Chapter Summaries

Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian opened a rune-covered chest and found a blank parchment radiating the power of heavenly devils and demons, then gave the forces targeting the Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company seven days to answer for their actions. Three days later, three kings and other powerful experts arrived in Hundred Clans City, and Chen Qianqian faced their threat without leaving her chess game.

• You Lao'er opened the chest, and Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian suppressed the parchment’s terrifying presence before returning it to the chest.
• Chen Qianqian gave the cultivators seven days to summon the forces behind them and warned them to stop targeting the Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company.
• Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian stayed at the city lord’s manor while You Lao'er and the others resumed cultivating.
• Three days later, demonic clouds covered Hundred Clans City as the city’s cultivators welcomed the arriving rulers.
• City Lord Tiger urged Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian to pay their respects, but Chen Qianqian challenged the kings, who threatened to teach her a lesson.

Bai Qian revealed herself as Qingqiu’s nine-tailed fox ancestor and stopped the Gray Wolf Demon King’s attack on Hundred Clans City. After the demon kings apologized and punished their subordinates, Bai Qian ordered them to withdraw their troops so they could discuss the real business.

• The Gray Wolf Demon King’s giant claw descended toward the city lord’s residence, but Bai Qian’s nine-tailed fox power stopped it.
• Great King Samadhi recognized Bai Qian as Qingqiu’s legitimate grandchild and Great Sage Qiankun’s personal disciple, then struck the Gray Wolf Demon King and warned him to withdraw his claw.
• Bai Qian summoned the demon kings to pay their respects and asked Great King Samadhi about his grandfather, a three-tailed fox from Eagle Sorrow Kingdom.
• The demon kings denied coming for the sheepskin scroll, and Bai Qian ordered the Gray Wolf Demon King to protect the Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company as his punishment.
• The demon kings brought their subordinates before Bai Qian, who spared them and told the demon kings to withdraw their demon soldiers before discussing the real business.

Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian took a mysterious sheepskin scroll to a deserted battlefield and used their Heavenly Devil and Heavenly Demon powers to reveal the Dragon Demon Hall. The scroll sealed them inside a dome, and its devil light began to rise as the Demon Kings feared they would be transported into the deadly hall.

• Marquis Colorful Feather carried Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian away from Hundred Clans City, while the Samadhi Fire Fox lamented that he had not become their mount.
• After the Demon Kings departed, Hundred Clans City’s leaders rushed to curry favor with the Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company, and You Er welcomed them with a banquet.
• At a deserted battlefield, Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian opened the golden box and infused its sheepskin scroll with devil Qi and demon power.
• The scroll revealed the Dragon Demon Hall, and Chen Qianqian’s Demon Heaven Physique astonished the Demon Kings.
• Marquis Giant Deer tried to flee but struck the dome that had enclosed the group, while the Samadhi Fire Fox explained the Dragon Demon Hall’s history and danger.
• A streak of devil light shot from the scroll toward the sky as the Samadhi Fire Fox warned that it would transport them into the Dragon Demon Hall.

Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian entered the Dragon Demon’s ruins with the demon kings, then used a Sword Jade from their master to destroy his manifested soul. They set off to claim the Dragon Demon’s treasures, but paused before a dark passage to consider whether it was trapped.

• Chen Qianqian, Bai Qian, and the demon kings entered the gate of light and appeared in the Dragon Demon’s ruins.
• Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian reached the Dragon Demon’s hall, where they mocked his demand that they kneel.
• The Dragon Demon attacked, but Chen Qianqian summoned her master’s Sword Jade and its sword strike destroyed his soul apparition and statue.
• Bai Qian told the confused demon kings that they were in the Dragon Demon Hall and urged them to stay beside the two women.
• Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian decided to find the Dragon Demon’s remaining will and claim the treasures they believed belonged to them.
• Bai Qian stopped the group at a pitch-black passage and warned that the Dragon Demon might have set a trap.

Bai Qian used her master's swordsmanship to destroy the Dragon Devil's hidden remnant soul and led the group to the Dragon Devil's Heart. After the demon kings were nearly driven to fight over it, Bai Qian and Chen Qianqian claimed the heart, and the group uncovered a passage beneath the altar.

• Bai Qian struck through the darkness with the Sword Jade, finding and injuring the Dragon Devil's remnant soul until the hall collapsed.
• Bai Qian had the Samadhi Fire Fox clear the way, and the group found the enormous Heart of the Dragon Devil on an altar.
• The heart's influence made the demon kings greedy and hostile, so the Samadhi Fire Fox drew their attention while Bai Qian's sword stopped their charge.
• The Heart of the Dragon Devil cracked and released corrosive blood, after which Bai Qian and Chen Qianqian each stored one half of the still-beating heart.
• Bai Qian ordered the demon kings to clean the altar and divide the treasure, and Marquis Giant Deer sensed something valuable beneath it.
• Marquis Giant Deer broke open the altar to reveal a passage with golden light, and Bai Qian told the demon kings to retrieve the treasure without hiding any Devil Race cultivation techniques.

Bai Qian and Chen Qianqian divided the Dragon Demon's treasure with the Demon Kings, destroyed the Devil Race cultivation methods, and traveled through the Myriad Poisons Swamp before heading northwest. Back at the Dao-Seeking Academy, Shi Xuan finished comprehending the Master Who Embraces Simplicity and asked Chu Feng which of the Nine Secrets to cultivate first.

• The Demon Kings brought the Dragon Demon's treasure to Bai Qian and Chen Qianqian, who divided it with them and destroyed the Devil Race cultivation methods they found.
• Bai Qian took Marquis Colorful Feather as her mount, and the group crossed the Myriad Poisons Swamp after warning its poisonous demons not to interfere.
• Three days later, the group returned to Hundred Clans City, where Chen Qianqian left three chess pieces before she and Bai Qian departed northwest on Marquis Colorful Feather.
• Three months after becoming Chu Feng's disciple, Shi Xuan finished comprehending the Master Who Embraces Simplicity and visited Chu Feng to ask which of the Nine Secrets to cultivate first.

Shi Xuan chose to cultivate the Secret of the Character Qian and spent years studying it in seclusion while Chu Feng helped manage his overflowing spiritual power. As Xiao Chen prepared to return to the Dao-Seeking Academy, Shi Xuan finally neared a breakthrough in his comprehension.

• Chu Feng advised Shi Xuan to follow his ambition, and Shi Xuan chose the Secret of the Character Qian to anticipate rivals and seize their opportunities.
• Chu Feng told Shi Xuan not to break through to the True Fate Realm before comprehending a Secret, and promised to absorb any excess spiritual power.
• Shi Xuan studied in seclusion as rumors spread that he lacked talent, and the academy eventually forgot about him while Chen Zun and Qin Yun gained fame.
• Chu Feng absorbed Shi Xuan's overflowing spiritual power and reassured him that taking decades to comprehend a Secret would be acceptable.
• Chu Feng learned that Xiao Chen had reached the Nirvana Realm, awakened the Firmament-Breaking Sword Physique, and planned to return to the academy.
• As Miaomiao Mountain awaited Xiao Chen, Shi Xuan finally came within half a step of comprehending the Secret of the Character Qian.

Shi Xuan awakened the Zhoutian Physique, comprehended the Secret of the Character Qian, and broke through to the True Fate Realm. After warning Shi Xuan and his fellow disciples about the danger of pursuing Children of Destiny, Chu Feng saw a messenger eagle descend.

• Shi Xuan's breakthrough caused a heavenly phenomenon, and Ye Beixuan recognized it as the awakening of a Divine Physique.
• Chu Feng received system rewards for Shi Xuan's achievements, including greater mastery of the Nine Secrets and a lifespan limit of one million years.
• Shi Xuan emerged from his residence and received congratulations from Qin Qin and the other disciples.
• At Chu Feng's residence, Shi Xuan claimed he could defeat the Children of Destiny, and Chu Feng warned him not to underestimate them.
• Chu Feng advised the disciples to kill each Child of Destiny in one strike and destroy their soul; a messenger eagle then descended.

Shi Xuan told Chu Feng about his engagement banquet and proposed using it to draw out hostile Children of Fortune, while Chu Feng agreed to support him. A month later, disciples returned to Miaomiao Mountain with gifts and news of their training, and Xiao Chen revealed he had reached the Nirvana Realm and awakened the Firmament-Breaking Sword Physique.

• Shi Xuan received a letter reminding him that his engagement banquet was due in six months, and Chu Feng decided to accompany him to the Northern Abyss.
• Shi Xuan proposed getting engaged to all the women with whom he had marriage arrangements to lure out the Children of Fortune who bore grudges against him, and Chu Feng promised to back him up.
• A month later, Cao Youqian, Chen Qianqian, and Bai Qian returned to Miaomiao Mountain, and Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian gave gifts to Chu Feng, Bing Yan, and the other disciples.
• Xiao Chen returned with Liu Yue'er and Ximen Ye, reported that he had reached the Nirvana Realm, and Chu Feng said he would tell the academy head that Xiao Chen had awakened the Firmament-Breaking Sword Physique.
• Cao Youqian exclaimed that Xiao Chen had awakened an Immortal Physique, leaving the courtyard silent.

Seven days after Xiao Chen awakened his Immortal Physique, Chu Feng led his disciples to Boulder City for Shi Xuan’s approaching engagement ceremony. Shi Xuan welcomed his master and fellow disciples at his residence, where a harsh voice interrupted their gathering.

• Xiao Chen teased Cao Youqian about awakening his Immortal Physique, and Cao Youqian resolved to awaken his own soon.
• Seven days later, Chu Feng led his disciples north to the Shi Clan’s territory as Shi Xuan’s engagement ceremony and appointment as imperial grandson drew near.
• Chu Feng’s group arrived outside Boulder City and sent Shi Xuan a message asking him to prepare lodgings.
• Shi Xuan received the message and sent Chen Zun and the others to welcome Chu Feng and the disciples at the city gate.
• Shi Xuan personally welcomed Chu Feng at his residence, arranged lodgings, and joined the group for tea and conversation.
• A voice like a drake’s squawk called out from beyond the garden.

Shi Xuan left his engagement banquet to attend a palace banquet hosted by the ninth prince, where he discovered that the Great Abyss Holy Dynasty’s guests had brought his nine fiancées. He welcomed them calmly and met Zhao Zhiruo, the only fiancée who had not betrayed him, as she approached to offer him a toast.

• A palace guard summoned Shi Xuan to the imperial garden to meet visiting princes and commandery princesses from the Great Abyss Holy Dynasty.
• On the way, the guard captain told Shi Xuan that his nine fiancées had also come as the guests’ companions, and Shi Xuan said he would let them entertain the visitors.
• Shi Xuan entered the imperial garden and exchanged courteous greetings with Senior Brother Xu and the visiting royals.
• The ninth prince left Shi Xuan to host the guests, and Shi Xuan tried to learn why the Great Abyss delegation had arrived early, but they gave nothing away.
• Zhao Zhiruo approached Shi Xuan with a cup of wine and offered him a toast.

Shi Xuan dismissed Zhao Zhiruo’s concerns about his other fiancées and watched the Northern Abyss imperial family plot to worsen his predicament. A Shi Clan Great Sage revealed that the Great Abyss Holy Dynasty was likely behind the clan’s troubles, then heard a commotion at Shi Xuan’s residence.

• Shi Xuan questioned Zhao Zhiruo about her engagement and dismissed her worries about the women flirting with other men.
• Xu Chengjie, Xu Wanshun, and the other imperial scions discussed provoking Shi Xuan and weakening the Shi Clan’s hidden dragon.
• Shi Xuan left the banquet and met a Shi Clan Great Sage in his carriage.
• The ancestor told Shi Xuan that the Great Abyss Holy Dynasty had likely engineered the Shi Clan’s predicament.
• When they arrived at Shi Xuan’s residence, the ancestor heard a commotion and asked what had happened.

Shi Xuan’s ancestor sought Chu Feng’s help after learning that the engagement banquet would draw the Great Abyss Holy Dynasty and other holy lands into a contest over Shi Xuan. Chu Feng promised to protect his disciple, and when the engagement day arrived, he gave Shi Xuan a Sword Jade before the group set off for the Moon-Gazing Palace.

• Shi Xuan told his ancestor that Chu Feng and the other disciples had come for his engagement banquet, and the ancestor went to meet Chu Feng.
• The Shi Clan ancestor warned that the Great Abyss Holy Dynasty and several holy lands were targeting Shi Xuan, and Chu Feng vowed to protect him.
• Rumors spread that Shi Xuan’s fiancées had flirted with other men, but Shi Xuan and the Shi Clan made no response.
• Xu Chengjie and his companions wondered about the Shi Clan’s calm and anticipated Shi Xuan’s humiliation at the engagement banquet.
• On the day of the engagement, Chu Feng gave Shi Xuan a Sword Jade containing ten strands of Sword Qi, and Shi Xuan led the group toward the Moon-Gazing Palace.

Shi Xuan’s engagement ceremony began at the Moon-Gazing Palace, where his eight unwilling fiancées and Zhao Zhiruo joined him before a crowd of guests. As the exchange of tokens was about to begin, someone interrupted the ceremony.

• Chu Feng and the Shi Clan ancestor arrived at the Moon-Gazing Palace and discussed how Shi Xuan might turn the ceremony into a chance to suppress the Children of Destiny.
• Zhao Zhiruo waited eagerly with eight other beauties, who privately resented their engagement to Shi Xuan.
• Shi Xuan appeared with Zhao Zhiruo and the eight sour-faced fiancées, surprising guests who had expected him to remain subdued.
• Shi Zhennan opened the ceremony, and ten elders took their seats with grim expressions as the proceedings continued.
• When the betrothed prepared to exchange tokens, an unidentified voice shouted, “Wait!!!”

At Shi Xuan’s engagement banquet, Xu Aotian arrived to challenge the marriage, but Shi Xuan revealed he knew the plot involved more than one rival. Zhao Wuji appeared as the apparent mastermind and called three more figures to emerge, while Chu Feng noticed another old monster’s soul inside Zhao Wuji.

• Xu Aotian interrupted the banquet and declared that he opposed the marriage, while Chu Feng identified the Saint Realm soul following him.
• Shi Xuan recognized Xu Aotian, refused his challenge to take the women, and taunted Bai Su Qing, Yan Ruhua, and Mu Rong.
• Shi Xuan called on the hidden challengers to reveal themselves and warned them that he would claim the women after defeating Xu Aotian.
• Zhao Wuji stepped forward, and Shi Xuan identified him as the strategist behind the scheme and asked him to bring out the others.
• Chu Feng sensed that an old monster’s soul occupied Zhao Wuji’s body, and three figures appeared beside Zhao Wuji.

Chu Feng watched as Shi Xuan faced five challengers from powerful factions who had come to seize his fiancées and providence. Shi Xuan confronted them in the sky above the Moon-Gazing Palace, and Long Zaiyuan revealed a demonic sword while Xue Wentian removed his mask.

• Qin Qin told Chu Feng that Zhao Wuji’s soul belonged to a Great Sage from the Nine Nether Holy Land, while Chu Feng urged the Shi Clan patriarch to wait and watch Xiao Xuan.
• Shi Xuan challenged the five men, and Qiu Qianhen accused Zhao Zhiruo of helping destroy the Qiu Clan and demanded a fight.
• Shi Xuan rose above the palace to face all five challengers, who surrounded him and prepared to attack together.
• Long Zaiyuan unleashed a demonic sword and revealed that he had obtained the Sword Demon Great Sage’s inheritance.
• Shi Xuan called out Xue Wentian, who removed his mask as Tong Ziyi and Tao Yaoyao watched him affectionately; Shi Xuan said he wanted to see what tricks the challengers had prepared.

Shi Xuan used the Desolate Heaven Seal to withstand attacks from the five Children of Destiny and revealed that he had seen their future trump cards. After Qiu Qianhen’s next attack also failed, Shi Xuan warned the five that his turn was coming.

• Qiu Qianhen, Xue Wentian, Long Zaiyuan, Xu Aotian, and Zhao Wuji unleashed their inheritances and attacked Shi Xuan together.
• Shi Xuan’s Desolate Heaven Seal blocked all five attacks, and he taunted them to reveal their trump cards.
• Shi Xuan recalled that the Secret of the Character Qian had shown him the future trump cards of four opponents, but not Zhao Wuji’s.
• Qiu Qianhen attacked alone with Heavenly Corpse Suppression while the other four watched, hoping to test Shi Xuan and wear him down.
• The Desolate Heaven Seal swallowed Qiu Qianhen’s giant hand and dispersed the sinister cloud, prompting Shi Xuan to warn the five that he would attack next.

Shi Xuan revealed his Divine Physique and used a Sword Jade to repel Qiu Qianhen’s attack, turning the engagement banquet’s battle against the five prodigies. He then struck at Xu Aotian without warning, leaving the other four stunned.

• Shi Xuan revealed his Divine Physique and summoned the Desolate Heaven Seal to attack the five prodigies.
• Xu Aotian merged with his ancestor, Qiu Qianhen opened his golden coffin, Long Zaiyuan fused with the demonic sword’s soul, and Xue Wentian summoned a dragon claw, while Zhao Wuji held back.
• Qiu Qianhen attacked Shi Xuan with the Netherworld Holy Palm, but Shi Xuan used a Sword Jade to summon his master’s Sword Qi and disperse the saintly figure behind Qiu Qianhen.
• Shi Xuan taunted the five prodigies and challenged them to fight, while Qiu Qianhen and Xu Aotian hesitated to reveal their final trump cards.
• When Xu Aotian stepped forward, Shi Xuan cut him off and sent a streak of Sword Qi toward him before he could speak.

Xu Aotian revealed a Saint soul within his body, but Chu Feng challenged the spirit after it emerged as Nine Abyss Devil Saint. Nine Abyss attacked Chu Feng with the Nether Abyss Palm, and the chapter ended as Chu Feng faced the strike.

• A Saint soul emerged from Xu Aotian and blocked Shi Xuan's sword strike, leaving Xu Aotian visibly weakened.
• Chu Feng revealed himself as Shi Xuan's master and challenged the Saint soul, while Cao Youqian urged the Shi Clan's old ancestor to watch and eat a spirit melon.
• The old man identified himself as Nine Abyss Devil Saint, and cultivators recognized him as an enemy of the Northern Abyss Holy Dynasty who had been sealed in the Heavenly Abyss.
• Xu Aotian realized his deception of Nine Abyss Devil Saint had been exposed and glared at Shi Xuan as his standing in the dynasty became untenable.
• Chu Feng invited the old ancestors behind his opponents to face him together, enraging Nine Abyss Devil Saint, who attacked him with the Nether Abyss Palm.
• Chu Feng smiled at the enormous palm and declared that a Saint soul was nothing special.

Chu Feng confronted the Nine Abyss Devil Saint and revealed that he had come to help Shi Xuan suppress the Children of Destiny. His allies engaged the enemy Great Sages, while Qiu Qianhen opened the golden coffin with his blood and incantation.

• Chu Feng pierced the Nine Abyss Devil Saint’s palm strike, shocking the gathered cultivators.
• Chu Feng declared his intention to help Shi Xuan suppress the Children of Destiny, and Great Sage Shadow appeared to oppose him.
• The Blood Nether Dragon, a devil sword spirit, Bing Yan, Great Sage Golden Wing, and Great Sage Blazing Sun took sides, with Bing Yan, Golden Wing, and Blazing Sun drawing opponents away to fight.
• Chu Feng challenged the Nine Abyss Devil Saint to a one-on-one battle, but the Devil Saint urged Qiu Qianhen to summon the patriarch inside the coffin.
• Qiu Qianhen cut his wrist and chanted, sending his blood to the golden coffin until it creaked fully open.