Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan fought Shen Qianwan, revealing both Bloodline Power and a Divine Physique as the False Immortal repeatedly overpowered him. When Shen Qianwan tried to kill Lin Fan, Su Chen immobilized him, leaving Shen Qianwan terrified of the power behind the man he had mistaken for a False Immortal.

• Lin Fan attacked Shen Qianwan but was overwhelmed by the False Immortal's Saber Intent and sent flying with severe wounds.
• Lin Fan charged back into battle, used his Immortal-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique, and was again blasted away by Shen Qianwan.
• Lin Fan unleashed his Bloodline Power, startling the onlookers, but Shen Qianwan struck him down and left his body cracked.
• Lin Fan's Divine Physique activated, shocking everyone and making Shen Qianwan fear retaliation from Lin Fan's backer.
• Shen Qianwan prepared to kill Lin Fan, but Su Chen's power immobilized him and sealed his strength, revealing to Shen Qianwan that Su Chen was far beyond a False Immortal.

Lin Fan broke through to the Nine-Star Great Emperor realm, but Su Chen stopped him from continuing his fight with Shen Qianwan. Su Chen then helped Shen Lang claim the Shen Clan patriarch’s position and revealed overwhelming power by forcing hundreds of thousands of Great Emperors to their knees.

• Lin Fan broke through to the Nine-Star Great Emperor realm while injured, then stopped fighting Shen Qianwan at Su Chen’s command.
• Shen Qianwan suddenly knelt before Su Chen and begged him to spare his life, leaving the onlookers baffled.
• Su Chen asked Shen Lang whether he wanted to become the Shen Clan patriarch, and Shen Lang agreed.
• Shen Lang identified Shen Qianwan’s trusted aides, and Su Chen killed each one he named.
• The remaining Shen Clan powerhouses fled, but Su Chen’s immense power suppressed everyone within tens of millions of li and forced hundreds of thousands of Great Emperors to their knees.

Su Chen helped Shen Lang eliminate the Shen Clan forces opposing him, sparing Shen Qianwan so he could help Shen Lang secure his position. After giving Shen Lang pills to reach the False Immortal realm, Su Chen killed the hundreds of thousands of gathered experts when their greed surfaced, then turned his gaze back to Shen Qianwan.

• The Shen Clan experts begged Su Chen for mercy, but he let Shen Lang choose whom to kill, reducing their number to fewer than five hundred.
• Su Chen spared Shen Qianwan and ordered him to help Shen Lang secure his position.
• Su Chen gave Shen Lang pills that could help him break through to the False Immortal realm.
• The assembled experts coveted Shen Lang's pills, so Su Chen killed hundreds of thousands of them with a sweep of sword light.
• After Shen Qianwan's greed vanished at the sight of the slaughter, Su Chen slowly turned his gaze toward him.

Su Chen watched Shen Qianwan flee, but the Sword Qi hidden in Shen Qianwan’s mind killed him far from the Shen Clan. After Su Chen left the clan’s experts terrified, Shen Lang thanked him for making him a False Immortal and patriarch, while Su Chen and Lin Fan discussed the harsh training Lin Fan had endured; Su Chen ended by agreeing to accompany Lin Fan to his next fortuitous opportunity.

• Shen Qianwan fled from Su Chen, but the Sword Qi in his mind later pierced his corpse and killed him.
• The Shen Clan experts saw Shen Qianwan’s body and concluded that Su Chen had killed their False Immortal patriarch; some were so frightened they died.
• Su Chen told Shen Lang that what happened next was up to him, and Shen Lang thanked Su Chen for his breakthrough and appointment as patriarch.
• Lin Fan confronted Shen Lang about hunting him down, but Shen Lang nearly revealed that Su Chen had ordered it before Su Chen silenced him.
• Su Chen admitted he had been too hard on Lin Fan and promised to accompany him to his next fortuitous opportunity.

Su Chen brought Lin Fan to the Blood Moon Immortal Venerable’s tombstone and had him break it, unleashing a realm-wide inheritance trial. Powerful figures raced toward the blood-red light, and Jiang Ying asked Gu Xun’er if she was going.

• Su Chen left with Lin Fan, while Shen Lang stored the pills and returned to the Shen Clan with its experts.
• Su Chen brought Lin Fan to the tombstone, explained the realms above the Great Emperor realm, and ordered him to smash it.
• Lin Fan shattered the tombstone, releasing the Blood Moon Immortal Venerable’s inheritance and a trial for anyone who could pass.
• Countless figures across the Lower Immortal Realm rushed toward the blood-red light, and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s old man sent Jianxin to investigate.
• Jiang Ying found Gu Xun’er at the Ethereal Sect and asked whether she was going.

Jiang Ying and Gu Xun'er agreed to investigate the inheritance, while Purple Mansion Holy Land decided to send Yifeng to claim it. After entering the rift with Su Chen, Lin Fan was separated from his master and fought a giant golden python, leaving the beast knocked to the ground.

• Jiang Ying persuaded Gu Xun'er to let Wang Heng accompany her to the inheritance, though Gu Xun'er did not want him to come.
• Elder Bai and Elder Hei chose Yifeng to pursue the inheritance, and Elder Hei ordered that he must obtain it or not return.
• Su Chen entered the rift, and Lin Fan followed him into a dark forest but found himself alone.
• Lin Fan mistook the giant python's eyes for red fruits, attacked it with his sword, and had his Sword Intent shattered.
• The giant python attacked Lin Fan again, but he unleashed his Bloodline Power and strength, sending it crashing to the ground.

Lin Fan was nearly killed by a False Immortal Realm python before Su Chen arrived and destroyed it with a sword strike. Su Chen taught Lin Fan the ungraded sword technique Return to One, leaving Lin Fan and Liu Mengli stunned by its power.

• Lin Fan attacked the False Immortal Realm Seventh Layer python, but it shattered his Sword Intent and wounded him badly.
• Su Chen arrived, and the python stopped its attack in fear of him.
• Su Chen picked up the Bloodthirst Sword and demonstrated a slow slash that killed the python and tore the secret realm into fragments.
• Su Chen transmitted the sword technique Return to One to Lin Fan after explaining that he had swung his sword hundreds of millions of times.
• Lin Fan and Liu Mengli were amazed by the technique, while Su Chen dismissed it as a trash Cultivation Method.

Su Chen subdued and killed hundreds of False Immortal Realm beasts in the Immortal Venerable’s secret realm while Lin Fan watched in awe. Su Chen then led Lin Fan to an eerie hall and told him to open its stone door.

• Lin Fan questioned Su Chen’s claim that the sword technique was trash, and Su Chen warned him against trying to provoke him.
• Several hundred False Immortal Realm beasts surrounded Su Chen and Lin Fan, but Su Chen’s power pinned every beast in the secret realm to the ground.
• After one beast pleaded for mercy, Su Chen killed it and then slaughtered the other hundreds, leaving Lin Fan amazed by his strength.
• Su Chen flew with Lin Fan to a dark crimson hall covered in talismans and High Antiquity inscriptions.
• Su Chen told Lin Fan to push open the hall’s stone door, and Lin Fan began pushing it with all his strength.

Lin Fan struggled to open the hall doors, then learned that the blood pool inside contained the blood of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. After Su Chen warned him that the Dragon Clan knew he had killed its Ninth Prince, Lin Fan began absorbing the dragon blood, and his own bloodline started devouring it as his presence grew stronger.

• Lin Fan used his cultivation to force open the hall doors and followed Su Chen inside.
• Su Chen told Lin Fan that the blood pool contained the blood of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, probably gathered by the Blood Moon Immortal Venerable.
• Su Chen revealed that Lin Fan had killed the Dragon Clan's Ninth Prince and that the Dragon Clan could track him through a curse.
• Su Chen promised to restrain the Dragon Clan's top experts but told Lin Fan to face its younger generation himself.
• Lin Fan jumped into the blood pool, where his bloodline suppressed and devoured the dragon blood, causing his presence to soar.

Inside the secret realm, Wang Heng attacked Gu Xun'er after she rejected his advances and overwhelmed her with his strength. As Wang Heng approached the badly injured Gu Xun'er, she revealed a Divine Soul Token that made him pause.

• Outside the secret realm, Wang Heng ignored Gu Xun'er’s request not to call her Xun'er and followed her into the rift.
• Inside the secret realm, Wang Heng told Gu Xun'er he would ask for her hand in marriage, then admitted he desired her and attacked her with his Nine-Star Great Emperor power.
• Gu Xun'er fought back with her sword, but Wang Heng repeatedly overpowered her and left her severely injured and nearly out of Immortal Qi.
• Wang Heng approached Gu Xun'er and declared that she would become his woman, while she warned him to stop.
• Gu Xun'er revealed a golden Divine Soul Token, and Wang Heng recognized it.

Gu Xun'er and Wang Heng entered a red hall and found Su Chen beside a blood pool where Lin Fan was immersed. Su Chen killed Wang Heng and the divine soul imprint of Wang Hui instantly, then claimed he could kill Wang Hui just as easily in person.

• Gu Xun'er forced Wang Heng to keep a hundred meters away by threatening to crush her divine soul token, then healed and continued on with him following.
• Gu Xun'er and Wang Heng entered the red hall, where Gu Xun'er became infatuated with Su Chen and Wang Heng eyed the blood pool.
• Su Chen killed Wang Heng with a flash of sword light after Wang Heng recovered from the fear caused by Su Chen's gaze.
• Wang Hui's divine soul imprint emerged from Wang Heng's corpse, but Su Chen killed it instantly as well.
• Gu Xun'er questioned how Su Chen could defeat a False Immortal Realm expert so easily, and Su Chen said he would kill Wang Hui just as quickly in person.

Su Chen revealed that he was stronger than a False Immortal, while Lin Fan absorbed the dragon blood and reached the False Immortal Realm Fourth Stage. Su Chen set off with Lin Fan to find the inheritance, leaving Gu Xun'er trying to persuade him to let her join them.

• Gu Xun'er learned that Su Chen claimed to be stronger than a False Immortal and was not yet a hundred years old.
• Lin Fan absorbed the last of the dragon blood, strengthened his body, and broke through to the False Immortal Realm Fourth Stage.
• Gu Xun'er clung to Su Chen, and Lin Fan mistook her for his master's wife before Su Chen denied it.
• Su Chen told Lin Fan he would take him to find the inheritance and left the hall with him.
• Gu Xun'er followed Su Chen and Lin Fan, but Su Chen refused to let her join them even after she pleaded.

Su Chen and Gu Xun'er continued through the secret realm while Wang Hui gathered the Wang Clan elders to plan how to investigate Xiao Heng’s death. As countless people entered the dangerous realm seeking inheritance, Su Chen’s group approached a confrontation between two parties.

• Gu Xun'er linked arms with Su Chen and walked with him, while Lin Fan followed and remarked on their closeness.
• Wang Hui told the Wang Clan elders that Xiao Heng was dead and that someone had erased the memories from the divine soul he had left in Xiao Heng.
• The second elder proposed asking Gu Xun'er about Xiao Heng’s death, and Wang Hui led the elders to the Ethereal Sect to investigate.
• Countless people entered the secret realm seeking opportunities, though many died to vicious beasts at or above the False Immortal Realm.
• Gu Xun'er took Su Chen by the hand and led him toward a fight, with Lin Fan following and teasing that she was their master’s wife.
• A black-robed young man demanded that a woman surrender her recent acquisition and sleep with him, and she insulted him as he threatened her.

Yifeng of the Purple Mansion Holy Land attacked Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan for their possession and threatened them after their companions fled. Lin Fan wanted to intervene, but Su Chen warned him that saving them would bring trouble; the women chose to fight, and Xiao Lan was badly weakened as Yifeng overwhelmed their attacks.

• Jiang Xin attacked Yifeng from behind, but he struck her down and demanded the thing she carried along with her and Xiao Lan.
• Yifeng threatened Jiang Xin and her companions, and three of the men abandoned the women and fled.
• Lin Fan asked Su Chen to help Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan, but Su Chen warned him that rescuing them would make him bear the karma.
• Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan refused to abandon each other, burned their bodies to increase their power, and charged their enemies.
• Yifeng blocked Jiang Xin's sword strike and destroyed Xiao Lan's vines with his Spear Intent, causing Xiao Lan to spit blood and falter.

Su Chen and his companions arrived just as Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan were about to self-destruct rather than fall into Yifeng’s hands. Lin Fan killed one of Yifeng’s men and defeated Yifeng with a single punch, while Jiang Xin suspected Su Chen was even stronger than Lin Fan.

• Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan began to self-destruct, but a terrifying presence stopped their Immortal Qi from surging.
• Su Chen, Gu Xun'er, and Lin Fan appeared, and Gu Xun'er rebuked Yifeng for bullying the two women.
• After one of Yifeng’s men challenged Lin Fan, Lin Fan killed him with a flash of sword light and admitted he had secretly learned the move from Su Chen.
• Yifeng attacked Lin Fan with his spear, but Lin Fan shattered his Spear Intent and sent him flying with one punch.
• Jiang Xin told Xiao Lan that Su Chen seemed even stronger than Lin Fan, pointing to Lin Fan’s position behind Su Chen and his evident awe.

Lin Fan defeated Yifeng and killed him after stopping his escape, but Yifeng’s death summoned Elder Bai’s divine soul. Lin Fan challenged Elder Bai, and the chapter ended as he swung the Bloodthirst Sword at him.

• Yifeng unleashed a powerful spear strike, but Lin Fan caught and shattered the spear before pursuing and subduing him.
• Yifeng’s five companions fled; Lin Fan killed three, while another escaped using a blood-based secret technique.
• Lin Fan killed Yifeng with a strand of Sword Qi, causing Elder Bai of the Purple Mansion Holy Land to appear from Yifeng’s body.
• Elder Bai attacked Lin Fan, who was sent flying but recognized the strength of Elder Bai’s divine soul.
• Lin Fan drew the Bloodthirst Sword and struck at Elder Bai, tearing through space as the attack began.

Lin Fan defeated Elder Bai and reunited with Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan, who thanked him and offered him the Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus. As Lin Fan prepared to leave with Su Chen, he revealed that Su Chen was his master and claimed no one in the Immortal Realm could match him, though the women remained doubtful.

• Lin Fan used five consecutive slashes of Sword Qi to pierce Elder Bai between the brows and destroy his remnant soul.
• Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan thanked Lin Fan for saving them, and Xiao Lan teased him about falling in love with Jiang Xin at first sight.
• Gu Xun'er hid her feelings for Su Chen after he joked that he was the man she would never have.
• Jiang Xin offered Lin Fan the Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus, but he declined because it was no use to him.
• Xiao Lan asked to accompany Lin Fan, and he said his master, Su Chen, would have to agree.
• Lin Fan claimed Su Chen was unmatched throughout the Immortal Realm, but Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan still doubted him.

Lin Fan and Su Chen continued through the secret realm with Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan, while Su Chen warned Lin Fan that he would have to face the consequences of his own actions. At the Purple Mansion Holy Land, Elder Bai learned that Yifeng had died and began probing the memories of a returning survivor.

• Lin Fan asked Su Chen to let Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan accompany them, and Su Chen agreed.
• As they traveled, Xiao Lan admitted her feelings for Su Chen, while Jiang Xin teased her and showed interest in Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan asked why Su Chen had not helped him deal with the man from earlier, and Su Chen told him to stop rushing to help others and bear the karma of his own choices.
• Elder Bai learned that Yifeng had been killed in the secret realm and argued with Elder Hei about whether they could avenge him.
• A badly weakened man returned to the Purple Mansion Holy Land, and Elder Bai grabbed his head to examine his memories, causing the man to cry out in pain.

Elder Bai used Soul Search on a captured man, learned that Gu Xun'er, the Ethereal Sect, and the Plum Blossom Sect were involved in the events surrounding the holy son, and confronted the Plum Blossom Sect. As Gu He and Jiang Ying worried over Gu Xun'er, Gu He sensed Wang Hui arriving.

• Elder Bai used Soul Search on the man, then told Elder Hei what he had learned from the man's memories.
• Elder Bai confronted Mei Hongying at the Plum Blossom Sect and accused Jiang Xin and Xiao Lan of joining others to murder the Purple Mansion Holy Land's holy son.
• Mei Hongying denied that the Plum Blossom Sect was involved and told its disciples what Elder Bai had said after he left.
• Gu He reassured Jiang Ying that Gu Xun'er was protected, but Jiang Ying continued squeezing his shoulder as they argued about their daughter.
• Gu He sensed that Wang Hui had arrived, and Jiang Ying asked what was wrong.

After Wang Hui reported Wang Heng’s death, Gu He and Jiang Ying learned that Gu Xun’er’s soul lamp was still lit but could not enter the secret realm to reach her. Elder Bai accused Gu Xun’er of helping kill the Purple Mansion Holy Land’s Holy Son, then joined forces with Wang Hui to investigate the deaths while Gu He agreed to take Xun’er away when she emerged.

• Wang Hui told Gu He and Jiang Ying that Wang Heng was dead, leaving Jiang Ying terrified for Gu Xun’er, who had been with him.
• Gu He showed Jiang Ying that Xun’er’s soul lamp was still burning, but explained that they were too old to enter the secret realm and would have to wait outside.
• Elder Bai arrived at the Ethereal Sect and accused Gu Xun’er of joining someone to kill the Purple Mansion Holy Land’s Holy Son.
• Gu He demanded proof, and Elder Bai left without it after Gu He challenged him to fight.
• Wang Hui told Elder Bai about Wang Heng’s death, and they agreed to join forces and wait outside the secret realm for the suspected killer.
• Elder Bai told Gu He to take Gu Xun’er away when she came out, and Gu He agreed.