Chapter Summaries

The Zhanling Imperial Dynasty prepared to fight the Great Xia Dynasty’s two Saints while secretly evacuating its younger generation. Meanwhile, the Evil Infant ordered the Qianle Imperial House to accelerate his plan and took control of the Misty Rain Pavilion, summoning Si Xingyun.

• The Zhanling ancestors and Qin Wu argued over whether to flee, then agreed to evacuate the younger imperial family while gathering their forces in the Imperial City to resist the Great Xia Dynasty.
• Qin Wu activated the Kindling Plan, sending the younger generation and important treasures away with the dynasty’s deathsworn and summoning sect powerhouses to the Imperial City.
• The Evil Infant berated Ouyang Cai for failing to identify the escaped person and ordered the Qianle Imperial House to use the living beings of ten provinces and commanderies as feed for the Infant Child.
• The Evil Infant entered the Misty Rain Pavilion, where its elders and disciples greeted him as Pavilion Master.
• The Evil Infant ordered an elder to summon Si Xingyun.

Han Sen sent Si Xingyun to the Great Xia Dynasty to retrieve his sister Si Nianyun and the Yuanming Imperial Treasure, secretly attaching a fragment of his Evil Infant soul to him. Meanwhile, Murong Yin and the Fire Spirit Girl led Great Xia’s forces to Zhanling Imperial City, where Murong Yin froze the defenders’ golden war god and launched an attack on the city’s formation.

• Han Sen revealed that Si Nianyun was in the Great Xia Dynasty under the name Yun Nianniang and ordered Si Xingyun to bring her back with the Yuanming Imperial Treasure.
• Si Xingyun set off for Great Xia, unaware that Han Sen had attached a fragment of his Evil Infant soul to him.
• Murong Yin and the Fire Spirit Girl led Great Xia’s armies to Zhanling Imperial City and overwhelmed the Zhanling forces on the way.
• Qin Wu, the Imperial Ancestors, and their allies used the city’s formation to attack Murong Yin with a rain of Void Arrows.
• Murong Yin froze the Void Arrows and the defenders’ golden giant, then formed an Ice Saint Cone to strike the formation barrier.

The Great Xia Dynasty destroyed the Zhanling Imperial Dynasty, prompting the other imperial dynasties to demand an explanation. As Meng Ruoxue issued a defiant response and prepared further campaigns, Chu Yun and his companions reached the Qianle Imperial Dynasty to investigate the Evil Infant, unaware that Han Sen was following them.

• Murong Yin shattered Zhanling Imperial City’s defenses with the Ice Saint Cone, and Great Xia’s army slaughtered its defenders and destroyed the dynasty.
• The nine remaining imperial dynasties jointly demanded that Chu Yun explain Zhanling’s destruction and warned Great Xia against acting recklessly.
• Meng Ruoxue announced that Zhanling had plotted to seize the Great Xia National Seal and warned that anyone who offended Great Xia would meet the same fate.
• Jin Mu told Meng Ruoxue that Hao Feng and Can Feng were nearing the Imperial Cities of the Xuan Snake Dynasty and the Tianyan Imperial Dynasty.
• Chu Yun, Nan Xuan, and Wan Lei arrived above Qianle Imperial City, failed to sense the Evil Infant’s soul in the palace, and headed there to search the Qianle Emperor’s memories.
• Han Sen sensed Chu Yun’s arrival, decided to offer him to the Evil Infant, and followed the group into the Imperial Palace.

Chu Yun confronted Ouyang Cai and the Qianle Imperial House over their alliance against Great Xia and their service to the Evil Infant. Wan Lei subdued them with Saintly Might, but Han Sen arrived before he could search their souls.

• Ouyang Cai discussed sacrificing the gathered living beings of Qianle’s provinces to the infant and agreed to join other imperial dynasties in warning Great Xia.
• Chu Yun entered the Qianle Imperial Palace with Nan Xuan and Wan Lei, mocking the elders for planning to demonstrate against his dynasty.
• Ouyang Cai condemned Chu Yun for entering without permission, and Chu Yun revealed that he knew about the Evil Infant and predicted Qianle’s downfall.
• Chu Yun ordered Wan Lei to attack, and Wan Lei trapped Ouyang Cai and the others beneath his Saintly Might.
• Han Sen broke through Wan Lei’s lightning blockade and entered the hall before Wan Lei could search their souls.

Chu Yun used his Netherworld Divine Eyes to suppress Han Sen, the Evil Infant controlling the Qianle Imperial Dynasty, but Han Sen released a powerful Infant Child and escaped into the void. Nan Xuan subdued the Infant Child, leaving Chu Yun with a captured foe and questions about Han Sen’s identity.

• Chu Yun identified Han Sen as the Evil Infant controlling the Qianle Imperial Dynasty, then used his Netherworld Divine Eyes to make Han Sen’s power rampage through his meridians.
• Han Sen recognized Chu Yun’s eyes as the Evil Infants’ nemesis, while Chu Yun demanded to know Han Sen’s identity.
• Han Sen shattered his spatial ring and released the Infant Child, whose fused Evil Infant and Heavenly Demon powers partially resisted Chu Yun’s eyes.
• Nan Xuan’s Immortal Realm strength overwhelmed the Infant Child, and Han Sen burned his life force before fleeing into the void.
• Nan Xuan bound the Infant Child with four Yin Yang Shackles and restored the hall’s damaged space.

Chu Yun pursued Han Sen to the Misty Rain Pavilion after learning that Han Sen had used the Qianle Imperial House to sacrifice people for an Evil Infant. Chu Yun ordered Han Sen killed despite his threats, leaving the Pavilion's guests and disciples stunned by the consequences.

• Nan Xuan tracked Han Sen to the Misty Rain Pavilion, while Wan Lei searched the Qianle Imperial House members' souls and killed them on Chu Yun's orders.
• Wan Lei discovered that Han Sen was the Misty Rain Pavilion Master and had controlled the Qianle Imperial House to sacrifice its people for the infant.
• Chu Yun, Nan Xuan, and Wan Lei entered the Misty Rain Pavilion, where Nan Xuan sealed the building and pulled Han Sen into the first-floor hall.
• Han Sen threatened Chu Yun with the Misty Rain Pavilion's power, then severed most of his memories to prevent Nan Xuan from searching them.
• Chu Yun ordered Nan Xuan to kill Han Sen, and Nan Xuan destroyed him despite his claim that he was undying.
• The Pavilion's guests and disciples watched in shock as Chu Yun killed a branch Pavilion Master.

After killing Han Sen, Chu Yun spread the truth about his crimes and offered the Chen Clan control of the leaderless Qianle Imperial Dynasty. The Chen Clan accepted under Chu Yun’s authority, while Chu Yun had Nan Xuan investigate the fragments of Han Sen’s memories.

• Chu Yun ordered Misty Rain Pavilion to report that Han Sen had been an Evil Infant who secretly controlled the Qianle Imperial House and sacrificed living beings.
• Misty Rain Pavilion’s elders reported Han Sen’s death to the Headquarters Tower as news of Chu Yun’s actions spread through the Imperial City.
• Chu Yun offered the Chen Clan the imperial throne, and an ancestor accepted on the clan’s behalf.
• Chu Yun demanded Soul Blood from Chen Kang, Chen Man, and the two ancestors, then ordered Wan Lei to enforce the Chen Clan’s rule.
• Chu Yun asked Nan Xuan to examine the surviving fragments of Han Sen’s memories.

Chu Yun uncovered proof that Han Sen had been an Evil Infant, then helped Chen Kang take control of the Qianle Imperial Dynasty and make it a vassal of Great Xia. As the Misty Rain Pavilion’s threat loomed, Si Xingyun confronted Si Nianyun over her loyalty to Chu Yun, and Meng Ruoxue and the Sky Demoness appeared to challenge him.

• Chu Yun and Nan Xuan examined Han Sen’s surviving memories and learned that he had been born in the Evil Infant Realm and sought the spatial coordinates hidden in Si Nianyun’s treasure.
• Chen Kang executed more than seventy Qianle officials and nobles, took the throne, and declared the dynasty a vassal of Great Xia with Wan Lei’s help.
• Chu Yun returned to Great Xia with Nan Xuan and Wan Lei after giving Chen Kang instructions for governing and paying tribute.
• News of Qianle’s takeover and Han Sen’s death spread across the Land of a Hundred Dynasties, where rulers predicted that the Misty Rain Pavilion would retaliate against Chu Yun.
• Si Xingyun urged Si Nianyun to leave Cloud Mist Tower and restore their dynasty, but she refused and said she trusted Chu Yun to avenge their people.
• Meng Ruoxue and the Sky Demoness appeared after Si Xingyun cursed Chu Yun, and Si Xingyun confronted them defiantly.

Chu Yun returned to the Great Xia Dynasty and gave Si Xingyun a chance to reconsider his revenge after revealing Han Sen’s memories. Xu Nian then warned that the Headquarters Tower’s envoys would arrive within ten days, and that the evidence against Han Sen might not be enough to satisfy them.

• Meng Ruoxue suppressed Si Xingyun with her Saintly Might, but Chu Yun arrived and granted him one chance because of Yun Nianniang.
• Chu Yun showed Si Xingyun and Yun Nianniang memories revealing that Han Sen had raised Si Xingyun to use him as a pawn and seize Yun Nianniang’s treasure.
• Si Xingyun rejected the memories as false, and Chu Yun warned him not to offend him again before leaving the Cloud Mist Tower.
• Xu Nian visited Chu Yun and learned that Han Sen’s remaining memories proved he was an Evil Infant but contained no evidence about controlling the Qianle Imperial House or nurturing sinister objects.
• Xu Nian warned that two groups from the Headquarters Tower would reach Great Xia within ten days, and that the available evidence might not establish Han Sen’s guilt.

Chu Yun reassured Xu Nian that the Misty Rain Pavilion’s envoys would not threaten Great Xia and learned that Han Sen’s protection came from Ren Xing, son of the West Pavilion’s chief steward. Meanwhile, Mr. Six and A Niu learned the Misty Rain Pavilion was targeting Chu Yun and set off for the Great Xia Dynasty.

• Chu Yun told Xu Nian he had already arranged for the Headquarters Tower’s two groups not to make trouble for Great Xia.
• Chu Yun identified Han Sen’s backer as Young Master Xing, and Xu Nian recognized him as Ren Xing, son of West Pavilion chief steward Ren Wan.
• Xu Nian explained that Ren Wan and Ren Xing had the authority to conceal Han Sen’s identity as an Evil Infant.
• At a frontier inn, Mr. Six received a message saying the Misty Rain Pavilion was going after Chu Yun and urged A Niu to leave at once.
• Mr. Six and A Niu headed through the void toward the Great Xia Dynasty, with A Niu taking leftover food for the journey.

Chu Yun hatched a White Tiger cub by using White Tiger essence blood and named him Little Tiger. Later, he spent 800,000 Editing Points on eight Red Blind Boxes and obtained a Heavenly Dao Blessing that could strengthen Great Xia’s lower-level cultivators and armies.

• Chu Yun fused White Tiger essence blood into the Qiongqi-patterned egg, hatching a Saint Realm White Tiger cub.
• Chu Yun named the cub Little Tiger, fed him White Tiger beast milk, and agreed to keep him hidden from the Misty Rain Pavilion.
• Chu Yun checked his remaining 830,000 Editing Points and reflected that Great Xia’s armies and ordinary cultivators still lagged behind the Ten Great Dynasties.
• Chu Yun spent 800,000 Editing Points to open eight Red Blind Boxes and received several rewards, including a Heavenly Dao Blessing.
• Chu Yun recognized that the Heavenly Dao Blessing could improve Great Xia’s lower-level cultivators and armies.

Chu Yun strengthened Great Xia’s forces and bestowed a realm-wide blessing that greatly improved its people and resources. As Great Xia celebrated, Han Sen’s Evil Infant Soul possessed Si Xingyun and vowed to take Chu Yun’s Netherworld Divine Eyes.

• Chu Yun upgraded the Imperial Seal and Human Emperor Banner to Saint Soldiers, advanced himself to Peak Saint Realm, and secretly raised Wan Lei to the early Immortal Realm.
• A Seven-Colored Blessing swept across Great Xia, improving its people, cultivation, spiritual roots, and spiritual resources.
• Bai Xuanran warned Xu Nian that the Headquarters Tower’s people might still threaten Chu Yun over Han Sen’s death, but Xu Nian remained determined to stand by Chu Yun.
• After reaching Peak King Realm through the blessing, Si Xingyun was attacked by Han Sen’s hidden Evil Infant Soul, which devoured his soul and took control of his body.
• Han Sen, controlling Si Xingyun, vowed to take Chu Yun’s Netherworld Divine Eyes and become the true King of Evil Infants.

Guo Yao agreed to give the Sun Moon Holy Land the Fragmentary Map of Ancient Ruins in exchange for help killing Chu Yun and securing the Apocalypse Sect’s leadership. In Great Xia, Chu Yun planned to deal with Misty Rain Pavilion before pursuing other enemies, while Sixth Master and A Niu arrived in the Imperial City.

• Guo Yao bargained with two Sun Moon Holy Land elders, offering them the map for their support against Chu Yun and the Apocalypse Sect’s succession.
• Chu Yun discussed Little Tiger’s mysterious Qiongqi bloodline and his plans to confront Misty Rain Pavilion before attacking the Tianqu and Jiu Tian Imperial Dynasties.
• Bai Xuanran told Xu Nian to prepare to receive Misty Rain Pavilion’s envoys at the Great Xia border, and the two set out.
• Sixth Master and A Niu entered the Imperial City, confirmed that Seventh Master was safe in the palace, and went to find food.

Han Sen left the Cloud Mist Tower and contacted the colossal Evil Infant, claiming that a Saint in Great Xia possessed the legendary Netherworld Divine Eyes and requesting reinforcements. The next day, four Misty Rain Pavilion special envoys arrived at the Great Xia border to investigate the dynasty's Saint and Han Sen, including an Eternal Realm envoy from the powerful North Tower.

• Si Xingyun told Yun Nianniang he would remain in the Great Xia Dynasty, while Han Sen questioned her about the spatial coordinates and left the Cloud Mist Tower.
• Han Sen sensed a powerful formation covering the Imperial City, concealed his aura, and left through the south gate.
• Sixth Mister and A Niu discussed the Saint King Evil Infant over a meal and decided not to pursue it.
• Han Sen contacted the colossal Evil Infant and requested three Heavenly Annihilation Realm Evil Infants, then agreed to receive three cultivators from the clan within a month after claiming he had encountered the Netherworld Divine Eyes.
• Bai Xuanran and Xu Nian welcomed four Misty Rain Pavilion envoys at the Great Xia border, and Xu Nian realized the North Tower's green-robed envoy was an Eternal Realm expert.

Jiang Taibai led Misty Rain Pavilion envoys toward the Great Chu Imperial City to investigate Chu Yun, while Xu Nian worried that the powerful Jiang Family elder would not be swayed by connections. Before the envoys reached the palace, Sixth Master and A Niu intercepted them in a mysterious starry space to reason with them.

• Xiang Youtian questioned whether Chu Yun was Xiaoyaozi’s disciple, and Bai Xuanran confirmed it; Jiang Taibai said Chu Yun’s connections would not shield him from the investigation.
• Xu Nian learned that Jiang Taibai was an Eternal Realm guardian elder and a high-ranking member of the Jiang Family, and feared for Chu Yun’s chances.
• Jiang Taibai and the others arrived in the Great Chu Imperial City while Sixth Master and A Niu finished eating beggar’s chicken in a restaurant.
• As the Misty Rain Pavilion group approached the Great Xia Imperial Palace, an irresistible force transported them into a starry space.
• Jiang Taibai challenged the unseen person responsible, and Sixth Master appeared riding A Niu, saying he had stopped them to reason things out.

Sixth Master confronted the Misty Rain Pavilion envoys over their investigation of Chu Yun and revealed himself as Sixth Gentleman of the Thatched Cottage, a Great Emperor who would protect him. The envoys accepted his reasoning, and Jiang Taibai asked whether Chu Yun had ties to Sixth Master or the Thatched Cottage.

• Sixth Master told Jiang Taibai and the other Misty Rain Pavilion envoys that Chu Yun had done nothing wrong and ordered them to relay his reasoning to Jiang Zixu.
• Sixth Master released his Imperial Dao aura, and Jiang Taibai recognized him as a Great Emperor.
• Jiang Taibai identified Sixth Master as Sixth Gentleman of the Thatched Cottage, and the envoys bowed to him.
• Sixth Master asked whether his reasoning made sense, and Jiang Taibai humbly agreed.
• Jiang Taibai asked whether Chu Yun, the Chu Emperor, had a connection to Sixth Master or the Thatched Cottage.

Sixth Sir warned Misty Rain Pavilion to protect Chu Yun and keep his connection to Grass Hall secret. When Jiang Taibai’s envoys met Chu Yun, they accepted his account of Han Sen’s crimes and left without pressing the investigation further.

• Sixth Sir told Jiang Taibai that Grass Hall protected Chu Yun and ordered him to keep their relationship from becoming widely known.
• Jiang Taibai promised to report the matter only to the Tower Master, then led the envoys toward the Imperial Palace to meet Chu Yun.
• Chu Yun received Jiang Taibai, Bai Xuanran, and the other envoys in the Imperial Study with Meng Ruoxue and the Sky Demoness present.
• Meng Ruoxue began presenting evidence that Han Sen was an Evil Infant who had slaughtered people to refine a sinister object, but Jiang Taibai stopped her.
• Jiang Taibai accepted Chu Yun’s account, promised to report Han Sen’s crimes and punish those who concealed them, then prepared to leave.

After Misty Rain Pavilion cleared Chu Yun of responsibility for Han Sen’s death, Chu Yun prepared to expand Great Xia’s power. Meanwhile, Tang Ge urged Huang Jingmu to join forces against Great Xia, and Huang Jingmu considered his proposal.

• Chu Yun told Sky Demoness and Meng Ruoxue that Misty Rain Pavilion would cause no further trouble and said he would arrange a move against the Tianqu and Jiu Tian Imperial Dynasties at morning court.
• Jiang Taibai announced that Han Sen had committed the crimes Chu Yun described, and Misty Rain Pavilion would not pursue Han Sen’s killing.
• The announcement spread throughout the Land of a Hundred Dynasties, surprising rival dynasties and prompting widespread discussion.
• Tang Ge told Huang Jingmu that Si Xingyun and Si Nianyun were in Great Xia and proposed that their dynasties unite against Chu Yun’s dynasty.
• Huang Jingmu listened to Tang Ge’s proposal and pondered it.

Tang Ge and Huang Jingmu formed an alliance against Great Xia, while Chu Yun sent Great Xia’s forces to attack Tianqu and Jiu Tian as eight imperial dynasties prepared to invade. Xu Nian remained confident in Great Xia’s victory, and Bai Xuanran reported that Han Sen had been expelled from the Misty Rain Pavilion and Ren Xing punished.

• Tang Ge told Huang Jingmu that Gu Qing, his senior sister and a Saint King, could prevent Great Xia’s Saints from self-destructing, and they agreed to invite other imperial dynasties to join their campaign.
• Chu Yun announced an attack on Tianqu and Jiu Tian, dispatching the Four Great Knights, Murong Yin, the Fire Spirit Girl, Wan Lei, and four legions to the border.
• Tianqu and Jiu Tian declared war on Great Xia, and six other imperial dynasties joined them while Qianle sent support to Great Xia.
• Xu Nian observed that Great Xia’s citizens remained calm and declared that the allied dynasties could not defeat Great Xia while the two from Grass Hall remained there.
• Bai Xuanran told Xu Nian that Han Sen had been expelled from the Misty Rain Pavilion and Ren Xing had been sent to a branch pavilion in the Land of Holy Soil for a hundred years as punishment.

Xu Nian learned that Jiang Taibai had been sent to protect the Great Xia branch tower as Chu Yun prepared to defeat the eight-dynasty alliance. At the Imperial Palace, Chu Yun chose to spare the alliance’s leaders a chance to submit, then accepted Chu Huang’s decision to leave for the Divine Continent Pure Land.

• Bai Xuanran told Xu Nian that Jiang Taibai had been secretly dispatched to the Great Xia Dynasty branch tower to prevent further clashes with the Misty Rain Pavilion.
• Han Sen, hiding in Si Xingyun’s body at Cloud Mist Tower, planned to wait for Chu Yun to seize the spatial coordinates and imagined returning with three Heavenly Annihilation Realm experts.
• Meng Ruoxue advised Chu Yun to spare the upper echelons of most allied dynasties and give them the option to submit by handing over their Soul Blood; Chu Yun agreed and ordered an imperial decree drafted.
• Chu Huang visited Chu Yun to announce that he would leave for the Divine Continent Pure Land to pursue the pinnacle of martial arts, and Chu Yun accepted his choice.
• Chu Huang shed his identities and authority, then departed for the Divine Continent Pure Land with his old grandpa cheat.