Chapter Summaries

Li Zhōujūn crossed the desert with Earth-Tunneling King and traveled to the islands near Myriad Manifestations Supreme Sect. There, he recognized the sect master, the Myriad Manifestations Emperor, and boarded his boat to go cause trouble for the sect.

• Earth-Tunneling King burrowed through the desert with Li Zhōujūn and realized Li Zhōujūn could keep pace with him.
• Earth-Tunneling King guided Li Zhōujūn to a dock, where they boarded a ship and sailed to an island near Myriad Manifestations Supreme Sect.
• The Myriad Manifestations Emperor followed Li Zhōujūn, saw that he could not discern Li Zhōujūn's cultivation, and watched Earth-Tunneling King depart after giving Li Zhōujūn a Jade Talisman.
• Earth-Tunneling King worried that the Jade Talisman might implicate him if Li Zhōujūn caused trouble, but he could not find Li Zhōujūn in the crowd.
• Li Zhōujūn recognized the boatman as the Myriad Manifestations Emperor and told him he intended to cause the sect trouble.
• The Myriad Manifestations Emperor invited Li Zhōujūn aboard, then drove the boat rapidly across the sea.

Li Zhōujūn met the Myriad Manifestations Emperor and persuaded him to withdraw the formation restricting the world within it. Three days later, Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Myriad Manifestations Supreme Sect to keep his appointment, where Jun Nance confronted his boatman without recognizing him.

• The Myriad Manifestations Emperor welcomed Li Zhōujūn aboard his boat, and they discussed why Li Zhōujūn had sought him out.
• Li Zhōujūn asked the Myriad Manifestations Emperor to remove the great formation and stop restricting the world's inhabitants, and the Emperor agreed and gave him the land.
• The Myriad Manifestations Emperor withdrew the formation, raising Li Zhōujūn's cultivation to the Ninth-Rank Dao Lord Realm, and invited him to visit the sect in three days.
• Li Zhōujūn spent three days in the formation, then returned to the island and hired Crippled Zhang to row him to the Myriad Manifestations Supreme Sect.
• Jun Nance stopped Crippled Zhang's boat and threatened to drive him away, and Crippled Zhang replied that his passenger had come to keep an appointment.

Li Zhōujūn arrived at Myriad Manifestations Supreme Sect by boat and was welcomed by Myriad Manifestations Emperor as an invited Dao Emperor. At the gathering, the assembled Dao Emperors heard an intruder challenge Myriad Manifestations Emperor, who revealed the man was the suitor he had accused of trying to control the sect through his granddaughter.

• Jun Nance confronted Li Zhōujūn, mistook him for an intruder, and threatened to kill him.
• Myriad Manifestations Emperor appeared, greeted Li Zhōujūn as an honored guest, and took him to meet the other Dao Emperors.
• Li Zhōujūn met Medicine Emperor, Golden Lotus Granny, and Hegemon Emperor, who were all Fifth-Rank Dao Emperors.
• A young man challenged Myriad Manifestations Emperor, and Myriad Manifestations Emperor identified him as the man who had pursued his granddaughter and tried to control the sect through her.

Xiao Yechen attacked the Myriad Manifestations Supreme Sect and defeated Hegemon Emperor with one blow before revealing he was a Sixth-Rank Dao Emperor. As he threatened to slaughter the sect and Ying Ying'er appeared to confront him, Li Zhōujūn received a system task to make Xiao Yechen lose confidence.

• Xiao Yechen challenged the Myriad Manifestations Supreme Sect, introduced himself as Chen Emperor, and sent Hegemon Emperor crashing into the mountain gate with a single punch.
• Li Zhōujūn warned the Myriad Manifestations Emperor, Medicine Emperor, and Golden Lotus Granny that Xiao Yechen had reached the Sixth-Rank Dao Emperor Realm, and Xiao Yechen revealed that rank with his aura.
• Xiao Yechen vowed to destroy the sect, claiming the Myriad Manifestations Emperor had ruined his chance to control it and that Ying Ying'er had only been a tool to him.
• The Myriad Manifestations Emperor, Medicine Emperor, and Golden Lotus Granny stood against Xiao Yechen, while Li Zhōujūn stayed seated and drank tea.
• Ying Ying'er emerged from the void and told Xiao Yechen she had been wrong about him; Li Zhōujūn realized the System had brought her out and assigned him a task to make Xiao Yechen lose confidence.
• Xiao Yechen dismissed Ying Ying'er's objection and said he would slaughter her family before making her follow him and bear his children.

Li Zhōujūn protected Myriad Manifestations Emperor from Xiao Yechen and shattered Xiao Yechen’s confidence by effortlessly defeating his attacks. Xiao Yechen revealed that he still had other trump cards, leaving Li Zhōujūn curious to see them.

• Xiao Yechen insulted Ying Ying'er, then attacked Myriad Manifestations Emperor, but Li Zhōujūn blocked his fist and declared that Myriad Manifestations Emperor was his friend.
• Xiao Yechen attacked Li Zhōujūn with a crescent strike, but Li Zhōujūn caught it with one hand.
• Xiao Yechen unleashed his Myriad Manifestations Fist, and Li Zhōujūn destroyed its divine-beast phantoms with a willow branch.
• Xiao Yechen accused Li Zhōujūn of being a Seventh-Rank Dao Emperor, but Li Zhōujūn said he was below that realm, prompting Xiao Yechen to spit blood as his confidence broke.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Xiao Yechen to try again, and Xiao Yechen claimed he still had other trump cards.

Xiao Yechen used a Forbidden Technique to reach the Seventh-Rank Dao Emperor Realm and attacked the Myriad Manifestations Sect, but Li Zhōujūn easily stopped him. Xiao Yechen fled, Qingyan Jun became Myriad Manifestations Emperor’s True Disciple, and Li Zhōujūn prepared to leave a clone behind to guard the sect.

• Xiao Yechen unleashed a Forbidden Technique, grew ten thousand zhang tall, and hurled the sun and moon at Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn dissolved Xiao Yechen’s attack with a sword light from his willow branch, revealing that his strength surpassed Xiao Yechen’s Seventh-Rank Dao Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Yechen abandoned his plan to destroy the Myriad Manifestations Sect and vanished after threatening Li Zhōujūn.
• Myriad Manifestations Emperor thanked Li Zhōujūn and accepted Qingyan Jun as his True Disciple.
• Hegemon Emperor, Medicine Emperor, and Golden Lotus Granny departed, and Li Zhōujūn told Myriad Manifestations Emperor he would leave a clone to guard the sect.

After leaving the Myriad Manifestations Sect, Li Zhōujūn wandered the Southern Ming Continent and killed a Huang Family spirit beast that attacked him. He met Huang Shunrou and her maid Qian He, and learned that Huang Shunrou was ill, though Qian He dismissed him as incapable of helping.

• The Myriad Manifestations Emperor escorted Li Zhōujūn by ship to the Southern Ming Continent and explained the Main World's geography.
• Three months later, Li Zhōujūn killed a Dragon-headed Chicken-bodied Medicine-Seeking Spirit Beast after it attacked him, then began roasting one of its legs.
• Qian He confronted Li Zhōujūn and demanded that he pay with his life, but Huang Shunrou stopped her and apologized after confirming the beast had attacked first.
• Huang Shunrou explained that she had brought the beast out while seeking help for her illness, and Li Zhōujūn asked what was wrong with her.
• Qian He rebuked Li Zhōujūn and claimed only the Southern Ming Continent's famed Medicine Emperor could cure Huang Shunrou.

Li Zhōujūn summoned the Medicine Emperor to treat Huang Shunrou, proving his strength to Qian He and completing a mission that advanced his cultivation. After agreeing to help the Medicine Emperor gather a rare herb, Li Zhōujūn departed with him, leaving Huang Shunrou with medicine and Qian He in tears.

• After Qian He mocked Li Zhōujūn, he used the system to teleport the Medicine Emperor to them.
• The Medicine Emperor examined Huang Shunrou and gave her nine pills to cure her illness.
• Li Zhōujūn advanced to the Fourth-Rank Dao King realm when the mission was completed.
• The Medicine Emperor asked Li Zhōujūn to help gather a precious herb, and Li Zhōujūn agreed.
• Li Zhōujūn left with the Medicine Emperor while Huang Shunrou thanked him and Qian He collapsed, sobbing with relief and fear.

Li Zhōujūn and Medicine Emperor claimed the spirit herb Xiao Yechen needed, forcing him to flee and seek help from the Black-veiled Woman. She agreed to target Myriad Manifestations Emperor and the Myriad Manifestations Sect to draw Li Zhōujūn out, while Myriad Manifestations Emperor's peaceful reunion with Ying Ying'er ended with his sudden alarm.

• Xiao Yechen found Li Zhōujūn and Medicine Emperor at the cave, abandoned his claim to the spirit herb, and escaped after deciding he needed help killing Li Zhōujūn.
• Medicine Emperor collected the herb for refining a Seventh-Rank Dao Emperor Pill.
• Xiao Yechen returned to the Black-veiled Woman's palace and asked her to kill Li Zhōujūn.
• The Black-veiled Woman agreed to kill Myriad Manifestations Emperor and destroy the Myriad Manifestations Sect to provoke Li Zhōujūn into appearing.
• At the Myriad Manifestations Sect, Ying Ying'er asked Myriad Manifestations Emperor whether the Green-robed Dao Emperor had freed her, and Myriad Manifestations Emperor's expression suddenly changed.

Xiao Yechen attacked the Myriad Manifestations Sect to lure out Li Zhōujūn, but Li Zhōujūn’s clone overwhelmed him. A powerful Black-veiled Woman arrived to protect Xiao Yechen and threatened to destroy Li Zhōujūn’s clone and main body.

• Xiao Yechen appeared above the Myriad Manifestations Sect and announced he would use the Myriad Manifestations Emperor as bait to draw out Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn’s clone appeared and caught Xiao Yechen’s Seventh-Rank Dao Emperor punch with one hand.
• Xiao Yechen unleashed multiple techniques, but Li Zhōujūn’s clone destroyed them with a stone flicked from his hand.
• The Black-veiled Woman appeared beside Xiao Yechen and said she would destroy Li Zhōujūn’s clone and then his main body.

Li Zhōujūn used an avatar to repel the Black-veiled Woman, Lin Xun, who killed Xiao Yechen and then departed. After the avatar dispersed, Medicine Emperor described a mysterious woman in a swamp palace, leaving Li Zhōujūn to suspect she was Lin Xun.

• Li Zhōujūn used his avatar to withstand Lin Xun’s attacks, and she admitted that she had lost despite their powers appearing evenly matched.
• Lin Xun killed Xiao Yechen, introduced herself as Lin Xun, and left; Li Zhōujūn’s system then rewarded him with a breakthrough to the Fifth-Rank Dao King Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn dispersed his avatar after Myriad Manifestations Emperor thanked him for saving the sect.
• Medicine Emperor told Li Zhōujūn about a black-gauzed woman living in a swamp palace, and Li Zhōujūn suspected she was Lin Xun.

Li Zhōujūn traveled to the marshland seeking the Dao Emperor Secret Realm and met Lin Xun, who told him it would appear in about a month. While staying in her palace, he learned why she concealed half her face and shared a roasted chicken with her.

• Li Zhōujūn accepted the system quest, got a map from Medicine Emperor, and set off for the marshland without him.
• After half a month, Li Zhōujūn reached the marshland palace and reunited with Lin Xun, who explained that the Dao Emperor Secret Realm would appear in about a month.
• Li Zhōujūn settled in a side hall at Lin Xun's palace while waiting for the secret realm to appear.
• Lin Xun removed her mask and told Li Zhōujūn that an Emperor Realm Expert had scarred her face and that she had come to the Southern Ming Continent because of that enemy.
• Li Zhōujūn reassured Lin Xun, encouraged her to leave off the mask, and shared roasted chicken with her.

Li Zhōujūn reassured Lin Xun about her strength and scarred face, then promised to help her enter the Dao Emperor Secret Realm. When the realm appeared beneath a marsh, he bypassed its protective array and opened the bronze gate, leaving Lin Xun astonished.

• Lin Xun told Li Zhōujūn that a Dao Emperor had ruined her face, and he offered to confront the culprit with his fists.
• Lin Xun later woke Li Zhōujūn and took him to the marsh where the Dao Emperor Secret Realm had appeared.
• Li Zhōujūn and Lin Xun passed through the marsh and met the Bronze Lion Head, the array spirit guarding the realm's bronze gate.
• Li Zhōujūn used the Array Breaking Shuttle Method to open the gate, stunning the Bronze Lion Head and dazzling Lin Xun.

Li Zhōujūn opened the Bronze Gate and gave Lin Xun the inheritance of Empress Hai Xi, a female Dao Emperor who demanded that her successor destroy the Sui Clan Dragon Clan beneath the sea. Lin Xun accepted the inheritance and its dying wish, then began by performing the rites of discipleship as Li Zhōujūn agreed to protect her while she refined the bones.

• Li Zhōujūn opened the Bronze Gate without destroying it, and the Bronze Lion Head gave him control of its master's inheritance.
• Li Zhōujūn gave the inheritance to Lin Xun, and the two entered the cave dwelling filled with formation and alchemy books and Miraculous Elixirs.
• Lin Xun and Li Zhōujūn found Empress Hai Xi's remains and read her message explaining that refining her bones was dangerous and that her successor must destroy the Sui Clan Dragon Clan beneath the sea.
• Lin Xun accepted Empress Hai Xi's inheritance and dying wish, and Li Zhōujūn agreed to protect her while she refined the bones.
• Lin Xun bowed three times before Empress Hai Xi's bones, and the empress's phantom appeared, watched her, and vanished.

After three months of refining Empress Hai Xi’s remains, Lin Xun faced the Emperor Lightning Tribulation as she advanced to the Dao Emperor realm. Li Zhōujūn caught the enraged tribulation bare-handed, and Lin Xun emerged as a Dao Emperor, healed and resolved to offer herself to him.

• Three months after Lin Xun began refining Empress Hai Xi’s remains, an Emperor Lightning Tribulation gathered above the cave dwelling.
• Li Zhōujūn blocked the lightning bolts aimed at the cave dwelling, despite the danger of taking the tribulation for Lin Xun.
• The tribulation unleashed a devastating strike at Li Zhōujūn, but he caught it bare-handed and remained unharmed as the clouds vanished.
• Lin Xun broke through to the Dao Emperor realm, and the damaged side of her face healed.
• Lin Xun congratulated Li Zhōujūn by offering herself to him, saying his strength convinced her he was above the Dao Emperor realm.

Li Zhōujūn parted ways with Lin Xun and traveled toward the Central Continent, while Lin Xun resolved to challenge Lin Yan for revenge and the Lin Family heirship. Three months later, Li Zhōujūn heard that Lin Xun had defeated Lin Yan and become the Lin Family’s new heir.

• Li Zhōujūn declined Lin Xun’s offer to travel together and set off for the Central Continent.
• Lin Xun revealed her history with Lin Yan and planned to defeat her and take the Lin Family heirship.
• The bronze lion emerged after they left and celebrated completing its master’s task.
• Three months later, Li Zhōujūn shared a tavern table with a young man who praised Lin Xun’s beauty and recounted her mistreatment by Lin Yan.
• The young man told Li Zhōujūn that Lin Xun had broken through to the Dao Emperor realm, defeated Lin Yan, and become the Lin Family’s new heir.

Li Zhōujūn heard Deng Xin talk about the person who had helped someone withstand a Dao Emperor Lightning Tribulation, while Lin Yan seethed over losing her position to Lin Xun. Emperor Mo Ran offered to help Lin Yan take revenge in exchange for a painting, and she agreed to have him kill Lin Xun and help her reclaim the Young Patriarch position.

• Deng Xin told Li Zhōujūn that a powerful cultivator on the Southern Ming Continent had helped someone withstand a Dao Emperor Lightning Tribulation.
• Deng Xin introduced himself to Li Zhōujūn and continued chatting about Lin Xun's rise and Lin Yan's defeat.
• Lin Yan raged over losing the Lin Family's Young Patriarch position to Lin Xun and recalled Lin Xun mocking her about Shangguan Chenfeng.
• Emperor Mo Ran appeared before Lin Yan and offered revenge in exchange for a painting her father had taken from him.
• Lin Yan accepted Emperor Mo Ran's offer and demanded that he kill Lin Xun and help her reclaim the Young Patriarch position.

Lin Xun found Li Zhōujūn in a tavern and declared that she still wanted to be with him, while he remained reluctant. After Lin Xun rejected Shangguan Chenfeng, Deng Xin drove him away by invoking his grandfather, Elder Zhekong; Lin Xun then tried to lure Li Zhōujūn to a scenic place by promising him chickens.

• Emperor Mo Ran and Lin Yan agreed to ambush Lin Xun in the mountains so Lin Yan could reclaim his position as heir.
• Lin Xun tracked down Li Zhōujūn at a tavern and told him she still intended to wait for him, stunning Deng Xin and the other patrons.
• Shangguan Chenfeng arrived and professed his feelings, but Lin Xun rejected him and said she already liked Li Zhōujūn.
• Deng Xin threatened Shangguan Chenfeng with Elder Zhekong's intervention, and Shangguan Chenfeng left the tavern.
• Lin Xun invited Li Zhōujūn to a scenic place connected to other domains, and he agreed to consider it when she mentioned there were many chickens.

Lin Xun brought Li Zhōujūn to a mountain to watch the sunset and roast chicken, where the Northern Star Great Emperor challenged Li Zhōujūn and revealed his overwhelming strength. After Li Zhōujūn stopped the Great Emperor’s spear with one finger, a system task appeared ordering someone to announce the Azure Emperor’s title.

• Lin Xun took Li Zhōujūn to a mountain where she liked to watch the sunset, and he asked where the chicken was.
• Emperor Mo Ran and Lin Yan hid nearby and argued over whether to attack Lin Xun, but they waited as she roasted a chicken with Li Zhōujūn.
• The Northern Star Great Emperor arrived, recognized Li Zhōujūn as the man who had taken a Dao Emperor Lightning Tribulation for someone else, and asked him for a move.
• The Northern Star Great Emperor attacked with his spear, and Li Zhōujūn stopped its tip with one finger, terrifying Emperor Mo Ran.
• The Northern Star Great Emperor introduced himself as Yang Beichen, and a system task appeared ordering the host to announce the Azure Emperor’s title.

Li Zhōujūn completed his task after matching Northern Star Great Emperor in battle, while Emperor Mo Ran chose to betray Lin Yan rather than risk opposing the Azure Emperor. Emperor Mo Ran brought Lin Yan before Li Zhōujūn and Lin Xun and claimed he wanted to reconcile with the Lin Family, but Lin Yan accused Lin Xun of framing her.

• Li Zhōujūn received the system’s notice that he had completed his task and reached the Ninth-Rank Dao King realm as Northern Star Great Emperor departed.
• Emperor Mo Ran realized Li Zhōujūn might have noticed him and grew afraid, while Lin Xun praised Li Zhōujūn’s strength.
• Emperor Mo Ran ended his deal with Lin Yan, sealed her mouth, and seized her to pledge allegiance to the Lin Family.
• Emperor Mo Ran brought Lin Yan before Li Zhōujūn and Lin Xun, claiming she had plotted with him to kill Lin Xun and betray the Lin Family.
• Lin Xun ordered Emperor Mo Ran to unseal Lin Yan, who accused Lin Xun of framing her; Emperor Mo Ran kicked Lin Yan forward.