Chapter Summaries

Chu Ping'an discovered that moving through the Uncontrollable Land damaged his foundation, while Gu De advanced effortlessly, apparently protected by his protagonist halo. Gu De raced toward the horizon, convinced the gathering place suited him, as a distant observer hoped he would find something valuable.

• Chu Ping'an entered the area and hurried after Gu De, drawing comments from people who believed his strength let him travel farther.
• Chu Ping'an stopped when he felt each step damaging his foundation and asked the system why he was affected.
• The system suggested Gu De could advance unharmed because he was the protagonist, leaving Chu Ping'an anxious that Gu De might gain the Uncontrollable Land's benefits.
• Gu De raced ahead excitedly and declared that the place seemed suited to him.
• A distant person watched Gu De and hoped he would gain something, warning that otherwise he would have no value left.

The Huaxia Sect confronted the Tai Clan at the place where the Power That Cannot Be Controlled gathered, demanding that they bring Tai Bufan back. Li Baimei killed a Tai Clan expert by rapidly aging him with the Power of Time, leaving everyone stunned by his strength.

• Xia Xun and the Huaxia Sect experts entered the desolate land and learned that Tai Bufan had gone deeper, while even Li Baimei could hardly advance.
• The Tai Clan experts arrived, and Xia Xun ordered them to go invite Tai Bufan out as the Huaxia Sect surrounded them.
• A Tai Clan expert protested that they should be killed outright rather than subjected to roundabout maneuvers.
• Li Baimei appeared before the protesting expert, touched his shoulder, and rapidly aged him to death with the Power of Time.
• The gathered experts realized Li Baimei’s strength went far beyond his mastery of the Power of Time.

The Huaxia Sect forced the Tai Clan to reveal whether it had mastered the Power That Cannot Be Controlled, escalating tensions with a killing and a threat against the clan’s home. Tai Da proposed that the sect test Tai Jiuling, whom it had taken, by sending him into the depths of the dangerous land.

• After a Huaxia Sect expert killed a Tai clansman, Tai Da and the other Tai Clan experts joined their presences and prepared to resist.
• Xia Xun urged Tai Da to cooperate, but Tai Da accused the Huaxia Sect of attacking the Tai Clan’s home; Xia Xun admitted its experts were near the residence and asked him to bring out the patriarch.
• Li Baimei demanded that someone bring Tai Bufan, while the Huaxia Sect opened a portal and summoned more experts to increase the pressure.
• Tai Da considered the Huaxia Sect’s threat and said the Tai Clan might have someone who could enter the dangerous land: Tai Jiuling, whom the Huaxia Sect had taken.
• Tai Da challenged the Huaxia Sect to send Tai Jiuling into the depths and test whether he had truly mastered the Power That Cannot Be Controlled.

Tai Jiuling was brought before the Tai Clan and Huaxia Sect, and the Huaxia Sect forced him to enter the barren land to summon Tai Bufan. He reached the safe limit of his strength, while the Huaxia Sect’s coercion made clear that stopping or retreating would bring him torment.

• Tai Da named Tai Jiuling as someone who could enter the center of the barren land, and the Huaxia Sect produced him from a black tower.
• Xia Xun ordered Tai Jiuling to enter the barren land, while Tai Jiuling denied mastering the Power That Cannot Be Controlled and accused the Jiang Clan.
• Tai Da told Tai Jiuling to prove his innocence, and a Huaxia Sect expert used a spell to force him forward and demanded that he bring out Tai Bufan.
• Tai Jiuling endured the torment and walked into the barren land, where the pain eased as long as he kept moving.
• Tai Jiuling reached the safe limit for someone of his strength and realized that going farther would make each step more costly.

Tai Jiuling was forced deeper into the Land That Cannot Be Controlled, suffering severe damage as Xia Xun watched the other factions for signs of resistance. When Tai Jiuling cried that he refused to accept his fate, a mysterious voice offered him a chance to live in exchange for confirming he could master the power, and he accepted.

• Xia Xun used the Huaxia Sect's treatment of Tai Jiuling to gauge how the other clan factions would react to the Tai Clan's predicament.
• Tai Jiuling was forced to walk farther into the Land That Cannot Be Controlled, worsening the damage to his foundation and bringing him closer to death.
• Tai Jiuling cursed the Jiang Clan and searched in vain for a way to escape his forced march.
• A mysterious voice offered Tai Jiuling a chance to live if he confirmed he had a means of mastering the Power That Cannot Be Controlled.
• Tai Jiuling accepted the offer, and a muffled sound followed behind him.

Jiang Tong secretly sent Tai Jiuling armor that shielded him from the Power That Cannot Be Controlled. Confident that he could now reach the wasteland’s center, Tai Jiuling headed deeper into the area, leaving the Huaxia Sect and Tai Clan observers to wonder about the armor.

• Tai Jiuling recognized Jiang Tong’s voice and found oddly shaped armor inside the storage artifact sent into his body.
• Tai Jiuling put on the armor as observers, including Xia Xun and Xia Xiao, tried to understand what it was.
• When the armor’s sections joined, its formations sealed out the Power That Cannot Be Controlled, astonishing Tai Jiuling.
• Tai Jiuling asked why Jiang Tong was helping him, but Jiang Tong only told him to keep going forward.
• Confident he could reach the wasteland’s center, Tai Jiuling strode deeper into the area as onlookers turned their attention to the Huaxia Sect and Tai Clan.

Tai Jiuling used a mysterious protective object to race deep into the area where the Power That Cannot Be Controlled gathered, prompting the Tai Clan and Huaxia Sect to suspect each other of hidden schemes. He encountered a familiar woman from the Jiang Clan secret realm, and the chapter left him wary of her approach because his armor could not withstand an attack.

• Tai Clan experts speculated that Tai Jiuling had found a way to resist the Power That Cannot Be Controlled, while Tai Da suspected the Huaxia Sect had orchestrated the situation to frame the Tai Clan.
• Xia Xun asked Xia Xiao whether the Huaxia Sect should capture Tai Jiuling, but Xia Xiao said they should wait and see what the Tai Clan did.
• Tai Jiuling continued racing deeper into the dangerous area in his protective armor and repeatedly called for the senior who had given it to him.
• Tai Jiuling spotted a woman running unprotected and recognized her as the strongest person he had seen in the Jiang Clan secret realm.
• As the woman approached, Tai Jiuling moved away, fearing that her attack could shatter his fragile armor.

Gu De encountered Tai Jiuling in the strange area where spiritual power and formations were impaired, and realized Tai Jiuling’s armor was letting him function there. He pursued Tai Jiuling and threatened the armor with a stone, then asked him to share what he knew about the area.

• Gu De sensed Tai Jiuling and noticed that he was trying to avoid him.
• Gu De examined Tai Jiuling’s armor and concluded its internal formation was helping him withstand the area’s effects.
• Gu De called out and chased Tai Jiuling, who worried that speeding up would damage the armor.
• Tai Jiuling stopped and faced Gu De, who picked up a stone and pointed out his fear that the armor would break.
• Tai Jiuling admitted his concern, and Gu De asked about the area and the implement that let him enter and leave it.

Gu De questioned Tai Jiuling about the special energy in the vast region where spiritual power was suppressed, and Tai Jiuling said it might relate to cultivating the outside world's power. After a mysterious voice redirected Tai Jiuling toward a possible source of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled, both men continued on cautiously, each uncertain of the other's intentions.

• Gu De doubted Tai Jiuling's claim that it was his first time in the region and asked whether anything valuable remained there.
• Tai Jiuling explained that the region held unique energy and suggested it might be connected to Gu De's difficulty cultivating the power of the outside world.
• Tai Jiuling said Gu De could enter because he had not grown up in this world, while locals were affected more strongly by the region.
• Tai Jiuling led Gu De across the desert and explained that the area was vast and that they had only been on its outskirts.
• A familiar voice told Tai Jiuling to turn right, so he abandoned his plan to lead Gu De out and followed the new direction toward a possible source.
• Gu De stayed wary of Tai Jiuling and prepared to hit him with a stone and flee if the promised surprise proved dangerous.

Tai Jiuling and Gu De discovered a mound of strange stones that Tai Jiuling learned were the source of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled. Tai Jiuling was warned that touching them would kill him, while Gu De handled them safely, prompting Mu Fan to question the Immortal-Slaying Clan’s rules.

• Tai Jiuling led Gu De through the wilderness, and they found a level patch of ground holding a mound of unusual stones and a scroll.
• Gu De reached the mound first and picked up one of the stones, while Tai Jiuling asked whether he could do the same.
• A voice warned Tai Jiuling that he would die if he touched the stones and confirmed they were the source of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled.
• Tai Jiuling asked why Gu De could handle the stones, but the voice gave no answer.
• Mu Fan watched the scene and noted that Gu De’s ability to touch the stones contradicted the Immortal-Slaying Clan’s understanding.

Gu De cultivated among the sources of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled while Tai Jiuling learned from a book that the power belonged to the Immortal-Slaying Clan and could only be mastered by those born with the ability. After hearing that Gu De was an exception, Tai Jiuling decided to reveal the information to threaten the Huaxia Sect.

• Gu De began cultivating among the sources of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled, while Tai Jiuling watched from a distance.
• Tai Jiuling read a book identifying the power as Immortal-Slaying Power and learned that mastery was determined at birth.
• Tai Jiuling questioned how Gu De could use the power, and a voice told him Gu De was an exception.
• Tai Jiuling read about the conflict between the Immortal-Slaying Clan and cultivators and realized the power could threaten cultivators.
• Tai Jiuling resolved to spread the book’s information to use it against the Huaxia Sect.

Tai Jiuling asked Gu De to impersonate the Tai Clan ancestor Tai Bufan, offering the clan’s remaining insights in exchange while explaining how the Huaxia Sect had forced him into the desolate region. After Gu De asked about the situation outside, Tai Jiuling revealed that a Huaxia Sect expert there was someone Gu De might know.

• Tai Jiuling decided to return to the Tai Clan rather than escape by another route, hoping to spread word about the Power That Cannot Be Controlled.
• Gu De discovered that the book described his power as innate but offered no way to master it, then asked Tai Jiuling what he wanted.
• Tai Jiuling asked Gu De to impersonate Tai Bufan, a Tai Clan ancestor who had mastered the power.
• Gu De demanded Tai Bufan’s remaining insights before agreeing, and Tai Jiuling sent information into his mind about the clan’s search and its failure to find the power’s source.
• Tai Jiuling explained that the Huaxia Sect had forced him deeper into the region and said one of its experts was someone Gu De should know.

Gu De and Tai Jiuling left the barren land together after discussing Li Baimei, the Immortal-Slaying Power, and the mysterious senior. Outside, the Huaxia Sect and Tai Clan waited until Tai Da announced Tai Jiuling had returned with an unfamiliar person, whom they suspected might be the ancestor.

• Tai Jiuling used Li Baimei’s prominence in the Huaxia Sect to spur Gu De, who wondered whether Li Baimei could withstand the Immortal-Slaying Power.
• Gu De weighed whether to kill Tai Jiuling or let him reveal what had happened, then agreed to leave with him and packed up the items.
• Gu De suggested that someone might be helping Li Baimei, and Tai Jiuling considered whether his own mysterious senior could help him master the uncontrollable power.
• Outside the barren land, Xia Xun kept the Huaxia Sect from sending more people inside while both sides waited for Tai Jiuling to return.
• Tai Da sensed Tai Jiuling approaching with an unfamiliar presence, and the Tai Clan and Huaxia Sect suspected that the newcomer might be the ancestor.

Gu De emerged beside Tai Jiuling carrying objects from the Land That Cannot Be Controlled, while a hidden force prevented others from probing him. The Power That Cannot Be Controlled spread outward with their progress, triggering a chaotic retreat as Xia Xiao identified Gu De as its likely source.

• Crowds failed to discern Gu De’s strength, and Tai Jiuling suspected the senior who had helped him enter was shielding Gu De from their probes.
• Gu De and Tai Jiuling walked out together, drawing attention to the strange objects Gu De carried.
• Powerful factions debated whether the Tai Clan had discovered a way to control the Power That Cannot Be Controlled and suspected the Huaxia Sect’s timing was deliberate.
• Experts sensed the area where the Power That Cannot Be Controlled gathered expanding alongside Gu De and Tai Jiuling.
• The Huaxia Sect and other factions ordered everyone to retreat, but panic and clashes erupted as the power continued to spread.
• Xia Xiao concluded that Gu De was probably the source of the spreading power and ordered his people to keep retreating.

Gu De tested how the Immortal-Slaying Power affected the surrounding area, then threw a crystal toward Li Baimei to see whether the Huaxia Sect elder could control it. Li Baimei stopped the crystal in midair, leaving the crowd watching to see what would happen next.

• Gu De rushed forward and confirmed that the Power That Cannot Be Controlled grew stronger as he moved, driving cultivators into a frantic retreat.
• Xia Xiao told Xia Xun he was waiting for Gu De to emerge, and Xia Xun urged the Huaxia Sect experts to keep retreating.
• Gu De asked Tai Jiuling how far he could normally travel, then returned to a spot farther back and set down the source of the Immortal-Slaying Power.
• Gu De challenged Li Baimei to control the Power That Cannot Be Controlled and hurled an Immortal-Slaying Power crystal toward him.
• Xia Xiao declared that Gu De was no ordinary mortal of flesh and blood as the crystal approached.
• Li Baimei went forward and stopped the crystal with a raised hand.

Li Baimei used the Power of Time to contain Gu De’s Immortal-Slaying Power without being harmed, then challenged Gu De to throw more. Gu De revealed a book about the power, leaving the gathered cultivators—and especially the Tai Clan—shocked and doubtful about what it said.

• Li Baimei stopped Gu De’s Immortal-Slaying Power with the Power of Time, while nearby cultivators suffered its effects.
• Li Baimei stored the object in a storage ring, but it burst apart, so he contained the object in another space and told Gu De to throw more.
• Tai Jiuling urged Gu De to stop fighting Li Baimei and reveal the most important secret of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled.
• Gu De displayed the book’s contents as words of light, and the cultivators learned that the power was innate and required a mortal body.
• The Tai Clan members doubted whether Gu De was truly their ancestor after reading the book.

The crowd debated whether the claims about the Immortal-Slaying Power were true, and the Huaxia Sect realized that people unable to cultivate spiritual power might be its true wielders. Gu De then urged the factions to consider recruiting them, prompting fears that empowering the mistreated could lead to revenge against cultivators.

• Tai Clan experts questioned the claims but considered that people unable to cultivate spiritual power might be key to mastering the Immortal-Slaying Power.
• Xia Xun asked Xia Xiao about the claims, and Xia Xiao said he knew the power harmed cultivators but had never heard that people with mortal bodies could wield it.
• Tai Jiuling asked Gu De to make a point to the crowd, and Gu De agreed after learning what he wanted said.
• Gu De told the factions that people unable to cultivate might master the Immortal-Slaying Power and strengthen their families.
• A man warned that empowering mortals who had been treated with contempt could provoke them to take revenge on cultivators.

Gu De and Tai Jiuling left the wasteland after revealing that people unable to cultivate spiritual power could master the Power That Cannot Be Controlled. Xia Xiao met secretly with two hidden figures and agreed to work with them to suppress the news and pursue the source of Immortal-Slaying Power.

• Gu De left the wasteland, and Tai Jiuling followed after weighing the danger of remaining near Li Baimei.
• Xia Xun asked why Xia Xiao had let Tai Jiuling and Tai Bufan go, and Xia Xiao questioned whether Tai Bufan had truly returned to life.
• Xia Xiao moved himself and Xia Xun into an isolated space and called out two figures who had been watching unseen.
• Xia Xiao and the older figure discussed how an earlier person may also have entered the dangerous area and brought back its power.
• The older figure agreed to join Huaxia Sect in suppressing the matter, while Xia Xiao proposed sharing the source of Immortal-Slaying Power if they obtained it.

Xia Xiao explained to Xia Xun that the Huaxia Sect had been forced to remain near the gathering place of the uncontrollable Power, serving as an early warning for a possible world-shaking calamity. After learning that the forces monitoring the forbidden land had grown lax but were now reacting to changes, Xia Xiao concluded that the Immortal-Slaying Power was likely real and that a calamity was coming.

• Xia Xun asked Xia Xiao about the two figures who had left, and Xia Xiao explained that the Huaxia Sect had been forced to stay near the uncontrollable Power as a reference for other forces.
• Xia Xiao told Xia Xun that the ancient records linked the forbidden land to the Changing Heaven and Earth calamity, which had devastated the world and destroyed many forces.
• Xia Xiao explained that powerful forces had made the region a forbidden land and placed a killing array at its boundary to deter cultivators from exploring it.
• Xia Xiao told Xia Xun that the forces had grown lax over time, but the two figures’ efforts to suppress news showed that they still feared the calamity.
• Xia Xiao concluded that the Immortal-Slaying Power was likely real, Tai Jiuling had revealed the matter to draw the Huaxia Sect in, and a hidden force was driving events toward a coming calamity.

Xia Xun rewarded the Tai Clan with an object bearing traces of the Power of Time after Tai Da shared what the clan knew about mastering the Power That Cannot Be Controlled. The Huaxia Sect then departed, leaving the onlookers wondering whether its goal had only been to reveal the secret.

• The onlookers discussed the Tai Clan's ancestor fleeing again and speculated that the clan would face pressure to reveal more secrets.
• Xia Xun gave Tai Da an object bearing remnants of the Power of Time as a reward for the Tai Clan's discoveries.
• Tai Da cautioned that the method had strict conditions and might not be entirely accurate, then accepted the object.
• Xia Xun told the assembled cultivators to leave the Immortal-Slaying Land's opportunities to the Immortal-Slaying Clan and ordered the Huaxia Sect to depart.
• The Huaxia Sect experts left through their teleportation array, and the Tai Clan soon followed after setting guards and activating its own array.
• The remaining forces questioned why the Huaxia Sect had withdrawn and wondered whether it had only wanted to reveal the secret of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled.