Chapter Summaries

Ren Xiaoyao and his divine beasts entered the corrupted Mistveil Secret Realm and fought the Po Suo Demon General for the final Emperor Formation Fragment. After defeating the Demon General and claiming the fragment, Ren Xiaoyao completed the miniature Emperor Formation in his dantian.

• Ren Xiaoyao, the Undying Phoenix, and Purple Lightning entered the Demonic Qi-corrupted Mistveil Secret Realm and followed the fragment's resonance toward its depths.
• Ren Xiaoyao found the final Emperor Formation Fragment guarded by the early-stage Heavenly Immortal Po Suo Demon General, who attacked to seize his Emperor Power.
• Po Suo Demon General summoned three avatars and unleashed demonic rain, spikes, and flames, while Purple Lightning and the Undying Phoenix restrained two avatars.
• Ren Xiaoyao combined Emperor Power, Purple Lightning's thunder, and the Undying Phoenix's Nirvana Flame to destroy Po Suo Demon General and his remaining avatars.
• Ren Xiaoyao took the final fragment, and all five fragments gathered in his dantian to form a complete miniature Emperor Formation.

Ren Xiaoyao entered the Creation Secret Realm, defeated its Golden Mane Kirin guardian, and gained the Seven-Colored Creation Pearl. He began using its Power of Creation to break through to the Early Heavenly Immortal stage, while Purple Lightning and the Undying Phoenix guarded him.

• Ren Xiaoyao followed the Emperor Formation’s guidance to the Creation Secret Realm and reached its Glass Palace with Purple Lightning and the Undying Phoenix.
• Ren Xiaoyao opened the palace and found the Seven-Colored Creation Pearl, but the Golden Mane Kirin emerged and demanded that he pass its test.
• Ren Xiaoyao joined forces with Purple Lightning and the Undying Phoenix, then fused their powers with his Emperor Power to wound the Golden Mane Kirin and earn its approval.
• Ren Xiaoyao took the Seven-Colored Creation Pearl, whose Power of Creation began loosening his realm barrier.
• Ren Xiaoyao started his breakthrough as Purple Lightning and the Undying Phoenix guarded him and a vast spiritual energy vortex formed around the Glass Palace.

Ren Xiaoyao faced the twelvefold Heavenly Tribulation in the Creation Secret Realm, using his allies and the Seven-Colored Creation Pearl to survive its increasingly deadly attacks. After breaking through to the early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm, he confronted the final three tribulations, leaving their collision unresolved.

• Ren Xiaoyao drew the Seven-Colored Creation Pearl into his dantian as a twelvefold Heavenly Tribulation gathered above the Glass Palace, and he vowed to forge his Heavenly Immortal Dao Foundation.
• Ren Xiaoyao deflected the first two tribulations with his Emperor Formation and Carefree Sword, then joined Purple Lightning and the Undying Phoenix to withstand the third and subsequent bolts.
• Annihilation Lightning pierced Ren Xiaoyao's defenses and gravely wounded him, but the Seven-Colored Creation Pearl healed him as he continued to challenge his realm barrier.
• Ren Xiaoyao and his allies' powers combined against a law-condensed Lightning Beast; after being badly injured, he broke through to the early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm and destroyed the beast with a four-colored sword strike.
• The tenth, eleventh, and twelfth tribulations descended together, and Ren Xiaoyao met them with his golden Emperor power and Carefree Sword as the Golden Mane Kirin shut his eyes against the blinding collision.

After breaking through to the early Heavenly Immortal realm, Ren Xiaoyao left the Creation Secret Realm to confront the Demon Realm army at the Boundary Sealing Gate. In Black Wind Valley, he defeated Ghost Bone Immortal Venerable and learned that a high-ranking Immortal Alliance Elder had betrayed the Immortal Realm by leaking intelligence and the gate’s defenses.

• Ren Xiaoyao completed his breakthrough to the early Heavenly Immortal realm, thanked Golden Mane Kirin, and set out with Purple Lightning and the Undying Phoenix for the Boundary Sealing Gate.
• Ren Xiaoyao sensed evil qi in Black Wind Valley, where Ghost Bone Immortal Venerable ambushed him to seize his Emperor Formation Fragments and Seven-Colored Creation Pearl.
• Ren Xiaoyao, Purple Lightning, and the Undying Phoenix fought together against Ghost Bone Immortal Venerable, and Ren Xiaoyao’s fused sword attack badly wounded him.
• Ren Xiaoyao threatened Ghost Bone Immortal Venerable until he revealed that the Demon Realm had an undercover agent serving as an Elder in the Immortal Alliance.
• Ghost Bone Immortal Venerable disclosed that the agent had leaked the Boundary Sealing Gate’s defenses to the Demon Realm and ordered the ambush to eliminate Ren Xiaoyao.

Ren Xiaoyao learned that an Immortal Alliance elder codenamed Shadow was a Demon Realm spy, then was intercepted and accused of treason at the Boundary Sealing Gate. Zhao Lie intervened and escorted him to meet the Alliance Leader, leaving Ren Xiaoyao wary that Shadow would try to stop him.

• Ghost Bone Immortal Venerable revealed that a mysterious Immortal Alliance elder called Shadow was working for the Demon Realm before Ren Xiaoyao killed him.
• Ren Xiaoyao hurried to the Boundary Sealing Gate with Purple Lightning and the Undying Phoenix, where five Immortal Alliance enforcers blocked his way and accused him of treason.
• The Captain of Enforcement attacked Ren Xiaoyao, but Ren Xiaoyao and his companions fought back, and Ren Xiaoyao broke the Captain's spear and wounded him.
• Zhao Lie arrived with the Alliance Leader's personal guards and ordered Ren Xiaoyao and the others brought to the Alliance Leader for questioning.
• Ren Xiaoyao followed Zhao Lie toward the Boundary Sealing Gate, resolved to expose Shadow and help defend the Immortal Realm.

Ren Xiaoyao escaped the Immortal Alliance’s trap and pursuit by fleeing into the Two Forms Boundary Gap, where the Emperor Formation Fragments led him to the fifth fragment. After seizing it despite a Two Forms Demonic Tiger’s attack, the five fragments formed a complete Emperor Formation and drove the beast back.

• Ren Xiaoyao feigned a dangerous injury to avoid entering Zhao Lie’s command tent, then concealed his aura and slipped away as the Alliance searched for him.
• Ren Xiaoyao escaped down the cliff beside Blackwind River and reached the perilous Two Forms Boundary Gap, where the four fragments in his dantian began pulling him deeper inside.
• Ren Xiaoyao followed the fragments to a huge crack and discovered the Fifth-Corner Emperor Formation Fragment at its bottom, guarded by a Two Forms Demonic Tiger.
• Ren Xiaoyao ordered Purple Lightning and the Undying Phoenix to hold off the tiger while he leaped into the crack to take the fragment.
• Ren Xiaoyao seized the fifth fragment as the tiger attacked, and the five fragments assembled into a complete Emperor Formation that blasted the beast into the cave wall.

Ren Xiaoyao discovered that his Profound Suppression Emperor Formation was one of the Five Directions Emperor Formations and used its power to defeat Elder Zi Xu’s hunting squad. After Zhao Lie arrived to take the captives back for interrogation, Ren Xiaoyao set his sights on uncovering the undercover agent shadow and gathering the other formations.

• Ren Xiaoyao learned the Five Directions Emperor Formations’ names and powers, then tested Profound Suppression’s defensive and purifying abilities in a secluded valley.
• Elder Zi Xu led two Mid Heavenly Immortal cultivators and ten enforcement team members to kill Ren Xiaoyao, but Ren Xiaoyao blocked his attack and struck down members of the squad.
• Ren Xiaoyao overwhelmed Elder Zi Xu, captured him and the two Mid Heavenly Immortal cultivators, and forced Elder Zi Xu to reveal that shadow was a core Elder Council elder with influence over enforcement teams.
• Ren Xiaoyao sealed the captives’ cultivation and told Elder Zi Xu to be kept as evidence against shadow.
• Zhao Lie arrived with the Alliance Leader’s guards, apologized for the Immortal Alliance’s earlier treatment of Ren Xiaoyao, and took the captives away for interrogation.

Elder Ying attacked Ren Xiaoyao to seize the Profound Suppression Emperor Formation, then summoned Ancestral Demon Yougu when his own techniques failed. Ren Xiaoyao destroyed Yougu’s incarnation and wounded Elder Ying, who escaped and warned that the Demon Realm army would break through the Boundary Sealing Gate in three days.

• Elder Ying ambushed Ren Xiaoyao with the Shadowless Soul Devouring Blade and a demonic great blade, but Ren Xiaoyao’s Profound Suppression Emperor Formation blocked and purified both attacks.
• Elder Ying unleashed the Netherworld God-Slaying Formation, and Ren Xiaoyao purified it with the Emperor Formation, disrupting Elder Ying’s Immortal and Demonic Power.
• Elder Ying sacrificed his Vital Blood to summon Ancestral Demon Yougu, who attacked Ren Xiaoyao with demonic flames and the Myriad Demons Devouring Heart technique.
• Ren Xiaoyao turned the Emperor Formation into a Golden Light Pillar and then a golden sword, destroying Ancestral Demon Yougu’s incarnation and its bone staff.
• Ren Xiaoyao struck Elder Ying with the golden sword, purifying much of his power, but Elder Ying escaped through a Void Crack after warning that the Demon Realm army would reach the Boundary Sealing Gate in three days.
• Ren Xiaoyao collected Yougu’s Demonic Crystal, steadied himself, and vowed to reach the Boundary Sealing Gate within three days and prevent the invasion.

Ancestral Demon Yougu awakened hidden Demon Chess Pieces across the Immortal Realm and ordered them to hunt Ren Xiaoyao before the Demon Realm army attacked the Boundary Sealing Gate in three days. Ren Xiaoyao fought through the pursuers, learned of the invasion, and concealed himself in a forest as he continued toward the gate.

• Ancestral Demon Yougu used demonic flame to awaken Demon Chess Pieces planted throughout the Immortal Realm and sent them after Ren Xiaoyao.
• Ren Xiaoyao found a mortal city sealed by an awakened City Lord, defeated the controlled soldiers, and learned that the Nine Ancestors of the Demon Realm planned to attack the Boundary Sealing Gate in three days.
• Ren Xiaoyao faced the Qingyun Sect elder, the old handyman, and other awakened pursuers, using the Profound Suppression Emperor Formation to repel their attacks while his power dwindled.
• Ren Xiaoyao activated the Mysterious Light Shadow Concealment Technique and escaped into the forest, leaving the Demon Chess Pieces searching the empty road.
• Ren Xiaoyao continued toward the Boundary Sealing Gate, intent on warning the Immortal Alliance about the hidden chess pieces and the coming invasion.

Ren Xiaoyao entered the ruined Demon Meteor City and was nearly killed by a powerful demon before True Human Lingxu appeared. Lingxu revealed himself as the Void Demon Ancestor and exposed his plan to destroy the Immortal Realm, but the Profound Suppression Emperor Formation awakened within Ren Xiaoyao just as his soul was being drawn out.

• Ren Xiaoyao found a crack in the Space Barrier and entered the abandoned Demon Meteor City.
• A black-armored demon attacked Ren Xiaoyao and overwhelmed him while his Emperor Power remained depleted.
• True Human Lingxu stopped the demon, then bound Ren Xiaoyao and revealed that Lingxu was his disguise as the Void Demon Ancestor.
• Void Demon Ancestor confessed that he had infiltrated the Immortal Alliance for a thousand years and planned to let the Demon Realm breach the Boundary Sealing Gate in three days.
• Void Demon Ancestor began drawing Ren Xiaoyao's soul out, but the Profound Suppression Emperor Formation released a purple-gold Emperor Mark that merged into Ren Xiaoyao's soul and restored his awareness.

Ren Xiaoyao defeated the Void Demon Ancestor with the Profound Suppression Emperor Formation, but the Ancestor framed him as a traitor and turned the Immortal Realm against him. Hunted through Demon Meteor City, Ren Xiaoyao escaped into an Ancient Immortal Secret Realm, while his pursuers sealed off the city and continued searching.

• Ren Xiaoyao merged with the Emperor Mark, healed his damaged meridians, and used the Profound Suppression Emperor Formation to wound the Void Demon Ancestor, who fled rather than risk exposing himself.
• The Void Demon Ancestor broadcast accusations against Ren Xiaoyao and offered rewards for his capture, prompting factions across the Immortal Realm to hunt him.
• Ren Xiaoyao hid from the search parties in Demon Meteor City, resolved to expose the Void Demon Ancestor and stop the Demon Realm's attack, and escaped toward the city's center.
• Ren Xiaoyao activated the altar's formation with his remaining Emperor power and opened the entrance to an Ancient Immortal Secret Realm.
• Ren Xiaoyao entered the Secret Realm as True Human Xuanyang and the other pursuers arrived, and True Human Xuanyang ordered Demon Meteor City sealed and searched.

Ren Xiaoyao entered the Ancient Immortal Secret Realm, found Heaven and Earth True Dew guarded by the wounded Overlord Willow, and persuaded the ancient beast to become his bonded ally. After sharing the dew, Ren Xiaoyao broke through to the middle stage of the Heavenly Immortal realm and set out with the Overlord Willow to seek an Ancient Immortal’s inheritance.

• Ren Xiaoyao entered the Secret Realm and followed a pure life-energy aura to a lake where Heaven and Earth True Dew was condensing.
• The Overlord Willow attacked Ren Xiaoyao, who struck its charred true body and forced it to halt its assault.
• The Overlord Willow explained that an Ancient Immortal Emperor had gravely wounded it, and Ren Xiaoyao offered it half the dew in exchange for joining him against the Demon Realm.
• The Overlord Willow accepted Ren Xiaoyao as its master, and they divided the ten drops of Heaven and Earth True Dew between them.
• Ren Xiaoyao consumed one drop, repaired his injuries, and broke through to the middle stage of the Heavenly Immortal realm while the Overlord Willow recovered much of its strength.
• The Overlord Willow revealed that an Ancient Immortal’s inheritance lay deeper in the Secret Realm, and Ren Xiaoyao set out to investigate it.

Ren Xiaoyao obtained an ancient formation inheritance and the Golden Immortal-grade Sky-Splitting Sword before defeating Blood Shadow Old Monster and his bounty hunters at the Secret Realm entrance. He reached the Boundary Sealing Gate to warn of the imminent Demon Realm invasion, but True Human Xuanyang ordered the Immortal Alliance cultivators to seize him, and Ren Xiaoyao faced them without retreating.

• Ren Xiaoyao acquired the Profound Suppression Demonic Array inheritance and the Sky-Splitting Sword while Overlord Willow stabilized at the Late Heavenly Immortal stage.
• Ren Xiaoyao and Overlord Willow ambushed Blood Shadow Old Monster and the cultivators waiting to claim the bounty, killing them all as a few witnesses fled.
• Ren Xiaoyao hurried toward the Boundary Sealing Gate, knowing Void Demon Ancestor's scheme threatened the Immortal Realm.
• Ren Xiaoyao arrived at the guarded Boundary Sealing Gate and saw that its seal was weakening while True Human Lingxu was absent.
• True Human Xuanyang branded Ren Xiaoyao a traitor and ordered dozens of Immortal Alliance cultivators to seize him, and Ren Xiaoyao walked toward them with the Sky-Splitting Sword.

Ye Wushang and the Reverse Immortal Alliance intervened to save Ren Xiaoyao, but the Boundary Sealing Gate failed and a Demon General attacked. Ren Xiaoyao, Ye Wushang, and the Immortal Alliance joined forces to repel the demons and stabilize the seal, then agreed to investigate traitors within the Immortal Alliance.

• Ye Wushang led thirty Reverse Immortal Alliance Core Disciples to stop True Human Xuanyang and the Immortal Alliance from attacking Ren Xiaoyao, and Ren Xiaoyao agreed to set aside their grudges to defend the Boundary Sealing Gate.
• Ye Wushang fought True Human Xuanyang while Ren Xiaoyao defeated one Immortal Alliance elder and killed another, but the Boundary Sealing Gate’s runes went dark and a Demon General’s claw reached through.
• Ye Wushang ordered his disciples to reinforce the seal as Ren Xiaoyao urged the Immortal Alliance to unite against the demons, and an Immortal Alliance captain led his side in turning to fight them.
• True Human Xuanyang abandoned his duel with Ye Wushang and activated the Nine Revolutions Star Array while Ren Xiaoyao powered the Profound Suppression Demonic Array, driving the demonic claw back and helping stabilize the gate.
• After the battle, True Human Xuanyang apologized to Ren Xiaoyao and the Reverse Immortal Alliance, and Ye Wushang shared clues about suspected Immortal Alliance traitors.
• True Human Xuanyang agreed to form a temporary Anti-Demon Alliance with Ye Wushang to investigate the traitors, while Ren Xiaoyao recognized that the larger threat remained.

Ren Xiaoyao, True Human Xuanyang, and Ye Wushang defeated the Void Demon Ancestor after he revealed himself as the Immortal Alliance Leader and attacked Boundary Sealing Gate. The two alliances formed an Anti-Demon Alliance and prepared to reinforce the seal and root out the Demon Realm’s remaining agents.

• The Void Demon Ancestor revealed his disguise as True Human Lingxu and attacked Boundary Sealing Gate, nearly undoing its repairs.
• Ren Xiaoyao began activating the Profound Suppression Demonic Array while True Human Xuanyang and Ye Wushang defended him and held off the Void Demon Ancestor.
• Ren Xiaoyao’s formation severely wounded the Void Demon Ancestor, and he, True Human Xuanyang, and Ye Wushang combined their attacks to kill him.
• Ren Xiaoyao warned that the Demon Realm’s army and hidden agents still threatened the Immortal Realm, and True Human Xuanyang formally united the Immortal Alliance and Reverse Immortal Alliance as the Anti-Demon Alliance.
• True Human Xuanyang offered Ren Xiaoyao the position of Great Elder of World Protection, but Ren Xiaoyao declined and focused on the continuing threat to the realm.

Ren Xiaoyao used the completed Profound Suppression Demonic Array and his Emperor Power to fight Blood Fang Demon Ancestor at the Boundary Sealing Gate. After the Ninth Ancestor shattered the gate’s defenses, Ren Xiaoyao unleashed a massive Emperor Dao sword that badly wounded him, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Blood Fang Demon Ancestor marched toward the Boundary Sealing Gate with a million Demon Realm troops, while Xuanyang and Ye Wushang reinforced the Immortal Realm defenses.
• Ren Xiaoyao discovered the complete array patterns in Void Demon Ancestor’s Storage Ring and prepared to activate the array with Emperor Power.
• Blood Fang Demon Ancestor attacked the gate, and Ren Xiaoyao’s array shield endured his demonic fire and Bone Whip before the Ninth Ancestor’s axe shattered the defenses.
• Ren Xiaoyao sacrificed his Emperor Blood to summon a massive Golden Greatsword infused with Emperor Dao power.
• The Golden Greatsword broke Blood Fang Demon Ancestor’s defenses, severed three of his wings and one fang, and severely wounded him.

Ren Xiaoyao used the Profound Suppression Demonic Array’s ultimate form to destroy the Blood Fang Demon Ancestor and stop his attempt to break the Boundary Sealing Gate. The Immortal Realm won the battle, but Ren Xiaoyao exhausted his Emperor power and soul strength, and True Human Xuanyang supported him as he began to collapse.

• The wounded Blood Fang Demon Ancestor began Blood Sacrifice of a Continent to draw on a region’s demonic veins and tear open the barrier.
• True Human Xuanyang warned that the Blood Formation could break the Boundary Sealing Gate, while Ye Wushang offered to lead the cultivators in an assault; Ren Xiaoyao ordered them to stay back and attacked the formation himself.
• The Blood Fang Demon Ancestor fed his vital blood into the formation and sent the blood-colored tiger shadow to strike Ren Xiaoyao, but Ren Xiaoyao evaded it and activated the Profound Suppression Demonic Array’s ultimate form.
• Ren Xiaoyao’s Emperor Descends Upon the Nine Heavens purified the Blood Formation and severed the Blood Fang Demon Ancestor’s connection to it.
• The Blood Fang Demon Ancestor made a final charge at Ren Xiaoyao, who pierced his forehead with a golden sword shadow and purified his soul.
• True Human Xuanyang and Ye Wushang led the Immortal Realm cultivators to defeat the fleeing Demon Soldiers, then True Human Xuanyang caught the exhausted Ren Xiaoyao and urged him to take a Spirit Calming Pill.

Ren Xiaoyao broke through to the Late Heavenly Immortal realm and comprehended the protective meaning of the Emperor Dao, then used it to defend the Immortal Realm against the Wu Gui Demon Lord. The chapter ended as Ren Xiaoyao’s sword closed in on the demon lord’s brow, leaving the outcome of their battle unresolved.

• Ren Xiaoyao broke through to the Late Heavenly Immortal realm and grasped the Emperor Dao’s powers of destruction and protection.
• Ren Xiaoyao shielded the Immortal Children from a fresh attack by demons emerging through the widening Boundary Sealing Gate.
• The Wu Gui Demon Lord arrived, overwhelmed Ye Wushang, and attacked the defenders with Death Qi and bone spears.
• Ren Xiaoyao protected the cultivators and used his golden sword to destroy the Wu Gui Demon Lord’s Demonic Palm.
• Ren Xiaoyao purified the demon lord’s bound vengeful souls and charged toward his brow with the golden sword.

Ren Xiaoyao used the Nirvana Flame and Emperor Dao Laws to stop Wu Gui Demon Lord’s self-detonation and purify his deathly demonic power. After Wu Gui Demon Lord was destroyed and the battlefield began to recover, Ren Xiaoyao survived and emerged with a stronger soul and a possible path toward the Golden Immortal Realm.

• Wu Gui Demon Lord’s Demonic Core began collapsing after Ren Xiaoyao pierced him with the golden longsword, and Wu Gui Demon Lord started a forbidden self-detonation that threatened the battlefield and the Immortal Realm.
• True Human Xuanyang and Ye Wushang tried to resist the expanding Black Vortex, but its destructive force overwhelmed them and left the other cultivators facing death.
• Ren Xiaoyao restrained Wu Gui Demon Lord’s Demonic Core with the golden longsword and summoned the Nirvana Flame using his soul and the Emperor Dao Laws.
• Ren Xiaoyao’s Nirvana Flame formed a barrier around the self-detonation, purified the Black Vortex and its trapped souls, and burned Wu Gui Demon Lord away.
• The Nirvana Flame vanished, leaving purified land and new green shoots, while True Human Xuanyang found Ren Xiaoyao alive and sensed his soul recovering.
• Ren Xiaoyao awoke with intertwined Nirvana Flame and Emperor Marks in his eyes, took up the transformed golden longsword, and inspired awe and gratitude among the cultivators.

Ren Xiaoyao searched for a way to overcome his damaged cultivation and reach the Heavenly Immortal Peak before the Boundary Sealing Gate failed. He found an Ancient Heavenly Immortal’s inheritance and began fusing its power, leaving his breakthrough underway.

• Ren Xiaoyao learned that the Demon Generals planned to sacrifice Devil Race members to Taotie, while True Human Xuanyang warned that the Boundary Sealing Gate might not last a hundred days.
• Ren Xiaoyao endured deadly training and failed attempts to break through before following a trace of Emperor Power to a hidden valley.
• Ren Xiaoyao used an old jade pendant to open the Demon Suppressing Inheritance and overcame its arrow traps, Slime Monsters, and Guardian Beast.
• Ren Xiaoyao found an ancient book and a spirit pearl containing an Ancient Heavenly Immortal’s power, then began merging the inheritance with his body and soul.
• Ren Xiaoyao’s power surged as he resisted the inheritance’s dangerous force and struck at the Heavenly Immortal Peak barrier.