Chapter Summaries

Su Chen, Ye Ningshuang, and Yafu entered the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor’s hidden palace, where they found a vast hoard of supreme-grade immortal crystals and the Emperor’s skeleton. The sealed palace revealed that only one person could inherit the Emperor’s legacy, triggering a battle to the death among those inside.

• Su Chen told Ye Ningshuang and Yafu that the eerie cave was a trap before leading them through a stone door into an enormous palace.
• Ye Ningshuang marveled at the supreme-grade immortal crystals, while Su Chen identified the seated skeleton as the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor.
• Liu Tiezhu and the others rushed in and began taking the crystals, but the one-armed old man killed a man who challenged him and forced everyone to surrender their loot.
• As the group tried to leave, the stone door slammed shut and the skeleton announced that only one person could obtain the inheritance.
• The one-armed old man began killing the others, and they realized they had to slaughter one another until only one survivor remained.

Su Chen and the two women watched the survivors slaughter one another in the hall, until Liu Tiezhu killed the last rivals and sacrificed himself to awaken the skeleton. The resurrected man claimed to be the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor, but Ye Ningshuang doubted his identity.

• Su Chen killed dozens of attackers with a flash of sword light, while Liu Tiezhu casually killed another assailant.
• The one-armed elder and black-robed man survived the bloody battle alongside Su Chen, Ye Ningshuang, Yafu, and Liu Tiezhu; the black-robed man and one-armed elder had killed the Immortal Sovereign woman.
• Liu Tiezhu killed the one-armed elder, then crushed the black-robed man's head and offered Su Chen and the two women a chance to submit.
• Liu Tiezhu cut his own throat, and a red light left his body and entered the skeleton as blood flowed into it.
• The skeleton regrew flesh and became a middle-aged man, who said he had lived again after ten million years and called himself the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor.
• Ye Ningshuang challenged the man's claim, pointing out that the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor had supposedly died deep in the Forbidden Land of Death.

Su Chen exposed the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor’s scheme and easily suppressed him. He demanded to know what lay in the depths of the Forbidden Land of Death, but the emperor trembled and refused to answer.

• Su Chen deduced that the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor had entered the Forbidden Land of Death seeking a breakthrough, then hid to heal and lured cultivators there for their blood.
• The Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor admitted Su Chen was clever, then decided to kill him after Su Chen asked what was in the depths of the forbidden land.
• The Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor attacked Su Chen, but Su Chen destroyed his giant palm with one finger and suppressed him with overwhelming pressure.
• Ye Ningshuang and Yafu realized Su Chen’s strength was far beyond their expectations as he mocked the emperor and asked how he wanted to die.
• The Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor begged for his life, but when Su Chen demanded to know what lay in the forbidden land’s depths, he insisted he could not tell.

Su Chen forced the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor to explain what he had encountered in the Forbidden Land of Death, then revealed that the emperor was cursed to become a Green-Haired Monster. The Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor offered lifelong submission in exchange for Su Chen lifting the curse, and Su Chen agreed to consider helping him.

• The Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor warned Su Chen that the Forbidden Land of Death was inhabited by powerful Green-Haired Monsters, including several at Peak Immortal Emperor cultivation, and said they stopped pursuing him after he escaped their territory.
• Su Chen told the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor that he had been cursed, likely because of his trip into the Forbidden Land of Death, and predicted the curse would turn him into a Green-Haired Monster.
• The Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor saw green hair growing on his arm and begged Su Chen to save him, but Su Chen kicked him away when he grabbed his leg.
• Su Chen said he knew how to lift the curse but asked what the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor could offer in return.
• The Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor pledged to submit to Su Chen, serve him for life, and bind his soul by contract if Su Chen lifted the curse.

Su Chen removed the curse from the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor and gained him as a follower while leaving the Forbidden Land of Death. In Luo City, Ye Ningshuang named Duan Qiancang as the master artifact refiner Su Chen needed to recruit, though she warned that he was difficult to persuade.

• Su Chen removed the curse from the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor, who thanked him and submitted to his command.
• Ye Ningshuang questioned Su Chen about his extraordinary cultivation, and Yafu invited him to become a Supreme Member of the Jiade Auction, which he accepted.
• Su Chen and his companions left the Forbidden Land of Death, and Yafu invited Su Chen to visit the Jiade Auction in Tongzhou before departing.
• Su Chen told Ye Ningshuang he needed to find a master artifact refiner soon, then took her and the Blood Shadow Immortal Emperor to Luo City.
• At a tavern, Ye Ningshuang identified Duan Qiancang as the unmatched artifact refiner Su Chen needed to recruit, but warned that he rarely refined artifacts and avoided competing for anything.

Su Chen and Ye Ningshuang traced Duan Qiancang to a deserted district of Luo City, where they learned his surname might connect him to a smithy whose refiners had been slaughtered a thousand years earlier. Su Chen found Duan Qiancang drinking in a courtyard and overwhelmed him in a fight, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Su Chen asked Ye Ningshuang to take him to Duan Qiancang and sent Blood Shadow to explore Luo City.
• Ye Ningshuang told Su Chen that a once-prosperous district had been home to a smithy whose Duan-surnamed refiners were slaughtered, possibly by the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect.
• Su Chen and Ye Ningshuang found Duan Qiancang drinking outside a courtyard, and Su Chen challenged him to talk.
• Duan Qiancang attacked Su Chen with a thrown wine jar and a punch, but Su Chen caught his fist and held him in place.
• Duan Qiancang tried to kick Su Chen after being released, but Su Chen caught his leg, broke it, and repeatedly slammed him into the ground.

Su Chen confronted Duan Qiancang over his drunken despair and offered to help him take revenge on the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect. Duan Qiancang accepted his help, then revealed that the sect had slaughtered his family after his father refused to join them.

• Su Chen beat Duan Qiancang and challenged him to pursue revenge instead of drowning his sorrows in wine.
• Su Chen offered to help Duan Qiancang get revenge, then pretended to leave until Duan Qiancang stopped him and pledged his life in return for help.
• Ye Ningshuang introduced herself and Su Chen, and Duan Qiancang learned that Su Chen was a Late-stage Immortal Emperor under five hundred years old.
• Su Chen asked why the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect had slaughtered the Duan Household, and Duan Qiancang explained that they attacked after his father refused to join them.
• Duan Qiancang said he survived because he had been away traveling when the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect killed his family.

Su Chen agreed to help Duan Qiancang avenge his family and destroy the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect, then offered him a vice dean position at Yingtian Academy. Duan Qiancang asked to kill Xu Hua first, identifying him as one of his family's murderers and locating him at the Jiade Auction.

• Duan Qiancang explained that the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect was backed by powerful people who owed it favors, but Su Chen said he would kill anyone who stood in his way.
• Duan Qiancang said he had inherited the Duan Household's artifact-refining techniques, and Su Chen offered him the Artifact Institute vice dean position at Yingtian Academy.
• Su Chen told Duan Qiancang to take up the post and wait while he handled the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect, which he intended to destroy.
• Duan Qiancang asked permission to kill Xu Hua before leaving for Yingtian Academy, revealing that Xu Hua had helped murder his family, and Su Chen agreed.
• Duan Qiancang said Xu Hua was at the Jiade Auction to collect immortal crystals for a weapon he had put up for sale, and Ye Ningshuang recalled seeing the weapon there.

Su Chen accompanied Duan Qiancang and Ye Ningshuang to the Jiade Auction to confront Xu Hua, who had helped destroy the Duan Household. After Xu Hua revealed his Immortal Emperor power and overpowered Duan Qiancang, Ye Ningshuang warned that Xu Hua would need Su Chen’s permission to kill him.

• Su Chen, Ye Ningshuang, and Duan Qiancang went to the Jiade Auction, where Xiaoman dismissed two guards who had refused to let them in.
• Xiaoman led the group to Xu Hua, and Duan Qiancang accused him of helping wipe out the Duan Household.
• Xu Hua confirmed his role in the massacre, and Duan Qiancang charged at him in a rage.
• Xu Hua revealed that he had reached the Early Stage of the Immortal Emperor Realm and sent Duan Qiancang crashing into a wall.
• As Duan Qiancang prepared to burn his soul and physical body, Xiaoman and Ye Ningshuang intervened, and Ye Ningshuang pointed Xu Hua toward Su Chen as the one whose permission he needed.

Su Chen defended Duan Qiancang from Xu Hua at the Jiade Auction, while Supreme Elder Zhu Shi'an intervened and weighed the auction house’s ties against the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect. Zhu Shi'an ultimately ordered Su Chen and his companions to leave despite Su Chen presenting Yafu’s black card.

• Xu Hua attacked Su Chen, but Su Chen casually destroyed his palm strike and sent force surging back at him.
• Zhu Shi'an appeared and stopped Xu Hua’s saber strike with a punch, while Su Chen secretly protected the others from the shockwave.
• Xiaoman explained the dispute to Zhu Shi'an and reminded him that Su Chen was Miss Yafu’s honored guest.
• Xu Hua demanded that Su Chen and Duan Qiancang be killed, but Zhu Shi'an refused and instead promised not to let them remain at the auction.
• Zhu Shi'an ordered Su Chen and the others to leave, even after Su Chen showed Yafu’s black card, so Su Chen gave it to Xiaoman to return to Yafu.

Su Chen left Luo City with Ye Ningshuang and Duan Qiancang, then confronted Xu Hua, who had followed them to kill him. Su Chen destroyed Xu Hua’s saber and golden bell with ease, and Xu Hua brought out a giant axe to continue the fight.

• Su Chen dismissed Xiaoman’s concerns and left Zhu Shi'an’s residence with Ye Ningshuang and Duan Qiancang.
• After learning that Su Chen was Ye Ningshuang’s fiancé, Zhu Shi'an rejected Xiaoman’s suggestion that his background might be powerful.
• Outside Luo City, Su Chen confronted Xu Hua, who emerged from a spatial rift and attacked him with a great saber.
• Su Chen’s laser shattered Xu Hua’s saber, and Xu Hua trapped Su Chen beneath a giant golden bell.
• Su Chen broke the bell from within, prompting Xu Hua to summon a colossal axe.

Su Chen effortlessly blocked and shattered Xu Hua’s giant axe, revealing himself as a Late-stage Immortal Emperor despite being under five hundred years old. After Xu Hua fled, Su Chen set out with Ye Ningshuang and Duan Qiancang to confront the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect, confident he could handle it alone.

• Duan Qiancang doubted that Su Chen was a Late-stage Immortal Emperor, but Ye Ningshuang assured him of Su Chen’s strength.
• Su Chen blocked Xu Hua’s giant axe with a golden barrier, then shattered it with an invisible force.
• Xu Hua checked Su Chen’s bone age, realized he was under five hundred, and fled when Su Chen invited him to use another move.
• Su Chen refused to pursue Xu Hua and decided to go straight to the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect, saying he alone was enough.
• Ye Ningshuang agreed to lead Su Chen to the sect, and Duan Qiancang hurried after them.

Su Chen and his companions arrived at the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect, where Xu Hua warned the elders that Su Chen was a Late-stage Immortal Emperor and identified Duan Qiancang as a survivor of the Duan Household. After Su Chen declared he would destroy the sect, he struck Sun Gu with a single punch, leaving the elders stunned and convinced of his strength.

• The purple-armored experts of the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect surrounded Su Chen, Duan Qiancang, and Ye Ningshuang, and Xu Hua warned the elders that Su Chen had defeated him and destroyed his Immortal-Slaying Axe.
• Xu Hua identified Duan Qiancang as a remnant of the Duan Household, whose members the sect had believed it wiped out.
• Sun Gu asked Su Chen why he had come, and Su Chen said he intended to make the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect disappear.
• Su Chen suddenly punched Sun Gu, sending him crashing into the ground and leaving the elders in shock.
• Xu Hua accused Su Chen of a sneak attack, but the elders accepted that Su Chen truly had Late-stage Immortal Emperor strength.

Su Chen effortlessly blocked Sun Gu’s full-powered spear thrust with one finger, leaving the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect in shock. Sun Gu retreated and concluded that Su Chen must be at least a Peak Immortal Emperor, though he struggled to believe it.

• Su Chen’s punch shattered the left side of Sun Gu’s face and sent him into a crater.
• Sun Gu unleashed his power, summoned a black spear, and charged Su Chen with a full-strength thrust.
• Su Chen stopped Sun Gu’s spear with one finger, then shattered it with a gentle press.
• Duan Qiancang and Ye Ningshuang discussed Su Chen’s strength, and Ye Ningshuang concluded he had reached the Peak Immortal Emperor Realm.
• Sun Gu retreated nearly a million miles and wondered how Su Chen had stopped his attack, suspecting he was a Peak Immortal Emperor.

Sun Gu summoned Han Shousong, a Peak Immortal Emperor, to kill Su Chen, but Su Chen instantly suppressed him with overwhelming power. The onlookers realized Su Chen had reached an even higher realm, leaving Sun Gu and Xu Hua in despair.

• Sun Gu burned a talisman to summon help, and Su Chen let him do it while Ye Ningshuang told Duan Qiancang to trust him.
• Han Shousong emerged from a spacetime rift, and the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect elders recognized him as a Peak Immortal Emperor who owed Sun Gu a favor.
• Sun Gu asked Han Shousong to kill Su Chen, and Han Shousong declared his favor repaid before attacking.
• Su Chen annihilated Han Shousong's attack and suppressed him in midair with a single display of power.
• The onlookers realized Su Chen was at a realm capable of suppressing a Peak Immortal Emperor, while Xu Hua collapsed and Sun Gu despaired.

Su Chen’s overwhelming strength left Ye Ningshuang, Duan Qiancang, and the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect stunned, while Han Shousong realized he had no chance of resisting. After Han Shousong begged for mercy, Su Chen challenged his claim that he had only come to repay a favor and asked why he should be spared.

• Duan Qiancang recognized Su Chen’s strength and resolved to stay close to him, while Ye Ningshuang admitted Su Chen made her feel inferior.
• The Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect and Han Shousong struggled to understand how Su Chen could have reached a realm beyond Immortal Emperor.
• Han Shousong angrily blamed Sun Gu for provoking Su Chen and calling him to help repay a favor.
• Su Chen approached Han Shousong, who begged for mercy and claimed he had no personal grudge against him.
• Su Chen asked what Han Shousong would have done if Su Chen had been weaker, then asked why he should spare him.

Su Chen killed Han Shousong, Xu Hua, and Sun Gu, crushing the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect’s resistance before Ye Lan arrived. Su Chen left for Yingtian Academy with Duan Qiancang, while Ye Ningshuang watched him go and Ye Lan realized she had fallen for him.

• Su Chen killed Han Shousong, Xu Hua, and Sun Gu, prompting the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect’s experts to drop their weapons and beg for mercy.
• Duan Qiancang thanked Su Chen and wept as he remembered his murdered family and clan members.
• Ye Lan emerged from a shattered rift, learned Su Chen had killed Han Shousong, and asked Ye Ningshuang what had happened.
• Su Chen told Ye Lan to handle the surviving sect members and said he was returning to Yingtian Academy with Duan Qiancang.
• Ye Ningshuang asked when she would see Su Chen again, and he told her they would meet again.
• Ye Lan watched Ye Ningshuang gaze after Su Chen and realized she had fallen for him.

Ye Lan learned that Su Chen was above the Immortal Emperor realm and had killed Han Shousong and Sun Gu. Ye Ningshuang warned her father not to challenge Su Chen, leaving Ye Lan stunned by his strength.

• Ye Lan teased Ye Ningshuang for staring after Su Chen and promised to punish him if he ever mistreated her.
• Ye Ningshuang warned Ye Lan that Su Chen might already be stronger than him.
• Ye Ningshuang revealed that Su Chen had killed Han Shousong and Sun Gu, and the Ten Thousand Artifacts Sect experts confirmed it.
• Ye Ningshuang told Ye Lan that Su Chen was above the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Ye Lan accepted that Su Chen was an overwhelming monster and exclaimed in disbelief.

Ye Ningshuang set out for Yingtian Academy after Ye Lan urged her to grow closer to Su Chen. Back at the academy, Su Chen gained Duan Qiancang’s loyalty, appointed him vice dean of the Artifact Institute, and prepared to leave to look for Vice Dean Xue and Lin Fan, who had not returned.

• Ye Lan urged Ye Ningshuang to visit Su Chen and deepen their relationship, then ordered an unseen protector to keep her safe.
• Su Chen returned to Yingtian Academy with Duan Qiancang and explained that he had killed the disciples who betrayed the academy during its crisis.
• Duan Qiancang swore loyalty to Su Chen and offered him a wisp of his soul, but Su Chen returned it and promised to help him reach a higher realm.
• Su Chen learned that Vice Dean Xue and Lin Fan had been away for some time and had not returned.
• Su Chen appointed Duan Qiancang vice dean of the Artifact Institute and asked a disciple to show him around while Su Chen went out.

Ye Ningshuang arrived at Yingtian Academy to see her fiancé, Su Chen, but learned that he was away and decided to wait for him there. Several days earlier, Xue Ya and Lin Fan had gone to Senior Shen Li’s tomb, where powerful factions arrived to claim it.

• Ye Ningshuang told an academy disciple that she was Su Chen’s fiancée and agreed to stay at Yingtian Academy until he returned.
• Outside Senior Shen Li’s tomb, Xue Ya explained to Lin Fan that Shen Li had founded the once-dominant Heaven-Forged Holy Land before it vanished ten million years ago.
• The High Antiquity Man Household and the High Antiquity Sword Sect arrived at the tomb, alarming the gathered cultivators.
• Mu Xiu congratulated Man Ba on the prodigy Man Ya, and Man Ba returned the compliment about Jun Yaoyang.
• Man Ba wondered why the High Antiquity Li Household had not arrived and whether it had abandoned the tomb.