Chapter Summaries

Feng Qingyang inspected the Great World of Tianwu and learned that Jun Jiantian, Zhao Huang, and Feng Yan had built a six-million-soldier legion over ten million years. He ordered the legion to enter the outside world and gave its three armies new names, leaving them eager to begin their true campaign.

• Feng Qingyang entered the Longevity Spirit-Forming Artifact and surveyed the Great World of Tianwu.
• Jun Jiantian, Zhao Huang, and Feng Yan reported that their three legions had grown to six million soldiers, with combined strength capable of challenging powerful God Lords.
• Feng Qingyang approved the legion’s strength and declared that the outside world would become its true stage.
• Feng Qingyang named Jun Jiantian’s army the Black Armored Mountain-Breaking Army, Feng Yan’s the Crimson Flame Sky-Burning Army, and Zhao Huang’s the Azure Thunder Abyss-Suppressing Army.
• Jun Jiantian, Zhao Huang, and Feng Yan thanked Feng Qingyang for naming their armies.

Feng Qingyang inspected Azure Cloud’s six-million-strong army, led them in the Azure Cloud Battle Song, and urged them to follow him toward conquering the starfields. He learned that Reflecting Moon Immortal Deity had awakened but entered seclusion, while the two demon beast seniors had regained their physical forms and reached the first level of the God Lord Realm; they were waiting to see him.

• Feng Qingyang inspected the three legions with Jun Jiantian and the other two generals, praising their formation and uniforms.
• The six million immortal soldiers sang the Azure Cloud Battle Song together.
• Feng Qingyang urged the soldiers to grow through battle and asked whether they would follow him in conquering the starfields, and they shouted that they were willing.
• Jun Jiantian told Feng Qingyang that Reflecting Moon Immortal Deity had awakened and entered seclusion, while the two demon beast seniors had regained physical forms and reached the first level of the God Lord Realm.
• Zhao Huang reported that the two demon beast seniors were waiting outside the military camp to meet Feng Qingyang.

Fierce Heaven Demon Immortal Deity and Devouring Heaven Demon Immortal Deity asked Feng Qingyang to let them join his sect, and he accepted them into the Azure Cloud Legion. He appointed them Vanguard Generals, assigning them to lead charges, surprise assaults, and the way ahead.

• Feng Qingyang sent Jun Jiantian and the other two away to prepare the army for its journey to the Upper Three Dao Domains.
• Fierce Heaven and Devouring Heaven knelt before Feng Qingyang and explained that they wanted to join his sect to repay him for bringing them back to life.
• Feng Qingyang agreed to let the two demons join the Azure Cloud Legion and cultivate within the Longevity Spirit-Forming Artifact.
• Fierce Heaven and Devouring Heaven listed their combat skills and ability to lead the way through forests of immortal beasts.
• Feng Qingyang appointed Fierce Heaven and Devouring Heaven as Vanguard Generals, assigning them to lead charges and surprise assaults.

As the Azure Cloud Immortal Dynasty flourished under Shi Hao and the others, the Radiant Divine Kingdom decided to declare war on the Evernight Empire and discussed the eastern front. A minister reported Azure Cloud’s recent rise, prompting the court to question its rank.

• Shi Hao and the other Venerables saw the Azure Cloud Immortal Dynasty grow stronger, while its people increasingly worshipped them and felt greater loyalty to the nation.
• The Radiant Divine Kingdom’s officials urged the Lord of Light God to formally attack the Evernight Empire, which had risen from the Northern Frontier and gained more than ten thousand subordinate Immortal Dynasties.
• The Lord of Light God announced that the Radiant Divine Kingdom would declare war in three days and mobilize over ten thousand subordinate nations and an army of one hundred million.
• Radiant officials debated the eastern front and the need to prepare subordinate nations near the Hidden Immortal Sea for war.
• A minister reported that Azure Cloud had undergone a change of regime and developed rapidly, and an old minister asked what rank the dynasty held.

The Radiant Divine Kingdom prepared to declare war on the Evernight Empire and sent Light Emissaries to investigate Azure Cloud, which it suspected might be tied to its enemy. When the war announcement reached Azure Cloud, Lin Bai eagerly proposed using the conflict to seize the entire Qinghan Immortal Prefecture, stunning Empress Ouyang Ning.

• Minister Fu warned the Radiant court that Azure Cloud’s Six Mysterious Exalted Ones were powerful and had unknown motives, prompting officials to suspect Evernight’s involvement.
• The Lord of Light God dispatched two Heaven-rank and six Earth-rank Light Emissaries to Azure Cloud and ordered the Ministry of Rites to collect increased tribute from vassal states.
• The Lord of Light God gave the vassal states three days to prepare before the Radiant Divine Kingdom formally declared war on the Evernight Empire.
• News of the impending war spread across Qinghan Immortal Prefecture, causing some people to flee while others prepared to fight or sought opportunities to rise.
• Empress Ouyang Ning convened a meeting with Shi Hao, Lin Bai, Hua Qingyu, Lin Feng, Mu Shuixian, and Lin Anye after Azure Cloud received its orders to strengthen its defenses.
• Lin Bai excitedly suggested that Azure Cloud seize the entire Qinghan Immortal Prefecture during the war, leaving Empress Ouyang Ning stunned.

Ouyang Ning described the Evernight Empire’s rise and warned that Radiant emissaries were on their way to Azure Cloud, while Shi Hao and the others prepared to meet them. In Evernight, news of Radiant’s declaration of war stirred the empire to mobilize, and the Evernight Emperor asked Xing Kong for his opinion on the coming conflict.

• Ouyang Ning explained that the Evernight Monarch had unified the Northern Frontier Region and built the Evernight Empire from a land of exiles and outcasts.
• Ouyang Ning revealed that eight Radiant Emissaries were traveling to Azure Cloud, and Lin Anye and Mu Shuixian suspected they had come to investigate the venerables.
• Shi Hao said the group would let the emissaries come.
• Evernight cultivators and major factions mobilized after learning that the Radiant Divine Kingdom had declared war.
• Evernight officials urged the Evernight Emperor to begin a decisive war, and he asked Xing Kong what he thought.

The Evernight Emperor and the Four Great War Gods prepared to destroy the Radiant Divine Kingdom while revealing their hidden identities as former followers of the fallen God Demon Hall Master. After learning that the Immortal Surveillance Pavilion was tied to their master's death, they resolved to grow stronger and eventually seek revenge, beginning with a visit to their old home.

• The Evernight Emperor declared war on the Radiant Divine Kingdom and ordered the empire to mobilize for its destruction within ten days.
• After the court session, the Evernight Emperor and the Four Great War Gods changed into ordinary clothes and reminisced about serving the God Demon Hall Master.
• Xuan Tian demanded to know how the Hall Master had fallen, and the Evernight Emperor revealed the Hall Master's warning about the Thirty-Three Heavens and the Immortal Surveillance Pavilion.
• The Evernight Emperor told Xuan Tian to focus on destroying the Radiant Divine Kingdom, gathering strength, and waiting for the Hall Master's God Demon Illusionary Realm to open.
• Xing Kong suggested seeking allies such as the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect, and the Evernight Emperor agreed they should make contact while pursuing their revenge plan.
• Shadow asked to visit the former God Demon Immortal Palace grounds, now called the Dark Domain Forbidden Zone, before the war began.

The Radiant Divine Kingdom’s officials and eight Radiant Emissaries arrived in the Azure Cloud Immortal Capital to collect tribute and investigate the Six Venerables. After the Ministry of Rites officials insulted Ouyang Ning, Shi Hao and the others appeared, leaving the visitors startled by the group they had been sent to confront.

• The Radiant Divine Kingdom’s Ministry of Rites officials collected excessive wartime tribute along their route, while the eight Radiant Emissaries investigated whether the Six Venerables were linked to the Evernight Empire.
• The convoy reached the Azure Cloud Immortal Capital, where its residents ignored the visitors and no officials came out to welcome them.
• God Lord Tiansheng said he would judge the Six Venerables after meeting them, and the delegation entered the Azure Cloud Immortal Palace.
• The Ministry of Rites officials berated Ouyang Ning for sitting while they stood and accused her of rebelling against her sovereign nation.
• Shi Hao, Lin Bai, Hua Qingyu, Lin Feng, Mu Shuixian, and Lin Anye came forward, and the officials realized they had found the Six Venerables.

Shi Hao and the Azure Cloud Venerables tricked the Radiant Ministry of Rites officials into accepting a surprise attack, killing Lu Renyi and his men. The two Heaven-rank Light Emissaries then entered with eight Earth-rank emissaries, and the story left the Azure Cloud group facing the Radiant Divine Kingdom’s main force.

• Lu Renyi demanded an enormous tribute from Azure Cloud, but Ouyang Ning said the rebuilding dynasty could not provide it.
• Shi Hao told Mu Shuixian and Lin Anye to hand over the tribute, and they used the opportunity to ambush Lu Renyi and the Ministry of Rites officials.
• Mu Shuixian and Lin Anye’s combined attack killed Lu Renyi and the officials behind him, while the palace’s defensive formation protected Shi Hao and the others.
• God Lord Tianguang and God Lord Tiansheng entered the palace with eight Earth-rank Light Emissaries and praised the ambush.
• God Lord Tianguang and God Lord Tiansheng considered taking the four young members of the Azure Cloud group as disciples.

Lin Bai and Shi Hao rejected God Lord Tianguang and God Lord Tiansheng’s demand that they become disciples, so they summoned their master, the Black Emperor. The Black Emperor killed the six Earth-rank Light Emissaries and trapped the fleeing Heaven-rank lords above the Hidden Immortal Sea.

• God Lord Tianguang offered to take Lin Bai and Shi Hao as disciples and have God Lord Tiansheng take their two companions, but Lin Bai mocked their proposal and declared that the group already had the strongest master in the world.
• God Lord Tiansheng gave the group half an incense stick to summon their master before he destroyed the Azure Cloud Immortal Dynasty, and Lin Bai called for the Black Emperor.
• The Black Emperor arrived, prompting God Lord Tianguang and God Lord Tiansheng to flee across space while the six Earth-rank Light Emissaries remained behind.
• The Black Emperor killed the six Earth-rank Light Emissaries, then pursued the two Heaven-rank lords to the Hidden Immortal Sea and sealed their escape.
• God Lord Tianguang and God Lord Tiansheng failed to break the Black Emperor’s barrier and demanded to know who he was.

Black Emperor revealed its identity and killed God Lord Tianguang and God Lord Tiansheng, while Shi Hao and the others claimed the Radiant Divine Kingdom’s spoils. Feng Qingyang discovered that binding his disciples to Azure Cloud Sect accelerated their cultivation and ordered three armies to help conquer Qinghan Immortal Prefecture.

• Black Emperor identified itself as the Azure Cloud Sect’s guardian beast, and God Lord Tianguang and God Lord Tiansheng begged for their lives.
• Black Emperor unleashed Fierce Darkness Nirvana, annihilating both God Lords and their spatial immortal treasures.
• Lin Bai and Lin Feng reported that the ten flying chariots held vast supplies, and Shi Hao proposed keeping two-tenths for Soaring Clouds and returning the rest to the sect.
• Lin Bai asked about the disciples’ rapid cultivation, and Shi Hao and Hua Qingyu linked their progress to Master; Feng Qingyang’s system showed all three disciples bound to Azure Cloud Sect and improving.
• Feng Qingyang ordered Jun Jiantian, Feng Yan, and Zhao Huang to deploy their armies near the Hidden Immortal Sea and assist Black Emperor, Shi Hao, and the others in flattening Qinghan Immortal Prefecture.

The Evernight Emperor and the Evernight Four Great War Gods returned to the Dark Domain Forbidden Zone after sixty-eight million years and sought contact with the Azure Cloud Dark Tower. They reached the Dark Tower and politely introduced themselves, while its Guardian Elders watched their approach cautiously.

• The Evernight Emperor and Xing Kong, Shadow, Asura, and Xuan Tian arrived outside the forbidden zone and learned that the Azure Cloud Dark Tower was stationed there.
• The Evernight Emperor told the others to approach the Dark Tower sincerely and avoid rushing into their plans for revenge.
• Treacherous Mist and the beasts of the Heavenly Trace Immortal Forest scattered or behaved meekly as the five entered the forbidden zone.
• Solitary Undefeated, Wu Mei, and Mo Feng watched the five through a mystic crystal screen, and a Shadow Guard identified them as likely members of the Evernight Empire from Qinghan Immortal Prefecture.
• The five crossed the transformed forbidden zone and reached the Azure Cloud Dark Tower, where the Evernight Emperor said they had come to pay a visit.

Evernight Emperor and the Four Great War Gods visited Dark Tower, where they met its elders and began building ties with Azure Cloud Sect. After the visitors were allowed to explore the forbidden zone, Good Treasure Daoist complained that his new Protector Elder duties were overwhelming him.

• Dark Tower opened its formation gate and led Evernight Emperor and the Four Great War Gods inside to meet its elders.
• Wu Mei showed the visitors the Heaven-Stealing Immortal Pillar, and Evernight Emperor introduced himself and his companions as representatives of the Evernight Empire.
• Evernight Emperor offered the elders a Spatial Immortal Treasure, and Mo Feng accepted it while Solitary Undefeated welcomed the visitors.
• Solitary Undefeated allowed Evernight Emperor and his companions to explore the forbidden zone except for designated forbidden grounds.
• Good Treasure Daoist complained about handling over a hundred orders a day, and Zhao Jinzhu urged him to endure while Godslaying Pavilion developed.

Li Yin and Zhao Jinzhu secured new resources and support for Godslaying Pavilion, which was still struggling to grow its assassin ranks. Evernight Emperor and four companions arrived at the Pavilion’s hall, where Zhao Jinzhu greeted them as potential customers.

• Good Treasure Daoist gave Zhao Jinzhu a Spatial Immortal Treasure, which Zhao claimed was a donation to Godslaying Pavilion and accepted.
• Li Yin thanked Good Treasure Daoist after Zhao explained that he had donated one-sixth of his savings to help the Pavilion develop.
• Li Yin announced that Core Elders and Dark Tower Shadow Guards would soon support Godslaying Pavilion.
• Evernight Emperor and four companions visited the Pavilion’s hall, which stood on the former site of the God Demon Hall.
• Zhao Jinzhu welcomed the newcomers and offered Godslaying Pavilion’s assassination services.

Li Yin learned that the Immortal Devil Art made him the chosen successor of the ancient God Demon Hall. Evernight Emperor and four other surviving subordinates found him and pledged their obedience, leaving Li Yin stunned by his new position as Young Master.

• Zhao Jinzhu told Evernight Emperor and his companions that Godslaying Pavilion could take on even an Immortal Emperor for a higher fee.
• Evernight Emperor and the others rushed toward Li Yin, and Good Treasure Daoist shielded him until Solitary Undefeated, Wu Mei, and Mo Feng arrived.
• Evernight Emperor explained that he and his four companions had come to find Li Yin, then introduced them as elders of God Demon Hall and bowed to him as their Young Master.
• Evernight Emperor confirmed that Li Yin cultivated the Immortal Devil Art, which the God Demon Immortal Deity had created and passed to his destined successor.
• Evernight Emperor told Li Yin that the fallen Hall Master had instructed the surviving subordinates to obey him as the next Hall Master of God Demon Hall.

Li Yin accepted Evernight Emperor and his companions into the Godslaying Pavilion while refusing to leave the Azure Cloud Sect. With the Evernight Empire joining his cause, he and Zhao Jinzhu set out for Qinghan Immortal Prefecture to confront the Radiant Divine Kingdom and advance the sect trial mission.

• Li Yin told Evernight Emperor and the others that he would not leave the Azure Cloud Sect, but invited them to join the Godslaying Pavilion, and they agreed.
• Li Yin appointed Evernight, Xing Kong, Asura, Shadow, and Xuan Tian as the Godslaying Pavilion’s Five Great Killing Gods, granting them Blue Tier divine plaques.
• Evernight Emperor revealed that the Radiant Divine Kingdom had declared war on his Evernight Empire and offered the empire’s resources and forces to support Li Yin and the pavilion.
• Solitary Undefeated warned Li Yin to seek help from the sect if he faced trouble in Qinghan Immortal Prefecture, while Li Yin asked Good Treasure Daoist to manage the pavilion.
• Evernight Emperor sensed a disturbing aura near a forbidden-zone altar, then protected Li Yin and Zhao Jinzhu as he led them and the others toward Qinghan Immortal Prefecture.

After Azure Cloud inflicted heavy losses on the Radiant Divine Kingdom, Lord of Light God blamed Evernight Empire and ordered a massive mobilization against it. The war intensified across two border battlefields, where Light and Evernight forces charged into battle.

• Lord of Light God heard ministers debate the losses caused by Azure Cloud and accepted the claim that Evernight Four Great War Gods had destroyed the Radiant Emissaries.
• Lord of Light God ordered all Heaven-rank and Earth-rank Light Emissaries into battle, reinforced the army with five hundred million troops, and commanded Light’s vassal nations to join the war.
• Cultivators in Qinghan Immortal Prefecture discussed the impending conflict and placed bets on Light or Evernight.
• Light and Evernight armies fought brutal battles at Heaven Hunt Immortal Forest and Nirvana Immortal Abyss, while Hidden Immortal Sea remained the expected site of the decisive battle.
• At Heaven Hunt Immortal Forest, a Radiant Divine General led Light’s soldiers in an attack, and an Evernight general rallied his troops to fight back.

The Radiant Divine Kingdom and the Evernight Empire fought a brutal war at the Nirvana Immortal Abyss while news spread that Radiance had sent massive reinforcements. In the Evernight capital, Evernight Emperor and his allies suspected Soaring Clouds was behind Radiance’s losses, while Li Yin chose to keep his identity secret and let Evernight Emperor direct the war effort.

• The Radiant and Evernight armies clashed in enormous formations, and soldiers on both sides died in the bloody fighting.
• At the Nirvana Immortal Abyss, fallen soldiers’ corpses and blood were swallowed by the ground as strange creaking sounds rose from beneath it.
• In Sky Sparrow Tower, a white-clad cultivator said Radiance was sending five hundred million reinforcements after Soaring Clouds killed two Radiant Emissaries, eight Earth-rank Light Emissaries, and intercepted tribute.
• Evernight Emperor and his allies questioned how the small Soaring Clouds could have caused Radiance’s losses, and Asura suspected an outside power was exploiting the chaos.
• Evernight Emperor advised against provoking Soaring Clouds until Radiance was defeated, while Li Yin asked him not to reveal his identity or disrupt the war effort.

The Evernight Emperor ordered a full mobilization for a decisive war against the Radiant Divine Kingdom. At the Hidden Immortal Sea, Azure Cloud welcomed the reinforcements sent by the exalted lords, whose immense army and three Supreme God Lord Realm generals arrived.

• The Evernight Emperor announced that Radiance had sent all its emissaries and reinforced its forces, then ordered Evernight to prepare for war and pledged to lead the expedition within three days.
• Li Yin and Zhao Jinzhu watched the Evernight court assembly from a side hall while Zhao praised Li for making him deputy pavilion master.
• The Azure Cloud Empress, officials, six exalted lords, and cultivators gathered at the Hidden Immortal Sea to await reinforcements.
• Mu Shuixian sensed the approaching legion as a vortex opened in the sky, and Fierce Heaven Demon Immortal Deity and Devouring Heaven Demon Immortal Deity emerged first.
• Millions of Azure Cloud immortal soldiers marched through the vortex, followed by three Supreme God Lord Realm generals.
• Jun Jiantian, Feng Yan, and Zhao Huang greeted the six direct disciples, Little White, and Black Emperor.

Shi Hao inspected the Azure Cloud Sect’s six-million-soldier army and ordered it to march against the Radiant Divine Kingdom. The legions set out toward the Radiant Divine Capital, while the decree stirred excitement across the Azure Cloud Immortal Dynasty.

• Jun Jiantian introduced the Black Armored Mountain-Breaking Army, the Crimson Flame Sky-Burning Army, and the Azure Thunder Abyss-Suppressing Army to Shi Hao and his companions.
• Jun Jiantian revealed that the Golden-Horned Ferocious Beast and the Seven-Headed Bird were Vanguard Generals formerly known as the Devouring Heaven Demon Immortal Deity and the Fierce Heaven Demon Immortal Deity.
• Shi Hao ordered Ouyang Ning to announce the campaign against Radiance and appointed Jun Jiantian, Feng Yan, and Zhao Huang as commanders, with the Black Emperor assigned to face powerful God Lords.
• Jun Jiantian, Zhao Huang, and Feng Yan rallied the six million soldiers to repay the Sect Master and punish the Radiant Divine Kingdom, then Feng Yan ordered the army to advance toward the Radiant Divine Capital.
• Lin Bai drew his Azure Lotus Immortal Sword and rushed to join the expedition, while news of the march spread throughout the Azure Cloud Immortal Dynasty and prompted people to consider enlisting.