Arc 55The Immortal Domain Ascends

Yunxi led the Immortal Domain through the destruction of the Evil God’s body, then used Liao Ziqian and a mass ascension to draw out and trap the Evil God. After surviving her own tribulation and refusing to merge with Xihe, Yunxi prepared to ascend as Liao Ziqian began his own tribulation.

  • Yunxi and the five rulers destroyed the Evil God’s body at the Sea of Buried Gods, while heavenly punishment dragged the attacking giant hand away and the five rulers ascended to the God Realm.
  • Yunxi and Xun Kun let Liao Ziqian escape with the Evil God trapped inside him, then used reports of his weakened state to draw out the Evil God’s followers and prepare the Five Regions.
  • Yunxi rebuilt the Evil-Slaying Sect and exposed the Evil God’s betrayal of his followers, while Liao Ziqian drained their cultivation and fled after they attacked him.
  • Yunxi gathered the Five Regions’ leaders and arranged simultaneous breakthroughs, then used their ascent to draw Liao Ziqian out and begin raising the Immortal Domain toward the God Realm.
  • Liao Ziqian allied with the Insectoid Race and attacked the ascending rulers, while Yunxi fought him and the Immortal Domain’s forces defended against the insect swarms.
  • Yunxi drew Liao Ziqian into her ascension tribulation, where the Nine-Layer Seal trapped the Evil God’s divine soul, and Ye Ming escaped his body but Qian Ji captured him, while Yuling saved Liao Ziqian.
  • Yunxi rejected Xihe’s claim that she was a Clone, and Xihe vanished as Xihe Divine Palace sealed itself.
  • Yunxi survived her tribulation and saw the Heavenly Ladder appear, then released Liao Ziqian from the Moon Gate after he reclaimed his body and power, and sent him to undergo his own ascension tribulation.
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Ch. 1351Something Must Be Given

Yunxi attended Feng Jiayun and Ji Yan’s Dao Companion Ceremony, lectured at Haoran Sect, and warned Ji Yan to protect her mother. She then returned to Linyuan Hall, where she reassured the Immortal Kings about Shangchuan and shared her breakthrough insights.

  • Feng Jiayun confirmed that her Dao Companion Ceremony with Ji Yan would proceed as planned, and the ceremony drew a large crowd after Yunxi agreed to attend.
  • Yunxi planted a Heart Bond in Feng Jiayun and Ji Yan, then preached the Dao for three days at Haoran Sect.
  • Before leaving, Yunxi warned Ji Yan that the Heart Bond would protect Feng Jiayun from his injuries but make him share any grave injuries she suffered.
  • Yunxi went to Linyuan Hall and reassured Immortal King Yitu and Immortal King Youjun that Shangchuan was safe and gaining combat experience at the Sea of Buried Gods.
  • Yunxi handled the Immortal Kings’ affairs and gave them her insights into advancing to the Immortal Emperor realm.

Ch. 1352Give Them a Taste of Sweetness

Immortal Emperor Shangchuan and Yunxi trapped the Evil Immortals in the Sea of Buried Gods, but let one escape with the Evil God's head as bait. Yunxi returned to discuss the risky plan with Shangchuan, and they decided to wait for the next move.

  • Immortal Emperor Shangchuan used the formations to weaken two Evil Immortals while one sent a Clone into the deep sea to find the Evil God's body.
  • The Clone attacked the Ice Coffin and retrieved the Evil God's head, while Shangchuan's formation destroyed the Evil Immortal's body.
  • The surviving Evil Immortal used a secret art to take the head and flee the Sea of Buried Gods, though his cultivation fell to the Nine Heavens Profound Immortal Realm.
  • Immortal Emperor Shangchuan messaged Yunxi, who left Linyuan Pavilion and returned to the Sea of Buried Gods.
  • Yunxi told Shangchuan that their bait had worked and explained that they had let the Evil God's Followers take the head to buy time; Shangchuan asked what they should do next, and Yunxi said to wait.

Ch. 1353Ready

Yunxi and the rulers of the Immortal, Ghost, Demon, and Buddha domains used the Evil God's Head to track the Evil Immortals, forcing the head to seal itself while the Immortal Domain prepared for ascension. When a giant hand reached into the Sea of Buried Gods to seize the Evil God's body, Yunxi and five rulers attacked it and began destroying the body.

  • Immortal Emperor Shangchuan sent Yi Tu and You Jun to purge an Evil Immortal stronghold, and they let an Evil Immortal escape with the Evil God's Head to use it as a beacon.
  • Ghost Emperor Baili Yanque and the eight Ghost Kings waited a hundred years before driving the bearer into the Demon Realm, where Hua Wu Demon Emperor and Menglan Jun eventually forced it into the Buddha Domain.
  • After more than eight hundred years, the Evil God's Head sealed itself, and Yunxi told Lili that it was likely hiding in the Buddha Domain; the Immortal Domain then spent two thousand peaceful years preparing for ascension.
  • Yunxi sensed a disturbance above the Sea of Buried Gods and used the Heavenly Dipper Evil-Slaying Formation to delay a giant hand while summoning the rulers of the domains.
  • Yunxi and five rulers struck the giant hand together, knocked the Ice Coffin loose, and exposed the Evil God's headless body; the five rulers divided it and began drawing Annihilation Formation Wheels.
  • The giant hand attacked Yunxi, who enlarged the Seven-Star Deadly Staff, donned Heavenly Derivation Golden Scale Armor, and thrust the Nine Nether Sword into its palm.

Ch. 1354The Battle to Bury Gods

Yunxi and the Immortal Emperors fought to stop a powerful hand from the upper realm while Linyuan, Meihuan, Mo Ya, Long Mo, and Wusheng used the “Annihilation” Formation Wheel to destroy the Evil God's body. The battle continued in a lightning-filled sky as Shangchuan joined Yunxi against the hand.

  • Yunxi burned the huge hand with the Void Heaven Ice Flame and called for the others to hurry as she struggled to hold it back.
  • Shangchuan, Hua Wu, and Baili Yanque helped Yunxi, while Menglan Jun and Ku'e protected the five Immortal Emperors completing the formation.
  • Linyuan, Meihuan, Mo Ya, Long Mo, and Wusheng activated the “Annihilation” Formation Wheel, causing the Evil God's body to dissolve.
  • Shangchuan, Hua Wu, and Baili Yanque lent Yunxi their Immortal Yuan Force, and Yunxi struck the hand with the Seven-Star Deadly Staff as lightning swallowed them.
  • Shangchuan charged into the Lightning Sea to help Yunxi, while Ku'e suppressed the waves and Menglan Jun immobilized approaching Immortal Practitioners with his floral fragrance.
  • Yunxi repeatedly struck the hand with the Seven-Star Deadly Staff, and Shangchuan saw that her earlier attacks had already injured it.

Ch. 1355Battle of the Buried Gods 2

Yunxi and her companions fought Jiushao’s huge hand while the Five Immortal Emperors destroyed the Evil God's body. After the emperors received the Heavenly Dao’s reward, nine golden chains restrained the hand and dragged it back into the clouds.

  • Yunxi and Shangchuan teamed up to injure and obstruct the huge hand, but it ignored them and reached for the Sea of Buried Gods.
  • Yunxi, Shangchuan, Hua Wu, Baili Yanque, and Ku'e formed a battle formation; Yunxi was badly injured blocking the fist, and Shangchuan was blasted into the Sea of Buried Gods.
  • Hua Wu used the Purple Glazed Glass Lamp and Ziyan to hold back the hand while the Five Immortal Emperors finished destroying the Evil God's body.
  • Ku'e called for a retreat when Heavenly Punishment struck the five Immortal Emperors, and the Tribulation Lightning also charred the huge hand.
  • After the Heavenly Dao rewarded the five Immortal Emperors, Yunxi and the others attacked the hand, but nine golden chains bound it and dragged it into the clouds.

Ch. 1356Battle of the Buried Gods 3

Yunxi and the others watched the Five Immortal Emperors withstand their tribulations and ascend to the God Realm, while the threat of the Evil God's Head and Liao Ziqian remained. They rebuilt the Heavenly Dipper Evil-Slaying Formation over the Sea of Buried Gods and left Liao Ziqian confined beneath it.

  • Yunxi planted a dormant Void Heaven Ice Flame in the wounded giant hand, intending to settle accounts with Jiushao after ascending to the God Realm.
  • Linyuan, Meihuan, Mo Ya, Long Mo, and Wusheng endured their ascension tribulations and each received a Heavenly Ladder to the God Realm.
  • Yunxi and the others discussed the remaining dangers, including the Evil God's Head and Liao Ziqian, and agreed that the Evil God’s possession of Liao Ziqian could still be opposed by the world's Heavenly Dao.
  • Yunxi and the other five scattered eighty-one formation disks and established a new Heavenly Dipper Evil-Slaying Formation over the Sea of Buried Gods.
  • Shangchuan ordered everyone to leave the Sea of Buried Gods, and Liao Ziqian opened his eyes beneath the sea before closing them again in frustration.

Ch. 1357Battle of the Buried Gods 4

Jiushao’s scheme to interfere with the lower realm was exposed, and he was imprisoned in the Abyss of Fallen Gods. As Yunxi recovered and five new ascendants reached the God Realm, Linyuan asked whether an entire lower realm could ascend.

  • Taixu’s Clones reunited inside Jiushao and triggered his old wound, leaving him unable to remove the Punishment Divine Script as heavenly soldiers raided his palace.
  • Bai Ze condemned Jiushao, who was later imprisoned in the Abyss of Fallen Gods for a hundred years after his interference with the lower realm was confirmed.
  • Yunxi and Shangchuan entered seclusion, while Immortal King Youjun oversaw the Central Immortal Realm and five Immortal Kings guarded the Sea of Buried Gods.
  • Yunxi entered the Advanced Treatment Pod to heal, while Lili, Dian Dian, Cong Shan, Fengxia, and Zhusheng began cultivating.
  • Linyuan, Meihuan, Mo Ya, Long Mo, and Wusheng received identity nameplates and instructions at the God Conferring Platform.
  • Linyuan asked the God Official whether an entire lower realm could ascend to the God Realm, and the official asked him to repeat the question.

Ch. 1358Debating the Return

Linyuan and the others learned that their current God Attendant ranks could rise after their power was converted, and that a fallen realm might return to the God Realm. They concluded the Immortal Domain had once belonged to the God Realm and had fallen through the Evil God's Followers' schemes, leaving its restoration dependent on Ranxi and the others.

  • Linyuan asked the God Official whether a strengthened lower realm could ascend, and the God Official explained their ranks and the possibility that a fallen realm could return to the God Realm.
  • Linyuan and the others discussed the God Official's reaction and connected the Immortal Domain's fall to Ranxi's earlier speculation.
  • Meihuan said the Evil God's body was central to the Immortal Domain's fall, and Long Mo described the Evil God's war, sealing, and the scattering of his soul fragments.
  • Long Mo explained how the Evil God's Followers caused the First Heaven to become the Immortal Domain, then the Weiling Realm and the Weiyu Realm.
  • Linyuan concluded that the Immortal Domain qualified to return to the God Realm, and the group agreed its success now depended on Ranxi and the others.

Ch. 1359Tampered With

Mo Ya and the others began converting their power into divine power while the God Official discovered that someone had concealed the Immortal Domain’s records. After a thousand years in seclusion, Yunxi advanced to the middle stage of the Immortal Emperor Realm and prepared to oversee the Central Immortal Realm while Shangchuan remained injured in seclusion.

  • Mo Ya, Linyuan, and Meihuan agreed to delay leaving the God Realm by continuing to convert their power, and the five ascenders began cultivating in separate rooms.
  • The God Official found that someone had concealed the Immortal Domain’s records in the God Conferring Platform register and reported the anomaly to Heavenly God Zhutian.
  • Yunxi emerged from a thousand years of seclusion at the middle stage of the Immortal Emperor Realm, and her contracted beasts advanced alongside her.
  • Yunxi sent Cong Shan to the Demon Realm for training while Lili and the other spirit pets entered seclusion to cultivate.
  • Immortal King Youjun gave Yunxi Linyuan Pavilion’s token and went into seclusion, leaving Yunxi to oversee the Central Immortal Realm while Shangchuan recovered from his injuries.

Ch. 1360Strategizing Step by Step

Yunxi prepared for the Heavenly Dipper Evil-Slaying Formation to fail and discussed the coming confrontation with the former Evil God. After assigning Yuling to guard the Sea of Buried Gods, she told Yitu to return and prepare for his breakthrough as disturbances there grew more frequent.

  • Little Book explained that Yunxi's actions had restored the Immortal Domain's confidence and warned that the formation at the Sea of Buried Gods would soon fail.
  • Yuling visited Yunxi, described how he had escaped danger and advanced to the Immortal King realm, and learned that Yunxi blamed the Evil God for Lingxue Peak's ten Nominal Disciples' deaths.
  • Yuling volunteered to replace Yitu guarding the Sea of Buried Gods, and Yunxi instructed him to stop anyone escaping if the formation broke while prioritizing his own safety.
  • After Yuling took over the guard post, Yitu reported that disturbances at the Sea of Buried Gods had become more frequent.
  • Yunxi ordered Yitu to return to the Central Immortal Realm and prepare for his breakthrough, saying she would handle the disturbances.

Ch. 1361Cast a Long Line

Yunxi and the leaders of the Five Regions prepared for the Evil God’s escape, while the Evil-Slaying Formation kept Liao Ziqian contained for more than a thousand years. After Liao Ziqian escaped, the pursuers wounded him and let him go, and he ended the chapter in disguise, coughing up pieces of his organs beneath a bounty notice.

  • Yunxi warned Hua Wu, Baili Yanque, Menglan Jun, and Ku'e that the Evil God would soon leave the Sea of Buried Gods, prompting them to prepare their territories.
  • Ku'e told the Buddhist cultivators that Liao Ziqian could not be killed because a New God’s birth would give the Immortal Domain a chance to return to the God Realm.
  • More than a thousand years later, Liao Ziqian escaped the Sea of Buried Gods after its Concealment Formation broke from within.
  • Yuling, Di Fei, Black Tortoise, and Buddha Lord Cangqiong attacked Liao Ziqian as he fled, while Xun Kun held back from striking his former disciple.
  • Xun Kun stopped the others from pursuing Liao Ziqian, and the Five Regions issued bounties for information about his whereabouts.
  • Liao Ziqian disguised himself and read a bounty notice, then coughed up fragments of organs and swallowed an Immortal Pill.

Ch. 1362Double Insurance

Yunxi explained to Yuling how she and Xun Kun planned to use Liao Ziqian as a safeguard against the Evil God while protecting him from possession. The Evil God had escaped wounded, and Yunxi expected the Five Regions’ defenses and Liao Ziqian’s hidden resistance to expose him when he made his next move.

  • Yuling questioned the risks in Yunxi and Xun Kun’s plan to let the Evil God possess Liao Ziqian rather than allow him to resurrect fully.
  • Yunxi explained that Liao Ziqian had chosen to resist the Evil God and that she and Xun Kun had placed seals inside him to trap the god’s soul if necessary.
  • Yunxi told Yuling that she let Liao Ziqian escape the Sea of Buried Gods so he could draw out the Evil Immortals scattered across the Five Regions.
  • Yunxi revealed that she and Xun Kun had given Liao Ziqian much of their Merit, weakening the Evil God and concealing the survival of Liao Ziqian’s divine soul.
  • Yunxi said she had alerted the Immortal Emperors and that the Five Regions were guarded, leaving the wounded Evil God to recover or risk being exposed.

Ch. 1363Mutual Probing

Yunxi and Yuling tracked Liao Ziqian through the ice-origin power lingering in his body, while Liao Ziqian hid from the Five Regions and planned to gather his followers in the Demon Realm. The Evil God intended to use Liao Ziqian’s rare body to empower them before the Immortal Domain rose to the First Heaven.

  • Yuling left Linyuan Pavilion to travel the Five Regions and search for Liao Ziqian, and Yunxi gave him protective talismans while he gifted her a Cold Marrow Eye.
  • Yunxi and others searched reports from across the Five Regions for Liao Ziqian, while rumors spread that the Evil God had escaped or possessed another body.
  • Yunxi told Yuling to confront Liao Ziqian cautiously and test his strength without pursuing him if he fled.
  • After Yuling exposed his disguise, Liao Ziqian escaped with his followers and forced the lingering Sword Qi and ice-origin power from his body.
  • Liao Ziqian ordered Chi Wei to gather their hidden companions in the Demon Realm, where he would use origin power and his rare body to help them break through to the Immortal Emperor realm.
  • After Chi Wei left, the Evil God’s Immortal Infant briefly opened its eyes and smiled smugly.

Ch. 1364On the Way to the Rendezvous

Fusheng traveled through the Demon Realm carrying the self-sealed Evil God's Head and waited for a Teleportation Formation to fill. While waiting, he learned of a newly opened Secret Realm and the Evil-Slaying Sect ruins, then drew suspicion by criticizing Immortal Emperor Ranxi’s actions.

  • Fusheng left the Buddha Domain after receiving Chi Wei's message and traveled toward the rendezvous point by Teleportation Formations.
  • At a city near the Demon Realm's edge, Fusheng waited with seven others for two more travelers so the Teleportation Formation could activate.
  • Fusheng listened as two Demon Immortals discussed a newly opened Secret Realm in the Demon Realm and the reappearance of the Evil-Slaying Sect ruins in the Central Immortal Realm.
  • Fusheng questioned whether Immortal Emperor Ranxi had stopped people from exploring the ruins, then suggested she might have taken their best treasures.
  • A Demon Immortal accused Fusheng of being connected to Evil Immortals, but Fusheng claimed he only envied the Immortal Practitioners who could explore the ruins.
  • The others avoided Fusheng and switched to voice transmission, while the man who had raised the suspicion sent out a message.

Ch. 1365Countless Threads (1)

Yunxi ordered Yu Chixing to guard the resurfaced Evil-Slaying Sect and tasked Chanjia with investigating those who had suppressed its inheritors. After meeting Xiao Xun'er, Yunxi learned that she suspected her parents’ deaths were connected to the family of a man who had pursued her.

  • Yunxi ordered Yu Chixing to protect the Merit Hall at the Evil-Slaying Sect’s former site as Immortal Practitioners explored it.
  • Chanjia reported that fewer than a hundred descendants had been found, including fewer than ten who had truly inherited the sect’s cultivation methods, and Yunxi ordered an investigation into their suppression.
  • Yunxi summoned Xiao Xun'er, who explained how she had inherited the sect’s cultivation method and entered its former site with her ancestral token.
  • Xiao Xun'er told Yunxi that she suspected the family of her father’s old friend’s son, who had pursued her, was connected to her parents’ deaths.

Ch. 1366Countless Threads 2

Xiao Xun'er learned that the Liang Family had targeted her family over the Evil-Slaying Cultivation Method and agreed to help rebuild the Evil-Slaying Sect. Meanwhile, Liao Ziqian betrayed the Evil God's Followers and began draining their cultivation, but Fusheng and Chi Wei damaged the formation and fought back.

  • Xiao Xun'er told Yunxi her suspicions about the Liang Family, and Yunxi explained that their attack was likely tied to her family’s cultivation method and her father’s lineage.
  • Yunxi invited Xiao Xun'er to return to the Evil-Slaying Sect and help rebuild it, and Xiao Xun'er accepted.
  • Chanjia’s investigation exposed Immortal Practitioners who had profited from suppressing descendants of Evil-Slaying Sect disciples, and Xiao Xun'er led new disciples to confront Liang Zerui.
  • The Liang Family fell, the truth about the Evil-Slaying Sect’s decline spread through the Central Immortal Realm, and the sect’s recruitment prospered.
  • Liao Ziqian activated the reversed Formation Wheel and drained the cultivation of Fusheng, Chi Wei, and the other Evil God's Followers while promising to revive them later.
  • Fusheng and Chi Wei attacked each other to crack the formation, and the others joined their attack on Liao Ziqian.

Ch. 1367Heavenly Book Unsealed

Hua Wu investigated a disturbance at Chaos Cliff and learned that the Evil God had strengthened its hold on Liao Ziqian, but Xun Kun urged her to preserve the plan. At Linyuan Pavilion, Yunxi and Little Book discussed its unsealed true body as the ascended Five Immortal Emperors considered the conspiracy surrounding the Evil God and the obscured Heavenly Book.

  • Hua Wu summoned Xun Kun and asked whether Liao Ziqian had caused the disturbance at Chaos Cliff.
  • Xun Kun examined Liao Ziqian's Soul Lamp and found that his Soul Power had weakened further, suggesting the Evil God had strengthened its remnant soul.
  • Hua Wu proposed going to Chaos Cliff, but Xun Kun reminded her that Ranxi had ordered them not to act until Liao Ziqian's divine soul was completely annihilated.
  • Hua Wu brought Xun Kun to Linyuan Pavilion, where Yunxi and Little Book were discussing seals lifted from Little Book's true body.
  • Linyuan explained to Meihuan, Mo Ya, Long Mo, and Wusheng that the obscured Heavenly Book and the fallen realms were part of a plan to revive the Evil God, and said the God Realm's discovery had bought the lower realm time.
  • Yunxi remarked that the Five Immortal Emperors ascending together seemed to have brought benefits.

Ch. 1368Dual Layered Scheme

Yunxi explained how she and Xun Kun were protecting Liao Ziqian’s soul while forcing the Evil God to reveal his plans. After Xun Kun investigated Chaos Cliff, they learned that the Evil God had seized his followers’ cultivation and that the Evil Immortals had fought back.

  • Little Book told Yunxi he had left the Divine Book Pavilion after discovering that someone had altered the Wordless Heavenly Book, but refused to identify who was responsible.
  • Hua Wu and Xun Kun brought Liao Ziqian’s Soul Lamp to Yunxi, who stabilized its flame and explained how Liao Ziqian was concealing his soul from the Evil God.
  • Yunxi told Hua Wu that they would eventually force the Evil God to abandon Liao Ziqian’s body, even if that meant destroying the body and preserving the remnants of his soul.
  • Yunxi sent Xun Kun to investigate the disturbance at Chaos Cliff, and he returned with evidence that the Evil Immortals had fallen into internal strife.
  • Yunxi, Hua Wu, and Xun Kun concluded that the Evil God had raised his followers’ cultivation before seizing it to strengthen himself, prompting the Evil Immortals to attack Liao Ziqian.

Ch. 1369Utterly Hidden

Yunxi and the others exposed the Evil God’s attack at Chaos Cliff, prompting the Five Regions to prepare for war while Liao Ziqian hid and recovered. After more than eight thousand years, the five leaders faced the prospect of ascending before he emerged, and Yunxi proposed taking the entire Immortal Domain with them.

  • Xun Kun reported that the Evil God had used an Evil Formation at Chaos Cliff to drain his subordinates, and Yunxi confirmed that the Evil God’s Head had briefly appeared before its sealing markings vanished.
  • Yunxi ordered the Five Regions to spread evidence of the Evil God’s ruthless methods and weakened state, while Liao Ziqian listened to the reports and concealed himself in a mountain range to recover.
  • Yunxi gathered Hua Wu, Baili Yanque, Menglan Jun, and Ku'e, who pledged to strengthen their regions and prepare for the Evil God’s return.
  • More than eight thousand years passed as people across the Five Regions advanced to the Immortal Emperor realm and the five leaders approached the God Rank, while Liao Ziqian remained hidden.
  • When the five leaders could no longer suppress their cultivation, Yunxi proposed announcing their ascension and taking the entire Immortal Domain with them.

Ch. 1370Preparations for Ascension

Yunxi and the four other Immortal Emperors prepared to force the Immortal Domain’s ascension to the God Realm, drawing out the Evil God in the process. As the five climbed the Heavenly Ladder and pulled the realm upward, Liao Ziqian attacked, and Yunxi went to meet him.

  • Yunxi explained that simultaneous breakthroughs by many Immortal Practitioners could hasten the Immortal Domain’s ascension and force the Evil God to reveal himself, though she would bear most of the risk.
  • Yunxi and the others arranged for Immortal Kings across the Five Regions to break through to the Immortal Emperor realm; Yuling became the first and successfully completed his tribulation under Yunxi’s guard.
  • Hua Wu, Menglan Jun, Baili Yanque, Ku'e, and Shangchuan underwent their ascension tribulations together while Yunxi suppressed her own cultivation and watched for the Evil God.
  • After Liao Ziqian revealed himself, Yunxi signaled the five, who activated their prepared formations, received the Heavenly Dao Blessing, and climbed the Heavenly Ladder together to draw the Immortal Domain toward the God Realm.
  • A streak of black light attacked the five as they climbed, and Yunxi transformed into golden light and charged to intercept it.

Ch. 1371The Battle of Return 1

Yunxi fought the Evil God, who was controlling Liao Ziqian, while the Insectoid Race attacked all Five Regions and the Immortal Domain continued ascending. The warships and tribulation lightning helped repel the invaders as Shangchuan, Hua Wu, Baili Yanque, Menglan Jun, and Ku'e continued the ascent.

  • Yunxi and Liao Ziqian exchanged more than a thousand blows, and Liao Ziqian revealed that he had allied with the Insectoid Race.
  • Five warships appeared over the Five Regions, where Yi Tu, You Jun, and other Immortal Practitioners led the defense against the insect swarms.
  • Yunxi struck Liao Ziqian while he was distracted by the Heavenly Palace warship, breaking his protective barrier and sending him into the starry sky.
  • Shangchuan, Hua Wu, Baili Yanque, Menglan Jun, and Ku'e resumed channeling Immortal Yuan Force into the Tethering Formation and continued ascending.
  • Immortal Practitioners undergoing tribulations drew Tribulation Lightning into the insect swarms and controlled immortals, attacking the Insectoid Race and trying to break the Evil God's control.

Ch. 1372Battle of Return 2

The Immortal Domain’s defenses held as Yunxi fought Liao Ziqian in the starry sky and drew him into her ascension tribulation. She revealed that the Nine-Layer Seal had trapped the Evil God’s divine soul inside Liao Ziqian’s body, leaving him facing Godfall.

  • The Immortal Domain’s cities and warships coordinated their defenses, while Liao Ziqian realized the ascension had been a trap and attacked Yunxi.
  • Yunxi drew Liao Ziqian into the starry sky and damaged his saber, while Yi Tu and You Jun watched and discussed her nearing ascension tribulation.
  • Yunxi swallowed an Ascension God Pill, removed the talisman suppressing her cultivation, and forced Liao Ziqian into the range of her doubled ascension Thunder Tribulation.
  • The first two waves of lightning struck them, weakening Liao Ziqian while the final layer of the Nine-Layer Seal opened and his aura began to rise.
  • Yunxi explained that the seal and transferred Golden Light of Merit had locked the Evil God’s divine soul inside Liao Ziqian’s body, turning it into a vessel that would seal him completely.

Ch. 1373Battle of Return 3

Yunxi endured the Ascension Thunder Tribulation while forcing the Evil God to remain inside Liao Ziqian’s collapsing body. The Evil God escaped during the eighth wave, but Immortal Emperor Yuling and Ghost Emperor Qian Ji captured Liao Ziqian and the Evil God as Yunxi faced the final bolt.

  • The Evil God failed to escape Liao Ziqian’s body, and the third through fifth waves of Purple Gold Lightning struck him and Yunxi, draining his cultivation.
  • Yunxi attacked Liao Ziqian between lightning waves and used the Seven-Star Deadly Staff, the Nine Nether Underworld Dragon Umbrella, the Nine Nether Sword, and Hammer Bingzhuo to endure the tribulation.
  • The seventh and eighth waves struck Yunxi and Liao Ziqian, reducing Liao Ziqian’s cultivation to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm and leaving his body near collapse.
  • The Evil God Ye Ming used his remaining origin power to escape Liao Ziqian’s body and fled beyond the tribulation’s range.
  • Immortal Emperor Yuling sent Liao Ziqian through the Moon Gate, while Ghost Emperor Qian Ji captured Ye Ming in the Soul-Collecting Mirror, and both returned to the warship Heavenly Palace.
  • The eighth wave struck Yunxi through her formation disks, knocking her into a mountain, and the final bolt silently fell upon her.

Ch. 1374Face-to-Face Confrontation 1

During her Ascension Thunder Tribulation, Yunxi confronted Xihe and rejected the claim that she was Xihe’s reincarnation and must merge with her upon ascending to the God Realm. Yunxi argued that she was an independent person brought into this world to change its fate, and explained how she came to suspect that she had been chosen as an otherworldly soul to alter the previous life’s disastrous outcome.

  • Yunxi saw through Xihe’s disguise in the still lake and greeted her as the High God.
  • Xihe told Yunxi that Xihe Divine Palace would unseal after Yunxi ascended, forcing them to merge into Divine Venerable Xihe.
  • Yunxi insisted that she had become an independent Wei Yunxi with her own life, while Xihe claimed the right to reclaim her as a Clone.
  • Yunxi described how the previous Wei Yunxi died before confronting the Evil God and argued that the God Realm had reversed time to give the world another chance.
  • Yunxi theorized that she had been brought from another world to change the previous ending, and said she had suspected this after binding the Ancient Witch Tribe’s space.
  • Xihe asked when Yunxi had discovered the truth, and Yunxi traced her suspicion to her encounter with the Red Wooden Token Space in Xuantian Square Realm.

Ch. 1375Face-to-Face Confrontation 2

Yunxi rejected Xihe’s expectation that they would merge, and Xihe vanished as her divine palace sealed itself in the God Realm. After surviving her tribulation, Yunxi began ascending and reunited with Liao Ziqian, who had reclaimed his body and immediately faced his own ascension tribulation.

  • Yunxi showed Xihe her memories and insisted that she would become a new God Venerable rather than merge with Xihe, who vanished after accepting her fate.
  • Xihe Divine Palace sealed itself, and several stars fell as the High Gods realized another High God had died; Bai Ze returned to his inner hall and fell asleep.
  • Yunxi awakened in the rain after passing her tribulation, absorbed the Heavenly Dao Blessing, and saw the Heavenly Ladder to the God Realm appear.
  • Yuling destroyed a Giant Black Beetle, and Yunxi collected the Soul-Collecting Mirror before reopening the Moon Gate and releasing Liao Ziqian.
  • Liao Ziqian told Yunxi that he had reclaimed his body and power after one hundred thousand years in the void, then triggered an imposing ascension Thunder Tribulation.
  • Yunxi sent Liao Ziqian to an open area for his tribulation while Shangchuan and the other four watched.
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