Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun warned Mu Hanyu that Ling Jiuxiao might target her, then left to travel with Qingruo as the Immortal Realm fell quiet for two years. As the competition began in Shenghui City, Shen Qiu and his companions arrived without Shen Yun and encountered a familiar, imposing figure.

• Shen Yun told Mu Hanyu that rumors linked her Wuhua Great Dao to the Sacred Sect and warned that the injured Ling Jiuxiao might scheme against her.
• Shen Yun assured Mu Hanyu he could deal with Ling Jiuxiao, then asked about her plans before leaving to travel with Qingruo.
• Two years passed as factions in the Immortal Realm gathered strength, and cultivators converged on Shenghui City for the competition.
• Azure Venerable warned Shen Qiu not to cause trouble as he entered Shenghui City with Ouyang Qinghe, Wu Shoushan, Shen Xiao, and Ouyang Family elders.
• Shen Xiao explained that Shen Yun had traveled with Qingruo, and the group praised Shen Yun’s strength while Shen Qiu said there was no need to wait for him.
• Shen Qiu spotted a tall, imposing man ahead and recognized him as the Little Martial Saint.

At a gathering in Shenghui City, Shen Qiu suspected that Little Martial Saint and Jiang Zili were hiding the truth about King Jiang Wu’s injuries. Before he could learn whether the Gravekeeper had secured his Immortal Ancient Battlefield token, three Burial Ground disciples arrived and invited him to meet their Vice Sect Master.

• Little Martial Saint explained that a demonic cultivator had ambushed King Jiang Wu, leaving him unconscious, while Shen Qiu suspected the attack had been deliberate and questioned the story.
• Jiang Zili said that the Old Ancestor had failed to restore her father’s damaged Heavenly Soul and Life Soul, and Little Martial Saint vowed to find a way to save him in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield.
• Shen Qiu wondered whether the Gravekeeper had obtained the entry token he had promised him.
• Three of the Burial Ground’s true disciples rode into the gathering and drew the crowd’s attention.
• The white-haired woman leading them addressed Shen Qiu and invited him to the Gathering Worthies Pavilion on the Vice Sect Master’s orders.

Luo Guyin of the Burial Ground personally invited Shen Qiu, whose confidence soared after he learned the Gravekeeper had ties to the sect. The group followed the Burial Ground convoy to the Gathering Worthies Pavilion, while Shen Qiu became eager to compete with Shen Yun at treasure hunting in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield; the chapter ended as their carriage arrived.

• Luo Guyin invited Shen Qiu on behalf of the Burial Ground, and Shen Qiu learned the Gravekeeper had a connection to the sect's Supreme Elder.
• Senior Brother Chuan warned Junior Brother Zang that Shen Yun, who had killed the Sword Sect's heir, was the greater threat.
• Junior Brother Zang invited Shen Qiu and his companions to the Gathering Worthies Pavilion, and Little Martial Saint persuaded the group to accept so they could investigate and stay together.
• Senior Sister Luo led the Burial Ground convoy through Shenghui City as onlookers watched in awe.
• Shen Qiu imagined defeating Shen Yun in a treasure-hunting contest in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, then rushed out of the carriage when it stopped.

Luo Guyin led Shen Qiu and the others through the Gathering Worthies Pavilion’s hidden grotto-heaven, where the Burial Ground Young Master told Shen Qiu his quota had been secured. After Shen Qiu declined to travel with the group, he learned that Young Master Death-Defying was the son of someone from the Wusheng Realm, stirring his memories of the feared Jiemie Immortal King.

• Luo Guyin brought the group to the Gathering Worthies Pavilion and guided them across a Rainbow Bridge into its hidden Water Cloud Abode.
• The Burial Ground Young Master received the visitors and told Shen Qiu that his quota was settled and that he could travel with them in three days.
• Shen Qiu refused to travel with the group and began planning how to prepare for the journey on his own.
• The Burial Ground Young Master advised Shen Qiu to visit the Snow-Listening Cottage to learn secrets about the Ancient Immortal Realm and mentioned Young Master Death-Defying.
• Shen Xiao explained that Young Master Death-Defying was the city lord of Shenghui City and the son of someone from the Wusheng Realm, prompting Shen Qiu to recall the Jiemie Immortal King.

Shen Qiu stayed at the Gathering Worthies Pavilion with Little Martial Saint and the Burial Ground cultivators, where they discussed the Five Heroes and debated who was strongest. After Shen Qiu loudly claimed he would defeat Shen Yun, the Burial Ground Young Master announced Young Master Death-Defying had arrived and ordered Shen Qiu and Little Martial Saint to welcome him.

• Shen Xiao, Ouyang Qinghe, and the others left, while Little Martial Saint stayed to ask about the Soul-Nurturing Sacred Medicine for King Jiang Wu.
• Junior Brother Zang asked Little Martial Saint about Shen Yun, and Little Martial Saint praised Shen Yun's peerless abilities.
• The Burial Ground Young Master named Cang Hao, Azure Dragon, Shen Yun, Wan Jinsheng, and Mu Hanyu as the Five Heroes, prompting a debate over who was strongest.
• Shen Qiu declared that he alone could defeat Shen Yun and vowed to make him bow at the Heavenly Domain Grand Tournament.
• Luo Guyin took an interest in Shen Qiu after noticing he had no lewd desire, while Azure Venerable felt uneasy watching them.
• The Burial Ground Young Master announced Young Master Death-Defying had arrived and summoned Shen Qiu and Little Martial Saint to welcome him.

After the Heavenly Prides returned from the Secret Realm, the Eight Great Immortal Sects confronted the Burial Ground faction, but Luo Guyin stopped the Star Shattering Saber from striking Senior Brother Chuan. The Young Master Death-Defying arrived with Fairy Aoxue, shifted the balance of power, and opened the way to the Snow-Listening Cottage.

• The Heavenly Prides gathered in the grand hall, where Senior Brother Chuan taunted the Star Shattering Saber and the saber attacked him.
• Luo Guyin blocked the Star Shattering Saber's attack with her Ink-Jade Bone Flute and impressed the gathered cultivators with her power.
• Fairy Aoxue arrived with the Young Master Death-Defying, prompting the Heavenly Prides to greet him as City Lord.
• The Young Master Death-Defying ordered Haitang to open the Snow-Listening Cottage with a golden token.
• Auspicious clouds appeared before the Heavenly Prides, who boarded them and were carried into a strange world.

Young Master Death-Defying welcomed the Heavenly Prides to Snow-Listening Cottage, where Fairy Aoxue rejected his gifts before he revealed that the Myriad Tribulations Immortal King would oversee the Merit God War. As the gathered cultivators worried about competing with the Five Heroes, Fairy Aoxue offered to serve Young Master Death-Defying if he helped her take revenge on Shen Yun.

• Shen Qiu and the others arrived at Snow-Listening Cottage, a snowy Secret Realm created for Fairy Aoxue.
• The Heavenly Prides presented Young Master Death-Defying with lavish gifts, but Fairy Aoxue refused to accept them.
• Young Master Death-Defying announced that the Myriad Tribulations Immortal King would oversee the Merit God War with a wisp of divine sense.
• Jade Void Saint Son and the others despaired of earning a top-five place and entering an Immortal Venerable's tutelage.
• Fairy Aoxue accused Shen Yun of consorting with demons, killing her sect's Holy Son, and humiliating her sect master, then offered to serve Young Master Death-Defying if he upheld justice for her.

Fairy Aoxue’s attention prompted Young Master Death-Defying to invite Shen Yun to a likely trap, while the Eight Great Immortal Sects rallied behind him and prepared to expose Shen Yun. The chapter ended with Haitang returning to Snow-Listening Cottage with Shen Yun’s reply.

• Fairy Aoxue’s move toward Shen Yun led Young Master Death-Defying to treat him as a potential mortal enemy and arrange an invitation using the Divine Silkworm Snow Silk.
• Young Master Death-Defying sent Haitang to invite Shen Yun for a chat, while the gathered Heavenly Prides speculated about whether he would accept.
• The Eight Great Immortal Sects celebrated Fairy Aoxue’s connection with Wusheng Heaven and planned to accuse Shen Yun of ties to the Sacred Sect.
• Shen Qiu dismissed the assembled factions as no match for Shen Yun, while Luo Guyin questioned him and Azure Venerable watched them irritably.
• Haitang returned to Snow-Listening Cottage and reported that Shen Yun’s side had sent a reply.

Haitang reported that Shen Yun had insulted Young Master Death-Defying and left Shenghui City, prompting the enraged young master to lead the Sin Camp Death Guards after him. Meanwhile, Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo reached the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, where Shen Yun insisted she accompany him.

• Haitang told Young Master Death-Defying that Shen Yun had never heard of him, demanded the Eldest Young Master come instead, and called his residence filthy with poor Feng Shui.
• Young Master Death-Defying decided to meet Shen Yun himself, then ordered the Sin Camp Death Guards to follow him to the Immortal Ancient Battlefield after learning Shen Yun had left Shenghui City.
• Shen Qiu laughed at Young Master Death-Defying's humiliation, while Luo Guyin concluded that Shen Qiu and Shen Yun were related.
• Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo traveled together to the Immortal Ancient Battlefield after spending three years crossing the Immortal Realm.
• Shen Yun worried about the power within Shen Qingruo drawing the attention of Immortal Dao Great Powers, and told her she was coming with him to the battlefield.

Shen Yun brought Shen Qingruo into the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, believing it held the chance to transform her physique and intending to confront Ling Jiuxiao. Mu Hanyu reunited with them, gave Shen Yun a treasured Heavenly Secrets technique, and agreed to travel with them despite the danger.

• Shen Yun reached perfect comprehension of the Five Qi, took Shen Qingruo through the Sealing God Array's restrictions into the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, and resolved to eliminate Ling Jiuxiao.
• Shen Yun deduced that Mu Hanyu's past incarnation was Yuhua Immortal Venerable and that her Sacred Dao aura could purify divine sense, explaining the Fate Divine Sect's failed Soul Returning Grand Ceremony.
• Shen Qingruo stood with Shen Yun beneath an umbrella in the battlefield's storm and promised to go wherever he went.
• Mu Hanyu arrived and reunited with Shen Qingruo, then gave Shen Yun the Ziwei Doushu: Evergreen Scroll as a gift.
• Mu Hanyu agreed to travel with Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo, saying her presence could deter Ling Jiuxiao from persuading the Sacred Sect to act against them.

Shen Yun realized that a divine power had erased Ling Jiuxiao’s identity and destiny from ordinary perception, then advanced his Way of Fate to Nearly the Dao. He and Shen Qingruo arrived with Mu Hanyu at the Immortal Ancient Battlefield.

• Mu Hanyu warned Shen Qingruo that the Sacred Sect’s surviving elders would seek her because of her constitution, and Shen Yun reassured her that he could protect her.
• Shen Yun asked whether Ling Jiuxiao was connected to the Escaped One, but Mu Hanyu could not hear the forbidden words, revealing a power that concealed Ling Jiuxiao’s true name and destiny.
• Shen Yun concluded that Great Yan Divine Venerable’s secret treasure had been a trial for Ling Jiuxiao, then entered enlightenment and drew the River of Destiny into an immortal light.
• Mu Hanyu recognized that Shen Yun had reached Nearly the Dao in the Destiny Heavenly Book and believed he could avenge her blood feud with Ling Jiuxiao.
• After traveling across the wasteland, Shen Yun, Shen Qingruo, and Mu Hanyu reached the Immortal Ancient Battlefield.

Shen Yun and Mu Hanyu surveyed the Immortal Ancient Battlefield as cultivators gathered for the God War, and Shen Yun considered the God Tomb and Jade Void Immortal Venerable’s prospects of becoming the ninth Immortal King. The chapter ended with a cultivator offering a Universe Sacred Hall disciple a treasure he claimed was connected to Immortal King Qiankun.

• Shen Yun and Mu Hanyu observed the ancient palaces and temples, while Mu Hanyu identified the territories of several Immortal King powers.
• Newcomers wondered why most Immortal King lineages had not entered the God War, and a cultivator explained that their heirs rarely risked competing unless they could win.
• A Universe Sacred Hall disciple claimed that Cang Hao, Azure Dragon, and Shen Yun could defeat even Immortal King descendants, and Mu Hanyu explained the Hall’s claim to Immortal King Qiankun’s God Tomb.
• Shen Yun thought Jade Void Immortal Venerable might soon become the Heavenly Realm’s ninth Immortal King and dismissed the Universe Sacred Hall’s demand for his inheritance as reckless.
• The middle-aged cultivator approached the Universe Sacred Hall disciple and offered a treasure he said was connected to the fallen Immortal King.

Shen Yun watched Jia Daoren trick a Universe Sacred Hall disciple into buying a fake ancient compass, then learned Jia Daoren knew about the Stellar Key and offered to avert one future calamity in exchange for it. Before Shen Yun could respond, a vast army arrived at the Immortal Ancient Battlefield and the Sacred Temple gates opened.

• Jia Daoren sold a fake Small Universe Compass to a Universe Sacred Hall disciple for five hundred million Immortal Yuan Stones.
• Shen Yun recognized the compass scam, then decided to find a secluded place with Shen Qingruo and Mu Hanyu before the God War.
• Jia Daoren introduced himself to Shen Yun and the two women, then asked Shen Yun to give him the Stellar Key in exchange for help overcoming one future calamity.
• Shen Yun used his Destiny Power to glimpse that Jia Daoren was an external incarnation.
• A Golden Chariot drawn by eight Desolate Ancient Giant Oxen arrived with a vast Cultivator Army, and the Wusheng Realm's Sacred Temple gates slowly opened.

Young Master Death-Defying arrived with Wusheng Realm’s Sin Camp Death Guards to confront Shen Yun, while onlookers recalled Shen Yun’s earlier rejection of his invitation. Shen Yun assessed the army and mocked Young Master Death-Defying for coming to challenge him himself.

• Young Master Death-Defying led the Sin Camp Death Guards and a host of Heavenly Prides to the Immortal Palace in a show of force.
• Jia Daoren and Mu Hanyu explained that the Sin Camp Death Guards were prisoners who fought for rewards and the chance to regain their freedom.
• Young Master Death-Defying demanded to know where Shen Yun was, and the gathered contestants recognized that the two had a grievance over Shen Yun’s rejection of his banquet invitation.
• Shen Yun flew up to face Young Master Death-Defying alone and asked why he had come looking for him.
• Shen Yun used the Great Dao of Fate to inspect the Sin Camp, counted its Half-Step Daluo and peak Golden Immortals, and mocked Young Master Death-Defying as a spoiled brat.

Shen Yun effortlessly defeated the Sin Battalion Death Guards, seized Young Master Death-Defying, and killed him in front of the assembled cultivators. He then sensed a hidden force gathering the Divine Son’s scattered souls and spirits and sent the River of Destiny after them.

• Young Master Death-Defying ordered the Sin Battalion Death Guards to kill Shen Yun, and the Three Evils of Guling led the attack with their Soul-Locking Demonic Chains.
• Wan Jinsheng recognized the Three Evils of Guling and watched Shen Yun’s fight to gauge his strength.
• Shen Yun evaded the assault with Walker Without Borders, crossed the battlefield, and grabbed Young Master Death-Defying by the neck.
• Shen Yun crushed Young Master Death-Defying’s neck and True Spirit, then erased his body with Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Shen Yun sensed a mysterious force gathering Young Master Death-Defying’s souls and spirits, then sent the River of Destiny toward the distant horizon.

Shen Yun confronted Wusheng Immortal Venerable after the Emperor Son intervened to revive Young Master Death-Defying. Though Wusheng suppressed Shen Yun’s Fate Heavenly Blade and restored his opponent, Shen Yun revealed he had been concealing his strength and launched an attack on Young Master Death-Defying.

• Wusheng Immortal Venerable descended with overwhelming divine will, and the death guards hailed him as the Emperor Son.
• Mu Hanyu identified the newcomer as Wusheng Immortal Venerable, while Shen Yun rose to meet him and formed the Fate Heavenly Blade with Destiny Heavenly Dao.
• Wusheng descended in a Dharma Body, halted Shen Yun’s blade, and used his banner to retrieve Young Master Death-Defying’s Primordial Spirit from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Young Master Death-Defying urged Wusheng to kill Shen Yun, but Wusheng sensed danger and tried to shield him.
• Shen Yun released his Supreme Primordial Spirit, seized the Fate Heavenly Blade, pierced Wusheng’s divine will, and rushed toward Young Master Death-Defying.

Shen Yun pursued Young Master Death-Defying while Wusheng Immortal Venerable tried to save him, then unleashed a vast law that trapped his opponent. The Fate Heavenly Blade fell toward Young Master Death-Defying, leaving his fate at the brink of death.

• Shen Yun waited for Wusheng Immortal Venerable to retrieve Young Master Death-Defying so he could kill him permanently.
• Wusheng Immortal Venerable rescued Young Master Death-Defying and fled across the Star Sea, while the young master blamed Fairy Aoxue for his humiliation.
• Shen Yun unleashed Azure Sea, Blue Sky, forming a vast Taiji Divine Diagram that suppressed spacetime and slowed Wusheng Immortal Venerable.
• Shen Yun brought down the Fate Heavenly Blade toward Young Master Death-Defying's head.

Shen Yun broke through Wusheng Immortal Venerable’s Heaven-Earth Severing formation and killed Young Master Death-Defying by severing his fate, erasing traces of his existence. He then used the Five Elements Reincarnation Divine Ability to dismantle Wusheng Immortal Venerable’s defense and challenged him to use every Sacred Method he had.

• Wusheng Immortal Venerable formed the Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Baleful Array to shield Young Master Death-Defying from Shen Yun’s Fate Heavenly Blade.
• Jun Linyuan and Ling Jiuxiao arrived, recognized Shen Yun as Azure Dragon, and decided to watch for his hidden trump cards rather than attack.
• Shen Yun’s Fate Heavenly Blade pierced the array and killed Young Master Death-Defying, severing his fate and causing observers’ memories of him to fade.
• Wusheng Immortal Venerable realized Shen Yun had erased Young Master Death-Defying’s fate and resolved that Shen Yun had to be eliminated.
• Shen Yun raised the Five Elements Canopy, which caused Wusheng Immortal Venerable’s sealing array to collapse, then challenged him to use all his Sacred Methods.

Shen Yun shattered the Sealing Formation and invoked a vast reincarnation formation against Wusheng Immortal Venerable. As the Gate of Reincarnation appeared, Mu Hanyu let go of her past and broke through to the threshold of the Daluo Immortal Realm, while Ling Jiuxiao resolved to kill Shen Yun and her.

• Shen Yun destroyed the Sealing Formation and challenged Wusheng Immortal Venerable before the gathered experts.
• Mu Hanyu watched Shen Yun, released her lingering attachments, and broke through Four Qi Perfection toward the Daluo Immortal Realm.
• Ling Jiuxiao recognized Mu Hanyu but accepted that she had changed, then vowed to kill Shen Yun and her.
• Shen Yun secretly prepared a formation and combined the Primordial Chaos Law with the Innate Five Elements.
• Shen Yun summoned the Gate of Reincarnation, prompting Wan Jinsheng to identify it and the gathered cultivators to await Wusheng Immortal Venerable's response.

Shen Yun overwhelmed Wusheng Immortal Venerable with the Gate of Reincarnation and the Sword of Severing the Dao, destroying his Dharma Body and wounding his true body through the river of time and space. Ling Jiuxiao and Jun Ling Yuan resolved to confront Shen Yun before he grew even stronger.

• Shen Yun mocked Wusheng Immortal Venerable, then summoned the Gate of Reincarnation and drained the universe's spiritual energy to empower it.
• Shen Yun used the Gate of Reincarnation and the Sword of Severing the Dao together, leaving Wusheng Immortal Venerable unable to move or resist.
• Ling Jiuxiao warned Jun Ling Yuan that Wan Jinsheng could not defeat Shen Yun, and Jun Ling Yuan decided to emerge from seclusion and settle their grudges.
• Shen Yun's Fate Sword Qi pierced Wusheng Immortal Venerable's brow and erased his divine-sense Dharma Body.
• The Fate Heavenly Blade followed its karmic link and struck Wusheng Immortal Venerable's true body, drawing golden Divine Blood from the sky.