Chapter Summaries

Li Zhōujūn’s phantom chessboard trapped Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor even after he unleashed his devastating Demonic God True Body. Li Zhōujūn revealed himself as the Azure Emperor, while Luo Baiyu continued to pull ahead in Snow Mountain Sect’s mountain-path trial.

• Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor transformed into his Demonic God True Body and repeatedly attacked the phantom chessboard, but could not break free.
• Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor’s power ran out, and he asked to see the person who had trapped him before he died.
• Li Zhōujūn revealed himself alongside Misty Dragon Lord, and Wu Shengtian recognized him as the Azure Emperor.
• Luo Baiyu continued climbing while the other trial participants argued that the interruption should excuse their loss of focus; Daoist Chengxue ruled that their failures still counted.
• Jiang Yixian recognized Li Zhōujūn as the cultivator who had helped her kill members of the Thirteen Kill Sect and wondered whether he had come for her.
• Misty Dragon Lord taunted Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor for failing to break Li Zhōujūn’s chessboard, provoking his angry threat.

Wu Shengtian captured the Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor and learned that Leng Zhijian was trapped in the Forbidden Land, where its terrifying master used him as flower nourishment. After receiving a new mission to investigate the Forbidden Land, Li Zhōujūn said he wanted to visit after the mountain-climbing trial, despite Wu Shengtian’s warning that no one who entered had returned alive.

• Li Zhōujūn released the Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor from his chessboard, and Wu Shengtian sealed the prisoner’s cultivation before he could attack the Misty Dragon Lord.
• Wu Shengtian deduced that the Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor had lured Leng Zhijian into the Forbidden Land, and the prisoner confirmed that Leng Zhijian was still struggling to survive there.
• Wu Shengtian announced he would trade the Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor for Leng Zhijian, while the terrified prisoner failed to self-detonate because his cultivation was sealed.
• Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to investigate the Forbidden Land and agreed to visit after the mountain-climbing trial ended.
• Wu Shengtian warned Li Zhōujūn that nobody who had entered the Forbidden Land had returned alive and urged him not to go inside.

Luo Baiyu won Snow Mountain Sect’s mountain-climbing trial and accepted the Warm Jade Crystal Fruit, while Li Zhōujūn left for the Forbidden Land to help rescue Leng Zhijian. He arrived ahead of Wu Shengtian and the Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor, who refused to summon the woman within.

• Luo Baiyu endured the pressure and stepped onto the ninety-ninth level, winning the mountain-climbing trial.
• Daoist Chengxue offered Luo Baiyu the hot spring or the Warm Jade Crystal Fruit, and she chose the fruit.
• The Misty Dragon Lord told Luo Baiyu that Li Zhōujūn had appointed him to protect her, then explained that Li Zhōujūn was heading to the Forbidden Land to rescue Leng Zhijian.
• Li Zhōujūn teleported to the Forbidden Land, an island that seemed to have formed from a Lower Heavenly Emperor’s corpse.
• Wu Shengtian arrived with the Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor, who warned Li Zhōujūn about the woman in the Forbidden Land and refused to call her out.

Li Zhōujūn confronted Xiong Sanniang to rescue Leng Zhijian, whom she held captive on her island. He freed Leng Zhijian by tricking Xiong Sanniang, but she still demanded that he honor his promise and enter the island.

• Wu Shengtian demanded that Xiong Sanniang exchange Leng Zhijian for Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor, but she refused and offered to release Leng Zhijian if Li Zhōujūn entered her island.
• Xiong Sanniang revealed Leng Zhijian bound in vines and covered in Corpse Honey Flowers, then removed the flowers as a show of sincerity.
• Li Zhōujūn approached the island and required Xiong Sanniang to release Leng Zhijian from the vines first.
• When Xiong Sanniang loosened the vines, Li Zhōujūn swiftly rescued Leng Zhijian and brought him to Wu Shengtian.
• Wu Shengtian urged Li Zhōujūn to leave, but Xiong Sanniang insisted that he still had to enter the island.

Li Zhōujūn insisted on entering the Forbidden Land despite Wu Shengtian and Leng Zhijian's warnings and Xiong Sanniang's suspicious invitation. He resolved to go inside to obtain the cultivation reward from the system.

• Xiong Sanniang tried to coax Li Zhōujūn into the Forbidden Land, while Wu Shengtian and Leng Zhijian warned him to stay away.
• Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor abandoned Xiong Sanniang and asked to join Li Zhōujūn, Wu Shengtian, and Leng Zhijian, but Wu Shengtian and Leng Zhijian discussed killing him for his past betrayals.
• Wu Shengtian secretly told Leng Zhijian that he had planted two Chess Pieces in Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor, which could injure Xiong Sanniang if they returned him to her.
• Wu Shengtian suspected Xiong Sanniang had let Li Zhōujūn rescue Leng Zhijian to lower his guard, and Xiong Sanniang denied the accusation.
• Li Zhōujūn told Wu Shengtian that he had decided to enter the Forbidden Land, knowing the system would reward him with Seventh Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm cultivation.

Li Zhōujūn entered Xiong Sanniang’s Forbidden Land and fought off her attacks with ease, then vanished deeper inside as she pursued him. Wu Shengtian and Leng Zhijian considered Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor’s offer to lead them to her pill-refining treasures, while he secretly planned revenge.

• Wu Shengtian and Leng Zhijian stayed behind as Li Zhōujūn stepped onto the island, where Xiong Sanniang sent regenerating vines after him.
• Li Zhōujūn froze and destroyed the vines with a snap, then evaded Xiong Sanniang’s giant mud hand and countered her earthen spikes with Chess Pieces.
• Wu Shengtian, Leng Zhijian, and Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor watched the fight, while Wu refused to release Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor or undo his cultivation seal.
• Li Zhōujūn told Xiong Sanniang he only wanted to look around, then vanished; Xiong Sanniang disappeared after him.
• Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor offered to guide Wu Shengtian and Leng Zhijian to Xiong Sanniang’s pill-refining treasures in exchange for his freedom and restored cultivation.
• Wu Shengtian and Leng Zhijian agreed to enter with him but postponed releasing him, while Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor secretly resolved to take revenge if he escaped.

Li Zhōujūn completed his exploration of Xiong Sanniang’s island, then accepted a new mission to hunt her down. After matching her strength, he turned the tables and chased her around the island for three months, leaving Wu Shengtian, Leng Zhijian, and Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor stunned.

• Leng Zhijian warned that Xiong Sanniang’s treasure vault might contain hidden mechanisms, and he and Wu Shengtian decided not to enter it with Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor.
• Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor concealed his confidence, knowing he had hidden a strand of his divine soul and many heavenly treasures as contingencies.
• Li Zhōujūn used his Fifty-Fifty skill to evade Xiong Sanniang while exploring the island, completing his mission and advancing to the Seventh Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm.
• After the system assigned him a mission to hunt Xiong Sanniang, Li Zhōujūn attacked her with an ice lotus and its sword-like petals.
• Over the next three months, Li Zhōujūn pursued Xiong Sanniang across the island and struck at her with thunderbolts, while Wu Shengtian and Leng Zhijian watched in disbelief.
• Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor resolved to stay far away from Li Zhōujūn after witnessing his strength.

After completing the mission of pursuing Xiong Sanniang, Li Zhōujūn received the Imperial Palace Three Thousand Divine Demon Token and learned about the war against the Alien Demon Race. Qin Tianyi summoned him and asked whether he would join the Imperial Palace’s Three Thousand Divine Demons.

• Li Zhōujūn chased Xiong Sanniang around her island for two and a half years, completing his mission and advancing to the eighth revolution of the Dao Accomplishment Realm.
• Xiong Sanniang stopped resisting and let Li Zhōujūn leave; he rejoined Wu Shengtian, Leng Zhijian, and Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor.
• A jade token identifying Li Zhōujūn as a candidate for the Imperial Palace’s Three Thousand Divine Demons arrived, and Wu Shengtian explained the group’s role guarding the Main World’s city passes.
• Leng Zhijian described the Alien Demon Race, the merging of its alternate world with the Main World, and the dangers faced by the city-pass defenders.
• Li Zhōujūn was transported to a strange space, where Qin Tianyi revealed that he had founded the Imperial Palace and asked Li Zhōujūn to join its Three Thousand Divine Demons.

Li Zhōujūn became the Imperial Palace’s Young Master and received a distress call from Tianshan Pass, where the Alien Demon Race was attacking. He chose to teleport there as Zhāng Xuánhǎi prepared to face the invasion.

• Li Zhōujūn agreed to join the Imperial Palace Three Thousand Divine Demons, and Qin Tianyi gave him authority to command Imperial Palace forces as the Young Master.
• Li Zhōujūn left Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor to Wu Shengtian and Leng Zhijian, who destroyed his true body; Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor’s hidden soul survived and vowed revenge.
• Xiong Sanniang planted a sign barring Li Zhōujūn from entering her island.
• Li Zhōujūn received a distress signal from Tianshan Pass and used the system’s teleport option to reinforce it.
• At Tianshan Pass, the rift stirred, terrifying auras emerged, and Zhāng Xuánhǎi heard the warning bell as the Alien Demon Race’s attack began.

Tianshan Pass’s defenders fought an overwhelming Alien Demon Race force, and Zhāng Xuánhǎi neared defeat as the battle turned against them. Just as the invaders celebrated their expected victory, a blue-robed figure appeared above the battlefield and praised the defenders.

• Zhāng Xuánhǎi and Tianshan Pass’s Heavenly Emperors battled five Middle and twelve Lower Heavenly Emperors of the Alien Demon Race while the armies clashed below.
• Poison Tail Heavenly Emperor and Xīshǒu Heavenly Emperor pressed Zhāng Xuánhǎi, while Roaring Heavenly Emperor joined Yellow Ox Heavenly Emperor against Song Huáixī.
• A wounded Lower Heavenly Emperor from Tianshan Pass self-destructed, killing the two Alien Demon Race Lower Heavenly Emperors fighting him.
• The defenders drove the Alien Demon Race’s army back toward the spatial rift, but Zhāng Xuánhǎi’s worsening injuries left Tianshan Pass facing defeat.
• As the Alien Demon Race celebrated its anticipated capture of Tianshan Pass, a blue-robed figure appeared above the battlefield and said Li Mou admired the defenders.

Li Zhōujūn arrived at Tianshan Pass and turned the battle against the Alien Demon Race by holding off two Middle Heavenly Emperors at once. The Main World’s fighters gained the upper hand, leaving the Alien Demon Race at risk of a crushing defeat.

• Li Zhōujūn blocked Xīshǒu Heavenly Emperor’s mountain-sized hammer with his bare hand, raising the morale of Tianshan Pass’s defenders.
• Li Zhōujūn identified himself as the Azure Emperor and challenged all five Alien Demon Race Middle Heavenly Emperors to attack together.
• Li Zhōujūn unleashed thunder to pin Xīshǒu Heavenly Emperor in place and caught Roaring Heavenly Emperor’s saber with his other hand.
• Zhāng Xuánhǎi pressed Poison Tail Heavenly Emperor, while Sòng Huáixī wounded Yellow Ox Heavenly Emperor and the elder-like Middle Heavenly Emperor fought Black Axe Heavenly Emperor.
• Roaring Heavenly Emperor saw the battle turning against the Alien Demon Race and urged Xīshǒu Heavenly Emperor to break free of Li Zhōujūn’s thunder.

Li Zhōujūn remained unharmed through the Alien Demon Race’s attacks as its assault on Tianshan Pass collapsed. Roaring Heavenly Emperor escaped, while the battle ended with more Alien Demon leaders dead and Black Axe Heavenly Emperor’s self-destruction contained by Li Zhōujūn’s Chessboard.

• Xīshǒu Heavenly Emperor transformed into a giant divine rhinoceros and charged Li Zhōujūn, but Li Zhōujūn stopped him, while Roaring Heavenly Emperor’s punches failed to move Li Zhōujūn.
• Roaring Heavenly Emperor detonated his ring-bladed saber; Li Zhōujūn was unharmed, but the blast gravely wounded Xīshǒu Heavenly Emperor.
• Roaring Heavenly Emperor ordered a retreat, then fled through a spatial rift, leaving the other Alien Demon Race fighters trapped in battle.
• Zhāng Xuánhǎi killed Poison Tail Heavenly Emperor, and Sòng Huáixī killed Yellow Ox Heavenly Emperor.
• Black Axe Heavenly Emperor prepared to self-destruct, but Li Zhōujūn covered him with a Chessboard that contained the blast and protected Golden Fruit Old Lord.

After Li Zhōujūn helped secure Tianshan Pass, he left with a ninth-revolution Dao Accomplishment Realm reward while Song Huáixī received a token honoring the fallen Lu Heavenly Emperor. Meanwhile, Luo Baiyu traveled to Xiangxiang Continent seeking a Golden Buddha Flower, unaware that Monk Guangyuan planned to eat her before a spatial rift opened.

• Song Huáixī killed the wounded Xīshǒu Heavenly Emperor, and Zhāng Xuánhǎi eliminated the Alien Demon Race’s Lower Heavenly Emperors at Tianshan Pass.
• Li Zhōujūn declined Zhāng Xuánhǎi’s banquet invitation and departed after Tianshan Pass was secured; Song Huáixī received Lu Heavenly Emperor’s Imperial Palace Three Thousand Divine Demon Token.
• Li Zhōujūn received a ninth-revolution Dao Accomplishment Realm reward and decided against traveling to the distant Imperial Palace.
• Luo Baiyu and Misty Dragon Lord arrived on Xiangxiang Continent to find a Golden Buddha Flower for Luo Baiyu’s Golden Buddha Mountain Suppressing Hand.
• Monk Guangyuan, wearing Buddha Ancestor Guangyuan’s skin, revealed that the continent’s inhabitants were his puppets and said he intended to eat Luo Baiyu before the spatial rift opened.
• Roaring Heavenly Emperor warned Monk Guangyuan to be cautious as the spatial rift neared its opening.

Luo Baiyu and Misty Dragon Lord searched for Golden Buddha Flowers at the place where Buddha Ancestor Guangyuan once preached, where they encountered Liu Shuntian and a disguised Alien Demon. The impostor revealed herself as Shifting Heavenly Emperor, leaving them facing a Middle Heavenly Emperor from the Alien Demon Race.

• Roaring Heavenly Emperor warned Monk Guangyuan that a discovered rift would bring punishment from the Myriad Gods Ancient Hall, while Monk Guangyuan claimed his formation would conceal it.
• Luo Baiyu and Misty Dragon Lord arrived in the mountain range to search for Golden Buddha Flowers, and Liu Shuntian appeared seeking the same opportunity.
• Misty Dragon Lord ordered Liu Shuntian to leave, and Luo Baiyu told him to throw Liu Shuntian off the continent.
• Monk Guangyuan appeared, but Misty Dragon Lord recognized that the man was an impostor because his words contradicted what Buddha Ancestor Guangyuan had once told him.
• The impostor revealed herself as Shifting Heavenly Emperor, showed Buddha Ancestor Guangyuan's skin, and admitted she had killed him and infiltrated the Main World.

Shifting Heavenly Emperor attacked Luo Baiyu, but Li Zhōujūn’s clone appeared to protect her and froze the demon’s assault. As an Alien Demon Race army arrived through a Middle-Rank Passage, Roaring Heavenly Emperor recognized Li Zhōujūn and recoiled in fear.

• Shifting Heavenly Emperor knocked Misty Dragon Lord aside and tried to seize Luo Baiyu, but an invisible barrier stopped her.
• Li Zhōujūn’s clone emerged from Luo Baiyu’s body, reassured Misty Dragon Lord, and froze Shifting Heavenly Emperor’s blood-red vortex.
• A Middle-Rank Passage opened, and Liu Shuntian fled as Shifting Heavenly Emperor warned Li Zhōujūn that more Alien Demon Race forces were coming.
• Roaring Heavenly Emperor emerged from the passage with an army behind him, recognized Li Zhōujūn, and retreated in terror.

Li Zhōujūn’s clone stopped an Alien Demon Race invasion in Xiangxiang Continent, where Golden Cang Emperor Lord killed Roaring Heavenly Emperor and Shifting Heavenly Emperor. In the Otherworld, Myriad Gods Ancient Hall devised a plan to lure Li Zhōujūn to a city pass guarded by Sòng Huáixī and capture him.

• Roaring Heavenly Emperor attacked Li Zhōujūn’s clone, then ordered the Alien Demon Race forces to pour through the rift as a diversion while he fled.
• Li Zhōujūn unleashed lightning through the rift, killing the invading forces, but Roaring Heavenly Emperor escaped toward another continent.
• Golden Cang Emperor Lord appeared and killed Roaring Heavenly Emperor with one punch, then gave Misty Dragon Lord the Golden Buddha Flower for Luo Baiyu.
• Li Zhōujūn’s clone dispersed, Misty Dragon Lord and Luo Baiyu left, and Golden Cang Emperor Lord killed Shifting Heavenly Emperor with a glance.
• Myriad Gods Ancient Hall discussed targeting Sòng Huáixī’s city pass to draw Li Zhōujūn out so its Saintess could capture him.

Ao Qing led the Alien Demon Race’s forces to attack Prison Demon Pass, prompting Sòng Huáixī to request reinforcements. Li Zhōujūn accepted a system task to make Ao Qing suffer a collapse of her Heart of Dao and teleported to the battlefield, where he appeared holding a chicken leg.

• Sòng Huáixī and Mountain Immortal Lord discussed the Alien Demon Race’s increasingly frequent attacks on Prison Demon Pass as its warning drums sounded.
• Ao Qing arrived aboard a massive warship with her Four Great Divine Generals and an army of Alien Demon Race soldiers.
• Ao Qing ordered the Bull-Horse Divine Generals and the White and Black Dragon God Generals to capture Sòng Huáixī and Mountain Immortal Lord.
• Sòng Huáixī requested reinforcements through her Imperial Palace Three Thousand Divine Demon Token, and Li Zhōujūn received the alert.
• The system gave Li Zhōujūn a task to make Ao Qing suffer a collapse of her Heart of Dao, and he teleported to Prison Demon Pass.
• Li Zhōujūn appeared between the two forces holding a chicken leg, making the battlefield’s tense atmosphere turn strange.

Li Zhōujūn arrived to aid Sòng Huáixī and faced Ao Qing and her four Divine Generals alone. He halted the four generals’ combined attacks with his divine might, while Ao Qing watched with growing interest.

• Li Zhōujūn reunited with Sòng Huáixī and learned that Ao Qing, the Myriad Gods Ancient Hall’s Saintess, had come to kill him.
• Li Zhōujūn rejected Sòng Huáixī and Mountain Immortal Lord’s offer to help and challenged Ao Qing’s forces alone.
• Bull God General attacked Li Zhōujūn with his hammers, and Horse God General followed with a spear transformed into a heavenly river.
• Black Dragon God General summoned lightning while White Dragon God General unleashed hurricanes, and Bull God General attacked again as the others coordinated their assault.
• Li Zhōujūn opened the divine eye on his forehead and stopped the lightning and hurricanes in midair, impressing Ao Qing.

Li Zhōujūn effortlessly withstood Ao Qing and her four divine generals, then provoked Ao Qing until her confidence and Dao heart shattered. He completed his mission and received a cultivation breakthrough to the Lower Heavenly Emperor Realm.

• The Bull and Horse Generals and the Black and White Dragons attacked Li Zhōujūn together, but his barrier blocked all their abilities.
• Ao Qing joined the assault with a thunder spear and lightning, yet Li Zhōujūn remained unharmed and taunted her.
• Li Zhōujūn lowered his barrier and let Ao Qing's thunder dragon and lightning strike him without effect.
• Li Zhōujūn told Ao Qing to send someone stronger, and she spat blood as her invincible conviction faltered.
• Li Zhōujūn completed his mission to shatter Ao Qing's Dao heart and received cultivation in the Lower Heavenly Emperor Realm.

Li Zhōujūn drove Ao Qing and the Alien Demon Race from Prison Demon Pass, but Ao Qing’s father, Ao Shan, sent a clone to the Main World to seek revenge. Meanwhile, Luo Baiyu decided to train at a city pass so she could grow strong enough to help Li Zhōujūn.

• Li Zhōujūn forced Ao Qing to retreat from Prison Demon Pass, earning the gratitude and admiration of its defenders.
• The Alien Demon Race discussed Ao Qing’s shattered Dao heart and the one-use token that could send someone between worlds.
• Ao Shan killed Bull and Horse Generals for their failure, ordered Black and White Dragons to face punishment, and used Horse God General’s blood to send his clone to the Main World.
• Li Zhōujūn continued wandering after his fame spread, while Qin Tianyi chose not to summon him back to the Imperial Palace.
• After learning about the threat from the Otherworld and Li Zhōujūn’s battle, Luo Baiyu resolved to train at a city pass, and Misty Dragon Lord agreed to protect her.