Chapter Summaries

Kunpeng Son’s recovery to his peak sparked a battle between him and the Upper Realm Giants, but two Kunpeng descendants arrived to aid him and Qi Daolin. As the melee devastated the desolate plain, Shi Hao watched from the rear while Ye Xuan observed from above, treating the conflict as a prelude to the greater reckoning.

• Kunpeng Son unleashed a rain of golden heavenly swords against the Heavenly Kingdom Master, the Sword Valley Master, and the other Sect Masters, who defended themselves and prepared to counterattack.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng and the Azure Sky Roc arrived to protect Kunpeng Son, turning the balance against the gathered Giants.
• The Heavenly Kingdom Master charged Kunpeng Son, igniting a full-scale battle between the two sides.
• Kunpeng Son fought the Heavenly Kingdom Master, Qi Daolin battled the Sword Valley Master, and the two divine birds clashed with other Sect Masters as the battlefield was devastated.
• Shi Hao watched from the rear and vowed to gain the power to protect those he cared for, while Ye Xuan observed from above and regarded the battle as a minor interlude.

Ye Xuan heard that Willow Deity, Female Kunpeng, and others had entered the Primordial Gate, but concluded they were safe because he had secretly refined it and prepared them for what lay beyond. He planned to eliminate the Sect Masters in the Three Thousand Provinces before traveling to the Sea of Worlds to find them.

• Ye Xuan heard Kunpeng Son mention that Willow Deity, Female Kunpeng, True Dragon, and other seniors had entered the Primordial Gate, and his concern briefly froze the atmosphere around him.
• Qingyi, the Witch, and the Taiyin Jade Rabbit felt Ye Xuan's sudden pressure and mistakenly feared his anger or worry.
• Ye Xuan recalled that he had used the Chaos Bead to refine the Primordial Gate, remove its deadliest traps, and leave Willow Deity control of its core.
• Ye Xuan reasoned that Willow Deity had chosen to enter after learning about the darkness beyond the Sea of Worlds and could use the gate as a refuge or means of escape.
• Ye Xuan resolved to wipe out the Sect Masters in the Three Thousand Provinces, then go to the Sea of Worlds to find Willow Deity and the others.

As the sect masters overwhelmed Shi Hao’s allies, the Willow Deity’s golden leaves appeared and killed Blood Bat Sect Master, halting the battle. Ye Xuan held back as the Willow Deity’s voice commanded every sect master to lay down their weapons.

• The hostile sect masters unleashed sinister attacks, wounding Qi Daolin and the divine birds while Shi Hao watched helplessly.
• Ye Xuan prepared to erase the attackers with Chaos Origin, but the blood mist and killing aura suddenly vanished as a divine melody filled the plain.
• Golden willow leaves pierced the shattered Realm Barrier, and one leaf killed Blood Bat Sect Master through his defenses.
• Shi Hao recognized the Willow Deity’s presence and cried out with joy, while Ye Xuan dispersed his power and let the Willow Deity’s contingency take effect.
• The golden leaves gathered and the Willow Deity declared that the Great Calamity was approaching, ordering everyone to lay down their weapons; the sect masters were immobilized by her pressure.

The sect masters learned that the golden willow was only a dormant branch from Immortal Ancient, then renewed their assault on Shi Hao. The Willow Deity descended in a white-robed form and shattered the Lord of Sword Valley’s divine sword with a single branch.

• The Lord of Sword Valley denied that the golden willow was the complete Willow Tree, and Gu Jianyun reported that it came from Immortal Ancient Ruins.
• Gu Jianyun and the Silver-Blood Demon Tree explained that the willow was a dormant branch guarded by ancient clans.
• The Lord of Heavenly Kingdom and other sect masters decided the branch would soon exhaust its power and launched their killing techniques at Shi Hao and the willow leaves.
• The Willow Deity appeared in the sky, surrounded by three thousand radiant worlds, and faced the incoming attacks.
• The Willow Deity swept out a golden branch that broke through the Lord of Sword Valley’s strike and shattered his divine sword.

The Willow Deity slaughtered the Sword Valley Sect Master, the Scorpion Sect Master, and the Soaring Serpent Clan Sect Master, terrifying the remaining enemies. As Kunpeng Son turned the tide against the fleeing Sect Masters, Shi Hao’s resolve to grow stronger was reinforced.

• The Willow Deity killed the Sword Valley Sect Master, the Scorpion Sect Master, and the Soaring Serpent Clan Sect Master in rapid succession.
• Qingyi and the Witch watched in shock as Ye Xuan explained the Willow Deity’s Immortal King power and dismissed the Three Thousand Provinces’ Sect Masters as weak.
• Shi Hao watched the Willow Deity and strengthened his determination to reach her level.
• Kunpeng Son’s Ten Fiends bloodline awakened, and he attacked the Sect Masters, tearing apart one Netherworld expert and driving back the master of Luofu True Valley.
• The hostile Sect Masters abandoned their formation and fled as the battle’s momentum reversed.

The first-generation Supreme of the Immortal Palace awakened and attacked the Willow Deity with the Bronze Immortal Palace. She bound the treasure with golden branches and swung it like a hammer, leaving several hostile Giants dead and the old Supreme still trapped inside.

• Several Sect Masters were killed by the Willow Deity’s golden branches as the remaining factions cowered.
• The first-generation Supreme awakened within the Bronze Immortal Palace and sent it crashing toward the Willow Deity.
• The Willow Deity bound the Immortal Palace with golden divine chains and dragged it under her control.
• The Willow Deity swung the Immortal Palace into the Golden-Eyed Beast Sect Master, crushing him.
• The Willow Deity struck again, killing the Valley Master of Luofu True Valley and an archaic divine bird clan leader.

Willow Deity defeats the Bronze Immortal Palace's old Supreme with a single palm, leaving the hostile Sect Masters too frightened to advance. Watching her victory awakens Shi Hao's resolve to become powerful enough to stand and fight beside her, while Ye Xuan observes that his purpose has been achieved.

• The Bronze Immortal Palace's old Supreme emerged and attacked Willow Deity with the Human Immortal Seal.
• Willow Deity countered with the True Phoenix Treasure Technique, then shattered the Human Immortal Seal and grievously injured the old Supreme with one palm strike.
• The defeated old Supreme's fall terrified the hostile Sect Masters, who withdrew and dared not confront Willow Deity.
• Shi Hao watched Willow Deity's victory and vowed to become stronger than anyone and fight beside her.
• Ye Xuan observed Shi Hao's newly awakened resolve and concluded that his purpose had been achieved.

Willow Deity killed the old Immortal Hall Supreme and rejected the remaining Sect Masters’ pleas to end the fighting, but two ancient artifacts appeared to intervene. She recognized that her presence was only a temporary battle imprint, leaving her decision about the artifacts unresolved.

• Willow Deity pierced the old Immortal Hall Supreme with a True Phoenix Seal, annihilating his body and Primordial Spirit.
• The Sect Masters of the Three Thousand Provinces begged Willow Deity to stop, but she killed two who secretly tried to escape.
• As Willow Deity prepared to attack the remaining Sect Masters, an ancient Divine Edict and an incomplete Ancient Battle-Axe appeared to ask her for mercy.
• Willow Deity recognized the Immortal Ancient script and understood that the body fighting there was a battle imprint with limited time.

Ye Xuan arrived above the battlefield with Qingyi, the Witch, and the Taiyin Jade Rabbit, revealing an Immortal King aura that overwhelmed the surviving Sect Masters and the ancient artifacts. He reunited with the Willow Deity and declared that the fight would not end so easily, while the unseen Withered Immortals recoiled in terror.

• Ye Xuan descended through a rift in the sky with Qingyi, the Witch, and the Taiyin Jade Rabbit as sacred phenomena transformed the battlefield.
• Ye Xuan addressed the Willow Deity as his master and said they should not let their enemies call off the fight.
• Shi Hao rejoiced at Ye Xuan's arrival, and Kunpeng Son greeted him with fervent reverence.
• The Willow Deity welcomed Ye Xuan with relief, recognizing that he could take over the crisis.
• The Divine Edicts and Ancient Battle-Axe trembled as their masters sensed Ye Xuan's Immortal King aura and felt their resolve collapse.

Ye Xuan seized and refined the Divine Edict and Ancient Battle-Axe, injuring the Withered Immortals who controlled them, then killed the hostile Sect Masters with a glance. Shi Hao and Kunpeng Son watched in awe as Ye Xuan left the survivors stunned and Shi Hao’s desire for strength grew.

• Ye Xuan froze the fleeing Divine Edict and Ancient Battle-Axe, seized them, and erased their divine-sense imprints.
• The two Withered Immortals suffered a backlash from the refinement, while Ye Xuan kept them alive for Shi Hao or Kunpeng Son to face later.
• Ye Xuan turned to the hostile Sect Masters, who begged him to spare them.
• Ye Xuan killed the Demon Dragon Dao Sect’s Sect Master, the master of Fire Cloud Cave, the deputy Sect Master of the Heavenly Kingdom, and the other hostile Sect Masters with a glance.
• Snow Phoenix Ancestor felt relieved that he had supported Shi Hao, while Shi Hao and Kunpeng Son watched Ye Xuan in awe and Shi Hao yearned for greater power.

After Ye Xuan ended the reckoning, he reunited with Willow Deity and learned why she and the others had entered the Primordial Gate: to reach the Sea of Worlds and seek a chance to Break King to Emperor. Shi Hao’s horizons expanded as he listened, leaving him yearning for higher realms.

• Ye Xuan opened a pure land beyond the Three Thousand Provinces and reunited there with Willow Deity, Shi Hao, and Kunpeng Son.
• Willow Deity praised Ye Xuan’s extraordinary cultivation, while Qingyi and Witch paid their respects to her.
• Ye Xuan asked Willow Deity why she, Kunpeng, and True Dragon had entered the dangerous Primordial Gate despite his warning.
• Willow Deity explained that the broken laws of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands had stunted their cultivation, so they sought the Sea of Worlds to restore their foundations and pursue the Emperor Realm.
• Ye Xuan accepted Willow Deity’s decision, confident that she and the others could avoid the Ultimate Ancient Land until he returned to the Sea of Worlds.
• Shi Hao listened to their talk of the wider worlds and yearned to pursue realms beyond the Supreme Realm and immortality.

Willow Deity’s battle imprint vanished after leaving Shi Hao with a final promise, and Ye Xuan strengthened Shi Hao and his companions with pills and Dao teachings. As the Three Thousand Provinces reeled from the deaths of many Sect Masters, Ye Xuan set his sights on the ancestral land of Immortal Hall.

• Willow Deity disappeared after telling Shi Hao to walk his own path and promising to fight beside him in the future.
• Shi Hao vowed to break through the limits of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, while Ye Xuan gave him, Kunpeng Son, Qingyi, the Witch, and the Taiyin Jade Rabbit immortal pills, cultivation insights, and a lesson in the Dao.
• The soul lamps and life-bound artifacts of numerous Sect Masters shattered across the Three Thousand Provinces, spreading panic among their Dao Lineages.
• Survivors reported that the Sect Masters had attacked Desolate and that a terrifying existence stood behind Shi Hao, prompting hostile factions to seal their gates or flee.
• After his companions finished their enlightenment, Ye Xuan fixed his gaze on Immortal Hall’s ancestral land and declared that he would eliminate the threat at its roots.

Ye Xuan led Shi Hao and Kunpeng Son to the Immortal Hall Ancestral Land and killed the four Withered Immortals responsible for the Female Kunpeng’s death. He then authorized the pair to punish hostile Dao Lineages and publicly restored the honor of the Seven Kings’ bloodline, leaving the Sin Blood clans weeping with relief.

• Ye Xuan brought Shi Hao, Kunpeng Son, and the others to the sealed Immortal Hall Ancestral Land, where four Withered Immortals tried and failed to escape.
• The four Withered Immortals begged Ye Xuan for mercy and blamed Immortal King Ao Sheng, but Ye Xuan crushed and refined them, preserving their True Immortal origins.
• Kunpeng Son thanked Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan gave Shi Hao a Divine Edict to settle accounts with the Dao Lineages that had attacked him.
• Shi Hao and Kunpeng Son used the Divine Edict to defeat Fire Cloud Cave, Demon Dragon Dao Sect, Sword Valley, and other hostile powers, seizing their treasures.
• Ye Xuan proclaimed across the Three Thousand Provinces that the so-called Sin Blood was the bloodline of the Seven Kings, and declared anyone who slandered it his enemy.
• The people of Sin Province wept as the Sin Blood mark was recognized as a symbol of honor rather than disgrace.

Ye Xuan established the Heavenly Court at the Immortal Hall Ancestral Grounds after Shi Hao and Kunpeng Son returned with treasures seized from powerful Dao lineages. He gave his companions purified True Immortal Origins, and Shi Hao, Qingyi, the Witch, and Taiyin Jade Rabbit all advanced to the Heavenly God Realm.

• Ye Xuan restored the Immortal Hall Ancestral Grounds, and Shi Hao and Kunpeng Son returned with immense treasures seized from several Dao lineages.
• Ye Xuan proclaimed the Heavenly Court, appointed Kunpeng Son and Qi Daolin as its protectors, and created its palaces from the Great Dao Laws.
• Sect Masters and reclusive experts from across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces came to pay homage to Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan distributed purified True Immortal Origins to Shi Hao, Kunpeng Son, Qingyi, the Witch, Taiyin Jade Rabbit, and his other confidants.
• Shi Hao, Qingyi, the Witch, and Taiyin Jade Rabbit absorbed the origins and broke through to the Heavenly God Realm.

Over three years, Ye Xuan built up the Heavenly Court and guided its members, enabling Kunpeng Son and Qi Daolin to reach the Supreme Realm. Meng Tianzheng arrived seeking an alliance against the Foreign Territory, and Ye Xuan’s aura led him to suspect the Heavenly Emperor was a living Immortal King.

• The Heavenly Court expanded across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces as Ye Xuan recruited and strengthened its soldiers and generals.
• Ye Xuan gave Dao lectures and provided cultivation resources, helping Kunpeng Son and Qi Daolin ascend to the Supreme Realm on the same day.
• Meng Tianzheng crossed into the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, saw the two new Supreme auras, and went to the Heavenly Court to meet its lord.
• Kunpeng Son escorted Meng Tianzheng to the High Heaven Palace, where Ye Xuan’s presence overwhelmed him and made him suspect Ye Xuan was a living Immortal King.
• Ye Xuan eased the pressure and asked Meng Tianzheng why he had come to the Heavenly Court.

Meng Tianzheng begged Ye Xuan to protect the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands from the Foreign Territory’s coming invasion. Ye Xuan promised to kill any invading Immortal Kings but left the younger generation to face its own trials.

• Meng Tianzheng told Ye Xuan that the weakening laws of the Heavenly Abyss and the Foreign Territory’s gathered forces threatened the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
• Meng Tianzheng knelt and begged Ye Xuan to save the world when the Foreign Territory’s Great Calamity arrived.
• Ye Xuan raised Meng Tianzheng and promised to kill any Foreign Territory Immortal Kings who crossed the Heavenly Abyss.
• Ye Xuan said he would not interfere in struggles among the younger generation, who needed trials to grow stronger.
• Meng Tianzheng accepted Ye Xuan’s distinction between protecting the world from Immortal Kings and allowing the younger generation to compete.

Ye Xuan sent Shi Hao, Qingyi, the Witch, and the Taiyin Jade Rabbit to the Nine Heavens to grow stronger at Heavenly Deity Academy, giving Shi Hao a divine edict to deter attacks from elders. Meng Tianzheng escorted them through the cosmic starry sky, and they arrived at Boundless Heaven.

• Ye Xuan told Shi Hao and his companions to go with Meng Tianzheng to Heavenly Deity Academy and face the heirs of Immortal families and ancient freaks.
• Ye Xuan forged the [Heavenly Emperor's Divine Edict] and gave it to Shi Hao, warning that he would destroy any clan whose elders tried to kill them.
• Shi Hao, Qingyi, the Witch, and the Taiyin Jade Rabbit bid farewell to Ye Xuan and the Heavenly Court's protectors before boarding Meng Tianzheng's ancient bronze warship.
• Meng Tianzheng explained the Nine Heavens and entertained the travelers with rare tea and Spirit Fruits during the voyage.
• The warship crossed the spatial turbulence and arrived at Boundless Heaven, where Shi Hao and the others marveled at its rich spiritual energy.

Shi Hao and the others arrived at Heavenly Deity Academy in Boundless Heaven, where arrogant heirs of immortal families mocked them as lower realmers. Shi Hao beat the scions who attacked him, leaving them injured across the plaza as students and elders looked on in shock.

• Meng Tianzheng brought Shi Hao, Qingyi, the Witch, and the Taiyin Jade Rabbit to Heavenly Deity Academy in Boundless Heaven.
• A Wang Clan genius and other immortal-family disciples mocked Shi Hao and his companions as uncivilized lower realmers.
• Shi Hao stopped Meng Tianzheng from intervening and charged at the Wang Clan genius and his companions.
• Shi Hao shattered the Wang Clan prodigy's azure precious art and slapped him unconscious, knocking out his teeth.
• Shi Hao battered the other mocking scions with his physical strength, leaving them groaning on the ground as academy students and elders watched in astonishment.

Shi Hao revealed his three strands of Immortal Qi at Heavenly Deity Academy, where Meng Tianzheng stopped an elder from attacking him. Meanwhile, Ye Xuan wandered into Fire Province and reunited with Huo Ling'er, who asked whether they were bound by a marriage engagement.

• Shi Hao displayed his perfected Heavenly God Realm cultivation and three strands of Immortal Qi, stunning the Heavenly Deity Academy prodigies.
• An academy elder attacked Shi Hao, but Meng Tianzheng struck him down and warned the clans not to bully younger cultivators.
• Ye Xuan traveled alone through the Three Thousand Dao Provinces and entered Fire Province's Fire Mulberry Forest.
• Ye Xuan met Huo Ling'er, who recognized him from their time in the lower realm and asked if they had a marriage engagement.
• Ye Xuan recalled that the Vermilion Bird had discussed a match with the Fire Emperor, and he and Huo Ling'er stood awkwardly amid the falling leaves.

Ye Xuan accepted Huo Ling'er’s marriage pact, and the Fire Emperor welcomed him as her fiancé. Ye Xuan bestowed immortal phoenix blood and an immortal fruit on Huo Ling'er, transforming her bloodline and raising her to the peak of the Heavenly God Realm.

• Ye Xuan accepted the marriage pact Little Red Bird had made and asked Huo Ling'er if she was willing; she agreed.
• The Fire Emperor arrived, and Ye Xuan stopped him from kneeling, asking him to call him Ye Xuan in private.
• Ye Xuan and the Fire Emperor reminisced about their past in the Lower Realm while Huo Ling'er served them tea.
• Ye Xuan gave Huo Ling'er immortal phoenix nirvana true blood and an immortal fruit to strengthen her and change her fate.
• Huo Ling'er's Vermilion Bird bloodline evolved, and her cultivation surged to the peak of the Heavenly God Realm.