Chapter Summaries

Lin Langtian used the Darkness Demon Talisman to subdue the Dark Source Pearl after powerful experts failed, revealing that its test depended on pure darkness and compatibility rather than strength. As he claimed the treasure, the other factions turned greedy, and An Cang demanded that Lin Langtian hand it over.

• Black Heaven Jue, Jiao Tu, and An Cang each tried and failed to subdue the Dark Source Pearl, suffering its retaliatory darkness energy.
• Hei Yuan, Ying Mei, and dozens of other experts also failed, while Lin Langtian realized their powers were too impure to resonate with the pearl.
• Lin Langtian approached the pearl, and Yin Ruoshui tried to stop him before Helian Tieshan let him proceed, believing his darkness power shared the Black Emperor's origin.
• Lin Langtian used the Darkness Demon Talisman to resonate with the Dark Source Pearl and draw its darkness energy into himself.
• The Dark Source Pearl settled into Lin Langtian's palm, and the gathered experts reacted with shock and envy as Helian Tieshan and Yin Ruoshui moved to protect him.
• An Cang demanded that Lin Langtian hand over the Dark Source Pearl, claiming it as the Dark Spirit Clan's target.

Lin Langtian used the newly subdued Dark Source Pearl to defeat An Cang, a Great Perfection Earthly Supreme, in front of the assembled factions. An Cang was left injured and unable to seize the pearl, while the gathered experts reconsidered challenging Lin Langtian.

• An Cang demanded that Lin Langtian hand over the Dark Source Pearl and threatened him with the Dark Spirit Clan’s power.
• Helian Tieshan intimidated the Dark Spirit Clan’s experts, but Lin Langtian asked him to step aside so he could test the pearl himself.
• An Cang attacked Lin Langtian with the Dark Spirit Dragon-Capturing Hand, and Lin Langtian’s Dark Source Pearl dissolved the attack.
• Lin Langtian struck again with the pearl, shattered An Cang’s Dark Spirit Demon Armor, and sent him crashing into a stone pillar.
• Black Heaven Jue realized that the Dark Source Pearl had acknowledged Lin Langtian, while the other factions grew wary of challenging him.
• Lin Langtian asked the injured An Cang if he still intended to seize the pearl, and An Cang could only stare at him in shock.

After Lin Langtian secured the Dark Source Pearl, Black Heaven Jue revealed that eight Black Heaven Beads were needed to open the Black Emperor Secret Realm. The beads were gathered and the secret realm opened, leaving Lin Langtian and the other factions preparing to enter as a fierce struggle loomed.

• Black Heaven Jue announced that eight Black Heaven Beads were needed to open the secret realm, and he revealed that the Black Heaven Ancient Clan held two.
• Yin Ruoshui, Hei Yuan, Ying Mei, Jiao Tu, and Old Turtle each produced a bead, bringing the number to six.
• The Black-Robed Man revealed a seventh bead, then identified An Cang as holding the eighth and stood beside him.
• Black Heaven Jue and the bead holders joined their Spiritual Power, combining the beads and opening a Black Vortex into the Black Emperor Secret Realm.
• Dozens of experts rushed into the vortex, followed by An Cang and the Black-Robed Man; Lin Langtian entered with Yin Ruoshui and Helian Tieshan, and Black Heaven Jue followed.

Lin Langtian, Yin Ruoshui, and Helian Tieshan entered the Black Emperor Secret Realm and discovered that its Styx River had changed. At the Black Emperor Palace, the Black-Robed Man attacked the gathered experts and fed their blood and flesh to a strange black egg, which began to crack open.

• Lin Langtian, Yin Ruoshui, and Helian Tieshan entered the secret realm and saw the Black Emperor Palace across a plain and the Styx River.
• Unaffiliated experts rushed toward the mountain, but black tentacles dragged several of them into the river.
• The Black-Robed Man opened a passage across the Styx River, and the experts crossed while Lin Langtian grew wary of him.
• At the palace platform, the gathered experts saw a powerful black egg and rushed toward it.
• The Black-Robed Man killed several experts and drew their blood and flesh toward the egg, which cracked open and swallowed them.

Qiong Luo revealed himself as an Outer Realm Evil Race Dark Demon General and explained that An Cang had helped him revive the sealed Demon Emperor. After Qiong Luo and An Cang slaughtered Dark Spirit Clan members to feed the demonic egg, the Demon Emperor began to awaken, leaving the gathered experts facing a growing Heavenly Sovereign aura.

• Qiong Luo revealed his identity and said he had infiltrated the Great Thousand World to rescue the Demon Emperor, while An Cang admitted he had made a deal with him for the Ancient Black Emperor's inheritance.
• Black Heaven Jue condemned An Cang, and Lin Langtian, Helian Tieshan, Yin Ruoshui, and the other experts united against Qiong Luo and An Cang.
• Qiong Luo attacked the Dark Spirit Clan members, then persuaded An Cang that they could not be trusted to keep his collusion secret.
• An Cang killed one of his own clansmen and joined Qiong Luo in slaughtering the fleeing Dark Spirit Clan experts, sending their blood toward the demonic egg.
• The egg absorbed the blood, shook with the Demon Emperor's heartbeat, and cracked open as a scaled black hand reached through.