Chapter Summaries

Nangong Guyue defeated and killed Nangong Po, then claimed leadership of the Nangong Clan. Elsewhere, Su Chen found an injured Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox from the True Immortal Realm and ordered it to stay by his side.

• Nangong Guyue fought Nangong Po and revealed a mysterious power that shattered his spear and destroyed his body, leaving only his soul.
• Nangong Guyue seized Nangong Po and crushed his soul despite his plea that he was her father.
• Nangong Guyue declared herself leader of the Nangong Clan, and its members accepted her after one Quasi-Emperor called her clan leader.
• Su Chen found a wounded Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, recognized it as being from the True Immortal Realm, and told it to stay with him.
• The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox resisted, so Su Chen rapped it on the head and insisted it was fortunate to be by his side.

Su Chen protected the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox from Feng Luo and the Fire Phoenix Clan, killing Feng Luo and her elders with his sword. Feng Yi set out for revenge, while the fox submitted to Su Chen as his master.

• Feng Luo arrived with six elders and claimed the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, but Su Chen refused to give him up.
• When an elder attacked Su Chen, Su Chen killed him with a sword strike, then cut off Feng Luo’s hand and killed her five remaining elders.
• Su Chen struck down Feng Luo despite the red apparition of her father appearing to protect her, and Feng Luo died.
• Feng Yi sensed his daughter’s death, destroyed the hall in his rage, and left with dozens of Quasi-Emperor experts.
• The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox called Su Chen his master, and Su Chen teased him about his earlier arrogance.

Su Chen kept the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox by his side and demonstrated his overwhelming strength when Feng Yi attacked him. After Su Chen effortlessly subdued Feng Yi and instantly killed an old man and dozens of Quasi-Emperors, the survivors were left terrified by his power.

• Su Chen decided to keep the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox with him, dismissing the fox's concerns that its arrival might bring trouble.
• Feng Yi appeared, saw Feng Luo's corpse, and attacked Su Chen, but Su Chen erased his punch with a finger.
• Feng Yi transformed into a Fire Phoenix and attacked again, but Su Chen made him kneel with a single word.
• An old man emerged from shattered space and attacked Su Chen, but a flash of sword light killed him.
• Dozens of Quasi-Emperor experts attacked Su Chen, and he instantly killed them all, leaving the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and Feng Yi stunned and afraid.

Su Chen killed Feng Yi, healed and took in Hu Xiaotian, then encouraged Lin Fan after the young disciple lost confidence in his strength. Lin Fan regained his resolve and unleashed a powerful presence as heavenly lightning gathered around him.

• Su Chen killed Feng Yi with a single sword strike, then healed the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and learned his name was Hu Xiaotian.
• Hu Xiaotian warned Su Chen that powerful experts, some more terrifying than Great Emperors, might come after him, but Su Chen said he would kill them with one strike.
• Over the next year, Lin Fan endured repeated beatings in the Heavenly Abyss and reached the peak of the Saint King Realm Ninth Layer.
• Lin Fan attacked Nan Yun with the Bloodthirst Sword, but Nan Yun shattered his strike with a punch and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Su Chen encouraged Lin Fan not to give up and said he could become strong through diligent cultivation, prompting Lin Fan to regain his resolve.
• A terrifying presence erupted from Lin Fan as dark clouds and destructive lightning filled the sky.

Lin Fan endured the Lightning Tribulation, broke through to Quasi-Emperor, and reached Half-Emperor Realm Second Stage. Su Chen led Luo Lan, Nan Yun, and Jian Wuhen out of the Heavenly Abyss, where Lin Fan challenged Nan Yun to a rematch.

• Lin Fan charged into the tribulation clouds and destroyed the lightning and clouds with his sword, receiving the Heavenly Dao's blessing and breaking through to Quasi-Emperor and Half-Emperor Realm Second Stage.
• Su Chen cautioned Lin Fan against arrogance, and Lin Fan accepted his master's advice.
• Su Chen led Luo Lan, Nan Yun, and Jian Wuhen safely through the Heavenly Abyss and out beyond its restrictions and imperial formation.
• Lin Fan challenged Nan Yun to fight again, and Nan Yun suppressed his cultivation to Half-Emperor Realm Second Stage.
• Nan Yun revealed his saber and clashed with Lin Fan thousands of times, but neither fighter won.

Lin Fan defeated Nan Yun in a spar after Nan Yun restored his cultivation, though Lin Fan acknowledged that Nan Yun had held back. Su Chen then took Lin Fan and Hu Xiaotian toward Qingzhou to visit the Dark Sect, a force Su Chen had established and rarely managed.

• Lin Fan used successive sword attacks to send Nan Yun flying, and Nan Yun admitted defeat after restoring his cultivation in the struggle.
• Lin Fan credited Nan Yun for holding back, while Nan Yun and the others praised Lin Fan's talent.
• Nan Yun realized the Heavenly Dao had not stopped them from leaving the Heavenly Abyss because she feared Su Chen, and he, Luo Lan, and Jian Wuhen resolved to plan for the future.
• Su Chen left with Lin Fan and Hu Xiaotian, and Lin Fan asked whether Hu Xiaotian was his pet.
• Su Chen told Lin Fan they were heading to Qingzhou to visit the Dark Sect, a force he had established but seldom managed.

Su Chen and Lin Fan entered the Dark Sect, where Lu Beichuan and its experts openly defied the sect’s founder. Su Chen killed the leaders who opposed him and left with Lin Fan after effortlessly overpowering them.

• Su Chen and Lin Fan arrived at the secret realm entrance, where the Dark Sect’s experts confronted them and Lu Beichuan emerged to greet Su Chen as Emperor.
• Su Chen ordered Lu Beichuan to kill himself, then killed thousands of hostile experts with a flash of sword light.
• Lu Beichuan attacked Su Chen, and Lin Fan fought him before seven more Quasi-Emperors arrived and overwhelmed Lin Fan.
• Lu Beichuan and the seven Quasi-Emperors surrounded Su Chen, but his command to kneel shattered their attacks and forced them down.
• Lu Beichuan and the seven Quasi-Emperors begged Su Chen for mercy, but he killed them; then he left with Lin Fan.

Su Chen parted ways with Lin Fan, while the Ye Clan learned that its old ancestor had been reborn in the Pseudo-Immortal Realm. In the Netherworld Forbidden Land, Ye Lingxi left the Ten-Thousand-Layer Tower and began fighting a Third Layer Quasi-Emperor, whom she gradually overpowered.

• Su Chen told Lin Fan to follow his own path and left to continue roaming alone.
• A purple-robed messenger told Ye Li that the Ye Clan's old ancestor had been reborn in the Pseudo-Immortal Realm's Netherworld Forbidden Land.
• Ye Li decided not to disturb the old ancestor until she became an emperor on the Emperor's Road and ordered the news kept secret.
• Ye Lingxi reached the 9,999th floor of the Ten-Thousand-Layer Tower, then entered a vast cosmos through a teleportation array.
• Ye Lingxi fought a Third Layer Quasi-Emperor wielding a spear and suppressed him with her Invincible Sword Intent.
• Ye Lingxi seized an opening and thrust her sword at the young man with all her strength.

Ye Lingxi defeated a Third-Layer Quasi-Emperor in the Ten-Thousand-Layer Tower and claimed the Immortal Spirit Armor. After exiting, she broke through to the Quasi-Emperor realm and rapidly rose to the peak of the Ninth Level, then vanished.

• Ye Lingxi defeated the young spear wielder and cleared the Ten-Thousand-Layer Tower.
• Ye Lingxi received the Immortal Spirit Armor, which could withstand the strongest strike of a Nine-Star Great Emperor.
• Ye Lingxi returned outside the tower and learned from Mo Yu that Su Chen had left and asked Mo Yu to help her cultivate.
• Ye Lingxi told Mo Yu she had cleared ten thousand layers, astonishing her with how quickly she had done it.
• Ye Lingxi stopped suppressing her cultivation, broke through the Quasi-Emperor realm, and rapidly advanced to the peak of the Ninth Level.
• Ye Lingxi took on an adult appearance, frightened Mo Yu with her presence, and vanished.

After leaving Ye Lingxi, Mo Yu fled the Pseudo-Immortal Realm, while Su Chen took Hu Xiaotian to a restaurant and encountered Li Yixue and Xiaoqing. Li Yixue explained her quest for the Heavenly Heart Mark, then recognized Hu Xiaotian as a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.

• Mo Yu suspected Ye Lingxi was a reincarnated powerhouse and decided never to return to the Pseudo-Immortal Realm.
• Su Chen sensed something from the direction of the Netherworld Forbidden Land, then went to a restaurant with Hu Xiaotian.
• Li Yixue told Xiaoqing that fusing with the Heavenly Heart Mark could make her a Five-Star Great Emperor and that she had come to compete for it.
• Xiaoqing spotted Hu Xiaotian, and Li Yixue recognized him as a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox associated with the powerful Qingqiu Fox Clan.

Su Chen killed Xiaoqing after she insulted him, then defeated and killed Li Yixue when she attacked him in anger. Li Xuan arrived from the True Immortal Realm to avenge Li Yixue, and Su Chen countered his attack as their fight continued.

• Li Yixue questioned Su Chen about Hu Xiaotian, but Su Chen ordered her to leave and warned that she would die if she stayed.
• Xiaoqing challenged Su Chen, and he killed her with a flash of sword light.
• Li Yixue unleashed her power, destroying the restaurant and the city, then attacked Su Chen with her sword intent.
• Su Chen shattered Li Yixue's attacks, forced her to kneel with a single word, and killed her.
• Li Xuan, patriarch of the Li Clan, appeared and attacked Su Chen with a punch and then Saber Intent.
• Su Chen crushed Li Xuan's punch and cut apart his Saber Intent with Sword Intent.

Su Chen returned to the Su Clan after instantly killing Great Emperor Li Xuan, only to face Su Xingchen’s challenge. He killed Su Xingchen with a snap when the latter attacked, leaving the clan disciples terrified and raising questions about the consequences of killing such a valuable prodigy.

• Su Chen killed Li Xuan with Sword Intent, then carried the shaken Hu Xiaotian away.
• Su Chen returned to the Su Clan, where Su Xingchen, a prodigy who had waited years to challenge him, confronted him.
• Su Chen stopped Su Xingchen’s challenge with a strand of Sword Qi poised at his brow, defeating him instantly.
• Su Xingchen revealed his Quasi-Emperor Sixth Layer cultivation and attacked Su Chen after he tried to leave.
• Su Chen snapped his fingers, causing Su Xingchen to explode and sending a shock wave across hundreds of thousands of miles.
• The Su Clan disciples feared Su Chen and realized that killing a prodigy of Su Xingchen’s rank could have serious consequences.

Su Rong defended Su Chen after he killed Su Xingchen, and Su Chen returned to his courtyard without the young lady. One year before the Emperor's Road opened, Xiao He inherited a powerful expert's legacy and was warned not to provoke a mysterious figure before his family summoned him home.

• Su Rong appeared after Su Xingchen's death, praised Su Chen, and said he would have killed Su Xingchen for him rather than punish him.
• Su Chen returned to his courtyard, where the Demon Venerable asked whether the young lady had come back with him; Su Chen stayed silent and fell asleep.
• A year passed as powerful prodigies emerged, and Xiao He reached the peak of the Ninth Level of the Half-Emperor Realm after receiving an inheritance at Yingtian Academy.
• The dying middle-aged man showed Xiao He a figure and warned him never to provoke that person before dissipating.
• Xiao He looked forward to the Emperor's Road, then agreed to return when a mysterious man delivered his family's summons.

Gu Qingying and Yun Changge reached the peak of the Ninth Level of Quasi-Emperor and prepared for the Emperor’s Road, while Zhao Wuji arrived in the Pseudo-Immortal Realm to seek out its geniuses. Lin Fan found Su Chen at the Su Clan’s secret realm and reunited with his master.

• Gu Qingying refined the Earth Core Fire Lotus and reached the Peak of the Ninth Level of Quasi-Emperor, vowing to become an emperor on the Emperor’s Road.
• Yun Ran praised Yun Changge for reaching the same cultivation level and warned him not to underestimate Su Chen.
• Zhao Wuji and several others emerged from the Netherworld Forbidden Land and set out to explore the Pseudo-Immortal Realm.
• Lin Fan arrived at the Su Clan’s secret realm, where Su Rong brought him to Su Chen after learning he was looking for his master.
• Lin Fan greeted Su Chen, who guessed he had come because of trouble and thanked Su Rong for bringing his disciple to him.

Lin Fan came to Su Chen seeking help to awaken his Desolate Ancient Divine Physique, and Su Chen began the painful process. Lin Fan awakened the physique, released a terrifying ancient presence, and reached the peak of the Ninth Level of Quasi-Emperor, leaving the Su Clan elders astonished by Su Chen’s disciple.

• Su Rong praised Lin Fan’s talent and left, while Su Chen asked Lin Fan why he had come to find him.
• Lin Fan explained that a senior had told him he possessed the Desolate Ancient Divine Physique and asked Su Chen to awaken it.
• Su Chen described the physique’s formidable combat abilities, then sent a streak of light into Lin Fan to begin the awakening.
• Lin Fan endured two hours of intense pain before an ancient presence erupted from him and shook the Su Clan with heavenly phenomena.
• Lin Fan rose into the sky, reached the peak of the Ninth Level of Quasi-Emperor, and unleashed a presence that shattered everything within a million li.
• Su Yanche and the elders asked about Lin Fan, and Su Chen told them that Lin Fan was his disciple.

After Lin Fan reached the Peak of the Ninth Level of Quasi-Emperor, he met Su Ya and accepted her challenge to fight. Their battle began in the Su Clan plaza, where their first exchanges shook the crowd.

• Lin Fan ended his breakthrough, learned that Su Yanche and the Su Clan elders were present, and respectfully greeted them as they praised his talent.
• Su Ya arrived to investigate the commotion, challenged Lin Fan, and went with him to the plaza after Su Chen approved.
• Su Yanche, Su Chen, and the elders followed, while news of the match drew the Su Clan members to watch.
• Su Ya opened with a giant palm strike, but Lin Fan's Sword Intent tore it apart and drove her back.
• Lin Fan struck from above with his sword, and Su Ya met him with a fist; their clash unleashed a shock wave that stunned the watching disciples.

Lin Fan defeated Su Ya after awakening his Divine Physique and enduring her powerful attacks. He returned to Su Chen, proudly declaring that he had not disgraced his master, while Su Ya vowed to win their next fight.

• Su Ya struck Lin Fan with a massive bolt of purple lightning, but he endured it with his body and emerged unharmed.
• Lin Fan shattered Su Ya's defenses with a punch, sending her flying and leaving her badly injured.
• Su Ya summoned countless meteorites, but Lin Fan destroyed them with a powerful sword slash.
• Su Ya conjured a divine statue and attacked with its giant palm, but Lin Fan shattered it with a sword thrust and stopped his blade before her brow.
• Su Ya admitted defeat, warned Lin Fan she would win next time, and left.
• Lin Fan returned to Su Chen and received his master's praise, stunning the Su Clan disciples who learned he was Su Chen's disciple.

A year after Su Chen told Lin Fan to join him, the Emperor's Road opened and powerful figures from across the Pseudo-Immortal Realm set out for it. Su Chen traveled there with Lin Fan, explaining that he wanted to see his younger sister rather than become an emperor.

• Su Chen told Lin Fan to stay and accompany him to the Emperor's Road a year later.
• The Emperor's Road appeared, and Nangong Guyue led hundreds of young Quasi-Emperors from the Nangong Clan toward it.
• Gu Qinglian, Xiao He with more than a hundred Quasi-Emperors, Zhao Wuji and his friends, and Ye Lingxi also set out for the Emperor's Road.
• While traveling, Su Chen told Lin Fan that he had no interest in becoming an emperor because Great Emperors were too weak.
• Su Chen said he was going to see his younger sister and told Lin Fan that she was only a tiny billionth less powerful than him, then hurried toward the Emperor's Road.

Su Chen entered the Emperor’s Road separately from Lin Fan, who chose to fight his way to the Heavenly Heart Mark without his master’s help. After an encounter with Qin Zixuan at a hot spring, Su Chen reached a gathering of Quasi-Emperors and found Lin Fan in line as Zhao Wuji’s group approached.

• Su Chen told Lin Fan to make his own way through the Emperor’s Road, and Lin Fan entered determined to become a Great Emperor without his help.
• Su Chen arrived in a forest and soaked in a hot spring, where he encountered Qin Zixuan; afterward, he left as she called after him and gave him her name.
• Su Chen reached a gathering place where Quasi-Emperors queued for teleportation arrays to the next area.
• Lin Fan stood cautiously in the queue as Zhao Wuji arrived with his group and called the others weak.

Chu Feng and Lin Fan clashed over the teleportation array, and Lin Fan eventually overwhelmed the powerful outsider. Chu Feng was left badly injured as Zhao Wuji and his companions headed for the second level, leaving Hongyue behind.

• Chu Feng revealed his Peak Ninth Layer Quasi-Emperor strength, killed an Eighth Layer expert with one punch, and ordered everyone off the teleportation array.
• Lin Fan refused to leave the array, fought Chu Feng, and held his own against the young man's attacks.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Lin Fan as an exceptional local genius and told Hongyue to stay and help Chu Feng if needed before taking the others to the second level.
• Lin Fan began suppressing Chu Feng, who unleashed his full strength in a powerful punch.
• Lin Fan answered with golden light and overwhelming Fist Intent, blasting Chu Feng away and leaving cracks across his body.