Chapter Summaries

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.

Cao Zhihong overwhelmed Chen Wuhen and destroyed his body, leaving only his soul, as the Sword Sect faced defeat. Su Chen intervened and effortlessly destroyed Cao Zhihong’s divine statue, leaving everyone stunned.

• Chen Wuhen’s sword strike failed to stop Cao Zhihong, who shattered his body and left only his soul.
• Su Chen stepped forward after Chen Wuhen wondered who had given him the courage to wage war.
• Cao Zhihong challenged Su Chen to call out whoever was backing him, and Su Chen insulted him.
• Cao Zhihong summoned a towering divine statue and attacked Su Chen with its devastating palm strike.
• Su Chen told the statue to scram, and it froze before suddenly exploding.

Su Chen effortlessly dispelled Cao Zhihong’s divine statue and stopped him from escaping, leaving the million cultivators unwilling to intervene. He confronted Cao Zhihong about the Devil Race’s role in his breakthrough, then drew a ball of black mist from his body.

• Su Chen made Cao Zhihong’s divine statue vanish with a single word, stunning Chen Wuhen, Wang Teng, Jianxin, and the others.
• Cao Zhihong tried to summon the statue again, but failed, then ordered the million cultivators to attack Su Chen.
• The cultivators refused to obey, and Cao Zhihong tried to flee, but an invisible force pinned him in midair.
• Su Chen walked up to Cao Zhihong as he begged for his life, then asked whether the Devil Race from the Devil Domain had helped him reach the Immortal Saint Realm.
• Cao Zhihong denied knowing what Su Chen meant, but Su Chen revealed traces of Devil Qi and drew a ball of black mist out of him.

Su Chen exposed Devil Qi within Cao Zhihong, prompting the crowd to condemn him for colluding with the Devil Race. The Devil Qi then took control of Cao Zhihong, who confronted Su Chen about ruining the Devil Race’s plan, and Su Chen raised his hand as Cao Zhihong sensed danger.

• The crowd and Chen Wuhen’s elders reacted with fury when they recognized the Devil Qi inside Cao Zhihong.
• Wang Teng explained to Jianxin the Human Race’s history of conflict with the Devil Race and the Spacetime Battlefield, and Jianxin decided he wanted to fight there someday.
• Cao Zhihong despaired as he realized the consequences of colluding with the Devil Race.
• The Devil Qi entered Cao Zhihong’s forehead and replaced his despair with cold indifference.
• Cao Zhihong accused Su Chen of ruining the Devil Race’s plan, and Su Chen raised his right hand as Cao Zhihong felt uneasy.

Su Chen tore open a spacetime rift, seized a Devil Race expert from the Devil Domain, and exposed the devils’ plan to invade the Human Domain through brainwashed traitors. He killed the captive and turned his attention to Cao Zhihong, whose possession had ended.

• Su Chen reached through a spacetime rift and dragged a Devil Race expert from the Devil Domain into the Sword Sect.
• The Sword Sect elders and disciples marveled at Su Chen’s feat, while Jianxin struggled to accept how far beyond him his master was.
• Su Chen privately confronted the captive about the Devil Race’s plan to exploit human traitors and invade the Human Domain.
• The Devil Race expert declared that the invasion would succeed, but Su Chen crushed his neck and killed him.
• With the possessing wisp of divine soul gone, Cao Zhihong returned to normal and trembled in terror as Su Chen looked toward him.

Su Chen killed Cao Zhihong, accepted Chen Wuhen’s offer to become the Sword Sect’s patriarch, and instantly raised everyone’s cultivation. The Sword Sect members concluded that Su Chen was an Immortal Emperor, while Jianxin and Wang Teng admitted they had not known his true strength.

• Su Chen beheaded Cao Zhihong after the Devil Race expert’s possession ended, and the million cultivators fled when he spared them.
• Chen Wuhen thanked Su Chen and proposed that he become the Sword Sect’s patriarch to strengthen the sect’s ties to him.
• Su Chen accepted the title, and Chen Wuhen, the elders, and the disciples knelt to greet their new patriarch.
• Su Chen snapped his fingers and raised every person present by one minor realm, bringing Chen Wuhen to the Immortal Saint Realm.
• The Sword Sect members believed Su Chen was an Immortal Emperor, and Wang Teng asked Jianxin why he had not revealed it; Jianxin said he had not known either.