Chapter Summaries

Su Chen spared Bai Zhenyue after Bai Luo Xue’s pleas, and Bai Zhenyue apologized and promised to respect his daughter’s choices. Su Chen then asked Bai Luo Xue to avoid Jianxin for ten years and publicly announce her marriage to her fiancé, before sending a ray of golden light into her forehead.

• Su Chen flung Bai Zhenyue into a wall but spared his life, then said Bai Luo Xue had saved him.
• Bai Zhenyue apologized to Bai Luo Xue and promised to break off her engagement and let her decide her own future.
• Bai Luo Xue thanked Su Chen, who explained that he wanted her to make a ten-year agreement for Jianxin’s sake.
• Bai Luo Xue agreed to avoid contacting Jianxin and publicly announce that she would marry her fiancé in ten years.
• Su Chen urged Bai Luo Xue to cultivate toward the Immortal Emperor realm and sent golden light into the space between her brows.

Su Chen transformed Bai Luo Xue’s Solar Physique into a Solar Divine Physique, causing her cultivation to rise to the Immortal Venerable Realm Second Stage. Bai Luo Xue accepted his advice to cultivate diligently if she wanted to keep pace with Jianxin, while Bai Zhenyue became convinced Su Chen surpassed beings above the Immortal Emperor realm.

• Bai Luo Xue’s power surged, and she broke through to the Immortal Venerable First Stage before Su Chen suppressed her rising presence.
• Bai Luo Xue’s power erupted again, reaching the Immortal Venerable Realm Second Stage, and she said her talent and understanding had greatly improved.
• Su Chen explained that he had transformed Bai Luo Xue’s Solar Physique into a Solar Divine Physique, stunning everyone present.
• Bai Zhenyue concluded that Su Chen was stronger than beings above the Immortal Emperor realm and felt relieved that he had stopped confronting him.
• Bai Luo Xue thanked Su Chen, who told her the Solar Divine Physique was most effective for daytime cultivation and dismissed her concern about the Star Radiance Holy Land.
• Su Chen warned Bai Luo Xue that Jianxin’s future would be extraordinary and urged her to cultivate diligently if she wanted to stay by his side.

After warning Bai Zhenyue to treat Bai Luo Xue well, Su Chen left and went to the Star Radiance Holy Land, where he demanded to see its Holy Lord. The Holy Land’s grand elder Tang Yi and nine others arrived to confront him as the disciples underestimated the stranger.

• Su Chen warned Bai Zhenyue that he would face consequences if Bai Luo Xue suffered another grievance, then departed after urging her to reach Immortal Emperor.
• Bai Luo Xue told Bai Zhenyue and Lin Yao that she had felt wronged but did not blame them, then left to cultivate.
• Bai Zhenyue vowed to make amends, while Lin Yao and he agreed not to speculate about Su Chen’s identity.
• Su Chen appeared above the Star Radiance Holy Land and called for its Holy Lord to meet him.
• The Holy Land’s disciples mocked Su Chen and discussed who he might be as Tang Yi and nine other experts rose to face him.

Su Chen confronted the Star Radiance Holy Land and killed its fourth elder after the elder threatened him. When Su Chen revealed overwhelming Immortal Emperor power and threatened to find the holy lord himself, Zhao Lingfeng appeared and asked him to calm down.

• A male elder insulted Su Chen after Su Chen demanded that Tang Yi bring out the holy lord.
• The fourth elder prepared to attack, but Su Chen killed him instantly with a sword strike.
• Tang Yi and the eight remaining elders confronted Su Chen, who demanded the holy lord appear or die.
• Su Chen summoned billions of blades of Sword Qi, revealing power that convinced everyone he was an Immortal Emperor.
• Zhao Lingfeng appeared before Tang Yi and saluted Su Chen, asking him to calm his anger.

Su Chen confronted Zhao Lingfeng at the Star Radiance Holy Land and demanded that Chu Yu be killed or the entire holy land would be destroyed. The holy land’s patriarch, Chu Sheng, arrived with Chu Yu and unleashed his Late-stage Immortal Emperor presence, beginning a confrontation with Su Chen.

• Su Chen kept his Sword Qi poised behind him as Zhao Lingfeng appeared and asked what he wanted.
• Su Chen demanded that Zhao Lingfeng kill Chu Yu, threatening to erase the Star Radiance Holy Land if he refused.
• Zhao Lingfeng warned that Chu Yu had someone backing him, and Su Chen replied that he would kill that person too.
• Chu Sheng arrived with his grandson Chu Yu and challenged Su Chen’s confidence.
• Chu Sheng unleashed his Late-stage Immortal Emperor presence and formed a fist charged with Immortal Qi and lightning.

Su Chen destroyed Chu Sheng’s lightning punch with a single strand of Sword Qi, then overwhelmed and killed him with the rest. The witnesses realized Su Chen was likely an existence above the Immortal Emperor realm.

• Chu Sheng attacked Su Chen with a lightning-infused punch as the disciples watched and doubted Su Chen could survive.
• Su Chen unleashed countless strands of Sword Qi, and one strand shattered Chu Sheng’s lightning dragon.
• Chu Sheng threw a stronger punch, but the Sword Qi tore it apart and shredded his right arm.
• The Sword Qi engulfed Chu Sheng, and when it dispersed, he had vanished, leading everyone to conclude that he had been killed.
• Zhao Lingfeng realized Su Chen must be above the Immortal Emperor realm and stared at him in terror.

Su Chen spared Chu Yu after killing Chu Sheng, leaving Chu Yu alive but in disgrace before the Star Radiance Holy Land. Zhao Lingfeng learned that Chu Yu had provoked Jianxin and warned him to watch his conduct.

• Zhao Lingfeng tried to kill Chu Yu to appease Su Chen, but Su Chen restrained him and stopped him.
• Su Chen decided to spare Chu Yu and let the “little fellow” kill him later, then left.
• Zhao Lingfeng released Chu Yu and demanded to know whom he had provoked.
• Chu Yu recalled humiliating Jianxin after Jianxin stole his fiancée, Bai Luo Xue.
• Zhao Lingfeng blamed Chu Yu for Chu Sheng’s death and the danger to the Star Radiance Holy Land, then warned him to watch himself.

Su Chen agreed to manage Yingtian Academy while Qin An was pregnant. She warned him that someone was trying to take her position as academy head, unaware that she was a Peak Immortal Emperor.

• A young woman told Su Chen that Qin An wanted to see him, and he went to meet his mother.
• Qin An asked Su Chen to manage Yingtian Academy while her pregnancy kept her from returning there, and he agreed.
• Qin An told Su Chen that someone was coveting her position as academy head.
• Su Chen learned the rival knew Qin An was an Immortal Emperor but did not know she had reached Peak Immortal Emperor.

Qin An explained Yingtian Academy’s factions to Su Chen and handed him the Academy Master's Token, appointing him its master until her younger son was born. She also revealed that news of Su Chen’s engagement to Youyue had spread at the academy, leaving him worried about meeting her.

• Qin An told Su Chen that Long Qingcang, the Martial Institute’s vice master, had allied with the other vice masters to challenge her position.
• Su Chen learned that Xue Ya, the Literary Institute’s vice master and Qin An’s first disciple, was someone he could trust at the academy.
• Qin An gave Su Chen the Academy Master's Token, and he agreed to manage Yingtian Academy temporarily until his younger brother was born.
• Qin An told Su Chen that Youyue had many suitors and that the academy already knew he was her fiancé.
• Su Chen asked how the news had spread and worried that Youyue might not like him, while Qin An smiled without answering.

Su Chen spent five more days with Qin An before leaving for Yingtian Academy, while his parents learned that he had surpassed the Immortal Emperor realm. After traveling on foot and stopping to fish, he found a badly wounded woman in a forest, and she collapsed before he could act.

• Qin An persuaded Su Chen to stay with her for five more days before he set out for Yingtian Academy.
• After Su Chen left, Qin An told Su Yanche that Qingwu had revealed their son had reached a realm above Immortal Emperor, and they agreed to keep his strength secret.
• Su Yanche decided to seek a breakthrough in the Land of Ancestral Origin while Qin An handled the Mystic Hall's affairs.
• Su Chen traveled on foot for seven days, then stopped at a lake to catch and grill three immortal fish; a nearby crash sent a shock wave across the lake without affecting him.
• While passing through a forest, Su Chen found a bloodied woman in a purple dress, and she fainted as her life began to fade.

Su Chen rescued a gravely wounded woman from Yingtian Academy and healed her with a rare pill. After she offered to repay him by helping him enter the academy, she explained that her closest friend had betrayed her, leaving her needing a battle to overcome a cultivation bottleneck.

• Su Chen noticed the wounded woman's Yingtian Academy token, carried her into a cave, and healed her with a valuable pill.
• The woman woke, reacted angrily when she realized Su Chen had removed her clothes, then calmed down after seeing her injuries were healed.
• When she discovered her spatial ring was missing, Su Chen gave her a robe, and she thanked him and apologized for misunderstanding him.
• The woman offered to help Su Chen enter Yingtian Academy without taking the examination, but he declined.
• Su Chen asked how she had been injured, and the woman said her closest friend had tricked her after she sought a battle to break through a cultivation bottleneck.

A woman told Su Chen that her sister had lured her into a deadly fight, and he warned her that their bond might not be as strong as she believed. When a Jiaolong arrived, the woman tried to hold it off but was badly wounded, leaving Su Chen and her facing the powerful beast.

• The woman explained that her sister had sent her to fight a Demon Beast much stronger than her, and Su Chen suggested her sister might have wanted her dead.
• The woman struggled to accept that her longtime friend could betray her, while Su Chen warned her that people could change and relationships could break.
• The ground shook, and a hostile Jiaolong appeared outside the cave; the woman urged Su Chen to flee while she fought it.
• The woman attacked the Jiaolong with her sword, but it shattered her Sword Intent and struck her with its tail, leaving her badly injured.
• The woman charged again, but the Jiaolong knocked the sword from her hands and sent her crashing to the ground, bleeding heavily.

Su Chen returned to protect the injured woman and effortlessly suppressed the Immortal Sovereign Fourth Layer Jiaolong with one finger, revealing that he was an Immortal Emperor. The woman struggled to adjust to his power as Su Chen told her they would have a connection in the future.

• The woman prepared to burn her divine soul and fleshly body, but Su Chen appeared and stepped between her and the Jiaolong.
• Su Chen pressed one finger down and slammed the Jiaolong into the ground, leaving it unable to move.
• The woman realized Su Chen was an Immortal Emperor, while the Jiaolong regretted provoking him.
• Su Chen told the woman to act as she had before and said they would have a connection in the future.

Su Chen spared the flood dragon and arranged for him to help Youyue break through to Immortal Sovereign, then set off with her for the academy. On the way, they exchanged names, and Youyue introduced herself as Youyue.

• Su Chen gave the flood dragon to Youyue as a cultivation opponent, and she agreed to use him as a stepping stone.
• Su Chen placed a sword mark between the flood dragon’s brows, then allowed him to remain free so long as he fought Youyue whenever she sought him out.
• The flood dragon revealed that his name was Jiao Zhe and bowed as Su Chen and Youyue left for the academy.
• Youyue told Su Chen she wanted answers about why someone had betrayed her, and she followed him toward the academy.
• Youyue asked Su Chen’s age and name, then told him that her own name was Youyue.

Su Chen accompanied Youyue to Yingtian Academy, keeping his knowledge of her identity and his own reasons for visiting to himself. After Youyue brought him through the gates, they admired the academy as its disciples wondered who he was and whether he could withstand her suitors.

• Su Chen hid that the system had revealed Youyue’s identity and told her to call him by his name.
• Youyue asked why Su Chen was visiting Yingtian Academy, and he said he wanted to look around and handle a few other matters.
• Two academy disciples recognized Youyue and let her bring Su Chen inside.
• The disciples speculated that Su Chen might be Youyue’s romantic partner and worried that her powerful suitors might attack him.
• Su Chen admired Yingtian Academy, while Youyue praised its history of training Immortal Emperors.
• Su Chen recalled that Qin An had founded the academy independently, surprising even herself with its success.

Su Chen watched the Yingtian Academy disciple assessment and saw Elder Xu manipulate the results to fail Lin Fan, apparently to please Wang Chu. As Elder Xu suppressed Lin Fan for protesting, Su Chen’s gaze turned cold.

• Youyue brought Su Chen to Yingtian Academy’s recruitment square, where Su Chen recognized Qin An’s statue.
• Elder Xu announced the assessment results, passing Wang Chu and failing Hu Jing while most candidates were rejected.
• Wang Chu threatened Lin Fan, and Elder Xu exchanged a knowing look with him.
• Elder Xu declared that Lin Fan had failed, prompting Lin Fan to challenge the result and accuse Wang Chu.
• Elder Xu used his Immortal Sovereign Realm pressure to force Lin Fan to the ground as Su Chen watched with growing coldness.

Lin Fan was denied passage in the Yingtian Academy examination after Wang Chu used his connections, and Elder Xu pinned him down and beat him when he protested. As Lin Fan lay gravely injured, Su Chen asked Youyue to help him.

• Wang Chu had tried to silence Lin Fan after Lin Fan caught him attempting to violate a girl, but Lin Fan beat him until Wang Chu escaped with a Law Treasure.
• Wang Chu used his connections to have Lin Fan fail the examination, and Elder Xu suppressed Lin Fan when he erupted with power.
• Lin Fan unleashed his Sword Intent and condemned Yingtian Academy, but Elder Xu struck him twice and left him gravely injured.
• Su Chen asked Youyue to help Lin Fan, and he confirmed that he knew him.

Su Chen let Youyue intervene when Elder Xu threatened to kill Lin Fan, while keeping his presence hidden so Lin Fan would have to stand on his own. Youyue challenged Elder Xu over the assessment results, leaving him unable to defend himself without exposing his misconduct.

• Su Chen told Youyue that Lin Fan was his disciple, then stayed behind and asked her not to tell Lin Fan he was there.
• As Elder Xu prepared to kill Lin Fan, Youyue stepped in and accused Elder Xu of going too far.
• Elder Xu defended his treatment of Lin Fan and warned Youyue against interfering, but she refused to back down.
• Youyue questioned whether the assessment results had been manipulated, and Elder Xu became agitated while denying it.
• Youyue pointed out that Elder Xu's anger made him look guilty, leaving him unable to reply.

Youyue confronted Elder Xu over the assessment, but Vice Dean Long Qingcang arrived and turned the dispute into an open power struggle. He unleashed his Immortal Emperor pressure and declared that he would take over as dean, leaving Youyue and the gathered students overwhelmed.

• Youyue warned Elder Xu that she would report his alleged manipulation of the assessment, and he threatened her in return.
• Long Qingcang arrived, defended Elder Xu, and challenged Youyue’s authority to investigate without evidence.
• Youyue insisted that, as the dean’s disciple, she had the right to investigate while her master was away.
• Long Qingcang unleashed his Immortal Emperor pressure, forced everyone to the ground, and declared himself dean of Yingtian Academy.
• Elder Xu celebrated Long Qingcang’s move while Youyue warned that her master would never forgive him.

Long Qingcang seized control of Yingtian Academy with the support of three vice deans and most of the disciples, while Youyue and the Literary Institute students refused to submit. As Long Qingcang moved to kill the holdouts, an unfamiliar voice interrupted him.

• Youyue appealed to Qian Boyong, Chen Hui, and Zhou Cui for help, but the three vice deans sided with Long Qingcang.
• Long Qingcang summoned the academy disciples and declared himself dean, and seven-tenths of them bowed in support.
• Youyue condemned the disciples who supported Long Qingcang, and he struck her down with a wave of force.
• Long Qingcang gave the remaining dissenters another chance, leaving only the Literary Institute students unwilling to yield.
• Long Qingcang threatened to kill the Literary Institute students, but a cold, calm voice interrupted him.