Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingwu attacked Commander Ye after he had targeted Ye Lingxi, killing his gold-armored guards with one strike. A woman from Illusion City tried to bargain for Commander Ye’s life, but Su Chen ordered Yan Qingwu to kill him and warned the woman not to interfere.

• Yan Qingwu charged Commander Ye and instantly defeated dozens of gold-armored experts with a single sword strike.
• Yan Qingwu advanced on the frightened Commander Ye, intent on killing him for attacking Ye Lingxi.
• A woman emerged from the carriage, apologized for her people, and offered compensation in exchange for Commander Ye’s life.
• The woman tried to stop Yan Qingwu, but Su Chen ordered her to kill Commander Ye and threatened the woman if she spoke again.
• The woman realized Su Chen was far more terrifying than Yan Qingwu.

Yan Qingwu fought Elder Tang and then Xiahou Yuan after Su Chen ordered her to kill Commander Ye. As the two Immortal Sovereign Realm Ninth Layer elders faced her together, Su Chen told her to return and said he would handle the rest.

• Yan Qingwu moved to kill Commander Ye, and Su Chen told her to ignore the old voice’s offer and proceed.
• Elder Tang appeared to protect Commander Ye and clashed with Yan Qingwu, who grew stronger as they fought.
• The woman warned Commander Ye not to repeat his earlier behavior, while he regretted provoking Su Chen and his companions.
• Elder Tang called for Xiahou Yuan, who appeared and struck Yan Qingwu with his axe, sending her flying.
• Yan Qingwu prepared to face both elders, but Su Chen told her to come back and leave the rest to him.

Su Chen instantly forced Xiahou Yuan, an Immortal Sovereign Ninth Layer Peak expert, to his knees, revealing that he was at least an Immortal Emperor. Yan Qingwu and the others were stunned, while Commander Ye realized he had provoked a powerful human expert and prepared to apologize.

• Yan Qingwu doubted Su Chen could face Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan alone, but Ye Lingxi insisted he could defeat them instantly.
• After Xiahou Yuan challenged Su Chen, Su Chen pointed at him and an overwhelming force drove him to his knees.
• The onlookers concluded Su Chen was an Immortal Emperor, and Commander Ye panicked over having provoked him.
• The woman beside Commander Ye told him to apologize to Su Chen and kill himself if Su Chen refused to forgive him.
• Yan Qingwu was shocked to learn Su Chen was an Immortal Emperor, and Su Chen calmly reminded her that he had said he was strong.
• Ye Lingxi wondered how Yan Qingwu would react if she learned Su Chen was even stronger than an Immortal Emperor.

Su Chen spared Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan after Xiao Jing, the lord of Illusion City, intervened and offered him a city token. Su Chen entered Illusion City with Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu, while Xiao Jing turned his attention to Commander Ye.

• Su Chen subdued Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan, and they feared he was about to kill them.
• Xiao Jing emerged from a shattered rift and asked Su Chen to spare the two Immortal Sovereigns, calling them pillars of the Human Race.
• Su Chen challenged Xiao Jing but relented after Yan Qingwu and Ye Lingxi urged him to let the matter go.
• Su Chen told Xiao Jing to deal with Commander Ye for trying to kill them, then accepted a golden token granting him access throughout Illusion City.
• Su Chen entered the city with Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu, and Xiao Jing turned a cold gaze on Commander Ye.

Xiao Jing punished the people responsible for offending the young human Immortal Emperor and warned Xiao Yue'er that the youth’s extraordinary age and strength suggested he and his companions might have come from the Human Domain. The chapter ended with Xiao Yue'er asking whether the Human Domain was truly as Xiao Jing had described.

• Xiao Jing expelled Commander Ye from Illusion City, while ordering the gold-armored experts to report to the Ministry of Punishments.
• Xiao Jing berated Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan for offending the Human Race’s Immortal Emperor and ordered them to earn the young master’s forgiveness.
• Elder Tang took Xiahou Yuan into the city to beg for forgiveness with thorn branches on their backs.
• Xiao Yue'er admitted she shared responsibility for what had happened, and Xiao Jing told her the youth’s bone age was under five hundred.
• Xiao Jing suggested the youth and the two women might be from the Human Domain, and Xiao Yue'er asked whether it was really as he had described.

Xiao Yue'er decided to marry Feng Xuan of the Fire Phoenix Clan so he would save her younger sister, Ziyan, while Xiao Jing agreed to go to the clan. In Illusion City, Su Chen and his companions were turned away from an inn, and Su Chen’s deadly aura made the waiter freeze.

• Xiao Yue'er told Xiao Jing that Feng Xuan would save Ziyan only if she married him, and she resolved to accept his condition.
• Xiao Jing agreed to travel to the Fire Phoenix Clan as Xiao Yue'er returned to Illusion City in tears.
• Commander Ye, a million li away, vowed revenge for how he had been treated and vanished.
• Su Chen and his companions explored Illusion City, where Yan Qingwu questioned Su Chen about his Immortal Emperor strength and he claimed he had only recently advanced.
• A waiter refused to serve Su Chen and his companions, and Su Chen stopped Ye Lingxi from attacking him before his gaze filled the waiter with dread.

Su Chen suppressed the inn’s hostile guests, but Jiang Yu arrived with the City Guard and ordered Su Chen’s group arrested without hearing their side. Ye Lingxi attacked Jiang Yu and was defeated, leaving the conflict with the powerful city official unresolved.

• The inn’s guests threatened Su Chen and his companions, so Su Chen released his power and pinned everyone to the floor.
• Jiang Yu arrived with the golden-armored City Guard, and the waiter accused Su Chen’s group of attacking people inside the city.
• Jiang Yu ordered the guards to arrest Su Chen and his companions without investigating what had happened.
• Ye Lingxi summoned the Fallen Phoenix Sword and charged at Jiang Yu.
• Jiang Yu shattered Ye Lingxi’s Sword Intent and sent her flying with his Spear Intent, while Yan Qingwu caught her.

Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan arrived as Yan Qingwu prepared to face Jiang Yu, and Elder Tang treated Su Chen as a senior. Su Chen demanded Jiang Yu’s death, and Elder Tang chose to carry out the order despite the danger of retaliation from the Jiang Household.

• Yan Qingwu set Ye Lingxi aside and prepared to confront Jiang Yu, but Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan entered the shop before she could act.
• Elder Tang called Su Chen “senior,” shocking the onlookers and causing Jiang Yu to question why he had shown Su Chen such respect.
• Su Chen refused to explain the incident and demanded that Jiang Yu be killed.
• Elder Tang hesitated over the consequences of killing Jiang Yu, but Xiahou Yuan refused to help him decide.
• Elder Tang resolved to kill Jiang Yu, hoping that earning Su Chen’s favor might help him reach the Immortal Emperor Realm.

Xiahou Yuan and Elder Tang turned on Jiang Yu after he provoked someone powerful, while Ye Lingxi spoke of her resolve to grow strong enough to protect Yan Qingwu. The chapter ended with Jiang Yu pinned in place as the two Immortal Sovereign experts prepared to kill him.

• Elder Tang told Jiang Yu that he had brought his danger upon himself and dismissed the Jiang Household as insignificant to Su Chen.
• Yan Qingwu guessed that Elder Tang wanted a method to break through to Immortal Emperor, and Su Chen confirmed he had one.
• Ye Lingxi said she wanted to stand in front of Yan Qingwu and protect her, and Hu Xiaotian recalled her earlier determination to protect Su Chen.
• Xiahou Yuan declared that Jiang Yu should prepare to die and summoned a giant axe.
• Jiang Yu tried to flee, but Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan pinned him down with their power.

Jiang Mingxuan arrived just in time to save Jiang Yu from Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan, but Su Chen severed Jiang Mingxuan’s arm after he openly challenged him. The crowd watched in shock as the conflict escalated and the newcomers’ power became clear.

• Xiahou Yuan attacked Jiang Yu, but Jiang Mingxuan appeared and stopped the axe strike with a punch that destroyed the inn.
• Su Chen’s sword killed the waiter and the guests who had insulted him and his companions, while the other guests fled.
• Jiang Mingxuan learned what had happened and confronted Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan for attacking a member of the Jiang Household.
• When Jiang Mingxuan pointed at Su Chen and challenged him, Su Chen severed his arm with a flash of sword light.
• Onlookers identified Su Chen and his companions as newcomers and reacted with disbelief at the deaths and Jiang Mingxuan’s injury.

Su Chen severed Jiang Mingxuan’s arm, leaving Jiang Mingxuan shaken but unwilling to believe that Su Chen was an Immortal Emperor. Jiang Mingxuan then attacked Xiahou Yuan, and their battle continued as Xiahou Yuan was sent flying by a saber strike.

• Su Chen severed Jiang Mingxuan’s arm before Jiang Mingxuan could react, and Jiang Yu hurried to check on him.
• Jiang Mingxuan suspected Su Chen was an Immortal Emperor but convinced himself the blow had been a sneak attack, then demanded to know who Su Chen was.
• Xiahou Yuan urged Jiang Mingxuan to apologize to Su Chen, but Jiang Mingxuan threatened him and then attacked him.
• Xiahou Yuan countered with his axe, and their clash sent a shockwave toward the city, where the Holy Light Array blocked it.
• Jiang Mingxuan charged Xiahou Yuan again, and after Xiahou Yuan called for Elder Tang’s help, their saber and axe collided.
• Jiang Mingxuan unleashed a stronger wave of Saber Intent and sent Xiahou Yuan flying.

Xiao Yue'er stopped the fight and demanded Jiang Yu apologize to Su Chen after learning how he had abused his authority. The patriarch of the Jiang Household, Jiang Qing, arrived and asked Xiao Yue'er what she meant by her actions.

• Jiang Mingxuan struck Elder Tang away as he prepared to attack Xiahou Yuan again, but Xiao Yue'er appeared and stopped the fight.
• Xiao Yue'er asked what had happened, and Ye Lingxi explained that Jiang Yu had ordered people arrested without investigating the dispute.
• Xiao Yue'er demanded that Jiang Yu apologize, explaining that Su Chen was a senior her father treated with the utmost respect.
• Jiang Mingxuan objected to Xiao Yue'er targeting a member of the Jiang Household, and she urged him to understand that she was trying to save them.
• Jiang Qing emerged from a spatial rift, and after Jiang Yu and Jiang Mingxuan greeted him, he asked Xiao Yue'er why she had acted as she did.

Jiang Qing learned that Su Chen had injured Jiang Mingxuan and cautiously decided to withdraw rather than risk confronting him. Su Chen stopped Jiang Qing and his two subordinates, demanding that Jiang Mingxuan and Jiang Yu die or all three of them would.

• Xiao Yue'er told Jiang Qing that a member of the Jiang Household had provoked someone he should not have.
• Jiang Mingxuan recounted what had happened, and Jiang Qing questioned Su Chen about his origins while suspecting he might have a powerful trump card.
• Jiang Qing decided to leave with Jiang Mingxuan and Jiang Yu rather than fight Su Chen.
• Su Chen stopped the three men and demanded that Jiang Mingxuan and Jiang Yu die or all three of them die.
• Xiahou Yuan and Elder Tang reacted with astonishment, and Xiahou Yuan wondered whether Su Chen was a Peak Immortal Emperor.

Su Chen killed Jiang Mingxuan and Jiang Yu instantly, revealing himself as an Immortal Emperor and provoking Jiang Qing. The chapter ended as hundreds of thousands of Jiang Household experts charged at Su Chen after Jiang Qing ordered them to kill him.

• Xiahou Yuan and Elder Tang debated whether Su Chen could be a peak Immortal Emperor, while Xiao Yue'er and the women in the city admired him.
• Su Chen killed Jiang Mingxuan with a flash of sword light after the man challenged him.
• Jiang Qing recognized Su Chen as an Immortal Emperor but assumed he could only be at the early or mid-stage.
• Su Chen killed Jiang Yu, enraging Jiang Qing, who summoned hundreds of thousands of Jiang Household experts.
• Jiang Qing ordered the experts to kill Su Chen, and they charged as a sword's cry rang out.

Su Chen killed hundreds of thousands of Jiang Household experts with one sword, enraging Jiang Qing and leaving Illusion City’s Holy Light Array close to breaking. Jiang Qing resisted calls to stop, but held back from provoking the other Immortal Emperors in the city.

• Su Chen killed hundreds of thousands of Jiang Household experts, including nearly a hundred Immortal Sovereigns, with a single sword strike.
• Elder Tang and Xiahou Yuan discussed asking Su Chen to help them pursue Immortal Emperor cultivation, while Xiao Yue'er worried that Illusion City might face a beast tide after its losses.
• Jiang Qing erupted in rage and unleashed a force that pinned people down and cracked the Holy Light Array.
• Xiao Yue'er and the Immortal Emperors in the city urged Jiang Qing to take the fight away from Illusion City, but he shouted them down and accused them of abandoning his people.
• Jiang Qing considered causing an uproar, then hesitated because the Immortal Emperors could join forces against him.

Su Chen effortlessly suppressed Jiang Qing, a Late-stage Immortal Emperor, leaving everyone to suspect he had surpassed the Immortal Emperor Realm. Jiang Qing realized he could not escape and begged Su Chen for a chance to live.

• Xiahou Yuan asked Xiao Yue'er why the other Immortal Emperors were unfriendly toward Jiang Qing, and she explained that Jiang Qing had long coveted her father's position.
• Jiang Qing challenged Su Chen to fight in the sky, but Su Chen told him to kneel and instantly pinned him to the ground.
• Xiahou Yuan, Elder Tang, and Xiao Yue'er were stunned and concluded Su Chen must be above the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• Jiang Qing tried to stand but found his power sealed, then pleaded with Su Chen to spare his life.

Su Chen killed Jiang Qing, the Late-stage Immortal Emperor and head of the Jiang Household, leaving the onlookers stunned by his power. As Su Chen prepared to leave Illusion City with Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu, five powerful figures suddenly appeared.

• The onlookers realized Su Chen was above the Immortal Emperor realm, and Yan Qingwu reflected on how her younger brother had surpassed her expectations.
• Jiang Qing despaired and cursed Jiang Mingxuan and Jiang Yu for provoking Su Chen and bringing about the Jiang Household's destruction.
• Su Chen killed Jiang Qing with a flash of sword light, shocking Xiahou Yuan, Elder Tang, and everyone who witnessed it.
• Su Chen told Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu to leave, and the two women agreed that they would rather fight Demon Beasts outside Illusion City.
• Five figures appeared in the air, each radiating a powerful Emperor's Might that terrified everyone present.

After Su Chen killed Jiang Qing instantly, Illusion City's five Immortal Emperors recognized that he was beyond their realm and tried to persuade him to stay. Yan Qingwu learned from Ye Lingxi that Su Chen might be even stronger than someone above the Immortal Emperor realm, and Su Chen left the decision to the two women.

• The five Immortal Emperors appeared and paid their respects to Su Chen after witnessing him kill Jiang Qing instantly.
• Su Chen started to leave, but the Immortal Emperors asked him to stay in Illusion City.
• Ye Lingxi told Yan Qingwu that the Immortal Emperors wanted Su Chen to remain because he was beyond the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Ye Lingxi revealed that Su Chen might be stronger than someone above the Immortal Emperor realm, and Yan Qingwu eventually believed her.
• Su Chen asked Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu whether they wanted to stay or leave.

Su Chen agreed to stay in Illusion City with Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu to attend the Fireworks Festival. The Immortal Emperors planned to use the festival and a fine courtyard residence to improve Su Chen’s impression of them and keep him in the Demon Domain.

• The woman told Ye Lingxi about Illusion City’s Fireworks Festival and Moon-Gazing Bridge, and Su Chen agreed to stay for it.
• Su Chen left with Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu to look around, while the five Immortal Emperors watched them with awe and apprehension.
• Qingluan warned the other Immortal Emperors that Su Chen’s poor impression of them could prevent the Human Race from rising, and proposed arranging a perfect festival for him and the two women.
• Qingluan arranged for the old man to let Su Chen and his companions stay in his courtyard residence, while the middle-aged man volunteered to clear away the corpses.
• Qingluan left with two Immortal Emperors to organize the festival, and the middle-aged man and old man turned to deal with the corpses.

Su Chen teased Yan Qingwu by suggesting she marry him, then let her sword strike him after she flew into a rage. As Yan Qingwu panicked over his apparent injuries, Ye Lingxi recognized that Su Chen was manipulating her.

• Ling Xu led Su Chen, Ye Lingxi, and Yan Qingwu to a quiet courtyard in Illusion City.
• Yan Qingwu brewed tea for Su Chen, and he joked that she should stay by his side and make it for him.
• Su Chen suggested Yan Qingwu marry him, then laughed when she believed he was serious.
• Yan Qingwu grew furious and slashed at Su Chen with her longsword after he refused to dodge.
• Yan Qingwu rushed to Su Chen when he fell and appeared gravely injured, while Ye Lingxi said he was running circles around her.