Chapter Summaries

The Willow God confronted Yutian True God over his theft of Innate Origin and his plans to refine Chen Ning, while Yutian revealed that the Willow God had a child. The Willow God recalled the woman who had urged him to make amends, and how that advice led him to the Land of Exile.

• Chen Ning remained calm after learning that Old Liu was the Willow God, since Old Liu had revealed his identity to him before his journey to Great Peace Prefecture.
• The Willow God accused Yutian True God of stealing Innate Origin to heal his injuries, and Yutian admitted he had used Great God White Brows as a puppet.
• Yutian True God tried to persuade the Willow God to join him, but the Willow God refused and vowed to stop him.
• Yutian True God revealed that the Willow God had a child, prompting the Willow God to remember his past meeting with a woman in the Eastern Territory.
• After the woman advised him to make amends for his mistakes, the Willow God left for the Land of Exile and disappeared from the Dragon-Tiger Realm.

Yutian True God revealed that he and Qilin True God had kept Willow God’s lover and son as hostages to control him and manipulate events around Chen Ning. Willow God agreed to remain trapped in the great formation in exchange for sending Chen Ning away, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Yutian True God explained that he had used Chen Ning’s mission to delay Willow God and protect Red-Haired God while keeping Willow God’s family under surveillance as hostages.
• Red-Haired God reported to Qilin True God that Yutian True God had taken Chen Ning, and Qilin True God confirmed that the woman remained their leverage against Willow God.
• Yutian True God threatened to kill Willow God’s lover and son unless Willow God stayed in the great formation and stopped interfering.
• Willow God agreed to remain trapped but used the Power of Space to send Chen Ning out of the formation.
• Yutian True God accepted Willow God’s condition and left him alone inside the formation.

Chen Ning began gathering allies to resist Yutian True God and sought the Red-Haired God, whose capture might reveal where Zhao Xiuxiu's mother was held. He left Yao Li with the Red-Haired God's current whereabouts and set out to free the hostage so Willow God could fight.

• Chen Ning told Chen Guan about Willow God and Yutian True God, and Chen Guan agreed to rally Willow God's followers into a resistance army.
• Chen Guan asked Chen Ning to find the Red-Haired God and rescue Zhao Xiuxiu's mother, whose captivity prevented Willow God from fighting freely.
• Chen Ning urged Thunder God to join the resistance, and Thunder God decided to take the risk rather than wait for Yutian True God to punish him.
• Chen Ning met Yao Li in the Eastern Territory, and she revealed that she knew where the Red-Haired God was, though she did not know where he held Zhao Xiuxiu's mother.
• Chen Ning and Yao Li parted ways, and Chen Ning set out to find the Red-Haired God.

Chen Ning confronted Red-Haired God to learn where Zhao Xiuxiu’s mother was being held, but a pursuit by Yutian True God’s forces interrupted him. Red-Haired God was freed and ordered to join the hunt for Chen Ning.

• Chen Ning sealed the space around Red-Haired God and froze him after he tried to attack with Scarlet Flame Divine Palm.
• Chen Ning searched Red-Haired God’s storage Law Treasures but found no sign of Zhao Xiuxiu’s mother, then claimed he knew where she was hidden and sent someone to rescue her.
• More than ten God Realm experts arrived to hunt Chen Ning, forcing him to flee before he could kill Red-Haired God.
• Scorpion God questioned Red-Haired God, freed him from the ice, and ordered him to join the pursuit and report Chen Ning’s location.

Chen Ning rescued Zhao Xiuxiu’s mother from Red-Haired God, only to discover that Qilin True God had disguised himself as her and laid a trap. Lu Sisi took a divine attack meant for Chen Ning and lay dying in his arms as Qilin True God confronted him.

• Red-Haired God hurried to the farmhouse where he had hidden Zhao Xiuxiu’s mother, worried Chen Ning had uncovered his secret.
• Chen Ning and Lu Sisi used an illusion of Scorpion God to lure Red-Haired God back, then froze him and rescued the captive woman.
• The woman transformed into Qilin True God and revealed that he had used Red-Haired God, Yao Li, and Zhao Xiuxiu’s mother to draw Chen Ning out.
• Qilin True God attacked Chen Ning, but Lu Sisi switched places with an illusion and took the blow instead.
• Chen Ning held the mortally wounded Lu Sisi and told her the attack would only have gravely injured him, while Qilin True God declared that Chen Ning could not escape.

After Lu Sisi died protecting Chen Ning, he fought the Qilin True God to avenge her. The Qilin True God revealed his invulnerable true form, and Chen Ning’s attacks failed to break through its defenses.

• Lu Sisi died in Chen Ning’s arms after expressing happiness that she had helped him, and Chen Ning placed her body in his storage Law Treasure.
• Chen Ning attacked the Qilin True God, and their clash showed that Chen Ning’s Perfect Divine Spark let him fight on equal terms.
• The Qilin True God summoned a golden pagoda to suppress Chen Ning, but Chen Ning’s Ruyi Jingu Bang struck it away.
• The Qilin True God revealed his thousand-zhang Qilin true form, which withstood Chen Ning’s staff and sent him flying with a burst of Divine Power.
• Chen Ning summoned the Savage Bull Dharma Body and attacked again, but the Qilin True God’s Divine Flame and defense stopped his assault.

Chen Ning transformed his Savage Bull Dharma Body into the Kui Ox Dharma Body and defeated Qilin True God, then learned that Qi Yu could revive Lu Sisi. Qi Yu used the Dew of Miracles to restore her, and Lu Sisi awoke beside Chen Ning.

• Chen Ning's Savage Bull Dharma Body transformed into the Kui Ox Dharma Body, allowing him to overpower Qilin True God's divine flame and break through his defenses with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.
• Chen Ning destroyed Qilin True God, who died remembering the young man who had rescued him as a Qilin cub.
• Qi Yu arrived and explained that Willow God's followers had helped lift the blockade around Unknowing Island and that his master's research could revive Lu Sisi if her body was preserved.
• Qi Yu poured the Dew of Miracles onto Lu Sisi, restoring her body, origin, and soul.
• Lu Sisi opened her eyes, and Chen Ning reassured her that everything was all right.

After Chen Ning reunited with Lu Sisi, news that he had slain Qilin True God reached Yutian True God, who responded by preparing to crush Willow God's allies and capture Chen Ning. Yutian empowered Duan Tianya and ordered Crimson Refinement True God and Great God White Brows to attack Unknowing Island and the Azure Cloud Sect, officially escalating the conflict.

• Chen Ning teased Lu Sisi after she returned from the dead, and they shared a rare warm moment despite their unresolved problems.
• Duan Tianya reported that Chen Guan had gathered experts across the Dragon-Tiger Realm to oppose Yutian True God.
• Scorpion God informed Yutian True God that Chen Ning had slain Qilin True God, and Yutian ordered Crimson Refinement True God and Great God White Brows summoned.
• Yutian True God gave Duan Tianya a Divine Spark Fruit, strengthening him, and assigned him a separate task.
• Yutian True God ordered Crimson Refinement True God and Great God White Brows to destroy Unknowing Island and the Azure Cloud Sect, kill Willow God's associates, and capture Chen Ning alive.
• Crimson Refinement True God warned that the mission was too risky, but Yutian True God threatened to make them his enemies if they refused.

Yutian True God's forces attacked Willow God's allies on Unknowing Island, where Chen Ning arrived to protect the defenders. As Crimson Refinement True God joined the battle, Thunder God appeared to help Chen Ning and vowed that White Brows and Chilian would not leave alive.

• Yutian True God sent Great God White Brows and Crimson Refinement True God to attack Willow God's allies, while the two forces chose to remain in his camp.
• Crimson Refinement True God found Azure Cloud Mountain deserted and redirected his army toward Unknowing Island.
• Great God White Brows attacked Unknowing Island, where Chen Guan and the gathered defenders fought back, with Yuan Xifeng holding the front line.
• Great God White Brows targeted Yuan Xifeng with a deadly strike, but Chen Ning arrived and shattered it with the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• Crimson Refinement True God arrived with more Lower Gods and prepared to attack, but Thunder God appeared and pledged to kill White Brows and Chilian.

Yutian True God used the Blood Devil Race and Chen Ning’s friends at White Bone Mountain to force Chen Ning to come alone. Qi Yu helped Chen Guan return to the Middle God realm so he could defend Unknowing Island, while Chen Ning rushed to White Bone Mountain, where Yutian True God prepared to punish Hua'er for his delay.

• Great God White Brows revealed that the Blood Devil Race’s hiding place was White Bone Mountain, and Yutian True God threatened Chen Ning through the Voice Transmission Spirit Stone.
• Chen Ning realized Duan Tianya had impersonated Yutian True God to mislead Chen Guan’s informants while Yutian True God went to White Bone Mountain to lure him away.
• Qi Yu gave Chen Guan an improved Divine Spark Fruit, and Chen Guan swallowed it and returned to the Middle God realm.
• Chen Ning left for White Bone Mountain after Chen Guan and Thunder God prepared to defend Unknowing Island.
• At White Bone Mountain, Yutian True God had defeated the Blood Devil King and gravely wounded Mao Chunqiu, while Zhao Xiuxiu was trapped by a restriction.
• Yutian True God turned his attention to Hua'er, and the Blood Devil King begged him to kill the Blood Devil King instead.

Chen Ning arrived at the mountaintop and confronted Yutian True God, who demanded that he submit to being refined. After the others escaped, Chen Ning used the Great Dao of Time to send Zhao Xiuxiu away, leaving himself in Yutian True God's power.

• Mao Chunqiu blocked Yutian True God's attack on Hua'er and offered to die in Chen Ning's place.
• Chen Ning arrived, healed Mao Chunqiu, and offered to let Yutian True God refine him if he spared the others.
• Zhao Xiuxiu threatened to kill himself unless Yutian True God released everyone, and Chen Ning ordered him to let the others leave first.
• Yutian True God released the Blood Devil King, Hua'er, and the others, who carried the injured Mao Chunqiu away.
• Chen Ning used the Great Dao of Time to send Zhao Xiuxiu away before Yutian True God could stop him.

Chen Ning and the Blood Devil King fought Yutian True God but were overwhelmed until Willow God intervened. Willow God revealed that he knew Yutian True God had killed the woman he held hostage, and the two prepared for an inevitable battle.

• Chen Ning attacked Yutian True God with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning, but Yutian True God effortlessly repelled it.
• The Blood Devil King returned to protect his people and unleashed the inherited resentment of his race, gaining power approaching that of a Middle God.
• The Blood Devil King and Chen Ning attacked together, but Yutian True God overcame them, and his finger strike nearly killed the Blood Devil King.
• Willow God broke free of the grand array and stopped Yutian True God's attack, then acknowledged that the Blood Devil King had known his identity.
• The Blood Devil King explained that he had kept Willow God's identity secret because Willow God had tried to change his people, though he still wanted revenge himself.
• Willow God confronted Yutian True God about the hostage, declared that the woman was already dead, and prepared to fight now that Chen Ning had sent Zhao Xiuxiu away.

Willow God and Yutian True God fought to settle their past, with Yutian True God gaining the advantage after wounding Willow God. Willow God revealed his Ancient Tree of Nature Dharma Body, and Yutian True God answered by summoning his Battle Saint Physique.

• Willow God and Yutian True God clashed with divine might and exchanged powerful attacks, and Willow God realized his opponent had grown stronger by stealing cultivators’ innate origins.
• Yutian True God summoned his dark-gold halberd and battled Willow God, while Willow God maintained a spatial barrier to protect the surrounding land.
• Yutian True God used the halberd’s dragon patterns to pierce Willow God’s left shoulder and gain the advantage.
• Willow God transformed into his Ancient Tree of Nature True God Dharma Body, ranked twelfth on the Dharma Body Heaven Ranking.
• Yutian True God summoned his Battle Saint Physique Dharma Body and prepared to fight at full strength.

Willow God and Yutian True God fought with their True God Dharma Bodies, and Willow chose a mutual-destruction attack despite knowing it might cost him his life. Yutian survived the exchange and prepared to kill the gravely wounded Willow, while vowing to spare neither Chen Ning nor the others.

• Chen Ning shielded himself and the Blood Devil King from the Divine Power shockwaves as Willow God and Yutian True God fought.
• Yutian True God broke through the Ancient Tree of Nature’s defenses, and Willow God answered by abandoning his own defense to launch a potentially fatal assault.
• Yutian pretended to beg his senior brother’s forgiveness, causing Willow God to hold back; Yutian then struck the Ancient Tree’s vital point.
• The Ancient Tree of Nature’s attack still shattered Yutian’s Battle Saint Physique, but Willow God suffered grievous injuries and could no longer fight.
• Yutian taunted Willow and revealed that Lingyu True God had killed herself, then rejected Willow’s pleas to spare Chen Ning, Willow’s child, the Blood Devil Race, and the experts from the four realms.

Yutian True God shattered Chen Ning’s Kui Ox Dharma Body and tried to refine him, but the Blood Devil King sacrificed himself to protect Chen Ning. The Blood Devil King’s power awakened a presence in Chen Ning that resembled the supposedly dead Lingyu True God, and Yutian True God’s punch was caught.

• Yutian True God dispersed Chen Ning’s Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and broke his Kui Ox Dharma Body, leaving Chen Ning pinned by divine might.
• Yutian True God began forming a formation to refine Chen Ning and use the power to advance his campaign against the Central Divine Domain.
• The Blood Devil King blocked the formation, died after entrusting his people to Chen Ning, and turned into green light that entered Chen Ning.
• Chen Ning broke free and spoke with the voice of Lingyu True God, shocking Yutian True God and Willow God.
• Yutian True God dismissed Chen Ning’s appearance as a deceptive technique and punched him, but Chen Ning caught the blow.

Chen Ning used the Blood Devil King's legacy and the Dao of Deception to become Lingyu True God in his own mind and defeat Yutian True God. As Chen Ning and Willow God collapsed from exhaustion, Yao Li captured and refined Yutian True God's Primordial Spirit.

• Chen Ning caught Yutian True God's attacks with Lingyu True God's power, and Willow God realized Chen Ning might have reached the realm of deceiving himself.
• Yutian True God spent his origin to launch his strongest punch, but Chen Ning answered with an azure dragon of Divine Power and shattered his body.
• Chen Ning asked Willow God if he was all right, then returned to his own consciousness and collapsed as Willow God wept and apologized.
• Yutian True God's Primordial Spirit tried to possess Chen Ning, but Yao Li caught and refined it, calling him the second-best fortune in the Dragon-Tiger Realm.
• Willow God reflected that he was the last survivor of the three heroes of the Dragon-Tiger Realm.

After Yutian True God's death, Willow God and Chen Ning restored peace to the Dragon-Tiger Realm and reorganized its territories, while continuing to search for the missing Zhao Xiuxiu. Their work was interrupted when a visitor from beyond the realm arrived demanding to meet its ruler.

• Willow God and Chen Ning arrived at the battle in Great Peace Prefecture and announced Yutian True God's death, prompting Great God White Brows, Crimson Refinement True God, and the attacking Lower Gods to surrender.
• Willow God accepted responsibility as the Dragon-Tiger Realm's guardian god, and a month later the realm's territories were reorganized under Chen Guan, Thunder God, and Madam Spider while White Brows and Crimson Refinement became prisoners.
• Chen Ning advanced to Middle God, Willow God recovered from his injuries, and the two continued searching for Zhao Xiuxiu, who had been sent to an unknown point in time.
• At Zhao Xiuxiu's mother's grave, Willow God admitted that he had found no trace of the child, while Chen Ning accepted responsibility for sending him away; Willow God told him he had made the right choice.
• After Chen Ning and Willow God returned to the Yutian Kingdom, Lang Xiaoshan reported that an outsider had arrived demanding to see the ruler of the Dragon-Tiger Realm.

Willow God rejected the Heavenly River Realm’s demand to absorb the Dragon-Tiger Realm and learned of a treasure that could help him find his child. After the Yin Dragon God reported the refusal, his lord planned to spread news of the Divine Spark Fruit to incite other worlds against the Dragon-Tiger Realm.

• The Yin Dragon God pinned the experts in Yutian’s hall with his divine might until Willow God subdued him and freed them.
• The Yin Dragon God said the Heavenly River Realm expected the Dragon-Tiger Realm to honor Yutian True God’s offer of the Divine Spark Fruit in exchange for absorption and a place in the coming contest.
• Willow God refused to make the Dragon-Tiger Realm a vassal, and the Yin Dragon God left after threatening him.
• Willow God told Chen Ning about a guardian god’s treasure that could locate his child through bloodline power, then invited him to visit other worlds.
• The Yin Dragon God reported Willow God’s refusal to his lord, who ordered him to spread news of the Divine Spark Fruit and draw other worlds against the Dragon-Tiger Realm.

The Willow God and Chen Ning traveled to the North Marsh Realm to borrow the Hexagram of Reincarnation so the Willow God could find his child. The Wind God and Ancient God of Dusk tried to help, but the Undying Battle Emperor refused because he had promised the treasure to the Desolate Wood Realm; the chapter left the request unresolved.

• The Willow God brought Chen Ning to the North Marsh Realm to ask the Wind God for the Hexagram of Reincarnation.
• The Wind God told the Willow God that the Undying Battle Emperor had borrowed the treasure, then took them to seek the Ancient God of Dusk's help.
• The Ancient God of Dusk summoned the Undying Battle Emperor and asked whether he still had the Hexagram of Reincarnation.
• The Willow God asked the Undying Battle Emperor to lend him the treasure, but the Undying Battle Emperor refused because he had promised it to the Desolate Wood Realm in exchange for an alliance.

Northern Marsh debated whether to give the Hexagram of Reincarnation to the Scholar Tree God to secure his help in the battle for seats. The Wind God proposed allying with the Dragon-Tiger Realm instead, and the Ancient God of Dusk offered the Willow God the treasure and a lasting alliance, leaving her to weigh the risk to her realm.

• The Undying Battle Emperor told the Ancient God of Dusk that he had promised the Scholar Tree God the Hexagram of Reincarnation forever in exchange for his support.
• The Wind God objected to giving away his treasure, and he and the Undying Battle Emperor argued over Northern Marsh’s need for the Scholar Tree God’s strength.
• The Willow God offered to seek another way to find her child rather than put Northern Marsh in a difficult position.
• The Wind God proposed rejecting the Scholar Tree God and allying with the Dragon-Tiger Realm, citing the Willow God’s top-ranked Dharma Body.
• The Ancient God of Dusk offered the Willow God the Hexagram of Reincarnation immediately and promised that Northern Marsh and the Dragon-Tiger Realm would remain allies regardless of the contest’s outcome.
• The Willow God hesitated because the Dragon-Tiger Realm needed time to recover and an alliance could bring it into conflict with other worlds.