Chapter Summaries

Su Chen killed Elder Li and Xu Yuan, then faced Immortal Emperor Cangyan, who appeared through Xu Yuan’s Divine Soul Token. Cangyan’s attacks failed to harm Su Chen, and Su Chen prepared to strike back.

• Su Chen killed Elder Li instantly, terrifying Xu Yuan.
• Xu Yuan crushed a Divine Soul Token, summoning Nine Yang Divine Sect patriarch Immortal Emperor Cangyan.
• Xu Yuan begged Cangyan to save him, but Su Chen killed him before Cangyan could intervene.
• Cangyan attacked Su Chen with a beam of energy, but Su Chen destroyed it with a gesture.
• Cangyan trapped Su Chen in an explosive pattern, but Su Chen emerged unharmed and announced that it was his turn to strike.

Su Chen killed Immortal Emperor Cangyan, who revived in the Nine Yang Divine Sect and went to the Sword Sect to avenge Xu Yuan. Su Chen revealed overwhelming power, forced Cangyan to kneel, and left him certain he would die.

• Su Chen crushed Immortal Emperor Cangyan's soul, but Cangyan awakened in the Nine Yang Divine Sect's forbidden hall.
• Immortal Emperor Fenxing questioned Cangyan, learned Xu Yuan was dead, and followed him after Cangyan left to attack Su Chen.
• Cangyan arrived at the Sword Sect and attacked Su Chen, but Su Chen destroyed the attack with a punch.
• Su Chen told Cangyan that Immortal Emperors were like ants, then forced him to his knees with a single command.
• Cangyan feared Su Chen was above the Immortal Emperor Realm and realized he had no hope of surviving.

Su Chen overpowered Immortal Emperors Cangyan and Fenxing, then reversed time to restore the dead Sword Sect disciples and undo the recent events. After sending Jianxin and Xue Ying to Star Spirit Peak, he killed Elder Li with a glance and turned his attention to Xu Yuan.

• Immortal Emperor Fenxing appeared and was forced to kneel beside Immortal Emperor Cangyan under Su Chen's power.
• Su Chen reversed time, bringing the dead back to life and restoring events to the moment Xu Yuan and Elder Li arrived at the Sword Sect.
• Xu Yuan and Elder Li saw Su Chen and their kneeling patriarchs, while the two Sword Sect disciples recognized Su Chen as their patriarch.
• Su Chen sent Jianxin and Xue Ying to Star Spirit Peak with the two Sword Sect disciples.
• Su Chen killed Elder Li with a glance, splattering blood across Xu Yuan's face.

After Su Chen killed Elder Li, Xu Yuan realized that Immortal Emperor Cangyan and Immortal Emperor Fenxing were kneeling before Su Chen and killed himself in despair. Su Chen spared the two Immortal Emperors on the condition that they guard the Sword Sect’s gate, leaving them bound by his Sword Qi and wondering whether serving him could help them advance beyond the Immortal Emperor realm.

• Xu Yuan threatened Su Chen by invoking Immortal Emperor Cangyan, but Cangyan denied knowing him after Xu Yuan realized that Cangyan and Immortal Emperor Fenxing were kneeling before Su Chen.
• Xu Yuan concluded that Su Chen had suppressed the two Immortal Emperors and killed himself.
• Su Chen offered Cangyan and Fenxing a chance to live if they guarded the Sword Sect’s gate, and he placed a strand of Sword Qi in each of their minds.
• Su Chen ordered the two Immortal Emperors to ask the Sword Sect’s sect master to take them as gatekeepers, tell him Su Chen had sent them, and conceal their identities.
• After Su Chen vanished, Cangyan and Fenxing accepted that they had to guard the gate, and Cangyan suggested that serving Su Chen might lead to guidance on breaking through beyond the Immortal Emperor realm.

Immortal Emperors Fenxing and Cangyan reported to Chen Wuhen and insisted on guarding the Sword Sect’s gate rather than becoming elders. Su Chen healed Jianxin and Xue Ying, told them the sect was fine, and left Xue Ying confused about what had happened.

• Fenxing and Cangyan entered the Sword Sect to meet its sect master, unable to recall Senior’s name.
• Chen Wuhen mistook them for envoys of the old ancestor and was astonished to learn they were first-stage immortal venerables.
• Cangyan refused Chen Wuhen’s offer to make them elders, and the two left to guard the gate as Senior had ordered.
• Su Chen told two disciples that the Sword Sect no longer needed to take turns guarding the gate because someone was already assigned to it.
• Su Chen healed Jianxin and Xue Ying, then assured Xue Ying that the sect master and the others were fine.
• Jianxin trusted Su Chen’s reassurance, while Xue Ying asked him what was happening.

After learning that Su Chen had reversed time to revive the Sword Sect, Xue Ying resolved to cultivate harder despite feeling unworthy of him. Half a month later, Zhou Qian’er and Aunt Feng arrived at the peaceful Sword Sect to seek its patriarch, while Immortal Emperors Cangyan and Fenxing let them enter.

• Jianxin told Xue Ying that Su Chen had reversed time and restored the Sword Sect, and Xue Ying confirmed it for herself.
• Jianxin and Xue Ying discussed Su Chen’s power and their feelings for him, and Xue Ying decided to work harder at cultivating.
• Over the next half month, Xue Ying reached the Immortal Saint Realm Ninth Level Peak while Jianxin continued practicing his sword.
• Zhou Qian’er and Aunt Feng arrived at the Sword Sect and wondered why it seemed peaceful despite Su Chen’s urgent return.
• Immortal Emperor Cangyan and Immortal Emperor Fenxing questioned Zhou Qian’er and Aunt Feng, then allowed them to enter when they said they had come to find the patriarch.
• Cangyan and Fenxing watched them go and returned to drinking tea and playing chess.

Zhou Qian'er and Aunt Feng arrived at Star Spirit Peak, where Xue Ying overcame her jealousy and agreed to work alongside Zhou Qian'er in pursuing Su Chen. A month later, Xu Poyun demanded answers about his son’s death, and the Nine Yang Divine Sect’s great elder reported Xu Yuan’s last known destinations.

• Zhou Qian'er told Xue Ying that the patriarch had sent her to Star Spirit Peak, and Su Chen invited her and Aunt Feng to find pavilions to stay in.
• Su Chen explained to Jianxin and Zhou Qian'er how practicing basic sword swings built patience, perseverance, and a foundation for sword cultivation.
• After cooking, Xue Ying welcomed Zhou Qian'er and later explained that she wanted to focus on becoming stronger rather than resenting women who liked Su Chen.
• Zhou Qian'er admitted to Xue Ying that she liked Su Chen, and Xue Ying encouraged her to work hard together.
• One month later, Xu Poyun questioned the Nine Yang Divine Sect elders about Xu Yuan’s death, and the great elder said Xu Yuan had gone to the Snow Clan and then the Desolate Continent.

Xu Poyun and the Nine Yang Divine Sect elders traveled to the Sword Sect to investigate the Young Sect Master's death, only to find Ancestor Cangyan and another ancestor guarding its gate. Cangyan seized Xu Poyun by the throat, leaving the elders stunned and the reason for his attack unclear.

• The Grand Elder told Xu Poyun that the Young Sect Master had gone to the Desolate Continent to find Patriarch Xue's daughter at the Sword Sect, and suspected she and the sect were connected to his death.
• The Grand Elder reasoned that the Young Sect Master could not have died without using Ancestor Cangyan's Divine Soul Token, and Xu Poyun realized Cangyan might have sensed his death; neither ancestor responded to their transmission stones.
• Xu Poyun and the elders traveled to the Desolate Continent and found the Sword Sect, where two terrifying forces overwhelmed them.
• Immortal Emperor Cangyan and the other ancestor appeared and said they were guarding the gate.
• After Xu Poyun questioned why they were guarding the gate, Cangyan seized him by the throat, leaving the Grand Elder and the other elders baffled.

Su Chen arrived as Immortal Emperor Cangyan was about to kill Xu Poyun, and both Immortal Emperors knelt before him. After revealing that he had killed Xu Poyun’s son, Xu Yuan, Su Chen ordered Cangyan to kill Xu Poyun, who begged for his life.

• Immortal Emperor Cangyan choked Xu Poyun while the Nine Yang Divine Sect elders watched in fear, and Immortal Emperor Fenxing refused to intervene.
• Su Chen suddenly appeared, and Immortal Emperor Fenxing and Immortal Emperor Cangyan knelt before him and called him Senior.
• Su Chen told the Immortal Emperors he had come because someone reported trouble, then turned his attention to the Nine Yang Divine Sect elders and Xu Poyun.
• Su Chen told Xu Poyun that he had killed Xu Yuan, and Xu Poyun suppressed his anger and claimed his son must have deserved it.
• Su Chen said he did not believe Xu Poyun and ordered Immortal Emperor Cangyan to kill him, prompting Xu Poyun to kneel and beg.

Immortal Emperor Cangyan stopped Xu Poyun from self-destructing and killed him, after which Su Chen appointed Jiang Wei the new sect master of the Nine Yang Divine Sect. The chapter ended with Jiang Wei agreeing to send half the sect’s cultivation resources to the Sword Sect each year, while Immortal Emperor Cangyan and Immortal Emperor Fenxing remained as the sect’s patriarchs.

• Xu Poyun tried to self-destruct, but Immortal Emperor Cangyan suppressed his power and killed him.
• Immortal Emperor Cangyan returned to Su Chen and received his praise, while Immortal Emperor Fenxing resolved to impress Su Chen next time.
• Su Chen appointed Jiang Wei sect master of the Nine Yang Divine Sect.
• Su Chen ordered Jiang Wei to hand over fifty percent of the sect’s cultivation resources to the Sword Sect every year, and Jiang Wei agreed.
• Su Chen assured Jiang Wei that Immortal Emperor Cangyan and Immortal Emperor Fenxing would remain as the Nine Yang Divine Sect’s patriarchs.

Su Chen taught Jianxin that Return to One could be combined with other sword techniques, and Jianxin used it to unleash a devastating Formless One Sword. Jianxin gained a stronger trump card, while the Immortal Emperors remained determined to serve Su Chen.

• Su Chen left the two Immortal Emperors and entered the Sword Sect, and Immortal Emperor Cangyan told Jiang Wei to ensure the resources they handed over never decreased.
• After Jiang Wei and the elders left, Immortal Emperor Fenxing questioned whether they had acted too servilely, but Immortal Emperor Cangyan reminded him that Senior had spared their lives and might help them surpass the Immortal Emperor realm.
• A day later, Su Chen told Jianxin that Return to One could be combined with other sword techniques and urged him to try it with Formless One Sword.
• Jianxin combined Return to One with Formless One Sword and unleashed a terrifying slash that shocked the Sword Sect disciples, the two Immortal Emperors, Xue Ying, Zhou Qian'er, and Aunt Feng.
• Jianxin returned to Su Chen, praised the slash, and heard Su Chen commend his Sword Dao talent.

Su Chen learned that Qin Yao was marrying someone from another continent and decided to attend her wedding in the Spirit Moon Immortal Dynasty. He arrived at the imperial palace with Jianxin, but after they were stopped for lacking invitations, Su Chen used an unknown technique on the guards.

• Jianxin asked whether Return to One could combine with other combat techniques, and Su Chen said it could work with sword, fist, and spear techniques.
• Zhou Qian'er asked to learn Jianxin's sword strike, but Su Chen said it depended on his mood, so she and Xue Ying returned to their pavilions.
• Chen Wuhen told Su Chen that Qin Yao was marrying in half a month, and Su Chen decided to attend after learning she was Qin Zixuan's older sister.
• Su Chen and Jianxin arrived in the Spirit Moon Immortal Dynasty's capital on the wedding day and went to the imperial palace.
• When the guards demanded invitations, Su Chen snapped his fingers, and their eyes turned vacant.

Su Chen and Jianxin entered the imperial palace, where Su Chen revealed he could alter memories and was above the Immortal Emperor realm. At the princess’s wedding gathering, they learned her Charm Bone Divine Physique was widely known and suspected her fiancé wanted to exploit it, before Empress Yu Lingxi appeared.

• Su Chen altered the gatekeeper’s memories, gaining entry to the palace with Jianxin.
• Su Chen told Jianxin that altering memories required power above the Immortal Emperor realm and claimed he could defeat such an opponent with one sword strike.
• Su Chen put on a golden mask to avoid unnecessary attention, while Jianxin chose not to wear one.
• Su Chen and Jianxin heard guests discuss the princess’s Charm Bone Divine Physique and suspected her fiancé sought to exploit it.
• Yu Lingxi appeared before the gathered guests, who bowed and paid their respects to the empress.

At Qin Yao’s wedding, Su Chen and Jianxin drew attention for not presenting gifts, while Yu Lingxi failed to see through Su Chen. When the groom arrived and Qin Yao appeared, she kept looking at Su Chen, prompting her fiancé to order three Immortal Saint Realm experts to kill him; Jianxin stepped forward to defend Su Chen.

• The wedding guests presented gifts to Yu Lingxi, while Su Chen and Jianxin did not, drawing criticism from the crowd.
• Yu Lingxi questioned Su Chen, and Jianxin said they were from the Sword Sect before the groom arrived with an old woman.
• Qin Yao entered in her wedding gown and exchanged a familiar glance with Su Chen, ignoring her fiancé when he greeted her.
• The groom threatened to kill Su Chen for attracting Qin Yao’s attention and ordered three Immortal Saint Realm experts to attack him.
• Qin Yao protested, but the three advanced on Su Chen, and Jianxin stepped in front of him with the Light Scar Sword.

Jianxin used the Return to One sword technique to fight three Immortal Saint Realm experts, but the middle-aged man overwhelmed him and left him badly injured. As the man approached Jianxin, Su Chen appeared between them.

• Jianxin’s opening sword strike was shattered by the middle-aged man, who sent him flying and injured him.
• Jianxin attacked again with Return to One, combining four uses of Formless One Sword, and astonished the spectators and Yu Lingxi.
• Yu Lingxi told the young man she wanted Jianxin’s sword technique, and he agreed to share it with her while ordering the middle-aged man to spare Jianxin’s life.
• The middle-aged man crushed Jianxin’s attack with a palm strike, leaving Jianxin critically injured and killing some spectators in the shockwave.
• As the middle-aged man walked toward Jianxin, Su Chen suddenly appeared in front of him.

Su Chen revealed overwhelming power after Jianxin was defeated, first crippling an Immortal Saint with a finger and then suppressing dozens of Immortal Saints with a word. Qin Yao recognized Su Chen, and after he killed the kneeling attackers, he turned his attention to their young leader.

• Jianxin apologized to Su Chen before passing out, and the middle-aged man attacked Su Chen with a powerful punch.
• Su Chen destroyed the middle-aged man’s arm with a casual finger tap, revealing that he was at least an Immortal Venerable.
• Qin Yao recognized Su Chen by his silver hair, while the young man ordered dozens of Immortal Saint Realm experts to attack him.
• Su Chen suppressed the attackers with one word, leading Yu Lingxi to suspect he had reached the Immortal Sovereign Realm.
• Su Chen killed the dozens of kneeling Immortal Saints and turned his gaze on the terrified young man.

Su Chen learned that the young man he confronted belonged to the Star Palace, but showed no fear and challenged him to summon the Star Immortal Emperor. The old woman revealed herself as an Immortal Sovereign and attacked Su Chen, leaving their clash unresolved.

• The young man called on the old woman to save him, and she stepped forward to face Su Chen.
• The old woman identified the young man’s faction as the Star Palace, prompting the crowd to speculate about Su Chen’s backing.
• Su Chen recognized the Star Palace and recalled that his father had once chased and beaten the Star Immortal Emperor.
• Su Chen asked the young man if he carried a strand of the Star Immortal Emperor’s soul and told him to call the emperor out.
• The old woman unleashed her Immortal Sovereign presence and sent powerful forces surging toward Su Chen.

Su Chen easily suppressed the old woman, convincing those present that he was an Immortal Emperor, and forced the Star Palace holy son to summon help with his Divine Soul Token. The token shattered and a majestic figure began to appear in its light.

• Su Chen broke the old woman's attacks and immobilized her with the word "Suppress," leaving her and the onlookers terrified.
• Yu Lingxi and the young man realized Su Chen was likely an Immortal Emperor, and the young man collapsed in fear.
• Su Chen asked the young man to crush his Divine Soul Token, but the young man said he was too frightened to move.
• Su Chen sent Jianxin to help, and Jianxin took the young man's storage ring and retrieved the token.
• Jianxin crushed the Divine Soul Token, and a majestic figure began to materialize amid powerful Emperor's Might.

The Star Immortal Emperor arrived after the young man appealed to him, but he recognized Su Chen when Su Chen removed his mask. After hearing what the young man had done, the Star Immortal Emperor realized his people had offended a young Immortal Emperor and was stunned by Su Chen’s strength.

• The Star Immortal Emperor appeared, and the young man, the old woman, and Yu Lingxi knelt before him.
• The young man told the Star Immortal Emperor that Su Chen wanted to kill him, and the Star Immortal Emperor admitted he could not see through Su Chen.
• Su Chen removed his mask, and the Star Immortal Emperor recognized his voice and asked how his people had offended him.
• The young man recounted what had happened, leaving the Star Immortal Emperor speechless.
• The Star Immortal Emperor asked whether Su Chen was an Immortal Emperor, and Su Chen calmly agreed.

The Star Immortal Emperor revealed that Su Chen was the Mystic Hall hall master's child, then abandoned the Star Palace figures who had provoked him. Su Chen killed the young man and old woman, and when Yu Lingxi summoned the immortal dynasty's remaining forces, he cut down tens of thousands of experts as well.

• The Star Immortal Emperor told the young man and his companions that Su Chen was the child of the Mystic Hall's hall master.
• The Star Immortal Emperor disavowed the three Star Palace figures and vanished, leaving Su Chen free to act against them.
• Su Chen killed the young man and the old woman with a flash of sword light.
• Yu Lingxi called for help, and tens of thousands of immortal dynasty experts arrived, though many had fled.
• Yu Lingxi ordered the experts to kill Su Chen, and Su Chen beheaded them all with a single sword strike.