Chapter Summaries

Xuanyuan Qingtian went to meet Nangong Mutian, who had arrived at the Divine Sword Sect after learning she was alive and intended to take her away. Xuanyuan defended Lin Feng and rejected Nangong, while Lin Feng broke through to the Great Saint Realm but could not reach the Extreme Dao Saint Realm.

• Xuanyuan Qingtian hurried to the Sect Gate, fearing Nangong Mutian would cause trouble and that Lin Feng might misunderstand her past with Nangong.
• Nangong Mutian reunited with Xuanyuan Qingtian and explained that she had searched for her killer before coming to the Divine Continent Realm and learning Xuanyuan was alive.
• Xuanyuan Qingtian rejected Nangong Mutian, telling her that she deeply loved Lin Feng.
• Nangong Mutian announced she had come to take Xuanyuan away and disparaged the Divine Sword Sect and Lin Feng.
• Xuanyuan Qingtian threatened Nangong Mutian for insulting Lin Feng, while Nangong wondered how Lin Feng had won her devotion.
• Lin Feng reached the Great Saint Realm and mastered one-tenth of the power within the Xuanyuan Divine Sword, but failed to break through to the Extreme Dao Saint Realm.

Lin Feng discovered that Nangong Mutian, a Great Venerable, had come to take Xuanyuan Qingtian away and confronted her at the Divine Sword Sect’s gate. Nangong Mutian was startled by Lin Feng’s power and talent, while Xuanyuan Qingtian reassured him that she had rejected her advances.

• After advancing his realm, Lin Feng sensed Nangong Mutian at the Sect Gate and learned she was urging Xuanyuan Qingtian to leave with her.
• Nangong Mutian prepared to use a Great Divine Ability to take Xuanyuan Qingtian by force, so Lin Feng rushed to the gate.
• Lin Feng appeared before Nangong Mutian, and she sensed his powerful aura and Chaos Qi, then wondered whether he was a Chaos God’s reincarnation.
• Lin Feng accused Nangong Mutian of trying to abduct his First Elder and steal his wife, then unleashed the Xuanyuan Divine Sword’s power.
• Xuanyuan Qingtian hurriedly told Lin Feng she had rejected Nangong Mutian and would stay by his side.

Nangong Mutian tried to join the Divine Sword Sect so she could stay close to Xuanyuan Qingtian, but Lin Feng saw through her scheme and made her a Probationary Elder pending a token of allegiance. She entered the sect, where its formidable protective array made her reconsider the power guarding it.

• Lin Feng withdrew some of his pressure after Nangong Mutian protected herself, and she introduced herself as Xuanyuan Qingtian's closest sister before asking to join the sect and protect her.
• Nangong Mutian secretly planned to infiltrate the Divine Sword Sect so she could spend time with Xuanyuan Qingtian and eventually elope with her.
• Lin Feng agreed to let Nangong Mutian join as the first Probationary Elder and said she would need to present a satisfactory token of allegiance.
• Nangong Mutian swallowed her anger and asked what token Lin Feng wanted, but he told her he would explain later and left her to choose a peak and disciples without forcing them.
• After Lin Feng and Xuanyuan Qingtian departed, Nangong Mutian entered the sect and sensed that its protective array could trap or severely injure even a Profound Venerable Realm expert.

Nangong Mutian explored the Divine Sword Sect and was overwhelmed by its spiritual energy, treasures, prodigies, and divine beasts. After discovering the Cosmos Divine Tree that suited her cultivation, she abandoned her plan to abduct Xuanyuan Qingtian and decided to stay, setting her sights on winning over the young sect master.

• Nangong Mutian left the Sect Protecting Grand Array and was stunned by the Divine Sword Sect’s dense spiritual energy and the Nine-Clawed Fortune Golden Dragon in a treasure painting.
• Nangong Mutian explored the sect and encountered its many secret realms, treasures, talented disciples, and ancient divine beast clans.
• Nangong Mutian sensed an opportunity meant for her and found the Cosmos Divine Tree, whose Yin Yang energies loosened her cultivation bottleneck.
• Nangong Mutian abandoned her plan to abduct Xuanyuan Qingtian and resolved to remain in the sect as an elder.
• Nangong Mutian reconsidered whether she could win over the young sect master instead.

Lin Feng ordered Fire King Lin, Hu Xian, and Nangong Mutian to destroy the Sacred Spirit Sect for enslaving Xuanyuan Qingtian and threatening the Divine Sword Sect. Nangong Mutian led the expedition as it set out for Jing City.

• Nangong Mutian decided she wanted to share Lin Feng with Xuanyuan Qingtian after her feelings for Xuanyuan Qingtian changed.
• Lin Feng summoned Fire King Lin, Hu Xian, and Nangong Mutian to the Profound Yellow Great Hall.
• Lin Feng explained that the Sacred Spirit Sect had forced Xuanyuan Qingtian into slavery and sent twelve Emperor Realm Experts to attack the Divine Sword Sect.
• Lin Feng ordered the three to raze the Sacred Spirit Sect and appointed Nangong Mutian commander, promising her an elder position if the mission succeeded.
• Fire King Lin, Hu Xian, and Nangong Mutian accepted the order and left to prepare for their expedition to Jing City.

Su Yuntian learned that Divine Sword Sect had killed twelve Sacred Spirit Sect elders and gathered his strongest experts to retaliate. As the Sacred Spirit Sect prepared to attack, Fire King Lin, Hu Xian, and Nangong Mutian arrived with a powerful aura and an Ancient Qilin.

• The Sect Master returned to his cultivation chamber and prepared to break through from the Great Saint Realm into the Extreme Dao Saint Realm.
• Fire King Lin, Hu Xian, and Nangong Mutian set out for Sacred Spirit Sect in Jing City, each eager to claim the victory.
• Su Yuntian learned that twelve Sacred Spirit Sect elders had fallen and vowed to destroy Divine Sword Sect and enslave its female disciples.
• Su Yuntian summoned the sect’s experts, including dozens of Emperor Realm Experts, eighteen Heaven Emperor Realm experts, six Mystic Emperor Realm experts, and two near-Venerable experts.
• A domineering voice challenged Su Yuntian’s threats as three golden figures appeared, accompanied by an Ancient Qilin.

Nangong Mutian, Hu Xian, and Fire King Lin annihilated the Sacred Spirit Sect, while the Sword Forging Pavilion prepared another attack on the Divine Sword Sect. After learning what had happened, Wu Shentong desperately ordered his dispatched experts stopped before they could reach Yi City.

• Nangong Mutian ordered Hu Xian and Fire King Lin to handle the Sacred Spirit Sect’s forces while she confronted Su Yuntian.
• Hu Xian and Fire King Lin slaughtered the sect’s elders and disciples, and Nangong Mutian crushed Su Yuntian, six Mystic Emperor Realm experts, and the patriarch.
• The Sacred Spirit Sect was completely destroyed, and Wu Shentong learned that five experts he had sent to attack the Divine Sword Sect had defected to it.
• Wu Shentong dispatched three Mystic Emperor Realm experts and one Human Venerable Realm expert to destroy the Divine Sword Sect and retrieve the Xuanyuan Divine Sword.
• After receiving news of the Sacred Spirit Sect’s destruction, Wu Shentong ordered his four newly dispatched experts intercepted and warned that the Divine Sword Sect must not be provoked.

Wu Shentong learned that the Divine Sword Sect had destroyed the Sacred Spirit Sect and hurried to prevent his experts from provoking it. After the four elders returned and challenged his order, he revealed the sect’s terrifying strength, leaving them shaken and grateful he had stopped them.

• Wu Shentong ordered an elder to intercept the four experts he had sent toward Yi City after learning the Divine Sword Sect had two Divine Beasts and a woman suspected to be at the Monarch level.
• The four experts returned to the Sword Forging Pavilion and complained about the Divine Sword Sect poaching six Sword Forging Pavilion elders, demanding permission to destroy it and seize the Xuanyuan Divine Sword.
• Wu Shentong rebuked the four elders with his domineering aura, forcing them to kneel and apologize for questioning his decision.
• Wu Shentong told the elders that the Divine Sword Sect had annihilated the Sacred Spirit Sect, killing Su Yuntian and its Saint Venerable Realm ancestor.
• The four elders were horrified by the news and realized Wu Shentong had saved them from a likely death.

Wu Shentong decided the Sword Forging Pavilion would use the loss of six elders to build ties with the Divine Sword Sect. After breaking through to the Extreme Dao Saint Realm, Lin Feng welcomed the returning expedition and appointed Nangong Mutian an official elder in charge of Cosmos Peak.

• Wu Shentong ordered generous gifts prepared for a visit to the Divine Sword Sect, seeing the elders’ deaths as a chance to secure an alliance.
• Lin Feng broke through from the Great Saint Realm to the Extreme Dao Saint Realm while cultivating on Heaven-Defying Peak.
• Lin Feng summoned Nangong Mutian, Hu Xian, and Fire King Lin to the Profound Yellow Great Hall, where Fire King Lin reported that the Sacred Spirit Sect in Jing City had been destroyed.
• Lin Feng appointed Nangong Mutian an official elder and placed her in charge of Cosmos Peak, allowing her to choose disciples for her peak.
• Nangong Mutian cultivated beneath the Cosmos Divine Tree, felt her cultivation improve, and planned how to win Lin Feng’s heart.

Lin Feng received an Inspirational Gift Pack from the system and discovered it contained an Ancient Emperor Certification Platform capable of helping martial artists ascend to the Emperor Realm. He summoned the platform above the Divine Sword Sect, leaving its elders and disciples stunned by its overwhelming presence.

• Lin Feng heard Nangong Mutian vow to conquer him and dismissed her persistence as a consequence of his excessive charm.
• The system rewarded Lin Feng with an Ancient Emperor Certification Platform, an Ancient Saint Weapon Relic, a Heavenly Talent Disciple Template, an Ancient Emperor Elder Template, and a Golden Crow Divine Tree Seed.
• Lin Feng learned that the platform had nine steps, each of which could grant a martial artist greater Emperor Realm power, with the summit offering Mystic Emperor status.
• Lin Feng recognized that the Divine Sword Sect needed more Emperor Realm experts and decided the platform could greatly strengthen the sect.
• Lin Feng summoned the Ancient Emperor Certification Platform, causing heaven-shaking phenomena as the golden structure appeared above the Divine Sword Sect.
• The elders and disciples looked up in shock and wondered what supreme treasure had appeared.

Lin Feng summoned the Ancient Emperor Certification Platform, a treasure that could guide qualified cultivators into the Emperor Realm and grant them powerful inheritances. After announcing its rules to the Divine Sword Sect, he watched as eager elders and disciples gathered to attempt the ascent.

• Fire King Lin, Hu Xian, Nangong Mutian, and Lin Jiutian sensed the platform's overwhelming aura and speculated about its identity and power.
• Yuwen Shengxin, Wenren Yin Mei, Xiong Ba, and Xuanyuan Qingtian also noticed the platform and recognized the opportunity it offered.
• Lin Feng announced that sect members at Half-step Saint Realm or higher could climb the Ancient Emperor Certification Platform, with its ninth step leading to the Mystic Emperor Realm.
• The sect's elders and disciples reacted with shock and excitement, grateful that Lin Feng had paved a path toward becoming Emperors.
• Xuanyuan Qingtian, Hu Xian, Fire King Lin, Xiong Ba, the sect elders, Yuwen Shengxin, and Wenren Yin Mei gathered beside the platform and prepared to climb.

The Ancient Emperor Certification Platform released overwhelming pressure that injured the gathered cultivators, but they resolved to climb it and compete to become the sect’s first Ancient Mystic Emperor. Twenty-three powerhouses approached in four groups, and the chapter left them facing the platform’s crushing trials on its first stone stair.

• The platform’s pressure drove Hu Xian, Fire King Lin, Xiong Ba, the Bloodthirsty Sword Emperor, and the others back, leaving them injured and shaken.
• Fire King Lin realized that climbers would need to unleash their full strength and approach the platform with reverence.
• The Bloodthirsty Sword Emperor challenged everyone to race to the summit and become the sect’s first Ancient Mystic Emperor, and the others accepted.
• Twenty-three powerhouses gathered into four groups led by Xuanyuan Qingtian, Hu Xian, Xiong Ba, and Wang Mian.
• The four groups stepped onto the first stone stair and were struck by the platform’s Ancient Mystic Emperor pressure and individual trials.

Climbing the Ancient Emperor Certification Platform tempered the Divine Sword Sect’s experts and granted them major breakthroughs, leaving two Heaven Emperors, three Saint Emperors, and ten Human Emperors. Xuanyuan Qingtian, Yuwen Shengxin, Wenren Yin Mei, and the sect’s other strongest figures remained on the platform as the elders debated who would reach the Ancient Mystic Emperor Realm first.

• Xuanyuan Qingtian absorbed the platform’s Sword Qi and reached the Human Emperor Realm, then stepped onto the second stair alongside Yuwen Shengxin and Wenren Yin Mei.
• Martial Queen, Yao Wanli, and Ximen Xiaotian were thrown off the first stair but repeatedly charged back onto the platform despite their injuries.
• After hours of repeated trials, Zhao Gongming and Zhou Tiancheng reached the Heaven Emperor Realm, while Xiong Ba, the Bloodthirsty Sword Emperor, and Yang Lin reached the Saint Emperor Realm.
• Martial Queen, Yao Wanli, Ximen Xiaotian, the Five Poisons Demon Lord, the Four Absolute Gentlemen, the Heavenly Divine Calculator, the Cloth-robed Elder, the Talisman King, Grandma Myriad Gu, and the Formation Demon reached the Human Emperor Realm.
• The elders watched Xuanyuan Qingtian, Yuwen Shengxin, Wenren Yin Mei, Hu Xian, Fire King Lin, Wang Mian, Xiahou Yuan, and Li Chengfeng climb, then argued over who would attain the Ancient Mystic Emperor Realm first.

Xuanyuan Qingtian, Yuwen Shengxin, Wenren Yin Mei, and five others ascended the Ancient Emperor Certification Platform and became Ancient Mystic Emperors, greatly strengthening the Divine Sword Sect. Lin Feng then revealed the Ancient Saint Weapon Relic, drawing Long Qingcheng and Xiao Qingtian toward its opportunities.

• Xuanyuan Qingtian became the first to reach the summit, gaining Ancient Mystic Emperor cultivation and taking her seat upon the Emperor’s Throne.
• Yuwen Shengxin and Wenren Yin Mei followed, then Hu Xian, Fire King Lin, Wang Mian, Xiahou Yuan, and Li Chengfeng also ascended, giving the sect eight new Ancient Mystic Emperors.
• Lin Feng reviewed the new experts’ progress and introduced the Ancient Saint Weapon Relic, which appeared within the Divine Sword Sect.
• Long Qingcheng sensed an opportunity in the relic, summoned the Ancient Cold Flame Saber, and hurried toward it.
• Xiao Qingtian sensed the relic while practicing with his wine and poems, then rode the Demon Slaying Sword toward it.

Meng Xiaoxing sensed an Extreme Dao Saint Weapon and entered the Ancient Saint Weapon Relic with Long Qingcheng and Xiao Qingtian. Lin Feng activated templates to draw a genius disciple and an Ancient Mystic Emperor to the Divine Sword Sect, then swallowed the Golden Crow Divine Tree Seed and began refining it.

• Meng Xiaoxing sensed an Extreme Dao Saint Weapon in the sect and rushed toward it.
• Long Qingcheng, Xiao Qingtian, and Meng Xiaoxing entered the Ancient Saint Weapon Relic to seek opportunities.
• Lin Feng activated the Heavenly Talent Disciple Template and Ancient Emperor Elder Template, sending their auras beyond the Divine Sword Sect.
• Lin Feng examined the Golden Crow Divine Tree Seed and learned of its connection to the Great Sun Golden Crow Clan and True Sun Fire.
• Lin Feng swallowed the Golden Crow Divine Tree Seed and began refining it.

Lin Feng absorbed the Golden Crow Divine Tree Seed, which took root in his Qi Sea and transformed his Innate Yang Fire Spirit Root. In Jing City, the declining Yang Family’s plea to its sleeping Mystic Emperor ancestor was answered when a powerful aura emerged and an ancient Bronze Coffin flew from the ancestral grounds.

• Lin Feng endured the Golden Crow Divine Tree Seed’s scorching energy as it settled in his Qi Sea and began growing into a sapling.
• The seed’s golden flames nourished Lin Feng’s Innate Yang Fire Spirit Root, causing it to grow stronger and undergo a transformation.
• Dark-gold runes appeared on Lin Feng’s skin as his aura and vitality surged.
• Yang Ye lamented the Yang Family’s decline and prayed for its sealed Mystic Emperor ancestor to save his descendants.
• A terrifying aura swept through the Yang Family, forcing its members to their knees.
• An ancient Bronze Coffin flew from the Yang Family’s ancestral grounds and hovered in the sky.

The Brave and Valiant Great Emperor broke free from his seal, learned about the powerful Divine Sword Sect, and flew there in pursuit of a chance to become a Venerable. He left Yang Ye and the other Yang Family members kneeling behind, stunned by his sudden departure.

• The Brave and Valiant Great Emperor awakened inside the Bronze Coffin and declared that the Divine Sword Sect held an opportunity to reach the Venerable Realm.
• Yang Ye recognized the Brave and Valiant Great Emperor as the Yang Family’s ancestor and led the family members in paying their respects.
• The Brave and Valiant Great Emperor scolded the Yang Family for its decline and asked Yang Ye about the Divine Sword Sect.
• Yang Ye explained that the Divine Sword Sect had destroyed the Sacred Spirit Sect with the help of two divine beasts and a woman suspected to be at the Monarch level.
• The Brave and Valiant Great Emperor decided the Divine Sword Sect held the fortune he needed and flew away in his Bronze Coffin, leaving Yang Ye and the others bewildered.

Yang Ye resolved to seek the Divine Sword Sect’s help for his family, while Dugu Qingming entered the Jiuli Tribe’s forbidden land in search of a breakthrough opportunity. There, the Jiuli patriarch Li Tian announced that the Xuanyuan Divine Sword had emerged, alarming the tribe’s elders.

• Yang Ye decided to go to the Divine Sword Sect and ask his ancestor to help the Yang Family gain a chance to rise.
• Dugu Qingming arrived unseen in the Savage Ancient Land, where she sensed a familiar destructive aura coming from a sacrificial hall.
• Dugu Qingming entered the hall, believing its aura might hold the opportunity to become an Emperor and recover a connection to her past life.
• Li Tian summoned the Jiuli Tribe’s elders and announced that the Xuanyuan Divine Sword had emerged.
• The elders panicked, recalling the tribe’s prohibitions against confronting the sword and the defeat that had driven them into hiding.

Jiuli Tribe Chieftain Li Tian told the elders that Li Batian’s Jiuli Dynasty had been destroyed by the Divine Sword Sect, then revealed that the tribe’s Chaos Diagram had stirred. The elders learned this could signal a chance to reunite the Chaos Divine Axe, while Li Tian’s account traced the artifact’s legendary origins and the Jiuli Tribe’s connection to Pangu and Chiyou.

• Li Tian intimidated the Jiuli Tribe elders for doubting his report about the Xuanyuan Divine Sword, and they knelt and apologized.
• Li Tian explained that Li Batian had founded the Jiuli Dynasty in Yi City after being expelled from the Savage Ancient Land, but the Divine Sword Sect had destroyed it.
• The elders feared the Divine Sword Sect might trace Li Batian’s origins back to the Jiuli Tribe, but Li Tian said an old prophecy linked Xuanyuan’s appearance with Chaos.
• Li Tian announced that the Chaos Diagram in the tribe’s sacrificial hall had emitted an aura fluctuation, prompting the elders to celebrate the possibility of reassembling the Chaos Divine Axe.
• Li Tian recounted how Pangu wielded the Chaos Divine Axe to open heaven and earth, and how Chiyou later acquired the axe before losing to Ji Xuanyuan.

The Jiuli Tribe learned that the Chaos Diagram had awakened and prepared to claim the chance to reassemble the Chaos Divine Axe. Inside the sacrificial hall, Dugu Qingming found an extraordinary scroll and tried to escape with it.

• Li Tian ordered the Jiuli elders and disciples to gather at the forbidden grounds and declared that whoever reassembled the Chaos Divine Axe would become the tribe's new master.
• Jiuli warriors of at least the Venerable Realm converged on the sacrificial hall.
• Dugu Qingming entered the hall and was frightened by ten grotesque Dharma manifestations that felt strangely familiar.
• Dugu Qingming noticed an ancient scroll that seemed to offer her a chance to reach the Emperor Realm and sensed that it contained immense power.
• Dugu Qingming grabbed the scroll and tried to flee using the Power of Traversing the Void.