Chapter Summaries

Long Han asked Ye Zichen to quell the Southern Frontier’s turmoil, and Ye Zichen agreed. When Hu Xiaowei led the White Tiger Clan to attack the Azure Dragon Clan, Ye Zichen killed them all with one sword strike.

• Long Han explained the conflict among the Southern Frontier clans and asked Ye Zichen to restore peace and cooperation with the Human Race.
• Long Han gave Xuanxiao the Azure Dragon Clan’s token and returned to his territory with him and Ye Zichen.
• Long Han told the Azure Dragon elders he would leave to serve Ye Zichen, naming Xuanxiao to manage the clan.
• Hu Xiaowei arrived with White Tiger Clan fighters and attacked Ye Zichen with a flash of saber light.
• Ye Zichen took Long Han’s sword and killed every member of the White Tiger Clan with a single strike.

Ye Zichen destroyed the White Tiger Clan and forced the Demon Race's leaders to unite and cooperate with the Human Race. He left the arrangements to Xuanxiao and departed with Long Han.

• Ye Zichen returned Long Han's cracked sword after wiping out the White Tiger Clan, and the Azure Dragon elders accepted Long Han as his mount.
• Ye Zichen summoned Bi Lin and Huang Beiyue to the Azure Dragon Clan's great hall and had Long Han explain his demand for Demon Race unity and cooperation with the Human Race.
• When Bi Lin and Huang Beiyue hesitated, Ye Zichen overwhelmed them with his power until they agreed to unite the Demon Race.
• Ye Zichen rewarded Bi Lin and Huang Beiyue with top-grade heaven-tier Cultivation Methods.
• Ye Zichen assigned Xuanxiao to establish relations between the united Demon Race and the Human Race, then left with Long Han.

Xuanxiao began uniting the Southern Frontier Demon Race after the White Tiger Clan’s destruction, while Ye Zichen returned to Chu Imperial City with Long Han and confronted Liao Yunxiao at the palace. Chu Emperor Chu Muyang tried to buy Ye Zichen’s Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill, but Ye Zichen rejected his offer of seven hundred million Spirit Stones.

• Xuanxiao ordered the Demon Race to absorb the White Tiger Clan’s followers and end all internal fighting, with anyone who continued to stir up conflict to be killed.
• Ye Zichen concealed Long Han’s Yao Qi, told him to address him as Young Master Ye, and entered Chu Imperial City with him.
• Ye Zichen found Liao Yunxiao playing at the imperial palace, sent him back to the apothecary with Long Han, and agreed to meet Chu Yunxi’s father.
• Chu Muyang arrived to offer seven hundred million Spirit Stones for the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill, and Ye Zichen forced him and Chu Yunxi to kneel before saying the offer was not enough.

Ye Zichen took Great Chu’s Spirit Vein in exchange for giving Chu Muyang an opportunity to comprehend the Dao and approach immortality, then used the Eye of the Sovereign to investigate a mysterious presence in the city. He met a young flower seller named Mu Lingxi and learned that she and her grandmother had recently moved there.

• Ye Zichen demanded Great Chu’s Spirit Vein, then offered Chu Muyang an opportunity to become immortal in exchange.
• Chu Muyang accepted, and Ye Zichen took the Spirit Vein, gave him the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill, and sent golden Dao insight into his mind.
• Ye Zichen judged Chu Yunxi’s aptitude sufficient to pursue the immortal path and left the father and daughter to celebrate.
• Ye Zichen used the Eye of the Sovereign after finding something his Divine Sense could not probe.
• Mu Lingxi asked Ye Zichen to buy flowers and told him that she and her grandmother had recently moved to the city.

Ye Zichen befriended Mu Lingxi, bought her flowers, and visited her grandmother, learning about the girl’s difficult childhood as he learned to weave wreaths. After leaving, he revealed that Mu Lingxi carried the Reincarnation Immortal Physique and had endured suffering in ninety-nine previous lives, with her final reincarnation still unfolding.

• Ye Zichen bought Mu Lingxi’s entire basket of flowers with a Spirit Stone, and she invited him to meet her grandmother.
• Mu Lingxi brought Ye Zichen to their home in the poor outskirts of Chu Imperial City, where her grandmother thanked him and taught him to weave flower wreaths.
• Ye Zichen listened as Mu Lingxi’s grandmother explained that the girl’s parents had died protecting her during a war and that the two of them had struggled to survive together.
• Ye Zichen gave Mu Lingxi a wreath he had made, told her to call him Brother Ye, and left after exchanging his Spirit Stone for silver so her grandmother would accept payment.
• After secretly watching Mu Lingxi and her grandmother return inside, Ye Zichen reflected that the girl had suffered through ninety-nine previous lives and wondered what her final life would bring.

Ye Zichen awakened Long Han’s Ancestral Dragon Bloodline with a drop of Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, transforming him into a true dragon and advancing him to the Late-Stage Half-Immortal realm. After dealing with those who tried to investigate or seize the treasure, Ye Zichen returned to the apothecary and resumed his ordinary days.

• Ye Zichen decided to help Mu Lingxi and protect her last surviving family member in her hundredth life.
• Ye Zichen gave Long Han a drop of Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, awakening his bloodline and causing a radiant phenomenon across the Central Continent.
• Ruan Yifeng tried to uncover the phenomenon’s secrets, but Ye Zichen warned him, and Ruan Yifeng died after suffering a devastating backlash.
• Ye Zichen killed the people flying toward the phenomenon to seize its treasure and noticed something unusual north of the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty.
• Long Han completed his transformation into a true dragon, reached the Late-Stage Half-Immortal realm, and carried Ye Zichen back to Chu Imperial City.
• Ye Zichen punished Liao Yunxiao with a spanking and a hundred copies of a book, then sent Long Han to gather herbs as patients continued visiting the apothecary.

Ye Zichen visited Mu Lingxi, accepted the flower wreath she had woven for him, and went with her to her new home, where they found her grandmother murdered. After Mu Lingxi collapsed from grief, memories of her hundred lives awakened and urged her to live happily in this one.

• Ye Zichen visited Mu Lingxi as she finished selling flowers, and she gave him a wreath she had woven especially for him.
• Mu Lingxi invited Ye Zichen to her family’s new home, and he agreed to go with her.
• Ye Zichen and Mu Lingxi found her grandmother dead in a pool of blood, and Mu Lingxi begged him to save her.
• Ye Zichen comforted Mu Lingxi and waited after she passed out from grief, knowing this was a tribulation he intended to help her overcome.
• Mu Lingxi dreamed of her hundred lives and their repeated tragedies, until their memories joined into a plea for her to live happily in this life.

Ye Zichen comforted Mu Lingxi after her hundred reincarnations and used an Immortal Emperor’s Imperial Decree to resurrect her grandma. After Mu Lingxi returned home, Ye Zichen confronted the Heavenly Dao, who asked for help recovering from his injuries.

• Ye Zichen took Mu Lingxi and her grandma’s body to his hidden domain and told Mu Lingxi he had known about her reincarnations.
• Mu Lingxi broke down in tears as Ye Zichen comforted her and promised to bring her grandma back.
• Ye Zichen summoned Grandma’s soul with his Imperial Decree, resurrecting her and protecting her as she began the immortal path.
• Ye Zichen gave Mu Lingxi a cultivation method, and she returned home after thanking him and wishing him a happy New Year.
• Ye Zichen called out the Heavenly Dao, who appeared and asked him to restore its strength.
• Ye Zichen refused to help the Heavenly Dao, which accepted that it would have to recover on its own.

Ye Zichen let Mu Lingxi reunite with her grandmother and continued his quiet life at the medicine shop while mysterious killings spread through Chu Imperial City. After Chu Muyang came to seek his help, Ye Zichen said he had already made plans to resolve the crisis.

• The Heavenly Dao asked why Ye Zichen had interfered with Mu Lingxi’s path, and Ye Zichen sent it away without further explanation.
• Mu Lingxi reassured her grandmother that she had only fainted, then chose to spend time with her instead of pursuing cultivation.
• Ye Zichen returned to the medicine shop and sent Long Han and Liao Yunxiao out to gather herbs.
• Over the next month, several cultivators, including Void Refinement cultivators and a Venerable, were killed in Chu Imperial City’s outer city, and Chu Muyang gave his officials three days to find a lead.
• Chu Muyang visited Ye Zichen’s medicine shop in disguise and asked for help, and Ye Zichen told him the matter was already in hand.

Ye Zichen killed the two devils responsible for Mu Lingxi’s grandmother’s death, then visited the Northern Region’s imperial palace and empowered Devil Venerable Mo Lintian. He left Mo Lintian preparing for war against the Central Continent, intending to watch the coming conflict.

• Ye Zichen intercepted and killed the two devils returning from Chu Imperial City, avenging Mu Lingxi’s grandmother.
• Mo Lintian sensed Mo Yihuan’s death and resolved to wait until the Devil Race was ready to attack the Central Continent.
• Ye Zichen appeared before Mo Lintian, forced him to kneel, and increased his strength with spiritual power.
• Mo Lintian mistook Ye Zichen’s help as support for the Devil Race and decided to strengthen his army.
• Ye Zichen surveyed the desolate Northern Region and returned, looking forward to watching the coming war.

Ye Zichen agreed to attend the Sword Inquiry Grand Competition with Chu Muyang’s party, hoping to find interesting sword cultivators and perhaps encounter people from the Dao Heaven Holy Land. After arriving at the Heavenly Sword Holy Land, he took his place among the honored guests as the competition began.

• Chu Muyang invited Ye Zichen to accompany the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty to the Sword Inquiry Grand Competition, and Ye Zichen accepted.
• A month later, Chu Muyang, Chu Yunxi, and Qingfeng escorted Ye Zichen from the pharmacy aboard a great flying boat.
• After half a month of travel, the group arrived at the Heavenly Sword Holy Land, where Jian Wuxin welcomed them and introduced Ye Zichen to the gathered powers.
• The next day, Jian Wuxin declared the Sword Inquiry Grand Competition open before a packed audience.

The Sword Inquiry Grand Competition showcased sword cultivators’ understanding, Sword Intent, and swordsmanship as participants performed on the sword-dancing platform. Jian Changqing’s ordinary-looking mortal sword astonished the audience and left Jian Wuxin proud of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land’s Holy Son.

• Hao Xuan of the Sword Sacrifice Sect performed his Heaven-Sacrificing Sword, earning praise for his decisive moves and swordsmanship.
• Qingqing of the Alluring Sword Sect performed the Alluring Dance Swordsmanship, and Jian Wuxin and Chu Muyang praised her Sword Intent and potential.
• Chu Yunxi performed the Chu Clan's Eighteen Swords, impressing the judges with major accomplishment in Sword Intent and splendid swordsmanship.
• Chu Muyang asked the Dao Heaven Holy Land elder why the Holy Land had remained secluded, but the elder said he could not explain the Holy Lord’s intentions.
• Jian Changqing performed ordinary basic sword moves with a mortal heart, displaying a terrifying killing aura that astonished the audience and earned Jian Wuxin’s praise.

Ye Zichen awakened Chu Qingfeng’s Azure Lotus Immortal Dao Sword Physique, drawing the Heavenly Dao’s blessing. Jian Wuxin asked Ye Zichen for the greatest sword under heaven, and, despite the danger, received his agreement to guide him.

• Ye Zichen called Chu Qingfeng forward and guided him into an enlightenment that awakened his Azure Lotus Immortal Dao Sword Physique.
• Chu Qingfeng’s sword strike drew a blessing from the Heavenly Dao, astonishing Chu Muyang and the gathered cultivators.
• A Dao Heaven Holy Land elder congratulated Chu Muyang and hurried away to report the awakening to the Holy Lord.
• Jian Wuxin knelt before Ye Zichen and asked for the greatest sword under heaven, revealing that he had lost his sword heart after Tingya died.
• Ye Zichen warned Jian Wuxin that he would die, but Jian Wuxin insisted he feared only being unable to take up or put down the sword, and Ye Zichen agreed to guide him.

Jian Wuxin asked Ye Zichen for one final sword stroke so he could fulfill his dream and reunite with Tingya. Ye Zichen’s stroke blessed the entire Weiyang Realm, and the competition resumed with Chu Qingfeng declared the winner.

• Jian Wuxin stepped down as Heavenly Sword Holy Lord, named Jian Changqing his successor, and asked Ye Zichen for one sword stroke before he died.
• Ye Zichen swung Jian Wuxin’s Elegant Heart Sword, sending Jian Wuxin into a vision where he reunited with Tingya and regained his sword heart.
• Jian Wuxin thanked Ye Zichen, who arranged his reincarnation so that he and Tingya could be together in their next life.
• Ye Zichen’s sword stroke formed a million-li-long dragon of Sword Qi, whose dispersal became a blessing across the Weiyang Realm.
• Ye Zichen gave the broken Elegant Heart Sword to Jian Changqing, and Chu Muyang declared Chu Qingfeng the winner of the Sword Inquiry Grand Competition.

After the Immortal’s sword strike became a celebrated event across the Weiyang Realm, Ye Zichen spent a warm evening at the market with Mu Lingxi, Liao Yunxiao, and Long Han. He returned the children safely home and reflected that this peaceful life was not bad.

• Liao Yunxiao excitedly asked Ye Zichen about the Immortal and wondered if he could become one.
• Mu Lingxi visited Ye Zichen’s medicine shop, where she and Liao Yunxiao introduced themselves and learned to write their names.
• Ye Zichen took Mu Lingxi, Liao Yunxiao, and Long Han to the market, where the children ate treats and folded wishing boats.
• Long Han carried the tired Liao Yunxiao back to the shop while Ye Zichen carried the sleeping Mu Lingxi home to her grandmother.
• Ye Zichen walked through the brightly lit Chu Imperial City and reflected that this kind of life was not bad.

Ye Zichen and Long Han entered the poison-ravaged Western Continent, where they met Zhao Qianxue, the Poison Fairy, and learned she might one day be responsible for its fate. Zhao Qianxue hinted that the two visitors could help her obtain something she had long wanted.

• Chu Muyang found that another group sent to investigate the Western Continent had disappeared and went to seek advice from Ye Zichen, but Ye Zichen was away.
• Ye Zichen protected Long Han from the poisonous gas as they entered the Western Continent and found corpses of Great Chu Imperial Dynasty investigators, one of which revived and attacked.
• Zhao Qianxue used Poison Separation to rescue Ye Zichen and Long Han from a horde of corpses, then led them to Poison Control City.
• Zhao Qianxue introduced herself as the Poison Fairy and revealed that she was considered half a city lord, while Ye Zichen identified her Myriad Poison Immortal Physique and her mother's connection to the disaster.
• Zhao Qianxue said she did not know whether she could dispel the poison within a hundred years, then hinted that Ye Zichen and Long Han might help her obtain something she wanted.

Long Han helped Poison Fairy enter a secret realm and seize the Hundred Poison Fruit, which she refined to strengthen her Poison Control Technique. Ye Zichen and Long Han later discussed the Corpse King, and Ye Zichen said they would act, but not yet, as the real show was just beginning.

• Long Han accompanied Poison Fairy into a secret realm and lured away the black bear Corpse Beast guarding the cave.
• Poison Fairy entered the cave, fought off its poisonous vines, and took the Hundred Poison Fruit.
• Long Han defeated the Corpse Beast and met Poison Fairy at the secret realm's entrance.
• Poison Fairy refined the Hundred Poison Fruit and told Ye Zichen and Long Han she planned to clear poison gas around Poison Control City before confronting the Corpse King.
• After Poison Fairy fell asleep, Ye Zichen told Long Han they would still slay the Corpse King, but not yet, and hinted that someone more interesting was coming.

The Poison Fairy remembered how her mother sacrificed herself to save her from the destruction of the Poison Control Holy Land, then resolved to protect the children of Poison Control City. She left the city with Long Han to dispel the poisonous gas and establish a barrier, hoping to buy time to defeat the Corpse King and liberate the Western Continent.

• The Poison Fairy dreamed of her mother fleeing the Poison Control Holy Land with her before returning to contain the poisonous gas, then woke after absorbing the Hundred Poison Fruit.
• The Poison Fairy comforted four children in the city and promised they could play without fear of the coming monsters.
• The Poison Fairy vowed to liberate the Western Continent so children could see the world beyond it, and Ye Zichen encouraged her resolve.
• The Poison Fairy decided to dispel the poisonous gas around Poison Control City and establish a barrier, and Long Han agreed to accompany her.
• The Poison Fairy and Long Han left the city to begin clearing the gas within a hundred li and setting up the outer barrier.

Poison Fairy and Long Han dispersed the poison gas around the city, but Poison Fairy sensed it had changed and feared the Corpse King was preparing to attack. After Ye Zichen warned that trouble was coming, Poison Fairy reinforced the city's shelter and organized an orderly evacuation.

• Long Han rescued Poison Fairy from a lunging zombie as they cleared poison gas around the city.
• Poison Fairy raised a barrier around the city center, then told Ye Zichen she had noticed a subtle change in the poison gas.
• Ye Zichen warned Poison Fairy that trouble was coming, while she suspected the Corpse King might finally be making a move.
• Poison Fairy reinforced the city's shelter barriers and ordered residents to evacuate there.
• The city's residents packed and moved toward the shelters in an orderly manner as Poison Fairy watched over them.

Poison Fairy, Long Han, and the Venerables fought the enormous corpse tide outside Poison Control City. The second elder Du Mingzi appeared and attacked Poison Fairy, but Long Han rescued her.

• Poison Fairy gathered Long Han and more than a dozen Venerables to defend Poison Control City from the millions-strong corpse tide.
• Ye Zichen watched from above as the defenders prepared to face the horde, while the Heavenly Dao worried about Poison Fairy.
• The barrier shattered, and Poison Fairy and Long Han fought the Half-Immortals while the Venerables attacked the other corpses.
• Du Mingzi, the second elder of the Poison Control Holy Land, appeared and praised Poison Fairy before she recognized him as the man who had killed her mother.
• Poison Fairy charged Du Mingzi, who attacked her with poison needles, but Long Han saved her; Du Mingzi then invited him to join his conquest of the Western Continent.