Chapter Summaries

Ren Xiaoyao killed Yi Tianze after learning about the Fortune Heavenly Sect, then spared and bound Bai Ze, an Incense Divine Beast from the Great Qin Celestial Dynasty. After Bai Ze submitted, Ren Xiaoyao unlocked the option to activate the Incense Simulation Function.

• Ren Xiaoyao tortured Yi Tianze with a Life and Death Mark and learned that Sect Master Ye Hentian and Holy Son Liu Haoxuan were the Fortune Heavenly Sect’s only Limitless Realm experts.
• Ren Xiaoyao learned that Ye Hentian used a Demon Core from a Fortune Divine Beast to gather Incense Power, then drained Yi Tianze’s fortune with the Purple Gold Fortune Gourd and killed him.
• Bai Ze revealed that it came from the Great Qin Celestial Dynasty and described the Creation Realm and the legendary Martial Shattering Void Realm.
• Bai Ze offered Ren Xiaoyao its Demon Core in exchange for its life, but Ren Xiaoyao instead planted a Life and Death Mark and made Bai Ze submit.
• Ren Xiaoyao gained the ability to gather Incense Power through faith and received an option to unlock the Incense Simulation Function.

Ren Xiaoyao unlocked the Incense Simulation Function, chose to protect Great Zhou’s Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune, and discovered that people’s reverence for him generated Incense Power. As he settled in the capital ahead of Great Zhou’s ascension, Liu Haoxuan decided to contact his master and eliminate him.

• Ren Xiaoyao unlocked the Incense Simulation Function and used the Art of Misfortune on Liu Haoxuan and Ye Hentian, though Ye Hentian’s Incense Power canceled it out.
• Bai Ze explained that Great Zhou’s founding fortune could help a Limitless Realm cultivator reach the Creation Realm, and the system offered Ren Xiaoyao a choice concerning the fortune.
• Ren Xiaoyao chose to protect the fortune, gaining a mission to help Great Zhou ascend and deciding to remain in the kingdom until the ceremony.
• Ren Xiaoyao discovered that the reverence of Duan Yichen, the Chengtian Guards, and others generated Incense Power without a statue, then asked Duan Yichen to find him a residence in the capital.
• After learning of Ren Xiaoyao’s battle with Bai Ze, Liu Haoxuan recognized his strength and resolved to contact his master to kill him before he could disrupt the Fortune Heavenly Sect’s plans.

Ren Xiaoyao searched for Liu Haoxuan but found that he had already left the capital, then met with Lu Xiaoyan and assured her he would help Great Zhou become an imperial dynasty. Duan Yichen arrived with news that Duan Ruiyuan had invited the Human King from the Great Yu Dynasty to kill Ren Xiaoyao.

• Liu Haoxuan left the capital before Ren Xiaoyao could find him, and Ren Xiaoyao scanned the city before returning to his residence.
• Lu Xiaoyan and Duan Qingyu visited Ren Xiaoyao, who revealed that Bai Ze had submitted to him.
• Lu Xiaoyan asked whether Ren Xiaoyao sought Great Zhou's Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune, and he denied it and promised to protect it.
• Duan Yichen rushed in and warned that Duan Ruiyuan had invited the Human King from the Great Yu Dynasty to kill Ren Xiaoyao.
• Lu Xiaoyan reacted with alarm when she heard the Human King would arrive in Great Zhou within a few days.

Ren Xiaoyao learned that the Human King had challenged him to a death battle at Son of Heaven Lake and accepted, wagering Duan Ruiyuan’s throne. The duel was set for three days later, while Duan Ruiyuan secretly expected the Human King to kill Ren Xiaoyao.

• Lu Yuyan explained that the Human King had once been the Great Yu Dynasty’s strongest figure, and suspected Ye Hentian had brought him out of seclusion to oppose Ren Xiaoyao.
• Duan Ruiyuan arrived with Imperial Guards to deliver the Human King’s challenge for a death battle at Son of Heaven Lake in three days.
• Lu Yuyan and Duan Yichen urged Ren Xiaoyao to avoid fighting the aging Human King directly.
• Ren Xiaoyao accepted the challenge after choosing the system’s option that promised Incense Value and a random spell for victory.
• Ren Xiaoyao wagered that if he defeated the Human King, he would take Duan Ruiyuan’s throne and install Duan Yichen as Son of Heaven.
• Duan Ruiyuan accepted the wager, then left while secretly believing the Human King’s resolve to die would ensure Ren Xiaoyao’s defeat.

Ren Xiaoyao accepted Human King’s challenge and ordered Duan Yichen to publicize their coming battle, drawing attention from across Great Zhou. As prominent figures traveled to the Capital City to witness the duel, many came to believe Immortal Chang Sheng was doomed.

• Lu Yuyan and Duan Qingyu warned Ren Xiaoyao that Human King might fight to the death, but Ren Xiaoyao remained unmoved and told Duan Yichen to spread news of their battle at Son of Heaven Lake.
• Duan Yichen mobilized his forces to publicize the duel, hoping Ren Xiaoyao’s victory would help him become Great Zhou’s next Son of Heaven.
• News of the challenge spread across Great Zhou, and Martial Artists learned about the power of imperial dynasties and grew pessimistic about Ren Xiaoyao’s chances against Human King.
• Linghu Haoxuan turned back toward the Capital City, determined to witness the battle despite his unease.
• In the Eastern Palace, Shi Mingxuan told Duan Qiankun that Human King’s challenge likely meant Ren Xiaoyao would die, and he resolved to attend the battle.
• Strong figures from across Great Zhou hurried to the Capital City, which filled with visitors anticipating the duel.

Ren Xiaoyao learned that the Fortune Heavenly Sect had repeatedly put Liu Haoxuan in danger, while Liu and Duan Ruiyuan remained confident that the Human King would defeat him. As the crowds gathered at Son of Heaven Lake for the decisive battle, a terrifying old man in black descended from the horizon in a blaze of light.

• Ren Xiaoyao saw that his Incense Value had risen past 500 as people began believing he could defeat the Human King.
• Ren Xiaoyao read notifications that Liu Haoxuan had suffered more than a dozen attacks from powerful enemies and suspected the Fortune Heavenly Sect was behind the arranged battle.
• Liu Haoxuan returned to Great Zhou badly injured, blamed Ren Xiaoyao for his misfortune, and promised Duan Ruiyuan he would kill Ren if the Human King failed to do so.
• Duan Ruiyuan and Liu Haoxuan joined the gathered factions at Son of Heaven Lake, where martial artists awaited the battle alongside Ren Xiaoyao's allies and the Great Chu delegation.
• A frail old man in black descended toward Son of Heaven Lake, radiating overwhelming power and lighting up the sky.

The Human King of Great Yu, Nie Wugui, arrived at Son of Heaven Lake to fight Ren Xiaoyao in a final battle, and Ren Xiaoyao learned that a Celestial Dynasty expert had sabotaged Nie Wugui’s attempt to reach the Creation Realm. Ren Xiaoyao remained confident he could defeat even a Creation Realm opponent, and Nie Wugui agreed to fight with all his strength.

• The Human King’s arrival terrified the gathered martial artists, while Duan Ruiyuan and Liu Haoxuan grew confident that Ren Xiaoyao would lose.
• Ren Xiaoyao’s information revealed that Nie Wugui had reached the Limitless Realm but had been ambushed by a Celestial Dynasty expert while attempting to break through to the Creation Realm.
• Bai Ze warned Ren Xiaoyao to avoid fighting Nie Wugui head-on until his dwindling qi and blood ran out, but Ren Xiaoyao declared that even a Creation Realm expert could not defeat him.
• Ren Xiaoyao flew toward Son of Heaven Lake, drawing mockery from Duan Ruiyuan and envy from Liu Haoxuan as he faced the Human King.
• Nie Wugui explained that he had accepted Ye Hentian’s request to kill Ren Xiaoyao and that the duel would be his final battle; Ren Xiaoyao challenged him to use his strongest methods, and Nie Wugui agreed.

The Great Yu Human King revealed the Immovable Wisdom King Art and challenged Ren Xiaoyao to a contest of body-refining techniques. Ren Xiaoyao unveiled his own divine aura and began to counter the Human King’s charge, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• The Great Yu Human King activated the Indestructible Diamond Divine Skill, stunning Lu Yuyan, Liu Haoxuan, Shi Mingxuan, and the other onlookers.
• The Great Yu Human King gathered his power and revealed the Immovable Wisdom King Art, declaring it his ultimate body-refining technique.
• Ren Xiaoyao agreed to meet the Human King’s technique with the Chaos God-Demon Body Refining Art.
• The Great Yu Human King charged at Ren Xiaoyao while wielding the Immovable Wisdom King Art.
• Ren Xiaoyao manifested a golden halo, five-colored clouds, and a radiant robe, then pushed his palm toward the Human King, whose eyes filled with fear.

Ren Xiaoyao defeated the Great Yu Human King with a single palm strike, leaving him near death and astonishing the spectators. The Human King then swallowed a Life and Death Gu from Ye Hentian and became a living corpse with half-step Creation power, as Liu Haoxuan declared Ren Xiaoyao would die unless he reached the Creation Realm.

• Ren Xiaoyao struck the Great Yu Human King down, shattering his internal organs and leaving him close to death.
• The witnesses reacted with shock and awe, while Duan Yichen celebrated his expected rise as Great Zhou's new Son of Heaven.
• Duan Ruiyuan panicked over the duel's outcome, but Liu Haoxuan assured him that the Human King still had a hidden trump card.
• The Great Yu Human King swallowed a blood-red pill, lost his life force and consciousness, and transformed into a terrifying living corpse.
• Liu Haoxuan revealed that the Human King had consumed the Life and Death Gu made by Ye Hentian, granting him half-step Creation power, and threatened Ren Xiaoyao.

Ren Xiaoyao destroyed the Great Yu Human King and Liu Haoxuan, then forced Great Zhou’s court to enthrone Duan Yichen. The chapter ended with Duan Yichen pledging that Great Zhou would worship only Ren Xiaoyao.

• Ren Xiaoyao used one sword strike to turn the Life and Death Gu-controlled Great Yu Human King into blood mist.
• Liu Haoxuan tried to flee, but Ren Xiaoyao killed him with another sword strike.
• Duan Ruixuan begged Ren Xiaoyao for mercy, but Ren Xiaoyao declared that Duan Ruixuan had lost Great Zhou’s throne.
• Ren Xiaoyao announced that Duan Yichen would become Great Zhou’s new sovereign, and Duan Qiankun and the assembled people bowed to him.
• Duan Yichen knelt before Ren Xiaoyao and vowed that Great Zhou would worship only him.

After defeating the Great Yu Human King, Ren Xiaoyao gained a new spell and used his incense value to cultivate the True Martial Demon-Quelling Great Hand Seal. As news of his victory spread, Great Yu Empress Lu Yuxuan decided to meet him and confront her younger sister over Great Zhou’s Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune.

• Ren Xiaoyao returned to his residence, where Bai Ze became utterly submissive after witnessing his strength.
• Ren Xiaoyao inherited the Wind Fire Palm, comprehended the True Martial Demon-Quelling Great Hand Seal, and spent 2,000 incense value to cultivate it to the realm of stove fire.
• People across Great Zhou and the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty discussed Ren Xiaoyao’s defeat of the Human King, causing his incense value to surge.
• Feng Chengyi advised Great Yu Empress Lu Yuxuan to meet Immortal Chang Sheng in Great Zhou, warning that he could obstruct her plans.
• Lu Yuxuan agreed to go to Great Zhou and planned a final showdown with her younger sister over the Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune.

Ren Xiaoyao learned that Ye Hentian was a Great Qin Celestial Dynasty agent who had sabotaged the Great Yu Human King, while Ye Hentian prepared his hidden forces and vowed to seize Great Zhou’s Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune. As Great Zhou’s advancement drew near and powerful outsiders gathered in the capital, Lu Yuyan came to Ren Xiaoyao with a request for him to meet Empress Lu Yuxuan and Feng Chengyi.

• Ren Xiaoyao spent Incense Value to cultivate the True Martial Demon-Quelling Great Hand Seal to Divine Mastery and discovered Ye Hentian’s hidden identity and role in the Great Yu Human King’s failed breakthrough.
• Ye Hentian gathered more than three hundred Human Immortals and eighteen Limitless Realm Martial Artists, then declared his intent to obtain Great Zhou’s Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune and destroy Immortal Chang Sheng if necessary.
• Eight Limitless Realm Martial Artists from the Great Yu Dynasty, Great Chu Dynasty, and Great Qi quietly entered the Capital City of Great Zhou to contend for the Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune.
• Two days before Great Zhou’s advancement, Lu Yuyan visited Ren Xiaoyao and said that her elder sister, Empress Lu Yuxuan, and Feng Chengyi wished to meet him.

Lu Yuxuan and Feng Chengyi visited Ren Xiaoyao to warn him away from Great Zhou’s Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune and offer him protection if he submitted to the Empress. Ren Xiaoyao rejected and mocked them, and they left plotting to use Ye Hentian against him while Lu Yuxuan remained confident in her Nine Dragon True Qi.

• Lu Yuyan told Ren Xiaoyao that her elder sister, Lu Yuxuan, the Empress of Great Yu, also wanted Great Zhou’s Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune.
• Lu Yuxuan and Feng Chengyi came to Ren Xiaoyao, who recognized that both had reached the perfected Limitless Realm.
• Lu Yuxuan accused Ren Xiaoyao of coveting the Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune and warned that Ye Hentian could kill him.
• Lu Yuxuan offered to arrange Ren Xiaoyao’s marriage to Lu Yuyan if he submitted to her, but Ren Xiaoyao laughed at and insulted her and Feng Chengyi.
• Lu Yuxuan and Feng Chengyi left, discussing how they might use Ye Hentian against Ren Xiaoyao.
• Feng Chengyi asked about Lu Yuxuan’s Nine Dragon True Qi, and she said she had cultivated it to its ultimate realm and could suppress Ye Hentian if he had not reached the Creation Realm.

Ren Xiaoyao watched Great Zhou’s advance into an imperial dynasty, while Lu Yuyan expected the new Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune to be stolen. After Great Zhou survived the tribulation and its Golden Dragon manifested, Lu Yuxuan confronted the martial artists who rushed to seize the fortune.

• Ren Xiaoyao told Bai Ze that imperial fortune was useless to him and urged it to watch the events unfold.
• At dawn, a pillar of light and a Golden Dragon Phantom appeared in Great Zhou’s Imperial Palace as the dynasty’s advancement began.
• Lu Yuyan warned Duan Yichen that Great Zhou could not protect the fortune, but Duan Yichen trusted Ren Xiaoyao to intervene.
• Limitless Realm martial artists, including Lu Yuxuan and Feng Chengyi, emerged as thunder struck the Golden Dragon during its tribulation.
• The Golden Dragon endured the final lightning bolt, and Great Zhou successfully became an imperial dynasty.
• Lu Yuxuan rose to confront the fortune-seekers, revealing an aura that Ren Xiaoyao judged to be close to the Creation Realm.

Great Yu Empress Lu Yuxuan displayed her completed Nine Dragon True Qi and drove away the Limitless Realm Martial Artists contesting Great Zhou's Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune. As she prepared to absorb the fortune, Ren Xiaoyao waited for another challenger, and an immense force of Incense Power arrived beneath darkening skies.

• Lu Yuyan, Feng Chengyi, Shi Mingxuan, and Bai Ze witnessed Lu Yuxuan's overwhelming power as her Nine Dragon True Qi reached completion.
• Lu Yuxuan threatened the Limitless Realm Martial Artists who challenged her claim to Great Zhou's Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune, and Feng Chengyi joined her side.
• A gray-haired Limitless Realm Martial Artist attacked Lu Yuxuan, but she killed him with a single strike of Nine Dragon True Qi.
• The remaining challengers gave up and descended, while Feng Chengyi urged Lu Yuxuan to absorb the fortune and advance to the Creation Realm.
• Bai Ze asked Ren Xiaoyao to intervene, but Ren Xiaoyao said someone else would contend with Lu Yuxuan.
• Dark clouds covered the horizon, Great Zhou's golden fortune dragon grew restless, and Bai Ze recognized an endless surge of Incense Power.

Ye Hentian descended on the Great Zhou Capital City with eighteen Limitless Realm Martial Artists and overwhelmed both Feng Chengyi and the Great Yu Empress. He then demanded that Immortal Chang Sheng appear, declaring his intent to kill him after claiming the Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune.

• Dark clouds enveloped the Great Zhou Capital City as Duan Yichen and Lu Yuyan felt Ye Hentian’s overwhelming pressure approaching.
• Eighteen black-robed Limitless Realm Martial Artists appeared, followed by their Sect Master, Ye Hentian.
• Ye Hentian revealed that he had always been stronger than Feng Chengyi and struck him down with a single blow.
• The Great Yu Empress unleashed Nine Dragons Unity against Ye Hentian, but he dispersed her attack and defeated her.
• Ye Hentian addressed the Capital City and demanded that Immortal Chang Sheng come out to die, citing his plans to seize the Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune and kill him.

Ye Hentian arrived in Great Zhou's Capital City with eighteen Limitless Realm martial artists to seize its Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune and kill Ren Xiaoyao. Ren Xiaoyao rejected the Great Yu Empress's offer to join forces, challenged Ye Hentian's entire group to attack at once, and revealed an aura that surpassed Ye Hentian's.

• Ye Hentian appeared above the Capital City with eighteen Limitless Realm martial artists, terrifying the people and alarming Duan Yichen, Lu Yuyan, and Bai Ze.
• Bai Ze warned Ren Xiaoyao that Ye Hentian's strength and forces made victory unlikely, but Ren Xiaoyao calmly insisted no one would take Great Zhou's Imperial Dynasty Primordial Fortune.
• Ren Xiaoyao flew into the heavens to face Ye Hentian, while the Great Yu Empress proposed that she, Feng Chengyi, and Ren Xiaoyao join forces.
• Ren Xiaoyao rejected the Great Yu Empress, called her too weak to fight beside him, and dismissed Ye Hentian as merely so-so.
• Ye Hentian offered to fight Ren Xiaoyao one-on-one and unleashed a vast storm of blood-colored gale winds.
• Ren Xiaoyao urged Ye Hentian and his followers to attack together, then released an aura that overwhelmed Ye Hentian's blood winds and left him visibly stunned.

Ren Xiaoyao easily broke Ye Hentian’s attacks and overwhelmed him and his allies with a single sword strike. Ye Hentian was left trembling and asking what realm Ren Xiaoyao had reached.

• Ye Hentian attacked Ren Xiaoyao with the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art, but Ren Xiaoyao pierced the giant cloud face with golden light.
• Ye Hentian unleashed his full power, drew his blood-red saber, and used God of Slaughter's One Slash, but Ren Xiaoyao’s light screen shattered the attack.
• Ren Xiaoyao summoned the World-Slaying Dragon Sword and struck Ye Hentian with a sword radiance that shattered his saber and broke through the defense of eighteen Limitless Realm Martial Artists.
• Ren Xiaoyao’s sword strike sent Ye Hentian and the eighteen Martial Artists crashing to the ground, and Ye Hentian asked what realm Ren Xiaoyao was in.

Ren Xiaoyao easily overwhelmed Ye Hentian, then faced Ye Hentian’s Blood Buddha Array with an array of his own. The chapter ended as Ren Xiaoyao summoned the Heaven Sealing Earth Severing Sword Array.

• Ren Xiaoyao’s casual sword strike shattered Ye Hentian’s attack and knocked down his eighteen Limitless Realm followers, shocking the onlookers.
• The Great Yu Empress, Shi Mingxuan, Lu Yuyan, and Bai Ze realized how greatly they had underestimated Ren Xiaoyao, while the Capital City’s citizens began worshiping him.
• Ren Xiaoyao confronted Ye Hentian, who released his full power and formed the Blood Buddha Array with his eighteen followers.
• Bai Ze recognized the Blood Buddha Array as a secret inheritance of the Blood Emperor Sect that could raise Ye Hentian’s power to the Creation Realm.
• Ren Xiaoyao tossed the World-Slaying Dragon Sword into the void and summoned the Heaven Sealing Earth Severing Sword Array.

Ren Xiaoyao used the Heaven Sealing Earth Severing Sword Array to destroy Ye Hentian’s Blood Buddha Array and kill his eighteen followers. Ye Hentian broke through to the Creation Realm, but Ren Xiaoyao overwhelmed him with his pressure and sent him crashing into the Imperial Palace.

• Ren Xiaoyao unleashed the Heaven Sealing Earth Severing Sword Array, which tore through Ye Hentian’s Blood Buddha Array.
• The sword array killed Ye Hentian’s eighteen Limitless Realm followers and left Ye Hentian badly wounded, destroying the power that had raised him to the Creation Realm.
• Ye Hentian broke through to the Creation Realm in his despair and prepared to attack Ren Xiaoyao again.
• Bai Ze realized Ye Hentian had reached the Creation Realm, while Ren Xiaoyao declared that the realm was merely the threshold to meet him.
• Ren Xiaoyao released his pressure, and Ye Hentian was crushed into the Imperial Palace, creating a vast pit and shaking the capital.