Chapter Summaries

Bai Ze left the Myriad Dao Alliance and used himself as bait to draw out the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor. The Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor and Blood Blade Divine Emperor ambushed him in the chaos, and the chapter ended with Blood Blade urging them to kill him.

• Bai Ze decided to target the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor for the resources of the Divine Demon Sect, despite Winter Cloud Saint Venerable's hesitation.
• Several years later, Bai Ze left the Myriad Dao Alliance and traveled into the chaotic depths of the universe.
• The Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor and Blood Blade Divine Emperor agreed to kill Bai Ze and then attack the Myriad Dao Alliance, with the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor promising Blood Blade its experts and corpses.
• Bai Ze suppressed his cultivation to the First Layer of the Divine Emperor Realm and deliberately drew the two Divine Emperors toward him.
• The Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor revealed that he wanted Bai Ze dead because of his talent and membership in the Myriad Dao Alliance, while Blood Blade impatiently called for the attack.

Bai Ze faced Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor and Blood Blade Divine Emperor, who ambushed him and sought to seize the opportunity behind his rapid breakthrough. After revealing his Second Layer of Divine Emperor Realm strength and countering their attacks, Bai Ze unleashed far greater power and prepared to kill them.

• Blood Blade Divine Emperor and Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor launched their strongest attacks against Bai Ze.
• Bai Ze vanished and used Years of Toil to swallow and erase their attacks with a River of Time.
• Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor discovered Bai Ze had reached the Second Layer of Divine Emperor Realm, and Blood Blade Divine Emperor proposed capturing him to steal his opportunity.
• Bai Ze used Heaven-Shaking to cleave through Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor's demonic qi and clash with the two Divine Emperors.
• Bai Ze mocked Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor's claim of superior foundation and unleashed power several times greater than before.

Bai Ze used the sixth layer of his Time Dao Fruit to defeat and kill Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor and Blood Blade Divine Emperor, then stored their corpses in the Primordial Time-Space Tower. He appeared in the Myriad Dao Alliance’s Thunder Hall as its deputy pavilion masters worried that the enemy might escape.

• Bai Ze’s River of Years swallowed Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor and Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s divine abilities and separated them from him across time and space.
• Bai Ze struck with Immortal Points the Way, destroying both Divine Emperors’ souls despite their attempts to resist.
• Bai Ze stored the two Divine Emperor Corpses in the Primordial Time-Space Tower and vanished.
• Winter Cloud Saint Venerable, Thunder Fire Saint Venerable, and Fierce Wind Saint Venerable worried in the Thunder Hall that the enemies might escape.
• Bai Ze appeared in the Thunder Hall and spoke as the deputy pavilion masters discussed their concerns.

After Bai Ze killed the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor and Blood Blade Divine Emperor, the Myriad Dao Alliance mobilized to destroy the Divine Demon Sect. The alliance attacked the sect’s Half-Emperor-grade formation, and Winter Cloud Saint Venerable struck it with a powerful divine sword.

• Bai Ze showed the corpses of the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor and Blood Blade Divine Emperor to the three vice alliance leaders.
• Thunder Fire Saint Venerable ordered the Myriad Dao Alliance to gather and attack the Divine Demon Sect.
• The alliance’s elders and disciples learned of Bai Ze’s victory and set out under the three vice alliance leaders.
• Bai Ze returned to Bai Ze Palace and entered the Primordial Time-Space Tower to refine the emperor corpses into puppets.
• The Myriad Dao Alliance attacked the Divine Demon Sect’s Half-Emperor-grade formation, and Winter Cloud Saint Venerable slashed it with a divine sword.

Winter Cloud Saint Venerable shattered the Divine Demon Sect’s Half-Emperor-grade formation, allowing the Myriad Dao Alliance to devastate the sect. Sky-Slaying Saint Venerable learned that the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor had been killed and summoned the Soul Devouring Banner to resist the attack.

• Winter Cloud Saint Venerable used Bai Ze’s sword to destroy the Divine Demon Sect’s protective formation, and the Myriad Dao Alliance charged into the sect.
• The Myriad Dao Alliance slaughtered the sect’s defenders as the battlefield and the Divine Demon Sect crumbled into ruins.
• The Myriad Dao Alliance formed a massive barrier around the area, and Sky-Slaying Saint Venerable emerged with the Divine Demon Sect’s core elders.
• Winter Cloud Saint Venerable told Sky-Slaying Saint Venerable that the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor and another Divine Emperor had been killed by the Supreme Guest Official.
• Sky-Slaying Saint Venerable summoned the Soul Devouring Banner, whose power surged close to the First Layer of the Divine Emperor Realm.

Winter Cloud Saint Venerable used one of Bai Ze’s Sword Qi to defeat Sky-Slaying Saint Venerable and the Divine Demon Sect’s other Divine Saint Realm experts, then led the Myriad Dao Alliance’s assault to destroy the sect. Meanwhile, Bai Ze continued refining two Emperor Corpses into Sword Servant puppets.

• Sky-Slaying Saint Venerable unleashed the Soul Devouring Banner and tried to overwhelm Winter Cloud Saint Venerable and the Myriad Dao Alliance forces.
• Winter Cloud Saint Venerable used a Sword Qi stored by Bai Ze to destroy the black mist and kill Sky-Slaying Saint Venerable and the Divine Demon Sect’s other Divine Saint Realm elders.
• Winter Cloud Saint Venerable took the Soul Devouring Banner and ordered the Alliance to wipe out the Divine Demon Sect.
• Thunder Fire Saint Venerable and Fierce Wind Saint Venerable attacked the remaining sect members, who could not resist them.
• Bai Ze sensed the battle’s progress and continued using his power and Sword Law to refine two Emperor Corpses into potential Sword Servant puppets.

Lü Ruoxue began her Divine Emperor tribulation in a secluded valley while Bai Ze concealed the area from outside observers. After she endured the eighty-one lightning strikes, she flew into the final one and was swallowed by its power.

• Lü Ruoxue emerged from seclusion at the peak of the Divine Saint Realm, ready to attempt the Divine Emperor tribulation.
• Several years later, Lü Ruoxue and Bai Ze went to a secluded valley, where Bai Ze sealed the surrounding world with his River of Years and Sword Domain.
• Lü Ruoxue’s Fire Dao Fruit and Snow Dao Fruit transformed the valley into a realm of ice and fire as her tribulation clouds gathered.
• Bai Ze blocked divine senses from Divine Emperor experts, and the Azure Cloud Divine Emperor’s passing awareness did not interfere.
• Lü Ruoxue transformed into a Nine Nether Phoenix and endured eighty-one lightning strikes before flying into the final strike and being swallowed by lightning.

Lü Ruoxue survived her lightning tribulation and returned to the Divine Emperor Realm, while Bai Ze’s allies discussed their cultivation and the Myriad Dao Alliance’s gains from defeating the Divine Demon Sect. Winter Cloud Saint Venerable gave Bai Ze the Soul Devouring Banner, and he agreed to leave the refined Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor’s corpse as a powerful puppet for the Alliance.

• Lü Ruoxue overcame her lightning tribulation, broke through into the Divine Emperor Realm, and left with Bai Ze.
• Lü Ruoxue returned to the Myriad Dao Alliance and entered seclusion to heal and stabilize her cultivation.
• Bai Ze urged Li Lüer and the Treasure Seeking Mouse to cultivate, while they learned that the Snow Dragon had reached the early stage of the Divine Monarch Realm.
• Winter Cloud Saint Venerable told Bai Ze that she had destroyed the Divine Demon Sect and brought him the Soul Devouring Banner.
• Bai Ze suppressed the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor’s lingering power in the banner, accepted it, and promised to leave the Alliance a puppet made from the Divine Emperor’s corpse.

Bai Ze refined the incomplete Soul Devouring Banner into the Divine Demon Banner and began turning two Emperor Corpses into Sword Servant puppets. After the Myriad Thunder Divine Emperor returned and learned what had happened, Bai Ze completed the puppets, which could contend with First Layer Divine Emperors but remained weaker than the real thing.

• Bai Ze refined the Soul Devouring Banner, purged the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor’s residual power, and discovered it could wield both evil and sacred powers according to the laws he used.
• Bai Ze absorbed the Divine Demon Banner and began tempering the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor’s and Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s corpses into Sword Servant puppets.
• The Myriad Thunder Divine Emperor returned with the Thunder Dragon Soul Fruit and learned from Winter Cloud Saint Venerable and the others that Bai Ze had killed two Divine Emperors, destroyed the Divine Demon Sect, and obtained a Half-Immortal Artifact.
• The Myriad Thunder Divine Emperor accepted that the artifact belonged to Bai Ze and prepared to refine his own gains to strengthen himself.
• After more than a hundred years, Bai Ze completed the two puppets, which reached strength comparable to the First Layer of Divine Emperor Realm but fell slightly short of true First Layer Divine Emperors.

Bai Ze exchanged a Sword Servant puppet made from the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor for a Half-Immortal Artifact and learned that the Divine Burial Cataclysm would arrive earlier than expected. He warned his companions and gave them another puppet for protection, leaving them to prepare for the coming danger.

• Bai Ze gave the Myriad Thunder Divine Emperor a Sword Servant puppet made from the Heavenly Demon Divine Emperor's corpse, and explained that it had the strength of an ordinary First Layer Divine Emperor Realm expert.
• The Myriad Thunder Divine Emperor asked whether Lü Ruoxue would join the Myriad Dao Alliance, but Bai Ze left the choice to her.
• The Myriad Thunder Divine Emperor warned Bai Ze that the Divine Burial Cataclysm would erupt within decades or a little over a hundred years, and advised him to stay in the Divine Might Realm.
• Bai Ze returned to Bai Ze Palace and told Lü Ruoxue, Li Lüer, Mo Tiangang, and the others that the cataclysm was coming early.
• Bai Ze gave Li Lüer a Sword Servant puppet with First Layer Divine Emperor Realm strength to help protect the group.

Lü Ruoxue recounted her past as the Snow Moon Divine Emperor and explained how her disciple’s betrayal led to her defeat and rebirth as her current self. She revealed that her enemies sought her fragment of the Chaos Plate, which might be an immortal artifact and could hold secrets to surpassing the Divine Emperor Realm.

• Bai Ze asked Lü Ruoxue to tell him about her past now that they had reached the Divine Emperor Realm.
• Lü Ruoxue described her rise as the Snow Moon Divine Emperor, the founding of her Divine Palace, and her cultivation to the Fourth Layer of Divine Emperor Realm.
• Lü Ruoxue identified Song Yunyan, the Arrogant World Divine Emperor, the Blood Demon God Emperor, and the Sky-Supporting Divine Emperor as the four who had besieged her.
• Lü Ruoxue explained that Song Yunyan had secretly served the Arrogant World Divine Emperor and betrayed her to steal her Chaos Plate fragment.
• Lü Ruoxue told Bai Ze that the intact Chaos Plate was likely an immortal artifact and that her fragment might contain secrets to breaking through beyond the Divine Emperor Realm.

Lü Ruoxue recalled how Arrogant World Divine Emperor and his allies had used her disciple to steal the Chaos Plate fragments, and vowed to take revenge. Decades later, the God Burial Ground awakened its ancient Divine Emperor experts to devour worlds, while Divine Might Realm experts gathered outside their realm to guard against the cataclysm.

• Lü Ruoxue remembered that her disciple had betrayed her during the siege and stolen the Chaos Plate fragments, and she swore to avenge herself.
• The God Burial Ground trembled, split open, and released ancient experts who had been sleeping in its coffins.
• Peerless Blade and Sword, Heaven-Pacifying Divine Emperor, Soul Devouring Divine Emperor, and other experts awakened and discussed the coming blood sacrifice and their hopes for the Immortal Path.
• The awakened experts left the God Burial Ground, destroyed a world, devoured its inhabitants and world origin, and set off toward another target.
• Divine Emperor Realm experts gathered outside the Divine Might Realm to witness the Divine Burial Cataclysm and defend their world from the God Burial Ground's experts.

The Divine Burial Cataclysm grew more severe as a group of dying Divine Emperors approached the Divine Might Realm and demanded sacrifices. The Star God Emperor refused to yield and unleashed his Divine Ability, Myriad Stars, as the confrontation began.

• The Divine Burial Cataclysm swallowed hundreds of thousands of worlds, alarming the supreme beings across the universe.
• The Star God Emperor warned the Divine Emperors gathered above the Divine Might Realm that powerful outsiders were approaching and urged them to stand together.
• Lü Ruoxue advised Bai Ze that they could retreat into the Divine Might Realm, where the Heavenly Dao's source laws might weaken their enemies, and Bai Ze agreed.
• More than a dozen deathly-aura Divine Emperors arrived, led by a peak Seventh Layer expert who demanded thirty Divine Emperors and three divine domains to devour.
• The Divine Might Realm's Divine Emperors rejected the demand, and the Star God Emperor transformed into countless stars and unleashed Myriad Stars.

Star God Emperor and the Divine Might Realm’s other Divine Emperors fought the God Burial Ground’s forces as the Divine Burial Cataclysm shook the realm. Bai Ze killed four enemy Divine Emperors and helped clear the weaker foes, but a Seventh Layer Divine Emperor remained, leaving Star God Emperor as the only one able to challenge him.

• Star God Emperor and the Divine Might Realm’s Divine Emperors launched their attacks as the realm shook with cracks and an energy storm.
• The Divine Might Realm’s inhabitants feared the cataclysm, while those below the Divine Emperor Realm could only wait helplessly for the battle’s outcome.
• Bai Ze used Sword World to kill an enemy Divine Emperor with a single sword strike.
• Bai Ze killed four Divine Emperors and joined the other Divine Emperors in slaying the God Burial Ground’s experts at the Fourth Layer and below, though the Divine Might Realm lost more than a dozen of its own.
• Bai Ze faced the remaining enemies, all at the Fifth Layer or higher, including a Seventh Layer Divine Emperor who could only be challenged by Star God Emperor.

Bai Ze faced the Black Robe Divine Emperor as powerful experts from the God Burial Ground overwhelmed the Divine Might Realm’s forces. He used his twin Dao Fruits and the Divine Demon Banner to resist the foe’s attacks, but the Black Robe Divine Emperor broke free from Bai Ze’s Rivers of Years.

• Several powerful figures from the God Burial Ground, including a Sixth Layer Divine Emperor Realm expert, joined the battle, and their assault killed more Divine Might Realm experts.
• The Black Robe Divine Emperor attacked Bai Ze, who warned Lü Ruoxue to retreat and summoned the Divine Demon Banner.
• Bai Ze unleashed his Sword Dao Fruit and Time-Space Dao Fruit to form the Sword Realm and River of Years, blocking the Black Robe Divine Emperor’s waves.
• The Black Robe Divine Emperor revealed his desire to devour Bai Ze and claim the Half-Immortal Artifact, while Bai Ze taunted him for being weakened after years underground.
• Bai Ze used Falling River and Purifying River to trap and erase the Black Robe Divine Emperor, but the foe unleashed Extreme Ice Descent and shattered free.

Bai Ze trapped the Black Robe Divine Emperor in a sword formation, but the enemy broke free with the Azure Sea Covering Heaven Palm. Bai Ze stopped the strike with multiple Space-Time Barriers, yet the clash forced him back and made him realize the battle would grow more difficult.

• Bai Ze unleashed the Divine Demon Banner's Evil Sword and Holy Sword lights, forming a sword formation around the Black Robe Divine Emperor.
• The Black Robe Divine Emperor used Azure Water Divine Light to shield himself as the sword lights battered and cracked his barrier.
• The Black Robe Divine Emperor unleashed the Azure Sea Covering Heaven Palm, shattering Bai Ze's sword formation.
• Bai Ze raised a Space-Time Barrier with the Divine Demon Banner, and the palm shattered dozens of spaces before its force was ground away.
• The clash sent Bai Ze retreating several thousand kilometers; he suffered only a slight impact but sensed the battle would become harder.

Bai Ze fought the Black Robe Divine Emperor for years, keeping him occupied until the Divine Burial Cataclysm ended and the God Burial Ground drew its powerful beings back inside. Bai Ze and the injured survivors returned to the Divine Might Realm, where its Heavenly Dao bestowed world origin that helped them recover and understand their Dao Fruits.

• Bai Ze used the Divine Demon Banner and his Time-Space Dao Fruit to hold off the stronger Black Robe Divine Emperor, though he was wounded and driven back.
• Several years later, the God Burial Ground trembled, forcing its escaped powerful beings to return and bringing the Divine Burial Cataclysm to an end.
• Bai Ze found Lü Ruoxue and the Myriad Thunder Divine Emperor seriously injured, and the Myriad Thunder Divine Emperor credited Lü Ruoxue with saving his life.
• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and the Myriad Thunder Divine Emperor returned to the Divine Might Realm, where golden world origin descended and began healing them.
• Lü Ruoxue explained that the Heavenly Dao had bestowed its origin because they had protected the Divine Might Realm from being devoured.

After absorbing the Heavenly Dao Origins, Bai Ze and the others recovered and cultivated while ancient powers began awakening as the Immortal Path approached. Years later, Bai Ze emerged from seclusion to find Xiao Xue had reached the Divine Venerable Realm and learned that Xiao Yue had left to undergo her Divine Saint tribulation.

• Bai Ze and the other Divine Emperors absorbed the Heavenly Dao Origins and returned to the Myriad Dao Alliance to recover and cultivate.
• A mysterious ancient figure learned that the Heaven Burying Divine Emperor was still alive and ordered Divine Emperors to monitor the God Burial Ground, the Underworld King Palace, and the Dao God Hall.
• The ancient Divine Emperors left the Sky Locking Crystal Stone as ancient existences began awakening ahead of the Immortal Path's opening.
• After several years of cultivation, Bai Ze recovered from his injuries and advanced closer to the Third Layer of Divine Emperor Realm.
• Bai Ze saw that Xiao Xue had reached the Divine Venerable Realm and learned from her that Xiao Yue had left with Sister Ruoxue to undergo her Divine Saint tribulation.

Bai Xue left the Myriad Dao Alliance to explore the outside world after Bai Ze gave her a token to protect her. Bai Ze sensed that the Qiankun Realm would emerge in about a thousand years and went to ask the Longevity Divine Emperor, who had visited it before, for more information.

• Bai Ze gave Bai Xue a token and allowed her to leave the Myriad Dao Alliance, and she flew out in the form of a snow-white dragon.
• Bai Ze sensed a growing crack in the void and concluded that the Qiankun Realm, also known as the Primal Realm, would appear in about a thousand years.
• Bai Ze considered how experts would seek the traces of Immortals in the Qiankun Realm and decided to consult the Longevity Divine Emperor, who had personally visited it.
• Bai Ze appeared at the Longevity Pavilion, where the Longevity Divine Emperor greeted him and mentioned that his injuries from the Divine Burial Cataclysm had not fully healed.

Bai Ze asked the Longevity Divine Emperor about the Qiankun Realm and learned that its inhabitants were born with Half-Immortal Physiques. The Longevity Divine Emperor explained that the realm’s Heavenly Dao consumed them when they reached a certain level, leaving Bai Ze to suspect it was raising them like livestock.

• Bai Ze praised the Longevity Divine Emperor’s survival skills and asked about the Qiankun Realm.
• The Longevity Divine Emperor recalled entering the realm after becoming a Divine Emperor and described its dangers, inheritances, and mysterious inhabitants.
• Bai Ze questioned how the realm’s inhabitants could all possess Half-Immortal Physiques, and the Longevity Divine Emperor confirmed they were born with them.
• Bai Ze pointed out that such physiques should make the inhabitants immensely powerful, but the Longevity Divine Emperor explained that the realm’s Heavenly Dao eventually devoured them.
• Bai Ze concluded that the Qiankun Realm’s Heavenly Dao might be a conscious entity raising its inhabitants to consume them later.