Chapter Summaries

Su Chen sensed Lin Fan was in danger among hundreds of thousands of True Immortals and went to intervene, despite claiming he wanted peace. Lin Fan fought the blue-robed old man with his Divergent Flame and Bloodthirst Sword, leaving the powerful elder gravely wounded and the gathered cultivators stunned.

• The system accused Su Chen of favoring his sister Ye Lingxi over his disciple Lin Fan, and Su Chen realized Lin Fan faced hundreds of thousands of True Immortals, including a Dragon Clan powerhouse.
• Su Chen left to help Lin Fan, while Lin Fan confronted the assembled powerhouses and resisted the blue-robed old man's pressure with his Sword Intent.
• Lin Fan unleashed a Divergent Flame and struck the blue-robed old man with a punch carrying the Fallen Heart Flame, causing a vast blast that burned many cultivators to ash.
• The blue-robed old man attacked with his sword, but Lin Fan countered with Return to One infused with Divergent Flame and forced him to flee.
• Lin Fan wounded the blue-robed old man so badly that the elder severed his own burned arm, astonishing the gathered True Immortals.

Lin Fan survived the two elders’ assault and convinced them to let him leave by claiming he had powerful backing. Before he could escape, a dragon from the Demon Domain appeared, seeking revenge for the ninth prince and revealing himself as an Immortal Saint.

• The plain-robed elder warned the blue-robed elder that Lin Fan’s sword technique and Divergent Flame made him dangerous, so they decided to offer reconciliation and kill him if he refused.
• Lin Fan accepted their offer and falsely claimed that someone from the Upper Immortal Realm had sent him to the Lower Immortal Realm for training.
• As Lin Fan began to leave, a dragon-horned young man emerged from a rift in space and confronted him for killing the Dragon Clan’s ninth prince.
• Liu Mengli identified the young man as an Immortal Saint and urged Lin Fan to run.

Lin Fan was crushed by an Immortal Saint Realm Dragon Clan expert’s pressure after killing the Dragon Clan crown prince, but revealed both a Divine Physique and Bloodline Power as he struggled to stand. The young man moved to kill him, and just as a deadly spear strike flew toward Lin Fan, a helpless sigh sounded.

• Lin Fan tried to flee the young man, but the Immortal Saint Realm expert’s dragon pressure forced him to his knees.
• Lin Fan revealed a Divine Physique and used it with his Sword Intent to resist the pressure and slowly rise.
• Lin Fan unleashed Bloodline Power that frightened the young man and convinced the elders that Lin Fan had a powerful backer.
• The young man increased the pressure, forcing Lin Fan back to his knees and leaving him unable to move.
• The young man attacked Lin Fan with a terrifying spear strike, and a helpless sigh suddenly rang out.

Liu Mengli emerged from Lin Fan’s soul and used the Bloodthirst Sword to confront the young man while Lin Fan tried to escape. The two elders intercepted Lin Fan as Liu Mengli and the young man clashed, leaving her badly driven back by his second spear strike.

• Liu Mengli appeared from between Lin Fan’s brows, eased the young man’s pressure on him, and admitted she could only buy time for his escape.
• Liu Mengli took the Bloodthirst Sword and told Lin Fan to run, explaining that his presence would prevent her from using her full strength.
• Lin Fan fled, but the young man ordered the two elders to stop him, and they appeared in his path and attacked.
• The young man confronted Liu Mengli, and she met his spear with Return to One, sending both of them flying back.
• The young man attacked again with a spear infused with Spear Dao and divine beast power, and the clash sent Liu Mengli flying hundreds of thousands of li.

Liu Mengli fought the young man to protect Lin Fan, but her soul dissipated after she was defeated. Grief and rage drove Lin Fan to unleash all his power in a desperate sword strike against the young man.

• Liu Mengli and the young man exchanged attacks, and her increasingly transparent soul struggled to keep up with him.
• Lin Fan fought the blue-robed elder and was badly injured by a sneak attack from the plain-robed elder.
• Liu Mengli fell from the sky, and Lin Fan rushed to her as she told him their fate together had ended.
• Liu Mengli dissipated, and Lin Fan erupted with power, his hair turning red as he seized the Bloodthirst Sword.
• Lin Fan burned his flesh and soul while unleashing Return to One at the young man, staking everything on the strike.

Lin Fan’s powerful sword strike failed to hurt the Immortal Saint, who pierced his chest and left him near death. A silver-haired white-robed man named Su Chen appeared to save him, while onlookers wondered why the Star Palace had not responded to the Dragon Clan expert’s presence.

• The Immortal Saint shattered Lin Fan’s Sword Intent, pierced his chest, and flung him away unconscious.
• A white-robed, silver-haired man caught Lin Fan before he hit the ground, and the crowd speculated about his identity and strength.
• Su Chen killed a man who mocked him with a flash of sword light, silencing the onlookers.
• The blue-robed elder and plain-robed elder suspected Su Chen was backing Lin Fan and wondered why the Star Palace had not arrived.
• The blue-robed elder explained that the Star Palace had once claimed responsibility for enforcing the agreement between the Human Domain and Demon Domain because it had suppressed the other taboo forces.

Su Chen healed Lin Fan and effortlessly forced the young Immortal Saint and everyone watching to their knees. The young man feared Su Chen was an Immortal Sovereign, while the crowd was left terrified by his overwhelming power.

• The blue-robed elder told the plain-robed elder that the mysterious Mystic Hall had once surpassed the Star Palace and was suspected of destroying an Immortal Emperor and his force.
• Su Chen brought the badly injured Lin Fan to the ground and healed him instantly with a surge of life force.
• Su Chen told the young man to kneel, and an invisible pressure forced the young Immortal Saint down without resistance.
• The young man suspected Su Chen was an Immortal Sovereign and trembled in fear.
• Su Chen ordered the onlookers to kneel, and his pressure forced everyone present to the ground.

Su Chen continued punishing the Dragon Clan young man despite the arrival of a Star Palace elder who demanded that he show mercy. The elder summoned millions of powerful golden-armored experts, leaving Su Chen facing Star Palace’s full force.

• Su Chen approached the immobilized young man and kicked him hundreds of thousands of miles, severely injuring him.
• The young man begged Su Chen to spare him, then threatened him with the Dragon Clan’s anger and invoked Star Palace.
• A hunched elder arrived and asked Su Chen to spare the young man for Star Palace’s sake.
• Su Chen ignored the request and kicked the young man again, crushing part of his face.
• The elder erupted with his Immortal Sovereign Realm presence, called for reinforcements, and summoned millions of golden-armored experts from shattered spacetime.

Su Chen faced the Star Palace’s millions of experts until tens of millions of black-armored Mystic Hall troops and their leader, Yan Qingwu, appeared and declared him their young hall master. The Star Palace was left terrified, while Su Chen realized his father had concealed his connection to the Mystic Hall.

• The Star Palace’s experts surrounded Su Chen, and its old man boasted of their strength.
• Su Chen summoned tens of millions of black-armored experts, who surrounded the Star Palace forces.
• Yan Qingwu arrived, ignored the old man’s demand for an explanation, and knelt before Su Chen as the Mystic Hall’s young hall master.
• The black-armored experts knelt with Yan Qingwu, leaving the onlookers, the young man, and the Star Palace old man stunned and afraid.
• Su Chen realized his father had been hiding his connection to the Mystic Hall.

Yan Qingwu brought Su Chen back to the Upper Immortal Realm at his father’s order, but Su Chen ordered the Mystic Hall to slaughter the Star Palace and Purple Lightning Sect forces. The Star Immortal Emperor intervened to ask for mercy, and Su Chen challenged him.

• Yan Qingwu told Su Chen that the Mystic Hall master had sent her to bring him back, and Su Chen calmly dismissed her and the tens of millions of Mystic Hall experts.
• The hunchbacked old man tried to placate Su Chen and seize the young man, but Su Chen ordered Yan Qingwu to kill everyone present.
• Yan Qingwu and the Mystic Hall experts attacked, slaughtering the Star Palace and Purple Lightning Sect forces as Yan Qingwu overwhelmed the hunchbacked old man.
• The Star Immortal Emperor appeared through his voice and asked Yan Qingwu to spare the Star Palace, promising to apologize to the Mystic Hall.
• Su Chen looked up and asked the Star Immortal Emperor what the hell he was.

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.