Chapter Summaries

Yue Yunshang told Phoenix Emperor Venerate that she no longer loved him and ordered him to stay out of her affairs, leaving him devastated and ready to dissolve into the Dao. After she asked him not to give up, he mistook her words for a hint that someone was bullying her and went to confront the General Courtyard.

• Yue Yunshang scolded Phoenix Emperor Venerate for interfering with her plans and told him she wanted no part of their former relationship.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate realized Yue Yunshang had never loved him and returned to his original appearance before preparing to dissolve into the Dao.
• Yue Yunshang called Phoenix Emperor Venerate back, apologized for speaking harshly, and urged him not to dissolve into the Dao.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate interpreted Yue Yunshang's advice to act like a man as a sign that someone was bullying her and vanished toward the General Courtyard.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate appeared above the General Courtyard and demanded to know if its people were bullying Feng Ming.

The Phoenix Emperor Venerate stormed into the main academy and threatened the Headmaster and other forces against harming Feng Ming. After warning the Imperial Court, he declared that he would destroy any Daoist lineage that harmed her.

• The Phoenix Emperor Venerate arrived at the main academy demanding Duan Wudao and wounded an old-timer Immortal Emperor who challenged him.
• He crushed War Emperor Tian Ye, warned the academy not to harm Feng Ming, and confronted the Headmaster before leaving.
• At the Chaos Holy Land, Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate and the Chaos Holy Lord persuaded the Phoenix Emperor Venerate to leave after promising they would not truly harm Yue Yunshang.
• The Phoenix Emperor Venerate challenged the Emperor Lord at the Imperial Court, but the Imperial Empress said the Emperor Lord was in seclusion and promised the court would respect its limits.
• The Phoenix Emperor Venerate announced that he would destroy any Daoist lineage across the Thirty-Three Heavens that dared harm Feng Ming.

Phoenix Emperor Venerate publicly vowed to protect Yue Yunshang, prompting many factions to withdraw their forces, while Xin Que misread the declaration as proof of a reconciliation. Yue Yunshang’s master urged her to admit her feelings and revealed that Kaoshan Sect might help resolve the obstacle binding Phoenix Emperor Venerate to the Thirty-Three Heavens.

• Phoenix Emperor Venerate declared across the Thirty-Three Heavens that he would protect Imperial Empress Feng Ming, and many factions recalled their experts rather than risk offending him.
• Xin Que realized he had misunderstood Phoenix Emperor Venerate’s earlier refusal and advanced in cultivation after interpreting the events as a lesson from the Imperial Empress.
• Yue Yunshang wondered what Xin Que had misunderstood and resolved to stay away from Phoenix Emperor Venerate.
• Yue Yunshang’s master argued that she loved Phoenix Emperor Venerate and warned that she would not hold back if Yue Yunshang kept pushing him away.
• Yue Yunshang said Phoenix Emperor Venerate was an enemy bound to the Thirty-Three Heavens, and her master replied that they could address the problem after the Time of Heavenly Change.

Hua Yunfei used the World True Spirit of the Lingxiao Dao Realm to lure Lingxiao Empress into a trap and subdue her. The World True Spirit of the Yuanyang Realm’s declaration that it would revive its ruined realm remained unverified, while Lingxiao Empress ended the chapter captured in the Primordial God Realm.

• The World True Spirit of the Yuanyang Realm announced that it had survived and intended to restore the Yuanyang Realm, but powerful figures searched the ruins and found no trace of it.
• Hua Yunfei subdued the World True Spirit of the Lingxiao Dao Realm and forced it to summon Lingxiao Empress.
• Lingxiao Empress returned to the Lingxiao Dao Realm and found Hua Yunfei waiting in the World True Spirit’s hiding place.
• Hua Yunfei transported Lingxiao Empress into the Primordial God Realm, where a group of women overwhelmed and humiliated her.
• Xia Yun used a special secret technique to subdue Lingxiao Empress.

Hua Yunfei forced Lingxiao Empress to confront her dependence on the Thirty-Three Heavens and offered to help free the Lingxiao Dao Realm. She agreed to help him lure Immortal Emperors and World True Spirits to the Yuanyang Realm, where his group planned to trap them.

• Xia Yun implanted her secret technique in Lingxiao Empress, who resisted despite the threat of death.
• The World True Spirit of the Lingxiao Dao Realm explained that it had brought Lingxiao Empress to protect her, while Hua Yunfei challenged her to consider how the Thirty-Three Heavens controlled her through concern for her Dao Realm.
• Hua Yunfei promised to destroy the Thirty-Three Heavens and free the Lingxiao Dao Realm, leaving Lingxiao Empress stunned.
• Lingxiao Empress joined Hua Yunfei's group and asked how she could help as they traveled toward the Yuanyang Realm.
• Hua Yunfei asked Lingxiao Empress to invite her Immortal Emperor friends and the World True Spirit of the Lingxiao Dao Realm to a supposed gathering to seal the Yuanyang Realm's World True Spirit.
• Hua Yunfei revealed that he wanted to lure in as many World True Spirits and Immortal Emperors as possible, saying their friends could invite still more.

Hua Yunfei and the World True Spirits lured Immortal Emperors and World True Spirits from neighboring Dao Realms into the Primordial God Realm, where Ancestors dragged them away for enlightenment. Lingxiao Empress’s friend Empress Bingling arrived, sensed an ambush, but trusted her explanation and was captured too; the newcomers ended up lined up together inside the Primordial God Realm.

• Lingxiao Empress and the World True Spirit of Lingxiao Dao Realm contacted neighboring powers while Hua Yunfei and the World True Spirits of Yuanyang Realm and Dao Evolution Realm prepared an ambush.
• Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor, Seven Stars Immortal Emperor, and Vast Sea Immortal Emperor each arrived with their World True Spirit and were dragged into the Primordial God Realm.
• Four more Immortal Emperors and their World True Spirits arrived, followed by additional World True Spirits, and Ancestors captured them all.
• Empress Bingling arrived, sensed danger, and asked Lingxiao Empress whether the deception was for her own good; Lingxiao Empress said it was, and Empress Bingling trusted her.
• The captured Immortal Emperors and World True Spirits stood in rows inside the Primordial God Realm, bewildered to find one another there.

Lingxiao Empress and her allies gathered the Immortal Emperors and World True Spirits they had contacted, subjecting the new captives to the same humiliating beatings and merging the spirits into Xia Yun’s Primordial Great Dao. With nearly everyone assembled, the Purple Clad Old Ancestor asked the prisoners whether they wanted to take on the Thirty-Three Heavens.

• Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor and the other captives realized Lingxiao Empress had set them up and wondered why she had submitted to someone else.
• A flawless woman brought in Empress Bingling, and the female old ancestors took her away for the same treatment as the other prisoners.
• More Immortal Emperors and World True Spirits arrived, and the previously captured spirits kicked the newcomers before Xia Yun merged them into the Primordial Great Dao.
• Lingxiao Empress and the World True Spirit of Lingxiao Dao Realm counted the captives and confirmed that nearly everyone they had contacted had arrived.
• The Purple Clad Old Ancestor asked the assembled Immortal Emperors whether they wanted to take on the Thirty-Three Heavens.

The Purple Clad Man challenged the Immortal Emperors to fight the Thirty-Three Heavens and revealed that his group were the people their enemy had been searching for. He offered the Immortal Emperors a chance to secretly cooperate in exchange for first access to powerful scriptures.

• The Purple Clad Man provoked the Immortal Emperors, who insisted they wanted to fight the Thirty-Three Heavens but lacked the strength to protect their Dao Realms.
• The Purple Clad Man told the Immortal Emperors that an opportunity to resist the Thirty-Three Heavens was before them.
• The Purple Clad Man claimed that he and the Ancestors were the people the Thirty-Three Heavens had been searching for.
• The Ancestors released their auras, convincing Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor, Empress Bingling, and the others that the group had formidable strength.
• The Purple Clad Man offered the Immortal Emperors secret cooperation and promised them Quasi-Hegemon Level and Hegemon Grade scriptures.

The Purple Clad Man convinced Empress Bingling and the other Immortal Emperors that Kaoshan Sect could provide genuine Quasi-Hegemon Level and Hegemon Grade scriptures. Empress Bingling and the others joined, and the former Sect Master began registering them and promised a scripture for each.

• The Purple Clad Man claimed Kaoshan Sect’s ancestor wrote high-level scriptures regularly and that the sect held enough Hegemon Grade scriptures for a lifetime of study.
• Lingxiao Empress showed Empress Bingling and the others two Quasi-Hegemon Level scriptures and one Hegemon Grade scripture, which Empress Bingling confirmed were genuine originals given to sect members.
• Lingxiao Empress described Kaoshan Sect as relaxed and united, and Empress Bingling asked how to join.
• Empress Bingling agreed to join Kaoshan Sect, and Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor, Seven Stars Immortal Emperor, Vast Sea Immortal Emperor, and the others followed.
• The Dao Robe Man, whom the Purple Clad Man identified as Kaoshan Sect’s former Sect Master, began registering the new disciples and promised each of them a scripture.

Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor, Empress Bingling, Seven Stars Immortal Emperor, and the others joined Kaoshan Sect and received scriptures suited to them, including rare Hegemon Grade texts. After Xia Yun added secret protections, the Dao Robe Man led them away to learn the sect’s compulsory courses, while several old ancestors decided to go visit Dou Dou Dragon.

• Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor, Seven Stars Immortal Emperor, Empress Bingling, and the others registered with the Dao Robe Man and received identity tags.
• A disheveled Quasi-Hegemon examined each newcomer and gave them suitable scriptures; Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor received two Quasi-Hegemon-level scriptures and a newly written Hegemon Grade scripture.
• Xia Yun placed a source body of the I Have Yang Secret Technique inside each newcomer, and several streaks of light added further protections against exposure.
• The Dao Robe Man led Empress Bingling, Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor, and the others away to learn Kaoshan Sect’s compulsory courses, with Lingxiao Empress following.
• A Purple Clad Old Ancestor invited the others to go kick Dou Dou Dragon around, and several old ancestors agreed.

Xia Yun gave the newly recruited Immortal Emperors Primordial Crystals and a concealment technique to protect them as Kaoshan Sect prepared to support Hua Yunfei’s plan. After they left the Primordial God Realm, Hua Yunfei welcomed them back while discussing how to reveal the Yuanyang Realm.

• Empress Bingling, Vast Sea Immortal Emperor, Seven Stars Immortal Emperor, and Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor discussed the strange teachings they had learned at Kaoshan Sect and set out to help Hua Yunfei.
• Xia Yun gave the Immortal Emperors Primordial Crystals and the Primordial Breath Concealment Technique, which could hide them, return them to the Primordial God Realm in danger, and temporarily boost their strength.
• Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor and the others thanked Xia Yun as she welcomed them into Kaoshan Sect as family.
• After the Immortal Emperors left, Xia Yun hoped the technique and crystals would protect them and ease their burden.
• Hua Yunfei discussed bringing the Yuanyang Realm into public view with the World True Spirits of the Yuanyang Realm and the Dao Evolution Realm, then greeted the returning Immortal Emperors.

Hua Yunfei reunited with the Immortal Emperors and World True Spirits, who planned to recruit their acquaintances into Kaoshan Sect discreetly. The Ancestor Master appeared and borrowed Xia Yun, leaving Hua Yunfei wondering what role she would play in his plan.

• Hua Yunfei told Empress Bingling, Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor, Seven Stars Immortal Emperor, and the others to recruit old friends quietly using their secret art seed bodies.
• The Dao Robe Man and his companions worried about the ancestors’ secret plan and decided to keep their forces cautious until the ancestors returned.
• The Ancestor Master froze the world around Hua Yunfei and said he had come to borrow the Primordial Dao Sword.
• Hua Yunfei summoned Xia Yun and explained the Ancestor Master’s request, and Xia Yun agreed to go with him.
• The Ancestor Master took Xia Yun away, promised she would be safe, and left Hua Yunfei puzzled about why he needed her.

Hua Yunfei reflected on Ancestor Master's power, then revealed that Ye Fantian and Yue Yunshang were allies of the Kaoshan Sect. As the Immortal Emperors searched for the Yuanyang Realm's World True Spirit, a man from the Thirty-Three Heavens learned it might still be alive and demanded its location from Lingxiao Empress and Empress Bingling.

• Hua Yunfei dismissed Empress Bingling, Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor, and the other Immortal Emperors, then told them Ye Fantian and Yue Yunshang were on their side.
• The Immortal Emperors departed, but their quarrel turned into a chaotic battle in the starry sky, with Lingxiao Empress and Empress Bingling joining briefly before withdrawing.
• Myriad Phenomena Immortal Emperor accused Lingxiao Empress and Empress Bingling of hiding the Yuanyang Realm's World True Spirit from the group.
• An armored man from the Thirty-Three Heavens confronted them and demanded to know where the World True Spirit was, threatening to inform the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake Clan.
• Lingxiao Empress and Empress Bingling warned that the World True Spirit had set a dangerous trap, but the armored man insisted he would capture it himself.

Fan Chong discovered that the Yuanyang Realm’s World True Spirit had survived, but it wounded him and forced him to retreat. He reported its location to the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake Clan, whose Snake Emperor Qingshan prepared to capture it alongside Ziyang Snake Emperor.

• Fan Chong left Lingxiao Empress and the other Immortal Emperors, then traveled to the shattered Yuanyang Realm to claim a reward for finding its World True Spirit.
• The World True Spirit struck Fan Chong and drove him out of the Yuanyang Realm, so he withdrew and went to the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake Clan.
• Fan Chong told a snake-headed clan member that the World True Spirit survived and had injured him, and the man promised to summon clan experts.
• Snake Emperor Qingshan emerged from an ancient Cave Mansion, decided to capture the World True Spirit himself, and ordered the snake-headed man to summon Ziyang Snake Emperor.

Yue Yunshang led Ye Fantian, Wu Wang Demon Venerable, and Eternal Immortal Ancestor to the Yuanyang Realm to help King Yuan draw out the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake Clan. They confronted the clan’s experts and Fan Chong as the World True Spirit challenged them to enter the central fragment, and Snake Emperor Qingshan accepted.

• Yue Yunshang told Ye Fantian that Yunfei had lured the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake Clan into a trap, and Ye Fantian agreed to join her, Wu Wang Demon Venerable, and Eternal Immortal Ancestor.
• Yue Yunshang said King Yuan was challenging the Ancestor Master’s wooden puppet at Dao Origin Peak, and Ye Fantian and Wu Wang Demon Venerable planned to challenge it after returning.
• Yue Yunshang and the three men reached the outskirts of the shattered Yuanyang Realm and recognized Snake Emperor Qingshan, Ziyang Snake Emperor, Snake Emperor Huangming, and Fan Chong.
• Fan Chong pointed Snake Emperor Huangming toward the central fragment and called on the Yuanyang Realm’s World True Spirit to come out.
• The World True Spirit told the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake Clan’s experts to enter the fragment, and Snake Emperor Qingshan strode toward it.

Snake Emperor Qingshan, Ziyang Snake Emperor, and Snake Emperor Huangming charged into the Yuanyang Realm but were mauled by its sword formation. They escaped and blamed Fan Chong, while Qingshan vowed to summon a Quasi-Hegemon and destroy the realm.

• Fan Chong stayed outside as Qingshan and the other two Snake Emperors forced their way into the Yuanyang Realm.
• A formation of Sword Dao Emperor weapons trapped the Snake Emperors and badly wounded them, especially Huangming.
• The World True Spirit taunted Qingshan and revealed that Fan Chong had encountered the sword formation before, prompting the Snake Emperors to accuse him of withholding the information.
• Fan Chong fled, and Qingshan broke through the formation to escape with Ziyang and Huangming, but they failed to catch him.
• Qingshan blamed Fan Chong for their defeat and vowed to summon a Quasi-Hegemon to destroy the Yuanyang Realm.

Snake Emperor Qingshan summoned Heavenly Emperor Shenyu to destroy the Yuanyang Realm, but the Quasi-Hegemon Level being suddenly screamed. The chapter ended with the onlookers realizing the scream came from Heavenly Emperor Shenyu.

• Snake Emperor Qingshan sent a transmission talisman and threatened the Yuanyang Realm with a Quasi-Hegemon Level being.
• Several Immortal Emperors pleaded with Snake Emperor Qingshan to spare the Yuanyang Realm, but he threatened to kill anyone who spoke again.
• Heavenly Emperor Shenyu arrived and used Great Dao Power to shatter the Yuanyang Realm's fragments and sword formation.
• Snake Emperor Qingshan and the other two celebrated the Yuanyang Realm's apparent destruction.
• Heavenly Emperor Shenyu suddenly screamed, and an Immortal Emperor's divine sense identified him as the source.

Yue Yunshang, Ye Fantian, Wu Wang Demon Venerable, and Eternal Immortal Ancestor ambushed Heavenly Emperor Shenyu and beat him before imprisoning him in the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower. There, Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor greeted the new prisoner as a possible roommate.

• Yue Yunshang, Ye Fantian, Wu Wang Demon Venerable, and Eternal Immortal Ancestor ambushed Heavenly Emperor Shenyu with wooden clubs and left him unable to control his body.
• The four revealed that they were acting for their senior brother King Yuan, whom Heavenly Emperor Shenyu had believed dead.
• Ye Fantian, Wu Wang Demon Venerable, and Eternal Immortal Ancestor kicked Heavenly Emperor Shenyu while Yue Yunshang recorded the beating.
• Yue Yunshang ordered the group to put Heavenly Emperor Shenyu in the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower, and Wu Wang Demon Venerable tossed him inside.
• Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor saw Heavenly Emperor Shenyu arrive in the tower and asked if he was his roommate.

Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor welcomed Heavenly Emperor Shenyu into the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower and encouraged him to accept their imprisonment rather than seek escape. Outside the Yuanyang Realm, Shenyu reassured his allies that the enemy had been driven off and identified Yue Yunshang as the attacker.

• Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor was pleased that Heavenly Emperor Shenyu had also been captured and brought into the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower.
• Heavenly Emperor Shenyu noticed Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor's changed, cheerful demeanor and questioned why he kept staring at his exposed backside.
• Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor claimed he had been treated respectfully and refused to stand, while Shenyu suspected he was hiding that he was half-naked too.
• Heavenly Emperor Shenyu found the tower less terrifying than its rumors suggested, and Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor advised him that not trying to escape would help him live longer.
• Outside the Yuanyang Realm, Heavenly Emperor Shenyu told Snake Emperor Qingshan and the others that he had driven off the enemy.
• Heavenly Emperor Shenyu told Snake Emperor Huangming that the attacker was the traitor Yue Yunshang.

After Heavenly Emperor Shenyu tracked Yue Yunshang and went after her alone, Snake Emperor Qingshan suspected she had lured him into a trap and summoned powerful allies to help. The Snake Emperors left the World True Spirit of the Yuanyang Realm alive for later judgment, while Wu Wang Demon Venerable revealed he wanted to keep it safe because it was useful.

• Heavenly Emperor Shenyu identified Yue Yunshang as his attacker, claimed he had tracked her, and set out alone to suppress her and her allies.
• Snake Emperor Qingshan suspected Yue Yunshang had deliberately lured Heavenly Emperor Shenyu into a trap and persuaded the other Snake Emperors to call for reinforcements.
• Snake Emperor Qingshan sent word to Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate, War Emperor Tian Ye, and Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou, hoping Shen Zhou could locate and reach his brother quickly.
• The World True Spirit of the Yuanyang Realm pleaded for its life and explained that it was a new being born from its predecessor's last remnant of consciousness.
• Snake Emperor Qingshan left the World True Spirit alive but ordered it to wait for his judgment, and Wu Wang Demon Venerable declared that nobody should kill it because it was useful.