Chapter Summaries

Ao Xuanying refused the mysterious voice’s offer to break the seal, suspecting its intentions, and Wanqing intervened when it tried to kill the Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors. She warned them that breaking the seal could let the beings beyond it destroy the Immortal Realm.

• Ao Xuanying asked for time to consider the voice’s tempting terms while the other Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors wanted to accept.
• Ao Xuanying argued that the offer was suspicious and advised Ao Fen, Ao Yishang, and Ao Zhong to refuse it.
• The next day, Ao Xuanying told the voice they would not break the seal, and it summoned a giant palm to destroy them.
• Wanqing appeared and destroyed the giant palm with Sword Qi, forcing the voice to withdraw.
• Wanqing warned the four Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors never to break the seal because the beings beyond it wanted to destroy the Immortal Realm.

Wanqing sealed the stone door and warned the Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors to guard it against threats to the Immortal Realm. Meanwhile, Ice Phoenix Clan patriarch Han Xue learned that the Fire Phoenix Clan had fallen and wondered who had killed Feng Yan and its elders.

• Wanqing tightened the chains around the stone door until its crack vanished, then ordered the Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors to contact her if anything unusual happened.
• The Dragon Clan Immortal Emperors discussed the Heavenly Dao’s warning and suspected that beings from outside the Immortal Realm were plotting against it.
• Ao Xuanying told the others to guard the stone door and never break its seal, regardless of any offer.
• A blue-haired man told Han Xue that the Fire Phoenix Clan had fallen, and Han Xue wondered who had killed Feng Yan and the clan’s elders.
• The man said the Fire Phoenix Clan’s experts had gone to Illusion City before they died, but Han Xue doubted Xiao Jing was strong enough to kill them.

Han Xue learned that a mysterious human man had killed several powerful figures, including Ao Wei, and moved to exploit the Fire Phoenix Clan’s loss of its Immortal Emperors. After the Ice Phoenix Clan’s attack was repelled by a hidden expert from the Fire Phoenix Clan’s forbidden ground, Su Chen sensed events there and hinted that someone would regret a wrong decision.

• Han Xue learned that a human man from the Human Domain had apparently killed Feng Yan, Ao Wei, and the others, and suspected he was above the Immortal Emperor level.
• Han Xue ordered the experts of the Ice Phoenix Clan to gather, intending to settle accounts with the weakened Fire Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Yu became the Fire Phoenix Clan’s new patriarch and, facing the clan’s decline, went alone to its forbidden ground.
• Seven days later, the Ice Phoenix Clan attacked the Fire Phoenix Clan but was defeated by a mysterious expert who emerged from the forbidden ground and spared them.
• On the way back to the Mystic Hall, Su Chen sensed something in the Fire Phoenix Clan’s direction and told Yan Qingwu that some people would regret their decision.

Su Chen and Yan Qingwu returned safely to the Mystic Hall, where Qin An scolded Su Chen for allowing Lingxi to train in the dangerous Demon Domain. Qin An then revealed that another of Su Chen’s fiancées had come looking for him.

• Yan Qingwu reminded Su Chen that Lingxi had promised to take a little girl back to the Human Domain, but Su Chen said Lingxi would handle it herself.
• Su Chen and Yan Qingwu returned to the Mystic Hall and told Qin An and Su Yanche they were safe.
• Qin An hosted a feast and teased Yan Qingwu and Su Chen as a perfect match, making Yan Qingwu blush while Su Chen kept eating calmly.
• Qin An worried about Lingxi training in the Demon Domain and blamed Su Chen, while Su Yanche first defended him and then quickly changed his tune under Qin An’s glare.
• Qin An told Su Chen that another fiancée had come looking for him, and Su Chen complained that she had arranged so many engagements because her friends already had grandchildren.

Su Chen learned that his fiancée Youyue was a gifted disciple of Yingtian Academy and Qin An’s student, and that she had agreed to consider marrying him because he was Qin An’s son. He dreaded the trouble from her admirers and hoped she would reject him, while Qin An insisted he win her over.

• Su Chen asked Qin An about his fiancée, and she said Youyue had reached the peak of the ninth level of the Immortal Venerable realm.
• Qin An warned Su Chen that Youyue had many admirers who might challenge him, but refused to let him break off the engagement.
• Su Chen joked that Su Yanche could take another wife, prompting Qin An to threaten him and Su Yanche to proclaim his devotion to her.
• Qin An explained that Youyue was her disciple and had agreed to give Su Chen a chance, but would still judge whether he was suitable.
• Qin An urged Su Chen to make Youyue like him, while Su Chen boasted about his looks and silently considered drugging Su Yanche again.

Su Yanche told Su Chen that the Su Household’s ancestors had all surpassed the Immortal Emperor realm and entered the mysterious Land of Ancestral Origin. The revelation left Su Chen curious about the place, especially after he learned his grandfather had gone there and never returned.

• Su Chen agreed to visit Youyue after Qin An urged him to make time for her, then asked how Ye Ningshuang had been.
• Su Chen reassured Qin An that she was the person he cared about most, and she asked him to visit more often.
• Su Chen asked Su Yanche about the Su Household’s Immortal Emperor ancestors, and Su Yanche revealed that they had all surpassed that realm.
• Su Yanche explained that powerful Su Household members could enter the Land of Ancestral Origin to cultivate, though he had never been inside.
• Su Yanche said the ancestors who entered the Land of Ancestral Origin never wanted to leave and revealed that Su Chen’s grandfather was among them.

Su Chen reunited with his parents in the Land of Ancestral Origin and learned that his grandmother had left after arguing with his grandfather, though she was strong and likely safe. He concealed his true cultivation from his parents, and after he left, Su Yanche and Qin An agreed he was hiding his strength.

• Qin An and Su Yanche told Su Chen that his grandfather was focused on a breakthrough and that his grandmother had left the Su Household after a quarrel.
• Su Chen reasoned that his grandfather knew where his grandmother was and that she was safe, then said he would visit her if he got the chance.
• Qin An teased Su Chen about finding wives, and Su Yanche explained that reaching above the Immortal Emperor Realm usually allowed entry to the Land of Ancestral Origin.
• Su Chen claimed he was only at the Immortal Sovereign Realm, while Yan Qingwu chose not to reveal that she knew he was stronger.
• Su Chen shared a drink and meal with his parents and Yan Qingwu before he and Yan Qingwu departed at sunset.
• Su Yanche told Qin An that Su Chen was lying about his cultivation, and Qin An said he probably had his reasons for keeping it secret.

Yan Qingwu reached the limit of her realm and prepared to break through to Immortal Emperor, while Su Chen vowed to protect her from the karma tied to her ancestors. On the Barbarian Continent, Jianxin continued surviving his master’s deadly trials alongside Bai Luo Xue, who asked him to recommend her as Su Chen’s disciple.

• Yan Qingwu told Su Chen she had reached the limit of her realm, declined his offer to protect her breakthrough, and parted ways with him.
• The system warned Su Chen that Yan Qingwu carried burdensome karma from her ancestors, and Su Chen vowed that no one would hurt her while he was there.
• Jianxin and Bai Luo Xue traveled through the Barbarian Continent while hunted by its factions, and Jianxin explained that the battles were helping him grow stronger.
• Bai Luo Xue refused Jianxin’s suggestion that she leave, then asked whether she could become Su Chen’s disciple.
• Bai Luo Xue took Jianxin’s hand and pleaded with him to recommend her to Su Chen, leaving Jianxin stunned.

Jianxin and Bai Luo Xue confessed their feelings and spent the night together, while Su Chen wondered about the system’s plans for his disciples. At dawn, Bai Luo Xue told Jianxin she was engaged, and he calmly accepted that the engagement had been forced on her.

• Bai Luo Xue asked Jianxin if she could take his hand, and he agreed before she embraced him.
• Jianxin and Bai Luo Xue grew flustered but gave in to their feelings and spent the night together.
• Su Chen asked the system whether his disciples could reach his level, and it said they could if they held fast to their intentions and Dao hearts.
• Su Chen guessed that the system had assigned him disciples to prepare for future events and promised to nurture them; the system thanked him and said his strength was his own.
• At dawn, Bai Luo Xue told Jianxin she was engaged because of her father’s arrangement, and Jianxin said he understood and did not blame her.

Bai Luo Xue revealed to Jianxin that she was the daughter of the Bai Household’s head, from the powerful Bai Continent. She explained that her engagement to the Star Radiance Holy Land’s heir was a political alliance, and the chapter ended with Jianxin promising to protect her and win her parents’ approval.

• Jianxin reassured Bai Luo Xue that he would face her engagement troubles with her and asked her to reveal her identity.
• Bai Luo Xue told Jianxin that she came from the Bai Continent and was the daughter of the Bai Household’s head.
• Jianxin promised he would not be intimidated by her family’s power and would work to earn her parents’ approval.
• Bai Luo Xue explained that her fiancé came from the Star Radiance Holy Land and that her father had agreed to their marriage alliance.
• Jianxin comforted Bai Luo Xue and vowed to protect her from further suffering.

Bai Luo Xue told Jianxin that her fiancé was Chu Yu and trusted Jianxin’s claim that his master could protect them from her father and the Star Radiance Holy Land. Chu Yu arrived with hundreds of golden-armored powerhouses, and after Bai Luo Xue declared herself Jianxin’s woman, he unleashed a devastating power.

• Bai Luo Xue explained that her fiancé, Chu Yu, was an exceptionally powerful Immortal Venerable who had persistently pursued her.
• Jianxin promised to deal with Chu Yu and assured Bai Luo Xue that his master could overcome even a Peak Immortal Emperor.
• Hundreds of golden-armored powerhouses emerged from shattered space, led by Chu Yu.
• Bai Luo Xue identified Chu Yu as her fiancé, and Jianxin reassured her that he was there for her.
• Bai Luo Xue took Jianxin’s hand and told Chu Yu she was Jianxin’s woman and he should give up on her.
• Chu Yu erupted with terrifying power, shattering spacetime across hundreds of thousands of li as killing intent swept through the sky.

Jianxin fought Chu Yu, a Seventh Level Immortal Venerable, and surprised everyone by blocking his devastating Sword Qi strike before launching a counterattack. After their next clash, Chu Yu drew a spear, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Chu Yu attacked Jianxin with countless blades of Sword Qi, but Jianxin defended himself and deflected them.
• Chu Yu fused the blades into an enormous Sword Qi strike, and Jianxin stopped it head-on despite being only a Ninth Level Immortal Saint.
• Jianxin charged Chu Yu and used Return to One against his destructive punch, sending both fighters flying.
• Jianxin vanished and tried to catch Chu Yu off guard, but Chu Yu unleashed a force that made Jianxin retreat.
• Chu Yu challenged Jianxin and produced a spear whose Spear Intent soared into the sky.

Jianxin fought Chu Yu with his Light Scar Sword and proved strong enough to force Chu Yu to abandon their duel and call in hundreds of Immortal Venerable experts. Surrounded and desperate to protect Bai Luo Xue, Jianxin burned his fleshly body and divine soul, forcing his cultivation up to the Immortal Venerable Realm Fifth Stage Peak.

• Jianxin and Chu Yu clashed with sword and spear, and the watching experts marveled that Jianxin could fight someone whose strength reached the Immortal Venerable Realm Ninth Stage.
• Chu Yu launched a powerful spear thrust, and Jianxin answered with Return to One; the collision sent them both flying and left Jianxin badly injured.
• Chu Yu refused to continue their duel and ordered hundreds of gold-armored Immortal Venerable experts to kill Jianxin.
• The gold-armored experts surrounded Jianxin, who worried that his death would put Bai Luo Xue in danger.
• Jianxin burned his fleshly body and divine soul, raising his cultivation to the Immortal Venerable Realm Fifth Stage Peak.

Jianxin burned his soul and body to protect Bai Luo Xue, fighting hundreds of Immortal Venerable experts with strength that shocked Chu Yu. As Jianxin began to weaken, Chu Yu joined the battle and ordered the experts to attack together.

• Jianxin met Bai Luo Xue's gaze with a tender smile, then charged into the golden-armored experts with a torrent of Sword Intent.
• The golden-armored experts held back, hoping Jianxin would exhaust himself, but Jianxin killed one of them with the Light Scar Sword.
• Chu Yu attacked Jianxin, and Jianxin met his spear with Return to One, forcing both fighters backward.
• Chu Yu ordered the hundreds of golden-armored experts to attack Jianxin together, and they surged toward him from every direction.

Bai Luo Xue threatened to kill herself to stop Chu Yu and the golden-armored experts from killing Jianxin, then agreed to return with them if they spared him. Jianxin called desperately for his master, but no one came, and Chu Yu told him to have his master find him in Bai Continent.

• Bai Luo Xue held a longsword to her neck and demanded that Chu Yu and the golden-armored experts let her and Jianxin go.
• Jianxin urged Bai Luo Xue to put the sword down, but trusted her when she asked him to.
• Bai Luo Xue threatened to die unless Chu Yu spared Jianxin, and Chu Yu agreed on the condition that she return with him.
• Jianxin protested, but Bai Luo Xue accepted the bargain and tearfully told him she had no regrets about meeting him.
• Jianxin cried out for his master to rescue him, but received no answer.
• Chu Yu mocked Jianxin and told him to have his master come find him in Bai Continent.

Jianxin was defeated by Chu Yu and watched Bai Luo Xue being taken away, sinking into despair over his weakness and his absent master. Su Chen refused to intervene, accepting that Jianxin might hate him so he could face the consequences of his own karma and grow.

• Jianxin attacked Chu Yu after Chu Yu insulted his master, but Chu Yu shattered his sword strike and grievously wounded him.
• Chu Yu ordered Bai Luo Xue to come with him, and she left despite Jianxin pleading with her not to go.
• Jianxin was unable to stop Bai Luo Xue and lay in despair, shedding bloody tears and wondering why his master had not appeared.
• Su Chen watched Jianxin leave and told the system he would not help him, even if Jianxin came to hate him.
• Su Chen explained that Jianxin had to bear his own karma and face hardship if he hoped to grow and understand the world's principles.

Su Chen headed for Bai Continent after Chu Yu challenged him, while Bai Luo Xue confronted her parents over her arranged engagement to Chu Yu. After Bai Zhenyue ordered her imprisoned, a mysterious white-haired man entered the hall.

• Su Chen said he would go to Bai Continent to find Chu Yu and vanished.
• Bai Zhenyue ordered Bai Luo Xue to apologize to her fiancé Chu Yu, but she refused and said she was already Chu Yu's woman.
• Bai Zhenyue struck Bai Luo Xue, then ordered four masked Immortal Sovereigns to lock her up.
• A tall, white-haired man in white walked into the hall as Bai Luo Xue was about to leave with the guards.

Su Chen appeared in the hall and demanded that Bai Luo Xue come to him, leaving Bai Zhenyue unable to judge his strength. When the mysterious guards stopped her again, Su Chen killed their Immortal Sovereign Ninth Layer leader with a single strike, shocking everyone present.

• Su Chen entered the hall, and Bai Zhenyue and Lin Yao tried to assess the mysterious man in white.
• Bai Luo Xue recognized Su Chen as Senior Su, and he sat down without acknowledging the others.
• Su Chen ordered Bai Luo Xue to come to him, but the four mysterious experts stopped her.
• Su Chen's gaze frightened the four experts, but they blocked Bai Luo Xue again as she tried to approach him.
• Su Chen killed the Immortal Sovereign Ninth Layer expert instantly, and the three surviving guards feared he was an Immortal Emperor.

Su Chen rescued Bai Luo Xue, healed her injuries, and declared that he would protect her as his disciple’s future wife. When Bai Zhenyue insulted Su Chen’s disciple, Su Chen seized him by the throat and rendered him powerless, leaving the Bai Household stunned.

• Su Chen killed one mysterious figure, and Bai Luo Xue hurried to his side while the remaining three let her pass.
• Su Chen healed Bai Luo Xue’s injuries and asked her to promise him something; she agreed and stood behind him.
• Su Chen confronted Bai Zhenyue for brutalizing Bai Luo Xue and said she was his disciple’s future wife.
• Bai Zhenyue insulted Su Chen’s disciple, and Su Chen appeared before him and lifted him by the throat, leaving him unable to use his power.

Su Chen instantly suppressed Bai Zhenyue, leading everyone present to believe he had surpassed the Immortal Emperor realm. As Bai Zhenyue struggled in Su Chen’s grasp, Lin Yao and the three mysterious figures knelt and begged Su Chen to spare him.

• Su Chen seized Bai Zhenyue by the throat and suppressed him in an instant, shocking everyone present.
• The crowd, Lin Yao, and Bai Zhenyue concluded that Su Chen was above the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Bai Zhenyue realized his arrogance had brought the situation upon himself and despaired as Su Chen tightened his grip.
• Lin Yao knelt before Su Chen, apologized for her husband, and offered compensation in exchange for his life.
• The three mysterious figures also knelt and begged Su Chen to spare Bai Zhenyue.