Chapter Summaries

Progenitor Fei explained that Plateau Queen’s main body was a wooden puppet carved by the youngest Heaven Realm powerhouse in the history of the Thirty-Three Heavens. She revealed that the missing figure was connected to Hua Yunfei, and that she, Plateau Queen, and the main body were all waiting for him.

• Hua Yunfei asked whether Plateau Queen’s main body could be a high-tier Overlord, and Progenitor Fei said she might be even stronger.
• Progenitor Fei said an old man had revealed her identity and given her memories from the main body.
• Progenitor Fei explained that Plateau Queen had been influenced by her main body’s memories and had been waiting for someone connected to Hua Yunfei.
• Progenitor Fei revealed that Plateau Queen’s main body was a wooden puppet carved by the youngest Heaven Realm powerhouse in the history of the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Progenitor Fei said the figure had fallen or disappeared, and that she, Plateau Queen, and the main body were waiting for him.

Progenitor Fei told Hua Yunfei that he resembled a legendary figure from her past, though he was not yet the same person. She recalled his boundless confidence and revealed that his disappearance had not been caused by the limits of his talent.

• Gong Qingyan realized that Kaoshan Sect’s favoritism toward Hua Yunfei came from his connection to the legendary figure.
• Progenitor Fei told Hua Yunfei that he was like the man she remembered, but was a different person full of hope.
• Jiang Ruoyao reflected on her returning memories and her feelings for Hua Yunfei.
• Progenitor Fei recalled that the legendary man had said he could defeat every Heaven beneath the sky if given enough time.
• Progenitor Fei revealed that the old man had said the legendary man disappeared for reasons unrelated to the limits of his talent.

Hua Yunfei realized that the mysterious senior’s message revealed how the disappearance that began the conflict was part of a long-planned game shaped by Kaoshan Sect. After Progenitor Fei asked him to leave the Plateau Queen with her, the queen recognized Progenitor Fei and said, “So it really was you...”

• Progenitor Fei told Hua Yunfei that the person’s disappearance was not caused by limits and that a mysterious old man knew part of the reason.
• Hua Yunfei concluded that the disappearance had begun a game and that the events since then had unfolded as planned.
• Hua Yunfei and the others wondered how powerful Kaoshan Sect really was, while Hua Yunfei saw the old senior’s revelation as encouragement before his breakthrough to Hegemon Grade.
• Progenitor Fei asked Hua Yunfei to leave the Plateau Queen with her, and he agreed.
• The Plateau Queen saw Progenitor Fei and recognized her, her eyes reddening as she said, “So it really was you...”

After Jiang Ruoyao awakened memories of her hidden past, the Lord of Nothingness sent her to a blood-mist world to grow strong enough to challenge her. Meanwhile, an unknown young man in Black Robe arrived before the master of the Path of Reincarnation.

• An old man looked back at the Overlord Universe and disappeared after remarking that the Thirty-Three Heavens had plenty of time.
• Hua Yunfei continued his revenge journey with Huantao, who insisted on confronting the female Progenitor of the next faction herself.
• Jiang Ruoyao awoke, realized the Lord of Nothingness had unlocked her memories, and was transported to a blood-mist world containing many versions of the Lord of Nothingness.
• The Lords of Nothingness told Jiang Ruoyao to become stronger and surpass them before she could learn the truth behind the blood coffin.
• At the deepest part of the Path of Reincarnation, the woman in the red robe and its master discussed Jiang Ruoyao and the Lord of Nothingness before a young man in Black Robe appeared and addressed the Lord of Reincarnation.

Emperor Zuntian’s ominous premonition troubled him, but he and the Ancient Clan of Strength’s strongest figures could not divine its cause. Huantao suspected his worry involved her connection to the Venerable Lord, and the chapter left them choosing to let events unfold.

• While drinking with Elder Ancestor Gai Lei, Emperor Zuntian admitted that a persistent premonition had left him worried.
• Emperor Zuntian and Elder Ancestor Gai Lei returned to the Ancient Clan of Strength and summoned Elder Ancestor Gai Yan and Yue Ning Progenitor for help.
• Emperor Zuntian, Elder Ancestor Gai Lei, Elder Ancestor Gai Yan, and Yue Ning Progenitor joined forces to divine the cause, but failed.
• Yue Ning Progenitor warned Emperor Zuntian not to pursue the matter, suggesting the answer might involve a being too dangerous to provoke.
• Huantao realized Emperor Zuntian might be worried because of her, but accepted that becoming connected to the Venerable Lord had also granted her immense strength.

Yue Ning Progenitor summoned Gaishi to question him about his reasons for joining the Ancient Clan of Strength. Their meeting ended with Gaishi noticing that she resembled his Dao Companion, Tian Ningyue.

• Yue Ning Progenitor asked Elder Ancestor Gai Yan to bring Gaishi to her residence, and Gai Yan fetched him from cultivation.
• Gaishi joked and bickered with Elder Ancestor Gai Yan on the way, feeling increasingly at home in the clan.
• Yue Ning Progenitor and Emperor Zuntian withdrew their pressure after Gaishi asked them to ease up.
• Yue Ning Progenitor asked Gaishi why he had come to the Ancient Clan of Strength, and Gaishi realized she knew about his intentions.
• Gaishi remarked that Yue Ning Progenitor looked like his wife, Tian Ningyue, and Yue Ning Progenitor asked whether he meant his Dao Companion.

Gaishi told Yue Ning Progenitor about his life with Tian Ningyue and revealed that Hua Yunfei wanted to meet her. Yue Ning Progenitor became alarmed when Gaishi said Hua Yunfei had found something she had been seeking and would return it to her.

• Gaishi noted that Tian Ningyue resembled Yue Ning Progenitor and lamented that she had no wings.
• At Yue Ning Progenitor’s request, Gaishi recounted his life and his love story with Tian Ningyue, as well as how he joined the Kaoshan Sect and befriended Hua Yunfei.
• Gaishi explained that he had returned because Hua Yunfei wanted to meet Yue Ning Progenitor.
• Yue Ning Progenitor questioned whether she should meet Hua Yunfei, and Gaishi said Hua Yunfei had found something she wanted and would return it.
• Yue Ning Progenitor stared at Gaishi and asked if that was true.

Hua Yunfei told Yue Ning Progenitor that he had found the missing hairpin on the Primordial Moon in the Haoyue Universe, prompting her to agree to meet him in person. Emperor Zuntian began to suspect Hua Yunfei was connected to the Haoyue Universe’s missing Primordial Moon.

• Yue Ning Progenitor recognized that Gaishi’s friend, Ao Shi, had found the missing hairpin and asked to meet him.
• Gaishi contacted Hua Yunfei, and Yue Ning Progenitor and Emperor Zuntian joined their private line.
• Emperor Zuntian told Hua Yunfei that Yue Ning Progenitor would meet him, and Hua Yunfei thanked him and praised Huantao.
• Yue Ning Progenitor asked whether Hua Yunfei’s sect had taken the hairpin, and he said he had found it in the Haoyue Universe.
• Hua Yunfei suggested the hairpin might have been on the Primordial Moon, and Yue Ning Progenitor agreed to meet him in person.
• Emperor Zuntian wondered whether Hua Yunfei had something to do with the Haoyue Universe’s missing Primordial Moon.

Emperor Zuntian suspected Ao Shi was involved in the Primordial Moon’s disappearance but chose to keep helping Hua Yunfei, partly because Huantao opposed taking action against him. Hua Yunfei reunited with Huantao over a call, and Huantao was left wondering about his relationship with Jiang Ruoyao after overhearing Gaishi’s thoughts.

• Emperor Zuntian concluded that Ao Shi was likely connected to the Primordial Moon’s disappearance, but decided to let the matter go and continue helping him.
• Hua Yunfei arranged to meet Yue Ning Progenitor at the Dao Emperor Hall ruins and asked Emperor Zuntian to let him speak with Huantao.
• Hua Yunfei apologized to Huantao for leaving without saying goodbye, promised to treat her to something delicious, and thanked her for arranging his meeting with Yue Ning Progenitor.
• Gaishi silently teased Emperor Zuntian about liking Huantao, prompting Emperor Zuntian to glare him into silence.
• Huantao overheard Gaishi think that she would need to win over Jiang Ruoyao to become Hua Yunfei’s woman, and wondered whether Jiang Ruoyao was Hua Yunfei’s Dao Companion.

Emperor Zuntian suspected that Huantao’s mind had been invaded and confronted her while traveling through the Overlord Universe. Yue Ning Progenitor stopped his attack, and the chapter ended with Hua Yunfei recognizing two familiar human skins at the next enemy’s location.

• Gaishi left Yue Ning Progenitor’s residence, where Elder Ancestor Gai Yan punched him and ordered him to call him Master before taking him somewhere interesting.
• Emperor Zuntian left the Ancient Clan of Strength with Huantao and later accused her of harboring someone who had invaded her mind.
• Emperor Zuntian summoned the power of countless moons and attacked Huantao, but Yue Ning Progenitor appeared and blocked his strike.
• Emperor Zuntian told Yue Ning Progenitor that Huantao had heard his conversation with Ao Shi and insisted that something was wrong with her.
• Hua Yunfei arrived with three companions at their next enemy’s location and recognized two familiar human skins.

Emperor Zuntian confronted Huantao about the mysterious power she had gained, but the Venerable Lord nearly killed him before the Lord of Reincarnation intervened. Huantao and her master survived, and Dao Wushuang arrived asking if his teacher was up to no good again.

• Emperor Zuntian accused Huantao of being tampered with, while Yue Ning Progenitor tried to calm him and Huantao kept the Venerable Lord's identity secret.
• The young man in Black Robe sent Emperor Zuntian into an abyss of annihilation, and Huantao rushed to him before being crushed to the ground herself.
• Huantao begged the Venerable Lord to spare her master, and the Lord of Reincarnation intervened, lifting Emperor Zuntian out of the abyss.
• Emperor Zuntian and Huantao thanked their apparent savior, and Huantao identified the Venerable Lord as the one who had acted against her.
• The Lord of Reincarnation revealed that the Venerable Lord had spared Emperor Zuntian, and Dao Wushuang arrived with another person, asking whether his teacher was up to no good again.

Dao Wushuang reassured Emperor Zuntian that Huantao would be safe and gave him a tiny moon before inviting him to join the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy. Meanwhile, Hua Yunfei found what appeared to be his parents’ skins displayed in the Canglan Daoist Academy and insisted on confronting its powerful Progenitor himself.

• Dao Wushuang told Emperor Zuntian that Huantao’s enslavement could not be undone by anyone but his master, but guaranteed she would be safe and had gained a blessing from her misfortune.
• Dao Wushuang gave Emperor Zuntian a tiny moon as a gift from an elder and invited him to join the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy.
• Hua Yunfei discovered two human skins displayed inside the Canglan Daoist Academy that resembled his parents, Hua Cangqiong and Long Yanyue.
• Huantao offered to capture the Canglan Daoist Academy’s Progenitor, but Hua Yunfei refused and said he would face the Progenitor himself.

Hua Yunfei attacked Canglan Daoist Academy to avenge the insults to his parents and prove that a War Emperor Grade cultivator could defeat Hegemon Grade beings. He left the academy's elders skinned before its horrified members, while the Progenitor remained in seclusion.

• Hua Yunfei told Huantao to keep others from interrupting his battle and declared he would make the academy's Progenitor a lasting disgrace.
• Hua Yunfei seized the academy's Third Elder and skinned him alive in front of the gathered cultivators.
• The Great Elder attacked Hua Yunfei, who blasted him apart with one punch.
• The Supreme Elder joined the Great Elder, but Hua Yunfei tore off both elders' heads before they could fight him.
• Hua Yunfei skinned the two elders as the academy's cultivators watched in horror.

Hua Yunfei massacred Canglan Daoist Academy’s people to provoke its Progenitor, Canglan. When Canglan appeared and unleashed Divine Punishment, Hua Yunfei endured it without moving, leaving Canglan amused and asking him to choose how he would die.

• Hua Yunfei killed the Supreme Elder and Great Elder, then challenged Canglan Daoist Academy’s Progenitor to appear.
• Hua Yunfei sealed everyone in the academy’s cultivation and skinned them, while observers speculated about his connection to Dao Emperor Hall.
• Canglan emerged from the academy’s depths and confronted Hua Yunfei, who promised to go even further.
• Canglan summoned countless chains of Divine Punishment, but Hua Yunfei stood unharmed and unmoving.
• Canglan acknowledged Hua Yunfei’s resilience and asked him how he wanted to die.

Hua Yunfei challenged Canglan at Canglan Daoist Academy and revealed power that could withstand and overpower Hegemon Grade attacks. He seized the upper hand and charged at Canglan, declaring that Hegemon Grades were merely stepping stones.

• Hua Yunfei questioned Canglan about the human skin, then challenged him despite the onlookers' certainty that a War Emperor Grade cultivator could not defeat a Hegemon Grade being.
• Canglan summoned a Heaven-and-Earth Blade and struck Hua Yunfei, but Hua Yunfei took the attack without injury.
• Canglan's Hegemon Grade Domain failed to suppress Hua Yunfei, who unleashed his Primordial Chaos power and dispelled Canglan's palm strike.
• Hua Yunfei drew his purple sword and used Primordial Sword Art to sever Canglan's hand.
• Hua Yunfei charged at Canglan and called him a stepping stone as Canglan reeled from the sword strike.

Hua Yunfei overwhelmed Canglan in a battle that overturned expectations, defeating the Hegemon Grade being despite his War Emperor Grade. After destroying Canglan’s Bronze Heavenly Halberd, Hua Yunfei trapped and brutalized him, leaving Canglan broken and unable to understand his defeat.

• Canglan regenerated his severed hand and attacked Hua Yunfei, but Hua Yunfei shattered his strongest strikes and forced him back.
• Hua Yunfei strengthened his Primordial Domain and used both domains to suppress Canglan, breaking apart his morality scripture and beating him down.
• Hua Yunfei smashed Canglan’s Bronze Heavenly Halberd with his fists and sent the broken weapon to the Primordial God Realm to be refined.
• Hua Yunfei attacked Canglan’s body, Dao Fruit, and soul while onlookers watched the Hegemon Grade being crushed.
• Canglan reassembled his scripture for a desperate counterattack, but Hua Yunfei shattered it again, leaving Canglan bleeding and questioning why he could not defeat him.

Hua Yunfei decisively defeated Canglan, while Dao Wushuang moved to prevent others from interfering as the Overlord Universe faced the threat of further destruction. Canglan tried to turn the fight around with his Ancient Bell, but Hua Yunfei exchanged it away and used it to seal him.

• Canglan Daoist Academy's people knelt in shock as Hua Yunfei's victory led onlookers to question whether he had surpassed Dao Wushuang.
• Dao Wushuang told Kun Zhou that Canglan had brought his fate upon himself and headed to prevent anyone from taking him away, warning that further fighting could destroy the Overlord Universe.
• Hua Yunfei told the defeated Canglan that he could eventually kill him, but Canglan insisted he had no regrets.
• Canglan summoned the Ancient Bell and used Seal Heaven Forbidden Ground in an attempt to seal Hua Yunfei.
• Hua Yunfei used Equivalent Exchange to take the Ancient Bell, then sealed Canglan with it, leaving Canglan struggling frantically to escape.

Hua Yunfei defeated Canglan but faced the wrath of the Overlord Universe, which gathered four Hegemons to stop him. Huantao’s true self emerged from the Black Mist to protect Hua Yunfei, just as supreme figures from the Thirty-Three Heavens and every timeline arrived.

• Little Pagoda pinned down the Ancient Bell, leaving Canglan trapped, while Emperor Zuntian recognized Hua Yunfei as the figure behind Tiangang and the faction that used Equivalent Exchange.
• Canglan rallied the Overlord Universe against Hua Yunfei, but Hua Yunfei told Emperor Zuntian that he had no intention of retreating.
• A Second-Step Hegemon, the Netherflame Progenitor, Progenitor Fei, and Elder Ancestor Gai Lei arrived to confront Hua Yunfei.
• Huantao’s true self appeared in the Black Mist and warned the four Hegemons not to harm Hua Yunfei.
• Supreme figures from the Thirty-Three Heavens and every timeline appeared as Huantao challenged the Overlord Universe.

Huantao protected Hua Yunfei from the great figures confronting them, but Pioneering Emperor Venerable intervened with overwhelming strength. Hua Yunfei stepped forward to face him, declaring that his sect would see the fight through to the end.

• Huantao effortlessly shattered a Four-Step Overlord's manifestation and warned the gathered great figures that she would fight anyone who challenged her.
• Canglan called on the Progenitor of the Ancient Clan of Strength, but he did not respond.
• Huantao tried to leave with Hua Yunfei, then attacked a Second-Step Hegemon who tried to stop them.
• Pioneering Emperor Venerable appeared, seized Huantao's hand, and revealed himself as a Six-Step Overlord.
• Hua Yunfei stepped forward and challenged Pioneering Emperor Venerable, saying his sect would see the fight through to the end.

Pioneering Emperor Venerable and the Imperial Alliance’s overlords confronted one another over Hua Yunfei, and a great melee erupted. As Pioneering Emperor Venerable considered killing Hua Yunfei, a White-skirted Woman appeared beside him and asked who she should kill.

• Hua Yunfei defied Pioneering Emperor Venerable and refused to surrender Canglan, while Dao Wushuang followed Hua Yunfei’s request to keep watching.
• Emperor Lord, Phoenix Emperor Venerate, the Dean, Chaos Holy Lord, Sacred Dragon Emperor, and other Imperial Alliance overlords arrived and challenged the gathered powers.
• The Dean rebuffed a Third-Step Overlord’s attack and declared that the Imperial Alliance had chosen not to associate with the others.
• Huangtian Vastness, Sea Race Progenitor, Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor, Giant Demon Race Ancient Ancestor, and others gathered behind Pioneering Emperor Venerable.
• Pioneering Emperor Venerable ordered an attack as Emperor Lord and the Imperial Alliance fought their opponents, starting a great melee.
• A White-skirted Woman appeared beside Hua Yunfei and asked who she should kill.