Chapter Summaries

Chu Yun confronted East Tower's Emperor Zhu Yun over Xu Nian's imprisonment, forcing Zhu Yun to order his immediate release and demand an explanation. Xu Nian was brought out of the dungeon in a tortured condition and taken toward the Pavilion Master's Hall, where he would face the people responsible.

• Chu Yun told Emperor Zhu Yun that Xu Nian, his friend and an East Tower disciple, had been imprisoned by Cao Qingyang on charges of treachery.
• Emperor Zhu Yun summoned Deputy Pavilion Master Zhuge Jinguang and Chief Steward Situ Haowen, then ordered Zhuge to bring Xu Nian to the hall immediately.
• Situ Haowen revealed that Xu Hui had asked him to intervene for Xu Nian, but Zhuge Jinguang admitted he had not acted on the request.
• Cao Qingyang and four attendants entered Xu Nian's cell, removed his shackles, and carried him out despite his bloodied, severely injured state.
• Xu Nian warned Cao Qingyang that his day of reckoning was coming, and Cao Qingyang slapped him before escorting him toward the Pavilion Master's Hall.

Chu Yun confronted Cao Qingyang after Xu Nian arrived grievously injured, and Emperor Zhu Yun questioned Cao and his accomplices. Cao tried to defend himself with a Memory-Recording Pearl, but Zhu Yun destroyed it and denied that Cao had presented any evidence.

• Chu Yun saw Xu Nian's severed meridians and suppressed Cao Qingyang and his followers, while Afuya began treating Xu Nian.
• Chu Yun agreed to let Emperor Zhu Yun question the group, but warned that he would not let the matter rest without a satisfactory explanation.
• Emperor Zhu Yun accused Cao Qingyang of torturing a fellow disciple, and Cao claimed Xu Nian was a traitor who had violated the pavilion's rules.
• Cao offered a Memory-Recording Pearl as evidence, but Emperor Zhu Yun shattered it and claimed Cao had produced nothing.
• Situ Haowen backed Emperor Zhu Yun, saying he had not seen Cao present any evidence.

Emperor Zhu Yun exposed Cao Qingyang’s betrayal and ordered him and his accomplices tortured before execution at Chu Yun’s insistence. Afuya healed Xu Nian, and Chu Yun made clear that he would support Xu Nian’s future prospects.

• Situ Haowen and Zhuge Jinguang denied seeing Cao Qingyang hand over evidence, leaving Cao Qingyang without support.
• Emperor Zhu Yun ordered Situ Haowen to execute Cao Qingyang and his accomplices, but Chu Yun demanded they first endure the torments inflicted on Xu Nian.
• Situ Haowen tortured Cao Qingyang and the others, then killed them and erased their bodies.
• Afuya restored Xu Nian’s meridians and healed his wounds, and Xu Nian thanked her and Chu Yun.
• Chu Yun promised to recommend Xu Nian and his uncle for better positions, signaling their importance to Emperor Zhu Yun and the others.

Emperor Zhu Yun appointed Xu Nian East Tower's Inspector Envoy to compensate him, and Chu Yun's group returned toward the Land of Holy Soil. Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Tianhuan ordered Xu Changning to relocate the Sea Clan and open the Sea Eye Seal within ten days, leaving Xu Changning to obey despite knowing the seal's release could endanger the Origin World.

• Emperor Zhu Yun appointed Xu Nian as East Tower's Inspector Envoy, and Chu Yun and Xu Nian accepted the position.
• Chu Yun told Afuya he had spared Zhuge Jinguang because of the Misty Rain Great Emperor's help, and Afuya went to rest during their seven-day journey.
• Hun Yao blamed Gu Changgē for the Ksitigarbha King's physical body being exposed, while Hun Ning said the Ancient Soul Nest was hidden and the Ancestor's fusion would soon be complete.
• Xuanyuan Tianhuan demanded that Xu Changning open the Sea Eye Seal and gave him ten days to relocate the Sea Clan.
• Xu Changning yielded to Xuanyuan Tianhuan and began arranging the Sea Clan's relocation, though the Sea Eye Seal guarded an ancient secret and opening it could bring disaster upon the Origin World.

Xuanyuan Tianchen confronted Xuanyuan Tianhuan and warned him not to break the Sea Eye Seal, but his father insisted and challenged him to meet in the Endless Sea Domain in ten days. Third Master told Tianchen that the Grass Hall would not intervene and that he must reclaim the Xuanyuan Sword to save his clan, leaving Tianchen to consider his choice.

• Xuanyuan Tianchen confronted Xuanyuan Tianhuan and accused him of killing his own son.
• Xuanyuan Tianchen warned Xuanyuan Tianhuan that breaking the Sea Eye Seal would kill him and destroy the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan.
• Xuanyuan Tianhuan refused to heed the warning and summoned Xuanyuan Tianchen to the Endless Sea Domain in ten days.
• Third Master told Xuanyuan Tianchen to reclaim the Xuanyuan Sword and become the clan's ruler if he wanted to save the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan.
• Third Master said the Grass Hall would not interfere, and Tianchen left to think over his decision.

After returning to the Great Xia Dynasty, Chu Yun discussed Qin Fengling and Little Tiger with Meng Ruoxue, then prepared to move the dynasty to the Divine Continent Pure Land. He promised his mother that one of his three women would become pregnant within a year, and the migration began with a calamity looming after their arrival.

• Meng Ruoxue told Chu Yun that Little Tiger had left with his father, the King of Qiongqi, and Chu Yun said Little Tiger had to face his fate.
• Chu Yun told Meng Ruoxue that the Sky Devouring Demon Pearl and its artifact spirit would keep Qin Fengling in line.
• Chu Yun brought Meng Ruoxue, Afuya, and the Sky Demoness to a family banquet, where Shi Minyue and the others pressed him to have children.
• Chu Yun promised Shi Minyue that one of the three women would become pregnant within a year.
• Two days later, Chu Yun used his power to lift the Great Xia Dynasty and lead it through spatial wormholes toward the Divine Continent Pure Land, where a calamity was soon to come.

The Masked Man struggled with his inner torment while Third Gentleman sent Mu Qianli away to meet their Little Junior Brother. At Void Heaven Sacred Sea Palace, Xu Changning sent the Sea Clan away before facing Xuanyuan Tianhuan, who came to lift the Sea Eye Seal.

• The Masked Man's uncontrolled sword intent ravaged a mountain in Grass Hall, and Third Gentleman said he had to overcome his inner struggle alone.
• Third Gentleman warned Mu Qianli not to learn too much and sent her to meet Little Junior Brother at the Divine Continent Pure Land's border.
• Xu Changning ordered Duanmu Siyuan and the other Sea Clan leaders to evacuate, insisting he would stay behind to face Xuanyuan Tianhuan.
• After the others left, Xu Changning spent his final day alone in Void Heaven Sacred Sea Palace.
• Xuanyuan Tianhuan arrived after the ten days had passed, told Xu Changning that Grass Hall would handle the monsters released by the Sea Eye Seal, and led him outside beneath the sea.

Xu Changning sacrificed himself to remove the Sea Eye Seal, unleashing dark energy across the Endless Sea Domain and freeing the beings trapped beneath it. Xuanyuan Tianhuan learned that his ancestor Xuan Yuan had helped seal the Dark Lords, and the Lords turned against him as he prepared to fight with the Xuanyuan Sword.

• Xu Changning destroyed the Void Heaven Sacred Sea Palace and revealed the Sea Eye Seal beneath it.
• Xu Changning sacrificed his soul to the Sea Eye, which detached and crumbled, releasing dark energy that shook the Endless Sea Domain.
• A sinister voice from the fissure spoke to Xuanyuan Tianhuan, who urged the freed beings to target the Grass Hall before attempting to leave.
• The Nightmare, Purgatory, and Bloodthirsty Lords appeared on Dark Thrones and confronted Xuanyuan Tianhuan.
• The Purgatory Lord revealed that Xuan Yuan had lured their clan into a trap and helped seal them with the Sea Eye, and Xuanyuan Tianhuan summoned the Xuanyuan Sword to face them.

Shadow Empress Su Xi confronted Xuanyuan Tianhuan, revealed her connection to the Xuanyuan Sword, and challenged him to defeat the three Dark Lords or see the Xuan Yuan clan destroyed. As Xuanyuan Tianhuan began fighting, distant observers sensed the upheaval and anticipated a new chaotic age.

• Shadow Empress Su Xi appeared before Xuanyuan Tianhuan and said he was unworthy of wielding the Xuanyuan Sword because he had suppressed its spirit.
• Su Xi revealed that she and Xuan Yuan had forged the sword together, then threatened to destroy the Xuan Yuan bloodline unless Xuanyuan Tianhuan defeated Purgatory, Nightmare, and Bloodlust.
• Xuanyuan Tianhuan unleashed his Immortal Dao Domain and attacked the three Dark Lords with the Xuanyuan Sword, shaking the Endless Sea Domain.
• At Grass Hall, Third Gentleman sensed the disturbance but turned back to his chess game after seeing that the Masked Man had not emerged.
• At Myriad Monster Divine Hall, Great Emperor Fenghuo sensed the Dark Race's emergence and remarked that the era had become chaotic.
• In the Evil Infant Realm, Gu Jiujun sensed the upheaval and told Rui'er that the coming chaos might help him find a way to awaken her.

The Dark Race defeated Xuanyuan Tianhuan and transformed the ruined Endless Sea Domain into the Abyss of Darkness. Purgatory Lord brought the controlled Xuanyuan Tianhuan and the Xuanyuan Sword to the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan, where the clan realized their Great Ancestor had been taken over.

• Mu Qianli stayed at the border of the Divine Continent Pure Land as instructed, despite sensing an Immortal Realm clash in the Endless Sea Domain.
• Su Xi ordered Purgatory Lord to take Xuanyuan Tianhuan and the Xuanyuan Sword to the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan, then delayed unleashing the Dark Omen while the Dark Race learned about the era.
• Su Xi reshaped the destroyed Endless Sea Domain into a homeland for the Dark Race and closed the seal, opening Spatial Gates through which its people poured into the new Abyss of Darkness.
• Purgatory Lord brought the puppet-like Xuanyuan Tianhuan through a sword scar into the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan's secret realm.
• Xuanyuan Dongling and the clan's Supreme Elders recognized that Xuanyuan Tianhuan had been controlled.

The Purgatory Lord controlled Xuanyuan Tianhuan to destroy the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan, leaving only Xuanyuan Tianhao alive. After Xuanyuan Tianhao learned the Dark Race’s history from his master, the chapter ended as the master began describing its four great Lords.

• The Purgatory Lord ordered Xuanyuan Tianhuan to kill every member of the Xuanyuan bloodline, and Xuanyuan Tianhuan slew the clan’s elders and higher-ups.
• Xuanyuan Tianhuan killed Xuanyuan Huo and attacked Xuanyuan Tianhao, whose necklace released Ming Guang and teleported him to safety.
• The Purgatory Lord finished the massacre, crippled Xuanyuan Tianhuan, took the Xuanyuan Sword, and left; Xuanyuan Tianhuan sent a final message toward the Grass Hall before dying.
• Xuanyuan Tianhao’s master told him that he was the only surviving Xuanyuan and blamed the calamity on Xuanyuan Tianhuan releasing the Dark Race.
• Xuanyuan Tianhao’s master explained that the Dark Race arose from Dark Matter and the power of heaven and earth, and began describing its four great Lords.

Ming Guang explained how Xuan Yuan betrayed Su Xi and sealed the Dark Race after she abandoned the Dark Omen, prompting Xuanyuan Tianhao to swear revenge. The Dark Race’s return became public knowledge, while Third Gentleman sent a message to Tianchen through Steward Zhuang.

• Ming Guang told Xuanyuan Tianhao that the Dark Race planned to use the Dark Omen to assimilate the Origin World’s races and sacrifice them to help the Four Great Monarchs reach the Immortal King realm.
• Ming Guang explained that Su Xi chose to abandon the Dark Omen for Xuan Yuan, but Xuan Yuan deceived the Dark Race and sealed them beneath the Endless Sea with the other races’ progenitors.
• Xuanyuan Tianhao vowed to make Su Xi and the other Dark Monarchs pay, and Ming Guang promised to lead him against the Dark Race after recovering.
• The Misty Rain Pavilion publicly revealed the Dark Race’s history and strength, alarming the Divine Continent Pure Land, but withheld information about the Dark Omen.
• Third Gentleman received a message and instructed Steward Zhuang to deliver it to Tianchen.

Xuanyuan Tianhuan’s final message freed Xuanyuan Tianchen from the grief binding his sword heart, allowing him to begin condensing an Immortal Source. Days later, Chu Yun arrived at the Divine Continent Pure Land, where Mu Qianli met him and he learned that the Dark Race’s return had been secretly driven by Shen Xuanji.

• Steward Zhuang delivered Xuanyuan Tianhuan’s final spirit message to Xuanyuan Tianchen, who heard his father’s regrets and farewell.
• Xuanyuan Tianchen resolved to live for himself, broke free of his emotional restraints, and began forming an Immortal Source as Third Master watched.
• Third Master revealed that Shen Xuanji had secretly pushed the events that led to the Dark Race’s return and the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan’s destruction, costing ten billion lives for one man’s opportunity.
• Chu Yun’s Great Xia Dynasty reached the Divine Continent Pure Land, where Mu Qianli had been waiting for him.
• Chu Yun introduced Mu Qianli to Meng Ruoxue, Wan Lei, Yang Bu, and Qian Sha, and Mu Qianli was surprised by the group’s cultivation.
• Chu Yun discussed the Dark Race’s history and Su Xi’s betrayal and suffering, while Mu Qianli had yet to explain why she had come.

Mu Qianli brought Chu Yun back to the Thatched Cottage to confront Third Gentleman about his hidden plans. He revealed that Xuanyuan Tianchen’s breakthrough to Immortal Martial was meant to stop Su Xi from triggering the Dark Omen, while keeping the greater dangers behind his own actions secret.

• Mu Qianli left the Great Xia Dynasty with Chu Yun after the women agreed to oversee its settlement in the region once occupied by Demon Island.
• At the Thatched Cottage, Third Gentleman explained that Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother had left the Primordial Realm to pursue opportunities and were expected to return with Sixth Brother.
• Third Gentleman admitted that he had secretly orchestrated events, including the destruction and disappearance of the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan, to help Xuanyuan Tianchen break through to Immortal Martial.
• Mu Qianli pressed Third Gentleman to explain his dangerous travels through the River of Time, but he warned that learning more could expose her to terrifying karmic consequences.
• Third Gentleman revealed that Xuanyuan Tianchen was the key to stopping Su Xi from triggering the Dark Omen, and Chu Yun questioned whether she would still honor her promise after Xuan Yuan betrayed her.

Third Gentleman explained the threats facing the Origin World and advised Chu Yun to seek support from powerful forces as chaos approached. He also revealed that Gu Yue Immortal Lord, the current controller of the Myriad Monster Divine Hall, had destroyed the Ancient Buddha Pagoda to gather relics for the Art of Merging Relics.

• Third Gentleman warned that the Dark Race would likely seek revenge and said its plan to reach the Immortal King Realm through the Dark Omen was misguided.
• Third Gentleman advised Chu Yun to visit Gu Jiujun and either the Ancient Soul Nest or the Stone Clan, whose ancestral souls were about to awaken at the Immortal Martial Realm level.
• Chu Yun asked Third Gentleman about the Ancient Buddha Pagoda's destruction and the Myriad Monster Divine Hall, and Third Gentleman confirmed both were connected to the Art of Merging Relics.
• Chu Yun identified the culprit as the Black Tribulation Demon Buddha, but Third Gentleman clarified that it was Gu Yue Immortal Lord, the Black Tribulation Demon Buddha's second disciple.
• Third Gentleman said Gu Yue Immortal Lord had hidden his original soul in the Starry Sea of Secrets after the Nine Ancestors Era collapsed and had awakened by chance in the current era.

Chu Yun and Third Master discussed the revived Gu Yue Immortal Lord before Chu Yun headed to the Evil Infant Realm. Hun Zhaoyi completed his fusion with Ksitigarbha King's body and set out to confront Gu Changge, while the Dark Race's monarchs gathered in the Abyss of Darkness.

• Chu Yun and Third Master agreed to let Gu Yue Immortal Lord remain hidden, then Chu Yun departed for the Evil Infant Realm to meet Gu Jiujun.
• Mu Qianli teased Third Master about Ping Sheng's pursuit before leaving for the Peach Blossom Forest.
• Hun Zhaoyi, fused with Ksitigarbha King's body, asked Hun Ning and Hun Yao about the current powers in the Divine Continent Pure Land and cautioned them about the Dark Race's strength.
• After Hun Yao described Gu Changge's threat, Hun Zhaoyi led Hun Yao and Hun Ning through a spatial passage toward the Evil Infant Realm to announce his return.
• In the Abyss of Darkness, Su Xi sat with Nightmare and Bloodlust as Purgatory Lord entered and addressed her as Big Sister.

The Purgatory Lord reported on the Divine Continent Pure Land, prompting Su Xi to send the Bloodthirsty Lord and Purgatory Lord to investigate the Myriad Monster Divine Hall while she searched for the Grass Hall’s absent leaders. In the Evil Infant Realm, Chu Yun praised Hun Wuzhen for managing the realm well.

• The Purgatory Lord told Su Xi that the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan had fallen and that the Grass Hall and Myriad Monster Divine Hall were the Pure Land’s main powers.
• Su Xi ordered the Bloodthirsty Lord and Purgatory Lord to investigate the Myriad Monster Divine Hall and assess whether its ruler was the Black Tribulation Demon Buddha.
• Su Xi sent shadow phantoms across the Divine Continent Pure Land to search for the Grass Hall’s Master and First Gentleman.
• Hun Wuzhen gave orders to his Great Emperor Realm subordinates in the Evil Infant Realm.
• Chu Yun appeared before Hun Wuzhen and praised him for managing the Evil Infant Realm well.

Chu Yun entrusted Hun Wuzhen with guarding the Evil Infant Realm while he visited Gu Jiujun and proposed subduing the Ancient Soul Nest’s ancestor. Gu Jiujun revealed that he was helping Chu Yun in hopes of reviving his wife, Yu Rui, after the Primordial Calamity was defeated, but Chu Yun’s plans were interrupted by an unexpected development.

• Chu Yun told Hun Wuzhen to monitor the Dark Race and alert him if they threatened the Evil Infant Realm.
• Chu Yun joined Gu Jiujun for a meal, then named the Ancient Soul Nest as their target so they could recruit its Immortal Martial Realm ancestor.
• Gu Jiujun explained that Yu Rui had become a corpse saving him, and that he had devoted his life to finding a way to revive her.
• Gu Jiujun said Chu Yun was the hope his Third Senior Brother had identified, and that he would assist Chu Yun until the Primordial Calamity was defeated in return for one reward.
• As Chu Yun discussed leaving quickly with Gu Jiujun, he suddenly froze and said, “What a coincidence.”

Hun Zhaoyi brought Hun Ning and Hun Yao into the Evil Infant Realm to demand Gu Changgē, then attacked Hun Wuzhen when he learned Gu Changgē was dead. Chu Yun and Gu Jiujun intervened, and Hun Zhaoyi recognized Gu Jiujun as the Evil Infant Progenitor’s second disciple.

• Chu Yun sensed Hun Zhaoyi, Hun Ning, and Hun Yao approaching the Evil Infant Realm, and he left the secret realm with Gu Jiujun to meet them.
• Hun Zhaoyi forcibly entered the Evil Infant Realm with Hun Ning and Hun Yao, while Hun Wuzhen confronted them with the realm’s higher-ups.
• Hun Yao demanded that Hun Wuzhen hand over Gu Changgē, and Hun Wuzhen told them Gu Changgē had already been executed.
• Hun Zhaoyi decided the Evil Infant Realm would pay for the Ancient Soul Nest’s losses and attacked Hun Wuzhen with Immortal Power.
• Gu Jiujun stopped Hun Zhaoyi’s attack, and Chu Yun appeared beside him as the Realm Lord of the Evil Infant Realm.
• Hun Zhaoyi questioned Gu Jiujun’s identity, then recognized him as the Evil Infant Progenitor’s second disciple and apologized for his disrespect.

Hun Zhaoyi rejected Chu Yun’s demand for the Ancient Soul Nest’s submission, and Chu Yun revealed the Sky Devouring Demon Pearl to protect the Evil Infant Realm. Hun Zhaoyi ordered an attack and fought Gu Jiujun as Hun Ning and Hun Yao moved to target Chu Yun.

• Gu Jiujun deferred to Chu Yun, who demanded that Hun Zhaoyi make the Ancient Soul Nest submit before he would join forces against the Dark Race.
• Hun Zhaoyi mocked Chu Yun and refused, but Gu Jiujun declared that Chu Yun was the Realm Lord and threatened to keep the Ancient Soul Nest from leaving.
• Chu Yun used the Sky Devouring Demon Pearl to absorb and protect the Evil Infant Realm, shocking Hun Zhaoyi, who recognized it as an Immortal King Weapon.
• Hun Zhaoyi told Hun Ning and Hun Yao to attack Chu Yun while he held Gu Jiujun back.
• Hun Zhaoyi summoned Soul Returns to Dream Sea and sent three Annihilation Islands at Gu Jiujun, who countered with Heavenly Evil Shattering Moon.