Chapter Summaries

Great Emperor Huo Li adapted his sword technique to outmaneuver the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile and deepen its wounds. The crocodile braced for another feint as Huo Li’s aura erupted from shattered space behind it.

• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile struck Great Emperor Huo Li from behind with a beam that traveled through the void, then tried to finish him with a claw attack.
• Great Emperor Huo Li feinted from behind the crocodile and emerged in front of it, slashing its neck with the blue-fire Heaven-Piercing Giant Sword.
• Great Emperor Huo Li vanished again, evaded the crocodile’s attacks on several patches of shattered space, and reopened its neck wound, cutting deep enough to expose bone.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile curled up and waited for Great Emperor Huo Li’s next attack, assuming the aura erupting behind it was another feint.

Great Emperor Huo Li relentlessly wounded the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile until it fled into the Chaos Space, abandoning the red stone. Fang Chen, Little Crane, and Myna bird followed, as the crocodile drew Huo Li into the Twelfth-Layer Chaos Space and launched another attack.

• Great Emperor Huo Li used unpredictable attacks to wound the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile, impressing Fang Chen and the watching cultivators.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile fled into the Chaos Space, leaving the red stone behind, and Great Emperor Huo Li pursued it.
• Fang Chen took Little Crane through Huo Li's Space Rift, while Myna bird called to Chi You and followed them.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile led Great Emperor Huo Li through successive barriers into the Twelfth-Layer Chaos Space.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile gathered chaos matter, strengthened its aura, and charged at Great Emperor Huo Li with its right claw.

Great Emperor Huo Li battled the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile in the Twelfth-Layer Chaos Space, while Fang Chen formed the Floating Immortal Battle Array and prepared to strike. The crocodile charged at Fang Chen, who readied the Heavenly Buddha Seal and Universe Curse Seal for his attack.

• Great Emperor Huo Li’s sword intent grew stronger as he fought the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile, whose aura began to weaken.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile sent a silver summons beam through the Chaos Barriers, prompting Fang Chen and Chi You to suspect he was calling for backup.
• Fang Chen fused with Myna bird, Little Crane, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm to form the Floating Immortal Battle Array, though its aura remained weaker than the combatants’.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile avoided Huo Li’s direct attacks and led him on a chase through the Chaos Space while seeking the red stone.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile charged at Fang Chen, who channeled the Heavenly Buddha Seal and Universe Curse Seal into his Floating Immortal Sword as the crocodile swung down with his claw.

Fang Chen and Great Emperor Huo Li wounded the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile and marked its Natal Spirit Pearls before pursuing it through the Chaos Space. The chapter then introduced the devastated Falling Star Domain and its Great Emperor Withered Stone.

• Fang Chen struck the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile's neck with the Floating Immortal Sword, planting Heavenly Buddha Seals and Universe Curse Seals in its body.
• Great Emperor Huo Li wounded the crocodile's tail, and the crocodile discovered the marks on its Natal Spirit Pearls and tried to burn them away.
• Fang Chen and Great Emperor Huo Li attacked again, while the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile fled through the Chaos Space and awaited its companions.
• The chapter described how a Space Rift calamity devastated the Falling Star Domain, leaving only three Great Emperors alive.
• Great Emperor Withered Stone sat meditating above a rocky mountain range in the Falling Star Domain.

The seals beneath Ten-Thousand-Bone Mountain weakened, and a colossal mantis emerged from the fissure. Great Emperors Withered Stone, Crimson Flame, and Black Moon were overwhelmed by its roar, leaving their fate unclear.

• Great Emperor Withered Stone sensed the sealed creature growing more powerful as the ancient seals continued to weaken.
• A strange silver beam struck Ten-Thousand-Bone Mountain, making it tremble and split open.
• A gigantic, rune-covered mantis emerged and carved enormous clefts through the mountain with its scythes.
• Great Emperor Crimson Flame and Great Emperor Black Moon arrived beside Great Emperor Withered Stone and saw the monster.
• The mantis roared toward the sky, opening a passage into Chaos Space, while the sound waves struck the three Great Emperors and made them clutch their heads in agony.

The Three-Eyed Evil Moon Mantis broke free from his seal after sensing the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile’s summons, terrifying the Great Emperors of the Falling Star Domain as he raced through Chaos Space. He arrived to aid the crocodile against Fang Chen and Great Emperor Huo Li, and Fang Chen chose to wait and see what would happen.

• The Three-Eyed Evil Moon Mantis escaped from the Ten-Thousand-Bone Mountain Range, and Great Emperor Withered Stone, Great Emperor Dark Moon, and Great Emperor Crimson Flame decided to wait before leaving the Falling Star Domain.
• The Three-Eyed Evil Moon Mantis recalled his past alliance with the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile and hurried through Chaos Space in response to his companion’s summons.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile sensed that Three-Eyes was alive while fighting Fang Chen and Great Emperor Huo Li, and he hoped the mantis would help him defeat them.
• The Three-Eyed Evil Moon Mantis tore through Chaos Space and arrived at the battle, where Myna bird, Chi You, and Little Crane recognized the powerful beast.
• Fang Chen told Little Crane to wait and see rather than rush into action.

The Three-Eyed Evil Moon Mantis learned that the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile had found a mysterious stone containing heaven and earth origin, and the two beasts rushed back to the Barbaric Ancient Region. Fang Chen and Great Emperor Huo Li pursued them as the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile burst into the region, leaving its cultivators awaiting the pursuers.

• The Three-Eyed Evil Moon Mantis laughed at the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile while Great Emperor Huo Li continued wounding him, but he refused to help until he learned why he had been summoned.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile told the Three-Eyed Evil Moon Mantis that he had found a stone containing powerful world will and pure heaven and earth origin in the humans’ realm.
• The Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile led the Three-Eyed Evil Moon Mantis toward the Barbaric Ancient Region, and Great Emperor Huo Li and Fang Chen chased after them.
• Little Grass sensed movement in Chaos Space as the Black Lotus Two-Hearted Crocodile broke through into the Barbaric Ancient Region and scattered the cultivators’ divine sense incarnations with his aura.
• The cultivators wondered where Fang Chen and Huo Li were as another enormous figure burst through the hole in the sky.