Chapter Summaries

Creation Holy Son used You Wujin’s account of Tian Mingzi’s death to accuse Divine Dream of taking the Divine Crystal Magic Cube and proposed that the Saint Race and Divine Domain share their supreme treasures. The chapter ended with Lin Ming revealing that the magic cube was with him and challenging Creation Holy Son to wager the Primordial Spirit Pearl.

• The black-armored Saint Envoy explained that Divine Dream’s seal had overwhelmed him with profound dao trajectories, not True God-level power, and Creation Holy Son used the explanation to calm the Saint Race.
• Creation Holy Son brought in You Wujin, who defended his defection and claimed Tian Mingzi had left him an account tying the magic cube to Mu Shuitian, Lin Ming, and Divine Dream.
• Divine Dream questioned You Wujin’s story, and he admitted that parts of it were his own speculation.
• Creation Holy Son proposed that the Saint Race and Divine Domain share the Primordial Spirit Pearl and Divine Crystal Magic Cube, then accused Divine Dream of refusing to help the other races.
• Lin Ming spoke from outside the hall, said the magic cube was with him, and challenged Creation Holy Son to wager the Primordial Spirit Pearl.

Lin Ming challenged Creation Holy Son to a wager battle, staking the Divine Crystal Magic Cube and declaring he would win at the same realm. Lin Ming’s hidden strength let him fight evenly at first, but Creation Holy Son transformed into a bone-spiked monster and overwhelmed him, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Lin Ming entered the divine hall, rebuked You Wujin, and confirmed that the Divine Crystal Magic Cube was in his hands.
• Lin Ming challenged Creation Holy Son to fight with his cultivation suppressed, wagering the magic cube, and refused Fire God Heavenly Venerate’s advice to postpone the battle.
• Lin Ming and Creation Holy Son moved to the martial arena as Bai Yao worried and Dragon Fang voiced confidence in Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming opened all Eight Inner Gates and exchanged powerful blows with Creation Holy Son, shocking the spectators with his strength.
• Creation Holy Son transformed into a bone-spiked monster, leaving Lin Ming unable to match his power and silencing the crowd.

Lin Ming defeated Creation Holy Son with a soul attack, but the Saint Race accused him of cheating and threatened the human delegation. Shen Ye arrived to claim Lin Ming’s spoils, and the Saint Race’s Half-step True Gods recognized him and reacted with fear.

• Lin Ming used the Divine Eye Secret Technique and the Will Secret Art to knock Creation Holy Son unconscious with a single soul attack.
• The black-armored Saint Race leader accused Lin Ming of using a hidden expert to cheat and refused to hand over the Primordial Spirit Pearl.
• Divine Dream defended Lin Ming as human Heavenly Venerates stepped forward against the Saint Race’s threats.
• Shen Ye arrived and demanded Lin Ming’s spoils of war, and Lin Ming greeted him as his master.
• Saint Race survivors recognized Shen Ye as the Abyssal Great Demon King, causing their four Half-step True Gods to shift from arrogance to deference.

Shen Ye confronted the Saint Envoys over the Primordial Spirit Pearl and revealed that he had repaired the Wall of Sighs, blocking the Creation Saint Emperor’s descent. The Creation Saint Emperor then mistook Shen Ye’s actions for part of a vast scheme and dispersed his will, leaving the Saint Envoys stranded in Divine Luo Heaven.

• Lin Ming admitted he had challenged the Saint Envoys without understanding the Saint Race, and Shen Ye praised his thoughtfulness.
• The black-armored Saint Envoy offered an alliance against the Soul Race and threatened Divine Luo Heaven with the Creation Saint Emperor’s impending descent when Shen Ye demanded the Primordial Spirit Pearl.
• Shen Ye took the Primordial Spirit Pearl and revealed that he had repaired the Wall of Sighs, then challenged the Creation Saint Emperor to descend while injured.
• Shen Ye activated the Creation Saint Emperor’s will in the Primordial Spirit Pearl, and the Saint Envoys explained what had happened.
• The Creation Saint Emperor suspected Shen Ye was plotting to seize Desolation’s body, declared that he would leave the Primordial Spirit Pearl with Shen Ye, and dispersed his will.
• The four Saint Envoys realized the Creation Saint Emperor had abandoned them in Divine Luo Heaven and cried out to him.

After recovering his full strength, Shen Ye defeated the Saint Race forces and warned the Divine Realm that a greater calamity was coming. He then revived Hun Yuan and Xuan Qing, entrusted Lin Ming to Hun Yuan’s guidance, and gave Lin Ming an Emperor Jade tied to a legendary inheritance before leaving to pursue his own breakthrough.

• Shen Ye revealed that he had been recovering his strength while the four Holy Envoys hesitated, then killed all four with a single sword strike.
• Shen Ye killed the fleeing Saint Race Heavenly Venerates and sent the Creation Holy Son out of Divine Luo Heaven, sparing him for a rematch in a hundred years.
• Shen Ye warned the Divine Realm’s experts that a calamity threatening all life in the Thirty-Three Heavens was approaching and that they needed several more True Gods to resist it.
• Shen Ye took Lin Ming to the Eternal Demon Pit on Tianyan Star and used the magic cube to awaken Hun Yuan and Xuan Qing.
• Shen Ye asked Hun Yuan to guide Lin Ming, gave Lin Ming an Emperor Jade connected to a supreme inheritance on the Asura Road, and said he would enter seclusion to break through to True God.

Shen Ye returned to the Heavenly Court as the Three Realms’ war continued, and learned that Ji Ning had killed Boundless Gate Dao Ancestors after Fairy Yu Wei sacrificed herself. Shen Ye demanded the Divine King be handed over within a month, then privately decided to accelerate the universe’s progress.

• Ji Ning fought for the Three Realms, driving Boundless Gate forces from the battlefield while Dao Ancestor Mozhu accused him of slaughtering juniors.
• The Chaos Bell rang, announcing Shen Ye’s return, and Ji Ning flew to the Heavenly Court to meet his master.
• Grand White Star Lord reported the war’s losses and explained that the Divine King had coerced Ji Ning through Fairy Yu Wei, who chose self-destruction, and that Ji Ning had killed two Boundless Gate Dao Ancestors.
• Shen Ye ordered the Boundless Gate to surrender the Divine King within one month, despite Grand White Star Lord’s warning about the danger.
• After the Star Lords left, Shen Ye resolved to add fuel to the conflict because the universe was progressing too slowly.

Ji Ning told Shen Ye that the Boundless Gate Divine King had sought information about him, and Shen Ye reassured Ji Ning that he could protect the Three Realms and help him settle the debt. Shen Ye traced the removal of the Divine King's enslavement to the Three Black Flood Dragon Divine Beasts, who had likely come to the Three Realms because he held the Heavenly Azure Palace Token.

• Ji Ning thanked Shen Ye for standing up for him and explained that the Boundless Gate Divine King had demanded to know Shen Ye's whereabouts.
• Shen Ye admitted he had once enslaved the Black-Robed Divine King, promised to capture him for Ji Ning, and demonstrated power that left Ji Ning unable to move.
• Ji Ning told Shen Ye that his daughter Mingyue had become Patriarch Bodhi's disciple, and Shen Ye offered to pass the Grand Dao Method on to her.
• Shen Ye used Ziwei Dou Shu to connect the changes in the Three Realms to Moonlit Pool and Heavenly Azure Palace.
• Shen Ye concluded that the Three Black Flood Dragon Divine Beasts had likely undone the Divine King's enslavement and were secretly trying to draw him out, then considered using the black sphere to replenish his Primordial Spirit Pearl.

The Divine King persuaded the Boundless Gate’s Dao Ancestors to consider attacking the Celestial Court by revealing that the Heavenly Emperor held the method for First-Grade Golden Cores. Ji Ning visited Patriarch Bodhi to bring Mingyue back to the Celestial Court, where the Heavenly Emperor planned to avenge her and confront the Boundless Gate.

• The Divine King told the Boundless Gate’s Dao Ancestors that the Heavenly Emperor possessed a method for First-Grade Golden Cores, and they agreed to consider attacking the Celestial Court to obtain it.
• Elder Yuan anticipated that Shen Ye might have reached the fifth level of heartforce and hoped to benefit from his disciple’s power.
• Ji Ning visited Patriarch Bodhi to invite him to another Flat Peach Grand Meeting and take Mingyue back to the Celestial Court.
• Mingyue reunited with Ji Ning and learned that the Heavenly Emperor had ordered the Boundless Gate to surrender the Divine King.
• Patriarch Bodhi sent Ji Ning and Mingyue on their way, suggesting that the Heavenly Emperor might avenge Mingyue.

Shen Ye bestowed a Grand Dao Method on Mingyue and used the Heavenly Court’s fortune to help Ji Ning break through to become a Pure Yang True Immortal. As powerful figures gathered at the Heavenly Court, Dao Ancestor Yinglong warned Dao Ancestor Chiming that the Three Realms and the Boundless Gate were maneuvering against Shen Ye.

• Shen Ye gave Mingyue a method leading to a First-Grade Golden Core and advised her to cultivate with patience.
• Shen Ye drew upon the Three Realms’ fortune to help Ji Ning comprehend the Great Dao of the Sword and break through to become a Pure Yang True Immortal.
• Shen Ye told Ji Ning to consolidate his cultivation and promised to create an opportunity for him to face the God King alone.
• Dao Ancestor Yinglong told Dao Ancestor Chiming that rumors of Ji Ning’s First-Grade Golden Core had spread and that the Boundless Gate wanted to kill Shen Ye.
• Dao Ancestor Yinglong warned Chiming not to act at the Heavenly Court gathering, while revealing that someone was also restraining Elder Yuan.

At the Flat Peach Grand Meeting, the Boundless Gate’s Divine King tried to turn the Three Realms’ Great Powers against Shen Ye by demanding Ji Ning’s First-Grade Golden Core method. Shen Ye appeared as the pressure mounted and offered to pass the method on, leaving the gathered Dao Ancestors facing an unexpected choice.

• The Boundless Gate’s experts arrived at the Heavenly Court, and its Divine King provoked the Three Realms faction over their captured junior brother.
• Ji Ning confronted the Divine King, whose taunts revealed that Ji Ning had cultivated a First-Grade Golden Core.
• The Divine King claimed that Dao Ancestor Fuji’s disciples were entitled to the First-Grade Golden Core method, and Thunder God Heavenly Venerate and other Dao Ancestors supported the demand.
• Three Black Flood Dragon Divine Beasts watching through the Divine King’s eyes discussed their suspicion that Old Ghost Beixiu remained alive and had lured them into the universe.
• Shen Ye appeared on the imperial throne, rebuked the demanding Dao Ancestors, and offered to pass the First-Grade Golden Core method to them.

Shen Ye revealed twelve Ancestral Gods under his command and had them kill sixteen Dao Ancestors who challenged him, establishing the Celestial Court as the strongest force. He demanded the Boundless Gate surrender the Divine King, and Ji Ning revealed his new leader-level strength by striking him down.

• Shen Ye mocked the gathered immortals and gods, then ordered his guards to kill the Dao Ancestors who advanced on him.
• The guards revealed themselves as twelve Ancestral Gods and killed sixteen Dao Ancestors, including Thunder God Heavenly Venerate, while their allies held off the Three Pure Daoist, Tathagata Buddha, and the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Shen Ye renewed his demand that the Boundless Gate surrender the Divine King, and the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons told Buxiu to sacrifice himself for the sect.
• Buxiu provoked Ji Ning by claiming he would never avenge his Dao companion, and Ji Ning struck him with a sword, revealing that he had reached leader-level strength as a Pure Yang True Immortal.

Ji Ning killed the God King while Shen Ye established the Eye of Heavenly Punishment to restrict wars and protect mortals. After Ji Ning reported that an unknown force had silenced the God King, Shen Ye appointed him Judicial Heavenly God just as Elder Yuan arrived to see him.

• Ji Ning chased down and killed the God King, while Shen Ye told the gathered immortals and gods that realm wars must take place in the Void and unveiled the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Ji Ning returned with the God King's head, and the gathered powers reluctantly accepted Shen Ye's decree before the Flat Peach Grand Meeting continued.
• At the Chaos Coast, the three divine beasts decided to capture Shen Ye and search his soul, suspecting that Beiming might be tied to Beixiu's contingency.
• Ji Ning told Shen Ye that an oath-like force had destroyed the God King's divine soul before he could speak.
• Mingyue announced that Elder Yuan had come to see Shen Ye, who appointed Ji Ning Judicial Heavenly God and ordered him to learn his duties.

Shen Ye exposed Elder Yuan as Black Lotus Divine Emperor’s Mind General after three World Realm flood dragons attacked and two apparently self-destructed inside the World Prison. He spared Elder Yuan and directed him to unleash the enslaved True God Dao Ancestors, leaving the Three Realms poised for bloodshed.

• Elder Yuan visited Shen Ye, probed him about the World Prison and the twelve Ancestral Gods, then tried to take the prison for himself.
• Three flood dragons froze space-time and attacked; Shen Ye drew them and himself into the World Prison, where two flood dragons’ battle caused devastating energy waves across the Three Realms.
• Elder Yuan tried to disavow Shen Ye, but a glossy black flood dragon drenched him in blood as the other two called out from within the prison before the battle erupted.
• Shen Ye emerged from the damaged World Prison and revealed that Elder Yuan was the Mind General under Black Lotus Divine Emperor; Elder Yuan immediately begged for mercy.
• Shen Ye learned that Elder Yuan had enslaved thirty True God Dao Ancestors and said he wanted to see rivers of blood; Elder Yuan offered to send them into the conflict, and Shen Ye said it had to be Elder Yuan’s own decision.

Black Flood Dragon’s soul escaped into the past and awakened in Ji Ning’s Sea of Consciousness, where he realized the Three Realms’ Origin Will had sent him back for an unknown purpose. As Ji Ning continued hunting villains and Shen Ye sensed the time travel, Black Flood Dragon wondered whether Ji Ning could thwart Shen Ye’s ambitions.

• Black Flood Dragon abandoned his dying body, entered a seven-colored mist in search of a host, and traveled back through time into Ji Ning’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Ji Ning killed Beiming for slaughtering hundreds of millions of mortals to refine a sinful treasure, then learned Black Flood Dragon had awakened within him.
• Black Flood Dragon learned it was the one hundred and thirteenth year of the Heavenly Emperor’s New Calendar and realized he had arrived too late to change events.
• Black Flood Dragon refused Ji Ning’s offer to ask his master to nourish his soul, fearing the powerful Shen Ye would recognize him.
• Black Flood Dragon suspected the Three Realms had formed from an Eternal God Crystal and that the Origin Will had used him as a tool to help Ji Ning oppose Shen Ye.
• Shen Ye sensed the time travel and reflected that the Three Realms’ Origin Will and the Desolate Universe had changed in unexpected ways.

Thirty years after Shen Ye learned that Fuxi had died, the Three Realms prepared for a final battle against the Boundless Gate. The Nüwa faction suspected a hidden mastermind was steering the conflict and asked Ji Ning to preserve his strength as the battle began.

• Shen Ye learned from Elder Yuan that Fuxi had died, though Elder Yuan did not know how.
• Thirty years later, Ji Ning joined the Nüwa faction as the war escalated and True God Dao Ancestors died in growing numbers.
• The Three Pure Daoist announced that the final battle against the Boundless Gate had arrived, and the assembled powers prepared to return to their forces.
• Bodhi brought Ji Ning to the Nüwa Immortal Realm, where the leaders revealed their suspicion that a hidden force was manipulating the conflict and that Fuxi may have been killed for discovering its identity.
• Tathagata explained that the Nüwa faction and the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons planned to use the battle to draw out the mastermind, and Bodhi urged Ji Ning not to fight too ruthlessly.

Ji Ning spent nearly eight hundred years in the Origin Holy Ground and mastered three ultimate supreme techniques. After learning that he had exhausted its available insights, he decided to leave with Azure Spirit.

• Ji Ning reflected on the 794 years he had spent cultivating in the Origin Holy Ground while his avatar studied the Omega Sword Dao.
• Ji Ning summoned Azure Spirit and asked how much time remained before the Origin Holy Ground closed.
• Azure Spirit told Ji Ning that 205 years and nine months remained in his allotted time.
• Ji Ning reviewed his mastery of the Heartsword Art, the Nine Horned Dragon Seal, and the Illusory Chaos World.
• Azure Spirit explained that all the Origin Holy Ground's Dao insights had been revealed, so Ji Ning chose to leave.

Ji Ning resisted the Heavenly Dao Will while the Lord of Inner Demons rampaged with the Chaos World’s power, and the two camps joined forces to stop him. Shen Ye fought the Heavenly Dao Will’s incarnation and uncovered a clue that made him resolve to break through after returning.

• The Heavenly Dao Will took control of the Lord of Inner Demons and used his soul to reach Ji Ning’s Sea of Consciousness.
• The Lord of Inner Demons killed a Boundless Gate great power, and the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons realized the Heavenly Dao was controlling him.
• Both camps joined forces and formed their arrays, but the Lord of Inner Demons overwhelmed their attacks with the Chaos World’s power.
• Ji Ning resisted the Heavenly Dao Will, read its memories, and revealed that the Heavenly Emperor was fighting it.
• Shen Ye battled the Heavenly Dao Will’s incarnation, struck it with Purple Star Descent, and noticed a trace within its light that prompted him to plan a breakthrough.

The Dao Ancestors killed the Lord of Inner Demons, but Shen Ye revealed that the Heavenly Dao Will was already destroyed and declared himself the next great tribulation. Elder Yuan exposed the secret of the Supreme God Crystals and offered to help Shen Ye destroy the gods and immortals, while the author’s note said Shen Ye would not truly destroy the world.

• Hou Yi charged his Godslayer Arrow while Ji Ning stopped the Lord of Inner Demons long enough for him to fire it and annihilate the Lord's soul.
• The Heavenly Dao Will's avatar withdrew from the Lord of Inner Demons' body, and the survivors celebrated until Three Pure Daoist warned that the tribulation was not over.
• Shen Ye appeared, said the Heavenly Dao Will had been destroyed, and identified himself as the next threat to the gathered Dao Ancestors.
• Shen Ye explained the realms above World Realm and revealed that the Pangu Chaos World and the Boundless Chaos World came from crystals left behind by a Supreme.
• Elder Yuan revealed that he had possessed his true body and enslaved thirty True God Dao Ancestors, then proposed that Shen Ye let him exterminate the gods and immortals.

Shen Ye revealed why he planned to destroy the Three Realms and challenged its True God Dao Ancestors to prove themselves against Elder Yuan. Elder Yuan ordered his enslaved fighters to self-destruct, threatening to nearly destroy the Three Realms.

• Elder Yuan revealed that he and the thirty powerful figures with him were Chaos Alien Races, and they attacked the exhausted experts of the Three Realms.
• Shen Ye explained to Ji Ning that the Supreme One had died attempting to control the Universe Source, hoping the God Crystals he left behind would nurture someone capable of surpassing the Supremes.
• Shen Ye said he intended to reclaim the Supreme God Crystal's essence from the Three Realms and carry the Supreme One's purpose forward, but offered the people a chance to survive by defeating Elder Yuan.
• The True God Dao Ancestors formed battle formations and attacked Elder Yuan, forcing him to recognize that the battle was turning against him.
• Elder Yuan ordered Gonggong and the other enslaved fighters to self-destruct, unleashing a force that could nearly destroy the Three Realms.

After Elder Yuan devastated the Three Realms, Ji Ning broke through and fought him, but Hou Yi’s sacrificial arrow was thwarted when Demon Hand Dao Ancestor was controlled. The Black Wyrm taught Ji Ning a technique that let him kill Elder Yuan, after which Shen Ye erased Elder Yuan with a glance, leaving the survivors awed and afraid of the Heavenly Emperor.

• Bodhi Dao Ancestor returned with the few Immortals and Fiendgods he had saved, and Elder Yuan attacked them with black lotuses empowered by fifth-level heartforce.
• Ji Ning broke through his Godfiend Body Refinement to the True God level and joined the Three Realms’ forces in battle, but Elder Yuan’s Black Lotus Secret Art and powerful divine body overwhelmed their attacks.
• Hou Yi transformed into a heartforce arrow and urged Ji Ning to fire it, but Demon Hand Dao Ancestor was controlled and deflected the shot away from Elder Yuan.
• The Black Wyrm passed Ji Ning a technique, and Ji Ning formed a new heartforce arrow that pierced Elder Yuan and sent him to Shen Ye.
• Shen Ye called Elder Yuan trash and erased him with a glance, leaving the Three Realms’ survivors stunned by the Heavenly Emperor’s power.