Chapter Summaries

Chen Ning defeated Li Xuanjun by combining several Great Daos with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, then secured the eldest prince’s surrender. Li Xuanjun stepped down as valley master, and Zhao Yinyin spared Ten Thousand Swords Valley from punishment while Li Xuanjun faced the consequences of his alliance.

• Chen Ning used lightning, music, fire, and frost techniques to push Li Xuanjun onto the defensive and force him to acknowledge Chen Ning’s many mastered Great Daos.
• Li Xuanjun unleashed Azure Nether Slash, but Chen Ning summoned the Ruyi Jingu Bang and suppressed the attack, disarming Li Xuanjun without killing him.
• Li Xuanjun conceded defeat and agreed that Chen Ning could take the eldest prince away, leaving the prince terrified of being returned to the imperial palace.
• Li Xuanjun resigned as valley master and warned the Curly-Bearded Grandmaster not to seek the Carefree King’s help.
• Grandmaster Danxia offered Li Xuanjun to the imperial family, and Zhao Yinyin waived punishment for Ten Thousand Swords Valley while holding Li Xuanjun personally responsible.

Chen Ning revealed to Zhao Jin that he came from the Vast Land to investigate the Azure Heaven Realm, which the larger world had noticed and might seek to control. Zhao Jin accepted that killing Chen Ning would not avert the danger and began considering how the realm’s secret could serve as leverage.

• Li Xuanjun praised Chen Ning and learned that Chen Ning might help him see the wider world beyond the Azure Heaven Realm.
• Chen Ning returned to the imperial palace with Zhao Yinyin, who credited him for defeating Li Xuanjun and stopping the eldest prince’s conspiracy.
• Zhao Jin dismissed Zhao Yinyin and questioned Chen Ning about his origin and intentions, while Song Huai revealed himself behind the throne.
• Chen Ning admitted that he was not from the Azure Heaven Realm and explained that the Vast Land had noticed it, though a rule barred experts above the Saint Emperor realm from entering.
• Song Huai urged Zhao Jin to kill Chen Ning, but Zhao Jin argued that doing so could not prevent the Vast Land from threatening their realm.
• Zhao Jin asked what the Vast Land wanted and suggested that the secret of the Azure Heaven Realm could be used as a bargaining chip.

Chen Ning warned Zhao Jin that the Carefree King had allied with a rival from the Vast Land, leaving the emperor vulnerable unless he cooperated. He offered Zhao Jin a choice between serving the faction behind him or serving Chen Ning in exchange for lifting the Azure Heaven Realm’s restrictions, but Zhao Jin questioned whether Chen Ning could deliver.

• Chen Ning told Zhao Jin that another person from the Vast Land had arrived and was cooperating with the Carefree King to seize control of the Azure Heaven Realm.
• Zhao Jin realized the Carefree King threatened his life and dynasty, and asked Chen Ning what assurances he could offer.
• Chen Ning promised that Zhao Jin could remain emperor under the faction’s control, with his descendants succeeding him, in exchange for the secret of the realm’s rules and absolute control.
• Chen Ning called Zhao Jin powerless and offered him another path: serve Chen Ning directly, and have the Azure Heaven Realm’s restrictions lifted so its people could pursue realms beyond the Celestial Person.
• Song Huai was shaken by the promise, while Zhao Jin questioned how Chen Ning could fulfill it and why he should trust him.

Chen Ning earned Zhao Jin’s trust by revealing that he had escaped a small world ruled through oppression, then learned that the Azure Heaven Realm’s secret was tied to a blank book left by the Rice Ancestor. Using Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, Chen Ning uncovered the book’s hidden text, leaving Zhao Jin eager to hear what it said.

• Chen Ning told Zhao Jin and Song Huai that he came from a small world whose rulers eliminated its most gifted people, and that he had escaped to help its people become gods.
• Zhao Jin pledged his allegiance to Chen Ning for the sake of the Azure Heaven Realm.
• Zhao Jin explained that the Rice Ancestor’s blank ancient book held the realm’s secret, and Chen Ning asked to examine it.
• Zhao Jin led Chen Ning to the imperial library while Song Huai stayed behind to guard it.
• Chen Ning used Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to reveal hidden writing in the book and read its astonishing contents.
• Zhao Jin asked Chen Ning to reveal what the Rice Ancestor had written.

Chen Ning learned from the Rice Ancestor’s diary that the Rice Ancestor was a god from the mysterious Heavenly Ruins Realm who had protected the Azure Heaven Realm from outside dangers. After Zhao Jin pledged his loyalty, Chen Ning received the Rice Ancestor’s inheritance and left the imperial library with new farming knowledge.

• Chen Ning read that the Rice Ancestor came from the Heavenly Ruins Realm, had advanced cultivation in the Azure Heaven Realm, and had warned its people against seeking other worlds.
• Chen Ning told Zhao Jin what the diary revealed, and Zhao Jin accepted the truth and pledged to serve him if he kept the Azure Heaven Realm standing.
• Chen Ning completed the hidden mission [Soul of Farming] and received the Rice Ancestor’s inheritance.
• Chen Ning gained a rice-ear mark, fragments of memory, and knowledge of powerful crops from other worlds.
• Chen Ning set aside plans to test the new crops and had Zhao Jin lead him out of the imperial library.

Chen Ning received Zhao Jin’s favor and was appointed commander of the Golden Feather Guard after helping thwart the Carefree King’s plot. Later, he used the Rice Ancestor’s inheritance to create a towering Peashooter, beginning to explore its ability to turn plants into warriors.

• Zhao Yinyin returned to the palace and found Zhao Jin following Chen Ning with unusual deference.
• Zhao Jin appointed Chen Ning commander of the Golden Feather Guard and gave him his personal sword, while forbidding him from kneeling in the future.
• Zhao Jin ordered Chen Ning to move out of Zhao Yinyin’s residence so he could oversee the palace defenses before the emperor’s birthday.
• Zhao Yinyin questioned Chen Ning about why her father had treated him so favorably, and Chen Ning suggested Zhao Jin needed capable allies.
• Chen Ning studied the Rice Ancestor’s inheritance and created a towering Peashooter with basic intelligence and combat power.

On Zhao Jin’s birthday, Chen Ning watched the Carefree King bring Li Changsheng to court as a rival prodigy, signaling a contest for control of the Azure Heaven Realm. Meanwhile, a suspicious person in a conical hat was stopped at the heavily guarded city gate.

• Chen Ning reflected that plants created by the Rice Ancestor’s method could grow stronger over time and might one day become a powerful force for the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• The Carefree King arrived at Zhao Jin’s birthday celebration and presented him with a supreme-grade night-luminescent pearl.
• Zhao Jin introduced Chen Ning as his right-hand man, and the Carefree King warned that he also had a prodigy to offer the emperor.
• Li Changsheng entered the hall, signaled to Chen Ning that the final contest had begun, and took a seat after Zhao Jin welcomed him.
• At the city gate, soldiers stopped a person wearing a conical hat and demanded that they remove it.

Old Man Ghost Cry’s zombies infiltrated the imperial city as the Carefree King’s forces prepared to seize power during the emperor’s birthday. Their plan depended on the Carefree King killing Song Huai and forcing Zhao Jin to surrender the throne.

• A dead soldier disguised as a man attacked guards at the city gate, where they destroyed him at the cost of four soldiers killed or wounded.
• The gate guards noticed that other people in the crowd also moved stiffly and had greenish faces.
• Old Man Ghost Cry distributed talismans that let people control zombies hidden throughout the imperial city.
• Old Man Ghost Cry told his follower that the zombies were ready to help the Carefree King capture the gathered nobles and sect experts.
• The Carefree King’s plan called for him to kill Song Huai and force Zhao Jin to issue an edict passing on the throne.

The Carefree King challenged Zhao Jin over the throne, then seized him and fought Song Huai, whose age and failing Qi and Blood left him badly injured. After defeating Song Huai, the Carefree King asked Zhao Jin why the strange happenings in the imperial city had not yet caused a commotion.

• The Carefree King questioned Zhao Jin about becoming emperor and accused him of wanting to get rid of him.
• Zhao Jin revealed that he knew the Carefree King was connected to the disturbances in the city and offered to let him leave unharmed.
• The Carefree King seized Zhao Jin, prompting Song Huai to attack him while Zhao Yinyin drew her sword.
• The Carefree King fought Song Huai and, after several exchanges, sent him flying and broke many of his bones.
• The Carefree King asked Zhao Jin why the strange happenings in the imperial city had not yet made a disturbance.

Zombies overwhelmed the imperial city as the Carefree King’s forces blocked escape routes and demanded surrender. In the palace, the Carefree King seized Zhao Jin, while Chen Ning challenged the nobles who had switched allegiance and was invited to kneel beside them.

• Yang Lie killed the Black and Yellow Sect elder at the east gate and declared that the Carefree King would soon claim the throne.
• Old Man Ghost Cry learned that several hundred Ninth Rank fighters had retaken the western city, but believed they could not turn the tide.
• The Carefree King grabbed Zhao Jin and accused him of having deceived him about the succession, then struck Zhao Yinyin down when she tried to intervene.
• The imperial relatives knelt and pledged themselves to the Carefree King, while Chen Ning warned them that another Celestial Person might still appear.
• A nobleman dismissed the mysterious Celestial Person as a legend and urged Chen Ning to kneel beside him.

As the Carefree King's zombie army invaded the imperial palace, he moved to force Zhao Jin to surrender the throne and kill Song Huai. Zhao Jin revealed himself as the mysterious Celestial Person and stopped him, while the Carefree King accused Zhao Jin of scheming against him.

• The Golden Feather Guard and palace troops resisted the zombie army as the Carefree King acknowledged Zhao Jin's preparations and said the contest depended on the Celestial Persons.
• Zhao Yinyin urged Chen Ning to escape and avenge her and Zhao Jin, but Chen Ning assured her they would be all right.
• The Carefree King told Li Changsheng to deal with Chen Ning, then dragged Zhao Jin toward the Hall of Mental Cultivation to demand a surrender edict.
• The Carefree King repelled Golden Feather Guard soldiers and prepared to kill the weakened Song Huai, but Zhao Jin seized his arm and extinguished his power.
• Zhao Jin revealed his Celestial Person aura and condemned the Carefree King's rebellion, while the Carefree King accused Zhao Jin of waiting to expose court traitors.

Zhao Jin revealed that he had become a Celestial Person and asked Chen Ning to save the people of the imperial city from the zombie calamity. As the Carefree King held Zhao Jin back, the zombie horde advanced on the western district, where its defenders prepared to fight.

• Zhao Jin revealed his Celestial Person cultivation, shocking the imperial relatives who had sided with the Carefree King.
• The Carefree King blocked Zhao Jin and revealed that Old Man Ghost Cry had been ordered to slaughter everyone in the imperial city if he received no new orders.
• Zhao Jin asked Chen Ning to save the city’s people, and Chen Ning assured him that the zombies were nothing to worry about.
• Grandmaster Danxia and several hundred ninth-rank experts held the western district as its defenders faced an approaching zombie horde, Yang Lie, and Old Man Ghost Cry.
• The Curly-Bearded Grandmaster of Ten Thousand Swords Valley charged toward the horde and unleashed a blood-red force against the zombies.

Li Xuanjun arrived in time to save the Curly-Bearded Grandmaster and kill Yang Lie. He treated the wounded Grandmaster and revealed that Chen Ning had prepared a plan to overcome the zombie calamity, while Old Man Ghost Cry ordered the attack on the imperial city to continue.

• The Curly-Bearded Grandmaster held back the corpse tide with the other Grandmasters as Yang Lie attacked him with his axes.
• Yang Lie grievously wounded the Curly-Bearded Grandmaster and prepared to kill him.
• Li Xuanjun arrived and killed Yang Lie, whose corpse was devoured by zombies.
• Li Xuanjun treated the Curly-Bearded Grandmaster and told him that Chen Ning had devised a plan to overcome the calamity.
• Old Man Ghost Cry ordered the Carefree King's subordinates to trample the imperial city and exterminate its inhabitants.

Li Xuanjun completed Chen Ning’s preparations as Sunflowers, Peashooters, and Potato Mines formed a defensive line against Old Man Ghost Cry’s zombie army. The Sunflowers replenished the other plants, and Old Man Ghost Cry ordered his forces to break through at all costs.

• Old Man Ghost Cry sent over a hundred zombie kings charging toward the west city while Li Xuanjun remained focused on placing Chen Ning’s divine objects.
• Sunflowers and Peashooters emerged to defend the Grandmasters, firing peas that pierced the zombies.
• Potato Mines covered the ground and exploded beneath the advancing zombies, stopping the horde’s charge.
• Sunflowers supplied energy that restored the Potato Mines and replenished the Peashooters’ ammunition.
• Old Man Ghost Cry ordered his forces to break through the plants at all costs.

Li Xuanjun used Chen Ning’s miraculous plants to burn through the zombie horde, but Old Man Ghost Cry unleashed a forbidden art that multiplied and strengthened the remaining zombies. The two Black and Yellow Sect Grandmasters were trapped by zombie kings as the growing army threatened to overrun the imperial city.

• Old Man Ghost Cry sent waves of weak zombies to wear down the Potato Mines and shield the main horde as it advanced on the Peashooters.
• Li Xuanjun held back the Curly-Bearded Grandmaster and revealed dozens of Jalapenos, which burned tens of thousands of zombies with flames powered by the Sunflowers.
• Old Man Ghost Cry and his subordinates realized that zombies they controlled elsewhere in the imperial city had also been destroyed by the plants.
• Old Man Ghost Cry spent his life force to multiply and strengthen the remaining zombies, while white-furred zombie kings tore up Potato Mines and led the charge.
• The two Black and Yellow Sect Grandmasters tried to reach Old Man Ghost Cry, but zombie kings surrounded them while he waited for his growing horde to overwhelm the imperial city.

Li Xuanjun used Chen Ning’s Doom-shroom to destroy Old Man Ghost Cry’s zombie army, while the fighting in the imperial palace shifted to the final battles. As Zhao Jin and the Carefree King clashed, Li Changsheng challenged Chen Ning to a duel.

• Li Xuanjun cut down the zombie kings, ordered the Grandmasters to retreat, and planted the Doom-shroom.
• The blast turned the zombies and the Carefree King’s zombie controllers to ash, and Li Xuanjun destroyed Old Man Ghost Cry’s remnant soul with Calamity Annihilation Slash.
• The Golden Feather Guard cleared the palace of zombies after the explosion weakened them, and Zhao Jin thanked Chen Ning for his help.
• Zhao Jin ordered the Golden Feather Guard to withdraw and remove the Carefree King’s defectors before facing the Carefree King in battle.
• Li Changsheng challenged Chen Ning to a duel, and Chen Ning accepted.

Chen Ning faced Li Changsheng in a battle to decide the Azure Heaven Realm and tested himself against the Vast Land’s strongest young cultivator. Li Changsheng revealed seven Divine Meridians, and the fight was just beginning.

• Li Changsheng acknowledged Chen Ning as a worthy opponent and said their battle would decide who claimed the Azure Heaven Realm.
• Li Changsheng unleashed a presence that made Zhao Jin and the Carefree King feel pressure despite his ninth-rank aura.
• Chen Ning and Li Changsheng exchanged punches, and neither gave ground.
• Li Changsheng rejoiced that Chen Ning could withstand his attack, then activated his Kunlun Divine Marks and Divine Meridians.
• Chen Ning saw that Li Changsheng possessed seven Divine Meridians and recognized why he was considered destined to become a god.

Chen Ning fought Li Changsheng in the imperial palace and revealed two newly mastered forms of lightning, combining them with his existing techniques into a five-type lightning attack. Li Changsheng endured the attack untouched, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Chen Ning and Li Changsheng exchanged powerful blows, with Chen Ning relying on lightning to withstand Li Changsheng’s strength.
• Under Li Changsheng’s pressure, Chen Ning manifested Bing Fire Yang Lightning and Wu Earth Nether Lightning, adding them to his three existing forms of lightning.
• Li Changsheng summoned divine wings and sent hurricanes through the imperial palace, destroying buildings and killing people who had not evacuated.
• Chen Ning fused all five types of lightning and hurled the resulting attack at Li Changsheng, overwhelming his hurricanes.
• Zhao Yinyin asked Zhao Jin whether Chen Ning had won, but Li Changsheng emerged from the dust unharmed and praised Chen Ning’s strength.

Chen Ning fought Li Changsheng, whose power summoned a great tide of savage beasts, stone warriors, and spirits. After Chen Ning's prepared plants overwhelmed the tide, he attacked with the complete body of a devil god, but Li Changsheng's divine figure stopped its palm with one finger.

• Li Changsheng attacked Chen Ning with enormous waves and more than a hundred sea beasts, which Chen Ning absorbed and froze with his Great Dao of Frost.
• Li Changsheng explained that heaven had granted him mastery over the Great Daos and the power to empower beasts, and savage beasts, stone warriors, and spirits gathered to fight Chen Ning.
• Chen Ning summoned rows of Twin Sunflowers, Three-Headed Peashooters, and Torchwoods, whose barrage suppressed Li Changsheng's forces.
• Chen Ning transformed into the complete body of a devil god and struck at Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng's majestic divine figure stopped the devil god's descending palm with one finger, surprising Chen Ning.

Chen Ning’s Devil God Transformation failed to defeat Li Changsheng, whose true god’s thought was the Spirit Martial God. Li Changsheng invited Chen Ning to show him the full power of the Great Dao of Time.

• Li Changsheng said Chen Ning’s complete Devil God body could grievously injure a Saint Emperor, while the imperial city’s people and experts watched the colossal figures in fear and awe.
• The Devil God body attacked again, but the Spirit Martial God’s divine thought shattered its fist and split its body.
• Chen Ning withdrew the Devil God Transformation after realizing it could not defeat Li Changsheng, and Li Changsheng explained the difference between a summoned dead body and a true god’s thought.
• Chen Ning proposed that they fight without either divine manifestation, but Li Changsheng said the Spirit Martial God’s thought was part of his own power.
• Li Changsheng identified the Great Dao of Time as one of Chen Ning’s remaining abilities and challenged him to demonstrate its limits.