Chapter Summaries

Li Zhōujūn blocked Liu Daochen’s Daoist Third Layer attack and forced him to reconsider confronting the mysterious Azure Emperor. Liu Daochen withdrew his avatar after pretending to make peace, leaving the Ancient Tower Clan unsure whether they could still return to the Dao Realm.

• Liu Daochen revealed his avatar’s Daoist Third Layer strength and ordered Li Zhōujūn to kneel, but Li Zhōujūn blocked his finger with a punch.
• Liu Daochen questioned Li Zhōujūn’s origins, and Li Zhōujūn warned that the Liu Clan would have no peace if he were pushed too far.
• Liu Daochen decided not to risk trouble for the Liu Clan and warmly claimed he would respect Li Zhōujūn and let Di Panqiao stay with Returning Heaven God Emperor.
• Di Panqiao hurried to Returning Heaven God Emperor, while Li Zhōujūn and Liu Daochen exchanged smiles before Liu Daochen dispersed his avatar.
• Di YeYe asked Liu Daochen about the Ancient Tower Clan’s return to the Dao Realm, and Di Wanren later worried that Liu Daochen hated them and might not help.

Li Zhōujūn left the Ancient Tower Clan after defending Returning Heaven God Emperor and securing its elders’ promise to restrain the Supreme Demon God Palace. As Liu Daochen began investigating him, Luo Qianqiu chose to stay by Li Zhōujūn despite Emperor Luo’s warning about the danger ahead.

• Li Zhōujūn asked the Ancient Tower Clan’s elders whether they objected to Di Panqiao and Returning Heaven God Emperor being together, and they enthusiastically approved.
• Di Wanren offered to keep the Supreme Demon God Palace away from the Hong Meng Continent and asked Li Zhōujūn to help the clan return to the Dao Realm; Li Zhōujūn said he would think about it.
• Liu Daochen ordered Hou Wucheng to investigate Li Zhōujūn and vowed to settle scores if the Azure Emperor proved weak.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor and Di Panqiao thanked Li Zhōujūn before leaving together, and Returning Heaven God Emperor promised to stand with him against Liu Daochen.
• Luo Qianqiu asked whether Li Zhōujūn could face the danger from the Dao Realm, while Emperor Luo urged her to keep her distance; Luo Qianqiu refused to abandon him.

Li Zhōujūn concealed the Ancient Tower Clan crisis from Qin Tianyi and Azure Ancestor while learning that the Supreme Demon God Palace had been ordered to abandon its plans for Hong Meng Continent. He then set out with Blade Maniac to visit the Murong Ancient Clan and find out whether its leader, Murong Xue, was someone he knew.

• Li Zhōujūn and Luo Qianqiu returned to Qin Tianyi and Azure Ancestor, and Li Zhōujūn claimed Hui Tian had asked him to handle something.
• Qin Tianyi dismissed the Supreme Demon God Palace as insignificant, while Li Zhōujūn kept himself from probing his ancestor’s strength.
• Di BuHuo ordered Dragon Girl to keep the Supreme Demon God Palace from attacking Hong Meng Continent, warning that the Ancient Tower Clan would destroy it if it did.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Qin Tianyi about the Murong Ancient Clan, then left to find Blade Maniac.
• Li Zhōujūn and Blade Maniac headed for the Murong Ancient Clan to learn whether its leader, Murong Xue, was the person Li Zhōujūn suspected.

Blade Maniac and Li Zhōujūn confronted Murong Xue of the Murong Ancient Clan after learning that he was a man, not the Murong Xue they had suspected. Blade Maniac overwhelmed him and demanded that he choose a new name.

• Blade Maniac and Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Murong Ancient Clan and announced themselves to the gate guard.
• Murong Xue came out to meet them, and Li Zhōujūn confirmed that he had never left a clone in the Tian Yuan Realm.
• Blade Maniac challenged Murong Xue over his name and struck him with a gale that forced him back.
• Murong Xue unleashed a storm of ice spikes, but Li Zhōujūn blocked them with an invisible wall.
• Blade Maniac seized Murong Xue by the throat, threw him aside, and asked whether he had decided what name to change it to.

Blade Maniac humiliated Murong Xue until he agreed to change his name to Murong Chi, while Li Zhōujūn collected his tears for a weapon. After leaving the Murong Ancient Clan, Li Zhōujūn discussed the Ao Xue Flying Sword with the system, while Liu Daochen decided to investigate the Azure Emperor and approach or kill him depending on his background.

• Blade Maniac beat Murong Xue with his scabbard until he agreed to change his name to Murong Chi, and Li Zhōujūn collected his tears.
• Murong Chi fainted, pretended to remain unconscious, then kicked the elder who ran to him and ordered the clan gates closed for ten thousand years.
• Li Zhōujūn asked the system about collecting materials for the Ao Xue Flying Sword, and the system suggested using his own blood to temper it when he broke through to Supreme Godly Emperor.
• Liu Daochen learned that Hou Wucheng had found no information about the Azure Emperor and considered the possibility that he belonged to a mysterious force.
• Liu Daochen ordered his informants to investigate the Azure Emperor again and said the Liu Family should befriend him if he had powerful backing, or kill him if he did not.

Di Wanren asked Li Zhōujūn to help the Ancient Tower Clan return to the Dao Realm, and Li Zhōujūn pressured Liu Daochen into providing the means. The clan received three pills to undo its seals, while Liu Daochen secretly planned to destroy it if Li Zhōujūn lacked powerful backing.

• Di Wanren visited Li Zhōujūn by the lake and asked him to help the Ancient Tower Clan return to the Dao Realm.
• Liu Daochen arrived and said he had come to speak with Li Zhōujūn, while the system issued a quest to pressure him and help the clan return.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Liu Daochen to help the Ancient Tower Clan, and Liu Daochen agreed despite his anger and suspicions about Li Zhōujūn's backing.
• Liu Daochen gave Di Wanren three pills to undo the clan's seals and offered to support the clan after it returned to the Dao Realm.
• Di Wanren declared the Ancient Tower Clan's loyalty to Li Zhōujūn and left with the pills, while Liu Daochen wondered whether Di Wanren had asked him to bark like a dog.

Li Zhōujūn broke through to the Supreme Godly Emperor realm and used his new ability to enter the Dao Realm, where he accidentally appeared at Cloud Dao Lord’s gathering. Cloud Dao Lord mistook him for a challenger, while the Ancient Tower Clan and Liu Daochen feared the turmoil, and Li Zhōujūn tried to explain that he had taken a wrong turn.

• Li Zhōujūn completed his mission, reached the Supreme Godly Emperor realm, and learned that Ao Xue Flying Sword had also advanced to that grade.
• Li Zhōujūn received the ability to traverse the Dao Realm and immediately used it, landing by accident on Dao Lord Mountain as Cloud Dao Lord finished expounding the Dao.
• The cultivators at the gathering attacked Li Zhōujūn with their auras, but his Fifty-Fifty ability let him withstand their pressure without effort.
• Cloud Dao Lord mistook Li Zhōujūn for a Dao Lord who had come to challenge him and summoned thunder as the heavens darkened.
• The returning Ancient Tower Clan feared the upheaval, and Liu Daochen worried that his second elder sister had angered Cloud Dao Lord.
• Li Zhōujūn insisted he had taken a wrong turn, but Cloud Dao Lord rejected his explanation and accused him of becoming afraid.

Li Zhōujūn accepted Cloud Dao Lord’s challenge and withstood three palms unharmed, prompting Cloud Dao Lord to acknowledge his superiority. Cloud Dao Lord then sent Li Zhōujūn with Liu Daowan to visit the Liu Clan, while privately relieved to see him go.

• Cloud Dao Lord struck Li Zhōujūn with three golden palms, but Li Zhōujūn emerged unharmed from the crater.
• Cloud Dao Lord admitted he was no match for Li Zhōujūn, who introduced himself as the Azure Emperor; Cloud Dao Lord pretended he had heard of him before.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Cloud Dao Lord about the Liu Clan, and Cloud Dao Lord revealed that Liu Daowan was among the gathered Daoists.
• Cloud Dao Lord asked Liu Daowan to guide Li Zhōujūn to the Liu Clan, and she led him away as the Daoists respectfully bade him farewell.
• After Li Zhōujūn left, Cloud Dao Lord breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Daochen reunited with Liu Daowan and discovered that Li Zhōujūn was powerful enough to be acknowledged as Cloud Dao Lord’s superior. Liu Daowan then urged her brother to keep Li Zhōujūn happy before offering to show him around the Liu Clan and Ancient Tower Clan.

• Liu Daochen arrived with Liu Clan guards, and Liu Daowan reprimanded him for speaking disrespectfully to Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn asked about the Ancient Tower Clan, and Liu Daowan promised to have the Liu Clan treat them well after learning they were connected to one of his followers.
• Liu Daowan told Liu Daochen that Cloud Dao Lord had fought Li Zhōujūn and admitted he was inferior, leaving Liu Daochen stunned to learn Li Zhōujūn was a Dao Lord.
• Liu Daowan instructed Liu Daochen to praise her to Li Zhōujūn and warned him not to provoke the Azure Emperor.
• Liu Daowan and Liu Daochen returned to Li Zhōujūn, and Liu Daowan offered to guide him around the Liu Clan and Ancient Tower Clan.

Li Zhōujūn visited the Ancient Tower Clan and the Liu Household after his clash with the Cloud Dao Lord, revealing himself as a Dao Lord and winning both clans’ support. He left to explore elsewhere, while Liu Daowan beat Liu Daochen for teasing her about the Green Emperor.

• Di Wanren welcomed Li Zhōujūn after Liu Daowan revealed that he was a Dao Lord, and Li Zhōujūn asked the Ancient Tower Clan to look after the Hong Meng World.
• Liu Daowan promised that the Liu Household would also help protect the Hong Meng World, and Liu Daochen eagerly offered to show Li Zhōujūn around.
• Liu Daowan told Li Zhōujūn that their eldest sister, Liu Daoyan, had left the Hundred Birds Domain to explore a larger place and had not been heard from since.
• Li Zhōujūn saw Liu Daochen interacting kindly with a young Liu Household clansman, then finished his visit and departed.
• Liu Daowan pressed Liu Daochen about how he had met Li Zhōujūn, then punched him when he teased her about wanting to impress the Green Emperor.
• An old man told Li Zhōujūn that Liu Daowan was the only one who could keep the pampered Liu Household Third Young Master in line.

Li Zhōujūn agreed to help the Hundred Birds Domain Spirit and Cloud Dao Lord drive a Qiongqi from the Hundred Birds Domain for a reward. Before they could attack, a powerful White-haired Woman captured the Qiongqi, leaving Li Zhōujūn asking her to release it so he could fulfill his deal.

• The Hundred Birds Domain Spirit revealed that a First-Rank Dao Lord Qiongqi had occupied the domain’s spiritual vein and offered Li Zhōujūn one hundred thousand supreme-grade Dao Crystals to help drive it out.
• Li Zhōujūn accepted the mission and received fifty thousand Dao Crystals up front, then joined the Hundred Birds Domain Spirit and Cloud Dao Lord on their way to the Qiongqi’s mountain lair.
• They found the mountains shaking from a battle, and a White-haired Woman captured the Qiongqi in a treasure bottle.
• The White-haired Woman revealed that she was a Second-Rank Dao Lord and asked why Li Zhōujūn was not afraid of her.
• Li Zhōujūn asked the White-haired Woman to release the Qiongqi so he could drive it away and collect the remaining Dao Crystals, and Cloud Dao Lord agreed with him.

Li Zhōujūn accepted the remaining fifty thousand supreme-grade Dao Crystals, advanced to the First Heaven of the Daoist realm, and left with Cloud Dao Lord for Cloud Top Pavilion. Meanwhile, the Supreme Demon God Palace's Great Supreme and Second Supreme unleashed their auras toward the Hong Meng Continent, but an ancient door opened with an even mightier aura from the Ancient Tower Clan.

• Li Zhōujūn accepted fifty thousand supreme-grade Dao Crystals from the Hundred Birds Domain Spirit instead of having Qiongqi released, and his cultivation and Ao Xue Flying Sword advanced.
• The White-haired Woman vanished, and Li Zhōujūn followed Cloud Dao Lord toward Cloud Top Pavilion while the Hundred Birds Domain Spirit was left behind.
• The Great Supreme and Second Supreme emerged from seclusion in the Supreme Demon God Palace and sent their terrifying auras toward the Hong Meng Continent.
• Dragon Girl realized she had not warned the two Supremes about the Ancient Tower Clan's threat, while figures across the continent prepared for the looming conflict.
• An ancient door opened at the center of the Hong Meng World, releasing an aura far more powerful than the Supremes' and making Di Panqiao identify it as the Ancient Tower Clan's aura.

Di BuHuo appeared on the Ancient Tower Clan’s behalf and ended the disturbance in Hong Meng, while Li Zhōujūn explored the Dao Realm after dining with Cloud Dao Lord. On the way to North Star City, Li Zhōujūn encountered the White-haired Woman battling two men in black.

• Di BuHuo declared that he was guarding Hong Meng under the Azure Emperor’s orders, then shattered the Supreme Demon God Palace’s two auras and warned troublemakers before closing the gate.
• Dragon Girl saw the Great Supreme and Second Supreme coughing and their auras in disarray, while Hong Meng’s inhabitants marveled at the Azure Emperor’s power.
• Li Zhōujūn and Cloud Dao Lord ate at Cloud Top Pavilion, where Cloud Dao Lord knocked down the guards and went after his runaway disciple.
• Li Zhōujūn left Cloud Top Pavilion and set out for North Star City in the North Star Domain.
• Li Zhōujūn sensed a familiar aura in a mountain range and found the White-haired Woman fighting two men in black.

Li Zhōujūn helped Wen Mengqing drive off two Black-clothed Divine Hall men and received a cultivation breakthrough from the system. On his way to North Star City, he was stopped by Chu Dongjie and his companions, who suspected he had taken something from the battlefield and asked him to hand it over.

• The Black-clothed Twenty and Black-clothed Nineteen demanded that Wen Mengqing surrender Qiongqi, but Li Zhōujūn intervened after the system issued him a quest.
• Li Zhōujūn raised his aura to the Second-Rank Dao Lord realm, prompting the two black-clothed men to flee and completing his quest; his cultivation and Ao Xue Flying Sword advanced.
• Wen Mengqing thanked Li Zhōujūn, introduced herself as the Lord of North Star City, and left after inviting him to seek her help there.
• Li Zhōujūn continued toward North Star City and wondered whether Wen Mengqing was its City Lord.
• Chu Dongjie and four Daoist Third Layer companions stopped Li Zhōujūn, accused him of taking an opportunity from the battle site, and Chu Dongjie offered ten thousand Mid-grade Dao Crystals for it.

Li Zhōujūn reached North Star City after Xu Yuhua stopped Chu Dongjie from forcing him to hand over supposed spoils from a Dao Lord battle. In the city, he learned that its City Lord, Wen Mengqing, would subdue Qiongqi in the plaza three days later, leaving him wondering whether the public announcement would draw the men in black.

• Chu Dongjie demanded that Li Zhōujūn hand over items from the battlefield, but Xu Yuhua intervened and let Li Zhōujūn leave.
• Li Zhōujūn entered North Star City and marveled at its grand buildings and powerful silver-armored patrols.
• Li Zhōujūn learned from a passerby that Xu Rumò was a First-Rank Dao Lord and that the City Lord was Wen Mengqing.
• Xu Rumò announced that Wen Mengqing would subdue Qiongqi in the plaza three days later, inviting Great Cultivators to watch.
• The great lineages, including the Chu and Xu families, received the announcement and told their disciples to attend.

Li Zhōujūn thanked Xu Yuhua for helping him and learned she planned to watch Wen Mengqing subdue Qiongqi. The Black-clothed Divine Hall ordered Black-clothed Second, Black-clothed Nineteen, and Black-clothed Twenty to seize the beast, while Nineteen planned to secretly pledge allegiance to Wen Mengqing to survive.

• Li Zhōujūn offered to pay Xu Yuhua's breakfast, but learned she ate free at her family's restaurant, and thanked her for intervening the previous day.
• Xu Yuhua told Li Zhōujūn that Wen Mengqing would subdue Qiongqi at North Star Square in two days, and urged him to watch.
• The Hall Master ordered Black-clothed Second to take Black-clothed Nineteen and Black-clothed Twenty to intercept Qiongqi, despite Second's warning that Wen Mengqing's announcement might be a trap.
• Black-clothed Second accepted the mission after the Hall Master threatened him, then informed Nineteen and Twenty they would make another attempt to seize Qiongqi.
• Black-clothed Nineteen told Black-clothed Twenty they were likely walking into a trap and proposed secretly writing Wen Mengqing a letter pledging allegiance and explaining they were acting under duress.

Wen Mengqing exposed the Black-clothed Divine Hall men’s competing warning letters and ordered them not to interfere when she subdued Qiongqi. After they left, she admitted she was bluffing and tried to send Xu Rumò away from the coming danger.

• Black-clothed Nineteen and Black-clothed Twenty planted a letter at the City Lord’s Mansion, then encountered Black-clothed Second, who pretended he had come to investigate too.
• Wen Mengqing appeared and revealed letters from both the two men and Black-clothed Second, exposing their betrayals to one another.
• Wen Mengqing destroyed the letters and warned the three men to stay aside when she subdued Qiongqi if they wanted to live.
• Black-clothed Second suggested they flee, but Black-clothed Twenty persuaded them to wait and see whether Wen Mengqing was using the empty fort stratagem.
• Wen Mengqing privately admitted she had no backing and was bluffing, then told Xu Rumò to visit Southern Dipper City so she would be away from the coming confrontation.
• Xu Rumò refused to leave North Star City, saying she would risk her life to protect Wen Mengqing.

Wen Mengqing gathered North Star City’s crowd to subdue Qiongqi, while Li Zhōujūn’s connection to her surprised the onlookers and the Black-clothed Divine Hall. The chapter ended as Wen Mengqing released Qiongqi from a bottle and the beast emerged amid gathering dark clouds.

• Li Zhōujūn and Xu Yuhua traded barbs with Chu Dongjie, who threatened Li Zhōujūn before leaving.
• Xu Rumò led armored soldiers in surrounding the plaza and clearing a space for Wen Mengqing.
• Wen Mengqing arrived on a raised platform, spotted Li Zhōujūn, and nodded to him, prompting the crowd to speculate about their connection.
• Black-clothed Nineteen identified Li Zhōujūn as the man who had thwarted their attempt to seize Qiongqi, and Black-clothed Second beat him for interrupting.
• Wen Mengqing opened a bottle, releasing Qiongqi, whose roar shook the city as dark clouds gathered overhead.

Mo Xūqiú of Shanghu Academy seized Qiongqi and declared that he wanted Wen Mengqing as well, provoking the people of North Star City to defend their City Lord. Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to repel Mo Xūqiú and decided to intervene for the reward.

• Mo Xūqiú flew onto the platform and pinned Qiongqi down with a palm strike, leaving Xu Rumò and the armored soldiers to surround him.
• Black-clothed Second recognized Mo Xūqiú as a Fourth-Rank Dao Lord and gave up on intervening.
• Mo Xūqiú claimed he wanted Qiongqi to protect North Star City, but Qiongqi called out his lies and said she would rather acknowledge Wen Mengqing as her master.
• Mo Xūqiú admitted that he wanted Qiongqi and Wen Mengqing, and the cultivators of North Star City vowed to stand up for her.
• Wen Mengqing reflected on why she protected North Star City, while Li Zhōujūn received a mission to repel Mo Xūqiú and decided to act.

Mo Xūqiú trapped North Star City and threatened to kill everyone there, but Li Zhōujūn stepped forward to defend Wen Mengqing and the city. Mo Xūqiú unleashed his technique against Li Zhōujūn after he mocked its crooked golden characters.

• Mo Xūqiú enclosed North Star City in a transparent dome and declared that everyone except Wen Mengqing and Qiongqi would die.
• Li Zhōujūn walked to Wen Mengqing’s side, saying she still owed him a favor, and introduced himself as the Azure Emperor.
• Li Zhōujūn warned Mo Xūqiú not to bring disaster upon Shanghu Academy, while Mo Xūqiú dismissed him as a backwater bumpkin.
• Mo Xūqiú summoned the golden characters of the Sutra of World Recitation and Demon Suppression, terrifying the city’s cultivators.
• Li Zhōujūn criticized Mo Xūqiú’s handwriting, and Mo Xūqiú answered that his technique would still be enough to deal with him.