Chapter Summaries

The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable learned that Qi WuHuo had refined his Dao Fruit and conspired with Demon Master Kunpeng to kill him. Meanwhile, Jade Emperor Zhang Xiaoyu led Qi WuHuo to the forbidden Sky-Covering Banner and prepared to use it as part of a trap against the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable.

• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable discussed Qi WuHuo’s strength and his stolen Dao Fruit with the current Old Lord, who proposed recovering it by refining Qi WuHuo in Doushuai Palace.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable and Demon Master Kunpeng planned to exploit an impending conflict involving Fuxi to occupy their enemies and kill Qi WuHuo.
• Jade Emperor Zhang Xiaoyu guided Qi WuHuo through hidden formations to a secret void where the Sky-Covering Banner was kept.
• Zhang Xiaoyu explained that the Sky-Covering Banner could attack the foundations of the Heavenly Court and said they would use it to trap the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable.
• Zhang Xiaoyu urged Qi WuHuo to claim the banner and told him to leave no loose ends when striking the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable.

Qi WuHuo took the Sky-Covering Banner from its deadly formation, while Zhang Xiaoyu explained the danger surrounding it and the balance of power among the heavenly rulers. As the Northern Emperor prepared to hunt Fuxi and the Jade Emperor and Judicial Great Celestial Venerable maneuvered against each other, Fuxi appeared at the South Heavenly Gate and shattered the fragile stalemate.

• Qi WuHuo retrieved and claimed the Sky-Covering Banner, and Zhang Xiaoyu stabilized its formation with the Haotian Mirror before warning that the trap would eventually reactivate.
• Zhang Xiaoyu explained that he and Qi WuHuo needed to use the banner to conceal the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable's powers, but the South Pole Great Emperor might interfere.
• Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole refused to join the Northern Emperor's planned attack on Fuxi and argued that the Jade Emperor, the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable, the Northern Emperor, and Fuxi had to remain locked in conflict.
• The Green-robed Scholar trained young Erlang, told him to protect his older brother and Third Sister, and urged him to cut through tangled problems with a single sword stroke.
• Fuxi appeared at the South Heavenly Gate and brought it crashing down, disrupting the heavenly rulers' schemes and triggering the start of a great battle.

Fuxi attacked Heaven and fought Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole, while Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole secretly hindered the Northern Emperor to keep Fuxi alive. As their battle shook the heavens, Qi WuHuo was suppressed by South Pole thunder and finally took control of Imperial Pure Qi.

• Fuxi arrived in Heaven and effortlessly swept aside the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, defeating Ju Ling Shen and other divine warriors.
• Great Emperor Ziwei struck Fuxi with a sword charged for sixty years, but Fuxi survived and split into two bodies before the Northern Emperor forced them back together.
• Fuxi and the Northern Emperor battled across the heavens and seas, while Great Emperor Changsheng sent thunder that repeatedly disrupted the Northern Emperor's attacks.
• Fuxi declared that he had come to provoke the Celestial Court, and Great Emperor Changsheng's thunder pressed down on True Martial Demon Queller Mansion.
• The thunder suppressed Qi WuHuo's cultivation and treasures, allowing him to sense and take control of the Imperial Pure Qi he had accumulated for sixty years.

Qi WuHuo escaped the Imperial pressure and rushed to the Soaring Heavens Palace as Fuxi lured the Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole and Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole into battle. Fuxi wounded the Jade Emperor, then drew both Imperials away from the Six Realms, leaving Qi WuHuo with the chance to grow and the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable ready to act.

• Qi WuHuo used Imperial Pure Qi to break through the pressure and briefly activated the [Sky-Covering Banner] before heading to the Soaring Heavens Palace.
• Fuxi fought the Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole, losing part of the Fuxi Qin and being pierced by the Ziwei Sword.
• Fuxi distracted the Northern Emperor by telling him A'Wa could return, then wounded the Jade Emperor after Zhang Xiaoyu mistakenly reached for the absent Haotian Mirror.
• Fuxi challenged the South Pole and North Pole and led them away from the Six Realms, keeping both Imperials occupied while the Jade Emperor lay unconscious.
• Fuxi sent Qi WuHuo a final message urging him to reach the Imperial realm, and the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable saw his opportunity.

Qi WuHuo stopped Judicial Great Celestial Venerable from attacking the wounded Jade Emperor, and Great Master Xuan Du arrived before they could fight. Xuan Du realized Fuxi had engineered a period of “absolute safety” to give the Wa Emperor time to awaken, leaving Qi WuHuo to face the upheaval in the Heavenly Court; Qi WuHuo returned to True Martial Manor and found a familiar young man waiting.

• Judicial Great Celestial Venerable moved to kill the wounded Jade Emperor, but Qi WuHuo blocked him with his sword.
• Great Master Xuan Du crashed into Soaring Heavens Palace, drove Judicial away, and treated the Jade Emperor’s nonfatal wound.
• Qi WuHuo told Xuan Du that Fuxi had spoken of a period of “absolute safety,” and Xuan Du concluded that Fuxi had created it by drawing away powerful figures and destabilizing the Heavenly Court.
• Xuan Du warned Qi WuHuo that the burden of handling the resulting turmoil would fall on him, while Judicial announced the Jade Emperor’s injury and exchanged a tense look with Qi WuHuo.
• Qi WuHuo left the Heavenly Court, worried about the Wa Emperor’s awakening and the consequences of Fuxi’s actions, then returned to True Martial Manor to seek his teacher’s advice.
• Qi WuHuo found a black-haired young man in a blue-green robe waiting at the doorway, who greeted him and asked whether he had missed him.

Qi WuHuo learned from Fuxi’s letter that Fuxi had taken the North Pole Ziwei Great Emperor and the Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole away to buy time, leaving Qi WuHuo to grow strong enough to face them. He then learned Fuxi had been watching over a family in the mortal world, while fourteen-year-old Erlang decided to take his siblings to the city for safety.

• Qi WuHuo attacked the Green-robed Scholar, then recognized him as Destroy Buddha, Execute Emperor rather than Fuxi.
• Destroy Buddha, Execute Emperor gave Qi WuHuo Fuxi’s letter, which explained that Fuxi had taken the North Emperor and the South Pole away and urged Qi WuHuo to bring back A'Wa and become an Imperial Venerable.
• Qi WuHuo worried that Fuxi might die but resolved to use the time Fuxi had bought to grow stronger.
• Destroy Buddha, Execute Emperor told Qi WuHuo that Fuxi had been looking after a family of three in the mortal world, including a second-born child named Erlang.
• Erlang watched the storm, decided not to wait for the person Fuxi had promised, and carried his sick big brother and Third Sister toward the city to seek safety and work.

Qi WuHuo decided to claim the power of the Taiyi Realm as Heaven grew unstable after Fuxi, the Northern Emperor, and the South Pole departed and the Jade Emperor fell unconscious. He asked Dao Ancestor Tai Shang and Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable to help bring Taiyi back into the world.

• Qi WuHuo sent Destroy Buddha, Execute Emperor to protect Erlang's elder brother and gave him a gentle healing pill.
• Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng realized that a red Fire Luminary star was shining over Ziwei Palace.
• Judicial Great Celestial Venerable boasted to Kunpeng that they could seize power in Heaven, while Kunpeng remained focused on seeing Taiyi again.
• Qi WuHuo visited Dao Ancestor Tai Shang and Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable in Great Luo Heaven and asked them to let Empress Nuwa remain there while they helped Taiyi reappear in the world.

Qi WuHuo faced the remnant power of Taiyi while the Three Dao Ancestors freed Empress Nuwa, who realized Fuxi had left to bear the crisis alone. After suppressing the Taiyi Realm, Qi WuHuo confronted the ancient Taiyi, who tried to reclaim the mortal world, but Qi WuHuo used [Imperial] to pierce his throat and declare his era over.

• The Three Dao Ancestors severed Empress Nuwa’s connection to the Taiyi Realm so Qi WuHuo could face its remaining power.
• Empress Nuwa deduced that Fuxi had gone beyond the Six Realms and asked the Dao Ancestors to tell her what he had done.
• Qi WuHuo subdued the Taiyi Realm with the Gouchen Sword and sealed it, but the ancient Taiyi emerged from its deepest power.
• Taiyi overwhelmed Qi WuHuo and announced his intent to take Qi WuHuo’s identity and restore his own era, prompting the Ancestral Court of All Spirits to proclaim his return.
• Qi WuHuo wielded [Imperial] to pierce Taiyi’s throat and told him that his era had passed.

Qi WuHuo fought Taiyi in the Taiyi Realm while learning that Yu was the qualification to slay him. He defeated Taiyi’s shadow with a concealed attack by his second self and the Three Pure Ones’ techniques, while Kunpeng prepared to welcome the returning Taiyi.

• Qi WuHuo pierced Taiyi’s past shadow, which wondered what Yu was before dispersing, then continued fighting Taiyi with the Imperial Pure Qi.
• An old man explained to Empress Nuwa that Yu was the pinnacle of combat power in the Haotian Era and the qualification to slay Taiyi.
• Taiyi quickly grasped Yu and Imperial Pure Qi, matched Qi WuHuo’s swordsmanship, and broke his Heaven-Overturning Seal.
• Kunpeng sensed Taiyi’s return through the Jade Talisman and left Doushuai Palace to prepare a welcome while pleading for Taiyi to return.
• Taiyi shattered Qi WuHuo’s sword, but a concealed second Qi WuHuo stabbed him with the Sky-Covering Banner.
• Qi WuHuo struck with the Gouchen Sword and the Three Pure Ones’ ultimate techniques, destroying Taiyi’s shadow, and Shangqing Great Dao Lord confirmed WuHuo had succeeded.

Qi WuHuo defeated and killed Taiyi, then inherited Taiyi’s title and power as he ascended to Great Grade. His breakthrough shook all Thirty-Six Heavens, leaving the other immortals wondering who had emerged as a new top-tier combatant.

• Taiyi told Qi WuHuo that the truth of the ancient past could be investigated by looking into the Black Tortoise, then accepted his defeat and asked Qi WuHuo to end his life.
• Taiyi died after Qi WuHuo pierced him with the sword, leaving behind his rank, identity, and power.
• Qi WuHuo rejected the idea of becoming Taiyi’s shadow and claimed Taiyi’s title and strength as his own.
• The Taiyi Realm collapsed into Qi WuHuo’s foundation, allowing him to break through to Great Grade without the usual ritual.
• Qi WuHuo’s ascension shook all Thirty-Six Heavens, and immortals across the realms sensed the arrival of a new top-tier combatant.

Qi WuHuo absorbed the Taiyi Realm’s power and reached the Great Grade, then concealed his identity as the breakthrough shook the Heavenly Realm. He revealed himself to the first disciples of the Three Pure Ones, leaving them stunned.

• Qi WuHuo completed his breakthrough, sparred with Shangqing Great Dao Lord, and learned the extent of his new Great Grade abilities.
• Qi WuHuo told his teachers how Taiyi had died and formed a flower; Empress Nuwa rejected the flower as an ending to the old grudge and shattered it with Qi WuHuo’s sword.
• Empress Nuwa promised to take responsibility for Fuxi’s actions and asked to visit the child affected by them, while Primordial Celestial Venerable warned that Qi WuHuo’s breakthrough would destabilize the Heavenly Realm.
• Qi WuHuo chose to keep his identity hidden, and Primordial Celestial Venerable concealed his aura as the breakthrough’s phenomenon alarmed the Heavenly Realm’s factions.
• Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng, Taiyi Salvation Heavenly Venerate, and Great Master Xuan Du asked the Three Pure Dao Ancestors to identify the new Great Grade cultivator.
• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable introduced Qi WuHuo as the new Great Grade cultivator, and Qi WuHuo greeted his three senior brothers, leaving them speechless.

Qi WuHuo revealed that his clone had reached Great Grade and prepared to conceal his cultivation while baiting the Minister of Justice. Meanwhile, the unconscious Jade Emperor awakened within his true spirit and met his past self, Haotian, realizing that Fuxi’s strike had secretly severed the connection between them.

• Qi WuHuo told Great Master Xuan Du and the others that only his clone had reached Great Grade, and Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng and Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate relaxed after learning what had happened.
• Qi WuHuo declined to announce his breakthrough and said he would act soon; Great Master Xuan Du recognized that he was concealing his strength to bait the Minister of Justice and went to Soaring Heavens Palace ahead of him.
• Empress Nuwa stayed in Great Luo Heaven with the Three Pure Dao Ancestors while Qi WuHuo and the others departed, and Tai Shang and Shangqing Great Dao Lord discussed preparing a ceremony to announce Qi WuHuo to the Six Realms.
• Great Master Xuan Du found the Jade Emperor still unconscious despite healing him with a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and wondered what Fuxi’s strike had injured.
• Zhang Xiaoyu walked through the depths of his true spirit and met Haotian, who identified himself as Zhang Xiaoyu’s past self.
• Zhang Xiaoyu realized that Fuxi’s strike had severed the connection between the Jade Emperor and Haotian, secretly killing the Jade Emperor.

Zhang Xiaoyu confronted Haotian’s Last Will within his True Spirit and refused to let it attack Qi WuHuo, whom Haotian identified as Taiyi. Meanwhile, the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable concluded Qi WuHuo was not the newly ascended Great Grade cultivator and decided to begin his rebellion with Old Lord.

• Haotian’s Last Will explained to Zhang Xiaoyu that Fuxi had split their shared identity and that they would eventually reunite.
• Qi WuHuo visited the unconscious Zhang Xiaoyu, explained Heaven’s political upheaval, and said the Judicial Heavenly Venerable would soon rebel.
• Haotian’s Last Will sensed Taiyi’s ancient aura in Qi WuHuo and tried to seize Zhang Xiaoyu’s body, but Zhang Xiaoyu stopped him and defended his friend Yujing.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable met Qi WuHuo outside the Soaring Heavens Palace and determined that Qi WuHuo remained at the limits of True Lord.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable resolved to contact Old Lord, eliminate Xuanwei, and refine the Jade Emperor.

The Old Lord mistook Taiyi’s silence for a test of his loyalty and urged the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable to begin his coup against the Heavenly Court. He agreed to help kill Qi WuHuo in a polluted wasteland, then received a sign that Venerable God Taiyi had appeared.

• The Old Lord feared that Taiyi judged him disloyal, then decided to prove his loyalty by helping bring down the Heavenly Court.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable told the Old Lord that a new Great Grade had appeared and asked whether they should launch their plan.
• The Old Lord urged the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable to act quickly, warning that returning emperors or the Jade Emperor’s awakening could ruin their opportunity.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable revealed his plan to seize the Heavenly Court and asked the Old Lord to help kill Supreme Xuanwei, Qi WuHuo.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable chose the Blood Sea wasteland as the place to kill Qi WuHuo, and the Old Lord agreed to attack from hiding.
• After the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable departed, the Old Lord sensed light from the jade pendant and rejoiced that Venerable God Taiyi had appeared.

Qi Wuhuo learned that Great Emperor Zhuling had recovered his memories and was waiting in the mortal world for a meeting, while he prepared to confront Judicial Great Celestial Venerable. Testing Taiyi’s remaining abilities, Qi Wuhuo encountered an old retainer who identified himself as Kunpeng.

• Qi Wuhuo read Destroy Buddha, Execute Emperor’s letter and learned that Great Emperor Zhuling was protecting Erlang and his siblings in the mortal world.
• Zhuling rejected a summons to return to Heaven, gave the siblings shelter, and struggled with whether to oppose Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole after learning of his past deeds.
• Zhuling told Erlang that his brother’s injuries might never heal, then gave him the Thunder Department’s messenger hawk after knocking it from the sky.
• Qi Wuhuo replied to Destroy Buddha, Execute Emperor, telling the artifact spirit to keep watch while he continued examining Taiyi’s remaining powers.
• Qi Wuhuo activated a Spirit Charm and saw an old man identify himself as Kunpeng and pay respects to the Emperor.

Qi WuHuo used his Taiyi incarnation to expose Kunpeng, who had been posing as Supreme Lord Laojun, and ordered him to kill the Judicial Heavenly Venerable while leaving Supreme Xuanwei untouched. Qi WuHuo sent the Judicial Heavenly Venerable’s plans to his senior brothers, then agreed to go to the Tian Shu Institute when its envoy summoned him.

• Kunpeng revealed to Qi WuHuo that he had hidden in the Heavenly Court as Supreme Lord Laojun and had allied with the Judicial Heavenly Venerable, who planned to kill Supreme Xuanwei and seize the Imperial Realm.
• Kunpeng described how the Judicial Heavenly Venerable had watched Great Master Xuan Du die and taken the diagram of Taiyi’s great formation, prompting Qi WuHuo to suspect he might have betrayed Empress Nuwa.
• Qi WuHuo ordered Kunpeng not to harm Supreme Xuanwei and to take the Judicial Heavenly Venerable’s head, while warning him not to ask about the Three Pure Ones.
• Qi WuHuo sent the Judicial Heavenly Venerable’s plans and network of officials to Great Master Xuan Du, Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate, and Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng; Tian Peng saw an opportunity to improve Qi WuHuo’s standing with the North Emperor faction.
• The Judicial Heavenly Venerable’s envoy invited True Martial Great Emperor to the Tian Shu Institute, and Qi WuHuo agreed to go with him.

Qi WuHuo met the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable aboard his Heavenly Boat, where the Judicial Venerable lured him to the Blood Sea and attacked. Qi WuHuo revealed his Great Grade power and his identity as Fire Luminary Great Emperor Dongyang, while Old Lord Kunpeng stabbed the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable from behind.

• The Old Celestial Lord urged Qi WuHuo to avoid a fight, and Qi WuHuo boarded the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable’s Heavenly Boat.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable criticized Heaven’s absent leaders and claimed that only he and Qi WuHuo could hold up the Six Realms.
• At the Blood Sea, the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable attacked Qi WuHuo with his spear, but Qi WuHuo stopped the strike and shattered it with the True Talisman of Controlling Heaven's Creation.
• Qi WuHuo revealed golden-red flames and Great Grade power, leading the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable to recognize him as Fire Luminary Great Emperor Dongyang as well as True Martial.
• As the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable prepared to fight to the death, Old Lord Kunpeng stabbed him with a poisoned divine weapon and declared that he had joined the other side.

Qi WuHuo defeated and killed the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable after revealing the overwhelming power of an Imperial Venerable, while Kunpeng’s hidden identity was exposed. The chapter ended with Qi WuHuo telling Kunpeng that Venerable God Taiyi had sent him to help and that they were on the same side.

• Old Lord Kunpeng poisoned the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable with the Primordial Poison Sword, but the wounded Celestial Venerable counterattacked and nearly injured Kunpeng.
• Qi WuHuo, Kunpeng, and the Sky-Covering Banner trapped the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable, and Qi WuHuo fought him until the Celestial Venerable shattered his spear and forced them into close combat.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable sensed Qi WuHuo’s immense foundation, accused Kunpeng of being the Primordial Imperial Tutor of All Spirits, and began revealing Kunpeng’s secret before Qi WuHuo suppressed him.
• Qi WuHuo’s Imperial pressure forced the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable to kneel, and Qi WuHuo then struck off his head with the Gouchen Sword.
• Kunpeng prepared to fight Qi WuHuo after his identity was exposed, but Qi WuHuo sheathed his sword and said Venerable God Taiyi had sent Kunpeng to help him and that they were one of their own.

Qi WuHuo killed the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable and secured Kunpeng’s cooperation, while the Tian Shu Institute began a bloody uprising against the Heavenly Court. As its forces advanced on the Soaring Heavens Palace and the Jade Emperor, the Fire Star suddenly blazed above the firmament.

• Qi WuHuo revealed secrets known only to Kunpeng and Taiyi, convincing Kunpeng that he served Taiyi and securing Kunpeng’s promise to assist him.
• Great Dao Lord Yuchen contacted Qi WuHuo and told him to reunite his Primordial Blood avatar with his other aspects after settling matters.
• Kunpeng identified the Judicial Venerable’s compass as the formation disk for the Circulatory Stars Great Formation and warned that the Tian Shu Institute would retaliate.
• The Tian Shu Institute learned of the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable’s death, rallied under its battle general, and attacked Heavenly Court officials while activating the great formation.
• The Tian Shu Institute’s armed forces advanced toward the Soaring Heavens Palace as the Heavenly Court’s order unraveled, and the Fire Star blazed above the firmament.

The Tian Shu Institute launched a revolt across the Heavenly Court, and the Exorcism Department fought back while Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng struggled to secure the Northern Emperor's faction. The Northern Emperor's Son took command of the rear, as Qi WuHuo's primordial qi entered the Fire Star and its power advanced.

• Qi WuHuo's primordial-qi body disappeared into the Fire Luminary, leaving only his Taiyi Cultivation Body incarnation beside the sea of blood.
• Duanmu Dongrui and the Tian Shu Institute's generals attacked the Soaring Heavens Palace guards, triggering uprisings throughout the Heavenly Court.
• Niu Jinnniu and Ju Ling Shen defeated two Tian Shu Institute Heavenly Kings with help from the Gods of Wealth, after Niu Jinnniu treated Ju Ling Shen's poisoning.
• Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng hesitated to deploy the Exorcism Department because no one could secure the Northern Emperor's faction's rear.
• The Northern Emperor's Son claimed responsibility, broke the Ziwei Palace plaque with her sword, and rallied the faction's immortals behind her.
• Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng led the Exorcism Department into the fighting as Qi WuHuo's primordial qi entered the Fire Star.