Chapter Summaries

Shen Ye's Great Saint followers confronted Kunzhou and Qianlun, revealing that several ancient-era powerhouses had joined him and urging the Primordial Myriad Races to follow. The chapter ended with Qianlun breaking free from Thousand-armed Great Saint's desolate universe and demanding that Tianxie appear.

• Kunzhou discovered that the black-robed man who had fought him was Qianming, who urged Kunzhou and Qianlun to serve Shen Ye.
• Qianlun rejected Qianming's appeal and joined Kunzhou in trying to kill Shen Ye, but Thousand-armed Great Saint blocked him.
• Thousand-armed Great Saint revealed his identity as Miejin and persuaded the Huntian Clan's ancestor kings to migrate to Purple Star and serve Shen Ye.
• Eight black-robed figures revealed themselves as ancient-era powerhouses, including the Bull Demon King and Heavenly King Panshi.
• Qianlun broke free from Thousand-armed Great Saint's desolate universe with the Purple Gold Myriad Dragon Bell and demanded that Tianxie come out.

Shen Ye’s allies confronted Kun Zhou and the other Great Saints, and a Quasi-Emperor from the Northern Plains defeated Kun Zhou. After Shen Ye promised to spare him if he survived one strike, Shen Ye killed Kun Zhou with the Heavenly Essence Strike.

• Qianlun learned from Miejin and Qianming that Tian Xie was dead, and Shen Ye revealed that he had killed him.
• Kun Zhou summoned Huntuo and the Golden King, then urged them to join his campaign against humanity.
• Shen Ye handed the Emperor Pagoda to the Northern Plains Great Saint, who revealed herself as a Quasi-Emperor and pursued Kun Zhou beyond the domain.
• The Quasi-Emperor grievously wounded Kun Zhou and captured him, then brought him back to Yaochi Sacred Land for Shen Ye to judge.
• Shen Ye offered to spare Kun Zhou if he survived one strike, but his Heavenly Essence Strike blasted Kun Zhou to pieces.

Shen Ye forced the Primordial Myriad Races to accept peaceful coexistence with the human race after killing Great Saint Kunzhou, then returned to the Purple Star Domain. He entered the Desolate Era World, assessed its cultivation system, and set goals for his new journey.

• Shen Ye had Miejin kill Silver Moon Heaven King after he mourned Kunzhou, then demanded that the races coexist peacefully with the human race.
• The Ancestral Kings agreed, while Fire Qilin Son vowed not to lose heart and Heavenly Sovereign Son secretly resolved to kill Shen Ye after attaining the Dao.
• Ye Fan and Ji Haoyue discussed Shen Ye's power, and Shen Ye returned to the Purple Star Domain to settle the races he had brought back.
• Shen Ye learned that Jing Tian's group remained in the Divine Realm, then traveled to a new world and secretly obtained information from two faction leaders.
• Shen Ye identified the world as the Desolate Era World, assessed his strength, and planned to master heartforce, unify the Three Realms, and obtain the Supreme God Crystal.

Shen Ye decided to cultivate heartforce and drew attention to himself by posing as a secluded expert, hoping to attract the Three Realms’ major powers. Two years later, the Six Paths of Reincarnation collapsed, and Shen Ye killed True Immortal Baihua with an arrow when the upheaval disturbed his cultivation.

• Shen Ye resolved to seek a heartforce cultivation method and planned to reveal only enough strength to attract the Boundless Gate or the Three Realms.
• Shen Ye appeared before two Zifu cultivators, ended their armies’ fighting, and imposed peace within a hundred thousand kilometers.
• After two years of seclusion, the Great Xia World’s space-time trembled as the Six Paths of Reincarnation began to collapse.
• Heavenly Immortal Tuoshan received Heavenly Immortal Tonghe’s warning not to investigate the crisis, which Tonghe called the approaching great calamity.
• When the upheaval disturbed his cultivation, Shen Ye shot an arrow that killed True Immortal Baihua, and Tuoshan learned that the mysterious expert near Three Beast Mountain was likely responsible.

Shen Ye entered the underworld and devastated the Boundless Gate forces attacking the Six Paths of Reincarnation, forcing the survivors to flee. Dao Ancestor Chiming learned the attackers had been routed and turned to confront the black-robed Dao Ancestor who had been delaying him.

• Shen Ye ignored the Ten Kings of Hell’s call to join their formation and killed four True Immortals with a single attack.
• Shen Ye killed two more Celestial Gods, then used his speed and archery to hunt down the Boundless Gate forces until nearly thirty Celestial Gods and True Immortals had fallen.
• Ji Ning fled into a reincarnation passage as the battle’s aftershocks destroyed the Bridge of Helplessness and shook the River of Oblivion.
• Emperor Xia told Dao Ancestor Chiming that the attackers had been routed, and Chiming saw Shen Ye pursuing more than two hundred Celestial Gods and True Immortals.
• Dao Ancestor Chiming asked the black-robed Dao Ancestor whether he still intended to stop him, and the black-robed figure conceded that they could not resist fate.

Shen Ye received immense merit after saving the Six Paths of Reincarnation, while the Boundless Gate’s God King decided to recruit him rather than avenge its fallen forces. Back in the valley, Shen Ye met Elder Yuan, who offered to take him as a disciple, and Shen Ye welcomed the chance to learn his superior mind power methods despite suspecting his intentions.

• Shen Ye absorbed the Heavenly Dao’s merit, gaining faint Seven-Colored Auspicious Light, then refused the Ten Yama Kings’ invitation and returned to Space-Time Rift Valley.
• Qing Hu reported Shen Ye’s defeat of the Boundless Gate forces to the God King, who decided to recruit him because of his power and potential.
• Elder Yuan found Shen Ye in the mountain valley, warned him of retaliation, and offered to become his master.
• Shen Ye recognized Elder Yuan as a major mastermind and secretly welcomed the chance to obtain his orthodox Chaos Universe mind power methods.
• Shen Ye suspected Elder Yuan planned to enslave him eventually, but trusted the protections on his soul and considered preparing to turn against him.

Shen Ye became Elder Yuan’s disciple and received the Heart Scripture, while Elder Yuan shielded him from Emperor Xia’s attempt to recruit him. Elder Yuan took Shen Ye to Yuanhe Great World to meet his fellow disciples and keep him safe from retaliation.

• Elder Yuan offered to teach Shen Ye heartforce, and Shen Ye accepted him as Master.
• Elder Yuan passed Shen Ye the Heart Scripture, a broad collection of heartforce techniques.
• Elder Yuan intercepted Emperor Xia and warned him not to recruit Shen Ye for Chiming.
• Elder Yuan took Shen Ye to Yuanhe Great World to protect him from the force attacking the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The author explained that revisions to the outline had disrupted the Desolate Era arc and said updates might come slightly later.

Elder Yuan introduced Shen Ye as his third personal disciple to the Celestial Gods and True Immortals of the Grand Dao Palace, who recognized him as the powerful figure from the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Shen Ye settled into the Yuanhe Great World and used dreams to roam the Three Thousand Great Worlds, where he gave a struggling youth a chance to relive his life.

• Elder Yuan announced Shen Ye as his third personal disciple, and the gathered immortals and gods realized he was the expert who had slain dozens of them in the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Elder Yuan told Tianchen to show Shen Ye around the sect, and Tianchen explained that the disciples could freely study most of the methods and secret arts in Tongtian Pavilion.
• Shen Ye settled in the Yuanhe Great World, studying Tongtian Pavilion's collection and using Dreaming into Heavenly Secrets to experience and influence lives across the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• In Tianshui Great World, Shen Ye reached a youth who could not cultivate true essence and offered him the chance to truly live.
• The youth fell asleep and awoke in the past, delighted to have returned to the moment he first obtained his opportunity and vowing to kill gods and Buddhas who stood in his way.
• After the youth left, a voice from the heavens remarked on the refined interests of the Heavenly Nether Demonic God.

Shen Ye negotiated with the Boundless Gate Divine King, demanding a secret manual and resources in exchange for considering the faction’s recruitment and persuading his master, Elder Yuan. The Divine King left to discuss Shen Ye’s terms, while Shen Ye remained uncommitted.

• The Boundless Gate Divine King found Shen Ye and invited him to join the Boundless Gate, but Shen Ye immediately asked what benefits he would receive.
• Shen Ye demanded all three of the Boundless Gate’s secret manuals, then agreed to accept one after the Divine King refused.
• The Divine King asked how Shen Ye would prove he would not join Nuwa’s camp, and Shen Ye told him to figure out the conditions himself.
• The Divine King asked Shen Ye to persuade Elder Yuan to join the Boundless Gate, and Shen Ye offered to do so if they helped him become a True God first.
• The Divine King left to discuss Shen Ye’s demands, and Shen Ye said he had not joined the Boundless Gate because it had given him nothing yet.

As the Ji Clan faced destruction at Ox Horn Mountain, Shen Ye’s heartforce awakened Ji Ning’s latent power and let him defeat the Snow Dragon Mountain attackers. Ji Ning’s father asked the mysterious senior to accept him as a disciple, leaving the clan awaiting the senior’s answer.

• Ji Ning prepared to flee while the Ji Clan elders stayed behind to face the Wanxiang Adept, but a voice asked whether he desired power.
• Ji Ning accepted the offer and gained a surge of heartforce, then rushed back to confront the enemy.
• Xu Li trapped Ji Ning with his flying swords, but Ji Ning killed him and wiped out the Snow Dragon Mountain disciples.
• The senior explained that he had awakened Ji Ning’s own latent heartforce, and Ji Yichuan asked the senior to take Ji Ning as his disciple.

Ji Ning learned that the mysterious expert who awakened his heartforce might accept him as a disciple if he mastered the power, while Shen Ye continued his plans to steal Bodhi’s fortune and pursued Shaoyan Chou’s avatars. The chapter left Shen Ye arriving in the Dongxuan Great World to seek powerful captives.

• The mysterious voice judged Ji Ning barely qualified by the standards of the Three Realms, explained that a strong Dao-heart mattered more than talent, and told him to return once he could wield heartforce.
• Ji Ning returned to the Water Mansion, where Big Yellow Bear explained that heartforce was a rare and difficult path and that the expert who awakened it was likely a Great Divine Ability Practitioner.
• Shen Ye withdrew his attention from the Great Xia World and left the Yuanhe Great World after informing Elder Yuan.
• The Black Mist Godking confronted Elder Yuan about Shen Ye, but Elder Yuan rejected the Boundless Gate’s threat and dismissed him.
• Shen Ye arrived in the Dongxuan Great World, intending to find Shaoyan Chou and enslave the powerful immortals held in his World Prison.

Shen Ye discovered a World Prison within the Black Stone Tablet and learned that a divine weapon could free its powerful prisoners. He planned to reforge two broken divine swords, while the Shaoyan Clan struggled to hide the death of its founding ancestor.

• Two Celestial Immortals found the Shaoyan Clan ancestor’s shattered life tablet and decided to conceal his death while preparing for a possible enemy.
• Shen Ye found Shaoyan Chou’s Black Stone Tablet and examined its seven World Realm arts, focusing on the Eighteen Godfiends of Taowu and the Ghost God Scroll.
• The tablet’s power drew Shen Ye into a vast World Prison, where two attendants greeted him as Warden.
• Shen Ye met the imprisoned Wild Dog Ancestor God, who explained that a weapon used by an Eternal Emperor could sever his chains.
• Shen Ye decided to gather the broken divine swords of Heavenly Emperor Fuxi and Divine Sword Purple Light Jade and have the Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation reforge them.

Shen Ye sought the submission of Wild Dog Ancestor God and assessed Prison Release True God before turning to master the Five Treasures Sword Art and obtain World God Beixiu’s legacy. After fifteen years of cultivation, he killed Peerless Sword Heavenly God for threatening the Sword Immortal Realm.

• Shen Ye offered to free Wild Dog Ancestor God with an Eternal Divine Weapon in exchange for its submission, but the Ancestor God agreed only if he could truly obtain one.
• Shen Ye judged Prison Release True God too powerful to challenge for now and decided to return after acquiring the Sole True Form and strengthening himself.
• Shen Ye studied the Five Treasures Sword Art in the Sword Immortal Realm and used the Destiny Orb to burn his fortune as his Dao comprehension faded.
• After fifteen years, Peerless Sword Heavenly God challenged Lu Dongbin and refused to heed his warning not to damage the realm.
• Shen Ye warned Peerless Sword Heavenly God and killed him with a sword strike before he could finish speaking.

The author struggled to write the Desolate Era storyline and decided to take two days off to reorganize the outline. After traveling home, the author complained about a noisy child on the train and being expected to pay New Year's respects to a superior.

• The author said the protagonist's involvement made it difficult to write canon plotlines, especially in Desolate Era, and decided to readjust the story.
• The author asked readers not to follow updates too closely while the outline was being reorganized.
• The author traveled home by car, bus, and high-speed rail.
• A woman on the train ignored her noisy child despite repeated requests from the conductor.
• After arriving home, the author learned their parents expected them to pay New Year's respects to a superior the next day.

Shen Ye revealed his original sword art, Purple Star Descent, and killed Peerless Sword Heavenly God, earning the respect of the gathered Heavenly Gods and True Immortals. After Lu Dongbin warned him that Asura True God might retaliate, Shen Ye prepared to enter the fifth mountain and seek Dao Ancestor Fuji’s inheritance.

• Shen Ye’s Purple Star Descent instantly killed Peerless Sword Heavenly God, shocking the Heavenly Gods and True Immortals.
• Lu Dongbin recognized Shen Ye as the archer who had killed dozens of Heavenly Gods and True Immortals, and Shen Ye confirmed his identity.
• Lu Dongbin realized Shen Ye had forged a sword path from the Five Treasures Sword Art, which Shen Ye had mastered during his fifteen years in this world.
• Shen Ye explained that cultivators should conquer the Five Treasures Sword Art rather than let it control them.
• Lu Dongbin warned Shen Ye that Asura True God might retaliate for Peerless Sword Heavenly God’s death, but Shen Ye remained untroubled.
• Shen Ye announced that he would enter the fifth mountain to seek Dao Ancestor Fuji’s true inheritance.

Shen Ye entered Dao Ancestor Fuji’s Void palace and received World God Beixiu’s legacy, while news of his achievement spread across the Three Realms. After taking the legacy’s treasures, Shen Ye asked the Sword Spirit to send him back to Moonlit Pool.

• Shen Ye crossed the sealed space-time passage and climbed past ninety-eight steles recording the Nameless Sword Art.
• Shen Ye met Purple Light Qiong, the Sword Spirit of World God Beixiu’s divine sword, inside the palace.
• Master Huanmu ordered the Black-Robed Divine King to provide Shen Ye with a secret manual and help him become a True God.
• Patriarch Bodhi warned Elder Yuan that the Boundless Gate might target Shen Ye, while Elder Yuan concealed that Shen Ye had already pledged allegiance to that camp.
• Shen Ye received the Nameless Sword Art, an invitation token from Heavenly Azure Palace, and the secret art Sole True Form, then asked Purple Light Qiong to return him to Moonlit Pool.

Shen Ye proved to Zhuiyue that he was World God Beixiu’s inheritor and easily passed Moonlit Pool’s final trial. He gathered the trapped Heavenly Gods on Falling Moon Island and told them he intended to make them submit to him.

• Shen Ye showed Zhuiyue the Heavenly Azure Palace Token and divine sword, then accepted the final trial under Moonlit Pool’s rules.
• Shen Ye defeated Zhuiyue’s incarnation with the Five Treasures Sword Art, and Zhuiyue acknowledged him as his master.
• Shen Ye ordered Zhuiyue to bring every Heavenly God in Moonlit Pool to Falling Moon Island, and Zhuiyue transported them from the first four islands.
• The Heavenly Gods thanked Shen Ye for bringing them out of Moonlit Pool, but Shen Ye explained that he wanted them to submit to him.

Shen Ye offered the Moonlit Pool Celestial Gods freedom if their united force could withstand ten of his moves, and they formed an array to challenge him. His first sword strike shattered the array, leaving the Celestial Gods convinced he stood at Hou Yi’s level.

• Shen Ye demanded that the Celestial Gods submit or face enslavement, then offered to release them if they endured ten of his moves together.
• Great Dream Heavenly God persuaded Throat-sealing Heavenly God and Sinful Heavenly God to make him the core of their array, hoping to exploit the chance to kill Shen Ye.
• More than two hundred Celestial Gods formed the Boundless Godfiend Array, and its Red-haired White-eyed Demon God attacked Shen Ye.
• Shen Ye’s sword strike overwhelmed the array with its kingly intent and shattered it, injuring and scattering the Celestial Gods.
• The Celestial Gods declared that Shen Ye was at Hou Yi’s level after realizing they had failed to withstand even one move.

Shen Ye returned from Moonlit Pool with more than two hundred enslaved Celestial Gods, who publicly thanked him and some of whom agreed to join his force. Xiuke reunited with Carefree Heavenly Venerate and revealed that Shen Ye had rescued 273 Celestial Gods, prompting the Heavenly Venerate to consider contacting him.

• Shen Ye made the Celestial Gods submit to him, while some secretly planned to seek help after returning to the Three Realms.
• A year later, Shen Ye and more than two hundred Celestial Gods emerged from Moonlit Pool, and the Celestial Gods publicly thanked him as instructed.
• More than twenty solitary Celestial Gods remained and offered to gather beneath Shen Ye; he accepted their proposal.
• Xiuke landed before Carefree Heavenly Venerate’s palace and reunited with his master, who asked how he had escaped Moonlit Pool.
• Xiuke said Shen Ye had rescued 273 Celestial Gods, including 127 from the Boundless Gate, and reported that more than twenty intended to join Shen Ye.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate considered sending someone to contact Shen Ye.

Great Dream Heavenly God returned from Moonlit Pool and told the Black-Robed Divine King that Shen Ye had rescued him, prompting his master to order him to befriend Shen Ye and investigate his inheritance. At the Great Xia Immortal Fate Convention, Shen Ye arrived with twenty-four rescued Heavenly Gods, and Ji Ning recognized him as the powerful figure who had once aided him.

• Great Dream Heavenly God told the Black-Robed Divine King that Shen Ye had rescued him and suggested Dao Ancestor Fuji might have created Moonlit Pool.
• The Black-Robed Divine King decided that Great Dream should befriend Shen Ye and find out whether Shen Ye's inheritance came from Moonlit Pool.
• Ji Ning impressed the spectators at the Immortal Fate Convention, while the True Immortals took greater interest in the Sloppy Daoist's Xuanwu Great Divine Ability.
• Shen Ye arrived at the convention with twenty-four Heavenly Gods, startling Emperor Xia, Lu Dongbin, and the other powerful observers.
• Ji Ning recognized Shen Ye as the expert he had seen before reincarnation and the senior who had given him power at Ox Horn Mountain.