Chapter Summaries

The Li Household arrived at Shen Li’s tomb, where Li Fentian confronted Mu Xiu and Man Ba over Elder Xuanqing’s death before the groups turned their attention to the tomb’s age restriction. An old man rushed toward the entrance and was beheaded by a sudden flash of sword light, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Hundreds of griffins brought Li Fentian, Li Ruobing, and the Li Household to the tomb, and Li Fentian demanded to know how Elder Xuanqing had died.
• Man Ba and Li Fentian clashed with their powers until Mu Xiu intervened, and Mu Xiu denied knowing the cause of Xuanqing’s death to protect Su Chen.
• Jun Yaoyang and Man Ba recognized Li Ruobing’s strength, while Xue Ya told the Yingtian Academy disciples to follow Lin Fan and discovered that Youyue had secretly joined them after breaking through.
• Li Fentian questioned the rule barring anyone over a thousand years old from entering the tomb, and Mu Xiu said it came from a senior beyond Li Fentian’s reach.
• An old man suddenly dashed toward the tomb entrance, but a flash of sword light cut off his head before he could enter.

A deadly Sword Qi blocked the mausoleum entrance, and Lin Fan recognized it as his Master's while Mu Xiu explained that everyone had to wait until the final day of the half-month restriction. Li Fentian suspected the senior behind the Sword Qi was connected to Li Xuanqing’s death, while Xue Ya decided her group should wait rather than enter early and draw attention.

• The Sword Qi killed an Immortal Sovereign Ninth Layer expert, and Lin Fan recognized it as his Master's; Xue Ya guessed it had been left to keep others out until they arrived.
• Li Fentian sensed the Sword Qi could threaten an Immortal Emperor, and Mu Xiu said it belonged to the senior who had imposed the entry rule.
• Li Fentian suspected that senior had killed Li Xuanqing and resolved to report his suspicions to the Li Household after returning.
• Mu Xiu said the group could enter after the half-month wait, with the next day being the last; Jun Yaoyan planned to ask the senior about the Sword Dao if he appeared.
• Xue Ya rejected Youyue's suggestion that their group enter early, fearing the others would target them, and chose to wait with everyone else.

Mu Xiu, Li Fentian, and Man Ba discovered that the Sword Qi at the tomb entrance only allowed people under a thousand years old to enter. The younger disciples and others rushed inside while the older visitors were left outside, and some died when they tried to cross.

• Mu Xiu suspected the Sword Qi barred anyone over a thousand years old, so Li Fentian forced a young man to test the entrance and then killed him with a descending palm.
• Man Ba and Li Fentian fought after Man Ba criticized the Li Household, and Man Ba knocked Li Fentian back with a punch.
• Mu Xiu sent Jun Yaoyang and the High Antiquity Sword Sect disciples into the tomb, followed by Li Ruobing and the Li Household, then Man Ya and the Man Household.
• Mu Xiu allowed the remaining crowd to enter, but the Sword Qi killed those over a thousand years old while letting younger people pass.
• A middle-aged man charged at the tomb despite the warning, and the Sword Qi beheaded him as Li Fentian called the older people ants.

After five days of waiting outside Shen Li's tomb, Su Chen entered it and found three Yingtian Academy disciples surrounded by enemies. The disciples were being attacked over an item and feared for Youyue, whose fate remained unknown.

• Yafu watched the tomb entrance and wondered why she was thinking about Su Chen.
• News of Shen Li's tomb spread across the continents, drawing heavenly talents while the three great powers of High Antiquity allowed them to enter.
• Su Chen found Xue Ya keeping watch, told her to return and prepare for disciple recruitment, then secretly entered the tomb.
• Inside the desolate secret realm, Su Chen came upon Yang Zhenyu, Xiu'er, and Liu Cui surrounded by a group led by a purple-robed man.
• Yang Zhenyu and the two women refused to abandon one another, while the purple-robed man threatened to kill them for withholding an item and attacked.

Su Chen arrived as Yang Zhenyu, Xiu'er, and Liu Cui were beaten, healed them instantly, and killed the purple-robed man. As the remaining attackers fled, a sword cry sounded and dozens of bloody heads flew through the air.

• The purple-robed man defeated Yang Zhenyu, then struck down Xiu'er and Liu Cui when they attacked him.
• Su Chen appeared, stopped Yang Zhenyu from burning his soul and body, and healed all three with a surge of life force.
• Su Chen seized the purple-robed man by the throat and killed him, leaving his companions terrified.
• Xiu'er remembered Senior Sister Youyue might be in danger, and the group prepared to go save her.
• As the remaining attackers fled, a sword cry rang out and dozens of bloody heads flew through the air.

Su Chen learned that Youyue was fighting members of the High Antiquity Li Household over a pool of Immortal Spirit Liquid and went to help her. Youyue was badly wounded by Li Ruobing, who turned toward an unseen person applauding.

• Yang Zhenyu explained that Youyue had led the group to a pool of Immortal Spirit Liquid before the High Antiquity Li Household attacked them.
• Liu Cui said Youyue had ordered the others to flee so she could fight without worrying about them, and Su Chen set out to find her.
• Youyue broke Li Ruobing's ice shield and wounded her with a sword strike.
• Li Ruobing unleashed exploding snowflakes, and Youyue was blasted into a crater, badly injured.
• Someone clapped, and Li Ruobing turned toward the sound and demanded to know who was there.

Man Ya confronted Li Ruobing over the Immortal Spirit Liquid and agreed to split it in exchange for armor from the Li Household. Youyue continued fighting Li Ruobing, but an Immortal Emperor’s power emerged from Li Ruobing and sent Youyue crashing to the ground as Li Nian confronted her.

• Man Ya arrived with the High Antiquity Li Household’s prodigies and demanded all the Immortal Spirit Liquid while Li Ruobing was weakened.
• Li Ruobing offered Man Ya half the Immortal Spirit Liquid in exchange for armor, and he accepted.
• Youyue recovered her sword and attacked Li Ruobing, then clashed with her for thousands of blows.
• Youyue pierced Li Ruobing, but an Immortal Emperor’s power burst from her and shattered Youyue’s sword, hurling her away.
• Li Nian emerged from Li Ruobing and used his Emperor’s Might to confront the injured Youyue.

Li Ruobing asked Li Nian to kill Youyue after losing to her, and Li Nian nearly crushed Youyue to death. Su Chen arrived with overwhelming power, rescued and healed Youyue, then prepared to avenge her.

• Li Ruobing begged Li Nian to kill Youyue, and Li Nian used his power to suspend and crush her.
• Su Chen's immense power swept through the tomb, forcing everyone to their knees as he emerged from a spacetime rift.
• Su Chen caught Youyue as Li Nian's grip vanished and healed her injuries while she remained unconscious.
• Su Chen entrusted Youyue to Xiu'er, and Liu Cui promised to protect her.
• Su Chen turned toward everyone present, his gaze glowing as he prepared to avenge Youyue.

Su Chen killed Li Nian and Li Ruobing after they attacked him, then left with Youyue and the others. At the High Antiquity Li Household, a powerful old man emerged from the forbidden grounds amid a destructive surge of power.

• Su Chen crushed Li Nian's divine soul and vowed to make the High Antiquity Li Household pay.
• Su Chen strangled Li Ruobing after rejecting her plea for mercy.
• Man Ya fled with the Man Household disciples, while Su Chen reassured Yang Zhenyu, Liu Cui, and Xiu'er that Youyue would wake soon and carried her away to rest.
• A violent eruption shattered the land around the High Antiquity Li Household's forbidden grounds and sent its members into panic.
• An old man appeared in the sky above the Li Household, radiating the power that had caused the upheaval.

Li Nian and Li Yunshan learned that Li Ruobing had died and headed to Shen Li's Tomb to investigate. There, Youyue woke up, learned that Su Chen had saved her and killed Li Ruobing, and thanked him before asking why he had come.

• Li Nian told Li Yunshan that Li Ruobing was dead, and Li Yunshan confirmed her death with her extinguished soul lamp.
• The sixth elder recalled that Li Ruobing had gone to Shen Li's Tomb with Li Fentian, so Li Yunshan led the elders there to investigate.
• Youyue woke beside the campfire, and Yang Zhenyu explained what had happened while she was unconscious.
• Youyue learned that Su Chen had killed Li Ruobing to protect her, then sat beside him and thanked him.
• Su Chen said he had entered the tomb because Youyue had been gone for many days, leaving her to wonder if he had come for her.

Su Chen reassured Youyue and promised to take her and the others to seek inheritances the next day. Outside Shen Li's Tomb, Li Nian and Li Yunshan arrived and learned that Li Ruobing was dead, while Li Chang stepped forward to test the Sword Qi guarding the entrance.

• Su Chen told Youyue he had come to protect her because she was his fiancée, and she blushed as Xiu'er, Liu Cui, and Yang Zhenyu quietly remarked on their apparent match.
• Su Chen said he would take the group to seek inheritances the next day and told Yang Zhenyu that Lin Fan and the others would meet them then.
• Space split outside Shen Li's Tomb, and Li Nian and Li Yunshan emerged with dozens of experts from the High Antiquity Li Household.
• Li Yunshan asked Li Fentian whether he knew Li Ruobing was dead, then showed him her soul lamp and angrily demanded to know how she had died.
• Li Fentian explained that the Sword Qi at the tomb's entrance had prevented him from entering, but Li Chang dismissed his warning and moved to test it.
• The Sword Qi suddenly flashed through the area, slicing apart heaven and earth as it struck.

A strand of Sword Qi killed Li Chang instantly, terrifying the gathered cultivators and prompting Li Yunshan to demand answers from Li Fentian, Man Ba, and Mu Xiu. After Li Yunshan attacked Man Ba and Mu Xiu, Man Zun and Li Juejun arrived, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• The Sword Qi above the mausoleum killed Li Chang in an instant, shocking everyone present.
• The Sword Qi returned to its place above the mausoleum entrance, and Li Fentian told Li Yunshan that Man Ba and Mu Xiu might know who had left it.
• Li Yunshan pressured Man Ba and Mu Xiu for answers, then attacked them when they refused to back down.
• Man Ba and Mu Xiu fought back, but Li Yunshan’s power sent them retreating ten thousand zhang.
• Man Zun appeared to defend an elder of the Man Household, and Li Juejun arrived shortly afterward.

Li Yunshan learned that a mysterious senior’s Sword Qi had killed two Li Household elders and left to summon the household’s founding ancestors for revenge. Man Zun, Li Juejun, and their companions prepared to leave the mausoleum before a possible battle between Peak Immortal Emperors.

• Man Zun and Li Juejun arrived and demanded an explanation from Li Yunshan, while Li Nian explained that Li Yunshan had lost his daughter.
• Mu Xiu recounted how a young, powerful senior’s Sword Qi had killed Li Chang and how the senior had also killed Li Xuanqing.
• Mu Xiu suspected the senior was a Peak Immortal Emperor, and Li Yunshan decided to return to the Li Household and bring founding ancestors to seek revenge.
• Li Nian agreed to keep everyone inside the mausoleum until they identified who killed Ruobing and who obtained Shen Li’s inheritance.
• Li Juejun and Man Zun told their companions to leave as soon as their people emerged, warning that a major battle could break out.
• Mu Xiu sensed that the Sword Intent might surpass the limits of the Immortal Realm’s Sword Dao.

Su Chen and his companions discovered three Immortal-Gathering Fruits in Senior Shen Li's mausoleum, but the Flame-Scaled Abyss Hegemon Beast guarding them attacked Yang Zhenyu. Su Chen drove the beast back with a single step, and the beast begged him to spare its life and offered to serve him.

• Youyue identified the three fruits as Immortal-Gathering Fruits and warned that a spiritual creature might guard them.
• Yang Zhenyu hurried toward the fruits, but a Flame-Scaled Abyss Hegemon Beast burst from the ground and lunged at him.
• Su Chen stepped in front of Yang Zhenyu and sent the beast flying with an invisible force.
• Yang Zhenyu thanked Su Chen, who warned him not to act recklessly again.
• The Flame-Scaled Abyss Hegemon Beast knelt before Su Chen and begged for its life, offering to serve him.

Su Chen killed the Flame-Scaled Abyss Hegemon Beast after it nearly killed Yang Zhenyu, then led his companions toward an Immortal palace that Youyue identified as the true mausoleum. As they headed for Senior Shen Li’s inheritance, Man Ya and Jun Yaoyang arrived, while Jun Yaoyan wondered why Ruobing had not appeared.

• Su Chen crushed and killed the Flame-Scaled Abyss Hegemon Beast, then reminded Xiu'er, Youyue, and the others that it would have killed Yang Zhenyu if he had not intervened.
• Yang Zhenyu collected the three Immortal-Gathering Fruits and divided them among himself, Xiu'er, and Liu Cui after Youyue declined one.
• An Immortal palace appeared above the mausoleum, and Youyue said Senior Shen Li’s inheritance was likely inside; Su Chen led the group toward it to meet the ancient expert.
• Monstrous geniuses gathered outside the palace and argued over who would claim the inheritance as Man Ya arrived with dozens of people.
• Jun Yaoyang arrived with his group, exchanged greetings with Man Ya, and Jun Yaoyan remarked that Ruobing should have arrived by then.

Jun Yaoyang and Man Ya fought after Man Ya refused to explain what had happened to Ruobing. Their battle stopped when Su Chen arrived, and Man Ya approached him with visible fear and addressed him as “Senior.”

• Jun Yaoyang demanded that Man Ya tell him what had happened to Ruobing, but Man Ya refused and the Sword Sect and Man Household disciples began fighting.
• Jun Yaoyang and Man Ya clashed with sword techniques and fist power while Lin Fan watched and recognized their strength.
• Five people led by Su Chen and a beautiful woman arrived, and Lin Fan greeted Su Chen as his master.
• Hua Min and Xu Jiahui reunited with Yang Zhenyu and explained that they had searched for him after entering the tomb.
• Man Ya and the Man Household disciples reacted fearfully to Su Chen, and Man Ya approached him and called him “Senior.”

Su Chen revealed that he had killed Li Ruobing, driving Jun Yaoyang into a rage. Jun Yaoyang attacked him but was effortlessly suppressed by a single wave of Su Chen’s sleeve, leaving the onlookers terrified and Jun Yaoyang stunned by the gap in their strength.

• Man Ya refused to continue fighting and asked whether Su Chen wanted the inheritance; Su Chen said he did not and told the others to compete for it themselves.
• When Jun Yaoyang asked about Li Ruobing, Su Chen calmly admitted that he had killed her.
• Jun Yaoyang flew into a rage and charged Su Chen with a powerful sword strike despite Man Ya’s warning.
• Su Chen waved his sleeve, sent Jun Yaoyang crashing through mountains, and pinned him in a crater with overwhelming pressure.
• The witnesses feared Su Chen, while Jun Yaoyang realized he could not resist him and understood why Man Ya had been wary.

Su Chen effortlessly suppressed Jun Yaoyang, revealed to Lin Fan and Man Ya that his strength surpassed the Immortal Emperor Realm, and entered the Immortal Palace ahead of the others. The Immortal Palace then opened and announced that the first person to enter would receive its supreme inheritance, prompting the crowd to fight through its crushing gravity.

• Su Chen pinned Jun Yaoyang with a sweep of his sleeve, called him an ant, and vanished into the Immortal Palace.
• Man Ya questioned Lin Fan about Su Chen's strength, and Lin Fan said his master's power surpassed the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• Golden light erupted from the Immortal Palace, whose voice announced that the first entrant would receive the supreme inheritance.
• The crowd rushed toward the Immortal Palace but struggled against its overwhelming gravity, while Jun Yaoyang used his Sword Intent to advance.
• Man Ya forced his way forward against the gravity, and Youyue revealed a powerful Divine Physique.

Youyue and Lin Fan used their Divine Physiques to push through the Immortal Palace’s gravity, while Su Chen met the ancient strongest man from the Heaven-Forged Holy Land inside. Su Chen revealed that Lin Fan was the Child of Fortune and his disciple, leaving the man to trust that Lin Fan could one day save the Immortal Realm.

• Youyue charged ahead toward the Immortal Palace, and Lin Fan unleashed his Divine Physique to follow Jun Yaoyang and the others.
• Su Chen entered the Immortal Palace and met the man who had been called the strongest person ten million years ago.
• The man told Su Chen that everyone from the Heaven-Forged Holy Land had died in the battle ten million years earlier, buying the Immortal Realm ten million years of peace.
• The man asked Su Chen to save the Immortal Realm from the returning enemies, and Su Chen said someone else would save it.
• Su Chen showed the man an image of Lin Fan and identified him as the Child of Fortune and his disciple.
• Though the man doubted Lin Fan was strong enough to face the coming threat, he agreed to trust him because Su Chen did.

As the four contestants struggled against the increasing gravity on the way to the immortal palace, Youyue awakened the Primordial Dao Physique and Lin Fan unleashed his Bloodline Power. Youyue and Lin Fan reached the palace together, leaving Jun Yaoyang and Man Ya behind.

• Su Chen told the man that the inheritance would go to whoever reached the immortal palace first, regardless of his preference.
• Jun Yaoyang revealed the Ten Thousand Swords Divine Physique, and Man Ya followed with the Black Tortoise Sacred Physique, but Youyue awakened her power and sped past them.
• Su Chen identified Youyue's power as the Primordial Dao Physique and explained its rarity and potential.
• Lin Fan pushed through the crushing gravity, awakened his Bloodline Power, and caught up with Jun Yaoyang and Man Ya.
• Youyue and Lin Fan raced ahead and entered the immortal palace at the same time.