Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen seized the three Tears of Flowing Time and learned that the Pool of Years connected to the Ancient Heavenly Court’s Temporal Core. He joined the jade-like Skeleton’s effort to destroy the Outer Demon Seed, and his sword strike hit the shadow at its core.

• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to destroy and absorb an offshoot of the Flowing Time Tentacle, then sent the three Tears of Flowing Time into the Swallowing Heaven Tower.
• The Pool of Years grew more violent, and the jade-like Skeleton warned Fang Chen that the Demonic Seed could contaminate the Temporal Core beneath it.
• Fang Chen agreed to destroy the Outer Demon Seed’s core while the Skeleton used its last Temporal Divine Power to pin the shadow inside the Dark Red Crystal.
• The Skeleton tightened the Golden Chains around the crystal, and Fang Chen sent a Void Thread from the Floating Immortal Sword into the shadow’s heart.

Fang Chen destroyed the Demonic Seed and escaped the Pool of Years with the Compass and Scroll, then raced to leave the Secret Hall as Little Crane began recovering from a Tear of Time. At the exit, the Time Dragon Skeleton attacked to seize the Tears of Time, and Fang Chen confronted it.

• Fang Chen used the Void Thread to destroy the Demonic Seed, causing the jade-like skeleton’s power to fade.
• The dying guardian sent Fang Chen and his companions across a Radiance Bridge, and Fang Chen took the Compass and Scroll before escaping the Pool of Years.
• Fang Chen fed Little Crane a Tear of Time, which began healing her, then hurried toward the Secret Hall’s exit with Lin Xiao and the myna bird.
• The Time Dragon Skeleton emerged outside the hall and demanded the Tears of Time from Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen charged at the dragon, activated the Floating Immortal Transformation, and prepared to face its Flowing Time Breath.

Fang Chen fought the Time Dragon Skeleton and used the Floating Immortal Sword to destroy it before it could detonate its Tears of Time. As the Tears were secured, he received a flood of information about the different rates of time in the Heavenly Ruins and the world beyond.

• Fang Chen broke through the dragon skeleton's Time Turbulence and wounded its claw, skull, and soul flames with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen pressed the attack, striking the skeleton's joints and Tears of Time while the sword devoured its death Essence and power.
• Fang Chen's attempt to drain a Tear of Time exposed him to temporal information showing that time passed far more slowly in the Secret Hall and Heavenly Ruins than in the normal world.
• The dragon skeleton coiled around Fang Chen and began gathering power to detonate its Tears of Time.
• Fang Chen unleashed the Floating Immortal Sword's true Sword Intent and shattered the dragon skeleton, then caught its fallen Tears of Time and stored them in the Swallowing Heaven Tower.

After destroying a Flowing Time Dragon Skeleton, Fang Chen gained a deeper understanding of the Time Law and headed out of the Heavenly Ruins. He killed an Immortal Emperor-level Heavenly Slave, reached Immortal Emperor-grade combat power while remaining at the Great Emperor Realm, and learned from Lin Xiao that he would need to conceal his strength before leaving the ruins.

• Fang Chen absorbed the energy released by the Flowing Time Dragon Skeleton and gained a new understanding of the Time Law.
• As Fang Chen raced toward the outskirts of the Heavenly Ruins, an Early Immortal Emperor Heavenly Slave blocked his way and attacked him with Annihilation Law.
• Fang Chen used One Sword Returns to Ruin to erase the Heavenly Slave, then absorbed its energy and broke through to Beginner Immortal Emperor combat power while retaining his Great Emperor cultivation.
• Fang Chen left the Heavenly Ruins for the Ancient Region, unaware that more than thirty thousand years had passed outside.
• Lin Xiao warned Fang Chen that displaying Immortal Emperor-grade power outside the Heavenly Ruins could draw the attention of the Heaven and Earth Laws, and advised him to disguise himself.

Fang Chen mastered Lin Xiao’s disguise technique instantly and set off from the Heavenly Ruins, while Immortal Emperor Yun Hao pressured Ye Qingci to become his Dao companion. Ye Qingci refused and affirmed that she was waiting for Fang Chen.

• Fang Chen learned Deceive Heaven and Cross the Sea, quickly transforming his aura and Great Emperor Imprint into those of a True Immortal.
• Fang Chen promised to find a way to restore Lin Xiao’s Cultivation, then left the Heavenly Ruins with the Swallowing Heaven Tower.
• At a gathering in Abyss-Suppressing City, one-turn Immortal Emperor Yun Hao called for Ye Qingci to become his Dao companion and help unite the alliance.
• Ye Qingci rejected Yun Hao’s proposal, saying she would walk her Dao Path with only one person and that alliance leadership should be earned through virtue and Battle Merits.

Fang Chen returned from the Heavenly Ruins after more than thirty thousand years, having reached the Immortal Emperor Realm, just as Immortal Emperor Yun Hao pressured Ye Qingci and the Human and Demon Races. He reunited with Ye Qingci and faced Yun Hao, leaving the standoff poised to escalate.

• Immortal Emperor Yun Hao pushed Ye Qingci to become his dual partner and announced that the Myriad Races Heaven-Defying Alliance would choose its leader in ten days at the Mandate Platform.
• The God Race and Blood Race Envoys dismissed Fang Chen as dead, prompting a Demon Race man to defend his legacy as tensions rose between the factions.
• A spatial ripple drew the gathering’s attention, and Fang Chen arrived in Abyss-Suppressing City from the Heavenly Ruins with a Paper Crane, a myna bird, and a pale-faced young man.
• The Human and Demon Races celebrated Fang Chen’s return, while Yun Hao and the allied races reacted with shock to his Immortal Emperor aura.
• Fang Chen embraced Ye Qingci, reassured her that he had returned, and then turned a cold gaze toward Yun Hao after sensing the threats and insults directed at them.

Fang Chen confronted Yun Hao over his treatment of Ye Qingci and challenged him to a duel among the stars. Though Yun Hao initially overwhelmed him, Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to absorb his power, broke his killing move, and launched a sudden counterattack.

• Fang Chen accused Yun Hao of coercing Ye Qingci, abandoning old allies, and using the greater good as a cover for grabbing power.
• Yun Hao and Fang Chen agreed to settle their dispute in a fight among the stars, while Ye Qingci watched with concern.
• Yun Hao attacked Fang Chen with purification and destruction techniques, forcing him to defend as onlookers mistook his strength for a recent breakthrough.
• Fang Chen absorbed the unique Purification Law and Platinum Divine Power from Yun Hao's attacks through the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Yun Hao unleashed Heavenly Punishment Divine Fall, but Fang Chen used One Sword Returns to Ruin to devour the attack's sharpest point and shatter the weakened remainder.
• Fang Chen seized Yun Hao's moment of shock and counterattacked, targeting the Law nodes connecting Yun Hao to his divine halberd.

Fang Chen turned the battle against Yun Hao and nearly died using One Sword Returns to Ruin, which shattered Yun Hao’s halberd and gravely wounded him. When a Gray-Robed Elder intervened and demanded mercy, Fang Chen refused and killed Yun Hao, leaving the elder facing him.

• Fang Chen wounded Yun Hao with his sword techniques, disrupting his Divine Power and leaving him with several injuries.
• Yun Hao burned his imperial blood and Origin to unleash Source of Purification, but Fang Chen countered with One Sword Returns to Ruin.
• Fang Chen’s strike erased Yun Hao’s attack, broke his divine halberd, and pierced his body, while the backlash left Fang Chen nearly exhausted.
• A Gray-Robed Elder appeared and asked Fang Chen to spare Yun Hao for the greater good, offering compensation and a guarantee against further attacks.
• Fang Chen rejected the elder’s plea, slipped past his attempt to intervene, and killed Yun Hao with a final sword strike.

Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to unleash a devastating strike that forced the Gray-Robed Elder, a two-turn Immortal Emperor, to flee. Afterward, Fang Chen gathered the spoils and left as the spectators marveled at his power.

• The Gray-Robed Elder attacked the wounded Fang Chen with a massive palm strike, but the Floating Immortal Sword restored Fang Chen's strength.
• Fang Chen unleashed One Sword Returns to Ruin, dissolving the Gray-Robed Elder's attack and piercing through his Spacetime barriers.
• The Gray-Robed Elder's Bronze Shield was damaged, so he burned Essence Blood and fled from Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen remained standing despite his injuries, collected the spoils of battle, and departed.
• The spectators erupted in shock and celebration after witnessing Fang Chen drive off a two-turn Immortal Emperor.

After Fang Chen drove off a two-turn Immortal Emperor, four enemy emperors formed a killing formation against him while he appeared gravely wounded. Immortal Emperor Yun Yi and Golden Roc Immortal Emperor arrived to defend him, leaving the forces in a tense standoff.

• Ye Qingci and the human and demon forces rejoiced at Fang Chen's victory, while the envoys of the God Race, Blood Race, Elf Race, and Nether Race feared his return.
• Fang Chen concealed his recovery and appeared exhausted and badly injured as Ye Qingci tried to reach him and the humans and demons formed a defensive array.
• Radiant Sun, Blood Slayer, Star Whisper, and Yun Li appeared and formed the Five Sovereigns Killing Formation around Fang Chen's forces.
• Immortal Emperor Yun Yi and Golden Roc Immortal Emperor arrived and condemned the four emperors for attacking a wounded opponent.
• Radiant Sun and Blood Slayer defended their plan to kill Fang Chen, while Yun Li demanded that Yun Yi and Golden Roc stand aside so he could avenge Yun Hao.

Trapped and gravely wounded in the Five Sovereigns Killing Formation, Fang Chen refused Yun Yi and Golden Roc’s help and declared that he would use the five Immortal Emperors to temper his sword path. The five rulers unleashed the Formation’s attacks on him, and the chapter left Fang Chen facing their combined assault.

• Yun Yi and Golden Roc prepared to intervene against the five Immortal Emperors, but Fang Chen called out from within the Formation and asked them to watch instead.
• Fang Chen declared that he would face Radiant Sun, Blood Slayer, Star Whisper, Skeleton, and Yun Li alone and use them as whetstones to strengthen his Return to Ruin Sword Intent.
• Yun Yi and Golden Roc warned Fang Chen that the Formation was perilous, but he rose to his feet and said he wanted the myriad races to witness the rulers’ defeat.
• The five Immortal Emperors unleashed the Five Elements Annihilation Killing Formation, and Radiant Sun’s Solar True Flame pierced Fang Chen’s Darkness Devouring God Domain and burned his wounds.
• Blood Slayer sent corrosive tendrils after Fang Chen, Star Whisper formed soul-binding chains, and Skeleton summoned tombstones to suppress his domain.

Fang Chen survived the five emperors’ killing formation by absorbing and adapting to their powers, then used their ultimate strike to force a transformation. He rose with rapidly regenerating dark-gold flesh, an aura nearing the First Turn, and a strengthened Darkness Devouring God Domain infused with Return to Ruin Sword Intent.

• Immortal Emperor Yun Li and the other four emperors struck Fang Chen with a coordinated attack that left him gravely wounded but alive.
• Fang Chen’s dusky light devoured the attacks’ remnants, while the Floating Immortal Sword converted their energy and fed it back to him.
• Star Whisper and Skeleton realized Fang Chen was adapting to and analyzing their Laws, so Radiant Sun urged the emperors to unleash their full power.
• The five emperors burned their Essence Blood and launched the Five Elements Cycle, Annihilation Strike, while Fang Chen slashed at the pillar instead of dodging.
• Fang Chen survived the strike and regenerated dark-gold flesh as the chains and tombstone restraints shattered and his aura rose toward the First Turn.
• Fang Chen’s Floating Immortal Sword formed a miniature Darkness Devouring God Domain strengthened by Return to Ruin Sword Intent.

Fang Chen fought the five Immortal Emperors inside the Five Elements Annihilation Formation, using the Floating Immortal Sword to devour attacks and recovering from wounds as he adapted and grew stronger. After nearly two hours of attrition, the five coordinated another powerful combination attack against him.

• Fang Chen broke through the formation’s pressure and wounded Radiant Sun, destroying his fire dragon and severing part of his Golden War Spear.
• Blood Slayer, Star Whisper, Skeleton, Yun Li, and Radiant Sun attacked Fang Chen together, but his domains and Floating Immortal Sword dissolved most of their techniques.
• Fang Chen recovered from Yun Li’s Zixiao Divine Thunder and adapted to the attacks, gaining strength as he fought through repeated wounds.
• The spectators marveled at Fang Chen’s resilience and the Floating Immortal Sword, while Ye Qingci watched him anxiously and Yun Yi and Golden Roc Immortal Emperor assessed his chances.
• The five Immortal Emperors trapped Fang Chen with a coordinated assault of Blood Sea illusion, Starlight Chains, a Deathly Silence Spear, Zixiao Divine Thunder, and Solar True Flame.

Fang Chen mastered Return to Ruin Sword Intent while fighting the five Emperors, turning the tide of their battle. As they unleashed their forbidden formation technique, he countered it with One Sword Returns to Ruin, which began erasing its destructive force.

• Fang Chen survived the five Emperors' attacks and awakened a dark-gray armor formed from his compressed defensive aura.
• Fang Chen erased Yun Li's thunder spear, then wounded Radiant Sun and severed one of Blood Slayer's wings with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen used Return to Ruin Sword Intent to counter the Emperors' techniques and weaken the Five Elements Annihilation Formation.
• The five Emperors burned their Origin and unleashed Five Elements Reversal: Heaven and Earth Return Together, drawing everything in the Formation toward destruction.
• Fang Chen resonated with the Floating Immortal Sword and struck with One Sword Returns to Ruin, causing the formation's destructive torrent to vanish against his line of nothingness.

Fang Chen shattered the Five Elements Annihilation Formation and killed Yun Li with one sword strike. The surviving emperors, terrified, offered to withdraw from Abyss-Suppressing City and stop interfering in Human Race affairs.

• Fang Chen broke the Five Elements Annihilation Formation, leaving all five emperors injured and Yun Li barely able to stand.
• Radiant Sun and Blood Slayer proposed withdrawing, but Yun Li refused to make peace over Fang Chen's killing of his son, Yun Hao.
• Fang Chen seized the moment and used One Sword Returns to Ruin to pierce Yun Li's defenses and erase his body and soul.
• Radiant Sun, Blood Slayer, Star Whisper, and Skeleton were shaken by Yun Li's death and asked Fang Chen to let them withdraw.

Fang Chen demanded that the four God Race emperors surrender soul essence, swear an oath, and grant him three requests, but they refused and threatened to fight back. He revealed that he had been holding back, wounded Radiant Sun with one punch, and fought off the combined attacks of Blood Slayer, Star Whisper, and Skeleton.

• Fang Chen demanded that each emperor give him a wisp of vital soul essence, swear an oath upon the Great Dao, and grant him three reasonable requests.
• Radiant Sun, Blood Slayer, Star Whisper, and Skeleton refused and prepared to fight Fang Chen, with Radiant Sun and Blood Slayer threatening to burn their Origins.
• Fang Chen unleashed his full aura and said he would beat the emperors until they submitted.
• Fang Chen destroyed Radiant Sun's Solar Divine Needle with his fist and struck him in the chest, grievously wounding him.
• Blood Slayer, Star Whisper, and Skeleton attacked Fang Chen together with their strongest abilities, but he countered them with precise sword strokes and Return to Ruin Sword Intent.

Fang Chen broke the Four Emperors’ forbidden arts with his newly comprehended Return to Ruin Sword Wave, defeated them, and suppressed them in public. His Immortal Emperor Combat Strength advanced further, leaving the cultivators of ten thousand races stunned by his victory.

• Skeleton, Blood Slayer, and Star Whisper unleashed their Combined Forbidden Arts to trap Fang Chen’s body, devour his soul, and seal him in place.
• Fang Chen used Return to Ruin Sword Wave to destroy the three attacks and grievously wound all three Immortal Emperors.
• Fang Chen demanded the Four Emperors yield, and Radiant Sun, Blood Slayer, Star Whisper, and Skeleton gave up the fight.
• Fang Chen sealed the Four Emperors’ Cultivation with Devouring God Imprints and Universe Curse Seals, then pinned them to a pillar made from Yun Hao’s Broken Halberd.
• Fang Chen’s Immortal Emperor Combat Strength stabilized and advanced, while his understanding of One Sword Returns to Ruin grew clearer.

Fang Chen returned to Abyss-Suppressing City, secured the Human Race and Demon Race’s support, and warned the other races against harming his friends or territory. He reunited with Ye Qingci, confirmed Little Crane was recovering, and entered the Five Elements Sect’s Chaos Secret Realm to consolidate his Cultivation.

• Fang Chen declared that the four imprisoned Immortal Emperors would remain captive until the Human Race and Demon Race negotiated their fate, and Immortal Emperor Yun Yi and the Golden Roc Immortal Emperor pledged their support.
• Fang Chen held Yun Hao and his son responsible for their feud and threatened anyone who bullied his allies, schemed against his family, or trespassed on his territory.
• Fang Chen reunited with Ye Qingci and told her that Little Crane’s life force was recovering after she took the Tear of Time.
• Fang Chen thanked Lin Xiao for helping save Little Crane and promised to find a way to restore his Cultivation.
• Immortal Emperor Yun Yi offered the Five Elements Sect’s Chaos Secret Realm as a safe place for Fang Chen to cultivate, and Fang Chen traveled there with Ye Qingci, Little Crane, and his companions.
• Fang Chen sat on a chaos Stone Platform with Little Crane in his arms while the others rested and discussed matters in the Secret Realm’s Outer Region.

Fang Chen discovered that the damaged Spacetime Compass could sense the Ancient Region’s barrier and potentially help connect the regions, though it needed repair. As the group discussed the Five Clans’ likely counterattack, Ye Qingci suggested she could be used as bait, and Fang Chen refused to let her risk herself.

• Fang Chen assessed his strength and Return to Ruin Sword Intent before examining the gray Compass from the Heavenly Ruins Secret Hall.
• Fang Chen learned the Compass was an Ancient Heavenly Court artifact that could anchor spacetime and sense the barrier surrounding the Ancient Region.
• Fang Chen found that Heaven and Earth Origin could slowly repair the Compass’s damaged Dao Patterns, but he stopped to conserve the precious energy.
• Fang Chen joined Immortal Emperor Yun Yi, Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang, Golden Roc Immortal Emperor, Ye Qingci, and the others as they discussed the Five Clans’ expected retaliation.
• Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang warned against attacking one clan and provoking a war of attrition, while Ye Qingci offered herself as a possible weakness for the enemy to exploit.
• Fang Chen took Ye Qingci’s hand and firmly refused to let her serve as bait.

Fang Chen proposed using the damaged Time Bell to draw the Five Clans into a trap and recruited Lin Xiao to pose as a traitor. The plan was set, though Lin Xiao would have to endure public humiliation and risk his life to make the deception convincing.

• Fang Chen rejected Ye Qingci's offer to serve as bait and proposed an open gambit against the Five Clans.
• Fang Chen revealed the damaged Time Bell and planned to announce a public repair ritual that would force the Five Clans to intervene.
• Fang Chen asked Lin Xiao to pretend to betray the Human Race after Fang Chen publicly refused him a Tear of Time.
• Fang Chen planned for Lin Xiao to give the Five Clans the genuine diagram of the visible defensive array, while Fang Chen secretly prepared a second Formation to kill them.
• Lin Xiao agreed to play the traitor and asked that their conflict look real, and Fang Chen swore to search for a way to restore Lin Xiao's Dao Foundation.