Chapter Summaries

Su Chen killed Feng Cangwu and, with a single word, slew the five Fire Phoenix Clan Immortal Emperors who tried to flee. The Fire Phoenix Clan and Dragon Clan experts remained terrified as Su Chen turned his attention to the kneeling Ao Wei.

• Su Chen intimidated Feng Cangwu until Feng Cangwu denied intending to seek revenge for his son.
• Su Chen killed Feng Cangwu with a flash of sword light.
• Ling Xu and the middle-aged man marveled at Su Chen's strength, while the Heavenly Dao silently objected to being compared with him.
• Five Fire Phoenix Clan Immortal Emperors burned their bodies and souls to flee, but Su Chen said, "Die," and caused them to explode.
• Su Chen ignored the remaining Fire Phoenix Clan and Dragon Clan experts and looked down at the kneeling Ao Wei.

Su Chen killed Ao Wei with a single sword strike after the Dragon Clan Immortal Emperor failed to burn his soul and body to escape. The Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan experts then knelt before Su Chen and begged him to spare their lives.

• Ao Wei watched Su Chen kill Feng Cangwu and the five Fire Phoenix Clan Immortal Emperors, then called for the four Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors to save him.
• The four Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors stayed back, unwilling to risk approaching Su Chen.
• Ao Wei tried to burn his divine soul and body, but Su Chen's sword light pierced his brow and erased his divine soul.
• Ao Wei reverted to his true form and died, leaving the gathered experts stunned by Su Chen's power.
• The four Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors knelt and begged Su Chen for mercy, followed by the other Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan experts.

After Su Chen killed many Immortal Emperors, Xiao Jing and the others discussed the possibility that the Dragon Clan possessed an existence above the Immortal Emperor realm. Su Chen then called out a hidden observer, who emerged from a crack in spacetime and faced him in fear.

• Xiao Jing explained that a mysterious palm from the Dragon Clan's forbidden grounds had once gravely injured him and suggested its owner might be above the Immortal Emperor realm.
• The Human Race Immortal Emperors wondered why the Dragon Clan's stronger figure had not appeared, and Qingluan warned that Su Chen might eventually leave.
• Su Chen ignored the four trembling Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors and asked someone hidden nearby to come out and help them.
• An old man in a black robe stepped through fractured spacetime, and Xiao Jing and the others recognized him.
• The old man, who had watched Su Chen's display of power, faced him silently and tried not to displease him.

Su Chen forced Yun Cangming to choose between submitting and dying after Yun admitted Ao Wei and Feng Yan had asked him to come. As Su Chen raised his hand and unleashed his overwhelming presence, Qingluan jokingly asked whether he was looking for a wife.

• Yun Cangming told Su Chen that Ao Wei and Feng Yan had asked him to come, while Xiao Jing accused him of helping them.
• Yun Cangming denied knowing their intentions, but Su Chen ordered him to be quiet and demanded that he submit or die.
• Yun Cangming feared the consequences of refusing and regretted coming to Illusion City, but he struggled with the idea of submitting.
• Su Chen raised his hand, warping space and time around him and frightening the Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors and Ling Xu.
• Qingluan asked whether Su Chen was looking for a wife, then told Xiao Jing and the others that she had been joking.

Yun Cangming surrendered to Su Chen, who unexpectedly let him leave. As Su Chen turned his attention to the Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan, a mysterious woman appeared, and the assembled experts sensed that she posed a deadly threat.

• Qingluan convinced Xiao Jing and the others that she had been joking, while Yun Cangming begged Su Chen to spare him and submitted.
• Su Chen stopped his attack and announced that Yun Cangming could go, leaving everyone confused about his reasons.
• Yun Cangming asked whether Su Chen wanted him to complete a task, but Su Chen threatened to kill him if he said another word.
• Su Chen turned toward the Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan experts and secretly glanced at Hu Xiaotian in Ye Lingxi's arms.
• A mysterious woman in a white robe appeared in the sky, and Xiao Jing, Ling Xu, and the other experts sensed the threat of death from her.

Wanqing, the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm, appeared before Su Chen and pleaded for him to spare the Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan. Su Chen rejected her appeal, and the chapter ended as he cut off her warning about what would happen if the clans died.

• Xiao Jing recognized Wanqing as an existence beyond the Immortal Emperor realm and warned Ling Xu not to insult her.
• Xiao Yue'er wondered whether a woman like Wanqing was worthy of Su Chen and felt dejected.
• Wanqing bowed to Su Chen and asked him not to wipe out the Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan.
• Su Chen asked Wanqing whether she was telling him what to do, making her tremble with fear.
• Wanqing insisted the clans could not die because of what would happen in the future, but Su Chen interrupted her with a sharp command to stop.

Su Chen suppressed Wanqing when she tried to interfere, then reassured her that he had never intended to kill the Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan experts. He spared the four Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors on the condition that they ally with Illusion City, while the Fire Phoenix Clan remained devastated by the loss of all its Immortal Emperors.

• Su Chen overwhelmed Wanqing with his pressure and warned her not to tell him what to do.
• Wanqing apologized, and Su Chen told her he had never said he would kill the Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan experts.
• Wanqing left after hearing Su Chen's words, and the surviving experts of both clans silently watched her go with gratitude.
• Su Chen told Hu Xiaotian, Ye Lingxi, and Yan Qingwu that it was time for them to work harder.
• Su Chen spared the four Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors in exchange for an alliance with all of Illusion City.
• The Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors rejoiced at surviving but mourned Ao Wei, while the Fire Phoenix Clan had lost every Immortal Emperor.

Su Chen offered Ye Lingxi a gift, retrieving the Fallen Phoenix Sword and revealing an overwhelming Sword Intent that crushed everyone present. The onlookers, including the Immortal Emperors, were pinned to the ground in fear and unable to resist.

• The chapter explained that the Fire Phoenix Clan would lose its resources and face revenge from the Ice Phoenix Clan after its Immortal Emperors fell.
• Su Chen reminded Ye Lingxi that she had asked for a gift and summoned the Fallen Phoenix Sword from her spatial ring.
• Ye Lingxi asked how Su Chen had taken the sword, and he told her she could do the same once she was strong enough.
• Su Chen grasped the Fallen Phoenix Sword, unleashing a Sword Intent that tore through spacetime and churned the surrounding air.
• Ye Lingxi, Yan Qingwu, Xiao Jing, Ling Xu, Qingluan, Yun Cangming, and the other Immortal Emperors were forced to their knees and could not resist the Sword Intent.

Su Chen’s Sword Intent overwhelmed everyone nearby and shook the entire Immortal Realm, leaving Ye Lingxi shaken and close to losing her Dao heart. In the Divine Domain, two God Clan elders sensed the Sword Intent and stared in shock and fear.

• Su Chen’s Sword Intent forced Xiao Yue'er, Xiao Ziyan, Ye Lingxi, Yan Qingwu, and Hu Xiaotian to kneel under its pressure.
• Ye Lingxi’s Dao heart nearly collapsed as she wondered whether she could ever catch up to or protect Su Chen.
• Hu Xiaotian exhausted himself shouting at Ye Lingxi to wake up and stop letting her thoughts run wild.
• Su Chen’s Sword Intent stirred powerful beings across the Immortal Realm and plunged it into an uproar.
• Two God Clan elders playing a game in the Divine Domain sensed the Sword Intent and looked toward it in shock and fear.

God Clan patriarchs Shen Xiao and Shen You investigated the appearance of Sword Intent beyond the Immortal Emperor Realm and contacted their clan leader for guidance. The clan leader ordered them to keep waiting for the person who would be key to the Divine Clan’s rise, believing that person would appear soon.

• Shen Xiao and Shen You debated whether the terrifying Sword Intent came from an outsider and wondered why the Heavenly Dao had not appeared.
• Shen You suspected outsiders had found another way into the Immortal Realm and feared the God Clan’s long wait would end in destruction.
• Shen Xiao activated a crystal in a vast hall, summoning a phantom of the clan leader.
• Shen You reported the Sword Intent to the clan leader, and Shen Xiao asked whether they should keep waiting or withdraw.
• The clan leader told Shen Xiao and Shen You to keep waiting because the person they sought would be key to the Divine Clan’s rise and would appear soon.

After Su Chen’s Sword Intent vanished, the survivors recovered from their terror, while Shen Xiao set out to investigate the person who released it. Ye Lingxi was left feeling lost at the gap between her strength and Su Chen’s.

• The Divine Lord ordered Shen You and Shen Xiao to find the person responsible for the Sword Intent, and Shen Xiao left to investigate in person.
• The Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors and the others recovered from Su Chen’s Sword Intent and expressed relief that they had surrendered.
• Yun Cangming decided he would cling to Su Chen’s favor, while Xiao Yue’er accepted that she and Su Chen were from different worlds and resolved to hide her feelings.
• Hu Xiaotian told Yan Qingwu that Su Chen’s Sword Intent had damaged Ye Lingxi’s Dao heart, and Yan Qingwu asked Ye Lingxi why she felt lost.
• Ye Lingxi admitted that Su Chen’s strength made her feel lost, and Yan Qingwu acknowledged that his Sword Intent seemed capable of destroying the Immortal Realm.

Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu discussed their plans after the Demon Domain, while Su Chen forged the blood of Feng Yan and the Fire Phoenix Clan’s Immortal Emperors into the Fallen Phoenix Sword. He gave the strengthened sword to Ye Lingxi, leaving her thrilled by its power.

• Ye Lingxi admitted that following Su Chen had shaken her Dao heart, and she resolved to leave and venture out on her own after the Demon Domain was settled.
• Yan Qingwu said she planned to break through to Immortal Emperor after returning, but considered Su Chen far more monstrous than herself.
• Su Chen refined Feng Yan and the Fire Phoenix Clan Immortal Emperors’ corpses into a single drop of Essence Blood and fused it into the Fallen Phoenix Sword.
• The Fallen Phoenix Sword released a terrifying Sword Intent until Su Chen ordered it to settle down.
• Su Chen tossed the strengthened Fallen Phoenix Sword to Ye Lingxi, who caught it excitedly and felt how much more powerful it had become.
• Ye Lingxi mistakenly thought Yan Qingwu wanted the sword, and Yan Qingwu denied it.

Ye Lingxi apologized to Yan Qingwu, and Su Chen sent Hu Xiaotian to devour Ao Wei’s corpse, revealing that the little fox was a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox. After Hu Xiaotian began eating the dragon, Su Chen’s glance terrified the Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors, and Xiao Jing respectfully addressed him.

• Ye Lingxi apologized to Yan Qingwu for misunderstanding her, and Su Chen reminded them to thank him for intervening.
• Su Chen told Hu Xiaotian to devour Ao Wei’s corpse, then kicked him beside it when he hesitated.
• Hu Xiaotian transformed and revealed nine tails, shocking the watching cultivators, who recognized him as a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
• Hu Xiaotian began devouring Ao Wei’s dragon meat, while the Dragon Clan experts endured the sight in fear and grief.
• Su Chen glanced at the four Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors, frightening them, then turned to Xiao Jing, who respectfully greeted him.

Su Chen assigned Xiao Jing authority over the Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan, then refused Xiao Jing’s request to follow him. Meanwhile, Hu Xiaotian devoured a peak Immortal Emperor Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and rapidly advanced to the peak of the Immortal Saint Realm, his power threatening to spiral out of control.

• Su Chen ordered Xiao Jing to handle the Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan, and the four Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors agreed under his pressure.
• Xiao Jing asked to stay by Su Chen’s side, but Su Chen refused, disappointing Xiao Jing and the Human Race Immortal Emperors.
• Hu Xiaotian’s bloodline was purified as he ate the dragon meat, and he quickly advanced to the peak ninth level of the Immortal Saint Realm with signs of reaching the Immortal Venerable Realm.
• Ye Lingxi worried that Hu Xiaotian was in danger, but Su Chen reassured her that he was there.
• Hu Xiaotian roared as his power rampaged, and Xiao Jing shielded Illusion City from the roar while Ling Xu marveled at Hu Xiaotian’s strength.

Hu Xiaotian lost control after consuming the dragon meat, but Su Chen calmed him and suppressed the violent power. Ye Lingxi decided to leave with Hu Xiaotian so they could cultivate and grow stronger, and Su Chen gave Hu Xiaotian a reserve of the dragon’s power to protect him in a crisis.

• The Human Race Immortal Emperors and Qingluan discussed how terrifying Hu Xiaotian might become after reaching the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Hu Xiaotian went berserk under the power of the dragon meat and attacked Su Chen, who stopped him with a beam of light to his brow.
• Hu Xiaotian regained his senses and learned that he had tried to kill Su Chen while out of control.
• Ye Lingxi told Su Chen she had decided to leave so she could become strong enough to protect him, and Hu Xiaotian agreed to go with her.
• Su Chen transformed the remaining power in the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon’s corpse into golden light and placed it between Hu Xiaotian’s brows as protection against future crises.

Ye Lingxi chose to remain in the Demon Domain and train so she could one day protect Su Chen, while he accepted her decision and resolved to ease the burdens she carried. After she parted from Su Chen and Yan Qingwu, Hu Xiaotian joined her in promising to train hard alongside her.

• Ye Lingxi decided to stay in the dangerous Demon Domain to temper herself, and Su Chen advised her to strengthen her foundation and protect herself.
• Ye Lingxi left determined to grow strong enough to stand beside Su Chen, and Su Chen watched her go without trying to dissuade her.
• Yan Qingwu praised Ye Lingxi's resolve and urged Su Chen not to disappoint someone who loved him deeply.
• Su Chen said Ye Lingxi was his younger sister and promised to find a way to keep her from bearing unnecessary pressure.
• Hu Xiaotian told Ye Lingxi that Su Chen did not need her protection, but then promised to work hard alongside her when she insisted on training.

Su Chen rejected Yun Cangming’s offer to place the Qilin Clan under his command and left Illusion City with Yan Qingwu. The remaining leaders discussed the protection his reputation offered and considered how their factions would cooperate.

• Xiao Jing asked whether Su Chen was leaving, but he had nothing more to say.
• Yun Cangming knelt before Su Chen and offered the Qilin Clan’s submission, but Su Chen refused twice and departed with Yan Qingwu.
• Ling Xu mocked Yun Cangming, who swallowed his anger because he feared provoking Su Chen’s allies and recognized that Illusion City was now safer.
• Qingluan warned Ling Xu not to provoke Yun Cangming, and Ling Xu admitted he had acted recklessly.
• Xiao Jing and the others lamented that they had failed to gain Su Chen’s support, then Xiao Jing asked the Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors for their stance and turned to the Fire Phoenix Clan.

Xiao Yue'er and Xiao Ziyan tried to accept that their feelings for Su Chen could not be returned. Meanwhile, Xiao Jing arranged peaceful separation between Illusion City, the Dragon Clan, and the Fire Phoenix Clan, and chose to spare Feng Yu.

• Xiao Ziyan comforted Xiao Yue'er and urged her to let go of Su Chen, and Xiao Yue'er admitted she still could not control her feelings for him.
• Xiao Jing proposed that Illusion City, the Dragon Clan, and the Fire Phoenix Clan avoid provoking one another instead of forming an alliance.
• The four Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors agreed to Xiao Jing's proposal, and Feng Yu accepted it on behalf of the Fire Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Jing learned that Feng Yu was close to becoming an Immortal Emperor and considered killing him, but decided to spare him.

After the Dragon and Fire Phoenix Clans withdrew, Xiao Jing’s allies executed the traitor Ye Zheng and resolved to repair the Holy Light Array. The Dragon Clan’s Immortal Emperors debated revenge and seeking help from their forbidden land, but a terrifying power suddenly erupted there.

• The Dragon Clan and Fire Phoenix Clan left after Xiao Jing chose not to kill Feng Yu, and Xiao Jing warned the Human Immortal Emperors to guard against their return.
• Ling Xu and the others confronted Ye Zheng for betraying the Human Race, and the middle-aged Immortal Emperor killed him before they could decide on a harsher punishment.
• Xiao Jing sent everyone to disperse and said he would find someone to repair the Holy Light Array.
• Ao Xuanying, Ao Fen, Ao Yushang, and Ao Zhong discussed whether to seek revenge or contact the Dragon Clan members in the forbidden land, while Ao Xuanying warned that returning to their origin clan would bring humiliation.
• A force apparently greater than an Immortal Emperor’s erupted from the Dragon Clan’s forbidden land.

A terrifying presence erupted from the Dragon Clan’s forbidden land, drawing the Immortal Emperors to a chained stone gate that had opened a crack. A voice from beyond the gate asked them to break the seal so its people could return, but Ao Xuanying distrusted its explanation.

• The Dragon Clan members sensed a terrifying presence from the forbidden land, and an elder recalled that a similar presence had appeared when Xiao Jing visited the clan.
• Ao Xuanying and the other Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors went to investigate the forbidden land and found a massive stone gate bound by chains, with a crack leaking power.
• The power surging from the crack blasted the four Immortal Emperors tens of thousands of zhang and left them injured.
• A voice from behind the gate greeted the Immortal Emperors, said it shared their origin, and asked them to destroy the seal so its people could return.
• Ao Xuanying questioned why the voice wanted to come back, rejected its claim that it merely wished to visit its ancestral land, and heard its offer of benefits if they broke the seal.