Chapter Summaries

The former Supreme Heavenly Emperor intervened to stop Heaven's Will Palace from killing Hua Yunfei and his companions, then confirmed he intended to reclaim the Emperor Throne. Yang Jian left as his enemy, while Hua Yunfei accepted that their opposing goals made conflict unavoidable; the former Emperor then appeared before Hua Yunfei in private, resembling Dao Wushuang.

• The former Supreme Heavenly Emperor suppressed the powerful aura threatening Hua Yunfei and ordered Heaven's Will Palace's hall masters to withdraw.
• The former Supreme Heavenly Emperor confirmed his identity and said he would contest the Emperor Throne, while Yang Jian vowed that he and the Judgement Department would oppose him.
• Yang Jian rejected the former Emperor's offer and left after deciding Hua Yunfei had sided with him.
• Hua Yunfei told Ye Wancang that overthrowing the current Emperor was necessary to free him from the Black Underworld Great World's influence and regain his place as Ye Bufan.
• After Ye Wancang and the others left, a towering man emerged before Hua Yunfei, looking remarkably like Dao Wushuang.

Hua Yunfei allied with the former Supreme Heavenly Emperor, who gave him the Earth Pearl and promised to help him leave the Black Underworld Great World after reclaiming the Emperor Throne. Meanwhile, the current Sacred Emperor revealed that a woman had helped him win someone’s trust, and he planned to kill that person and take his power.

• The former Supreme Heavenly Emperor discussed the Outer Heaven with Hua Yunfei and said he intended to challenge the Black Underworld Great World's will and reclaim the Emperor Throne.
• The former Supreme Heavenly Emperor gave Hua Yunfei the Heaven and Earth Infinite Ruler and warned him that the current Supreme Heavenly Emperor might possess the dangerous Jue Ming Wan Xie Wheel.
• The former Supreme Heavenly Emperor entrusted the Earth Pearl to Hua Yunfei, saying their different goals called for cooperation.
• The Sacred Emperor told a woman that his plan was progressing and that she had helped someone escape and gain his trust.
• The Sacred Emperor said that, after killing that person and taking everything he had, he would combine the power of two Emperors to break through the world's shackles.

The Sacred Emperor discussed his plans to break through his limits with the Imperial Empress and confirmed that he had arranged for the previous Heavenly Emperor’s return. Later, the Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan killed Ye Wuliang after he delivered the Human Emperor Sword, saying the clan had to bear the cost for someone else’s sake.

• The Sacred Emperor told the Imperial Empress he planned to destroy the Human Emperor Ye Clan after obtaining the remaining Innate Supreme Treasures and breaking through his limits.
• The Great Divine Official warned the Sacred Emperor that the Imperial Empress seemed suspicious, and the Sacred Emperor revealed that he had instructed her to bring back the previous Heavenly Emperor as part of his plan to break through using both emperors’ power.
• The Sacred Emperor ordered the Great Divine Official to undertake another personal mission.
• Ye Wuliang presented the Human Emperor Sword to the Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan, who praised him before piercing his brow and destroying his Soul Sea.
• The Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan said Ye Wuliang and the clan had to bear the consequences for someone else’s sake, and asked the dying Ye Wuliang to forgive him.

The Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor trapped the Human Emperor Sword, but the Human Emperor on the Emperor Seat took it and revealed how drastically he had changed. On Black Nether Island, a mysterious woman told Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing and his companions that Hua Yunfei was safe and asked them to help conceal her plans to open the Black Underworld Great World.

• The Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor trapped the Human Emperor Sword in her pink world, and the Human Emperor Sword learned that the Human Emperor was alive.
• The Human Emperor took the Human Emperor Sword to the Imperial Palace, declared that all living beings were his Chess Pieces, and forced the sword into his palm.
• The Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor tampered with Tian Gou Yun Hua's memories after reflecting on her choice to put one person above the Human Emperor Ye Clan.
• A woman shrouded in Black Mist told Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing, Xin Yan, and Ling Chuan that the threat from the Forbidden River Domain had been settled because they had helped Hua Yunfei.
• The woman asked the three Netherworld Emperors to cover her tracks when she forcibly opened the Black Underworld Great World, insisting that nothing could happen to him.

The woman in the Black Mist reconsidered breaking into the Black Underworld River after the Netherworld Emperors warned her of the consequences, but vowed to do anything if Hua Yunfei was in danger. At Black Mountain, Yang Jian learned that his master intended to kill the returning Old Emperor to prevent the Supreme Emperor's Palace from descending into chaos.

• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing, Netherworld Emperor Xin Yan, and Netherworld Emperor Ling Chuan warned the woman in the Black Mist that awakening the Black Underworld River's will could bring uncontrollable consequences.
• The woman in the Black Mist decided not to force her way in for now, though she promised to act if Hua Yunfei was in danger.
• After she left, the three Netherworld Emperors discussed her fierce concern for Hua Yunfei, and she overheard them and told them she disliked being discussed behind her back.
• Yang Jian went to Black Mountain and told his master that the previous Sacred Emperor had returned and that the Supreme Emperor's Palace faced a crisis.
• Yang Jian's master said the Judgement Department had failed the Old Emperor in the past and feared his return would provoke conflict between the palace's old and new factions.
• Black Mountain's master resolved to become the villain and slay the Old Emperor to protect the palace and its people from upheaval.

Grand Master Xiao Ding moved to stop the Old Emperor’s return from destabilizing the Supreme Emperor’s Palace, accepting that he might be condemned or killed for it. After handing the Judgement Department to Yang Jian, he captured two Heaven’s Will Palace hall masters and confronted their Grand Hall Master in the Sea of Time.

• Xiao Ding told Yang Jian that he would bear responsibility for stopping the Old Emperor and entrusted the Judgement Department to him.
• Xiao Ding ambushed the Third Hall Master of Heaven’s Will Palace, imprisoned him in the Purple Gold Gourd, and accused the palace of fueling the conflict between the Emperors.
• Xiao Ding captured the Second Hall Master and took both prisoners to the Sea of Time, where the Grand Hall Master awaited him.
• The Grand Hall Master defended the Old Emperor’s return, while Xiao Ding insisted that he would stop both Emperors to preserve the world’s order.
• The Grand Hall Master attacked Xiao Ding with rivers of time, and Xiao Ding prepared to fight him to the death.

The Grand Master defeated the Grand Hall Master, who revealed that killing Fei Yun could disrupt the Old Emperor’s plans. Meanwhile, Hua Yunfei completed his fusion with the Heaven and Earth Bead and the Immeasurable Heaven-Crossing Armor before a powerful stranger seized him and asked whether he was Fei Yun.

• The Grand Master defeated the Grand Hall Master after their battle devastated the Sea of Time.
• The Grand Hall Master told the Grand Master that Fei Yun, backed by the Human Emperor Ye Clan, was a Young Heaven whose death would force the Old Emperor to withdraw.
• The Grand Hall Master revealed that Heaven's Will Palace supported the New Emperor, while the Grand Master condemned the New Emperor for endangering the Supreme Emperor's Palace and its people.
• The Grand Master sealed the Grand Hall Master inside the Purple Gold Gourd, removed the ancient Judgment Array, and looked toward the Immortal Realm.
• Hua Yunfei completed his fusion with the Heaven and Earth Bead and the Immeasurable Heaven-Crossing Armor, whose inhabitants immediately brawled with each other.
• A mysterious figure overwhelmed Hua Yunfei, grabbed him by the throat, and asked, "Are you Fei Yun?"

Xiao Ding, Grand Master of the Judgement Department, confronted Hua Yunfei and warned the former Supreme Heavenly Emperor that the New Emperor had been plotting for countless years. After losing to the Old Emperor, Xiao Ding was intercepted by the Great Divine Official, who came to kill him by order of Sacred Emperor.

• Xiao Ding seized Hua Yunfei and revealed that he had come to stop the former Supreme Heavenly Emperor from endangering the Supreme Emperor's Palace and its people.
• Hua Yunfei deduced that Xiao Ding had not intended to kill him, and Xiao Ding said he needed to speak with the Old Emperor.
• Xiao Ding warned the former Supreme Heavenly Emperor that the New Emperor had planned the Old Emperor's apparent death and escape as part of a long-running scheme.
• The former Supreme Heavenly Emperor acknowledged the schemes, while Xiao Ding accepted that he would die to keep events on course.
• Xiao Ding fought the former Supreme Heavenly Emperor, lost, and fled gravely wounded.
• The Great Divine Official appeared before Xiao Ding and announced he had come by Sacred Emperor's order to escort him to his death.

The Great Divine Official defeated the Grand Master under the Supreme Heavenly Emperor’s orders, revealing that the Emperor planned to harvest powerful followers to increase his strength. After sealing the Grand Master, the Great Divine Official released the three Hall Masters and left Heaven’s Will Palace free to move against the Judgement Department.

• The Great Divine Official attacked the Grand Master, explaining that the Supreme Heavenly Emperor had ordered him harvested as a source of power.
• The Grand Master condemned the Emperor’s plan and tried to send fragments of his thoughts to warn others, but the Great Divine Official trapped them in a chaotic formation.
• The Great Divine Official threatened the Grand Master with the Judgement Department and his disciple, then sealed him inside his staff.
• The Great Divine Official took the Grand Master's Purple Gold Gourd and released the three Hall Masters, telling them to continue the plan.
• The Third Hall Master asked about the Judgement Department, and the Great Divine Official said Heaven's Will Palace could deal with it once the plan began.

Hua Yunfei returned to the Immortal Palace with the Peach Tree, Black Slave, and Heaven-Splitter, and discovered that souls could grow stronger there by absorbing energy from powerful foes. The Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan visited him, praised his extraordinary fortune, and examined the Heaven and Earth Bead and Immeasurable Heaven-Crossing Armor, which could help them face the Juedao Sword.

• The Peach Tree renamed himself Hua Houfu, joined the Hua Family, spared the Black Creature, and named it Hua Black Slave.
• Hua Houfu and Heaven-Splitter bickered and agreed to fight at equal cultivation levels someday.
• Hua Yunfei learned that Ye Wuliang had returned to the Human Emperor Ye Clan, while Tian Gou Yun Hua remained at Cloud Palace.
• Hua Yunfei explained that souls could cultivate beyond their outside-world strength and advised Black Slave to use illusions and the Dream Dao for surprise attacks.
• The Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan praised Hua Yunfei's good fortune and asked to see the Heaven and Earth Bead and Immeasurable Heaven-Crossing Armor.
• Hua Yunfei handed both Innate Supreme Treasures to the Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan for her to examine.

Hua Yunfei reunited the Heaven and Earth Bead and obtained the Immeasurable Heaven-Crossing Armor, but the Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor warned that defeating the Supreme Heavenly Emperor would remain extremely difficult. As the allies prepared to ambush him at the Place of Sacrifice, Hua Yunfei consulted a Kaoshan Sect ancestor, who urged him to trust Brother Gai's strength.

• The Heaven Bead and Earth Bead flirted with the Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor and bickered with the Immeasurable Heaven-Crossing Armor, which revealed the Heaven Bead's past visits to the Dual Cultivation Sect.
• The Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor returned the three treasures to Hua Yunfei and warned that the Supreme Heavenly Emperor's power, Juedao Sword, and the Will of the Black Underworld Great World made victory unlikely.
• The Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor told Hua Yunfei that she and the previous Supreme Heavenly Emperor planned to ambush the Supreme Heavenly Emperor at the Place of Sacrifice, where he would go alone.
• Hua Yunfei assured the Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor that he had prepared his allies for a desperate battle, then pondered the Heavenly Emperor Token's purpose.
• Hua Yunfei asked the Purple Robe Old Ancestor for advice, and the burly figure argued that outsiders' odds of falling were not as low as those of Black Nether Beings and told him to trust Brother Gai's strength.

Gaishi agreed to fight the Supreme Heavenly Emperor for Hua Yunfei, trusting Hua Yunfei’s faith in his strength and resilience. Meanwhile, the Sacred Emperor prepared to seize the treasures and crush his enemies, while the Imperial Empress and Great Divine Official advanced their own plans.

• Gaishi explained that his clean identity would keep his Karma from attracting the Black Underworld Great World's latent will, and Hua Yunfei asked if he was confident.
• Hua Yunfei said Gaishi’s strength and vitality gave him better odds than the others, and Gaishi promised to win the battle for him.
• The Sacred Emperor dismissed warnings about Hua Yunfei’s unknown ally and said he would defeat anyone who challenged him and claim the Immeasurable Heaven-Crossing Armor and Heaven and Earth Bead.
• The Sacred Emperor decided to use the Human Emperor Ye Clan as fuel for his cultivation, and the Imperial Empress said she had secretly weakened both treasures so the challengers could use at most half their strength.
• The Sacred Emperor ordered the Great Divine Official to lead the Supreme Emperor's Palace and Dark Hall against the Immortal Palace, Divine Palace, and Human Emperor Ye Clan.
• The Great Divine Official boasted that he could defeat everyone except the Sacred Emperor and asked to be consumed as a powerful source of nourishment.

The Great Divine Official launched a purge of the Immortal Palace and Divine Palace, while Elder Mo and Qiu Xuan’s attempt to seize Hua Yunfei failed against Gaishi. Elsewhere, Great Venerable Li Zhi stood over the defeated Yang Jian and Ji Wannian, declaring herself the final victor.

• The Great Divine Official crushed Qiu Xuan and Elder Mo in the Immortal Palace, then discovered they had secretly been making arrangements of their own.
• Elder Mo and Qiu Xuan’s remnant souls emerged from the Tokens and attacked Hua Yunfei, but Elder Mo devoured Qiu Xuan before Gaishi destroyed and captured him.
• The Human Emperor Ye Clan’s Progenitor appeared before Hua Yunfei and told him it was time to go to the Place of Sacrifice.
• The Great Divine Official suppressed four of the Immortal Palace’s seven palace masters, then seized Yao Xin and the Divine Palace’s three palace masters in secluded cultivation.
• Great Venerable Li Zhi stood over Ji Wannian’s dismembered corpse and the wounded Yang Jian, declared herself the final victor, and ground her foot into Yang Jian’s head.

The Third Hall Master revealed that the New Emperor had ordered Heaven's Will Palace's attack and that Yang Jian's master had died trying to interfere, leaving Yang Jian ready to accept death. Bro Saber rescued him and reignited his fighting spirit as the Human Emperor Ye Clan and the Immortal Palace and God Palace forces assembled to confront the Great Divine Official.

• The Third Hall Master told Yang Jian that the New Emperor had sanctioned the Old Emperor's actions and shattered Yang Jian's Soul Sea, making him believe he had caused his master's death.
• The Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Hall Masters and Shen Yunke arrived, and Shen Yunke and Great Venerable Li Zhi prepared to kill Yang Jian.
• Bro Saber appeared, struck Shen Yunke and Great Venerable Li Zhi aside, and dragged the Fourth Hall Master into a Great Universe of saber energy.
• Yang Jian regained his fighting spirit and fought the Fifth Hall Master, Shen Yunke, Great Venerable Li Zhi, and the Seventh Hall Master at once, quickly shattering Great Venerable Li Zhi.
• Human Emperor Ye Clan ancestors appeared throughout the Supreme Emperor's Palace as the Immortal Palace and God Palace Grand Palace Masters and their allies returned.
• The Great Divine Official confronted the assembled forces and declared that he would wipe them all out.

Heaven’s Will Palace and the Dark Hall overwhelmed their enemies with a hidden force of ancient experts, while the Grand Hall Master returned with the heads of several Department Masters. As his attack threatened to decide the battle, Ye Xiaoxiong appeared to block it.

• The Second and Third Hall Masters of Heaven’s Will Palace repelled the Immortal Palace and God Palace forces, even as the Second Department Master of the Judgement Department and a Black Robe figure joined battle.
• Heaven’s Will Palace revealed ancient experts who should have died, and the Former Second Hall Master helped the Second Hall Master badly wound the God Palace Second Palace Master.
• The Immortal Palace Grand Palace Master and God Palace Grand Palace Master struggled to hold back the Great Divine Official, while the Human Emperor Ye Clan’s Ancient Ancestors were pinned down.
• The Grand Hall Master of Heaven’s Will Palace returned carrying the heads of several Department Masters and declared victory for Heaven’s Will Palace, the Dark Hall, and the Sacred Emperor.
• The Grand Hall Master unleashed a giant sword formed from the Great Dao of Time and the Great Dao of Fortune, but Ye Xiaoxiong appeared with a Golden Dragon Spear and blocked it.

Ye Xiaoxiong and other Human Emperor Ye Clan ancestors joined the battle against the Supreme Emperor's Palace forces, but the Great Divine Official revealed his true identity and overwhelming power. His forbidden technique suppressed all Daos and recovery, turning the tide against every battlefield and leaving the allies gravely wounded.

• Ye Xiaoxiong arrived and fought the Grand Hall Master, while other Ye Clan ancestors joined the battle and helped stabilize the battlefield.
• The Human Emperor Ye Clan Four Ancestors told Ye Wancang that the Great Divine Official was the battlefield’s strongest fighter and joined the Immortal Palace Grand Palace Master and God Palace Second Palace Master against him.
• The Great Divine Official revealed that he was the Chaos Kunpeng and the Heavenly Evil Monarch, then unleashed his Chaos Kunpeng power and sent the three opponents flying with severe wounds.
• The Great Divine Official used a forbidden technique to suppress all Daos and prevent recovery, weakening fighters across every battlefield.
• The Grand Hall Master shattered half of Ye Xiaoxiong’s body, and Heaven-Splitter judged that only Young Heaven could suppress the Great Divine Official.

At the Sacrificial Grounds, the Supreme Heavenly Emperor prepared to sacrifice all living beings to create a great elixir and reboot the era, while the Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan stood beside him. Dao Jin arrived to confront his former successor, who revealed his plan to escape the world’s limits with his Imperial Empress.

• The Supreme Heavenly Emperor and the Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan awaited the auspicious hour to begin the sacrifice, confident the Great Divine Official had the battlefield under control.
• The Supreme Heavenly Emperor explained that the sacrifice would erase history and let him and the Progenitor rule a new era as its unchanged survivors.
• Dao Jin entered the Sacrificial Grounds, and the Supreme Heavenly Emperor revealed that the Progenitor had used Dao Jin for his sake.
• Dao Jin said he had anticipated the betrayal and had come to settle matters with the Supreme Heavenly Emperor once and for all.
• The Supreme Heavenly Emperor defended sacrificing all living beings, claiming the new life would be stronger and would believe in him.
• The Supreme Heavenly Emperor declared that after breaking through, he would leave the world with the Progenitor and leave two incarnations behind to guard it.

Dao Jin confronted the Supreme Heavenly Emperor at the Place of Sacrifice, and their battle revealed how much Dao Jin had grown stronger. The Supreme Heavenly Emperor forced Dao Jin to reveal a powerful figure hidden within him, then asked whether that figure was the Supreme Heavenly Emperor.

• The Supreme Heavenly Emperor rejected Dao Jin's claim that Black Nether Beings could never escape and insisted that he could leave by breaking through the shackles.
• The Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor offered to fight Dao Jin, but the Supreme Heavenly Emperor refused and chose to settle their Karma himself.
• Dao Jin and the Supreme Heavenly Emperor exchanged blows, and Dao Jin used his Wushuang Fist to counter the Heavenly Emperor Fist.
• The Supreme Heavenly Emperor overwhelmed Dao Jin's defensive multiverse and sent him flying, then challenged him to use every means at his disposal.
• Dao Jin brought the domineering figure hidden inside him into view, and the Supreme Heavenly Emperor asked, "Friend, are you the Supreme Heavenly Emperor?"

Gaishi and the Supreme Heavenly Emperor fought in the Place of Sacrifice, matching each other in a fierce test of strength. After their clash shook both the realm and the outside world, Gaishi revealed that he was not the strongest in the outside world.

• Gaishi challenged the Supreme Heavenly Emperor, and the two began fighting with their fists and overwhelming physical power.
• Dao Jin sensed Gaishi’s seemingly endless vitality, while the Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan worked to keep the Place of Sacrifice from breaking apart.
• Gaishi and the Supreme Heavenly Emperor revealed that they had only been warming up, then resumed their battle in earnest.
• Their clash briefly manifested in the outside world, terrifying the powerhouses in the Supreme Emperor's Palace and surprising the Great Divine Official.
• Gaishi told the Supreme Heavenly Emperor that he was not the strongest in the outside world, leaving him astonished.

The Supreme Heavenly Emperor challenged Gaishi’s account of Outer Heaven and resolved to prove he could defeat its strongest, the Undefeated Immortal Venerable. Gaishi, Dao Jin, and the Supreme Heavenly Emperor raised their power for a confrontation as the Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan watched, prepared to intervene.

• Gaishi told the Supreme Heavenly Emperor that the Undefeated Immortal Venerable was recognized as the strongest beneath the heavens in Outer Heaven.
• The Supreme Heavenly Emperor declared that he would leave the Black Underworld Great World and break the Undefeated Immortal Venerable’s undefeated record.
• Gaishi warned that the Supreme Heavenly Emperor was fortunate to be sealed away from Outer Heaven, where other ancient beings could defeat him.
• The Supreme Heavenly Emperor rejected Gaishi’s doubts and unleashed his Imperial Might across the Black Underworld Great World.
• Gaishi and Dao Jin also raised their auras, while the Progenitor of the Human Emperor Ye Clan watched and held back from weakening Gaishi with the Heaven and Earth Bead.
• The Supreme Heavenly Emperor donned Golden Armor and summoned the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron as Gaishi challenged him to prove he was the strongest.