Recaps

Li Zhōujūn left Taicang Holy Academy to intercept God Venerable He Ming before he could demand Hei Wubai's True Dragon Spine. He Ming revealed his plans to exploit the Yu Family's weakened position, but Li Zhōujūn appeared in the Black Heaven Emperor's carriage before they could act.

• Li Zhōujūn told Mu Tingxuan and Yú Xīndá he would deal with the Ninth Tribulation God Venerable, then left to eat roast chicken while waiting for the meeting.
• Mu Tingxuan confiscated Yú Xīndá's wine and ordered her to quit drinking, while accepting that Yú Xīndá had crippled Hei Wubai after he tried to molest her.
• God Venerable He Ming met the Black Heaven Emperor and learned that Taicang Holy Academy had two Seventh Tribulation God Venerables guarding it.
• God Venerable He Ming explained that the Lei Yuan Divine Race was testing whether the Yu Family's God Emperor was dead, and planned to seize Hei Wubai's True Dragon Spine to help himself reach the God Emperor Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn suddenly appeared in the Black Heaven Emperor's carriage and told God Venerable He Ming and the Black Heaven Emperor they would not be going to Taicang Holy Academy.

Li Zhōujūn refused to help God Venerable He Ming recover the Innate True Dragon Spine and faced his attack. He left God Venerable He Ming’s ten thousand iron swords unable to harm him, though the swords tore his clothes.

• Li Zhōujūn told God Venerable He Ming that Taicang Holy Academy was under his protection and suggested searching for the dog that had eaten the Innate True Dragon Spine.
• God Venerable He Ming attacked Li Zhōujūn with sword gleams, but Li Zhōujūn caught them effortlessly and revealed strength befitting a Ninth Tribulation God Venerable.
• God Venerable He Ming unleashed ten thousand iron swords, destroying his carriage, and knocked the shrill eunuch unconscious with a slap.
• After the system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to receive the swords with his body, he activated his Fifty-Fifty ability and stood still as they struck him.
• The swords bounced off Li Zhōujūn, leaving him virtually unharmed, while God Venerable He Ming’s heart sank.

Li Zhōujūn forced God Venerable He Ming and Black Heaven Dynasty to submit, then learned about the Lei Yuan Divine Race and its conflict with the Yu Household. He set out to ask Yú Xīndá for details, while God Venerable He Ming killed Black Heaven Dynasty to prevent it from involving him.

• God Venerable He Ming recognized Li Zhōujūn as a God Emperor, begged for mercy, and promised not to trouble Taicang Holy Academy.
• At God Venerable He Ming's command, Black Heaven Emperor and the Black Heaven Dynasty knelt before Li Zhōujūn.
• God Venerable He Ming explained the Lei Yuan Divine Race's strength, its Lei Xin Tree, and its designs on the Yu Household of Heavenly Saint Mountain.
• Li Zhōujūn learned that the system's Divine Thunder Heaven Stabilizing Art required Lei Xin Wood, and resolved to help Yú Xīndá's family and obtain some from the Lei Xin Tree.
• After Li Zhōujūn left, God Venerable He Ming slaughtered Black Heaven Dynasty to keep it from causing trouble for Taicang Holy Academy.
• Li Zhōujūn headed back to Taicang Holy Academy to ask Yú Xīndá where the Lei Yuan Divine Race was located.

Li Zhōujūn visited Yú Xīndá and learned that the Lei Yuan Divine Race threatened the Yu Household, so he teleported there to pursue the Lei Xin Tree and resolve the crisis. He arrived as the Lei Yuan God Emperor and the race’s guardian ancestor discussed the Yu Household and a powerful clone left by Qin Tianyi.

• Li Zhōujūn returned to Taicang Holy Academy and found Yú Xīndá searching her residence for confiscated wine.
• Yú Xīndá confirmed that the Lei Yuan Divine Race threatened the Yu Household, and Li Zhōujūn offered to resolve the crisis while pursuing the Lei Xin Tree.
• Li Zhōujūn received the coordinates of the Lei Yuan Divine Race from the system and teleported there, leaving Yú Xīndá alarmed.
• The Lei Yuan God Emperor told the guardian ancestor that the Yu Household’s God Emperor had fallen and that the Lei Xin Tree might recover by devouring the household’s treasures.
• The Lei Yuan God Emperor discussed the Nine Tribulation God Emperor clone Qin Tianyi had left him, which he hoped not to use.

Li Zhōujūn entered the Lei Yuan Divine Race’s thunder sea and demanded Lei Xin Wood and an end to its attacks on the Yu Household. After he fought Lei Yuan God Emperor and the Tree-Guardian Ancestor to a draw, they agreed to spare the Yu Household but refused to give him any Lei Xin Wood, leaving them considering whether to use Qin Tianyi’s clone.

• Li Zhōujūn appeared beside the Lei Xin Tree, unaffected by its lightning, and demanded Lei Xin Wood and that the Lei Yuan Divine Race stop targeting the Yu Household.
• Li Zhōujūn offered one of his clones in exchange, but Lei Yuan God Emperor mistook him for a Three Tribulation Godly Emperor and refused.
• Lei Yuan God Emperor and the Tree-Guardian Ancestor attacked Li Zhōujūn together, but he effortlessly caught their divine abilities and fought them to a draw.
• Old monsters on the Hong Meng Continent discussed the clash and expected the Lei Yuan Divine Race to use the clone Qin Tianyi had given them.
• Lei Yuan God Emperor agreed to stop targeting the Yu Household but refused to part with any Lei Xin Wood, while Li Zhōujūn said he would keep trying to soften that position.
• The Tree-Guardian Ancestor warned Lei Yuan God Emperor that they could not defeat Li Zhōujūn together and urged him to use Qin Tianyi’s clone.

Li Zhōujūn confronted the Lei Yuan Divine Race to secure Lei Xin Wood and protect Heaven Saint Mountain and the Yu Family. Qin Tianyi’s clone intervened on Li Zhōujūn’s side, and the Lei Yuan God Emperor reluctantly gave him the wood and accepted Li Zhōujūn’s clone before Li Zhōujūn left.

• Lei Yuan God Emperor crushed a jade slip to summon Qin Tianyi’s Nine Tribulation God Emperor clone against Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn recognized Qin Tianyi as his ancestor, and Qin Tianyi ordered Lei Yuan God Emperor to give Li Zhōujūn Lei Xin Wood and stop targeting the Yu Family.
• Lei Yuan God Emperor handed Li Zhōujūn the Lei Xin Wood, triggering the system to grant him the Divine Thunder Heaven Stabilizing Art.
• Li Zhōujūn gave Lei Yuan God Emperor a clone and warned him not to target the Yu Family again; Qin Tianyi’s clone then dispersed.
• Li Zhōujūn left, while Lei Yuan God Emperor lamented his losses and doubted that Li Zhōujūn’s clone would be useful in a crisis.

After Li Zhōujūn returned to Taicang Holy Academy, Yú Xīndá and Mu Tingxuan learned that he had forced the Lei Yuan Divine Race to use Qin Tianyi’s clone and secured its promise not to target the Yu Household. Meanwhile, God Emperor Lei Bao arrived to seize the Lei Xin Tree, unaware that the Azure Emperor he had dismissed was backed by Qin Tianyi.

• Li Zhōujūn returned to his courtyard, where Yú Xīndá and Mu Tingxuan asked about his visit to the Lei Yuan Divine Race.
• Li Zhōujūn said Qin Tianyi’s clone had appeared and that Qin Tianyi had warned the Lei Yuan Divine Race not to target the Yu Household.
• Mu Tingxuan relayed news that a blue-robed God Emperor had fought the Lei Yuan God Emperor and the guardian ancestor, and Yú Xīndá realized it was Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn assured Mu Tingxuan that no one would force Taicang Holy Academy to surrender anything while he was there.
• God Emperor Lei Bao confronted the Lei Yuan God Emperor and the guardian ancestor, demanded the Lei Xin Tree, and threatened to kill the entire race.
• The guardian ancestor asked whether God Emperor Lei Bao knew the Azure Emperor, but Lei Bao dismissed him as a nobody without knowing his connection to Qin Tianyi.

Li Zhōujūn’s clone defended the Lei Yuan Divine Race’s Lei Xin Tree after God Emperor Lei Bao challenged their claim to it. When Lei Bao refused to leave, Li Zhōujūn fought him to a draw, leaving the watching cultivators to speculate about his strength and ties to Emperor Qin.

• Lei Yuan God Emperor revealed that Li Zhōujūn was descended from Qin Tianyi and summoned his clone for help against God Emperor Lei Bao.
• Li Zhōujūn declared the Lei Yuan Divine Race under his protection, but Lei Bao refused to leave and claimed he would take the Lei Xin Tree.
• Li Zhōujūn told the Tree Guardian Ancestor he could not summon Emperor Qin, then faced Lei Bao’s attack with the Divine Thunder Heaven Stabilizing Art.
• Li Zhōujūn’s golden lightning met Lei Bao’s purple thunder in a draw, shaking the sea of lightning around the Lei Xin Tree.
• The watching old monsters wondered whether Li Zhōujūn knew Emperor Qin, while Lei Bao, Lei Yuan God Emperor, and the Tree Guardian Ancestor were shocked by the clone’s power.

After God Emperor Lei Bao retreated from Li Zhōujūn’s clone, Lei Yuan God Emperor sent Lei Yingying to deliver Lei Xin Wood to Li Zhōujūn in exchange for another clone. God Emperor Lei Bao captured Lei Yingying and her escort, and Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to retrieve the wood.

• God Emperor Lei Bao attacked Li Zhōujūn’s clone again, but failed to overcome it and withdrew from the Lei Yuan Divine Race.
• Lei Yuan God Emperor offered Lei Xin Wood in exchange for a clone, and Li Zhōujūn agreed to the deal.
• Lei Yuan God Emperor gave Lei Yingying the Lei Xin Wood and a protective clone, then sent her to Taicang Holy Academy with a Nine Tribulation God Venerable elder.
• God Emperor Lei Bao ambushed Lei Yingying and the elder, capturing them and questioning them about Li Zhōujūn’s clone and their mission.
• Lei Yuan God Emperor noticed Lei Yingying’s aura vanish and rushed to find her, while Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to obtain the Lei Xin Wood and was given the captives’ coordinates.

Li Zhōujūn arrived in a dark void and confronted God Emperor Lei Bao, who had captured Lei Yingying and a Lei Yuan Divine Race elder. He used a one-minute Nine Tribulation God Emperor trial card to kill Lei Bao, then freed the captives and led them toward Lei Yuan God Emperor.

• Li Zhōujūn teleported into the void where God Emperor Lei Bao held Lei Yingying and a Lei Yuan Divine Race elder captive.
• God Emperor Lei Bao threatened to kill the captives unless Li Zhōujūn let him go, but Lei Yingying and the elder urged Li Zhōujūn not to spare him.
• Li Zhōujūn used the Nine Tribulation God Emperor trial card and killed God Emperor Lei Bao with a golden beam from his divine eye.
• The lightning restraints vanished, and Li Zhōujūn freed Lei Yingying and the elder.
• Li Zhōujūn opened a passage out of the void and led Lei Yingying and the elder toward Lei Yuan God Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn rescued Lei Yingying and a Lei Yuan elder, exchanged Lei Xin Wood for protection, and learned several unconfirmed legends about Emperor Qin’s disappearance. On his way to Taicang Holy Academy, he encountered a One-armed Old Man who offered protection in exchange for being led to Emperor Qin.

• Lei Yuan God Emperor learned that Li Zhōujūn had rescued Lei Yingying and the elder by killing God Emperor Lei Bao, and thanked him.
• Lei Yingying gave Li Zhōujūn the Lei Xin Wood, completing his task and restoring his cultivation to the Nine Tribulation God Emperor realm; he left a clone to protect the Lei Yuan Divine Race.
• Lei Yuan God Emperor told Li Zhōujūn three unconfirmed legends about Emperor Qin’s disappearance, but could not identify the Supreme Godly Emperor rumored to have hunted him.
• Li Zhōujūn departed for Taicang Holy Academy, while Lei Yuan God Emperor told Lei Yingying that Li Zhōujūn was a descendant of Emperor Qin.
• A One-armed Old Man confronted Li Zhōujūn, inferred that he knew Emperor Qin, and offered to keep him safe if he helped find Emperor Qin.
• Li Zhōujūn asked the One-armed Old Man what his relationship was with Emperor Qin.

The One-armed Old Man hid Li Zhōujūn from Dao An True Monarch, a Nine Tribulation God Emperor seeking Emperor Qin, and demanded compensation for using a powerful talisman. Li Zhōujūn refused to stay hidden and stepped out of the void to confront Dao An True Monarch, leaving the One-armed Old Man furious and afraid.

• The One-armed Old Man used a talisman to take Li Zhōujūn into the void and evade Dao An True Monarch.
• The One-armed Old Man explained that Dao An True Monarch was hunting for Emperor Qin and had previously severed his arm while trying to learn Emperor Qin’s whereabouts.
• Li Zhōujūn said he did not know where Emperor Qin’s main body was, and the One-armed Old Man demanded a Nine Tribulation God Emperor-grade treasure for using his talisman.
• Li Zhōujūn offered to confront Dao An True Monarch and take a treasure from him, but the One-armed Old Man warned that leaving the void would end the talisman’s protection.
• Li Zhōujūn stepped out of the void despite the warning, and the One-armed Old Man cursed him for risking their lives.

Li Zhōujūn confronted Dao An True Monarch, who had trapped him and the Nine-Headed Leopard Lord inside a sealed formation while seeking Emperor Qin’s whereabouts. Li Zhōujūn matched Dao An’s Nine Tribulation God Emperor cultivation and fought him, leaving Dao An unable to control his formation or escape.

• Dao An True Monarch emerged from hiding and sealed the area inside a hundred-mile formation, trapping Li Zhōujūn and the One-armed Old Man, who revealed himself as the Nine-Headed Leopard Lord.
• Dao An demanded that Li Zhōujūn disclose Emperor Qin’s location and threatened to torture him, while the system ordered Li Zhōujūn to seize at least ten pills from Dao An.
• Li Zhōujūn matched Dao An’s cultivation and sent streams of light over the formation to prevent Dao An from withdrawing it.
• Dao An attacked with towering waves, but Li Zhōujūn froze them with his divine eye and struck back with golden lightning.
• Li Zhōujūn caught Dao An’s sword barehanded and summoned falling stars, while the Nine-Headed Leopard Lord scrambled to avoid the destruction.
• Dao An tried to retreat but discovered that Li Zhōujūn’s streams of light had taken control of the formation.

Li Zhōujūn trapped Dao An True Monarch in his own formation and forced him to surrender twenty Nine Tribulation God Emperor-level pills. He then demanded compensation for Nine-Headed Leopard Lord’s severed arm, leaving Dao An True Monarch trapped until he complied.

• Li Zhōujūn mocked Dao An True Monarch and continued attacking him with waves of divine abilities while Dao An warned that powerful God Emperors opposed Qin Tianyi.
• Li Zhōujūn demanded twenty Nine Tribulation God Emperor-level pills, and Dao An True Monarch eventually handed over a bottle after Li threatened to keep fighting him for thousands of years.
• The system confirmed the pills were not poisoned and raised Li Zhōujūn’s cultivation and Ao Xue Flying Sword to the First Tribulation God Venerable level.
• Li Zhōujūn demanded that Dao An True Monarch remove the restriction on Nine-Headed Leopard Lord’s severed arm and provide a Nine Tribulation God Emperor-level treasure as compensation.
• Dao An True Monarch said he had no treasure left, so Li Zhōujūn told him he would remain trapped and fight until he produced one.

Li Zhōujūn, calling himself the Azure Emperor, forced Dao An True Monarch to return a pill and leave, then learned more about the Nine-Headed Leopard Lord’s connection to Emperor Qin. After Li Zhōujūn set off to search for Qin Tianyi, Dao An reported back to Returning Heaven God Emperor, and Evil Hand God Emperor volunteered to investigate the Lei Yuan Divine Race.

• Dao An True Monarch gave the Nine-Headed Leopard Lord a pill that removed the restriction on his severed arm, then left after Li Zhōujūn warned him and his allies not to cause trouble.
• The Nine-Headed Leopard Lord thanked Li Zhōujūn for avenging his arm and explained he had missed Emperor Qin’s disappearance while visiting his leopard wife.
• The Nine-Headed Leopard Lord refused to join Li Zhōujūn in searching for Emperor Qin and hurried away.
• Li Zhōujūn decided not to return to Taicang Holy Academy, bickered with the system, and walked toward the setting sun.
• Dao An True Monarch told Returning Heaven God Emperor and the other Nine Tribulation God Emperors that the Azure Emperor was powerful and had challenged them to come together if they wanted to fight.
• Evil Hand God Emperor volunteered to deal with the Lei Yuan Divine Race, while Returning Heaven God Emperor ordered the others to report any discoveries about Qin Tianyi.

Evil Hand God Emperor confronted the Lei Yuan Divine Race and demanded Li Zhōujūn’s Azure Emperor clone, forcing Lei Yuan God Emperor to choose between betraying his benefactor and risking his people’s destruction. Li Zhōujūn told Lei Yuan God Emperor to hand over the clone, while his system assigned him a mission to warn those plotting against him.

• Evil Hand God Emperor arrived at the Lei Yuan Divine Race and demanded its Azure Emperor clone from Lei Yuan God Emperor.
• Lei Yuan God Emperor hesitated to surrender the clone because Azure Emperor had helped his race and saved his daughter.
• Evil Hand God Emperor threatened to destroy the Lei Yuan Divine Race unless Lei Yuan God Emperor handed over the clone or revealed Qin Tianyi’s whereabouts.
• At Returning Heaven Divine Palace, Azure Sky Tree King, Elephant Dragon God Emperor, and Four-Eyed Great Emperor praised Evil Hand God Emperor’s plan and taunted Dao An True Monarch.
• Li Zhōujūn watched the confrontation from a tavern and told Lei Yuan God Emperor to hand over his clone.
• Li Zhōujūn’s system assigned him a mission to use the clone to warn those plotting against him, with a Three Tribulations God Venerable realm breakthrough as the reward.

Lei Yuan God Emperor handed Li Zhōujūn's avatar to Evil Hand God Emperor, who brought it to the Returning Heaven Divine Palace to lure in the Azure Emperor's true body and learn Qin Tianyi's whereabouts. Li Zhōujūn's avatar overwhelmed the assembled God Emperors, and Returning Heaven God Emperor approached him respectfully.

• Lei Yuan God Emperor gave Li Zhōujūn's avatar to Evil Hand God Emperor and considered stepping down as patriarch.
• Evil Hand God Emperor brought the avatar to the Returning Heaven Divine Palace, where the group planned to question it about Qin Tianyi and use it to draw out the Azure Emperor's true body.
• Li Zhōujūn took control of his avatar, declared the group surrounded, and sent Evil Hand God Emperor flying with a single slap.
• Evil Hand God Emperor and the others attacked Li Zhōujūn together, but he shattered their abilities and sent them flying, leaving them bloodied.
• Li Zhōujūn questioned Returning Heaven God Emperor, who admitted he wanted Qin Tianyi's whereabouts and treated Li Zhōujūn with respect.

Li Zhōujūn forced Returning Heaven God Emperor and the others to help search for Emperor Qin, then continued traveling the Hong Meng Continent while seeking his ancestor. At a teahouse, he learned that Supreme Godly Emperors were Nine Tribulation God Emperors blessed by the Hong Meng Great Dao, and heard that Emperor Qin had once nearly become the eleventh.

• Li Zhōujūn ordered Returning Heaven God Emperor and the others to report any news of Emperor Qin and gave them a conch to contact him.
• The system raised Li Zhōujūn to the Third Tribulation God Venerable realm and advanced Ao Xue Flying Sword to a Third Tribulation God Venerable Weapon.
• After Li Zhōujūn departed, Returning Heaven God Emperor warned that his clone could match him, and the others agreed to leave the Lei Yuan Divine Race alone.
• Li Zhōujūn chose to keep traveling instead of returning to Taicang Holy Academy, searching for Emperor Qin as he toured the Hong Meng Continent.
• At a teahouse, Li Zhōujūn listened as a storyteller explained that Supreme Godly Emperors had received the Hong Meng Great Dao's golden-light baptism and that Emperor Qin had disappeared after fighting Demonic Dragon God Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn learned that Emperor Qin’s last battle led into the Hong Meng Forbidden Land and used the system to teleport there with Returning Heaven God Emperor. They waited at a nearby restaurant for Dao An True Monarch and the others to arrive.

• Returning Heaven God Emperor told Li Zhōujūn that Emperor Qin and a demonic dragon God Emperor had vanished into a Spatial Storm that led to the Hong Meng Forbidden Land.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor described the Forbidden Land’s deadly white mist, monsters, and heavenly treasures, and agreed to investigate it with Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn used the system’s rapid teleportation to take himself and Returning Heaven God Emperor to the Forbidden Land’s edge.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor contacted Dao An True Monarch and the others, then brought Li Zhōujūn to a nearby restaurant to wait.
• Dao An True Monarch and the other Nine Tribulation God Emperors arrived outside the restaurant.

Li Zhōujūn and Returning Heaven God Emperor entered the Forbidden Land of Hongmeng with five Nine Tribulation God Emperors to search for Emperor Qin. After learning that Soul Supreme had been badly injured exploring beyond the white mist, they continued onward and encountered a group of God Venerables fighting a gigantic Buddha statue.

• Li Zhōujūn asked Dao An True Monarch and the others to lead the way into the Forbidden Land of Hongmeng, and they all volunteered.
• The group entered the white mist, which could not harm their Nine Tribulation God Emperor bodies, and Li Zhōujūn learned that Soul Supreme had once escaped the Forbidden Land severely injured.
• Li Zhōujūn said they would continue until they found Emperor Qin, reassuring the frightened God Emperors that he and Returning Heaven God Emperor would protect them.
• When the group heard fighting ahead, Li Zhōujūn sent Dao An True Monarch to save the God Venerables and ask about Emperor Qin.
• A red-clad woman and a group of burly men fought a gigantic Buddha statue, while the woman warned her scarred Eight Tribulation God Venerable father that they could not defeat it and might be consumed by the white mist.

Li Zhōujūn’s group rescued Gan Chengbiao’s party and learned that dragon blood and Dragon Blood Flowers lay deeper in the Forbidden Land. After Gan Danyi shared what she knew, Li Zhōujūn led the God Emperors toward the dragon blood while Gan Chengbiao chose to leave rather than risk following them.

• Dao An True Monarch split the giant stone statue with a sword strike and appeared before Gan Chengbiao’s party.
• Dao An True Monarch revealed that Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor and had ordered him to save them.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Gan Chengbiao about Emperor Qin, and Gan Danyi said demonic dragon blood had created Dragon Blood Flowers deeper in the Forbidden Land.
• Li Zhōujūn and the God Emperors set out toward the dragon blood.
• Gan Danyi suggested following them for a chance at the leftovers, but Gan Chengbiao persuaded her to leave with their existing gains.

Li Zhōujūn and his companions advanced through the white mist, where they found the Demon Dragon God Emperor’s severed head and faced a powerful stone statue. Beyond the mist, Qin Tianyi watched them with Forge Emperor and decided to let the tests continue as Forge Emperor neared completion of a divine sword.

• Evil Hand God Emperor shattered an illusory palace, and Azure Sky Tree King destroyed the Dragon Blood Flowers blocking the dark road.
• Li Zhōujūn collected the Demon Dragon God Emperor’s enormous head and led the group deeper into the white mist.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor destroyed a Nine Tribulation God Emperor-level stone statue with a single gesture.
• Qin Tianyi watched Li Zhōujūn from a thatched cottage and told Forge Emperor to keep testing his junior.
• Forge Emperor complained that the intruders might destroy his creations, then reflected on how Emperor Qin had forced him to forge a divine sword that was nearly complete.

Li Zhōujūn and his companions crossed the Forbidden Land’s dangerous forest and found Qin Tianyi with Forge Emperor, who was forging a divine sword. After Li Zhōujūn revealed Qin Tianyi was his Ancestor, the group abandoned any thought of opposing him, and Qin Tianyi planned to take Li Zhōujūn to confront Azure Ancestor once the sword was finished.

• Li Zhōujūn led Returning Heaven God Emperor and the others through the forest’s traps and puppets, relying on Returning Heaven God Emperor to clear their path.
• The group found Qin Tianyi supervising Forge Emperor as he forged a divine sword, and Li Zhōujūn introduced Qin Tianyi as his Ancestor.
• Dao An True Monarch, Evil Hand God Emperor, and the others declared they were on the same side as Qin Tianyi, while Returning Heaven God Emperor also pledged allegiance to Li Zhōujūn.
• Qin Tianyi explained that he had killed the demonic dragon and that Forge Emperor had driven Soul Supreme away with hammer blows.
• Qin Tianyi said he was forging a sword to fight Azure Ancestor and planned to bring Li Zhōujūn along after the sword was complete.

Li Zhōujūn agreed to stay with Qin Tianyi briefly while Forge Emperor continued making the divine sword. When Forge Emperor revealed that Divine Glass Wood was still needed, Li Zhōujūn volunteered to obtain it from the formidable Divine Li and set out with the other God Emperors.

• Li Zhōujūn declined to stay until the divine sword was complete but agreed to enjoy the scenery with Qin Tianyi for a few days.
• Qin Tianyi asked Dao An True Monarch and the other God Emperors to help Forge Emperor, but Forge Emperor insisted he could forge the sword alone, so Qin Tianyi let them leave with Li Zhōujūn.
• Forge Emperor told Qin Tianyi that the sword needed Divine Glass Wood from the Divine Li, whom only Qin Tianyi might persuade to trade.
• The system gave Li Zhōujūn a mission to obtain Divine Glass Wood, and Li Zhōujūn volunteered to handle the matter in Qin Tianyi’s place.
• Qin Tianyi gave Li Zhōujūn the trade goods and directed Returning Heaven God Emperor, Dao An True Monarch, and the other God Emperors to accompany him to meet the Divine Li.

Qin Tianyi gave Li Zhōujūn Heavenly Spring Mountain Water to help him trade with Divine Li, then confronted Azure Ancestor over their rivalry and a proposed match between their disciples. Azure Ancestor left after the two Supreme Godly Emperors agreed to settle their contest with their divine weapons, and Forge Emperor resumed forging Qin Tianyi’s sword.

• Qin Tianyi gave Li Zhōujūn a storage ring containing Heavenly Spring Mountain Water and advised him on securing a trade with Divine Li.
• Qin Tianyi exposed Azure Ancestor’s hidden clone, and the assembled gods realized Qin Tianyi stood on the same level as the foremost Supreme Godly Emperor.
• Qin Tianyi and Azure Ancestor agreed to compare their divine weapons once Qin Tianyi’s sword was forged, with the loser apologizing and admitting defeat.
• Azure Ancestor jokingly proposed that Li Zhōujūn marry his disciple if Qin Tianyi lost, but Qin Tianyi rejected the idea and threatened to confront him.
• Azure Ancestor departed, Li Zhōujūn thanked Qin Tianyi, and Qin Tianyi ordered Forge Emperor to continue forging the divine sword.