Chapter Summaries

Yang Tianyou tempered his body with Sage Manifestation Tribulation Lightning and completed the fusion of his White Emperor Dharma Form and Fleshly Body, becoming a Sage Manifestation cultivator. After passing the Heart Demon Tribulation, he absorbed the Qi of Creation and advanced his True Spirit to Early Void Refinement, revealing the [Innate Fate Diagram] in the Jade Register Heavenly Book.

• Yang Tianyou caught and shattered the early bolts of Tribulation Lightning, then lowered his defenses so the Thunder could temper his body.
• Yang Tianyou endured the final, more powerful bolts as his platinum blood deepened and his White Emperor Dharma Form fused further with his Fleshly Body.
• Yang Tianyou fully fused the two and transformed into a three-thousand-zhang giant, manifesting the true form of Heaven and Earth Manifestation.
• Yang Tianyou defeated his Heart Demon Tribulation with his Blade Dao and received ninety-nine wisps of Qi of Creation.
• The Jade Register Heavenly Book absorbed further Qi of Creation and raised Yang Tianyou's True Spirit to Early Void Refinement, then revealed the [Innate Fate Diagram].

After breaking through to the Sage Manifestation Realm, Yang Tianyou learned how the Jade Register Heavenly Book’s Innate Fate Diagram revealed and manipulated Destiny. He examined his own Fate and Fortune, then turned his attention to the members of his clan beside Wolf Pool.

• Yang Tianyou learned that the Innate Fate Diagram could observe, absorb, alter, and manipulate living beings’ Fates using Primordial Power.
• He activated the Innate Fate Diagram and Acquired Fortune Cauldron, strengthening his Great White Gold Eyes into Destiny Eyes.
• Yang Tianyou examined his Destiny and saw his Fate Configuration, including Master of Heavenly Book, Husband of Celestial Maiden, Father of Great Power, and White Emperor Candidate.
• He considered what Father of Great Power, White Emperor Candidate, and Profound Tribulation Qi meant, but could not determine their significance.
• Yang Tianyou looked toward the members of his clan beside Wolf Pool and wondered what their Fates would be.

Yang Tianyou examined Yunhua’s and Yang Haoyu’s fates with his Destiny Eyes, learning more about their hidden destinies and the ominous Profound Tribulation Qi. He withdrew his divine ability after assessing the clan members and, celebrated as a Sage Manifestation, urged the Yang clan to cultivate diligently.

• Yang Tianyou saw that Yunhua had the Celestial Maiden fate pattern and a deep purple fate as the Mother of the Great Power, alongside the Reincarnated Immortals and Gods and Favor of Heaven's Will fates.
• Yang Tianyou wondered why Yunhua possessed the deep purple Guanghan Lineage fate and considered whether the Guanghan Immortal had another origin.
• Yang Tianyou saw Yunhua’s black Profound Tribulation Qi fate and suspected that the calamity might threaten all living beings in the Lu Wu Realm rather than target him alone.
• Yang Haoyu worried that Yang Tianyou’s divine ability had not ended, while Yunhua reassured her that his presence seemed unharmed and stronger than before.
• Yang Tianyou examined Yang Haoyu’s flourishing fortune and changeable fate, then withdrew his Heaven and Earth Manifestation Divine Ability.
• The clan members congratulated Yang Tianyou on attaining Sage Manifestation, and he urged them to cultivate diligently and strengthen the lineage.

Yang Tianyou considered how to defend Purple Moon Mountain against the Nine Phoenix Realm in the Third Stage of the war. He calculated that upgrading its Spirit Vein to Sixth-Tier Upper-Grade would require 125 drops of Heavenly Stele Stone Milk and costly auxiliary resources, then examined the resources Xuanwu had sent back.

• Yang Tianyou reviewed the extensive treasures Yang Xuanyang had sent to the Great White Residence.
• Yunhua told Yang Tianyou to look at the resources Xuanwu had sent back.
• Yang Tianyou assessed the Yang Household's strength and anticipated repeated attacks by the Nine Phoenix Realm during the Third Stage of the war.
• Yang Tianyou resolved to defend Purple Moon Mountain while preparing to evacuate if necessary.
• Yang Tianyou calculated the resources needed to upgrade the Purple Moon Mountain Spirit Vein and strengthen its defenses.
• Yang Tianyou examined Xuanwu's resource list, hoping it contained enough Heavenly Stele Stone Milk for the upgrade.

Yang Tianyou learned how Yang Xuanwu obtained vast resources and founded the Martial Alliance, then discussed the Yang Household’s preparations for the next stage of the Interface War. The chapter ended with Yunhua agreeing to recruit Tianshu True Person to build Purple Moon Mountain’s defensive formation.

• Yang Tianyou read Yang Xuanwu’s report and learned about his connection to the Martial Ancestor, his work in the Qiongqi Realm, and the resources and texts he had sent home.
• Yang Tianyou reflected on the Martial Ancestor’s intelligence about the Spirit Realm and said the Yang Household was better equipped to endure the Interface War.
• Yunhua suggested that Yang Tianyou’s recent breakthrough would let Zhiming and his other companions advance, and Yang Tianyou agreed.
• Yang Tianyou and Yunhua discussed upgrading the Purple Moon Mountain Spirit Vein and preparing for the war while time was short.
• Yang Tianyou chose Tianshu True Person of the Seven Stars Sacred Land to set up their defensive formation, and Yunhua agreed to invite him.

Yang Tianyou began refining his Life-Bound Law Treasures while Yunhua negotiated with the Seven Stars Sacred Lord for formations to protect the Yang Household. The deal sent Tianshu True Person to Purple Moon Mountain, while the Seven Stars Sacred Lord prepared for war.

• Yang Tianyou used precious Spirit Materials, the White Emperor Blade Canon, Platinum True Fire, and the Creation Brush to advance his Twin Blades and Starlight.
• Yunhua offered Heavenly Stele Stone Milk to the Seven Stars Sacred Lord in exchange for the Lesser Celestial Circuit Star Sword Formation and Tianshu True Person's help setting up a defensive formation.
• Yunhua agreed to pay twenty-eight drops of Heavenly Stele Stone Milk, ten cubic units of Solar Essence Gold, and two hundred thousand Upper-Grade Spirit Stones for the formations.
• The Seven Stars Sacred Lord beat up Tianshu True Person, who then left for Purple Moon Mountain with the offensive formation and formation-setting implements.
• The Seven Stars Sacred Lord returned to preparing the Seven Stars Sacred Land for the coming Third Stage war.

Tianshu True Person visited the Yang Household to design its Clan-Guarding Formations, and Yang Tianshi and Tongming joined him to study the plans. Impressed by Tongming’s knowledge of Purple Moon Mountain, Tianshu True Person agreed to begin laying the Lesser Celestial Circuit Star Sword Formation.

• Tianshu True Person arrived at Purple Moon Mountain, and Yunhua welcomed him on behalf of the Yang Household.
• Tianshu True Person enjoyed the Spirit Cuisine Yang Xuanyang had sent from the Qiongqi Realm, and Yunhua invited him to visit whenever he wished.
• Yunhua sent Yang Tianshi and Tongming with Tianshu True Person so they could observe the formation work.
• Tianshu True Person showed them the Lesser Celestial Circuit Star Sword Formation and the Eight Extremes Star Curtain Formation, explaining their power and purpose.
• Tongming identified a suitable location for the sword formation’s dragon’s head, and Tianshu True Person praised his Formation Dao attainments.
• Tianshu True Person and the others set off to lay the Lesser Celestial Circuit Star Sword Formation first.

Tianshu True Person completed the Yang Household’s defensive formations, while Zhiming and Yang Tianjiu successively reached Sage Manifestation. In the Nine Phoenix Realm, Shanhai also broke through, and he urged Yang Tiankang to advance quickly as Water Tribe clans were being drawn toward the Nine Phoenix Realm Alliance.

• Tianshu True Person completed the Lesser Celestial Circuit Star Sword Formation and Eight Extremes Star Curtain Formation, then reorganized the Yang Household’s Clan-Guarding Formation system.
• Yunhua gave Tianshu True Person the promised payment and additional gifts, and he returned a Jade Slip of Formation Dao insights for Tianshi and Tongming.
• Zhiming passed his tribulation and reached Sage Manifestation, strengthening his Listening to the World's Voice ability; half a month later, Yang Tianjiu also broke through.
• Shanhai endured the Heavenly Tribulation in the Beacon-Fire Secret Realm and reached Sage Manifestation, though he remained dissatisfied with his strength.
• Shanhai warned Yang Tiankang that the Alliance’s conciliatory approach was attracting Water Tribe clans, and Yang Tiankang resolved to enter seclusion and break through as soon as possible.

Yang Yuqi planned to advance the Blood Dragon Tree, while Yunhua joined the Alliance meeting that established regional war zones and placed the Yang Household in charge of the Purple Moon War Zone. As the Purple Moon Mountain Spirit Vein advanced and the Yang Household gained Fortune, construction of the Divine Sun Martial Academy continued in Qiongqi Realm.

• Yang Yuqi inspected the Blood Dragon Tree and planned to use precious Spirit Items and Life Qi to advance it to Sixth Tier, Mid Grade.
• Yunhua approved Yang Yuqi's request for resources, then joined an Alliance meeting where leaders agreed to organize defenses into war zones led by forces with Sixth Tier Spirit Veins.
• The Yang Household was assigned the Purple Moon War Zone, including eleven Province-Level Powers and three Demon Race forces, and Yunhua welcomed the chance to protect White Wolf Mound.
• The Purple Moon Mountain Spirit Vein advanced to Sixth-Tier Mid Grade, then advanced again after the Blood Dragon Tree reached Sixth Tier, Mid Grade; the Yang Household received another Heavenly Fortune blessing.
• In Qiongqi Realm, buildings and cultivation grounds rose around the Martial Dao Heavenly Stele, and Yang Xuanwu named the towering white-jade Portal the Divine Sun Martial Academy.

Yang Xuanwu unified his apertures, achieved Immortal-Martial Unity, and overcame his Yang God Tribulation with ease. Meanwhile, Yang Tianyou prepared to craft his first Sage Manifestation Talisman Soldier from a Divine Wind Clan Corpse.

• Yang Xuanwu unified his final nine apertures and fused his martial dao Origin Qi with Immortal Dao Law Power, forming an Immortal-Martial Divine Soul.
• Yang Xuanwu broke through to Immortal-Martial Unity, and a Fleshly Body Divine Ability began to form.
• Yang Xuanwu shattered the Yang God Tribulation Lightning with his fists, including bolts comparable to attacks from Mid Sage Manifestation experts.
• News of Yang Xuanwu's breakthrough reached the major factions and shattered the Tianwu Sect's remaining confidence.
• Yang Tianyou refined the Purple Moon Army's Weapon Sha Qi into White Tiger Talisman Soldiers, then used the Creation Brush to prepare Wind-Thunder Spirit Ink and materials from a Divine Wind Clan Corpse.
• Yang Tianyou began crafting his first Sage Manifestation Talisman Soldier.

The Nine Phoenix Alliance planned to destroy the Beaconfire Division and cooperate with the Tianwu Sect to invade the Qiongqi Realm. After learning that Ni Xian'er had betrayed them, Yang Tiankang and Shanhai prepared to flee and deny the Alliance the Beacon-Fire Secret Realm.

• The Sky Fox Old Ancestor announced that the Nine-Phoenix Clan and Sky Fox Clan would attack the Beaconfire Division in the Endless Abyss.
• The Sky Fox Old Ancestor said the Tianwu Sect had agreed to help the Nine Phoenix Realm take the Qiongqi Realm, while leaders discussed the threat of the Martial Ancestor.
• Shanhai told Yang Tiankang that Ni Xian'er had betrayed the Beaconfire Division and was leading the Nine Phoenix Crown Prince and other experts toward the secret realm.
• Yang Tiankang ordered the division to disband and its members to flee, planning to escape with Shanhai and the treasury.
• Yang Tiankang proposed taking control of the Beacon-Fire Secret Realm so Shanhai could devour it before the Nine Phoenix Alliance arrived.

The Beacon-Fire Secret Realm vanished after the Sword Saint's heir removed it, leaving the Nine Phoenix Alliance unable to determine what had happened. The Sky Fox Saintess uncovered suspicions of a traitor among the Nine Phoenix Crown Prince's people, while She Cailing was tortured to test whether the culprit would reveal themselves.

• The Beacon-Fire Secret Realm was shrunk and swallowed by the Heavenly Book, while the Will of Heaven and Earth of the Lu Wu Realm erased the Nine Phoenix Realm's Heavenly Punishment.
• She Cailing fled the area, but a Nine-Phoenix Clan powerhouse captured her and brought her before the Nine Phoenix Crown Prince and the Sky Fox Saintess.
• The Sky Fox Saintess confirmed that Ni Xian'er was not lying, then used her Bewitching Technique to question She Cailing, who said the Sword Saint's heir had sent her away before Heavenly Punishment fell.
• The Sky Fox Saintess concluded that a traitor among the Nine Phoenix Crown Prince's people had likely exposed the operation, recalling that the clan's Heavenly Mandate Fruit Position had previously been leaked.
• The Nine Phoenix Crown Prince ordered Nine-Phoenix Lingxu to destroy She Cailing's body and burn her Primordial Spirit in the Soul-Extinguishing Lamp for a thousand years, but the assembled clan members showed no revealing reaction.

Shanhai ordered Nine-Phoenix Kunwu to go deep undercover and erased memories that could expose his ties to the Yang Household. At Purple Moon Mountain, Yang Tianyou completed a second Sage Manifestation Talisman Soldier, then considered how to obtain enough soul materials before the next stage of the Realm War.

• Shanhai realized the Nine-Phoenix Crown Prince’s suspicions had put Nine-Phoenix Kunwu at greater risk, and Yang Tiankang advised keeping the insider hidden.
• Shanhai sent Nine-Phoenix Kunwu deep undercover and used the Jade Register Heavenly Book’s Mirror Spirit Space to remove memories that could reveal his identity as a spy.
• Yang Tianyou completed the Divine Wind Clan Talisman Soldier and named him Feng Er, assigning him to protect the Yang Household’s Lineage.
• Yang Tianyou found that the Lineage’s soul-material stores had been exhausted, while its usual sources could not meet its needs.
• Yang Tianyou considered creating a Talisman to purify and collect remnant souls, but the next stage of the Interface War was due to begin in twelve days.

Fifty-one years after the previous stage of the Interface War, the Yang Household had grown into a major regional power, and Yang Tianyou led preparations for the coming invasion. When the Mo Province Realm Gate expanded, the Divine Wind Clan attacked, but the First Legion’s White Tiger Heaven-Splitting Formation struck its Wind-Thunder Griffin commander.

• The Yang Household’s population surpassed one million, and Yang Tianyou and his wife led a prewar meeting to coordinate support among the region’s forces.
• A Sage Manifestation cultivator ordered Mo Province’s defenses to activate as its Realm Gate expanded.
• The Divine Wind Clan broke through the defensive chains and sent out a Wind-Thunder Griffin with Late Sage Manifestation combat strength.
• The First Legion summoned its enormous White Tiger and gathered a full-strength strike against the Griffin.
• The Griffin reinforced its defensive Law Treasure as the White Tiger’s platinum beam tore toward it, filling the battlefield with surging energy and strange phenomena.

The Purple Moon Army trapped and killed a powerful Divine Wind Clan warrior as the Third Stage of the war began. Yang Tianyou reviewed the army’s strength and watched the Eastern Sea Realm Gate open, where an exceptionally armed Giant Spirit tribesman emerged with combat power approaching Sage Manifestation Great Perfection.

• The First Legion trapped the Divine Wind Clan powerhouse in the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, and Yang Yusheng’s forces cut him in two and destroyed his soul.
• Yang Tianyou ordered Feng Yi to send the victory report to Alliance Headquarters and the eleven great Province-Level Powers.
• Yang Tianyou assessed the Luochuan River Dragon King’s forces, including the 120,000-strong Reverse Scale Army and its many War Flying Vessels and Sage Manifestation experts.
• The Eastern Sea Realm Gate’s defensive barrier broke after repeated assaults, allowing a thousand-zhang Giant Spirit tribesman to enter.
• The Giant Spirit warrior emerged wearing and carrying three Sixth-Tier Supreme-Grade Law Treasures, while a forbidden Secret Method and crimson gem raised his combat power to a terrifying level.

The Nine Phoenix Realm overwhelmed the Lu Wu Realm’s defenses in a brutal battle across the Eastern Sea. In the Qiongqi Realm, the Tianwu Sect betrayed the other forces and opened the Realm Gate, revealing that the Nine Phoenix Realm had made Qiongqi its main target.

• The Nine Phoenix Realm’s forces broke through the Lu Wu Realm’s defenses as combatants and War Fortresses poured through the Realm Gate.
• Lu Wu Realm powerhouses and hidden Eastern Sea Formations fought back, turning the invasion into a devastating battle.
• Tianwu Sect cultivators attacked the other Qiongqi Realm forces and destroyed the Formations containing the Large Realm Gate.
• The Lin Clan Chief and Ye Clan Chief defended the betrayal, while the Nine Phoenix Realm promised rewards to those who submitted.
• Shu shattered the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Sage Manifestation powerhouse’s attempt to sway the defenders, but Nine Phoenix Realm legions flooded into Qiongqi, where they had concentrated their invasion.

The Seven Great Fiend Demons fought the Nine Phoenix Realm’s invading forces across several battlefronts, with Shu and Xiao killing a powerful Nine-Phoenix Clan expert and Tuo tearing through enemy ranks. The chapter ended as a gigantic nine-headed Fierce Beast appeared over the Central Plains battlefield.

• Shu used his demonic cry to immobilize a four-headed Nine-Phoenix Clan expert while Xiao prepared to strike.
• Xiao smashed the expert’s defensive Law Treasure and body with his hammer, costing him two lives, then killed him with a second blow while Shu disrupted his revival.
• Xiao and Shu led the Qiongqi Realm’s counterattack, lifting their allies’ morale as they swept through the Nine Phoenix Realm’s forces.
• Tuo used his spatial-attribute ability and piercing cry to shatter space and unleash Void Torrents against the Nine Phoenix Realm’s army on the Northern Wilderness Icefield.
• A gigantic nine-headed Fierce Beast appeared over the Central Plains, where the Nine Phoenix Realm had assembled its strongest forces.

Hui held back much of the Nine Phoenix Realm’s forces, prompting them to deploy their rare Void Refinement Legion against the Nine-Headed Serpent. The chapter explained why the Yang Household could not create a comparable legion and ended with a Lava Behemoth confronting Hui.

• Hui’s nine heads unleashed powerful attacks, with its central head’s poison capable of killing life and corrupting land and space.
• Hui held back forty percent of the Nine Phoenix Realm’s powerhouses and legions on the battlefield.
• The chapter described the Foundation Establishment soldiers, Sage Manifestation support, and Seventh-Tier Battle Formation needed to create a Void Refinement Legion, requirements the Yang Household could not meet.
• The Nine Phoenix Realm deployed a Void Refinement Legion against Hui, marking the first appearance of one in the Interface War.
• A six-thousand-zhang Lava Behemoth with twelve legs and twenty-four volcanoes on its back stood before Hui.

The Nine Phoenix Realm’s commanders debated how to kill Hui after he overwhelmed the Lava Army Corps, while the alliance’s divisions delayed a decision. They ultimately approved a massive reinforcement of the Central Plains battlefield to ensure Hui’s death.

• Hui repelled the Lava Army Corps’ attack and countered it, forcing the corps back despite support from other Nine Phoenix Realm forces.
• At command headquarters, the Sky Fox Saintess, Nine Phoenix Crown Prince, Marquis Linfeng, and other commanders argued over whether to commit more Void Refinement army corps against Hui.
• The Fire-Bathing Tribe’s Grand Elder threatened to withdraw the Lava Army Corps unless the alliance sent reinforcements.
• The Nine Phoenix Crown Prince, Marquis Linfeng, and Sky Fox Saintess agreed to deploy their clans’ Void Refinement army corps and requisition fifteen supreme-grade Sixth Tier Forbidden Artifacts.
• Three Void Refinement army corps and numerous Nine Phoenix Realm Experts crossed the Realm Gate to reinforce the Central Plains battlefield.

Hui unleashed its life-consuming poison after the Nine Phoenix Realm's four Void Refinement Legions overwhelmed it, killing Hui and devastating both armies. The Nine Phoenix Realm then marched to conquer the Central Plains, while Yang Tianyou learned the battlefield was lost and feared the Qiongqi Realm would soon fall.

• Hui struck at the Lava Behemoth, but the Lava Army Corps held it while the Divine Wind Army Corps joined the fight.
• A Phoenix Feather pierced Hui, and Hui released its poisonous mist at the cost of its life, creating a thirty-thousand-li death zone and badly injuring all four Void Refinement Legions.
• Hui shriveled into ashes, leaving Marquis Linfeng without its Flesh Crystal, and the legions withdrew from the death zone.
• The Fire Plume Army Corps burned a passage through the poisonous area, allowing the Nine Phoenix Realm army to march out and conquer the Central Plains.
• Yang Tianyou received the report of Hui's death and the Central Plains' defeat, then hoped the Seven Martial Dao Heavenly Steles could withstand the coming attacks.