Chapter Summaries

Little Grass Immortal killed Chen Minjie after Li Zhōujūn sealed his magic power, and Fu Can Demon Emperor appeared after crushing Chen Jiancheng. Fu Can challenged Li Zhōujūn over his weakened cultivation and surrounded him and Little Grass Immortal with a vast army of demonic bones.

• Li Zhōujūn sealed Chen Minjie's magic power and let Little Grass Immortal kill him for trying to kill her.
• Chen Jiancheng arrived, blamed Li Zhōujūn for his son's death, and attacked, but a giant demonic hand crushed his body and soul.
• Fu Can Demon Emperor emerged from the void and addressed Li Zhōujūn as the Azure Emperor.
• Fu Can asked who had reduced Li Zhōujūn's realm to the Ninth-Rank, Second Realm of the Emperor level, then admitted he planned to attack him while he was weakened.
• Fu Can stomped the ground and summoned a vast army of demonic skeletal remains that surrounded Li Zhōujūn and Little Grass Immortal.

Li Zhōujūn faced Fu Can Demon Emperor again and revealed that he still possessed Ninth-Rank, Third-Realm Immortal Emperor strength. Their opening attacks and Fu Can Demon Emperor’s Buddhist chanting failed to overcome him, and Fu Can Demon Emperor prepared his strongest attack, Three Thousand Demon Buddhas.

• Li Zhōujūn matched Fu Can Demon Emperor’s cultivation and used Heaven-Subduing, flattening the surrounding mountains and revealing his Ninth-Rank, Third-Realm strength to Little Grass Immortal and the watching powerhouses.
• Fu Can Demon Emperor’s cold snort injured many spectators and killed cultivators below the Immortal Emperor realm before he challenged Li Zhōujūn to settle their previous inconclusive battle.
• Fu Can Demon Emperor summoned his Demon Buddha Dharma Aspect and struck at Li Zhōujūn, whose punch met its enormous hand in a stalemate.
• Fu Can Demon Emperor’s Buddhist chanting failed to affect Li Zhōujūn, who had matched its power, so Fu Can Demon Emperor stopped it and activated Three Thousand Demon Buddhas.

Li Zhōujūn and Fu Can Demon Emperor unleashed their supreme abilities, but neither could overpower the other, and Fu Can Demon Emperor withdrew. After the battle, Li Zhōujūn’s strength rapidly faded, while Liu Yangze continued his new life as an Outer Disciple of Dao Tian Immortal Palace.

• Fu Can Demon Emperor summoned three thousand Demon Buddhas and attacked Li Zhōujūn and Little Grass Immortal with a massive black hand.
• Li Zhōujūn countered with Golden Lightning formed from three thousand laws, and the two attacks clashed across the sky.
• Immortal Realm experts joined forces to shield their lands from the battle’s shockwaves.
• Unable to defeat Li Zhōujūn with his trump card, Fu Can Demon Emperor withdrew his attack and left through the void.
• Li Zhōujūn withdrew his Golden Lightning, and his strength rapidly fell as observers wondered who had won.
• Liu Yangze, now an Outer Disciple at Dao Tian Immortal Palace, left the window to help tend the kitchen fire.

After learning that Chen Jiancheng and Chen Minjie had died, Yan Siman broke out of her Yan Clan confinement and headed to the site of their deaths. She found no bodies and set out to track down those responsible.

• Yan Siman sensed her husband and son's deaths, but Yan Xungui warned her to remain confined on the mountain.
• Yan Siman recalled fleeing an arranged marriage, marrying Chen Jiancheng, and being forced back to the Yan Clan a thousand years earlier.
• Yan Siman used a costly secret art to unleash Third-Realm Immortal Emperor power and shattered Yan Xungui's law chains.
• Yan Siman left the Yan Clan despite Yan Xungui's objections, and he collapsed in anger as two elders supported him.
• Yan Siman found the devastated battlefield where Chen Jiancheng and Chen Minjie had fallen, then entered the void to investigate who had fought there.

Li Zhōujūn named the Little Grass Immortal Li Yiran and left her to explore the Immortal Realm while he headed toward Emperor's Arrival City. At the teleportation hall, he agreed to travel with Shangguan Jin and his companions to Emperor's Fall Mountain Range.

• Li Zhōujūn named the Little Grass Immortal Li Yiran, and she happily accepted the name.
• Li Yiran declined Li Zhōujūn's offer to wait for him, so he secretly placed a clone on her and watched her leave.
• Li Zhōujūn heard that a teleportation ferry could take him to Emperor's Arrival City, near Emperor's Fall Mountain Range, and went to the city's teleportation hall.
• While waiting in line for the ferry, Li Zhōujūn heard cultivators discuss the recent battle between Emperors and the ancient battlefield where desperate cultivators sought breakthroughs.
• Shangguan Jin introduced himself as a Ninth-Rank Immortal Emperor and invited Li Zhōujūn to travel with him and his companions; Li Zhōujūn agreed.

Li Zhōujūn traveled to Emperor's Arrival City with Shangguan Jin and his companions ahead of the ancient battlefield's opening. There, Yan Xuanqing recognized him and spoke with him, leaving Shangguan Jin's group surprised by their familiarity.

• Li Zhōujūn and Shangguan Jin boarded the spatial ferry, where Shangguan Jin introduced him to Shangguan Yu'er and Yan Zunli.
• Yan Siman learned that Fu Can Demon Emperor and the Azure Emperor had fought where her husband and son fell, then suffered a backlash as her temporary Third-Realm cultivation ended and her realm fell to the Second Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn traveled for a month, arrived in Emperor's Arrival City, and agreed to meet Shangguan Jin and the others before the ancient battlefield opened.
• Li Zhōujūn spotted Yan Xuanqing on the street, and Yan Zunli mistakenly assumed she was approaching him because of his Yan Clan status.
• Yan Xuanqing greeted Li Zhōujūn as Mr. Li and asked if he was going to the ancient battlefield, surprising Shangguan Jin and the others.

Shangguan Jin suspected that Li Zhōujūn was the legendary Azure Emperor and hoped to earn his favor, while Li Zhōujūn invited Yan Xuanqing to travel with him in exchange for daily roast chicken. The group parted ways, with Shangguan Yu'er heading off alone and Shangguan Jin keeping his suspicion to himself.

• Shangguan Jin connected Li Zhōujūn's azure robes and Yan Xuanqing's deference to rumors about Azure Emperor and wondered if Li Zhōujūn was him.
• Li Zhōujūn invited Yan Xuanqing to accompany him and asked her to buy him roast chicken each day.
• Shangguan Jin offered Shangguan Yu'er's cooking, but Yan Xuanqing insisted on making the roast chicken herself, and Shangguan Yu'er denied knowing how to cook it.
• Shangguan Jin refrained from telling his sister that Li Zhōujūn might be Azure Emperor, while Yan Zunli and Shangguan Yu'er teased each other.
• Shangguan Jin told Yan Zunli to keep a low profile and meet him at Di Lin Inn, but Yan Zunli defended his conspicuous clothes and life-preserving technique.
• Shangguan Yu'er left to look around on her own.

Xiao Feng ordered the True Sword Clan cultivators to stop Shangguan Yu'er and tried to recruit her into his harem. Yan Zunli and Shangguan Jin intervened to protect her, leaving Xiao Feng facing their resistance.

• Xiao Bish recognized Shangguan Yu'er and urged Xiao Feng to add her to his harem, so Xiao Feng ordered his followers to stop her.
• Shangguan Yu'er refused Xiao Feng's advances, saying she already had someone in her heart.
• Yan Zunli and Shangguan Jin arrived and challenged Xiao Feng's attempt to take Shangguan Yu'er.
• Xiao Bish insulted Yan Zunli by bringing up Yan Siman's broken engagement, while Xiao Feng pretended to reprimand him and then dismissed Yan Zunli's warning.
• Yan Zunli vowed to die rather than let Xiao Feng force Shangguan Yu'er to go with him, and Shangguan Jin pledged to stand with him.

Xiao Feng threatened Shangguan Jin and Yan Zunli, while Xiao Wusan watched from the void and disapproved of his grandson’s arrogance. Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing arrived, and Xiao Feng immediately tried to court Yan Xuanqing, prompting Xiao Wusan to nearly intervene in anger.

• Xiao Wusan and Lei Dashan watched from the void and discussed their grandsons’ prospects and the affairs of the Ancient Clans.
• Xiao Feng threatened Shangguan Jin and Yan Zunli, and Xiao Wusan silently criticized his grandson for choosing the worst way to handle the dispute.
• Yan Zunli charged toward a wall as if to kill himself, but Li Zhōujūn stopped him and arrived with Yan Xuanqing.
• Xiao Feng ignored Shangguan Yu'er and tried to impress Yan Xuanqing, whom Xiao Bish identified as Duàn Cāngqióng’s disciple.
• Xiao Wusan recognized Li Zhōujūn as the Azure Emperor and nearly rushed down to beat Xiao Feng for courting someone beside him.

Xiao Feng recognized Li Zhōujūn as the Azure Emperor and withdrew rather than risk offending him, while Xiao Wusan watched from hiding. Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing later arrived at Di Lin Inn, where he booked two rooms for the night.

• Xiao Wusan warned Xiao Feng that Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor, and Xiao Feng changed his attitude and left with the True Sword Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Wusan decided to punish Pure Sword Immortal Emperor for leaving him fearful while his son enjoyed himself back in the clan.
• Yan Zunli and Shangguan Yu'er thanked Li Zhōujūn, and he praised Yan Zunli for standing by his friend.
• Xiao Wusan kept Li Zhōujūn's identity from Lei Dashan and secretly hoped Lei Dashan would challenge the Azure Emperor and never return.
• Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing spent the day exploring Emperor's Arrival City, then went to Di Lin Inn, where Li Zhōujūn booked two rooms.

Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing spent two months at Di Lin Inn before joining Shangguan Jin, Shangguan Yu'er, and Yan Zunli to approach the Emperor's Demise Battlefield. As they learned about the battlefield's history and the perilous ravine blocking the way, Li Zhōujūn suspected that the missing Demon Emperor Xi Yang was sealed in Dao Tian Immortal Palace and that Ling Tianzi might have been one of its predecessors.

• Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing settled into neighboring rooms at Di Lin Inn, and Yan Xuanqing decided to learn many chicken recipes for him.
• Yan Xuanqing brought Li Zhōujūn grilled chicken the next morning, and he praised her cooking as they ate together.
• After two months, Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing met Shangguan Jin, Shangguan Yu'er, and Yan Zunli and set out for the Emperor's Demise Battlefield.
• The group arrived at a vast ravine separating them from the battlefield, and Shangguan Jin explained its origin and the spatial turbulence guarding the route.
• Li Zhōujūn connected the vanished Demon Emperor Xi Yang to the Demon Sealing Cave and wondered whether Ling Tianzi had been a predecessor of Dao Tian Immortal Palace.

Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing left the battlefield’s corpse-strewn outskirts to seek the Immortal Emperor Origin, while Shangguan Jin struggled to convince Shangguan Yu'er and Yan Zunli to join them. The pair stayed behind to scavenge, leaving Shangguan Jin lamenting their choice as Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing headed for the central region.

• Li Zhōujūn, Shangguan Jin, Yan Xuanqing, Shangguan Yu'er, and Yan Zunli entered the Emperor's Demise Battlefield and saw the ruins left by the Immortal Emperors’ battle.
• Cultivators searched the outskirts for treasures and began fighting over their finds, while Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing waited because they sought more valuable opportunities.
• Li Zhōujūn offered to accompany Yan Xuanqing in searching for the chance to become an Immortal Emperor, then invited Shangguan Jin and his companions along.
• Shangguan Yu'er and Yan Zunli refused to leave their scavenging, arguing that the central region would be too dangerous and that they had already found valuable items.
• Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing departed for the central region, while Shangguan Jin lamented that Shangguan Yu'er and Yan Zunli had missed their chance to follow them.

Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing reached the Sword-Holding Immortal Emperor’s corpse, where Yan Xuanqing began comprehending his sword intent. She succeeded in awakening his remnant-soul clone, who watched her and considered whether she could inherit his Immortal Emperor Origin.

• Yan Xuanqing told Li Zhōujūn about the Sword-Holding Immortal Emperor’s battle against the Demon Race and the trial guarding his Immortal Emperor Origin.
• Yan Xuanqing sat down to comprehend the Sword-Holding Immortal Emperor’s sword intent while Li Zhōujūn waited nearby.
• Xiao Wusan and Lei Dashan watched from concealment and discussed the chance of claiming the Immortal Emperor Origin for their grandsons.
• Yan Xuanqing’s comprehension stirred the sword intent and summoned the Sword-Holding Immortal Emperor’s remnant-soul clone.
• The Sword-Holding Immortal Emperor saw Yan Xuanqing in a deep state of comprehension and silently hoped she could inherit his Origin and continue his sword path.

Yan Xuanqing inherited the Sword-Holding Immortal Emperor's Origin after comprehending his sword intent, then faced the covetous attention of the cultivators around her. Xiao Feng protected her to curry favor with Li Zhōujūn and proposed becoming sworn brothers, while Xiao Wusan tried to draw Lei Dashan into testing the Azure Emperor.

• The Sword-Holding Immortal Emperor granted Yan Xuanqing his Immortal Emperor Origin, then his avatar and remains dissolved into spiritual light.
• The cultivators turned toward Yan Xuanqing, intending to seize her Origin, but Xiao Feng warned them that doing so would make them enemies of the True Sword Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Feng asked Li Zhōujūn to become his sworn brother, and Yan Xuanqing realized he was helping her to win Li Zhōujūn's favor.
• Xiao Wusan praised Xiao Feng's actions and urged Lei Dashan to seize the Origin for his grandson, hoping to test whether the Azure Emperor was weakened.
• Lei Dashan distrusted Xiao Wusan's motives and asked why Xiao Wusan did not consider his own grandson.

Lei Dashan moved to seize the Sword-Holding Immortal Emperor’s Origin from Yan Xuanqing, unaware that Li Zhōujūn was the powerful Azure Emperor standing beside her. When Lei Dashan’s pressure failed to affect Li Zhōujūn or Yan Xuanqing, he began to suspect that something was wrong.

• Lei Dashan decided to take the Sword-Holding Immortal Emperor’s Origin, confident he could escape afterward using his Thunder Movement Jade Slip.
• Lei Dashan appeared before the gathered cultivators and announced that he would take the Origin from Yan Xuanqing.
• Lei Dashan brushed Xiao Feng aside when he tried to stop him, then demanded that Yan Xuanqing hand over the Origin.
• Li Zhōujūn welcomed Lei Dashan’s challenge and confirmed that Lei Dashan did not recognize him.
• Lei Dashan increased his Immortal Emperor pressure, forcing many cultivators to their knees, but Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing remained calm.

Li Zhōujūn revealed strength equal to Lei Dashan’s and fought him to a standstill, while onlookers mistakenly believed the Green Emperor had been badly injured. Lei Dashan tried to make peace, but Li Zhōujūn attacked again, leaving Lei Dashan to weigh the danger of continuing the fight.

• Lei Dashan pressured Yan Xuanqing to make a decision, but Li Zhōujūn revealed himself as a Ninth-Rank, Second-Realm body-refining Immortal Emperor and attacked.
• Li Zhōujūn and Lei Dashan traded punches, and their first clash ended in a draw as onlookers speculated that Li Zhōujūn was the Green Emperor, weakened after fighting Fu Can Demon Emperor.
• Yan Xuanqing worried that Li Zhōujūn had been injured, while Xiao Feng was surprised that the Green Emperor had not swiftly defeated Lei Dashan.
• Xiao Wusan watched the fight and believed Li Zhōujūn’s supposed injuries would let him claim another achievement.
• Lei Dashan proposed that he and Li Zhōujūn stop fighting and discuss the Dao, but Li Zhōujūn attacked again because his task was not complete and Yan Xuanqing needed protection.
• After exchanging dozens of blows, Lei Dashan considered fighting to the death but held back because the Thunderclap Ancient Clan depended on him.

Li Zhōujūn revealed his strength as the Azure Emperor and repelled Xiao Wusan’s surprise attack. As Xiao Wusan unleashed the True Sword Ancient Clan’s strongest sword technique, the cultivators wondered whether Li Zhōujūn could withstand it.

• Shangguan Jin confirmed to Yan Zunli and Shangguan Yu'er that Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor, and the system rewarded Li Zhōujūn with First-Rank Immortal Venerable cultivation and strengthened Ao Xue Flying Sword.
• Xiao Wusan attacked Li Zhōujūn with a giant hand of cloud and mist, but Li Zhōujūn’s breakthrough to Ninth-Rank, Third-Realm Immortal Emperor let him match the attack and destroy it in a draw.
• Lei Dashan realized Xiao Wusan had used their fight to test the Azure Emperor’s strength, and he grew furious at being manipulated.
• Xiao Wusan drew his sword and unleashed Dawn Breaker, the True Sword Ancient Clan’s strongest sword-path technique, toward Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn matched Xiao Wusan’s sword strike with a strand of hair, forcing the True Sword Ancient Clan elder to admit defeat and leave. He then spared Lei Dashan but demanded the Thunderclap Ancient Clan’s Thunder-forged Divine Iron, which Lei Dashan handed over.

• Li Zhōujūn countered Xiao Wusan’s powerful sword strike with a strand of hair, and their sword lights canceled each other out.
• Li Zhōujūn warned Xiao Wusan to withdraw, and Xiao Wusan realized he could not defeat the Azure Emperor despite his grievous injuries.
• Xiao Wusan apologized to Li Zhōujūn, who spared him because Xiao Feng had helped Yan Xuanqing, and Xiao Wusan left with the True Sword Ancient Clan.
• Li Zhōujūn turned to Lei Dashan, who pleaded that Xiao Wusan had tricked him into attacking.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Lei Dashan for the Thunderclap Ancient Clan’s Thunder-forged Divine Iron, and Lei Dashan handed him a palm-sized block.

Li Zhōujūn defeated Xiao Wusan and forced Lei Dashan to hand over the Thunder-forged Divine Iron, then gave it to Yan Xuanqing for her master. Yan Siman arrived at the Emperor's Demise Battlefield, mistook Li Zhōujūn for her family's killer, and challenged him to face her.

• Li Zhōujūn accepted the Thunder-forged Divine Iron from Lei Dashan and warned that he might visit the Thunderclap Ancient Clan.
• The shockwave from Li Zhōujūn's battle spread across the Immortal Realm, alerting Yan Siman to his location.
• Li Zhōujūn gave the Thunder-forged Divine Iron to Yan Xuanqing, explaining that it repaid Duàn Cāngqióng for the Dragon Blood Pool opportunity.
• Yan Siman appeared at the Emperor's Demise Battlefield and called on the Azure Emperor to face his death.
• Yan Siman mistook Li Zhōujūn's strength for weakness and confidently prepared to fight him, while Yan Xuanqing grew angry on his behalf.

Yan Siman confronted Li Zhōujūn to avenge her husband and child, but he effortlessly dispelled her powerful attack. Yan Xungui arrived and apologized to Li Zhōujūn, promising to punish Yan Siman.

• Li Zhōujūn recalled killing cultivators from the Tian Xia Sect while protecting Li Yiran, and Yan Siman threatened to kill the spectators if he would not appear.
• Li Zhōujūn revealed himself, and Yan Siman used a secret technique to raise her strength to the Ninth-Rank, Third-Realm level.
• Yan Siman attacked Li Zhōujūn and Yan Xuanqing with her Immortal Emperor's Laws, but Li Zhōujūn shattered the attack with a cold snort.
• Yan Xungui emerged from the void, rebuked Yan Siman, and apologized to Li Zhōujūn while promising to purge the clan of the offender.