Chapter Summaries

In the secret realm, Su Chen met Jianxin, an Immortal-grade sword cultivator who challenged him to a fight. Su Chen overwhelmed Jianxin’s strongest attack, leaving Jianxin stunned.

• Jiang Ying worried that Gu Xun'er would refuse to join them if she was connected to the person who killed Wang Heng and Yifeng, and Gu He said they would handle it when the time came.
• Su Chen and his companions reached an eerie, deserted ancient city, where Jiang Xin stood behind Lin Fan and Gu Xun'er teased Su Chen through a voice transmission.
• Jianxin introduced himself as the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s eldest senior brother and challenged Su Chen to a fight; Su Chen offered to take him as a disciple if he won, and Jianxin agreed.
• Jianxin’s first sword strike failed when Su Chen caught it between two fingers, and Jianxin realized Su Chen’s cultivation surpassed the False Immortal Realm.
• Jianxin unleashed a sword of Sword Intent hundreds of thousands of zhang long, but Su Chen said “Disperse” and shattered it, leaving Jianxin bewildered.

Su Chen accepted Jianxin as his second disciple after effortlessly defeating him and offered him the gradeless Light Scar Sword. Jianxin refused, reaffirmed his bond with his own sword, and broke through to the False Immortal Realm Fourth Stage Peak before clashing with Lin Fan.

• Su Chen dispersed Jianxin’s strongest attack with a word, and Jianxin admitted defeat and knelt to become Su Chen’s second disciple.
• Su Chen introduced Lin Fan as Jianxin’s senior brother and offered Jianxin the gradeless Light Scar Sword, which could grow as strong as its wielder.
• Jianxin refused the new sword because his own blade had been with him for eighteen years and declared that he would become the world’s strongest sword cultivator with it.
• Jianxin’s Sword Intent erupted, raising his cultivation to the False Immortal Realm Fourth Stage Peak.
• Lin Fan and Jianxin challenged each other and exchanged sword strikes that split the firmament and tore spacetime into fragments.

Lin Fan and Jianxin fought a fierce sword duel until Jianxin's old sword shattered and he took up Su Chen's Light Scar Sword. Jianxin conceded after realizing Lin Fan's special physique would give him the advantage, and Lin Fan urged him to aim to surpass Su Chen instead.

• Lin Fan and Jianxin clashed with their swords, and Lin Fan's Bloodthirst Sword damaged Jianxin's longsword.
• Su Chen gave Jianxin the Light Scar Sword, and Jianxin's old sword shattered after its voice urged him not to reject a better sword.
• Jianxin and Lin Fan resumed their duel, exchanging powerful attacks as the onlookers watched in shock.
• Jianxin realized Lin Fan had not activated his special physique and conceded, promising to defeat him someday.
• Lin Fan told Jianxin that Su Chen was the strongest in the Immortal Realm, and Jianxin privately wondered whether Su Chen was unreliable.

Su Chen and his disciples explored deeper into the eerie city, where they encountered the reanimated bodies of Xiao Lan and Jiang Xin’s former betrayers. After Lin Fan and Jianxin destroyed them and swarms of insects emerged, Su Chen explained that they were Gu Worms raised by Gu Masters, and Lin Fan described the realms beyond the Immortal Realm.

• Su Chen scolded Lin Fan, welcomed Jianxin as his new disciple, and led the group farther into the city.
• Xiao Lan and Jiang Xin recognized three former companions who had betrayed them, now appearing with rotted faces and bodies crawling with insects.
• The three charged at the group, and Lin Fan and Jianxin first knocked them down, then killed them with sword strikes when they attacked again.
• Countless Gu Worms poured from the corpses, and Jianxin destroyed the swarm with his sword.
• Su Chen explained that Gu Worms fed on human flesh and blood and that Gu Masters raised them to fight, while Lin Fan told the group about realms above the Immortal Realm.

Su Chen and the others were attacked by seemingly endless waves of increasingly powerful Gu worms, leaving Lin Fan, Jianxin, and the women struggling to fight them. Su Chen remained calm on the ground and criticized the others for taking so long, as the battle continued.

• Su Chen explained that Gu worms grew stronger by consuming human blood and flesh, then warned that more might be nearby.
• Waves of Gu worms attacked, growing from ninth-stage Great Emperor Realm to False Immortal Realm, while Su Chen remained untouched and the worms targeted the others in the air.
• Jianxin, Lin Fan, and the three women fought the Gu worms, but each wave brought stronger and more numerous enemies.
• Lin Fan used Return to One to destroy nearly a thousand worms, then weakened as fifth-stage False Immortal Realm worms appeared.
• Jianxin asked Lin Fan to teach him Return to One, while Gu Xun'er assured the others that Su Chen could handle the situation.
• Su Chen called the Gu worms trash and complained that the others were taking too long to clear them.

Su Chen destroyed the Gu Worm hordes and killed a True Immortal Realm Gu Worm, then revealed that the secret realm’s inheritance had already been taken by its Gu master. The Gu Master Wang Kun appeared and identified himself to the group.

• Lin Fan and Jianxin struggled against the endless, increasingly powerful Gu Worms and hoped Su Chen would intervene, but he urged them to fight for themselves.
• Su Chen said “Burn” and incinerated nearly a million False Immortal Realm Gu Worms with a single word.
• A red True Immortal Realm Gu Worm appeared, and Su Chen killed it instantly with a streak of sword light.
• Su Chen told the group that the secret realm’s inheritance had been taken long ago by the owner of the Gu Worm.
• Gu Master Wang Kun approached from the distance, and Jianxin recognized him as the Gu master.

Su Chen overwhelmed Wang Kun, who summoned millions of people controlled by Gu Worms to attack him. Su Chen killed them all with a single flash of sword light, leaving Wang Kun stunned and demanding to know who he was.

• Su Chen sent Wang Kun flying with a kick, then repeatedly attacked him too quickly for the Heavenly Immortal to react.
• Lin Fan encouraged Jianxin by saying he could eventually kill someone like Wang Kun, while Jianxin watched Su Chen fight in awe.
• Wang Kun unleashed a devastating attack that destroyed the city and summoned millions of people who charged toward Su Chen.
• The millions of attackers turned toward Su Chen and flew at him, but he killed them all instantly with a flash of sword light.
• Wang Kun stared at the slaughter in disbelief and asked Su Chen who he was.

Wang Kun unleashed his Gu Worms, but Su Chen instantly killed the Golden Immortal Gu Worm and later killed Wang Kun as he fled. Su Chen rejoined his companions and told them they were too weak to see his attacks.

• Wang Kun made tens of millions of Gu Worms devour one another until a single Golden Immortal Gu Worm remained.
• Su Chen killed the Golden Immortal Gu Worm with a flash of sword light, leaving Wang Kun terrified.
• Wang Kun begged Su Chen for mercy, then fled when Su Chen asked if he had any other trump cards.
• Su Chen killed Wang Kun tens of millions of li away as he ran.
• Su Chen returned to Lin Fan and the others and said they were too weak to see him make a move.

Su Chen revealed that the Blood Moon Immortal Venerable’s true inheritance lay beneath the secret realm and led Lin Fan, Jianxin, and the others to its guardian. The Blood Moon Immortal Venerable demanded that Lin Fan and Jianxin pass a test, but Su Chen cut him off with Sword Qi poised at his brow.

• Su Chen explained that Wang Kun had obtained a fake inheritance and confirmed that the real one remained in the secret realm.
• Su Chen split the ground with a stamp and led everyone through a fissure to a grassland and a wooden cabin.
• Lin Fan identified the apparently lifeless old man as the Blood Moon Immortal Venerable, who revealed he was a fragment of his divine soul.
• The Blood Moon Immortal Venerable said Lin Fan and Jianxin had to pass his test to receive the inheritance.
• Su Chen told the old man to skip the test and hand over the inheritance, then pressed Sword Qi between his brows.

Su Chen ended the old man's tests and left the inheritance decision to Lin Fan and Jianxin. The old man offered them his inheritance and revealed nine flying swords for Lin Fan, while Jianxin said he would keep the Light Scar Sword.

• Su Chen intimidated the old man, asked if he had any more tests, and gave him one hour before leaving.
• Gu Xun'er and Xiao Lan left, while Jiang Xin stayed with Lin Fan, Jianxin, and the old man.
• The old man learned that Su Chen was not yet a hundred and marveled at his strength, then asked Lin Fan and Jianxin if they would accept his inheritance.
• The old man said they would need to become his disciples to receive the inheritance, but relented when he learned they already had a master.
• The old man summoned nine flying swords and offered them to Lin Fan, who proposed splitting them with Jianxin.
• Jianxin declined the swords, saying the Light Scar Sword was enough for him.

Lin Fan acquired nine flying swords, while Jianxin received a mysterious painting that transported him into a scene of a black-clad swordsman slaughtering millions of experts. The swordsman noticed Jianxin, leaving him frozen in the painted world.

• Lin Fan released his slaughter-focused Sword Intent, and the nine flying swords entered his sea of consciousness.
• The old man showed Lin Fan and Jianxin a painting of a black-clad swordsman and offered it to Jianxin, since Lin Fan had already taken the swords.
• When Lin Fan grasped the painting, a terrifying Sword Intent erupted, and Su Chen identified it as a Dao beyond the Immortal Realm.
• Jianxin found himself inside the scene depicted in the painting, where millions of experts attacked the black-clad swordsman over the death of the Bai Household's young master.
• The black-clad swordsman killed all the attackers with one sword stroke, then turned toward Jianxin, who stood frozen in fear.

Jianxin learned a devastating sword technique from a mysterious black-clad man inside the scroll and named it Formless One Sword. After returning to the wooden house, Lin Fan offered to give Jiang Xin the inheritance meant for him.

• The black-clad man gave Jianxin memories of a sword strike, then glimpsed Su Chen outside the scroll and worried that he might affect future plans.
• Jianxin tested the technique by splitting a mountain and tearing open space-time, named it Formless One Sword, and returned to the wooden house as the scroll burned away.
• Jianxin recounted his experience to the old man and Lin Fan, and he and Lin Fan agreed to teach each other their sword techniques.
• The old man prepared to pass on his inheritance, but Lin Fan asked him to give it to Jiang Xin instead.

Lin Fan gave up the old man's inheritance so Jiang Xin could receive it, while Jianxin accepted the old man's request to avenge him. After the old man vanished, Su Chen reprimanded Lin Fan for his choice, leaving him shaken and unsure whether he had done the right thing.

• The old man asked Jianxin to avenge him by finding his traitorous disciple, Huangfu Donghao, and Jianxin agreed.
• The old man transferred his power to Jianxin and Jiang Xin, raising them to the False Immortal Realm Ninth Layer Peak and Sixth Stage Peak, respectively, before vanishing.
• Jiang Xin thanked Lin Fan for helping her receive the inheritance, and she and Jianxin left the wooden hut with him.
• Xiao Lan and Gu Xun'er reacted to Jiang Xin's breakthrough, while Gu Xun'er looked toward Su Chen and he ignored her.
• Su Chen told Lin Fan that he had disappointed him and was destined never to surpass him at this rate, leaving Lin Fan to wonder if he had made the wrong choice.

After Lin Fan gave Blood Moon Immortal Venerable's inheritance to Jiang Xin, Su Chen decided to stop helping him until he came to his senses. Outside the secret realm, powerful figures gathered to confront the group, and Gu Xun'er recognized her anxious mother among them.

• Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan left the secret realm while Lin Fan followed Su Chen in silence.
• Lin Fan told Jianxin he saw nothing wrong with giving Jiang Xin the inheritance, and Jianxin realized Lin Fan had grown swollen with pride.
• Su Chen heard their conversation and resolved to stop helping Lin Fan unless he changed.
• Su Chen and the others exited the secret realm and found hundreds of powerful figures waiting outside.
• Gu Xun'er recognized Gu He and Jiang Ying, then noticed her mother's anxiety and Wang Hui's anger.

Gu Xun'er and Jiang Xin faced pressure to stay out of the conflict as Wang Hui and Elder Bai confronted Lin Fan over the deaths of Wang Heng and the Purple Mansion Holy Land's Holy Son. Jiang Xin ultimately chose not to risk the Plum Blossom Sect to help Lin Fan, leaving him stunned and isolated.

• Gu He pulled Gu Xun'er away from the coming conflict, and she agreed to wait until they returned before explaining what had happened in the secret realm.
• Wang Hui accused Gu Xun'er of killing Wang Heng, but she claimed a vicious beast had done it, and Gu He backed her up.
• Elder Bai and Wang Hui confronted Lin Fan over the deaths of the Holy Son and Wang Heng, while Su Chen took Jianxin into hiding and refused to help.
• Mei Hongying arrived and ordered Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan to leave Lin Fan alone, but Jiang Xin revealed her False Immortal Realm breakthrough and resisted her sect master's pressure.
• Jiang Xin told Lin Fan she could not endanger the Plum Blossom Sect for him, leaving Lin Fan pale and trembling with disbelief.

Jiang Xin refused to help Lin Fan, fearing the Purple Mansion Holy Land and the Wang Clan would destroy the Plum Blossom Sect, and left with the unconscious Xiao Lan. Lin Fan faced Elder Bai, revealing strength that stunned the onlookers, while Gu Xun’er urged her parents to bet on his future.

• Jiang Xin explained that she could not risk the Plum Blossom Sect’s destruction by helping Lin Fan, and Lin Fan reeled from her betrayal.
• Xiao Lan confronted Jiang Xin, who blasted her away, then knocked her unconscious and carried her off.
• Lin Fan remembered his past kindness to Jiang Xin and broke down in grief, while Su Chen and Jianxin watched from the shadows.
• Elder Bai attacked Lin Fan, but their punches clashed and sent both of them flying.
• The onlookers realized Lin Fan had reached the False Immortal Realm Fourth Stage and marveled that he had blocked Elder Bai’s punch.
• Gu Xun’er praised Lin Fan’s potential and asked Gu He and Jiang Ying to take a gamble on him, but Gu He warned that the Purple Mansion Holy Land and Wang Clan were not simple.

Lin Fan fought Elder Bai and Wang Hui after they betrayed him, revealing Bloodline Power and facing both False Immortal Realm Ninth Layer Peak experts at once. The battle continued with Lin Fan holding his own against them.

• Elder Bai struck Lin Fan with powerful punches, but Lin Fan counterattacked with the Bloodthirst Sword and wounded him.
• Lin Fan was blasted away by Elder Bai, then unleashed intense Sword Intent and killing intent as he renewed his attack.
• Wang Hui attacked Lin Fan from behind, prompting Lin Fan to release his Bloodline Power and sweep Wang Hui away.
• Gu He, Jiang Ying, Gu Xun'er, Jianxin, and Jiang Xin reacted to Lin Fan's Bloodline Power, while Jiang Xin regretted not helping him earlier.
• Elder Bai persuaded Wang Hui to join him, and the two attacked Lin Fan together.
• Lin Fan charged both False Immortal Realm Ninth Layer Peak experts and clashed with them without losing.

Lin Fan fought Wang Hui and Elder Bai, revealing strength that astonished the spectators and led Elder Bai to suspect he had a special physique. Gu Xun'er told her parents that Lin Fan was Su Chen's disciple, and they decided to wait until Lin Fan was desperate before stepping in to help.

• Wang Hui attacked Lin Fan, but Lin Fan repelled him and countered Elder Bai's full-strength sneak attack with a punch that cracked his own arm.
• The shockwave from Lin Fan and Elder Bai's clash annihilated everything nearby and killed spectators who failed to retreat in time.
• Elder Bai wondered how Lin Fan had withstood his attack and asked whether Lin Fan had a special physique.
• Gu Xun'er told Gu He and Jiang Ying that Lin Fan was Su Chen's disciple and said Su Chen could defeat Gu He with a raise of his hand.
• Gu He and Jiang Ying decided to help Lin Fan to earn Su Chen's goodwill, but Gu He insisted on waiting until Lin Fan was desperate.

Lin Fan fought Elder Bai and Wang Hui, broke through to the fifth stage, and burned his body and divine soul to keep battling them. As he waited for death, a young man arrived and Lin Fan recognized him as his junior brother.

• Lin Fan broke through to the fifth stage of the False Immortal Realm while fighting Elder Bai and Wang Hui, then was badly wounded by their combined attacks.
• Lin Fan burned his physical body and continued fighting, while Jiang Xin hoped no one would rescue him and Jianxin asked Su Chen for permission to intervene.
• Lin Fan burned his divine soul and unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique, but Elder Bai and Wang Hui sent him flying and destroyed his physical body.
• As Elder Bai and Wang Hui moved in to kill Lin Fan, he apologized to his master and junior brother and closed his eyes.
• A young man in white arrived with a sword, forcing Elder Bai and Wang Hui to retreat, and Lin Fan recognized him as his junior brother.

Jianxin intervened to save Lin Fan and revealed that he had reached the False Immortal Realm Ninth Layer Peak. He defeated Wang Hui and badly wounded Elder Bai, while Su Chen remained hidden nearby.

• Jianxin defied Su Chen's orders and appeared to rescue Lin Fan, while Su Chen watched from the shadows and approved of his choice.
• Gu Xun'er told Gu He and Jiang Ying that Jianxin had received the secret realm master's inheritance and had reached the False Immortal Realm Ninth Layer Peak.
• Jiang Xin realized Jianxin's arrival might mean Su Chen was nearby and grew terrified.
• Lin Fan asked where his master was, and Jianxin told him that Su Chen had gone.
• Jianxin struck Elder Bai with one sword, severely injuring him and shocking everyone with his cultivation realm.
• Wang Hui and Elder Bai attacked Jianxin together; Jianxin killed Wang Hui with Return to One and then blasted Elder Bai back, destroying his left hand.