crowd.
• Leng Qianqiu’s companions realized that Han Xuanji had arrived despite Leng Qianqiu saying he was too busy to come.
• Leng Qianqiu claimed Han Xuanji’s movements were confidential and avoided meeting his gaze.
• Ling Cang wondered whether Han Xuanji had been confirming his identity.

Han Xuanji arrived at the Eternal Sword Pavilion and greeted Ling Cang, an old acquaintance from Thousand Souls City and the Principle Conference. His brief recognition of Ling Cang changed how the other newcomers treated him, as they eagerly sought his favor.

• Elder Zhan welcomed Han Xuanji on behalf of the Heart Sword Pavilion and escorted him toward the main hall with Lu Mingyan and Chen Xin.
• Han Xuanji noticed Ling Cang among the arriving cultivators, approached him, and greeted him as an old acquaintance.
• Han Xuanji encouraged Ling Cang to cultivate well at the Eternal Sword Pavilion before returning to Lu Mingyan.
• Leng Qianqiu and the others were surprised that Ling Cang knew Han Xuanji, and cultivators who had previously ignored Ling Cang began flattering him and asking about Han Xuanji.