Chapter Summaries

Chu Yun and his allies confronted God Venerable as he tried to flee the Nameless Universe Realm with help from two Doomsday Palace experts. Du Qian Yue captured God Venerable and Mo Nie Evil Soul, and Chu Yun ordered him to suppress the two newcomers as well.

• Chu Yun agreed to travel to the Ice God Universe Realm in three days with Pan Fan and Du Qian Yue, while ordering Qian Sha and Wan Lei to guard the Origin World.
• Meng Xie intercepted God Venerable and Mo Nie Evil Soul at the border as Doomsday Palace experts Chen Han and Huang Rou arrived to escort them away.
• Chu Yun, Pan Fan, and Du Qian Yue arrived, and God Venerable warned Chen Han and Huang Rou about Chu Yun and Pan Fan.
• Chen Han and Huang Rou fought Meng Xie and Pan Fan, allowing God Venerable and Mo Nie Evil Soul to reach the spatial passage.
• Du Qian Yue used Poison Transforms the Universe to seize God Venerable and Mo Nie Evil Soul and control their bodies.
• Chu Yun ordered Du Qian Yue to suppress Chen Han and Huang Rou as well.

Du Qian Yue captured Chen Han and Huang Rou, and Chu Yun ordered Divine Sovereign and Mo Nie Evil Soul killed. As Chu Yun reached for the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword, Nalan Chen appeared and claimed it, leaving the sword and its Artifact Spirit trapped in his Shura Blade Net.

• Du Qian Yue used his poison powers to stop Chen Han and Huang Rou from escaping and bound them in Poison Cords.
• Chu Yun asked Meng Xie whether to keep Divine Sovereign alive, and Meng Xie agreed that he should be killed for the sake of the sword.
• Du Qian Yue killed Divine Sovereign and Mo Nie Evil Soul, earning Chu Yun 6 billion Editing Points as the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword fell free.
• Nalan Chen emerged from a spatial rift and trapped the sword and its Artifact Spirit in a Shura Blade Net, declaring that he wanted the sword.
• Meng Xie warned Pan Fan that killing Nalan Chen’s vessel would strengthen Dao Ancestor Refining God, so Pan Fan held back.
• Third Gentleman watched the confrontation through the Karma Chessboard and found the Doomsday Palace’s methods interesting.

Duan Kang emerged from the Death Abyss Sea, seized the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword, and challenged Third Gentleman, whom he blamed for his master Ge Zibu’s death. Third Gentleman arrived in person, while Meng Xie identified Duan Kang and explained his plan to use the sword to kill him.

• Chu Yun ordered Du Qian Yue to seize the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword, but Duan Kang’s Death God’s Hand stopped him.
• Duan Kang emerged from the gates of hell and broke through the Universe Realm’s Heavenly Dao restrictions, restoring everyone’s cultivation.
• Duan Kang called out Karma Dao Venerable and declared that he had waited years to kill him and avenge Ge Zibu.
• Third Gentleman appeared in his true body, reassured Chu Yun, and calmly confronted Duan Kang.
• Meng Xie identified Duan Kang as Ge Zibu’s eldest disciple and Ji Ya’s Senior Disciple Brother, and explained that he had hidden in the Death Abyss Sea to obtain the sword and kill Third Gentleman.

Chu Yun learned that Duan Kang had activated the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword’s God-Slaying Transaction, trading his life for half an hour of lethal power. Doomsday Palace’s Ye Tianze sealed Third Gentleman, leaving him trapped with Duan Kang and facing a seemingly inescapable attack.

• Meng Xie explained that the God-Slaying Transaction let the sword’s wielder sacrifice everything for a Heavenly Dao blessing that killed anyone the blade touched.
• Duan Kang used the transaction and empowered the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword, prompting Meng Xie to warn everyone to avoid its blade.
• Duan Kang trapped Third Gentleman in the sword’s domain and accused him of killing his master, Gezi Bu.
• Third Gentleman noticed the hidden attackers, and Ye Tianze sent auroras from the Void Gate to seal the area and suppress Third Gentleman’s powers.
• Duan Kang advanced on the imprisoned Third Gentleman while Chu Yun and the others realized they could not reach him or intervene.

Third Gentleman used his Karmic Heavenly Dao to defeat Duan Kang by severing the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword’s connection to the Star-Silver Heavenly Dao. After restoring the surrounding starry sky, he rejoined his companions and explained how he had won, while Nalan Chen praised his unprecedented mastery of karma.

• Duan Kang unleashed the Star-Silver Heavenly Dao’s sword power at Third Gentleman, who used the Karma Chessboard to contain the destructive clash.
• Third Gentleman fused with his Karmic Heavenly Dao and struck at the Star-Silver Tree’s foundation, severing the sword’s connection to the Star-Silver Heavenly Dao and causing Duan Kang to perish.
• Third Gentleman took control of the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword, threatened to remake its consciousness, and put it away.
• Third Gentleman used the Karma Chessboard to restore the damaged starry sky, then returned to Chu Yun and the others.
• Third Gentleman explained that he had severed the sword’s karmic connection rather than defeated the Star-Silver Heavenly Dao itself.
• Nalan Chen congratulated Third Gentleman and praised his self-created Karmic Heavenly Dao as a path beyond that of a Heaven Ascender.

After the battle, Third Gentleman took the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword and planned to help Xiaoyaozi forge a Sword Heavenly Dao, while Chu Yun prepared Little Tiger to inherit power from the Star-Silver Divine Beast Soul. The chapter ended with Xiaoyaozi entering seclusion and Little Tiger eager to grow stronger.

• Nalan Chen accepted that Nalan Yi could stay with Chu Yun, then left without trying to harm him.
• Third Gentleman told Du Qian Yue that the Four Mad Demon Sects could regain their former glory under Chu Yun and took the Heaven Punishing God Slaying Sword.
• Third Gentleman summoned Xiaoyaozi, gave him the sword, and began preparing a Sword Heavenly Dao for him.
• Xiaoyaozi entered seclusion to fuse with the Sword Heavenly Dao and pursue the title Sword Master Xiaoyao.
• Chu Yun explained the Star-Silver Divine Beast Soul to Little Tiger, who eagerly agreed to inherit its power and pursue becoming a Primordial Divine Beast.

Chu Yun used the Star-Silver Divine Beast Soul to raise Little Tiger to the Fourth Step of Half-step Ascending Heaven and named him Qiongqi Tiger Venerable. In the Golden Phase Universe Realm, Ji Ya learned that the Karma Dao Venerable was Chu Yun’s senior brother and had survived a joint attack by Duan Kang and Ye Tianze without reaching Heaven-Stepping.

• Chu Yun used the Star-Silver Divine Beast Soul on Little Tiger, who reached the Fourth Step of Half-step Ascending Heaven and gained combat power rivaling the Fifth Step.
• Chu Yun named Little Tiger Qiongqi Tiger Venerable and spent the remaining time before departure with his family and cultivating his soul.
• Jin Ruoli learned from Pan Fan about physical cultivation and considered inviting him to lead the Golden Giant clan.
• Ji Ya confronted Elder Shu Ming, who revealed that Duan Kang and Ye Tianze had attacked the Karma Dao Venerable, but Duan Kang died, Ye Tianze’s seal broke, and the Karma Dao Venerable remained unharmed.
• Elder Shu Ming told Ji Ya that the Karma Dao Venerable was in the Origin World as the Third Gentleman of Grass Hall and was Chu Yun’s senior brother; he also said the Venerable had not reached Heaven-Stepping.

Zi Ling Xue arrived in the Jingchen Universe Realm and ordered Doomsday Palace to search for Ji Ya, whom she intended to kill for harming her brother. She also planned to target Chu Yun when he traveled to the Ice God Universe Realm, hoping to catch him without Karma Dao Venerable nearby.

• Elder Shu Ming warned Ji Ya not to go to the Origin World while Karma Dao Venerable was there and told her to focus on healing and preparing to face Zi Ling Xue.
• Zi Ling Xue questioned Murong Ya about the search for Ji Ya, then ordered Doomsday Palace to spread word of Ji Ya's presence in the Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea and recruit others to find her.
• Zi Ling Xue looked at her brother Zi Ling Feng's image and vowed to avenge him by killing Ji Ya.
• Zi Ling Xue told Wang Hao and Zhang Qian that Chu Yun was another target because he was Karma Dao Venerable's junior brother.
• Zi Ling Xue revealed that Chu Yun would visit the Ice God Universe Realm in several days and saw an opportunity to attack if Karma Dao Venerable did not accompany him.

After the battle between the Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea and Doomsday Palace left the Ice God Clan on the brink of collapse, Chu Yun learned how powerful Doomsday Palace’s Grand Offering was. Meng Xie asked Chu Yun what he planned to do about the Ice God Clan as he prepared to depart for its Universe Realm.

• The Half-step Ascending Heaven battle ended with four experts from the Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea dead and eleven injured, while Doomsday Palace lost two and had six injured.
• The Ice God Clan lost one of its two Half-step Ascending Heaven ancestors, and the critically wounded survivor was not expected to live much longer.
• Meng Xie told Chu Yun that Doomsday Palace’s Grand Offering had killed two of the fallen experts and was considered the person closest to becoming a Heaven Ascender.
• Meng Xie explained that Nine Profound Dragon Emperor and Wrathful Heaven Divine Emperor could challenge the Grand Offering together, while Lian Shen might match him if he escaped the Death Abyss Sea.
• Meng Xie asked Chu Yun for his thoughts on the Ice God Clan before Chu Yun’s planned departure for the Ice God Universe Realm, and Chu Yun asked what aspect he meant.

Meng Xie explained that the Ice God Clan would soon lose its last Half-step Ascending Heaven expert and asked Chu Yun to accept them as allies. While Chu Yun agreed to help, Nine Infant Heavenly Ancestor planned to wait for the Ice God Clan’s remaining expert to die before taking revenge.

• Meng Xie told Chu Yun that his Third Senior Brother had arranged for the Ice God Clan to seek his help, and Chu Yun agreed to set out for the Ice God Universe Realm the next day.
• Pan Fan and Chu Yun agreed that the Ice God Clan had acted to protect its interests and deserved fair treatment after helping settle the Greedy Wolf Universe Realm.
• Shen Lang Divine Emperor appealed to Nine Infant Heavenly Ancestor for revenge against the Ice God Clan, recounting the destruction of the Greedy Wolf Universe Realm.
• The Three-Eyed Divine Fox and Black Scale Beast Emperor urged Nine Infant Heavenly Ancestor to seize the Ice God Clan’s resources and assert the Giant Beast Race’s power.
• Nine Infant Heavenly Ancestor said the Giant Beast Race would wait until the Ice God Clan’s remaining Half-step Ascending Heaven expert died before attacking.

Chu Yun led his companions toward the Ice God Universe Realm to return Xue Wuhen and the others to their clan, whose Half-step Ascending Heaven expert was dying. Meanwhile, Third Gentleman discussed the Ice God Clan’s protected item and the danger posed by Zi Ling Xue, but remained confident in Chu Yun’s fate.

• Chu Yun told Xue Wuhen and his companions about the Ice God Clan’s crisis and agreed to escort them home.
• Chu Yun departed with Xue Wuhen’s group, Pan Fan, Jin Ruoli, Little Tiger, Du Qian Yue, and Wan Lei, leaving Qian Sha to guard the Imperial Palace and Meng Ruoxue and Meng Changzhong to oversee state affairs.
• Meng Xie told Third Gentleman that Chu Yun’s party had set off and asked whether the Ice God Clan’s leader would give Chu Yun the clan’s item.
• Third Gentleman said he had explained the choice to the Ice God Clan’s leader and that only Chu Yun could safeguard the item for now.
• Meng Xie learned that Zi Ling Xue had infiltrated Doomsday Palace and might target Chu Yun, but Third Gentleman said Chu Yun’s fortune could protect him and hinted at a connection between them.

Ji Ya learned that Chu Yun carried the Star-Silver Life Artifact and agreed to pursue it with help from Heavenly Meng Divine Monarch and Heaven Transformation Dao Emperor. Meanwhile, Chu Yun’s group neared the Ice God Universe Realm as Jin Ruoli warned that the Ice God Clan faced danger from the Soul Devouring Race and the Black Tortoise Clan.

• Elder Shu Ming told Ji Ya that Chu Yun had left the Universe Realm with the Star-Silver Life Artifact and was heading to the Ice God Clan.
• Ji Ya said her injuries and weakened cultivation left her no chance to seize the artifact, so Elder Shu Ming introduced her to two powerful helpers.
• Heaven Transformation Dao Emperor and Heavenly Meng Divine Monarch revealed themselves as Half-step Ascending Heaven experts and pledged to help Ji Ya obtain the Star-Silver Life Artifact and the Ice God Clan’s item.
• Chu Yun and his companions traveled toward the Ice God Universe Realm on Little Tiger, while Xue Wuhen and the others worried about their ancestor’s approaching death.
• Jin Ruoli warned that the Soul Devouring Race and the Black Tortoise Clan would likely attack the Ice God Clan, prompting Pan Fan to ask about their grudge.

Jin Ruoli explained how the Ice God Clan, Soul Devouring Race, and Black Tortoise Clan became enemies over three pieces of a Heaven Ascender’s corpse, including the Heart of Heaven Ascender. As Chu Yun and Pan Fan headed to the Ice God Universe Realm to aid the Ice God Clan, Jin Bubai secretly prepared a betrayal in the Golden Universe Realm.

• Jin Ruoli told Chu Yun and Pan Fan that the three clans’ ancestors had once been close friends before they divided a Heaven Ascender’s corpse among themselves.
• Jin Ruoli recounted how the Black Tortoise Clan ancestor tried to seize the Heart of Heaven Ascender, killed the Ice God Clan ancestor’s heir, and drew the Soul Devouring Race onto his side.
• Chu Yun agreed to keep his promise to Third Senior Brother and help the Ice God Clan, while suspecting he might need to reclaim all three pieces of the corpse.
• Jin Bubai rejected the Golden Giant Race elders’ request to support Chu Yun and Pan Fan immediately, ordering them instead to watch the Myriad Devouring Universe Realm.
• After the others left, Jin Bubai revealed his murderous intent toward the two ancestors and sent several secret messages.

Chu Yun arrived at the Ice God Universe Realm with the four people he had promised to return, and the Ice God Clan’s leaders welcomed him and invited him to meet their patriarch. Inside the ancestral land, Xue Zengwu explained that his fatal injuries and the clan’s precarious position left him fearing its collapse, and Chu Yun asked what help he needed.

• Chu Yun returned Xue Wuhen and the other three safely, then met the four realm lords and other Ice God Clan leaders.
• Ke Zhi invited Chu Yun into the ancestral land alone while Du Qian Yue, Little Tiger, Pan Fan, and the others waited outside.
• Chu Yun found Xue Zengwu within an array that slowed the loss of his life force.
• Xue Zengwu revealed that the Grand Offering of Doomsday Palace had gravely injured him and that Ke Cang had died protecting Sword Absolute Divine Ancestor.
• Xue Zengwu worried that the Ice God Clan would be attacked before the wounded Xuan Yuan emerged from secluded cultivation, and Chu Yun offered to help as he had promised his Third Senior Brother.

Xue Zengwu entrusted Chu Yun with authority over the Ice God Clan and revealed the power and risks of the Heart of Heaven Ascender. Chu Yun accepted responsibility for the clan as Xue Zengwu prepared to hand over the Divine Source.

• Xue Zengwu asked Chu Yun to take over the Ice God Clan and make it an affiliate of the Origin World.
• Chu Yun accepted and promised to help resolve the clan’s problems, while leaving its leadership to a suitable clan member.
• Xue Zengwu summoned the Heart Divine Source and sealed it in ice after its aura nearly overwhelmed Chu Yun.
• Xue Zengwu explained that the Heaven Ascender heart could unleash a devastating attack, aid a Half-step Ascending Heaven breakthrough, or be fused with at great risk.

Chu Yun learned that the Heaven Ascender Divine Source came from his former self, Yan Kunlun, while Xue Zengwu revealed his plan to sacrifice himself against the Nine-Headed Universe Realm and named Ke Zhi as his successor. Du Bian and Han Ning challenged the appointment by proposing a vote, leaving the Ice God Clan’s leadership unresolved.

• Chu Yun sensed that the Heaven Ascender Divine Source came from Yan Kunlun and wondered how his remains had reached the ancient ruin.
• Xue Zengwu said he would attack the Nine-Headed Universe Realm in three days and first settle the Ice God Clan’s succession.
• Xue Zengwu summoned the clan’s leaders and announced that the Ice God Clan would submit to Chu Yun and that Ke Zhi would become clan leader.
• Du Bian objected that Ke Zhi lacked seniority and proposed a vote among the four Tenth-level Universe Realms.
• Han Ning backed Du Bian’s proposal, while Chu Yun, Pan Fan, and Du Qian Yue watched without intervening.

Ke Zhi defended his claim to lead the Ice God Clan and revealed that he could summon the clan’s supreme symbol, the Blue Ice Divine Eagle. He promised to strengthen the clan under Emperor Chu’s leadership and offered to yield the chief’s seat to Du Bian after reaching Half-step Ascending Heaven.

• Xue Zengwu challenged Du Bian and Han Ning to say whether they were more capable than Ke Zhi.
• Ke Zhi acknowledged his uncles’ doubts and promised to reach Half-step Ascending Heaven within a thousand years if he became clan chief.
• Ke Zhi summoned the Blue Ice Divine Eagle, astonishing Du Bian, Han Ning, and the other elders.
• Xue Quan Yi explained to Chu Yun that the divine eagle symbolized supreme status and made Ke Zhi the clan chief’s rightful heir.
• Ke Zhi urged Du Bian to put aside internal struggles and promised to hand him the chief’s seat after reaching Half-step Ascending Heaven.

Ke Zhi became the new patriarch of the Ice God Clan after Du Bian conceded, while Chu Yun and Ke Zhi prepared for the coming conflict. Xue Zengwu, sustained by a forbidden art, departed to face his death in the Nine-Headed Universe Realm after entrusting the clan’s safety to Chu Yun.

• Du Bian conceded the patriarch position to Ke Zhi, and the Ice God Clan’s elders bowed to their new patriarch.
• Ke Zhi invited Chu Yun and the clan’s leaders to a banquet, while Xue Wuhen remained with his dying master, Xue Zengwu.
• Over the next two days, Chu Yun discussed the coming events with Ke Zhi and learned that Ke Zhi had plans but could not counter Half-step Ascending Heaven experts.
• Chu Yun visited Xue Zengwu in the ancestral grounds, affirmed Ke Zhi’s ability, and promised to relay Xue Zengwu’s message to Third Senior Brother.
• Chu Yun assured Xue Zengwu that he would protect the Ice God Clan from the Soul Devouring Race, the Black Tortoise Clan, and other threats.
• Xue Zengwu departed the ancestral grounds to meet his death in the Nine-Headed Universe Realm, and Chu Yun bade him farewell.

Little Tiger forced the Ghost Dream Universe Realm to submit to the Origin World, while Chu Yun’s forces gathered the three great Tenth-level Universe Realms to march on the Ice God Clan. Zi Ling Xue prepared to seize or kill Chu Yun amid the coming conflict and continued searching for Ji Ya.

• Little Tiger tortured the Purple Ghost Realm Lord and gave the Ghost Dream Universe Realm three breaths to surrender or face destruction.
• The Purple Ghost Realm Lord and Ghostly Nether Ghost Venerable submitted and handed their Soul Blood to Little Tiger, who ordered them to gather their forces for a march to the Ice God Clan.
• Yang Zhongheng and Xuan Yu brought the Myriad Transformation Universe Realm and the Golden Demon Universe Realm under the Origin World’s control, with Xuan Yu killing two God Tribulation Realm experts to force the Golden Demon Realm’s submission.
• Chu Yun arranged for the forces of the three Tenth-level Universe Realms and the White Night Demon Emperor’s subordinates to gather at the Ice God Clan.
• Zi Ling Xue learned that Xue Zengwu had left the Ice God Clan while Chu Yun remained in the Ice God Universe Realm, and ordered her people to watch Chu Yun so they could capture or kill him when the realm came under attack.
• Zi Ling Xue’s people reported that they still had no news of Ji Ya, whose whereabouts had been overshadowed by the attention fixed on the Ice God Universe Realm.

Ji Ya left for the Ice God Universe Realm after Elder Shu Ming warned that Xue Zengwu might seek to take someone with him before he died. Meanwhile, a mysterious boy marked Elder Shu Ming with a karmic warning, and Xue Zengwu arrived at the Nine-Headed Universe Realm claiming he wanted to settle tensions with the Giant Beast Race.

• Zi Ling Xue ordered preparations for Ji Ya to follow Chu Yun, and said she would personally visit the Ice God Universe Realm.
• Elder Shu Ming urged Ji Ya to leave for the Ice God Universe Realm, warning that Xue Zengwu might actively seek death and take someone with him; Ji Ya departed with the Heaven Transformation Dao Emperor and the Heavenly Meng Divine Monarch.
• Elder Shu Ming discovered a new karmic scar on his palm, while a mysterious little boy on a distant shattered star watched him and called the scar a meeting gift before vanishing.
• Xue Zengwu arrived at the Nine-Headed Universe Realm and told the Nine Infant Heavenly Ancestor he had come to clear up misunderstandings between the Ice God Clan and the Giant Beast Race.
• The Nine Infant Heavenly Ancestor suspected Xue Zengwu wanted to turn enemies into friends and lowered his guard as Xue Zengwu approached and took hold of his arm.