Chapter Summaries

Su Chen arrived at Yingtian Academy and rescued Lin Fan by injuring Elder Xu with a glance, then revealed an Academy Master's Token that shocked Long Qingcang and the others. The chapter left everyone wondering how Su Chen possessed the token.

• Su Chen approached as Lin Fan recognized him as his master, and the academy disciples wondered whether he could face the Immortal Emperors.
• Su Chen looked at Elder Xu, causing the pressure on Lin Fan to vanish and Elder Xu to spit blood and tremble in fear.
• Lin Fan got to Su Chen's side and apologized for troubling him again, while Su Chen reassured him that he had business at Yingtian Academy.
• Youyue warned Su Chen that Long Qingcang and the vice academy masters could pose a threat by joining forces, but Su Chen remained calm.
• Long Qingcang asked Su Chen who he was, and Su Chen produced an Academy Master's Token that left everyone stunned.

Su Chen revealed the Academy Master's Token and declared that he was the academy master's son, forcing the Yingtian Academy disciples and Youyue to kneel. Long Qingcang attacked him, but a woman appeared and interrupted the blow, leaving her identity and intentions unclear.

• Su Chen displayed the Academy Master's Token and ordered everyone at Yingtian Academy to bow, so the disciples and Youyue knelt.
• Su Chen called the academy master his mother, shocking Youyue and the deputy academy masters, while Youyue realized he was her fiancé.
• Chen Hui, Zhou Cui, and Qian Boyong discussed their betrayal as Long Qingcang accused Su Chen of using a fake token and attacked him.
• A sword cry sounded as Long Qingcang's fist neared Su Chen, and he redirected his attack before it struck.
• A woman in a white dress appeared in the sky, glanced at Su Chen, and turned her indifferent gaze toward Long Qingcang.

Xue Ya sided with Su Chen against Long Qingcang and revealed that she had recently broken through to the late stage of the Immortal Emperor realm. After she defeated Chen Hui in one exchange, Long Qingcang and the three vice deans attacked her together.

• Xue Ya joined Su Chen and condemned Long Qingcang and the other vice deans for trying to seize Yingtian Academy.
• Chen Hui attacked Xue Ya with his saber, but she used a golden writing brush to form the character for “kill” and shattered his Saber Intent.
• Chen Hui flew hundreds of thousands of li before stopping, and he realized that Xue Ya had recently broken through to the late stage of the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Long Qingcang ordered the other vice deans to attack Xue Ya together, and they charged at her.

Su Chen protected Xue Ya from four Immortal Emperors and revealed overwhelming power by defeating Long Qingcang with a single word. As the surviving vice deans considered surrender, Chen Hui was suddenly beheaded.

• Xue Ya accepted Su Chen's offer to face the four Immortal Emperors, and Su Chen dismissed them as ants.
• Long Qingcang attacked Su Chen, who shattered his punch with one word and sent him crashing through a mountain.
• The witnesses, including Youyue, Lin Fan, and Xue Ya, reacted in shock as they realized Su Chen was likely above the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Zhou Cui, Qian Boyong, and Chen Hui trembled and decided surrender was their only chance to survive.
• Chen Hui began pleading with Su Chen for mercy, but a sword hum sounded and his head was cut off.

Su Chen killed Zhou Cui and forced Qian Boyong and Long Qingcang to their deaths after defeating the leaders who had betrayed their master. The academy disciples watched the deputy heads of all four academies fall, while Youyue and Xue Ya struggled to comprehend Su Chen’s overwhelming power.

• Su Chen turned his attention to Qian Boyong and Zhou Cui and asked how they wanted to die.
• Zhou Cui begged for mercy, but Su Chen killed her with a sword strike.
• Qian Boyong took his own life rather than face Su Chen’s attack.
• Xue Ya wondered what Long Qingcang had offered the traitors to make them betray their master.
• Long Qingcang laughed at his own mistake, acknowledged Su Chen’s victory, and dissipated into nothing.

After Long Qingcang betrayed Yingtian Academy, Su Chen ordered the academy disciples who had failed to stand by it to leave. When they protested, he killed those who spoke up and left the silent disciples alive, while Xue Ya realized their powerful backers posed no threat to Su Chen.

• Xue Ya condemned Long Qingcang for betraying Master and asked Su Chen what he planned to do next.
• The academy disciples hailed Su Chen as the young academy master, and he gave everyone except the Literary Institute disciples a quarter of an hour to leave.
• Su Chen said Yingtian Academy had no need for traitors, and Youyue supported his decision as the disciples protested their expulsion.
• When the protesting disciples refused to leave, Su Chen unleashed Sword Qi and killed them, sparing those who had remained silent.
• Youyue was frightened by Su Chen, but Lin Fan reassured her that his Master was a good person.
• Xue Ya worried that the dead disciples had powerful backers, then concluded that Su Chen's strength made the concern unnecessary.

After Su Chen spared the disciples who had taken the academy assessment, he asked Lin Fan how to deal with Wang Chu. Meanwhile, Youyue learned that Su Chen was less than two hundred years old and struggled with how far beyond her he was.

• Su Chen told Xue Ya that Yingtian Academy would recruit more disciples and judge their character before their talent.
• The onlookers praised Su Chen and learned that Youyue was his fiancée.
• Youyue was shocked when Lin Fan said Su Chen was probably less than two hundred years old, and Lin Fan vowed to catch up to his master.
• Youyue wondered whether she was worthy of Su Chen, while Lin Fan said he wanted to walk alongside him.
• Su Chen asked Lin Fan how to deal with Wang Chu, who kowtowed and begged Lin Fan to spare his life.

Wang Chu summoned the Wang Household patriarch and ancestor to rescue him, but Su Chen effortlessly forced both Immortal Emperors to their knees. After Xue Ya explained what had happened, Wang Yuanmo and Wang Yu realized Su Chen was above the Immortal Emperor realm.

• Wang Chu threatened Su Chen with the Wang Household, and Su Chen ordered him to call for help while holding Sword Qi at his brow.
• Wang Chu used a communication stone to summon the Wang Household, and those present predicted the family would be destroyed if they came.
• Wang Yuanmo and Wang Yu arrived, ignored Wang Chu’s plea, and inspected the corpses before Su Chen ordered them to kneel.
• Su Chen’s pressure forced Wang Yuanmo and Wang Yu to their knees, and Wang Yuanmo angrily demanded to know what Wang Chu had hidden.
• Xue Ya recounted what had happened, and Wang Yuanmo and Wang Yu learned that Su Chen was above the Immortal Emperor realm.

Su Chen killed Wang Chu after Wang Yu and Wang Yuanmo disowned him, then killed both men as well. He ordered the surviving academy disciples to keep the incident secret and left the remaining recruitment work to Xue Ya.

• Wang Yu and Wang Yuanmo realized Su Chen had reached a realm beyond the Immortal Emperor Realm and feared for their lives.
• Wang Yuanmo confronted Wang Chu for hiding that he had provoked Su Chen, while Wang Chu admitted he had concealed it so his father would come to save him.
• Wang Yu and Wang Yuanmo disowned Wang Chu and told Su Chen to kill him, so Su Chen beheaded him.
• Wang Yu and Wang Yuanmo praised Su Chen's decision, but Su Chen silently watched them before killing them too.
• Su Chen erased the bodies and blood, ordered the surviving academy disciples not to spread what happened, and assigned the rest of disciple recruitment to Xue Ya.

Su Chen taught Lin Fan to pursue the sword’s essence through a simple strike guided by Sword Intent, prompting Lin Fan to contemplate the Sword Dao overnight. The next morning, Xue Ya told Su Chen that the forces behind those he had killed had come demanding an explanation, and he agreed to handle them.

• Su Chen demonstrated a direct, powerful sword thrust and explained to Lin Fan how Sword Intent and understanding could make a simple strike overwhelming.
• Lin Fan reflected on Su Chen’s teachings through the night and emerged the next morning with newfound composure.
• Xue Ya and Youyue arrived to see Su Chen, and Lin Fan teased Youyue by calling her his master’s wife.
• Xue Ya told Su Chen that the forces behind the people he had killed had come to demand an explanation.
• Su Chen said he would deal with the matter, insisting that killing was the only way to solve every problem.

Su Chen appeared before the furious parents demanding answers for the deaths of academy disciples and identified himself as the academy’s current dean, the former dean’s son. He admitted that he had killed their children, leaving the crowd stunned and demanding to know why.

• Parents gathered outside the academy and demanded an explanation for their children’s deaths as disciples struggled to hold them back.
• Su Chen emerged from the academy gates, and the disciples appeared relieved to see him.
• Su Chen told the crowd that he was the academy’s current dean and explained that the former dean was his mother.
• A woman defended Su Chen’s claim, and her Immortal Venerable Realm First Stage presence cowed a hostile man.
• When the parents demanded an explanation for the deaths, Su Chen said he had killed their children, shocking the crowd.

Su Chen silenced the families demanding answers about the dead disciples by killing two challengers and declaring that the disciples had betrayed Yingtian Academy. After inviting the families to send new geniuses to the academy, he returned to find Xue Ya and Youyue waiting with another task for him.

• An old man attacked Su Chen after learning he had killed his grandson, and Su Chen killed him with a single sword strike.
• Su Chen killed a middle-aged man who questioned him, then explained that the disciples had betrayed Yingtian Academy and left the crowd too afraid to stop him.
• Su Chen told the families that Yingtian Academy would soon recruit disciples and asked them to send geniuses or spread the word.
• The onlookers left without the explanation they had come for, while some predicted Su Chen would reach Peak Immortal Emperor level and attract challengers.
• Su Chen returned to the back mountain, where Xue Ya and Youyue told him the academy urgently needed vice deans and Xue Ya said he would have to find them.

Su Chen prepared to recruit academy disciples and appointed Liu Mengli as vice dean of the Dao of Alchemy. The chapter ended with him sending Lin Fan to take her to Vice Dean Xue for arrangements.

• Su Chen gave Xue Ya the Human Heart array to screen disciple recruits and told her to make the assessment more brutal.
• Youyue worried she was unworthy of Su Chen, and Xue Ya comforted her; Youyue then revealed that a close friend had betrayed her, so Xue Ya promised to help settle accounts.
• Liu Mengli offered to become a vice dean, and Su Chen appointed her to oversee the Dao of Alchemy.
• Su Chen left power inside Liu Mengli to supply her with Immortal Qi and protect her life.
• Su Chen told Lin Fan to take Liu Mengli to Vice Dean Xue to make the arrangements.

Su Chen returned to the damaged Illusion City and visited Xiao Jing, who was gravely injured. After learning Xiao Jing had little time left, Xiao Yue'er and Xiao Ziyan begged Su Chen to save him.

• Su Chen decided to recruit someone who had wanted to follow him and traveled to Illusion City.
• Su Chen met Xiao Yue'er at the City Lord's Manor and asked her about the city's destruction.
• Xiao Yue'er brought Su Chen to Xiao Jing, who was pale and coughing up blood while Xiao Ziyan cared for him.
• Su Chen warned that Xiao Jing would die soon without treatment, and Xiao Jing admitted he had concealed the severity of his injury from Xiao Yue'er.
• Xiao Yue'er and Xiao Ziyan knelt and pleaded with Su Chen to save Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing recounted how Feng Yu had become a Peak Immortal Emperor and nearly killed him, and Su Chen healed him and recruited him as Yingtian Academy's Martial Institute deputy dean. Su Chen agreed to deal with the Fire Phoenix Clan and welcomed Xiao Ziyan and Xiao Yue'er as students, leaving the group ready to connect Illusion City with the academy.

• Xiao Ziyan explained that the Fire Phoenix Clan had attacked Illusion City alongside the Ice Phoenix Clan, whose submission followed Feng Yu's rise to Peak Immortal Emperor.
• Su Chen said Feng Yu had made a deal with someone from outside, then healed Xiao Jing's grave injuries with a pill.
• Xiao Jing pledged to serve Su Chen, who offered him the deputy dean position at Yingtian Academy's Martial Institute.
• Su Chen promised to deal with the Fire Phoenix Clan after Xiao Ziyan warned they would attack Illusion City again.
• Su Chen accepted Xiao Yue'er and Xiao Ziyan as academy students and offered to build a teleportation array for Illusion City, with a warning to send only people of good character.

As the Fire Phoenix Clan and Ice Phoenix Clan returned to Illusion City, Xiao Jing confronted Feng Yu while Su Chen watched from hiding with Xiao Ziyan and Xiao Yue'er. Feng Yu unleashed a surge of hidden power and defeated Xiao Jing, leaving him badly injured on the ground.

• Xiao Jing and the two women recognized that sending Illusion City's gifted youths to the academy could strengthen the city's standing.
• A violent tremor and terrifying presences announced the clans' return, and Su Chen told Xiao Jing to meet them while he followed with Xiao Ziyan and Xiao Yue'er.
• Feng Yu and Han Xue arrived with tens of thousands of experts, and Feng Yu declared that Xiao Jing would die that day.
• Xiao Jing attacked Feng Yu, but their first clash sent Xiao Jing flying much farther than Feng Yu.
• Xiao Jing continued fighting, destroying Feng Yu's Fire Phoenix phantom with a powerful spear thrust.
• Feng Yu's bearing changed as dark light flashed in his eyes, and his punch shattered Xiao Jing's spear intent and sent him crashing to the ground, badly injured.

Feng Yu defeated Xiao Jing and all five Human Race Immortal Emperors, leaving Illusion City in despair. Su Chen appeared to confront him, and Feng Yu paused rather than attack before learning what Su Chen could do.

• Feng Yu crushed Ling Xu’s attacks and injured him, while Qingluan warned that Feng Yu had been possessed by someone even more powerful.
• Qingluan and the four other Human Race Immortal Emperors attacked Feng Yu, but he swiftly defeated all five.
• Feng Yu turned back to Xiao Jing and threatened to kill him as Illusion City’s residents watched in despair.
• Su Chen appeared and accused Feng Yu of making a deal with someone from outside, restoring the city’s hopes.
• Feng Yu asked whether Su Chen was above the Immortal Emperor realm, and Su Chen mocked him; Feng Yu held back from attacking because he did not know Su Chen’s strength.

Su Chen instantly subdued Feng Yu, killed him, and destroyed his escaping black light. He spared Han Xue and the Ice Phoenix Clan on the condition that they leave the Demon Domain with him, then decided the Fire Phoenix Clan experts would serve as mounts for his students.

• Su Chen revealed his overwhelming strength by seizing Feng Yu and preventing him from using his power.
• Su Chen crushed Feng Yu's neck and destroyed the black light that escaped from his corpse.
• Su Chen told Han Xue he would spare her if she left the Demon Domain with him, and she agreed to bring the Ice Phoenix Clan along.
• Han Xue rejected an expert's suggestion that they flee, and led her clansmen away to prepare for departure.
• The Fire Phoenix Clan experts begged Su Chen for mercy, and he decided they would become mounts for his students.

Su Chen forced the Fire Phoenix Clan experts to serve him and built a teleportation array in Illusion City. The array connected the city with Yingtian Academy, where Xue Ya noticed its appearance and suspected Xiao Chen was involved.

• Su Chen threatened the Fire Phoenix Clan experts, then implanted Sword Qi in them to ensure their loyalty as his mounts.
• Su Chen returned to Illusion City and asked Xiao Jing to find a site for a teleportation array.
• Su Chen built the array with a single finger in about a quarter of an hour, drawing attention from across the city and at Yingtian Academy.
• Xue Ya appeared at Yingtian Academy and wondered if Xiao Chen was building the teleportation array.
• Su Chen told Xiao Jing that the completed array worked both ways, linking Illusion City and the academy.

Su Chen asked Xiao Jing and the Human Race Immortal Emperors to send talented disciples to his academy, then said he would remain until the coming crisis passed before leaving. Xiao Yue'er and Xiao Ziyan asked to go with him, while Xiao Yue'er resolved to cultivate and try to catch up to him.

• Su Chen explained that he had killed nearly eighty percent of his academy's disciples because they had betrayed it, and Xiao Jing and the others agreed to find new talented disciples.
• Su Chen told the system he planned to leave after protecting his disciples through the coming crisis, which the system expected within a few decades.
• Xiao Yue'er asked Su Chen if she and Xiao Ziyan could accompany him when he left, and he agreed.
• After leaving Su Chen's courtyard, Xiao Yue'er cried over his coldness, and Xiao Ziyan urged her to cultivate if she hoped to be with him.
• The system teased Su Chen about his treatment of women, and he dismissed its questions about taking responsibility while calling it gossipy.