Chapter Summaries

Feng Qingyang opened Azure Cloud Sect to launch a long-term mission to conquer the twelve provinces of the Upper Three Dao Domains and gather resources. Qing Yan, Long Aotian, and Luo Wu organized their factions to enter the Nine Heavens Dao Domain, beginning with plans to divide its provinces.

• Feng Qingyang had the Elder Division announce that disciples and elders could form teams to compete for the twelve provinces, earn Contribution Points, and win rewards, while remaining subject to recall orders and sect rules.
• Disciples emerged from seclusion and discussed whether to join teams, cultivate, or participate through the sect’s major factions: the Exploding Heavens Sect, Dragon Gate, and Heavenly Dance Sect.
• Qing Yan, Long Aotian, and Luo Wu met to plan their factions’ participation, and Luo Wu proposed recruiting Yun Lan, Ning Yan, Qin Han, and elders.
• Qing Yan proposed that the Exploding Heavens Sect take Bright Moon Province, Dragon Gate take Illusion Dream Province, and Heavenly Dance Sect take Shine Cloud Province before joining forces to capture Purple Spirit Province.
• The three faction leaders ordered preparations, and Er Gouzi announced that the Exploding Heavens Sect would recruit disciples for its expedition to Bright Moon Province.

Shi Hao and the other Direct Disciples planned to lead a training mission to the Immortal Rainbow Dao Domain as Azure Cloud's elders and disciples made their own plans to compete across the Immortal Realm. Meanwhile, alchemists gathered on Penglai Immortal Island for the Pill Refining Conference, where rumors spread that a Pill Pavilion senior figure would attend.

• Shi Hao chose the Immortal Rainbow Dao Domain for the Direct Disciples' mission, and Lin Feng and Hua Qingyu offered help from their grandfathers and connections.
• Shi Hao learned that Black Emperor and Little White would join the mission, while the disciples planned to support a small faction and await the pair's arrival.
• Azure Cloud's elders and disciples organized separate expeditions, while Li Yin told Zhao Jinzhu he intended to make a name for himself and repay the sect; Zhao Jinzhu agreed to join him.
• Tens of millions of alchemists gathered on Penglai Immortal Island for the Pill Refining Conference, and attendees rumored that the Pill Pavilion's new chief disciples and a senior figure would appear.

God Abyss Pill Pavilion arrived at Penglai Immortal Island for the Pill Refining Conference, led by Pill Heir Fan Danxing. When Azure Cloud Immortal Sect arrived, Fan Danxing resolved to avenge Murong Xue, whom Lord of the Heavenly Waters had killed.

• God Abyss Pill Pavilion arrived with three Ten-Star Alchemists, twenty Nine-Star Alchemists, and more than a thousand Eight-Star Alchemists, drawing a crowd to the reception palaces.
• The crowd recognized Fan Danxing, the Pavilion's young Pill Heir, while Miao Kong watched over him as instructed by the Pavilion Master and his master.
• Alchemists mocked Azure Cloud Immortal Sect's standing in alchemy until the Azure Cloud Immortal Ship appeared and its pressure forced some of them to the ground.
• Li Yanzhi reassured Azure Cloud's ten genius disciples that they should focus on giving their best at the conference.
• Fan Danxing saw Azure Cloud Immortal Sect arrive and vowed to avenge Murong Xue, whom Lord of the Heavenly Waters had killed.

Fan Danxing recalled how Hong Xiao had promised him Murong Xue in exchange for helping Hong Xiao, then blamed the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect for Murong Xue’s death. As the Pill Refining Conference began at Penglai Immortal Island, God Lord Zi Yan took the host’s seat.

• At the Dragon Soaring Gathering, Fan Danxing joined Hong Xiao’s group after Hong Xiao introduced him as an old friend to Murong Xue.
• Fan Danxing fell in love with Murong Xue, pursued her despite her coldness, and believed she might return his feelings.
• Hong Xiao told Fan Danxing that Murong Xue liked him and promised to step aside if Fan Danxing helped him take the Pill Child position and obey his commands.
• In the present, Fan Danxing recalled their agreement, mourned Murong Xue, and vowed to make the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect pay.
• Representatives and judges gathered for the Pill Refining Conference, which God Lord Zi Yan hosted.

The second Pill Refining Conference began, and Li Yanzhi took first place in the opening round by refining a perfect Heavenly Spirit Immortal Pill in half a stick of incense. After advancing, she drew the concealed hatred of Fan Danxing, who planned to use a judge’s help to take revenge on her.

• The deputy host announced the three-stage competition, and the alchemists began refining their assigned pills as the Immortal Spirit Incense burned.
• Li Yanzhi refined a perfect Heavenly Spirit Immortal Pill in half a stick of incense and ranked first, ahead of Fan Danxing, who ranked second.
• Li Yanzhi noticed Fan Danxing’s hostile glance, while Fan Danxing recalled that she was the disciple of the woman who killed Xue Er and anticipated his planned revenge.
• The first round ended with more than ten million alchemists advancing, and Yao Ye and Mo Wen praised the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect’s results.
• God Lord Zi Yan entered the pavilion and greeted Willow God Lord and Old Long.

The second stage of the Pill Refining Conference began as Li Yanzhi attempted to refine three immortal pills at once. In the main hall, alchemists welcomed the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect’s guests and the legendary Shangguan Chongchi, whose arrival suggested this might be his final conference.

• The deputy host announced the Quality Competition, requiring contestants to refine three high-quality pills before the incense burned out, with the top one million advancing.
• Li Yanzhi chose to refine three immortal pills simultaneously by putting all her ingredients into the furnace.
• Liu Miaomiao and Old Long arrived at the main hall and were warmly welcomed by the gathered alchemists.
• Zhang Ruoxu met Yao Ye and Mo Wen, then mistakenly took Mo Wen’s name as a refusal to give his name.
• Shangguan Chongchi arrived after leaving seclusion and said he had nearly failed to emerge alive, prompting others to fear this could be his last conference.

Liu Miaomiao met and exchanged alchemy insights with Shangguan Chongchi, who felt reassured about the Alchemist Realm’s future. After Li Yanzhi and Fan Danxing tied for first in the second stage, Fan Danxing staged his withdrawal while conspiring with a judging elder to kill Li Yanzhi.

• Shangguan Chongchi greeted Liu Miaomiao and was impressed by her cultivation and alchemy skill.
• Liu Miaomiao and Shangguan Chongchi exchanged alchemy insights and became congenial.
• The judges announced that Li Yanzhi and Fan Danxing tied for first in the second stage with perfect pills.
• Fan Danxing told Li Yanzhi he would withdraw, then secretly injured his own meridians to make his withdrawal appear genuine.
• Fan Danxing conspired with a senior judging elder to kill Li Yanzhi, while the elder planned to use Fan Danxing as a pawn.
• The judging panel announced Fan Danxing’s withdrawal, and alchemists at the venue speculated that Li Tianjiao’s talent had damaged his meridians.

Fan Danxing arranged a mass explosion during the Pill Refining Conference’s final round, targeting Li Yanzhi and killing countless people. As the leaders rushed to the devastated arena, Elder Li Wu Zai appeared and revealed his role in the attack, intent on killing everyone and securing the Alchemist Realm for the God Abyss Pill Pavilion.

• Fan Danxing feigned weakness and sent Miao Kong and the other visitors away, choosing revenge for Xue Er over the Old Pavilion Master's expectations.
• God Lord Zi Yan began the six-hour Free Creation Competition, and Li Yanzhi started creating a new pill called All Beings.
• Fan Danxing prepared to give an order as the furnaces of two million alchemists exploded simultaneously, devastating the arena and killing more than ten million people.
• The Old Pavilion Master, Liu Miaomiao, Old Long, Mo Wen, and Yao Ye rushed to the destruction, where Elder Li Wu Zai claimed he had helped Fan Danxing and declared his intention to kill everyone.

Fan Danxing exposed his revenge plot against the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect, but Old Long killed him before he could act. Li Wu Zai then activated a deadly array over Penglai Immortal Island and died in a self-destruction that slaughtered millions of alchemists, leaving the survivors trapped in the killing field.

• Li Wu Zai blamed Fan Danxing for the plot to kill the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect's Heaven's Chosen, and Fan Danxing denied colluding with him while expelling him from the God Abyss Pill Pavilion.
• Li Wu Zai revealed that Li Yanzhi and the others had survived, prompting Fan Danxing to confess that he sought revenge for his wife, Xue Er.
• Old Long crushed Fan Danxing into blood mist, and Shangguan Chongchi arrived with surviving God Abyss Pill Pavilion alchemists to condemn Li Wu Zai.
• Li Wu Zai activated the Immortal Forging Heavenly Net Array, which sealed Penglai Immortal Island and transformed its Immortal Spiritual Energy into deadly astral energy.
• Li Wu Zai reversed his meridians and exploded, killing several million more alchemists as the trapped survivors cursed him and the Sky Beyond the Sky.

Liu Miaomiao and the God Abyss Pill Pavilion struggled to protect the alchemists trapped inside Li Wu Zai’s Immortal Forging Heavenly Net Array. Shangguan Chongchi sacrificed his life to weaken the formation and open a path for them.

• Liu Miaomiao recognized Li Wu Zai as an incarnation and considered how to break the formation without killing the trapped alchemists.
• Liu Miaomiao sent Li Yanzhi and others aboard the Azure Cloud Immortal Ship while Azure Cloud Sect and the God Abyss Pill Pavilion protected nearby cultivators.
• Shangguan Chongchi ordered the Pill Pavilion to aid the ruined Alchemist Realm and care for those harmed by the disaster.
• Shangguan Chongchi used his Immortal Emperor Leaf and remaining Chaos Divine Power to shatter the formation, sacrificing his Emperor Body as the alchemists cried out for him to stop.

After the Old Pavilion Master sacrificed himself to destroy the deadly array, Liu Miaomiao accepted the Alchemist Realm’s submission and promised to rebuild it and avenge the dead. As the conference was suspended, Li Yanzhi’s self-created pill caused a startling celestial phenomenon.

• The Old Pavilion Master absorbed the array’s Killing Aura with his Immortal Emperor Leaf, destroyed the array, and vanished after entrusting the Alchemist Realm to Liu Miaomiao.
• The God Abyss Pill Pavilion’s elders and the gathered alchemists asked Liu Miaomiao to lead them, and she promised to rebuild the Alchemist Realm and avenge Pavilion Master Shangguan and the fallen alchemists.
• God Lord Zi Yan reported that more than ten million alchemists had died, and Liu Miaomiao ordered aid for the injured, arrangements for the dead, and a temporary suspension of the Pill Conference.
• A blood moon, blood sun, and red beam appeared above Li Yanzhi’s furnace, and she told Liu Miaomiao that her self-created Immortal King-tier pill, All Beings, had formed.

A Golden Giant Palm from the Sky Beyond the Sky tried to seize the mutated pill refined by Liu Miaomiao’s disciple, but it retreated when Liu Miaomiao summoned the Heaven Refining Immortal Furnace. Back at Azure Cloud Sect, Feng Qingyang accepted God Abyss Pill Pavilion’s submission and discovered that the tiny blood-red pill contained immense energy.

• Old Long met the Golden Giant Palm in the sky and was knocked back, then Liu Miaomiao’s Heaven Refining Immortal Furnace caused it to retreat.
• Liu Miaomiao identified the Golden Giant Palm as a force from the Sky Beyond the Sky, and she and Old Long realized it had targeted the pill in the Pill Refining Furnace.
• Feng Qingyang examined the pill as Liu Miaomiao and Old Long explained what had happened and suspected its mutation had drawn the attacker.
• Feng Qingyang admitted Huang Tianhong and Li Feixue into Azure Cloud Sect’s Alchemy Hall as elders and assigned Liu Miaomiao and Old Long to stabilize the Alchemist Realm and Upper Three Dao Domains.
• Feng Qingyang used Annihilation Sky Divine Eyes to inspect the pill and saw that it contained immense energy.

Feng Qingyang discovered that the Common People Blood Elixir contained power seemingly refined from countless slaughtered beings and suspected several massacres had been carried out to create it. He summoned the Black Emperor to test the unknown elixir, leaving it hesitant after explaining its origin and risks.

• Feng Qingyang examined the elixir and connected its chaotic energy to massacres across several realms and domains.
• Feng Qingyang asked the system about the dangers of swallowing the elixir, and it suggested testing it on someone with a powerful physique.
• Little White and the Black Emperor enjoyed an inspection of Azure Cloud Sky City while its construction neared completion.
• Feng Qingyang summoned the Black Emperor, recalled its Fierce Heaven Demon Immortal Deity inheritance, and brought it outside the immortal hall.
• Feng Qingyang named the elixir the Common People Blood Elixir and told the Black Emperor it had been refined from energy released by countless deaths, making the Black Emperor wary.

Feng Qingyang had Black Emperor swallow a powerful pill, which caused him intense pain and transformed him into a fearsome beast. After Black Emperor attacked, Feng Qingyang knocked him unconscious, and the elders found that the pill’s energy had stabilized and was being absorbed.

• Black Emperor tried to avoid testing the pill, but Feng Qingyang reassured him and Black Emperor swallowed it.
• The pill’s energy caused Black Emperor severe pain, and Feng Qingyang infused him with Chaos Divine Power to protect him.
• Black Emperor transformed into a huge blood-red beast and roared at Feng Qingyang.
• Zhao Fanchen, Fu Changhong, and the elders arrived, but Feng Qingyang stopped them from attacking Black Emperor.
• Black Emperor charged at Feng Qingyang, who slapped him through a palace and knocked him unconscious.
• The Wine Sword Immortal confirmed Black Emperor was alive and that he was absorbing the pill’s energy, which would greatly increase his cultivation.

After the Pill Refining Conference massacre, the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect consolidated its influence over the Alchemist Realm, while alchemists flocked to the Wind Cloud Mountain Range. Little White announced the completion of Azure Cloud Sky City, leaving it poised to become the Immortal Realm’s new center.

• Feng Qingyang ordered Black Emperor to be taken to the Time-Space Dao Platform so he could awaken sooner, while Little White guessed that Black Emperor’s violent reaction to the pill was a harmless side effect.
• News of the massacre of tens of millions of alchemists spread across the Upper Three Dao Domains, where cultivators condemned Li Wu Zai and the unknown mastermind.
• The Lord of the Heavenly Waters and Old Long quelled the turmoil, and the God Abyss Pill Pavilion and other pill Dao forces submitted to the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect.
• The Azure Cloud Immortal Sect established its Azure Cloud Alchemy Hall as the authority for assessing and awarding alchemist star ratings.
• Alchemists arrived in the Wind Cloud Mountain Range as Azure Cloud Sky City was completed, and Little White addressed the crowd outside its gates.

Little White announced Azure Cloud Sky City’s top contributors and sold plots and shops as the city became a sensation across the Upper Three Dao Domains. Black Emperor emerged from seclusion, devoured his tribulation clouds, and broke through to the Half-Step Immortal Emperor realm before paying his respects to Feng Qingyang.

• Little White named the ten forces that contributed most to building Heavenly City and offered them the first choice of locations, while construction participants rushed to buy plots and shops.
• Azure Cloud Sky City opened fully, drawing major forces and trade associations as its purchase tokens became nearly impossible to obtain.
• Little White told Feng Qingyang that the city’s sales had brought in more than a third of the sect’s accumulated reserves.
• Black Emperor emerged from the Time-Space Dao Platform and devoured the tribulation clouds gathering around him.
• Black Emperor broke through to the God Lord Eighth Realm as a Half-Step Immortal Emperor, then returned to his smaller form and thanked Feng Qingyang for the pill.

After Black Emperor survived the Common People Blood Elixir and reached God Lord Eighth Realm, Feng Qingyang forgave his attempted attack and claimed the completed Flame Spirit Province dungeon rewards. Feng Qingyang used an Immortal Emperor Cultivation Enhancement Card, setting him on the verge of becoming Azure Cloud Sect’s first Immortal Emperor.

• Feng Qingyang saw through Black Emperor’s act, and Black Emperor admitted he had lost control after taking the elixir and begged forgiveness.
• Feng Qingyang forgave Black Emperor, confirmed the elixir caused no lasting side effects, and watched Little White tease his newly powerful second brother.
• Feng Qingyang noticed his sect dungeon quest was available to claim, and the system explained that Azure Cloud Sect had already suppressed Flame Spirit Province.
• Feng Qingyang claimed an Immortal Emperor Cultivation Enhancement Card and a Myriad Illusion Immortal Garment as rewards for completing the quest.
• Feng Qingyang materialized both rewards, equipped the garment, and used the card to enhance his cultivation.

Feng Qingyang underwent the Heaven-and-Earth Two-Pole Fallen Immortal Tribulation as countless cultivators mistook the spectacle for an early epoch-ending calamity. He devoured the tribulation lightning, proved the Dao as an Immortal Emperor, and declared that his words and commands would become truth and heavenly decrees.

• Chaos Dao Power descended upon Feng Qingyang, creating a two-pole phenomenon that threw the Upper Three Regions into chaos.
• Powerful cultivators recognized the spectacle as a Quasi Immortal Emperor proving the Dao, while Black Emperor and Little White realized their Sect Master was ascending.
• After ten days of comprehending the laws of heaven and earth, Feng Qingyang faced the converging poles and the Two-Pole Fallen Immortal Tribulation Lightning.
• Feng Qingyang shouted “Devour!” and absorbed the tribulation lightning, reversing the two-pole phenomenon and illuminating the world.
• Feng Qingyang declared himself an Immortal Emperor and proclaimed that his words, commands, Dao, intentions, and desires would shape heaven and earth.

Feng Qingyang attained the Immortal Emperor realm, rejected the powerful figures who came to welcome him, and continued descending from the sky. At Edge of Dao Cliff, Ye Jie reunited with Liu Qingcheng and met the tearful elder Xiao Douzi, whom he did not recognize.

• Feng Qingyang revealed his Immortal Emperor might as cultivators across the Upper Three Regions learned he was the master of Azure Cloud Immortal Sect.
• Several hundred powerful figures came to welcome Feng Qingyang, but he told them to scram and erased them with his Law Follows Speech divine ability.
• Feng Qingyang continued downward while a boy named Zhuo'er vowed to cultivate diligently and become the Snow Emperor.
• At Edge of Dao Cliff, Ye Jie reflected on his sect master's unfathomable knowledge and the strange cosmic events he had described.
• Liu Qingcheng reunited with Ye Jie, then introduced the sobbing elder behind her as Xiao Douzi, whom Ye Jie failed to recognize.

Ye Jie reunited with Liu Qingcheng and his former disciple An Qi Dou, then explained how he had joined Azure Cloud Immortal Sect and become its Dao Child. The reunion left them discussing the illusion that had made Ye Jie briefly experience a realm beyond the Immortal Emperor Realm.

• Ye Jie recognized the aged An Qi Dou, and Liu Qingcheng embraced Ye Jie after telling him she had waited for him for a long time.
• Ye Jie asked about Mo Bo, and Liu Qingcheng began to explain what had happened to the diviner.
• Ye Jie called An Qi Dou over and criticized him for nearing the end of his lifespan without reaching the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• Liu Qingcheng revealed that she and An Qi Dou owned treasured lands in Azure Cloud Sky City, and Ye Jie told them he was Azure Cloud Immortal Sect's Dao Child.
• Ye Jie showed them his restored Seven Tribulation Immortal Sword and recounted how his search for its fragments led him to Azure Cloud.
• Ye Jie explained that the thousandth-floor Trial Tower illusion at Edge of Dao Cliff let him briefly experience breaking through beyond the Immortal Emperor Realm.