Arc 3Su Chen’s Disciples and the Abyss

Su Chen defeated the Shen Clan, took Lin Fan as his disciple, and helped him settle conflicts with the Ye Household and Shangguan Clan. After Lin Fan’s training journey led them to the Heavenly Abyss, Su Chen killed its Quasi-Emperors and faced Nan Yun’s challenge.

  • Ye Lingxi defeated Shen Lang with her Invincible Sword Intent, and Su Chen refused to answer Shen Wan’s demands before Su Yanche killed him and Su Chen declared war on the Shen Clan.
  • Su Chen and Ye Lingxi entered the Netherworld Forbidden Land, where Su Chen subdued Mo Yu and sent Ye Lingxi into the Ten-Thousand-Layer Tower to train.
  • After Du Yuan asked him to save the Star Holy Land, Su Chen killed Yang Hua from afar, then found Lin Fan and revealed that the old man in his ring had been draining his Immortal Qi.
  • Su Chen accepted Lin Fan as his first disciple, taught him the Dao of Slaughter, and helped him destroy the Ye Household before giving him the sealed Bloodthirst Sword and a small tower.
  • Su Chen killed Shen Li and the Shen Clan’s forces, then ordered a Great Emperor to target Lin Fan in the True Immortal Realm.
  • When Lin Fan faced waves of enemies, Su Chen intervened, wiped out the reinforcements, and helped Lin Fan secure Shangguan Wenya’s marriage and acceptance into her clan.
  • Su Chen freed Shangguan Ruoyao from Lü Wei’s possession, then took Lin Fan and Meng Yu on a journey that led them to the Heavenly Abyss.
  • Su Chen killed the Abyss’s Quasi-Emperors, ordered Luo Lan to summon Jian Wuhen and Nan Yun, and shattered space as Nan Yun attacked him.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51What a Fine Emergency Self-Defense!

Su Chen killed Wu Mingxiao, then watched as Ye Lingxi defeated a young challenger and fought Shen Lang, the Great Saint prodigy from High Antiquity. Ye Lingxi unleashed the Fire Phoenix’s power and battled Shen Lang on equal footing, with their fight still raging.

  • Su Chen claimed he had killed Wu Mingxiao in emergency self-defense, and Yun Yao erased the corpse before welcoming the arriving Shen Lang.
  • When Yun Yao invited the gathered cultivators to spar, Su Chen sent Ye Lingxi to fight a young man who had volunteered.
  • Ye Lingxi defeated the young man with a single sword strike and then challenged Shen Lang.
  • Shen Lang attacked Ye Lingxi with his saber, knocking her back several times as their clash shook the surrounding land.
  • Ye Lingxi summoned the Fire Phoenix’s power and combined it with her Invincible Sword Intent, allowing her to fight Shen Lang evenly.

Ch. 52Then Let's Fight!

Ye Lingxi defeated Shen Lang after he used a pill to reach the Saint King Realm, but she collapsed from her injuries. Su Chen protected her and stood firm against Shen Wan, while Su Yanche’s arrival forced the Shen Clan patriarch to abandon his threat of war.

  • Ye Lingxi’s sword strike defeated Shen Lang, who swallowed a red pill and rapidly advanced to the Saint King Realm First Layer and then the Fourth Layer.
  • Ye Lingxi fought Shen Lang again and unleashed her Invincible Sword Intent, shattering him even as she lost consciousness.
  • Su Chen caught Ye Lingxi, healed her injuries with a pill, and reassured her that she had won before she fell asleep.
  • Shen Wan arrived and demanded an explanation from Su Chen for Shen Lang’s death, but Su Chen refused to answer him respectfully.
  • Su Yanche appeared and challenged Shen Wan to fight, prompting Shen Wan to leave rather than risk war with the Su Clan and its allies.
  • Su Chen said Shen Wan wanted war and suggested granting his wish.

Ch. 53Just a Small Fry!

Su Chen declared war on the Shen Clan, but the clan’s ancestor disowned Shen Wan to save it. Su Yanche killed Shen Wan in one strike, and the witnesses left knowing they must never provoke the Su Clan.

  • Su Chen announced that he would go to war with the Shen Clan, and Su Yanche summoned hundreds of thousands of armored experts to support him.
  • The Shen Clan ancestor declared that Shen Wan had acted alone and stripped him of his position as clan leader.
  • Shen Wan begged Su Yanche to spare him, but Su Chen ordered him killed.
  • Su Yanche’s sword intent shattered Shen Wan’s strongest punch and pierced his head, killing him in one strike.
  • Su Yanche left with the Su Clan experts, while Su Chen departed with Ye Lingxi and Yun Yao resolved to warn her clan against provoking the Su Clan.

Ch. 54Even a Great Emperor Must Kneel!

Su Chen took Ye Lingxi to the Netherworld Forbidden Land to improve her combat awareness, then defeated its powerful inhabitants as they traveled deeper. At the forbidden land’s great hall, Su Chen forced its Great Emperor guardian to kneel before him.

  • Su Chen and Ye Lingxi entered the Netherworld Forbidden Land so Ye Lingxi could gain battle experience.
  • A purple-haired man attacked them, but Su Chen shattered his assault; the man self-destructed without harming either of them.
  • Su Chen killed the other people they encountered and led Ye Lingxi to the great hall at the forbidden land’s deepest point.
  • A woman emerged from the hall and attacked Su Chen with mysterious power and sword strikes, but his word, “Perish,” erased each attack.
  • Su Chen said, “Kneel,” and forced the woman, revealed as a Great Emperor, to the ground.

Ch. 55Pseudo-Immortal Realm!

Su Chen forced Mo Yu to explain that the realm was a Pseudo-Immortal Realm and obtained the Ten-Thousand-Layer Tower so Ye Lingxi could train inside it. As Ye Lingxi climbed its first layers, Du Yuan contacted Su Chen and urgently asked him to save the Star Holy Land.

  • Su Chen subdued Mo Yu, who revealed that the true Immortal Realm was accessed through a teleportation array and required Great Emperor strength to enter.
  • Su Chen encouraged Ye Lingxi when learning about the true Immortal Realm shook her confidence, then asked Mo Yu for the Ten-Thousand-Layer Tower.
  • Mo Yu gave Su Chen the tower and explained that each layer held the soul remnant of a monstrous genius; Ye Lingxi entered, and Su Chen secretly sent golden light into her body.
  • Ye Lingxi defeated the opponents on the tower's first two layers with her Invincible Sword Intent and advanced through the teleportation arrays.
  • Su Chen released Mo Yu from the force holding her down, then received a message from Du Yuan asking him to save the Star Holy Land.

Ch. 56The Star Holy Land in Peril!

Yang Hua returned to the Star Holy Land as a Saint King and attacked Xia Meng and Murong Xue, while Su Chen sent sword intent from afar. After Xia Meng broke through twice but was defeated, Murong Xue fell unconscious, and Xia Meng stood between Yang Hua and her as he approached.

  • Du Yuan told Su Chen that Yang Hua had returned as a Saint King and intended to seize the Star Holy Land and force the Holy Lord to marry him; Su Chen sent sword intent toward the lower realm.
  • Xia Meng and Murong Xue attacked Yang Hua, but he overpowered them and left Murong Xue gravely injured.
  • Xia Meng forcibly broke through to the Saint King Realm and then advanced another minor realm, yet Yang Hua eventually defeated her with his divine statue.
  • Murong Xue attacked Yang Hua from behind, but his divine statue struck her into a crater and left her unconscious.
  • As Yang Hua approached Murong Xue, Xia Meng blocked his path and charged at him again.

Ch. 57Child of Fortune!

Su Chen killed Yang Hua from afar to save Xia Meng, then left Mo Yu responsible for teaching the girl in the Ten-Thousand-Layer Tower. A year later, he encountered Lin Fan, a fallen Child of Fortune being bullied in Seven Stars City, and suggested that the ring on Lin Fan’s finger could explain why he could no longer cultivate.

  • Su Chen used a sword intent to kill Yang Hua across space and time as Yang Hua attacked Xia Meng, who wondered whether Su Chen had saved her.
  • Su Chen told Mo Yu to teach the girl to cultivate when she emerged from the Ten-Thousand-Layer Tower, warning that he would kill Mo Yu if the girl was hurt too badly.
  • A year later, Su Chen spotted Lin Fan, identified as a seventeen-year-old Child of Fortune, being beaten by young men in Seven Stars City.
  • After learning that Lin Fan was the Ye Household’s adopted son and had lost his cultivation three years earlier, Su Chen followed him to a cliff.
  • Su Chen introduced himself and told Lin Fan to ask the person in his ring why he could no longer cultivate.

Ch. 58Proving the Dao Through Slaughter!

Su Chen exposed the old man in Lin Fan’s ring as the one who had been draining his Immortal Qi, then killed him and accepted Lin Fan as his first disciple. Lin Fan embraced the Dao of Slaughter, killed the Ye Household youths who had bullied him, and faced Ye Yangqiu and the household elders at the gates.

  • Su Chen forced the old man living in Lin Fan’s ring to emerge and revealed that he had absorbed Lin Fan’s Immortal Qi for three years.
  • Lin Fan asked Su Chen to become his master and vowed to grow stronger so he could slaughter the Ye Household; Su Chen killed the old man and accepted him as his first disciple.
  • Su Chen healed Lin Fan and told him to follow the Dao of Slaughter, causing Lin Fan’s killing intent and cultivation to surge.
  • Su Chen and Lin Fan arrived at the Ye Household, where Lin Fan killed the young man who had bullied him and attacked his companions.
  • Ye Yangqiu and the Ye Household elders emerged and confronted Lin Fan over the killings.

Ch. 59A Mysterious Expert from the God Realm!

Su Chen killed Ye Yangqiu and the Ye Household elders, allowing Lin Fan to take revenge on the household and break through to the Saint Realm First Layer. As Su Chen prepared to leave, he warned Lin Fan to use his Dao of Slaughter only against enemies and obtained a powerful sword from a man in the God Realm as one of his promised gifts.

  • Su Chen instantly killed Ye Yangqiu and the Ye Household elders, then told Lin Fan to kill the remaining household members.
  • Lin Fan slaughtered the Ye Household disciples and reached the Saint Realm First Layer.
  • Lin Fan thanked Su Chen, who said he would leave and warned Lin Fan not to kill anyone without hostile intent toward him.
  • Su Chen told Lin Fan he would give him two gifts, then confronted a man in the God Realm and killed him to claim his sword.
  • The sword spirit obeyed Su Chen and flew through space and time to the Immortal Realm, where Su Chen warned it not to show off.

Ch. 60The Shen Clan!

Su Chen gave Lin Fan the sealed Bloodthirst Sword and a small tower, then left. He went to the Shen Clan, killed its elders and ancestor Shen Li, and faced the surviving disciples as they begged for their lives.

  • Su Chen sealed the Bloodthirst Sword so its power would match Lin Fan's, gave it to him, and left him with a small tower to study.
  • Shen Li told the Shen Clan elders he had contacted their Great Emperor and proposed a secret attack on the Su Clan before its Great Emperor could be alerted.
  • Su Chen appeared before Shen Li and the elders, killed the elders, and revealed his strength surpassed the Quasi-Emperor level.
  • Shen Li attacked Su Chen with his full strength, but Su Chen stopped the punch without being hurt and revealed he knew about the planned sneak attack.
  • Su Chen crushed Shen Li's neck, then the surviving Shen Clan disciples collapsed and begged him to spare their lives.

Ch. 61Killing a Great Emperor in an Instant!

Su Chen destroyed the Shen Clan and defeated the Great Emperor who came to confront him. He spared the Emperor only to make him remember Lin Fan and target him if he went to the True Immortal Realm, then left the Emperor to explain the destruction.

  • Su Chen killed the Shen Clan disciples and its awakened ancestors with overwhelming power.
  • A golden-robed Great Emperor arrived and challenged Su Chen, but Su Chen broke his spear attacks with ease.
  • An old man attacked Su Chen with a divine statue, and Su Chen crushed the old man's head.
  • The Great Emperor tried to flee, but Su Chen immobilized him and offered to spare his life.
  • Su Chen showed the Great Emperor Lin Fan's likeness and ordered him to target Lin Fan in the True Immortal Realm; then Su Chen left.

Ch. 62Lin Fan in Danger!

After the Shen Clan’s destruction shook the Immortal Realm, Lin Fan was surrounded by experts whose disciples he had killed and fought desperately against them. He forcibly broke through to the Great Saint Realm, but remained trapped amid attacks from a hundred enemies.

  • News of the Shen Clan’s destruction spread through the Immortal Realm, and factions warned their disciples not to provoke the Su Clan.
  • Lin Fan fled through the mountains with more than a hundred furious experts pursuing him over the deaths of their sect’s disciples.
  • The pursuers surrounded Lin Fan, and he fought their leader, an old man, trading powerful sword and saber strikes.
  • After the old man called on the other experts to attack, Lin Fan forcibly broke through to the Great Saint Realm and blasted the attackers back with a sword strike.
  • Hundreds of attacks converged on Lin Fan, who charged at his enemies but had to retreat while searching for chances to strike.

Ch. 63Who Can Kill My Disciple?

Lin Fan was overwhelmed by a hundred experts until his bloodline power turned the battle around, but Elder Liu arrived and nearly killed him. Su Chen appeared to save his disciple, killed Elder Liu instantly, and confronted the remaining attackers.

  • An attacker struck Lin Fan from behind, and Lin Fan unleashed his bloodline power to blast away the surrounding experts.
  • Lin Fan killed several experts, driving the survivors to flee, while the old man summoned Elder Liu.
  • Elder Liu struck Lin Fan and shattered his bones, but Su Chen arrived after Lin Fan called him Master.
  • Su Chen killed Elder Liu with a flash of sword light and killed the experts who tried to escape.
  • Su Chen frightened the old man and told him to keep summoning reinforcements so he could kill them too.

Ch. 64What Kind of Trash Is a Great Emperor?

Su Chen defended Lin Fan by effortlessly killing thousands of experts and several Quasi-Emperors, then dismissed the idea that a Great Emperor was anything special. After everyone else vanished, Lin Fan resolved to grow strong under Su Chen's encouragement.

  • Su Chen challenged the old man to summon anyone he wanted, promising to kill himself if he could not defeat them instantly.
  • Patriarch Jin arrived with more than ten thousand experts, and Su Chen killed them all with a single strand of sword intent.
  • Patriarch Jin summoned several Quasi-Emperors, and Su Chen erased them with a single word.
  • Patriarch Jin identified Su Chen as a Great Emperor, but Su Chen called Great Emperors trash and made everyone present except Lin Fan vanish.
  • Lin Fan praised Su Chen and asked if he could become as strong as his master, and Su Chen encouraged him and explained that he came because someone was bullying his disciple.

Ch. 65Can't You Kneel for Me a While?

Lin Fan told Su Chen that the Shangguan Clan opposed his relationship with a woman because he lacked strength and background, so Su Chen accompanied him to confront her Lineage. Su Chen overwhelmed the clan with his pressure and forced even its leader to kneel, while Lin Fan remained pinned down too.

  • Lin Fan told Su Chen he had fallen for a woman whose Lineage would not let them be together because he lacked strength and background.
  • Su Chen asked whether Lin Fan could defeat the younger generation, then promised to back him and went with him to the Shangguan Clan.
  • Su Chen shattered the secret realm's entrance, and the clan's experts confronted him and Lin Fan.
  • Su Chen released his pressure, forcing the clan's experts and Lin Fan to their knees and breaking the Quasi-Emperors' imperial pressure.
  • Shangguan Jing'ang and the elders emerged and apologized, but Su Chen ordered them to kneel, which they did.
  • Lin Fan asked Su Chen to release him, but Su Chen teased him for being impatient to get up.

Ch. 66Your Shangguan Clan Has Quite the Temper!

Su Chen forced the Shangguan Clan to apologize and agree to Lin Fan's marriage to Shangguan Wenya, then accepted Wenya as his disciple and gave her a spear. Lin Fan sought to prove his own strength by challenging the Shangguan Clan's younger generation, and a prodigy stepped forward to fight him.

  • Su Chen made Shangguan Jing'ang apologize for the clan's treatment of Lin Fan and warned him not to repeat it.
  • Su Chen explained that he had come to seek justice for Lin Fan, and Shangguan Jing'ang agreed to Lin Fan and Shangguan Wenya's marriage.
  • Shangguan Wenya reunited with Lin Fan, learned what had happened, and accepted Su Chen as her master.
  • Su Chen gave Shangguan Wenya the spear Frost as a first-meeting gift.
  • Lin Fan announced that he would challenge the Shangguan Clan's younger generation, and Shangguan Jing'ang summoned its prodigies.
  • A Shangguan Clan prodigy volunteered to fight Lin Fan.

Ch. 67Just Fight!

Lin Fan challenged the Shangguan Clan’s young prodigies and defeated several opponents before facing Shangguan Yunqing, the clan’s foremost talent. Their battle remained evenly matched, leaving Lin Fan and Shangguan Yunqing eager to continue fighting.

  • Lin Fan instantly defeated a prodigy who challenged him, then defeated a sword-wielding woman with a strike of sword intent.
  • Lin Fan overwhelmed Shangguan Xiong, who admitted defeat when Lin Fan placed his sword behind his head.
  • Lin Fan challenged the assembled prodigies to attack him together, prompting Shangguan Yunqing to step forward.
  • Lin Fan and Shangguan Yunqing exchanged spear and sword attacks, fought evenly, and were repeatedly sent flying.
  • Lin Fan appeared above Shangguan Yunqing and slashed down with terrifying sword intent.

Ch. 68Shangguan Ruoyao!

Lin Fan defeated Shangguan Yunqing, and Su Chen agreed to treat Shangguan Ruoyao after learning she had been mysteriously ill for a year. While examining her, Su Chen entered a dark starry space and found Ruoyao imprisoned in a giant cage.

  • Lin Fan overwhelmed Shangguan Yunqing in their duel, while the prodigy who had promised to eat shit fled instead of keeping his word.
  • Lin Fan reunited with Shangguan Wenya, and Shangguan Jing'ang suddenly rushed back into the secret realm after sensing trouble.
  • Su Chen, Lin Fan, and Shangguan Wenya found Shangguan Ruoyao unconscious and suffering from an unexplained illness.
  • Su Chen said he knew how to cure Ruoyao, then ordered everyone out before beginning his examination.
  • Su Chen entered a pitch-black starry expanse and discovered Shangguan Ruoyao trapped inside a giant cage.

Ch. 69How Could My Master Possibly Harm Me?

Su Chen rescued Shangguan Ruoyao by killing Lü Wei, a sealed ancient soul who had tried to possess her, then told her family she was safe. Two days later, Su Chen took Lin Fan away for training, leaving Lin Fan uneasy but trusting his master.

  • Su Chen stopped Lü Wei’s attack, seized him, and learned that he had escaped the Heavenly Abyss after being sealed there for thirty thousand years.
  • Lü Wei admitted he had entered Shangguan Ruoyao’s sea of consciousness to possess her, and Su Chen crushed his divine soul before freeing her from the cage.
  • Su Chen told Shangguan Wenya, Shangguan Jing'ang, and the elders that Shangguan Ruoyao was cured, and they thanked him.
  • Su Chen told Lin Fan they would go training in a couple of days, then left with him two days later without revealing their destination.

Ch. 70A Black Inn!

Su Chen and Lin Fan discovered that a remote inn served human flesh, but Su Chen refused to intervene against its Saint King Realm waiter. The next morning, Lin Fan warned a new guest, Meng Yu, not to eat the meat dishes, leaving her to follow his advice without knowing why.

  • Su Chen warned Lin Fan away from the inn’s meat dishes, which Lin Fan later learned were human flesh.
  • When the waiter demanded five million immortal crystals, Lin Fan called the inn a black inn, but the waiter sensed Su Chen’s strength and offered them free food and rooms.
  • Lin Fan asked why Su Chen would not kill the waiter, and Su Chen explained that the waiter was a Saint King Realm cultivator who preyed on people for resources.
  • The next morning, Lin Fan brooded over Su Chen’s words while they ate porridge, then warned Meng Yu not to eat the meat dishes.
  • Meng Yu listened to Lin Fan’s warning and left the meat dishes untouched.

Ch. 71Lin Fan Made His Move!

Lin Fan intervened when a Saint King Realm innkeeper tried to overpower Meng Yu, and he fought the much stronger man despite being badly injured. The chapter ended with Lin Fan unleashing a blood-red surge of sword intent and killing intent.

  • Meng Yu learned that the inn’s meat dishes were human flesh and attacked the waiter, who revealed he had reached the Saint King Realm by robbing and killing geniuses.
  • The waiter overpowered Meng Yu, shattered her sword, and trapped her with his pressure as she begged her parents for help.
  • Lin Fan appeared, interrupted the waiter, caught Meng Yu, and charged into battle.
  • The waiter struck Lin Fan twice and sent him flying, severely injuring him.
  • Lin Fan gathered a multitude of sword intents and killing intent, dyeing the surrounding world red.

Ch. 72Master, I Did My Best!

Lin Fan fought the Saint King Realm waiter to protect Meng Yu, but was overwhelmed despite awakening bloodline power and growing stronger during the battle. Su Chen arrived just as Lin Fan was near death, healed him with a pill, and left him sleeping.

  • Lin Fan forced the waiter back with his sword, then unleashed a massive sword-intent strike that devastated the surrounding land.
  • The waiter attacked Lin Fan, and Meng Yu tried to intervene but was blasted away and knocked unconscious.
  • Lin Fan awakened his bloodline power, broke through to the Great Saint Realm Fourth Stage, and fought the waiter as his strength continued to rise.
  • The waiter summoned a divine statue and struck Lin Fan with a devastating palm; Lin Fan’s body began to break apart, and Meng Yu cried out in grief.
  • Su Chen appeared and caught Lin Fan, who told his master he had done his best before passing out.
  • Su Chen fed Lin Fan a pill that instantly healed his injuries, and Lin Fan fell asleep while snoring.

Ch. 73So Cool!

Su Chen rescued Lin Fan and Meng Yu from a Saint King Realm waiter, then warned Lin Fan against risking his life without considering his strength. Meng Yu joined them on their journey, and at the Heavenly Abyss Su Chen kicked Lin Fan into its depths.

  • Su Chen crushed the waiter's attack with a single command and forced him to kneel.
  • Su Chen killed the waiter and scolded Lin Fan for confronting an enemy far stronger than himself.
  • Meng Yu thanked Lin Fan by giving him a spatial ring filled with treasures, then followed him and Su Chen after admitting she had run away from her clan and gotten lost.
  • Su Chen brought Lin Fan to the Heavenly Abyss, then kicked him into it when Lin Fan asked why they had come.

Ch. 74What Are You Showing Off For?

Su Chen, Lin Fan, and Meng Yu entered the Heavenly Abyss, where Su Chen swiftly subdued a Quasi-Emperor and learned that Nan Yun, Jian Wuhen, and Luo Lan were the strongest there. Hundreds of Quasi-Emperors then appeared, and Su Chen killed two who challenged him while the woman leading them held back the others.

  • Su Chen leaped into the Heavenly Abyss, and Meng Yu followed him despite her fears.
  • After Lin Fan crashed into the desert below, a Quasi-Emperor appeared and threatened the group.
  • Su Chen seized the old man by the throat, learned that Nan Yun, Jian Wuhen, and Luo Lan were the strongest in the Abyss, and killed him.
  • Hundreds of Quasi-Emperors arrived, led by an imposing woman, and Su Chen killed one who tried to speak to him.
  • When another Quasi-Emperor charged, the woman stopped the others from joining him, and Su Chen killed the attacker as the crowd watched in fear.

Ch. 75Respecting One's Master and His Teachings!

Su Chen killed hundreds of Quasi-Emperors after they challenged him, forcing Luo Lan to summon Nan Yun and Jian Wuhen. Nan Yun confronted Su Chen and attacked him, but the chapter ended as Su Chen swept his sleeve and shattered the surrounding space.

  • Su Chen ordered Luo Lan to summon Jian Wuhen and Nan Yun, then killed hundreds of Quasi-Emperors with a single sword strike when they insulted him.
  • Luo Lan bowed to Su Chen and went to find Nan Yun, while Lin Fan praised his master and Su Chen privately anticipated teaching him a lesson.
  • Luo Lan warned Nan Yun that Su Chen was beyond her strength, but Nan Yun dismissed the warning and went to confront him.
  • Luo Lan went to Jian Wuhen's cave, but he ordered her to scram before she could speak.
  • Nan Yun challenged Su Chen and attacked with a massive Fist Dao strike, and Su Chen swept his sleeve, shattering the surrounding space.
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