Chapter Summaries

Qin Yuan traveled toward the Far South Ancient Continent after discussing the Amazon Demon Emperor’s healing abilities with Bai Li and Qin Yuer. On the ship, he urged the Snow Maiden and Little Yan Ji to consider ending their magic contracts so they could seek opportunities to grow, but they refused.

• Bai Li explained that the Amazon Demon Emperor was difficult to kill but had limited potential and mainly supported other demons and devils with large-area healing.
• Qin Yuan considered capturing the Amazon Demon Emperor to reduce Sky City’s losses in the coming war, while Qin Yuer agreed they should spare it if possible.
• Qin Yuan arrived by automated ship near the Far South Ancient Continent and sensed its powerful, elite demon and devil inhabitants.
• The Snow Maiden and Little Yan Ji appeared on Qin Yuan’s shoulders and bickered about the icy surroundings.
• Qin Yuan asked the Snow Maiden and Little Yan Ji to consider dissolving their magic contracts so they could seek opportunities to break through, but both refused.

Qin Yuan dissolved his magic contracts with Snow Maiden and Yan Ji, assuring them they could remain in Sky City and stay close to him. As they approached the Far South Ancient Continent, he planned to send them into the Space-Time Plane while he dealt with the Far South Emperor.

• Qin Yuan explained that Snow Maiden and Yan Ji would be freer without their contracts but could still live in Sky City, and they agreed to end the bonds.
• Snow Maiden and Yan Ji returned to their adult forms, clung to Qin Yuan, and competed for his attention as he asked them to call him by his name.
• Qin Yuan told Snow Maiden and Yan Ji to return to the Space-Time Plane before they reached the Far South Ancient Continent, since its Emperors would sense their Lesser Emperor strength.
• Qin Yuan wondered why the Far South Emperor had not united the continent's other Emperors and recalled that the Mu Clan had mostly fallen under Mu Tingying's control.

Qin Yuan traveled to the Far South Ancient Continent to confront the Far South Emperor, while deciding to deal with Mu Rong after resolving the larger threat. He reached the emperor’s domain and began probing its connection to Mu Rong and the Sahara Demon Emperor.

• Qin Yuan recalled that Sky City controlled the Mu Clan’s mages and planned to deal with Mu Rong after confronting the Far South Emperor.
• Qin Yuan arrived at the Far South Ancient Continent, stored his ship in the Space-Time Plane, and teleported toward the continent’s depths.
• Qin Yuan encountered a blizzard carrying the Far South Emperor’s formidable presence, but his power kept it from reaching him.
• The Far South Emperor recognized Qin Yuan as the Lord of Sky City and accused him of being involved in the Sahara Demon Emperor’s death.
• Qin Yuan asked whether Mu Rong was the Far South Emperor’s puppet, then admitted he had only guessed; the emperor demanded to know why Qin Yuan had come.
• Qin Yuan challenged the Far South Emperor’s claim that the ancient continent was its territory.

Qin Yuan provoked the Far South Emperor, revealed himself as a Peak Mid-Emperor, and attacked after demanding its head. The Far South Emperor tried to retreat, but Qin Yuan's power locked the surrounding space, leaving it unable to escape.

• Qin Yuan mocked the Far South Emperor for failing to command the emperors of the Far South Ancient Continent, then hinted that he had brought down the Sahara Demon Emperor.
• Qin Yuan revealed the Sky Abyss Rending Saint Halberd and Nether King Demonic Armor, dispersed the blizzard, and forced the Far South Emperor to show its penguin-like form.
• Qin Yuan said he had come to borrow the Far South Emperor's head and attacked it with his halberd.
• The Far South Emperor tried to flee rather than fight, but discovered Qin Yuan had locked the surrounding space and disabled its spatial ability.

Qin Yuan overwhelmed the Far South Emperor in battle, then pursued it as it fled across the ice, mocking its undignified escape. The Far South Emperor tried to slow Qin Yuan with a rain of ice blades, but his Sky Abyss Saint Shields blocked the attack as the chase continued.

• The Far South Emperor blocked Qin Yuan's Sky Abyss Rending Saint Halberd with an ice wall, then clashed with him using its ice-armored wings.
• Qin Yuan struck the Far South Emperor and sent it flying, but the Far South Emperor used the opening to flee.
• Qin Yuan activated the Secret of All and caught up to the Far South Emperor with Profound Ice Dragon Soar.
• Qin Yuan mocked the Far South Emperor as it slid across the snow on its belly and dodged his halberd strikes.
• The Far South Emperor unleashed Ice Blade Rain, but Qin Yuan's three Sky Abyss Saint Shields blocked the ice spikes without slowing his pursuit.

Qin Yuan pursued the Far South Emperor as it used ice mirrors, shrinking, and underground tunnels to escape. The Far South Emperor warned that its self-destruction could melt the glaciers and unleash disaster, but Qin Yuan continued the chase.

• The Far South Emperor trapped Qin Yuan in its Ice Mirror Domain and attacked him with reflected Ice Element techniques, but the Sky Abyss Saint Shield blocked them.
• Qin Yuan used his ancient eyes to see through and shatter the domain, then located the Far South Emperor and struck at its escape route.
• The Far South Emperor shrank to dodge Qin Yuan’s halberd and escaped into a maze of icy tunnels, while Qin Yuan pursued it and repeatedly broke the tunnels.
• The Far South Emperor warned Qin Yuan that its self-destruction could melt the Far South Ancient Continent’s glaciers, raise coastlines, and benefit the Bermuda Sea Demons.
• Qin Yuan ignored the warning and kept pursuing the Far South Emperor with Silver Halberd Radiance.

Qin Yuan fought the Far South Emperor and the Five Great Emperors on the Far South Ancient Continent. As the battle continued, a spatial rift opened and Ah Li emerged.

• The Far South Emperor summoned the other four Lesser Emperors, who hesitated to attack Qin Yuan until the Deep Sea Demon Whale King ordered them to fight.
• Qin Yuan transformed the Ice Divine Dragon into seven dragons and battled the Five Great Emperors across the Far South Ancient Continent.
• Qin Yuan overpowered the Far South Emperor, sending it flying and mocking its strength as inferior to the Sahara Demon Emperor's.
• Qin Yuan lowered his Sky Abyss Rending Saint Halberd as a spatial rift opened, and Ah Li walked out.

Qin Yuan and Bai Li overwhelmed the Far South Emperor, but it tried to self-detonate rather than surrender. The Blood Brilliance King appeared and restrained it, and Qin Yuan ordered its execution as the Five Great Emperors stood down.

• Qin Yuan and Bai Li joined forces against the Far South Emperor, leaving it gravely wounded.
• The Far South Emperor tried to self-detonate, but Qin Yuan revealed he had anticipated the move.
• The Blood Brilliance King arrived and pinned the Far South Emperor with Blood-Colored Steel Needles, then addressed Qin Yuan as her lord.
• Qin Yuan ordered the Far South Emperor killed, and a halberd strike drove back the Five Great Emperors who tried to intervene.
• Bai Li and the Blood Brilliance King attacked the helpless Far South Emperor.

After killing the Far South Emperor, Qin Yuan forced the Five Great Emperors to submit to the Kunlun Demon Lord so he could take control of the Far South Ancient Continent. He asked Bai Li to question them about the link between the emperor and the continent, and what the emperor’s death would mean for it.

• The Far South Emperor died, and Qin Yuan absorbed its corpse through a spatial rift while noticing the continent seemed to lose its vitality.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King and the other four emperors tried to fight Qin Yuan, but Qin Yuan, Bai Li, and the Blood Brilliance King suppressed them with their combined pressure.
• Qin Yuan offered the Five Great Emperors a choice between submitting and being beaten into submission, then suggested they serve the Kunlun Demon Lord instead of a human.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King agreed on behalf of the five emperors, insisting that only the Kunlun Demon Lord could command them.
• Qin Yuan privately admitted to Bai Li that he had deceived the emperors to secure their help governing the Far South Ancient Continent, then asked her to question them about the Far South Emperor’s connection to the continent and the effects of its death.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King explained that the Far South Emperor maintained the Far South Ancient Continent’s freezing aura, so Qin Yuan and Bai Li arranged for a successor and secured the region. They then headed to Oceania while Qin Yuer’s group continued fighting demons in the Amazon Rainforest.

• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King told Bai Li and Qin Yuan that the Far South Emperor’s death would cause the Far South Ancient Continent to melt unless a new Emperor maintained its cold aura.
• The Great Emperors identified the Deep Sea Demon Whale King as the likely successor, who said the core treasure land could help it reach Middle Emperor within five years.
• Bai Li assigned the five Emperors to stabilize the Far South Ancient Continent, then accompanied Qin Yuan and the Blood Brilliance King as he opened a Space Tunnel.
• Qin Yuan, Bai Li, and the Blood Brilliance King left for Oceania while Qin Yuer’s group battled demons in the Amazon Rainforest and prepared to defeat the Amazon Emperor.
• Bai Li called Qin Yuer and told Caili to stay with the others, while Qin Yuer warned Bai Li that Oceania’s many Sea Demons posed a serious danger.

Qin Yuer and Sky City's forces attacked the Amazon Emperor and demanded that it submit to Sky City, but it refused and was overwhelmed. As Zi Ling tore open a wound in its trunk, Qin Yuer and Apasi discovered a golden crystal whose life energy appeared vital to the Amazon Emperor.

• Qin Yuer ended a call, then Zi Ling led Sky City's forces in dragging the Amazon Emperor from the ground.
• Qin Yuer demanded that the Amazon Emperor submit to Sky City, but it refused despite hearing that the Sahara Demon Emperor and Far South Emperor had fallen.
• Qin Yuer ordered the Emperors to kill the Amazon Emperor, while Sky City's forces crushed its supporters and badly wounded it.
• Qin Yuer noticed unusually golden blood at one wound and ordered Zi Ling to tear it open.
• Zi Ling split the wound, and Apasi spotted a brilliant golden energy crystal inside the Amazon Emperor's trunk.
• The Amazon Emperor covered the wound with branches as its aura weakened after pale-golden blood escaped.

Ling Ling discovered that the Amazon Emperor’s branches had a limited total length, exposing a weakness Qin Yuer’s group could exploit. Apasi briefly paralyzed the emperor, allowing Zi Ling to tear out its golden life crystal, and the emperor’s aura rapidly collapsed.

• Apasi observed that the Amazon Emperor’s wounds healed more slowly and that its power came from the golden crystal inside it.
• Ling Ling calculated that the Amazon Emperor’s branches, vines, and roots had a limited total length, and Qin Yuer ordered the emperors to stretch them outward.
• The Amazon Emperor threatened to self-destruct, but Qin Yuer told Zi Ling and the others to keep pulling while Apasi prepared to use Petrification Eye.
• Apasi used Seven-Colored Petrification Eye to briefly restrain the Amazon Emperor as Zi Ling teleported to its opening and tore out the golden crystal.
• The Amazon Emperor broke free from the petrification, but its aura plummeted after Zi Ling removed the crystal.

Qin Yuer and the others defeated the Amazon Emperor, subdued the demons, and returned to Sky City as Qin Yuan prepared for the approaching Sea Monster Calamity. Qin Yuan warned that the sea monsters vastly outnumbered humanity and would unite for a war more devastating than the Totem Era conflict.

• The Amazon Emperor ran out of energy and died, allowing Zi Ling and the others to defeat the remaining Emperors and Caili and Chaluo to subdue the demons.
• Qin Yuer and the others secured a giant golden crystal filled with life energy, restored the Amazon Rainforest, and returned to Sky City.
• Qin Yuan and Bai Li returned after fighting sea monsters in Oceania, then Qin Yuan took Caili to the Far South Ancient Continent and Oceania to place measures on the subdued demons.
• Qin Yuer urged Qin Yuan to prepare for the Sea Monster Calamity, and Qin Yuan said Shao Zheng had put Huaxia's coastline under level-one martial law while Shajia's Holy City would notify other countries.
• Qin Yuan told Qin Yuer that sea monsters outnumbered humans and land demons, and that the Bermuda Emperor would likely unite the ocean Emperors for a brutal war.

Qin Yuer and the others gave Qin Yuan the Spirit of Life they had taken from the Amazon Emperor, and Qin Yuan chose to let the Star Whisper Heavenly Tree absorb it. The tree began transforming and growing so immense that Qin Yuan cleared Sky Abyss Forest around it, startling everyone in Sky City.

• Qin Yuer showed Qin Yuan the Ancient Vine Crystal taken from the Amazon Emperor and explained that Ling Ling had found the Emperor's weakness.
• Qin Yuan used the Dimensional Heavenly Eye to identify the crystal's contents as the Spirit of Life, a source of eternal life and a rare treasure for plant life.
• Qin Yuan decided to give the Spirit of Life to the Star Whisper Heavenly Tree so it could grow stronger and perhaps gain abilities like the Amazon Emperor's.
• The Star Whisper Heavenly Tree absorbed the Spirit of Life, shedding its old bark and growing green-gold branches, leaves, and ancient patterns.
• As the tree rapidly expanded across Sky Abyss Forest, Qin Yuan used Space-Time Power to clear the surrounding area, and people throughout Sky City reacted in shock.

The Star Whisper Heavenly Tree fused with the Spirit of Life, transforming its power and creating a new forest within its trunk. It reached half-step Middle Emperor and took human form, while Qin Yuan received a mark that let him control and sense through the tree.

• The Star Whisper Heavenly Tree grew across Sky City and reached peak Lesser Emperor as it continued fusing with the Spirit of Life.
• The tree created a spacious Sky Abyss Forest inside its trunk, and Qin Yuan and the others entered to explore it.
• The Star Whisper Heavenly Tree placed a mark on Qin Yuan's hand, giving him control over it and revealing its new healing, growth, and spirit-nurturing abilities.
• Star Whisper formed a humanoid energy body and embraced Qin Yuan, prompting him to explain that she should not casually hug men.
• Qin Yuan told Star Whisper she was part of their family and asked her to call him and the others by name instead of using titles.

Qin Yuan and Qin Yuer planned Sky Abyss Forest around Xingyu’s Star Whisper Heavenly Tree, which could nurture powerful Elemental Holy Spirits and might one day become a World Tree. After a meal with the women, Qin Yuan relaxed on Sky Abyss Tower’s rooftop with Ling Ling, Apasi, and Caili.

• Qin Yuan agreed with Qin Yuer to redesign the land around Xingyu’s Star Whisper Heavenly Tree, keeping its inner space private and moving the Spatial Wormholes outside.
• Qin Yuan said the tree could nurture Yan Ji and a wood Elemental Holy Spirit named Bi Ji to guard it, making it dangerous for outsiders to target.
• Qin Yuan revealed his plan to develop Xingyu into a World Tree, and the women wondered whether its roots might eventually reach across the world.
• Qin Yuan led everyone to Sky Abyss Tower for a meal, where the women welcomed Xingyu and later took her aside to teach her about being a person.
• Qin Yuan drank tea on the rooftop while Caili tried his tea, complained that it was bitter, and nestled into his arms with Ling Ling and Apasi.

Qin Yuan spent time with Caili, Ling Ling, Apasi, and Bai Li before discussing the rising coastline and preparations for the coming war with Shao Zheng. He then considered awakening the Sacred Totem Azure Dragon and talked with Qin Yuer about their wedding, ending as the two kissed.

• Qin Yuan covered the sleeping Caili, Ling Ling, and Apasi with his coat, while Bai Li teased him about caring for them like a father.
• Qin Yuan and Bai Li joked about Caili's attachment to him and their own intimate relationship.
• Qin Yuan told Shao Zheng that the Star Whisper Heavenly Tree was under his control, and Shao Zheng updated him on the rising coastline and Huaxia's coastal defenses.
• Qin Yuan considered persuading the Vermilion Bird and sent messages about awakening the Sacred Totem Azure Dragon for the coming battle.
• Qin Yuan told Qin Yuer he was thinking about where to hold their wedding, then kissed her.

Qin Yuan and Bai Li returned to Kunlun and traveled to the sealed entrance of the Kunlun Secret Realm. Bai Li began opening the ancient stone gate, leaving the pair poised to enter.

• Qin Yuan and Bai Li arrived in Kunlun and reminisced about their past battle there.
• Qin Yuan and Bai Li shared an intimate kiss before Bai Li pointed out the secret realm’s location.
• Qin Yuan teleported with Bai Li deep into the mountain range, where he sensed a hidden spatial fluctuation.
• Bai Li explained that she had sealed the mountain range and used a hand seal to unlock it.
• The mountain opened to reveal an ancient stone gate, and Bai Li pressed a new seal onto its magic array.

Qin Yuan and Bai Li entered the Kunlun Secret Realm, where they discovered that most of its Totem Beasts had died and their remains had nourished the realm. They met the golden Phoenix who had once helped Bai Li, while Qin Yuan’s uneasy reunion with her remained ahead.

• Bai Li dispelled the magic array, opened the stone doors, and led Qin Yuan through the hidden entrance to the Kunlun Secret Realm.
• Qin Yuan and Bai Li entered the spatial gate after joking nervously about meeting Vermilion Bird and Qin Yuan’s past-life relationship with her.
• Qin Yuan sensed thirty-two surviving Totem Beasts, and Bai Li explained that more than fifty had died, their remains enriching the realm.
• A golden Phoenix arrived, greeted Bai Li, and praised her strength before transforming into a noble-looking woman.

Qin Yuan and Bai Li traveled with Huang Ling'er to meet Red Sparrow, while Qin Yuan’s fragmented memories of his past life began to surface. Red Sparrow took Qin Yuan aside to settle an old debt, and Huang Ling'er led Bai Li into the ancient forests to meet the Totem Beasts.

• Huang Ling'er led Qin Yuan and Bai Li through the Totem Beasts’ territory, where Qin Yuan noticed several injured beasts and offered to treat them.
• Huang Ling'er teased Qin Yuan about his past with Red Sparrow, and Qin Yuan admitted that he had only recovered fragmented memories.
• Qin Yuan recognized Red Sparrow in the distant sun-like blaze, and Bai Li greeted her as Senior before correcting herself.
• Red Sparrow summoned Qin Yuan alone, saying he owed her from a past life, and Qin Yuan followed her after reassuring Bai Li.
• Huang Ling'er took Bai Li toward the deep mountains and ancient forests to meet the Totem Beasts.