Chapter Summaries

Li Zhōujūn met with the Thousand Armies God Emperor, who asked him to stop the Mad Emperor from refining a Thousand Corpse Monster near the Thousand Armies Divine Court. Li Zhōujūn agreed to help, and they discussed the Mad Emperor’s preparations and who knew of the plan.

• The Thousand Armies God Emperor welcomed Li Zhōujūn with a feast and a performance by dancing goddesses.
• The Thousand Armies God Emperor explained that the Mad Emperor planned to refine a Thousand Corpse Monster at the border of his divine court, endangering billions of living beings.
• The Thousand Armies God Emperor said he could not stop the Mad Emperor alone and had struggled to find the Azure Ancestor or the second-ranked Supreme Godly Emperor.
• The system issued Li Zhōujūn a mission to stop the Mad Emperor, and Li Zhōujūn agreed to help protect the people.
• The Thousand Armies God Emperor said the Mad Emperor was still setting up his array, and only he, Li Zhōujūn, and his son Yang Jingfan knew of the plan.

Li Zhōujūn and Thousand Armies God Emperor confronted Mad Emperor as he completed a formation to refine the Thousand Corpse Emperor Body with Great Dao Divine Lightning. Divine Li and Returning Heaven God Emperor joined Li Zhōujūn, leaving Hong Meng to wonder who the Azure Emperor really was.

• Li Zhōujūn accompanied Thousand Armies God Emperor to the border, where Mad Emperor prepared to complete his formation atop a mountain of Godly Emperor corpses.
• Thousand Armies God Emperor tried to stop Mad Emperor, but Mad Emperor made the final stroke and summoned the Great Dao Divine Lightning.
• An aged Godly Emperor warned Hong Meng that Mad Emperor planned to refine the Thousand Corpse Emperor Body, while the continent's mighty beings watched the confrontation.
• Divine Li arrived and called Li Zhōujūn Azure Emperor, then Returning Heaven God Emperor joined them to help.
• Thousand Armies God Emperor marveled that Li Zhōujūn had brought two Supreme Godly Emperors to his side, and wondered how he had become so close to Divine Li.

Li Zhōujūn offered to withstand the Great Dao Divine Lightning while Thousand Armies God Emperor, Divine Li, and Returning Heaven God Emperor held Mad Emperor back. As the first bolt descended, the others watched to see whether Azure Emperor could survive it.

• Thousand Armies God Emperor warned Li Zhōujūn that stopping the lightning required enduring all nine strikes, but Li Zhōujūn volunteered to face them while the others fought Mad Emperor.
• Divine Li and Returning Heaven God Emperor joined Thousand Armies God Emperor in guarding Li Zhōujūn, and Li Zhōujūn refused to use Emperor Qin's clone.
• Li Zhōujūn flew beneath the gathering lightning as Mad Emperor mocked him and tried to attack, but the three Supreme Godly Emperors blocked Mad Emperor.
• Thousand Armies God Emperor and Returning Heaven God Emperor attacked Mad Emperor, and Divine Li trapped him with formations, but Mad Emperor broke through their techniques and gained the upper hand.
• The Great Dao Divine Lightning formed a colossal serpent and struck toward Li Zhōujūn as Mad Emperor, the other emperors, and Hongmeng's living beings watched.
• Qin Tianyi worried about Li Zhōujūn but decided his clone could protect him if he failed to withstand the lightning.

Li Zhōujūn caught the Great Dao Divine Lightning while holding off Mad Emperor, then used Qin Tianyi's clone to kill him as the ninth bolt fell. The system rewarded Li Zhōujūn with a breakthrough to the One Tribulation God Emperor realm, and Hong Meng Continent's beings realized Mad Emperor had become the first Supreme Godly Emperor to die.

• Li Zhōujūn caught the first three bolts of Great Dao Divine Lightning while blocking Mad Emperor's attacks, then caught three more as Mad Emperor failed to break through his defenses.
• Mad Emperor realized Li Zhōujūn would be free to kill him after the lightning tribulation and tried to flee, while Qin Tianyi offered to have his clone strike.
• Li Zhōujūn caught the ninth bolt and sent out Qin Tianyi's clone, which transformed into sword light and killed Mad Emperor, annihilating his God Emperor soul.
• The system rewarded Li Zhōujūn with a breakthrough to the One Tribulation God Emperor realm and advanced the Ao Xue Flying Sword to a One Tribulation God Emperor Weapon.
• Mad Emperor's statues shattered across Hong Meng Continent, and its beings reacted in disbelief to the first Supreme Godly Emperor's death.

After slaying the Mad Emperor, Li Zhōujūn was acclaimed as the Third Supreme Godly Emperor, and temples honoring him spread throughout Hong Meng. He visited one temple in secret and watched worshippers condemn a boy for stealing an offering.

• The Returning Heaven God Emperor proclaimed that Li Zhōujūn deserved to become the Third Supreme Godly Emperor, and Hong Meng’s mighty figures agreed.
• The Thousand Armies God Emperor congratulated Li Zhōujūn, while Divine Li took her leave and the cultivators who had witnessed the battle withdrew.
• At Taicang Holy Academy, Mu Tingxuan and Yú Xīndá reacted to Li Zhōujūn’s new status, and the Old Dean urged Mu Tingxuan to cultivate.
• Seven days later, statues and temples honoring Li Zhōujūn had appeared across Hong Meng, and the system gave him a way to purify the aspiration power gathering from them.
• Li Zhōujūn secretly entered an Azure Emperor Temple and discovered that breathing in its fruit and incense offerings cleared his mind.
• A boy stole a fruit from the offerings, and a young girl and the gathered worshippers angrily accused him of disrespecting the Azure Emperor and endangering them.

Bai Ziming insulted the Azure Emperor in the temple and tried to escape with a Jade Talisman, but the malfunctioning treasure led him to mistake Li Zhōujūn for his attacker and kill his clone. Li Zhōujūn learned Bai Ziming was Great Emperor Changming and received a mission to retaliate, while Changming watched his supposedly dead clone reappear.

• Bai Ziming argued with Zhu Geyun and the temple’s cultivators, boasting that he would defeat and humiliate the Azure Emperor.
• Bai Ziming crushed his Jade Talisman, but when it failed to transport him, he assumed Li Zhōujūn had sealed the space and struck his own forehead, killing his clone.
• The Jade Talisman activated after Bai Ziming’s suicide and made his corpse disappear; the system identified him as Great Emperor Changming’s clone and issued Li Zhōujūn a mission to make Changming suffer.
• Zhu Geyun promised to take responsibility if the Azure Emperor blamed the temple, earning Li Zhōujūn’s favor.
• Great Emperor Changming saw his shattered Jade Talisman and the supposedly dead clone reappear before him.

Li Zhōujūn stayed near the Azure Emperor Temple to observe its priest, Zhu Geyun, and visited Shuiyun City in disguise. There he met Zhu Xiaoyun, Zhu Geyun’s little brother, and forcibly taught him the Indestructible True Dragon Body before heading toward the city.

• Li Zhōujūn decided to remain near the Azure Emperor Temple in case Great Emperor Changming came looking for trouble, and he watched Zhu Geyun to judge her character.
• Li Zhōujūn disguised himself as an old man and went to Shuiyun City, where he met a Fatty Doll who had stopped by a pool.
• The Fatty Doll introduced himself as Zhu Xiaoyun and said he was going to find his sister, Zhu Geyun, and worship the Azure Emperor.
• After Zhu Xiaoyun refused his offer, Li Zhōujūn forcefully implanted the Indestructible True Dragon Body technique into his mind, causing him to collapse.
• Li Zhōujūn carried Zhu Xiaoyun beneath a tree and cheerfully continued toward Shuiyun City, knowing the boy had his father’s protective treasure.

Great Emperor Changming sent Li Yuan to destroy the Azure Emperor Temple and test whether the Azure Emperor had been injured, while Li Zhōujūn realized the attack was coming. The chapter ended with Li Zhōujūn receiving a mission to kill the intruder using a three-second Supreme Godly Emperor cultivation experience card.

• Zhu Xiaoyun woke with a cultivation technique in his mind, ran into a tree, and hurried to the Azure Emperor Temple to tell Zhu Geyun what had happened.
• Great Emperor Changming ordered Li Yuan to destroy the Azure Emperor Temple but spare its abbot, and promised to protect Li Yuan's daughter.
• Li Yuan accepted the dangerous order because he owed Great Emperor Changming and feared for his daughter's life.
• Zhu Geyun comforted Zhu Xiaoyun, but black clouds and raging winds suddenly engulfed the Azure Emperor Temple and Shuiyun City.
• Li Zhōujūn sensed the arriving expert, recognized that Great Emperor Changming had sent him, and received a mission to kill the intruder with a three-second Supreme Godly Emperor cultivation experience card.

Li Zhōujūn used the Azure Emperor Statue to manifest the Azure Emperor and slay Li Yuan, who had attacked the Azure Emperor Temple. Great Emperor Changming fled after sensing the Azure Emperor’s power, while Zhu Xiaoyun began suspecting that Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor’s incarnation.

• Li Yuan’s black palm threatened the Azure Emperor Temple as Great Emperor Changming watched, hoping to gauge the Azure Emperor’s strength.
• After the system threatened him with a humiliating punishment, Li Zhōujūn obtained Great Emperor Changming’s location and manifested through the Azure Emperor Statue.
• The Azure Emperor’s phantom crushed Li Yuan’s attack and killed him with a white-jade, Dragon Scaled hand.
• The Azure Emperor’s phantom fixed its gaze on Great Emperor Changming, who feared his secret had been exposed and fled toward a mortal world.
• The system rewarded Li Zhōujūn by upgrading the Ao Xue Flying Sword and raising his cultivation to the Three Tribulations Godly Emperor Realm.
• Zhu Xiaoyun recognized a similarity between the Azure Emperor’s technique and the Indestructible True Dragon Body and wondered if Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor’s incarnation.

Zhu Geyun and Zhu Xiaoyun encountered Shi Lixin, a disgraced former heir who had once sabotaged her chance to enter Taixing Academy. Shi Lixin begged her to help him reclaim his family position, but Zhu Geyun refused, recalling how his betrayal had destroyed their former bond.

• Zhu Xiaoyun guessed that the old man who taught him might have been the Azure Emperor, while Li Zhōujūn sensed what happened at the Azure Emperor Temple.
• Zhu Geyun dragged Zhu Xiaoyun toward the Zhu Family estate and threatened him with family discipline.
• Zhu Geyun stopped the guards from driving away Shi Lixin, whom she recognized as the former eldest son of the Shi Family.
• Shi Lixin asked Zhu Geyun to help him reclaim his heirship and promised a lasting alliance between their families, but she refused.
• Zhu Geyun remembered how Shi Lixin had used her trust to keep her from Taixing Academy's disciple trial, costing her the chance to enter.

Shi Lixin left the Zhu Family after accepting shattered Divine Crystals, while Li Zhōujūn learned the truth behind Shi Lixin’s apparent betrayal of Zhu Geyun. That night, Li Zhōujūn sent Zhu Geyun a dream, where she came face to face with him.

• Shi Lixin accepted shattered Divine Crystals from Zhu Xiaoyun and left the Zhu Family, hiding his bitterness and true motives.
• Shi Lixin recalled that he had tried to keep Zhu Geyun from Taixing Academy after witnessing an elder drain a prodigy’s essence and blood, and that his family had used the rumors about him to replace him with Shi Lijing.
• Li Zhōujūn learned Shi Lixin’s story from the system and decided to reveal the truth to Zhu Geyun in a dream.
• Zhu Geyun returned to the Zhu Family estate with Zhu Xiaoyun, still unsure why Shi Lixin had changed.
• At midnight, Li Zhōujūn sent Zhu Geyun into a deep sleep and appeared before her in a dream as a blue-robed figure.

Li Zhōujūn visited Zhu Geyun in a dream, granted her a cultivation technique, and revealed the truth about Shi Lixin’s sacrifice for her. Later, he encountered Shi Lixin on a dangerous road and intervened when two Divine Lords approached, exposing his Godly Emperor aura.

• Li Zhōujūn gave Zhu Geyun the Indestructible True Dragon Body and showed her that Shi Lixin had been expelled from the Shi Family because of his actions for her.
• Zhu Geyun resolved to help Shi Lixin from the shadows, and Li Zhōujūn left Shuiyun City.
• The system tasked Li Zhōujūn with testing Shi Lixin and potentially teaching him the Earth-Shattering Stone Art.
• Shi Lixin warned Li Zhōujūn that a Feiyan Sect elder and a demon were about to clash ahead, then urged him to flee when they came running toward them.
• Li Zhōujūn released a terrifying pressure that stunned Shi Lixin, the Feiyan Sect man, and the bald demon.

Li Zhōujūn let a bald cultivator go after learning his strange dance came from the Four-Armed Divine Lord, then passed the Earth-Shattering Art to Shi Lixin. Meanwhile, Blade Maniac emerged from secluded cultivation, and the Returning Heaven God Emperor feared another beating.

• The fair-skinned, chubby man from the Feiyan Sect fled after Li Zhōujūn allowed him to leave.
• Li Zhōujūn questioned the bald, muscular man, who performed the Chaotic Dance Battle Art and explained that the Four-Armed Divine Lord had taught it to him.
• Li Zhōujūn sent the bald, muscular man flying eighty-four thousand miles, then gave Shi Lixin the Earth-Shattering Art before disappearing.
• Blade Maniac split a Thunder Dragon with a single saber strike, drawing the attention of powerful figures across Hong Meng.
• The Returning Heaven God Emperor panicked at Blade Maniac's return and resolved to invite the Azure Emperor to stay with him.

Li Zhōujūn visited Returning Heaven God Emperor, who asked him for help when Blade Maniac arrived to challenge him. After the system assigned a mission to withstand ten blades, Li Zhōujūn accepted Blade Maniac’s challenge.

• Li Zhōujūn accepted Returning Heaven God Emperor’s invitation and came to his palace for wine and roast chicken.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor admitted that he wanted Li Zhōujūn’s help, but Blade Maniac arrived before he could explain.
• Blade Maniac demanded that Li Zhōujūn withstand four blades to protect Returning Heaven God Emperor.
• The system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to withstand ten blades, and he told Blade Maniac he would take ten.

Li Zhōujūn withstood Blade Maniac’s ten strikes and earned his promise to stop pursuing Returning Heaven God Emperor. He asked Blade Maniac to make roast chickens, then reassured Returning Heaven God Emperor that he would not abandon him.

• Returning Heaven God Emperor urged Li Zhōujūn not to accept Blade Maniac’s challenge, but Li Zhōujūn asked Blade Maniac to strike him ten times.
• Blade Maniac gathered ten powerful blade lights into one attack, and Li Zhōujūn’s Fifty-Fifty ability countered them in a draw.
• Blade Maniac honored his promise to leave Returning Heaven God Emperor alone and offered to fulfill one condition for Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Blade Maniac to make roast chickens and invited him to eat with them.
• Returning Heaven God Emperor thanked Li Zhōujūn, rebuilt his grand hall, and received reassurance that Li Zhōujūn would not abandon him.

After gaining a cultivation breakthrough, Li Zhōujūn shared a meal with Blade Maniac and learned about a rumored Primordial Era and a hidden world containing a Supreme Godly Emperor’s tomb. The system then gave Li Zhōujūn a mission to explore that world and tomb, providing its coordinates.

• The system raised Li Zhōujūn’s cultivation to the Four Tribulation Godly Emperor Realm.
• Blade Maniac brought roast chicken and wine, sparred in conversation with Li Zhōujūn, and then left to return to seclusion.
• Li Zhōujūn asked the Returning Heaven God Emperor about the rumored Hong Meng Primordial Era, and the God Emperor speculated that a war between humans and demons had ended it.
• The Returning Heaven God Emperor told Li Zhōujūn about a shifting world beyond Hong Meng and a tomb that seemed to belong to a Supreme Godly Emperor.
• The system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to explore the world and tomb and sent him their coordinates.

Li Zhōujūn entered a small world, found an injured white fox named Bai Yōuyōu, and healed her. After his system revealed her connection to the world’s Supreme Godly Emperor’s tomb, he let her follow him into Jintian Town.

• Li Zhōujūn teleported to a world where Demon Race forces greatly outnumbered the human kingdoms and cultivation sects.
• Li Zhōujūn found Bai Yōuyōu, a clever white fox with a broken leg caught in a trap, and recognized her extraordinary bloodline and ruined cultivation.
• Li Zhōujūn healed Bai Yōuyōu and left, advising her to do good if she regained her cultivation.
• Bai Yōuyōu hurried after Li Zhōujūn, hoping to benefit from his protection, and the system revealed her connection to the Supreme Godly Emperor’s tomb.
• Li Zhōujūn agreed to let Bai Yōuyōu follow him and headed toward Jintian Town to find a roasted-chicken stall.

Li Zhōujūn entered Jintian Town with Bai Yōuyōu and set out to buy roast chicken, but an encounter with the Liu Family disrupted his plans. Liu Chengdong chose to let the conflict end peacefully and carried his unconscious brother back to the Liu Family.

• Li Zhōujūn and Bai Yōuyōu entered Jintian Town, and Li Zhōujūn headed toward a roast-chicken stall.
• Liu Chengcai tried to buy Bai Yōuyōu for her fur, so Li Zhōujūn used his Spiritual Sense to make him walk into a tree and pass out.
• The roast-chicken vendor refused to serve Li Zhōujūn, warning him about the Liu Family and Liu Chengcai's cultivator brother, Liu Chengdong.
• Liu Chengdong arrived with guards after a beggar identified Li Zhōujūn as the person who had controlled Liu Chengcai.
• Li Zhōujūn explained that Liu Chengcai had tried to force a sale, and Liu Chengdong acknowledged his brother had been at fault and ended the matter.
• Liu Chengdong had the guards carry Liu Chengcai back to the Liu Family.

Li Zhōujūn refused to force the roast-chicken stall owner to help him, but a powerful demon clan arrived in Jintian Town and threatened Bai Yōuyōu and her friend Bai Ran. He destroyed Bai Han’s clone with his divine eye, leaving the town stunned and Bai Yōuyōu newly in awe of him.

• Li Zhōujūn offered the roast-chicken stall owner a fortune in exchange for roast chickens, but the owner refused out of fear of the Liu Family.
• Black mist and a terrifying demonic aura covered Jintian Town, and Bai Han appeared with the battered Bai Ran kneeling beside her.
• Bai Han mocked Bai Yōuyōu and threatened to kill Bai Ran and Li Zhōujūn, while Liu Chengdong knelt and was insulted.
• The system ordered Li Zhōujūn to eliminate Bai Han’s clone, and he used his divine eye to make her vanish as she prepared to strike Bai Ran.
• Liu Chengdong was relieved he had not offended Li Zhōujūn, while Bai Yōuyōu looked at him with growing admiration.

Li Zhōujūn rescued Bai Yōuyōu and Bai Ran, healed Bai Ran, and restored Bai Yōuyōu’s cultivation with the Heart Returning Pill. After Bai Yōuyōu regained human form, she planned to enter the Ancestor's Tomb while Bai Ran planned to travel to the Hong Meng Continent.

• Liu Chengdong slapped Liu Chengcai unconscious after he insulted Li Zhōujūn, who then vanished with Bai Yōuyōu and Bai Ran.
• Bai Han vowed to ask her returning grandfather to kill Bai Yōuyōu.
• Li Zhōujūn healed Bai Ran and gave Bai Yōuyōu the Heart Returning Pill, restoring her power and human form.
• Bai Yōuyōu thanked Li Zhōujūn, who left to look for wild chickens while she and Bai Ran reunited.
• Bai Yōuyōu resolved to enter the Ancestor's Tomb, while Bai Ran planned to travel to the Hong Meng Continent.