Chapter Summaries

After Tiangang Continent vanished, the Ancient Ancestors blamed the Black Dragon Clan Overlord for their losses until the Black Dragon Clan Ancient Ancestor stopped their fight and urged caution. Meanwhile, Tiangang and Scarlet thanked Hua Xia and the others before setting off together, leaving a token so they could be contacted.

• The Sima Family Ancient Ancestor and the others confronted the Black Dragon Clan Overlord over their lost Hegemon Grade battle weapons, and the dispute escalated into a fight.
• The Black Dragon Clan Ancient Ancestor suppressed the combatants, rebuked both sides, and warned them to be cautious when facing Hua Xia and the others.
• The Yang Family Ancient Ancestor demanded that the Black Dragon Clan compensate the losses with a Hegemon Grade battle weapon.
• Tiangang and Scarlet thanked Hua Xia, Ye Fantian, King Yuan, Xia Huanyu, and the others before saying goodbye.
• Tiangang gave Xia Huanyu a token and promised that he and Scarlet would return quickly if they were contacted.

After Tiangang and Scarlet left the others, Hua Xia treated Xia Qiuer’s backlash from the Myriad Ancient Heaven-Reaching Mirror and encouraged her feelings for Hua Yunfei. In a hidden world, Jiang Ruoyao tested whether Scarlet could still grow stronger with her and raised the question of whether Tiangang could protect her from a Hegemon Grade being.

• Tiangang accepted Xia Huanyu’s token, then left with Scarlet while the Kaoshan Sect disciples decided whether to go home or celebrate.
• Hua Xia recognized Xia Qiuer was concealing severe injuries and used his source power and source blood to ease the backlash she had suffered from lifting the restrictions on Tiangang and Scarlet.
• Hua Xia told Xia Qiuer to keep pursuing Hua Yunfei, and she was left reflecting on his words.
• In a desolate starfield, Tiangang realized he and Scarlet had entered an independent world created by Jiang Ruoyao, who asked Tiangang whether he could protect Scarlet from a Hegemon Grade being.
• Jiang Ruoyao touched Scarlet’s brow, and Scarlet’s strength surged despite her cultivation remaining unchanged, revealing that the Myriad Ancient Heaven-Reaching Mirror’s power still worked after they escaped it.

Jiang Ruoyao gave Scarlet sealed powers and insights before warning Tiangang to keep his promise, and Tiangang and Scarlet set out together to live freely. After the Immortal Emperor War, Hua Yunfei and his companions resumed their search for Big Pretty, who reunited with them just as Hua Yunfei sensed a sudden contact from his original self.

• Jiang Ruoyao gave Scarlet powerful sealed methods and a ball of insights, urging her to forge her own path.
• Jiang Ruoyao warned Tiangang that she would revive and kill him if he broke his promise, then disappeared with the restored scenery.
• Tiangang and Scarlet left hand in hand, while Jiang Ruoyao watched them go and pondered the Red-robed Woman's words.
• After the Immortal Emperor War, Hua Yunfei, Nether Son, Dao Wushuang, and Tianming Wuji set out to find Big Pretty and discussed Tiangang's future.
• Big Pretty heard Hua Yunfei call her and sent beams from her eyes that nearly struck the four companions as they dodged.
• Hua Yunfei sensed that his original self, despite being in seclusion, had suddenly contacted him.

Hua Yunfei’s main body summoned him back to the Primordial God Realm with a clue about a World Spirit Fragment glimpsed in the future. Gong Qingyan lent him the Heavenly Secrets Bead to clarify its location, while Hua Yunfei’s weakened state revealed the cost of approaching the Hegemon Grade.

• Hua Yunfei left Dao Wushuang, Tianming Wuji, the Nether Son, and Big Pretty after his main body urgently summoned him.
• Hua Yunfei’s main body said he had glimpsed a World Spirit Fragment somewhere along a timeline in the High-Level Heavenly Vault and told him to hide his cultivation and avoid using power above the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Gong Qingyan agreed to help and brought her Heavenly Secrets Bead to Hua Yunfei’s main body so he could use divination to clarify the vision.
• Gong Qingyan saw that Hua Yunfei’s main body had aged, lost his aura, and become deeply exhausted as he approached the Hegemon Grade threshold.
• Gong Qingyan activated the Heavenly Secrets Bead, and Hua Yunfei’s main body seized its light and was enveloped by the tide of heavenly secrets.

Hua Yunfei and Gong Qingyan used the Heavenly Secrets Bead to glimpse dangerous timelines, but Hua Yunfei could not see everything he wanted. He revealed his unusual power and his dream of eternal life, then asked Gong Qingyan to join him in searching for the World Spirit Fragments.

• Gong Qingyan endured the backlash while Hua Yunfei used the Heavenly Secrets Bead to peer into timelines entangled with powerful beings.
• Hua Yunfei admitted he had reached a strange juncture between Overlord Grade and War Emperor Grade and was unsure whether he could defeat an Overlord.
• Gong Qingyan praised Hua Yunfei’s talent and explained that she had challenged him after joining the sect to measure herself against him.
• Hua Yunfei said he pushed himself for the Ancestors and dreamed of granting everyone eternal life in a future Long Life Realm.
• Hua Yunfei asked Gong Qingyan to accompany his incarnation to search for the World Spirit Fragments in dangerous timelines, and she readily agreed.

Hua Yunfei and Gong Qingyan set out on a dangerous sect mission, saying farewell to their friends before meeting the Purple Robe Old Ancestor in a dark starfield. As they waited for the rest of their group, a familiar woman in a red dress appeared.

• Hua Yunfei and Gong Qingyan left the Primordial God Realm and visited Dao Wushuang, the Nether Son, Tianming Wuji, and Big Pretty in the Myriad Realms to say goodbye.
• The Nether Son asked Hua Yunfei to take him along and urged him to protect Gong Qingyan, then accepted Hua Yunfei's advice to be more confident about his feelings.
• Hua Yunfei and Gong Qingyan traveled to a dark starfield and met the Purple Robe Old Ancestor, who warned them about the High-Level Heavenly Vault and told them to call for help if needed.
• The Purple Robe Old Ancestor said they had to wait for the rest of the group, and a familiar woman in a red dress emerged from the distant starry sky.

Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and two others left to retrieve a World Spirit Fragment in the High-Level Heavenly Vault, while the Purple Robe Old Ancestor and Master Jiang discussed the dangers awaiting them. Master Jiang then visited the imprisoned Venerable Lord, who revealed his overwhelming true power and challenged him.

• The Purple Robe Old Ancestor gave Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and their companion Tokens to conceal their auras and warned them not to use too much power in the High-Level Heavenly Vault.
• Hua Yunfei and the other two entered the passageway to retrieve the World Spirit Fragment, and the Purple Robe Old Ancestor worried about what might happen if they did not return in time.
• Master Jiang told the Purple Robe Old Ancestor that the young ones had to face the difficult truths ahead, then left to visit someone.
• Master Jiang entered a hidden, ruined universe and confronted the Venerable Lord, who revealed that he had recognized Master Jiang's role in testing him.
• The Venerable Lord shed his disguise, displayed power far beyond his previous strength, and told Master Jiang he could kill him in one move.

The Venerable Lord spared Master Jiang and revealed that he had sought out Dao Wushuang first, then invited Master Jiang to discuss their plans. Meanwhile, the Undefeated Immortal Venerable admitted to interfering with the Black Dragon Clan’s attempt to close a passage and argued that the High-Level Heavenly Vault needed to unite and change to defeat their enemy.

• The Venerable Lord tested Master Jiang, spared him, and learned that Master Jiang had deduced he would not attack because of Wushuang’s attitude toward Hua Yunfei.
• The Venerable Lord said he had approached Dao Wushuang first and revealed that he was pursuing a dangerous plan because he was excited by the prospect of courting death.
• The Venerable Lord asked Master Jiang to sit down so they could discuss what he and Dao Wushuang were trying to do.
• The Ancient Ancestor of the Black Dragon Clan and his group confronted the Undefeated Immortal Venerable about the secret interference that had stopped the Black Dragon Clan’s Overlord from closing a passage.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable admitted that he had intervened and argued that the High-Level Heavenly Vault needed unity and sweeping change to defeat their faction.

The Undefeated Immortal Venerable persuaded the High-Level Heavenly Vault’s ancient clans to unite against a powerful faction, proposing joint training expeditions to build trust. Meanwhile, Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan arrived in the Land of Bright Moon to investigate another timeline, where they wondered about its version of Jiang Ruoyao.

• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable explained that the High-Level Heavenly Vault’s clans had to overcome their divisions or risk falling to their enemy.
• He proposed using the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy to lead heirs from different clans on dangerous expeditions, and said he had already agreed on the plan with Dao Wushuang.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable suggested sending important people to experience wars in other timelines firsthand.
• Hua Yunfei received a fixed check-in prompt for the Land of Bright Moon, which he believed might hold the World Spirit Fragment.
• Jiang Ruoyao opened the passage’s spatial barrier, and Hua Yunfei and Gong Qingyan followed her into a moonlit universe.
• Gong Qingyan wondered where the other-timeline version of Jiang Ruoyao was, as the trio found their senses and thoughts suppressed.

Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao traveled to Wangyue Continent and learned about the infamous Qing Tian Sect and the Luan Tian Sect that used its name. The gray-robed Immortal King revealed that Moon Emperor Lord had helped destroy Qing Tian Sect when she was known as Moon God.

• Hua Yunfei led Gong Qingyan and Jiang Ruoyao toward Wangyue Continent, and they changed their appearances before approaching it.
• The three boarded a Sacred Ship because anyone below the Immortal Emperor realm had to enter Wangyue Continent by ship, while Hua Yunfei used money taken from nearby Immortal Kings to pay their fare.
• Hua Yunfei asked a group of Immortal Kings why they had been cursing, and they told him about Qing Tian Sect's evil deeds and destruction.
• The gray-robed Immortal King explained that the Luan Tian Sect were scoundrels imitating Qing Tian Sect and that the major powers tolerated them because they posed little threat.
• The gray-robed Immortal King said Moon Emperor Lord had fought in the battle against Qing Tian Sect and had then been known as Moon God.

Hua Yunfei and his companions met Ku Yuan Immortal King aboard the Sacred Ship and learned about the Qing Tian Sect ruins. A dangerous white-robed King Giant from the Luan Tian Sect appeared, and Ku Yuan accused him of stealing their treasures.

• Hua Yunfei and Gong Qingyan recognized the Moon God’s name but accepted that this timeline’s Moon God might be their enemy.
• Hua Yunfei introduced himself as Ao Shi, Gong Qingyan gave her name as Qian Yue, and Jiang Ruoyao remained silent.
• Hua Yunfei asked Ku Yuan Immortal King about the Qing Tian Sect ruins, and Ku Yuan invited him to join their expedition.
• A white-robed man from the Luan Tian Sect pressured the Sacred Ship’s passengers and demanded Ku Yuan’s knowledge about the ruins.
• Ku Yuan and the others realized they had no treasures or weapons to fight with, and Ku Yuan accused the white-robed man of stealing them.
• Hua Yunfei restrained Ku Yuan and noted that the thief had left them unable to pay the fare.

Hua Yunfei stopped a Luan Tian Sect attacker aboard the Sacred Ship, but the man escaped using the Luan Tian Technique. Hua Yunfei and his two Senior Sisters reached Wangyue Continent and continued searching for a clue, which might be inside Moon Emperor’s Wangyue Hall.

• The man in white threatened to kill the Sacred Ship’s passengers and revealed that Luan Tian Sect inherited its teachings from Qing Tian Sect.
• Hua Yunfei caught the man’s folding fan, struck him down, and revealed his strength as an Imperial Light Giant.
• The man in white used the Luan Tian Technique to vanish; Hua Yunfei suspected a woman’s hand had taken him away.
• After the Sacred Ship docked, Hua Yunfei declined Ku Yuan Immortal King’s invitation and discussed Luan Tian Sect’s possible ambitions with Gong Qingyan.
• Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and their other Senior Sister traveled from Jinyue City to Zhongyue City while searching Wangyue Continent for clues.
• Hua Yunfei told Gong Qingyan that his main body had identified Wangyue Hall as the likeliest place to find the clue, and she warned that searching Moon Emperor’s palace could be perilous.

Hua Yunfei and his companions learned that the Moon Emperor would leave Wangyue Holy City to attend Haoyue Palace’s gathering, giving them a chance to search her chambers. As the gathering approached, they waited for her departure, and news finally arrived that she had left with her people.

• Hua Yunfei and Gong Qingyan judged that the Moon Emperor was most likely a Quasi-Hegemon and decided to search Wangyue Hall when she was away.
• Hua Yunfei learned that Haoyue Palace would hold its million-year gathering in six months, which the Moon Emperor was expected to attend.
• Gong Qingyan insisted on accompanying Hua Yunfei, and Jiang Ruoyao also announced she would go with them.
• Hua Yunfei and his companions reached Wangyue Holy City and heard rumors that the Moon Emperor had three mysterious successors competing in the gathering’s contest.
• As the gathering drew near, Moon Gazing Emperor's Palace announced that the Moon Emperor had departed with her people.

Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao infiltrated Wangyue Hall to search for a clue, but the Moon Emperor returned and trapped them. Hua Yunfei realized the Moon Emperor herself was the clue, and she revealed that she had been waiting for him since before Qing Tian Sect was destroyed.

• Hua Yunfei waited until the Moon Emperor left, then entered the Moon Gazing Emperor's Palace with Gong Qingyan and Jiang Ruoyao.
• Hua Yunfei used the Qiankun Array Dao Brush to bypass Wangyue Hall's formations and led the others inside to search for clues.
• The Moon Emperor abruptly returned, sealed their escape with a Law Domain, and struck Hua Yunfei with a palm that he blocked using Physical Strength.
• The Moon Emperor revealed himself as a man and admitted that he had altered the inhabitants' memories, while Hua Yunfei realized he had been waiting for them.
• Hua Yunfei said the Moon Emperor was the clue and pointed out that he had changed his appearance on the way back.
• The Moon Emperor transformed into a woman and told Hua Yunfei that she had been waiting for him since before Qing Tian Sect was destroyed, perhaps even earlier.

Hua Yunfei realized the Moon Emperor was an ally who had been waiting for him inside Wangyue Hall, and she confirmed the Qing Tian Sect had been destroyed by Haoyue Palace and other factions. She left him determined to find the fragments while revealing the painful sacrifices she had made to preserve her cover.

• Hua Yunfei explained how he deduced that the Moon Emperor was the living clue hidden in Wangyue Hall, and she praised his insight.
• The Moon Emperor said she had waited for Hua Yunfei for years despite the danger, and Hua Yunfei promised to find the fragments.
• The Moon Emperor confirmed that the Qing Tian Sect had been destroyed after Haoyue Palace led an attack against it.
• The Moon Emperor revealed that she had fought in the assault and killed fellow disciples to protect her more important mission.

Moon Emperor prepared Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao to enter Haoyue Palace as her heirs and search for the World Spirit Fragment. After they chose that dangerous route, she gave them her disciples’ bodies and memories to establish their identities, and Hua Yunfei promised the lost would return when everything was over.

• Moon Emperor revealed that she had announced three possible heirs and explained that entering Haoyue Palace through its heirs’ contest was the fastest way inside.
• Hua Yunfei and his companions weighed the dangers of Haoyue Palace against the need to search for the World Spirit Fragment there.
• Moon Emperor said the Qing Tian Ruins had been sealed by Haoyue Palace and other major forces, so Hua Yunfei decided to go to Haoyue Palace first.
• Moon Emperor taught Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao her divine abilities and Daoist arts so they could disguise their usual methods.
• Moon Emperor gave them the bodies of her three disciples, and Hua Yunfei and the others fused with them and received their memories.
• Hua Yunfei promised Moon Emperor that the people they had lost would return after everything was over.

The Moon Emperor warned Hua Yunfei about the Moon Clan’s ancient origins and explained the Fei Family’s lone Hegemon Grade Progenitor. After taking Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao to meet four candidates for the successor battle, she sent them home, but gave the dissatisfied Qian Yue a chance to prove himself against Gong Qingyan.

• The Moon Emperor told Hua Yunfei that the Moon Clan was the oldest power, and that Haoyue Palace had been founded by members who left it.
• The Moon Emperor described the Fei Family’s Progenitor as the family’s only Hegemon Grade being, while every later successor who attempted the breakthrough had died.
• The Moon Emperor led Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao away from Wangyue Continent to meet four waiting candidates.
• The Moon Emperor said her three personal disciples would represent Wangyue Continent in the successor battle and ordered the four candidates to return and cultivate.
• Qian Yue protested that the successor battle could change his life, so the Moon Emperor allowed him to prove himself against Gong Qingyan.
• Qian Yue charged Gong Qingyan with his spear as the others watched, while bystanders called out about Wang Chuan.

Moon Emperor led Hua Yunfei and Gong Qingyan to the Land of Bright Moon, where she revealed that Luan Tian Sect was a tool used to smear Qing Tian Sect and that she had revived the Quasi Immortal King Hua Yunfei killed. After reaching the realm, Hua Yunfei accepted a system mission to check in at Haoyue Palace, leaving the group poised to go there.

• Qian Yue struck Wang Chuan down with one palm, and he accepted his defeat after realizing why Moon Emperor had never taken him as her disciple.
• Hua Yunfei saved a woman from Luan Tian Sect, and Moon Emperor confirmed that the sect had been created to smear Qing Tian Sect and that she had revived the Quasi Immortal King Hua Yunfei killed.
• Moon Emperor led Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Hua Yunfei's companion across the Sacred River and explained that it watched over and kept in check the universe under Haoyue Palace's control.
• Hua Yunfei arrived in the Land of Bright Moon and wondered whether the World Spirit Fragment was there.
• The system offered Hua Yunfei an additional mission to check in at Haoyue Palace, and he accepted it for a doubled reward.

Moon Emperor and Hua Yunfei arrived at Haoyue Manor for the gathering, where Longyue Continent had taken Wangyue Continent’s assigned courtyard and its master insulted Moon Emperor from inside. After Moon Emperor left, the Longyue Continent courtyard was destroyed, and a Moon Clan elder confronted Longyue Emperor, warning him not to provoke her.

• Moon Emperor led Hua Yunfei and the others to Haoyue Manor and found Longyue Continent occupying Wangyue Continent’s courtyard.
• Moon Emperor left without confronting the occupants, while their master dismissed her chances of reaching the Hegemon Grade and told his disciples to make her followers afraid.
• Moon Emperor led her group away, and the courtyard assigned to Longyue Continent exploded as they passed.
• A Moon Clan elder questioned Longyue Emperor about the destruction, and Longyue Emperor claimed he had simply switched courtyards.
• The Moon Clan elder warned Longyue Emperor to stop provoking Moon Emperor, but Longyue Emperor continued insulting her.

The Moon Emperor explained her broken friendship with Longyue Emperor and attended the Haoyue Palace gathering with Hua Yunfei and two other heirs. The meeting began with Emperor Zuntian’s arrival, and the Moon Emperor said Wangyue Continent would compete in the Heir Battle.

• The Moon Emperor told Hua Yunfei that Longyue Emperor had once been her friend, but their relationship soured after she rejected his feelings.
• The Moon Clan elder offered the Moon Emperor a courtyard, but she chose to remain in the cave abode with her disciples.
• The Moon Emperor, Longyue Emperor, Emperor Huangyue, and other rulers gathered at Haoyue Mountain Manor for the meeting, while their heirs stood behind them.
• Longyue Emperor and Emperor Huangyue traded barbs about the courtyard dispute as their disciples watched Hua Yunfei and the other heirs with hostility.
• Emperor Zuntian arrived, greeted the rulers, and asked why the Moon Emperor had brought heirs; she replied that Wangyue Continent intended to compete.