Chapter Summaries

Jianxin defeated Wang Hui and Elder Bai, killed the Wang Clan grand elder, and then faced a powerful young man named Xia Jiuyou. Xia Jiuyou stopped Jianxin from killing Elder Bai and invited Jianxin and Lin Fan to join his holy land.

• Jianxin defeated Elder Bai and Wang Hui, astonishing the crowd and Gu He.
• Wang Hui called for the Wang Clan grand elder, but Jianxin killed the elder instantly and then killed Wang Hui with Sword Qi.
• Jianxin prepared to kill Elder Bai, but a terrifying force forced everyone present to their knees.
• Elder Hei arrived with Xia Jiuyou and explained that he had summoned the lord from above to help Elder Bai.
• Xia Jiuyou praised Jianxin and Lin Fan as monstrous geniuses and asked whether they would join his holy land.

Xia Jiuyou tried to recruit Lin Fan and Jianxin, but Lin Fan rejected him and Jianxin challenged him to fight. Xia Jiuyou crushed Jianxin’s sword attack, then kicked him down after offering to spare him in exchange for the Light Scar Sword and his allegiance.

• Xia Jiuyou silenced Elder Bai when he tried to object to recruiting Lin Fan and Jianxin.
• Lin Fan scorned Xia Jiuyou’s faction, and Jianxin broke free of the pressure and challenged him.
• Jianxin used Return to One against Xia Jiuyou’s colossal finger, but the attack shattered and Jianxin was pinned into a pit.
• Jianxin survived because the Light Scar Sword protected him, and Xia Jiuyou offered to spare him if he surrendered the sword and joined the Purple Mansion Holy Land.
• Jianxin refused, so Xia Jiuyou kicked him away and left him badly injured with faint breath.

Gu He summoned his father, Gu Tianxing, to protect Lin Fan and Jianxin from Xia Jiuyou, but Gu Tianxing’s divine soul could not stop Xia Jiuyou from insisting they die. As Xia Jiuyou moved to kill them, a calm voice challenged whether he was worthy of killing the speaker’s disciples.

• Xia Jiuyou sent Lin Fan flying and advanced on the injured Lin Fan and Jianxin as Jiang Xin celebrated their imminent deaths.
• Gu He crushed the Divine Soul Token and summoned Gu Tianxing, who greeted his descendants and learned why Xia Jiuyou wanted to kill the two disciples.
• Gu Tianxing chose to protect Lin Fan and Jianxin, but Xia Jiuyou refused to spare them, so Gu Tianxing sent Gu He, Gu Xun’er, and Jiang Ying away from the confrontation.
• Gu Tianxing’s divine soul vanished after Gu He and the others withdrew, while Lin Fan apologized to Jianxin and Jianxin reaffirmed their bond as fellow disciples.
• Xia Jiuyou declared that Lin Fan and Jianxin would die, but an unseen voice asked whether he was worthy of killing its disciples.

Su Chen arrived to rescue Lin Fan and Jianxin, and Gu Xun’er’s family realized she still had feelings for him. Su Chen effortlessly forced Xia Jiuyou to his knees, leaving everyone stunned.

• Su Chen appeared, and Jiang Xin fled with Xiao Lan while Gu Xun’er’s feelings for him resurfaced.
• Jiang Ying questioned Gu Xun’er about liking Su Chen, and Gu Xun’er said she felt unworthy of him.
• Lin Fan and Jianxin greeted Su Chen as their master, and he turned his attention to Xia Jiuyou.
• Xia Jiuyou wondered whether Su Chen was concealing his strength, then grew confident that he was no threat.
• Su Chen pointed at Xia Jiuyou and ordered him to kneel, forcing the Golden Immortal Realm expert down as everyone fell silent.

Su Chen suppressed Xia Jiuyou and killed Elder Bai, Elder Hei, and more than a hundred Wang Clan higher-ups after confronting them over his disciple. Gu Xun'er watched Su Chen’s display of power, still believing no other man could catch her eye, while her parents worried about her future.

• Xia Jiuyou knelt before Su Chen, and the crowd, including Gu He, Jiang Ying, and Gu Xun'er, was stunned by Su Chen’s strength.
• Gu Xun'er told Gu He and Jiang Ying she would keep looking for a partner, though she hid her sadness over Su Chen.
• Xia Jiuyou discovered Su Chen had sealed his power and trembled in fear.
• Su Chen asked Elder Bai whether he wanted to kill his disciple, then killed Elder Bai and Elder Hei with sword strikes.
• The Wang Clan’s higher-ups fled, but Su Chen killed them all, sending more than a hundred heads falling from the void.
• Gu He praised Su Chen’s power, Jiang Ying mocked Gu He, and Gu Xun'er laughed at their exchange.

Xia Jiuyou summoned Ouyang Zhengchu, the Holy Lord of the Purple Mansion Holy Land, to save him from Su Chen. Su Chen made Ouyang Zhengchu kneel with a word, leaving Xia Jiuyou and the onlookers stunned as Jianxin resolved to grow as powerful as his master.

• Xia Jiuyou crushed a Divine Soul Token and summoned Ouyang Zhengchu to save him.
• Ouyang Zhengchu learned what had happened and politely asked Su Chen to spare Xia Jiuyou.
• Su Chen pointed at Ouyang Zhengchu and ordered him to kneel, forcing the Immortal Lord to his knees.
• Ouyang Zhengchu fearfully asked Su Chen why he had been targeted, and Su Chen said he simply wanted him to kneel while speaking to him.
• Lin Fan warned Jianxin about asking questions, and Jianxin declared he would become as strong as Su Chen or stronger.

Su Chen spared Ouyang Zhengchu and Xia Jiuyou after making Ouyang promise to target Lin Fan and Jianxin when they reached the Upper Immortal Realm. As Su Chen left, Gu Xun'er decided to go to the Upper Immortal Realm in hopes of seeing him again.

• Su Chen privately told Ouyang Zhengchu he would spare him if he targeted Lin Fan and Jianxin in the Upper Immortal Realm, and Ouyang agreed.
• Su Chen lifted the pressure on Ouyang Zhengchu and Xia Jiuyou, who thanked him before Ouyang returned to the Holy Land with Xia Jiuyou.
• Lin Fan told Jianxin that Su Chen had likely arranged for them to be targeted in the Upper Immortal Realm, and reassured him that their master would not let them die.
• Su Chen departed with Lin Fan and Jianxin while Gu Xun'er watched him leave, heartbroken.
• Gu He told Gu Xun'er that her grandfather wanted her to visit him in the Upper Immortal Realm, and she agreed after hoping she might meet Su Chen there.

Gu Xun'er learned she could reach the Upper Immortal Realm through a one-use teleportation array and chose to spend more time with her parents before leaving. After Su Chen rejected Lin Fan’s apology and demanded that he surpass him to earn forgiveness, Lin Fan resolved to grow stronger and set out with Liu Mengli for Spirit Flame Mountain.

• Gu He told Gu Xun'er that her grandfather had built a one-use teleportation array to the Upper Immortal Realm, and she decided to stay with Gu He and Jiang Ying for a while before using it.
• Lin Fan knelt before Su Chen and apologized for abandoning the inheritance, but Su Chen told him he would forgive him only if he surpassed him.
• Su Chen left with Jianxin, while Lin Fan remained behind in tears and Liu Mengli reassured him that Su Chen might have spoken in anger.
• Lin Fan asked Liu Mengli how he could raise his cultivation quickly and vowed to surpass Su Chen despite the difficulty.
• Liu Mengli suggested they go to Spirit Flame Mountain to seek the Fallen Heart Flame, which could benefit Lin Fan if he refined it.

Lin Fan set out for Spirit Flame Mountain to cultivate and earn Su Chen’s forgiveness, while Su Chen agreed to accompany Jianxin to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Jianxin introduced Su Chen to the sect, where the disciples were surprised by their young master and captivated by his looks.

• Lin Fan realized he did not know where Spirit Flame Mountain was, so Liu Mengli gave him directions and he headed there.
• Jianxin questioned Su Chen’s harsh demand that Lin Fan surpass him before earning forgiveness, and Su Chen admitted he had said it in anger.
• Jianxin asked Su Chen to visit the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and demonstrate his abilities to its sect master and elders, and Su Chen agreed.
• Three days later, Jianxin and Su Chen arrived at the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, where two disciples were astonished that Jianxin had taken the young Su Chen as his master.
• Jianxin led Su Chen into the sect, and its disciples greeted Jianxin respectfully before admiring Su Chen’s appearance.

Jianxin returned to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect with Su Chen and learned that the sect was a branch of the Sword Sect in the Upper Immortal Realm. When Tang Yan tried to claim Jianxin as her disciple and insulted Su Chen, Su Chen seized her and sealed her Immortal Qi, leaving her terrified and asking who he was.

• Jianxin introduced Su Chen to Li Boshan, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's sect master, as his master and explained how he had accepted him.
• Li Boshan told Jianxin that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was a branch of the Sword Sect in the Upper Immortal Realm, whose elder wanted to take Jianxin as a disciple.
• Tang Yan entered the hall and declared that she would be Jianxin's master, then said Su Chen was unworthy of teaching him.
• Su Chen grabbed Tang Yan by the neck before she could strike and sealed her Immortal Qi.
• Tang Yan asked Su Chen in fear who he was.

Su Chen released Tang Yan after overpowering her, then agreed to spar with her after she challenged him. They faced off above the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, while Jianxin revealed that Su Chen might be able to instantly kill cultivators beyond the True Immortal Realm.

• Su Chen choked Tang Yan until he released her, then asked whether she still thought he was unworthy of being Jianxin's master; she quickly agreed that he was worthy.
• Tang Yan challenged Su Chen to a spar, and he accepted on the condition that if she lost, she would take Jianxin to the Sword Sect and look after him.
• Tang Yan and Su Chen vanished from the hall and appeared in the air above the sect, drawing the attention of its disciples and elders.
• Li Boshan asked Jianxin about Su Chen's strength, and Jianxin said his master could instantly kill someone above the False Immortal Realm, perhaps even beyond the True Immortal Realm.

After Jianxin explained the realms beyond the True Immortal Realm, Li Boshan and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect elders questioned whether Su Chen could defeat Tang Yan in an instant. Su Chen proved them wrong by seizing Tang Yan by the neck before she could strike, leaving the elders stunned.

• Jianxin told Li Boshan about the realms above the True Immortal Realm, and Li Boshan reconsidered his place in the Lower Immortal Realm.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Sect elders arrived, questioned Jianxin for taking Su Chen as his master, and then learned about the higher realms.
• Jianxin said Su Chen would defeat Tang Yan in an instant, but the elders doubted him while Li Boshan watched tensely.
• Tang Yan focused on Su Chen and summoned her sword, but Su Chen seized her by the neck before she could attack.
• The elders watched Tang Yan get defeated in an instant again and reacted with disbelief.

Su Chen defeated Tang Yan again and blocked her full-strength sword strike with two fingers, leaving the Ten Thousand Swords Sect in awe. After Tang Yan learned he was not even a hundred years old, Su Chen vanished and reappeared before Jianxin.

• Su Chen instantly defeated Tang Yan again, and she accepted that he was far stronger than her.
• Tang Yan asked to strike once with her sword, then unleashed a terrifying Golden Immortal-level attack.
• Su Chen blocked Tang Yan's sword strike with two fingers, stunning everyone present.
• Tang Yan asked Su Chen's age, and he said he was not even a hundred years old.
• Su Chen vanished and reappeared in front of Jianxin.

Su Chen left Jianxin to cultivate with Tang Yan at the Sword Sect, and Jianxin said farewell to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect before following her. Su Chen decided to visit Ye Lingxi, who was strolling through Luo City and preparing for another breakthrough when a malicious stranger approached her.

• Su Chen told Jianxin to follow Tang Yan to the Sword Sect, promising to visit once Jianxin became invincible there.
• Jianxin thanked Li Boshan and the elders for raising him, promised he would remember the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and left to catch up with Tang Yan.
• After the elders departed, Li Boshan watched Jianxin go and returned to the great hall.
• Su Chen decided he had not seen Lingxi for a long time and vanished to visit her.
• In Luo City, Ye Lingxi told Hu Xiaotian she was close to a breakthrough and planned to find a secluded place to advance in a few days.
• A malicious voice called out to Ye Lingxi as she strolled through the city with Hu Xiaotian.

Ye Lingxi killed a young master from the Wu Household and fought his True Immortal Realm protector, who eventually escaped. She remained confident that her brother would protect her from any consequences.

• A purple-robed young man leered at Ye Lingxi, and she killed him with a streak of Sword Qi when he threatened her.
• The old man retaliated by destroying the city and attacking Ye Lingxi, who recognized him as a True Immortal.
• Ye Lingxi and the old man exchanged powerful attacks, and she wounded him with Return to One.
• The old man fled, and Hu Xiaotian warned Ye Lingxi that trouble would follow because she had killed the Wu Household's young master.
• Ye Lingxi said she had no reason to fear because she had her brother, leaving Hu Xiaotian lamenting that he lacked such an impressive brother.

Ye Lingxi chose a remote desert to break through, slaughtered a horde of vicious beasts and their giant scorpion leader, then began cultivating while Hu Xiaotian guarded her. In the Upper Immortal Realm, a wounded old man reported the young master's death to Wu Clan patriarch Wu Yuanzhou, who silently stared him down.

• Ye Lingxi decided to find a quiet place to break through so she could grow strong enough to protect her brother.
• After a month of searching, Ye Lingxi reached a dangerous desert and killed hundreds of vicious beasts with one sword strike.
• The giant scorpion fled, but Ye Lingxi sent the Fallen Phoenix Sword after it and killed it before settling down to break through.
• Hu Xiaotian returned to his physical form and guarded Ye Lingxi as her presence began to surge.
• In the Upper Immortal Realm's Eastern Region, a wounded old man knelt before Wu Clan patriarch Wu Yuanzhou and reported that someone had killed the young master.
• Wu Yuanzhou stared at the old man in silence until the terrified man could scarcely breathe.

Wu Yuanzhou killed the elder who had fled from his son’s death and ordered Wu Li to lead Wu Clan experts to the Lower Immortal Realm to kill the woman responsible and recover a divine artifact. In the Lower Immortal Realm, Su Chen entered a desert secret realm, and two True Immortals followed his footprints to find out who had arrived first.

• Wu Yuanzhou questioned the old man who had returned alone, then immobilized and killed him after the man tried to attack.
• Wu Li warned Wu Yuanzhou that the woman who defeated Wu San was exceptionally powerful, but Wu Yuanzhou ordered him to kill her and bring back the divine artifact.
• Su Chen found a secret realm in the Lower Immortal Realm’s desert and entered, deciding to give it to Lingxi as a gift.
• A silver-haired woman and her companion arrived at the secret realm, spotted Su Chen’s footprints, and decided to follow them.
• The woman and her companion revealed their True Immortal Realm Seventh and Eighth Stage cultivation and vanished as they pursued Su Chen.

Wang Xi and Wang Ziyue tried to befriend Su Chen, but after his gaze terrified Wang Ziyue, they decided to follow him in hopes of finding the divine artifact. They trailed him for nearly a day, and the chapter ended when Su Chen stopped and looked into the distance.

• Wang Xi introduced herself and Wang Ziyue and invited Su Chen to befriend them, but Su Chen refused.
• Wang Ziyue challenged Su Chen over his sister's invitation, then collapsed in terror when Su Chen looked at him.
• Wang Xi and Wang Ziyue concluded Su Chen was far stronger than they were but chose to keep pursuing the divine artifact by following him.
• Wang Xi and Wang Ziyue caught up with Su Chen and silently followed him, too afraid to approach or speak.
• After walking for nearly a day, Su Chen stopped and looked into the distance.

Su Chen confronted Granny Shi in the Stone Clan’s ancient hall and effortlessly defeated her stone guardians. With a strand of Sword Qi poised at Granny Shi’s brow, he left her frozen in place.

• Su Chen kicked open the stone hall’s door and found Granny Shi seated between two immense stone statues, while Wang Xi and Wang Ziyue watched from outside.
• Su Chen demanded the divine object, and Granny Shi awakened and unleashed her power, forcing Wang Xi and Wang Ziyue to their knees.
• Granny Shi ordered the two statues to attack Su Chen, but he stopped their giant axes with two fingers.
• Su Chen struck once with his sword and shattered both statues, which had the strength of Peak of the Ninth Level of Immortal Lord.
• Su Chen immobilized Granny Shi with a strand of Sword Qi hovering just short of her brow.

Su Chen subdued Granny Shi and demanded the God-Slaying Flying Dagger, but she used the divine artifact to attack him and fled. As the secret realm collapsed around them, Su Chen calmly threatened the dagger, leaving Granny Shi and the Wang siblings stunned by what happened next.

• Wang Xi warned Wang Ziyue that their lineage must not antagonize Su Chen after he defeated Granny Shi and the stone statues with ease.
• Granny Shi offered Su Chen the God-Slaying Flying Dagger and begged him to spare her.
• Granny Shi handed over the gourd, then shouted “Treasure, please turn around!” and fled millions of zhang away as the dagger emerged.
• The God-Slaying Flying Dagger grew to hundreds of thousands of zhang and slashed toward Su Chen, causing the secret realm to collapse.
• Su Chen told the dagger to strike him if it wanted to be destroyed, and Granny Shi, Wang Xi, and Wang Ziyue reacted in disbelief.