Chapter Summaries

Evil Hand God Emperor confronted the Lei Yuan Divine Race and demanded Li Zhōujūn’s Azure Emperor clone, forcing Lei Yuan God Emperor to choose between betraying his benefactor and risking his people’s destruction. Li Zhōujūn told Lei Yuan God Emperor to hand over the clone, while his system assigned him a mission to warn those plotting against him.

• Evil Hand God Emperor arrived at the Lei Yuan Divine Race and demanded its Azure Emperor clone from Lei Yuan God Emperor.
• Lei Yuan God Emperor hesitated to surrender the clone because Azure Emperor had helped his race and saved his daughter.
• Evil Hand God Emperor threatened to destroy the Lei Yuan Divine Race unless Lei Yuan God Emperor handed over the clone or revealed Qin Tianyi’s whereabouts.
• At Returning Heaven Divine Palace, Azure Sky Tree King, Elephant Dragon God Emperor, and Four-Eyed Great Emperor praised Evil Hand God Emperor’s plan and taunted Dao An True Monarch.
• Li Zhōujūn watched the confrontation from a tavern and told Lei Yuan God Emperor to hand over his clone.
• Li Zhōujūn’s system assigned him a mission to use the clone to warn those plotting against him, with a Three Tribulations God Venerable realm breakthrough as the reward.

Lei Yuan God Emperor handed Li Zhōujūn's avatar to Evil Hand God Emperor, who brought it to the Returning Heaven Divine Palace to lure in the Azure Emperor's true body and learn Qin Tianyi's whereabouts. Li Zhōujūn's avatar overwhelmed the assembled God Emperors, and Returning Heaven God Emperor approached him respectfully.

• Lei Yuan God Emperor gave Li Zhōujūn's avatar to Evil Hand God Emperor and considered stepping down as patriarch.
• Evil Hand God Emperor brought the avatar to the Returning Heaven Divine Palace, where the group planned to question it about Qin Tianyi and use it to draw out the Azure Emperor's true body.
• Li Zhōujūn took control of his avatar, declared the group surrounded, and sent Evil Hand God Emperor flying with a single slap.
• Evil Hand God Emperor and the others attacked Li Zhōujūn together, but he shattered their abilities and sent them flying, leaving them bloodied.
• Li Zhōujūn questioned Returning Heaven God Emperor, who admitted he wanted Qin Tianyi's whereabouts and treated Li Zhōujūn with respect.

Li Zhōujūn forced Returning Heaven God Emperor and the others to help search for Emperor Qin, then continued traveling the Hong Meng Continent while seeking his ancestor. At a teahouse, he learned that Supreme Godly Emperors were Nine Tribulation God Emperors blessed by the Hong Meng Great Dao, and heard that Emperor Qin had once nearly become the eleventh.

• Li Zhōujūn ordered Returning Heaven God Emperor and the others to report any news of Emperor Qin and gave them a conch to contact him.
• The system raised Li Zhōujūn to the Third Tribulation God Venerable realm and advanced Ao Xue Flying Sword to a Third Tribulation God Venerable Weapon.
• After Li Zhōujūn departed, Returning Heaven God Emperor warned that his clone could match him, and the others agreed to leave the Lei Yuan Divine Race alone.
• Li Zhōujūn chose to keep traveling instead of returning to Taicang Holy Academy, searching for Emperor Qin as he toured the Hong Meng Continent.
• At a teahouse, Li Zhōujūn listened as a storyteller explained that Supreme Godly Emperors had received the Hong Meng Great Dao's golden-light baptism and that Emperor Qin had disappeared after fighting Demonic Dragon God Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn learned that Emperor Qin’s last battle led into the Hong Meng Forbidden Land and used the system to teleport there with Returning Heaven God Emperor. They waited at a nearby restaurant for Dao An True Monarch and the others to arrive.

• Returning Heaven God Emperor told Li Zhōujūn that Emperor Qin and a demonic dragon God Emperor had vanished into a Spatial Storm that led to the Hong Meng Forbidden Land.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor described the Forbidden Land’s deadly white mist, monsters, and heavenly treasures, and agreed to investigate it with Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn used the system’s rapid teleportation to take himself and Returning Heaven God Emperor to the Forbidden Land’s edge.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor contacted Dao An True Monarch and the others, then brought Li Zhōujūn to a nearby restaurant to wait.
• Dao An True Monarch and the other Nine Tribulation God Emperors arrived outside the restaurant.

Li Zhōujūn and Returning Heaven God Emperor entered the Forbidden Land of Hongmeng with five Nine Tribulation God Emperors to search for Emperor Qin. After learning that Soul Supreme had been badly injured exploring beyond the white mist, they continued onward and encountered a group of God Venerables fighting a gigantic Buddha statue.

• Li Zhōujūn asked Dao An True Monarch and the others to lead the way into the Forbidden Land of Hongmeng, and they all volunteered.
• The group entered the white mist, which could not harm their Nine Tribulation God Emperor bodies, and Li Zhōujūn learned that Soul Supreme had once escaped the Forbidden Land severely injured.
• Li Zhōujūn said they would continue until they found Emperor Qin, reassuring the frightened God Emperors that he and Returning Heaven God Emperor would protect them.
• When the group heard fighting ahead, Li Zhōujūn sent Dao An True Monarch to save the God Venerables and ask about Emperor Qin.
• A red-clad woman and a group of burly men fought a gigantic Buddha statue, while the woman warned her scarred Eight Tribulation God Venerable father that they could not defeat it and might be consumed by the white mist.

Li Zhōujūn’s group rescued Gan Chengbiao’s party and learned that dragon blood and Dragon Blood Flowers lay deeper in the Forbidden Land. After Gan Danyi shared what she knew, Li Zhōujūn led the God Emperors toward the dragon blood while Gan Chengbiao chose to leave rather than risk following them.

• Dao An True Monarch split the giant stone statue with a sword strike and appeared before Gan Chengbiao’s party.
• Dao An True Monarch revealed that Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor and had ordered him to save them.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Gan Chengbiao about Emperor Qin, and Gan Danyi said demonic dragon blood had created Dragon Blood Flowers deeper in the Forbidden Land.
• Li Zhōujūn and the God Emperors set out toward the dragon blood.
• Gan Danyi suggested following them for a chance at the leftovers, but Gan Chengbiao persuaded her to leave with their existing gains.

Li Zhōujūn and his companions advanced through the white mist, where they found the Demon Dragon God Emperor’s severed head and faced a powerful stone statue. Beyond the mist, Qin Tianyi watched them with Forge Emperor and decided to let the tests continue as Forge Emperor neared completion of a divine sword.

• Evil Hand God Emperor shattered an illusory palace, and Azure Sky Tree King destroyed the Dragon Blood Flowers blocking the dark road.
• Li Zhōujūn collected the Demon Dragon God Emperor’s enormous head and led the group deeper into the white mist.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor destroyed a Nine Tribulation God Emperor-level stone statue with a single gesture.
• Qin Tianyi watched Li Zhōujūn from a thatched cottage and told Forge Emperor to keep testing his junior.
• Forge Emperor complained that the intruders might destroy his creations, then reflected on how Emperor Qin had forced him to forge a divine sword that was nearly complete.

Li Zhōujūn and his companions crossed the Forbidden Land’s dangerous forest and found Qin Tianyi with Forge Emperor, who was forging a divine sword. After Li Zhōujūn revealed Qin Tianyi was his Ancestor, the group abandoned any thought of opposing him, and Qin Tianyi planned to take Li Zhōujūn to confront Azure Ancestor once the sword was finished.

• Li Zhōujūn led Returning Heaven God Emperor and the others through the forest’s traps and puppets, relying on Returning Heaven God Emperor to clear their path.
• The group found Qin Tianyi supervising Forge Emperor as he forged a divine sword, and Li Zhōujūn introduced Qin Tianyi as his Ancestor.
• Dao An True Monarch, Evil Hand God Emperor, and the others declared they were on the same side as Qin Tianyi, while Returning Heaven God Emperor also pledged allegiance to Li Zhōujūn.
• Qin Tianyi explained that he had killed the demonic dragon and that Forge Emperor had driven Soul Supreme away with hammer blows.
• Qin Tianyi said he was forging a sword to fight Azure Ancestor and planned to bring Li Zhōujūn along after the sword was complete.

Li Zhōujūn agreed to stay with Qin Tianyi briefly while Forge Emperor continued making the divine sword. When Forge Emperor revealed that Divine Glass Wood was still needed, Li Zhōujūn volunteered to obtain it from the formidable Divine Li and set out with the other God Emperors.

• Li Zhōujūn declined to stay until the divine sword was complete but agreed to enjoy the scenery with Qin Tianyi for a few days.
• Qin Tianyi asked Dao An True Monarch and the other God Emperors to help Forge Emperor, but Forge Emperor insisted he could forge the sword alone, so Qin Tianyi let them leave with Li Zhōujūn.
• Forge Emperor told Qin Tianyi that the sword needed Divine Glass Wood from the Divine Li, whom only Qin Tianyi might persuade to trade.
• The system gave Li Zhōujūn a mission to obtain Divine Glass Wood, and Li Zhōujūn volunteered to handle the matter in Qin Tianyi’s place.
• Qin Tianyi gave Li Zhōujūn the trade goods and directed Returning Heaven God Emperor, Dao An True Monarch, and the other God Emperors to accompany him to meet the Divine Li.

Qin Tianyi gave Li Zhōujūn Heavenly Spring Mountain Water to help him trade with Divine Li, then confronted Azure Ancestor over their rivalry and a proposed match between their disciples. Azure Ancestor left after the two Supreme Godly Emperors agreed to settle their contest with their divine weapons, and Forge Emperor resumed forging Qin Tianyi’s sword.

• Qin Tianyi gave Li Zhōujūn a storage ring containing Heavenly Spring Mountain Water and advised him on securing a trade with Divine Li.
• Qin Tianyi exposed Azure Ancestor’s hidden clone, and the assembled gods realized Qin Tianyi stood on the same level as the foremost Supreme Godly Emperor.
• Qin Tianyi and Azure Ancestor agreed to compare their divine weapons once Qin Tianyi’s sword was forged, with the loser apologizing and admitting defeat.
• Azure Ancestor jokingly proposed that Li Zhōujūn marry his disciple if Qin Tianyi lost, but Qin Tianyi rejected the idea and threatened to confront him.
• Azure Ancestor departed, Li Zhōujūn thanked Qin Tianyi, and Qin Tianyi ordered Forge Emperor to continue forging the divine sword.

Li Zhōujūn set out with Returning Heaven God Emperor to find Divine Li, while the other Nine Tribulation God Emperors were sent away. At Divine Li Mountain, they learned that Divine Li was absent and her Array Spirit refused them entry until she returned.

• Li Zhōujūn gave one of Qin Tian's clones to Li Zhōujūn and left with Returning Heaven God Emperor and several other God Emperors.
• Li Zhōujūn dismissed the ordinary Nine Tribulation God Emperors, who gladly departed, then asked Returning Heaven God Emperor about Divine Li.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor described Divine Li's fearsome reputation and asked how Li Zhōujūn and Qin Tian had gained Supreme Godly Emperor-level strength without apparent baptism by the Hong Meng Great Dao Golden Light.
• Li Zhōujūn and Returning Heaven God Emperor reached the formation outside Divine Li Palace, where a little girl identified herself as Divine Li's Array Spirit and said Divine Li was away.
• The Array Spirit smashed the stone tablet demanding visitors break through the formation and returned inside, leaving the two visitors unable to enter.

Li Zhōujūn and Returning Heaven God Emperor waited outside Divine Li Mountain while Divine Li secretly healed Lin Yuanhua, a powerful demonic cultivator whose future schemes threatened Azure Ancestor. As Thousand Armies God Emperor arrived, Li Zhōujūn decided to watch what happened before intervening.

• Divine Li sent Yun Ruo to keep Li Zhōujūn and Returning Heaven God Emperor outside while she recovered from saving Lin Yuanhua.
• Yun Ruo questioned whether saving Lin Yuanhua was worth offending Thousand Armies God Emperor, and Divine Li explained that Lin Yuanhua knew a powerful formation.
• Brother System told Li Zhōujūn that Lin Yuanhua planned to ensnare Divine Li and would later threaten Azure Ancestor, so it advised eliminating him.
• Li Zhōujūn learned that Divine Li was on the mountain, while Returning Heaven God Emperor called for her to meet them.
• Lin Yuanhua awoke, thanked Divine Li, and offered to help set up his formation while secretly planning to use a Spirit Guiding Divine Stone to bewitch her.
• Thousand Armies God Emperor's war drums and pressure engulfed Divine Li Mountain, and Li Zhōujūn told Returning Heaven God Emperor to wait and watch.

Divine Li agreed to protect Lin Yuanhua for a hundred years in exchange for the Nine Dragon Subduing Heaven Array, while Li Zhōujūn secretly urged Thousand Armies God Emperor to accept the deal and let him eliminate Lin Yuanhua. Thousand Armies God Emperor agreed to consider the proposal, leaving Lin Yuanhua’s fate in Li Zhōujūn’s hands.

• Lin Yuanhua gave Divine Li the Spirit Locking Cloud Transformation Array method and materials in exchange for a promise of protection.
• Divine Li confronted Thousand Armies God Emperor and offered the Nine Dragon Subduing Heaven Array for a hundred-year truce.
• Li Zhōujūn secretly told Thousand Armies God Emperor to accept the deal and let him make Lin Yuanhua disappear.
• Thousand Armies God Emperor sensed Li Zhōujūn’s formidable strength and agreed to listen to his proposal.

Li Zhōujūn secured Divine Li’s agreement to trade Heavenly Spring Mountain Water for Divine Glass Wood and offered to help her set up an array. After Lin Yuanhua left, Li Zhōujūn ordered Returning Heaven God Emperor to personally eliminate him, warning that Emperor Qin’s clone might otherwise be called in.

• Thousand Armies God Emperor and Divine Li swore not to harm Lin Yuanhua for a hundred years, and Lin Yuanhua left after vowing to kill Thousand Armies God Emperor.
• Li Zhōujūn’s system promised to track Lin Yuanhua’s location, while Thousand Armies God Emperor departed with his troops.
• Divine Li discovered that Lin Yuanhua’s array required the mind-bewitching Spirit Guiding Divine Stone and arranged to trade for Divine Glass Wood in exchange for Heavenly Spring Mountain Water.
• Divine Li asked Li Zhōujūn to find a seventh-tier superior divine array master, and Li Zhōujūn demonstrated that he could help by setting up a Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Li Zhōujūn told Returning Heaven God Emperor to handle Lin Yuanhua personally and warned that he would ask Emperor Qin’s clone to intervene if Lin Yuanhua survived.

Li Zhōujūn sent Returning Heaven God Emperor to kill Lin Yuanhua, then worked with Divine Li to establish the Spirit Locking Cloud Transformation Array. After receiving Divine Glass Wood and advancing to the Six Tribulation God Venerable realm, Li Zhōujūn left Divine Li with an invitation to discuss arrays again.

• Li Zhōujūn gave Returning Heaven God Emperor Lin Yuanhua’s location and ordered him to kill Lin Yuanhua.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor found Lin Yuanhua and killed him before he could finish resisting.
• Divine Li brought Li Zhōujūn to the Divine Glass Tree and gave him the method for setting up the Spirit Locking Cloud Transformation Array.
• Li Zhōujūn and Divine Li completed the array around the Divine Glass Tree, forming a vortex that drew out spiritual energy.
• Divine Li gave Li Zhōujūn a fine section of Divine Glass Wood, and his cultivation rose to the Six Tribulation God Venerable realm.

After discovering that Lin Yuanhua had survived by possessing a prince in the Luoyuan Realm, Li Zhōujūn brought Returning Heaven God Emperor to confront him. Lin Yuanhua prepared to invade Chenyue Kingdom, while its ruler sent his daughter Chen Ziyun toward the Yuyue Sect for safety; the chapter ended with Returning Heaven God Emperor recognizing Lin Yuanhua.

• The system informed Li Zhōujūn that Lin Yuanhua’s supreme treasure had saved his soul and that he had possessed the Sixth Prince of the Lin Kingdom.
• The system gave Li Zhōujūn a Bottle of Tomorrow and a mission to kill Lin Yuanhua, promising to raise his cultivation to the Seventh Tribulation God Venerable Realm.
• Lin Yuanhua ordered his guards to assemble an army and invade Chenyue Kingdom so he could seize Princess Chen Ziyun’s Hidden Yin Spirit Body.
• The ruler of Chenyue Kingdom urged Chen Ziyun to join the Yuyue Sect, and she realized he wanted to protect her from the coming conflict.
• Li Zhōujūn teleported with Returning Heaven God Emperor to the Lin Kingdom, where Returning Heaven God Emperor recognized Lin Yuanhua despite his changed appearance.

Li Zhōujūn captured the reincarnated Lin Yuanhua in the Bottle of Tomorrow and brought Returning Heaven God Emperor inside to confront him. Lin Yuanhua learned that the Azure Emperor had arranged his death and wondered whether he could evade him by keeping a low profile.

• Li Zhōujūn explained that Lin Yuanhua’s demonic path and extraordinary fortune made him dangerous, and Returning Heaven God Emperor agreed to follow his plan.
• Li Zhōujūn used the Bottle of Tomorrow to draw Lin Yuanhua into it while the Lin Kingdom soldiers assumed he had gone to prepare for war.
• Lin Yuanhua calmly offered the unseen captor knowledge and cooperation, believing his soul’s treasure could still revive him three more times.
• Li Zhōujūn and Returning Heaven God Emperor entered the bottle, and Lin Yuanhua grew terrified when he recognized Returning Heaven God Emperor.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor told Lin Yuanhua that Li Zhōujūn had found him, and Lin Yuanhua questioned why the Azure Emperor wanted him dead and how he had tracked him after reincarnation.

Li Zhōujūn severed Lin Yuanhua’s lifeline to reincarnation and killed him with the Returning Heaven God Emperor, then returned to the Hongmeng Forbidden Zone. There, he reunited with the Nine-Headed Leopard Lord, who realized Li Zhōujūn’s power and became anxious about their past disagreement.

• Li Zhōujūn revealed that Lin Yuanhua could no longer revive, and the Returning Heaven God Emperor annihilated him.
• The Returning Heaven God Emperor recovered Lin Yuanhua’s cracked resurrection treasure, but Li Zhōujūn let him keep it and accepted his pledge of loyalty.
• Li Zhōujūn teleported back to the Hongmeng Forbidden Zone to find Ancestor Qin and the Forge Emperor working on the divine sword.
• Li Zhōujūn recognized the soot-covered Nine-Headed Leopard Lord and explained that he had recruited the Returning Heaven God Emperor and was Ancestor Qin’s descendant.
• The Nine-Headed Leopard Lord panicked over having refused to follow Li Zhōujūn earlier, then awkwardly faced Li Zhōujūn’s question about his soot-covered appearance.

Li Zhōujūn left the Forbidden Zone and sensed that Azuo was nearing death in the Tian Yuan Realm. He appeared before Azuo and Bai Ling, fulfilled Azuo’s wish to see him again, and began reshaping Bai Ling’s path of cultivation.

• Li Zhōujūn showed Divine Glass Wood to Forge Emperor, who took a small piece to forge a sword hilt.
• The Nine-Headed Leopard Lord explained that a veiled female Divine Emperor had chased him into the Forbidden Zone after he entered her cave and argued with her.
• After staying several more days, Li Zhōujūn bade Qin Tianyi farewell and left the Forbidden Zone.
• Li Zhōujūn saw Azuo lying near death beside Bai Ling, who had used a Forbidden Technique to extend his life.
• Li Zhōujūn appeared before Azuo, who died peacefully after seeing him again, and then offered to reshape Bai Ling’s cultivation path.

After leaving the Forbidden Zone, Li Zhōujūn accepted Yang Jingfan’s invitation to visit the Thousand Armies Divine Court, where the Thousand Armies God Emperor welcomed him warmly. The God Emperor confirmed that Lin Yuanhua had been dealt with and hinted that he wanted Li Zhōujūn’s help with a matter, but Li Zhōujūn warned that he might refuse.

• Li Zhōujūn reflected on how watching loved ones age could make cultivators grow indifferent, then left the Forbidden Zone.
• Yang Jingfan introduced himself as the Thousand Armies Divine Court’s Crown Prince and invited Li Zhōujūn to visit at his father’s request.
• Li Zhōujūn accepted the invitation and rode the Nine Divine Chariot to the Thousand Armies Divine Court, drawing attention from onlookers along the way.
• The Thousand Armies God Emperor personally welcomed Li Zhōujūn and invited him to the main hall for tea and wine.
• The Thousand Armies God Emperor asked about Lin Yuanhua, and Li Zhōujūn said he had arranged for him to be dealt with.
• The Thousand Armies God Emperor hinted that he wanted Li Zhōujūn’s help with a matter, while Li Zhōujūn cautioned that he might not agree to act.