Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyun and the Bright Moon Empress killed the Demon Emperor, announced Azure Cloud’s victory across the five domains, and accepted the Dragon Clan’s submission. The chapter ended with them bringing the dragons to Azure Cloud as the Sect Master received his mission rewards.

• Li Qingyun and the Bright Moon Empress slew the Demon Emperor, ending the battle and saving the surviving Dragon Clan.
• Li Qingyun declared that Azure Cloud had defeated the Demon Emperor, and his proclamation spread throughout the five domains.
• Long Qing offered the Progenitor Dragon Treasure, but Li Qingyun said he wanted the Dragon Clan to submit and serve as mounts for Azure Cloud.
• Long Qing agreed on the Dragon Clan’s behalf, and the dragons followed Li Qingyun and the Bright Moon Empress toward Azure Cloud.
• The Sect Master received five Golden Summoning Cards, two Cultivation Advancement Cards, a Refining Elder Summoning Card, an Immortal King Carriage, and the Ten Thousand Emperors Illustrated Manual.

Feng Qingyang claimed generous mission rewards, used two cultivation cards to reach the Late Supreme Realm, and summoned six new experts for Azure Cloud Sect. The chapter ended with Li Qingyun welcoming them as dozens more powerful figures approached.

• Feng Qingyang learned that his mission rewards included summoning cards, cultivation cards, an Immortal King Carriage, and the Ten Thousand Emperors Illustrated Manual.
• Feng Qingyang used both cultivation cards and rose from the Great Saint Realm to the Late Supreme Realm, gaining the Half-Step Myriad Heavens Great Dao.
• Feng Qingyang used his summoning cards to summon Venerable-Rank refiner Wu Xiaoye and five peak Supreme Realm experts: Zhao Wushuang, Ye Feng, Mo Chen, Tian Lan, and Qing Hua.
• The six summoned experts arrived outside Azure Cloud Sect, where Li Qingyun appeared and accepted their greetings as the Ancestor.
• Dozens of powerful figures raced toward Li Qingyun and the six newly arrived experts.

Bright Moon Empress brought the Northern Domain Dragon Clan to Azure Cloud Sect, where Feng Qingyang assigned tasks and arranged a home for the dragons. In the Central Domain, Fate Pavilion ranked the Azure Cloud Great Emperor and Bright Moon Empress second and third on the Five Regions Powerhouse Ranking.

• Bright Moon Empress led Long Qing and the Northern Domain Dragon Clan into Azure Cloud Sect, where Black Emperor recognized the dragons as former foes and was told to put the past behind them.
• Feng Qingyang dismissed the five Supreme Peak Masters to prepare for disciple selection and entrusted Wu Xiaoye with building the Refining Hall.
• Feng Qingyang instructed Bright Moon Empress to bring the three Dragon Clan Demon Venerables to him and house the remaining dragons in the rear mountain, away from his fishing pond.
• At Fate Pavilion, the Pavilion Elder judged the Azure Cloud Two Emperors' strength difficult to determine but placed them second and third in the ranking.
• A Fate Pavilion subordinate updated the list, placing Azure Cloud Great Emperor second and Bright Moon Empress third.

Shi Hao and Lin Bai decided to test their progress in the Trial Tower while Bright Moon Empress brought Long Qing and three Dragon Clan elders to meet Feng Qingyang. Long Qing asked to join Azure Cloud Sect and offered to retrieve the Progenitor Dragon Treasure, leaving her fate in the Sect Master's hands.

• Shi Hao and Lin Bai agreed to challenge the Trial Tower and headed there as Outer Sect Disciples gathered to watch.
• Bright Moon Empress arranged for the Dragon Clan members to settle in Azure Cloud Back Mountain and brought the three elders to meet Feng Qingyang.
• Long Qing asked to become a disciple of Azure Cloud and promised to retrieve the Progenitor Dragon Treasure from the Ancestor Dragon Secret Realm.
• Bright Moon Empress brought Long Qing and the three Dragon Clan elders into Azure Cloud Hall and introduced them to Feng Qingyang.

Feng Qingyang accepted Long Qing into Azure Cloud and learned that the Turbulent Star Region connected the Desolate Martial Continent to broader realms. The Five Regions Powerhouse Ranking then named Azure Cloud Great Emperor second and Bright Moon Empress third, while events shifted to Azure Cloud Sect's Disciple Trial Tower.

• Feng Qingyang ordered three Dragon Clan Demon Venerables to serve as his carriage pullers and accepted Long Qing as an inner disciple, promising her Core Disciple status if she placed in the Five Regions Tournament's top ten.
• Long Qing offered to seek the Progenitor Dragon Treasure for Azure Cloud and said she would persuade her father, the Dragon Emperor, to join the sect after he returned from the Turbulent Star Region.
• Feng Qingyang learned that the Turbulent Star Region linked the Desolate Martial Continent to the outside world and received quests to dominate the continent, recruit five thousand disciples, and win the Five Regions Tournament.
• Fate Pavilion released the updated Five Regions Powerhouse Ranking, placing Myriad Images Great Emperor first, Azure Cloud Great Emperor second, and Bright Moon Empress third.
• Cultivators across the Five Regions discussed Azure Cloud's high rankings, and the scene shifted to Azure Cloud Sect's Disciple Trial Tower.

Shi Hao confronted the Trial Tower’s illusion of the night his uncle stole his Supreme Sacred Body, overcame his anger, and cleared the twenty-first floor. Lin Bai reached the same floor and found himself facing a seductive illusion that left him unsure how to respond.

• Shi Hao recognized the twenty-first floor’s illusion as his childhood home and followed the old servant to his uncle’s study.
• Shi Hao defeated the guards and fought the illusion of the Shi Family Head after his uncle provoked him about his parents and Supreme Sacred Body.
• Shi Hao destroyed the illusions of his uncle and Shi Tian, then hunted down the other enemies from his past until the illusion shattered and he entered the twenty-second floor.
• Lin Bai arrived on the twenty-first floor and encountered three alluring women and an intoxicating incense, gripping his Azure Lotus Sword as he tried to resist the illusion.

Shi Hao and Lin Bai conquered the Trial Tower’s upper floors before heading to the Time-Space Tower, while Feng Qingyang prepared to reward Azure Cloud’s Saint King elders. He drew eight elders into the Ten Thousand Emperors Illustrated Manual and announced that he would grant them the Great Dao to becoming Emperors.

• Lin Bai broke through the illusion on the twenty-first floor and continued climbing the Trial Tower with Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao cleared fifty floors and Lin Bai cleared forty-nine, placing them third and fourth on the Trial Ranking.
• Shi Hao and Lin Bai left for the Time-Space Tower, inspiring the observing disciples to return to cultivation.
• Feng Qingyang checked Azure Cloud Sect’s progress and materialized the Ten Thousand Emperors Illustrated Manual.
• Feng Qingyang drew eight Saint King elders into the illustrated manual and announced he would grant them the Great Dao to becoming Emperors.

Feng Qingyang bestowed Great Dao Power on eight Azure Cloud elders and guards, raising three to the Supreme Realm and five to the peak Saint King Realm. As Azure Cloud prepared to accept new disciples, an old man fleeing the Myriad Images Emperor Clan collapsed near the Divine Punishment Ancient Tower.

• Feng Qingyang gave eight followers Great Dao Power, and Solitary Undefeated, Wu Mei, and Mo Feng broke through to the Supreme Realm while five elders reached the peak Saint King Realm.
• The system shielded their breakthroughs from heavenly tribulations inside the Myriad Emperors Diagram, and their returning divine senses strengthened their actual bodies.
• Mu Shuixian and Luo Chen discussed the coming disciple recruitment and the growing gap between the sect's disciples and their ranks.
• Prodigies from across the Five Regions flocked toward the Eastern Domain after Azure Cloud's rise in the Five Regions Powerhouse Ranking and its announcement of a new recruitment drive.
• A bloodied old man escaped the Myriad Images Emperor Clan with help from someone in the Mu Family, then collapsed near the Divine Punishment Ancient Tower after exhausting himself.

After Mu Changkong rescued Yang Feng from ten thousand years of imprisonment, he urged the broken and dying sword cultivator to seek refuge with the powerful Azure Cloud Emperor Sect. Yang Feng agreed to travel there with Mu Changkong, hoping to recover and one day destroy the Myriad Images Emperor Clan.

• Yang Feng reflected on his family's destruction, his imprisonment in the Divine Punishment Ancient Tower, and the loss of his sword and lifespan.
• Mu Changkong arrived and reunited with Yang Feng, explaining that the Mu Family had secretly rescued him.
• Mu Changkong warned Yang Feng that he could not safely remain in the Central Domain and recommended the Azure Cloud Emperor Sect in the Eastern Domain.
• Yang Feng learned of Azure Cloud's recent victories and agreed to seek refuge there and cultivate his Life and Death Sword Dao.
• Mu Changkong took Yang Feng eastward through the night as Azure Cloud Immortal City bustled ahead of the sect's gate opening.

As Azure Cloud Emperor Sect opened its gates to a vast gathering of candidates, Feng Qingyang changed the recruitment trials to include battles against the sect’s disciples. The assessment officially began after Black Emperor silenced the crowd with his Emperor’s Might.

• Xiao Xuan'er and Gu Qingcheng attended Immortal City's carnival before heading to the Azure Cloud mountain gates the next morning.
• Lin Bufan confronted Xiao Xuan'er and Gu Qingcheng, learned that Xiao Xuan'er loved an Azure Cloud disciple, and declared that he would challenge him.
• Feng Qingyang told the elders that candidates would first face the Illusionary Sky Ladder and then fight Inner Sect and Outer Sect disciples to determine their entry level.
• Mu Shuixian and Luo Chen led ten Inner Sect geniuses and the top thirty Outer Sect disciples out of the sect as new cultivation-based promotion rules were announced.
• Black Emperor revealed his Emperor’s Might to quiet the assembled candidates and announced that Azure Cloud Mountain Opening’s recruitment had begun.

Mu Shuixian began Azure Cloud’s disciple assessment by revealing the Illusionary Sky Ladder, while the Black Emperor and she recalled their past and hoped to return to Central Continent. After many candidates failed, Gu Qingcheng and Xiao Xuan'er took the test, and ten candidates reached the summit, including someone Ning Yan recognized as Xuan'er.

• Mu Shuixian announced the Illusionary Sky Ladder assessment and revealed its 999 levels, shocking the gathered powers when they learned Azure Cloud had more Great Emperors than expected.
• Candidates entered the ladder in batches, where frightening illusions caused many to panic, fail, and be teleported back down.
• The Black Emperor asked Mu Shuixian about her recovery and challenged her to spar, but she reminded him that she used to beat him.
• Gu Qingcheng and Xiao Xuan'er joined a stronger batch of candidates and climbed the ladder as several geniuses advanced through the illusions.
• Ten candidates reached the summit as the first group to pass, and Ning Yan recognized one of them as Xuan'er.

Ning Yan reunited with Xiao Xuan'er at Azure Cloud Sect while the recruitment trials continued. After Lin Bufan failed the Illusionary Sky Ladder, the sect announced that candidates would enter the outer or inner sect by defeating its Heaven's Chosen in battle.

• Ning Yan recognized Xiao Xuan'er among the new candidates, and the two reunited after three years.
• Qin Han watched Ning Yan and Xiao Xuan'er embrace and remembered his past with Lin Yao.
• Lin Bufan succumbed to an illusion on the Heavenly Stairway, was teleported down, and decided to wait for Xiao Xuan'er.
• After two thousand candidates gathered, Elder Luo Chen explained that defeating an Outer Sect Disciple earned outer-sect entry and defeating an Inner Sect Disciple earned inner-sect entry.
• Luo Chen declared the Heaven's Chosen Battle open and called Azure Cloud's Heaven's Chosen to take their positions.

The Demon Emperor learned that the weakening seal could soon let the Devil Race invade the Desolate Martial Continent, while the Heaven’s Chosen Battle continued at Azure Cloud Sect. As the Illusionary Sky Ladder assessment proceeded, Lin Bufan decided to risk challenging the Imperial Sect to find out whether Xuan'er was safe.

• Bloodthirsty told the Demon Emperor that the seal at an old passage to the Desolate Martial Continent was weakening and that Devil Race experts could break it within days.
• The Demon Emperor ordered Bloodthirsty to hasten the invasion and promised him hundreds of millions of blood food as a reward.
• At Azure Cloud Sect, challengers fought sect disciples in three arenas, with their realms and performance determining whether they could enter the inner or outer sect.
• Those taking the Illusionary Sky Ladder assessment heard the battles and understood that its second stage tested strength rather than talent.
• Lin Bufan worried about Xuan'er, decided he could not wait, and called on the Imperial Sect to give him a chance to display his strength.

Lin Bufan begged the Black Emperor to let him join the Azure Cloud Emperor Sect so he could see his beloved, Xuan'er, but the Black Emperor scorned his pleading and summoned him into the air. Meanwhile, Qin Han faced Central Domain Heaven's Chosen Wang Yun and Yun Mengluo on the sect's largest Martial Arts Stage, and both opponents were surprised they could not gauge his strength.

• Lin Bufan and other failed cultivators protested the Illusionary Sky Ladder's rules, prompting the Black Emperor to threaten them with his Emperor's Might.
• Lin Bufan invoked his Lin Family's ties to the Black Emperor and pleaded for a chance, but the Black Emperor insulted him and warned the crowd that Azure Cloud's rules could not be challenged.
• Lin Bufan continued begging to see Xuan'er, so the Black Emperor pulled him into the air and took him away.
• Spectators identified Wang Yun and Yun Mengluo as highly ranked Heaven's Chosen from Central Domain powers and gathered to watch their match against Qin Han.
• Wang Yun and Yun Mengluo greeted Qin Han and found they could not see through his strength.

Qin Han defeated Wang Yun and Yun Mengluo with one restrained palm, while Lin Bufan grew jealous of Ning Yan and asked to challenge him. Two newcomers, including the Sword Maniac, arrived above Azure Cloud, and the Black Emperor sensed them and demanded they come down.

• Qin Han defeated Wang Yun and Yun Mengluo with one palm, then allowed them to enter Azure Cloud's outer sect and advance to the inner sect after a month.
• Qin Han watched the other tests and reflected on Azure Cloud's power and the mystery of becoming an immortal.
• Lin Bufan saw Xiao Xuan'er with Ning Yan and demanded that the Black Emperor let him challenge Ning Yan.
• The Sword Maniac and his companion arrived above Azure Cloud after traveling through a Teleportation Array and crossing the void.
• The Black Emperor sensed the newcomers and ordered them to come down.

The Black Emperor mistook Mu Changkong and Yang Feng for intruders until they revealed themselves as allies, and Mu Shuixian recognized the Mu Family head. After learning that the Mu Family had escaped Wu Chen's suppression, Mu Shuixian grew more suspicious of why he had stolen her Emperor Source, while Mu Changkong and Yang Feng pledged their support.

• The Black Emperor released its Emperor Realm pressure, and Mu Changkong and Yang Feng resisted it from the sky.
• Mu Changkong descended and told the Black Emperor that he and Yang Feng were on the same side, then Mu Shuixian appeared beside them.
• Mu Changkong recognized Mu Shuixian, introduced himself as the Mu Family's two hundred and eighth generation head, and greeted her and the Black Emperor.
• Mu Shuixian asked whether Wu Chen had suppressed the Mu Family, and Mu Changkong said the family had kept apart from Dustless Palace.
• Mu Shuixian suspected Wu Chen had another motive for taking her Emperor Source, while the Black Emperor vowed revenge against him and Dustless Palace.
• Mu Changkong offered the Mu Family's aid against Dustless Palace, and Yang Feng promised to serve the family if he survived his conflict with the Myriad Images Emperor Clan.

Feng Qingyang learned that Sword Maniac Yang Feng was Mu Changkong’s ancestor and ordered Mu Shuixian to bring them to meet him. Meanwhile, Lin Bufan challenged Ning Yan and was defeated by one palm, leaving Azure Cloud Sect dejected.

• Feng Qingyang discovered that Mu Shuixian was Mu Changkong’s ancestor and that Yang Feng had Fifth Realm Sword Dao, then summoned the pair to meet him.
• Mu Shuixian escorted Mu Changkong and Yang Feng into Azure Cloud Sect while the Black Emperor stayed behind with Lin Bufan.
• The Black Emperor arranged for Lin Bufan to challenge Ning Yan despite his failure in the sect’s first assessment.
• Lin Bufan attacked Ning Yan with his strongest palm, but Ning Yan countered with one strike and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Lin Bufan left Azure Cloud Sect in despair after his defeat.

Feng Qingyang welcomed Mu Changkong and Yang Feng into Azure Cloud and offered Yang Feng rebirth and a direct path to Great Emperor in exchange for serving the sect. He restored Yang Feng’s lifespan, granted him the complete Life and Death Great Dao, and left him poised to pursue revenge against the Myriad Images Emperor Clan.

• Feng Qingyang reviewed the assessment results and identified Yun Mengluo and Wang Yun as promising prodigies for Azure Cloud.
• Mu Shuixian brought Mu Changkong and Yang Feng before Feng Qingyang, who said they would have to pay a price to join and receive Azure Cloud’s protection.
• Yang Feng agreed to place his life and everything he possessed under Feng Qingyang’s control in exchange for rebirth and the chance to reach Great Emperor.
• Feng Qingyang drew Yang Feng’s divine sense into the Ten Thousand Emperors Illustrated Manual and granted him the complete Life and Death Great Dao.
• Yang Feng advanced to the middle stage of the Supreme Realm, regained his burned lifespan and youthful appearance, and vowed to serve Feng Qingyang and Azure Cloud.

Yang Feng joined Azure Cloud after Feng Qingyang restored his youth and granted him the Life and Death Great Dao, while the Mu Family submitted as an affiliated force. Lin Bufan, still hurt by unrequited love, prepared to return home before a mysterious voice offered him power.

• Feng Qingyang appointed Yang Feng an elder of Azure Sword Peak and dismissed his concerns about the Myriad Images Emperor Clan.
• Mu Changkong asked for the Mu Family to submit to Azure Cloud, and Feng Qingyang approved their relocation to Azure Cloud Immortal City.
• Mu Shuixian brought Yang Feng to Azure Sword Peak, where Lin Wuji welcomed him as a new elder.
• Azure Cloud’s mountain-opening assessment drew growing numbers of prodigies from across the Five Domains.
• Lin Bufan decided to return to his family after accepting that his love was unrequited, but an unknown speaker asked whether he craved power.

Lin Bufan was possessed by a Devil Race being and killed his Great Saint Realm guardian before setting out for Azure Cloud Emperor Sect. Azure Cloud’s ten-day recruitment ended with one hundred thousand Servant Disciples, and Feng Qingyang claimed the system rewards and prepared to use them.

• A voice tempted Lin Bufan with power and promises of reclaiming Xuan'er, then sent black qi into his body and took control of him.
• Lin Bufan killed Old Mo by devouring him with Demonic Qi, revealed power rivaling a Saint King Realm expert, and flew toward the cross-domain Teleportation Array.
• The Black Emperor ended Azure Cloud’s ten-day recruitment, which had drawn more than a billion cultivators; Qin Han rose to twenty-eighth on the Five Regions Heaven's Chosen Ranking.
• Feng Qingyang received a Heaven's Chosen Dojo, ten Golden Summoning Cards, immortal-grade divine iron, and an Immortal King Tempering Hammer after recruiting the required five thousand disciples.
• Feng Qingyang noted that more than one hundred thousand recruits had become Servant Disciples and ordered the system to use the summoning cards and materialize the dojo and hammer.