Chapter Summaries

Lu Changzhi and the Liu Clan arrived in the Mystic Yang Realm to explore the emperor’s tomb, while Liu Tianming stayed silent about being mistaken for a decoy. As the Yue Clan arrived in force, local experts anticipated a clash and some planned to scavenge its aftermath.

• Liu Xun told Liu Tianming to leave Lu Changzhi’s affairs to the elders and avoid getting involved, then decided to end Lu Changzhi’s usefulness to the Liu Clan.
• The Liu Clan gathered and teleported to the Mystic Yang Realm, where clansmen mistook Liu Tianming for a fake emperor’s son; he chose not to correct them.
• Lu Changzhi used the system to inspect the Liu Clan’s hidden experts and spotted Chen Qiuwen, a Unified Dao Realm eighth-layer expert among them.
• The Yue Clan arrived with a large force, prompting Mystic Yang Realm experts to suspect the emperor’s tomb was real and wonder why their own top forces had not appeared.
• Two local men discussed hiding and scavenging valuables if fighting broke out, and one pointed out that more forces were arriving.

As crowds gathered near the Liu Clan for the emperor’s tomb, a man from the Mystic Yang Realm examined Liu Tianming and questioned the worth of the tomb. Lin Xie sought Chen Mingxuan’s help hiding his identity, and Chen Mingxuan concealed him with a powerful art as Luo Zhen agreed to keep him close.

• More forces from the Misty Clear Realm arrived and searched for the emperor’s tomb entrance near the city.
• A middle-aged man from the Mystic Yang Realm used a painting of Liu Tianming to inspect the area and judge the tomb site.
• Lin Xie met Chen Mingxuan and Luo Zhen while disguised, and Chen Mingxuan warned that his concealment made him look suspicious.
• Lin Xie suggested distancing himself from Chen Mingxuan and Luo Zhen, but Luo Zhen insisted they should face trouble together as family.
• Chen Mingxuan removed Lin Xie’s three robes and used his concealment art to hide him, then asked Luo Zhen if he understood his meaning.

Chen Mingxuan and Luo Zhen brought Lin Xie into the crowd using a deliberately conspicuous concealment technique, while Lu Changzhi and Long Yang watched him from afar. Lin Xie accepted Chen Mingxuan’s heart-protecting mirror, then recognized Lu Changzhi among the Liu Clan and suspected that the man beside Liu Xun was an impostor.

• Luo Zhen followed Chen Mingxuan’s plan to conceal Lin Xie, and Chen Mingxuan led them into the densest gathering of experts.
• Lu Changzhi noticed Lin Xie between the two Heavenly Sha Lone Stars and decided not to intervene.
• Long Yang spotted the person who had hammered his root and resolved to wait for a chance to take revenge or for his second uncle to arrive.
• Lin Xie told Chen Mingxuan he felt watched and uneasy, and Chen Mingxuan gave him a heart-protecting mirror to help him escape danger.
• Lin Xie examined the Liu Clan’s gathering, recognized Lu Changzhi, and suspected that the man beside Liu Xun had taken the Emperor’s son’s place.

Lin Xie realized that the Liu Clan had brought a fake imperial son and refused to let them use him as a scapegoat, while Chen Mingxuan hinted that others also opposed the clan. As the crowd watched the Liu and Yue Clans wait to act, onlookers speculated about the Liu Clan’s deception and Lu Changzhi’s role.

• Luo Zhen told Lin Xie that the Liu Clan’s imperial son was a fake, and explained that he knew the real one from the Five Symbols Sect.
• Lin Xie said he would not let the Liu Clan use a fake as a scapegoat, while Chen Mingxuan urged him to wait because others would expose the clan in time.
• The gathered crowd watched the Liu and Yue Clans, expecting the Yue Clan to know how to open the imperial tomb and the Liu Clan to act once it opened.
• Onlookers noticed a stranger among the Liu Clan’s powerhouses and speculated that the clan had brought a fake to protect its real imperial son.
• A man guessed that Lu Changzhi was the real imperial son and that the Liu Clan might soon hide him away after using his appearance to discourage rivals.

Liu Tianming objected to being compared with Lu Changzhi, prompting Liu Xun to hide Lu Changzhi and redirect the crowd’s attention toward the Emperor’s tomb. Yue Peng exposed the concealment, and Liu Tianming ended the chapter by dismissing Lu Changzhi as unworthy of the title of Emperor’s son.

• The crowd compared Liu Tianming with Lu Changzhi, and Liu Tianming resented being placed on the same level as the fake Emperor’s son.
• Liu Xun concealed Lu Changzhi and his group with an illusion, then called on Yue Peng to discuss the Emperor’s tomb and divert attention.
• Yue Peng pointed toward Lu Changzhi’s former location and challenged Liu Xun about hiding the Liu Clan’s Emperor’s son.
• Liu Tianming coldly asked whether Lu Changzhi was worthy of being called the Emperor’s son.

Yue Peng showed a recording of Lu Changzhi using the Emperor Dao stone chair, drawing attention away from the Liu Clan’s Emperor’s Son and making Lu Changzhi a target of speculation. As a mysterious seven-colored light headed toward the Emperor’s Tomb, its overwhelming pressure and anger reached the gathered cultivators, putting the Liu Clan’s hidden ancestors on alert.

• Yue Peng displayed the recording of Lu Changzhi’s encounter with the stone chair, while Liu Tianming dismissed the change in Lu Changzhi’s presence as the effect of an external object.
• Observers debated whether the person in the recording or the one in the picture was the real Emperor’s Son, and one person said they could deal with both.
• Lu Changzhi realized the recording might be diverting pressure from the Liu Clan onto him, then sat on the stone chair to watch events unfold.
• A mass of seven-colored light appeared more than ten million li away and rushed toward the Emperor’s Tomb, making the surrounding world tremble.
• The light’s invisible pressure and anger descended on the crowd at the Emperor’s Tomb, and Liu Duanyuan and the Liu Clan’s hidden ancestors prepared for a threat they feared might have discovered them.

A terrifying presence appeared near the Emperor's Tomb, then vanished, leaving cultivators and the Liu Clan uncertain about its origin. Ten thousand li away, a mysterious figure beat a seven-colored light into submission and warned it not to touch someone before sending it home.

• People in the city and outside it sensed an overwhelming presence and feared the Misty Clear Realm had concealed its true strength.
• The presence disappeared, leaving the gathered cultivators unsure whether it had been real.
• A figure confronted the seven-colored light, beat it, and told it not to touch him; the light agreed and departed.
• The Liu Clan experts decided to report the incident and considered contacting their forefather if the threat proved too strong.
• Chen Qiuwen urged the Liu Clan to stay hidden, observe events, and wait for a critical moment to act.

Inside the illusion array, Lu Changzhi learned that some distant power had probed the stone chair, while the crowd blamed the Emperor's Tomb. When Liu Tianming was challenged to prove his status using the chair, it appeared to choose him—then refused Lu Changzhi's attempt to call it back.

• The Artifact Spirit told Lu Changzhi that a distant power had probed it, and Lu Changzhi suspected someone had designs on the stone chair.
• The crowd decided the terrifying presence they had felt came from the Emperor's Tomb, while Yue Peng challenged Liu Tianming over his claim to be the Emperor's Son.
• Liu Duanyuan told Liu Tianming to protect himself and guide the world, then privately asked Lu Changzhi to make the chair seem to reject Liu Tianming.
• Liu Xun dispelled the illusion array, and the stone chair flew to Liu Tianming, who believed it had chosen him over Lu Changzhi.
• The chair told Liu Tianming it wanted him as its adoptive father, then formed glowing characters and resisted Lu Changzhi's attempt to summon it back.
• The chair declared that people sought greater heights, leaving Luo Zhen wondering why the words sounded familiar.

The Emperor Conferment Chair severed its bond with Lu Changzhi and acknowledged Liu Tianming as its master, convincing the crowd that Liu Tianming was the genuine emperor’s son. Lu Changzhi secretly retained control through the Artifact Spirit, while a distant observer concluded that Liu Tianming posed a Dao Severing threat.

• Liu Xun told Liu Duanyuan that the Emperor Conferment Chair was severing its master bond with Lu Changzhi, and Liu Duanyuan chose not to interfere.
• The Emperor Conferment Chair broke its connection with Lu Changzhi, and the crowd took Lu Changzhi’s apparent backlash as proof that the chair had rejected a false master.
• Liu Tianming sat on the chair and released his presence, but Lu Changzhi used the system to lend him the Aptitude of a Great Emperor special effects, dispelling the crowd’s doubts.
• The Emperor Conferment Chair took Liu Tianming’s blood in an awkward manner and completed its acknowledgment of him as master.
• Lu Changzhi confirmed that the Artifact Spirit still had supreme control over the chair and could dissolve Liu Tianming’s master bond.
• A distant observer watched Liu Tianming in the chair and concluded that he was the one who posed a Dao Severing threat.

Liu Tianming claimed the stone chair as its master, while Lu Changzhi helped the Liu Clan draw suspicion by appearing to leave. Lu Changzhi then used Lin Xie’s information to prepare to approach the emperor’s tomb, shifting his mind to his External Avatar near its entrance.

• Liu Tianming absorbed the stone chair into his sea of consciousness, convincing onlookers that it had acknowledged him as its master.
• Yue Peng called Liu Tianming a candidate, and the crowd wondered whether Lu Changzhi had been the false imperial son all along.
• Lu Changzhi suggested that he and the disciples leave conspicuously enough to provoke speculation, and Liu Duanyuan approved the plan.
• As Lu Changzhi’s group moved away, onlookers speculated that the departure concealed a trick or an attempt to reach the emperor’s tomb first.
• Lu Changzhi reviewed Lin Xie’s instructions about forcing a passage into the tomb and shifted his mind to his External Avatar near the suspected entrance.

Lu Changzhi arranged for Chen Qiuwen to stir up trouble among the experts before the emperor's tomb opened, while Mu Fan prepared to explore the tomb. As they waited, Liu Tianming learned more about the Emperor Conferment Chair and suspected Lu Changzhi had grand ambitions.

• Lu Changzhi told Mu Fan to wait for a chance to enter the emperor's tomb and promised to reserve the place for him to explore.
• Lu Changzhi contacted Chen Qiuwen, who agreed to attack the experts in the city shortly before the emperor's tomb opened.
• Chen Qiuwen praised Lu Changzhi after learning that he had found his location himself.
• Lu Changzhi waited for the right moment, reasoning that the Liu Clan might provide him a way out of the tomb.
• Liu Tianming said he had learned things from the Emperor Conferment Chair and accused Lu Changzhi of having great ambitions.

As cultivators waited for the Emperor Tomb to open, a decoy entrance drew the crowd away while the true entrance formed beside the Liu Clan. The entrance began to distort space and kill nearby cultivators, and Liu Xun ordered his people to enter quickly and warned Liu Tianming to be careful.

• Liu Tianming explained that the Emperor Conferment Chair could recognize a master with the potential to reach the Misty Clear Realm's pinnacle and intimidate other realms' Dao spirits.
• Cultivators grew impatient as they waited for the Emperor Tomb, and masked figures drew the crowd toward a supposed entrance.
• Yue Peng realized the apparent entrance was a trick and left with the Yue Clan, while Lin Xie noted that the real entrance would form beside the Liu Clan.
• Bright light from the decoy distracted the crowd as formation patterns appeared beneath the cultivators near the Liu Clan.
• Space twisted around the formation, killing several cultivators as a gray patch spread at its center.
• Liu Xun told the Liu Clan experts to enter without hesitation and warned Liu Tianming to be especially careful.

Lu Changzhi and Mu Fan entered the emperor’s tomb as its entrance opened, while Lu Changzhi’s original body prepared to send others in. Liu Zhong then attacked the formation and destroyed the entrance, leaving the Liu Clan’s members unable to enter and prompting accusations of treachery.

• Lu Changzhi used Men Must Be Fast to take Mu Fan through the newly opened connection into the emperor’s tomb.
• Lu Changzhi prepared Gu Chen and the others to enter as a clash erupted between Liu Clan forces and a powerful figure from the Mystic Yang Realm.
• Liu Zhong declared that the Liu Clan would rather be shattered jade than an intact tile and struck a crucial point in the tomb entrance’s formation.
• Liu Zhong’s attack stopped the twisting space and extinguished the black light, closing the entrance before the waiting clan members could enter.
• Liu Duanyuan suspected that the Liu Clan had a traitor, while Liu Xun and the others reacted in shock to the destroyed entrance.

The Liu Clan activated a prepared formation to protect Liu Tianming as Mystic Yang Realm forces poured through a teleportation gate, while the Yue Clan fled. With the original teleportation formation destroyed, the stranded Misty Clear Realm cultivators faced a one-sided assault, and Chen Mingxuan decided to help an old acquaintance.

• A Mystic Yang Realm expert summoned a stele and opened a spatial gate, while Yue Peng ordered the Yue Clan to leave.
• Mystic Yang Realm figures emerged and demanded Liu Tianming, prompting the Liu Clan to activate its grand formation and surround it with ancestors.
• The crowd realized the situation was a trap, the Yue Clan had fled, and the original teleportation formation had been destroyed.
• Mystic Yang Realm cultivators attacked the stranded Misty Clear Realm cultivators, while Lin Xie and Luo Zhen urged Chen Mingxuan to leave.
• Chen Mingxuan spotted an old acquaintance in danger and told Lin Xie and Luo Zhen that they would go help.

Luo Zhen grabbed Lin Xie for protection as Chen Mingxuan fought off an archer, but a broken spear pierced Lin Xie and Luo Zhen. While Lin Xie tried to escape the chaotic battlefield, Long Yang arrived and attacked, unaware that Lin Xie was preparing to turn his ambush against him.

• Luo Zhen clung to Lin Xie, and Lin Xie warned him to stay close as a red arrow split the void.
• Chen Mingxuan shattered the arrow and fought off three more, but a broken spear struck Lin Xie and pinned Luo Zhen behind him in a ditch.
• Lin Xie pulled the spear from his wound and weighed leaving the battlefield against waiting for Chen Mingxuan.
• Long Yang attacked the wounded Lin Xie, hoping to take advantage of his injury, while Lin Xie feigned worsening his wound and prepared to counter him.

Lin Xie severed Long Yang’s dragon spear and continued fighting the wounded dragon, while a mysterious figure identified Lin Xie and Luo Zhen as unusual protagonists. The figure decided to watch them, but Luo Zhen was caught in the aftermath of a stray attack and sent flying with severe injuries.

• Lin Xie evaded Long Yang’s attack, seized the dragon spear, and severed it with a slash.
• Lin Xie tossed the severed dragon spear to Luo Zhen, who stored it away before Lin Xie resumed his fight with Long Yang.
• A mysterious figure dismissed Liu Tianming as lacking protagonist’s fate, then recognized Lin Xie as a reincarnation-type protagonist and decided to wait for a chance to help him.
• The figure spotted Luo Zhen escaping and identified him as a calamity-star-type protagonist.
• A stray attack from an expert fighting in the air struck near Luo Zhen, blasting apart nearby cultivators and sending Luo Zhen flying with torn skin and flesh.

A mysterious figure healed the badly injured Luo Zhen, then discovered that Luo Zhen’s calamity-star curse had given him a negative status and suspected another system was involved. He turned his attention to Lin Xie pursuing Long Yang and hurried ahead to create an opportunity as reinforcements approached.

• The figure found Luo Zhen conscious but gravely injured and gave him a healing pill before teleporting him away.
• The figure discovered the status Heavenly Sha Lone Star’s Curse and agreed to upgrade his system so it could defeat a suspected rival system.
• Lin Xie pursued the wounded Long Yang while deliberately staying close enough to chase but not attack him.
• The figure noticed that people from the Mystic Yang Realm were avoiding the fight and wondered how to create an opportunity for Lin Xie.
• The figure sensed newcomers approaching the Liu Clan’s grand formation, recognized that Lin Xie was a regressor, and sped ahead of Long Yang.

The Liu Clan found that the Mystic Yang Realm had sealed off the area and was closing in, so Liu Wujiang burned incense to summon the Emperor Ancestor. The Emperor Ancestor appeared and stopped the fighting with his overwhelming presence.

• Liu Xun realized that the Liu Clan's teleportation routes had been destroyed, and Liu Duanyuan explained that the space was sealed against escape.
• The Liu Clan ancestors agreed to summon the Emperor Ancestor as Mystic Yang Realm experts continued to arrive.
• Liu Wujiang lit the incense, and white smoke flowed onto his hand as he lent the Emperor Ancestor his power.
• Liu Clan and Mystic Yang Realm experts fought to protect or attack Liu Wujiang while the smoke gathered power.
• The Emperor Ancestor appeared and demanded to know who dared attack his descendants, bringing the battle to a halt.

The Liu Clan Imperial Ancestor, Heavenly Fortune, appeared and seemed to end the crisis, but experts from the Mystic Yang Realm revealed that three Emperor Realm enemies had been searching for him. He declared the feud was his own, then vanished when the incense was snapped off, leaving everyone to wonder whether he had abandoned the Liu Clan.

• The Liu Clan celebrated Heavenly Fortune’s arrival while the Mystic Yang Realm experts questioned whether he was genuine.
• A Mystic Yang Realm descendant revealed that his Imperial Ancestor, one of the eight experts Heavenly Fortune had once wounded, was coming to confront him.
• Two more Mystic Yang Realm figures revealed that the Shen Clan’s Imperial Ancestor and another Imperial Ancestor also had old grudges against Heavenly Fortune and were on their way.
• Heavenly Fortune told Liu Wujiang that the feud was his own responsibility and had nothing to do with the Liu Clan.
• Heavenly Fortune vanished as a gale swept through, and Liu Wujiang discovered that the incense had been snapped off before it burned down.
• After waiting for a cup of tea, one of the Mystic Yang Realm experts wondered aloud whether Heavenly Fortune, rather than their side, wanted the Liu Clan dead.

After the Imperial Ancestor left, the Liu Clan faced the Mystic Yang Realm's forces without their backing. The Liu Clan ancestors began preparing to hold off the enemy so Liu Tianming and the others might escape.

• Liu Duanyuan and Liu Xun realized the Imperial Ancestor had abandoned them and discussed how dire the situation had become.
• Zhu Sheng demanded that the Liu Clan hand over Liu Tianming, while Liu Zhong called for the clan to defend him and another ancestor attacked Liu Zhong for his role in the crisis.
• Zhu Sheng and the Shen Clan expert agreed to divide Chen Luandao's ancestral remains, prompting the Liu Clan ancestors to step forward in anger.
• Chen Qiuwen offered to hold off the Mystic Yang Realm's experts at any cost, and other Liu Clan ancestors joined him.
• Liu Xun watched the ancestors prepare to fight and vowed to honor Liu Kuang with a hundred-zhang statue if he failed to return.