Recaps

Su Chen confronted the Star Immortal Emperor, and his father, Su Yanche, appeared as the Mystic Hall’s Hall Master and challenged the emperor. As the two Immortal Emperors fought far away, Su Chen ordered Yan Qingwu to resume the killing.

• Onlookers realized Su Chen was the Mystic Hall’s young hall master and speculated that his status explained his defiance of the Star Immortal Emperor.
• Yan Qingwu admired Su Chen, while the hunched old man hoped the emperor would attack him and the hidden Dragon Clan youth sent a message with a voice transmission stone.
• The Star Immortal Emperor questioned whether Su Chen’s position let him speak insolently, and Su Yanche appeared, declaring that his son could mouth off at him.
• Yan Qingwu and the Mystic Hall experts knelt and greeted Su Yanche as their Hall Master, and he reunited with Su Chen.
• Su Yanche flew into the sky to fight the Star Immortal Emperor, and Su Chen told Yan Qingwu to continue killing.

Yan Qingwu defeated the hunchbacked old man and captured the Dragon Clan youth, who had secretly called for backup. When Dragon Clan leader Ao Wei arrived and demanded that Su Chen kill Lin Fan, Su Chen refused and declared that the Dragon Clan no longer needed to exist.

• Yan Qingwu pursued the fleeing hunchbacked old man, defeated him, and killed him after he briefly broke through to the Immortal Sovereign Realm Second Layer.
• Mystic Hall experts killed nearly everyone else, and Yan Qingwu found the Dragon Clan youth hiding and brought him to Su Chen.
• Su Chen asked the youth when his backup would arrive, revealing that he knew the youth had called for help.
• Ao Wei appeared as a dragon and demanded that Su Chen spare the youth and kill the unconscious Lin Fan.
• Su Chen refused to kill Lin Fan and told Ao Wei that the Dragon Clan no longer needed to exist.

Su Yanche returned from fighting the Star Immortal Emperor to protect Su Chen, then clashed with Ao Wei after the dragon became enraged by his insults. As Su Yanche lured Ao Wei away, the Star Immortal Emperor suddenly appeared before the Mystic Hall survivors and asked Yan Qingwu how she had recognized him.

• Ao Wei mocked Su Chen, but Su Yanche appeared and called Ao Wei a stinking loach.
• Su Yanche explained that he had left the injured Star Immortal Emperor behind after Ao Wei's arrival, and Ao Wei roared with power until Su Yanche dispelled it.
• Su Yanche attacked Ao Wei, and Su Chen secretly shielded the onlookers from the devastating battle.
• Yan Qingwu suspected that Su Chen was protecting everyone, while Su Yanche feigned weakness and drew Ao Wei away from the Mystic Hall.
• The Star Immortal Emperor emerged from shattered spacetime, and Yan Qingwu recognized him; he asked how she had figured out his identity.

Su Yanche arrived to protect Su Chen from the Star Immortal Emperor and Ao Wei, revealing that Su Chen’s mother and ancestors were also Immortal Emperors. The two enemies withdrew, and Su Yanche returned to the Mystic Hall while Su Chen stayed behind to deal with Lin Fan.

• Yan Qingwu identified the Star Immortal Emperor, who threatened to kill her before Su Chen challenged him.
• Su Yanche appeared and shattered the Star Immortal Emperor’s thunderbolt, then arrived beside Su Chen as the wounded Ao Wei joined the Star Immortal Emperor.
• Su Yanche told Su Chen that his mother was an Immortal Emperor and that all his ancestors were Immortal Emperors, then urged him to keep the family’s strength secret.
• The Star Immortal Emperor admitted he could not defeat Su Yanche and vanished; Ao Wei also withdrew, leaving the Mystic Hall experts to praise their hall master.
• Su Yanche invited Su Chen back to the Mystic Hall to see his mother, then departed with the Mystic Hall experts while Su Chen stayed behind with Lin Fan.

Su Chen gathered Liu Mengli’s scattered soul and restored her to life, then revealed that he would leave the task of rebuilding her body—and its karma—to Lin Fan. Liu Mengli realized Su Chen might be someone beyond the Immortal Emperor realm and eagerly considered attaching herself to him.

• Su Chen gathered Liu Mengli’s dispersed soul despite a voice demanding to know who dared reverse life and death.
• The voice’s mysterious speaker sensed Su Chen, but Su Chen killed him with a sword before he could react.
• Liu Mengli awoke in soul form, realized Su Chen had revived her, and hurriedly put on the robe he gave her.
• Liu Mengli inferred that Su Chen was likely above an Immortal Emperor and imagined gaining power by staying close to him.
• Su Chen said he would not reform Liu Mengli’s physical body himself because of the karma involved, and told her that Lin Fan would handle it.

Su Chen killed the Dragon Clan youth who had played dead and left his corpse for Lin Fan, then restored Liu Mengli and departed. Liu Mengli told Lin Fan what had happened, and Lin Fan resolved to grow strong enough to catch up to and surpass Su Chen before harvesting the dragon’s blood.

• Su Chen seized the Dragon Clan youth, crushed his neck, and revealed his true form as a giant dragon; he left the corpse for Lin Fan and asked Liu Mengli to assist his disciple.
• Liu Mengli considered what request to make of Su Chen, then watched him disappear.
• Lin Fan awoke, learned that Su Chen had saved Liu Mengli, and became emotional over his master’s care.
• Liu Mengli urged Lin Fan to cultivate diligently, and he vowed to catch up to and surpass Su Chen despite the difficulty.
• Lin Fan began collecting the dragon’s blood after Liu Mengli pointed out its value.
• Elsewhere, Su Chen remembered that he had forgotten to give the God-Slaying Flying Dagger to Lingxi and wondered where to go next.

Su Chen reached the Sword Sect to visit Jianxin, but Luo Xue mistook him for an assessment candidate and brought him to the disciple recruitment. As the entrance assessment began, Su Chen stood masked among the candidates, awaiting the Sword Sect elder’s next announcement.

• Su Chen arrived at the Sword Sect, and Luo Xue mistook him for someone taking the disciple assessment and led him inside.
• Luo Xue introduced herself to Su Chen and became infatuated with him, while Su Chen argued with his system.
• Su Chen and Luo Xue reached the crowded assessment square, where Su Chen put on a golden mask to avoid attention.
• A powerful presence swept over the square, and an old man appeared and welcomed the candidates to the Sword Sect entrance assessment.

Elder Li announced a lethal Sword Sect assessment in which contestants had to fight until only a thousand remained, and Su Chen promised to protect Luo Xue. The melee began, triggering widespread betrayal and slaughter across the square, while Luo Xue sought safety beside Su Chen.

• Elder Li explained the assessment's melee rules and warned that contestants could die, prompting some frightened participants to withdraw.
• Nearly a hundred thousand people remained, and Su Chen reassured worried Luo Xue that he would protect her.
• Elder Li started the assessment and disappeared as the contestants turned wary of one another.
• A woman killed her husband, and other contestants betrayed partners, siblings, and friends as the fighting erupted.
• The square became a scene of mass slaughter, and Luo Xue trembled and moved closer to Su Chen.

Luo Xue was overwhelmed and badly wounded by five cultivators during the survival trial, but Su Chen arrived just before they could kill her and instantly slew all five. The nearby fighters fled from Su Chen, and he admitted he had waited to see how long Luo Xue could hold out before helping her.

• Luo Xue blocked a surprise Sword Qi attack from a purple-robed young man, who then ordered his four companions to attack her together.
• The five cultivators overwhelmed Luo Xue with their strongest attacks, leaving her gravely wounded and certain she would die.
• Su Chen appeared in front of Luo Xue as the five charged again, and he reassured her that he was there.
• Su Chen killed all five attackers in an instant, shocking the nearby fighters, who moved far away before resuming their battle.
• Su Chen told Luo Xue he had delayed helping to see how long she could endure, and Luo Xue said she did not blame him.

Su Chen healed Luo Xue with a pill he had casually refined, and she marveled at his strength and mysterious abilities. After the day-and-night melee assessment ended, Elder Li announced a three-day beast hunt as the second assessment and introduced a young man who would join it.

• Su Chen gave Luo Xue a pill that instantly healed her injuries, and she learned he was also an Alchemist.
• The melee assessment ended with about a thousand survivors, including Su Chen and Luo Xue, while corpses covered the square.
• Elder Li burned the corpses and congratulated the survivors on passing the first assessment.
• Elder Li announced that the second assessment would send them into a secret realm to hunt beasts for points, with the top hundred passing.
• A young man in white robes carrying a longsword stepped forward to join the assessment.

Jianxin arrived for the sect assessment, and Elder Li offered to promote him directly, prompting the crowd to protest the apparent favoritism. Jianxin demonstrated his overwhelming strength by defeating one challenger with two fingers and a kick, and another challenger stepped forward.

• Jianxin greeted Elder Li, who praised his talent and offered him a direct promotion, but Jianxin chose to take the assessments step by step.
• The crowd objected to Jianxin skipping the first assessment, and Elder Li silenced them with his sword force before Jianxin offered to prove himself.
• A young man accused Jianxin of getting in through the back door and attacked him with an all-out sword strike.
• Jianxin blocked the attack with two fingers, kicked the young man unconscious, and asked whether anyone else was unconvinced.
• A woman flew out from the crowd to challenge Jianxin.

Jianxin defeated a True Immortal Realm Ninth Stage Peak woman and a Heavenly Immortal Realm Second Stage youth with ease during the Sword Sect assessment. His humility inspired the youth to gain an epiphany and break through to the True Immortal Realm Third Stage.

• Jianxin defeated the woman in an instant after she challenged him, then asked whether anyone else would fight.
• A purple-haired Heavenly Immortal Realm youth challenged Jianxin, who defeated him with a single strike using an ordinary longsword.
• The crowd, Elder Li, and the three other Heavenly Immortal geniuses reacted with shock, while Luo Xue praised Jianxin and Su Chen felt proud of his disciple.
• Jianxin told the defeated youth that many geniuses surpassed him and that he still needed to work hard.
• The youth reflected on Jianxin's humility, felt ashamed of his own arrogance, and gained an epiphany that raised his cultivation to the True Immortal Realm Third Stage.

Jianxin passed the selection challenge and entered the secret realm, where Su Chen also arrived and killed four contestants who demanded his beast cores. Elsewhere, Luo Xue faced a Heavenly Immortal Realm man who demanded her beast cores and a night with him in exchange for her life.

• Wang Teng thanked Jianxin for helping him achieve an epiphany, then asked to spar again; Jianxin agreed and no one else challenged him.
• Jianxin entered the secret realm after Elder Li opened it, and Su Chen followed with Luo Xue, planning to tease Jianxin later.
• Su Chen was transported to a different location from Luo Xue and encountered four contestants who demanded his beast cores.
• Su Chen killed the three companions and their leader with swift sword strikes, then continued through the forest without taking their beast cores.
• Luo Xue killed a ferocious beast, but ten people appeared, led by a Heavenly Immortal Realm young man who demanded her beast cores and a night with him.

Luo Xue was cornered and mortally wounded by Cao Zei’s men, but Su Chen arrived in time to revive her. He then killed the bald man with a single sword cry, leaving the others stunned.

• The bald man attacked Luo Xue, overpowering her with a sword strike and leaving her severely injured.
• Facing capture, Luo Xue stabbed herself rather than surrender and began to die.
• Su Chen appeared, caught Luo Xue, and used a surge of life force to heal her wounds and bring her back from the brink of death.
• Su Chen turned on the ten men as Cao Zei sensed danger from him.
• The bald man tried to attack Su Chen, but a sword cry stopped him and sent his head flying.

Su Chen killed Cao Zei’s companions and subdued Cao Zei with a single word, revealing a power that stunned Luo Xue and the others. After Cao Zei invoked his father, Cao Zhihong, Su Chen killed him too, then left Luo Xue wondering how strong he was.

• Su Chen killed the bald man instantly, frightening Cao Zei’s companions and making the young man realize Su Chen might be stronger than him.
• Cao Zei tried to attack Su Chen, but Su Chen ordered him to kneel and suppressed him without resistance.
• Su Chen killed the eight men who had followed Cao Zei, leaving Cao Zei terrified.
• Cao Zei named his father, Cao Zhihong, as a warning, but Su Chen killed him anyway.
• Luo Xue asked Su Chen how strong he was; he called it a secret, and she resolved to hide her feelings for him.

Su Chen and Luo Xue collected beast cores as they traveled through the secret realm, then found Jianxin, the person Su Chen had come to see. Su Chen teased Jianxin into fighting and easily overwhelmed him, leaving him badly injured.

• Su Chen told Luo Xue he had not come to take the disciple assessment and let her keep the beast cores from Cao Zei and his companions.
• Luo Xue gathered more beast cores from the ferocious beasts Su Chen killed as they traveled for nearly half a day.
• Su Chen and Luo Xue encountered Jianxin, and Su Chen disguised his voice before demanding Jianxin's beast cores.
• Jianxin attacked Su Chen, but Su Chen dodged and kicked him hundreds of thousands of miles away.
• Jianxin charged again with the Light Scar Sword and used Formless One Sword, but Su Chen destroyed the attack and sent Jianxin flying, badly injured.

Su Chen fought Jianxin during the assessment and repeatedly overwhelmed him, leaving him near death. Jianxin broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm Third Stage Peak before recognizing Su Chen as his master, who healed him; Jianxin woke delighted to see him.

• Luo Xue questioned whether Su Chen had injured Jianxin too severely, and Su Chen approached the wounded swordsman.
• Jianxin summoned the Light Scar Sword and unleashed hundreds of thousands of Sword Qi streaks, which Su Chen shattered with one punch.
• Jianxin attacked with Return to One, but Su Chen used the same technique and sent him crashing down with worsening injuries.
• As Jianxin lay dying, he broke through twice to the Heavenly Immortal Realm Third Stage Peak, then recognized Su Chen after he removed his mask and fainted.
• Su Chen caught Jianxin and healed him completely, and Jianxin woke up joyfully and asked why his master had come.

Su Chen joined Jianxin and Luo Xue on a two-day hunt in the secret realm, where they earned enough points to pass the assessment. Their rest by a river was interrupted when a Golden Immortal Realm beast pursued Wang Teng, and Jianxin rescued him at the last moment.

• Su Chen persuaded Jianxin to let him become an elder of the Sword Sect, then confirmed that Luo Xue was his friend.
• Su Chen, Jianxin, and Luo Xue traveled together and spent two days hunting beasts for assessment points.
• Jianxin earned a thousand points and gave Luo Xue beast cores that brought her total to five hundred points.
• A Golden Immortal Realm beast appeared near the river while chasing Wang Teng and wounded him with a claw strike.
• Jianxin snatched Wang Teng away just before the beast stomped the ground where he had fallen.

Jianxin fought a Golden Immortal Realm beast to protect Wang Teng after learning Wang Teng had eaten its egg. Though Jianxin was badly injured, he kept attacking alone rather than asking Su Chen for help.

• Wang Teng told Jianxin that he had roasted and eaten the beast’s egg, provoking it to chase him.
• The beast attacked Jianxin and Wang Teng with scorching blue flames, and Jianxin pulled Wang Teng out of their path.
• Jianxin struck the beast with his Sword Intent, but its defenses left it with only a slight scratch.
• The beast battered Jianxin and sent him flying, severely injuring him, while Wang Teng marveled that he could withstand a Golden Immortal Realm opponent.
• Jianxin continued attacking the beast and refused to seek Su Chen’s help, then unleashed Formless One Sword with all his strength.

Jianxin and Wang Teng fought the Golden Immortal Realm vicious beast after Wang Teng had eaten one of its eggs, and both were reduced to fragile divine souls while protecting each other. Just as they prepared to die together, Su Chen's voice sounded nearby.

• Jianxin badly wounded the beast but collapsed, and Wang Teng carried him away while burning his physical body to escape.
• Su Chen initially refused to help, then decided to intervene and set off with Luo Xue.
• Jianxin pushed Wang Teng away and burned both his body and divine soul to attack the beast, but it shattered his Sword Intent and destroyed his physical body.
• Wang Teng returned to shield Jianxin from the beast's paw, which destroyed Wang Teng's physical body as well.
• Jianxin and Wang Teng accepted that they would die together, then heard Su Chen complain that they were causing him trouble like his senior brother.

Su Chen arrived as Jianxin, Wang Teng, and Luo Xue faced a Golden Immortal Realm beast, then subdued it with a single command. When Jianxin asked him to spare the beast, he reminded Wang Teng that his greed had caused the beast to pursue them.

• Su Chen appeared with Luo Xue, and Jianxin apologized to his master for causing trouble while Wang Teng learned of their relationship.
• Su Chen ordered the Golden Immortal Realm beast to kneel, and his power pressed the beast, Jianxin, Wang Teng, and Luo Xue to the ground.
• Wang Teng recognized Su Chen as an Immortal Saint Realm expert and eagerly praised him, while Luo Xue reconsidered Su Chen and Jianxin's claims about joining the Sword Sect.
• As Su Chen prepared to kill the beast, Jianxin asked him to spare it because Wang Teng had eaten its egg and provoked its pursuit.
• Wang Teng admitted his fault and asked Su Chen to spare the beast, while Luo Xue also appealed to him.

Su Chen spared the vicious beast, rejected Wang Teng’s request to become his disciple, and led the group out of the secret realm. As Elder Li began tallying the survivors’ beast cores to determine the top hundred, he noticed Luo Xue had an unexpectedly high score and then turned his attention to Su Chen.

• Su Chen released the Golden Immortal Realm vicious beast after Jianxin, Luo Xue, and Wang Teng asked him to spare it, and it thanked Jianxin before leaving.
• Wang Teng asked Su Chen to take him as a disciple, but Su Chen declined because he already had enough disciples.
• When Elder Li ended the assessment, Su Chen and the others left the secret realm and found that fewer than five hundred of the original thousand people had survived.
• Elder Li reminded the survivors that only the top hundred scorers could enter the Sword Sect and ordered them to place their beast cores at their feet.
• Jianxin told Wang Teng that he had about a thousand points, while Wang Teng had about three hundred and Su Chen had none.
• Elder Li’s Divine Sense revealed that Luo Xue had five hundred points, puzzling him, and he then focused his gaze on Su Chen.

Su Chen revealed that he had come to become an elder of the Sword Sect, then displayed power that convinced Elder Li he was an Immortal Venerable. As the Sword Sect’s leaders arrived to investigate, Chen Wuhen realized he could not sense Su Chen at all.

• Su Chen told Elder Li that he had not come to take the disciple assessment but wanted to become a Sword Sect elder.
• Su Chen removed his mask, stunning the crowd with his appearance, and Jianxin confirmed to Wang Teng that Su Chen was his master.
• After Elder Li said elders had to reach the Golden Immortal Realm, Su Chen snapped his fingers and shattered space-time across ten million li.
• Elder Li recognized that Su Chen’s power belonged to an Immortal Venerable and feared that his behavior had endangered the Sword Sect.
• Chen Wuhen and dozens of Sword Sect figures arrived, and Chen Wuhen found that he could not sense Su Chen’s presence.

Chen Wuhen apologized to Su Chen for Elder Li’s offense and welcomed him as a Sword Sect elder, while Su Chen prepared to take Jianxin to Star Spirit Peak. Their departure was interrupted when Cao Zhihong arrived with several million armored troops, and Chen Wuhen challenged him about starting a war with the Sword Sect.

• Chen Wuhen and the Sword Sect elders bowed to Su Chen and apologized for Elder Li’s actions.
• Su Chen accepted a position as a Sword Sect elder, asked not to be burdened with minor matters, and was assigned Star Spirit Peak.
• Jianxin revealed himself as Su Chen’s disciple, and Chen Wuhen learned from Elder Li about Jianxin’s exceptional cultivation and sword Dao talent.
• Su Chen and Jianxin followed the Seventh Elder toward Star Spirit Peak.
• Cao Zhihong appeared through a spatial rift with several million powerful troops, and Chen Wuhen demanded to know whether he intended to wage war on the Sword Sect.

Cao Zhihong confronted Chen Wuhen over his son’s death, then revealed his Immortal Saint Realm strength and demanded an explanation. Chen Wuhen stood firm and mobilized the Sword Sect, and the chapter ended as its three hundred thousand sword cultivators clashed with Cao Zhihong’s million-strong force.

• Cao Zhihong accused the Sword Sect of causing his son’s death, and Elder Li concluded that Su Chen or Jianxin had killed Cao Zei.
• Chen Wuhen told Cao Zhihong that his son had died because he lacked the skill to survive the assessment.
• Cao Zhihong unleashed an Immortal Saint Realm presence, but Chen Wuhen remained confident because Su Chen was there.
• Chen Wuhen summoned the Sword Sect’s Heavenly Immortal Realm disciples, and three hundred thousand sword cultivators assembled.
• Cao Zhihong ordered a million cultivators to destroy the Sword Sect, and Chen Wuhen led the disciples into battle.
• Cao Zhihong charged at Chen Wuhen as the great battle erupted across the battlefield.