Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue left Shaking Light to travel, claiming he wanted to see the Ji Family’s Divine Body while pursuing his own cultivation and plans against the Reincarnators. He headed for the Archaic Forbidden Land, expecting Ye Fan to be nearby.

• Xu Yue asked the Yaoguang Holy Lord to seek him a marriage with a Yaochi disciple and let him travel to see the Ji Family’s Divine Body.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord offered to lend Xu Yue’s Dao Protector the Dragon-Pattern Cauldron, but Xu Yue rejected the protection and declared his ambition to face powerful foes.
• Xu Yue briefly said goodbye to Yao Xi, packed his belongings, and left Shaking Light using a Mysterious Jade Platform.
• Xu Yue recalled that he had copied Shaking Light’s scriptures and mastered its techniques, and the Yaoguang Holy Lord warned him not to reveal the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art or Ruthless Emperor techniques.
• Xu Yue planned to stop the Reincarnators from causing trouble and traveled toward the Archaic Forbidden Land, where he expected Ye Fan to be cultivating.

Xu Yue returned to Shaking Light’s base in Yan Country and learned that the Jiang and Ji Families had forced his former companions to gather herbs, after which they vanished in the Archaic Forbidden Land. He attacked the Jiang Family’s Yanyun City base, where a Dragon Transformation-level strike suddenly came for him.

• Xu Yue asked about recent events and learned that the Demon Emperor’s Tomb had vanished and the Desolate Pagoda had not appeared.
• Xu Daoling told Xu Yue that the Jiang and Ji Families had forced his former companions to gather medicinal herbs, and that Ye Fan had led them into the Archaic Forbidden Land, where none returned alive.
• Xu Yue learned that Zhang Wenchang had been found and given a position as Shaking Light’s representative in Yan Country.
• Angered that the Jiang and Ji Families had disregarded his status, Xu Yue rushed to the Jiang Family’s base in Yanyun City and began forming Dao patterns to gather Heavenly Momentum.
• A small jade blade shot from the Jiang Family base, and Xu Daoling recognized the attack as one unleashed by a Dragon Transformation-level expert.

Xu Yue confronted the Jiang Family over its alleged role in Ye Fan’s disappearance and used spatial Dao patterns to erase its compound and everyone inside. He left his name carved beside the crater, while Xu Daoling realized Shaking Light would have to answer for the massacre.

• Xu Yue deflected the Jiang Family’s attack with spatial Dao patterns, and the blast left the compound damaged and its defenders injured.
• Jiang Hanwen recognized Xu Yue as Shaking Light’s First Saint Son and challenged him for attacking the Jiang Family.
• Xu Yue accused the Jiang Family of troubling Ye Fan, while Jiang Hanwen denied responsibility and threatened to appeal to Holy Lord Li Qingdao.
• Xu Yue warped the entire Jiang Family compound into a spatial boundary, causing its inhabitants’ attacks to rebound inside until the boundary collapsed and the compound vanished.
• Xu Yue relieved himself beside the crater and carved “Xu Yue of Shaking Light was here” into its edge, leaving Xu Daoling horrified at the consequences.

Xu Yue’s attack on a Jiang Family outpost triggered a public bounty and drew attention from major factions. As Shaking Light promised to protect him, Ji Haoyue prepared to seek out the Demon Emperor’s successor, while Ye Fan learned that Xu Yue had acted in his defense.

• The Jiang Family announced a bounty on Xu Yue after he destroyed an outpost and killed an Elder, and Li Qingdao warned that Shaking Light would answer any elders who targeted its Saint Son.
• Ji Haoyue heard of Xu Yue’s feat, recognized him as a worthy rival, and chose to seek out the Demon Emperor’s successor before challenging him.
• Dowding, Churchill, and De Gaulle identified Xu Yue as a likely Reincarnator and discussed his plans and the possibility of opposing him.
• Ye Fan returned to Lingxu Grotto-Heaven, learned about the Dao Palace Realm, and heard from Elder Wu Qingfeng that Xu Yue had attacked the Jiang Family for his sake.

Ye Fan left Lingxu Grotto-Heaven for Yanyun City, hoping Xu Yue could help rescue Pang Bo, but he ran into Duan De along the way. Xu Yue intervened when Duan De tried to trap them, only to reveal a group of scantily clad women waiting in the woods.

• Lingxu Grotto-Heaven's elders welcomed Ye Fan warmly, but he refused their offer of an escort and set out alone for Yanyun City.
• Ye Fan followed Duan De, unaware that the Divine Bridge cultivator had noticed him and lured him into a trap.
• Xu Yue descended between Ye Fan and Duan De, scolding Ye Fan for tailing such a skilled survivor.
• Duan De dismissed Xu Yue's warnings and revealed that he had led them to a lakeside gathering.
• Xu Yue rushed toward the woods, where more than a dozen alluring women appeared, making Ye Fan suspect Xu Yue had known what awaited them.

Xu Yue and Ye Fan were captured by the demons after Duan De fled with a drop of Great Emperor blood. Yan Ruyu chose Ye Fan to bear the Azure Emperor’s Heart, but Xu Yue volunteered to take his place, and she agreed to let him try.

• Qin Yao captured Xu Yue and Ye Fan, while Duan De took a drop of Great Emperor blood and fled.
• Qin Yao brought the captives to Yan Ruyu, who identified Ye Fan as the Archaic Sacred Body and ordered the demons not to harm Xu Yue.
• Yan Ruyu chose Ye Fan to nurture the Azure Emperor’s Heart, but Ye Fan agreed only if Xu Yue was released.
• Xu Yue offered to become the vessel instead, and Yan Ruyu agreed to let him try despite the old woman’s warning that the Heart could drain him to death.

Xu Yue accepted the Azure Emperor's Heart and used his Sea of Suffering to subdue it, gaining a source of Great Emperor blood essence while the Demon Emperor's lineage recognized him as a suitable host. As the group escorted him toward demon territory, Ji Haoyue and the Ji Family blocked their way, with Ji Haoyue demanding a challenge against Yan Ruyu.

• Xu Yue reassured Ye Fan and let the Half-step Great Power old woman implant the Azure Emperor's Heart into his Sea of Suffering.
• Inside Xu Yue's Sea of Suffering, the Emperor's Heart moved toward the Quasi-Emperor's Small Pagoda, but the Sixth Secret Realm's origin suppressed them both.
• Xu Yue used his modified Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art to extract Great Emperor blood essence from the Emperor's Heart, astonishing the old woman and Yan Ruyu with their perfect compatibility.
• Xu Yue joked with Qin Yao about becoming Yan Ruyu's son-in-law and asked when they could consummate the marriage.
• The Demon Emperor's lineage escorted Xu Yue toward demon territory, but Ji Haoyue and Ji Family experts surrounded the group in the Wei Kingdom and Ji Haoyue demanded to challenge Yan Ruyu.
• The old woman said Yan Ruyu was unwell and could not fight, while sensing that a Great Power was hidden nearby.

As Ji Haoyue confronted the Demon Emperor’s successor over her Imperial Armament, Xu Yue intervened and revealed that the Demon Emperor’s Heart had acknowledged him as its master. The Ji Family Elders recognized Xu Yue as a threat and decided he could not be allowed to live.

• Hidden Reincarnators watched the battlefield and prepared an ambush with three Elite Titans, while identifying Xu Yue among the demons.
• Ji Haoyue demanded that the Demon Emperor’s successor surrender her Imperial Armament, claiming it would suit his newly formed divine body.
• A demon woman attacked Ji Haoyue, but he crushed her weapon and killed her with his Sea-Rising Bright Moon phenomenon.
• Xu Yue stepped forward to defend the Demon Emperor’s successor, calling her his wife and saying the Demon Emperor’s Heart had acknowledged him as its master.
• Ji Family Elders recognized Xu Yue as the Yaoguang First Saint Son and resolved that he could not be allowed to live.

Yan Ruyu and Ji Haoyue fought with their Imperial Weapons until a hidden Reincarnator attack forced Xu Yue’s protector to intervene. The Reincarnators then unleashed an Advanced Military Formation led by Gru, an Ancient Saint, leaving the protector retreating with Xu Yue and Ye Fan and calling for an Imperial Weapon.

• Xu Yue tried to protect Yan Ruyu, but Ye Fan dragged him back as Yan Ruyu accepted Ji Haoyue’s challenge.
• Yan Ruyu and Ji Haoyue clashed with the cyan full moon and the Void Mirror, shaking the battlefield with their Imperial Weapons.
• The Reincarnators launched a surprise Intermediate Military Formation attack, and the Ji Family Supreme Elder’s King-tier weapon shattered against its black dragon claw.
• Xu Yue called out for protection, and his hidden protector used a Saint weapon to destroy the claw, damaging the weapon in the process.
• Gru activated an Advanced Military Formation and charged the protector, revealing the power of an Ancient Saint.
• The protector retreated with Xu Yue and Ye Fan toward Yan Ruyu and called for an Imperial Weapon.

Xu Yue's protector wielded the Chaos Green Lotus and drove Gru back, allowing Xu Yue and Ye Fan to escape while Yan Ruyu stayed to help awaken the imperial weapon. Eisenhower responded by deciding to deploy a Guardian-level Military Formation and descended with the might of a Great Sage.

• Yan Ruyu handed the Chaos Green Lotus to Xu Yue's protector, who struck Gru with it after a Forbidden Artifact had already wounded him.
• Xu Yue grabbed Ye Fan and fled while Yan Ruyu organized an escape and remained behind to guide the imperial weapon.
• Yan Ruyu reconsidered her plans for Xu Yue and the Yaoguang First Saint Son after learning that Xu Yue had a Dao Severing King protector.
• Eisenhower recognized the imperial weapon's overwhelming strength and decided to commit a Guardian-level Military Formation to seize one of the weapons.
• Eisenhower underwent ultimate sublimation, absorbed the formation members, and descended as a Guangying with the might of a Great Sage.

Eisenhower deployed a Guardian-level military formation, drawing the attention of Big Dipper’s Life Forbidden Zone Supremes, who suspected it might be connected to the Immortal Domain. The Wushi Bell rang and awakened the Chaos Green Lotus and Void Mirror, as two Supremes appeared, signaling the arrival of absolute darkness.

• Eisenhower activated a Guardian-level military formation, releasing Great Sage-level pressure across Big Dipper Ancient Star.
• Gai Jiuyou and the Life Forbidden Zone Supremes noticed the strange formation, and the Supremes debated capturing its wielder for study.
• The Wushi Bell rang from Purple Mountain, making the Forbidden Zone Supremes hesitate and prompting them to send two beings to capture the formation’s wielder.
• Xu Yue fled toward the outskirts under the escort of several Great Demons and realized the Supremes might be interested in the military formation.
• The Wushi Bell awakened the Chaos Green Lotus and Void Mirror, and the Ji Family’s Supreme Elder warned that the bell and awakened Emperor Weapons signaled absolute darkness.
• Two aura-less Forbidden Zone Supremes appeared in the sky, their deathly gaze causing onlookers’ eyes to sting and bleed.

The Ji Family recognized that darkness had returned as two Forbidden Zone Supremes emerged and overwhelmed the Void Mirror. The Supremes captured Eisenhower for study, leaving him baffled by how easily his Guardian-level Military Formation had been suppressed.

• The Ji Family mighty expert ordered Ji Haoyue to sacrifice blood to the Void Mirror, then wounded himself to send his essence blood into it.
• The two Forbidden Zone Supremes noticed the Void Mirror and one of them suppressed it before it could fully revive.
• Eisenhower saw the Supremes suppress the Void Mirror and mistakenly believed his Guardian-level Military Formation could contend with them.
• One Forbidden Zone Supreme reached for Eisenhower and captured him effortlessly, leaving him wondering whether his military formation had been fake.

Two Dark Supremes overwhelmed the battlefield, capturing the Reincarnators and suppressing the imperial weapons. Xu Yue and Ye Fan encountered Ji Ziyue and Gai Jiuyou, who realized the crisis had already claimed the weapons.

• The Dark Supremes seized the Azure Emperor's imperial weapon and captured Eisenhower, Gru, and Dowding along with their military formations.
• Eisenhower deduced that the Guardian-level Military Formation might have awakened the ancient Dark Supremes, while the captives feared they would be tortured.
• Ji Ziyue stopped Xu Yue and Ye Fan with seven Ji Family Elders, then recognized Xu Yue as the Yaoguang First Saint Son.
• Ye Fan sensed danger in the direction of Ji Haoyue and the Ji Family's imperial weapon, despite Ji Ziyue's confidence in her brother.
• Gai Jiuyou appeared and revealed that he had arrived too late to save the Void Mirror and the Chaos Green Lotus, which had already been suppressed.

Gai Jiuyou warned that two sources of the Darkness Rebellion threatened the starry sky and left to seek the Wushi Bell after Xu Yue suggested a safer route. Xu Yue then gathered Ji Family blood and Azure Emperor blood to try summoning a dead helper, leaving Ye Fan recognizing the method as something he had seen before.

• Gai Jiuyou revealed that two sources of the Darkness Rebellion had emerged and asked the Ji Family to lend blood to help free the Void Mirror.
• Xu Yue advised Gai Jiuyou to seek Great Emperor Wushi’s Wushi Bell in Purple Mountain, and Gai Jiuyou vanished to find it.
• A Dark Supreme mocked the group, confirming that the Ji Family’s attempt to use the Void Mirror had drawn the Supremes’ attention.
• Xu Yue gathered the Ji Family’s blood and a drop of Azure Emperor blood, explaining that he intended to summon a dead helper through a medium.
• Ye Fan recognized Xu Yue’s method as resembling Impure World Reincarnation.

Xu Yue used Azure Emperor’s vital blood to summon the Void Great Emperor, Ji Void, who appeared and banished two Dark Supremes into the void to fight them. Gai Jiuyou followed with the Wushi Bell, while Xu Yue explained the summoning to the stunned survivors as the distant battle began.

• Xu Yue used Azure Emperor’s vital blood to bring forth Ji Void, who effortlessly stopped an attack and took the Void Mirror into his hand.
• Ji Void recognized Gai Jiuyou’s potential and sensed the connection between the summoned body and the still-living Azure Emperor.
• Ji Void banished the two Dark Supremes into the void to protect the living, and Gai Jiuyou followed him with the Wushi Bell.
• Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue questioned Xu Yue, who explained that he had used the Great Emperor’s heart and vital blood to trigger Ji Void’s lingering obsession.
• The distant battle began, and the clash between Ji Void and the Dark Supremes erased stars from the sky.

Void Emperor and Gai Jiuyou defeated the two Dark Supremes, and Void Emperor returned with Gai Jiuyou near death. After Xu Yue revealed where a True Dragon Immortal Medicine could be found, Void Emperor retrieved it for Gai Jiuyou, while Xu Yue sensed a distant gaze upon him.

• The Forbidden Zone Supremes sensed Void Emperor's battle but chose to remain in their forbidden zones and later fell back into slumber.
• Ji Void returned from the Starry Sky with Gai Jiuyou, who had reached his peak through ultimate sublimation but had nearly exhausted his remaining lifespan.
• Xu Yue told Void Emperor that the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest contained a True Dragon Immortal Medicine that might save Gai Jiuyou.
• Void Emperor found the medicine in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest and brought it back for Gai Jiuyou.
• Xu Yue sensed an almost imperceptible gaze sweep over him from a great distance.

Xu Yue explained that the Void Great Emperor’s remnant and a peerless quasi-emperor had repelled the Dark Supremes, ending the Darkness Rebellion. After the Reincarnators’ failed attack was exposed, Xu Yue invited Yan Ruyu and Ji Ziyue to travel with him and Ye Fan.

• The Void Great Emperor took Gai Jiuyou away to help heal his damaged origin and Great Dao.
• Xu Yue told Ji Haoyue, Yan Ruyu, Ji Ziyue, and the others that the Void Great Emperor’s remnant and a peerless quasi-emperor had forced back the darkness.
• A bell rang from Purple Mountain, and awakened Imperial weapons fell dormant after announcing that the Darkness Rebellion had been subdued.
• The Reincarnators learned that Dowding, Gru, and Eisenhower had been killed, then chose not to pursue the Ji Family and the demon race after the failed attack.
• Xu Yue invited Yan Ruyu and Ji Ziyue to travel with him and Ye Fan, and Ji Ziyue persuaded Ji Haoyue to let her go gain experience.

Xu Yue, Yan Ruyu, Ye Fan, and Ji Ziyue traveled together after the Darkness Rebellion, while tensions between the Reincarnation Hall and their allies remained high. When Reincarnators ambushed the group, Xu Yue revealed that he had lured them there so he could bring them to the Bronze Immortal Palace.

• Xu Yue gave Ye Fan drops of Great Emperor blood essence, and Ji Ziyue teased them while demanding some for herself.
• A Shaking Light protector suggested that Ye Fan join Shaking Light, but Xu Yue warned him never to do so, and Ye Fan agreed.
• The group continued their spring outing as Ji Ziyue's protector and Yan Ruyu's escort watched over them.
• A massive palm descended to seize the group, and Xu Yue recognized the attackers as Reincarnators.
• Xu Yue revealed that he had left clues in Federation code to draw the Reincarnators to them, while the Bronze Immortal Palace followed beneath their feet.

After escaping the Reincarnators through an underground river, Xu Yue, Ye Fan, and their companions discovered they had reached the perilous Bronze Immortal Palace. Inside, they found the remains and unanswered questions of ancient experts, while Xu Yue’s irreverent replies disrupted the solemn mood.

• Xu Yue explained that he had refused to lend Yan Ruyu’s imperial weapon to the Ruthless Protector because the Reincarnators wanted it and would have killed him for it.
• Ji Ziyue and the others recognized the Bronze Immortal Palace and learned of its deadly reputation and the rare accounts of people escaping it.
• Xu Yue urged the group to enter the palace after they found themselves trapped, and Ye Fan agreed to search the wax-sealed corpses for clues.
• The group opened the wax corpses, which crumbled to ash, then entered the palace and found the remains of powerful ancient experts.
• Xu Yue wrote answers beside the experts’ messages questioning whether immortals existed, disrupting the group’s solemn reflections on the immortal path.

Ye Fan, Yan Ruyu, and Xu Yue reached a sea of Profound Yellow Mother Qi in the Bronze Immortal Palace and found ways to collect some of it. After the Ji Family’s Half-step Great Power demanded a share, Yan Ruyu named Xu Yue as her future husband, while Ye Fan stopped Xu Yue from bargaining away the treasure.

• The group reached the sea of Profound Yellow Mother Qi, where Yan Ruyu’s imperial weapon nearly sank beneath it before Xu Yue helped her retrieve it.
• Ye Fan used his small cauldron and the Immortal Ascension Cauldron fragment to collect a large amount of Profound Yellow Mother Qi.
• Xu Yue brought out a Purple Gold Pagoda made of Divine Mark Purple Gold and collected as much as Ye Fan.
• The Ji Family’s Half-step Great Power praised the treasures, eyed Yan Ruyu’s Dao Protector, and demanded that the others share their gains.
• Yan Ruyu declared that Xu Yue was her future husband, ending the others’ ulterior thoughts, and Ye Fan covered Xu Yue’s mouth when he began proposing a trade.