Chapter Summaries

Feng Qingyang used a Cultivation Enhancement Card and rose to the late Great Saint Realm, but his lightning tribulation vanished before striking him. He then used a Golden Summoning Card to summon Limitless Sword Venerable Lin Wuji, whose arrival shook the Eastern Domain.

• Feng Qingyang used the Cultivation Enhancement Card and advanced from the late Manifest Saint Realm to the late Great Saint Realm.
• A lightning tribulation gathered over Azure Cloud Peak, but its bolts vanished when they reached Feng Qingyang, and the clouds scattered.
• Dugu Qiubai, Mo Feng, and Wu Mei speculated that Feng Qingyang's cultivation was too powerful for the world to withstand.
• Feng Qingyang used the Golden Summoning Card and drew Limitless Sword Venerable Lin Wuji.
• Lin Wuji appeared above Azure Cloud Sect, and his Sword Qi and pressure alarmed cultivators across the Eastern Domain.
• Li Qingyun, Mu Shuixian, Black Emperor, and Qin Han sensed Lin Wuji's Supreme cultivation as he introduced himself as the Limitless Sword Venerable.

Lin Wuji returned to Azure Cloud Sect, received a treasured sword from the Sword Mound, and was appointed Azure Sword Peak Master. Feng Qingyang sent him to destroy Blood Fiend’s Central Domain stronghold while assigning three Saint King experts to eliminate its branches across the other regions.

• The Sword Mound sent a rust-covered sword to Lin Wuji, who named it the Limitless Sword.
• Feng Qingyang appointed Lin Wuji as Azure Sword Peak Master and ordered him to destroy Blood Fiend within three days.
• Feng Qingyang opened a teleportation array, and Lin Wuji stepped through toward the Central Domain.
• Feng Qingyang ordered Solitary Undefeated, Mo Feng, and Wu Mei to wipe out Blood Fiend’s branches in the other four regions.
• At a Blood Fiend stronghold in Emperor Province, a masked man learned that his Earth Grade Assassin’s Life Tablet had shattered and demanded that a holy land elder be brought to him.

Ghost Face Yama ordered Blood Fiend to destroy the Azure Cloud Sect after losing an elite Earth Grade Assassin, while Masked Hall Master killed the elder who had hired the assassin. Limitless Sword Venerable arrived in the Central Domain and revealed a Supreme Realm aura.

• Ghost Face Yama learned that the assassin sent after the Azure Cloud Sect Master had died and blamed the intelligence failure on Masked Hall Master.
• Ghost Face Yama issued a Blood Kill Token and ordered an elite Heaven Grade Assassin and the other four domains' branches to wipe out the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Masked Hall Master confronted the Heavenly Saint Holy Land elder, accused him of giving false information, and crushed him into blood mist.
• Limitless Sword Venerable arrived above the Central Domain and released a Supreme Realm aura that shocked cultivators across its provinces.

Lin Wuji, a Supreme from Azure Cloud Sect, descended into the Central Domain and announced that he would eradicate Blood Fiend, shocking the region’s powerful factions. As he hunted the organization, a Blood Fiend assassin fled, only to find Lin Wuji confronting him.

• A Blood Fiend Heaven Grade assassin learned that a Supreme had appeared and delayed his mission to investigate.
• Lin Wuji announced that he had come on Azure Cloud Sect’s orders to destroy Blood Fiend, alarming Central Domain factions who learned that Azure Cloud Sect ruled the Eastern Domain.
• The Jade Purity Palace Master and her disciples recognized Azure Cloud Sect as the sect once targeted by Heaven’s Secret Pavilion and realized how greatly they had underestimated it.
• Lin Wuji searched for Blood Fiend by sensing dense blood energy and sent out a clone after locating a nearby surge.
• The gaunt old assassin fled toward Blood Fiend’s headquarters, then lost track of Lin Wuji’s aura and heard him ask whether he was looking for him.

Lin Wuji killed Blood Fiend’s fleeing Heaven Grade assassin, prompting the Ten Yama Kings to awaken their nearly exhausted Supreme Old Ancestor. Lin Wuji found Blood Fiend’s hidden Small World and struck at it with the Limitless Sword.

• Lin Wuji caught the fleeing Blood Fiend assassin and crushed him with Supreme Power, causing a rain of blood to fall across the Central Domain.
• The Ten Yama Kings argued over how to save Blood Fiend, then agreed to awaken the Old Ancestor and summoned the organization’s scattered assassins.
• The Ten Yama Kings activated a grand formation at Blood Fiend’s forbidden ground and called for the Old Ancestor to descend.
• The Blood Kill Old Ancestor awakened and demanded to know who dared threaten Blood Fiend.
• Lin Wuji located Blood Fiend’s Small World, summoned the Limitless Sword, and slashed at it.

Lin Wuji destroyed Blood Fiend’s stronghold and confronted the Blood Kill Old Ancestor over the Soul Severing Emperor Blade. After more than a dozen clashes, Lin Wuji prepared to end the fight with his Annihilation Sword Art.

• Lin Wuji shattered Blood Fiend’s Small World barrier and killed nearly everyone inside, while the Ten Yama Kings escaped beside the Blood Kill Old Ancestor.
• The Blood Kill Old Ancestor summoned the Soul Severing Emperor Blade and challenged Lin Wuji, who intended to claim the Emperor Artifact for the Sect Master.
• Lin Wuji attacked with the Limitless Sword, and he and the Blood Kill Old Ancestor fought across Emperor Province as the Ten Yama Kings watched from afar.
• Lin Wuji gained the upper hand despite the Emperor Artifact protecting the Old Ancestor from his sword Qi.
• Lin Wuji declared that he would stop holding back and invoked the Annihilation Sword Art.

Lin Wuji killed the Blood Kill Old Ancestor with one sword, recovered the Emperor Artifact, and turned his attention to the fleeing Ten Yama Kings. As Azure Cloud Sect’s reputation spread and Feng Qingyang gained Prestige Points, he ordered the sect to recruit five thousand disciples.

• Lin Wuji unleashed his full sword power and cleaved the Blood Kill Old Ancestor apart, defeating him despite the Emperor Artifact.
• Lin Wuji retrieved the undamaged Soul-Slaying and sensed the Ten Yama Kings fleeing hundreds of millions of miles away.
• Cultivators across the regions were shocked by Azure Cloud Sect’s victory, and geniuses began heading toward the Eastern Domain to seek entry into the sect.
• Feng Qingyang saw that Azure Cloud Sect had gained two million Prestige Points after the battle.
• Feng Qingyang accepted the system mission to recruit five thousand disciples and ordered the sect to open its mountain gates.

Feng Qingyang ordered Azure Cloud Sect to open its mountain and accept disciples in ten days, drawing geniuses from across the continent to Azure Cloud Immortal City. Xiao Xuan'er arrived with Gu Qingcheng, hoping to reunite with Ning Yan, while Feng Qingyang decided to spend two million Prestige Points to summon two Great Emperors.

• Feng Qingyang announced that Azure Cloud Sect would open its mountain to accept disciples in ten days, and the sect’s elders pledged to obey.
• News of the opening spread across the Desolate Martial Continent, and cultivators gathered in Azure Cloud Immortal City after seeing the Lin Family tower’s announcement.
• Xiao Xuan'er and Gu Qingcheng arrived in the city, and Xiao Xuan'er said she hoped to reunite with her childhood sweetheart, Ning Yan.
• Gu Qingcheng questioned how Ning Yan, once the young head of a small Eastern Domain family, had become an Inner Sect Disciple of Azure Cloud Sect.
• Feng Qingyang reviewed the sect’s strength and, seeing his two million Prestige Points, told the system to exchange them for two Great Emperors.

Feng Qingyang exchanged for the Peak Great Emperor Bright Moon Empress, who appeared before the world and declared herself a Great Emperor of the Azure Cloud Sect. After naming her Azure Phoenix Peak Master, he left the sect’s growing power on display as Dugu Qiubai, Wu Mei, and Mo Feng returned from their missions.

• Feng Qingyang exchanged one million Prestige Points for the Peak Great Emperor Bright Moon Empress after learning that Great Emperor exchanges had a one-month cooldown.
• Bright Moon emerged above the Azure Cloud Sect, announced herself as its Great Emperor, and caused beings across the Desolate Martial Continent to bow before her Emperor’s Might.
• Experts across the domains recognized the Azure Cloud Sect as an Emperor Sect, while its disciples celebrated Bright Moon’s emergence.
• Dugu Qiubai, Wu Mei, and Mo Feng returned from exterminating Blood Fiend Organization branches and speculated about why the sect master had revealed another powerful expert.
• The Black Emperor stared at Bright Moon in alarm, recognizing that her strength exceeded its own at its peak.
• Feng Qingyang appointed Bright Moon as the Azure Phoenix Peak Master, and she accepted his decree.

Fleeting Life Pavilion discussed Azure Cloud Sect’s mysterious return and announced that the Five Regions Tournament would begin in Sky Star Province in one year. As factions prepared for the tournament, the Bright Moon Empress went to oversee Azure Phoenix Peak, while an elderly man arrived at the Eastern Domain’s border.

• Elder Gu and Si Chen discussed Azure Cloud Sect’s Great Emperor, its history, and the danger of investigating the sect too deeply.
• Fleeting Life Pavilion announced the Five Regions Tournament, scheduled for one year later, and disciples across the continent began training for it.
• The Bright Moon Empress headed to Azure Phoenix Peak to prepare for the Immortal Peak Disciples’ selection, which was less than two months away.
• An elderly man with no discernible aura emerged from a Teleportation Array at the Eastern Domain’s border and spoke the name “Azure Cloud Emperor Sect.”

Feng Qingyang learned that a Fleeting Life Pavilion elder had arrived to deliver an invitation and received a system task to lead Azure Cloud Sect to first place in the Five Regions Tournament. The Black Emperor allowed the elder to enter the sect, leaving Azure Cloud poised to take part in the tournament a year later.

• Feng Qingyang praised Dugu Qiubai, Wu Mei, and Mo Feng for eradicating Blood Fiend and promised to appoint them Core Elders after Azure Cloud opened its mountain to disciples.
• A Fleeting Life Pavilion elder flew into the Azure Cloud Mountain Range and was forced down by the Black Emperor for trespassing.
• The elder recognized the Black Emperor and explained that he had come under orders to deliver an invitation from the Pavilion Elder.
• Feng Qingyang sensed the encounter, and the system issued a task for Azure Cloud to take first place in the Five Regions Tournament one year later.
• Feng Qingyang sent word to the Black Emperor to let the Fleeting Life Pavilion elder enter the sect.

Mo Hai delivered Fleeting Life Pavilion’s invitation to Azure Cloud Sect for the Five Regions Tournament, and Feng Qingyang accepted. In Demon Heaven Forbidden Land, the Demon Race’s High Priest began a ritual to revive the Demon Emperor by sacrificing thousands of demon beasts.

• Black Emperor brought Mo Hai into Azure Cloud Sect, where Mo Hai was astonished by its grand halls, powerful auras, and Four Saint Beasts sweeping the grounds.
• Mo Hai presented the Five Regions Tournament invitation to Feng Qingyang, who accepted and said Azure Cloud’s disciples would attend in one year.
• Feng Qingyang considered the sect’s still-maturing disciples and said everything depended on the tournament a year later.
• In Demon Heaven Forbidden Land, the High Priest and two other great demons prepared five blood pearls for a ritual to revive the Demon Emperor.
• Hei You summoned more than ten thousand demon beasts, and the High Priest placed the blood pearls in five black pillars as the beasts leapt into a blood-red hole.

A Black Flood Dragon Demon Emperor broke free from his seal in the Demon Heaven Forbidden Land, sending his Emperor's Might across the five regions. After learning that tens of millions of years had passed, he vowed to destroy the legacy of the Azure Cloud Great Emperor, while Feng Qingyang and Li Qingyun considered the threat.

• The High Priest and two demons used the Five Great Blood Pearls to break the seal in the Demon Heaven Forbidden Land, awakening a Demon Emperor whose might shook the five regions.
• Feng Qingyang dismissed the threat to Azure Cloud, while the Black Emperor suspected powerful demon clans had helped the Demon Race restore its Emperor.
• Li Qingyun recalled sealing a wicked dragon in the Southern Domain tens of millions of years earlier and wondered whether it had escaped.
• The Black Flood Dragon Demon Emperor swallowed the two demons beside the High Priest, then questioned him about the Demon Race and the current era.
• The High Priest told the Demon Emperor that the Azure Cloud Great Emperor had sealed him and that tens of millions of years had passed; the Demon Emperor vowed to take revenge on Azure Cloud Sect.

Demon Emperor Jiao Long ordered the Demon Race to invade the Southern Domain while he recovered, and the demon hordes conquered all thirteen provinces within five days. The surviving factions gathered in the Ancient Clan and considered seeking protection from the Azure Cloud Sect.

• Demon Emperor Jiao Long learned the Demon Race's strength, declared that he would destroy the Azure Cloud Sect, and ordered demons to gather in the Southern Domain.
• The High Priest spread Jiao Long's decree, and demon beast hordes invaded the Southern Domain's provinces after crossing the domains.
• Ten Great Demons and thirteen Saint Demon Kings led attacks that overwhelmed the Southern Domain, whose thirteen provinces fell within five days.
• The surviving Southern Domain factions retreated to the Ancient Clan, where their leaders feared the Central Domain might abandon them.
• The Ancient Clan Head and the Su Family Head recalled that their children were disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect, and the Ancient Clan Head proposed pledging allegiance to Azure Cloud.

The Ancient Clan and forces across the continent rallied behind Azure Cloud as the Demon Race threatened further conquest. Feng Qingyang learned that the Demon Emperor planned to attack the Dragon Clan and then Azure Cloud, and called for Li Qingyun and Bright Moon.

• The Ancient Clan Head sent word to Azure Cloud after the Southern Domain’s leaders agreed to pledge allegiance.
• Cultivators from the Central, Northern, and Western Domains set out for Azure Cloud to fight the Demon Race.
• The Demon Emperor Black Flood Dragon learned that the Dragon Clan had withdrawn to its Northern Sea forbidden land and decided it would be destroyed.
• Feng Qingyang checked the system and learned that the Demon Emperor planned to raze the Dragon Palace before attacking Azure Cloud.
• Feng Qingyang called for Ancestor Li Qingyun and Azure Phoenix Peak Master Bright Moon.

Lin Bai received sword-path guidance from Lin Wuji at Azure Sword Peak, learning about sword intent and Sword Body. Meanwhile, Feng Qingyang ordered Li Qingyun and Bright Moon Empress to eliminate the Demon Race after learning that a demon dragon threatened Azure Cloud, and they arrived at the Northern Sea Dragon Palace.

• Lin Bai practiced with the Azure Lotus Sword, and Lin Wuji praised his sword talent while advising him to calm his impetuous heart.
• Lin Wuji explained the sword-path realms of sword intent and Sword Body, then returned the Azure Lotus Sword to Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai reflected on his guidance at the summit of Azure Sword Peak as Feng Qingyang summoned Li Qingyun and Bright Moon Empress.
• Feng Qingyang told Li Qingyun that the demon dragon he had sealed was coveting Azure Cloud and ordered the two Great Emperor Realm experts to wipe out the involved Demon Race members.
• Li Qingyun and Bright Moon Empress tore through space to the Northern Sea Dragon Palace, where a demon emperor demanded that the Dragon Clan come out to receive him.

Demon Emperor Jiao Long led the Demon Race to the Northern Sea, demanding the Dragon Clan’s Progenitor Dragon Treasure. The Dragon Clan refused to surrender and charged into battle, but Jiao Long’s Emperor’s Might devastated their ranks as the clash continued.

• Demon Emperor Jiao Long arrived above the Northern Sea with tens of thousands of demonic beasts, alarming the Northern Domain.
• Hundreds of Horned Dragons emerged from the sea, and three Ying Dragon elders confronted Jiao Long over his attack and demands for the Progenitor Dragon Treasure.
• Jiao Long unleashed his Emperor’s Might, suppressing the Horned Dragons as the three Ying Dragon elders vowed to fight rather than yield.
• The three Ying Dragon elders led the Horned Dragons in a charge, and one elder unleashed the Dragon Clan’s Blazing Flame Dragon Breath.
• Jiao Long rose to meet the attack while the Demon Race Demon Lords held back, awaiting his command.

Long Qing offered herself and the Progenitor Dragon Treasure to save the Dragon Race, but Demon Emperor Jiao Long saw through her plan and attacked. Two Great Emperors from Azure Cloud arrived to confront the Demon Emperor, prompting cultivators across the continent to rush toward the Northern Domain.

• Demon Emperor Jiao Long overwhelmed the Dragon Race’s Blazing Flame Dragon Breath and prepared to eat the remaining true dragons.
• Long Qing emerged from the Northern Sea, offered to lead Jiao Long to the Progenitor Dragon Treasure, and secretly told the elders to escape while she lured it into the Ancestor Dragon Secret Realm.
• Jiao Long rejected Long Qing’s offer, deciding instead to capture her and force the Dragon Race to surrender the treasure.
• An unknown voice rebuked Jiao Long, and two figures tore through space and announced themselves as the Azure Cloud Great Emperor and the Bright Moon Empress, sent to slay the Demon Emperor.
• Cultivators across the Northern Domain cheered the arrival of the two Great Emperors, while powers from the other four domains changed course and rushed to the Northern Domain.

Su Yaoyao, Gu Linglong, and Gu Jianfan learned that Azure Cloud Sect had nearly wiped out the demons in the Southern Domain, while Li Qingyun and the Bright Moon Empress confronted the Demon Emperor at the Northern Sea. Li Qingyun struck first and destroyed over ten thousand demons, and the Bright Moon Empress joined the battle as the Demon Emperor prepared to fight back.

• Su Yaoyao, Gu Linglong, and Gu Jianfan received news that Azure Cloud Sect had crushed the demons in the Southern Domain and that the region's major powers had pledged allegiance.
• Li Qingyun and the Bright Moon Empress arrived at the Northern Sea and overwhelmed the Demon Emperor, the Dragon Clan, and the surrounding cultivators with their Emperor's Might.
• Li Qingyun reminded the Demon Emperor that he had sealed it away tens of millions of years earlier, while the Demon Emperor tried to bargain over the Progenitor Dragon Treasure.
• The three Ying Dragon Demon Venerables pleaded with Li Qingyun to save the Dragon Clan and offered him the Progenitor Dragon Treasure.
• Li Qingyun used the Wind Cloud Immortal Lightning Art to kill more than ten thousand demons, prompting the Demon Emperor to vow to fight him to the death.
• The Bright Moon Empress rose into the sky and unleashed her Bright Moon Great Dao against the Demon Emperor.

Li Qingyun and Bright Moon Empress defeated Demon Emperor Jiao Long with their Great Emperor techniques, killing him in a battle witnessed across the Northern Domain. The remaining demons charged the Dragon Race, and the fight continued as a Ying Dragon elder attacked with blazing flame.

• Li Qingyun summoned tens of thousands of Purple-Gold Lightning Tribulations and blasted Demon Emperor Jiao Long into the Northern Sea.
• Bright Moon Empress crushed the Demon Emperor with her Bright Moon Emperor Skill, killing him at the bottom of a vast abyss.
• Cultivators across the Northern Domain celebrated the Demon Emperor's fall as the Great Dao mourned his death.
• The Demon Race High Priest and two Demon Venerables mourned their fallen emperor while the Dragon Race surrounded them.
• The three Demon Venerables charged the Dragon Race, and the central Ying Dragon elder breathed blazing flame at them.