Chapter Summaries

Di Nüfeng sacrificed her Lotus Lamp to stop the fatal lightning tribulation for Li Xuanxiao, who mistook her for an illusion and attacked her before realizing he had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. He completed the breakthrough, but found his Nascent Soul hiding in his left atrium.

• Di Nüfeng used her Lotus Lamp to destroy the lightning tribulation core, then fell into the snow with her soul severely damaged.
• Li Xuanxiao decided Di Nüfeng and the tribulation were illusions, then punched her as she regained consciousness.
• Li Xuanxiao realized the tribulation had completed his breakthrough and began transforming his Golden Core into a Nascent Soul.
• Di Nüfeng crawled out from beneath the black cloth and threatened to bite Li Xuanxiao while he cultivated.
• Li Xuanxiao searched his Dantian Purple Mansion for his Nascent Soul, then discovered it hiding in a corner of his left atrium.

Li Xuanxiao broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm and discovered that his Nascent Soul had an independent, timid personality. After Di Nüfeng revealed she had blocked his killing tribulation, the two fled from the Old Emperor and another Tribulation Crossing Stage pursuer, reaching a hidden escape point on an ice plain.

• Li Xuanxiao found that his newly formed Nascent Soul had an independent personality and reluctantly sent it back into his Purple Mansion.
• Li Xuanxiao helped the battered Di Nüfeng up, and she explained that she had blocked the Heavenly Dao's killing tribulation for him.
• Li Xuanxiao's Mechanical Puppet detected danger as the Old Emperor and another powerful pursuer closed in, so he tried to flee with Di Nüfeng clinging to him.
• The black-robed pursuer destroyed the Mechanical Puppet, saw through a decoy, and identified Li Xuanxiao's long-distance teleportation array.
• Li Xuanxiao and Di Nüfeng arrived on a distant ice plain and hurried toward a concealment talisman that required them to avoid using spiritual power.

Li Xuanxiao escaped with the injured Di Nüfeng to a concealed refuge, where he learned that the Great Xia Emperor and the Heavenly Fiend Hall’s Deputy Cult Master had turned against her. He realized the Deputy Cult Master had secured the Hall’s upper ranks, then contacted Jia Sidao and Zhang Haoran as he planned their next move.

• The Old Emperor spread his Spiritual Sense across the ice field but encountered disturbances as Li Xuanxiao teleported Di Nüfeng to a hidden refuge.
• Di Nüfeng refused to get off Li Xuanxiao’s back, and he gave up trying to make her let go.
• Li Xuanxiao asked Di Nüfeng why the Deputy Cult Master had betrayed her, and Di Nüfeng explained that the Deputy Cult Master blamed her for mismanaging the Heavenly Fiend Hall.
• Di Nüfeng listed the Four Guardian Vajras and revealed that each was closely connected to the Deputy Cult Master, leaving Li Xuanxiao to realize the Hall’s leadership would not follow Di Nüfeng.
• Di Nüfeng recalled how she had approved the Deputy Cult Master’s nominees for the Four Guardian Vajras, despite noticing their personal ties.
• Li Xuanxiao decided to help Di Nüfeng recover from her injuries and contacted Jia Sidao and Zhang Haoran.

The Old Emperor concealed his identity after Lingxu tested him, while Li Xuanxiao and the injured Di Nüfeng faced an attack by white wolves on the ice plains. With a three-eyed white wolf charging them, Li Xuanxiao combined with Di Nüfeng to fight it without drawing attention.

• The Old Emperor used the Myriad Souls Banner to harvest cultivation from the souls of a town and nearby practitioners.
• Lingxu punched at the Old Emperor to test whether he was the culprit behind the destruction of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, then apologized and left.
• Li Xuanxiao reflected on his breakthrough as Di Nüfeng slept, then learned she needed years to recover and intended to reclaim her position as Cult Master.
• White wolves entered Li Xuanxiao's cave, and his prepared killing formation wiped them out before a three-eyed white wolf appeared.
• Li Xuanxiao warned Di Nüfeng not to use spiritual power, then grabbed her and faced the three-eyed white wolf head-on.

Ling Xuanxiao sent Di Nüfeng to Divine Grass Mountain and the Old Emperor strengthened Great Xia’s Dragon Vein defenses before tensions with Great Sui escalated. When Zhao Lu recited a poem taught by her senior brother, the Old Emperor realized that Li Xuanxiao was another transmigrator.

• Ling Xuanxiao persuaded Di Nüfeng to postpone reclaiming Heavenly Fiend Hall and go to Divine Grass Mountain instead.
• The Old Emperor assigned Zhang Haoran to guard Great Xia’s Dragon Vein, trusting his reputation for uprightness.
• Great Sui massed troops and Body Integration Realm cultivators at the border, prompting Great Xia to send forces and its Chief Enshrinee in response.
• Zhao Lu returned from Shu Mountain to celebrate her Imperial Concubine Mother’s birthday and told the Old Emperor that her senior brother had taught her a poem.
• The Old Emperor recognized the poem and concluded that Zhao Lu’s senior brother, Shushan Disciple Li Xuanxiao, was a transmigrator.

After seven hundred years of misfortune as a transmigrator, the Old Emperor finally found the Ascension Platform and believed he could become immortal and escape the world. His confidence in Great Xia’s strength was shaken again when Shu Mountain revealed how many Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators it possessed.

• The Old Emperor reached the Ascension Platform, wept with joy, and declared that he could finally become immortal and leave the world.
• The Old Emperor recalled how his plans to rise as a transmigrator were derailed by his best friend’s rebellion, his brother’s disastrous campaign, and his mother’s false claim about his parentage.
• After ascending the throne, the Old Emperor endured powerful rivals, upheaval among his family, and his Second Prince’s return with an army seeking the throne.
• The Old Emperor reached the Body Integration Realm but saw Lingxu defeat multiple Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators, surpassing what he thought possible.
• The Old Emperor counted Great Xia’s four Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators and assumed they could dominate Central Continent, until Shu Mountain announced its own number of such cultivators.

The Old Emperor tracked Li Xuanxiao from Mount Wu Wang to Divine Grass Mountain, suspecting that his unusually ordinary history concealed a plot. He detected a Sword Spirit and Elder Sun’s aura on the mountain, but continued toward Li Xuanxiao, convinced he could handle the danger.

• The Old Emperor learned that Li Xuanxiao had gone to Mount Wu Wang and judged his routine records suspicious.
• The Old Emperor found Li Xuanxiao at Mount Wu Wang, sensed hidden Shu Mountain cultivators, and then left after hearing that Li Xuanxiao had also been seen in Great Sui.
• The Old Emperor traveled to Divine Grass Mountain, sealed the surrounding space, and laid down additional formations to prevent Li Xuanxiao from escaping.
• The Old Emperor detected a Sword Spirit within the mountain and concluded that it was part of Li Xuanxiao’s scheme.
• The Old Emperor sensed Elder Sun’s aura as he cautiously continued toward Li Xuanxiao.

The Old Emperor suspected Li Xuanxiao might have hidden defenses, but after testing his reactions, he attacked Divine Grass Mountain with a subordinate’s help. Li Xuanxiao activated a spatial seal to trap the Old Emperor, while Elder Sun and the Sword Spirit confronted him in battle.

• The Old Emperor examined Li Xuanxiao and considered what hidden forces or abilities he might have overlooked.
• Li Xuanxiao concealed his fear with the Turtle Breathing Technique as the Old Emperor watched him through Spiritual Sense.
• The Old Emperor tested Li Xuanxiao with strange movements, then vanished to send a subordinate instead of attacking directly.
• After about half an incense stick, the Old Emperor struck Divine Grass Mountain with a massive palm, and Elder Sun and the Sword Spirit met him in combat.
• Li Xuanxiao drilled underground, reached his prepared transmission formation, and activated the spatial seal with the Purple Gold Gourd.
• The Sword Spirit and Elder Sun layered their battlefields and formations over the spatial seal as the Old Emperor invited them to reveal their methods.

The Old Emperor fought Elder Sun, the Sword Spirit, and Di Nüfeng on the ancient battlefield, overpowering the three despite their combined attacks. Meanwhile, Shi Hao entered the Dragon Vein’s protected grounds with Zhang Haoran, whose motives remained unclear as they passed deeper into its defenses.

• The Old Emperor unleashed a sea of blood, extinguished Elder Sun’s Dharma lamp, and forced him back.
• The Sword Spirit drew on Divine Grass Mountain’s earth veins while the ancient sword attacked the Old Emperor’s blood sea, but it reformed and pressed forward.
• Di Nüfeng attacked the Old Emperor, was swallowed by the blood sea, and escaped with a green lotus leaf as Elder Sun and the Sword Spirit renewed their assault.
• The Old Emperor continued fighting all three with one hand, leaving them shocked by his strength, while Li Xuanxiao monitored the battle and focused on Great Xia Capital.
• Shi Hao arrived at the Dragon Vein’s protected grounds for an inspection, and Zhang Haoran volunteered to accompany him through its defenses.

Zhang Haoran helped Li Xuanxiao and Liu Qiushui infiltrate Great Xia’s Dragon Vein, where Liu Qiushui used the Old Emperor’s secret method to drain its Dragon Qi. As the Dragon Vein’s damage weakened the Old Emperor at the ancient battlefield, he realized Li Xuanxiao had outmaneuvered him.

• Zhang Haoran revealed Shu Mountain’s hidden treasure banner and brought Liu Qiushui to the Dragon Vein through a teleportation formation.
• Zhang Haoran knocked Shi Hao unconscious, and Liu Qiushui used a blood gourd to absorb Dragon Qi from the Dragon Vein.
• The Dragon Vein cried out, trembled, and developed spreading cracks as its golden radiance dimmed.
• The Old Emperor sensed the damage, recognized Liu Qiushui’s scheme, and ordered the Dragon Vein protected.
• At the ancient battlefield, the weakened Old Emperor bled while fighting Di Nüfeng, Elder Sun, and the Sword Spirit, then admitted that he had underestimated Li Xuanxiao.

Liu Qiushui drained Great Xia’s Dragon Vein, causing the Old Emperor’s cultivation to collapse because it was bound to the dynasty’s national fortune. With the Old Emperor weakened, Di Nüfeng, the Sword Spirit, and Elder Sun attacked him on the ancient battlefield.

• Liu Qiushui used the Nine Palaces Dragon Locking Formation to trap Great Xia’s imperial fortune, while guards discovered the Imperial Seal was missing because Zhao Lu had taken it.
• Liu Qiushui absorbed Dragon Qi as Zhang Haoran told her to use a prepared teleportation formation to support Great Sui.
• The Dragon Vein cracked, breaking the Old Emperor’s Golden Core of Fortune and causing his cultivation and body to deteriorate.
• Di Nüfeng, the Sword Spirit, and Elder Sun attacked the weakened Old Emperor, and the Sword Spirit wounded him with Sword Qi.
• Di Nüfeng froze the Old Emperor’s chest with an ice lotus, and he called out the Myriad Souls Banner.

The Old Emperor unleashed the Myriad Souls Banner, sacrificing a major realm to overwhelm Elder Sun, Di Nüfeng, and the Sword Spirit. Meanwhile, Liu Qiushui escaped the capital with Zhang Haoran, exposed his connection to Li Xuanxiao, and announced that she was abandoning the plan to fight the Old Emperor.

• The Old Emperor raised the Myriad Souls Banner, fell from the Tribulation Crossing Stage to the Body Integration Realm, and unleashed its ghosts against his attackers.
• Elder Sun, Di Nüfeng, and the Sword Spirit were battered by the banner’s power as the Old Emperor challenged them to attack together.
• Liu Qiushui absorbed Great Xia’s Dragon Qi and left the capital with Zhang Haoran after the Dragon Gate opened.
• Liu Qiushui broke through Dragon Tiger Mountain’s formation and reached the teleportation formation with Zhang Haoran.
• Liu Qiushui recognized Zhang Haoran as Li Xuanxiao’s avatar, revealed that she understood his scheme, and decided to leave them to deal with the Old Emperor.

Liu Qiushui killed Zhang Haoran, injuring Li Xuanxiao through their divided soul, but Shu Mountain’s experts ambushed her as the stolen Dragon Qi began escaping her body. At Divine Grass Mountain, Li Xuanxiao shifted to Plan Two while the Old Emperor’s Myriad Souls Banner overwhelmed his allies.

• Liu Qiushui revealed that she had known Zhang Haoran’s scheme and killed him, damaging Li Xuanxiao’s main body through their shared soul.
• Liu Qiushui began losing the Dragon Qi she had stolen, then discovered four Tribulation Crossing Stage experts from Shu Mountain blocking her escape.
• Li Xuanxiao abandoned Plan One and activated Plan Two as the Sword Spirit, Di Nüfeng, and Elder Sun fought the Old Emperor on the ancient battlefield.
• The Old Emperor used the Myriad Souls Banner to summon powerful cultivators and countless resentful souls, overwhelming Li Xuanxiao’s allies while he recovered.
• The Old Emperor linked his Dao to the Myriad Souls Banner to try to return to the Tribulation Crossing Stage, and Li Xuanxiao prepared to counter the banner.

The Old Emperor escaped the ancient battlefield and attacked Li Xuanxiao, but Di Nüfeng intervened and fought him. Lingxu arrived to protect Li Xuanxiao, yet accidentally sliced off his disciple’s head with the skull fragment he had caught.

• The Old Emperor tore through the ancient battlefield’s barrier and escaped while the Sword Spirit continued fighting the wronged souls.
• The Old Emperor searched Divine Grass Mountain for Li Xuanxiao, found him hidden in the earth veins, and tried to seize him.
• Di Nüfeng struck the Old Emperor to protect Li Xuanxiao, but the Old Emperor unleashed his strength and blasted her into the mountains.
• A skull fragment flew toward Li Xuanxiao, and Lingxu caught it between his fingers.
• Lingxu turned to show off the fragment and accidentally cut off Li Xuanxiao’s head.

Lingxu found Ling Xuanxiao alive and attacked the old emperor, whose escape was blocked by a spatial confinement array. The old emperor swallowed the Myriad Souls Banner and trapped Lingxu inside the ancient battlefield, where Elder Sun and the sword spirit were already fighting.

• Lingxu mistook Ling Xuanxiao for dead and threatened to kill the old emperor, then learned Ling Xuanxiao was alive beneath his feet.
• Lingxu recognized the old emperor as the wielder of the Myriad Souls Banner and moved to capture him.
• The old emperor tried to escape, but a spatial confinement array stopped him, and Lingxu struck him with a powerful punch and kick.
• The old emperor swallowed the Myriad Souls Banner and used his power to trap Lingxu inside the ancient battlefield.
• Lingxu found Elder Sun and the sword spirit fighting vengeful spirits, while Elder Sun was badly wounded and surprised to see him.

The Old Emperor endured the Myriad Souls Banner’s vengeful spirits, reached an unprecedented realm, and attacked Lingxu. Lingxu effortlessly crushed his hundred-zhang demonic body with one finger, leaving the Old Emperor’s assault broken.

• The Old Emperor restored the Armored Old Apes and fused with the Myriad Souls Banner, returning to the Tribulation Crossing Stage as vengeful souls tore at him.
• The Old Emperor resisted the spirits’ torment, awakened to a new realm, and revealed his true self to Lingxu, Elder Sun, and the Sword Spirit.
• The Old Emperor formed a hundred-zhang demonic body and unleashed a fist that shattered the battlefield’s formations and nearly overwhelmed Elder Sun.
• Lingxu summoned his Dharma Idol Golden Body and crushed the demonic body with one finger, angrily insisting that he had gnawed on sweet potatoes, not corn.

Lingxu shattered the Old Emperor’s demonic body, Dao foundation, and resentful-soul formation, leaving him crippled and apparently defeated. When Lingxu ordered him to return to Shu Mountain, the Old Emperor refused and used the Myriad Souls Banner to rebuild himself at the cost of nearly all his remaining lifespan.

• Lingxu destroyed the Old Emperor’s demonic body and Purple Mansion with his five-finger combo, while the resentful souls gathered to attack him.
• The Old Emperor’s newly formed grand formation trapped and suppressed Lingxu, but Lingxu broke it apart with his eight-finger combo.
• Lingxu found the Old Emperor broken among the ruins and demanded that he return to Shu Mountain to explain himself.
• The Old Emperor refused to repent or surrender and declared that he had not lost yet.
• The Old Emperor drew the banner’s resentful souls into himself, restoring his body and laws while his remaining lifespan fell to less than a year.

The Old Emperor defeated Lingxu, but Lingxu returned and shattered his defenses, forcing him to flee through a spatial passage. He landed in Li Xuanxiao’s prepared traps, and the two transmigrators finally met as Li Xuanxiao asked why the Old Emperor had sought him.

• The Old Emperor devoured the souls and bones in the Myriad Souls Banner, trapped Lingxu in an empty space, and attacked Elder Sun, who sacrificed himself while entrusting Great Sui to True Person Jia Sidao.
• Lingxu broke free and overwhelmed the Old Emperor, who escaped through a spatial passage after losing most of his body.
• The Old Emperor emerged into Li Xuanxiao’s traps and was bound by spells, chains, and Soul Fixing Needles.
• Li Xuanxiao came out of hiding, and the two transmigrators met face-to-face.
• Li Xuanxiao asked the Old Emperor why he had insisted on finding him.

Li Xuanxiao defeated the Old Emperor, but the dying emperor destroyed one of his Nascent Souls and left him with the Myriad Souls Banner and the secret of the Ascension Platform. Li Xuanxiao found the buried platform and contacted Lingxu, while Happy Old Man learned of the Old Emperor’s death and reconsidered his plan against Shu Mountain.

• The Old Emperor told Li Xuanxiao that they were fellow transmigrators and revealed that the Ascension Platform and Myriad Souls Banner could help him ascend.
• The Old Emperor detonated decoys and sacrificed himself to destroy Li Xuanxiao’s weaker Nascent Soul, leaving him with reduced cultivation and the Old Emperor’s inheritance.
• The Old Emperor’s final plan was to push Li Xuanxiao into using the Myriad Souls Banner and becoming like him.
• Li Xuanxiao found the hidden Ascension Platform, kept the Myriad Souls Banner, and told Lingxu that he had found it.
• Li Xuanxiao walked into the sunlight and called to his surviving Nascent Soul.
• Happy Old Man confirmed the Old Emperor was dead and decided to change his plan to destroy Shu Mountain.

Su Jin tricked and killed a cultivator before Feng Liuli pursued and killed him, then returned to her sect and learned of the Old Emperor’s death. In Great Xia, Zhao Lu received her father’s letter accusing Li Xuanxiao and Shu Mountain of his murder and an edict naming her heir to the throne.

• Su Jin used his oddly named flying swords to kill a middle-aged cultivator, then looted him and left.
• Feng Liuli chased Su Jin for three days, killed him, and completed Silver Sword Peak’s corpse-destruction procedure.
• Feng Liuli returned to her sect and found her senior brother in secluded cultivation, while Zhao Lu was away in Great Xia after the Old Emperor’s death.
• The chief eunuch gave Zhao Lu a box containing her father’s letter, which blamed Li Xuanxiao and Shu Mountain for his death and for an earlier attack on her.
• Zhao Lu discovered the Old Emperor’s succession edict naming her heir, with her mother to govern until she took the throne.