Chapter Summaries

Su Changge prepared to duel Limitless Pride Heaven, but Limitless Pride Heaven admitted defeat after sensing Su Changge’s sword intent. Su Changge then ensured Wang Kaihe’s betrayal was resolved by his own master, Qing An Supreme Elder, who killed him.

• The system offered Su Changge rewards for either refusing Limitless Pride Heaven or defeating him, and Su Changge chose to fight.
• Limitless Pride Heaven and Su Changge faced off in the air and gathered their sword intent, but Limitless Pride Heaven put away his sword and admitted defeat.
• Limitless Pride Heaven explained that his master had given him his name and that he had brought Wang Kaihe to visit Su Changge.
• Heaven Splitting Sword Venerable expelled Wang Kaihe from the Luo River Sword Sect, and Ancestor Po Jun prepared to kill him.
• Su Changge asked Ancestor Po Jun to leave Wang Kaihe’s punishment to Qing An Supreme Elder, who crushed his disciple with a palm of spiritual energy.

Su Changge fought Limitless Pride Heaven at the Returning Origin Martial Arts Arena after persuading him to stop holding back. Their fierce sword battle escalated when Limitless Pride Heaven unleashed the Luo River Sword Sect’s Heaven Splitting Slash, leaving Su Changge to face the legendary technique.

• Su Changge convinced Limitless Pride Heaven to spar, and Heaven Splitting Sword Venerable’s pressure helped secure his agreement.
• Su Changge and Limitless Pride Heaven met in the arena before the gathered Holy Sons and spectators.
• Limitless Pride Heaven unleashed sword strikes at the peak of the Sealed Emperor Realm, but Su Changge countered with Yin Yang Sword Qi and a punch that sent him flying.
• Limitless Pride Heaven formed an iceberg and attacked with tens of thousands of frost sword blades, which Su Changge vaporized with the Azure Heaven Sword.
• Limitless Pride Heaven revealed his Innate Sword Body and unleashed the Luo River Sword Sect’s immortal inheritance, Heaven Splitting Slash.

Su Changge defeated Limitless Pride Heaven with a legendary sword strike that opened a golden Heavenly Gate, stunning everyone at the arena. Heaven Splitting Sword Venerable then tried to persuade Ancestor Po Jun to trade Su Changge to the Luo River Sword Sect, but Po Jun refused.

• Limitless Pride Heaven's Heaven Splitting Slash struck at Su Changge, who brushed it aside with his overwhelming power and wounded him with the backlash.
• Limitless Pride Heaven unleashed Heaven Shattering, but Su Changge merged with the Azure Heaven Sword and answered with One Sword Yin Yang.
• Su Changge's sword shattered Limitless Pride Heaven's attack and opened a golden Heavenly Gate in the sky; he declared that Limitless Pride Heaven had lost.
• Heaven Splitting Sword Venerable offered Ancestor Po Jun the Luo River Sword Sect's nine Sword Sons in exchange for Su Changge, but Po Jun refused.
• Heaven Splitting Sword Venerable continued trying to bargain for Su Changge, and the two ancestors argued and tugged at each other in midair.

Su Changge accepted Ancestor Po Jun’s gifts and prepared to travel to Wind Cloud City, where Yun Xinyan would face her three-year appointment with Luo Yan. After extracting the Dao Severing Art and cultivating with nine Profound Heart Exquisite Fruits, he stirred the Returning Origin Holy Land into a frenzy of admiration.

• Yun Xinyan told Su Changge that her family had summoned her to Wind Cloud City in five days for her appointment with Luo Yan, and Su Changge agreed to go.
• Ancestor Po Jun praised Su Changge, gave him nine Profound Heart Exquisite Fruits and a protective ring, and approved his plan to travel to Wind Cloud City.
• Su Changge considered Luo Yan’s strength and learned from Ancestor Po Jun that the Heaven River Realm held abundant fortune despite being a minor world.
• Su Changge extracted the Dao Severing Art, whose three swords required him to comprehend and merge with the Great Dao before striking.
• Su Changge absorbed the nine Profound Heart Exquisite Fruits, drawing spiritual energy toward the Returning Origin Holy Hall.
• The Returning Origin Holy Land’s people mistook Su Changge’s cultivation for encouragement and rushed to cultivate themselves.

Su Changge broke through to the Sealed Emperor Realm and took first place on the Primal Chaos Heavenly Dao Stele with an unknown Purple Mansion World. The Great Qin Ancient Dynasty learned of his rise, and its ruler decided that Su Changge had to be eliminated while Qin Taiyi looked forward to meeting him.

• Su Changge merged his Purple Mansion World with the World Tree's Eternal World, then broke through to the Sealed Emperor Realm.
• The Primal Chaos Heavenly Dao Stele appeared and ranked Su Changge first, listing his Purple Mansion World as unknown.
• The Great Qin Ancient Dynasty discovered that Qin Taiyi had been displaced from the stele, and Qin Taiyi learned Su Changge's name.
• The Lord of the Great Qin Ancient Dynasty recognized Su Changge and, fearing what his rise meant for the dynasty's plans, resolved to kill him.
• Qin Taiyi said he looked forward to meeting Su Changge as golden dragon might gathered around him.

After Su Changge’s breakthrough, the Returning Origin Holy Land showered him with treasures and prepared a flying ship for his journey to the Heaven River Realm. He set out with Yun Xinyan and guards, while Gui Ying secretly followed as his Dao Protector, and Ancestor Po Jun warned that anyone who harmed Su Changge would face the destruction of the North Abyss Dao Domain.

• Ancestor Po Jun and the Returning Origin Holy Master gave Su Changge divine medicines, protective treasures, a Domain Breaking Divine Talisman, and Spirit Stones.
• Ancestor Po Jun gave Su Changge information about the Heaven River Realm, including its Great Emperor’s tomb, and warned him to prioritize his safety.
• The next morning, Su Changge boarded a specially built flying ship with Yun Xinyan and the Holy Land’s guards and departed for the Heaven River Realm.
• After the ship left, Ancestor Po Jun ordered Gui Ying, a Saint Peak Realm Protector, to secretly guard Su Changge.
• Ancestor Po Jun warned that if anyone dared to attack Su Changge from the shadows, the North Abyss Dao Domain would be destroyed.

Luo Yan celebrated his growing power and planned to defeat Yun Xinyan, while Su Changge arrived in Wind Cloud City aboard a formidable flying ship. The City Lord recognized the Returning Origin Holy Land’s banner and treated Su Changge with deference, as Luo Yan remained unaware of his importance and prepared for the competition.

• Luo Yan promised Luo Qingyu they would get engaged after he defeated Yun Xinyan, while Luo Family elders celebrated his rise to the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Su Changge received a choice mission and chose to establish his reputation rather than hide his strength.
• Yun Xinyan told Su Changge that Wind Cloud City lay ahead and that her father had prepared for their arrival.
• The City Lord recognized the Returning Origin Holy Land’s banner and reacted with awe to Su Changge’s strength and Yun Xinyan’s deference toward him.
• A Luo Family elder told Luo Yan that Yun Xinyan had returned with an important young lord, but Luo Yan dismissed him as another Holy Son.
• Luo Yan and Luo Qingyu set out for the Yun Family, where Luo Yan intended to defeat Yun Xinyan and break off their engagement.

Su Changge confronted Luo Yan and Luo Qingyu after they insulted Yun Xinyan, then overwhelmed Wind Cloud City with his aura. He discovered that Luo Yan's Jade Pendant contained a hidden soul and demanded it as the price for sparing Luo Yan's life.

• Su Changge left Yun Xinyan to speak with her Father, while Luo Yan and Luo Qingyu arrived at the Yun Family estate to confront her.
• Luo Yan mocked Yun Xinyan for serving Su Changge, and she defended Su Changge before he stopped her from attacking Luo Yan.
• Su Changge revealed his overwhelming power, shaking Wind Cloud City and breaking its protective formation as Luo Yan and Luo Qingyu recognized his strength.
• Su Changge sensed a soul within Luo Yan's Jade Pendant and received a choice mission offering rewards for taking or leaving it.
• Su Changge demanded Luo Yan's Jade Pendant in exchange for sparing his life, but Luo Yan refused.

Su Changge confronted Luo Yan and Luo Qingyu, then faced their Dao Protector, Elder Li, when he intervened. Su Changge used the first form of the Dao Severing Art to kill the late-stage Venerable with one sword strike, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Su Changge refused to let Luo Yan leave without paying a price, despite Luo Yan identifying himself as a Holy Son of the Returning Unity Sect.
• Elder Li emerged from the void to protect Luo Yan and Luo Qingyu and threatened to teach Su Changge a lesson.
• Su Changge asked the hidden expert following him not to intervene, then sent Yun Xinyan and her family away.
• Su Changge easily shattered Elder Li's first attack with sword qi, provoking Elder Li to unleash his full power.
• Su Changge drew the Azure Heaven Sword and used the first form of the Dao Severing Art, Enlightenment, to slay Elder Li in one strike.

Su Changge forced Luo Yan to surrender the Jade Pendant and annul his engagement to Yun Xinyan, while secretly deciding to keep Luo Yan alive as a tool for finding opportunities. He discovered that Luo Yan still had a major opportunity awaiting him in an ancient mountain range in the Heaven River Realm.

• Su Changge dismissed the death of the Returning Unity Sect deacon and threatened Luo Yan and Luo Qingyu, frightening Luo Yan with the possibility of an Immortal War.
• Luo Yan surrendered the Jade Pendant after Su Changge promised to spare him, though Su Changge intended to keep him alive for his remaining opportunities.
• Su Changge ordered Luo Yan to annul his engagement to Yun Xinyan, and Luo Yan agreed while concealing his hatred and plans for revenge.
• After Luo Yan left, Su Changge used Aura Eye and Aura Insight to learn that Luo Yan retained 196 Fortune Points and would soon encounter a life-changing opportunity in an ancient mountain range in the Heaven River Realm.

After Su Changge defeated Luo Yan and ended his mistaken marriage bond with Yun Xinyan, he learned Heaven Flipping Palm and received Heaven River Great Emperor’s Concentration Freedom Art. Meanwhile, the Returning Origin Holy Land demanded an apology and compensation from the Returning Unity Sect or threatened an Immortal War.

• Luo Yan raged over his humiliation, and Dragon Elephant Saint revealed that a peak Sage had protected Su Changge and warned that fighting him would have meant death.
• Yun Xinyan thanked Su Changge for resolving the marriage matter, and Su Changge left to cultivate.
• Su Changge extracted and mastered Hundred Battles Great Emperor’s Heaven Flipping Palm, then received Heaven River Great Emperor’s Concentration Freedom Art.
• News of Su Changge’s battle spread through the Heaven River Realm, while the Returning Origin Holy Land’s ancestors discussed the Returning Unity Sect’s attack on their Divine Son.
• The Returning Origin Holy Land gave the Returning Unity Sect two choices: apologize and provide compensation, or begin an Immortal War.

After Su Changge killed a Venerable deacon, the Returning Origin Holy Land threatened the Returning Unity Sect with Immortal War unless it apologized and sent gifts. The sect complied, making Su Changge famous throughout the North Abyss Dao Domain, while rivals and other young talents reacted to his growing reputation.

• The Returning Unity Sect Leader and elders demanded war over the death of their deacon, but the Patriarch told them to submit for now and let Li Han challenge Su Changge after mastering the Dao Breaking Holy Flame.
• News that Su Changge had slain a Venerable while at the Sealed Emperor Realm spread across the North Abyss Dao Domain, along with the Returning Origin Holy Land's threat of Immortal War.
• The Returning Unity Sect sent elders with heavy gifts to apologize in person, and Su Changge became widely known across the North Abyss Dao Domain.
• Qin Taiyi vowed that defeating Su Changge would bring him pleasure, while a veiled woman of the Azure Cloud Sect wondered why Su Changge's talent had remained hidden.
• Women in Flower Thousand Valley joked about tying Su Changge up and bringing him back to their sect.
• Limitless Pride Heaven finished one hundred thousand sword swings, but Heaven Splitting Sword Venerable ordered him to do another hundred thousand because he could not yet kill a Venerable with one strike.

Su Changge followed Luo Yan to the Ten Thousand Mountains, where Luo Yan opened the Heaven River Great Emperor’s Tomb and drew the attention of ancient powers across the realm. Luo Yan entered the tomb seeking its inheritance, leaving Luo Qingyu outside under false promises to hold off the others.

• Su Changge learned that Luo Yan had gone to the Ten Thousand Mountains and pursued him aboard the Yun Family’s flying ship.
• Luo Yan began opening the Great Emperor’s Tomb despite Dragon Elephant Saint’s warning and Luo Qingyu’s concerns.
• The tomb’s aura shook the Heaven River Realm, revealing the Great Emperor’s Legacy and drawing countless powerful figures toward it.
• Su Changge recognized the tomb’s emergence and realized that his knowledge of the Jade Pendant gave him an advantage.
• Luo Yan persuaded Luo Qingyu to stay outside and hold off the approaching powers, then entered the tomb intending to keep the inheritance for himself.

Su Changge’s Returning Origin Holy Land claimed the Great Emperor’s Tomb and crushed the gathered Heaven River Realm factions when they refused to leave. Sage Gui Ying’s palm reduced the assembled Venerable and Great Power experts to ashes.

• Ancient factions and powerful cultivators gathered at the Great Emperor’s Tomb in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Su Changge’s flying ship arrived and hovered above the other factions, and a Sealed Emperor expert who attacked it was sent crashing into a mountain with his dantian shattered.
• Yun Xinyan announced that the tomb belonged to the Divine Son and gave the gathered cultivators ten breaths to leave.
• The factions refused and unleashed their auras, so Sage Gui Ying revealed his Sage might and summoned a devastating palm strike.
• Gui Ying’s palm destroyed the gathered experts and leveled the surrounding region, leaving the battlefield silent.

Su Changge used Sage Gui Ying’s power to subdue the Heaven River Realm’s forces, then exposed Luo Yan’s scheme to Luo Qingyu and offered her a chance to enter the mausoleum with him. Luo Qingyu collapsed under the revelation, leaving her choice about the Defense Array unresolved.

• Sage Gui Ying appeared and submitted to Su Changge, whose authority compelled the Heaven River Realm’s forces to obey him.
• Su Changge brought Gui Ying and Xin Yan to the mausoleum, where Luo Qingyu blocked the entrance with a Ninth Grade Defense Array.
• Su Changge realized Luo Yan had left Luo Qingyu to provoke a battle that would activate the mausoleum’s defenses and buy him time to claim the inheritance.
• Su Changge told Luo Qingyu that Luo Yan was using her as a pawn, and she faltered as his claims matched the situation.
• Su Changge revealed what Luo Yan’s Jade Pendant said and offered to take Luo Qingyu into the mausoleum if she opened the array.

Su Changge confronted Luo Yan at the Heaven River Great Emperor’s inheritance site and killed Dragon Elephant Sage’s remnant soul and Luo Yan. With Luo Yan dead and the final trial still ahead, Su Changge stood before the inheritance palace.

• Su Changge arrived at the inheritance site with Luo Qingyu, surprising Luo Yan just before he opened the palace gates.
• Luo Qingyu accused Luo Yan of using her as a decoy and severed their ties, while Luo Yan cursed her and vowed revenge on Su Changge.
• Luo Yan summoned Dragon Elephant Sage, who challenged Su Changge and claimed Luo Yan as the Heaven River Great Emperor’s chosen inheritor.
• Su Changge called Gui Ying, who unleashed an attack that destroyed Dragon Elephant Sage’s remnant soul.
• Su Changge crushed Luo Yan with a heaven-covering hand, leaving him dead before the inheritance palace.

Su Changge opened Heaven River Great Emperor’s tomb despite its ominous grief and Dark Aura, then entered alone to investigate the darkness within. He confronted a mass of black mist bound by chains of Golden Runes, which reacted to his arrival.

• Su Changge planted Godslaying Sword Intent in Luo Qingyu and warned her to keep Luo Yan’s death secret.
• Su Changge used the Carefree Concentration Art and his inherited aura to open the tomb’s stone gate, unleashing Emperor’s Might and sorrowful murmurs.
• Despite Sage Gui Ying and Yun Xinyan warning him about the Dark Aura, Su Changge chose to enter the tomb and sent them away with Luo Qingyu.
• Su Changge followed an ancient path through the decayed tomb until he found black mist bound by chains of Golden Runes.
• The mist seemed to stare back at Su Changge and triggered a violent surge of darkness, which he met with the radiance of his Innate Saintly Body Dao Embryo.

Su Changge entered the tomb’s black mist and found a chained Heaven Devouring Moon Swallowing Wolf, which claimed the tomb held no true inheritance and answered his questions about the Immortal Realm. He decided to enslave the beast, and Ancestor Po Jun used a Half-Immortal Artifact to break into its sea of consciousness and begin planting a Slave Seal.

• Su Changge entered the black mist, followed the chains, and discovered a Heaven Devouring Moon Swallowing Wolf bound by a damaged Emperor Weapon.
• The wolf claimed the Heaven River Great Emperor had no surviving inheritance and told Su Changge what it knew about the Great Emperor’s lingering thought, the Immortal Realm’s shattering, and the Path to Immortality.
• Su Changge agreed to release the wolf only if he could plant a Slave Seal, but the wolf refused.
• Su Changge summoned a Half-Immortal Artifact, allowing Ancestor Po Jun’s will to appear and scatter the black mist.
• Ancestor Po Jun assessed the wolf and shattered its sea of consciousness to plant the Slave Seal.

Su Changge escaped the collapsing Great Emperor's Tomb with a damaged Emperor Artifact and the Heaven Devouring Moon Swallowing Wolf, then prepared to return to the North Abyss Dao Domain for the opening of the Returning Ruins Secret Realm. He rewarded Yun Xinyan and Luo Qingyu, while secretly planning to turn Luo Qingyu into a pawn within the Returning Unity Sect.

• Ancestor Po Jun branded the Heaven Devouring Moon Swallowing Wolf with a Slave Seal and took it and the damaged Emperor Artifact away to be repaired.
• Ancestor Po Jun told Su Changge that the Returning Ruins Secret Realm was about to open, and Su Changge agreed to return to the North Abyss Dao Domain.
• As the Great Emperor's Tomb began collapsing, Su Changge emerged safely and warned the people outside to evacuate.
• Su Changge gave Yun Xinyan three storage rings of cultivation resources and gave Luo Qingyu another ring as repayment.
• Su Changge departed by flying ship with Yun Xinyan and Luo Qingyu, intending to cultivate Luo Qingyu's goodwill and make her a hidden pawn in the Returning Unity Sect.

Su Changge returned to the Returning Origin Holy Land, received a restored Emperor Weapon, and was appointed to lead the expedition to the Returning Ruins Secret Realm in the Demon Ruins Dao Domain. As the group traveled through a spatial passage, Sage Gui Ying uncovered and killed an assassin sent by the Great Qin Ancient Dynasty, while the Ancestors left the threat for Su Changge to handle as training.

• Ancestor Po Jun returned the restored Emperor Weapon to Su Changge and explained that it could bind and suppress powerful opponents.
• Ancestor Po Jun told Su Changge to lead the Holy Land's Saint Sons and Saint Daughters into the Returning Ruins Secret Realm and gave him a jade slip with information about the Demon Ruins Dao Domain.
• Su Changge departed with the other prodigies, escorted by a Supreme Elder, and led the expedition into a spatial passage.
• Su Changge sensed a hostile figure slip into his carriage's passage but dismissed it as a minor threat.
• Sage Gui Ying seized the black-robed assassin, searched his memories, learned he served the Great Qin Ancient Dynasty, and killed him after discovering a restriction in his divine sense.
• Sage Gui Ying said the Ancestors had ordered him to leave the Great Qin Ancient Dynasty's plot as training for Su Changge.