Chapter Summaries

Han Xuanji reflected on the gains from his reincarnations, which had brought him to Sage Realm Perfection and greatly advanced his cultivation, body, soul, and Sword Dao. He completed seven sign-ins in the Time Domain and stored the dangerous rewards for later study, considering whether two of them could fuel his reincarnation secret method.

• Han Xuanji reviewed how his reincarnations had strengthened his Great Dao insights, body, soul, Sword Dao, and cultivation.
• Han Xuanji recognized that his final life had brought him to Sage Realm Perfection, one step short of the Holy Lord Realm, but had consumed his time origin power.
• Han Xuanji completed seven sign-ins in the Time Domain and obtained Time Slash, Water of Time, a Time Dao Fruit, a Time Dao Embryo, the Hunyuan Wheel of Time, the Clock of Years, and the Saint Mark of Time.
• Han Xuanji assessed the rewards and decided not to use the dangerous time-related items casually at his current cultivation.
• Han Xuanji considered using the Water of Time or Time Dao Fruit as fuel for the Butterfly Dream of the Heavens Secret Method and chose to study the idea later.

Han Xuanji fused the Time Dao Embryo and Saint Mark of Time as he prepared to break through to the Holy Lord Realm. Meanwhile, Zi expanded his power in the Heavenly South Desolate Domain, and Teng Yunhai offered him intelligence in exchange for a chance to advance his cultivation.

• Han Xuanji set aside the Hunyuan Wheel of Time and Clock of Years, while reserving Time Slash as a lethal trump card.
• Han Xuanji absorbed the Saint Mark of Time and fused the Time Dao Embryo with his soul, beginning his preparation for a breakthrough.
• Zi gathered weaker Eternal Deities, Holy Lords, and ferocious beasts under his banner and reached for An's territory.
• Teng Yunhai arrived at Zi's hall and offered information about the forces and defenses of several prefectures in exchange for a chance to break through.
• Teng Yunhai told Zi he would accept transforming into another form of life if it gave him a path to greater strength.

Teng Yunhai offered Zi information about Han Xuanji in exchange for an Eternal Origin Crystal, while Zi ordered the claims verified and prepared to act against the cultivators. Meanwhile, Han Xuanji began preparing to break through to the Eternal Holy Lord Realm, and the Immeasurable Saint Emperor arrived to assist him.

• Teng Yunhai warned Zi that Han Xuanji had become a powerful young prodigy in Nine Mysteries Prefecture, but Zi dismissed the threat and gave Teng Yunhai an Eternal Origin Crystal for his information.
• After Teng Yunhai left, Zi ordered a subordinate to verify his claims and declared that the Eternal Deities would rise again.
• Han Xuanji prepared to break through beneath the Clock of Years with the Azure Origin Hongmeng Dao Fruit, treasures from the Immeasurable Saint Emperor, and three Dao Attainment Pearls.
• Han Xuanji sent a message to the Immeasurable Saint Emperor, who arrived in the Time Domain less than three breaths later.

Han Xuanji used a Dao Attainment Pearl and the Azure Origin Hongmeng Dao Fruit to break through to the Holy Lord Realm in the Time Domain. The Immeasurable Saint Emperor watched in astonishment, then Han Xuanji thanked him for standing guard.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor withdrew to the edge of the Time Domain while Han Xuanji began his breakthrough.
• Han Xuanji connected with a Dao Attainment Pearl and consumed the Azure Origin Hongmeng Dao Fruit.
• Han Xuanji guided his power into the Eternal Flower, whose separation from the Eternal Dao Fruit formed an Eternal Shengxin.
• Han Xuanji's breakthrough proceeded smoothly, transforming his true essence, Principles, soul, and body as the Immeasurable Saint Emperor watched in amazement.
• Han Xuanji completed the breakthrough, felt the Time Domain's influence weaken, and thanked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor for standing guard.

After Han Xuanji broke through to the Holy Lord Realm, the Immeasurable Saint Emperor sparred with him to assess his strength. The fight revealed Han Xuanji was already comparable to a Late-stage Holy Lord, while the emperor wondered whether he was concealing a powerful past identity.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor praised Han Xuanji's smooth breakthrough and invited him to spar for guidance.
• Han Xuanji activated the Unfettered Ultra Instinct Technique and drew the Supreme Void Sword Embryo before attacking with sword and fist.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor blocked Han Xuanji's opening strikes and exchanged more than a hundred moves with him while suppressing his cultivation.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor ended the spar and judged Han Xuanji's strength comparable to a Late-stage Holy Lord, possibly enough to challenge a top Holy Lord after refining the sword embryo.
• Han Xuanji thanked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor and concluded that his combat strength was around that of a top Holy Lord, while the emperor privately suspected he might be a powerful cultivator's reincarnation.

Han Xuanji learned that Zi, a Holy Lord-level Eternal Deity blessed by Zhu, was behind the impending beast tide in the Heavenly South Desolate Domain. He agreed to intervene and build his reputation as the Young Emperor, while the Immeasurable Saint Emperor hinted that Zhu’s response could give the cultivator faction grounds to act.

• Han Xuanji asked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor about the Heavenly South Desolate Domain and learned a new Holy Lord-level Eternal Deity had appeared, calling himself the Tenth Being.
• Han Xuanji recognized the Eternal Deity as Zi, the pro-war faction member suspected of masterminding the beast tide, and worried that Zhu might intervene.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor urged Han Xuanji to stop the beast tide and establish his standing as the Young Emperor.
• Han Xuanji agreed to act but warned that his intervention could provoke powerful Eternal Deities; the Immeasurable Saint Emperor said Zhu’s first move would give the cultivators grounds to respond.
• Han Xuanji declined help refining the Supreme Void Sword Embryo and watched the Immeasurable Saint Emperor leave, reflecting that the situation had become uncertain.

Han Xuanji finished forging the Mystic Heaven Sword and considered how to fill the empty slots in his Nine Luminaries Sword Case. After he asked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor for suitable divine swords, Lu Mingyan arrived to help.

• Han Xuanji refined the Supreme Void Sword Embryo for decades while consolidating his cultivation and planning to simulate Chu Qi.
• Han Xuanji forged the Mystic Heaven Sword, a ninth-tier Saint weapon, and reached the Holy Lord Second Layer.
• Han Xuanji placed the Mystic Heaven Sword in the Nine Luminaries Sword Case and considered how to obtain more swords for its empty slots.
• Han Xuanji asked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor for suitable divine swords, and Lu Mingyan arrived shortly afterward, complaining that the summons had startled him.

Han Xuanji visited Lu Mingyan and was allowed to select six sword-type Saint Artifacts from the Sacred Court treasury to fill his Nine Luminaries Sword Case. He chose two ninth-grade swords and four others, then went with Lu Mingyan to the treasury to see whether they would acknowledge him as their master.

• Han Xuanji told Lu Mingyan he had reached the Holy Lord Realm and credited the Immeasurable Saint Emperor with protecting his Dao.
• Lu Mingyan showed Han Xuanji the Sacred Court treasury catalog and told him he could freely choose sword-type Saint Artifacts of the sixth grade and above.
• Han Xuanji selected the ninth-grade swords Star Slasher and Drifting Snow, along with three eighth-grade swords and one seventh-grade sword.
• Lu Mingyan warned Han Xuanji that the swords had to acknowledge him and that the Immeasurable Saint Emperor would not interfere if they refused.
• Lu Mingyan led Han Xuanji to the Hall of Sacred Grace, where the elders surnamed Zhou and Chen greeted him as the Young Emperor.

Han Xuanji entered the Sacred Court treasury with Lu Mingyan to claim six top-tier Saint swords, drawing attention and doubt from the cultivators gathered there. The swords’ artifact spirits had to be approached personally, and Han Xuanji faced the test as the chapter ended.

• Elder Zhou and Elder Chen escorted Han Xuanji and Lu Mingyan into the Hall of Sacred Grace.
• Cultivators in the treasury recognized Han Xuanji and discussed his reputation and rumored strength.
• Elder Zhou brought out the six swords and explained that Han Xuanji would have to communicate with their unruly artifact spirits himself.
• Onlookers doubted Han Xuanji could subdue all six swords, while Lu Mingyan warned him about their power.

Han Xuanji revealed that he had reached the Holy Lord Realm and subdued all six divine swords in the Sacred Court treasury. News of his breakthrough spread through the Sacred Court, leaving the Ying Household facing the imminent public announcement that he was its Young Emperor.

• Han Xuanji released his Holy Lord Realm presence, shocking Elders Zhou and Chen and convincing them of his strength.
• Han Xuanji opened the sword cases and subdued the Star Severing Sword and Drifting Snow Sword with his Sword Intent.
• Han Xuanji made all six divine swords acknowledge him as master and stored them in the Nine Luminaries Sword Case.
• Elders Zhou and Chen congratulated Han Xuanji, while Lu Mingyan praised his skill before Han Xuanji left the treasury.
• Word of Han Xuanji's breakthrough spread through the Sacred Court, and the Ying Household anticipated the announcement of his Young Emperor title.

Han Xuanji returned to Nine Mysteries Palace after breaking through to the holy lord realm and introduced his new disciple, Chu Qi, to the Dustless Palace disciples. He then told Mo Chenxiao he planned to investigate the looming beast tide in the Heavenly South Desolate Domain, which might be the fiercest one in ages.

• Mo Chenxiao complained that Han Xuanji had failed to tell him about his breakthrough, while Leng Qianshuang pointed out how little guidance he had given his disciple.
• Li Taiqing, Lu Fan, Lin Potian, and the other disciples discussed Han Xuanji's strength and their own progress as they waited for him.
• Han Xuanji arrived with Chu Qi, greeted Mo Chenxiao and the others, and introduced Chu Qi as his new junior brother.
• The Dustless Palace disciples welcomed Chu Qi, and Han Xuanji checked their cultivation progress, praised their hard work, and gave them treasures.
• Han Xuanji told Mo Chenxiao he intended to deal with a possible beast tide in the Heavenly South Desolate Domain, and Mo Chenxiao warned that it could be the fiercest in ages.

Han Xuanji learned that a massive beast tide would strike within the next few years and decided to simulate his young disciple Chu Qi. The simulation showed Chu Qi accompanying Han Xuanji to Thousand Souls City, where the beast tide arrived and Han Xuanji fought the beasts as even more terrifying enemies appeared.

• Mo Chenxiao predicted that the beast tide would erupt within the next few years, and Han Xuanji planned to take people to Thousand Souls City.
• Han Xuanji found that simulating Mo Chenxiao or Leng Qianshuang cost too many points, so he summoned Chu Qi and began a simulation with one and a half million Eternal Points.
• The simulation showed Chu Qi traveling with Han Xuanji to Thousand Souls City and feeling inferior to Han Xuanji's other disciples.
• The beast tide reached the city, and Han Xuanji stopped its advance with a sword strike before the beasts continued swarming forward.
• Han Xuanji entered the beast tide to fight powerful beasts, and several enormous, terrifying figures appeared from the horizon.

Han Xuanji watched Chu Qi’s simulation as a beast tide threatened the city, then saw Chu Qi’s stalled cultivation drive him to despair. He revealed that Chu Qi was a reincarnated Saint King burdened by a Curse, and the chapter ended with Han Xuanji’s simulated self offering a costly solution.

• Eternal Deities attacked the city, and Chu Qi’s master went out alone to face them before returning and announcing that the danger had passed.
• Chu Qi struggled to advance beyond the Eternal True Lord level and blamed himself as his senior brothers pulled further ahead.
• Chu Qi’s master confronted him about his reckless cultivation, and Chu Qi admitted that he feared bringing shame upon his master.
• Chu Qi’s master revealed that Chu Qi had once been a powerful Saint King whose memories and talent were sealed by a Curse across ten thousand reincarnations.
• Chu Qi despaired when he learned that the Curse could only be worn away over a long time, but his master said he had a costly solution.

Han Xuanji watched Chu Qi’s simulated life unfold after a fruit unlocked his talent, carrying him from a cursed, mediocre cultivator to a powerful Sacred Court leader. As war engulfed the Eternal Continent, Chu Qi uncovered foreign forces entering the conflict, while Han Xuanji realized the wider struggle was already underway and that he needed to become strong enough to escape its control.

• Han Xuanji saw that a fruit he gave Chu Qi in the simulation unleashed his cultivation talent and was likely the Time Dao Fruit, which he considered using in reality.
• Chu Qi rose through the Sacred Court, obtained his past self’s inheritance, reached the Holy Lord Realm, and gave the inheritance treasures to Han Xuanji’s simulated self.
• Han Xuanji’s simulated self became a Saint Emperor, while Chu Qi became the Seventh Sacred Hall’s hall master as war erupted between cultivators and Eternal Deities.
• Chu Qi fought on the front lines and survived an ambush by strange foreign experts, then reported it to his master.
• Han Xuanji learned that the Eternal Deities had allied with experts from foreign universes and realized he would need greater strength to break free of the conflict.

In the simulation, Han Xuanji and his Master combined three supreme body-refining inheritances with true-spirit techniques in pursuit of the Ultimate Dao. Han Xuanji died protecting his Master from a powerful outsider’s attack, and the simulation ended.

• Han Xuanji and his Master studied the Undying, Imperishable, and Immortal inheritances to create a new path through the physical body.
• After being ambushed near the Eternal Divine Tree, his Master learned that a complete, eternal true spirit was essential to reaching the ultimate path.
• Han Xuanji and his Master developed the Imperishable True Spirit technique, and Han Xuanji entered the Saint King Realm Stage.
• An alliance of experts from other realms attacked the Primordial Sea battlefield with a powerful outsider whose strength surpassed an Absolute Peak Saint King.
• Han Xuanji used the Undying Divine Cauldron to protect his Master, but the outsider’s attack shattered it and struck Han Xuanji’s true spirit.
• Han Xuanji died as his true spirit dissipated, and the simulation ended.

After the simulation revealed that a Supreme Saint King was targeting Han Xuanji and Chu Qi, Han Xuanji received powerful survival-focused rewards. He told Chu Qi that he was the reincarnation of the Undying Saint King, leaving Chu Qi stunned and wondering why his master had revealed the truth.

• Han Xuanji reflected on his simulated death and realized that hostile forces might be targeting him and Chu Qi.
• Han Xuanji examined the rewards, including two true-spirit techniques, the Undying Divine Cauldron, a damaged Saint King true spirit, and the Eternal Undying Physique trait.
• Han Xuanji decided to let Chu Qi choose for himself whether to take the Time Dao Fruit.
• Han Xuanji woke Chu Qi and told him that he had been the Undying Saint King in his previous life.
• Han Xuanji explained that the Undying Saint King's true spirit had been contaminated and reincarnated as Chu Qi, whose foundations were sealed by a Curse.
• Chu Qi was stunned by the revelation and wondered why Han Xuanji had told him.

Han Xuanji explained Chu Qi’s choices for repairing his true spirit, and Chu Qi consumed the Time Dao Fruit to restore his talent. Han Xuanji then brought Dustless Palace’s disciples to Thousand Souls City to prepare for the beast tide, where he told Hun Qianxue to keep their arrival secret.

• Han Xuanji offered Chu Qi the choice between consuming the Time Dao Fruit and slowly repairing his true spirit with secret techniques.
• Chu Qi chose the Time Dao Fruit, trusting Han Xuanji to keep him safe, and consumed it despite Han Xuanji’s warning.
• Han Xuanji left an incarnation to guard Chu Qi and took the others from Dustless Palace to Thousand Souls City to face the beast tide.
• Hun Qianling contacted Hun Qianxue, who greeted Han Xuanji at the Soul Household with respect.
• Han Xuanji told Hun Qianxue that the beast tide might target the border near Thousand Souls City and ordered him to keep their arrival secret.

After absorbing Chu Qi’s memories and Saint King origin power, Han Xuanji advanced to the Eternal Holy Lord Third Layer and strengthened his body-refining abilities. Using the Wuliang Eye, he discovered an Eternal Clan agent confronting Qin Xin in Thousand Souls City and decided to intervene.

• Han Xuanji claimed the Undying True Spirit and Imperishable True Spirit secret techniques, then absorbed Chu Qi’s damaged Saint King true spirit and origin power.
• The reward gave Han Xuanji Chu Qi’s memories and insights into three body-refining inheritances, advancing his cultivation to the Eternal Holy Lord Third Layer.
• Han Xuanji used the Wuliang Eye to inspect Thousand Souls City and discovered two Eternal Deities, including Qin Xin and an agent sent by Zi.
• The black-robed agent warned Qin Xin to leave the city and stop disrupting Zi’s plan, while Qin Xin defended her efforts to warn the cultivators and help people flee.
• As the confrontation grew tense, Han Xuanji withdrew his gaze, having decided to act.

Han Xuanji rescued Qin Xin from Youying and learned that Zi was preparing a beast tide while gathering information on him. Qin Xin revealed her ties to Huang and the Eternal Divine Hall, leaving Han Xuanji with a clearer picture of the factions involved.

• Youying used a spatial technique to take Qin Xin outside Thousand Souls City and bound her before Han Xuanji appeared.
• Han Xuanji's presence immobilized Youying, and Qin Xin recognized him from their earlier meeting at Shallow Dream Pavilion.
• Qin Xin identified Youying as Zi's Peak Sage subordinate and explained that Zi had sent him to scout Thousand Souls City and investigate Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji sealed Youying's divine soul and cultivation so he could not warn Zi or die.
• Qin Xin told Han Xuanji that she followed Huang, was only an incarnation, and had been warning cultivators to evacuate Thousand Souls City.
• Qin Xin marveled at Han Xuanji's rapid growth and said cultivators were becoming increasingly difficult for the Eternal Clan to oppose.

Han Xuanji prepared Thousand Souls City for the beast tide and deceived Zi about its defenses, but the enormous attack arrived with four Peak Sage leaders. The city’s cultivators faced the assault as Han Xuanji remained calm and Hun Qianxue tried to keep order.

• Han Xuanji controlled Youying and learned that the beast tide would strike in three months, then had him send Zi false information about Thousand Souls City’s weak defenses.
• Han Xuanji installed three layers of defensive formations around the city and additional restrictions inside it.
• Zi trusted Youying’s reports and sent a massive beast tide from the Heavenly South Desolate Domain toward Thousand Souls City.
• The beast tide reached the city with four Peak Sage Eternal Deities leading its forces, and the beasts attacked the protective formation.
• Hun Qianxue ordered the panicking cultivators to hold their positions while Han Xuanji calmly watched the assault.