Chapter Summaries

Huangfu Yixin killed Nishen True Monarch after Li Zhōujūn helped stop him and avert disaster in Tianqing Domain. Meng Lai arrived after the crisis had ended, and Li Zhōujūn learned that Tianyi Hall had a mysterious Holy Son whom Meng Lai had never met.

• Huangfu Yixin rejected Nishen True Monarch’s plea that Dream Crystals had forced him to serve the Great Dream Demon Lord, and Nishen asked her to grant him a quick death.
• Huangfu Yixin killed Nishen True Monarch with her flying sword, while Li Zhōujūn received a system reward that raised his cultivation to the seventh-tier Great Origin Master Realm.
• Huangfu Yixin thanked Li Zhōujūn for saving her and Tianqing Domain, and he introduced himself by name.
• Meng Lai arrived at Tianyi Pavilion and learned from Huangfu Yixin that Li Zhōujūn had ended the crisis.
• Li Zhōujūn praised Tianyi Hall and asked about its Holy Son, and Meng Lai said he had never met the mysterious figure.

Li Zhōujūn refused a reward for helping Tianqing Domain and continued wandering, unaware that two demon cultivators had chosen him as their next robbery target. Before they could act, a black-robed woman appeared to test his strength, leaving the demons terrified and hiding nearby.

• Meng Lai departed, and Huangfu Yixin offered Li Zhōujūn a reward from Tianyi Hall for saving her and protecting Tianqing Domain; Li Zhōujūn declined and left.
• Months later, the demon cultivators Xiaoye and Youya waited along the road between Tianqing Domain and Fengxing Domain, planning to rob a passerby.
• Youya spotted Li Zhōujūn and chose him as their target, unaware that he was studying a technique that required Origin Lord Realm cultivation.
• A black-robed woman confronted Li Zhōujūn and said her master had sent her to test his reported Source King Realm cultivation.
• The woman unleashed her Seventh-Rank Source King Realm aura and struck with a restrained palm while Xiaoye and Youya hid in the grass, too frightened to flee.

Li Zhōujūn survived the Black Robe Woman’s test and left Youya and Xiaoye unharmed, while the woman’s mention of her lord left him wondering who she served. Elsewhere, Xue Jingqing learned that Li Zhōujūn was connected to the Luhua Realm and began plotting to make him suffer through people close to him.

• Li Zhōujūn matched the Black Robe Woman’s palm strike, and she judged him unworthy to meet her lord before disappearing.
• Youya and Xiaoye feared Li Zhōujūn would kill them, but he ignored them and left; the two demons escaped into the night.
• Xue Jingqing arrived outside the Luhua Realm with Duan Zhengfang and learned that Li Zhōujūn had rescued it from the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls.
• Xue Jingqing changed from a child into a youth and revealed that his Hundred Fiends Emperor Art made his appearance shift uncontrollably.
• Xue Jingqing discussed tormenting Li Zhōujūn by targeting people close to him, naming Emperor Fúmèng and Lu Hua Jun as his acquaintances.

Xue Jingqing overpowered Lu Hua Jun and struck down Emperor Fúmèng, who survived thanks to Li Zhōujūn’s hidden clone. As Xue Jingqing prepared to seek the Azure Emperor, Li Zhōujūn appeared and answered him.

• Xue Jingqing shook the Luhua Realm with a stomp and challenged Lu Hua Jun, then erased her blade attack and shattered her greatsword with two gestures.
• Emperor Fúmèng charged at Xue Jingqing to protect Lu Hua Jun, but Xue Jingqing’s palm sent him plummeting from the sky.
• Lu Hua Jun caught Emperor Fúmèng and scolded him, while he declared his love for her; Li Zhōujūn’s hidden clone had secretly blocked the blow.
• Xue Jingqing realized Emperor Fúmèng had survived and said he would spare the pair until he found the Azure Emperor.
• Li Zhōujūn spoke from the void, saying he had heard Xue Jingqing was looking for him.

Li Zhōujūn appeared outside the Luhua Realm to face Xue Jingqing, while Empress of the End and the Two Elders of Jadeite joined him and Lu Hua Jun. Xue Jingqing threatened to kill Li Zhōujūn’s allies before hunting down his true body, leaving the gathered experts facing an overwhelming foe.

• Emperor Fúmèng recognized Li Zhōujūn’s voice, but Lu Hua Jun realized he was pretending to be injured and kicked him away.
• Li Zhōujūn appeared and recognized Xue Jingqing as the boy who had once danced at his instruction.
• Empress of the End arrived to aid Li Zhōujūn, and Lu Hua Jun and Emperor Fúmèng joined them.
• The Two Elders of Jadeite arrived to repay Li Zhōujūn, drawing the attention of powerful figures across the void.
• The Source Lord advised the Eleventh Seat not to intervene, judging that he and the other Demon God Halls were no match for Xue Jingqing and Duan Zhengfang.
• Xue Jingqing threatened to kill Li Zhōujūn’s allies one by one and then make his true body suffer.

Xue Jingqing unleashed his fourth-rank Origin Lord aura, but Li Zhōujūn used his system to match Duan Zhengfang’s cultivation and revealed that his incarnation had reached the Twelfth-Rank Source Emperor Realm. After sending his allies to safety, Li Zhōujūn faced Duan Zhengfang as Xue Jingqing ordered the old servant to defeat him.

• Xue Jingqing mocked Li Zhōujūn and released an overwhelming aura that shook the worlds, while Emperor Fúmèng and the others struggled under its pressure.
• Li Zhōujūn told his allies to retreat, and Xue Jingqing threatened to crush his incarnation and kill his loved ones.
• The system gave Li Zhōujūn a mission to make Xue Jingqing miserable whenever he thought of him, with a cultivation breakthrough and the Overbearing Golden Body Art as rewards.
• Li Zhōujūn used Fifty-Fifty on Duan Zhengfang and displayed Twelfth-Rank Source Emperor cultivation, shocking Xue Jingqing and the watching experts.
• Li Zhōujūn sent Emperor Fúmèng, Lu Hua Jun, Empress of the End, and the two elders of Cui to safety.
• Xue Jingqing ordered Duan Zhengfang to take down Li Zhōujūn’s incarnation and threatened him with consequences if he failed.

Li Zhōujūn’s clone effortlessly withstood Duan Zhengfang’s attack and unleashed a divine ability that even startled the Xue Clan. Xue Duanwu’s clone intervened, recognized Li Zhōujūn as his equal, and ordered Duan Zhengfang to flee with Xue Jingqing.

• Duan Zhengfang attacked Li Zhōujūn with his dragon-elephant power, but Li Zhōujūn emerged unharmed from the explosion.
• Li Zhōujūn summoned phantoms of gods and Buddhas and pointed at Xue Jingqing and Duan Zhengfang with a power that frightened them.
• Xue Duanwu appeared through Xue Jingqing’s jade pendant and caught Li Zhōujūn’s finger, but realized Li Zhōujūn’s clone matched his own strength.
• Xue Duanwu ordered Duan Zhengfang to take Xue Jingqing away, and Duan Zhengfang fled with him.
• Xue Jingqing raged and repeatedly cursed Li Zhōujūn as Duan Zhengfang despaired over the trouble he had gotten into.

Li Zhōujūn’s clone forced Xue Duanwu to disperse his own, earning the Azure Emperor deeper awe and revealing the danger of reaching the Source Realm. The chapter revealed that Murong Xue had regained her identity as Shen Xianning, the Great Cold Snow Domain’s master, and was watching Li Zhōujūn from afar.

• Xue Duanwu stopped resisting Li Zhōujūn’s clone and dispersed his own, after which Li Zhōujūn dismissed his clone and received his system rewards.
• Source Lord was shaken by Li Zhōujūn’s strength, while the Eleventh Seat celebrated his decision to become Li Zhōujūn’s mole.
• Emperor Fúmèng asked about Li Zhōujūn’s realm, and Li Zhōujūn confirmed that his clone had secretly protected him before warning the group about the dangers of the Source Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn’s clone dispersed, and the people of Luhua Realm bid farewell to the Azure Emperor.
• Shen Xianning, formerly known as Murong Xue, watched the events from the Great Cold Snow Domain and considered destroying the Xue Clan, but Qin Tianyi told her to leave it as Li Zhōujūn’s stepping stone.
• Shen Xianning dismissed her Black Robe Woman before she could report on Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn learned where the Xue Clan was and set out to settle his anger with them. Meanwhile, Meng Lai was mistaken for a poor Great Source Master by two demon robbers and left with a low-grade Source Crystal.

• Li Zhōujūn refused to call the system “Dad” for information and paid Zhu Wenwan in top-grade Source Crystals to learn about the Xue Clan and its location.
• Zhu Wenwan gave Li Zhōujūn several Storage Rings, and Li Zhōujūn left to begin the long journey to the Xue Clan.
• Meng Lai walked home in torn clothes while concealing his third-rank Source Emperor cultivation as part of his master's advice.
• Youya and Xiaoye tried to rob Meng Lai, then reduced their demand when they mistook his ragged clothes for proof he was poor.
• Youya gave Meng Lai a low-grade Source Crystal for new clothes, leaving Meng Lai wondering whether his net worth had gone negative.

Meng Lai revealed his identity to Youya and Xiaoye, then gave them treasures to cultivate with. Li Zhōujūn traveled toward the Xue Clan through the Thousand Ravine Snow Domain, where a mysterious woman in a white ruqun gave him an ice-blue talisman before disappearing.

• Meng Lai revealed that he was a third-grade Source Emperor and a True Disciple of Tianyi Hall, then gave Youya and Xiaoye treasures and challenged them to cultivate to the King Realm.
• Youya and Xiaoye tested whether the treasures were real, then realized they had enough resources to stop begging for a long time.
• After several months, Li Zhōujūn continued toward the Xue Clan while Xue Duanwu concluded that Li Zhōujūn was unlikely to pursue trouble with the Xue Clan and kept Xue Jingqing confined.
• Li Zhōujūn entered the Thousand Ravine Snow Domain, and the system issued a mission to cross it safely in exchange for a breakthrough to the third-grade Origin Lord Realm.
• A woman in a white ruqun gave Li Zhōujūn an ice-blue talisman on behalf of the domain lord, then vanished before he could ask who the domain lord was.

Shen Xianning prepared to confront the sealed demonic cultivator Chu Bùjìng, while Li Zhōujūn accidentally entered a dangerous sword-intent space and met the trapped Old Man Lu. The chapter left Li Zhōujūn learning that the old man had a debt to collect from the Xue Clan.

• Lin Suqing teased Shen Xianning about giving Li Zhōujūn a powerful talisman, and Shen Xianning said she intended to kill Chu Bùjìng before he escaped his seal.
• Shen Xianning asked Lin Suqing to look after the Great Cold Snow Domain if she failed to return from confronting Chu Bùjìng.
• Li Zhōujūn accidentally entered a space filled with sword intent and met Old Man Lu, a trapped Third-Rank Origin Emperor.
• Old Man Lu warned Li Zhōujūn that the sword intent would kill anyone who tried to force a way out.
• Li Zhōujūn learned that Old Man Lu had been trapped for a long time after passing the Great Cold Snow Domain and was on his way to collect a debt from the Xue Clan.

Li Zhōujūn escaped the sword-intent space with the help of a talisman from the Great Cold Snow Domain and agreed to pursue the Xue Clan on his own. Old Man Lu tried to leave him behind, but Li Zhōujūn kept pace, prompting Old Man Lu to question his cultivation level.

• Li Zhōujūn activated a talisman given to him by a Woman in Ruqun, and its barrier halted the sword intent so he and Old Man Lu could escape.
• Old Man Lu recognized the talisman as belonging to Shen Xianning, Domain Lord of the Great Cold Snow Domain, and guessed she had taken an interest in Li Zhōujūn.
• Old Man Lu offered to repay Li Zhōujūn by exterminating the Xue Clan, but Li Zhōujūn insisted on settling his own grudge personally.
• Old Man Lu departed for the Xue Clan and challenged Li Zhōujūn to catch up with him, but Li Zhōujūn followed effortlessly.
• Old Man Lu asked Li Zhōujūn what his cultivation level really was.

Li Zhōujūn completed his crossing of the Thousand Ravine Snow Domain, then arrived above the Xue Clan with Old Man Lu to make the clan jump. Xue Duanwu saw Li Zhōujūn’s Third-Rank Origin Emperor aura and reacted with alarm.

• Li Zhōujūn completed the mission to cross the Thousand Ravine Snow Domain and received a breakthrough to the Third-Rank Origin Lord Realm, along with a mission to make the entire Xue Clan dance.
• Xue Duanwu visited Xue Jingqing’s confinement chamber, where Xue Jingqing urged him to kill Li Zhōujūn before he could become a greater threat.
• Xue Duanwu dismissed Xue Jingqing’s concerns and left him confined, while Xue Jingqing shouted that he would kill Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn and Old Man Lu arrived above the Xue Clan, and Li Zhōujūn said he would make the clan jump.
• Li Zhōujūn matched Old Man Lu’s cultivation at the Third-Rank Origin Emperor Realm, and Old Man Lu threatened Xue Baihua.
• The Xue Clan panicked under Li Zhōujūn’s aura, and Xue Duanwu spotted him in the sky.

Li Zhōujūn and Lu Qicang confronted Xue Baihua, who revealed that he had betrayed his master to True Jade Great Emperor and now possessed Fifth-Rank Source Emperor strength. As Xue Baihua prepared to kill them, Lu Qicang hinted that he had come prepared.

• Xue Baihua emerged from seclusion and confronted Li Zhōujūn, who was revealed to be a Third-Rank Source Emperor.
• Lu Qicang appeared beside Li Zhōujūn, and Xue Baihua recognized his former master, whom he had believed dead.
• Lu Qicang accused Xue Baihua of betraying him by revealing the weakness of his Myriad Beasts Profound Body Art to True Jade Great Emperor, and Xue Baihua admitted it.
• Xue Baihua revealed that he had reached the Fifth-Rank Source Emperor Realm and threatened to kill Lu Qicang and Li Zhōujūn.
• Xue Duanwu urged Xue Baihua to eliminate Li Zhōujūn, while Li Zhōujūn questioned the system’s claims that it had created his divine abilities.
• Lu Qicang said he had made preparations before coming to confront Xue Baihua despite his fallen cultivation.

Lu Qicang used a captured sword intent from Lin Nanxu to attack Xue Baihua, but True Jade Great Emperor’s hidden clone intervened and saved him. True Jade Great Emperor confronted Lu Qicang and insulted Li Zhōujūn, who challenged him as the chapter ended.

• Lu Qicang revealed an Emperor-grade Heaven-Enclosing Divine Bead containing one of Lin Nanxu’s sword intents and explained that it would target Xue Baihua.
• Lu Qicang released the sword intent, which overwhelmed Xue Baihua’s giant-turtle form until a phantom hand caught the attack.
• True Jade Great Emperor’s clone emerged from Xue Baihua and revealed that he had secretly placed it there.
• True Jade Great Emperor claimed he could defeat Lu Qicang and mocked him for associating with Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn asked True Jade Great Emperor whether he was finished, and True Jade Great Emperor asked if Li Zhōujūn had been talking to him.

Li Zhōujūn revealed his Seventh-Rank Origin Emperor strength, crippled Xue Baihua, and fought True Jade Great Emperor’s avatar to a standstill. True Jade Great Emperor tried to summon his true body, but Shen Xianning threatened the Jade Heaven Holy Land and blocked him.

• Li Zhōujūn knocked Xue Baihua unconscious with one finger and crippled his cultivation, shocking the Xue Clan and Lu Qicang with his Seventh-Rank Origin Emperor strength.
• Li Zhōujūn shattered True Jade Great Emperor’s jade mountain, then countered his flying swords with the Divine Buddha World-Suppressing Finger.
• Li Zhōujūn and True Jade Great Emperor fought evenly in close combat as the avatar began to dissipate.
• True Jade Great Emperor threatened to summon his true body and crush everyone at the battlefield.
• Shen Xianning blocked True Jade Great Emperor’s true body with a flying sword and threatened to destroy the Jade Heaven Holy Land if he left.

Li Zhōujūn forced the Xue Clan to dance while True Jade Great Emperor abandoned them and Lu Qicang prepared to settle his grudge. After Li Zhōujūn completed his task and reached the First-Rank Source King Realm, he left the Xue Clan to Lu Qicang.

• True Jade Great Emperor's avatar disappeared without bringing his true body, leaving the Xue Clan terrified and Xue Baihua bereft of his cultivation.
• Xue Baihua crawled to Lu Qicang and begged for forgiveness, but Lu Qicang rejected his excuses and told Li Zhōujūn to finish things quickly.
• Li Zhōujūn offered to spare the Xue Clan temporarily if everyone danced and Xue Jingqing joined them, so the clan hurriedly began dancing.
• Xue Duanwu brought Xue Jingqing out of confinement and slapped him for insulting Li Zhōujūn, then forced him to dance alongside the others.
• Li Zhōujūn completed his task and reached the First-Rank Source King Realm before leaving the Xue Clan to Lu Qicang, while Xue Duanwu begged to keep dancing a little longer.

Li Zhōujūn watched Lu Qicang destroy the Xue Clan, then decided to seek out True Jade Great Emperor after receiving a system mission to challenge him at his peak. The chapter shifted to True Jade Great Emperor, who brooded over Shen Xianning’s intervention and the stages of the Five Decays of the Emperor Realm.

• Lu Qicang wiped out Xue Baihua, Xue Duanwu, and the rest of the Xue Clan with a single attack.
• Lu Qicang thanked Li Zhōujūn for saving his life, promised to return to his former peak, and departed.
• Qin Tianyi told Li Zhōujūn to return to Tianyi Hall, then revealed that someone else had prevented True Jade Great Emperor’s true body from arriving.
• Li Zhōujūn accepted the system’s mission to fight True Jade Great Emperor at his peak and teleported to seek him out.
• True Jade Great Emperor brooded over Shen Xianning’s sword strike as the chapter explained the five decays and revealed that he was at the Emperor Realm Third Decay.
• True Jade Great Emperor angrily vowed to find a chance to strike back at Shen Xianning and the Great Cold Snow Domain.

Li Zhōujūn appeared at Jade Heaven Holy Land and revealed strength equal to True Jade Great Emperor’s, then began fighting him. True Jade Great Emperor’s attacks failed to harm Li Zhōujūn’s golden body as the battle drew the attention of powerful observers.

• Li Zhōujūn arrived in the grand hall and matched True Jade Great Emperor’s Emperor Realm Third Decay cultivation.
• Li Zhōujūn shattered True Jade Great Emperor’s afterimage and destroyed the Emperor’s Seat with a punch.
• True Jade Great Emperor summoned Jade Subduer and attacked, but Li Zhōujūn blocked the spear’s phantom with a punch without being injured.
• Old monsters across the Source Realm watched the fight, while Shen Xianning and Lin Suqing discussed Li Zhōujūn’s unexpected strength.
• True Jade Great Emperor unleashed countless spear shadows, but they only sparked against Li Zhōujūn’s golden body and left him unharmed.

Li Zhōujūn and the True Jade Great Emperor fought evenly for countless years, but the True Jade Great Emperor grew exhausted and feared the dangers beneath the Strange Sea. Meanwhile, Shen Xianning and Chu Bùjìng revealed they had both reached the Fourth Tribulation of the Emperor Realm, and their clash left them badly injured.

• The True Jade Great Emperor abandoned his spear and used the Divine Jade Body Sculpting Art, but he still could not harm Li Zhōujūn’s golden body.
• Li Zhōujūn and the True Jade Great Emperor continued their battle above the Strange Sea for two hundred and fifty years and beyond, with neither able to defeat the other.
• Shen Xianning and Chu Bùjìng fought in a sealed land, revealed their Fourth Tribulation of the Emperor Realm cultivation, and both suffered severe injuries.
• Shen Xianning returned to the Great Cold Snow Domain to recuperate, while Chu Bùjìng vanished after their battle shattered his seal.
• The exhausted True Jade Great Emperor feared the Strange Sea’s creatures might attack, but Li Zhōujūn refused to leave and kept fighting him there.