Chapter Summaries

At a gathering of rulers, the Moon Emperor and Longyue Emperor exchanged threats while Emperor Zuntian discussed the peril of breaking through to Hegemon Grade. He then announced an order from an Invincible Being for the Thirty-Three Heavens to lead a training expedition, leaving the rulers wondering about its purpose and learning it was meant to unite forces against a powerful enemy.

• Longyue Emperor and the Moon Emperor traded challenges over whether their successors would win, until the leader of the Fei Family urged them to restrain themselves before Emperor Zuntian arrived.
• The rulers gave their reports, and the Fei Family leader mourned an ancestor who had died attempting to reach Hegemon Grade.
• Emperor Zuntian warned that anyone attempting the breakthrough must keep unwavering conviction and hold the words “Heaven-Earth Overlord” in their heart.
• Emperor Zuntian announced that an Invincible Being had ordered experts from the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy to lead the experts of this timeline on a training expedition.
• Emperor Zuntian explained that the expedition was meant to unite the Thirty-Three Heavens and forces across every timeline so they could defeat a powerful force.

Emperor Zuntian showed the rulers the Immortal Emperor War and explained why the Thirty-Three Heavens needed to unite against a single terrifying faction. He then announced trials led by the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy and identified Dao Wushuang as the academy’s connection.

• Emperor Zuntian warned that the faction was far more dangerous than Qing Tian Sect and showed the rulers scenes from the Immortal Emperor War, where Fei Qian and other successors had fallen.
• The rulers watched the battle and agreed that the faction had to be wiped out, while Hua Yunfei privately judged them too weak to threaten Kaoshan Sect.
• Emperor Zuntian revealed that the Invincible Being was the Undefeated Immortal Venerable, who was rallying everyone into a united front built on mutual trust.
• The rulers agreed to cooperate with the Thirty-Three Heavens’ plans, and Emperor Zuntian announced that selected seed successors would take part in trials led by the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy.
• Emperor Zuntian said the academy was associated with Dao Wushuang, whom he called the greatest of all time.

The rulers discussed the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy and began their successor battle in a lifeless universe. Hua Yunfei overwhelmed the disciples of Longyue Emperor and War Emperor Huangyue, leaving Moon Emperor’s rivals disgraced.

• Emperor Zuntian explained that Dao Wushuang had founded the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy and that its influence helped unite the successors it trained.
• Emperor Zuntian opened a lifeless universe as the battlefield and announced that the last five successors standing would be taken to Haoyue Palace to cultivate.
• Longyue Emperor and War Emperor Huangyue urged their disciples to attack Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan, while Moon Emperor told her disciples to go easy on their opponents.
• Hua Yunfei swept aside the seven attackers with his halberd, then defeated them again after they charged back with Quasi-Immortal Emperor arts.
• Emperor Zuntian praised Hua Yunfei, while Moon Emperor taunted Longyue Emperor and War Emperor Huangyue for no longer smiling.

Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao dominated the heir battle, while two weaker cultivators survived through luck and were also named seed heirs. After the gathering, Emperor Zuntian brought the five to Haoyue Palace and offered the three disciples a chance to meet its awakening Progenitor if they excelled.

• Hua Yunfei urged Gong Qingyan and Jiang Ruoyao to prove themselves, and each defeated the Heir Grade cultivators in her battlefield with a single move.
• Two lucky disciples remained standing alongside Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao, and Emperor Zuntian declared that their good fortune qualified them as seed heirs.
• Emperor Zuntian praised the Moon Emperor's three disciples and promised to look after them at Haoyue Palace, while the rulers gathered privately to discuss Luan Tian Sect.
• The Moon Emperor warned Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao to follow Haoyue Palace's arrangements before leaving them in Emperor Zuntian's care.
• Emperor Zuntian encouraged the three disciples to strive for another transformation and said that exceptional performance could earn them an introduction to Haoyue Palace's awakening Progenitor.

Haotian Emperor Venerable brought Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, Gong Qingyan, and two other seed successors to Haoyue Palace, where he revealed that the palace stood upon one of the nine Primordial Moons. He promised to look after the three disciples if they faced trouble, then introduced them to Huantao, who would receive them.

• Haotian Emperor Venerable took the five seed successors from Haoyue Manor to the gates of Haoyue Palace.
• Hua Yunfei learned that the moon beneath Haoyue Palace was one of the nine Primordial Moons, whose true forms only Hegemon Grade beings could glimpse.
• Hua Yunfei speculated that someone had to obtain or merge with a Primordial Moon for it to reveal its true form, and Haotian Emperor Venerable confirmed that the Progenitor of Haoyue Palace had done so.
• Haotian Emperor Venerable praised Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan, promising to help them with difficulties that did not violate his principles.
• Haotian Emperor Venerable led the successors to Haoyue Palace, where Huantao greeted him and was told to receive them personally.

Hua Yunfei and the others entered Haoyue Palace, where Huantao took them to their lodgings and sent them to train in Destroy Emperor Tower. Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan shattered the tower’s record, while the two lucky ones struggled against just two shadow doubles.

• Huantao agreed to guide Hua Yunfei and the others after Emperor Zuntian asked her to look after them.
• Huantao warned the five seed successors about the dangers of Haoyue Palace and assigned them five Cave Mansions on Half Moon Immortal Mountain.
• Huantao took the group to Destroy Emperor Tower and explained that it made them battle increasing numbers of shadow doubles.
• Hua Yunfei defeated thirty-two shadow doubles, breaking the previous record, and Jiang Ruoyao and Gong Qingyan soon broke it too.
• Haoyue Palace disciples gathered in amazement as the two lucky ones struggled against two shadow doubles.

Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan impressed the Haoyue Palace disciples by defeating 128 shadows in the Destroy Emperor Tower, then stopped rather than face 512. After Huantao explained the tower’s rankings, Hua Yunfei saw a chance to use her status to explore Haoyue Palace and wondered whether he would have to return to his old ways.

• Haoyue Palace disciples mocked two challengers who struggled against two shadows while Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan fought through the tower’s stages.
• Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan each defeated 128 shadows, stunning the watching disciples and Huantao.
• The three declined to challenge 512 shadows and left the Destroy Emperor Tower.
• Huantao explained the tower’s informal rankings and said a harsher challenge was needed to confirm whether they truly had the strength of the very top heirs.
• Hua Yunfei realized Huantao’s status could help him explore Haoyue Palace and wondered if he would have to return to his old ways to earn her trust.

Huantao quietly looked after Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, Gong Qingyan, Yuan Tao, and Bian Rui, despite her sharp manner. When Yiyang summoned Hua Yunfei and the others, Huantao realized they were in danger and headed to save them, using Emperor Zuntian’s token to strike down Elder Yuyue, who tried to stop her.

• Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan returned to Half Moon Immortal Mountain, where Hua Yunfei recognized that Huantao had arranged their lodging to protect them.
• Huantao brought Yuan Tao and Bian Rui back from Destroy Emperor Tower, lent them core-disciple scriptures, and left suitable scriptures for Hua Yunfei and the others.
• Xu Han summoned Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan to meet Yiyang, while Huantao was already waiting there.
• Huantao learned that Yiyang had taken the three away and ordered Yuan Tao and Bian Rui not to leave the mountain or trust anyone who came for them.
• Elder Yuyue blocked Huantao as she rushed to save the three, but Huantao used Emperor Zuntian’s token to strike him down and continued on her way.

Huantao fought through Haoyue Palace disciples and broke Yiyang’s mountain defenses, only to discover he was not there and had used the delays to buy time. Furious and fearing for Hua Yunfei and the others, she returned to Elder Yuyue and activated a Token inside his mouth when he refused to reveal Yiyang’s location.

• Elder Yuyue chose not to fight Huantao after she left, then laughed as he believed his delays would keep her from finding Yiyang.
• Huantao fought past a disciple, Feng Xiang, and other Haoyue Palace disciples who tried to delay her.
• Huantao broke the formation protecting Yiyang’s mountain and discovered that he was absent, realizing the obstacles had been meant to mislead her and buy him time.
• Huantao returned to Elder Yuyue and demanded Yiyang’s location, but he refused to tell her.
• Huantao shoved a Token into Elder Yuyue’s mouth and activated it, causing a tremendous force to erupt inside him.

Huantao used Emperor Zuntian’s Tokens to force Yiyang to release Hua Yunfei and the others, then attacked Yiyang despite his surrender. The chapter ended as Yiyang faced the Token she had thrown at him.

• Huantao killed Elder Yuyue with a Token and demanded that Feng Xiang reveal where Yiyang was hiding.
• After Yuan Tao suggested asking about Xu Han, Feng Xiang told Huantao that Xu Han was in Elder Yuyue’s palace.
• Huantao destroyed the Divine Hall, seized Xu Han, and learned that Yiyang had gone to the Illusory Moon Deep Sea.
• Huantao threatened to destroy the secret realm, so Yiyang came out with the injured Hua Yunfei and the others and handed them over.
• Huantao dismissed Yiyang’s surrender and threw a Token at him, telling him to take his complaints to her Hegemon Grade master.

Huantao used a Hegemon Grade Token to kill Yiyang and destroy the Illusory Moon Deep Sea after he targeted Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao. Emperor Zuntian confronted her over the destruction, but ended by giving her more Tokens to carry.

• Huantao unleashed the Token’s power, killing Yiyang and wiping out the Illusory Moon Deep Sea while warning Haoyue Palace not to target her companions again.
• Huantao returned to Half Moon Immortal Mountain, scolded Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao for trusting Yiyang, and told them to invoke her name if anyone pressured them again.
• Emperor Zuntian confronted Huantao about killing a War Emperor and destroying the secret realm, while Huantao accepted responsibility and offered to face punishment.
• Emperor Zuntian asked whether Huantao had enough Tokens and told her he had prepared more for her to keep with her.

Huantao learned that Emperor Zuntian had spared Elder Yuyue but killed Yiyang, then continued training Hua Yunfei and his companions in Haotian Palace. When visitors from the Thirty-Three Heavens arrived to begin the plan concerning the Qing Tian Sect ruins, Huantao brought the three along, and the chapter ended as the visiting forces met Haoyue Palace.

• Emperor Zuntian reassured Huantao, revealing that Elder Yuyue had survived and that he had killed Yiyang for provoking her.
• Over the next three months, Huantao trained Hua Yunfei and the others in secret realms, and they neared the threshold of the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• Huantao told Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Ao Shi that visitors from the Thirty-Three Heavens had arrived and that the plan was beginning, then invited them to join her.
• Hua Yunfei was embarrassed when Gong Qingyan revealed that he often praised Huantao, and Huantao led the three out of the Li Yue Dream Realm.
• Zhou Tianyu and other visitors from the Thirty-Three Heavens gathered at Haoyue Palace, where War Moon Emperor confirmed that preparations for the Qing Tian Sect ruins were complete.

At Haoyue Palace’s welcoming banquet, Hua Yunfei helped Huantao escape an unwanted conversation with Yang Youcai. Their departure was interrupted by Bai Feiyang, who emerged from seclusion and struck Huantao down, claiming he acted on Elder Yuyue’s behalf.

• War Moon Emperor hosted Zhou Tianyu and the Thirty-Three Heavens experts at a banquet so their disciples could meet Haoyue Palace’s trial participants.
• Hua Yunfei spotted Nalan Qingqing, Nalan Haohuan, and Ouyang Zehui among the visiting experts, and Ouyang Zehui toasted him.
• Yang Youcai persistently tried to talk with Huantao, so Hua Yunfei pretended Emperor Venerable had summoned her and helped her leave.
• Bai Feiyang appeared at the palace doors, stunning the Haoyue Palace disciples and elders as they welcomed the Young Overlord out of seclusion.
• Bai Feiyang struck Huantao across the face, sending her crashing through nearby buildings, and said the slap was for Elder Yuyue.

Bai Feiyang attacked Huantao and the three disciples who tried to protect her, but War Moon Emperor and Zhou Tianyu intervened. Zhou Tianyu sealed Huantao’s Tokens and confronted Bai Feiyang, leaving him stunned by the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy’s authority.

• Bai Feiyang beat Huantao and dismissed War Moon Emperor’s attempts to stop him, then struck Hua Yunfei, Gong Qingyan, and Jiang Ruoyao when they shielded her.
• Bai Feiyang’s aura crushed the three disciples until War Moon Emperor dispelled it and ordered him to spare their lives.
• Huantao activated both Tokens to attack Bai Feiyang, but Zhou Tianyu appeared and sealed their power.
• Zhou Tianyu told Huantao and Bai Feiyang to stop, then pressured Bai Feiyang into backing down by asserting the authority of the Thirty-Three Heavens and the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy.

Zhou Tianyu rebuked Bai Feiyang for attacking Huantao and ended the welcoming banquet, warning everyone against further misconduct at the Qing Tian Ruins. After Zhou Tianyu departed, Huantao and her companions prepared for the expedition, and Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan broke through to Immortal Emperor.

• Zhou Tianyu healed Huantao, Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan, praised their courage, and refused War Moon Emperor's attempt to continue the banquet.
• Bai Feiyang challenged Zhou Tianyu to a future fight, but Zhou Tianyu told him to visit the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy, where someone would shatter his Dao Heart.
• War Moon Emperor apologized to Zhou Tianyu, who left with the Thirty-Three Heavens experts; Bai Feiyang then departed, and War Moon Emperor said he would personally lead the disciples to the Qing Tian Ruins.
• Huantao returned with Hua Yunfei and the others to the Li Yue Dream Realm, where the shock of the encounter helped Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Gong Qingyan break through to Immortal Emperor.
• Huantao told Hua Yunfei that the real Haoyue Palace was in a separate core world where Bai Feiyang had become a Young Hegemon Grade prodigy, and Hua Yunfei realized that he had not yet checked in successfully.

Hua Yunfei and his companions planned to kill Bai Feiyang, and Emperor Zuntian agreed to let them act while promising to shield them from the Progenitor. The chapter ended with Emperor Zuntian and the Moon Emperor discussing their master, who remained asleep.

• Hua Yunfei realized his check-in at Haoyue Palace would count only after he reached its core world, then learned that Bai Feiyang would join the trial.
• Hua Yunfei asked Huantao to help him and his companions take revenge on Bai Feiyang, and Gong Qingyan revealed that he wanted to avenge Huantao.
• Emperor Zuntian overheard them, approved their plan, and agreed to pretend not to notice if they managed to kill Bai Feiyang.
• Emperor Zuntian warned the group to hide from Zhou Tianyu and sent them to the Qing Tian Ruins after they discussed a concealed place.
• Emperor Zuntian told the Moon Emperor that he would not answer to the Progenitor for supporting them, and the Moon Emperor asked when their master would wake.

Moon Emperor told Emperor Zuntian that she wanted Haoyue Palace’s support to help her three disciples strengthen Wangyue Continent, while assuring him she would not harm Haoyue Palace. After she left, Emperor Zuntian looked toward Qing Tian Ruins, where Hua Yunfei and the others were.

• Emperor Zuntian told Moon Emperor that the Progenitor of Haoyue Palace might soon emerge from seclusion and warned her not to let her grievances with Master grow.
• Emperor Zuntian suspected Moon Emperor had returned with a hidden plan, and Moon Emperor revealed she wanted Haoyue Palace’s resources to cultivate her three disciples and make Wangyue Continent the universe’s second greatest power.
• Emperor Zuntian cautioned Moon Emperor not to do anything that could harm Haoyue Palace, and she assured him that she still cared about the palace and would not act against it.
• Emperor Zuntian accepted Moon Emperor’s assurance and saw her off, then grew solemn and looked toward Qing Tian Ruins, where Hua Yunfei and the other two were.

At the Qing Tian Ruins, Zhou Tianyu sealed the battlefield and used the Undefeated Immortal Venerable’s power to recreate the Qing Tian Sect before its destruction, forcing the gathered factions to experience the ancient battle. The simulation triggered a Hegemon Grade voice that Hua Yunfei recognized as Chu Jiutian’s.

• Zhou Tianyu told the gathered factions that their training would test whether they could trust and unite with one another.
• Zhou Tianyu sealed the Qing Tian Ruins inside an independent world, cutting the disciples off from the outside.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable emerged from a scroll and restored the battlefield and Qing Tian Sect to their ancient state.
• Huantao and Hua Yunfei realized the Thirty-Three Heavens meant for them to experience the sect-destroying battle firsthand.
• A furious Hegemon Grade voice shook the battlefield, and Hua Yunfei recognized it as Chu Jiutian’s.

Hua Yunfei stopped Huantao from pursuing a Qing Tian Sect Immortal Emperor after she wounded him, then watched Ye Wushuang battle Bai Feiyang. Ye Wushuang badly injured Bai Feiyang in their first clash, and Bai Feiyang charged again as the fight continued.

• A Qing Tian Sect Immortal Emperor ambushed Hua Yunfei, but Hua Yunfei caught his iron rod and Huantao struck the attacker, shattering his arm and forcing him to flee.
• Hua Yunfei asked Huantao to let the wounded Immortal Emperor go, and she warned him that Qing Tian Sect had long preyed on cultivators from other powers.
• Hua Yunfei watched the evenly matched battlefield and reflected on the Thirty-Three Heavens using revived dead cultivators as trial targets.
• Ye Wushuang and Bai Feiyang began fighting, and their attacks sent nearby cultivators scrambling away from the shockwaves.
• Ye Wushuang shattered Bai Feiyang's fist and arm, prompting Bai Feiyang to repair himself and charge again, insisting he did not believe Ye Wushuang's strength.

Ye Wushuang crushed Bai Feiyang in battle, even after Bai Feiyang revealed the power of the Primordial Moon. Bai Feiyang remained unable to match Ye Wushuang and refused to accept defeat.

• Ye Wushuang overwhelmed Bai Feiyang, shattered his defenses, and destroyed his body while Huang Buqun taunted the watching disciples.
• Fei Heng attacked Ye Wushuang to save Bai Feiyang, but Ye Wushuang killed him with a single punch, giving Bai Feiyang time to recover.
• Bai Feiyang unleashed his imperial art, but Ye Wushuang swept it aside and declared him the weakest tier of Young Overlord.
• Bai Feiyang drew on the Primordial Moon's power and attacked with the Primordial Sky Seal, but Ye Wushuang shattered it using his Chaos Emperor Fist.
• Bai Feiyang retreated, unable to believe that Ye Wushuang had defeated him even after he used the Primordial Moon's power.