Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan sacrificed the Saint Devil Continent, its hundreds of millions of inhabitants, and the corpses of many Devil Emperors to awaken the Great Thousand World’s will and destroy the Heavenly Evil God. The Firmament Ranking appeared only as a hazy, incomplete curtain, but its power fused the sacrifice into a mass of light that even Yan Qingshan found oppressive.

• Yan Qingshan showed the Heavenly Evil God the corpses of the Saint Heavenly Devil Emperor and the Sky-Slaying Devil Emperor, then declared he would destroy him before he escaped.
• Yan Qingshan explained to the Lord of Immortality that sensing the World Will and inscribing one’s name on the Firmament Ranking could allow a breakthrough beyond the Saint Grade.
• Yan Qingshan revealed that he had captured the Saint Devil Continent and hundreds of Devil Emperor corpses, and announced that he would sacrifice them to draw the World Will’s attention.
• The Heavenly Evil God attacked the sealing formation as Yan Qingshan began the sacrifice, but the formation suppressed his power.
• The World Will stirred, and power from the Firmament Ranking descended, tearing apart the Heavenly Evil God’s devilish aura and injuring him.
• A hazy, incomplete Firmament Ranking appeared, and a stream of its light fused the Saint Devil Continent, its inhabitants, and the Devil Emperor remains into the sacrifice.

Yan Qingshan learned that the World Will had given him a divine weapon forged from his sacrifices and a way to break through: defeat the Heavenly Evil God and sacrifice him. He descended into the demon abyss and began fighting the Heavenly Evil God, whose attacks the weapon could suppress, but the battle remained unresolved.

• The Heavenly Evil God mocked Yan Qingshan, claiming the World Will had refused to grant him authority, but Yan Qingshan learned that killing and sacrificing the Heavenly Evil God could complete his breakthrough.
• Yan Qingshan formed the heaven-bestowed power into a divine weapon and plunged into the demon abyss to confront the Heavenly Evil God.
• The Heavenly Evil God attacked Yan Qingshan, but Yan Qingshan used the weapon’s power to scatter demonic qi and strike back with the Great River Sword Intent.
• The Heavenly Evil God unleashed World Annihilation Profound Demonic Light, and Yan Qingshan transformed his sword into a whip to shatter the attack and wound him.
• The Heavenly Evil God realized Yan Qingshan could control the beyond-Saint-grade power with unexpected skill and stared at him in disbelief.

Yan Qingshan lured the Heavenly Evil God into the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array, restored his divine weapon, and forced the enemy to reveal his two-eyed form. As they fought, Yan Qingshan used the Heavenly Evil God to provoke the Great Thousand World’s Will, and the Firmament Ranking began to manifest.

• The Heavenly Evil God used a Demonic Source Crystal to suppress Yan Qingshan’s divine weapon, but Yan Qingshan drew him into the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array and weakened him.
• Yan Qingshan used the array to dissolve the Demonic Source Power and restore his weapon, while the Heavenly Evil God compressed his demonic phantom into a five-eyed form with only two eyes open.
• The Heavenly Evil God formed a Demonic Spear and attacked Yan Qingshan, who gradually adapted and began to match and surpass his strength.
• The Heavenly Evil God realized Yan Qingshan was using their battle to trigger the Firmament Ranking, as spiritual light gathered overhead and began forming the character “Ye.”

Yan Qingshan overpowered Heavenly Evil God, pierced his chest, and began extracting his Divine Golden Bone before Heavenly Evil God countered. Yan Qingshan launched Demon Slayer, but Heavenly Evil God summoned a demonic diagram and prepared to answer with Boundary Demonic Light.

• Yan Qingshan defeated Heavenly Evil God's Death Annihilation Eye and pierced his chest with his divine weapon.
• Yan Qingshan tried to pull the Divine Golden Bone from Heavenly Evil God's body, but a golden ray forced him to retreat.
• Yan Qingshan attacked Heavenly Evil God with Demon Slayer, dispersing his Evil Waterfall defense.
• Heavenly Evil God unfolded a demonic diagram with five enormous evil eyes and invoked Boundary Demonic Light.

Yan Qingshan broke the Heavenly Evil God's God-Slaying Demonic Scroll with his reforged divine weapon, but the Boundary Demonic Light forced him to choose between sacrificing himself and letting the Heavenly Evil God retreat. He returned to Blackstone Square with the newly forged Heavenly Blood Spear and told the Tomb Guardians that the enemy would be unable to cause trouble for at least ten years.

• Yan Qingshan reforged his divine weapon into a blood spear and shattered the Heavenly Evil God's three-eyed God-Slaying Demonic Scroll.
• The Heavenly Evil God unleashed Boundary Demonic Light, which Yan Qingshan could break only by burning his spiritual energy and risking mutual destruction.
• Yan Qingshan refused to sacrifice himself, and the weakened Heavenly Evil God sank into the Demon Abyss to recover for the calamity a hundred years later.
• Yan Qingshan inspected the completed Heavenly Blood Spear, a Dominator-level weapon forged from demonic materials and the Heavenly Evil God's blood.
• Yan Qingshan returned to Blackstone Square and told the Lord of Immortality and the Tomb Guardians that the Heavenly Evil God had been gravely injured and would pose no threat for at least ten years.

Yan Qingshan learned that the Outer Realm Evil Race was attacking the Life Domain to force him into battle while he was recovering, and he decided to head north and confront them. As the Devil Emperors discussed breaking his barrier, a thunderous crash interrupted their meeting.

• The Lord of Immortality told Yan Qingshan that Heavenly Evil God had been severely weakened and that the Northern Region was under heavy attack.
• Yan Qingshan understood that the Outer Realm Evil Race wanted to draw him out before he recovered, but he set off for the Northern Region anyway.
• The Lord of Immortality followed Yan Qingshan north.
• The Devil Emperors gathered in the Hall of Ten Thousand Devils and discussed destroying the Life Domain’s barrier and preparing for Yan Qingshan’s return.
• A thunderous crash outside the Hall of Ten Thousand Devils interrupted the Devil Emperors’ meeting.

Yan Qingshan attacked the Outer Realm Evil Race’s forces with the Blood Spear after watching them sacrifice their armies to wear down the Azure Light Formation. He revealed himself to the Demon Emperors and began striking them down, while the Heavenly Devil Emperors rushed to the battlefield too late to stop his attack.

• The Corroding Demon Race repeatedly self-destructed, raining corrosive liquid onto the Azure Light Formation as the Great Thousand World’s forces tried to intercept it.
• Yan Qingshan hurled the Blood Spear into the battlefield, wiping out countless evil race members and drawing the attention of nearby Demon Emperors.
• Yan Qingshan reclaimed the Blood Spear and unleashed lightning that killed many Demon Emperors gathered around him.
• The Demon Emperors recognized Yan Qingshan as the enemy they had sought and sent word to the Hall of Ten Thousand Devils.
• Yan Qingshan attacked the approaching Heavenly Devil Emperors with the Blood Spear, engulfing the battlefield in flames.

Yan Qingshan returned to the Heavenly Demon Realm and unleashed a devastating attack on the gathered Outer Realm Evil Race forces. The Thirty-Three Heavenly Demonic God Array checked his power, and he remained locked in combat with the Heavenly Devil Emperors.

• Nearly forty Heavenly Devil Emperors confronted Yan Qingshan as the Great Thousand World’s forces arrived, and the Dark Heavenly Devil Emperor ordered the Thirty-Three Heavenly Demonic God Array formed.
• Yan Qingshan left the battlefield for the Heavenly Demon Realm, forcing the Dark Heavenly Devil Emperor to divide his forces between pursuing him and holding back the Great Thousand army.
• Yan Qingshan reached the central Heavenly Demon Realm, where the Outer Realm Evil Race gathered its armies and Devil Emperors to surround him.
• Yan Qingshan drove the Heavenly Blood Spear into the earth, unleashing white spiritual light that annihilated countless demons until the Thirty-Three Heavenly Demonic God Array stopped its advance.
• The Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor led the array’s coordinated assault, and Yan Qingshan fought off the thirty-three Heavenly Devil Emperors before being forced to retreat under their combined attacks.

Yan Qingshan revealed that his blood spear had been empowered with the Heavenly Evil God’s blood and used its bloodline-suppressing power and heavenly lightning against the Outer Realm Evil Race. He killed the Dark Heavenly Devil Emperor and left the remaining Devil Emperors shaken as the slaughter began.

• Yan Qingshan revealed that the blood spear carried the Heavenly Evil God’s blood and suppressed the Outer Realm Evil Race.
• The newly appointed Saint Heavenly Devil Emperor and the Dark Heavenly Devil Emperor rejected Yan Qingshan’s claims and led an attack with other Heavenly Devil Emperors.
• Yan Qingshan unleashed a vast net of pale lightning that restrained the Evil Race’s forces and tied down most of the Devil Emperors.
• Yan Qingshan shattered the Dark Heavenly Devil Emperor’s Heavenly Devil Blade and pierced him with the blood spear.
• Ninety-nine devil souls devoured the Dark Heavenly Devil Emperor, and his soul replaced a weaker one within the spear.
• The Dark Heavenly Devil Emperor’s death shattered the enemy’s morale and disrupted their formation as Yan Qingshan began his slaughter.

Yan Qingshan overwhelmed the Outer Realm Evil Race’s Heavenly Devil Emperors, destroying their formation as they sacrificed themselves in a desperate attempt to stop him. Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor escaped with the Hall of Ten Thousand Devils, leaving the battlefield amid the demons’ defeat.

• Yan Qingshan killed Dark Heavenly Devil Emperor and then slew several more Heavenly Devil Emperors with the Heavenly Blood Spear.
• Black Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor unleashed his corpse-based attacks and detonated the Corpse Devil Banner, but Yan Qingshan survived and cleansed the battlefield.
• Spirit Heavenly Devil Emperor and the remaining Heavenly Devil Emperors sacrificed themselves in succession to attack Yan Qingshan.
• Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor gathered fragments of the Heavenly Demonic Divine Weapons and fled in the Hall of Ten Thousand Devils.

After destroying the Heavenly Demon Realm, Yan Qingshan returned to the Great Thousand World and prepared to investigate the deaths of the Four Great Ancient Clans' ancestors at the Holy Abyss. As he reviewed the records, the Demon Slaying Stele announced Qin Tian's name in second place.

• Yan Qingshan left the fleeing Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor alive and watched spiritual plants begin reviving the ruined Heavenly Demon Realm.
• The Outer Realm Evil Race retreated from the Spirit Demon Continent, and Great Thousand World forces celebrated Yan Qingshan's victory and launched counterattacks.
• People across the Great Thousand World hailed Yan Qingshan as the Demon Slaying Great Emperor while allied forces pushed into the Demon Realm's remaining territory.
• Yan Qingshan visited Lu Tong at the Great Thousand Tower and asked to see records about the Four Great Ancient Clans' ancestors dying at the Holy Abyss.
• The Demon Slaying Stele rang nine times and placed Qin Tian's name in second place.

Yan Qingshan faced Qin Tian and the returning Holy Abyss Expeditionary Army, whose campaign had killed the Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor and earned the exiled experts enough merit to regain their freedom. He settled the old grudges with the War Emperor and the others, then left Holy Abyss City while their victory sparked a wider push against the Outer Realm Evil Race.

• Yan Qingshan saw the Demon Slaying Stele place Qin Tian first and the War Emperor second after their campaign against the Outer Realm Evil Race.
• Qin Tian returned to Holy Abyss City with the expeditionary army and presented the Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor's head to Yan Qingshan.
• Qin Tian asked Yan Qingshan to forgive the War Emperor, the Ghost Emperor, Venerate Zilei, and the other exiled experts, and they presented proof of their merits.
• Yan Qingshan struck the War Emperor and the other experts once each, then lifted their exile after they met his requirement of killing ten Devil Emperors.
• Yan Qingshan recognized that the Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor's hidden power still influenced Qin Tian, but decided to let events unfold for now.
• The expedition's victory stirred the Great Thousand World, prompted experts to join the final campaign, and Yan Qingshan departed Holy Abyss City.

Yan Qingshan returned to Heavenly Net City and fled into seclusion to escape the many women waiting for him. There, he studied a divine bone taken from the Heavenly Evil God, hoping to uncover a way to become a god without relying on the Great Thousand World's Firmament Ranking.

• Yan Qingshan returned to Heavenly Net City and told Xiao Yi Xian that he had failed to find what he sought in Saint Abyss.
• Qingling and several women from the Martial Realm greeted Yan Qingshan, and he fled when he saw the crowd of beauties waiting for him.
• Yan Qingshan entered the alchemy room and took out a fragment of divine bone he had extracted from the Heavenly Evil God.
• Yan Qingshan compared the Heavenly Origin Realm's path to godhood with the Great Thousand World's Sovereign path and considered how to bypass the World Will's restrictions.
• Yan Qingshan transformed the divine bone into divine origin and gained new insight into the path to becoming a god.

Yan Qingshan returned to the Dou Qi Continent with a group of women from the Great Thousand World and Tianxuan Continent, hoping to find a place to further transform his bones. After showing them Holy Pill City, he met with the Pill Tower’s leaders and learned that new factions were causing trouble in remote regions, which he promised to handle.

• Yan Qingshan brought Qing Yanjing, the Lord of Darkness, and the others to the Pill Realm and introduced them to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Yan Qingshan took the group to Holy Pill City, where Little Treasure spotted his statue and the women went to see it while he departed for the Pill Tower.
• Yan Qingshan reunited with Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, Heavenly Thunder Child, and Yao Chen at the Azure Emperor Palace headquarters.
• Yan Qingshan told Xuan Kongzi that Cao Ying was in seclusion and asked about the Cao Clan, Dan Clan, and Ye Clan.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that new experts and factions were stirring after many Azure Emperor Palace elites left the continent, and Yan Qingshan promised to arrange for someone to deal with them.

Yan Qingshan returned to the Dou Qi Continent, agreed to oversee Azure Emperor Palace, and entered the sealed Demon Abyss to refine the ancient demonic energy. He activated a Demon Refining Array that strengthened the continent’s Power of Origin and benefited him as well.

• Yan Qingshan told Xuan Kongzi and the others that he would remain on the Dou Qi Continent and let them handle Azure Emperor Palace’s affairs boldly.
• Yan Qingshan traveled from Holy Pill City to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and entered the ancient site where the continent’s origin energy suppressed demonic energy.
• Yan Qingshan unleashed his power in the Demon Abyss, provoking a fierce eruption of the sealed demonic energy and its remnant souls.
• Yan Qingshan used heavenly lightning and Emperor Flame to destroy a demonic soul and refine the surrounding demonic energy.
• Yan Qingshan activated the Demon Refining Array at crucial nodes across the Dou Qi Continent, helping its Power of Origin refine the remaining demonic energy.

Yan Qingshan encountered the Dou Qi Continent’s Plane Spirit and learned that he could become its World Master, but he rejected the path because it would sever his ties to the Great Thousand World and risk worsening the universe’s fragile state. Instead, he used the Plane Spirit and a fragment of the Heavenly Evil God’s divine bone to guide Dawn’s final transformation and explore a new path to advancement.

• Yan Qingshan held the Dou Qi Continent’s Plane Spirit and realized that refining its authority would make him the world’s World Master.
• Yan Qingshan rejected the World Master path because it would pit him against the Great Thousand World and provoke plane wars in a universe still damaged by the Outer Realm Evil Race.
• Yan Qingshan brought out a fragment of the Heavenly Evil God’s divine bone, which the Plane Spirit recognized as a powerful source of origin that could help the continent recover and advance.
• Yan Qingshan sat with the Plane Spirit and divine bone as Dawn underwent its final transformation through their power.
• Yan Qingshan refined the divine bone and analyzed how divinity, humanity, and universal origin power could lead to a new method of advancement.

As Yan Qingshan struggled through a dangerous transformation in seclusion, Qing Yanjing went into labor and their unborn child awakened immense power. Yan Qingshan sensed the birth and emerged from seclusion, while the child's uncontrolled aura threatened to destroy Holy Pill City and endanger the Central Plains.

• Qing Yanjing went into labor, and Qing Xuan carried her to Danta for help.
• Xuan Yi explained that Qing Yanjing had weakened because her child was exceptionally powerful and carried Yan Qingshan's Emperor's Bloodline.
• Yan Qingshan's transformation plunged him into madness until an infant's cry awakened him and revealed that his child had been born.
• The unborn child's power erupted from Danta in a massive pillar of light, forcing Qing Xuan and the others to retreat.
• Xuan Kongzi and Heavenly Thunder Child recognized that the child's uncontrolled power could destroy Holy Pill City and bring disaster to the Central Plains.

Yan Qingshan’s son was born with the power of a Dou Emperor, and Yan Qingshan calmed the energy threatening Holy Pill City before meeting Qing Yanjing and their child. The parents named him Yan Qingchen, while the women around Yan Qingshan confronted him about giving them children too.

• Qing Yanjing gave birth, and the newborn’s unstable Dou Emperor’s Body threatened Holy Pill City.
• Yan Qingshan appeared and dispersed the newborn’s power, then hurried into the quiet chamber to see Qing Yanjing and their son.
• Yan Qingshan examined the child and discovered he had been born with Dou Emperor cultivation and exceptional talent.
• Yan Qingshan and Qing Yanjing chose the name Yan Qingchen for their son.
• Qing Xuan took the baby to hold him, but Qing Yanjing soon took him back and teased her about having a child of her own.
• Qing Xuan and the other women turned their attention to Yan Qingshan, leaving him awkwardly facing their expectations.

At Little Chen'er’s one-month celebration, the Demon Slaying Blood Spear chose him as its master, prompting Yan Qingshan to worry that the child’s extraordinary fortune came with a dangerous fate. Yan Qingshan tied the shrunken spear to his son’s wrist and prepared to enter seclusion, while the women around him demanded his attention before he left.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qingling admired Little Chen'er and asked why he could no longer use the Dou Emperor's Body, and Yan Qingshan explained that he had sealed the child’s foundation so he could cultivate from scratch.
• Yan Qingshan conjured treasures to entertain Little Chen'er, but the Demon Slaying Blood Spear suddenly flew to the baby and let him grasp it.
• Yan Qingshan recognized that the blood spear had acknowledged Little Chen'er as its master, then soothed the child to sleep and reduced the spear to a small ornament tied around his wrist.
• Yan Qingshan warned Qing Yanjing that Little Chen'er’s immense fortune might bind him to a great future burden, and he suspected the child would have to resolve the threat of the Heavenly Evil God.
• Yan Qingshan told Qing Yanjing he would soon enter seclusion and asked her to take Little Chen'er back to the Great Thousand World, while Xiao Yi Xian, Qingling, Queen Medusa, and the others crowded around him for attention.

Nearly five years after the phenomenon in Holy Pill City, Yan Qingshan lived with his family in Qingshan Town while the Azure Emperor Palace ruled the continent. When Little Chen'er’s Emperor’s Bloodline began to develop beyond what Yan Qingshan could suppress, he decided to take the boy back to the Great Thousand World.

• Five years after the phenomenon in Holy Pill City, the Azure Emperor Palace had secured control of the Dou Qi Continent, while rumors linked its rise to Yan Qingshan and the upper realm.
• Yan Qingshan lounged with Xiao Yi Xian and the other women as their children played in the family manor near Qingshan Town.
• Little Chen'er interrupted Yan Qingshan teasing Xiao Yi Xian, and Yan Qingshan sent the boy tumbling into the soft grass with a gust of wind.
• Xian'er asked Yan Qingshan not to be angry with Little Chen'er, and he lifted and playfully tickled her.
• Qing Xuan told Yan Qingshan about Little Chen'er's growing spiritual power, and Yan Qingshan decided to take him back to the Great Thousand World.
• Little Chen'er complained that Yan Qingshan and Qing Yanjing were talking about him, and Yan Qingshan teased him about proving himself.