Chapter Summaries

Li Tianming and his lifebound beasts fought Wei Ji and the Three-Headed Moon-Devouring Demon Wolf in a desperate battle. Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng killed Wei Ji, while the demon wolf remained under attack.

• Lanhuang, Soulfiend, Yinghuo, and Miaomiao trapped the Three-Headed Moon-Devouring Demon Wolf and wounded it, though its explosive escape injured them.
• Wei Ji overwhelmed Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng, threatening to destroy Li Tianming's Saint Palace.
• Li Tianming concentrated his Immortal Sword Qi and attacked Wei Ji, whose Greedy Wolf Demon Blade shattered against the Purple Mansion Tower's protection.
• Li Tianming bound Wei Ji with the Three Thousand Starfields while Ye Lingfeng struck his soul and smashed his head with the Decagonal Demon-Suppressing Pillar.

After escaping the Divine Capital, Li Tianming and the Deca Dao Palace forces regrouped beneath the Nine Heavens Milky Way Barrier while Ye Lingfeng went to attempt to create the Deca Suppression Demon Barrier. As the Ancient Royal Clan attacked and the two armies clashed, a black barrier suddenly spread across the battlefield.

• Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng reaffirmed their brotherhood after defeating the Three-Headed Moon-Devouring Demon Wolf, and Ye Lingfeng said his final strike with the Deca Suppression Demon Pillar had opened a new world to him.
• Li Tianming helped the Seven Stars Legion escape across the Divine Capital while Li Wudi drew away the Qian Emperor, and the retreating forces reached the Nine Heavens Milky Way Barrier.
• Ye Lingfeng went to the Deca Suppression Demon Arena to try to create the Deca Suppression Demon Barrier while Li Tianming stayed behind to defend the Dao Palace.
• Ye Yi rallied the Dao Palace warriors, and the Nine Heavens Milky Way Barrier activated its Nine Heavens Silver Dragons as the forces prepared for battle.
• Dongyang Yu led the Ancient Royal Clan into the barrier, and the two armies collided after the Nine Heavens Silver Dragons struck the invading forces.
• A black barrier suddenly swept across the battlefield and layered itself over the Nine Heavens Milky Way Barrier.

Ye Lingfeng raised the Decagram Demon-Suppressing Barrier, turning the battle at the Decagram Dao Palace against the ancient royal clan and leaving them in retreat. As Li Tianming pursued the fleeing forces, an attacker sprang from a pile of corpses and tried to escape the barrier.

• Ye Lingfeng brought up the Decagram Demon-Suppressing Barrier, whose Primordial Demon Qi joined the Nine Heavens Silver Dragons in attacking the ancient royal clan.
• Ye Yi rallied the Seven Stars Legion and led its counterattack, while Dongyang Yu and Dongyang Ling realized the barrier was real and ordered a retreat.
• Li Tianming charged with the Tianshu Legion, killed numerous ancient royal clan fighters, and prayed that Li Wudi would recover.
• The ancient royal clan fled after suffering heavy losses, and Ye Yi ordered his forces to kill the wounded rather than take prisoners.
• An enemy hidden among the corpses attacked Li Tianming, then fled toward the barrier’s edge as Ye Yi gave chase.

Li Tianming captured Chongyang Taishang after the Ten Directions Demon-Suppressing Barrier repelled the Ancient Imperial Clan, but the danger remained as Emperor Qian and the Jiuying Clan could still attack. Li Wudi returned alive, badly injured, and Li Tianming carried him into the Dao Palace for treatment.

• Li Tianming and Ye Yi stopped Chongyang Taishang from escaping the barrier, and Li Tianming imprisoned him after rejecting his claims of kinship.
• Ye Yi ordered the Kaeyang Legion to display the enemy dead while the defenders prepared for another attack.
• Bai Mo explained that Ye Lingfeng could only partially control the Ten Directions Demon-Suppressing Barrier, so the defenders had to fuel it themselves and remain wary of Emperor Qian.
• Li Tianming waited anxiously for news of Li Wudi as the Seven Star Legion guarded the barrier.
• Li Wudi crashed down inside the barrier alive but severely wounded, and Li Tianming carried him to Situ Qinghe for treatment.

Li Tianming and Li Wudi reunited after their escape, while the Ten Directions Dao Palace’s barrier devastated the imperial forces and infuriated the Gan Emperor. The Gan Emperor resolved to study the barrier and attack if he could, leaving the war far from over as Li Wudi recovered from his injuries.

• Li Tianming and Li Wudi discussed their survival and vowed to one day kill the Gan Emperor, with Li Tianming offering to join the fight.
• The Ten Directions Dao Palace’s barrier killed 230,000 imperial troops, and the Gan Emperor arrived to find the army demoralized.
• The Gan Emperor mocked himself as the laughingstock of the world, then learned the barrier might be overcome and ordered his forces to assess it before attacking.
• Li Tianming learned Weisheng Yunxi was unconscious and that Situ Qinghe had converted the Starlight Emperor Whale into a lifebound beast.
• Situ Qinghe treated Li Wudi and assured Li Tianming, Jiang Feiling, and Li Qingyu that he would recover after a few days of rest.
• Li Wudi joked with his family after they came to visit him, prompting Li Tianming to ask him to stop using middle-aged humor.

After Li Wudi survived his wounds, he told Li Tianming to relay his plan to delay the ancient royal clan while he tried to reach the Ancient Saint Realm. Li Tianming returned to battle as Emperor Qian attacked the Ten Directions Demon-Suppressing Barrier, leaving the war’s outcome dependent on whether the barrier could hold him.

• Li Wudi told Li Tianming that he had marked the Imperial Beast with a Blood Demon Tribulation and asked him to tell Bai Mo and Ye Yi to delay the enemy while he sought a breakthrough.
• Li Qingyu told Li Tianming she had dreamed nine times of nine moons calling her to return, and he examined her tribulation wheel before advising her to watch for changes.
• Li Tianming and Jiang Feiling hurried back to the battlefield, where Emperor Qian attacked the barrier with the ancient royal clan’s army behind him.
• Li Tianming and his lifebound beasts slaughtered enemy forces while the Seven Star Legion held its line against the ancient royal clan.
• Bai Mo asked Ye Yi to send three hundred thousand soldiers to reinforce the barrier, and the strengthened barrier summoned another demon beast that stopped Emperor Qian’s advance.

Li Tianming used the Three Thousand Starfield to devastate the Ancient Imperial Clan as the Decimo Dao Palace held off the Qian Emperor’s assault. The Qian Emperor ordered a humiliating retreat, but the Dao Palace leaders feared he would return even more ruthless, while Li Tianming left to cultivate and seek a way to save Weisheng Yunxi.

• Li Tianming slaughtered the Ancient Imperial Clan’s forces with the Three Thousand Starfield and evaded Zhao Shenhong, taunting him about the Qian Emperor’s destruction of the Divine Capital.
• The Qian Emperor failed to break the Decimo Demon-Suppressing Barrier and ordered his army to withdraw, while Ye Yi led the Seven Star Legions in pursuit and Li Tianming cut down fleeing soldiers.
• The Dao Palace leaders discussed the heavy enemy losses and warned that the humiliated Qian Emperor might resort to anything; Bai Mo noted that Li Wudi’s potential breakthrough and Ye Lingfeng’s growing control of the pillar could favor them over time.
• Li Tianming visited the unconscious Weisheng Yunxi and learned that only the Reincarnation Mirror could undo her Reincarnation Seal, so killing the Qian Emperor and taking the mirror was necessary to wake her.
• Li Tianming left to cultivate, carrying the battle’s lessons into his reflections on the Imperial Will.

Li Tianming advanced his cultivation, killed Supreme Elder Chongyang after he refused to help with the Reincarnation Barrier, and learned that Gan Emperor had left the Divine Capital to attack the Eastern Emperor Sect. Li Wudi revealed that he had evacuated their relatives and invited Li Tianming to join him in targeting two isolated royal-clan enemies.

• Li Tianming merged the Heavenly Patterns of the Eastern Emperor Sword and Supreme Unity Tower into his Imperial Will and broke through to the second level of the Saint Realm of Heaven.
• Li Tianming asked Supreme Elder Chongyang to teach him how to use the Reincarnation Barrier, but Chongyang refused and declared his loyalty to the royal clan.
• Li Tianming killed Supreme Elder Chongyang with the Eastern Emperor Sword, and Bai Mo accepted his decision.
• Li Wudi told Li Tianming that Gan Emperor had gone to the Eastern Emperor Realm, but that he had already scattered and hidden the people from the Eastern Emperor Sect and Southsky Sect.
• Li Wudi invited Li Tianming to help assassinate two isolated targets, and Li Tianming brought Jiang Feiling as they left the Dao Palace together.

Li Wudi and Li Tianming ambushed Huang Chonghuan and Zhao Shenhong at Yueyue Sheng Tower to cripple the Nine Nether Clan’s commanders. Li Tianming killed Zhao Shenhong, while Li Wudi pursued Huang Chonghuan, leaving the assault on the Divine Capital’s forces underway.

• Li Wudi explained that Huang Chonghuan and Zhao Shenhong were vital military commanders and agreed with Li Tianming to kill them while they were separated from the Nine Nether Clan.
• Li Wudi flooded Yueyue Sheng Tower with his Primordial Blood Tribulation Kunpeng, then intercepted Huang Chonghuan and Zhao Shenhong as they tried to escape.
• Zhao Shenhong abandoned Huang Chonghuan and fled toward the River of Romance, while Li Wudi chased Huang Chonghuan and vowed to display his head at the Decapolis Dao Palace.
• Li Tianming dragged Zhao Shenhong beneath the river and fought him as their lifebound beasts battled around them.
• Li Tianming shattered Zhao Shenhong’s Dragon-Suppressing Mace and killed him with the Eastern Emperor Sword, then took his head.

Li Tianming and Li Wudi returned from killing Zhao Shenhong and Huang Chonghuan, while the Qian Emperor found the East Sovereign Realm abandoned and faced mounting losses in the Divine Capital. After ordering his army to devise a way to defeat the Decimo Dao Palace, he met Jun Niancang, who offered to share his dead father’s experience fighting Li Wudi.

• Li Tianming offered Huang Chonghuan’s head to Li Wudi, but Li Wudi chose to return and wait rather than continue hunting.
• The Qian Emperor crossed the Blood Tribulation Barrier, found the East Sovereign Mountains deserted, and read Li Wudi’s insulting message in the Kunpeng Sacred Hall.
• Dongyang Yu saw Huang Chonghuan and Zhao Shenhong’s heads at the Decimo Dao Palace gates, then killed his son for criticizing the campaign.
• The Qian Emperor admitted that the conflict had gone badly for him, calmed himself, and ordered his million-strong army to suggest a way to destroy the Decimo Dao Palace.
• Dongyang Yu brought Jun Niancang to the Qian Emperor, and Jun Niancang offered to share his father Jun Shengxiao’s experience fighting Li Wudi.

The Qian Emperor planned to lure the Decimo Dao Palace out by capturing ten million people from the Eastern Emperor Realm and sacrificing them to the Reincarnation Mirror. Meanwhile, Li Tianming’s Soul Tribulation Servant appeared and strengthened his Imperial Heavenly Will, but just as he reached the third level of the Saint Realm of Heaven, Li Qingyu arrived with news of trouble.

• Jun Niancang told the Qian Emperor how Jun Shengxiao had used mortals against the Southsky Sect, and the Qian Emperor rewarded him with an ancient divine source.
• The Qian Emperor explained that he would use Little Fish from the Eastern Emperor Realm to fuel the Reincarnation Mirror and draw the Decimo Dao Palace out, ordering Dongyang Yu and Dongyang Ling to arrange for ten million captives.
• As Jiang Feiling examined the red dots on Li Tianming’s chest, one vanished, transformed into a tiny Eastern Emperor Sword, and merged with his Imperial Heavenly Will.
• Li Tianming used the resulting boost to cultivate for three days and broke through to the third level of the Saint Realm of Heaven.
• Jiang Feiling poked the remaining red dots, but no other Soul Tribulation Servant appeared, and Li Tianming began teasing her again.
• Li Qingyu interrupted them and told Li Tianming that Ye Shaoqing had come from the Eastern Emperor Realm and that serious trouble had occurred.

After Emperor Qian ordered millions of Grand-Orient Realm citizens seized and transported to the Divine Capital, Li Tianming learned that his relatives were among the captives. He and Jiang Feiling joined Qin Jiufu’s group to intercept Dongyang An at the Hanging Sky River, while Li Wudi headed for the Canglan River; the ten packed Linglong warships sailed north.

• Ye Shaoqing told Li Tianming that Emperor Qian had ordered Dongyang An and the Linglong Pavilion to seize citizens and take them to the Divine Capital to pressure the Deca Dao Palace.
• Ye Shaoqing revealed that Li Jingyu, Wei Tian Cang, Jiang Cheng, and others had been captured along with hundreds of thousands of people.
• Li Wudi assigned himself to the Canglan River estuary and sent Li Tianming with Qin Jiufu to the Hanging Sky River estuary to track Dongyang An and rescue the captives.
• Li Tianming returned to the Star General’s residence, told Jiang Feiling and Li Qingyu what had happened, then brought Jiang Feiling to join Qin Jiufu, Bai Zifeng, and Bai Zijun.
• Li Tianming’s group left the Deca Dao Palace and traveled downstream through the Hanging Sky River toward its estuary.
• Ten fully loaded Linglong warships sailed north across the sea, carrying the captives toward the Divine Capital.

Meng Yifeng, master of Linglong Pavilion, terrorized the captives aboard his warship and promised freedom and wealth to anyone who identified core figures from the Grand-Orient Sect. Su Wuyou betrayed Li Wudi’s and Li Tianming’s relatives to secure her own survival, and Meng Yifeng had her, her sister, and Jiang Qingluan taken to his room.

• Meng Yifeng threatened the packed captives with being thrown overboard or boiled into soup, then offered rewards for information about Grand-Orient Sect and Nanshan Sect figures.
• Su Wuyou identified herself as a former Grand-Orient Sect disciple and offered to expose Li Wudi’s mother and Li Tianming’s maternal grandfather in exchange for becoming Meng Yifeng’s concubine.
• Su Wuyou named Li Jingyu and Li Tianming’s maternal grandfather, then dragged out Jiang Qingluan, Li Tianming’s father-in-law, and other relatives.
• Su Wuyou also presented her younger sister, Su Yiran, and Meng Yifeng decided to keep both sisters alive.
• Meng Yifeng ordered Jiang Qingluan, Li Jingyu, and the others taken to his room, while Su Wuyou left triumphantly.

Li Tianming rescued Jiang Qingluan from Meng Yifeng, learned that their family members were being held aboard the fifth Exquisite Warship, and planned a diversion with Qin Jiufu and Bai Zifeng. He killed Meng Yifeng, then appeared on the fifth ship to confront Dongyang An and the ancient royal clan.

• Li Tianming arrived in time to stop Jiang Qingluan from killing herself, then crippled Meng Yifeng and learned that Dongyang An had taken their family members to the fifth ship.
• Jiang Qingluan told Li Tianming that her father, Li Jingyu, and his grandfather had been escorted to Dongyang An.
• Li Tianming killed Su Wuyou and left with Jiang Qingluan and Meng Yifeng to meet Qin Jiufu and Bai Zifeng.
• Li Tianming proposed luring Dongyang An away while Qin Jiufu and Bai Zifeng rescued the captives, then confirmed that Dongyang An was aboard the fifth ship.
• Li Tianming took Meng Yifeng away and killed him after checking the fifth ship, then appeared on its deck at midnight as the ancient royal clan recognized him.

Li Tianming lured Dongyang An away while Qin Jiufu and Bai Zifeng rescued the hostages, then turned to fight the Ancient Imperial Clan prince on the sea. Li Tianming and his lifebound beasts overwhelmed Dongyang An and his Nine Infant, and Yinghuo wounded Dongyang An as the battle continued.

• Li Tianming attacked the fifth ship and drew Dongyang An away from the hostages.
• Qin Jiufu and Bai Zifeng boarded the ship and began rescuing Li Jingyu, Wei Tiancang, and the other captives.
• Li Tianming stopped fleeing and confronted Dongyang An with Yinghuo, Miaomiao, and Lanhuang.
• Dongyang An unleashed his Hundred-Tailed Black Prison Nine Infant, whose poison and tails fought against Li Tianming's beasts.
• Li Tianming launched the Fourth Sword of Divine Firmament at Dongyang An, while Yinghuo struck from behind and made him bleed.

Li Tianming killed Dongyang An and the Hundred-Tailed Black Prison Nine Infant, then discovered that the gratitude of a million rescued citizens had awakened the Heavenly Will of All Living Beings and opened the path to the Emperor’s Inheritance. After reaching the fourth level of the Saint Realm of Heaven, he reunited with his family and learned that his strength and the enemy’s losses had changed the Dao Palace’s plans.

• Li Tianming and Yinghuo killed Dongyang An, and Li Tianming challenged his dying opponent by asking whether he was a god.
• Li Tianming and his three beasts intercepted and killed the fleeing Hundred-Tailed Black Prison Nine Infant.
• A million rescued citizens’ gratitude gathered as white mist within Li Tianming, strengthening his Imperial Heavenly Will and revealing the Heavenly Will of All Living Beings.
• Qin Jiufu arranged for the citizens to disembark, while Li Tianming reunited with Li Jingyu, Wei Tiancang, Jiang Feiling, and the others.
• Li Tianming broke through to the fourth level of the Saint Realm of Heaven beside the Hanging Heaven River.
• Li Wudi questioned Li Tianming about his strength and concluded that killing Dongyang An and Meng Yifeng had weakened Emperor Qian’s forces without exposing Li Wudi’s presence.

Li Tianming secretly rescued eight million citizens of the Eastern Emperor Realm from the ancient imperial clan’s convoys before returning to join the Dao Palace’s counterattack. With Emperor Qian returning in eight days, the Seven Star Legion prepared to strike the enemy army and leave him without support.

• Li Wudi left Li Tianming in charge of intercepting the convoys, then planned to discuss attacking Dongyang Yu and Dongyang Ling before Emperor Qian returned.
• Li Tianming secretly killed the crews of seven merchant convoys, rescued eight million people, and left Situ Qinghe and Weisheng Yumo to oversee the remaining fleets.
• Weisheng Yumo told Li Tianming that Emperor Qian was heading back, so Li Tianming returned to the Divine Capital and entrusted his family to her and Situ Qinghe.
• Li Wudi told Li Tianming that the Dao Palace had eight days to cripple the enemy, and assigned him to hold off Dongyang Ling while Bai Mo faced Dongyang Yu.
• Ye Yi assembled the million-strong Seven Star Legion and ordered the Dao Palace disciples to follow him into battle against the Nine Nether Clan.

Ye Yi and Li Wudi led the Seven-Star Legions in a surprise assault on the Nine Nether Clan while Emperor Qian was away, tearing through the clan’s disorganized forces. Dongyang Ling and Dongyang Yu moved to stop Li Wudi and ordered a retreat into the Sun-Moon Imperial Formation as the battle continued.

• Ye Yi directed the Seven-Star Legions as Li Wudi led their charge from the Decimo Dao Palace toward the Nine Nether Clan’s temporary camp.
• Dongyang Yu took command of the surprised imperial forces, but Li Wudi and Ye Yi broke through their hastily assembled defenses and inflicted heavy losses.
• The Seven-Star Legions used coordinated attacks to overwhelm the enemy, while Li Wudi slaughtered thousands and drove the imperial soldiers into panic.
• Dongyang Ling and Dongyang Yu confronted Li Wudi, who taunted them about Emperor Qian’s absence and confirmed that the Dao Palace knew he had left the Divine Capital.
• Dongyang Ling dismissed Dongyang Yu’s supposed betrayal and ordered the army to retreat into the Sun-Moon Imperial Formation while they held off Li Wudi.

Li Tianming confronted Dongyang Yu while Li Wudi and the Yuheng Legion routed the imperial army. Li Tianming used the sea and his lifebound beasts to wound Dongyang Yu’s beasts and evade his attacks, while the battle continued.

• Dongyang Yu and Dongyang Ling tried to kill Li Wudi, but Bai Mo intervened, so Dongyang Yu turned to Li Tianming while Dongyang Ling fought Bai Mo.
• Li Tianming refused to flee and struck Dongyang Yu with the Three Thousand Starfield, cutting his palm and cheek.
• Dongyang Yu summoned his three Bloodwing Flame Demon Nine Infants and boasted about the ancient imperial clan’s slaughter of countless people.
• Li Tianming and Lanhuang flooded the battlefield, bound one of Dongyang Yu’s beasts with the Three Thousand Starfield, and dragged it underwater.
• Yinghuo blasted Dongyang Yu’s other two beasts with Heaven-Burning Feather Blades and evaded Dongyang Yu’s sword attack by creating thousands of clones.
• Yinghuo protected itself from Nine Nether Bloodfire with Purgatory Shield Armor and escaped through the flames using Undying Sword Qi.

Li Tianming killed Dongyang Yu after destroying two of his companion beasts, turning the tide of the battle and driving the ancient royal clan into despair. He then confronted Dongyang Ling, who trembled before him as Li Tianming declared his name.

• Li Tianming and his companion beasts killed Dongyang Yu’s second Bloodwing Flamefiend Nine-Infant in the Azure Sea Prison and brought both corpses onto the battlefield.
• Li Tianming displayed the two beasts’ corpses, raising the Decagram Dao Palace’s morale and shocking the ancient royal clan.
• With Jiang Feiling’s support, Li Tianming defeated Dongyang Yu in a sword clash and killed him before the gathered armies.
• Li Tianming declared Dongyang Yu dead, and the Decagram Dao Palace’s warriors charged back into battle with renewed fervor.
• Dongyang Ling saw Li Tianming approach with Bai Mo and the Imperial Star White Blazing Tiger, and Li Tianming told him, “I am Tianming!”