Chapter Summaries

Hua Yunfei learned that the Kaoshan Sect’s hidden ancestors could descend in their true bodies once he became a Great Emperor, while Ye Bufan endured a devastating fight against twelve Great Emperor Laws bodies. One month later, Nine Nether erupted with black light and the sounds of a fierce battle, leaving the outcome of the ancestors’ assault uncertain.

• The Tianji Peak ancestor told Hua Yunfei that becoming a Great Emperor would let the Kaoshan Sect’s ancestors descend in their true bodies, and the Dao Origin Peak ancestor boasted about his many descendants in the Ancestral Tomb.
• Ye Bufan fought twelve Great Emperor Laws bodies for hours, while Chu Qing'er, Huang Xuan, and Jia Duobao watched and remarked on his strength.
• The Great Emperor Xuanhuang Laws body self-destructed against Ye Bufan, prompting Jia Duobao to tease Huang Xuan about his past life.
• The Sun Moon Holy Emperor led all twelve Great Emperor Laws bodies in a massive self-destruction attack against Ye Bufan.
• One month later, Nine Nether erupted with black light as the sounds and shockwaves of a fierce battle spread into the Eastern Region’s starry sky.

Cultivators waited in vain for a supposed Nether Emperor treasure, while Hua Yunfei learned that an immortal being’s divided body caused the Nine Nether’s strange power. As the era for becoming an emperor arrived, the Primordial Bell rang and the Emperor Road opened.

• Cultivators gathered outside the Nine Nether after a supreme family's Clan Leader claimed the Nether Emperor had left a treasure there, but he fled after two months of waiting without its appearance.
• The three Kaoshan Sect ancestors told Hua Yunfei their assault on the Nine Nether had failed because six Life Forbidden Zones each held part of the same half-dead immortal being, whose soul-targeting weirdness defeated their avatars.
• The ancestors returned the Martial Virtue Brick, Chaos Bell, and other Dharma artifacts to Hua Yunfei, then vowed to return and defeat the Nine Nether with their true bodies.
• As the ten-year deadline approached, current and ancient heavenly prodigies prepared to compete on the Emperor Road.
• An ancient bronze bell appeared at the center of the Primordial Universe and rang nine times, announcing that the Emperor Road had opened.

The Primordial Bell rang nine times, heralding the opening of the Emperor Road and drawing powerful ancient and contemporary Heavenly Prodigies into the contest. Lin Yang decided to join after Mu Qingqing encouraged him, and True Lord Yuntian arranged for Kaoshan Sect ancestors to accompany its disciples.

• The Primordial Bell appeared and rang nine times, causing Emperor Gates to descend across the universe and opening the Emperor Road.
• The War Immortal Hall Successor, the owner of the Overlord Immortal Body, and many other Heavenly Prodigies entered the Emperor Gates to compete.
• Lin Yang hesitated to leave Kaoshan Sect because he was its Sect Master, but Mu Qingqing urged him to pursue the rare opportunity and offered to ask their Master to guard the sect.
• Disciples from several Kaoshan Sect peaks decided to enter the Emperor Road, and True Lord Yuntian warned them to use their Identity Jade Pendants to call for help if needed.
• True Lord Yuntian invited powerful ancestors, especially from Dao Origin Peak, to accompany the disciples, and the ancestors eagerly agreed to go.

Hua Yunfei met a group of young ancestors who had emerged from the Ancestral Tomb and visited Dao Origin Peak. A competitive Purple Clad Youth challenged him to a fight, and Hua Yunfei agreed, asking whether they would fight one at a time or all together.

• Tianji Peak's highest-ranking ancestor gave True Lord Yuntian Chess Pieces that would let Kaoshan Sect disciples locate one another on the Emperor Road.
• Purple Clad Youth led more than a dozen young ancestors from the Ancestral Tomb to Dao Origin Peak, where a formation stopped them.
• Yang Gandang explained that they needed Hua Yunfei's permission to enter Dao Origin Peak and realized they were young ancestors.
• Hua Yunfei appeared, greeted the young ancestors, and faced Purple Clad Youth's challenge to fight at the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Hua Yunfei agreed to fight and asked whether the young ancestors would face him one at a time or all together.

Hua Yunfei defeated the Hua Family Young Ancestors, then led Kaoshan Sect disciples into the Emperor Road. The sect prepared to destroy the road if the expedition ran into danger.

• Hua Yunfei beat the Hua Family Young Ancestors by kicking them, then healed their injuries and invited them to Dao Origin Peak.
• Yang Gandang watched the fight and thought that the Hua Family’s reputation for filial sons was deserved.
• The next day, Hua Yunfei led roughly fifty Kaoshan Sect disciples toward the Emperor Gate while the Young Ancestors and some sect ancestors scouted ahead.
• True Lord Yuntian urged the departing disciples to protect themselves and contact the sect if they faced danger.
• After the group entered the Emperor Gate, True Lord Yuntian ordered a secret artifact brought out so the sect could blow up the Emperor Road if necessary.

After entering the Emperor Road, Hua Yunfei learned how fortune strengthened cultivators and traveled toward the Kaoshan Sect disciples. The Sun Moon Holy Emperor’s Imperial Tomb appeared in Xuan Province, drawing cultivators from across the Sacred Realm, while Jia Duobao prepared to defile the Emperor Corpse.

• Hua Yunfei was separated from Ye Bufan and the other disciples when the Imperial Gate sent them to random locations on the Emperor Road.
• A gray-robed young man ambushed Hua Yunfei, but his sword arc could not harm him, and Hua Yunfei killed him after noticing his black fortune.
• Hua Yunfei traveled toward the nearest Kaoshan Sect disciple while concealing his aura and witnessed cultivators fighting to seize opportunities and fortune.
• The Sun Moon Holy Emperor’s Imperial Tomb appeared in Xuan Province, and cultivators from Xuan Province and neighboring provinces rushed to claim its inheritance.
• Jia Duobao recognized the tomb he had been searching for and resolved to piss on the Sun Moon Holy Emperor’s Emperor Corpse.

Ye Bufan learned that the Sun Moon Holy Emperor’s imperial mausoleum had appeared in Xuan Province and set off for it. After killing a lone attacker and wiping out a mercenary ambush in an abandoned ancient city, he teleported toward Xuan Province, while Ji Xiang and Ru Yi arrived behind him.

• Ye Bufan headed toward Xuan Province after hearing that the Sun Moon Holy Emperor’s imperial mausoleum had appeared there.
• A black-clad youth ambushed Ye Bufan, but Ye Bufan killed him and absorbed his fortune.
• Ye Bufan reached an eerily empty ancient city and concealed himself as he made his way toward its Teleportation Domain Gate.
• Yuan Li and nine fellow mercenaries surrounded Ye Bufan, revealing that they had slaughtered cultivators to increase their fortune.
• Ye Bufan killed Hong Niang and then slaughtered the other nine mercenaries, searching their treasures for Jia Duobao’s Bronze Compass.
• Ye Bufan used the Teleportation Domain Gate to leave, and Ji Xiang and Ru Yi entered the ancient city shortly afterward.

Ji Xiang and Ru Yi fled to Xuan Province, while the Overlord Immortal Body was ambushed and robbed by the Purple Clad Youth and the Green Robe Youth. After learning they belonged to a roaming gang of wooden-club bandits, he was robbed again and headed for the crowded Sun Moon Holy Emperor’s imperial tomb, hoping to find safety.

• Ji Xiang and Ru Yi escaped Li Xuange through the Teleportation Domain Gate to Xuan Province, and Li Xuange followed after the Overlord Immortal Body appeared.
• The Purple Clad Youth and the Green Robe Youth ambushed the Overlord Immortal Body with wooden clubs, robbed his belongings, and kicked him twice before leaving in Xuan Province.
• After recovering, the Overlord Immortal Body vowed to kill the two youths, then learned that a gang of wooden-club attackers was robbing people across the Emperor Road.
• The Overlord Immortal Body was robbed by another group, who found him empty-handed and left him behind.
• The Overlord Immortal Body decided to seek safety at the crowded Sun Moon Holy Emperor’s imperial tomb.

The Sun Moon Divine Son deceived the gathered cultivators with an Incarnation while his true body entered the Sun Moon Holy Emperor's Ancestral Tomb. He emerged controlling the golden-blue Divine Hall and chased the fleeing crowd across the Emperor Road.

• Bruised Heavenly Prodigies gathered at the Ancestral Tomb for safety, joining Ji Xiang, Ru Yi, Li Xuange, the Overlord Immortal Body, Hua Yunfei, Ye Bufan, Jia Duobao, and others.
• The Sun Moon Divine Son flew unharmed to the Divine Hall's entrance, making the crowd think he had found a way inside.
• The Sun Moon Divine Son revealed that the figure among the crowd was an Incarnation, while the real Sun Moon Divine Son appeared atop the Divine Hall.
• The Sun Moon Divine Son used a hand seal to raise the Divine Hall, destroying the ancient city and sending the cultivators fleeing.
• The Sun Moon Divine Son rode the Divine Hall in pursuit of the crowd, while even the Overlord Immortal Body ran for his life.

The Sun Moon Divine Son slaughtered fleeing cultivators with the gold-and-blue divine hall, then returned to the Kaoshan Sect’s group with the Sun Moon Holy Emperor’s imperial tomb still in his possession. When he demanded that Hua Yunfei remove the mark from his soul, Hua Yunfei refused and swiftly seized him by the throat.

• The Sun Moon Divine Son pursued and killed cultivators fleeing the imperial tomb, raising his fortune rank as he hunted them.
• Hua Yunfei stayed among the ruins with Ye Bufan, Jia Duobao, and the Kaoshan Sect’s ancestors and Young Ancestors, while the latter left to roam as the Black Hand Organization.
• Three days later, the Sun Moon Divine Son returned with the divine hall absorbed into his body and green fortune tinged with blue.
• Jia Duobao asked the Sun Moon Divine Son to show them the imperial tomb, but the Sun Moon Divine Son ignored him and confronted Hua Yunfei.
• The Sun Moon Divine Son demanded that Hua Yunfei free him from the mark in his soul and attacked when Hua Yunfei refused.
• Hua Yunfei shattered the Sun Moon Divine Son’s protective light and lifted him by the throat.

Hua Yunfei defeated the Sun Moon Divine Son and offered to help him become a Great Emperor, while Ye Bufan and Jia Duobao tried to persuade the shaken Divine Son to accept his control. Elsewhere, Li Xuange killed Tian Cheng, prompting Leng Xiaojun to challenge him to a duel at Tianming Mountain, where Li Xuange vowed to kill him within a hundred moves.

• Hua Yunfei tossed aside the Sun Moon Divine Son after defeating him, and criticized his resolve when he struggled to accept the loss.
• The Sun Moon Divine Son rose to challenge Hua Yunfei to a fight to the death, but Hua Yunfei crushed his Divine Hall with a brick and offered to help him become a Great Emperor.
• Ye Bufan and Jia Duobao urged the Sun Moon Divine Son to trust Hua Yunfei, but he remained skeptical.
• Li Xuange killed the Sun Moon Divine Cult Heavenly Prodigy Tian Cheng, and Leng Xiaojun swore to avenge his old friend by challenging Li Xuange at Tianming Mountain.
• Li Xuange accepted the challenge and declared that he would kill Leng Xiaojun within a hundred moves, while the Young Ancestor of the Kaoshan Sect and other Young Ancestors headed to Tianming Mountain.

Hua Yunfei learned that Luo Hanyue was trapped in Moon God Valley by Imperial Court and rushed to help her. As Duan Wuming protected the poisoned Luo Hanyue, an attacker suddenly stabbed him from behind.

• The Black Hand Organization robbed cultivators after Li Xuange was ambushed and killed, while Leng Xiaojun killed another attacker and left to recover.
• Hua Yunfei traveled through Huang Province after Ye Bufan and Jia Duobao parted ways with him, carrying away the empty imperial coffin.
• In Yu Province, Hua Yunfei learned Imperial Court was hunting Heavenly Prodigies and used the Chess Piece to identify Luo Hanyue as one of its targets.
• Luo Hanyue hid in a cave in Moon God Valley while Duan Wuming repeatedly drew Imperial Court assassins away and suppressed the poison in her wound.
• Duan Wuming admitted he had fallen in love with Luo Hanyue, but an attacker found them and plunged a hand into his chest.

Duan Wuming killed an Imperial Court Divine Son assassin by letting him stab him, then carried the poisoned and wounded Luo Hanyue through Moon God Valley while fending off further attacks. As his body gave out, he placed her inside a sword formation and waited for the rescuers Luo Hanyue sensed entering the valley.

• Duan Wuming grabbed the assassin who stabbed him, killed him with a punch, and destroyed his escaping soul with lightning.
• Duan Wuming carried Luo Hanyue from their hiding place after she sensed allies approaching through her Chess Piece.
• Imperial Court assassins surrounded them, and Duan Wuming used Seven Gods Protection to block a dagger before fleeing with Luo Hanyue.
• Duan Wuming's poisoned heart burst and his organs shattered, so he placed Luo Hanyue inside a formation made from the Nine Killing Swords.
• Luo Hanyue sensed that a rescuer had entered Moon God Valley, and Duan Wuming asked how much longer he had to wait.

Hua Yunfei arrived in time to save Duan Wuming and Luo Hanyue, then killed the Imperial Court assassins who had attacked them. Furious at their treatment, he left to destroy the Yuzhou Imperial Court assassins’ headquarters.

• Duan Wuming fought off the Imperial Court assassins, then tried to self-destruct while holding their Divine Son, but Hua Yunfei suppressed the blast.
• Hua Yunfei healed Duan Wuming and Luo Hanyue with leaves from the True Phoenix Divine Medicine and killed the Divine Son who had attacked them.
• Hua Yunfei slaughtered the surrounding Imperial Court assassins, including their Divine Son-level assassins, and erased the area with a sweeping sword strike.
• Hua Yunfei told the Purple Clad Youth to look after Duan Wuming and Luo Hanyue, then rode the Eastern Sacred Sword toward the Imperial Court assassins’ headquarters.

Yuzhou’s cultivators discovered that the Imperial Court stronghold had been destroyed, while Hua Yunfei continued hunting the surviving assassins across the Emperor Road. The chapter ended with Hua Yunfei cornering Zhouzhou’s notorious Holy Son level assassin beneath an ancient mountain.

• Yuzhou’s cultivators learned that the Imperial Court stronghold had been wiped out, and Li Chengyuan and Wang Long denied being responsible.
• The cultivators found the stronghold split open by a sword strike, with nearly three hundred heads displayed on the sacred mountain.
• The Fire Spirit Mysterious Body and Ice Spirit Mysterious Body were reported to have recovered and killed the assassins who pursued them at Moon God Valley.
• Several powerful figures hunted down the Imperial Court’s surviving assassins in Yuzhou, after which the Black Hand Organization arrived and began robbing and humiliating people.
• Hua Yunfei reached Zhouzhou and killed its Imperial Court assassins, including a Divine Son level assassin, before cornering the Holy Son level assassin beneath an ancient mountain.

Hua Yunfei killed an Imperial Court Holy Son level assassin and learned that the Imperial Court Old Holy Lord had entered the Emperor Road to oversee the hunt for cultivators. Half a month later, Hua Yunfei killed another assassin in Huang State, sensed the Heaven Stealing Immortal Record, and encountered a beautiful acquaintance.

• Hua Yunfei searched the Holy Son level assassin's soul, learned the Imperial Court Old Holy Lord's plan, and killed her when the soul restriction activated.
• Hua Yunfei left the assassins' heads and the Holy Son level assassin's headless corpse outside an ancient city, then headed for Hong State.
• Man Dahai and Wang Taichu arrived at the scene, but a hidden attacker knocked Man Dahai out and left him muttering that he had seen his great-grandmother.
• Half a month later, Hua Yunfei killed a second Holy Son level assassin in Huang State and sensed the aura of the Heaven Stealing Immortal Record.
• While investigating, Hua Yunfei encountered a beautiful woman he knew.

Hua Yunfei reunited with Jiang Ruoyao in Arid State, and they set out to hunt Heaven Stealing Organization members. Meanwhile, the Space-Time Human King and two companions opened Great Emperor Tianxing’s imperial tomb, where its guardian identified them as traitors and threatened them.

• Hua Yunfei met Jiang Ruoyao in an oasis in the Star-Gazing Desert, and they agreed to hunt Heaven Stealing Organization members and their recruits.
• Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao concealed their movements and traveled deeper into the desert.
• The Space-Time Human King and two companions found Star-Gazing Valley’s stone wall and learned its Star Script described Great Emperor Tianxing’s effort to approach the Heavenly Emperor realm.
• The Space-Time Human King and her companions activated the imperial tomb and witnessed Great Emperor Tianxing complete the Myriad Ancient Starry Sky Diagram before failing to advance further.
• A voice recognized the three as Heaven Stealing Organization traitors, and the two companions screamed in pain as the Space-Time Human King’s expression changed.

Hua Yunfei left Stargazing Valley with Jiang Ruoyao and the Space-Time Human King after Great Emperor Tianxing’s hidden soul art killed two Heaven Stealing Organization members. He persuaded Cao Jixing to abandon his imitation of his ancestor and begin forging his own path, then led the women to plan a trap for Heaven Stealing Organization members on the Emperor Road.

• Great Emperor Tianxing’s starlight blade killed two Heaven Stealing Organization members but spared the Space-Time Human King, who then joined Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao.
• Hua Yunfei warned Cao Jixing that copying Great Emperor Tianxing’s path would limit him, and Cao Jixing chose to pursue his own path instead of the inheritance.
• Hua Yunfei killed a Divine Son level assassin from the Imperial Court who was hiding beneath an ancient city and left the assassin’s head outside it.
• Hua Yunfei asked the Space-Time Human King to contact Heaven Stealing Organization members with the promise of a scarce opportunity so they could lure them into a trap.
• Jiang Ruoyao asked Hua Yunfei whose butt was perkier, hers or the Space-Time Human King’s.

Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao worked with Space-Time Human King to lure Heaven Stealing Organization members into the mountain range. They killed Quasi-Emperor Qingyang and the Wang brothers, then waited as the lustful Snake Emperor arrived.

• Jiang Ruoyao teased Hua Yunfei about complimenting her, and Space-Time Human King returned after sending word for reinforcements.
• Space-Time Human King named Golden Wood Ghost King, Nine-Eyed Wolf King, and Divine Flame Human King as the Heaven Stealing Organization’s strongest entrants besides herself.
• Quasi-Emperor Qingyang led Wang Ling and Wang Tian into the mountain range, where they planned to join the organization for techniques beyond the Emperor level.
• Jiang Ruoyao killed Wang Tian and Wang Ling with the Blood-colored Killing Sword while Hua Yunfei eliminated Quasi-Emperor Qingyang.
• Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao hid again, and Snake Emperor arrived and leered at Space-Time Human King.

Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Space-Time Human King captured Heaven Stealing Organization members and uncovered their recruited allies, then turned to hunt the remaining recruits. At Yin Moon Ancient City, powerful cultivators gathered over the Tai'a Yin Moon Scripture, and an unseen attacker suddenly beheaded Blood Clan Prince.

• Space-Time Human King killed Snake Emperor with a hidden blood-colored sword after suppressing him, while Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao agreed to capture Heaven Stealing Organization members for information.
• Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, and Space-Time Human King subdued three arriving members, learned the names of their recruits, and Jiang Ruoyao killed them.
• Two more members arrived with six recruits, and the trio quickly subdued and killed all eight.
• After no further members appeared, Hua Yunfei produced a register of recruits in Arid State, and Jiang Ruoyao offered to hunt them down while he stayed low-key.
• At Yin Moon Ancient City, Huang Xuan and Chu Qing'er joined a crowd of powerful cultivators drawn by the Tai'a Yin Moon Scripture, while Kaoshan Sect elders searched for a target.
• An unknown attacker suddenly chopped off Blood Clan Prince's head from behind.