Chapter Summaries

As the Human Race’s clans prepared for the demons’ promised challenge, Li Hao spent three years carving and cultivating, advancing to the second level of Immortal Lord Realm and bringing his Heaven and Earth Immortal Body to minor attainment. The demons arrived at Gusu Emperor Star, and the awakened clans confronted their warship as Su Muqing and a silver-haired Jiang powerhouse prepared to meet them.

• The Jiang Family and other clans rallied their Heavenly Prodigies, while Elder Xue chose not to disturb the Lin Clan’s Emperor Son in seclusion.
• Li Hao carved Ying Xiaoxiao’s likeness and cultivated for three years, breaking through to the second level of Immortal Lord Realm and achieving minor attainment in his Heaven and Earth Immortal Body.
• A demonic warship arrived at Gusu Emperor Star, spreading its aura across the Immortal Cities and awakening the great clans’ ancestors.
• Su Zhenyuan manifested a towering Heaven and Earth Dharma Form as Su Muqing emerged from seclusion at the Immortal Lord Realm seventh layer.
• The black warship descended above Gusu City, and a silver-haired Jiang woman with a Divine Moon Mark raised her own enormous Dharma Form to confront it.

Su Zhenyuan, Lin Daogong, and Jiang Qiuyu confronted the demon delegation on Gusu Emperor Star and revealed the Demon Ancestor's Dao Arena as the battleground for their wagered contest. After the demons agreed to begin the next day, the human clans prepared their young fighters, and both sides gathered before the arena at dawn.

• Su Zhenyuan, Lin Daogong, and Jiang Qiuyu blocked the black warship and clashed with the three demon leaders before restraining themselves from starting a fight.
• Su Zhenyuan, Jiang Qiuyu, and Lin Daogong opened a rift and brought forth the chained Azure Dragon Descendants, who were dragging the Demon Ancestor's Dao Arena.
• Su Zhenyuan set the battle for the following day, while the demon leader warned his twenty Demon Prodigies that they must win or die.
• Su Zhenyuan summoned the Su Clan disciples and gave Su Muqing, Su Wanqing, and Su Wanxue immortal pills that could strengthen them but damage their foundations; all three accepted them.
• The news drew crowds and clans from across Gusu Emperor Star, and at dawn the human clans assembled their Heavenly Prodigies before the arena opposite the demons.

The human and demon forces gathered at the Demon Ancestor's Dao Arena and projected their life-or-death contest across the Northern Region. Jiang Xuming and the demon prodigy Chi Xu entered the arena for the opening match, and both revealed eighth-layer immortal lord cultivation.

• The Purple-Robed Middle-Aged Man used a World Stone to project the confrontation across Gusu Emperor Star and the Demon Domain, where humans roared their support and demons celebrated.
• Su Zhenyuan announced that the battle allowed weapons and medicines, would be fought to the death, and carried Immortal Cities, Royal Cities, and human prisoners as stakes.
• Jiang Huanhuan noticed Lin Zhixuan was absent, but Lin Daogong assured the gathered clans that he was making final preparations and would join the battle.
• The Purple-Robed Middle-Aged Man selected the blood-robed demon Chi Xu for the opening match, while Jiang Qiuyu chose Jiang Xuming to represent the humans.
• Jiang Xuming and Chi Xu entered the sealed arena; the Soul Age Mirror showed lifespans of 927 and 982 years, and both fighters revealed eighth-layer immortal lord cultivation.

Jiang Xuming killed Chi Xu with a single spear thrust, but Chi Xu revived through the Spirit Blood Strange Body and began draining the arena’s immortal power. As Chi Xu countered Jiang Xuming’s movement technique, Jiang Xuming prepared to merge with the Tai Xu Divine Manifestation and invoke his Progenitor’s power.

• Jiang Xuming unleashed his full power and killed Chi Xu with the Tai Xu Dao, God Slaying Spear, stunning the spectators and demon prodigies.
• Li Hao sensed that Chi Xu was not truly dead, and Chi Xu re-formed using the Spirit Blood Strange Body, which let him regenerate from the arena’s immortal power.
• Chi Xu revealed his own All Heavens Star Meridian and drew the arena’s immortal power toward himself, then charged at Jiang Xuming.
• Jiang Xuming struck again with Tai Xu Ling You, but Chi Xu anticipated his movement, pierced him with a blood thorn, and drained his immortal power.
• Jiang Xuming decided to merge the Tai Xu Divine Manifestation with his Dharma Form, and Jiang Qiuyu realized he intended to borrow the Progenitor’s power at great risk to his Dao Heart.

Jiang Xuming fought Chi Xu in the Demon Ancestor's Dao Arena, but Chi Xu defeated and devoured him, killing the human prodigy before the watching Immortal Cities. The Human Race rallied against despair, and as Chi Xu demanded another opponent, Su Zhenyuan called on Su Muqing to enter the arena.

• Jiang Xuming merged with the Tai Xu Divine Manifestation and used void power to attack Chi Xu, but Chi Xu's blood power overwhelmed him.
• Jiang Qiuyu urged Jiang Xuming to concede, but he swallowed pills that raised his cultivation to the ninth level of the Immortal Lord Realm and charged at Chi Xu again.
• Chi Xu unleashed the Eight Desolations Devouring Dao, captured Jiang Xuming, devoured his body, and trapped his primordial spirit in a Black Cauldron to refine it alive.
• Jiang Qiuyu forbade the Jiang Family from urging surrender, while Jiang Xuming's death stirred grief and resolve throughout the Thirty-Six Thousand Immortal Cities.
• The Purple-Robed Middle-Aged Man challenged the Human Race to continue, and Chi Xu demanded another opponent instead of leaving the arena.
• Su Zhenyuan called on Su Muqing to fight Chi Xu next.

Li Hao tried to take Su Muqing’s place, but Lin Daogong restrained him as she entered the arena and killed Chi Xu with her seventh-level time origin. Though Su Muqing survived Chi Xu’s blood curse, she conceded to a nightmare-wielding demon prodigy and fell unconscious, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Li Hao offered to fight in Su Muqing’s place, but Lin Daogong stopped him and Su Muqing entered the arena.
• Su Muqing used her seventh-level time origin to destroy Chi Xu, who revived by drawing on his guardian star and sealed immortal power.
• Chi Xu burned his spirit blood and attacked Su Muqing, but she killed his body and extinguished his primordial spirit while suffering his God Devouring Blood Curse.
• A demon prodigy entered the arena and used nightmare power to overwhelm Su Muqing, who conceded just before falling asleep.
• The sealing barrier burst open, and two figures rushed to Su Muqing’s side.

After Su Muqing conceded, Li Hao volunteered to fight, but Lin Zhixuan arrived and defeated one demon prodigy before facing the Black Veiled Woman. Her Dao Source Immortal Seal and Heavenly Venerable's Will overwhelmed him, and Lin Zhixuan conceded, leaving the human race's challenge unresolved.

• Su Zhenyuan erased Chi Xu's Spirit Blood Curse Seal from Su Muqing, and Li Hao offered to take her place, but Su Zhenyuan refused.
• Lin Beifeng, Lin Jinrou, Jiang Huanhuan, and other human prodigies entered the arena in succession and were defeated by the demon prodigy.
• Lin Zhixuan arrived and defeated the demon prodigy, then faced the Black Veiled Woman, who revealed her Dao Source Immortal Seal and ninth-level Immortal Lord Realm cultivation.
• The Black Veiled Woman summoned the Heavenly Venerable's Will and battered Lin Zhixuan until his body was destroyed and his primordial spirit was exposed.
• Lin Zhixuan refused to risk destroying his foundation, conceded the fight, and left the human spectators stunned.

After Lin Zhixuan lost to Heiji, the demons taunted the humans with their captive Heavenly Prodigies and offered another deadly wager. Su Muqing prepared to risk her life, but Li Hao entered the arena and revealed that he possessed a Dao Source Immortal Seal.

• Lin Zhixuan conceded defeat to Heiji, then defended his choice to preserve his life when the clan patriarchs accused him of holding back.
• The Purple-Robed Middle-Aged Man displayed twenty captive human Heavenly Prodigies and offered Lin Zhixuan another chance to fight Heiji, with one victory redeeming ten prisoners.
• When Lin Zhixuan refused, Su Muqing volunteered to fight using a hidden trump card, despite her father and Lin Zhixuan trying to stop her.
• Su Muqing revealed that she was willing to sacrifice herself to save the captives, then walked toward the arena as Su Zhenyuan and Lin Zhixuan remained unable to stop her.
• Li Hao entered the arena ahead of Su Muqing and declared that he would fight Heiji.
• Li Hao's Immortal Seal emerged, revealing a unified Dao Source Immortal Seal and leaving Su Muqing and the gathered humans stunned.

Li Hao revealed his Dao Source Immortal Seal and entered the arena to protect Su Muqing, then fought Heiji despite their seven-level cultivation gap. After burning his Primordial Spirit to resist Heiji’s borrowed Heavenly Venerable will, he forced that will to withdraw and manifested a drop of true god’s blood.

• Li Hao’s Dao Source Immortal Seal stunned the clans and crowds, and Su Zhenyuan realized the youth’s talent surpassed his expectations.
• Li Hao pulled Su Muqing behind him and insisted on fighting Heiji; Su Zhenyuan promised to betroth Muqing to him if he survived, but Li Hao entered the duel anyway.
• Heiji opened with Eternal Night, and Li Hao wielded Taowu to strike her, then advanced his Sword Dao and wounded her with a stronger attack.
• Heiji escalated her assault, but Li Hao endured her dark-law attacks and burned all of his Primordial Spirit’s golden bones to power a sword strike that shattered her Collapsing Sphere.
• Heiji summoned Heavenly Venerable will to suppress Li Hao, but he roared defiance, causing the will to withdraw as a crimson drop of true god’s blood appeared within his burning Primordial Spirit.

Li Hao defeated Heiji, revealed his True God's Blood, and forced the demons to concede their matches and return the prisoners. He then faced eighteen demon prodigies at once and ended the chapter standing alone after one sword strike annihilated most of them.

• Li Hao cut Heiji apart repeatedly, discovered her life core hid in the shadows of immortal power, and forced her to concede before the Purple-Robed Middle-Aged Man intervened.
• Su Zhenyuan, Jiang Qiuyu, and Lin Daogong protected Li Hao from the Purple-Robed Middle-Aged Man, while Li Hao declared he would defeat the remaining demons and recover the prisoners.
• The demon leaders conceded the remaining matches and agreed to return the prisoners and cede a hundred Royal Cities, but Li Hao challenged the demons who had already fought and then offered to face everyone except Heiji together.
• The Purple-Robed Middle-Aged Man sent eighteen demon prodigies into the arena, and Li Hao resisted their attacks, destroyed Meng Qing's nightmare power, and broke another prodigy's mind-affecting secret art.
• Li Hao merged his sword techniques and Dao powers into one strike that annihilated most of the eighteen demon prodigies, leaving only a handful struggling to regenerate as he stood alone in the arena.

Li Hao slaughtered the remaining Demon Prodigies, and the demons’ attempt to ambush Su Muqing and Lin Zhixuan prompted the awakening of Su Clan Progenitor Su Jiuzhe, who drove them away. After the Human Race celebrated its victory, Li Hao followed Su Muqing back to her courtyard and received the rest of the Jiang Family’s Tai Xu Ling You Movement Technique from Jiang Qiuyu.

• Li Hao used Tai Xu Ling You to kill every surviving Demon Prodigy in the arena, leaving Heiji as the only surviving demon among the group.
• After releasing the prisoners, the Purple-Robed Middle-Aged Man and the golden-eyed middle-aged man ambushed Su Muqing and Lin Zhixuan, but Su Jiuzhe appeared and defeated them with the Spring Severing Emperor Sword.
• Su Jiuzhe introduced himself as the Su Clan Progenitor, repelled the Demon Emperor, and invited Li Hao to visit the Su Clan Ancestral Land.
• The Human Race celebrated its victory, while Su Muqing wrestled with her feelings about Li Hao and Lin Zhixuan left open the possibility of letting her go if she loved Li Hao.
• Jiang Qiuyu asked how Li Hao learned Tai Xu Ling You, then believed his account that he had learned it by watching Jiang Xuming and imparted the technique’s remaining sections to him.

Li Hao visited Su Jiuzhe, who explained Ying Xiaoxiao’s fate, warned him about the demons, and offered guidance on the Great Thousand Worlds and the path toward the Original True World. Over the next three years, Li Hao stayed with the Su Clan, respected Su Muqing’s choice about their marriage, and carved Su Jiuzhe’s likeness from time divine wood.

• Li Hao declined Su Zhenyuan’s offer to force Su Muqing to meet him, then went with him to the Ancestral Land to see Su Jiuzhe.
• Su Jiuzhe revealed that he knew Ying Xiaoxiao’s past as Shi Miao, said she could not awaken before her destined time, and warned that demons might ambush Li Hao outside the Emperor Star.
• Su Jiuzhe described his Great Thousand Worlds Emperor Path, urged Li Hao to eventually travel to the Original True World, and explained how the demons had allied with the Ancient Demons during the Ancient Demon War.
• Li Hao returned to find the freed prisoners of war thanking him; he declined their treasures and asked Nanny Wu to apologize to Su Muqing for the disturbance.
• Li Hao continued waiting for Su Muqing’s consent to marry him, welcomed visitors, and spent a year recovering his primal spirit golden bones by cooking Ancient Demon Corpses.
• Li Hao brought pastries to Su Jiuzhe, accepted a piece of time divine wood, and spent three years carving the Progenitor’s likeness.

Li Hao completed a profound carving under Su Jiuzhe’s guidance, awakening the Years Blade and advancing several Dao Origins before returning to the Su Clan. As Su Muqing drew on the mysterious power within her and encountered another version of herself, Li Hao and Su Jiuzhe sensed that she had awakened.

• Li Hao spent three years carving Su Jiuzhe’s likeness, advancing several Dao Origins and comprehending the Years Blade, which could temporarily carve higher cultivation into himself or cut down enemies.
• Su Jiuzhe accepted Li Hao’s carving, and Li Hao returned to the Immortal's Abode Courtyard, where he learned Su Muqing had remained secluded.
• Lin Zhixuan met Su Muqing and urged her to decide whether to marry him before they went to the Original True World, but she could not give him an answer.
• Su Wanxue and Su Wanqing visited Li Hao, who said he already had a way to enter the Original True World but would go if Su Muqing went.
• During seclusion, Su Muqing reached into the River of Time within herself, used her Blade of Time to draw a luminous fruit into the present, and saw an identical sleeping figure open its eyes.
• Li Hao sensed a familiar aura coming from Su Muqing’s palace, while Su Jiuzhe paused in the Ancestral Land and realized she had awakened.

Shi Miao reunited with Li Hao after awakening inside Su Muqing, then left with him for Yellow Springs Broken Valley and the Original True World. Su Muqing woke to find her cultivation improved and Li Hao gone, while Su Wanqing and Su Wanxue helped her realize the courtyard's familiar youth was missing.

• Shi Miao emerged from Su Muqing and embraced Li Hao, explaining that she had chosen to stay by his side rather than pursue power through her vessel.
• Su Zhenyuan learned from Su Jiuzhe not to interfere, and Su Muqing remained unharmed while advancing from the seventh to the ninth level of the Immortal Lord Realm.
• Su Jiuzhe opened a rift with the Spring Severing Emperor Sword, and Shi Miao and Li Hao departed for Yellow Springs Broken Valley on their way to the Original True World.
• Su Jiuzhe told Su Zhenyuan that Li Hao's ties to the Su Clan had ended and the betrothal was void, leaving Su Zhenyuan and Su Qingmei regretful.
• Su Muqing woke, celebrated her breakthrough, and then discovered Li Hao had left when Su Wanqing and Su Wanxue pointed out his empty chair.

Su Muqing learned that Li Hao had left the Su Clan after finding Shi Miao, and she discovered how much she had misunderstood his feelings and his past. Meanwhile, Li Hao stayed with Shi Miao in Yellow Springs Broken Valley for nine years as she forged a body and he cultivated with Ancient Demon Blood Essence; they then opened rifts to enter the Original True World.

• Su Muqing learned that Li Hao had left willingly after reuniting with Shi Miao, and Su Wanqing admitted that she admired him.
• Su Zhenyuan showed Su Muqing Li Hao and Shi Miao's reunion, and a messenger revealed Li Hao's rise in the Southern Region and his near-death at the hands of its Supreme.
• Su Muqing realized Li Hao had not come to the Northern Region for her and regretted how coldly she had treated him.
• Li Hao and Shi Miao reached Yellow Springs Broken Valley, where Shi Miao forged a powerful body and Li Hao gathered and cooked Ancient Demon Blood Essence.
• Over nine years, Li Hao advanced his cooking path, musical rhythm, and cultivation while he and Shi Miao made the battlefield their home.
• After Shi Miao's body finished merging, she and Li Hao protected their courtyard and opened rifts to enter the Original True World.

Li Hao returned to Extreme Dao Mountain and was welcomed by the Dao Source Immortal Emperor, who accepted him as his seventh personal disciple and bestowed heavenly dao blood upon him. After touching the threshold of the seventh ultimate realm, Li Hao learned about his senior disciples and the Original True World’s Chaos Stars, where he could pursue chaos laws.

• Li Hao arrived at Extreme Dao Mountain, where the Mystic Turtle Emperor Soul introduced him to the mountain’s Quasi-Emperor Black Giant Turtle, Yuan Ming.
• The Mystic Turtle Emperor Soul guided Li Hao past the outer disciples and up to the summit, where Li Hao met the Dao Source Immortal Emperor.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor accepted Li Hao as his seventh personal disciple, and Li Hao knelt and called him Master.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor gave Li Hao heavenly dao blood, helping him touch the threshold of the seventh ultimate realm and learn that true entry required understanding a life core.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor told Li Hao about his six senior disciples and explained that the Original True World’s sixty-nine Chaos Stars held twenty-three chaos laws for cultivators to comprehend.

Li Hao joined the Dao Source Immortal Emperor’s disciples on Extreme Dao Mountain, received gifts from his six senior brothers and sisters, and waited there for Shi Miao. After she arrived, they went to the Chaos Sword Star to begin studying Chaos Dao, where Li Hao encountered Sword Heart and Mingyue, who challenged him to fight when he caught up to their cultivation.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor introduced Li Hao to his six other disciples, who came from powerful clans and gave him rare treasures, including a Life-Severing World Core and insights into the Chaos Dao.
• The disciples discussed their progress toward opening emperor paths and Di Lingshu wagered one Immortal Stone that Li Hao would not comprehend his first Chaos Star faster than she had.
• Li Hao remained on Extreme Dao Mountain for nearly a year, built a simple courtyard, cultivated through sculpting and painting, and waited for Shi Miao.
• Shi Miao arrived as an Immortal King, and the Dao Source Immortal Emperor revealed that he had taken her as a personal disciple; she then led Li Hao to the Chaos Sword Star to study its law patterns.
• At the Chaos Sword Star, Li Hao encountered Sword Heart and Mingyue with their dangerous-looking companion, and Sword Heart invited him to challenge them once his cultivation caught up.

Li Hao used his panel to advance his Chaos Dao and quickly grasped the laws of the Chaos Stone Wall. He activated all 138 Chaos Pillars in moments, shocking the gathered prodigies and reuniting with Gui Lingyue and Gui Lingshuang.

• Li Hao spent Art Skill Points to advance his Chaos Dao to second grade and gained insight into how chaos fused the laws of myriad Great Daos.
• Li Hao studied the Chaos Stone Wall, devised a chaos sword force, and learned from Shi Miao that the corresponding Chaos Pillars tested comprehension.
• Li Hao reunited with Gui Lingyue and Gui Lingshuang, who told him that the Grand Battle had continued after he left and that Di Linchen had called him the Uncrowned King.
• Li Hao entered the Chaos Pillar test and activated every one of the 138 pillars without a single failure, stunning the nearby prodigies.

Li Hao comprehended the Chaos Sword Star in a day, entered the Chaos Heavenly Dao Ranking, and learned how Chaos Stars and Laws determined cultivation and rank. He then comprehended a second star just as quickly, rising more than thirty thousand places on the ranking.

• Li Hao activated all 138 Chaos Pillars on the Chaos Sword Star, entered the ranking at 1,209,482nd with one Chaos Star, and learned from Shi Miao that she ranked ninth.
• Sword Heart and Mingyue confronted Li Hao, while Gui Lingshuang warned him that other disciples of the Supreme might threaten him; Li Hao left to examine other Chaos Stars.
• Shi Miao explained that three Chaos Stars could form a Chaos Law and that fusing laws increased strength, then took Li Hao to a neighboring Chaos Star.
• After studying the blade dao stone wall for about two hours, Li Hao entered the formation and activated all 138 Chaos Pillars.
• Li Hao appeared at 1,169,287th on the Chaos Heavenly Dao Ranking with two Chaos Stars and a listed time of one day.

Li Hao and Shi Miao traveled from Chaos Star to Chaos Star as Li Hao rapidly comprehended their laws and climbed the rankings, astonishing Heavenly Prodigies across the Original True World. Lin Zhixuan also comprehended a Chaos Star and entered the ranking, while Su Muqing began to suspect that Li Hao had returned; Li Hao’s rank continued soaring as he reached fifteen stars.

• Li Hao comprehended the Spear Dao Chaos Star and activated all 138 Chaos Pillars, while his ranking rose and he spotted Yue Xi, Gu Yan, and other familiar names.
• Li Hao’s activation of the pillars gave Lin Zhixuan the resonance he needed to comprehend the Spear Dao Chaos Star, and Lin Zhixuan entered the ranking after two years and three months.
• Lin Zhixuan questioned Su Muqing about her realm and location, then told her he had entered the ranking; Su Muqing wondered whether he had seen Li Hao and decided to return to her master’s sect.
• Li Hao and Shi Miao reached the Thunder Dao Chaos Star, where Li Hao’s fourth-star achievement revealed the Ghost Clan Sisters, Sword Heart, Mingyue, Di Linchen, and other familiar Heavenly Prodigies on the rankings.
• The Ghost Clan Sisters, Sword Heart, and Mingyue recognized Li Hao’s rapid rise and sought answers, while Li Hao continued activating Chaos Stars until he had comprehended fifteen and climbed into the top million.
• Heavenly Prodigies across many Chaos Stars noticed the unfamiliar figure surpassing them, and uproar spread as they saw how briefly he had been on the ranking.